344 ARMY APPOINTMENTS IN THE INDIAN SERVICE. 
15. The relative rank of the Veterinary Officers of our 
Army shall be as follows: 
‘^Veterinary Surgeon^ on appointment, as Subaltern. 
“Veterinary Surgeon of the 1st class, on promotion, as 
Captain. 
“ Staff Veterinary Surgeon, on promotion, as Major, but 
junior of that rank. 
“ l6. Such relative rank shall carry with it all precedence 
and advantages attaching to the rank with which it corre¬ 
sponds (except as regards the Presidency of Courts Martial, 
and of all Military Courts, Committees, and Boards of In¬ 
quiry, where our will and pleasure is that the Senior Com¬ 
batant Officer be alw^ays President; and except, further, any 
military command whatever), and shall regulate the choice 
of quarters, rates of lodging money, field allowances, forage, 
servants, fuel and light, or allowances in their stead, de¬ 
tention, and prize-money. But when a Veterinary Officer 
is serving with a regiment, corps, or detachment, the Officer 
commanding, though he be junior in rank to such Veteri¬ 
nary Officer, shall be entitled to a preference in the choice of 
quarters. 
“ 17. Veterinary Officers shall be entitled to all the allow¬ 
ances granted on account of wounds and injuries received 
in action as Combatant Officers holding the same relative 
ranks. 
“ IS. Their families shall, in like manner, be entitled to 
all the allow^ances granted to the families of Combatant 
Officers holding the same relative ranks. 
“ 19* Veterinary Officers shall beheld entitled to the same 
honours as other officers of our Army of equal relative rank. 
This does not, however, extend to the compliments to be 
paid by garrison or regimental guards, as laid down in the 
Regulations of our Army.^^ 
We all know how far short of our expectations this long- 
expected Warrant proved when it was made known to us; 
nevertheless, we were thankful, and as a rising professional 
body, w’e hailed it as being the means of improving our social 
position. 
Our thanks, too, are due to our indefatigable Principal 
Veterinary Surgeon, who has at all times proved our cham¬ 
pion, and I trust he has not yet cast off his armour, but will 
do battle for us poor Indian vets. 
The Royal Warrant says, “ Whereas it has been repre¬ 
sented to us that it is expedient to raise the position and 
