§ Commander BELLAIRSasked whether the naval surgeons in charge of hospital ships, having the rank of fleet-surgeon in the Royal Navy, have been given the rank of major in the Royal Army Medical Corps; and whether, having regard to the fact that a fleet-surgeon ranks with a lieutenant-colonel, the latter rank can be 384W accorded to them, no question of pay being involved, instead of degrading them one step in rank?
§ Mr. TENNANTThese officers voluntarily offered their survices and accepted the rank of major. They have no experience for Army requirements beyond that which is to be obtained by the medical charge of hospital ships, and are not, therefore, eligible for service in the rank of lieutenant-colonel.