§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, can state for what reason they increased to 2s. 6d. per day the pension to Thomas Tuohy (No. 6125), late of the 1st Connaught Rangers, for a period of three months beginning on the 19th February last; whether they can explain why they have now reduced to 1s. 6d. a day the pension to this man, although he was twice wounded at the battle of Pieter's Hill, and has still seven parts of a bullet in his right leg, which, in consequence of the wound, is one and a half inches shorter than the other leg; and whether they will consider the advisability of restoring his pension to the former amount of 2s. 6d. a day.
§ MR. HALDANEThis man's permanent pension is 1s. 6d. a day. The increase to 2s. 6d. a day was a temporary grant allowed to him when he was admitted to the Royal Infirmary, Dublin. It is usual for the Chelsea Commissioners to grant an increase of pension in such cases for three months to cover the period in hospital and subsequent convalescence.