CAPTAIN VIVIANsaid, he would beg-to ask the Secretary of State for War, Why non-combatant Officers when appointed to mounted corps are compelled to pay ration stoppages, although they received no mounted pay?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, in reply, that it was impossible to deny "that with reference to non-combatant officers, especially with respect to the medical officers, there was a great inconsistency in their pay. Some years ago the pay of the medical officers in the Army was reconsidered, and the pay of the Infantry medical officers was raised to the level of the Cavalry officers' pay, thereby leaving the Cavalry officers at some disadvantage with respect to forage deductions. It was, however, constantly found that medical officers in the Army were desirous of obtaining commissions in Cavalry regiments.