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may easily be remedied by putting a hermetic lid on the adjoining re-
-ceptacle so that it cannot become clogged up.
During the dry season, the conduct pipe does not
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convey water into Camp.
Notwithstanding several requests made by us to the
Officer who superintends the water supply affairs through Major à. J. O'B. Sexton to place a tap below the Camp, this has not been placed to
this day, or if placed the spot has not been pointed out to us, as a con- -sequence of which my men have to get water in the town and await their
turn amongst the Chinese.
8.
About the health of my men I can say this, that
Hore than two-thirds of the whole crew are sick and sick with such ill-
-nesses as anaemia, fever, rheumatism and neuralgia. For such sicknesses
a tropical climate is very injurious and in general every Doctor recom-
-mends non-residence in the tropic.
9.
As Your Excellency is already aware, I have had a
Doctor's certificate recommending that 19 of my men be sent from this
olimate, but I do not know for what cause Your Excellency did not credit
this certificate and ordered a medical board to examine them a second
time. I must say that this wounded me exceedingly.
10.
Michael
Did not Lieutenant Pini and one sailor
DityaLieff go away on the certificate of this same Doctor who gave his certificate for the 19 sailors, without a second examination by Military
Doctors ?
11.
The result of this examination was thus:- out of
19 really sick men, only one was declared sick, and he the least sick of the lot. All this result took place on account of my personal relations with Captain Giobs. Already when my men were brought up for the 2nd.
examination one could unmistakably say its result such as in fact
turned out.
12.
I must say, that I, in general, have very little
confidence in Military Doctors. The following cases have occurred amongst
my
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