§ Major PRESCOTTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office the number of ox-soldier or pensioner clerks who requested permission to join up in the recent War, either as commissioned or non-commissioned officers or privates, and were refused; whether he is aware that the men who were ruled out on the ground that they could not be spared are now suffering material loss owing to the non-reassessment of their pensions; and if he will take action to adjust their legitimate grievances?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONI regret that I cannot recommend any departure from the rule that pensions are not re-assessed unless the pensioner re-enlisted during the War. I am unable to state the number of the persons referred to in the question.