§ Mr. Grovesasked the Secretary of State for War whether, as the rank held in previous Royal Army Medical Corps service is to be taken into account in fixing the present rank of officers in that corps, he will consider giving credit and promotion according to men who held commissioned rank as combatants in the last war and who are now doctors?
§ Mr. StanleyIt is not considered that previous commissioned service in other branches of the Army should be reckoned as equivalent to previous commissioned service in the Royal Army Medical Corps for the purpose mentioned, but such service is, nevertheless, taken into special consideration when Royal Army Medical Corps officers are selected to fill appointments carrying acting higher rank.