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•. • MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.;
—en before a Cominittee Af the louse ofrommons,
tornted to consider of the Policy .and Condud of the Lac
4XPCditioll to the Scheldt.

THIRD.DAY. FEL.6, fsl*• • , •
The Right Hong Sir ionx.Ansrautnsit;f,Part. in.the
Chair.
:ZIONtAs KEATt, Esq. Surgeon General of the Army.
EZamined by the CL ainittee. •
,Were you consulted respeting the diseases pre-
v
eut in the Island of Walcheren, before the sail-
.l4!' ne of the la re expedition was not
Were you at any • time subsequently consulted
egl'on teat: subject, and whenl—l was consulted•
ZPon that subjett only •so late as the latter end of
eeptember.
A
re Inu conversant with the nature of the emit-
•Kl, aint prevalent in Walcheren ?—I have understood
• "to be the bilious remitting
,fever.
Previous to the sailing of the eepedition, were
304 acquained 'with the prevalence of that -disorder
at a- particular season of • the year in the province 9f
7lez (*And ?—No other wise than by the publicatioe of
'irJohn '
Had you known the dectination of that army at
• that S
•it eason of ethe year, should you have thought
necessary to take other precautions. than were
I
taken, to obviate the effed of that malady ?
.1(4141 Certainly have madte representations to that
%t
wee.
'What is the nature of the representations you
oould have thought' it your duty make ?-e-To have
uovialed the effect of the sickness as far es lay in my
Power by such representations. •
bu you think that the effes of the disorder could
tl.ai'e'bee eln
in any degree remedied by any precau-
' i"8?—Certainly precautions might have been taken
that Might have 'lessened the malefle. e •
Was it known•to you that the. Walcheren malady
wee' prevalent at.that" particular, season of the year
a• : Which the expedition sailed ?—lt was, as I have
described before, by the publication mentioned.. •.
Weal are the nature of ihe precautions- to which
hit alludel—Medieinee that might, Lave beep ad-
-I.ninistered for preventing the ill effeets.of the disease
"Y the season, such as Sir John Pringle describes
which I do not recollect exaffly.
Do you think that any precautions, such as diffe-
• :e 'Jnt clothing, or any other mode of disposing of the
trOQN3,. or any hospital furniture which was deft=
gent, would have been of any avail to remedy the •
think,the greatest care was taken upon
that subject. •
Were you‘ at any time applied to, to send out
eadutonxl assistance ?-=After. -the, eickneia coin-
Intnced, •
At Weer period were you applied to for that pur-
t's t---The beginning of September, to the best
nly,reeollection.
bleat were the directions you then-received ?--
- (*nein number of the Statf Officers weie_required,
41:1 d they were thovitied accordingly. , •
•••ekflow many*?-1 think that the first. was two
, 'oYsicians, tour Surgeons, and' twenty 'Hospital
Mates ; but I.cae refer tO.ducuments,' if the Coin-
Alittee pleases, but ..which , documents, I have not
"now with me. • . •
ve Was there any difficulty in proCeriee: the bum-
. 'tr'l7)f Mates that were required ?—Tltre appeared
'to be very great chfficulty, btu it being the exclusive
PtUvilice.ot the liiseector-General of 'Hoepitals to
Provide Hospital Mates, I would beg to refer to him
(hi- information.
--Dn you know what is the present state of that part'
cj_ the detachMent of the Guards -which- sered in
alcheren, with respect to sickness ?—I have no
eticern at all with the Guards, and do not
,etln whose Medical Department are the Guards )
eeeder their own respective surgeons.
Tts whthn do those surgeons report appre-
,--..erfebend to their. Commanding -Officers, but I
b.`"a not certain they do not report to the Medici,`• 'uoard.
Is. the Committees to under;tand that the Guards
'alert under an exclusive Staff, and are not under the
medical Staff ?—Yes.. •
• - State to ihecontrnittee what the course of office is
Nth respect, to . tie Medical ,a.rtangements of the
army from what departnient the Medical Beard
receives its orders ?---From the War-Office. •
-Dees the War-Office receive an order or in-
strUdion from. the Cominander 'in Chief, with re-.
avePefit to the extent' of fOrce to be provided. for
. es.
the ascretion of the Medical Board, vhat the mime
• and extent of the arrangements shall be' for 'the
• 4•11. tuber of men,- they are &reeled to provide for ?
..
rests with the Medical Board to state the extent
of the supplies when they are ordered to Make pro-
Vittion for a-certain number of men.
When were you first acquainted that the- desti-
nation of the army. tees to Walcheren • and to the
Scheldt ?-:-Not until I received letters from the
: luneacte of Hospitals, then in the Scheldt or Waf-
cheren.
State the dates of these letters ?—The first letter
, I bad was dated Augua'tlie Bth, Middleburgh.; re-
. e'teed the-

