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JOURNAL OF THE

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

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JANUARY, 1910.,

ARMY MEDICAL SERYICE.

Surgeon-General William Donovan, C.B., retires on retired pay, dated November 17, 1909. ,

Colonel Owen E. P. Lloyd V.C., to' be Surgeon-General, vice W. Donovan, C.B., retired, dated November 17,1909.

Brevet-Colonel Tom P. Woodhouse, from the Royal Army Medical Corps, 'to be Colonel, vice O.E. P. Lloyd. V.C., dated November 17, 1909. , ,

Surgeon-General William L. Gubbins, C..B., lILV.O., M,B., Deputy-DirectorGeneral, Army Medical Service, to be an Honorary Surgeon to the King, vice Brigade. Surgeon-Lieutenant. Colonel and Brevet-Colonel C. E. Harrison, C. V.O.,M.B .• retired, dated October 19, 1909. '


Lieutenant Colin Cassidy is seconded for Service with the Egyptian Army, dated October 14, 1909.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert D. Hodson is placed on retired pay, dated December 14, 1909.

The undermentioned Quartermasters, 'Royal Army Medical Corps, are placed on retired pay: Honorary Captain Edward Percy 1\'[oss, dated November 20, 1909; Honorary Lieutenant John Glennon, dated December 13, 1909.

Serjeant-Major John Wilson to be Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice Honorary Captain E. P. Moss, dated November 20, 1909.

The undermentioned Quartermasters and' Honorary Lieutenants are granted the honorary rank of Captain: Alfred J. Chalk, John Green, William J. C. Talbot, and Edward P. Moss, dated November 18, 1909; Bertram E. Essex, John McClay, and George F. Short, dated December 6, 1909; Henry Woolley, dated December 13, 1909.

INCREASED PAY.-Lieutenant-Colonels J. M. Reid and T. B. Winter have been selected for increased pay.

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TRANSFERS.-Colonel T. P. Woodhouse, from the Southern to the Scottish Command; Captain J. F. Martin, from the Eastern Command to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Major H. V. Dillon, R.P., from the Southern to the Northern Command.

TRANSFERRED TO HOME ESTABLISHMENT.-Major H. Hewetson.

ARRIVALS HOME FOR DUTY.--'-From India: Lieutenant-Colonels F. J. Jencken, M.B., C. T. Blackwell, M.D.;and F. S. De Quesne; V.C.; Majors H. E. Winter, J. W. Jennings, D.S.O., F. Kiddle, M.B., and W. E. Hudleston; Captains R H. McNichol, M.B., S. L. Pallant, F. J. Turner, and W. WHey, M.B.

EMBARKATIONS.-For Egypt: Colonel T. M. Corker, M.D. ; Captain E. E. Ellery and Lieuteriant R E. Todd. For India: Lieutenant-Colonels C;-E. Nichol;D.S.O., M.B., J. V. Salvage, M.D., and R. H. Penton, D.S.O.; Majprs J,'Ritchle, M.B., E. M.Hassard, R. F. E. Austin, and L. F. Smith, M.B.; Captains E. P. Hewitt, J. H. R. Bond,:B:. G. Ford, M.B., J. G. Churton, and R. T. Brown, M.D.; Lieutenants G. F. Dawson, M.B., and H. V. B. Byatt. For Jamaica: Captain W. M. Power.

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant E. V. Saunders embarked for Hong-Kong on December 4, 1909.

POSTINGS.-Southern Command: Lieutenant·Colonel F. J. Jencken, M.B., Major W. E. Hudleston, and Captain W. Wiley, M.B. Eastern Command: LieutenantColonels C. T. Blackwell, M.D., and F. S. Le Quesne, V.C.; Majors H. E. Winter and H. Hewetson; Captain S. L. Pallant. Western Command: Major J. W. Jennings, D.S.O. Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Major F. Kiddle, M.B. Scottish Command: Captains R. H. McNichol, M.B., and F. J. Turner.

APPOINTMENTS.-Captain J. F. Martin, Assistant Surgeon Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Captain C. H. Carr, Specialist Dental Surgery, Salisbury Plain; LieutenantColonel T. J. R Lucas, C.B., to be an Administrative Medical Officer in India on promotion ; Lieutenant-Colonel M. T. Yarr, Medical Inspector of Recruits, Scottish Command; Lieutenant-Colonel R Porter, Principal Medical Officer, Western Command, on promotion; Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Gerrard, M.B., has been appointed Medical Inspector of Recruits in the Northern and not Scottish Command as previously stated; Major H. V. Dillon, R.P., Medical Charge, Scarborough, from Trowbridge.

QUALIFICATIONS.-Captain O. W. A. Elsner, RA.M.C., has obtained the Diploma of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ireland.

Captain M. W. Faulkner, R.A.M.C., has obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. ,

His Majesty the King of Italy has conferred the following Orders upon the officers named, in recognition of services rendered by them in connection with the earthquake at Messina in 1908 :-

To be a Commander of the Order of the CrownofItaly, Major G. S. Crawford, RA.M.C. The Order of the Crown of Italy, Captains P. A. Lloyd-Jones, H. S. Anderson, and

H. C. Winckworth, RA.M.C. ; Surgeon-Captain R. Randon, Royal Malta Artillery.

DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED LIEUTENANT-COLONELS, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

The following, which has been communicated by the Director-General, Army Medical Service, is published for general information :-

The allotment of selected Lieutenant-Colonels will in future and under ordinary circumstances be as follows: - .

