§ DR. FARQUHARSON (Aberdeenshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has further considered the case of Surgeon Major Briggs of the Army Medical Staff, with 1455 the view of his being re-instated in the position which he would now occupy in the Service if he had not retired?
§ MR. E. STANHOPEYes; I have further considered this case, and I am of opinion that Surgeon Major Briggs should not suffer any loss as regards promotion in consequence of an act which was performed under a pressure which no one could have resisted. Surgeon Major Briggs will, accordingly, be restored to the seniority he held before retirement.