“All Canadians can well be proud of the particularly fine work of 
Sergeant James V. 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 fallen comrade to 
another stopping the flow of blood, applying bandages and dressings, 
digging little shelters or carrying the wounded to a shell hole until 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-gained 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 undaunted, 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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