§ 4. Colonel APPLINasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that no promotions to commissioned rank have been made in the Indian subordinate medical service since 1923; and, in view of the number of qualified men who are eligible for and awaiting promotion, will he take steps to ensure that their claims are dealt with at once?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe circumstances were brought to my Noble Friend's notice by the Anglo-Indian deputation which waited upon him last summer. The Government of India are being asked for an early report on the subject.