[To Tar EDITOR ON TR. SPRCP&TOR."1 SIR,—My attention has been
drawn to a letter in your last issue from a Mr. Crosbie regarding the Ulster Volunteers, in which he stated that the members of this force are paid. I should like to know what authority Mr. Crosbie has for a statement of this kind, which is an insult to the members of the force. In the most emphatic manner I desire to state that the members of the Ulster Volunteer Force are not paid. The only occasion upon which any of them received compensa- tion or reward was when a special guard was mounted at Craigavon during Sir Edward Carson's visit in March last. On this occasion the members of the guard simply received compensation for loss of wages, and that only applied to a small body of men. On no other occasion has any payment or reward been given to the members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, and even when travelling by rail to parades or camps the members pay their own railway fares.—I am, Sir, Ac., FRANK HALL, Captain, Military Secretary IT.V.F: Headquarters, Old Town Hall, Belfast.
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