Calendar: 1864-1865 Page 271

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 271 The names of Candidates who pass the Preliminary Examination of the Examining Board will sent to the Director-General and communicated to the Professors of the Army Medical School The names will he arranged in the following Classes Class Names of those who have passed pre-eminently distinguished examination arranged in their order of merit Characters which distinguish the excellence of each Fitness for special service Class II Names of those who have passed creditable examination arranged in alphabetical order Statement of the topics in which each has individually excelled or fallen short Class III Names of Candidates who have passed the minimum examination arranged in alphabetical order Statement of the particular branches of science in which each has been found to be deficient This information will enable the Professors of the Army Medical School to carry out their instructions with definite aim as regards each Class After passing his preliminary examination every Candidate will be re- quired to attend one entire Course of Practical Instruction at the Army Medical School before being admitted to his examination for Commission on Hygiene Clinical and Military Medicine Clinical and Military Surgery Pathology of Diseases and Injuries incident to Military Service These courses to be of not less than four months' duration At their conclusion the Candidate will be required to pass an examination on the subjects taught in the School The examination will be conducted by the Professors of the School The Director-General or any Medical Officer deputed by him may be present and take part in the examination If the Candidate give satisfactory evidence of being qualified for the practical duties of an Army Medical Officer he will be eligible for Commission as Assistant-Surgeon During the period of his residence at the Army Medical School each Can- didate will receive an allowance of per diem with quarters or 7s per diem without quarters to cover all costs of maintenance and he will be required to provide himself with uniform viz the Regulation undress uniform of an Assistant-Surgeon but without the sword 10 All Candidates will be required to conform to such rules of discipline as the Senate may from time to time enact Office-War Office Whitehall Yard June 20 1864