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man that fell sick after the morning report another had to 

 suffer. 



The regulations respecting sick officers who required removal 

 from the camp were latterly very stringent, and, as they were 

 carried out, often injurious. On the 2nd December the surgeon 

 of my regiment recommended me for a fortnight's leave to 

 Balaclava; this order had to be countersigned by the Staff- 

 Surgeon of the Division, the Commanding Officer of the 

 Regiment, the General of the Division, and the Adjutant-General 

 at Headquarters. During this process it was probably lost, as 

 it never came back to me. I have heard of several similar 

 instances. 



The state of the sick on board the transports from Balaclava 

 to Scutari was very bad — crowded, lying on the bare deck, with 

 only their old clothes and blankets, covered with vermin and 

 filth. The orderlies were all weakly men or convalescents, and 

 were by no means equal to the work. After they arrived at 

 Scutari there was great delay in getting them into hospital. 



When I visited the hospital at Scutari in the beginning of 

 January, the wards were crowded but clean, the patients appeared 

 comfortable, and the clothing, bedding, and diet looked good. 

 Whether this was the work of Miss Nightingale and the Times 

 Commissioner or of the Government officials, I cannot say. 



Chloroform was always given in the severe operations in the 

 63rd, and invariably with good result. 



The total number of deaths in the British Army were, accord- 

 ing to the Adjutant -General, 25,000, and according to the 

 Medical Department, 19,000. 



