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JOURNAL OF ~HE

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. <torps 1Rews~

N OVElVIBE R, 1906.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICALCORPS.-GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS. The name of Lieutenant·Colonel Richard H. Penton, D.S.O., is as now described,

and not as stated in the Gazette of August 7, 1906. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh C. Kirkpatrick, M.D., is placed on retired pay, date1

October 8, 1906. He entered the Service August 5, 1877; was promoted Surgeon- . Major August 5, 1889; Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel August 5, 1897 ; and LieutenantColonel, with higher rate. of pay, J nly 14, 1900. His war services are as follows: Afghan War, 1879-80. With KabUl Field Force.-Medal. Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884-5.

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hosie, M.D., retires on retired pay, dated· October 13. ]906. He entered the Service .July 28, 1886; was promoted Major July 28, 1898; and Lieutenant-Colonel July 28, 1906. His war services are as follows: Operations in Sierra Leone, 1898-9. Protectorate Expedition (Senior Medical Officer, Falaba Columns).-Medal with clasp. South African War, 1899-1902.-Queen's medal with two clasps. King's medal with two clasps. .

Lieutenant-Colonel James Maconachie, F.R.C.S.Edin., from temporary half-pay, retires on retired pay, dated October 10, 1906. He entered. the Service February 5, 1881; was promoted Surgeon-Major February 5, 1893; and Lieutenant-Colonel February 5, 1901. He was placed on temporary half-pay on account of ill-health on October 11, 190i. His war services are as follows: Egyptian Expedition, 1882.-Medal; brorize star. Soudan Expedition, 1884-5, Nile, Action of Abu Klea and affairs during return to Korti.-Two clasps.

ARRIYALS HOME.-From West Africa: Captains H. Herrick and M. Swabey.

ARRIYALS HOME ON LEAYE.-From India: Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. Newland; Majors J. C. Morgan and L. A. Mitchell; Lieutenant A. S. Arthur.

EMBARKATIONS.-For India: Lieutenant-Colonel S. C. B. Robinson; Major G. St. C. Thorn; Captains R. L .. Arghis and D. Harvey; Lieutenants E. G. Anth6nisz, M. Keane, W. C. Nimmo, and H. G. Sherren. For South Africa: Lieutenant-Colonel E. L. Maunsell; Lieutenants W.McConaghy and E. T. Potts. For Gibraltar: Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Ford. For West Africa: Captain R. F. M. Fawcett. For Egypt: Lieutenant J. H. Graham.

POBTINGS.-Captain T. J. Potter to Aldershot Army Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Fa.unce to 'Southeru Command .. Captain P. H. Henderson, and Lieutenants P. Farrant and A. S. Williams to Ea.stern Command.

TRANSFERS.-Lieutenant-Colonel J. V. Salvage from Southern to Eastern Corn. mand, as Sanitary Officer. Captain L. F. Smith from Ea.stern Command to Roya.l Arsenal, Woolwich. Lieutenant A. C. Vidal from Aldershot to Irish Comma.nd.

EXCHANGES.-The following excha.nges have been approved: Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Windle and Major A. E .. Smithson. Lieutilnant-Colonel D. M. Saunders and

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Major J, Hennessy. Lieutenant·Colonels C. E. Faunce and H. ,S. Mc Gill. Majors F. A. Symons and F. W. Begbie. Captains R. H. Lloyd and A. Chopping (as a special 'case).

TRANSFERS TO HOME ESTABLISHMENT.-Captains P. H. Henderson, F. J. Potter, and W. 1\1. B. Sparkes, from India.

APPOINTMENTS.-Major C. R. Elliott to be a Sanitary Officer in Ireland.

DIPLOMAS.-Captain C. W. Holden has obtained the Diploma for Tropical 1vIedi. ·cine and Hygiene of the University of Cambridge.

CHANGE OF NAM.E.-Lieutenant C. R: Bradley has, by Deed' Poll, changed his lIlame to C. R. Sylvester-Bradley.

LIST OF CASUALTIES:-Transfers to other Corps.-7338 Quartermaster-Sergeant F. C. Strike, to Devon

Brigade Bearer Company, Royal Army 'Medical Corps Volunteers; 7438 Staff· Sergeant W. Argent, to East Surrey Brigade Bearer COmpallY, Royal Army Medical Corps Volunteers; 234 Private F. Sheppard, to 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers; 236 Private A. W. Freemantle, to Army Ordnance Corps; 241 Private J. H. Fogarty, to Army Ordnance Corps; 339 Private C. Rutland, to Royal Field Artillery.

'i'rans/M's to A1'11~Y Reserve.-12000 Private H. Wilson, 14700 Private W. J. Woobner, 12560 Private A. C. Bimons.

Discharges.-6257 Sergeant· Major R. J. Allwork, termination of engagement; 6390 Lance·i::le'rgeant E. A. CampbeU, after twenty-one years; 675 Private W. Johnson, misstatement as to age; 311 Private R. S. Vickery, misstatement as to age; 769 Private G. Mathieson, on payment of £10.

DepaTtUI'CS for AbTOad.-To Jamaica, per s.s. "Port Royal," September 21, 1906: 10015 Staff.Sergant A. W. Grant, 10820 Sergeant J. Pearson, 10711 Sergeant F. W. Sharpe, 10926 Lance-Corporal E. Dover, 18817 Private J. Wa;llage, 60 Private A. J. Perry, 19917 Private A. Cate, 17734 Private A. R Cooke, 18484 Private G. S. G. Scott, 19098 Private F. P. Burley, 8543 Private G. Thorogood;'

To Egypt per S.8. "Sicilia," September 28,1906: 10449 Lance-Sergeant J. Wilkins, 155 Private E. P. Digby, 19150 Private G. H. Messenger, 19726 Private E. Deffe, 19567 Private J. Christie,19625 Private S. J. Wood, 19640 Private G. F. Holland.

To South Africa, per 8.S. "Braemar Castle," September 27,1906: 17901 Sergeant G. P. J ones, duty on board on voyage out; 17162 Private T. Rogers, duty on board on voyage out; 19937 Private G. T. Platford, duty ou board on voyage out; 18851 Private T. E. Davis, duty on hoard on voyage out. 10021 Quartermaster-Sergeant H. A. Ward, 14326 Corporal W. P. B. Morman, 18039 Corporal P. Wood, 18576 Lance-Corporal W. Lambkin, 19127 Private D. J. Ayling, 19812 Private F. P. Barron, 19869 Private T. Barton, 11593 Private T. L. Bootes, 19068 Private A. J. Brown, 14297 Private W. H. Bunce, 13014 Private W. Bloors, 19783 Private W. J. Claydon, 16887 Private G. E. Crosby, 19358 Private L. Calvert, 9540 Private C. R. Campbell, 19581 Private H. J. Cannon, 17890 Private R. Costigan, 19629 Private H. W. Cox, 18075 Private C. G. Cummings, 17792 Private C. Chittenden, 19731 Private A. Clements, 19133 Private J. C. Dewhurst, 19482 PriYate F. Dean, 10386 Private G. W. Davis, 19746 Private W. F. Dodwell, 19785 Private 'I.'. Elson, 19892 Private R Foraham, 19486 Private W.' J. French, 18421 Private J. Goodwin, 173'20 Private W. Garnett, 19773 Private R. Green, 18896 Private R Hunter, 19963 Private E. Gorebam, 19627 Private A. H. Hedges, 19368 Private J. Hazel, 1979 Private F. G. Hossack;19893 Private J. Hazel, 12641 Private A. H. Hursh, 19517 Private R. G. Harrison, 19672 Private A. T. G. Heley, 19760 Private E. G. Head, 19155 Private E. Hartley, 17724 Private G. R Hyde, 19409 Private A. Hutchinson,' 59 Private S. Jennings, 18935 Private J. R Keech, 14555 Private E. H. Liddle, 16153 Private P.' Lyon, 16482 Private W. C. Leppington, 19826 Private H. E. Lines, 19758 Private W. Manners, 19988 Private E.' H. Marsh, 19608 Private C. W. McPhail, 18588 Private R. Moreland, 19901 Private W. H. lIfartin, 197(W Private 'r. McCarthy, 19208 Private E. Miles. 16877 Private E. N. McColl, 19332 Private E. A. Moore, 17997 Private D. Morgan, 19714 Private J. E. Mallard,14850 Private T. G. Mayman, 19237 Private W. Naylor, 19596 Private J. J. Nich()lls, 19120, Private G. Nash, 18568 Private J. O'Toole, 19888 Private A. T. Pilgrim, 18765 Private G. Phillimore, 19161 Private G. Parkinson, 19817 Private V. S. Painter, 19622 Private G. T. Quintrell, 19896 Private C. W. Rutt,19270 Private T. W. G. Rogers. 19893 Private J: W. Hhodes, 19965: Private J. Riley. 19977 Private M. Sullivan, 19648 Private F. Stirling, 12243 Private P. Strange, 18113 PrivateF. J. Shaw, 19254 Private


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G;,A. 'Scales, 128 Private ·G;:Stepheris,18084Privitte A.'Sirilpsoti;191l:0 ;PriVa\;e'C: lH. 'Smith, 19623 PrivateJ.·Stabler, -114 Private:W. J. 'Snow," 19686 Private E. Stacey, '18592 Private A. J. Toomey, ~9994 Private R. Taylor,19997 Private ·R;a. 'Tilby, 19866 · Private J. L. Werrell,'50Private·H. Wilson, 19789 Private 'T. F. 'Wallis;17129 Private 'H. E. Walker .. 18298 Private J. Webster, 18254 Private A. W. ·Wright. '. :.

