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with the murderous Prussian autocrats, who have both before the war and during the war have lied and spied and plotted in America, and incited their neighbour (Mexico) against them.
The menue to day, although it is Good Friday is the same as usual, porridge & bacon for breakfast, Roast beef & rice for dinner and bully beef (ground up in the sausage machine) for tea & bread & butter. We had tea three times today We usually have soup instead of tea for dinner.
I was on light duties again today. This time in the cook house. I scrubbed some tables and opened close upon 100 tins of bully beef for tea, also had a turn at the sausage machine. I was again on duty after dinner grinding biscuits for porrage.
There is an inspection of all Wards to day by eight doctors, some of them being English doctors, one a Lieut. Colonel was so deaf that he carried an instrument & put it to his ear when he wanted to hear anything. In addition to the 5 wards in this hospital there are also 7 large tents for patients making 12 wards in all. All the wards are separate buildings or tents