§ CAPTAIN GREVILLE (Bradford, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether his attention has been called to the fact that the dates fixed for entry, 17th July, and of examination, 28th July, of candidates for the Army Medical Service will have the effect of excluding from competition young men who may have obtained their diplomas at the Victoria University and other examining bodies during the month of July, but the results of whose examinations are not published till 27th July; and whether it would be possible to postpone the dates of entry and examination for a few weeks in order to allow successful students to compete.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverThe 992 date of the examination was notified on the 10th May, and appeared in the newspapers on the 12th May. The first intimation that the date would debar University candidates reached the War Office on the 11th July, when it was too late to alter the arrangements.