“All Canadians can well be proud of the particularly fine Work of Sergeant James V7. Black and Rose, two First Aid men in No. 1 Company. Black had served in the Medical Corps of the Royal Canadian Army and he was a professionally trained nurse. Bose had no First Aid train-

ing before coming to Spain but volunteered for the First Aid School of

the International Brigades.

When the first Wave of men went over the top, I could see Rose- through my field-glasses as he was dashing from one fallencomrade to another stopping the flow of blood, applying bandages _and dressings, digging little shelters or carrying the wounded to a shell holeuntil they could be evacuated. Further away Black was doing the same.

When the advance came to a halt and the Battalion began digging-

in under fire to hold their newly—gaine-d territory, it Was impossible to bring back the Wounded before dark. It was almost suicidal to go from one place to another but this never kept back Black and Bose from ad- ministering to the Wounded. Just as the Battalion never wavered in its first attack, the First Aid men Went around just as undaunt-ed, running the gauntlet of Fascist snipers, bringing Water, cigarettes, cognac to the men.

The Battalion was proud of Black and Rose. And they were proud of their Battalion.”

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