OUR OFFICERS' EXPENSES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 4

OUR OFFICERS' EXPENSES.

P'ENGL'ANDi.X^-V In August'last, on tho motion of Mr," Okey, Parliament; asked for' a Return re- , latiug to certain officers of tho New Zealand Permanent Forces'sent ■to England for training, tho salaries paid to these officers, tho specifio purnose for which , they -wcro sent, and tho allowances granted them, while absent from the Dominion. , The informatioif asked for is ect out ill a, tabulated statement printed after tho... Housejxose,);and,,p,u))rishcd. il Vj,vtho Govempicnt -Printer ..yesterday. ,-,Tho; chief ■ point of interest isih tho scalo'of. allow- ', . ances, which, it'is fctated, aroto be;'rc v. ducod-inrfuture. Instead of <&' dairy' :i nl-': lowance for :305 days, tho, payments .will bq-in-respect'of actual .expohdituro' an- . ■ 'ourrcd. ■. • ■■■ •':-• ',-' '• '■■ '■■•: ',■','■''''■.•'■'•. : -.-In tho case of Colonel A, W, Robin,, at , , present i.; representing the Dominion, <• • : nt the Imperial.. headquarters in Lon- • don,' an allowanco 0f,155.' per diem, fori SGS o*o7B. is paid, aggregating .£270. odd, - : in'addition to his ofuoial salary of JE7SO.'; Travelling .expenses and allowan,ces on:-, ; suoh occasions ds Colonel liobin is detail- >' ed for duty by tho Chief'of tho Imperial General Staff aro.rtiaid by'the Imperial Government,' and. pn these• occasions > n0.,,-. 'payment is mado by tho New Zealand..:'.■' Government, A 15s. roto was also granted , :' in the I ease of Llout.-Coloncl' Eftuohop '",;.'. during,his periodof instruction at.the i: Staff - College,, and of the late Licut.Colonel Abbott when attached for instriic- >.: ,- tibn'to the Oth. Infantry-Brigade at AU.\j dershot. Their official salarics"are:iGs7si .*-.-. respectively. A ten shilling rate, t equal, to JJlßO.odd,,wa9 allowed in the.case of .-i the following' officers --Major, T, W; MT)onnld : (salary, .£476), Major M.v'M.; .' Gardner (X3so).Major G. S. Richardson '..:' (MO),' Major H. R, Potter (»), Can-', tain R. J. S. Seddon (.£350), Coptain -F.'', ', Svmon (.£350), Captain R. : B. Smyth* (J!3so),\Lleut, W. M'G. Turnbull (JC2SO), , ■ Lieut. A. H. Burn (.£2so)', Lieut; M, L. Garland (.£250),. and Lieut. T. T.Sbndish :', (£250).' In. tho case of Captain Seddon' and of Lieuts. Turnbull, Burn, Garland. .1 and Standish, the allowance was reduced to 7s. Od. per diem each if free quarters were pfovjdod, - , -,:. ~'.',, : All these officers were sent Home at . various intervals between November, 1910, nnd Anrjl. 1912. and for specifibd periods. Tivo, Major M'Donnld, who left In-Do-' .cembcr,-1911, and was due to. return in ,-.' October, 1912, and Captain Seddon, who left in March, 1911| and was/duo to re-' turn in October, 1912,' havo, since ob- ': tained an extension of their training. ; In addition to these, four subaltern officers, Lieuts.: W. W. A.; Burn. A, H. Piper, J. L.-Hi Turner, and H. A. Davies, , each drawing .£2OO a year in salary, are each, receiving '.£IOO a year (cotisolidat. cdj, during their absenco in England. ;.' ■ ', Out of these allowances,havc to bo paid travelling expenses, hire of, lodgings, and camp furniture when at schools of in' struction and manoeuvres.- ; '