THE CHURCH ARMY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1919, Page 2

THE CHURCH ARMY.

HOW PRISONERS OF WAR WERE HELPED. Evidence is continually being received of .the invaluable nature of the assistance which the public have given towards prisoners of war, by enabling parcels of lood and clothing to be dispatched regularly to the prisoners' camps. The High Commissioner, Sir Thomas McKenzie, recently made a report in connection with the nine prisoners from New Zealand who have been helped through the Church Army's "Prisoners of War Fund." The letter, which will enable contributors to see that their donations have been well spent, was dated from the High Commissioner's Office on loth November, and states: "Food parcels were regularly sent up till the date of the armistice being signed. Since that date a full supply of niuuWresM'd parcel-. 1 eon dispatched to Rotterdam for di-tramtion, and this supply is -being continued. lam glad to assure you that in the majority of cases our parcels have continued to reaoli their destination, and acknowledgements have come to hand in due course. With regard to prisoners of war not yet located, they have, I hope, been able to draw from the General Depot at Rotterdam, which w now widely known among those who have been captured, but have not yet reached a permanent internment camp—l am, etc., THOMAS MACKENZIE.