HC Deb 18 December 1888 vol 332 c641
COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)

asked the Secretary of State for War, If, under the recent Regulations extending the time of foreign service for medical officers, those men who are serving abroad will come under these altered Rules; and, whether those ordered abroad before April 1, 1889, will come under such Rules?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)

All medical officers of the executive grades who may be serving abroad on April 1 next, or who may be subsequently ordered abroad, will come under the new Rules as to foreign service, subject to possible modifications in regard to officers required to accompany troops returning home.