Arrivals Home!rom Abroad,~From Malta, per s.s. "CitY·of,Glasgow": 143 Private A.Stremes: .. .'

· From South Africa, per's.8. "Gaika;" September 22,1906: 7135 Quartermaster. Sergeant G. Foster, 14978 . Lance-Corporal· P. McNab, 14616 Private A. H.Jones, 14654 Private F.-Rawthorne ..

From Equimault, per s.s. "Virginia," September'8, 1906: 7538 Private G. T. Dally. . . . . . .

Deaths.-8455 Staff-Sergeant J. Healey, at Portsmouth, of pneumonia, September-25, 1906.

Special Extensions·beyond Twenty.one Years.-·7588 Sergeant·Major E. J. Buckley, 7379 Sergeant.Major C. H. Cooper, 7397 Sergeant·Major H. J. Ford, 7345 SergeantMajor W. Deans, 7561 Sergeant-Major J. F. E. Godman, 75.64Quartermaster·Se~geant W. Ward, 7043 Quartermaster-Sergeant W. TUson, 7063 Staff·Sergeant W. Moore,

.7308 Staff· Sergeant T.Devlin, 7232 Staff-Sergeant E. Hunt, 7511 Staff-Sergeant E. G. Woolnough, 7429 Staff-Sergeant G. W. Quarrington. 7438 Staff'Sergeant W. Argent, 10003 Staff· Sergeant H. Elmer, 7594 Sergeant G. W. Palmer, 7196 Sergeant W. T. Longman, 7447 Corporal J. Sharp, 7906 Corporal J. Tuohy.

THE FOLLOWING. HAVE QUALIFIED IN ~HE VARIOUS .CORPS EXAMINATIONS . FOR PROMO~ION, ·&c. .

For Qua1·termaster·Sergeant.-7712 Quartermaster-Sergeant H. J. Ford . . For Staff-Sergeant.-16573 Sergeant R. S. Nichol, 11303 Sergeant R. Ashton, 15948

Sergeant G. D. Christie. For Sergeant.~12743 Lance-Sergeant T. R. Wilson, 10714 Lance·Sergeant T. Kerns,

14973 Corporal E. Lacey, 10540 Corporal G. Bottomley, 11565 Corporal J. H. Jones, 13187 Corporal F.Sparks, 12025'Corporal A. E. Harrold.

For ,Oorporal.-17869 Private W. Pullen, 18566 Private H. Butler, 17228 Private A. G. Thompson, 18966 Private A. E. Whitney, 16454 Private S. A. McCartney, 12302 Private W. Whyte. . . .

As Oompounders.-12623 Corporal H.S. Rolfe, 18863 Corporal J. Mulcahy,17278 Corporal J. McLennan, 10511 Corporal F. Morgan, 10598 ,Corporal P. G.Knightley, 18149 Corporal A. H.Godfrey, 18432 Lance-Corporal .G. F. Pearce, 18158 'LanceCorporal G. P. Pursey, 19862 Private L. R. Tole, 17358 Private a.Ennor, 16266

, Private R. .S. Talbot.

NOTES FROM ALDERSHOT.-Major F. Smith, D.S.O., R.A.M.C., writes (Octob!lr ~~~ . .

"With the 3rd Division Fielq, Ambulance-Aldershot Army Oorps.-Hearing ·of all the suggested names for the combined units, it never occurred to me, until I had command of the Ambulance above referred to, that a better one than any of .them

· would hl!>ve been' Field Hospital and Bearer Company,' or the other way.about. ,It would not have been more :unwieldy than the existing unit' Divisional Transport .and Supply Column,' and it would ,have explained itself. It will take'a long time to make the whole of the Army conversant with the :new .unit., .Moreover, we British have got ·so accustomed to speaking of an 'ambulance ·waggon' as :an' ambulance,' that a good

· ·,deal. of confusion arises. However, it is too late to alter it now. As a somewhat annoyed General .remarked when he found be had to 'learn his medical organisation over again,this change of name will be making trouble all over the .world-the change .will be creeping around the Empire for years, everycolony.foUowing the old country .

. "In spite of .the name, we have enjoyed a very good time-for after all, there is.no more pleasing military duty than capering about ,on a horse in a pretty. country, .watching the progress of military ~cience. Our General (Sir Edward Hutton, K.C.M.G., ·C.B.) being as ·keen on his medical service as on any other branch, we were out on .every divisional day. For training purposes we formed a ·complete Field Ambl1lance . and regimental medical service in skeleton, in which were some elements of . humour. One of the earliest results of the training was a marvellous reduction in the weight and girth of our somewhat'rotund senior non-commissioned officers, who had been dragged forth from a life of ease and plenty in hospitals. It will be seen from the following copy of orders that promotion from the ranks to a commission was very rapid in the


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,me,dioal service of the Srd Division. The acting medical officers took very J.qnd~Ylto their new positions. The, commanding officer of a battalion. informed me that seeing a portly N.C.O. of my Corps and having a desire to send a message to me, he said to the N.C.O., 'Do you belong to the Bea~er Company? '-the N.C.O. drew himself up and replied, 'No sir, I'm the medical officer of the -, --shire Regiment.' It will be judged from this that all ranks entered into the spirit of the thing. In this respect, they were only on a par with the rest' of the Division. In all my soldiering I have never seen soldiers work so enthusiastically, with such little sickness, and falling out,

,as this 3rdDivision in the 1906 training. More than once the Division went through a long and arduous day's marching and fighting without a single man falling out.

" As there was a universal ignorance of the new medical organisation, I drew up, at the General's request, a memorandum on the subject, and it was issued throughout the Division with the orders, as below ;- ,

'" MEMORANDUM OF MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIELD 'rRAINING, SRD DIVISION, ALDERSHOT ARMY CORPS.

'" Regirnenta~ Medica~ Aid.-The RegUlations now require that all the authorised , bandsmen of a unit be trained to act as stretcher bearers. Royal Artillery, in lieu of bandsmen, continue to provide two men per battery or company for stretcher bearing.

,It has been decided that eight men and a N.C.O. from each band will be sufficient to , represent the band as stretcher bearers during the training. l On divisional training days, when the Field Ambulance is ordered to accompany the Division, the regimental bearers will take out their stretchers and will be prepared to co·operate in the removal of wounded from the field. These bearers, in action, will be at the disposal of the medical officer attached to their battalion, and will deal chiefly with the wounded of their own unit. The stretcher bearers of the Royal Artillery, similarly, will be under the medical officer attached to the artillery brigades. The stretchers for use by regimental stretcher bearers generally will be held on charge by the units to which the

, bearers belong. The wounded will be carried by regimental bearers to the point where they meet the ambulance waggons of the Field Ambulance. In exceptional cases of dangerously wounded men, who would be liable to be injured by the jolting of a waggon, the bearers may be 'directed by the medical officer to carry the wounded by hand to the

: dressing station., ' " 'Field Medical Units.-Under the new organisation of the field units of the

medical service the bearer company and field hospital are abolished as such, 'and a unit , called a Field Ambulance has been created, to combine the functions of a bearer company and those of the field hospital. For special use withlarge bodies of cavalry there is a new u,nit styled the Cavalry Field Ambulance. ,There are, two field ambulances to a division of infantry, and each ambulance can accommodate 150 patients. The total number of patients for whom accommodation is available is therefore the same as under the old organisation of three field hospitals to a division, for each field hospital was estimated to deal with 100 sick. The Field Ambulance is composed of three sections, each practically identical in composition. The equipment is so packed that a section is always ready to move independently at a moment's notice. Each section'of a Field Ambulance is sub-divided into a bearer division (doing bearer company work), and a tent division (taking the place of the old field hospital). It will be seen, therefore,

'that,the new arrangement is more elastic than the old one, inasmuch as the two divisional units afford us six organised bodies, eaoh oapable of aocommodating 50 patients, and available for any part of the division as a matter of course (not attached to brigades as in the old scheme). The main idea of thEi' hew arrangement is to move woundod 'as little as possible, bringing the hospitals to the wounded, instead of the wounded to the hospitals. The dressing station will often, therefore, become merged in

, ,the tent division of the Field Ambulance. It is contemplated that the Field Ambulance will not be opened in its entirety at the commencement of an engagement, but th'at sections will be held in reserve to be distributed under the General!s orders, wherever there are most wounded. The remaining medical units, the stationary hospitals, hospital trains; advanced dep6ts of medical, stores, general hospitals, base dep6ts of medical stores and 'hospital ships,'remain practically the same as under the old organisation. The accompanying plan (marked' A ') shows the ,lines of medical assistance in the field. The Division has been supplied with but one weak section of a Field,Ambu-

1 This arrangement was made in order that tlie bands might not be broken ~p altogether.


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lance. For the purpose of illustrating the working of the medical arrangements in the field during divisional training, then, it must be assumed that one entire Field Ambu· lance and two sections of the other Field Ambulance of the Division have been left behind crowded with wounded and unable to move with the Division. The remaining available section will meet the situation, as far as possible, by sub-dividing into three attenuated sections, to do the medical work of the Division.

