§ 37. Colonel ASHLEYasked why officers are not supplied with a new artificial leg when one is needed, as is done in the case of non-commissioned officers and men?
§ Mr. HODGEAn officer of the Army who loses a leg is fitted with an artificial one free of cost, and is given a wound pension of £100 a year, out of which he is expected to defray the expense of repair and renewal. In view of the misleading statements which have appeared in the Press, I may perhaps inform the hon. and gallant Member that the wound pension is in addition to retired pay, and that actually no officer who loses a leg in action gets less, in the aggregate, than £150 a year. The question whether it is possible to give military officers further assistance in the matter of artificial limbs is engaging my attention.