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81. Organization.— Each company consists of four sections, viz. :—
(i) Company headquarters in which are included clerks and
store-keepers.
(ii) Nursing section.
(iii) Ambulance section.
(iv) General section consisting of cooks, water carriers, ward
servants, barbers, washermen and sweepers.
Each company is administered by the A.D.M.S., and is under
the immediate command of an officer of the medical services who is,
for purposes of discipline, training and finance, the commanding
officer of the company. An assistant surgeon is appointed to the
headquarters of each company to assist the O.C.
At the headquarters of each company there are :
—
1 Subadar.
1 Jemadar for duties of jemadar-adjutant (No. 10 company has
no jemadar).
1 Havildar-Major.
The duties of these ranks are analogous to those of similar ranks
of an Indian infantry unit.
Educational establishments are provided on the following scale :—
No. 1 to 9 companies.—One English speaking schoolmaster and
one pupil teacher with one extra pupil teacher for every
thirty pupils over one hundred.
No. 10 company.—One English speaking schoolmaster.
Two physical training instructors are provided for each company.
Postings of officers, assistant surgeons and Indian officers are
made by the D.M.S.
Each company, as far as possible, recruits for its own company
in its own area, and the men normally serve in this area. Each com-
pany supplies the field medical units mobilised in its own area with
personnel but personnel may be detailed, when necessary, for duty
with field medical units mobilised in other areas or hospitals situated
in other districts. All I.H.C. men serving in Burma should as far as
possible be locally enlisted for continuous service in Burma. If
enlisted in India they should be provided from and relieved by men
from No. 9 Company I.H.C.
82. Transfers between Companies.— Transfers between companies
for all sections of the I.H.C. can be arranged by district and independent
brigade commanders in communication with each others.
83. Transfers from one section to another.— All I.H.C. men (except
-sweepers) may transfer from one section to another if found suitable
in all respects.
84. Duration of service in Burma, and the N.W. Frontier :
—
Burma 3 years but may be voluntarily extended for further periods
of service.
N.W. Frontier 2 years.
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Military Medical Services.
Paras. 85-86.
85. Promotions—Promotions are made as follows to :
—
Indian officer by the Government of India on the recommendation
of the company commander.
Havildar-major and havildar by the D.M.S.
Lance-naik and naik by company commanders.
Promotion to the ranks of subadar and jemadar and to the appoint-
ment of havildar-major are open to havildars of any section.
86. Recruitment.— (i) Recruitment for the corps is carried out by
company commanders in conjunction with the recruiting officers
concerned, assistance being obtained from other company commanders,
if necessary. Normally recruitment is in the lowest grade, and each
man on first joining is posted to company headquarters for the necessary
training.
(ii) Clerks, store-keepers and men of the nursing and ambulance
sections are enrolled and attested, those of the general section are
enrolled only. Enrolment and attestation are carried out on I.A.F.
(Medical) 25.
(iii) Men between 18 and 25 years of age and physically fit for
the duties of the corps should be engaged locally, whenever possible
but in special circumstances when all the men required cannot be so
obtained companies may recruit in any convenient area. Sweepers
can only be admitted to the sweeper class. Men who have served
before may be re-enrolled provided they have previously borne a
good character in the corps, and that their age does not exceed 35
years ; if above that age, the sanction of the district commander is
necessary.
(iv) Men fulfilling the following requirements will be enrolled in
the ambulance section :
—
(1) Height 5' 5" to 5' 8".
(2) Minimum chest measurement—
(18 to 21 years) 32".
(21 to 25 years) 33".
(3) Physical fitness.—As for the Indian army but vision may
be less acute.
(4) Caste.—(In the United Provinces)—
Bathma, Bot, Dhinwar, Dhuria, Gharuk, Goriya, Jaiswar
(the Kahar and not the Kori or Rajput), Kamkar,
Khawar, Mahar (the Kahar and not the Bombay Maher),
Milla, Raikwar, Rawani Singhariya, Turai and others
of the Hindu Kahar caste from whose hands other
Hindus will drink.
