§ SIR ANDREW AGNEW (Edinburgh, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the civil surgeons and nursing sisters employed in tending the sick and wounded in 1547 South Africa will be entitled to the same war gratuity as those connected with the Army.
LORD STANLEYCivil surgeons, civil veterinary surgeons, and nursing sisters are employed under a definite contract as to pay, and are not entitled to any war gratuity.