" , F. SMITH. Major, " 'Bordon

" 'July 18, 1906.' '" Royal Army Medical Corps.

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" 'MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DIVI3IONAL MANCEUVRES OF JULY 19TH, 1906, SRD DIVISION.

" 'Infantry and Royal Artillery under Artillery Fire.-First dressing station, Section 'A,' opened behind houses at the foot of hill on the road from Whitehill to Blackmoor. Section' B' will advance with the infantry, and establish a dressing station at'some suitable place. The officer commanding Section,' C' will establish a dressing station at the best position he can find on Broxhead. Common as soon as' the Royal Field Artillery have taken up position. The bearer divisions and regimental bearers will move out to collect wounded. Medical officers of' battalions will carry wound-tallies, and in order to approximate to the conditions of real warfare (in which the colour-sergeant is as likely as the private to be suddenly put out of. action) will . give them from time to time to N.C.O.'s and men. The wounded will remain with their dressings on until orders are given for their release. Section' B ' will evacuate as many wounded as possible on the headquarters, Section' A,' at the position given above. The medical officer in charge of Hampshire Regiment will be in medical charge of divisional headquarters. The headquarters of each brigade will be in medical charge of the senior medical officer . of the brigade. The medical officer Artillery Brigades will assume medical charge also of the Supply and Transport ColUmn, Field Troop, Royal Engineers, and Squadron of Divisional Cavalry. '., . ,

" 'R. FANSHAWE, Lieutenant-Colonel,. " , General StatJ. '" Bordon,

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."., MEDIC~L Pe?:sonnel '3RD 'DIVISION; ", Major· F. Smith, D.S.O.; R.A.M.C'~Adting Prin,cipaJ Medica!' Officer Division,'

and Officer Commanding Field Ambulance.! " 'Lieutenant V. H; Symons, 1:l.A.M.C.-Officer Commanding Section' A' Field

Ambulance. This officer will also be available in case of. real casualties in the 6th Brigade. .

" 'Lieutenant C. T. ;EdrrvUnds, R.A.M.C.":-'Officcr Commanding Section' B' Field Ambulance, and will be available for· real casualties in 5th Brigade.

'" Lieutenant L. G. Gibson, R.A.M.C.-Officer Commanding Section '9·' .Field Ambulance. .

" , Lieutenant P. Sampson, R.A.M.G.-Medical Officer in charge of two Brigades, Field Artillery, .

'" Lieutenant and Qua1'termaster Audus, R.A.M.C.-Field Ambulance.

" 'Acting Medical Office1'S in charge oj Regiments. I Warrant Officer .. .. .. .. .. R.A.M.C. I Quartermaster-Sergeant I Sergeltnt

" 5 Nursing Orderlies " 8

" 'Principal Medical Officer's Clerk and Acting Sanitary 0ffic81·. 1 Staff-Sergeant, R.A.M.C.

" 'Field Ambulance. Section A. Section B.

Bearer {I Co;poral, R.A.M.C. Division 4 PrIvates "

2 Stretchers

I Corporal, R.A.M.C. 4 Privates 2 Stretchers "

" 'Tent Division, Dressing Stations.

Section C. 4 Privates, R.A.M.C. 2 Stretchers.

2 privates, R.A.M.C. 2 Privates, R.A.M.C. 2 Privates, R.A,M.C.

" , Tent Division, Field Ambulance. 1 Quartermaster. 1 man (cook).

"'R. FANSHAWE, " , Bordon, " 'Lieutenant-Colonel, General Staff.

" , July 18, 1906.' "The acting Principal. Medical Officer· was expected to follow the operations and'

to fit the Field Ambulance in with the tactical situation-advising the General Staff from time to time as to what should appear in Operation Orders. He had also to attend all the conferences, vulgarly termed' pow-wows.' .

. "We succeeded in giving satisfaction, and were mentioned in terms of commenda:' tion in orders. Our performances at night operations were really interesting, when we searched for· wounded with.no light but·the bull's eye lantern. The wounded whose lives had been imperilled in the descent of rugged hills in the dark, were rewarded on a: cold night, with.hot Bovril or Lemco. prepared at the dressing station. This .reconciled them-to: their fate, and they slumbered peacefully till. released from their surgical bonds. Either the General or one of his. staff usually. visited all the dressing stations, a.nd. criticised .. the work an~t arrangements. We had our instruments cooking in the· steriliser, and· everything ready for business,. but we were quite unprepared for such: realism as!a stern.order from the.General to our latest joined surgeon to.' remove that: pa.tient's· leg.~ .It. is hard to say which. looked. most alarmed:, the young officer on. receiving. the order,. or the paling. patient being borne .to· the' operation tent. The· patient,. I BJll· sure; took care .to a:v'oid·.wound,tallies,ever. afterwards .

. " The. :Uon.commis.sigued. officer acting as. Sanitary. Officer was: a. capable riderbooted .and( s.purred-, on, a.·tall. 'hairy'; he took the. part of galloper to the !locting Principal:'MedicaLOfficer very. well. .

"A NEw-ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPs' MARCH 1:' "Ha~ing to appe~~.' 00' ,a. revie'w parade; steps. we~e: taken in . advance to. see that

we wer~: not. neglected- in' the music line 'at the march-past. The Washington Post seemE)iI. to. be" :the favourite among the men- one of them said, 'Nobody can play it like our own band, Sir 1 '-but there was also an opinion abroad ,that that rousing tune had been abandoned for something new. in the eternal and, in this instance, regretted


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desire for change. Anyway, it did not matter which was right because the ba.nds bad not the necessary music. Ultimately it was, arranged that the excellent Middlesex band should play us ,by to our old march the' British Grenadiers' -and, very proudly we stepped out to that inspiring air. All the same, a medical grenadier does not seem quite right. When the Bandmaster (Mr., G. P. Robertson) came into the mess-room on a guest-night a few days later he told me he had thought of a march for us--'an:old song known as ' The Perfect Cure.' It is a jaunty air (as I remember it)., He thought it could be made into a, good march. If we are as proud of our work as the Army Service Corps, with their' Wait for the Wagon,' I think we could not do better than adopt the air of the 'Perfect Cure' type. A more lively march of this character might be made out of an old tune styled' Medicine Jack.'

"The Good of It. U It may be asked regarding the training, of what good is it all? 'Well I we have

learnt our own work as members of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and of the grand army in the field of war, and it is for war that we exist. We have rubbed shoulders for our mutual benefit with other branches' of a division in training. We have gathered a store of health to last us for a long time.

" Our feeling on the breaking up of the Division is one of regret that circumstances will not allow of the training of all tbe Royal Army Medical :Corps with the rest of the Army every year-for if they did we should bBbetter known and know better.

, "We have another feeling, and that is one of hope, that we may go on service , with the 3rd Division before it gets out of training."

Captain E. B. Steel, R.A.M.C. (September 3D, 1906), writes: "The Sergeants, R.A.M.C., Aldershot, held their Annual Rifle Meeting on July '30, on No. 4 Ash Range. The :weather was delightful, and the meeting proved a most satisfactory one,. There were plenty of entries, and competition was keen throughout. ,The successfulcompetitors were as follows:-

, , "Hammerton Oup;--(l) Staff-Sergeant Fletcher; (2) Sergeant Hinton; (3) Quarter-,J;llaster-Sergeant W. Ward. ' " ' ,

"Lilywhite Oup.-(l) Sergeltnt ,Hinton ;(2) Lance-Sergeant Yeoman; (3), Staff-Sergea.nt Fle,tcher., , , ' , ','

"Aggregate Prize.-Staff-Sergeant Fletcher. , , ' " "On August 3 the Depot Royal Army Medical 'Corps Rifle Club Annual Meeting took place,<;lll No. 4 Ash Range. The weather was favourable; although, there was.a xather nasty cross wind at times. The shooting, on the whole, was good" the: competiMan keen, and entries for the various events were plentiful. The," Pool" targets were well patrpnised at every range. ",

" Eesults.-Sergeants: (1) Sergeant Hinton; (2) Sergeant Ford; . (3) Staff-Sergeant Fletcher. Corporals: (1) Lan~18-Corporal James. Privates: (1) Private Pollington;

,(2) Private Burgess; (3) Private Wilkinson. . '. ' . " Young Soldiers' Oompetition.-(l) Private Bampton; (2) Private Smith; (3) Private Hy<ie .. '" Oha,llenge- Shield.-(l) Sergeant Hinton; (2) Staff-Sergeant Fletcher; (3) Sergeant Ford.,." '

J " On August 9 the prizes for the above events, including the Challenge Shield and various cups, were presented to the prize-winners by Lieutenant-Oolonel T. J. R. Lucas, O. B., R.A.M,O., who congratulated Sergeant Hinton on his very creditable perform

.ance in winning' the shield, with atotal'of 85, against very keen:competition. , "On August 10 the Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental Sports t.ook place,in fair . weather. There was a large attendance of visitors, and the different events were well ,competed; for. The Corps band 'played a selection during the afternoon, and, at the conclusion of the sports, the prizes were presented by Lady Gallwey, who complimented

. several of the winners personally on their successes."

