Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked whether the pensions granted to the 317 men invalided from the Service in 1910 were life pensions, and what was the average duration of the temporary pensions granted to the 876 men invalided in the same year; and why the 899 men also invalided in that year got no pension, and what was the average length of service of such 899 men?
§ Colonel SEELYThe pensions granted to the 317 men were life pensions. As regards the 876 temporary pensions no figures showing the average duration are readily available. They are very rarely granted for less than twelve months. As regards the 899 men who got no pensions, they were men whose disabilities were not due to service or climate and the circumstances of whose cases did not, in the opinion of the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, entitle them to any award under the Royal Warrant. No figures as to their average length of service are readily available.