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I he object OI the Commission is not cleary
23.
understood. Those who admire its nobloywise
work naturally feel the wish that larger power
should be given to it. But the object of the
Commission itself is not this. It seeks to bring
the government to do what the government
should do for its sick and wounded. Until that
object is accomplished, the Commission stands
ready to throw itself into the breach, as it did
during that dreadful battle-week, and as it does,
on the peninsular.
more or less, all the time. The thing it asks
for is not the gift of power, but that the govern-
ment should come forward and take the work
away from it. "
But this transport service embraced a large
amount of releif work biside that performed upon
the boats of the Commission. Supplies including
/
Jark brad cooked food also everyone and nurses,
were comptuntly transfored from our cleeks to the
Government boats, as they were loaded near by or
/
floated along side with their crowds of wounded
and revaled thin letter destitution. For al this
|
period. of the mar. most of the boats used for
hospital purposes by Government were simply
transford at an hours notice from the Duar
termasters Department, entirly unprovided with
was run
to
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