Results. (1) Thr:owing Cricket Ball: Private Hazell and Corporal Dell. (2) Putting the'Shot: Private Hamilton. ' (3) Football Place Kick: Private Ball.

, (4) 'Race for Privates: Privates B,ailey, Hazell and Diamond. , (5) High Jump; Privates Hamilton and Bailey. ,,'

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(7) Long Jump: Privates Hazell and'McOaffrey. (8) Corporals' Race: Corporals Newton, Ranford and Sproule. (9), Race, One Hundred Yards: Privates Bailey, Hazell and Whitney.

(10) Hurdle Race: Privates Bailey, Hazell (Jas.},and Hazell. (11) Children's Race (Boys): Mick Smith,Hy. Jackson, Sid Coad. (12) Buglers' and Boys' Race: Boys Mason, Grizzell and Barnes. (13), Race, Quarter Mile: Privates Hazell and Perkins. (H), Costume Race: Staff-Sergeant Cotton, Private Olarke. (15) Sergeants' Race: Sergeants Ward (C.), Fitzgerald and Yeoman. (16) One Mile (Open to Garrison): Gunner Stokes, R.A. (17) Children's Race (Girls),: Hilda Ford. (18) Race, Half Mile: Privates Hazell (Jas.), Penny and Stubbington. (19) Sack Race: Privates Birch, Sorell and Alleri. (20) Egg and Spoon Race (Ladies): Mrs. Powell and llirs. Hazell. (21) Johnston Challenge Cup: Privates Olark, Elsden and Hazel!. (22) Tug of War: No. 2 Company and No. 1 Company. (23) Reveille Competition: "A" Company Dep6t and No. 1 Company. (24) Race for Officers: Lieutenant Vidal, Lieutenant-Colonel Moore. (25) Company Relay Race: No.!. Company, No. 2 Company and" C," Company. (26) Obstacle Race: Privates Bailey and Hazel!. (27) R.A.M.C. Challenge Shield:, "B" Company Depot and" C" Company.

NOTES FROM DUBLIN.-Captain W. R. Blackwell, R.A.M.C. writes (September 22, 1906): "A good many changes have taken place amongst the officers here since the last notes were published in the Corps News; most of them are quite ancient history now, but recently we have had a few. Our A.M.O., Colonel Ellis, has been, ordered out to India, and is now on leave, pending embarkation. Lieutenant-Colonel Wood;; is officiating till the arrival of Colonel North, who has been appointed to succeed Colonel Ellis. Lieutenant-Colonel MacLeod has also left for India. Captain S. A. Archer has been posted to the Royal Military Infirmary, as a specialist in'ophthalinology. We have had No. 1 (Dublin Company), and No. 4 (Cork Company), Royal Army Medical Corps (Militia), in Dublin for their Annual Training, and the men ,have been attached to the Royal Military Infirmary for instru'ction in nursing. On September'20' they 'were inspected by the Director-General, Sir A. Keogh, K.C.B., and he also inspected' the Royal Military Infirmary.

" The officers at the infirmary have started a library, and although it has not been very long in existence, we have the latest· books of reference on most medical SUbjects.

"In the cricket season, which has just closed, our team did fairly well. We played twenty-two matches, won five, drew two, and lost fifteen. We had some good bats and bowlers, but our fielding was weak. In the Garrison Cup we beat the ArmyService Corps in the first round, but were beaten in the second by the 11th Hussars bY'seven' runs. 'We played two matches with 17th Company (Curragh), and in each match got' handsomely beaten. Our most successful bats were Lieutenant Smyth, Private WaterS, Corporals Taylor and Morman, and Sergeant Hughes; as bowlers, Corporals Morman and Taylor did well; Sergeant Maffey kept wicket for the Garrison in most of their matches. Now we are looking forward to the football season, and' 'Hope eternal' makes us fancy we shall do better than last year. Last year'S captain, Corporal Morman, has gone to South Africa, and will be a great loss. The team is again in the Leinster, .Tnnior Combination, and won their first match of the year by 8'-1." ,

(October 12, 1906): "Colonel North has joined the district and' taken over the 'duties of-A.M.O. Surgeon-General Dallas Edge, C.B., made his annual inspection of the Royal'Military Infirmary on October 6. '

" On September 24 the members of the Sergeants' Mess gave a farewell' smoker' to Quartermaster-Sergeant T. Hedley, who left the station on furlough, pending discharge, on completion of twenty-one years' service. Sergeant-Major Conway, in' an apt speech, expressed the regret of all ranks at the Royal Military Infirmary at losing QuartermasterSergeant Hedley, and presented him, on behalf of the members of the Sergeants' Mess, with a very handsome clock. A very pleasant musical· evening was spent; and many good songs were rendered by the visitors and members of the Mess."

NOTES FROM EAST AFRICA. - Quartermaster-Sergeant R., Stanley.i, R.A,M.C., writes (September, 1906) :-" Lieutenant-Colonel J. Will, Principall\i[edioal! 0fficer, returned from four months~ leave of absence in England on August,27.


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"Sergeant G. Taylor arrived at Nairobi on August 26, from England, having disembarked from Mombasa on August 22. He has assumed the duties of dispenser at the Civil Hospital, Nairobi. Sergeant Taylor proceeded overland to Marseilles, and embarked in the s.s. "Admiral," the remainder of his journey by sea proving very interesting and agreeable. He disembarked at Naples, where he visited the ruins of Pompeii, and also at Port Said 'and Aden, visiting the fort and famous water-tanks at the latter place. Sergeant Taylor is very pleased with his new appointment and surroundings, and he is the first of the Corps to till an appointment as dispenser under the Colonial Office in these parts. He will have plenty of scope for ,his abilities as a cricketer, which, it is reputed, are of no mean order."

NOTES FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA.-Corporal J. H. Thorne, R.A.M.C., writes (September 26, 1906) ;-" The 29th Company having just been formed, the members naturally decided to celebrate the auspicious event. A picnic was decided on, and on the morning of September 8 the majority of the company (which is stationed at Up Park Camp), with the kind permission of the Officer Commanding, Major F. M. Mangin, accompanied by a few friends from the Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps, left camp by brake, at 5.30 a.m., for Bog Walk, a distance of about twenty. three miles. The party were well supplied with solid and liquid refreshments, and set out with the determination of enjoying themselves to the utmost. Thetirst stage of the journey ·-to Spanish Town, thirteen miles away-was covered in fine style, the party arriving at the old capital at 7.30. Light refreshments were partaken of, and half-an-hour later the last stage of ten miles to Bog Walk was entered on_ En route, the party visited the power-house from which is transmitted the current that runs the Kingston traincars, and- they found much to interest' them in the bUilding. Bog Walk was reached at 9.30, and the merrymakers drove straight to the selected camping-site, a Rhady spot close to the Rio Cobre River_ The property had been kindly loaned by Mrs. Gibson, proprietress of the local hotel. The long drive had put everyone's appetite on edge, and refreshments were gladly partaken of. Then the gramaphone was requisitioned, and soon brought the music-loving natives out in full force, after which the party broke up. Some took to the river, the cricketers set up their wickets and were soon busy hitting and hunting the leather, while the less strenuous inclined went sight-seeing; and there is much to see at Bog Walk. At twelve o'clock the party again met and had light refreshments, and various games were played, to the huge enjoyment not only of the pleasure-party, but of the natives. A' go-as-you-please' walk around the village was the next event on the programme, the party again meeting at about 4 p.m., for another hearty feed_ At 4.50, after a most enjoyable day, the return journey was entered on .. An hour and a half was spent sight-seeing in Spanish Town, and at 10.45 we were all back in quarters at camp. The Qutingwas voted a huge success, and none of those who participated will forget the day's enjoyment in a hurry."