•
Was not it a matter of notoriety to you, as_ early
as the 28113 of July, that the expedition was gont
io the.Sclteldt?7—l 'bad no 'reason to think so from
4ny documents that I- bad, add I,do not recollect
the date of the 28th of July ; it might be so. -: •
Do you reco4le& that official intelligence- was
teceivedin this country, of the arrival of the arma-
tbent in' the Scheldt, as July as the ist of August ?
•••••-.I cannot say otherwise ; •I have not a recolteclion
of it, ••
Have you a reeoileetion when t he army first began to
be unhealthy ?—The date of the first letter to that
ff.# was the Igth of August.

When was that letter rzceived?—The Ist of Sex.-
tQraber. •

Have you that letter now 'in your hand ?—I
have nut I can mention the abstract of it, if it is
desired.

- State the substance of it I—The substance of.that
• letter was, I perceive, only some recointnendations ;
hat the letter dated. the 20th,, was fur additional
_ Staff, videlicet ;• two Plipicians; four Surgeons, one
Ins;.eaor, one, Deputy Surveyor, and twelve I-los-
Pita! Mates, iiisteo of twenty, as I mentioned be-
fore. .

Did the letter state the amount of the sick in

the irni3l, it that tune believe 'not ; but the
document is easily pOcurei.
PO'not you recollea that tlw general st4te of
the .army, previous to the 2othtf august, was ge-
nerally healthy, particularly sO)—lt. was "staied to
me to, be generally. healthy, and as a proof 9f if,
there were no sick sent over, •or very few with the
wounded, who had arrived before.

If you bad thought that any peculiar medical ar-
rangements, in addition to those you had recorn-
mended before the-sailing of the expedifion, were.
advisab:e to be .adopted, why did not you 'redom-
mend them or carry them into effeek on the. 'autho..
city the • Medical Board possessed, between • the
beginning of the month ,and the 20th of August ?-.
The Medical Board• have only to obey orders, and
it was nt'A their province, as I conceive, to form
arrangements ; but in the middle of September I
was called before the, Cabinet, where I suggested
the'propriety of seleeting "physiciases to go over and
ascertain the nature of the disease and report.
• Do not you consider it the duty of 'the Medical
department to make representations to. Govern-
_ ment,in any instance where they think extraordi-
. nary arrangements are nece-sary to the health of his,
Majesty's troops ?.,--The Board 'his •not been called
upon to make representations concerning' arrange-
ment.i, and they conceived they would have ex-
ceeded their duty if they bad t luntarrly stepped
forward. .

