§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is yet in a position to state how the man Mates who was discharged from the Connaught Rangers on 15th July wholly unprovided for has been or is to be provided for under the terms of the new pay warrant; if this man, owing to the treatment he received, has applied for a sworn investigation into the peculiar circumstances surrounding his case, and if such will be granted; if he is aware that Mates has offered to surrender his claim to pension on condition he is awarded a substantial gratuity to enable him to pay his debts, recover his property which he was obliged to dispose of, to defray medical expenses, and give him a fresh start in business; and if, in consideration of the results arising out of his illness, which causes bad impressions in the minds of many comrades who are serving and seriously deters others who are willing to serve, the matter may receive immediate attention?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThis man has been awarded a gratuity of £20 under Article 7 (2) of the new Royal Warrant and payment advice was issued on the 21st June. He has applied for a sworn investigation into his case, and it is open to him to appeal to the new Appeal Tribunal if he so desires. He was retired after 242 days service, all at home, for age, and a medical board which specially reported on his case found no symptoms of other disease than old age.