RED CROSS SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1917, Page 5

RED CROSS SOCIETY.

A MARVELLOUS RECORD. ; Received Feb. 19, 5.5 p.m. ; London, Fob. 18. The income of the British Red Cross i for the second year of the war was , £3,004,232. The fowl since the out- . break of the war was over six millions. The management expenses last vear ; were below sevcitpence in the pound. The expenditure comprised:—Hospitals ! £162,703; Red Cross units £270,798; grants to auxiliary bodies £102,420. . The surplus carried forward was £l,-1 L 470,041. The Society possesses 2522 am- . bulanccs, oars, wagons and ti-avelling 60up kitchens, 1829 being in France, SIR EVELYN WOOD'S MESSAGE. [ CONFIDENCE IN HAIG. London, Feb. 18. In response to a request, Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood (who is now 79 years of age) sent the newspaper Observer a message for the men at- the front. Sir ' Evelyn says:— "I look forward with confidence to the issue, because I look back so far historically and personally. In former wars our soldiers often won battles under bravo but incapable leaders. I have served with leaders who were personally very brave, but who would not risk the loss of a company. Lord French and Sir Douglas Haig have bdtli shown the qualities of heart and head iudispens- . able to success. ,'Sir Douglas Haig tells us of the decp- _ rooted confidence of the troops, which r 1 am sure is well-founded, for all my j letters attest the soundness of his con(ident belief and that the troops reciprocate his trust. "Twenty-five years ago Lord French and I agreed that Sir Douglas Haig was our best instructed junior officer. I believe he, having carefully estimated the value of ai*. objective, will not shrink from asking from the troops any necessary sacrifice."