26 MAY 1917, Page 3

We are next told that the War Office gave "

restricted " instruc- tions to pay only "when asked, and the instructions should be confidential and not made known to hospitals." If then we under- stand Mr. Marshall's allegations rightly, he not only accuses the War Office of taking advantage of the patriotism and generosity of civilian practitioners, but of actually inciting doctors who had found out that they could get certain payments to conceal the fact from their colleagues lest those colleagues should ask for similar honoraria.