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 APPENDIX. 433 ' marines, three good warrant officers, and a small gang of arti- ' ficers and mechanics. ' The application, refused at first, was granted some months afterwards ; and Sir James Graham ex- pressed his regret for the error he had committed in refusing the application, with a candour which disarms censure. — Seb. Comm., 4th Rep., pp. 264, 265. Note 16. — The designation was at first generic, distinguishing the new establishment from regimental hospitals ; but when other general hospitals had been founded, the designation — no longer generic — became a proper name, distinguishing the particular institution which Lord Raglan had organised from all the rest of our hospitals. Note 17. — The 'Medical Headquarters' at Scutari were in the tion, the principal medical otiScer used to be at the seat of war. Note 18. — Lord Raglan to Duke of Newcastle, Jan. 1, 1855. Note 19. — Seb. Comm., 5th Report. Note 20. — After lengthened inquiry it seemed to have been considered that Major Sillery, and some of the others concerned in the hospital administi-ation, had constructively a right to draw for all the funds needed ; but candid men will admit that the possession of this constructive authority was not like having the power conferred by written orders and warrants. Note 21. — The warm and decisive language in which Sir George Brown bore witness to the ' satisfactory state ' of our Bosphorus hospitals must be accounted for in a different way. At the time when he visited them, the improvements resulting from the new and powerful element acceding on the 4th of No- vember, had already made so great a progress that, in the eye of one not having a very high standard of hospital excellence, and only examining the internal administration, and doing this per- haps superficially, there might seem to be little room for un favour- able criticism ; but if Su* George had looked into the statistics of the establishments, and seen the rate of mortality, his conclusion must perforce have been altered. Note 22. — When the Sebastopol Committee reported in June 1855, it had not been able to learn what had become of large portions of the stores sent out in the previous year. Note 23. — This is almost conclusively shown by the account VOL. VII. 2 E
 * General Hospital ; ' but excejit when he paid a visit of inspec-