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6. Who was attending to you ? —Two orderlies were going round to the marquees. There were four marquees, and about eighty-odd men had measles when I was there, Ido not know whether there were two orderlies to each marquee or two to the lot, but they came veiy seldom. 7. Did you complain to them . —We were always complaining about the food. Sometimes we got one piece of bread and butter for a meal and sometimes two, and beef-tea to drink. 8. Did you ever see any medical man come round ? —I never saw them. It was said they would sometimes come round to the tents and look in, but the, Red Cross men took the temperatures each day. 9. Dr. Martin.] Did you not see a doctor there ? —No, I was eight or nine days in the marquee ; no doctor attended, me, and I did not see a doctor there; but they may have looked in while I was asleep. Towards the end of the nine days I used to get up and go out and stretch myself, as I was getting better, and I would see the doctors then walking about. 10. The Chairman.] After the three days when you found the straw getting damper, what happened to you ?—I still kept on with the same straw, but I got a bit more one day. 11. And did you get better ? —Yes, I got better; but there were a lot who got worse. Colonel Purdy : On the sth June, there, would be about twenty doctors in the camp. Dr. Martin : Who would be in charge ? Colonel Purdy: Major MeAra was in charge of the camp, and the hospital-ship doctors were, in camp at that time also. I know there were nineteen doctors in camp on the 18th June. The camp doctors were Major McAra, Captain Simpson, Captain Stout, and then there w r erc Captain Vogel and Captain Brown. 12. Dr. Martin (to witness).] Who was the doctor in charge ?—I do not know. 13. The Chairman.] What were the names of the orderlies ? —Sergeant Neil did a lot of work and did. very well, but did not have enough orderlies. He did all he could. 14. Where is Sergeant Neil now ?—I do not know. I have not seen him since I left the camp. He would be most likely up in the hospital. 15. After you were there three days, what happened ? —I was three days in bed, and then I got up and was sitting about the marquee. 1 6. Then you were six. days longer there, during which time you were able to get up and 101 l about ? —Yes. The spots were still out on Saturday the sth. The following Saturday night a storm came on and we were all lying in bed when the marquee came down on top of us—the rope gave way. We all got up and went out and put it up again. 17. AH the measles patients . —Yes, we could not find any orderlies. 18. How many of you were in the tent then ? —About, fifteen. 19. There were no orderlies who slept in the camp ?—No. I think there were, no orderlies who looked after' us who slept in the tent. 20. Saturday, the sth June, is the day yuu went, in ? —Yes. 21. And it was the following Saturday, the 12th, that the marquee came down ?—Yes. 22. What is your experience after that ? —The same thing happened again next, morning— it, blew down again on the Sunday morning. 23. Were there any orderlies to help put it up ?—One orderly to help us. 24. Did the measles patients turn out to put it up ? —Yes, all who could. 25. Then, what next ?—On the Saturday night the water came right through and wet all the straw, and was lying in pools in the tent. There were no trenches dug round the marquee I was in, and the water ran right through and wet all the straw. 26. Were you all lying on the ground at that time ?—Yes. 27. Then did you have any further trouble that day ? —No, that afternoon we weie all taken to the trainers' quarters and loose-boxes. I went into one of the loose-boxes . 28. Mr. Ferguson.] Had you any straw there ?—We had mattresses and stretchers there, and the food was a bit better there. We sometimes got a plate of custard oi some cornflour, but the meal-hours were very irregular. Sometimes it would bo 10 o'clock before we would get any breakfast. 29. Dr. Martin.] Why was that ?—There were not enough orderlies. 30. The Chairman.] How long were you there ? —I was there till about the 18th, I think. I would net be sure. On that date there was a special train-load, of a hundred and fifty of us went to Kaiwarra. 31. And how long were you there ? —I was there for about five days. I got sick-leave then for four days, and nine days' extended leave. 32. When your leave was up what happened—did you come back here ? —I was on my way back when I got a telegram to say that my brother was dangerously ill here. I came back with my father and mother to the Victoria Hospital, and my brother was very bad with pneumonia. He came into camp, leaving Auckland on the 28th May, and getting here about the 30th. He got here about 10 in the morning of a wet day, and was standing about till dark at night waiting foi their issue of clothes. Some of them waited till 11 o'clock, but he got his about dark. He went into a hut without any doors or windows, and there, were seventy or eighty men there. He was all right, but had a hit of a cold after a few days—T suppose for a fortnight when he was drilling and, doing fatigue work. On the 18th June he was feeling sick in the morning. He was asleep wdien the sick-parade was called out. The measles were coming on then. The sick-parade was called eaily in the morning, and he was not up and did not attend, so that when, parade came after breakfast he was ordered out. He went on parade and felt ill. He asked Sergeant Green to let him off parade as he was not feeling well, but the sergeant would not let him off but kept him on all day, which was wet. He got wet through, and wet feet, and next morning he was brought into the hospital. That was the 18th. He was left standing there in the cold and rain for about half an hour, so I got out of bed and brought him in and gave him my bed. 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