MR. GORSTasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether it is a fact that Quartermasters of the Royal Marines are not eligible for Greenwich Hospital Pensions, either as men or officers; and, if so, whether their case will be considered by the Committee recently appointed to inquire into Naval and Greenwich Hospital Pensions?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the quartermasters of Royal Marines are not eligible for Greenwich Hospital pensions as officers or as men. Receiving as they do 10s. a-day retirement, they are not fitted to be recipients of the 5d. and 9d. a-day age pension, and no officer's pension has been allotted to their class, the fact being, I suppose, that their well-deserved promotion has placed them in a better position as compared with that in which they entered the Service than is the case with any other class of officers in the Navy. Their case does not come within the scope of the Pensions Committee.