BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL TREVOR TERNAN, C.M.G., D.S.O.,

COMMANDING 123^rd (TYNESIDE SCOTTISH) BRIGADE.

HEADQUARTERS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,

12^th FEBRUARY, 1915.

117 – Canteens –

            Until further orders all Canteens will be closed at 9 p.m. daily for the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor.

Authority, C.R.N.C. Number 43165 (a), dated February 11^th, 1915.

118 – Dental Treatment –

It has now been arranged that all N.C.O’s and Men of this Brigade requiring dental treatment can be so treated at the Dental Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, free of charge so far as the soldier is concerned.

The Dental Hospital will be open at 2p.m. daily on every afternoon of the week excepting Saturdays and Sundays.  The accommodation (20 chairs) admits of 50 men being treated each afternoon.  A party of 50 men will be marched down daily until further orders to the Hospital, commencing Wednesday the 17^th inst., so as to arrive punctually at 2 p.m.  Dr. Maclay, the Convenor of the Medical Sub-committee, Tyneside Scottish Brigade, will inform the Medical Officer of each Battalion on what day the men of their Battalion should attend.

Each Medical Officer of a Battalion will at once hold the necessary dental inspection and make out a list of all men who require dental treatment.

Each man who is sent to the Dental Hospital for treatment will be given a card, which he will hand to the dental surgeon who attends him.  This card will show the man’s number, rank, name, and Battalion.  The dental surgeon who deals with the case will fill in on the card the details as to the work done, and he will retain the card, which will be the voucher to enable the fees to be subsequently drawn from the Military Authorities.

The work at the Dental Hospital will be restricted to:-

1. Extraction, with or without local anaesthetic, as the patient may prefer. and
2. Fillings.

Dentures will not be supplied.

119 – Extracts from Northern Command Orders –

MESS ALLOWANCE –

With reference to Army Order 429 of 1914, it has been decided that Mess Allowance at the rate of £6 (Six pounds) a year may be drawn by Battalions of Infantry in respect of each officer in excess of 30 (thirty) who is a member of the mess on the last day of the month.

Authority, War Office letter No. 103/General Number/1351 (F.2), dated 3^rd February, 1915.

C.R. No 42407 (Q.).

PAYMENT OF MEN ON FURLOUGH, Etc.

            Several cases have recently come to light in which Company officers have sent advances to men on furlough and have remitted the balances due to discharged soldiers by cheque.  This practice is contrary to regulations and has caused, in many cases, considerable inconvenience to the men, as they have found great difficulty in cashing the cheques.

The attention of all concerned is directed to paragraph 8 of the “Instructions relating to Pay Duties,” issued with Army Order dated 19^th August, 1914, with regard to payments to soldiers on furlough, and to paragraph 5 of Circular Letter No. 30/General Number/5023 of the 18^th ultimo, circulated to Officers Commanding, and paragraph 8 of the “Instructions as to how to pay a Company,” issued with Special Army Order XXIX., of the 29^th ultimo, with regard to the remittance of the balances due to discharged soldiers.  All such payments should invariably be made by Money Order.

Authority, War Office letter No. 30/General Number/5048 (Accounts 1.b.), dated 13^th January, 1915.

C.R. No. 40198/2/2 (C.P.).

T.L.B. SOUTRY, Captain,

Brigade-Major, 123^rd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade.