§ MR. KEIR HARDIEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state what arrears of pay and pension are due to Private George Reilly, No. 6,304, of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who died at Standerton on 6th May last, and when the amounts due will be paid to his father; also whether the officer commanding the Royal Welsh Fusiliers held an insurance policy on the life of Private Reilly; and, if so, whether he has paid over the sum so obtained to the father of the deceased lad.
LORD STANLEYThis man's estate has just been reported from South Africa as amounting to £15 1s. As he appears to have died intestate, steps will be taken at once to issue the estate to the father. Any insurance that may have been effected is purely a private matter, of which the War Office has no cognisance.