"مذكرات الحرب. مقر قيادة الجيش، الهند. [...] قوة المشاة الهندية «د». المجلد ٢٣ الجزء II (من ١٦ إلى ٣٠ يونيو ١٩١٦)" [و‎‎٥‎٥] (٢٧٤/١١٤)

know if there is any alteration you would like made in these parcels or if you
want the quantities increased.
We shall be extremely obliged to you if you will let us have the receipt
postcards signed, we spend such an enormous of amount of money on postage for
hospital parcels in Mesopotamia, and the postcard receipts are our only methoc
of checking their arrival, as well as justifying this expenditure to our sub
scribers.
We wish we could do far mo'e for you all. which we certainly could if
transport difficulties were not so great, as then we could send gif s in cases
v h ch would mean of course a tremendous increase in quantity and saving in
postage.
Hoping everything will arrive safely and in good condition.
(Sd.) ADA. WYNESS.
Honorary Secretary
It seems entirely wrong that gifts for troops should cost so much to ensure
their delivery.
I would request that steps be taken to allow of these gifts berng sent
entirely free of charge without any possibility of their not being delivered.
Memo. No. H.-3-105, dated 5th June 1916.
(Received in War Section, 2lst June 1916).
From—The Director, Medical Services, Force D ”
To—The Chief of the Cieneral Staff, Simla.
APPENDIX 311
(Dy No. 60868.)
Reference my telegram No. H.-3-105, dated the 3rd June 1916 (Dy. No.
57790 -
On receipt of your No. 54855. dated the 19th May, I addressed the attach^
ed Memorandum to the D. D. W. (1), and his reply is sent herewith (2)
This 1 think is sufficient proof that the electric installations in hospital are-
wanting, as reported in my teleg ram.
No. 55-2-M.
Headquarters, 3RD Indian Army Corps,
Working copy to D.G.M.W.
Copy to M.S.C., M.S.V., Q.M.G., D.M.S.
27th May 1916.
(Enclosur to Dy. No. 6 o 865 .)
To
1 he Director of Med cal Services,
I. E. F. “ D.”
Memorandum.
*1 he parcels we receive are all done up in small bulk and sent by registered
post at a cost of Rs. i-d each parcel.
(/) Ccty of a Memorandum No H -396, datpd the 21 d May from the
l>. M. S., /. A. Force “ D ”, to 9 . Z). Works.
Attached copy of a telegram from Chief of the General S^aff, forwarded.
If as is stated he electrical installations are at 4badan, l trust every effort
is beincr made to have this plant erected at Amarah and Basrah General Hosp>
als. Tt may not be generally known that the sick are more susceptible to heat
han the healthy and that a very large number of sick die who with t reatinent
u nder electric fans and proper supply of ice would most certainly have recovered.