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. Eastern Oommand (5).-Charge of Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich,' and the Military Hospitals at Chatham, Colchester, Dover, Shorncliffe. . ..

. Irish Oommand (4).-Charge of Royal Infirmary, Dublin, and the Military lIospitals at Cork and Curragh, and Administrative Medical Officer at Belfast. . .' . London District (2).- Senior Medical Officer Recruiting, Charge of Queen· Alexandra

Military Hospital. Northern Oommand (l).-Charge of Military Hospital, York. Scottish Oommand (l).-Charge of Military Hospital, Edinburgh. Southern Oommand (4). -Charge of Military Hospitals at Cosham, Devonporti

Netley, Tidworth. Western Oommand (l).--:-Charge of Military Hospital, Chester. . Oolonies (8).-Viz.; Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Mauritius, Singapore, North China,

one each, and South Africa, two. India and Miscellaneous (21). Total, 51. .

Th~ following Retired Pay appointments are yacant: LandguardFort, Belfast (Recruiting Medical Officer), Trowbridge, Netheravon. .

The medical charge of troops at N etheravon has been converted into an appointment for a retired officer. .

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF LIEUTENANTS, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL· CORPS.

The following results of examinations are notified for general information;- . Passed in (h) i for rank of Captain; G. H. Stevenson, M.B., H. W. Farebrother,

F. T. Turner, A. G. Wells, T. W. Browne. .

DISTRIBUTION OF THE LIEUTENANTS ON PROBATION, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, SECOND JUNIOR COURSE, 1909.

Aldershot Oommand.-Lieutenants G. G. Collett, R. H. Nolan, and P. C. Field. Eastern Oommand.-Lieutenants H. R. Edwards, W. Mathison, K. Comyn, C. M ..

Nicol, E. O. Stoney, A. P. O'Connor, and R. M. Davies. Irish Oommand.-Lieutenants F. W. M. Cunningham, T. H. Diokson, R. C. G. M.

Kinkead, and H. V. Stanley. Southe1'n Oommand.-Lieutenants A. G. Jones, J. M. Weddell, V. P. Hutchinson,

and T. W. Stallybrass. Northern Oommand:-·Lieutenant H. G. Robertson. London Distiict.-Lieutenants G. H. Dive, R. Gale, and A.·S. Cane.

PROMOTIONS.

To be Ser.jeant-Major.-l0339 Quartermaster-Serjeant F. O. Chappell, November 24, 1909, vice W. H. Bellingham, to pension.

To be Sta.tf-Serjeant.-10721 Serjeant A. Smith, October 15, 1909, vice H. J. Power, to pension; 10560 Lance-Serjeant A. Gibbons, November 22, 1909, vice J. R. Sainty, to pension (special for services rendered in connection with the Sleeping Sickness Oommission in Uganda) ..

To be Serjeant.-'-4671 Private T. Dent, November 25, 1909, special as Serjeant. Master-Tailor. .

ApPOINTMENTS.

19513 Private ·F. E. H. Audas. November 2, 1909, appointed Lance.Corporal, special u~der para. 281, S.O. for R.A.M.C:; 103 Private G. P. Steer, November 2, J.909, appointed Lance-Corporal, special .under para. 281, S.O. for R.A.M.C.; 19980 Private H. J. Loder, November 29, 1909, appointed Lance-Corporal, special under para. 281, 8.0. for R.A.M.C.; 19732 Private H. Mayes, November 23, 1909, appointed LanceOorporal, special under para. 281, S.O. for R.A.M.O.; 19618 Private P. Bettison, December 6, 1909, appointed Lance-Oorporal, special under para, 281, S.O. for

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CASUALTIES.

Discharges.-6302 Serjeant-Major W. H. Bellingham, November 23, 1909, to pension; 5810 Serjeant-Major C. A. Barton, December 12, 1909, to pension; 8210 Staff-Serjeant 'J. R. Sainty, November 21, 1909, termination of second period; 3534 Staff-Serjeant W. Brodie, November 18, 1909, baving reached the age; 8300 Staff-Serjeant J. W. Cook, December 14, 1909, meclically unfit; 8367 Staff-Serjeant A. E. Ford, December 15, 1909, after eighteen years' service; 8529 Serjeant J. Rye, November 24, 1909, after eighteen years' service; 4615, Private J. A. Morrison, November 15, 1909, on payment of £10; 4528 Private A. Cooke, November 13,1909, on pa.yment of £10; 1739 Private P. L. De Jongh, December 18,1909, medically unfit.

