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MISCELLANEA. 
The Army Veterinary Department. 
ACCORDING TO A NEW 
“ Warrant regulating the Grants of Unattached Pay , Retired 
Full Pay, and Half Pay l' 
Dated 1st May, 1846, 
Veterinary surgeons of the army, b}' the 46th, 47th, and 48th 
articles of the said warrant, have their rates of half pay and 
retirement regulated as follows : — 
“ The half pay to be granted to a veterinary surgeon shall be 
regulated by his service on full pay, according to the following 
scale : — 
“ If he shall be reduced before he has completed five years’ ser- 
vice on full pay, he shall be granted a temporary rate for three 
years only, and be subject to a recall to employment during that 
period 3s. 6d. per diem. 
If above 5 years’ service as a veterinary 
surgeon 5 
8 
10 
12 
If above 10 years’ service, ditto . 
If above 15 years’ service, ditto . 
If above 20 years’ service, ditto . 
If above 25 years’ service, ditto . 
If above 30 years’ service, ditto . 
“ No veterinary surgeon shall be entitled to claim retirement 
after any period of service under 25 years’ duration, upon the 
ground of ill health contracted in our service, unless such unfit- 
ness be supported by medical certificates, to the satisfaction of the 
Commander-in-Chief of our Forces, nor unless such retirement 
shall be recommended by him to our Secretary at War. 
“ Every veterinary surgeon who may have served upon full pay 
for twenty-five years and upwards, or who may have served for 
twenty years, provided he have passed five years on foreign stations, 
shall have the right to retire upon half pay at the rates assigned 
to those periods of service in the 46th article of this warrant.” 
“ Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 
1st of May, 1846, in the Ninth Year of our 
Reign. By Her Majesty’s command. 
" Sidney Herbert.” 
The following has been for several years on the back panel of 
a gig belonging to a farrier in the neighbourhood of Whitchurch, 
Salop : — “ Daniel Lanceley, vetenery surgon, Malpas, Cheshire.” 
