§ 25 Mr. PATRICK MEEHANasked the Secretary for War (1) whether a pension will be granted to Private John Powders, No. 5032, Leinster Regiment, who was discharged from the Army on the 5th May, 1916, as physically unfit for war service; whether he is aware that Powders served sixteen years in the Army before reenlisting on the 27th July, 1915, and took part in the South African Campaign; 313 whether, in arriving at the amount of his pension, his full service in the Army will be taken into consideration; (2) whether he is aware that Sapper James Gunne, No. 40375, Royal Engineers, who was discharged from the Army on the 20th December, 1915, as physically unfit for war service, having contracted rheumatism as a result of wettings received while in the Army, has been in receipt of a weekly payment of 10s. 9d. up to the 20th June, 1916; if he will state why the weekly payment to Gunne, who has a wife and six children to support, has now been reduced to 4s. 6d. per week; and (3) whether he is aware that Private Christopher Dunbar, No. 2466, Leinster Regiment, who was discharged from the Army last year, having lost his right leg, has been in receipt of a pension of 25s. per week until May last; and if he will state why the pension of Dunbar, who has an aged father dependent on him, has now been reduced to 12s. 6d. per week?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am making inquiries into these cases, and will let my hon. Friend know the result as soon as possible.