ST. JOHN AMBULANCE APPEAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 8

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE APPEAL

(To the Editor.) Sir,—-It is now nearly six months since an appeal was .made through your columns oii'behalf of the St. John Ambulance Association for clothing and comforts for tho sick and wounded, and the response was so prompt and generous that our warehouso was immediately replenished with all sorts of garments, household-linen,'and comforts. ' Since the. autumn a vast new army has come into being in England, while other' armies lave converged from the Dominions overseas; our fleets are fighting riot only in the ■ northern seas but ill tho Mediterranean .as well; our troops are waging war on African and Asiatic sands as well as in the trenches of France and Flanders. < The casualties are very heavy, and not only do our own sick and wounded need a. practically unlimited supply of everything for their comfort, but we should havo failed in our traditions if we had not sent some succour to our Allies in France,-Bel-gium, and Eastern Europe. We are thus faced with increasing demands, while the supply upon which we Intro to depend shows a marked falling off, so that our shelves are emptying faster than wo can keep them filled.' t • Our sick and wounded deserve all that we can give them; if tli'ey have sacrificed licalth and limbs, sight and senses,' let us at least see that thoy have comfortable bedding in which to rest their suffering bodies, healing dressings with which to recover them of their wounds, clean and cool clothing for hospital and convalescence, and some of those obvious comforts, air cushions, invalid foods, long-chairs, toilet requisites, stationery, etc., with which we hasten to the bedside of tho sick. Those arc the days in which 110 one of us can ever give enough. All contributions will be very thankfully received and acknowledged bv the chairman, St. John Ainbulanco Warehouse. 56 St. John's. Square, Clerkenwcll, E.C.—I am, etc., AUTHOR M. BEDFORD. ■ The Grand Priory of the Order of tho Hosnital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. 56 St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, London, E.G.