§ SIR J. COLOMB (Yarmouth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether, during the forthcoming military manœuvres in England and Ireland, any steps will be taken to employ chiropodists with the infantry, brigades for the purpose of attending to soldiers' feet, and with a view to furnishing independent reports as to the shoeing of infantry, and to the expediency of establishing a permanent system of efficient regimental chiropodists for service with infantry battalions.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverThis matter has been under the careful consideration of the military authorities. As an experiment, some men of the Royal Army Medical Corps were last year instructed in chiropody, and a class for a certain number of noncommissioned officers was subsequently 1363 formed at Aldershot. The experiment was successful, and its extension is under consideration. But it would obviously be impossible to provide trained men for the manœuvres this year.