§ MR. NOLAN (Louth, S.)To ask the Secretary of State of War whether he is
| Year. | Warrant Officers. | Non—commissioned Officers. | Privates. | ||||||
| Number discharged with 21 years service and upwards. | Average daily rate of pension. | Number discharged with 21 years service and upwards. | Average daily rate of pension. | Number discharged with 21 years service and upwards. | Average daily rate of pension. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| 1990–1897 | 114 | 3 | 10¾ | 670 | 2 | 4 | 226 | 1 | 1¼ |
| 1897–1898 | 96 | 3 | 11¼ | 792 | 2 | 3¾ | 288 | 1 | 1 |
| 1898–1899 | 84 | 3 | 9½ | 892 | 2 | 4½ | 224 | 1 | 1 |
| 1899–1900 | 82 | 3 | 11¼ | 615 | 2 | 5¼ | 178 | 1 | 1¼ |
| 1900–1901 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 431 | 2 | 4¼ | 125 | 1 | 1¼ |
| 1901–1902 | 83 | 3 | 10 | 785 | 2 | 5 | 274 | 1 | 2 |
| 1902–1903 | 115 | 3 | 8½ | 1,262 | 2 | 3¼ | 519 | 1 | 0¾ |
§ aware that Matthew Meath enlisted, in Drogheda, in the 10th Regiment of Infantry in 1860, and was discharged after twelve-and-a-half years service without a pension; and, if so, will he state why his application to the War Office for relief of some kind has been refused.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) This man served for eleven years 187 days, of which period one year 172 days were forfeited in reckoning service for pension. His conduct was indifferent, his name appears forty-four times in the regimental defaulter book, and he was ten times tried by Court-martial. He gave no war service, and was discharged at his own request. Accordingly there is no regulation under which he could be awarded a pension, and he was so informed on the 3rd instant by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital.