Excerpt from Politics and the Canadian Army Medical Corps: A History of Intrigue

The medical service of any army is so vitally connected with the efficiency of that army, its responsibilities are so intimately related to the wel fare of the common soldiers, that its methods and organization are second in importance only to the conduct of officers and troops in the field of battle. Lf its administration has been marked by blunders, whether well-meaning or perverse, it is necessary and just that after the smoke of battle has cleared away, and the public morale can no longer be detrimentally affected, the facts should be made known. It was inevitable, in view of all the circumstances, that the Canadian Army Medical Service should come under review so soon as demobilization, especially of higher officers with a close knowledge of our organization overseas, was well under way. It is all the more important, therefore, that Colonel Herbert A. Bruce, M.D., the protagonist of the controversy with regard to the Canadian Army Medical Service, should lay all the facts before the public, and tell his own story, supported by documentary evidence, in a manner so clear that no politician can obscure the facts.

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