§ Commander Bowerasked the Minister of Shipping whether officers of the merchant service, including engineer officers, who have been taken prisoners by the enemy are confined in combatant camps with officers of the three services; and what arrangements are made with regard to their payment?
§ Mr. CrossOfficers of the Merchant Service are interned, in this and in enemy countries, in civilian internment camps, but in a few cases Merchant Navy officers have been confined in Germany in a combatant officers' camp. Arrangements are being made in these cases for a suitable allowance to be provided.