§ MR. ALEXANDER BARINGasked the Secretary of State for War whether it is his intention to make any alterations in the pay, rank, and retiring allowances of Veterinary Surgeons in the Army, and if so, what those alterations were?
GENERAL PEELsaid, a warrant had been prepared, the effect of which would be to improve the rank, pay, and retiring allowances of the army veterinary surgeons. That document had to receive the sanction of the Commander in Chief with regard to the rank and position of these officers, and of the Treasury with respect to the pay. Until it had passed through that ordeal, he did not think it advisable to mention the precise nature of the alterations to be made.