§ Sir. ELLIOTT LEES (Birkenhead)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been directed to a new attestation form (Army form E 595) for Yeomanry recruits issued to Home Yeomanry regiments, in which a certificate of medical examination is required in the form set out; whether the only persons allowed by the War Office to medically examine recruits or the Home Yeomanry are all medical officers and civil practitioners authorised 10 to examine recruits and medical officers of regiments of Imperial Yeomanry in Great Britain; whether it has been brought to his notice that in agricultural counties this regulation either entails on recruits living remote from an authorised medical examiner loss of time and expense in travelling, or similar loss to medical officers of Yeomanry regiments who are civil practitioners; and whether, with the view of preventing detriment to recruiting, he will sanction the medical examination of recruits for the Imperial Yeomanry, in Great Britain, by any resident civil practitioner at places where an officer qualified under the regulation mentioned is not available, or will he consider the advisability of compensating the recruits and Yeomanry medical officers for their losses and expenses.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY,) Lancashire, WesthoughtonIt rests with the General Officer Commanding and the Principal Medical Officer of each command to make the necessary arrangements for the examination of Yeomanry recruits, and, to meet the special circumstances of the Yeomanry, extra civil medical practitioners can be appointed when necessary, the expenses being recovered under the conditions of Paragraph 483 of the Militia Regulations.