6—Plans have been recently launched to increase the hospital accommodation along both the Shanghai-Nanking and the Shanghai-Hangchow Railways to 2000 and to establish a large hospital in Nanking with accommodation for 5000 wounded.
The number of wounded in Shanghai has been temporarily fixed at 5,000 also, With regard to Red Cross work in North China, there are at present three operating units working along the Ping-Han and Tientsin-Pukow Railways. Plans are afoot to organize three additional units to serve along the Lunghai Railway.
Captain Maund then expressed gratitude for the warmth of the farewell which was being given to him ana his ship and thanks for the hospitality they had received in Shanghai and from the Zero Club, It would be too much to say that he was sorry io leave Shanghai and get the taste of salt water again, but he could have wished to have been able to stay until the situation here was more assured than it was. Nevertheless he felt that St. Catherine's in a gale was preferable to SHanghai in the present circumstances.
Captain Mowat concluded by expressing the hope that the present hostilities were the beginning of an era in which nations would again realise the importance of keeping to their word, written and spoken. In this he might be an optimist His definition of an optimist, he- concluded, was a man who could write to Keith Prowse now end book two stalls in the OTT for December 13, - 5
It is gratifying to note that great improvement in first-aid work has been effected by the Military Hospital Administration. However, it is still very much hoped that'Red Cross work including transportation of supplies and wounded soldiers will be vigorously continued. Special mention may be made of the need for establishing collecting stations near wharves and railway stations Bo that wounded- soldiers brought from the front may be immediately attended to.
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