§ Mr. HOODasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that 62 Royal Army Service Corps officers, Horse Transport, Motor Transport, and Supplies were lent for service in India, at the special request of the Indian Government, early in the War, and remained in that country until September, 1919; that they were paid at a lower rate than the Supply and Transport Corps officers of the Indian Army, with whom they worked, and under identically similar conditions, and whom, in many cases, they taught their duties; and whether he will see his way to recommend that the pay of the 62 Royal Army Service Corps officers be made up to equal that of the officers in the employ of the Indian Government, and thus remove the cause of complaint?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLBritish Service officers serving temporarily in India are not normally considered to have any claim to the special Indian Army scales of pay fixed for officers serving permanently in India. The question of the pay of the officers mentioned has been considered on several occasions by the Government of India and the War Office, and it was eventually agreed that those who remained in India should receive Indian Supply and Transport Corps pay from 7th September, 1919.