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JOURNAL
OF THE
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
(torpa 'lRews,
APRIL,
1905.
GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.-ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant-Oolonel J. Magill, M.D., O.B., to be Oolonel, vice A. H. Anthonisz,
retired, dated December 22, 1904.
Lieutenant-Oolonel H. R. Whitehead, F.R.O.S.Eng., to be Oolonel, vice J. M.
Beamish, retired, dated January 26, 1905.
The undermentioned Lieutenants are confirmed in that rank: D. D. Paton, M.B.,
J. A. Longley, M.B., N. E. Dunkerton, S. C. Bowle, G. S. C. Hayes, C. Ryley, P.
Dwyer, M.B., P. C. T. Davy, M.B., W. H. Hills, M.B., J. F ...C. Mackenzie, M.B.,
H~ T. Wilson, R. C. Hallowes, M.B., J. Campbell, M.B., G. A. D. Harvey, H. O.
Winckworth, H. W. Russell, M.B., E. J. H. Luxmoore, H. C. Sidgwick, M.B.,
M. Sinclair, M.B., G. R. Painton, N. Low, A. H. Fraser, M.B., R. H. L. Oordner,
A. T. Frost, M.B., K. A. O. Doig, P. A. Jones, H. O. M. Beadnell, O. R. Millar,
G. H. Richards, J. St. A. Maughan.
The,undermentioned gentlemen to be Lieutenants on probation, dated January 31,
1905: Charles .Pinkerton Thomson, M.D., George Wy'keham Heron, Robert John
Bertram Buchanan, George Brooke Forbes Churchill, William Steward Nealor, James
Edward Hoar, Richard Graves Meredith, M.B., Frederick Emilius Roberts, George
'Smith Wallace, M.B., WHfred Parsons, Arthur Anderson McNeight, M.B., Ernest
Brabazon Booth, M.D., Thomas Holroyd Gibbon, M.D., Richard James Oampbell
Thompson, Ernest George Robert Lithgow, Pierce Power, M.B., Oharles William
O'Brien, Ryder Percival Nash, James Sydney Pascoe, Cecil Dacre More Holbrooke,
John Maurice Bisdie Rahilly, M.B., George Grant Tabuteau, Richard Edmond
Humfrey, William George Maydon, M.B., Garfield Ormrod, M.B.
The undermentioned Lieutenants are seconded under the provisions of Article 349,
Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, October 26, 1900. Dated January 31, 1905:
G. W. Heron, J. M. B. Rahilly, M.B., R. J. C. Thompson.
The undermentioned Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels, dated January 31, 1905:
J. R. Forrest, Brevet Lieutenant-Oolonel M. W. Russell, G. E. Mofiet, M.B., H. A.
Haines, M.D., G. E. Hale, D.S.O., O. W. Johnson, M.B., A. T. 1. Lilly, O. C. Reilly,
A. de C. Scanlan, W. Turner, W. E. Berryman, S. E. Duncan, R. Oaldwell.
The undermentioned Majors are placed on retired pay, dated January 31, 1905:
B. F. Zimmermann, A. Stables, M.B., J. D. Moir, M.B., R. Crofts, D.S.O., H. D.
James, G. M. Dobson, M.B. These officers entered the Service January 31, 1885.
Lieutenant S. M. Adye-Curran to be Captain, dated November 28, 1904 ..
Lieutenant G. F. Rugg is seconded for service with the Egyptian Army, da.ted
February 10, 1905.
Lieutenant-Oolonel G. F. A. Smythe, F.R.O.S.Edin., retires on retired pay, dated
March 11, 1905. He entered the Service March 6, 1880, was promoted Surgeon-Major
March 6, 1892, and Lieutenant-Oolonel March 6. 1900. His war services are as follows:
Nile Expedition, 1898. Battle of Khartoum. Despatches, London Gazette, September
30, 1898. Egyptia.n Medal with clasp. Medal.
Major F. J. W. Porter, D.S.O., from the Seconded List, to be Major, dated March 1,
1905.
Major R. H. Penton, D.S.O., from the Seconded List, to be Major, da.ted Ma.rch 1,
1905.
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The undermentioned Officers have been appointed Medical Inspectors of Recrnits
in the Commands stated: Lieutenant-Oolonel J. G. MacNeece, Irish Command;
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Battersby, Welsh and Midland Oommand; Lieutenant·Colonel
W. G. Birrell, Scottish Oommand; Lieutenant-Oolonel H. O. Trevor, Aldershot
Command; Lieutenant-Oolonel A. F. Russell, O.M.G., Eastern Command; LieutenantColonel S. Westcott, C.M.G., Northern Command; Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Reid,
Southern Command.
