§ DR. THOMPSONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to a recent statement of Dr. C. Ball, of Dublin, a member of the Advisory Medical Board, respecting the retirement of Army Medical Officers, and will he explain whether it is the intention of the Government to recommend that an Army Medical Officer, who has served 18 or 20 years in the Army and who has failed to pass the examination to a lieutenant-colonelcy, should be compulsorily retired on a gratuity, or whether such an officer will be allowed to serve for 20 years as at present and then be retired on a pension of £1 per diem.
§ MR. BRODRICKAn officer who fails to pass the examination for the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel will be permitted to complete 20 years service and retire on £1 per diem.