§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether the 20th section of the Volunteer Act of 1863 will apply to the 2190 case of a private (William Lodge, 146, Cannon Street Road, St. George's-in-the-East) of the Third London Rifle Volunteer Regiment, who was disabled while under official inspection, and therefore in actual Military Service—namely, on the 16th of May, 1864, at West End Park, Kilburn? the section referred to being as follows: —
A Volunteer, or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Volunteer Permanent Staff, disabled on actual Military Service, shall, according to his rank, be entitled to the like pension and other benefits, if any, as a Soldier of Her Majesty's Army.
§ MR. HUTTsaid, in the absence of his noble Friend (the Marquess of Hartington), he would endeavour to answer the Question of the hon. Member. He regretted to say that the Volunteer who was the subject of the unfortunate accident was not, under the provisions of the Volunteer Act of 1863, entitled to a pension. He was not, within the meaning of that Act, engaged on actual military service. Such actual military service would only occur to a Volunteer in the event of an invasion of the country, or the immediate apprehension of such an event.