NOTES FROM BIIILI,INDIA.-Captain E. B. Knox, R.A.M.C., Secretary to Principal Medical Officer His Majesty's Forces in India, writes (September 20, 1906) :-

"Appointments. - Surgeon-General W. B. Slaughter, A.M.S., to be Principal Medical Officer, Eastern Command, vice Surgeon-General W. L. Gubbins, M_B., C_M., M. V.O" A.M.S., appointed Principal Medical Officer, His Majesty's Forces in India, with effect from August 1, 1906. Surgeon-General F. W. Trevor, M.B., A.M_S., on promotion to that rank, is confirmed as Principal Medical Officer, Western Command, with effect from July 15, 1906. Colonel J_ F_ Williamson, M.R, C.R, C.M.G., Principal Medical Officer, 5th (Mhow) Division, is appoinied an Honorary Surgeon on His Excellency the Viceroy's Personal Staff, vice Colonel W. E. Saunders, C_B., deceased. Colonel O. Todd, M.R, to officiate as Principal Medical Officer, 6th (Poona) Division, vice Surgeon-General Trevor, M.B., V.H.S., .. appointed, as Principal Medical Officer, Western Command.

", Transfers.-Captain M. M. Rattray, from Colaba to Bangalore, on September 7, 1906. Lieutenant J. T_ Wright, from 9th (Secunderabad) Division to Colaba, on' September 6; 1906;

"Leave.-Captain E. B. Knox, M.D., privilege leave from August 23, 1906, to September 23, 1906. Captain F. E. Rowen Robinson, privilege leave, sixty days, from September 3, 1906.

"Exchange.-Between Lieutenant-Colonels H. L. Battersby and A. E •. Tate, in the roster of Indian service.

"Relief.-Exchange of transports between Captains B.' S. Bartlett and W. J. Waters."


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NOTES FROM WAU, SUDAN.-Captairi Heward' Enser, ·D.S.O., RA.M.C., writes (July 9, 1906) :~" Lately, while returning frem Shamhe, en the White Nile, to .Wau, I discevered that a deg .of mine' had several maggets under his skin. These maggets I have kept and am trying' te hatllh .out; they have gene inte the chrysalis 'stage new, and .ought te develep inte the fly seen. I de net knew what fly it is; but if they hatch .out all right I will send .one 'er twe specimens te the Gerden Cellege fer identificatien, and will send, yeu a repert en them. I have twe er three times neticed ·these maggets in the skins .of .buck I have shet en the Cenge Free State frontier, and the natives. say they'are very cemmen in animals but never live in man. . ,

" This district is extremely interesting and swarms with big game, and se far I have shet nearly everything e,xcept 'an elephant, having during my last teur .of inspectien get a recerd ·buffale with a span .of thirty-seven inches. Twice I have fallen in with elephants while on the march, .but did net get a chance te sheet .one; on the first eccasien because the largest bull elephant .of a herd we met did net wait fer me te get my heavy rifle frem 'my bearer but charged at once, and there was nething fer it but te run, and·the secend time there was ne cever te get near eneugh te make certain .of getting a shet. · co Blackwater fever is still en the increase here; we have had feur mere case's ameng the treops since I wrete the article which yeu published; none .of these feur cases were treated with quinine and all have recevered."

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE. Pestings and Transfers.-Sisters: Miss E. A. Cex, te s.s. "Plassy," fer Iridian

Treepship Service, frem the Queen Alexandra Military Hespital, Millbank; Miss M. L. Harris, te s.s. "Plassy," fer Indian Treepship Service, frem Milit·ary. Hespital, Chatham; Miss M. Pedlar, te s.s. "Plassy," fer Indian Treepship Service,. frem Cambridge Hespital, Aldershet; Miss L. E. Mackay, te Egypt, frem'Military Hospital, Gespert; Miss E. M.Denne, te Seuth Africa, fremReyal Herbert Hespital, Weelwich; ;Miss M. Walker, te Seuth Africa, frem Cennaught Hespital, Aldershet.

Staff Nurses: Miss G. S. Jaceb, te s.s. "Plassy," fer Indian Treepship Service, frem Cennaught Hespital, Aldershet; Miss W. ·L.Everingham, to. Cambridge Hespital, Aldershet, en appeintment. .

ARMY MEDICAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS. The undermentiened Surgeen-Lieutenants to be Surgeen-Captains :-Rebert A. Draper, dated September 14, 1906. . ReginaldC. Gayer, dated September 17, 1906. .

· Surgeen:Majer Henry G. Thempsen, M.D., F.R.C.S.Ireland,te be Surgeen-Lieutenant-Celenel, dated September 4, 1906. .', ..

Surgeen-Lieutenant-Colenel Henry G. Thempsen, M.D., F.R.C.S;Ireland, flaving IIttained· the prescribed limit .of age, is remeved. frem the Army Medical Reserve .of Of!icers, dated September 25, 1906.

IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. YDrkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess .of Wales's Own).-Surgeen~Lieutenant W.

H. Cheetham, M.D., te be Surgeen-Captain, dated Octeber.6, 1906. . • Royal North Devon (Hussars).-Stanley Rider Gibbs, Gent., to be Surgeon-' ~ieutenant (extra), under the conditions" .of paragraph 28, Imperial Yeomanry Regula-tions,.dated October 13, 1906. .

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (VOLUNTEERS)~ SCDttish Command: Glasgow Companies.-Quartermaster and Henerary Lieutenant

J. Kenny is granted the honorary rank .of Captain, dated October 6, 1906 .. · Eastern-Command: Maidstone Companies.-The:Reverend.Jehn Le Mare Shallis is appointed Acting Chaplain'; dated October 10, 1906. '

Lancaster and Border Bearer CDmpany.-Captain W. B. Ceckill, M.D., te be Major, dated September 22, 1906~

OTHE~ VOLUNTEER' CORPS. · 1st West Riding .of Yorkshire. RDyalGarrisDn Artillery (VDlunteers).-John Niglltin-gale,. M.B. (late .Captain), te be $urgeen-Captain, dated January 20, 1906.. .'.

2nd VDlunteer Battalicm, ·The Eing's (Liverpool Regiment).-'-WilIiam Henry Broad, Gent., te be Surgeen·Lieutenant, dated September 22,1906. '


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3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers.;-WilfiedMoriti Steinthal; Esq., late Captain,' Northern Command, Manchester Coinpanies, RoyafAriny Medical Corps (Volunteers), to be Surgeon-Captain, dated September 22, 1906.

1st Newcastle.on-Tyne, Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).-Frank Hawthorn, M.D., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant, dated October 6, 1906.

1st Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of' Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).Surgeon-Major F. Shann to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. Colonel, dated October 6, 1906.

1st Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).-The surname of Surgeon-Lieutenant W. J. CoIlins is as now described. and not as stated.in the London Gazette of December 12, 1905.

1st Volunteer Battalion, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry).Surgeon-Major J. M. Harper is borne as supernumerary, whilst holding the appointment of Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant.Colonel, Senior Medical Officer, Cornwall and Somerset Volunteer Infantry Brigade, dated October 10, 1906.

1st Lanarkshire Volunteer Rifle Corps.-Arthur Innes, Gent., to be SurgeonLieutenant, dated October 10, 1906.

1st'Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).-SurgeonMajor H. G. Thompson, M.D., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, dated September 4, 1906. . .

REGISTER FOR INDIAN SERVANTS.

FEW officers on going to India have not experienced the difficulty of getting good servants. The discomforts on arrival and of a long journey up country, unprovided with a bearer, or, what is worse, provided with a hastily selected man, taken haphazard from the crowd of indifferent or bad characters who congregate in Bombay, have fallen to the lot of most of us, whilst the period of trial and vexation until a proper staff of servants is secured is familiar to us all.

In our Corps, with regular annual reliefs, it shOUld not be difficult to arrange for an interchange. Officers leaving India would then be able to provide places for the good and tried retainers they are relinquishing, and new arrivals would, by taking on these men, be spared many of the worries and troubles which now befall them. Further, good servants would not be lost to the Corps, and the prospects of continuous employ-ment could not fail to have attraction for the better class of men. .

With these ends in view, officers due home from India are requested to communicate to the Journal particulars of servants whom they can recommend, so that officers going out in relief may have a.n opportunity of securing these men. The particula.rs required are ;-

(1) Class of servant. (2) Whether for bachelor or married officer. (3) District or station to which he belongs. (4) Any special recommendations. NOTE.-The date the officer leaves India should also be stated, and when and where

the servant will be available. Major W. T. Mould, R.A.M.C., writes from Kailana, India, on October 3, sending

particulars of a servant, whom he strongly recommends-Debi Dial. (1) Bearer. Is Kahar caste. (2) For a bachelor: (3) Manohar, Ballia, U.P. (4) Is honest and quite reliable. Was with Major Mould for two years, 1895-6, and

afterwards with Major Cameron for five years.. He re· entered Major Mould's service when he returned to India. Will go anywhere in the Eastern Command. Available at any time.

