§ MR. L. P. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War—(1) whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Private Patrick Dwyer, who enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1883, served in the Burmah war from 1885 to 1887, and received dislocation of the shoulder twice in the Mounted Infantry in execution of his duty, for which he received a medal and two clasps; (2) whether he is aware that Dwyer was invalided in 1889 with six years and nine months service, receiving a pension of ninepence a day for one year; that at the end of that time he was examined by the military doctor at Athlone, who declared him totally unfit to return to his regiment; and (3) whether, as in the ordinary course Dwyer would have been entitled after three months more service to a reserve pension for five years, he will take the circumstances into consideration with a view to having this allowance made to him?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,) Stirling BurghsThe facts of the case appear to be fairly stated in the two first paragraphs of the question. The renewal of the pension rests with the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, and if Patrick Dwyer makes application to them, he will be medically examined to ascertain whether he still suffers from the same disability, and whether it incapacitates him to an appreciable extent from earning a livelihood in civil life.