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APPENDIX A.
PERSONAL RECORDS.
In the course of her visits to the camps, Miss Emily Hobhouse found herself surrounded with
thousands of strange persons, knowing nothing of them, and but little of their language. It was evident
that she would be obliged to obtain a clear record, not only of their names, but of their family history,
and especially of the circumstances under which they had arrived in the camps. The necessity for such
inquiries will be obvious to anyone who has had the smallest experience of administering relief,
whether in London or elsewhere. Miss Hobhouse had fortunately enjoyed a good deal of such
experience. This was useful to her in drawing up a set of questions in order to establish a basis of
knowledge.
But it must be remembered that Miss Hobhouse was dealing with a very novel and extraordinary
set of circumstances. These people were not paupers, except by accident and outward compulsion.
Many of them were ladies of refinement and wealth, and others were the wives of poor men. But the
community of circumstance in one sense simplified Miss Hobhouse’s work. She could put to them all
one common set of questions, confined to the present crisis of their lives. There was no need to go
beyond the present emergency. The following questions, therefore, were drawn up with a strict view
to present and future relief :
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10.
Name of person ?
Name of farm and district ?
How many children ?
Where is husband ?
How long in camp ?
Why brought here (voluntary or otherwise) ?
If any means ?
Was farm burnt ?
If not, was furniture destroyed ?
If allowed to leave camp, have you any friends in the Colony to go to, or means of
support elsewhere ?
GENERAL REMARKS.
a.
b.
What illnesses ?
Clothing, etc.
To these questions she obtained an immense number of replies, which were carefully put in
writing on the spot. In most cases, the replies were taken down by herself or a close friend, on whose
judgment and care she could absolutely rely.
These replies are now in Miss Hobhouse’s possession, and after due consideration it has been
thought best to make a selection for publication. The Committee has sufficient confidence in the purity
and justice of British administration to put aside the fear that by any possibility the publication of
these facts could injure anyone in the camps ; and they are quite convinced that in any case complete
publicity is desirable. Even if the present circumstances of these women should be rendered
necessary by higher considerations of policy, there still remains the possibility, and indeed the duty,
of tempering the harshness of fate by the quality of mercy. But mercy cannot act blindfold.
It seems best to publish the statements without comment. They are the stories as told in the camps
by the women themselves, and must be judged by every reader according to the face value of
evidence.
The numbers of the replies must he compared with the questions given above, to which they form
the answers.
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5.
6.
— Mrs. C. A.
—Modderfontein, Bloemfontein.
—Four children.
—Husband Greenpoint.
—Brought in Nov. 6.
—Railway was blown up near the farm, and, not having known the Boers were about, the
A’s had not reported their whereabouts.
7.
—Has very little money.
8.
—Not burnt when left.
9.
—Furniture destroyed. One girl had measles and one low fever. Only the clothes on their
bodies.
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— MRS. DE B.
—Middelrand. Vryburg.
—One baby.
—Husband on commando.
—Arrested March 3. Arrived March 9. Brought in open waggons, and it rained hard.
Lord Methuen swept her up. House windows and doors and floors torn up and smashed, not
burnt. Stock taken. Clothes all burnt. Money stolen. Soldiers gave Kaffirs her sewing machine.
Possesses one ticky (viz., threepenny bit).
Three families are in Mrs. de B’s tent, in all 12 persons Heat insufferable. I nearly fainted.
1.
— MRS. VAN DEN B.
2.
—Klipfontein. Jacobsdal.
Father lived on farm. She lived in town of Jacobsdal. Old father been sick 15 years, and
never commandeered or fought. English
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