The late Dr. H. J: Andrews, pon whom the King awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry in India while attending to the wounded, was an officer in the Salvation Army for over 30 years.
Commissioner Blowers, who in charge of the Salvation Army' work in India at the time of the doctor's death, writes: From the day of his arrival in India he was armed with a medicine chest, and prescribed for many a member of the Army's Bombay Staff in those days of 30 years ago. The Salvation Army owes to him the commencement of its medical work in India. He was the pioneer of this branch of the Army's work in Nagercoil—commencing with a good penknife and razor for surgical instruments. His first building for medical purposes was a bathroom, converted into a medical room. From that beginning he brought into existence a creditable hospital. From Nagercoil he went Anand, in Guzerat, and commenced medical work there.
At this point of his career he and his leaders thought he ought to qualify, and he came out with Honours. ' He again returned to India to bring into existence yet another medical centre, that at Moradabad, one of_ the finest hospitals that exist~ in India to-day. The military—authorities took in many ways Dr. Andrews's hospital as a model, especially with the administration and handling of Indian troops.
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