The undermentioned Officers have obtained a Diploma of Public Health: Majors
O. R. A. Julian, C.M.G., and C. R. Kilkelly ; Captains E. A. Bourke and A. H. Morris.
The following Officers have passed in the subjects noted after their names for
promotion to the next higher rank, at recent examinations :AT HOME AND IN THE COLONIES.
Military Law.-Majors G. A. T. Bray, C. B. Martin, M.B., R. W. Wright, R.
Crofts, D.S.O., R. C. Thacker, C. L. Josling, J. J. Gerrard, M.B., L. E. A. Salmon.
, Lieutenants S. M. Adye-Curran, D. S. Skelton, J. E. H. Gatt, M.D.
Technical Subjects.-Majors S. Macdonald, M.B., C. A. Young, C. S. Sparkes,
C. L. Josling, L. E. A. Salmon, A. Wright; also A. O. C. Watson (Army Medioal
Organisation), R. C. Thacker (Army Medical Organisation and Sanitation and
Epidemiology). Lie1ttenants D. S. Skelton (h ii. and m.), J. E. H. Gatt, M.D.
(d H. and HL).
IN INDIA.
Military Law.-Majors R. Caldwell, C. W. Johnson.
Technical Subjects.-Majors B. F. Zimmerman, C. H. Melville, B. L. Mills, A. R.
Aldridge, J. J. Russell, R. Caldwell, W. C. Poole, E. G. Browne, J. C. Morgan; also
G. F. H. Marks (Army Medioal Organisation and Speoial Subject), G. Raymond
(Sanitation and Epidemiol?gy).
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MEDAL PRESENTATION, HUMANE SOCIETY.-" The annual meeting of the
Royal Humane Sooiety was held at 4, Trafalgar Square, yesterday afternoon, Colonel
Horaoe'Montagu presiding. ,The Stanhope Gold Medal for the most meritorious oase
of the year was awarded to Cap~ain T. C. Mackenzie, R.A.M.C., for his gallantry
on September 22 last. Captain Mackenzie was being invalided home after a severe
attack of typhoid fever, and when the steamship by which he travelled was in the
Ionian Sea a boy fell overboard. Captain Mackenzie at once jumped after him, and,
seouring two life-belts which were thrown, he caught the lad and lashed him to one,
retaining the other himself, and awaited rescue. Owing to the ohoppy sea and the
speed of the vessel both were lost to sight, and it was forty minutes before they were
again seen and pioked up. "-Morning Post, March 16, 1905.
ARRIYALS HOME.-From South Africa: Surgeon. General J. D. Edge, C.B. From
Ceylon : Major F. W. Begbie.
ARRIYALS HOME ON LEAYE.-Major R. H. Penton from the Egyptian Army,
and Captain A. F. Carlyon from South Africa.
EMBARK1TIONS. -For South Afrioa: Surgeon-General W. Donovan, C.B. ;
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. S. Sawyer, and Captain J. M. Buist. For Egypt: Colonel
J. Magill, C.B.For India: Colonels J. 1. Routh and,H. R. Whitehead; Majors W. T.
Swan, J. S. Edye, and F. W. G. Hall; Captain G. T. K. Maurice; Lieutenants J.
Fairbairn, S. C. Bowle, J. H. Douglas, G. S. C. Hayes. For Jamaica: Major F. M.
Mangin. For North China: Captain K. B. Barnett. For Gibraltar: Major A. F.
Tyrrell. For West Africa: Captain E. W. W. Coohrane. For Malta: Captains C. M.
Fleury and O. Challis.
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POSTINGS.-Lieutenant·Oolonel G. F. Gubbin, Majors J. J. Gerrard, E. Eokersley,
and C. W. H. Whitestone, to Eastern Command. Majors E. G. Browne ,J. C. Connor,
J. H. Daly, C. W. R. Healey; Captains L. Humphry and T. C. Lauder, to Irish
Command. Majors R. J. Copeland, R. H. Penton, D.S.O., L. E. A. Salmon; Captains
A. F. Carlyon and M. M. Loslewy, to Southern Command. Major A. Pearse and Captain
R. H. Lloyd to Welsh and Midland Command. Major W. W. O. Beveridge, D.8.0., to
London District. Captains J. G. Gill, F. S. Irvine, and F. G. Richard. to Aldershot
Army Corps.
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Lj~utenant and Quartermaster A. Wheeler arrived from South Africa, February 10,
1905, and has been posted to Aldershot for duty. Lieutenant and Quartermaster A.
Lunney arrived from South Africa; February 10, 1905, and has been posted to Ports:
mouth for duty. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. McClay arrived from Hong Kong,
January 31, 1905, and has been posted to Woolwich for duty.
