§ Mr. JOYCEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of John O'Brien, late private in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Regimental No. 5328, C Company, who enlisted in the above on the 22nd September, 1896, and was discharged as medically unfit on the 27th August, 1899, having contracted varicose veins, and who is now unable to perform any hard work; and whether, this being the case, some pension will be awarded him to enable him to live outside of the workhouse?
§ Colonel SEELYThe varicose veins which caused the discharge of John O'Brien, after serving for two years and 329 days, were not, in the opinion of the Invaliding Medical Board, either caused or aggravated by military service. In these circumstances I regret that he bas no claim to pension.