PRISONERS OF WAR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 2

PRISONERS OF WAR.

ARRANGEMENTS ABOUT PAY. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE: WAR OFFICE. The provision made for the payment of British officers and men who may become prisoners of war is described in 'a communication addressed by the War Office to the Colonial Office and transmitted to the New Zealand Gov-' ernment. The document was prepaerd for the information of Dominion Governments. Germany and Austria pay combat tant officers who are prisoners of war at the rate of £3 a month for 2nd lieutenants and lieutenants, and £5 per month for all captains and all officers of higher rank. Out of these sums officers pay for their food and clothing.

Medical officers receive the full pay of the corresponding rank in the medical services of the German and Austrian armies, out of which they pay for food and clothing. They receive no allowances.

Medical subordinate personnel receive the corresponding pay in the German and Austrian armies. Combatant personnel, others than officers, re. ceive no pay, but are fed, clothed, and housed at.the expense of the captor Government.

Turkey pays combatant officers who are prisoners of war at the rate of 4s a day for lieutenants and 4s 6d a day for captains, and all officers of higher rink, out of which they pay for food and clothing. Medical officers are similarly paid, but combatants and medical personnel who are below official rank do not receive pay.

Officers, in the pay of the British Government, both combatant, and medical, are credited under instructions from the department with their full British pay, minus what they receive from the captor Government. The balance of their pay is thus made available for their dependents at Home in accordance with instructions, full pay is similarly credited to combatant and medical personnel, less what they receive as stated. A proposal has been made to the Bulgarian Government that any British officers and men who may become prisoners in Bulgarian hands should be treated in accordance with the rules laid down by the Turkish Government.