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In the case of group (f) the number of commissions allotted will be divided evenly between the two sub-groups. Any commissions not taken by one sub-group will be available for the other sub-group.

If any university, or group of universities, in the United Kingdom shall not be able in any half-year to fill up the number of commissions allocated to it, such unallocated surplus will be at the disposal of the Army Council, to be allocated to any other university, or group of universities, which may have qualified candidates over and above the number originally assigned to it.

To provide for such contingencies, any said university, or group of universities, may prepare a supplementary list of qualified candidates both for ordinary commissions and for antedated commissions.

13. The candidates nominated by universities in the United Kingdom each half-year will be arranged in one list, as follows:—

One name will be taken successively from the list of nominations of each university, the order of the universities shown in paragraph 2 being changed in cycle each successive half-year.

Candidates nominated by Colonial universities will also be arranged in one list. Names will be taken successively, and the order of the universities changed in cycle in the same manner as for universities in the United Kingdom.

Honours men who are entitled to antedated commissions, under paragraph 7, will take precedence before all other candidates.

Medical Examination.

14. The selected candidates will be examined by a Medical Board, and no candidate will be accepted unless he be pronounced physically fit for His Majesty’s Service. Boards will assemble in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh for candidates in the United Kingdom.

In the Colonies, Boards will be convened by the Governor or other proper authority.

The general conditions as to height, weight, chest-measurement, eyesight, &c., are given in Appendix I.

The Board has power—

(a.) To pass the candidate as physically fit.

(b.) To report the candidate as unfit; but—

(1.) In a case in which the defect can be cured by operation, to recommend that he be re-examined by a Medical Board after such operation.*

(2.) In a case in which the candidate is slightly below one or other of the conditions as to height, chest - girth, &c., enumerated in Appendix I, and in which the Board considers that he will fulfil them within six months, to recommend that he be re-examined at the end of that period. A candidate so recommended will be re-examined at the end of six months, and will not be granted a commission unless he has then attained the standard required according to his age.

(c.) To reject a candidate as physically unfit.

No relaxation of the eyesight-test can ever be allowed.

Candidates who are pronounced unfit by a Medical Board in the United Kingdom under (c) will be allowed to present themselves for re-examination by an Appeal Board which will assemble in London a few days later.

Notification that a candidate will appeal must be made to the Director-General, Army Medical Service, War Office, London, S.W., within four days of the first Medical Examination, accompanied by a fee of four guineas, which will be returned if the candidate is passed fit. (Cheques, &c., should be made payable to the Director-General of Army Finance, War Office.)

The decision of the Appeal Board will in all cases be absolutely final.

A candidate who is rejected by that Board can under no circumstances be medically re-examined (unless he be again nominated under paragraph 3).

Preliminary Medical Examination.

15. It is suggested that a candidate before commencing his course of study should undergo a thorough medical examination. By such an examination any serious physical disqualification would be revealed, and the candidate probably spared expense and the mortification of rejection.

16. Candidates may undergo a preliminary examination by a military Medical Board not more than three years before they compete, under the following conditions:—

(a.) In the United Kingdom applications must be addressed to the Secretary, War Office, London, S.W., accompanied by a fee of two guineas.

(Cheques, &c., should be made payable to the Director-General of Army Finance, War Office.)

In the Colonies applications must be addressed to the Colonial authorities accompanied by a fee to be assessed by them.

(b.) Instructions will be issued for the examination to take place at the military station nearest the candidate’s residence where a Medical Board can be held.

In the Colonies the Board will be constituted by the Colonial authorities, and will be composed of military medical officers or, when this is not practicable, of civil medical practitioners of recognised professional standing.

The result will be notified to candidates by the Board.

(c.) Candidates must pay their travelling-expenses.

(d.) Candidates found unfit by the preliminary Medical Board are not bound to accept its finding, but may, at their own risk, continue their studies, and, if nominated, may then submit themselves for medical examination by the final Medical Board.

(e.) It must be distinctly understood that passing such preliminary Medical Board is solely for the candidate’s information, and would give him no sort of claim to be accepted as physically fit when he is nominated by the University Board. His acceptance will depend entirely upon the report of the final Medical Board which examines nominated candidates. Candidates may be fit for the service at the preliminary examination, but may become disqualified by some subsequent physical deterioration.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY.

I. A candidate for a Commission in His Majesty’s Army must be in good mental and bodily health, and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of military duty.

II. The attention of the Board will be directed to the following points:—

(a.) That the correlation of age, height, and chest-girth is not less than that which is given in the following table:—

Physical Equivalents.

(b.) Measurement of height.

• Such a candidate will be re-examined at the end of six months. If not then pronounced fit, his name will be removed from the list of nominated candidates.