Regulations for Army medical services / War Office.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Regulations for Army medical services / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section III, General E emulations. Recruits for M.S.C. sheet, and on the second page of the attestation, in the column for distinctive marks. 686. In passing recruits for the Medical Staff Corps, Medical Officers will satisfy themselves that_the__j^cx^ can read (not only printed matter, but plain handwriting), understand what he reads, and can write ; they should avoid approving any man who, judging by his want of education, unsatisfactory character, or appearance, does not seem likely to prove a suitable man for the position of a sick attendant. When his certificate of character has been obtained, they will inspect it, and if it has been signed by a magistrate, clergyman, head of a firm, or other respect- able employer of labour, and appears to be satisfactory, will attach it to the original attestation, adding to the certificate of medical examination, on the second page of both original and duplicate, that they consider him suitable for the Medical Staff* Corps. If the charac- ter is unsatisfactory, they will bring Ihe case to the notice of the officer charged with recruiting duties, in order that steps may be taken for the man's discharge as disqualified for the Corps for which he enlisted or for his transfer with his consent to some other corps for which he is eligible. 687. Militia recruits passed by an army medical officer will not be rejected by a Militia surgeon ; objections in such cases will be referred to the Principal Medical Officer of the district. 688. Recruits for the Eoyal Irish Constabulary will, when brought before army medical officers, be examined by them. 689. Medical officers in charge of recruiting duties will furnish an annual return of recruits (Army Form B 215) to Principal Medical Officers not later than the 10th January. From these Pet urns the latter will prepare a general summary, and which they will forward to the Director-General on or before the 15th January, together with the returns from which it is compiled. 690. Medical Boards reporting on recruits will in- variably record an opinion on the specific disabilities alleged, as well as on general fitness for service ; when the objection is as to height or chest-measurement they will also record their own measurements in inches and parts of an inch, but a recruit should not be pronounced physically unfit on account of being under standard for any particu- lar corps, if otherwise fit for service. Militia recruits passed by an army medical officer. Irish Constabulary recruits. Annual Return of Recruits. Opinions of Medical Boards.