§ 87 and 88. Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the Under-Secretary for India (1) whether he is aware, that the junior officers of the Indian Medical Service are charged 1s. 9d. a day for rations, whereas no corresponding charge is made to officers of the British Medical Service; and whether such officers when employed during war time in India are charged only 1s. 1d. a day; (2) whether Indian medical officers below the rank of major, to whom during war the use of a horse is essential, are charged at the rate of £7 per annum for the hire of a horse and receive no horse allowance; and, if so, whether any steps will be taken to remedy these and other disabilities under which members of the Indian Medical Service now serving in France appear to suffer?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSUnder a recent decision of the War Office the charges hitherto levied on officers in receipt of Indian pay for hire of horses and for rations and forage will cease to be levied during the present War in Europe, and amounts already collected will be refunded.