Col. H. A. Bruce to W. O.
December 9, 1916.
Cecil Chambers, 86 Strand, London, W. C.
Dear Sir William,
In view of the fact that the British Medical Journal, in the issue of November 25th of this year, in an article headed "Canadian Army Medical Services", published a telegram sent by you to the Canadian newspapers in reference to your resignation as Consultant to the Canadian Hospitals in England, in which article references made to my confidential Report as Inspector-General, in which the author of the article has seen fit to suggest what the tenor of the Report of the Board of Inquiry, now sitting to consider my report, will be, I think it only right that all the telegrams and letters which passed between us in reference to my Report and the Board of Inquiry should be published in full in the same journal.
Before doing this I write to know whether you have any objections to this being done, and if you have, would you mind giving me your reasons for your objections.
I might add that I could hardly realize that you can raise any objections to the publication of these letters and telegrams under the circumstances of the case.
Yours faithfully,
H. A. Bruce.