C.O
Kowloon Dock
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Arthur Henderson bog. M. P.
41920
Rroé 10 SEP 15,
đóng trong
11th aug: 1915
RECO
Iar din of extract
• Since you
representative of the working class I take opportunity of bringing to your notice a fer points which if ired into night benefit some of our fellow workers. I do so with humble apology for encroaching on your valuable time, but ame
will give
these items the consideration they deserve.
inced that
you
pare
gave
Two of my younger brothers volunteered for foreign service, and present I know they had reached Alexandria. The oldest. these particulars about how they fared on the troopship Manitou
hundred had to sleep deck, and, when raining, these. find sleeping
pre-
accommodation. the tween decks. He also tells
JES ph
these
SILVERL
on or under ness tables and,
Tole
had
and forms that they had five hundred
board and there horses were stabled on the decks above
L
"such a natun that
had to sleep. The food was of a
officer of the soldiers had to have it improved. Perhaps it
ld not be out of place to give you
an idea of the meals.
Breakfast - Tea, Cheese, Bread, and fat have
Lunch
vertheless
Jam, Bread, & La.
Tery
Stew with Beef and two potatoes per
brother said that the men were in good spirits
nd willing to do their bit.
Now these men
know not to expect.
energrants
commodation, that is the stage below third class, but they do expect
be treated as men.
Su this
and men sleeping
the ceiling and men
case
e you
have
-~
sleeping in hammocks deck, and to add to the heat of a ven deck in the Meditterrean they have the annoyance of horses above them. There are plenty of ships but if they
imping
to provide accommodation for the man, the ship
the
were taken
owner would.
advantage of the high freights. Why should the men's ufort not be considered first .
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