Transfers to Army Reserve.-944 Private H. J. Westlake, November 9, 1909; 16471 Corporal E. Collins, November 12, 1909; 16501 Private E. 'fyler, November 11, 1909; 16506 Private C. Lark; November 15, 1909; 18212 Private J. Mason, November 14, 1909; 16503 Private A. McKinley, November 13, 1909 ; 16496 Private J. W. Faulkner, November 14,1909; 16525 Private F.,Wooding, November 17,1909; 16500 Private E. Wynne, November'17, 1909; 17679 Private A. Hockley, November 19, 1909; 965 Private E. S. Tear, November 15, 1909; 16570 Private J. L. Kerr, November 19, 1909; 16567 Private C. D. Brown, November 18,1909; 980 Private H. Stubbs, November 19, 1909; 972 Private S. Cox, November 19, 1909; 16504 Private H. McCrory, November 17, 1909; 976 Private A. E. Love, November 18, 1909; 16559 Private W. H. Green, November 19, 1909; 995 Private P. C. George, November 20, 1909; 16574 Private W. Watson, November 21, 1909; 16666 Private W. J. McConaghie, November 24,1909; 998 Private W. J. Rawlings, November 23,1909; 999 Private A. H. Philpotts, November 23, 1909; 16675 private J. Fullalove, November 28, 1909; 1203 Private A. W. Foweraker, November 30,1909; 1010 Private J. Linn, November 29,1909; 16572 Private H. Blackey, November 21, 1909; 16676 Private J. Anderson, November 28, 1909; 16677 Corporal C. McDonald, November 24,1909; 1080 Private J. H. Hnmphreys, November 26, 1909; 16669 Private A: Lloyd, November' 25, 1909; 1014 Private W. Weber, November 26, 1909; 16670 Private W. Maddocks, November 25, 1909; 16578 Private W. W. Tait, November 24,1909; 16737 Private E. Nevard, November 27, 1909; 1020 Private A. J. Aldridge, November 30, 1909; 1009 Private R. B. Tutton, November 28, 1909; 1019 Private W. E. J. Stansell, November 30, 1909; 16754 Private W. Pcto, December 5, 1909; 16764 Private J. Abrahams, December 3, 1909; 1040 Private W. C. Peakall, December 3, 1909; 1042 Private H. Yates, December 4, 1909 16829Private D. Carey, December 3, 1909; 16744 Private A. 'Green, December 2, 1909; 1024 Private H. W. Newman, December 2, 1909; 16763 Private S. Roberts, December 2, 1909; 1030 Private W. O'Regan, December 5, 1909; 1045 Private W. Wright, December 6, 1909; 16766 Private W. Hay, December 4,1909; 16830 Private T. Wallworth, December 5, 1909; 16833 Private J. Hunt, December 8, 1909; 1053 Private G. C. Sainz, December 10, 1909; 16758 Private J. F. Benfield, December 9, 1909; 16832 Private W. G. Burt, December 8, 1909; 16818 Private R. Keech, December 8, 1909; 16835 Private J. Ferris, December 11, 1909; 1061 Private J: P. McSweeney, December 13, 1909; 16850 Private W. J. Denning, December 15,1909.

Transfers to other Oorps. -4336~ Private C. Green, November 10, 1909, to Royal Marines Light Infantry; 4303 Private J. Walsh, November 17, 1909, to Royal Scots; 1959 Private C. E. Bacon, November 19, 1909, to Leicester Regiment; 10721 Serjeant A. Smith, November 16, 1909, to E. A. Field Ambulance; 11146 Serjeant E. Wing, November 18, 1909, to Sonth Wales Mounted Brigade, Field Artillery; 9578 Serjeant W. Dawson, December 1, 1909, to South Midland Division, Territorial Force.

TRANSFERS FROM OTHER CORPS.

4661 Private T. Smith, October 18, 1909, from Coldstream Guards; 4677 Private E. Marsh, October 12, 1909, from Middlesex Regiment; 4678 Private A. J. Harvey, October 23, 1909, from Royal Field Artillery; 4683 Private F. Hanlon, November 20, 1909, from Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 4696 Private A. E. Phillips, December 2, 1909, from East Surrey Regiment.

EMBARKATIONS FOR ABROAD.

To Jamaica, per ss. "Oratava," November 18, 1909.-17734 Private A. R. Cooke, 19037 Private W. B. Thomas, 19570 Private W. Fisher, 291 Private F. Milton, 1521 Private T. A. Palmer, 1612 Private W. Boyd, 16155 Private G. Clark.


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DISEMBARKATIONS FROM ABROAD.

From Gibraltar, per H.M.S. "Canopus," November 23, 1909.-17155 Private J. Riggs.

From Malta, per ss. "Maine," invalided, December 2, 1909.-18777 Private W. Aylett.

THE FOLLOWING N.C.O's AND MEN HAVE QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION IN THE VARIOUS

CORPS EXAMINATIONS.

- For Quartermaster·Serjeant.-9890 Staff-Serjeant C. Perry, 11123 Staff-Serjeant H. J. Polhill, 10221 Staff-Serjeant E. Larner, 11225 Staff-Serjeant A. l3ennett.

For Staff-Serjeant.-10581 Serjeant H. Warsop, 12158 Serjeant E. J. Strange, 14973 Serjeant E. Lacy, 10542 Serjeant A. E. Mende!, 12582 Serjeant J. Whiting.

Fo/' Serjeant.-13814 Corporal P. Kenneally, 17928 Corporal W. G. Toye, 12053 Corporal W. Ross, 18645 Lance·Serjeant C. E. Rouse, 11734 Corporal A. H. O. Campion, 18385 Lance-Serjeant F: W. Coupland, 12461 Corporal P. F. Cook, 10808 Corporal H. S. Burden, 18018 Corporal F. G. Phipps, 14924 Corporal J. G. A. Forbes.

For Corporal. - 168 Private T. J. Watkins, 17960 Private T. McGuire, 12385' Private E. A. Rayner, 18374 Private A. Burke, 1798 Private R. R. Gilbert, 12245 Private C. F. Pinney, 18152 Private J. Oswald, 19986 Private W. H, Gardner, 17699 Private C. Morrall, 1713 Private F. B. McCarthy, 19688 Private T. V. Falkingham, 127 Private S. W. Bull, 2235 Private T. Walkley, 17506 Private P. Biong, 18873 Private W. J. Spiers, 19267 Private J. Peacock, 1731 Private C. N orthcott, 1757 Private W. J. Marshall, 1799 Private S. A. Stowe, 1905 Private J. G. Eves, 2137 Private F. Crack, 19031 Private J. Leaky, 16762 Private F. Price, 14452 Private F. Godfrey, 18929 Private G. W. Taylor, 18219 Private D. J. Ro.bertson .

