RED CROSS DEPOT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 3

RED CROSS DEPOT.

The .St. John Ambulance Brigad< Jled Cross Depot is in receipt or ai lntei'estmg letter from the-Jtfospita. in France. It is. as follows ;— "I have now pleasure in acknowledg ing thirty bales containing dressings baudag.es, etc.. 1 need scarcely t&i you ho\y grateful i am to you for you-i assistance. It is most generous of youj ladies' committee, and 1 have no word: to express my obligation. The St John Ambulance .Brigade Hospital ii doing very, fine work. Our organisa tion and" staff enable us to deal witl th,e very worst .types of cases, and t'lli being well known to the authorities w-e get the very worst of both medioa and surgical oases. lam not allowet to give you figures as to the numbei of cases that have passed through oui hands, but I can roughly say W m have dealt with a good;many thousands lerhaps it wouldi interest you to know how the hospital is staffed. There i one_ Officer Commanding, 'with sixteen medical officers, one ctental surgeon one quartermaster and one secretary! At present we. have 56 trained nurses and 25 St. John y'.A.D.* nurses; also a provisional company R.A M C strength 142, and all St. J6hn Ambulance Brigade men enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps for the duration of the war. Of course you know that the hospital contains 520 beds, 20 foi officers and the remainder for other raiks. I. am enclosing a slip showing what articles we use and require most and if it should come our turn ao-ain and you can help us in this direction 1 need hardly say how grateful I shall }*{ ?, ou- Dressings and bandages a w- are most uSeiul to us. Will you accept my very best thank? and convey such to the ladies of your town, and allow me to remain.—^Sincerely yours, . (Signed), CHARLES J. TRIMBLE, on c+ t i,' t Lt"Uol. R.A.M.C. U.U fc»t. John. Ambulance Brigade Hospital.