§ COLONEL KINGSCOTEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary for War whether it is intended to carry out the recommendations of the Committee appointed to inquire into the Army Medical Department, of which Mr. Stafford was Chairman in 1856, or any of the recommendations of the Sanitary Commissioners, of which the right hon. the Member for South Wiltshire was President, which relate to the pay, rank, and organization of the Army Medical Officers, or whether it is intended to continue the system now prevalent under the present Director General.
GENERAL PEELsaid, he would beg to inform the hon. and gallant Gentleman that there was no intention to alter the 335 present system. The Reports of the Sanitary Commissioners appointed by Lord Panmure, and of the Committee of which the Right hon. Gentleman the Member for Wiltshire (Mr. S. Herbert) was President, had been received, and, in conformity therewith, a warrant had been drawn and sent to the Lords of the Treasury, and as soon as it received their sanction it would be acted upon.