(In the Punjab)—
Jinwar, Dhinwar, and Macchi (Hindu).
Endeavour must be made to enlist as far as possible men of the
above castes, but recruits may be obtained from among all classes.
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Paras. 87-91.
Military Medical Services.
(except sweepers) other than those extensively enlisted for the com-
batant ranks of the Indian army. Not less than 50 per cent. will
be Hindus of which 30 per cent. will be Hindus of classes from which
all other Hindus will accept water. Castes of recruits for the nursing
section will be the same as those enlisted for the combatant ranks
of the Indian army including Gurkhas.
87. Retention in the Corps.— In special cases the district commander
may sanction the retention in the corps of men over 55 years of age.
88. Administration.— Questions relating to the I.H.C. will be
disposed of as follows :—
(a) Discipline.
In accordance with the orders applicable to
enrolled persons contained in Regulations
for the Army in India and Indian Army Act.
(b) Desertions.
(c) Leave.
(d) Discharges, voluntary, for bad charac-
ter and by invaliding.
Unless otherwise pro-
vided for, will be
dealt with under the
rules for the Indian
Army.
(e) Advances of pay, pension or good-
conduct pay.
(f) Preparation and disposal of docu-
ments for corps purposes, trans-
fers, pensioners, etc.
( g) Disposal of property of non-effec-
tives.
(h) General conduct, complaints, prison
arrangements.
(i) Supply and upkeep of clothing and necessaries—as laid down
in Clothing Regulations, India.
(j) All questions not specially provided for—under the orders of
the district commander.
89. Rations.—I. Os., N.C.Os. and men of the clerical, storekeepers,
nursing and ambulance sections, head cooks 1st grade and ward
servants, 1st grade of the general section receive free rations on the
combatant scale, the remainder of the general section receive free
rations on the followers scale.
90. Clothing and Equipment.— The scale of clothing and neces-
saries auhorised is laid down in Clothing Regulations, India.
When proceeding on leave or furlough personnel of the I.H.C.
may wear plain clothes. They may be allowed to take with them
their personal clothing and necessaries and at the discretion of the
O.C. Company any article of public clothing included in the ordinary
peace scale.
Until their return to duty equipment will be stored in the hospital
to which they are attached for duty or at company headquarters
if not so attached.
91. Furlough and leave.—Personnel, except those belonging to
the general section, are granted furlough and leave under the rules
applicable to combatants of the Indian army. Personnel of the
general section are granted leave under the rules applicable to regi-
mental followers.
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Military Medical Services.
Paras. 92-95.
Except casual leave which may be granted to all ranks by the
officer under whom they are serving, all applications for furlough
or leave must be submitted for disposal to the O.C. company con-
cerned.
92. Corps Records.—The permanent records of the corps are :
—
(a) Enrolment form [I.A.F. (Medical] 25].
(b) Long roll.
(c) Muster roll and pay list.
(d) Sheet roll.
(e) Medical history sheet.
(f) Order book.
93. Accommodation.—Free accommodation is provided at com-
pany headquarters and at all hospitals in accordance with the scale
laid down in Regulations for M.E.S.
2. ORGANIZATION.
94. The organization of the Medical Services of the Army in
India comprises
—
(i) A Directorate of Medical Services at Army Headquarters.
The head of the Directorate and of the Military Medical
Services is the Director of/Medical Services in India.
(ii) Officers holding administrative appointments at headquarters
of commands, districts and independent brigades and their
staffs.
Deputy Directors of Medical Services and Assistant Ditectors
of Medical Services are administrative officers of commands
and districts or independent brigades respectively.
Assistant Directors of Hygiene and Pathology, Deputy
Assistant Directors of Hygiene and Pathology, and Deputy
Assistant Directors of Medical Services are executive
officers appointed to assist the D.Ds.M.S. or A.Ds. M. S.
of headquarters formations.
(iii) Officers appointed to command military hospitals and medical
units.
