§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether Volunteer surgeons are now promoted to brigade rank; and, if so, whether it is the intention to promote to a similar rank the senior Militia surgeons, some of whom have been serving before the Volunteer force was instituted?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. E. STANHOPE, Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The reason why the Volunteers have this advantage is because they are organised by brigades, and the rank of brigade-surgeon is conferred in recognition of the increased responsibility attached to the principal medical officer of a brigade.