COLONEL LOCK WOOD (Essex, Epping)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if the former service of a soldier, when restored to him by War Office authority, is considered as equivalent to continuous service in computing the amount of his pension; and, if so, if he will meet the cases of non-commissioned officers (as stated in his reply of the 15th of June, 1893) who were deprived of the right to reckon their former service towards pension, under the Royal Warrant of the 1st of July, 1891, by extending to them the advantages of the Warrant of the 4th of August, 1893, irrespective of the date of their re-enlistment or the good conduct badges in possession on date of first discharge?
§ * MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe case of non-commissioned officers has been specially regarded in the Regulation recently issued. Having been allowed to count the whole of their former service towards making up the period to 1159 entitle them to a pension, they may be able to earn their full pension.