File 3294/1913 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission: Expenditure' [‎17r] (29/241)

question of increasing the compensation already secured
for Mr. Hubbard should be settled by reference to the
awards made to Army officers who are wounded in action.
As the Secretary of State is aware, a Warrant framed
under section 1. of the superannuation Act 1887 regu
lates the grant of compensation in cases in which
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civilian officers of the crown are unfortunately in
jured during the course of their duties.
Their Lordships are unable to deal with Mr.
Hubbard's case except under the terms of that Warrant.
If Mr. Hubbard had not received as compensation
a net sum of over £1,000, after deduction of expenses
already incurred by him in connection with his injury,
My Lords, on learning that the Secretary of State agreed
to the application of the Warrant to the case, would
have been prepared to sanction the repayment to him
from public funds, in addition to the payments pro
vided for by the Warrant, of reasonable outlay strictly
of the nature of medical expenses, on production of
vouched accounts, but on Their present information They
do not see what justification there is for placing
Mr. Hubbard in a better position than that of any
other civil servant who received an equally severe
injury in the course of his duties.
The fact that partial conpensation has in the
present case been recovered from a third party scarcely
seems to afford sufficient ground for differentiation.
They would however suggest that with a view to
reducing these expenses the artificial leg which is
required should be obtained through the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of the
Ministry of Pensions, which has peculiar facilities
for supply of such appliances.
I am, etc.,
(Sd). G.L. Barstow .