§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Secretary of State for War, What steps he intends to take in regard to the Militia Quartermasters who were compelled to retire before being entitled to their full pensions?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster), in reply, said, that no alteration whatever had been made in the retirement of Militia quartermasters. They would certainly receive all that was promised to them. Looking to the heavy charge in the Estimates for the non-effective list, he could not hold out any hope that the weight of that charge on the Votes could be increased by an additional pension which had not been offered or promised to these officers in the first instance.