I will speak briefly on the issue of chirurgeons. According to the constitution, the First Consul is allowed to assign chirurgeons wherever he wishes. This I interpret to mean that you cannot own a chirurgeon, but that chirurgeons are assigned to you by the Republic. We are, therefore, constiutionally obliged to ignore the ravings of Servius Aemilius.

I am willing to withdraw my support of Motion 10.17, if Lucius Aemilius makes an informal promise to do what he can to transfer chirurgeons to the front lines. Those men should not sit in Rome while good Romans bleed to death in the fields.