Letter from the Surgeon General, War Office, to The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 7 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Surgeon General, for Director General, Army Medical Service, War Office

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Typescript letter from the War Office advising RCPI that while recently graduated medical students with no military training can obtain commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps on qualification, previous military training is a great advantage and they urge senior students 'to become cadets in the medical units of their University Officers Training Corps'. The letter has been initialed by Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave, RCPI President, and dated 12 November 1915.

 Royal College of Physicians of Ireland RCPI-2-3-1-58-T44 https://letters1916.ie/item/3664 English Surgeon General, for Director General, Army Medical Service, War Office 1915-11-07 War Office, London, England The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 War Office, London, S.W. 7 th November, 1915. Sir, An impression appears to have obtained credence among medical students in their 4th and 5th years that it is unnecessary for them to undergo any military training while engaged in the study of their profession. This view has doubtless arisen because, owing to the great demand for medical men and the shortage of supply, many who have received no military training have been given commissions in the Royal Army Medical Corps. From the experience of the past it has been clearly shown that men who have had previous military training are of infinitely greater value as Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps than those who have had no military experience. Students in their 4th and 5th years have been advised that it is best for them to continue their medical studies in order to qualify for commissions in the Royal Army Medical Corps but this does not in the least exempt 'them from using all the means available for obtaining military instruction. The Medical Units of the various Officers Training Corps are organised so that men may obtain this instruction without disturbance of their medical studies and The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. and all senior students, who have not already done so, are strongly encouraged to become cadets in the Medical Units of their University Officers Training Corps. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Mmm Russell Surgeon General for Director General, Army Medical Service. MacG 12.X1.15 War Office, London, England Letter from Bertram Cubitt to Robert Chalmers, 3 June 1916Letter from B. B. Cubitt, War Office, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 December 1915Letter from J. Simpson to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 20 April 1916Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916Deportation Order from the Secretary of State to James Gough, 17 June 1916Telegram from the War Office to Samuel Cleland Davidson, 7 July 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 29 September 1916Letter from the Surgeon General, War Office, to The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 7 November 1915Letter from sir William Robert Robertson to Edward Carson, 7 June 1916 Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from the Surgeon General, War Office, to The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 7 November 1915 Surgeon General, for Director General, Army Medical Service, War Office Letter from the Surgeon General, War Office, to The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 7 November 1915