§ MR. R. PEARCE (Staffordshire, Leek)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Henry Hulme, late quartermaster sergeant Cheshire Regiment, whose discharge is dated December 18th, 1897, and who holds five good conduct medals, and served twenty-one years without an entry in the regimental default sheet for the last eighteen years, has not yet received a good conduct medal, though applied for before discharge, and finally on December 8th 1905, when the captain acting ajdutant, depot Cheshire Regiment, replied that the application was too late and should have been submitted within six months of discharge; and whether, in view of the facts, the delay may be excused and the medal granted.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Under the King's Regulations, recommendations for good conduct medals are to be submitted half-yearly, and to include cases of men discharged within the previous six months. No recommendation has been received in the War Office in connection with Mr. Hulme. If he will apply to the War Office his case shall be investigated.