30. Captain COOTEasked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office are prepared to meet the cost of medical attendance upon soldiers who fall sick while on demobilisation furlough, together with medical expenses of the soldier's family if they catch the disease from the soldier; and whether he is aware that in the case of the late Private C. D. Potter, No. 39,107, Norfolk Regiment, 9, Stunt Road, Norwich, the military authorities have refused to pay the cost of brandy ordered by the military doctor, together with the cost of medical attendance upon the man's mother who caught the disease while nursing her son?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONSoldiers on demobilisation furlough are entitled to medical attendance under the same conditions as soldiers on ordinary furlough. The family of a soldier, other than a regular soldier on the married establishment, is not normally eligible for medical attendance. I will have enquiry made in the case mentioned.