| President— | Mr. Herbert | | Jury. |
| General Storks | |||
| Colonel Lefroy | |||
| Dr. A. Smith | | Army Doctors. | |
| Dr. McLachlan | |||
| Dr. Brown | |||
| Dr. Sutherland | | Civil Doctors. | |
| Dr. Martin | |||
| Dr. Farr | |||
| Secretary— | Dr. Balfour | Army Doctor. |
Will have Drs. balanced. Not fair: two soldiers reckon as[330] against Civil element. Whenever I represented it (I did not know old “Pan” was so sharp), he offered to take off Col. Lefroy! So I had to knock under.
Won't bring back Alexander from Canada. Will have three Army Doctors. So, like a sensible General in retreat, I named [Dr. Joseph] Brown, Surgeon Major, Grenadier Guards, therefore not wedded to Dr. Smith, an old Peninsular and Reformer. Left Lord P. his McLachlan, who will do less harm than a better man. He has generously struck out Milton.[241] Seeing him in such a “coming on disposition,” I was so good as to leave him Dr. Smith, the more so as I could not help it.
Have a tough fight of it: Dr. Balfour as Secretary. Pan amazed at my condescension in naming a Military Doctor; so I concealed the fact of the man being a dangerous animal and obstinate innovator.
Failed in one point. Unfairly. Pan told Sir J. Clark he was to be on. Won't have him now. Sir J. Clark has become interested. Agreeable to the Queen to have him—just as well to have Her on our side.…
Besides things Ld. P. finds convenient to forget, has really an inconveniently bad memory as to names, facts, dates, and numbers. Hope I know what discipline is too well, having had the honour of holding H.M.'s Commission, to have a better memory than my Chief.
Pan has four Army Doctors really, ∴ according to his principle I have a right to four Civilians.
Instructions: general and comprehensive, comprising the whole Army Medical Department, and the health of the Army, at home and abroad. Semi-official letter from Secretary of State on Memorandum from President giving details. Smith, equal parts lachrymose and threatening, will say, “I did not understand that we were to inquire into this.”
My master jealous. Does not wish it to be supposed he takes suggestions from me, which crime indeed very unjust to impute to him.
You must drag it through. If not you, no one else.