§ Mr. GROVESasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will investigate 1869W the circumstances affecting non-payment of allowance to ex-Rifleman B. J. Gale, No. 31,810, in respect of the time he was a prisoner of war?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI regret I cannot undertake to investigate claims of this nature presented ten years after the event. At such a distance of time, material facts and relevant documents are normally no longer available.