35. Mr. H. EDWARDSasked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that Frederick Evans, Royal Naval Service, of His Majesty's ship "Cæsar," who was discharged on 15th February, 1915 (Certificate No. 2,127 D), on the ground of ill-health, within a few months of the period of twenty years' service which would have entitled him to a bounty, has recently died at the Aberystwyth Infirmary and has left behind him a widow and two small children, the Admiralty will give favourable consideration to their claim for the allowance which Frederick Evans would have been entitled to?
§ Dr. MACNAMARANot having fully completed the necessary period of service, the late Seaman Evans was not entitled to the Royal Naval Reserve gratuity, and the Regulations do not provide for the payment of any proportionate part of the gratuity in respect of the completion of any less period than twenty years. He was originally awarded a Naval Disability Pension of £13 14s. a year for life, but as, on a further review of his case, it is considered that the disease for which he was invalided may be regarded as developed in the Service, the pension awarded will 'be revised in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee on Naval and Military Services 2138 (Pensions and Grants), and any additional sum due on this account, as from the 1st March, will be paid to Evans' legal representatives. The necessary inquiries, with a view to the award of a pension to Mrs. Evans and of allowances for her children, are being made.