Address-Sirdar, Manobar, Ballia, U.P., India.

EXAMINATION. The following result of examination is notified for general information ;Passed in (h) i for the rank of Captain; Lieutenant. H. H. J. Fawcett.


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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS MILITIA.

The personnel of theso Companies arc now systematically trained in military hospitals.

The above photographs, taken at the Royal Infinn8,ry, Dublin, show men of the Dublin Companies being taught, by the :Matron and her staff, in the wa.rds and in the lecture theatre.


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THE RECREATION ROOM, DEPO'l', RA.M.C.

The abovo is 1\ photogYPoph oC the Recreation Uoom at the DepOt, Aldershot, to whicb some vcry grea.t impro\'ements for the men's comfort and a.musement during tho winter evenings hl'loVe recently been added. Tho Recreation Room, wbich adjoins the Coffoe nod Baer B:trs, has been completely roocooro.ted, nnd refurnished with two Cull·sized billiard ta.bles and ga.mes of every description, mak ing it one of the m OSL collllorLablc aud handsome rooms in camp. t .:\ now Pavilion has a lso been erected on tho recreation ground for use at football A.nd cricket ma.tches, which is \'ery much apprecia.ted and patronised by the men.

THE N .~J W ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS COLOURS.

'rho now Corp!! Colours a·ro to be obta.ined a.t tbo Atmy a.nd Na.vy Stores, Yictol'ia. ::ii;rcet, London, S. W., who rtro the mu.nufucLurcrs, at the following prices :-

'fbe bla.zcr . . £2 2 0 'rbe hilt ribbon 0 2 G 'I'he scarf 0 7 G


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THE LATE QUARTERMASTER AND HONORARY LIEUTENANT J. FERGUSON, R.A.M.C.

The Director-General has authorised Lieutenant-Colonel G. Twiss, RA.M.C., to raise subscriptions on behalf of Mrs. F. A. Ferguson, widow of the late Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant J. Ferguson, R.A.M.C., who recently died after a short illness, in South Africa, without leaving any provision for his widow and son.

£ s. d. Subscriptions already acknow-

ledged in Journal • . __ 121 14 6 Captain Phillips, London 0 10 0

" Probyn, D.S.O., London 0 10 0 Lieut. Drew, Caterham • . . . 0 5 0

" Browne, R.A.M.College 0 5 0 Col. Lambkin, London •• . . 1 0 0 Major Beach" 0 10 0 Oaptain Bateman ,; 0 10 0 Lieut. Dawson, Pirbright 0 5 0 "Benson" 0 5 0

Captain Simson, London 0 10 0 Lieut.-Col. Fayrer " 1 1 0 Lieut. Johnson" 0 5 0 Lieut.-Col. Birt" 1 0 0

" " Townsend, Dover 1 0 0 Captain Hewitson 0 10 0 Lieut. Honeybourne 0 5 0

"Dill ,,050 Lieut.-Col. Wyatt, Curragh 1 0 0 Lieut. Thompson, Windsor 0 5 0 Captain Skinner, Sierra Leone_. 1 0 0 Lieut.-Colonel Lane, Scottish

Major Martin, Singapore Captain Stammer, London Major McNaught, Scottish

Command CoL Kenny, Transvaal Lieut.-CoL Dugdale "

" ., Burton Major Collins

" Lenehan " Capt. Addams-Williams " Lieut. Winder

" Brook " Lieut.-Col. Daly, C.B., Curragh Captain Gunter

" Popham

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This subscription list will close on November 15, 1906, up to which date cheques (crossed) will be gladly received by

Lieutenant-Colonel G_ E. TWISS, R.A.M.C., . NETLEY CLIFF, NETLEY.

OBITUARY. MAJOR THOMAS BIRT, Royal Army Medical Corps.

We regret to announce the sudden death of Major T. Birt, RA_M. C., youngest son of the late Thomas Birt, M.D., of Leamington, at the age of 44. While cycling with Major T. B. Beach, R.A.M.C., near Reading, on September 18, he was thrown from his bicycle on attempting to take a sharp turn at the foot of a long hill. Everything possible was done for him at the Royal Berks Hospital, Reading, where he was conveyed after receiving his injury, but death took place next day.

His nntimely death has left a gap which it will be impossible to fill in the lives of his friends, and they were many, not only in the Corps, but in the Army generally and outside it. He was a thorough good and capable medical officer, self-reliant, not afraid of any responsibility, with an opinion of his own, and with the courage to act upon it. His opinion as a medical man was sound, and was based upon a thorough practical and theoretical knowledge of. his profession, attained by hard work, both at home and abroad, for he did not shirk hard work, and was as conscientious in performing it himself as he was in expecting it from those who served under him. His judgment was seldom at fault, and was often sought for by his brother officers, not only on

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TRADING ACCOUNT FROM JULY 1, 1905, TO JUNE 30, 1906.

EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Publisher's Bills:

Journal .. £1,132 16 0 Oorps News .. 156 8 8 Distribution List. . 43 3 0 Seniority Roll 31 19 0 Reprints .• 32 8 0 Stationery, Post·

age, &c •.• Sundries

5017 6 5 17 2

--- 1,453 9 4 "Contingent Account, including

Clerk's Salary for 1905·6 . (£19 17s. 6d.) .• .. •.

"Honorarium to .Clerk for 1904·5 (one year) .. .. ..

" Honorarium to Clerk for prepara· tion of Seniority Roll, R.A.M.O.

" Purchase of type, &c., for Addres· sograph ••

" Exchange on Drafts " Cheque Book .. . . " Bank Oharges for Postages " Honorarium to Editor

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£1,874 15 11

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INCOME. £ s. d. By Subscriptions to Journal received

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refunded 6 18 0

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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906.

LIABILITIES. £ s; d, ASSETS.

Publisher's Bill for Quarter ended June 30, 1906 233 3 10 Balance at Bank on July 1, 1905 Profit on this Year's Working

£ s. d. £ s. d. 861 11 0

Balance Credit .. ... 994211

£1,227 6 9

250 19 9 ----1,11210 9

This Balance is held as follows: Aug. 8, 1905. Purchase of £700

War Loan Bonds ;; •. £694 16 0 Aug. 4, 1905. Placed

on Deposit at Bank £600 0 0 Mar. 28,1906. With·

drawn from De· posit at Bank 300 0 0

------ 300 0 0 Current Account at Bank on

July I, 1906 .. .. 117 14 9

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Furniture: The Addressograph Typewriter Sundries ..

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60 0 0 Less 10 % fair wear and tear for 3 years 16 5 2!

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purely professional but on official and priva.te ma.tiers; it was always freely given. Strict in his dealings with non· commissioned officers and men of the Corps, he was greatly respected and beloved by them, for he was always just and a lover of fair play. The same may be said with respect to his patients. Firm, yet kind in his treatment of them, none was quicker to detect the" skrimshanker," and, at the same time, no one could be kinder or more sympathetic to the man who was really ill. To those who enjoyed the privilege of his close friendship his loss is irreparabl~. C~eery, unselfish, open-handed friend, ready always to see the humorous and the brIght SIde of things, his only fault, if such it may be called, was that he was too generous. He was in every sense an all.round man, and he had more than a superficial knowledge of many and various subjects, more particularly of architecture, literature and the fine arts. Of music (he was no mean player on the organ), pictures, poetry and flowers he was particularly fond. In fact he was a cultured English gentleman, without a trace of any sort of meanness in his character. To know him was to love him, and he probably had not an enemy in the world.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS FUND. THE TWENTY. SIXTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE.

The Twenty.sixth Meeting of the Committee was held at 68, Victoria Street, S. W., on Friday, October 19, 1906, at 3.30 p.m.

Present.

Surgeon-General Sir Alfred Keogh, K.C.B., Director·General, A.M.S. S':1rgeon.General Sir Charles .McD. Cuffe, K.C.B. ) Repre~enting Lleutenant·Colonel E. M. WIlson, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. J RetIred Lieutenant·Colonel Sir James Clark, Bart., C.B. Officers. Surgeon-General W. J. Fawcett, C.B. Colonel A. T. Sloggett, C.M.G. Colonel H. E. R. J ames. Major H. C. Thurston, C.M.G. Major C. G. Spencer.

Minutes. (1) The Minutes of the Twenty-Fifth Meeting were confirmed. (2) The accounts of the Aldershot Sub-Committee for the quarter ended September

.30 last, were approved as follows;-(a) Widows' and Orphans' Fund.-The sum of £104 was voted for the current

quarter's expenses. Statements of the accounts and of the cases receiving relief are appended to these minutes.

(b) General Relief Fund.-Tbe sum of £40 was voted for the current quarter's expenses. Statements of the accounts and of the cases receiving relief are appended to these minutes.

(c) The Band Fund.-The sum of £188 was voted for this quarter's expenses. This sum will enable the Band Committee to expend £127 on new instruments and music. The accounts for the Band Fund for the last quarter are appended to these minutes.

