§ MR. HERBERTasked, Whether it is the intention of the Secretary of State for War to grant the request of the surgeons of the Volunteer Force, and give them the instructions necessary to enable them to teach a certain number of men of their respective regiments the difficult duty of carrying sick and wounded men in case of war; and, whether such instructions are carried on in the Army generally?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, the subject referred to was under consideration at the War Office, and when reported on, it would come under his notice. At Aldershot a certain number of men of the Army Hospital Corps had been trained to this duty; but 464 such instruction was not given throughout the Army generally.