§ Viscount ELVEDENasked the Secretary of State for War whether the services of ex-warrant officers as officers will be taken into account and considered when re-assessment of pension is being made, in order that they may be placed on a similar basis to those who are permitted to retire with either a gratuity of £1,500 or a pension of £150 per annum?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONI understand the Noble Lord to suggest that ex-warrant officers who had been discharged to pension before the War and were given temporary commissions during the War should be treated on retirement on the same lines as serving soldiers commissioned from the ranks under Article 572 A of the Pay Warrant. I regret that I am unable to adopt this suggestion.