. Passed as Dispensers.-15238 Corporal J. T. Wrigglesworth, 19732 Private H. Mayes, 15671 Corporal R. W. Cole, 19469 Private H. D. Purnell. 19805 Private J. Hanrahan, 18576 Corporal W. Lamkin, 19256 Private W. King, 247 Private T. J. Doyle.

NOTES FROM THE LONDON DISTRICT:-CONVERSAZIONE AT THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE.

A very successful conversazione took place at the Royal Army Medical College on the evening of Tuesday, December 14. The guests were received by the Director-General and Lady Keogh. The whole of the reception rooms of the mess were thrown open and were effectively decorated. Refreshments were served in the messroom, where a detachment of the Royal Army Medical Corps Band played an excellent selection of music in the band gallery. The new covered passage between the mess and the College was prettily decorated with flowers and palms. The following demonstrations and exhibits were shown in the various rooms in the College, and excited the greatest interest :-

Room 1.-(1) Methods of sterilisation of water: (a) Filtration, with an exhibition of filters from some of the earliest patterns; (b) heat sterilisation; (c) chemical sterilisation. (2) Foods: (a) Soldiers' rations in the field; (b) emergency rations; (c) dried foods, &c. ; (d) preservatives and adulteration of foods. Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Melville, Major C. F. Wanhill, Captain H. B. Fawcus.

Room 2.-(3) X-ray apparatus-screen demonstration. Major C. G. Spencer. Room.3.-(4) High-frequency electricity. (5) X-ray apparatus for field use. (6)

Skiagram of gunshot injuries. Major C. G. Spencer. Room 4.-(7) Special media for the isolation of the typhoid bacillus. (8) Reactions

of organisms of the colon, typhoid and intermediate groups in sugars. Major C. F. Wanhill, Captain H. B. Fawcus.

Room 5.-(9) Estimation of water in foods by distillation with petroleum. (10) New method of extracting gases from fluid, such as sewage effluents. (11) Weston and Ellis's modification of Kjeldhal's process for estimation of nitrogen. (12) The colouring matter of preserved meats. (13) The Dickirison-Gair gas analysis apparatus. (14) Evaporation under reduced pressure. Major W. W. O. Beveridge, D.S.O.

Room 6.-(15) A food analysis in actual process. (16) Method of sterilisation of tinned meats. (17) Method of ascertaining the temperature reached in the interior of a tin of meat during sterilisation. Major C. F. Wanhill, Major W. W. O. Beveridge, D.S.O.


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Room 7.-(18) The life-history of Ornithodorus moubata, the transmitter of the tick fever of Africa. Lieutenant-Colimel Sir W. B. Leishman.

Rooms 8 and 9.-(19) Demonstration of the technique of opsonic and other blood estimations. Major S. L. Cummins, Lieutenant A. C. H. Suhr. . . Room 10.-(20) A series of microscopic and other specimens illustrating the microorganisms associated with the following diseases: Pneumonia, tuberculosis, tetanus, anthrax, malaria, typhoid fever, leprosy, septimemia, actinomycosis, sleeping sickness" Malta fever, plague, cholera, cerebro-spinal fever, diphtheria, kala-azar. LieutenantColonel Sir W. B. Leishman, Captain J. C. Kennedy, Lieutenant A. C. H. Surh. (21) Demonstration of the Entamceba histolytica of tropical dysentry, showing the development and formation of spores. Captain T. J. Potter.

Room 11.-(22) Demonstration of the preparation and standardisation of antityphoid vaccine. Major H. W. Grattan, Captain A. L. A. Webb.

Room 12.-(23) (a) Demonstration of spirochretes and trypanosomes with "dark ground" illumination; (b)' the Bordet-Gengou reaction. Captain L. W. Harrison. (24) A simple method for counting blood cells. Major W. S. Harrison, Captain T. J. Potter.

Room 13.--(25) The action of antimony salts on the trypanosomes of Surra, in vivo and in vitro. Captain Fry.

Surgical Muse1tm (second floor).-(26) Field medical and surgical equipment. Major C. G. Spencer.

A series of diagrams were hung in the lecture theatre, graphically illustrating the steady improvement in the general health of the army, and the marked reduction of epidemic disease among soldiers during recent years, and the consequent increased efficiency and great financial saving which have been attained.

Between three and four hundred guests accepted invitations, among whom were Lord and Lady Midleton, the members of the Advisory Board, Ge)leral Sir Ian and Lady Hamilton, Lieutenant-General Sir H. and Lady Miles, Colonel Sir Edward and Lady Ward, the Deans of the London Medical Schools, Sir William and Lady Church, Sir John and Lady Tweedy, the Consulting Staff of the Queen Alexandm Military Hospital, the Examiners of the Royal Army Medical College, InspectorGeneral Porter, R.N., Sir W. and Lady Allchin, Sir P. and Ilady Manson, Sir T. and Lady Barlow, Sir W. and Lady Crooks, and many of the leaders of medical and scientific thought in London. A specially pleasing feature of the entertainment was the presence of a large number of retired members of the Army Medical Service, who have done so much to forward the best interests of their old corps in the past, and to whom the present generation owe a deep debt of. gratitude. .

The following programme was ably rendered by the band under the conductorship of Mr. G. P. Robertson. '

(1) March (2) Overture (3) Selection (4) Valse (5) Hungarian Dances

PROGRAMME.

