Our Campaign Comforts Fund.
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More Support for the Prisoners of War Sections. Additional Extracts from Recent Letters of Thanks.
The Official Fund for the Mechanical Transport Columns and Units of the Army Service Corps.
Patroness; H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught.
Ladies Committee: Mrs. S. S. Long, Mrs. Shrapnell-Smith, Mrs. R. K. Bagnall-Wild, Mrs. H. E, Blain, Mrs. W. E. Donohue, Mrs. H. N. Foster.
Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, 7-15, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.
THE MONEY FOR OUR MOTOR MEN AND HOW IT COMES
PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS TO DATE FOR 1915-1916. £10 Monthly: Associated Equipment ; Car and General; Commercars; Crossley; Crown and Shell Spirits; Daimler ; Dennis; Dunlop; Foden; Four Wheel Auto Drive; Gaston; Williams and Wigmore; Hallford; Hoyt Metal ; Thos. B. Jeffery; Leyland; Locomobile; Packard; Pierce-Arrow; Pratt's and Taxibus Spirits; Thornycroft ; Wolseley. .£5 Monthly: Alley and MacLellan; Ferodo; Halley; Lucas; Macintosh; Maudslay; Hans Renold; St. Helens Cable and Rubber ; Scottish Commercial Cars; Shrewsbury-Challiner; Spencer Moulton; Wood-Milne; Wolf (Solex). Lump Sums: Peerless Co., £120; President, Peerless Co., £120; Treasurer, Peerless Co., £100; Staff, Peerless Co., £85; Albion, £75; Belsize, £50; Heath Harrison, Esq., £50; Karrir, £50; J. Keele, Ltd., £50; Napier, £50. A.S.C. Central (Corps) Fund.—£1000 (five grants) ; and Wolf (Solex), Napier car.
The accompanying list of cash donations for the first week of the present month shows that, for our Campaign Comforts Funds, May has opened auspiciously.
It will no doubt interest many of the regular supporters .ofr this Fund to know that we have decided to increase our regular monthly contribution to the Prisoners of War Fund, for the -men of the A.S.C., M.T., who have had the misfortune to fall into the hands of their country's enemies. The weekly
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despatch of a parcel of necessaries and small luxuries to each of these men, under the direct -supervision of a staff officer of the A.S.C., is perhaps one of the best directions in which weiare able to apply a portion of our funds. We do this in augmentation of the money provided by the A.S.C. (Corps) Fund. We have similarly had pleasure in notifying the Hon. Arthur Stanley, M.P.; c.y.o., Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, that the Fund will contribute the surn of £10 monthly, until further notice, for the purpose of alleviating the sufferings of British motor drivers who are interned at Ruhleben.
Notes of Appreciation: n1 beg to thank you most sincerely for the extremely useful case of comforts specially applicable to our circumstances here. . . Operations have practically ceased, and we expect to return to England shortly."- 0.C., Co. EMI, Cameroens Ex. Force.
"The gifts have been distributed, and it is probably unnecessary to tell you how they have been appreciated by all ranks, as you must certainly receive each day letters in Which this appreciation of your efforts is fully expressed."—O.C. NM Div. Sup. Col.
" Consequent upon the distribution of the contents of the last case I have received from you, I am able, on behalf of my unit and myself, to convey to you our heartiest appreciation of your kindness. Perhaps you Will be pleased to know that the exceptionally severe winter we have passed through was made to many of us much more bearable on account of the comforts which you sent out. Assuring you that the knowledge that, though so far from our homes in Australia, we are by no means forgotten, will always help us to do our work with greater confidence."— 0.0. Effl Australian. Div. Sup. Col.