asked the Secretary of State for India what was gratuity is being paid to chaplains of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment who have served in a theatre of war; and, as these chaplains were before being sent on service paid by the civil department, is their gratuity being based on the same rate as that paid to temporary chaplains of the Royal Army Chaplains Department?
Proposals of the Government of India for the grant of a gratuity to chaplains of the Indian Ecclesiastical Department who have served with troops in the field have been received and arc under consideration.
asked the Secretary of State for India whether chaplains of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment who have served for not less than two years on service are being granted sixty days' war leave on Indian rate of pay, in addition to any privilege leave that may have accumulated; and are chaplains of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment who have served in an Army of Occupation being granted war bonus according to the rank they held on 1st February, 1919?
I have addressed the Government of India on the subject.