§ COLONEL ALEXANDERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he will place the medical officers of the Guards on an equality with the other medical officers of the Army as regards pay and promotion under the Royal Warrant of November 27th, 1879?
§ MR. CHILDERSSir, the propriety of preparing a new Warrant for medical officers of the Guards is under discussion at the War Office; but, considering the great advantages which these officers enjoy in other respects over the rest of the Army medical officers, I cannot undertake that their pay and rate of promotion shall be identical. There never has been any difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of medical officers for the Guards.