. The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) : by Frederick J. Wood. Seager did eight weeks duty in this hospital,and then returned to Bloemfontein. A week later he wasordered to join a section of the 20th Brigade FieldHospital with Colonel Bethunes column at Wander-fontein. The first fighting he saw occurred at Witkop,but was not of a very serious character. The columnthen went into Zululand, entraining at Harrismith forStanger. The country through which they now hadto pass was very hilly, and large numbers of muleswere lost daily through over-w
. The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) : by Frederick J. Wood. Seager did eight weeks duty in this hospital,and then returned to Bloemfontein. A week later he wasordered to join a section of the 20th Brigade FieldHospital with Colonel Bethunes column at Wander-fontein. The first fighting he saw occurred at Witkop,but was not of a very serious character. The columnthen went into Zululand, entraining at Harrismith forStanger. The country through which they now hadto pass was very hilly, and large numbers of muleswere lost daily through over-work. The column haltedfor three days at Eschowe. While they were there abattle was in progress at Itala, and the column wasordered to assist, but the mules were found to be unfit toproceed. The column remained in the vicinity for a fewdays and then returned to Stanger, where they stayedtwo months, owing to the fact that nearly all the columnwere attacked with a fever common in those parts. Thewhole column then proceeded by train to Kroonstad, andPrivate Seager was sent to Lindley, where he remained. Maidstone Companies, (Vols.) 89 one month, when the Bearer Section was broken upand he went with his half-section to Doornkloof. Hewas at Doornkloof when peace was proclaimed, andsaw the rockets go up from the blockhouses for milesaround. He was retained for duty some three monthsafter this, however, when he was sent to Pretoria, andreturned home via East London. Such, in a very brief and summarised form, is therecord of the work of the members of the MaidstoneCompanies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers), whoserved in South Africa during the Boer War, and whodid their share towards proving to the world for all timethat the British Volunteers in all branches of the serviceare a force to be reckoned with in times of nationalemergency. The work they were called upon to performwas often of a most monotonous and depressing nature,especially in the case of men employed at sma
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