§ Mr. MARRIOTTasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if his attention has been called to the case of Mr. A. A. Goddard, late gunner, Royal Field Artillery, of 40, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, who first enlisted in 1880, who served in the South African War (six clasps) and for 2½ years in the War 1914–18, and who, after 25 years of active service, is retired upon a pension of 1s. 0½d. a day, which, owing to a technical difficulty, is not open to reassessment; and will he inquire into this case?
§ Sir R. SANDERSOn 20th June, 1908, when Gunner Goddard was discharged to pension, he had two separate periods of service with an interval of more than five years between them. This fact renders him ineligible for re-assessment of his pension under Army Order 325 of 1919. I regret that I am unable to alter the rules in his favour.