TCD MS 10515 folio 4r
[Jan 23rd 1916]sidious effects of the disease. Measles and mumps , affections of Gurkhas as well as children have been giving trouble of late, to such an extent that we still think the medical authorities at Peshawar may not consider the battalion sufficiently free from infectious disease to proceed in service. Many men fell out on this march; all odd corners in transport were occupied by stragglers , and had not motor ambulances been despatched from Peshawar to collect the halt and the maimed we should have had some little trouble in bringing them in. I must be rigorous in weeding out the physically unfit men before we leave Peshawar. On reaching the regimental depot camp, we found the English mail