Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for War if he will say why officers between forty and fifty, who volunteered from the Far East early in 1918, and who obtained commissions within two months of reporting themselves to the War Office, are not allowed overseas expenses and overseas refund while officers in the like conditions have been allowed such refund in 1915, 1916, and 1917?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the Army Order of September, 1918, which explains fully the conditions under which refunds of passage money are given, and the reasons for these conditions. If after perusing it he still finds difficulty perhaps he will communicate with me.