§ Viscount CURZ0Nasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether officers who retire voluntarily under the special scheme for retirement will be given an assurance that their pensions will be secured to them whether they return to the Fleet or not?
§ Sir J. CRAIGAll officers in receipt of retired pay, whether retiring under the special scheme of retirement or under the ordinary Regulations, are liable to be called up for service in war or emergency as a condition of receiving such retired pay. Also, all officers retiring with gratuities under the special scheme of retirement must undertake to place their services at the disposal of the Admiralty in the event of war or emergency. There is no liability on a retired officer to serve or other occasions, though he may be employed voluntarily. When re-employed, retired officers draw the full pay of their rank on the retired list, with allowances and a bonus in lieu of counting time towards increase of retired pay, but cease to draw retired pay.