REFORMS EFFECTED IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1065, 11 July 1917, Page 7

REFORMS EFFECTED IN MESOPOTAMIA.

TRIBUTE IN SIR STANLEY MAUDE’S REPORT. ARRANGEMENTS REFLECT CREDIT ON ALL CONCERNED A. and N.Z. Cable Association and Beider. (Received July 11, 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 10. A dispatch which lias been issued by General Bir Stanley Maude, covering the seven months up to March 31, shows that the period was equally divided between the preparations for, and the subsequent operations leading to the fall of Bagdad. The dispatch describes how the advance was successfully carried out, in the face of difficult conditions, through the tenacious spirit ■ and gallantry of the British and Indian troops, brilliantly seconded by the Navy. The Mesopotamia Commission's recent disclosures attract attention, and create special interest in Sir Stanley Maude s references to the present water transport and hospital arrangements. lie states: — The newly-formed Inland Water Transport Directorate is so well organised that, night and day, an endless chain of river craft is passed up and down the river, thereby assuring the maintenance of the troops at the front. Our well-equipped hospitals are more than adequate to meet the calls made upon them, and throughout the operations the treatment of the wounded has been carried out on model lines. The arrangements for the comfort anu rapid transfer of patients from the field units to the hospital reflect much credit upon those concerned. Sir Stanley Maude thankfully acknowledged the prompt response to his demands from England, India, and Eg} pt.