" Floren tiner " Loin du Pays"

", Our Miss Gibbs" " The Dollar Princess"

(6) From the Ballet- (a) Mazurka

Fucik. .. Boullon.' Monckton.

Fall. .. Brahms.,

.. Delibes. "Coppelia" l(b) Valse de la Poupee (c) Czardas

(7) Valse "Unsere Edelknaben" .. Ziehrer. (8) Selection " Tannhauser" .. Wagner. (9) Three Dances " Henry VIII." .. German.

(10) Spanish Ballet Music Desormes. (11) Valse .. .. " Songe d'Automnc" Joyce. (12) Selection .. .. " Patience" .. Sullivan.

NOTES FROM MALT A.-Captain Gibbon writes: "Since the last notes were written we have got well into the winter's work. On November 4 and 7 the autumn race meeting was held; Lieutenant H. G. Gibson's pony' Cupid' ran second in the 2nd class Handicap.

"On November 6 the Suffolk Regiment held a boxing competition in the Valletta gymnasium, the chief attraction of the evening being a ten-round contest between Lance-Corporal Gilmour, 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (middle weight champion of Malta, 1908), and Private A. Smith, 30th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps. In the fourth round Smith knocked out 4is man, amidst well-deserved applause.


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" It was very pleasing to us to find a new man like Smith to take the place of Private J. R. Dare, who has gone home, and to uphold the Royal Army Medical Corps in the ring. There will be plenty of opportunities for'Smith during the winter months, both with the Regiments and the Mediterranean I!'leet Boxing .Club.

" During the month we have played two matches in the hockey league, beating the Army Service Corps by one goal to nothing, and suffering defeat at the hands of the Suffolk Regiment by two goals to nil. .

" The football season began in earnest for us on the 6th instant, when we met the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in our first fixture of the league, and although we were beaten by four goals to one we put up a very good fight, and when our forwards get together we ought to take a lot of beating.

"We are all sorry to lose Lieutenant-Colonel C. Birt, who goes home this week by P. and O. He has been with us now for eight months, investigating pyrexia.· of uucertain origin, and discovering the breeding-ground of the pappataci. We congratulate Quartermaster-Serjeant F. O. Chappell on promotion to Serjeant-Major, and wish him luck in his new rank."

NOTES FROM CALCUTTA.-Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. F. Henderson, R.A.l\f.C., Secretary to Principal Medical Officer, H.M.'s Forces in India, writes as follows, dated November 18, 1909:-

11 Leave.-Following officers have been granted extension of medical certificate)eave ex-India :-

"Lieutenant-Colonel J. Battersby from October 2, 1909, to April 1, 1910. Major C. H. Hopkins from October 30, 1909, to April 29, 1910. Captain G. H. Richard from October 26, 1909, to January 24, 1910.,

SPECIAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Supplementary List. The undermentioned to be Lieutenants (on probation) :-George Rollason, dated October 25, 1909; John Fraser, M.B., dated November 1,

1909. Lieutenant Wilson Ransom to be Captain, dated November 26, 1908. William Helgrove Leslie McCarthy, M.B., to be Lieutenant (on probation), dated

November 17, 1909. TERRITORIAL FORCE.


3rd Home Co~mties Field Ambulance.-The appointment of Quartermaster (Quartermaster and Honorary Captain, retired pay), Martin Hewitt is antedated to July 21,1909.

Hector Graham Gordon Mackenzie, M.B., to be Lieutenant, dated October 20, 1909. 1st North Midland Field Ambulance.-Henry 'Gray Woodhouse Dawson, l\LB., to

be Lieutenant, dated October 7,1909. 1st London (City of London) Sanitary Oompany.-Lieutenant Ralph H. B. Carthew,

l\I.D., resigns his commission, dated October 14, 1909.

Attached to Units other than Medical Units. Captain John Rowan, M.B., to be Major, dated December 27, 1908.


Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance.-Meredith Sedgwick Doubble to be Lieutenant (to be supernumerary), dated October 30, 1909. .

London Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance.-Major Martin Alfred Cooke, from the List of officers attached to Units other than Medical Units, to be Major, dated June 20, . 1909.

3rd Wessex Field Ambulance.-Herbert Larman to be Transport Officer, with the. honorary rank of Lieutenant, dated October 4, 1909. '

Attached to Units ~ther than Medical Units. Lieutenant·Colonel and Honorary Surgeon-Colonel Robert L. Sparrow resigns his

commission, and is granted permission to retain his rank and to wear the prescribed uniform, dated October 31, 1909.

Highland Mo~tnted Brigade Field Ambulance.-John Macpherson Grant, M.D., to be Lieutenant, dated October 19, 1909.

3rd London (Oity of London) Field Ambulance.-Lieutenant· George L. L. Lawson to be Captain, dated August 22nd, 1909.


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IN~'ANTRY.

5th Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment.-Surgeon-Captain John W. Nicholson ·to bEl promoted Surgeon-Major, dated January 28, 1909.

ROYAL ARMY' MEDICAL CORPS.

3rd North Midland Field Ambulance.-Lieutenant George J. S. A~kinson resigns his commission, dated October 23, 1909.

Attached to Units other than Medical Units • . Ca.ptain James H. Hunter, M.D., resigns his commission, dated October 15, 1909. 2nd South Midland Brigade.-Surgeon-Lieutenant George Mackie to be Surgeon

Captain, dated August 24, 1909. 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance.-James Dundas, M.B., to be Lieutenant,

dated October 20, 1909. . Lowland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance.-Lieutenant Robert B. Carslaw, M.B.,

to be Captain, dated October 7,1909. . 2nd London (City of London) General Hospital.-Major William H. White, M.D.,

to be Lieutenant-Colonel, dated November 9, 1909. Captain Herbert P. Hawkins, M.D., to be Major, dated November 9, 1909.

