Report of Committee on promotion of officers, Royal Army Medical Corps.

  • Great Britain. Committee on Promotion of Officers, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Date:
[1905]
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Credit: Report of Committee on promotion of officers, Royal Army Medical Corps. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. The normal non-effective cost works out as :— Present system. Proposed system. Total British | Total | British charge. share. | charge. | share. £ £ £ | £ Director-General and Surgeons-General.. ..-| 23,848 16,037 | 23,848 16,069 Colonel’s retired pay ae mi aie .., 46,134 30,590 | 49,936 33,200 Colonel’s half-pay (3 Officers) .. ae as — _ 1,616 1,074 Selected Lieutenant-Colonels .. a --| 42,676 28,340 — o Lieutenant-Colonels a ~ oe --| 79,265 52,870 || 70,819 47,160 Major's retired pay a fe + ce — _ 47,150 31,400 Gratuities— Majors. =e +e + a nis 5,502 3,670 5,569 3,709 Captains ee 0 os ° _ 3,706 2,472 3,752 2,499 Totals ~.,. =3 -.| 201,131 133,979 202,690 135,111 This shows an increased British charge of about 1,0001. II,—Comparison oF Cost oF THE DEPARTMENT IN 1904 anp 1907. 8. In order to make a fair comparison I have assumed— (a.) That the Lieutenant-Colonels may be taken as consisting of all Officers with 20 years’ service and upwards, not in higher ranks. (b.) That Officers with 12 and under 20 years may be taken as Majors. (c.) That Officers appointed before the Warrant of 1902 all became Captains after 3 years’ service, and those appointed later after 34 years. : (d.) There were 874 Officers serving under the rank of selected Lieutenant-Colonel on 1st December, 1904. This I have taken for the comparison as an establishment to be maintained, Deducting 306 as on the Indian Establishment, we have 568 as the assumed number on the British Establish- ment, (e.) Pay and allowances at home rates as in Estimates for 1905-06. 9. It should be observed that in Actuaries’ Report No. 839, two calculations were made, one on the old rates of voluntary retirement, the other on half rates for ail ranks above Major. The first gives 183 Lieutenant- Colonels on 1st December, 1907, the other 213.