§ Viscount SANDONasked the Undersecretary of State for India what authority was responsible for the reduction of the messing allowances to British Army officers and other ranks and sepoys engaged in road construction in Waziristan in 1924; and, seeing that these restrictions brought about conditions of penury in many cases, alleviated only by assistance from unofficial sources, what disciplinary action has been taken in the matter?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe withdrawal in 1924 of field service concessions from troops serving in Waziristan was due to the decision of the competent authorities in India that field service conditions justifying those concessions no longer existed. It was subsequently recognised that conditions in Waziristan, though falling short of field service, were more hazardous and onerous than those of ordinary garrison duty, and appropriate concessions have been devised and introduced.