HC Deb 29 April 1915 vol 71 cc837-8
83. Mr. FALLE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that all lieutenants, Royal Army Medical Corps, have recently been promoted to the rank and pay of captains, and if a medical officer, however long his service, attached to a unit other than a medical unit cannot attain higher rank than that of major, while a-la-suite medical officers, who were not attached to Territorial or other units before the War, start now as lieutenant-colonels, majors, and captains, and draw the pay of those ranks; that officers a la suite are, for the most part, able to remain in their own town and carry on their private practice without passing any examination for rank; if he can see his way to grant all majors and captains of, say, five years' standing, attached before the War to Territorial or other units, the rank of lieutenant-colonel or major and the pay of those ranks; and will he remove the disadvantages as to promotion and pay now attaching to the medical officer who has served for years before the War attached to a Territorial or other unit?

Mr. TENNANT

As was explained by my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary on the 22nd instant, in reply to the hon. Members for Bury St. Edmunds and for Warwick and Leamington, the position of Territorial Force Royal Army Medical Corps officers in regard to promotion and pay is now under consideration.

100. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the concession recently given to lieutenants in the Royal Army Medical Corps, whereby all lieutenants became captains, applies to lieutenants of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Special Reserve; and, if not, will he say whether lieutenants of the Special Reserve come in the same category as Territorial lieutenants and so entitled to any concession that may be made to that branch of the service?

Mr. TENNANT

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the written answer I gave to the hon. and learned Member for North-East Cork on the 27th April.

Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that I have not seen the answer which he gave?

Mr. TENNANT

That is obvious. I am referring the hon. Member to that answer.

Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

Where shall I find the answer?