By the kindness of the Agents for the P. & O. Ca. ten cases left on Sunday on the str. Nellore. They! are all for QM.N.G. This makes eighteen sent to that destination in nine days, The ten cases contain 1,968 garments and hospital requirements and 1,862 bandages. Of the garments, 428 are from Chefoo and 376 from the centres of Changsha, Chinkiang, Hangchow, Tchang, Kiukiang, Mukden, New. chwang, Nanking, Ningpo, Tongshan, and Well el, while 1,164 are from Shanghai. Of the bandages 285 came per Mrs. Grove from Nanking and 902 from the Belgian ladies in Tongshan; the remainder, 1,275, have been rolled by the many workers in Shanghai since January 12. Besides the two bandage parties mentioned last week, Mrs. Neild, who kept the department alive all through the heat of the summer, has @ party, and Mesdames Ayscough, Harpur, Ryde, Stodart, and Albert Taylor roll them in their own homes, using material supplied by the department.
Our members will have seen that: the London correspondent of the "North-China Daily News" writes that the army has millions of socks in store and that they are not needed by men at the front. This information may affect the work done for the Volunteers, but to what extent cannot be stated before consultation with the ladies in charge of that department; it need not however deter workers for Q.M.N.G. from going on as before QMN.G. is an organization re. cognized by the Government and part of their work is to supply hospitals. Mrs. McNeill has told us how, at the private hospital where she worked, all convalescenta are supplied with clothing for use during their stay there and in the interesting book, the "Diary of a French Army Chaplain," the Abbé Klein states that, at the American hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine where he was Chaplain, "our friends leave us clothed in immaculate linen and comfortable woollen garments, privately provided. Flannel jersey, belt and shirt; woollen cap, socks, drawers both warm and light—this make them remember the hospital, and all the better that they take with them a second set in small tightly packed parcel." These presents are of course provided by the Americans who equip and run. the hospital and though all cannot provide outfits on the same generous scale what is needed in one is needed in another, #0 let no out fear lest their socks should be wast-
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