CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1430, 29 July 1915, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor)

Sir,—lt is now neatly six mouths since an appeal was made through your columns on behalf of the St. John Ambulance Association for clothing and comforts for the sick and wounded, and the response was so prompt and generous that onr warehouse was immediately replenished with all sorts of garments, household linen and comloits. Since the autumn a vast new army has come into being in England, while other armies have converged from the Dominions overseas ; onr fleets are fighting not only in the Northern seas, hut in the Mediterranean as well ; our troops are waging war on African and Asiatic •-'lids 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 have failed in our traditions if we had not sent some succour to our Allies in France, Belgium and Eastern Europe. We are thus faced with increasing demands, while the supply upon which we have to depend shows a marked falling off, so that our shelves are emptying faster than we can keep them filled. Out sick and wounded deserve all that we can give them ; if they have sacrificed health and limbs, sight and senses, let us at least see that they 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 the sick, These are the days in which no one ot us can ever give enough. All contributions will be very thankfully received and acknowledged by the Chairman, St. John Ambulance Warehouse, 56 St. John’s Square, Clerkenwell, E.C. —Yours faithfully, A IJIiIJNK M. Bedford. Loudon, E.C., June 19th, 1915.