15--"Soon the rest of us were hoisted aboard a regular hos- pital ship. with dandy officers in white directing the show. 1 v was dangled from 2a crane like the rest, and then down | went below " (From the Sphere.) 12-"It was a treat to get a draught of water on board the tugboat | was on. An obliging fellow comes up, and he says. 'Here vou ire, matey,' and | drank fust ap much as he'd let me. They put blankets over me" [Prom the Sphere } 14--"Some lucky fel- lows were taken aboard a battle ship, and their troubles were soon at an end Bound to get a lot of special attention and all that kind of thing, they were slung aloft in 2 Swell cable arrange- aay ment and kept from BRN bumping the sides by dae dozens of the boys in blue." [From the Sphere.) 16--"It was a fine sight, 1 can tell you, to see the neat, clean cots waiting for you in the thade, and | wasn't sorry when the Sisters got me into one, It was fine, so tidy everything was." - {From the Sphere.) 9 13--"A lot of fellows were put on the big lighters and towed out to the hospital ships. Sitters stocd or sat round the edge, while the stretcher cases were laid out in_rows, toes to toes. Then we fot AlOngaite {From the Sphere.) who at first couldn't stand were socr up and about on crutches, and Quite a number stood up to face the camera" w the 'Sphere. ! 21--"Well, one morning | awoke to find the ship quite quiet. We were alongside the quay Some of the fel- lows were already ashore, and others were streaming down the gangway. And a much happier lot we all were, I can tell you, than when we hopped on board on one foot from the dear old Dardanelles. It takes some navi- ' op gation to get down a gangway If your J § 3 F ? . . tT Te heel gives vou a jump every times 17--"It wasn't long before the- ship--she was the Devanha--was off and La : £ i OF on a wh ; we £ § 34 Av} you think of it" . PE away. She was a beautiful white ship, and It was a treat to be on her. The nurses ho Sl] & . Waa. FG #75 } i [From the Sphere.) were busy, | can tell you, straightening us all out." Bo E" -- = _ {From the Sphere) ses were Ai, r seemed to give you more twists than they could help' {From the Spoere.) 22--""They backed 3 Red Crescent train alongside by the time I was ready with the other 'cots' 1 was still too dizzy to stand by myself, but with the help of a couple of pals | got along all right." [From the Sphere.) y oN RR - f fo i) 194A great many of the fellows sat about on deck. fe were all told off to various carriages. Some fellows only wanted ings away in front of us on the other. Some white ambulances--fairly blazing they were 24--"Finally we fetched up among wide, sandy stretches qn one side and some build: others fust where they pleased. At fiest they just s oF ng hand; others had to be carried to the benches and cots on the everything, but Sister used to tell me a lot." : * train. That was all white, like the steamer" [From the Sphere.) / hi a, {From the Sphere. --were waiting for us, and here 1 am wiiting in the ward of the hospital Hell- hed opolis. gFrem the Svbere.} R= &