(iv) Officers and personnel employed on executive duties in
military hospitals and other military medical units.
Executive officers of the medical services are appointed to
the command of military hospitals and other medical
units and are also employed on general medical duties.
3. APPOINTMENTS.
95. The appointment in the Military Medical Services and the
conditions attached thereto are laid down in Appendix I. Members
of the I.M.D. will not be appointed to command military hospitals
without the expressed sanction of the D.M.S. in India.
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Paras. 96-98.
Duties of the Military Medical Services.
SECTION II.—DUTIES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECU-
TIVE, OF THE MILITARY MEDICAL SERVICES.
I. GENERAL DUTIES.
96. General duties of the Military Medical Services.— The Military
Medical Services of the Army in India are maintained, firstly, with a
view to the prevention of disease, and secondly, for the care and
treatment of the sick and wounded.
97. Special duties.— The officers are charged with
—
(i) The duty of recommending to general and other officers
commanding, verbally or in writing, any precautionary
or remedial measures relating to stations, garrisons, bar-
racks, hospitals, movements, food, transports, encamp-
ments, billets, bivouacs, dress, physical training, drills,
duties and all other matters which may, in their opinion,
conduce to the preservation of the health of the troops
and the mitigation or prevention of disease in the army.
(ii) The professional treatment and care of the sick and wounded,
the administration of military hospitals, the provision
and replenishment of medical equipment and the prepara-
tion of medical statistics.
(iii) Command of all ranks who are patients in military hospitals
or are on the sick list under their professional care in
quarters or elsewhere and over such officers of any corps as
may be attached for duty to or specially placed under their
command.
(iv) The training of the R.A.M.C. and I.H.C.
(v) Determining of the physical fitness of candidates for com-
missions in the army, of recruits and of others prior to
entering military service and examining and report-
.
ing upon the health of officers, soldiers and others in mili-
tary service as may be necessary.
98. Prohibition regarding the giving of private health certificates,
information, advice, etc.— Officers and members of the I.M.D. are
prohibited from giving—
(i) Private certificates to individual officers, soldiers or civilians,
or to their relatives or friends, on questions connected
with their health which may have to be adjudicated on
by medical boards or other official authority.
(ii) Advice or assistance to public companies or private indivi-
duals on subjects connected with their official duties.
(iii) Certificates or testimonials to the patentee or vendor of any
invention whatsoever.
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Paras. 99-104.
99. Private practice. —Executive officers of the R.A.M.C., I.M.S. and
A.D. Corps and members of the I.M.D. may attend persons uncon-
nected with Government service, provided such attendance does not
interfere with their official duties.
100. Recommendation for a change of station on account of ill-
health.—Officers are prohibited from recommending a change of
station, for duty, for a public servant on the grounds that the station
in which he is serving does not suit his constitution. Similarly they
are prohibited from recommending that a public servant should not
proceed to a station to which he is ordered because the change of
station may not suit his constitution.
101. Temporary additional civil or military duties.—Officers in
military or civil employment may be assigned temporary civil or
military duties respectively, as an extra charge, with the concurrence
of the central or local government and of the district or brigade com-
mander concerned.
This sanction will hold good in the case of a relief posted in place
of the officer originally nominated to perform these extra duties.
102. Instruction of juniors in their duties.— Junior officers, members
of the I.M.D. and other medical personnel will be instructed by their
seniors when preparing for promotion examinations and in their
duties in peace establishments and on field service. They will when
necessary or practicable be detailed for duty with troops on field
days and at camps of exercise and manœuvres.
103. Attendance on the sick.— Officers of the medical services
and members of the I.M.D. are required to attend without delay to
sick calls from any persons entitled to medical attendance and others
in cases of emergency, taking such subsequent action as may be suit-
able with regard to those not in their official charge. In exceptional
cases medicines for persons not in government service may be pre-
scribed from public stores.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.
104.