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LIST OF CASUALTIES, &c.-From February 11 to March 10 inclusive :Discharges.-7604 Sergeant-Major R. T. Browne, termination secon<:l period,
February 7; 5532 Sergeant-Major T. Jones, termination second period, January 23;
5812 Quartermaster-Sergeant A. M. Muddell, termination second period, February 18 ;
7261 Staf'f-Sf;lrgeant T. Harrison, after eighteen years, February 28; 5762 Sergeant G.
Hamilton, second period, February 4; 12914 Private W. Thompson, medically unfit,
February 28; 19587 Private W. P. Clayton, purchase, February 28.
. Embarkations.-To Mauritius, per s.s. "Guelph," February 18: 544!l SergeantMajor F. Soule ;10369 Staff-Sergeant G. A. Collier.
To St. Helena, pers.s." Dunera," February 21: 17500 Lance-Corporal R. J. White;
17520 Private C. Good.
To Malta, per s.s. "Dilwara," February 17: 15648 Lance-Corporal E. J. Hill.
To Barbadoes, per s.s. " Orinoco," March 1: 7385 Sergeant-Major W. E. Hill; 8540
Sergeant F. C. E. Godbolt; 17454 Corporal E. C. Allport; 18005 Private F. Churchill;
17514·Private R. Laverty.
To Tientsin, per s.s. "Orinoco," March 1: 13027 Corporal J. B. Cantrell; 13314
Private D. Lochiel; 13460 Private W. H. Foster.
To Pekin, per s.s. "Orinoco," March 1: 17860 Private L. Elvy; 18224 Private
D. ;Land; 12302 Private W. Whyte.
Disembarkations.-From South Africa, per s.s. "Dunera," February 10: 6805
S~rgeant-Major C. H. Smith, 8233 Staff-Sergeant H. Burn, 10116 Staff-Sergeant T.
Clement, 9579 Staff-Sergeant C. Houston, 10648 Staff-Sergeant J. Hughes, 10993 StaffSergeant R. Reynolds, 9632 Staff-Sergeant J. Baxter, 10011 Sergeant J. Taylor, 11843
Sergeant J. Baxendale,8968 Sergeant C. R. W. Keefe, 11223 Sergeant J. F. Hampton,
11627 Sergeant H. Seeker, 11303 Sergeant R. Ashton, 9875 Sergeant A. Shaw, 8603 Sergeant
F. Jenkins,,l0404 Sergeant J. Duguid, 8066 Sergeant J. Carlisle, 10634 Lance-Sergeant·
F. Horn, 10912 Lance-Sergeant J. McMahon, 11147 Lance-Sergeant C. E. Maxwell,
12056 Corporal E. Winton, 9170 Oorporal R. Jubber, 12266 Corporal H. Parker, 10887
Oorporal W. A_ Humphrey, 12644 Oorporal F. W. Hine, 12456 Corporal R. Orawford,
11823 Oorporal J. Fryer, 12391 Oorporal H. Ogden, 12259 Corporal J. Warswick,
12129 Corporal S. M. Barnes, 12373 Corporal G. Godden, 14238 Oorporal J. McDonald,
12376 Corporal J. Walsh, 14725 Corporal A. Blackhall, 14002 Private D. Sullivan,
14020 Private W. J. Anderson, 15172 Private F. Betts, 15531 Private J. Parker, 12316
Private A. Haynes, 14875 Private A. Smith, 15734 Private F. Foard, 15717 Private J.
Green, 15711 Private F. McGreal, 15759 Private E. A. Kempson, 15761 Private J.
Newell,15740 Private T. Mullen, 15763 Private G. Reid, 15775 Private B. Winwood,
15799 Private T. E.Pearce, 15798 Private L. Diplock, 15838 Private T. Fairclough,
15849 Private G. Hammond, 15862 Private F. G. Jennings, 15900 Private J. Turner,
15901 Private J. Baron, 15903 Private G. Purt, 16816 Private B. Robinson, 15695
Private G. H. Ginger, 16151 Private B. Coles, 16576 Private T. F. Waldron.
Transferred to Army Reserve.-15390 Private S. Mill, February 10; 17247 Private
G. Simmonds, February 11; 11524 Private G. Martin, February 14; 17270 private
A. W. Baker, February 17; 17249 Private H. J. Eustace, February 16; 17268 Private
W. Mills, February 17; 15838 Private T. Fairclough, February 16; 15775 Private B.
Winwood, February 16; 15718 Private F. McGreal, February 16; 15849 Private G. L.
Hammond, February 16; 12316 Private A. Haynes, February 16; 14875 Private
A. Smith, February 16; 15759 Private E. A. Kempson, February 16; 15734 Private T.
Foard, February 16; 15740 Private T .. Mullin, February 16; 15799 Private T. E.