Did not Lord Castlereagh 'desire to see, you upon
this, subje& early in September ?—When I had the
honour of a message from Lord Castlereagh to that
effect, I was npOn the coast making arrangements
'for the reception of the, sick from Walcheren. At
my return 1 immediately waited Upon his Lordship
at the office, and saw his Lordship's Secretary ; it
was upon that occasion that 1 bad the honour of
being calleit as I .before stated, before the Cabinet.
Do not you recoiled Lord Castlereagh having
more than one conversation .with you upon this
stibjeff, and requesting you. would attend his M -
jesty's Ministers for the purpose Of suggesting Ao
them the best measures which 'occurred to your
mind for the relief of the sickness' to which the
army was exposed ?—I recoiled it perfealy well ;
his Lordship desired me tia'•Wait upon his Majesty's
'Ministers, and asked me whether I had 'any thing.
to suggest.; I answered. his Lordship, that I con.
ceived the only ihieg we could do at that time; Was
to send over all the assistance in our power, with
bark and wine Ad porter, and to remove as many
of the sick as could be removed to England.
In consequence of that communication you..had
• with Lord Castlereagh,' were not three physicians
sent to Walcheren, to [mike a special report upon
the sickness of the army ?--Subsequently to that.
conversation -eiih his Lordship, there were three
Physicians sent to Walcheren. :
Have you any reason, from the reports you re-
"ceived from the officers who correspended wilh
in Cele army, to pppose.there was any actual want
of medicines experienced by the sick of the army ?
-From every. tiring I can c4lled. from that corre-
spondence, I have no reafon to think that the sick
were in want of medicines at any onetime. .
You have stated that the Medical Board does. not
originate any measure, but receives orders from
some other office ; from what office does the Me-.
dical Beard receive directions ?—From the. Corn-
mantier in. Chief., generally through the Wu-Office.
Did you receive no oifical commudication, with
rAre& to the maladies tit .the troops in Wakberen,
before the beginning of September ?--Nat officially
from Walcheren until thefst of September.. •
Did you from any orEee in this country ?—I had
no coluniunication witii.any other office than those
mentioned presialisly to that time.

. You had no official communication Whatever,
with respect to the diseases of the troops in .Wal-
cheren, previously to the Ist. of September ?—To
the best of my recollection I had not.
Do you receive thei.rdturns of the sick of the
regularly ?--Occasionaliy,.but not regularly, as often
as they can be made up and sent, they are directed
to me. .

Did you instral the offisePs of the Medical De-
partment attctWitlg the army in Walchereu to cor-
respond with you ?-7-Yes.
You received no communication from them pre-
viously to the Ist of September ?--I have observed.
that I received iletter on (he 12th of August.,
Was that a private Or an official letter i—Of-
ficial.

From whom.was thatietter I—From the Inspec-
tor of Hospitals, the head of the Department.
• Waa that the first official communication youre-
ceived with respett tO the state of
.the health of the'
troops, in Walcheren ?--That was the first coinntu,
-nleation that I received respeCting the troops in Wal-
cheren, and bras accompanied with a number et-
woundel, to the best of my recollection.
• Were there any sick mentioned in that return
These were 'sick and wounded, very few sick; the
. whole nurnfief not exceeding three hundred.
'Was the sickness therein stated, the fever which
was- aftervv:ir.ls so prevalent among the troops. in
Walchereu ? It was not.
When did you first hear of that disease ?-0-n the
Ist of September..
From whom did -you hear of that ?--From the.
same officer, •
When did you receive your first communication
from Loid 'Castlereagh on the subjed of the disease.
of the troops tn.Walcheren )—I think it was on the
£3d ot-Septernber.
Do you4ccolled the date of Lord Castiereagh's
letter.?-1 do not recoilea thA I received any let-
ter•: it was a commun.,ation-from my assistant at
the office chile I was upon the coast.
• Do you lecollea at What time that communica-
tion was made by -Lord Castlereagh to your office
I apprehend it most have been a few days previous
to the 23d.
Are returns regularlimade to you of the state of
the heakh of the troops at home ?-011 the occasion
of tile sickness prevailing in the army from_Wal-
cheren, the superintendance and charge of them de-
volved upon' me, .and I have received regular re-
turns upon that occasion.
Have you, those returns with you ?—t have not,
they are in the office.

