asked the Minister for Defence whether he is aware that £1 10s. (One Pound Ten Shillings) is due to the dependents of the Class I. men of the late Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, now serving in the Army Corps of Engineers, and whether he will cause same to be paid.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - RAILWAY PROTECTION CORPS—DEPENDENTS' CLAIMS.
The Class I. men of the late Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, now serving in the Army Corps of Engineers, were paid at a flat rate and were not entitled to Dependents' Allowance. An arrangement was, however, made whereby a man would allot the whole or any portion of his weekly pay to his dependents, the Paymaster undertaking to forward the money allotted in accordance with the man's instructions. The payments were arranged so that a man had always one week's money due to him. The re-attestation of the Army Corps of Engineers has now begun, and as each man is reattested or demobilised his account will be cleared to date.