Major DAVIESasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether Surgeon-General Sir Arthur Sloggett exercises complete control over the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and Belgium; and, if so, whether he was appointed to that position because of his services as Director of Medical Services in India during the period immediately preceding the appointment of Sir W. Babtie?
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§ Mr. MACPHERSONHe exercises control under the Commander-in-Chief France in the same way as any other head of a Department in the field. He was sent to France by Lord Kitchener because no doubt he thought him the best man for the appointment.