(3) The sum of £7 3s. has been advanced to Mr. B. A., Reservist, formerly private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, on a promissory note to refund the amount within six months, dated August 28, 1906. The advance was made to cover the expense of taking out a provisional protection at the Patent Office for an invention.

(4) Colonel A. T. Sloggett, C.M.G., proposed that the Principal Medical Officer, London District, should be empowered to keep an imprest account for purposes of General Relief, instead of Major Thurston, C.M.G. Major Thurston pointed out that ori the transfer of the Army Medical Department to the new War Office building it would be impossible for him to administer the relief of cases of urgent distress. The Director·General concurred. The Committee approved of Colonel Sloggett's proposal. The Committee invited the attention of Principal Medical Officers of Commands to this minute.


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(5) The following sums have been received for the General Relief Fund ;-Military Hospital, Bloemfontein £5 0 0 Major O. W. Reilly, Donation.. •. .. 1 0 0 Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental Institute, Harrismith 5 5 0 No. 12 Company Canteen Fund .. , .• •• .. 5 0 0

(6) The Regimental Homes and. Benefits Agency has made special arrangements to supply artistic shields bearing iuscriptions for placing in bedrooms in the Union Jack Club, in order to denote to which corps each bedroom belongs, and by whom and in whose memory it has been endowed. The badge of the corps is usually placed at the top, the inscription below. The cost of each shield would be about 35s. Our Corps has two such bedrooms presented. by the officers-one by special subscription, the other by the Memorial Branch of the Royal Army Medical Corps Fund. The Committee postponed decision on this matter until the views of the Secretary of the Union Jack Club have been obtaine'.l as to whether there would be any objection to the use of these shields in the manner contemplated. Should there be no objection to their use the Committee desired that a specimen of the shield should be submitted for inspection.

(7) It was brought to the notice of the Committee that a subscription list had been opened among the non-commissioned officers and men of No. 6 Company for the benefit of a widow of a non-commissioned officer recently deceased. Upon enquiry it became apparent that the widow was not in urgent need of funds. The Oommittee, while sympathising with the spirit which animated the non-commissioned officers and men to make personal sacrifices on behalf of the widow, desired to draw their attention to the fact that the General Relief Fund is ready and desirous to meet all cases of distress, and thus save expense to individuals.

It appeared to the Oommittee that this was an opportunity of again commenting on the fact which has been adverted to at General Meetings, that, while some officers cordially endeavour to support these charitable funds, and to assist in their administration by keeping a watch 'on local cases of distress, there are only too many cases where these matters are treated with indifference. The Committee would therefore beg all officers, administrative and executive, to use their best endeavours to further the interests of the men /lond their families by reporting cases which require relief, and also by supporting the General Relief Fund by regular quarterly grants from the various canteens, thus saving individuals from such ,demands as the above, which sometimes press heavily upon the men. The Committee desired further that the subjoined complete list of hospitals and canteens which have subscribed to the funds should be published with these minutes;-., '

(8) The Secretary of the Army Medical Officers' 'Friendly a.nd Benevolent Societies attended the meeting, and at the request of the Director-General read the following resolution which had, this afternoon, lieen passed by the Benevolent Society;-

"Proposed, that a paid Secretary:be appointed to succeed Lieutena.nt-Colonel B. Skinner as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Army Medical Corps Fund, and that he take over the duties of Secretary to the Army Medical Officers' Benevolent Society from Oolonel Ligertwood, C.B., on January 1, 1907, that he be paid a salary of . . . . per annum, and that with a view of succeeding,Oolonel Ligertwood' as Secretary to the Army Medical Officers' Friendly $ociety, he be appointed Assistant Secretary to the Army Medical Officers' Friendly Society with the concurrence of the Committee of that Society."

Proposed by Surgeon-General Sir Charles MeD. Cuffe, K.C.B., seconded by Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Davies, and carried unanimously.

The Director-General informed the Committee that this resolution did not meet with the support of the Friendly Society. It had been wrongly bruited that Colonel Ligertwood, the Secretary of the Friendly Society, proposed to resign his office. This rumour had no foundation in fact, and the Committee of the Friendly Society felt that the new Rules having now been promulgated it was desirable that no change should take place until the working of the new ,Rules had been tested.

The selection, therefore, of a eecretary for the Royal Army Medica.l Corps Fund and for the Benevolent Society was postponed for future consideration.

B. SKINNER, Lieutenant-Colonel, October 22, 1906 Hon. Secretary.


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SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GENERAL RELIEF FUND FROM REGIMENTAL INSTITUTES.

Name of Hospital or Canteen 1904 1905 1906 -----------' --' -' --' -' -'-------

£, s. d. £, s. d. £, s. d.

Netley 50 0 0 25 0 0 ( 25 0 0' 125 0 0'

Middelburg, Cape Colony .. 50 0 0 Aldershot Depot 50 0 O· Alton, No. 3 Company 1 0 0 Colchester, No. 9 Company 5 0 0 Chatham, No. 10 Company 5 0 0 Woolwich, No. 12 Company 10 0 0 5 0 0 Dublin, Royal Infirmary, No. 14 Company 2 2 0 2 2 0 Cork, No. 16 Oompany 2 0: 0 Military Hospital, Pretoria 10 0 0 12 0 0 Naauwpoort,Cape Oolony, Hospitalla,te at 11 0 0 Military Hospital, Standerton .. 5 0 0 5 0 0 Potchefstroom 5 0 0 6 0 0

Military Hospital, Middelburg, Transvaal 5 0 0 { 19 5 0 0 0

Barberton 2 0 0 110 0

" " Bloemfontein .. 5 0 0 5 0 0

Detachment, Gibraltar 5 0 0 Cottonera ,210 0 2 10 0

Milita;y Hospital, Oanad~' 50 0 York, No. 8 Oompany 1 io 0 Detachment, Valletta .. .. 50 0 R.A.M.C. Regimental Institute, Har. 5 5 0

rismith

1 For 1905. 2 To Jnne SO, 1906. 3' £5210s. since received.

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BALANCE SHEET FOR QUARTER EN])lNG SEPTEMI!ER 30, 1906.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. 1906. £ s. d. 1906. £ s. d.

July 1. Balance Credit from last quarter 18 10 6 July 30. Bandmaster's Salary 10 0 0

" 23. Grant from R.A.M.C. Fund 70 0 0 " "

Band Pay .• 12 15 9

" 28.

" Annual Dinner Fund 4 6 9 Aug. 30. Bandmaster's Salary 10 0 0

" 16. Hon. Sec. R.A.M.C. Mess, Aldershot, Officers'

" " Band Pay .. 12 10 7

Subscriptions, June .. 9 15 0 Sept. 25. Bandmaster's Salary 10 0 0 Aug. 12. Hon. Sec. R.A.M.C. Mess, Aldershot, Officers'

" " Band Pay .. 12 2 6

Subscriptions, July .. 5 5 0 ". " Hawkes and Co. Instruments, repairs, car-

Sept. 14. Hon. Sec. R.A.M.C. Mess, Aldershot, Officers' riage and music 38 12 6 Subscriptions, August 5 12 6 " "

Messrs. Boosey & Co. Music .• 2 10 3 Aug. 2. One Officer's Subscription 0 5 0 " "

Lehman. Bandmaster's Uniform 110 0 July 30. Ptlrcentage to Band Fund from Flower Show o 16 0 "

Gale & Polden. Programmes and Book o 12 6 Sept. 4.

" " Virginia Water 1 5 0 "

Bande;xpenses to R.A.M. Collegel 211 9

" 30. Balance Credit 2 911

£115 15 9 £115 15 9

1 Due from R.A. M. College, £2 lis. 9d.

A Idel'shot, October 12, 1906

(Signed) E. T. F. BIRRELL, Captain. Band President.


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BALANCE SHEET FOB THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1906.

RECEIPTS.

Date. From whom received. On what account. £, s. d. 1906.

Balanoe fro~ last Quarter 6 0 9 July 25 Seoretary, R.A.M.C. Fund Grant 35 0 0

Total •• 4;1 0 9

Aldershot, October 12, 1906.

EXPENDITURE.

Date.

1906. To whom paid.

July 1 Various

to Sept. 9 July 4 Mr. J. L.

" Mr. G. Au~. 11 Mr. J. B.

25 Mr. L. Sept. 4 Mr. A.

" 12 Maj. H. C. Thurston " 21 Bank.,

28 Mrs. T. 30 Sergt. H. Cassell

On what. account.

Disbursementij to 7 cas e s receiving mor. tbly relief

Grant ••

For Urgent Cases Cbeque Book •• Grant .. Clerk .,

Postage Balance at Bank

Total

(Signed) E. T. F. BIRRELL, Captain, Hon. Secreta1·y.

£, s. d.

28 10 0 1 5 0 010 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 010 0 0 2 4 0 3 5

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BALANCE SHEET. FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1906.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE.

