§ MR. CHARLES DOUGLAS (Lanarkshire, N. W.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any reward or distinction, other than the South African war medal, has been given to any of the nurses who served in South Africa; if so, whether such reward has been conferred upon Army nurses only or upon volunteers also; and if any difference has been made in the treatment of these classes of nurses, what are the grounds upon which this has been done.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The decoration of the Royal Red Cross has been awarded to certain Army and Volunteer Nurses who were officially 1352 recognised. Distinctions of various grades have also been awarded by the Grand Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on the recommendation of the War Office to Nurses and Volunteers officially recognised.