The Red Cross in France / [H. Granville-Barker] ; with a preface by Sir Frederick Treves, bart.

  • Harley Granville-Barker
Date:
1916
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Credit: The Red Cross in France / [H. Granville-Barker] ; with a preface by Sir Frederick Treves, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 Russia. And the amazing thing is that I think we suit. I. And you’re that puffed up with pride—— ! He. Well, I ask you—wouldn’t you be ? Have you ever had much dealing with govern¬ ment departments ? I. It is true my life has not been a happy one, but I have been spared that. He. No, no ; that irony is cheap. They do their best, and a very good best, give them time. But how long would it take one of them to send four thousand hot water bottles to a hospital somewhere in France ? I. Six months. He. No, they could do it in three weeks ; working by the method they have to wrork on, whether they like it or not. But we got those hot water bottles over in twenty-four hours. I. Any particular secret? He. Yes. We’re responsible to nobody but ourselves, so we can do out-of-the-way things at a minute’s notice when we think the occasion calls for them. I. You must have good men slaving for you. He. There again, we can let them do their job a little more in their own way than a truly and officially brass-bound organisation can. And they mostly work for nothing. I. Does that make a difference? He. Well . . . the casual thing to say is that it makes no difference. And, mind you, it makes no difference to discipline. We’ve men in command without power to enforce a single
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