And whereas Your Majesty was graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, of 28 June, 1917, to approve of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Marines who receive the Military Cross, or the Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field, while serving with the Army being granted, subject to certain reservations, an additional pension of 6d. a day if discharged to pension, or a gratuity of �20 if discharged without pension, transferred to the Reserve, or promoted to a Commission:

And whereas Your Majesty was further graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council of 22 January, 1920, to provide that Officers of the Royal Marines should be treated, in regard to emoluments during active Service and on retirement, similarly to Naval Officers, whereby status and emoluments equivalent to those of Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy were granted to Warrant Officers, Royal Marines, except Warrant Officers, Class II, to which rank it was laid down that no further appointments were to be made:

And whereas Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, are ineligible for such financial benefits as are referred to in the second paragraph hereof:

And whereas we are of opinion that Warrant Officers, Royal Marines, should therefore no longer be eligible for any financial benefits in respect of the award of the Military Cross:

We beg leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to sanction the exclusion of Warrant Officers, Royal Marines, from the provisions of Your Order in Council of the 28th June, 1917, subject, however, to such exclusion not being operative in the case of existing Warrant Officers, Class II, who should continue to be eligible for these financial benefits.

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