Date. From whom receh·ed. On what account. £, s. d. Date. To whom paid. On what account. £, 8. d. 1906. 1906.

Balance from last Quarter 28 1 0 July 1 Various •• Monthly Disbursements July 23 Secretary, R.A.M.C. Fund Grant 70 0 0 to to 20 Widows and one

Sept. 30 Orphan 78 i 6 July 28 Bank Cheque Book 0 10 0 Sept.i!l Plaistow Nurses'

Home , .• Fees for Mrs. Haik 16 19 6

" 30 Sergt. H. Oassell Clerk 010 0 Postage 0 2 10

Balance at Bank .. 1 17 2

---Total .. £98 1. 0 Total £98 1 0

Aldershot, October 12, 1906.

(Signed) E. T. F. BI:fl,RELL, Captain, Hon. Secretary.


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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS COMPASSIONATE FUND.

The following have received relief during the Quarter ended September 30, 1906:

WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.

Name of recipient

Child P., Oahir

Mrs. S. "London

Mrs. C., Norwich

Mrs .. R., Dublin

Mrs. S., Dublin

Mrs. I., D.ublin

Mrs. K."London

Mrs. S., London

Mrs .. H., Chester

Mrs. 0., Ohester

l\Irs. G., Dublin

Mrs. M., Dover

Mrs. B., Sevenoaks

Mrs. G., London

Number Age of

children

8

37

40

46

62

63

68

59

46

36

50

44

39

39

3

2

3

1

4

1

4

5

None

6

If in receipt .Monthly

of a grant pension. from Fund Amount

Total amount received

from Fund

None .cl 5s. £45 2s.

None £2 £90

None £2 £79.

None £2 £70

None £llOs. £70

None £1 10s; £52 10s.

None £110s. £48

None £1108. £57

None· 12s. 6d. £50 12s. 6d.

None 128. 6d. £465s.

None £1 lOs. £33

None £1 £30

None £1 £14

None £1 10s. £18

Remarks

Ohild of the late 7150 StaffSergeant, who died at Sierra Leone. Arrangements are being made for the child to be placed in a school.

Widow of a Private, and has heart disease. Children are all young.

WidOW of a Private, arid suffers' from rheumatism. One child is in the Duke of York's School, and a girl, aged 10, at home, is delicate.

Widow of 2512 A. H. Oorps; is in delicate health. Two eldest children have signs of tubercular disease.

Widow of a Oorporal; decrepit and blind.

Widow of a pensioner; daugh: ter is unable to keep her.

Widow of a pensioner; is too old to work.

Widow of a pensioner;. oannot work owing to ill-health.

Widow of 15532 OorporaL Discontinued after August 1, 1906_ No longer necessary.

Widow of 9938 Private ; suffers from heart troubles. DoeR not wish the child, aged 6 years, placed in a school.

Widow of 2737 Private ; youngest child 12 years of age. In receipt of variable sums from two sons, sometimes nothing.

Widow of a Sgt.-Major. Four of the children are in homes; one, aged 8,.is with her.

Widow of a Sergeant-Major. Grant made until employment is obtained. Receives 3s. 6d. a week locally.

Widow of a OorporaL Two of the children are assisting her. Two eldest children 18 and 16. Remainder under 8. Grant made as a temporary measure.


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WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.-Continued.

!fin Total Number receipt Monthly amount Name of recipient Age of of a grant received Remarks children pension. from Fund from Fund . Amount

Mrs. H., London 59 2 None £110s. £201Os. Widowof 1721 Private. Child· ren both grown up and un· able to assist her. Is unable to work.

Mrs. B., London 79 2 None £1 £10 Widow of No. Slate Sergeant-Major. Is too old to work. The two sons contribute 3s. weekly between them and canflOt give more.

Mrs. N., Netley 29 3 None £1108. £1610s. Widow of 10407 Sergeant, who died at Malta. Children are all young and require looking after by the mother. The eldest is registered for a school.

Mrs. S., Netley 57 2 None £1 £44 Widow of a pensioner. Young-est child 17 years of age. Earn 12s. 6d. a week between them.

Mrs. C., Alder- 60 .. None £110s. £3 Widow of 60S. Is too old to shot work.

Mrs. K., London 40 2 None £2 £2 Widow of a Private, who died at Mauritius. Cannot ob. tain employment.

Mrs. H., Alder. 30 2 None .. £1619s.6d. Widow of late Sergt., drowned. shot Was granted to enable her

to undergo a course to qualify as midwife.

Mrs. B., Dublin 41 3 None Ss. £64s. Widow of 5930 Private. Was given to assist her in main· taining son until he enlisted asa boy. Discontinued after September 1, 1906.


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Name of recipient

Mrs. H., London

Mr. N., L:mdon

~Ir. A., Netley ..

Pte. A., Woolwich

Mr. B., Aldershot

Mrs. H., Carnforth

Mr. L.-, London

Mr. P., Netley ..

Mr. L., Aldershot

Mrs. T., Leeds ..

Age

35

46

50

76

32

40

56

125

GENERAL RELIEF FUND.

I !fin Number receipt ~Ionthly

children pension. from Fund Amount

Total amount received

from Fund Remarks of I of a grant

~----~~------+----------------------

1

4

4

2

2

1

3

5

None

None

Is. 6d. a day

None

1s.ld. a day

None

None

Is. a day

l1~d. a day

£1108.

£2

£1

£1

10s.

£2

£2

£311Os.

£2l

£9

£5

£25s.

£6

£15s.

£6

£15s.

£1

Wife of a discharged Corporal, 10552, who has deserted her. Discontinued; no longer necessary.

Late 5270. A widower. Children are being cared for by relatives. Has only one eye, the vision of which is very defective. He is unable to work. .

Late 2938 Corporal. Has Bright's disease and unable to work. Wife is delicate. Grant made for twelve months.

No. 10411. Grant made to assist him in the maintenance of his two children, his wife having recently died. Discontinued after August 1, 1906; no longer considered necessary.

Late 101 A.H. Corps. Was given £1 to pay fare to Devonport, and no further grant then necessary.

Wife of a Private in civil prison.

Was given to assist him while out of employment. Late 9257 Private.

Late 7223 Private. Has tubercle of lungs, and unable to work. Is married.

Late 3905. Was given to enable him to proceed to his home in Cork.

Wife of 8032 Private. Was granted to assist her while her husband was in hospital and she was confined.

~------~--~--~--~--~----~----------------Aldershot,

October 12, 1906. (Signed) E. T. F. BIRRELL, Captain.

Hon. Secretary.


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BIRTHS. GODDARD.-On October 13, at Eastbourne, Midhurst, the wife of Captain G. H.

Goddard, R.A.M.C., of a son. POLLOCK.-On October 19, at Valletta, Malta, the wife of Major O. E. Pollock,

R.A.M.C., of a daughter.

DEATHS. BIRT.-On September 19, 1906, at Reading, Major Thomas Birt, Royal Army

Medical Corps, aged 44 years. He entered the Service July 27,1887, and was promoted Major July 27, 1899. He served with the Relief Force, Operations in Chitral, 1895.Medal with clasp.

HARRIS.-On September 27, 1906, at Bletchingley, Surrey, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alfred Harris, retired pay, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 56 years. He entered the Service, February 5, 1881; was promoted Surgeon-Major February 5, 1893; and Lieutenant-Oolonel February 5, 1901. He was placed on temporary half-pay October 24, 1901, from which he retired on retired pay, September 9, 1903. His war services are as follows :-Egyptian Expedition, 1882.-Medal, bronze star. South African War, 1899-1900. Advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to November, 1900; operations in Orange River Oolony, May to July, 1900, inoluding actions at Lindley and Rhenoster River.-Queen's medal with four clasps.

MACLEAN.-On June 24, 1906, at Northampton, Surgeon-Major Hampden HealeyMaclean, retired Medical Department, aged 73 years. He entered the Service April 22, 1858; was promoted Surgeon March 1,1873: and Surgeon-Major, April 1, 1873. He retired on August 9, 1878.

RICHARDS.-On August 30, 1906, at Warrenpoint, Newry, Co. Down, Honorary Brigade-Surgeon Oharles Frederick Richards, M.B., retired Army Medical Staff, aged 67 years. He entered the Service October 2, 1866; was promoted Surgeon Ma_rch 1, 1873 ; placed on half-pay June 23,1873; restored to full-pay as Surgeon, September-22,1873; promoted Surgeon-Major January 1, 1879; placed on half-pay March 19, 1881, and restored to full pay as Surgeon-Major September 27, 1881. He retired with the honorary rank of Brigade-Surgeon, August 3, 1887.

TROTTER.-On June 14, 1906, at York, Surgeon-Major John William Trotter, retired Medical Department, aged 77 years. - He entered the service May 26, 1854; was promoted Surgeon, March 1, 1873; and Surgeon-Major April 3, 1874; retiring on May 23,187_7.

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