Report and evidence into the pay, status and conditions of service of medical officers of the army, with evidence concerning the Indian Service.

  • Great Britain. War Office. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Pay, Status, and Conditions of Service of Medical Officers of the Army.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Report and evidence into the pay, status and conditions of service of medical officers of the army, with evidence concerning the Indian Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    20. These rates of pay are intended as remuneration in full for all duties that rnay Grade ])ay. devolve on him while serving in India, with the exception of a few extra-paid appoint- Kemuuera- ments (Article 6 F) which he may, but by no means always does, hold (§ 506). full. 21. This gi-ade pay is considered as made up of pay proper and Indian allow- Grade pay ances (§ 307), and, as is already notified (§ 344), this pay proper is converted at the made up of rate of 2s. 6d. the rupee. P^^J F^P^^' ^ and allow- ances. 22. Thus, by a little calculation, the pay of 200/. annually becomes i?s.l33 5a. 4p. English pay per mensem in India, 250/. becomes i?s.l6ti 10a. 8p. monthly, and 15s. daily becomes calculated i?*'. 180 for a month of 30 days. Indian allowances must therefore be considered as at 25.6d the being- rupee, and Indian Rs. a. p. allowances. Under 5 years' service .. 18-1 2 8 monthly After 5 „ „ .. 169 1 6 „ 6 „ „ .. 266 15 6 „ 10 ^„ „ .. 253 10 2 23. Reference, however, to § 975, Indian Army Regulations, Vol. L, Part I., shows T(-ntag-e that tentage for the rank of Captain is BsJo monthly, and that this tentage allow- allowance, ance is inchided in the pay and Indian allowances of Lhe relative rank held by Medical Ofiicers. [It must be noted here that this allowance covers the expenses mentioned in the last sentence of the first paragraph of the Statement of Grievances, and constitutes the allowances therein stated to be non-existent.] 24. Deducting, therefore, the tentage allowance from the above table, the equiva- Indian lent of EngHsh ordinary allowance becomes— allowances with Rs. a. p. tentage Under 5 years' service .. 109 2 8 monthly deducted. After 5 „ „ 94 1 6 „ „ 6 „ „ .. 191 15 6 „ „ 10 „ „ .. 178 10 2 „ 25. I v.—If affected by service in India, are these conditions affected in such a w-ay Question as to constitute a just grievance, and one that ought to be remedied % 26. One of the grievances stated is that these allowances are not the allowances of Allowances the relative rank held by the Surgeon under six years' service ; and, as a matter of fact, of Surgeon beyond the paragraph relating to tentage (§ 975), no evidence can be discovered to those of show that they are. relative rank. 27. On the other hand, reference must be made to India Army Circulars, 1882, Notification Clause 20, in which Her INIajesty's Government notifies that alterations in the relative i^i Indian rank, made by Royal Warranis of 27th November, 1879, and Kith November, 1880, are held only to apply to special allowaiices, as donation batta, choice of quarters, presi- S,^ ' dency house rent, &c., but do not affect the pay and allowances now di'awn by Ofiicers of the British Medical Service. In other words. Her Majesty's Government continues to grant pay and allowances in India at rates existing while the Surgeon held the rank of Lieutenant, protected in this by § 350, Indian Army Regulations, Vol. I. Part I,, quoted above—regulations which, it has been pointed out, the Surgeon has no oppor- tunity of knowing until his arrival in IncHa. 28. This clause, taken with other paragraphs quoted, has admitted of the foUowuig Effect of anomaHes in the junior Sm-geons' pay in India—anomalies which form his chief above grievances:— clause. 29. (i.) With regard to the actual emoluments of his rank, a table has been drawn Compara- up at the end of this paper, showing the Sui'geons' pay, &c., at home and in India, as tive table of compared with the pay, &c., of certain other Officers of similar or mferior rank, specially emolaments referred to in the Statement of Grievances. In this table Paym isters are included, as I'l'iik. showing a comparison with a departmental Officer of similar rank at home and abroad, and ser%Tng under similar conditions m India. Sm'geons of the Indian Medical Service are left out of the whole quesrion, as these Officers enter the Service and come to India with a definite knowledge of the conditions of their service and pay in India. 30. The table shows, without comment, the anomalies that exist between home Comp iri- and Indian pay and allowances, the gTeatest anomaly being in the pay, &c., of a Sm'geon of son between five years' service, who, with 250/. a-year and the allowances of Captain at home, allowances receives '?s.335 12a. 2jt>. monthly in India; while a Veterinary Surgeon, with the same of Surgeon pay and the allowances of a Lieatenant at home, receives with the same service i?s.450 and \ etei i- a month in India. Frorr this itfs.450 must be deducted horse allowance of its.60 ^O' ^^i- (2508) Q 2