APPEAL ON BEHALF OF SICK OF WOUNDED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3996, 31 July 1915, Page 3

APPEAL ON BEHALF OF SICK OF WOUNDED.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —It is now nearly six months since an appeal was made _ througn 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 our warehouse 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, whileother armies have converged from the Dominions overseas; our Fleets are hgin-iug not only in the Northern Sons bat in the Mediterranean as welt; out troops are waging war on African and Asiatic sands as well as in the trenches of France and Flanders. Ihc casualties arc very heavy and not only do our own sick and wounded need a practically unlimited supply ot everything for their comfort, but we should have failed in our traditions d we had not sent some succour to <">r 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.

Our 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, to'.iefc requisites, stationery, etc., with wiii h we hasten to the bedside of the sick. These are the days in which no one of us can ever give enough. All/contributions will be very thankfully received and acknowledged by tiie Chairman, St. John Ambulance Warehouse, d(j St. John’s Square, Cierkenwell, E.C. Yours faithfully, , ADELINE M. BEDFORD 1 .