Report of the Committee of the Portland Hospital.

  • Committee of the Portland Hospital.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Report of the Committee of the Portland Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FORMS OF CONTRACT—Continued. To the Committee of the Portland Hospital (Red Cross). I, A. B. C., of A. B., hereby offer to serve as a First Grade Orderly to Her Majesty’s Forces in South Africa, and make myself generally useful, on the following- conditions :— r. The period of my service hereunder shall commence as from the day on which I shall embark from England, and shall continue until the expiration of six calendar months thereafter, or until my services are no longer required, which ever shall first happen. 2. My pay shall (subject as hereinafter appears) be at the rate of 30s. per week. 3. In addition to such pay, I shall receive a free passage from England to South Africa, and (subject as hereinafter appears) a similar free passage from South Africa to England at the end of the said period ; and I shall be put to no expense for maintenance, rations, or transport during such period. 4. During the said period I will devote my whole time and pro- fessional skill to my service hereunder, and will obey all orders given to me by Commissioned Military or Naval Officers, or by the Permanent Medical Officers of either of those services, or others who may be appointed as my superior officer or master. 5. In case I shall in any manner misconduct myself, or shall be (otherwise than through illness or unavoidable accident) unfit in any respect for service hereunder, of which misconduct or unfitness the Military Authorities, or those in charge of the Portland Hospital, shall be sole judges, you shall be at liberty from and immediately after such misconduct or unfitness to discharge me from further service hereunder, and thereupon all pay and allowances hereunder shall cease, and I shall not be entitled to any free passage home. 6. In the event of my death or injury by accident or otherwise, neither I nor my relatives or others shall have any claim whatsoever against the Committee or otherwise in respect to my decease 01- injury. Dated this 5th day of December 1899. A. B. C. (here sign). Witness to the signature of the said D. E. (Witness). On behalf of the Committee of the Portland Hospital I accept the foregoing offer. (Signed) PORTLAND.
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