Do those returns comprehend all the sick] or
I merely those, affli6ted t with the Waicheren fever ?
1 All the sick.
t. • '
Are those aftli6td with' the itt alcheren f4er
.
distinguished from the other sick ?—They are.

h ato Committee to underatand that there arc or

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are not reg- alai returns reads of the army,and t e n
tore of their diseises, at stated periods, to theiVlediwil
Board or any member of it the army in gene-
rat, to the. Medical BOatd, \ve make d'report -monthly'
to the 'Commander in Chief. •
Did the Medical Board leccive direatbns from -the '
War Office n prepare hospitals for. the recei.tiort of
the sick and wounded-from Walcheren, and at what
period did- it receive those directiOns re 7.
eeived directions to prepare hospitals for ttie reeep7.
tion of the sick from Walettereo, tut the period I do
noCrecolleCt, but it way be. very easi:y:. obtai tied.
Was it not the ;Ith of August I—lt is au official
document,- and can be produced
..to the Committee at
any -moment, but I have it not in IDS, recollec-
tion. • •

You state that the first letter you received from
Waicheren containing any account of tlie disease of
the army, was on the ist of Septeber'; are you.
quite certain as to that date?-4 have every reason 'to
think that this is coirea, which I have taken tr?;in
the letters themselves ; it is 'stated to. be dated oa
the-20th ; a letter dated the
.19th AA aS certainly re 7
ceived, but it contained nothingbut recommenda-;
.tions- for promotion.
What is the date Of the letter you received on the
Ist of September ?-71, received on the
Ist of September; the date ot the Ist was the.l9th,
and-of the second the 20th of 'August_ -
• Can you at all account for the length of time that
letter was coming, from the 20th ot August to the'
ist of September cannot.
• .
Where was it dated front
• Is the Committee to 'understand, that it you had
known the•destination of' the expedition to, be to
Walcheren, you would have made epresentations to
Governutent of the nature ot the diseases incidental
AO that island ?—lf called upon 'so to do.
. Not•otherwiie ?—Not othetwise.: -
Had you knovi n the destination -of the expedition
to Walcheren, though not particularly called upon,
Would you not have provided 'medicines payer for
an army going upon that expedition ?—lf I had
known it had been.to Walcheren I *timid certainly
have thought it my duty to have sent a larger quan-
tity of bark; I conceived it to be a secret-expedi-
tion, that it was not proper I should be informed of.
Is-there any Other Medicine you would hiAVO sent,
'besides a greater quantity of bark, if you had known
of the destination of that; expedition ?--I conceive
that the medicines were sent in the fullest propor-
tion for. the numbers of the•army, therefore 1 should
not have thought *it necessary to have added to any
thing but bark, more pat ticularlf as.it ivaS so short a
distance.

How long after the expeciition sailed whs it that
you knew it was atually gone to Walcheren ?—.I. do
not reeolleer that I had any knowledge of it, until
- the date of the first let ter from the Inspettor of Hos-
pitals upon that service. •ay
• Did not you in common with the rest of his Maje-
sty's subjects, hear of the landing of the troops, upon
the publicatidn of the Gazette, containing Lord
Chathain's letter ?'—Certainly.
"Then as soon as you knew -of the publication of
that Gazette, you -knew that the troops were gone
to Walcheren, did you not :—Certainly.
Then it you would hate sent a • larger quantity of
bark had you known that 'the destination was to
Walcheren, why did you not send that 'additional
quantity of bark when. you knew hi lad that tho
army was thew ?—lt was my duty to wait. for in-
formation; as I:Conceive,• from }he head of the *de-
partment, anel for requisitions, without which I have
it not in my power to sent out stores ri medicines„
When Was tire first requisition -in,al.:,to you upon
the_ subjett ?—On the .11th of September, and re 7
Ceived on the 18tIr. ' • 1 • •
Where was that re6eived from-?-c--FrOrn

