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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917.

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UNDER · CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTYS GOVERNMENT

TO

THE MEDICAL FAILURE

IN MESOPOTAMIA:

THE CHINA MATE

he

semisto be most commendable, and fertile and resourceful in suggesting repedits, Since his recommendations have been

ELEPHANT GOES “MUST.”

HOW THE HIGH OFFICIALS TRIED carried out the sick rats. nevording to an ofJune 29. The animal, a huge |

TO HIDE IT."

More

official return, has dropped 35.85 per cent, in May last, as conpiral with the corres ponding mouth of last year.

MARSEILLES AND LONDON,the shical, debacle, and what istered by other suffers the mot is

TaxiNO PASSENDERS AND CARGO m

STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT,

Steimers

Leave Hongkong

Colombo

Connecting Mail Simmer from Columbo.

Dur Marseilles 1917,

Du

1017.

LA

ot foresight.

excitement in Pakokku on the morning A must rusker elephant used great of th instant reports the Hangoon one with each took about a yurd, long Times" was the property of the Government was being worked as a place over 40 frona Pakokku, when it anddenly the direction of Fakold did the 4 went was. The award of in miles to Fa kokku in 24h At Khank

It

WHA

WILA

Parnian who

and

Anung the subjects dealt with in the volumin, report of the Commission

(ANOTHER TREKÄT OF REMOYALI hate, says a. London paper, is

That the treatment meted out to far

about sex miles free the latter lanenstable than what the Commissiouers Calons Carter was tirer, the same as that alisar warse the attempts by those in prosed by the "experience of tienern had no time to get out of its destructive

placa the tusker killed authority to hide the results of their inckoper, the eficer responsible for the path. Throw other villagers also came i

transport. When he sent a very serimm, for the animal's unwelcome attentions. umber of instances are given in telegram, which was trummutid by Siret they were so severely injured as to which defects in medical arrangenwuts Loadoa

Perey Lake, the latter received a perin a critical condition. In

neccaritate their removal to the hospital were not reported, Perhaps the most

sonal telegrain from the Commander-in-news of the elephant's escape had been

the striking of these is in connection with the hit at Simla severely rebuking him wird, to the Fakukku

eantime medical breaktion after Ctesiphon, when the wording of the telegram," and the Mess- Scovell, Bell, Moleswarth and over 3 wounded had to be remesedmander-in-Chief added these "og:thers were ready

for it fwin the battlefield to the river bankinPlease war. Gieneral-Cowpwr that it eventually cornered near the animal the vases a distance of miles with anything of this sort again ours, or just before it was shot it haltest nous a Pakokku racecourse. It transpires that When Passengers change Steamers at COLOXSO

put proper ambulance transport, styre qeralons or petulant house of an elderly Burmese woman who Accoration in the connecting Stausee from CULOMBO is definitely reserved in with an insaticiones of medical persoanet, demands for shipping. I shall at once

Hongkong at the time of Booking.

was upstairs. Some rice was outside the of food, and of comforts, that a larg remove him, on the force, and wilt.

house, and to this the elephant projection of the winded hand to the refine him any further ploge of

before continuing its destruct deir way on toit, in spite of their injury kind."

follows the anti-climax. Even in with an obvions necevary na When they arrived at the river,the clothing the Indian Government sens to ahh steamer voranolation

have been unable to supply the force in gively tradequate. The wounded and Mesopotami adequately. There was a wyscy w had to be crowded intack of proper clothing even for the steamers and barges, without sufficient patients in the hospitals in the summer nedical attention, appliances, or conteui. of 1915, while during the bister winter ellees. Sotus of the wounded were dis months troops from India arrived in etalurked at Amory, but the majority

"shorts" and triplenk-clothing. went down to Basra, à journey, trom the

Apparently the manmader-in-Chief in attlefield which in eases took a vision of warm clothing for the troops to Mr S. Aitken

India originally intended to leave the pro- ! much ne 14 dạyw, #nd this discomforts if which, wore aggravated for the wounded private benevolence, and only consented Mr J. H. Baring Mr. B. Jones

Bir J. Jacobs by the jobrios an hourd bẸ many cases

undertake such provision after a pro- | Mr and Mrs H. A. Mr N. de Journel ol di sentery, not other nickness,

test by the Viceroy letter from Lord Mrs E. R. Felilios

Baxter and child Dr F. T. Keyt Hardinge on the matter, cafed fetales

T.K Bir And Mrs C 21st, 1914, is pintet in the report

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The withdrawal of for wounded to Tasra, which resulted in such appalling. Svelary of State as follows:- conditions, was officially reported to the

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Wiled satisfactorily disposed of. Many Holy to recover in country fortably placed in hospitals si Amara uni 4. Theme Finaliding are being placed direct on two hospitki ships that were ready at Basra on artival, nt riser: bats. General condition of wounded very satisfactory, Medical arrangements „Dailer

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gather that anything untoward had hap Nobody reading that report would pened, of that the wounded had midere i gone any special or avoidable sufferings.** A rarmarkable atars is associated with dian Mediest Service. He was the man Lieuk,-f'olonel H. Markhaus Carter, of the who drew attention to the appalting ris ditions at last, and was threatened with arrest for his pains.

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London, and qualified st. St. George

Born in India, he was educated in

be was well-known as Busby fontailer. Hospital, when, during his student days,

He occupied many posts in the Tadian Mr & Mrs Hidden Mr A. L. Todt Medient Service before the war. After Mr G. Helvering Caps. G. G. Trust. his Mesopotamia revelations he was Mrs AE Hodgins Mr and Mrs J. G. Major-General Cowper, the Deputy-ordered to Fagland on April, 1918. and MeA.Shelton Hooper Ward

Mr W. J. Hodge Mr A Verignon Assistant and Quartermasterleneral Force ** 1)," told the Commission -

phed in the India Office to equip the I threatened to put kin der arrest,

Mesopotamian hospitals. The War Office and I said that I would get his hospital Fient-Colonel Carter was then trans took over the operations in July, and whit taken away from him for a meddle-ferred, and has since been responsible kome and interfering falilist..

for the complete outfit of the hospital ships for the expedition.

The Commission point am that because Lient. Colonel Carter endeavoured to bring to the notice of the authorities in Mesopotamia the real condition of the wounded he was treated with great. rudeness.

Sarizon-General Hathaway, in writing to the Director of Medical Services in India, said: The Army Commander, realising, the injustice, ordered the II.A. ↑ and Q.M.G. and myself to deal with him (Major, Carter) with reference to his objectionable remarks,"

The t'ommissioners deal with him" in a rather different way. For they

We wish to express our appreciation of the evidence given and the work done by Major. M. Carter, 1.M.S., He, by his persistence, brought to the notice of his superiors the terrible con- ditions of the wounded when theg arrived at Bears after Cywiphon, and in other ways he revealed shortcomings which might have been ignored and left unremedied. His sense of duty!

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