"It did not really add up to much," Mrs Bladel said.
While expressing its "heartfelt sympathy", the Salvation Army denied any knowledge of allegations made about treatment of young unmarried mothers at Elim, its 13-bed maternity hospital in Hobart.
Its submission fell well short of what was expected by the women who have appeared before the inquiry in Hobart this week.
Most of the critisim was directed at the Salvation Army's apparent lack of preparation and the decision to select Major Peter Callander, who has been in Tasmania for only 10 months, to represent the organisation.
Claremont woman Chris Burke, who told the inquiry she had been pressured into relinquishing her daughter at Elim in 1968, said: "He has been here 10 months, he came unprepared, he knew nothing."
"I think it is disgusting."
Mary Harris, the president of Origins - a support group for people separated by adoption - said the Salvation Army had known for months about the inquiry.
"It is not good enough," she said.
Mrs Bladel said Major Callander had "absolutely no knowledge of how the operation worked in those days".
"Elim has been established since last century - there must be some information available," she said.
"Surely somewhere there are archives."
Major Callander confided with two advisers before answering several questions from the committee.
The Salvation Army contingent also queried the action of committee member Rene Hidding, the Liberal Party deputy leader, of handing a copy of its submission to the media after it had already been placed on the public record.
Major Callander said the Salvation Army would be concerned if there were gaps between the procedures required by the then community welfare department and what actually occured.
But he added: "With the significant passing of time... since the cased that we have heard about, it is not possible for us to respond in any authoritive way, or with any factual information."
He said because Elim was not an adoption agency, it would be inappropriate to comment on matters such as:
"To the extent that our organisation may have contributed to this pain, we express our sincere regret," he said.
An offer was made to counsel women who have appeared before the committee.
Toosey Bannerman, a child welfare officer from 1967 to 1978, said she had never pressured a mother to give up a child.
"It would be a matter of exploring with that young person how they could keep their child," Ms Bannerman said. She described Elim in the late 1960's as a "very harsh" environment".
I think it was quite judgmental," she said.
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Major Callander offered sympathy towards the women, particularly those who had experienced pain and hardship after their contacy with Salvation Army Services.