Excerpt from What the Irish Regiments Have Done: With a Diary of a Visit to the Front by John E. Redmond
I have been asked to publish in some detail a narrative of my experience and my impressions during my recent visit to the front. This is an extremely difficult thing to do with any completeness, and especially in view of the fact that I must be careful not to say anything which the censor might consider it injurious to publish.
I spent a week in the British, French, and Belgian lines. I inspected, in considerable detail, one of the British great military bases, and saw the elaborate arrangements for transport of troops, munitions, and provisions. I marvelled at the enormous hangars which had been built, and at the stupendous supply of all sorts of munitions which they contained, and at the arrangements made for their daily arrival at the port and their daily convoy to the various railheads, from whence they are taken on by motor lorry to the troops.
I visited the great base hospitals, with accommodation for thousands of wounded soldiers, and with the beautiful and almost luxurious convalescent hospitals attached.
When I proceeded from the base to Headquarters, I had unique opportunities of investigating the extraordinary work of the Administrative Staff.
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