J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-14-04-11 on 1 April 1910. Downloaded from JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. (torps 1Rews. APRIL, 1910. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SCHOOL of Instruction, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur R. Aldridge,'M.B., Royal Army Medical Corps, to be an Instructor, vice Brevet-Colonel R. H. Firth, whose tenure of that appointment has expired, dated February 28, 1910. , . ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE. Surgeon-General Sir Alfred Keogh, K.C.B., M.D., is placed on retired pay, dated by copyright. 1V[arch 6, 1910. He entered the service on March 6, 1880; became Surgeon-Major on March 6, 1892, and Lieutenant-Colonel 1V[arch 6, 1900; he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel with , increased pay for services in South Africa, November 29, 1900; promoted Colonel, December 2, 1904, and Surgeon-General, December 3, 1904. He was appointed Deputy Director-General (with temporary rank of Surgeon-General), January 1, 1902, and Director-General, January 1, 1905, and retired on retired pay on March 6, 1910. His war service is: South African War, 1899-1901. In charge of a General Hos­ pital. Operations in the, Cape Colony, South of Orange River, 1899-1900; operations in the Orange Free State, March to May, 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, June to November 29, 1900; operations in http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ the Transvaal, November 30, 1900, to February, 1901. Despatches, London Gazette, April 16, 1901. Lieutenant-Colonel under Article 362, Royal Warrant. Queen's Medal with four clasps. C.B. He received the K.O.B. in 1906, and was appointed Honorary Physician to the King in 1907. Surgeon-General William L. Gubbins, C.B., M.V.O., M.B., Honorary Surgeon. to the. King, from Deputy-Director-General to be Director-General, and to rank as Lieutenant-General, vice Surgeon-General Sir A. Keogh, K.C.B., M,D., dated March .6; 1910. Oolonel William Babtie, V.O., O.M.G., M.B, from Inspector of 1V[edical Services to be Deputy-Director-General, and is granted the temporary rank of Surgeon-General while so employed, vice Surgeon-General W. IJ. Gubbins, C.B., M.V.O., M.B., dated March 6, 1910. Lieutenant-Oolonel W. G_ Macpherson, O.M.G., M.B., from the Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Colonel; vice W. Babtie, V.O., O.M.G., lYI.B., dated March 6, 1910. on October 1, 2021 by guest. Protected ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, dated· January 30, 1910: Gerald H. Stevenson, M.B. ; John H. Spencer, M.B. ; William H. Forsyth, M.B. ; Archibald C. Amy, M.B. ; Alfred H. Heslop, M.B.; Wright Mitchell, M.B. ; James A. B. Sim, M.B. ; Edward J. Elliot, M.B. ; Edward Gibbon, M.B. ; Robert W. D. Leslie; Ernest B. Lathbury; Ceci! Scaife, M.D.; Daniel M. Oorbett, M.B.; Michael J. Lochrin; Ernest·D. Oaddell, M.B.; Benjamin Johnson; William E. O. Lunn, M.B. ; John R. Foster; William W. Boyce; Duncan Ooutts, M.B. : Arthur M. Benett; George P. A. Bracken; James A. Bennett, M.B.; Whiteford J. E. Bell, M.B. ; Oharles W. Bowle j J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-14-04-11 on 1 April 1910. Downloaded from 72 Hector L. Howell; William F. M. Loughnan;' Thomas W. Browne; William I. Thompson, M.B.; Carlisle Kelly, M.B.; Dennis T. MapCarthy, M.B.; Ernest C. Phelan, ~I.B.; John J. O'Keefe, M.B.; Edward J. Kavanagh, M.B.; Arthur H. Jacob. Supernumerary:Lieutenant Charles T. V: Benson, from the Seconded List, is restored to the Establishment, dated January 30, 1910. The undermentioned to be Lieutenants (on probation), dated January 28, 1910: John Gilmour, M.B.; William Warwick Treves, M.B.; John Thomas Simson, M.B.; Campbell Robb, M.B,; Eric Thomas Gaunt, M.B. Lieutenant (on probation) John T. Simson, M.B., is seconded under the provisions of Article 300, Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, 1909, dated January 28, 1910. Lieutenant Thomas T. H. Robinson, M.B., to be Captain, dated October 4, 1909. Captain John B.' Cautley retires, receiving a gratuity, dated March 2; 1910. Lieutenant Stephen Field, from the Seconded List, is restored to the Establish· ment, dated February 11, 1910. Lieutenant Malcolm Leckie is seconded for service with the Egyptian Army, dated Fe bruary 11, 1910. Captain Waiter B. Fry is seconded for service with the Egyptian Army, dated February 21, 1910. , The undermentioned Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant is granted the honorary rank of ,Captain, dated March 7, 1910: John B. Conolly, Royal Army Medical Corps. INCREASED PAY.