J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-21-03-15 on 1 September 1913. Downloaded from JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Protected by copyright. <torps lI~ews. SEPTEMBER, 1913. ESTABLISHMENTS. Lieutenant-Colonel O. L. Robinson to be Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Royal Army Medical College, vice Major W. S. Harrison, dated August 22, 1913. ARMY MEDICAL SERYICE. http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ Colonel Edmund J. E. Risk retires on retired pay, dated August 20, 1913. Colonel Risk entered the Service as a Surgeon, Army Medical Department, on July 30,1881; became Surgeon-Major, Army Medical Staff, July 30, 1893; Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, July 30', 1901; Lieutenant-Colonel with increased pay, August 14, 1907; Colonel, March 9, 1911, and was placed temporarily on the half-pay list on account of ill.health, March 27,1913. His war service is: Egyptian Expedition, 1882. Action at· Tel-el-Mahuta, capture of Mahsameh, and both actions at Kassassin. :Medal; bronze star. South African War, 1902. Operations in the Transvaal, April to May 31, 1902. Queen's medal with two clasps. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Lieutenant·Colonel Waiter C. Beevor, C.M.G., M,B., retires on retired pay, dated August 20, 1913. Lieutenant·Colonel Beevor entered the Service as a Surgeon, Army on September 23, 2021 by guest. Medical Department, on August 2, 1884; became Surgeon, Scots Guards, November 28, 1885; was specially promoted Surgeon-Major, Army Medical Staff, in recognition of his services during the expedition to Ashanti, March 25, 1896; became Surgeon­ Major, Grenadier Guards, June 26, 1897; Surgeon.Major, Army Medical Staff, September 15, 1897; Surgeon-Major, Coldstream Guards, September 14, 1898; Surgeon­ Major, Scots Guards, November 9, 1898; was seconded for service with the South African Constabulary from January 22, 1901, to May 2, 1902; became Surgeon.Major J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-21-03-15 on 1 September 1913. Downloaded from 62 Scots Guards, May 3, 1902 ; was seconded for service on the staff from May 28, 1903, to January 13, 1904; became Surgeon-Major, Scots Guards, January 14, 1904; Major, Royal Army Medical Corps, May 25, 1904; Lientenant-Colonel, August 2, 1904; and ,Lieutenant-Colonel with increased pay, August 3, 1910. His war service is Soudan Expedition, 1885. Suakin. Medal with clasp; bronze star. Ashanti Expedition. 1895-96. Honourably mentioned; promoted Surgeon-Major. Star. Operations on N.W. Frontier of India, 1897; with Tirah Expeditionary Force. Despatches, London Gazette, April 5, 1898; medal with two clasps. South African War, 1899·1902. Advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Operations in the Orange Free State, February to May, 1900; including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (May 5 and 6), and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (June 11 and 12). Operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to November 29, HOO, including actions at Belfast (August 26 and 27). Operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, November 30, 1900, to March, 1902. Despatches, London Gazette, September 10,1901. Queen's medal with six clasps; King·s.medal with two clasps; C.M.G. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas W. Gibbard, M.B., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. C. Beevor, C.M.G., retired, dated Angust 20, 1913. The undermentioned Majors are placed on retired pay, dated July 29, 1913: Charles C. Spencer, M.B., Ernest M .. Williams. Major Spencer entered the Service as a Surgeon-Lieutenant, Army Medical' Staff, July 29, 1893, became Surgeon-Captain, July 29, 1896, and Major, Royal Army Medical Corps, January 30, 1905. His war service is: Ashanti Expedition, 1895·6. Star. China, 1900. Medal. Major Williams entered the service as a Surgeon.Lieutenant, Army Medical Staff, July 29, 1893, Protected by copyright. became Surgeon-Captain, July 29, 1896, and Major, Royal Army Medical Corps, April 29, 1905. Captain John C. Hart, M.B., retires on retired pay, dated August 20, 1913. Captain Rart entered the Service as a Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, on January 28, 1907, and became Captain on July 28, 1910. The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, dated July 28,1913: John Gilmour, M.B., Wilfred W. Treves, M.B., John T. Simson, M.B., Campbell Robb, M.B., Eric T. Gaunt, M.B. Lieutenant Noel T. Whitehead, from the seconded list, is restored to the establish­ ment, dated July 26, 1913. The undermentioned Lieutenants are confirmed in their rank: \Valter W. Pratt, M.B., Cuthbert J. H. Little, M.B., Edward P. A. Smith, M.B., James B. A. Wigmore, Charles