A CHAPLAIN'S STATEMENT.
(SPECLAL TO "THE PRESS.") DUNEDIN, August 8. At the welcome social tendered to Chaplain Dutton, of the Ninth Contingent, the rev. gentleman said it was a matter for great regret that the troopships were so much overcrowded. It was all right for the officers, .but as regards the men, the ships were overcrowded, and a great many complaints were made. Again and again reports were made as to the condition of affairs, and he was sure that to many officers it was a matter of great pain. They could do nothing to benefit the men. The desire of the authorities in South Africa seemed to be to get the men away as speedily as possible, as they were expensive, with the result that they were crowded into ships in a most unsatisfactory manner. Most of the complaints were well grounded in regard to food.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11347, 9 August 1902, Page 10
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