§ MR. JASPER TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War office whether his attention has been directed to a memorial signed by the magistrates, clergymen, and principal inhabitants of Boyle, and also by the Boyle Board of Guardians, in favour of a Crimean veteran, John Brennan, formerly of the 41st Regiment, who was wounded at Sebastopol; whether the local medical men have sent certificates that Brennan bears the marks of wounds received in action; and whether, in view of his age and his poverty, being in receipt of outdoor relief, he will recommend that a compassionate allowance be granted to this veteran soldier?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J. POWELL WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.The memorial of John Brennan has been received and considered. Medical certificates that he was wounded in action have 291 not been received. I can only repeat the reply I made to the hon. Member on the 28th January last, namely, that there is no record of Brennan being wounded while in the Army, and that his short service of two and a-half years does not qualify him for a special campaign pension.