§ SIR GEORGE PECHELLasked the Secretary of the Admiralty, if it was intended to enforce the re-entry into the service of all naval pensioners, or whether special cases would be considered of persons in receipt of very small pensions, or whom under certain circumstances it might be expedient to relieve from such compulsory service?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETreplied, that about 600 pensioners bad been called out. As a general rule, when the pen- 975 sioners were called out no exception was made in reference to the amount of pension; but whenever there was a special case for exemption brought to their notice the Admiralty were disposed to take a favourable view with regard to the application, as far as the public service admitted. At present there were very few, not more than four or five, who had asked for exemption.