HC Deb 14 July 1856 vol 143 c741
MAJOR REED

asked whether it was true that a body of medical gentlemen who had volunteered their services at a time of great emergency, the assistant surgeons, were to be dismissed with a gratuity of only two months' pay, while the medical officers of the Turkish Contingent and the militia regiments were to receive twelve months' pay?

MR. FREDERICK PEEL

said, that the class of officers referred to would receive what had been agreed upon, when they entered the service.

MAJOR REED

But is it not true that they engaged to serve for two years, of which only eighteen months have expired?

MR. FREDERICK PEEL

They will be dealt with according to the terms of their agreement; and there will be no difficulty in settling with them.