MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether one of the qualifications required from a candidate for a "Special Campaign Pension" is that he must be destitute of means of support; and, whether he can see his way to abrogate this condition, which gives a preference to the thriftless, and throw the pensions open to old soldiers who comply with all the other conditions prescribed?
§ *MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe conditions under which this special compassionate pension is granted are at present under my careful consideration.