burr •
That was dated the. 11th of September ?-Dated
the 11th of September, at Aliddleburg,..
From the Inspeaor of Hospitils
What did that require ?L--Together with many
other medicines, bdt not in great 4uundane,looplbs.
of. bark. .
When, waa that 'sent ?--It was ordered imtne4i-
ately by-me front the Apothecar' General the same
day ; the 18th.
Do you know when it was dispatched ?—lt-was
delivered to the Storekeeper, Gerrer.d on'the 27th of -
September, shipped by the .Storekeeper General on .
the 30th of September, and received into:Store at
Walcheren on the 15th of Odober. ••• •
Do you knOw how it happened.that an order is-
sued by you on the 18th.'ot September, to he
•cuted immediately, was -not executed till the 27th ?
—There was noirequest tnade.to have, it sent oyrany
express in any more immediate manner ; it was
stated that the- medicines would shortly be wanted,
Do you mean that in the requisition made to. you
from Middieb,,:gthere was no pressing request that
it should be sent' immediately ?—TI!e word
ately. was, I believe; Usedgenernity, but. riot to 'de-.
sire -immediate conveyance by any express to re;
quire dispatch'. ' .
Do you know whether in point of faa there was
any want of bark experienced by the sick ill:1'e
believe not.
Will you inform the Committee how it happen-
ed, that you who would have thought' it necessary'.
to'anticipate this want if you had known the' .Fxpe-!
dition was destined to ;Waleheren,' did when you,
bad that requisition made lb you so Lte os the isth
of . September, not think it a pressing demand.?—
There was nothing said that it was wanted in- any,
.hu'ry ;'and I attend always to.the requiSitions. •
You' did-not recoiled at that time that you would
bate furnished them with a larger quantity of bark,
if yoh had koown that they were .destined to Wal:
cheren ?—Had it! been left to me in the first instande
to havefurnished bark, 'I might have furnished a
larger quantity to Walcheren, and I believe should ;
but. when it came to be the-eluiy of the Inspeaor of
Hospitals upon the spot to give me information• and
to make requisitions, I v.)as then Obliat;:d to conferin
to the requisitions: e.
Do you happen to know what quantity of. bait is
usually provided' for ships of war. in his Majesty's-
service ?—I do not.
How soon could' you have sent this bark, if you
'had thought it had .been immediately required ?—I
believe that the bark that was sent over before this
reached Waleheren went id a very short space of.
time ; I do not, exactly know what, but there were.
-Iwo quantities ot .bark-; one in. a division, and ano-
ther 'subsequently, that reached Walcheron I under.
.4tand.beforo this bark did.. • • • -

, When' did these two gitatilities go from
,En find
den divisions orrrie.iieines,, containing ei•thleeN hurt:.
.
ductpQllilds of li•tric,,,kre originally sent out with ihe
expedition; this 1/4•:;,:is taken int() the chief depo(Ai
Veere, it t !tat the iVilr)le sas i :stied
from thence to the different services by tl 7th of
0-tiober, except some stall qu'antiiii.;...s in., dtilach-
mem: - •

Whf:n did y,04 Inrk go cronl Englaild ?'--`One
Thousand 'pounds of bark were pidered frOin the-*
ApOthcclrA_General nl9 of Septz..'inheri..
which wereshipped on the 3Gth,.as:l have
fore.; they appedred to have arrived at Fiushing
some time prior.t.o.the t tth of .October.

The 7th of OL--tobzr is. the time st Mlich.th
m
e for-
mer supply was issued out ?---;Except was un-
der the charge:, and in the care of -the regimental
officer in the detachment cheats.

bid •not you state there were two,other cumtitiei
pfnarksentlint.in d:visions the &th or-Oc,
tGber seveuhUndred.pounds were.received.iuto store
at, Veere,: part of •eight hundred pounds kthj.ch'had
arrived at Flushing by the King'GeOrge picket.
At whattitym did, that. Arrive. at Flushing 1-11
arr4,ed, at `Rufhing, by the king George.pacVet on
the Lath.: • •
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I understood: you to say there %V e .
r 0 tWO other
pat cztli of- bark ..T.,'llich hal arrived.. at- Flosbi% ante-
ced.cot to :the. arrival of that which went from this
couutry On the 30th of September i-H-They were
seat, but I find, not received;; they wee received
the &pi have now me.ntiot*d.totheCommlte:
—..

