SIR HENRY FLETCHER (Sussex, Lewes)asked the Secretary of State for War, If it has been customary to grant medals, gratuities, and other rewards to the medical officers and establishments employed on board hospital ships in time of war; and, if it is the case that the medical officers who served on board hospital ships in the Abyssinian, Ashantee, Egyptian, and Soudan Campaigns received medals, including those who served on board the Indian hospital ship Cesarewitck at Suakin?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)My answer to both Questions is "Yes."