§ MR. HUDSON KEARLEY (Devonport)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the reason why the pension awarded to Mrs. Keogh, of Woolwich (whose husband was killed in the Crimea), 43 years since, has recently been stopped by the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund?
§ MR. BRODRICKI am informed that Mrs. Keogh, who is the widow of a soldier who died at Varna (he did not reach the Crimea), is now the wife of an army pensioner. On her re-marriage her pension was reduced to 2s. 6d. a week; and, lately, this pension has been stopped in consequence of her continued intemperate habits.
§ MR. KEARLEYasked whether pensions of this character were liable to be forfeited through moral indiscretion?
§ MR. BRODRICKThese pensions are dealt with by the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund, and I cannot interfere with their discretion in the matter.