The D.M.S. in India.— The D.M.S. is the responsible technical
adviser of the C.-in-C. on all matters of health affecting the Army in
India. In that capacity, he will have the right of direct access to
the C.-in-C. who may consult the D.M.S. whenever he wishes to ascer
tain his views first hand on professional matters. The D.M.S. on
behalf of the A.G. will issue the orders of the C.-in-C. to G.Os.C.-in-C.
commands, and to district and brigade commanders, and will decide
all technical questions pertaining to the medical services submitted
to A.H.Q. that do not require reference to the Government of India
He will be responsible for the preparation of all vital statistics relating
to the Army in India. He is charged with the distribution and allot-
ment, to the various commands, districts, and independent brigades,
of the entire personnel of the M.M.S. that is at the disposal of the
C.-in-C. He will inspect such stations and portions of the M.M.S. as
he considers necessary.
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Paras. 105-8.
Duties of the Military Medical Services.
In all departmental matters relating to the R.A.M.C. and A.D.
Corps and Q.A.I.M.N.S. he is subject to the authority of the D.G.,
A.M.S. He will refer departmental matters relating to the I.M.S.
and I.M.D. to the D.G., I.M.S. See also Appendix XXIX, Regula-
tions for the Army in India.
Duties of Deputy Directors of Medical Services, Commands.
105. General.—(i) The D.D.M.S. of a command is appointed to
the Headquarters of a command as the responsible technical adviser
of the G.O.C.-in-Chief on all medical matters and all questions affect-
ing the health of the troops. He will keep the G.O.C.-in-Chief
informed of all such matters.
(ii) He will control and administer all medical establishments
allotted to the command, and will issue on behalf of the G.O.C.-in-
Chief such orders as may be necessary in connection therewith. He
will also control and administer the personnel of the A.D. Corps within
the command.
(iii) He will exercise a general supervision over the sanitary con-
dition of all parts of each garrison, camp or station in the command
and will keep himself informed of the incidence of disease, especially
epidemic disease, among troops in the command and among the civil
communities of localities in or near which troops are stationed. He
will make such recommendations or cause such steps to be taken,
as circumstances may require, for the prevention and mitigation of
disease among troops.
(iv) He will exercise close supervision over invaliding and will
critically examine all documents before approving the proceedings
of medical boards.
106. Inpections.—He will periodically make or cause to be made
a thorough inspection of all stations, camps, hospitals, laboratories,
barracks and other buildings at each station in the command where
troops are quartered. He will also make such other inspections as
may appear necessary, or as may be specially ordered.
He will submit the date of any proposed inspection to the G.O.C.-
-in-Chief for approval and publication in orders.
107. Inspection Reports.—He will report to the G.O.C.-in-Chief
the results of his inspections of barracks and camps, etc., including
reference to sanitary defects observed and the steps recommended
for their remedy. Any original defects in planning will, when neces-
sary, be specially reported by him to the G.O.C.-in-Chief after con-
sultation with the Chief Engineer.
108. Newly arrived units and drafts.—(a) He will arrange for the
following procedure in the case of all British units and drafts arriving
from overseas :—
-
(1) Preliminary medical examination by an officer specially de-
tailed for this duty.
(2) Inspection by the O.C., B.M.H. concerned.
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Paras. 109-12.
(3) Submisson of I.A.F. M-1194.
(4) Holding of a medical board on all men reported as perma-
nently unfit for general service, with a view to deter-
mining whether they should be invalided, or retained as
fit for garrison duty in India.
(b) He will arrange that officers of the Medical Services with Indian
experience give lectures on the preservation of health to all officers
and men of newly arrived units and drafts.
109. Military Engineering Services necessary on hygienic grounds.—
The D.D.M.S. command will prepare, in consultation with the C.E.,
a list of military engineering services required in the command area
for the maintenance of the health of the troops and their families
arranged according to their relative urgency. Prior to the consi-
deration and preparation at command headquarters of the schedule
of demands for new works to be submitted annually to A.H.Q., he
will submit the list, accompanied by such remarks as he wishes to
make, to the D.A. and Q.M.G. command. After the schedule of
demands has been submitted to A.H.Q. he will forward a copy of
the list to the D.M.S. with a note showing what items have been
included in the schedule of demands.