When were they senti—lt dqes nut ppNar 'what
day they Were sent off by my Present memoran-
:dani, but they :were,received on those 'days..
Dos it appear when they were ordered ?—1 can
acquaint, the Cominittee by the, officol paper',; on
the 17th, 1 rtth, 95!1.1,1i-nd 27. h of Oc.tober, there
arrived on each day.five handled pontids.-
Have yOu,any reason tO believe that on or before
the 6th of Septernber an a pplic-a non' was made frog
the COtpmander in Chief's Office, to the Office of
the Secretary of State, to desire that .the. Transport.
Bectici, would providc tonnage immediately for the
conveyance of two Physicians, and some :other
dical Officets, I believe tWenty, together with four
tons of Medicine do not recollect it, hilt never-
theless it may be proved to be so.
kxplain what articles are included under the tern:).
olmedical comforts ?—I consider wine, porter, har.:.
Icy, rice, oatmeal; &c. •
Do you.know.that there were a.sofficient numhci
of medical comforts at all times for the army in
Walcheren ?—They do not fall. boder 7.-r.y Cog-
nizance.. •

Under whose
.cognizance does that fall )—The
_Contmissary General. . •
• Do you knoW that'at one period in' the Island of
NYalcheien theitt.ciere not more than three hundred
• pounds of bark in store, a quantity 'slated as not more
than sufficient for five days consuniption ?—l'Avat
not infoithed- of any
.such defitaency ; but when I.
had a report of only fifty pourids.intOre, I very
shortly heard, .in a very tew days more, 'that there
Were four hundred • pounds morp-founcton board;
vessel.

At what time did you- receive that report of fifty
pounds only of bark being in stole ?--On the.3l:l of
Ottober.

Do you know that at any time there. as not
-sntilicient 'quantity of bark-to administte to the sick
in the Island of Walcheren., in.. the .prnportion'that
that medicine would li4vel3Cell
there been a suffiCient quatitity there I—l hive a1;-
ready stated that I do not knuw'cf any time when
there was that dt..ficieney.

By whose order,: or, at 'whose request does the.
Cothmissary General.' send out what are called
medical comforts to the army ?-7-Fatit not infiarmed
of that. • •

By whose orders are Medical COmfortS
stered the sick ?--The head of the 4ledical-De-'
partment 'upon the sptit. ,
To whim does the head of the Ale-clic-al De-
partment upon • the spot,apply for a larger propor-i•
lion_ of Medical comforts, it he should find alarger
proportion necessary ?—tapprehend.that tilerr, is ho
other sourcebut from the ComMissuipt department.
I understoo4 you to say, that'if on bad knowh
the destination of the troops to have been 'to the
Island 'of WAclieren, yeti Would have sent out
more ;pat
.wine as •well as- bark )--Such I•frfight
hmierecornmended,- but I had no power in sending
any port wine..

whom Mast.that fecoMmencla.tion have been
made ?--To the N'Var Qi ice.

Of what does the Medical Board, consist ?-ois
three members. •

. •
Who are those members ?--The Physician Ge-
ntrak the Surgeon General,. and the Inspedor Ge.
nerar of Army.. Hospitals. - •
Who is the head of that Board ?—the Physician
Gen crag.
• Are all returns made to the Physician General
ultimately from all thqdepartments incluaed tinder
that BoEtrd ?---=The returns are not made to. the Phy
cian General. , •

To whom are they 'made ?The returns froth
the, regiMents are- made 10 the Inspeaor General;
the returns from foreign service. are made tn
Surgeori General. .

'lNhat returns are made to the Physi6an General?'
—None. -• •

Do. the InspeEter General and the Surgeon
neral repoit to th.e Physician.General.?-41s only a
geard.on particular occasions, each'niernber has his
indiitillnal duties. •

How comes the Physician General to be called
the Head of the Board i--;Whenever tyre three
meet 'at the Board,' the Physician,General Preside S..
How often does that happen :=Upon very few
occasions ; when returns are made from Head
Quarteri; or the Secretary at War, to the three as
a Board.

