Now I come to the true purpose of my broadcast tonight. Who was responsible for and to whom must the credit be given for the results that I have endeavoured to describe? I have no hesitation in allotting at least 50 per cent. of the praise to the Red Cross Society of Great Britain and their allies, the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. They provided from voluntary subscriptions the funds and much of the material for all but the purely service medical units which dealt with casualties from Army, Navy and Air Force. They provided comforts for the sick and wounded abroad and at home in all hospitals whether service or otherwise. They provided ambulances, X-Ray units, mobile laboratories, convalescent homes, hospitals for special subjects and above all they supplied that invaluable body of women to whom I have already referred—the An Army Hospital, as I know well, is equipped with necessities but only bare necessities, but the Red Cross Commissioner transforms it into a place of comfort and peace—he provides bed covers, bed rests, bed table: bed cradles, pyjamas, bed jackets, games, books, gramophones, invalid kitchens where tasty and appetizing dishes are prepared for those too sick for ordinary army cooking—he provides concerts and entertainments for the convalescent—he provides special instruments and splints for the surgeon, aha dressing wagons and dishes for the ward sisters—I know from long experience that he is a Santa Claus who never refuses a request until he has exhausted every effort to satisfy
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