§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will cause inquiry to be made into the case of Patrick Fox, now of Arden Flash, county Fermanagh, who served nineteen and a half years in the Army, first in the 5th Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers and then in the 2nd Battalion of the same regiment (regimental number 443), and was on the 12th September, 1883, transferred to the First Class Army Reserve at Omagh with a good conduct certificate, and was discharged from the Army Reserve on 8th October, 1891, with good conduct certificate, but without a pension, which he has since been trying to get; will he say if it is in accordance with the Army Regulations that a man who serves so long, and leaves with good conduct certificates, should not be entitled to a pension; and, if so, will he recommend a change in the orders.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) This man was discharged on the 8th October, 1887, after twelve years service, on the termination of his first period of limited engagement, and subsequently served four years in Section D Army Reserve. He had previously served for two years 176 days in the Donegal Militia. His total service with the colours was seven years eleven months, and he was not engaged in any campaign during this period. His service does not therefore entitle him to any pension. There is no trace of any application for pension from this man.