ENGLISH ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
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ENGLISH ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
The following are the terms of the new Warrant for the Vet¬ 
erinary Department of the Army :— 
“Victoria R. 
Whereas we deem it expedient to alter the terms and conditions 
of service in the Veterinary Department of our army; 
Our will and pleasure is that Articles 409 to 415 and 1023 to 
1026 of our warrant of 27th December, 1870, and Article 143 
of our warrant of the 13th August, 1877, so far as it applies to 
veterinary surgeons, be cancelled, and that from the 1st April, 
1878, the following rules shall be established and obeyed as the 
sole and standing authority on the matters herein treated of. 
1. The rank and rates of pay of the officers of the Veterinary 
Department of our Army shall be as follows : 
Principal Veterinary Surgeon, £800 a year, inclusive of all allowances. 
Daily. 
£. s. d. 
Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon. . . . .15 0 
After 25 years’ service. . . . *.170 
“ 30 “ . . . . 1 10 0 
Veterinary Surgeon of the 1st Class. . . 0 16 0 
After 5 years’service as such. . . . 0 18 0 
“ 10 “ “ ... 1 0 0 
“ 15 “ “ . . .12 0 
“ 30 years’s total service. . . . .14 0 
Veterinary Surgeon on appointment . . £250 a year. 
Daily. 
Veterinary Surgeo* appointed before the date of our 
present Warrant— s. d. 
Under 5 years’ service. . . . . . 10 0 
After 5 years’ service. . . . . . 12 0 
After 10 years’ service. . . . . . 14 6 
2. The pay of officers of the Veterinary Department shall be 
issued monthly in arrear. 
3. The relative rank of the officers of the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment shall be as follows :— 