For attachment to Units other than Medical Units. Lieutenant Charles Henry Bullen, from tbe 3rd Nortb Midland Field Ambulance,

Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Lieutenant, dated October 1, 190!'l. Captain (Honorary Lieutenant in the Army) Edmund William Herrington, from

the 3rd London (City of London) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Captain, dated October 18, 1909.

4th Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment.-Surgeon.Major and Honorary Surgeon. Lieutenant.Colonel George 1\'1:. Lowe, M.D., resigns his commission, and is granted permission to retain his rank and to wear the prescribed uniform, dated November 3, 1909. .


Attached to Units other than Medical Units.

Lieutenant Alfred A. Beeks to be Captain, dated May.26, 1908. Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Ellis resigns his commission, and is granted per

mission to retain his rank and to wear the prescribed uniform, dated November 6, 1909. Lieutenant John Hobbs, F.R.C.S.(I.), to be Captain, dated November 7,1909.

For attachment to Units other than Medical Units. Kenneth Mackinnon, M.B.. to be Lieutenant, dated April 1, 1909. Percy Bertram Spurgin to be Lieutenant, dated November 16, 1909.


1st West Lancashire Field Ambulance.-Arthur John Evaris (late Surgeon, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) to be Captain, dated December 15,1909.

For attachment to Units other than Medical Units. Dudley William Carmalt Jones to be Lieutenant, dated October 26, 1909. Joseph Hollins DonneIl, 1\'l:.B., to be Lieutenant, dated November 5, 1909.

UNATTACHED LIST FOR THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieuten!l'nt George Edmund Barford, from 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, to be Quartermaster with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, with precedence as from February 26, 1907, dated December 15,1909.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERYICE. Postings and Transfers.-Sisters: Miss N. Blew, to Tidworth, from Cambridge

Hospital, Aldershot; Miss 1\'1:. M. Blakely, to Egypt from Khartoum; Miss A. Willes, to Woolwich from T.S. "Plassy" ; Miss W. Potter, to Chatham, from Devonport; Miss


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G. M. Smith, to Khartoum, from Cairo. Staff Nurses: Miss F. M. Tosh, to Alex. andria, from Cairo; Miss C. G. Lees, to Alexandria, from Cairo; Miss M. Davis, to Cairo, from Khartoum; Miss H. V. B. Wolseley, to Netley, from Connaught Hospital, Aldershot; Miss C. M. MacRae, to Shorncliffe, from Netley; Miss E. B. JJevay, to Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, from Shorncliffe; Miss O. G. Lees, to Khartoum, from Alexandria; Miss M. Willes, to Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, from T.S. '.' Plassy." '. .

Appvintments Conjirmed.-Staff Nurses: Miss A. H. Esden, Miss A. L. Evans, Miss G. M. Watkins. .

THE ARMY. MEDICAL OFFICERS' WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND, INSTITUTED JANUARY, 1816. THIS Society was instituted in January, 1816. President.-Surgeon.General SifA. Keogh, K.C.B., M.D., K.H.P., Director·General. Vice.Presidents.-Deputy.Surgeon·General C.' A. rnnes, M.D.; Deputy. Surgeon.

General W. G. Don, M.D. Trustees.·-Lieutenant.Colonel J .. Martin ; Lieutenant·Colonel J. Stevenson, M.D. ;

Deputy.Surgeon·General C. A. rnnes, M.D. Committee tor 1909·10.-Surgeon.General Sir W. D. Wilson, K.C.M.G.; Lieutenant·

Oolonel W. Grant Macpherson, O.M.G., M.D.; Lieutenant·Oolonel A. M. Davies; Lieutenant·Oolonel M. W. Russell; Surgeon.General W. S. M. Price; Oolonel J. Lane Notter, M.D. ; Major E. L. McSheehy, M.D.; Lieutenant·Oolonel A. F. S. Clarke, M.D. ; Major W. H. Horrocks, M.B.

Auditors.-Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths, and 00., Ohartered Accountants. Consulting Actuary.·-H. W. Andras, Esq., F.I.A. Honorary Treasurer.-Sir James R. D. McGrigor, Bart. Bankers.-Sir C. R. McGrigor, Bart., and 00., 25, Oharles Street, St. James's Square

(to whom all subscriptions should be paid). Secretary.-Oaptain J. T. Clapham, 20, Belgrave Road, Westminster, S. W. This Society was founded by Sir James McGrigor in the year after Waterloo. At

his retirement, shortly before the Crimean War, it numbered no less than 650 members. New rules having been recently adopted, the attention of officers of the Oorps who wish to make some provision for their widows and orphans, on the most advantageous terms, is invited to the benefits now offered by·the above Fund.

Under these rules, owing to the large accumulated fund, and economical manage. ment on mutual principles, an officer can provide an annuity for his widow and orphans at a very moderate annual outlay.

