§ Mr. WILKIEasked the Secretary of State for War whether a general routine order of the British Expeditionary Force has laid down a special allowance of nine francs per day for officers stationed at Antwerp; whether such order has ever been cancelled and, if so, on what date 1858W if such cancellation has any retrospective effect; whether the base commandant at Antwerp has authority to cancel or vary such order; if not, will he take steps to annul a distinction made by the base commandant between officers allowed to live in the town and those compelled to live in the embarkation camp, seeing that the expenses of living are approximately the same in both cases, while officers living in the town are much better housed and live under much more comfortable conditions; whether, among the officers quartered in the said camp, certain Royal Army Service Corps officers have obtained payment of the special allowance while others placed in identical circumstances have been hitherto refused payment; and, if so, will he ensure that the remainder are dealt with on equal terms, keeping in view the serious depreciation of the franc since the allowance accrued?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONI am having inquiries made, and will inform the hon. Member of the result.