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to administer his service equally at the Front as on L. of C, he 

 can only satisfactorily do it from and through the Headquarters 

 of the Force. Moreover, under a system whereby the Director 

 is back on L. of C. with the I.G.C., and is represented at Gr.H.Q. 

 by a Deputy, the advice of the Director is exposed to over-ruling 

 by or through his Deputy, and thereby conflict may ensue. 



With a Director at G.H.Q. the chain of Administrative 

 Veterinary Organisation is: — 



Deputy Directors with each Army, Cavalry Corps and L. of C. 



(rank of Colonel) . 



Assistant Directors with each Corps and Cavalry Division. 



(rank of Lieut. -Colonel). 



Deputy Assistant Directors with each Division (rank of Major), 



It has been suggested by the After-war-Eeorganisation 

 Committee that the A.D.V.S. of a Cavalry Division and the 

 D.A.J^.V.S. of a Division should be styled " Commmander," as 

 their duties to a considerable extent are executive. There 

 would appear to me to be very little advantage in the change of 

 designation. The chief duties of these officers are advisory — 

 inspection, supervision, and general direction of Veterinary 

 Services in their Formation, and they are therefore more 

 concerned in administration than in actual command, though 

 the latter is included in the former. 



Whether an Administrative Veterinary Officer, A.D.V.S. or 

 D.A.D.V.S., will be required at the Base, or at Base Ports, will 

 depend entirely on local circumstances and requirements. It 

 may also be necessary, as it was in France and will probably be 

 usual in India, to have two Lines of Communication, each 

 requiring an Administrative Veterinary Officer of a status in 

 accordance with other Services. 



To assist the Director at G.H.Q. an Assistant Director and 

 a Deputy Assistant Director are necessary, according to the 

 magnitude of the Force. 



For the above administrative appointments, clerical establish- 

 ments are required. In various theatres of war these were 

 Army Service Corps personnel, and were subject to promotion 

 and re-posting within that Corps. This is unsatisfactory to a 

 special technical Service like E.A.V.C. and the proper course is 

 for that Corps to maintain its own clerks, who are trained to its 

 particular requirements. 



