The Royal Army Medical Service have had to face unusual and very trying
conditions. There are no roads, and the wounded who are unable to walk
must be carried from the firing line to the shore. They and their
attendants may be shelled on their way to the beaches, at the beaches,
on the jetties, and again, though I believe by inadvertence, on their
way out in lighters to the hospital ships. Under shell fire it is not
as easy as some of the critically disposed seem to imagine to keep
all arrangements in apple-pie order. Here I can only express my own
opinion that efficiency, method, and even a certain quiet heroism have
characterized the evacuations of the many thousands of our wounded.