28 OCTOBER 1916, Page 3

In the Times " Political Notes" of Tuesday it was stated

that Mr. Arthur Henderson is to become Minister of Pensions. In August Mr. Henderson resigned from the Board of Education in order to devpte himself to the work of Labour Adviser to the Government, but he also (as Paymaster-General) became President of the Chelsea Commissioners. As the Commissioners are respon- sible for the administration of soldiers' pensions, he has had the advantage of studying the question for the last two months. It is believed that the new Ministry will take over the duties of the War Office, the Chelsea Commissioners, and the Statutory Com- mittee (which makes supplementary grants to both Services), and that pensions to sailors will still be administered by the Admiralty and Greenwich Hospital.