HC Deb 17 February 1876 vol 227 c401
MR. WARD

asked the Secretary of State for War, How many civilian medical men are at present employed in the United Kingdom doing duty with troops?

MR. GATHORNE HARDY

, in reply, said, that several civilian medical men were employed in the Army in the place of certain military medical men who were absent on leave, and some of them were attached to the auxiliary forces on special occasions.