§ Mr. Sextonasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information as to the daily basic rates of pay of a private in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, U.S.A. Russian and Chinese armies, respectively.
§ Sir J. GriggI cannot speak with authority on the rates of pay drawn by the soldiers mentioned other than those of the British Army, but my information is that the minimum daily basic rates, converted to sterling, are as follows:
s. d. British 3 0 Canadian 5 10 Australian 5 2 New Zealand 6 0 South African 3 6 U.S.A. 8 3 I have no reliable information about the rates of pay of private soldiers in the Russian and Chinese armies.