110. Schemes for improvement of hygienic conditions, reports of
progress.—He will keep A.H.Q. informed through the G.O.C.-in-Chief,
of the progress of important schemes for improvement of sanitation
and hygiene in the command. These reports should be framed in
close co-operation with the C.E.
Duties of Assistant Directors of Medical Services, Districts and Inde-
pendent Brigades.
111. General.—An A.D.M.S. is appointed to the headquarters
of a District or independent brigade as the responsible adviser of
the G.O.C. or Independent Brigade Commander. He will be guided
in the performance of his duties by the foregoing paragraphs.
112. Special duties.—(i) He will inspect every medical unit under
his administration annually, to ascertain that they are administered
in conformity with the regulations, that the patients in hospitals
are properly cared for, and that while due economy is observed every-
thing necessary for the scientific treatment of the sick is supplied.
(ii) He will arrange for a strict inspection of the mobilization
medical equipment of field medical units in his district or brigade
twice a year and report (I.A.F. I-1144) on its condition and readiness
for service; one of these inspections will be made personally by the
A.D.M.S. In the case of general hospitals, the inspection of M.E.S.
and Ordnance equipment will be carried out once a year in con-
junction with the local M.E.S. and I.A.O.C. officer, vide part I,
paragraph 224, Regulations for Equipment of the Army in India
(1927).
(iii) He will arrange for the inspection once a year of first field
dressings on charge of hospitals and for samples of these to be examined
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Paras. 112-16.
Duties of the Military Medical Services.
as to their condition. Unless the examination shows the dressings
to be in a bad or doubtful condition it will not be necessary to open
more than one sealed tin, which should be an old one. The tin, if
the dressings are found serviceable, will be resealed.
(iv) He will ensure that officers of the R.A.M.C. and I.M.S. and
members of the I.M.D. are trained in the use of Roger's cholera outfit
and Horrock's water-testing apparatus.
(v) At places where medical arrangements connected with embar-
kation and disembarkation of troops exist he will inspect them
once a year, in consultation with the Embarkation Commandant
except at ports where there is a D.A.D.M.S. (D. & E.).
(vi) He is responsible for the medical arrangements of troops
moving by rail, road or river, within the area under his medical
administration.
Duties of Deputy Assistant Directors of Medical Services, commands
and districts.
113. D.A.D.M.S. Command.—A D.A.D.M.S. will assist the D.D.M.S.
to whose headquarters he is appointed and will perform such duties
as may be allotted to him.
114. D.A.D.M.S. District.—The D.A.D.M.S. (Mob.) of a district
is in charge of the district Medical Mobilization Stores and is respon-
sible for their satisfactory and economical turnover. He will assist
the A.D.M.S. to whose headquarters he is appointed, in all medical
mobilization arrangements, in the training of medical personnel for
war, and will perform such other duties as may be assigned to him.
115.
D.A.D.M.S. (Distribution and Embarkation).—A.D.A.D.M.S.
Distribution and Embarkation, is appointed on the embarkation staff
at Bombay and Karachi. He is directly responsible to the Embar-
kation Commandant for all medical arrangements connected with
the embarkation and disembarkation of troops and invalids.
He will deal with all correspondence on matters relating to the
embarkation and disembarkation of invalids.
When not employed in connection with these duties he will be
at the disposal of the A.D.M.S. of the District.
Duties of the senior executive medical officer of a station.
116. General.—(i) He is ordinarily the adviser of the O.C. station
on all general medical and hygiene questions affecting the troops in
that station and on all matters concerning the medical arrangements
in connection with the movement of troops, moveable columns,
etc. But the O.C., B.M.H. and O.C., I.M.H. in a station are res-
ponsible respectively to the O.C. station direct, for the administra-
tion of their units, and for advising him on medical and sanitary
matters in connection with the health of British and Indian units
respectively in the station.
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