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Back to the Fantome – then I saw the Destroyers come in – I was asked to dine on the Elax – I did this & then we took some grub ashore for a sick man – The want of food is very bad – The sick in the Garrison Hosp to-day had Rice & Tea – There was nothing else to give them – no sugar. The Garrison is on ¼ rations –The whole of German N.G & islands want fresh meat – Potatoes – Onions – Officers – men sick – convalescent want meat potatoes onions – There is no fresh meat in Rabaul – Herbertshohe no onions & no potatoes & yet Australia is but 3 days off – The feeding of the garrison has been very very bad & is worse to-day – The sick cant recover or the convalescent get better unless fed – I've fed my sick & given them whisky & milk & they have recovered – The w & milk gave them an appetite. If I could I'd placard Sydney - Rabaul wants "Fresh meat – Potatoes – Onions" – Herbertshohe w same & Wilhelmshafen wants same. The well want same. The sick & so on –
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