APPENDIX. 487 ' interred at a sufficient distance from the hospitals. You will ' lay do^^Ti rules both as to the time and mode of interment, con- ' suiting, of course, the convenience of the constituted authorities. ' Should any other hospital or receptacle for the sick be decided ' on, while you are on this expedition, you will examine it, and ' state all that must be done for health, decency, and comfort. ' You will not interfere, in any way, with the medical and ' surgical treatment of the patients, nor with the i-egulations pre- ' scribed to the nurses and attendants. ' Upon your arrival at Constantinople, you will determine ' among yourselves in what way you can best carry out the objects ' of your mission. ' It is important that you he deeply impressed with the necessity ' of not resting content mith an order, but that you see instantly by
- yourselves or by your agents to the commencement of the work, and
' to its superintendence, day by day, until it he finished. ' It is your duty, in short, to state fully, and urge strongly for ' adoption by the authorities, everything that you believe will ' tend to the preservation of health and life. ' The camp must also come under your immediate and anxious ' attention. ' You must consider, and apply, with the least possible delay, ' the best antidotes or preventives to the deadly exhalations that ' will be emitted from the saturated soil whenever the warmth of ' spring shall begin to act on the surface. ' You must consider how all decaying substances, present and ' future, may be removed speedily, or otherwise disposed of with ' safety. Also in what way the feculent matter of the camp may be rendered innoxious. ' "ou will pay special attention to the harbour of Balaklava,
- and state your opinion as to the best mode of cleansing it, and
' of keeping it clean from the accumulations of filth floating ' on the surface. It will be desirable to ascertain, not only for ' the convenience of the transport of the sick, &c., but also for ' the removal of all kinds of nuisances to the outside of the har- ' bour, whether jetties might not be easily constructed. ' As stated in your instructions relating to the hospitals, so ' here you m'UI, idth the utmost possible despatch, lay your plans
- before the proper authorities, in order that they may be carried
' into execution. — I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obe-
- dient humble servant, (Signed) Panmure.
' Dr ScTUERL.yD. ' Dr H. G.WIN. ' Mr Rawlinson.' These instructions, given by the War Department on the 19th February 1855, were so well devised, and produced such signal