The benefit provided by the Society to the subscriber's widow, under his marriage subsisting at the date. of commencement of his subscription as a married member, is :£50 per annum during widowhood, with the continuance of ~he annuity, during re.marriage of the widow or after her death, to the child or children of the said marriage until such child, or the youngest of such children, shall have attained the age of twenty.one years. Furthermore, should the wife of the subscriber predecease him, it will be optional for him to continue until his death the subscription he had been paying as a married member, in order to provide an annuity similar to the above for the children of the marriage, until the youngest shall have attained the age of twenty.one years. Some examples of the new scales of premiums are given below :-

Husband's age, 25 Wife's age, 20 Ann. Subs., £13 8 5 25 " 25 12 6 5 30 25 14 18 6 30 30 13 9 10 35 30 16 14 5 35 " 35 ,,14 17 6 40 35" 18 17 7 40 " 40 16 9 10 45 40" " 21 8 6 45 45" 18 7 7

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It must be borne in mind that the above terms cover all war and climate risks ; and, that there are no marriage fines: ' " , ' , There is a class of uDIp.arried members who ,pay £,2 a year. ,They are allowed the

equjvalent (in terms of Table B in the Rules) of the total of their subscriptions, at compound interest, by way of reduction of their annual subscription when becoming married members. Thus an officer joining the Society at the age of 34, his wife being 30, would pay an annual premium of £15 19s. 9d. Had he joined ten years earlier as' an unmarried member, his yearly subscription as a married member would have been £14 128. 9d. 'for the rest of his life.' '

At the last quinquennial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Society, as at December 31, 1905, the Actuary reported that" the financial position of the Society was eminently, satisfactory; there being a net surplus of £64,390 after providing for annuities, immediate and contingent, to all widows of members. At that date the Funds of the Society amounted to £125,400. On December 31, 1908, it will be seen from the balance sheet'that they' had increased 'to' £131,000; and that of this sum five-sixths are invested in Government, ,and the remainder in Trust securities. , Provision is made (Rule X.l. whereby the surplus at any quinquennial valuation may

be applied for the benefit of members. , A copy of the Rules, the Actuary's'Report, and other details, can' be obtained from,

the Secretary, Captain J. T. Clapham, 20, Belgrave Road, S. W.

UNITED SERVICES MEDICAL SOCIETY. THE next meeting of the above. named Society will be held at the Royal Army

Medical College, Millbank, S.W., on Wednesday, January 12, 1910, at 8.30 p.m" when a paper will, be read by Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Wilson, R.A.M.C., on "The Management of Venereal Diseases at Woolwich."

BIRTHS. ARGLES.-At Sutherland House, Cheniston Gardens,W., on November 4, 1909,

the wife of Captain R. L. Argles, of a son. WALKER.-On December 2,1909, at 2, Kensington Crescent, the wife of Captain

N. Dunbar Walker, R.A.M.C., of a daughter.

WOOD.-On November 19, at Bareilly, N.W.P., India, the wife of Lieutenant J. L. Wood, R.A.M.C., of a sori.

MARRIAGE. JOHNSON-PRESTON.-On October 30,1909, at Essex Church, The Mall, Ken·

sington, ,by the Rev. Frank K. Freeston and the Rev. W. Copeland Bowie, Captain Valentine Goode Johnson, R.A.l\LC., Peshawar, India, to DorothyJacqueline, youngest daughter of Percy Preston, of 9, Randolph Road, Maida Hill, W., and Cotswold, Wickford, Essex.

DEATHS. JAMESON.-At Farnborough, Mary Cochrane, the infant daughter of Captain and

Mrs. A. D. Jameson, R.A.M.C., aged 6 months.

SCOTT.-At 30, Burlington Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, on November 7, 1909, Honorary Deputy-Surgeon-General James Edward Scott, M.B., half-pay, late Army Medical Department, aged 85. He entered the Service on June 11, 1847, became Surgeon February 9, 1855, Surgeon-Major June 11, 1867, and retired with the honorary rank of Deputy-Surgeon,General on December 6, 1873. He served with the Rifle Brigade in the Kaffir War of 1852-3, including the expedition beyond the Kei in August, 1852, and the final clearing of the Waterkloof. Embarked with the Rifle Brigade and served throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854-5 from March, 1855, as Surgeon of the 41st Regiment. Medal and four clasps; 5th class of the Medjidie and Turkish medal.


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McQUAID.-At 6, Vyne Road, Basingstoke, on December 10, 1909, Colonel Peter John McQuaid, M.D., retired pay, late Royal Army Medical Corps. He entered the Service on September 30, 1873; was promoted Surgeon-Major, September 30, 1885; Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, September 30, 1893, and retired on August 19, 1896. He was promoted to a Colonelcy on the retired list on October 18, 1902, in recognition of his services during the operations in South Africa. His War Services were: Afghan War, 1878-9. At the battle of Charasiab; actions of Karez Mia and Aowshar, and subsequent defence of Sherpur Cantonments. Medal with 2 clasps. Egyptian Expedition, 1882; Action at Kassassin of September 9; Battle of Tel,el-Kebir. Medal with clasp, bronze star. -

BOURKE.-At Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 2, 1909, Surgeon-Majo~ rsidore Bourke, M.B., late Army Medical Department, aged 67. He entered the service on September 30, 1864, became Surgeon-Major September 30, 1876, and retired on March 17, 1882.

McLAUGHLIN.-On November 23, 1909, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry James McLanghlin, M.B., retired pay, late Royal Army Medical Corps, aged- 54. He entered the Army Medical Department on February 3, 1878, and became SurgeonMajor, Medical Staff, on February 3, 1890; Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps on'July 27, 1901, and retired on November 6, 1901.

