§ MR. SOAMES (Norfolk, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any decorations, emolument, or other reward will be bestowed upon the civil surgeons in Groat Britain and Ireland who have been attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps throughout the whole duration of the South African war; and whether, in terminating the engagements of such surgeons, consideration will be given to the length of their services with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
* LORD STANLEYA large number of honours has been given to civil surgeons serving in South Africa, but it is not proposed to bestow any such decoration or reward to the civil surgeons who have been employed at home during the war. As regards engagements, their termination is regulated by their agreements, and extensions are decided upon according to local conditions.