Pearce, February 16; 15900 Private J. Turner, February 16; 15763 Private G. Reid,
February 16; 15761 Private J. Newell, February 16; 15798 Private L. Hiplock, February 16; 15862 Private F. G. Jennings, February 16; 15901 Private J. Baron, February
16; 15903 Private G. Purt, .February 16; 17302 Private F. C. Allum, February 24;
17304 Private A. J. Hardy, FElbruary 24; 17300 Private P. C. Fisher, February 23;
17310 Private J. Atkins, March 2; 16252 Private C. Kay, March 2; 17311 Private G.
Richards, March 2; 18315 Private R. Sheraton, March 1; 17387 Private A. Tomlin,
March 5; 13054 Private A. J. Ooggins, February 21; 17386 Private W. J. Toothill,
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March 5; 17389 Private A. Parkes, March 7; 11721 Private A. E. Russell, March 6 ;
17372 Private W. J. Norris, March 8.
Transfers to other 00rps.-19122 Private F. G. Lock to Army Service Corps,
February 6.
Deaths.-5930 Private W. W. Bardwell, at Queenstown, March 3, from pneumonia.
NOTES FROM THE DEYONPORT DlSTRICT.-Major C. J. W. Tatham, R.A.M.C.,
writes: "A meeting of the R.A.M.C. Medical Society was held in the Officers' Library
on February 28, Colonel G. D. Bourke, R.A.M.C., P.M.O., Devonport District, in the
chair. Captain F. F. Carroll showed a case of Actinomycosis, and read brief notes.
Major levers, R.A.M.C. (retired pay), mentioned- a case of chronic abscess of the neck
in which, on incision, he found a grain, probably wheat or barley, covered by a green
substance. On removal the abscess healed quickly. Captain W. P. Gwynn read a
paper describing the sanatorium treatment for cases of phthisis.
"The Football Club of No. 7 Company, R. A.l\I. C.; is in a flourishing condition.
Under the auspices of the Devon Wednesday League (Association), in which it is en·
rolled, a number of matches have been played. Unavoidable changes in the team have
rather weakened it, and the record so far is not so good as could have been wished.
Nineteen matches have been played, of which six have been won, twelve lost and one
drawn. Recent successes have been obtained over No. 38 Company, RG.A., and the
A.S.C."
NOTES FROM SALISBURY PLAIN DISTRICT.- Under the new distribution
scheme the following stations have been added to this district: Birmingham, Coventry,
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Warwick, Oxford, Devizes and Trowbridge.
Surgeon.General,W. Donovan has been succeeded as Administrative Medical Officer
of the District by Colonel W, Allan May, C.B., from Egypt. Lieutenant·Colonel C. E.
Faunce has embarked for India, and handed over command of the Military Hospital
and 20th Company R.A.M.C., at Bulford, to Lieutenant·Colonel H. K. Allport, from
Maidstone. Major A. F. Tyrrell has embarked for Gibraltar, and Captain C. M. Fleury
for Malta. Captain Robert J. Blackham, specialist in gynrecology, has been appointed
to the cbarge of officers' and soldiers' wives and families at Bulford, vice Civil Surgeon
Lockyer, wbose period of service with the War Department bas expired. Captain R. L.
Argles has reported his arrival from West Coast leave, and Captain H. F. Shea from a
tour of service in Mauritius. Captain C. W. Mainprise arrived from service in India
on March 10, and will be posted to Tidworth for duty.
NOTES FROM CAIRO, EGYPT.-On February 16 the Royal Army Medical Corps
mustered in force at the Military Cbapel, Kasr.el.Nil-Barracks, Cairo, on the occasion
of the marriage of Major J. D. F. Donegan, R.A.M.C., to Miss Amy Sutton, youngest
daugbter of the late R. A. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton, of Rose Lodge, Blackrock, co. Cork,
Ireland. The wedding was purely military, and the varied uniforms of the different
corps and regiments added to its picturesque appearance. The Rev. EdwardRyan,
Senior Chaplain to the Forces, performed the ceremony, and under his supervision the
chapel was charmingly decorated with flowers. Captain Wilson, R.A.M.C., placed his
motor car at the disposal of the bridal party, and drove the bride, accompanied by her
brother.in.law, Captain Charles Lynch, M.F.H., 4th Scottish Rifles, to the church.
Captain C. K. Morgan, R.A.M.C., acted as best man, and Miss Wintie Hardy, aged 5,
-daughter of Major Hardy, R.A.M.C., and Mrs. Hardy, appeared as bridesmaid. After the
wedding the guests proceeded to Edward House, the residence of Major and Mrs.
Hardy, where- the health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by Lieutenant·
Colonel O. Todd, Acting Principal Medical Officer, Army of Occupation. The presents
were particularly handsome and numerous.