WARD.-On -November 28, -1909, Surgeon-Major Espine Charles Robert-Ward, retired pay, late Army Medical Department. He entered the Service as Assistant. Surgeon on April 1, 1871, served in the staff and in the 65th Foot, became Surgeon, Army Medical Department on March 1, 1873, Surgeon. Major, April 1; 1883, and retired on October 28, 1887. His War Services were as_follows: South African War, 1879-81 ; Zulu Campaign, and at the attack and capture of Sekukunis' stronghold. Medal with clasp. Transvaal Campaign, 1880-1; Action at Modder Spruit (slightly wounded); Despatches London Gazette, March 29 and June 10,1881.

EXCHANGES, &c.

The charge for inserting Notices respecting Exchanges in the Royal Army Medical Corps is 5/- for not more than five lines, which should be forwarded by Oheque or P.O.O., with the notice, to Messrs. G. STREET and CO., Ltd., 8, Serle Street, London, W.C., not later than the 22nd of the month.

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In the event of Reprints or "Excerpts" of articles being required by the authors, notification of such must be sent when submitting the papers. Reprints and Excerpts may be obtained at the following rates, and additional copies at proportionate rates :-

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OASES FOR BINDING VOLUIIIEs.-Strong and useful cases for binding can be obtained from the publishers at the undermentioned rates:-

Covers, Is. 4d. net; binding, Is. 2d. These charges are exclusive of cost of postage.

In forwarding parts for binding the name and address of sender should be enclosed in parcel.

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EDITORIAL NOTICES.

The Editor will be glad to receive original communications upon professional subjects, travel, and personal experiences, &c. He will also be glad to receive items of news and information regarding matters of interest to the Corps from the various garrisons, districts, and commands at home and abroad.

All such Communications 01' Articles accepted and publlshed in the ":Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps" will (unless the Author notifled at the time of submission that he reserves the copyright of the Article to himself) become the property of the Library and 'Journal Committee, who will exercise full copyright powers concerning such Articles.

Matter intended for the Corps News should reach the Editor not later than the 15th of each month for the following month's issue. Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths are inserted free of charge to subscribers and members of the Corps. All these communications should be written upon one side of the paper only; they should by preference be type.written, but, if not, all proper names should be written in capital letters (or printed) to avoid mistakes, and be addressed The Editor, "JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS," War Office, Whitehall, London, S. W.

Communications have been received from Major C. H. Hale, Major C. E. Pollock, Captain D. Harvey, Major F. W. Begbie, Captain D. S. Skelton, Captain L. Bousfield, Captain C. H. Gibbon, Brevet·Colonel R. H. Firth, Captain J. C. Kennedy, Captain J. H. Balck, Captain D. B. Thomson, Dr. Andrew Balfour, Major G. H. Moore, Colonei A. E. W. Count Gleichen, Captain A. B. Cummins, Captain H. C. Sidgwick, Major W. S. Harrison, Lieutenant·Colonel D. M. O'Callaghan, Major Leonard Rogers, LM.S., Captain R. G. Archibald.

The following publications have been received :-

British: The Medical Press and Circular, The Royal Engineers' Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute, Proceedings of the Royal Society, The Practitioner, Red Cross and Ambulance News, On the March, Army and Navy Gazette, The Lancet, Public Health, The Medical Review, St. Thomas's Hospital Gazette, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journal, The. Shield, The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Indian Medical Gazette, The All-India Hospital Assistants' Journal, Transactions of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, The Middlesex Hospital Journal.

Foreign: Archives de J1Iedecine Navale, Japanese Medical Journal, The Military Surgeon, Le Caducee, Archives de Medecine et de Pharmacie Militaires, Archiv tilr SchijJs·und Tropen.Hygiene, Revista de Sanidad Militar y La Medicina Militar EspartOla, American Medicine, Bulletin of The. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Annali di Medicina Navale e Colo?tia1e, Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur, Milittirgeographie ..


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MANAGER'S NOTICES.

The JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS is published monthly; six months constituting one volume, a volume commencing on 1st July and 1st January of each year.

The Annual Subscription is £1 (which includes postage), and should commence either on 1st July or 1st January; but if a subscriber wishes to commence at any other month he may do so by paying for the odd months between 1st July and 1st January at the rate of Is. Bd. (one shilling and eightpence) per copy. (All subscriptions are payable in advance.)

Single copies can be obtained at the rate of 2s. per copy.

The Corps News is also issue'd separately from the Journal, and can be subscribed for' at the rate of 2s. (two shillings) per annum, including postage. Subscriptions should commence from 1st July each year; but ifintending subscribers wish to commence from any other month, they may do so by paying for the odd months at the rate of 2d. p'er copy. (All subscriptions are payable in advance.)

Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps possessing Diplomas in Public Health, &c., are kindly requesteci to register their special qUalifications at Headquarters. Letters of complaint are frequently received from officers stating that their sPllcial qUalifiCations have not been shown in the Distribution List which is published as a supplement to the Journal in January and July of each year. As, however, the particulars of this list are supplied from official sources, officers are reminded that unless the possession of Diplomas, &c., has been registered at Headquarters, no entry of such qualifications can be recorded in the Distribution List.

Letters regarding non-delivery of the Journal, or change of address, should be sent to the Hon. Manager, "Journal of the 'Royal Army Medical Corps," War Omce, Whitehall, ,London, S.W., and reach there not later than the 20th of each month.

It is requested that all Cheques or Postal Orders for Subscriptions to the Journal, Corps News, Reprints, &c., be crossed" Holt & Co.," and made payable to the" Hon. Manager, Journal R.A.M.C.," and not to any individual personally.

All communications for the Hon. Manager regarding subscriptions, &c., should be addressed to

THE HON. MANAGER, "JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS,"

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