C. Jones, M.B., Arthur A. M. Davies, Leslie Dunbar, M.B., Henry Beddingfield, M.B., Frederick C. Davidson, M.B., John F. O'ConneH, 1\i[.B., Stanley D. Large, Cyril Helm, William O. W. Ball, M.B., John Crocket, M.B., Humfrey N. Sealy, Albert Jackson, Edward C. Beddows, Conyngham V. Thornton, M.B., John Rowe, M.B., William P. Croker, M.B., Arthur H. Bridges, Aubrey G. http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ Brown, M.B., Robert Hemphill, M.B. The undermentioned to be I,ieutenants (on probation), dated July 25, 1913: Ernest Wentworth Wade, M.B., Bernard Woodhouse, William KennethMorrison, M.B., Edgar Percival, M.B., Henry Charles Deans Rankin, M.B. The undermentioned Lieutenants are seconded under the provisions of Article 300, Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, dated July 25, 1913: Ernest W. Wade, M.B., Bernard Woodhouse, William K. Morrison, Edgar Percival, M.B. Quartermaster and Honorary Major Alexander Bruce is placed on retired pay, dated August 4. 1913: ' Serjeant-Major Frederick Edward Collard to be Quartermaster with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice Honorary Major A. Bruce, dated August 6, 1913. HIGHER .RATE OF PAY.--Lieutenant"Colonel J. J. Gerrard has been selected for the increased pay under Article 317, Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion .. on September 23, 2021 by guest. ARRIVAL HOME FOR DUTY.-Captain C. R. Millar, from West Africa, on July 23 ; Lieutenant·Colonel O. L. Robinson, from India, on July 28; Quartermaster and Honorary Captain F. W. Hall, from South Africa, on August 19. - ARRIVALS HOME ON LEAVE.-Colonel A. E. Tate, . Lieutenant.Colonel H. A. Bray, Majors H. W. K. Read, C. R. Evans, G. J. Houghton, R. N. Hunt, R. C. Wilson and S. M. Adye-Curran, Captains A. G. Cummins, A. Shepherd, H. H. Leeson, W. G. Wright, C. M. Nicol aud J. T. Simson. J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-21-03-15 on 1 September 1913. Downloaded from 63 POSTINGS.- To the Royal Army Medical College: Lieuteuant·Colonel O. L. Robinson. To the Irish Command: Major N. J. C. Rutherford. To the 4ldershot Command: Captain G. H. Stack. To the Eastern Command: Majors B. B. Burke and G. Baillie. To the Western Command: Captain H. B. ConneIl. To Netley: Quartermaster and Honorary Captain F. W. Hall. APPOINTMENTS.-Captain E. L. Moss, charge of the Military Families Hospital, Portsmouth. RETIRED PAY APPOINTMENTS.-The appointments at Penally and St. Peters, Jersey, are not now vacant. QUALIFICATIONS.-The undermentioned officers have obtained the degrees, &c., noted against their names: Captain G. A. Kempthorne, the Diploma in Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Royal College of Surgeons, England; Captain W. B. Purdon and Lieutenant W. Stevenson, the Diploma in Public Health of the Queen's University, Belfast. Lieutenant C. M. Finny, the Diploma in Public Health of the University of Dublin. EMBARKATION.-For Malta: on August 9, Captain P. J. Marett. ROSTER' FOR SERVICE ABROAD.-Major R. McK. Skinner and Captains C. ill. W. S. Fawcett and M. Keane, have exchanged to higher positions on the roster with MajorC.B. Lawson and Captains S. L. PaIlant and R. L. V. Foster respectively. The exchange of destinations in India, and dates of sailing, between Lieutenants H. S. Blackmore and H. W. L. Allott has been approved. Protected by copyright. RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS.-The following results of examinations are notified for general information:- Passed for the rank of Lieutenant·Colonel:- In Appendix, xiv,KR., Part 1: Majors P. MacKessack and H. Herrick. In Appendix xiv, KR., Part 1, Subject 1: Major L. Addams·Williams. In Appendix xiv, KR., Part 1, Subject ,2: Majors M. Boyle and H. Hewetson. In Appendix xiv, KR., Part 2: Major St. J. B. Killery. Passed for promotion to the rank of Major:- In Appendix xi, K.R., Part 1, Subhead (b) : Captains A. L. Otway, P. Dwyer; P. Power, R. S. Smyth, A. S. Littlejohns, W. Egan, E. M. O'Neill, A. H. Bond and' A. H. Jacob. In Appendix xi, K.R., Subhead (d) ii: Major E. W. Powell. In Appendix xi, K.R., Subheads (d) ii and (d) iii: Majors J. W. H. Houghton, L. Humphry, and H.Ensor, D.S.O., Captains A. B. Smallman, G. H. J. Browne, N. ill. Dunkerton, A. L. Otway, J. St. A. Ma'lghan, C. G. Browne, R. S. Smyth, W. K Beaman and H. G. Gibson. In Appendix xi, KR., Subhead (d) iii: Majors M. Boyle, P. J. Probyn, D.S.O., http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ H. Hewetson, L. Addams·Williams, P. MacKessack, A. L. Scott, J. W. Leake, J. Chopping, A. O. B. Wroughton, V. J. Crawford, ill. P. Sewell, C. R. Evans, H. H. Norman, H. S. Anderson, W. M. H. Spiller, A. R. Greenwood, W. L. Steele, C. H. Carr, and R. V. Cowey, Captains J. G. Bell, ,M. F. Grant, M.