NOTES FROM CEYLON.-Lieutenant·Colonel R. D. Hodson, R.A.M.C., writes that
the following officer, non.commissioned officers and men left by the H. T. "Dilwara"
on January 2, 1905, for England, tour expired: Captain P. J. Bodington, R.A.M.C. ;
Staff· Sergeant A. G. Powell; Corporals T. Scruby and A. Spalding; Privates A. Ford,
S. Neill, B. W. Rees, W. Sawers, H. Rice and J. M. Morissy. Major F. W. Begbie,
R.A.M.C., left for England per s.s. " Derbyshire" on February 7, 1905, at the recom·
mendation of a Medical Board. He was suffering from· debility after enteric £ever,
which he contracted while on leave shooting in the Jungle. This officer was also
tour expired, but not able to proceed on January 2, 1905.
_" Staff.Sergeant A. P; Barnard, R.A.M.C., has passed his professional examination
for promotion to Quartermaster-Sergeant. This non· commissioned officer embarked
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February 16, 1905, on board the P. and O. S.s. 'Oroya' for passage to England,
tour expired."
NOTES FROM SIERRA LEONE.-Lieutenant-Oolonel C. R. Bartlett and Captain
J. C. Prittie Perry, R.A.M.O., write: "Major F. Smith, D.S.O., Special Sanitary
Officer, has gone home, tour expired, after a year's hard work in the Colony on original
research, and has been relieved by Captain Grattan, R.A. M.C. Major Smith had the
misfortune to temporarily lose all his notes through a thief carrying off one of his
boxes, in which they were stored, B,nd just on the eve of his departure, too. We con·
gratulate him on their recovery, and hope before long to be in possession, through the
medium of our valuable Journal, of the fruits of his labour.
" Captain Taylor, R.A,M.C., and Mrs. Taylor have gone to the Islands to recruit
after a sharp attack of fever. General regret and sympathy is expressed on all sides
at the loss of their child. Captain Taylor's place at Tower Hill has been taken by
Captain J. V, Forrest, and in consequence Major J. S. McLoughlin has had to do all
the work at Mount Auriol at a time when there was much sickness at that station.
"A Major in the West India Regiment is just recovering from an attack of blackwater fever, while a Captain in the same regiment has just returned from ,the Islands,
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having recruited after a similar illness.
"This is the dry season now, and the Harmattan wind, which comes from the
Sahara charged with minute particles of sand, renders the air fairly cool, but the
foreign particles it contains are the means of causing sore throats, of which most of
the white population seem to be complaining.
"There is great excitement at present over the possibility of an expedition, being
sent against the Kissys on the borders of Liberia, but the general opinion of those
qualified to speak on the subject is that it is only one of many false alarms that take
place annually from the same district.
"The 46th Company Royal Garrison Artillery, who have beeu detained in this
station two or three months over their time, aud have suffered severely from fever
during the last month, left for Englaud yesterday, and the number of men in hospital
has been reduced in one week from fifty-six to thirty. In consequence the pressure of
work at Mount Auriol has bl;len relieved."
NOTES FROM SIMLA, INDIA.-Oaptain E. Blake Knox, R.A.M.O., notifies the
following appointments: "Captain A. E. Milner, R.A.M.C., to be Staff Officer, Army
Bearer Corps, Secunderabad division, vice Lieutenant-OoloneIO. E. P. Lloyd, V.O.,
R.A.M.O., resigned the appointment, with effect from December 31, 1904. The
following officers have beeu appointed specialists in the subjects noted against their
names, with effect from the date of their arrival in their commands: Major J. W. Jennings, Skiagraphy, Eastern Command; Major T. McDermott, Ophthalmology, Eastern
Oommand; Captain W. E. Rudlestone, Specific Fevers, Western Command; Captain
J. G. Berne, Otology, Western Oommand; Major 0; R. Melville to be Sanitary Officer,
Army Headquarters, vice Lieutenant-Oolonel H. S. McGill, tour expired; Major
G. Raymond to be Sanitary Officer, "Secunderabad and Burma Divisions, vice Major
C. H. Melville, appointed Sanitary Officer, Army Headquarters. Lieutenant-Oolonel
H. S', McGill embarks for England on or about March 22, vice Lieutenant-Colonel
Lambkin, tour expired, who is on leave."
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE :-'
Appointments.-As Staff Nurses: Miss M. J. Repple, Miss M. B. Williams, Miss
E. K. Kaberry, Miss C. G. Lees, Miss M. L. Macartney, Miss S. Richards.
Miss E. M. Lang has been posted to the Station Hospital, Lincoln, for temporary
duty.
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Resignations.-The following Sisters have resigned their appointments on their
marriage: Miss D. V. Briscoe and ,Miss D. I. Rickards.
Changes of Station.-Sisters: Miss A. Guthrie, to South Africa, from Guards' Hospital, London; Miss W. Potter, to Royal Infirmary, Dnblin, from Royal f1:erbert
'Hospital, Woolwich; Miss M. L. Potter, to Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, from
Royal Infirmary, Dublin, in excbange with Miss W. Potter; Miss O. K. E. Steel, to
South Africa, from Guards' Hospital, London; Miss B. S, Vaughan, to South Africa,
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from Station Hospital, Ohatham.
