MR. LEVESON GOWERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether a considerable saving might not be effected by the employment of Militia 1436 Surgeons in the place of Army Surgeons at the Depôt Centres; and, whether such a step is not desirable in consequence of the scarcity of Army Surgeons causing Civil Surgeons to be sent abroad?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, it was found that recruits were inspected more carefully by Army medical officers than by Militia surgeons. An arrangement, however, was in contemplation for employing Army medical officers on half-pay, care being taken that they should be fit to carry out their duties.