§ 4. Mr. Walker-Smithasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the provisions of Army Order 18/49, prescribing a deduction from gratuity in respect of short-service commissions in cases of voluntary retirement, imposes hardship on those officers who, their service on the active list having been extended under ACI 841/50, retired before the expiration of the three-year period prescribed therein; and what action is proposed to remedy their position.