Appointments confirmed.-Sister Miss M. Smith. Staff Nurses: Miss E. M. Keays,
Miss F. G. P. de S. Zrinyi, Miss E. L. McAllister, Miss G. M. Smith, Miss E. M.
Perkins, Miss }If. E. Wilkin, Miss A. M. MacCormac.
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The following ladies have been warned to prepare for service abroad: Sister Miss
C. G.Stronach. Staff Nurses: Miss M. MacGregor, Miss W. M. Jay, Miss E. Barber,
Miss B. F. Perkins.
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ARMY MEDICAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Surgeon-Major A. A. Watson to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. Colonel, dated February 28,
1905.
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (MILITIA).
John Charles McCarroll, M.B., to be Lieutenant, dated February 18, 1905.
IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.
Royal North Devon (HussaTS).-Surgeon-Lieutenant W. F. L. A. Holcroft, JIILB.,
is seconded for service under the Colonial Office, dated January 21, 1905.
Lanarkshire (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow).-Surgeon-CaptainH. Kelly, M.D.,
to be Surgeon-Major, dated February 18, 1905.
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (VOLUNTEERS).
The Edinburgh Oompany. - William Darling, Gent., to be Lieutenant, dated
February 18, 1905.
The Aberdeen Oompany.-Lieutenant D. Rorie, from the Black Watch Bearer Company, to be Lieutenant, dated March 8, 1905.
OTHER VOLUNTEER CORPS.
1st Gloucestershire, Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).-The following announce·
ment is substituted for that which appeared in the London Gazette of January 3, 1905:
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel D. S. Davies, M.D., resigns his Commission, and is
granted the honorary rank of Surgeon-Colonel, with permission to wear the prescribed
uniform, dated January 4, 1905.
2nd Vohmteer Battalion the King's (Liverpool Regiment).-Surgeon-LieutenantColonel G. Westby (Brigade:Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, Senior Medical Officer, Liverpool Volunteer Infantary Brigade) is granted the honorary rank of Surgeon-Colonel,
dated February 18, 1905.
1st Roxburgh and Selkirk (the Border).-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Muir,
M.B., resigns his Commission, and is granted the honorary rank of Surgeon-Colonel,
with permission to wear the prescribed uniform, dated February 18, 1905_
2nd, Volunteer Battalion the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment). - Ralph Richardson Brunskill, Gent., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant, dated
l!'ebruary 18, 1905.
4th Middlesex (West London).-Surgeon-Major A_ Clark (Brigade-Surgeon-LieutenantColonel, Senior Medical Officer, 3rd London Volunteer Infantry Brigade) to be SurgeonLieutenant-Colonel,. dated August 23, 1893.
5th '(Ardwick) V'Olunteer Battalion the Manchester Regiment_-Surge-on-Captain
S_ Kersfield to be Surgeon-Major, dated February' IS, 1905.
1st Sutherland (the Sutherland Highland).-Surgeon,Lieutenant J. MacLennan,
M.B., resigns his Commission,. dated February 18, 1905.
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1st Monmouthshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).-John O'Keefe, Gent.,
to be Surgeon-Lieutenant, dated February 25, 1905.
18th Middlesex_-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Oolonel O. Godson, M.D., is granted the
hOJ:!orary rank of Surgeon-Colonel, dated February 25, 1905_
1st Shropshire and Staffordshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers).-Surgeon_LieutenantColonel E_ Cureton is granted the honorary rank of Surgeon-Colonel, dated March 8,1905_
1st Worcestershire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers}.-Surgeon-Lieutenant G. H.
Rutter, M.B., to be Surgeon-Captain, dated March 8, 1905.
3rd Volunteer Battalion the Royal Fusiliers (Oity of London Regiment}.-James
Searson, Gent., to be Surgeon-Lieutentant, dated March 8, 1905.
2nd Volunteer Battalion the King's (Liverpool Regiment).-Supernumerary SurgeonLieutenant J_ G. Martin, M.R, to be Surgeon-Captain, and to remain supernumerary,
dated March 8, 1905.
7th Middlesex (London Scottish).-Snrgeon-Lieutenant A. H. Pirie, M.B., to be
Surgeon-Captain, dated February 21, 1905.
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS ANNUAL DINNER.
THE Annual Dinner of the Corps will take place on Monday, June 19, at the
"Whitehall Rooms," Hetel Metropole, at 8 o'clock, precisely; the Director·General
in the chair. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary
as soon as possible, in order that the probable number attending may be known and
that tickets may be sent.
All subscribers to the R.A.M.C. Fund, except any who may have expressly excluded
the Anuual Dinner in the allocation of their subscriptions, will be entitled to dine
at subscribers'rates, provided that their subscriptions are credited to the R.A.M.C.
