The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-02 00:00:00

REIT' ARR.ANGZ:II.ENT fir DUE mrDICAL STAFF.

GEORG

Whereas- we have,apffavecl of an arrangement
for increafing:abe advantages, and, improving the
situation of the Medical Officer; of our Army, with
the view of encouraging arid• well-educated
persons to enter into, and coniinue'in; that lifie of,
our service ; our will and pleasure is, that fronnthe
25th December, la4t incluOve, the following iegu..,
harms do talce place on the above head

Hose ITAL. MATes.--Oospital Mares, for Gene.
ral Service, shall be ap?ointed by conynissiOn from
Us; and -shall have the hill pay *of six' shillings and
Sixpence net,, while employed at, home, and of seven
shillings :and six-pence a.d.iy net,, while, employed
on forewi stations : With half-pay on. rednaion, at
the rate of two shillings a day, subjea to the usual
deduction. . .

The widows of stich as *hall -have served asHos.

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,ital Mares with our land-forces abroad, and .shall
!ie on kill ray, shalfhe allowed the pension of six
een- pounds •; per annum. • The children of such
Aospital Mares, and the-widows anc' children of
hose. Sliglldie•on half-pay, shall he eligible to
illo,wiarices- from the Compassionate Fund, according
o the titles establishedlor the distribuiion of that
)otmty. • •
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.Hospital Mates, appointed for temporary and lo-
cal service, shall not receive_ commissions, nor be
intitled to any of the other abovementioned advan.
!ages; .but shall .remain, in all.respeds,. on their
present footing. . ,
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.--The Assistant Surgeons
of our regiments of Dragoon Guards. and Dragooirs,
Foot Guards-and Infantry of the Line, shall, with-
:out.clistindion as to their having served. at home or
abroad, have the full pay of seven shillings and
sixpence per day net, with half.pay . when re.,
duad, at the.rate of three-shillings a day,. suhjed
.to the usual dedudion.--The Assistant Surgeons
of our regiMents of Dragoon Guards and Dragoons
shall, while on full hays, ieceive the further allom
ance. of, one shilling a day-.for a horse, as at present.

APOTHECARIES AND DISTRICT SURGEONS.--
.The Apothecaries to our forces, and the Surgeons
attached to the respeaiVe recruiting districts in
Great Britain, shall continue on their present foot.
ing ; the rate of their full pay being ten shillings a
day, and that of their half-pay five shillings a day,
subjeftto the usual tlednaions.

REGIMENTAL SuttaroNs.—The pay borne on
the establishment for the Surgeons of our Regular
Infantry, shall be increaser to the same rate as that
now allotted to the Surgeons of Cavalry ; viz.—
Eleven' .shillings and four pence a day'net ; and in
the Infantry as well as in the Cavalry, the Surgeon
shall be required to: keep a horse at his own ex-
pence, to enable him the better to perform his regi-
mental duty. The half.pay of Regimental Surgeons,
both of Cavalry and Infantry, shall be increased to
six shillings a day, subject to the usual deduEtions.
Every. regimental surgeon of our regular forces,
after seven years service as such, or ten years ser- •
vice. with our army in the 'whole,' in a medical ca_
pacity, on full pay, shall have Us pay augmented to
fourteen shillings and one penny per diem net ; but
is not to be intitled on that account to any addi-
tional half. pay, when reduced,
Every Regimental Stirgeon of our regular forces,
after twenty years service with our army in the
whole, on full pay, shall have his pay augmented to
eighteen shillings and ten pence a 'day net, and
shall have a claim to retire on:Jialf.pay, at the be-
fore.tnentioned rate of six shillings a day ; but if
the cause of his retirement be ill health, contracted,
in the service, and shall be so certified by the Army
Medical Department, the rate of his half-pay on re-
tiring, after the above length of service, shall be
ten shillings a dayoubjett -to the usual deduAion.
Every Regimental Surgeon of our regular forces,
after thirty years service' wfth our army in the
whole, on full pay, shall have the unqualified right
of retiring on half-pay, at the rate of fifteen shil-
lings a day, subje6t to the usual dedtiaion.
The wi,lovvs of Regimental Surgeons of our re-
gular forces, permitted to retire after twenty years
service on full pay, shall not be precluded from
the pension, on account of the retirement of their
husbands.

The pay of the Surgeons of our Militia Corps,
when embodied, shall be increased as in the line, to
eleven shillings and four pence a day; and the Mi-
litia Surgeon shall be under the same obligation to
keep a horse,

STAFF SURGEON.-The full pay borne on the
establishment for the Surgeons to our forces, shall
be increased to fifteen shillings a day, and their
half. pay to six shillings, subjea to the usual de.
cluEtions.—Every Surgeon to our forces shall derive
the same advantage as a Regimental Surgeon, from
completing the respeCtive terms of twenty and thirty
years service on full pay, as above specified.
PHYSICIANS, PURVEYORS, AND DEPUTY PUR-
I/ EYORS.—The Physicians, Purveyors of Hospitals,
and Deputy Purveyors of Hospitals to our forces,
shall remain, in all respects on the same footing as
at present.

DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF lIOSP ITALS.—The full
pay annexed to ihe appointment of Hospitals to our
forces shall be twenty-five shillings a day, the half-
pay twelve shillings, subjet to the usual deduc-
tions. But after twenty years service with our
army, in the whole, on full pay, a Deputy Inspec-
tor of Hospitals ahalr have a claim to full pay, at
the rate of thirty shillings, a day, and to half-pay
at the rate of fifteen ,shillings a day, subject .to the
usual dedutlions. .