§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is prepared to state what are the intentions of Her Majesty's Government with regard to the filling up of vacancies in the Medical Staff of Militia Regiments, seeing that, according to the Army List for June, there are six surgeoncies and twenty-four assistant-surgeoncies vacant; and, whether the Government is prepared to compensate those surgeons who can show up to the present time any loss or hardship, as promised by Lord Cardwell, that individual cases of such should be "fairly considered? "
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, that all the appointments had been suspended until the Regulations with respect to the status and pay of Militia medical officers were issued. Those Regulations were now in preparation, and would shortly be issued. He had the opportunity the other day of seeing a deputation of those officers, and gave them the same information as he now gave to his hon. Friend. As to the question of compensation, he could only repeat what he had said before, that, as in former eases, so also in these, each case would be considered carefully on its own merits.