Fund before the date of the dinner; also all Officers who do not subscribe to the RA.M.C.
Fund, but who still subscribe to the former RA.M.O. Dinner Fund.
The price of the Dinner to subscribers will be reduced as much as the Fund will
permit, but the exact amount cannot be fixed until the number of subscribers attending
is known. In the last few years the charge has been 12s. 6d. The amount should be
paid personally at the Hotel on the evening of. the dinner.
The price to non· subscribers will be £1 15s., whiph must be sent by cheque or Post
Office Order to the Hon. Secretary when applying for tickets. If the Officer is unable
to dine the money will be returned.
.
H. O. THURSTON, Major, B.A.M.C.,
Hon. Sec., S1£b.Committee, B.A.M.C. Dinner Fund.
66, Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, W.
.
·ROYAL ARMY MEDICA.L CORPS FUND.
THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE OOMMITTEE.
THE Seventeenth Meeting of the Oommittee was held at 68, Victoria Street, S. W.,
on Friday, March 10, 1905, at 4 p.m.
Present.
Surgeon-General W. J. Fawcett (in the chair).
Lieutenant·Colonel E. M. Wilson, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Representing Retired
Lieutenant·Colonel A. B. Cottell.
Officers.
Colonel A. T. Sloggett, C.M.G.
Colonel H. E. R. James.
Lieutenant·Oolonel R H. Firth.
Oaptain G. St. O. Thom.
Oaptain and Quartermaster A. Bruce.
(!) The Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting were confirmed.
(2) The Director·General notified the Committee that the de Chaumont Prize Trust
Deed had been executed, and the originallod~ed with the Treasury Solicitor.
(3) With reference to the Forrest MemorIal, the Chaplain of Aden intimated that
a fee of Rs. 79 would be necessary for a faculty to place a brass in the Garrison Church
there. It was obvfouS'that such an expenditure was out of the question. The Direotor·
General therefore suggested, and Mrs. Forrest agreed, that a piece of plate with a
suitable in8cription in memory of Oaptain Forrest should be purchased for the Royal
Army Medical Oollege Mess.
Colonel J ames has accordingly purchased a silver cigar lighter at a total cost of
£4 17s. 6d. This was on view at the meeting, and met with approval.
(4) The Director-General circulated the following report of a conference with the
Benevolent Fund for the consideration of the Committee ;"The Sub-Committee consisting of (1) Surgeon.General Keogh, and (2) Lieutenant·
Oolonel R. H. Firtb; R.A.M.C., with (3) Lieutenant·Colonel B. Skinner, R.A.M.O.,
Honorary Secretary to the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund, was received as arranged,
.
on the subject of the Army Medical Officers' Benevolent Society.
" Surgeon.General Keogh stated that the Royal Army Medical Oorps was anxious
to make some provision to meet cases bf distress among widows and orphans of officers
of the Oorps, and did not feel in 9 position to take any steps in the matter until the
feeling of the snbscribers to the Benevolent Fnnd had been ascertained.
"He mentioned that the Royal Army Medical Corps was providing for cases of
distress. among the non· commissioned officers and men of the Corps, and also among
their wives and children, and that he felt the time was approaching when provision
would be demanded by officers for their widows and orphans.
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" The Secretary of the Benevolent Society pointed'out that should the officers of the
Royal Army Medical Oorps join the Benevolent Society in greater numbers, the Fund
could very easily merge into their own management in less time than two years; they
could appoint their own Trustees, ,Oommittee of Management and Secretary, and make
rules in accordance with their own ideas on the subject.
"Deputy Surgeon-General Innes explained that the interest derived from the
invested funds of the Benevolent Society as well as the Annual SubscJ:iptions,-chiefly
given by officers on the Retired List-were distributed among the various applicants
for assistance as seemed best to the Oommittee of Management, with the approval of
the members present at the Annual General Meeting of the Society.
.
"On the suggestion of Oolonel Welch, who thought that the Fund should be handed
over to the Royal Army Medical Oorps, supported by Deputy Surgeon-General Don, it
was agreed that a Sub-Oommittee of the Benevolent Society composed of' Deputy
Surgeon-General Don and Lieutenant-Oolonel Davies (Oolonel Welch declining to act),
in conjunction with the existing Sub-Oommittee of the Royal Army Medical, Oorps
Fund, with Oolonel Ligertwood as Secretary, meet and draw up a statement-under
legal advice if necessary-for the administration of the Benevolent Society by the
Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund, and that this statement be submitted to the
members of the Benevolent Society at the Annual General Meeting in June next,
in time to enable the decision arrived at at such meeting to be submitted to the
next General Meeting of the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund.
"Deputy Surgeon. General Don stated that it was difficult to get a Oommittee
of Management, in accordance with the Rules of the Society.
