§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE - BRABAZONasked the Secretary of State for War why the rates of pay of the British Army in Germany are not paid in sterling, in view of the fact that the Rhine flotilla are paid in this way, and by the present system the British troops lose in purchasing power nearly 2s. per £?
Mr. GRAHAMThe British troops on the Rhine are paid in German currency in accordance with the usual rule for troops at stations abroad; for the past six months the official rate of exchange used for paying the troops has approximated very closely to the commercial rate of exchange, and there is no foundation for the statement that by the present system the British troops lose nearly 2s. in the £. My attention had not hitherto been called to the fact that 70 men of the Rhine flotilla are not paid in marks in the same way as the military forces, and I am looking into the matter.