HC Deb 15 May 1919 vol 115 cc1800-1W

The minimum is:

Second Lieutenant, £35.

Lieutenant, £40.

Captain, £45.

Major, £60.

Lieutenant-Colonel, £75.

With £1 per month for each month after first twelve months if service has been abroad; 10s. if at home.

Colonel, £100.

Brigadier-General, £140.

With £2 per month for each month after first twelve months if service has been abroad; £1 if at home.

Major-General, £200.

With £3 per month for each month after first twelve months if service has been abroad; £1 10s. if at home.

The maximum for five years is:

Overseas Service. Home Service.
Second Lieutenant £83 £59
Lieutenant 88 64
Captain 93 69
Major 108 84
Lieutenant-Colonel 123 99
Colonel 196 148
Brigadier-General 236 188
Major-General 344 272

Sir F. HALL

asked the Secretary of State for War whether service gratuities are granted to officers who have received their commissions while serving in a civilian capacity in Government Departments and have never carried out any military duties, peaceful or otherwise, on the same scale as in the case of officers who have been on active service and who, in a large proportion of cases, have been subjected to risk and hardship over a long period; and, if so, whether he will consider the possibility of drawing some distinction between these two classes of soldiers?

Mr. FORSTER

This question has already been very fully and carefully considered. While the existence of a broad contrast of the kind indicated in the question is recognised, it is found impossible without intolerable complication to make a monetary distinction applicable to all the intermediate classes and cases.