§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been directed to the case of Richard Graham, an inmate in the workhouse, Ballyshannon, who having served twenty-four years in the Army, thirteen years in the Royal Artillery, and eleven years in the Suffolk Regiment, twenty out of his twenty-four years service having been passed in India, where he was on active service in the two Afghan campaigns, was invalided home and is now destitute; what is the amount of. Graham's pension at present; and what steps, if any, does the War Office intend to take with a view to his relief in these necessitous circumstances.
§ MR. HALDANEThis man is drawing a pension of 7d. a day, the highest rate for which he is at present eligible. As he received a medal for the Afghan War, 1879–1880, he will, when he reaches the age of sixty-five in September next, be eligible for a special campaign pension of 1s., in lieu of the present pension of 7d., provided that he is then in necessitous circumstances. He should then forward his application to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital.
* CAPTAIN FABER (Hampshire, Andover)Will the man get the pension at sixty-five, or will the grant be a matter for consideration?
§ MR. HALDANEIt will depend on whether he is in necessitous circumstances.