§ Captain BOWYERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will inquire into the ease of Petty Officer Norman Percival Coleman, No. 786,940, who served in the R. F. Auxiliary Service as first wardroom steward, and who was discharged on the 23rd February, 1918; is he aware that this petty officer has not yet received any gratuity; and will he have the proper gratuity paid to him at the Corner House, Market Square, Winslow, Bucks, as soon as possible?
§ Sir J. CRAIGNorman Percival Coleman, late steward, M.M.R., No. 927,055, received special rates of pay on a mercantile basis throughout his service, and is, consequntly, ineligible for the Naval War Gratuity, which is issuable only to men paid at Naval rates of pay. He has been so informed on several occasions.