HC Deb 16 March 1860 vol 157 cc726-7
MR. BAZLEY

said, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether the Medical Officers of Her Majesty's Indian Army have had all the privileges conceded to them which the Royal Warrant of the 1st day of October, 1858, entitles them to receive?

SIR CHARLES WOOD

Sir, the Warrant of 1858 cannot apply in all respects to the Medical Officers of the Indian army, inasmuch as the pay and pensions of the Queen's Service differ from those of the Indian Service; but the rank and position of the Indian Medical Officers and those of the Medical Officers in the Queen's Service in India are on a footing of perfect equality.