-Lieutenant-Colonel M. O'D. BraddelI' has been selected' for increased pay under Article 317 Royal Warrant from March 6, 1910, inclusive, vice W. G. Macpherson, promoted. ARRIYALS HOME FOR DUTY.-From India: Lieutenant-Colonels W. T. Swan, H. Cocks, F. W. G. Gordon Hall, and H. P. G. Elkington. Majors T.W. Gibbard. by copyright. J. B. Anderson, and J. Grech. Captains S. O. Hall, A. J. Hull, D. P. Watson, R. T. Collins, J. Fairbairn, J. H. Douglass, and M. Sinclair. From West Coast of Africa: Captains A. F. Carlyon and W. Riach. Colonel Sir D. Bruce, C.B., F.R S., has returned to this country on completion of duty on the Sleeping Sickness Oommission. , TRANSFERS TO HOME ESTABLISHMENT. - Majors H. J. Parry D.S.O. and C. H. Hopkins.' ' TRANSFERS.-Lie~tenant.Colonel C. L. Josling from the London' Dist'rict to Western Command. Lieutenant·Colonel R. W., Wright, from the Royal Arsenal to Eastern Command. Major T. B. Beach, from the Royal Arsenal to Aldershot Com­ http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ mand. Lieutenant J .. C. L. Hingston, from the Scottish Command to the Southern Command. EMBARKATIONS.-For India: Brevet·Colonel RH. Firth, MajorE. M. Williams, Captains W. Bennebt and G. F.Sheehan, Lieutenants J. E. Ellcome, R. M. Dickson, F. H. Bradley, and A. L. Stevenson. For Egypt: Captain W. B. Fry and Lieutenant M. Leckie. For the West Coast of Africa: Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. Sutton, D.S.O., Captains J. W. Leake, A. L. A. Webb, G. Baillie, and H. B. Connell; Lieutenant G. H. Stack. ' POSTINGS.-,To Scottish Command: Lieutenant·Colonel F. W. G. Gordon-Hall and Captain J. Fairbairn. To 'Western Oommand: Lieutenant·Colonel H. Cocks, Major J. Grech, and Captain D. P. Watson. To Aldershot Command: Major K. M. Cameron. To Eastern Command: Lieutenant·Colonel G. Wilson, Captains A. J. Hull, ]'. M. M. Ommanney, R. T. Collins and A. C. Osburn. To Southern Command': Lieutenant-Colonels H. A. Haines, W. T. Swan, and MajorH. J. Parry, D.S.O. , To on October 1, 2021 by guest. Protected London' District: Majors T. W. Gibbard' and J. B. Anderson. To Irish Command: Lieutenant·Colonel H. P. G. Elkington, Captains S. O. Hall, J. H. Douglass, and M. Sinclair; Lieutenant F. 'W orthington. APPOINTMENTS.-Lieutenant-Colon91 G. Wilson in charge of. Military Hospital, Dover; Lieutenant',Colonel W. T. Swan, in charge of Medical Division, 'Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley; Major T. W. Gibbard, in charge of Military Hospital, Rochester Row, London; Major J. B. Anderson, Recruiting Medical Officer London District; Major K, M. Cameron, Specialist in 0perative Surgery, Aldershot; Captain S. O. Hall, in charge of Military Families Hospital, Fermoy: Captain T. E. Fielding, J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-14-04-11 on 1 April 1910. Downloaded from 73 Adjutant, Royal Army Medical Oorps School of Instruction, Territorial Force, London District. Major G. E. F. Stammers' appointment as a Sanitary Officer in the Southern Oommand has been extended for six months. , The King has been graciously pleased to sanction the following appointments to the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England as Kuights of Grace ;- Lieutenant-Oolonel Frederick Henry Appleby, M.RO.S. (from Honorary Associate). Major Robert James Blackham, R.A.M.O. (from Honorary Asssociate). Sir Alfred Keogh, K.O.B., has been appointed Rector of the Imperial Oollege of Science and Technology. RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF MAJORS AND LIEUTENANTS, ROYAL ARMY MEDIOAL OORPS. The following results of examinations are notified for general information;- Passed in Military Law for the rank of Lieutenant-Oolonel; Majors F. A. Symons, M.B. (97 per cent); H. V. Prynne (91 per cent.). Passed in technical subjects for the rank of Lieutenant-Oolonel; Major W. E. Hardy. Passed in A. M. 0; H. O. French; S. and E.; B. Forde, M.B. ; Med. His. : H. O. French. Passed in, (h) i for the rank of Oaptain; R D. O'Oonnor. Passed in. (h) ii and iii for the rank of Captain; L. A. A. Andrews; W. R. O'}I'arrell. Passed in (d) ii for the rank of Oaptain; H. M. J. Perry; L. A. A. Andrews (75 per cent.); W. R. O'Farrell: F. Worthington, M.B.; W. H. S. Burney. (h) ii.-S. Field; W. H. S. Burney. (h) iii.-W. J. E. Bell, M.B.; F. Worthington, M.B. by copyright. MEMORANDUM. The undermentioned officers will probably be required to proceed abroad during the coming trooping season. Information as to destination and dates of embarkation will be published as soon as possible ;- Lieutenant-Oolonels W. L. Reade; J. M. Invin; T. W. O'H. Hamilton, O.M.G.; R R. H. Moore; G. W. Brazier-Oreagh, O.M.G.; O. Birt; J. B. W. Buchanan; R. W. Wright. Majors E. G. Browne; T. B. Beach; W. W. O. Beveridge, D.S.O.