Did the 'Board ever meet on the•subjed of ,the
diseases of the "army. in Waicheren ?if-Never upon
the subje6t of the diseases. •
Were they ever ordered to meet on that
_subjed ?,
—They were ordered to rueet on th'eSubj'ed of the
supplies of lietf. • - ; •..
When were they soOrdered to meet believe
it wat tii.the month 6f,fune. • •

.I have Understood front you, that- you did not
know what was the destination of the array ; I no‘..
ask, whether, subsequent td the Bo Pit) g of the e.F.a
pedition, and when the disease•of ttie army had
broken ou!, any order was aiven froM any of the de.*
parttutnti of State to the Medical to meet

: ;hat subject ?---Orders were given siibieg ent4r
c'lthe breaking out of the disease in Walch,..reo,
I\4,dical Board to meet. ' ,

hat: s the -iate.of Unit-order ?—I do not re-
collet:t tx:ictly the date of t hat Oki', but very
easily gi\ril to thv Committee.

I)i.C.i.ht7 meet in consequence of that. order
They du oft.

To w:-;,0111 was that order addrq.ssec.l?—To the
.princi; al officers of !he Medical Department. -
Was it a letter addressed generally to'thern, or a
a sepaiate addro,stcl to eacli. of the officers of
.1 -departsent ?—A letter addressed generally .to
them.: .

{-1.(0.v cams: the meoing not to take plate in con-
sequence'of the order,?—The. Physician General and
Genvrahlid
Inw Larne the inspector of Hospitals not to be
There 2—He A.d.norzive his reasons; but he did not
CO. operate with the two upon that occasion. _
AC ~c.hat,tinle was the meeting of the PhysiCian
G,peral and the Surgeon general ?—.lmmediately.
Upon the receipt - of ,the order.
Is t he yid& in existence ?—lt is. .
• What was. the nature of the orde'r ?—To,provide
for the reception ,of the sick from Waicheren.
Did the Surgeon General and.the:PhySician Gene-
ral -Rtake arq.feport ?—They answered the letter ;
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was-addressed to the thre'e.
To whom-was that answer addressed ?-I'6 the
Secretary at NY,x.

Are not the sick of the. whole of the army sup-
posed to be, urt.cer the care of the Medical _Board ?
--They are; estlier cbnjointly orseparately,"
- What is the distribution -among the three Mem-
bers Of ihe,Board ? The duty of the Physician Ge-
neral is -to pro),*le.Physician, for the Artily, and to
meet the Board..whenevcr Ordered; the duty of
thoBnrgeon General is to provide Surgeons, consult
with the heads of departments' upon 'foreign service)
and.epon tire occasion of the" sick from Watcheren,
-to tete the snoerintendence• and charge thereofi.
tile Inspector of Hospitals has the charge and super-
inte:tdarxe of all- regimental hospitals, and provides
all .Inspectors

The Guards, you say, do not come udder ihe Me-
dical Board ?—Certainly. . •

To whom do.thelrgeons of the Rogiment's 'of
tfai:ds repo& ?-1 ai,prehpod. to their Coaamanding
solliceys.

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Who-prnvides. medicines for the Guards. ?--The
Inspector General of the FlospitAls.
' You have nothing -at all to do 3,Vilh the provid-
i4-, medical•comforts or' medicines or Slates or any
other of the,ruedicial staff for the. Guards ?-:-=-F.,r (he
GUards none. •
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Upon the handing of khetroopq in Englanti-from.

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WalcherZrn, did they immediately cease to be n,•cler
your care ?--Upon th, landing of the troopis
liValcherKi they i4,rnediately came-ui.der tny care,
consequeiwe of such order as had been•stattd.
Are tiuy still under your care ?--They remain so