§ DR. LUSHasked the Secretary of State for War, If the changes in the Army Medical Department, indicated in his speech towards the close of the last Session of Parliament, are likely soon to be carried out?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, there were three Questions on the Paper in reference to the subject, and, in answer to them all, he might say it was perfectly true that at present there were 40 vacancies in the Army Medical Service and that there were only 12 candidates for them. The examination of candidates which ought to have taken place that day had therefore been deferred. He had laid before those Departments which must be consulted before he could bring any measure under the consideration of the House, a proposal which he believed would remedy a great many, if not all, the present difficulties in connection with the Army Medical Department.