§ SIR GUYER HUNTER (Hackney, Central)asked the Secretary of State for 671 War, Whether there is any objection to the adoption of the recommendations of the Volunteer Medical Association with reference to rank, &c., of Volunteer Medical Officers, submitted to the War Office?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)This Question has also been brought before me by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Holborn (Colonel Duncan). I am able to approve generally the proposals of the Association. Some questions of detail still remain to be considered. But I may say that the grant of the rank of surgeon-major to Volunteer Medical Officers after 12 years' service and the insertion of their names in the Army List as Volunteer Medical Staff will be approved.