EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
607 
VICTORIA R. 
Whereas it hath been represented to Us that it is expedient to raise 
the position and rank of the Veterinary Surgeons of Our Army, and to 
increase the pay and half-pay of the Officers of that Service ; Our will 
and pleasure is, that, from and after the date of this Our Royal Warrant, 
the following Rules shall be established for the admission, promotion, 
and retirement, and for the pay, half-pay, relative rank and allowances 
of the Veterinary Surgeons of Our Army, and that by these Rules Our 
Commander-in-Chief shall be governed in recommending Officers for 
admission, promotion, and retirement. 
1. The grades of Veterinary Surgeons in Our Army shall be three in 
number, viz.: 
1. Staff Veterinary Surgeon. 
2. Veterinary Surgeon of the First Class. 
3. Veterinary Surgeon. 
2. No Candidate shall be admitted into the Veterinary Department 
of the Army, until he shall have satisfactorily passed an examination 
before a Board of Military Veterinary Surgeons. 
3. No Veterinary Surgeon shall be eligible for promotion until he 
shall have passed such examination as Our Principal Secretary of State 
for War may require, and shall have served on full pay with the Com¬ 
mission of Veterinary Surgeon for five years. 
4. A Veterinary Surgeon of the First Class must have served 15 years 
in the Army with a Commission on full-pay before he will be eligible 
for promotion to the rank of Staff Veterinary Surgeon. 
5. In cases however of emergency, or when the good of the Service 
renders such alteration necessary, it shall be competent for Our Secre¬ 
tary of State for War to shorten the several periods of service above 
mentioned in such manner as he shall deem fit and expedient. 
6. Promotion from one rank to another shall not necessarily be given 
by seniority, but by selection for professional ability and meritorious 
conduct; such selection to be made by Our Principal Veterinary Sur¬ 
geon ; and the ground of such selection shall be stated to Us in writing, 
and recorded in the Office of Our Commander-in-Chief, together with 
the recommendation of the Principal Veterinary Surgeon. 
7. The rates of pay of the Veterinary Officers of our Army shall be in 
accordance with the following Schedule: 
Service on Full 
Pay after 
On ap- 
/" 1 
-- 
point- 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
ment. 
years. 
years. 
years. 
years. 
years. 
Staff Veterinary Surgeons . 
23 5. 
22s. 
21s. 
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. 
. 
Veterinary Surgeons, 1st Class... 
20s. 
1 7 s. 
15s.6J. 
14s. 6d. 
12s. 6 c?. 
Veterinary Surgeons. 
ns. 
14s. 
14s. 
13 s. 
1 ls.6d. 
10s. 
Veterinary Surgeons who entered 
Our service prior to the date of 
this Warrant . . 
17 s.6d. 
15s. 
14s. 
13s. 
1 ls.6d. 
10s. 
