§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the total pay and allowances of a colonel on the general staff, a colonel on the staff of the Royal Engineers, and a colonel of the Royal Army Medical Corps, respectively; and whether any increase of total emoluments for the last mentioned officer has been arranged for in the forthcoming warrant for the Royal Army Medical Corps.
LORD STANLEYThe pay and allowances are as follow:—Colonel on the staff, £880 and forage; colonel on the staff (Royal Engineers), £1,063 and forage; colonel of the Royal Army Medical Corps, £880 and forage. The recent Committee on the re-organisation of the Army Medical Service did not recommend any increase to the emoluments of colonels of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and no increase is therefore provided for officers of this rank in the forthcoming warrant.