" In answer to Oolonel Firth the Secretary explained that the amount of dividends
from invested stock varied, every two or three years, by the collection of the Rebate
of Income Tax from the Inland Revenue Department.
" The Meeting then separated."
Surgeon~General Fawcett, on behalf of the Director-General, asked the Oommittee
to consider the position. He informed the Oommittee that Oolonel Fairland regretted
his inability to be present. He would have liked to have discussed the question of
provision for cases of distress among officers' families; Oolonel Fairland considered
this :was undesirable, and beyond the scope of the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund;
. in his opinion officers who marry ought to provide in the insurance offices, and not
to become a burden upon a'Fund created among themselves.
.
After consideration of the matter the Oommittee agreed that the intention of officers
at the last General Meeting would be met by action taken on the lines of the above
Report of the Meeting between Surgeon-General Keogh's Sub-Oommittee and the
Sub-Oommittee of the Benevolent Fund. The. Oommittee was of opinion that the
Oorps would strongly support such action, as there was evidently a. desire to meet cases
of distress among officers' families. At the same time, the truth of Oolonel Fairland's
contention was recognised, namely, that this Fund is not an Insurance Fund and
cannot take the place of insurance, or of any Fund like the Friendly Society, whose
operations are on a footing entirely distinct from those of the Benevolent Fund.
(5) The following Oanteens have sent contributions to the Royal Army Medical
Oorps Fund (General Relief), which they hope to repeat annually, and in some cases
often er :10th Oompany, Thames District
£5 0 0
3rd Oompany, Alton
1 0 0
16th Oompany, Oork
2 0 0
Oanteen, R.A.M.C., Oolchester
5 0 0
12th Oompany, Woolwich
10 0 0'
The following Oanteens have promised to subscribe annually to the General Relief
Fund:14th Company, Dublin
£2 2 0
3 0 0
20th Oompany, Tidworth
50 0 0
Dep6t, Aldershot
Detachment,'Oottonera, Malta
2 10 0
Detachment, Valetta, Malta ..
5 0 0
The other Oanteens have not yet replied to a communication on the subject.
(6) At the last meeting of the Oommittee the sum of £6 was voted to the Loyal
Women's Guild of South Africa for the purpose of placing coping stones round the
graves of some of the Royal Army Medical Oorps who were buried at Braamfontein,
Johannesburg. In the same cemetery are buried three men of the St. John Ambulance
Brigade who died during the war, and whose grtwes require the same care and attel;ltion
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as the graves already provided for as noted above. The Director-General considers that
as these men were serving with us in South Africa, it would be at least a graceful act,
if the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund made a grant for the preservation of their
graves similar to that noted at the last meeting.
The Committee unanimously resolved that a sum of £4 lOs. should be handed over
from the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund (Memorial Fund) to the Loyal Women's
Guild of South Africa for the above purpose.
(7) It was noted that a further sum of £500 had "been placed oIf deposit, bringing
the total amount up to £2,000, exclusive of the deposit on account of the Oharitable
Schools Fund.
B. SKINNER,- Lieutenant-Oolonel,
Hon. Secretary.
March 11th, 1905.
THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS FUND.
NOTICE OF THIRD GENERAL MEETING.
THE Third General Meeting of subscribers to this Fund .will be held in the Theatre
of the Royal United Service Institution, on Monday, June 19, 1905, at 3 p.m. The
Director-General will preside.
It is hoped that officers will freely express their views on any points connected
with the Fund which they may wish discussed. Those officers who wish for informa·
tion at the meeting on any special point are asked to communicate with the Hon.
Secretary at 68, Victoria Street, S. W., in order that facts and figures may be prepared in
response to any question asked.
_
The Director-General wishes to remind subscribers that the questi9n of the
Benevolent Fund being administered by the Royal Army Medical Oorps Fund will
be before the meeting. It is hoped that the subscribers to the Benevolent Fund will
lay their views before this General Meeting of the Royal Army Medical· Corps Fund
subscribers.
. The question of the" Oolours " will also be up for final decision.
MARRIAGES.
DONEGAN-SUTTON.-At Kasr-el-Nil Barracks, Oairo; on February -16, Major
J. D. F. Donegan, R.A.M.O., eldest surviving son of the late Daniel Valentine
Donegan, of Monkstown, co. Cork, to Amy, youngest daughter of the late R. A.
Sutton and Mrs. Sutton, of Rose Lodge, Blackrock, co. Oork, Ireland.
LE BAS-DE ORESPIGNY.-On December 22, at St. Peter's, Eaton Square, by the
Rev. T. B. Woodd, Dumaresq Le Bas, R.A.M.O., only son of the late Dumaresq
Le Bas, of Monte Video, Uruguay, to Mary, widow of the late Robert de Crespigny,
of Sandy Mount, Dublin.
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