First Aid Journal July 1924-June 1926

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EDITORIAL :-

Anniversary of the Relief of Malta, The, 49 Cadets of the S.J.A.B , The, 121 English Tower of Budrum, The, 19 3 First Aid and Wireless, 145 Hospital at Jerusalem, The, 2 73 Hospitals of the Order, The, 97 Medical Comforts Dep o ts, 25 Need of " More First Aiders," The, 73 Order of St John, The, S.J.A B. Report, The, 25 St. J uhn Ambulance Brigade, 245 St. John's Gate, 169 Toll of the Streets, The, 221

Entertainment of Wounded Soldiers on Armistice Day, 116 F

First Aid in Canada, J 39 I, " in Mines , 202 " " Work on Canadian National Railways, 6 For or Agamst Cartoons, 6 3

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Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, The, 26, 146 Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480, The, 222, 2 48 , 275 Great Western Railway, 75,100,124,147, I7I, ] 9 5, 2 24,2 6 1 Guildford s New Motor Ambulance, 2 14

G.W.R. Gold Medallists' Outing, 7

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Hanmer First Aid Outfit, The, 172 Head Office Notes, 22 4, 276

History of Competitions and their Tests, 154

Hospital Notes, 26, 74, T22, 146, 170 ,24 6

Hospital of Jerusalem Notes, The, 6, 274

Humours of First Aid Work,

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I nstructions for the Guidance of those Concerned with the formation of St. John V.A.D.'s, 38

Inter - Railway C.o.mpetition, Reports of Judges, 285 " " FlDal CompetitIOn, 262

I pswich Centre, 171

INDEX.

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King's I nvestiture and Garden Party, The, 2

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR :League of Mercy, The, 82 Brigade Competitions, 15 Members Going O v erseas, 42 For Cartoons, 42 For or Against Cartoons, 15, 42 Oldest Ambulance Worker ? The, 157,204,233, 2 9 4,185

Our Cartoon 18 7, 204 Public Schools Cadet Association Camp, 42 St. John's Gate, 20 4 in .Competitions, A, 23 3 , 294 TImely First Aid, 42 Vagaries of Competition, 204 Lighthouse of the Mine, The, IS L.M.&S. Railway, 125 London and North-Eastern Railway, 17 2 London Post Office Centre, 99 M

Major-General Sir Richard Ha v elock Charles, 33 Medical Comforts Dep o ts in 14,37 ,8 8 Medi a: val Ceremony, A , 4 M ore Humours of Ambulance vVork, 140 My Dream: A Circulation Fantasy, 29 5

New Ambulance Room, A, 83 " Combination Splint , A, 29 3 News from Chapter-General, 2 " from the Chancery 26

Order 19 4 Order in 1770, The, 98,

" Test Case , A, 44

Compl ic at ion of In j ur ies, 21 3 of A xillary Artery, 142

Cntlclsm of Mark ing Sheet, 66

Dangers of Y ew Tree, 21 3 Markin g Sheets, 44

DIslocated Shoulder and Fractured Arm 67

Dressing for Foot, 11 8

Duties of Ambulance M en, 142

Effects of Apoplexy, 9 2

Epsom Salts and C?plUm P o ison in g, 296

Eucalyptus as Anhsept ic, 188

Ex a mlDation Howler, 4 3, 91 , 1 18 , 164 188 , 212,242,266, - 2 9 5

First Aid in Canad a , 44

Foreign Bodies in Wounds, 9 1

Fractured Cla v,ide with Amputated Arm, 92

Fractures of Ribs and Femur 67

Fracture of T ibia and Patella: 142

Graduated Dressing, A, 266

H a: morrhage wi th Asphyxia , 43 for Liftin g Pat ient 66

History of the Br igade , 166

I nd icat ion for Sil v ester s M ethod , 290

Laborde s A rtificial Resp iration , 267

Liability of M edi c al Fee, 166

Limitation of Fi rst Ai d, 11

Loading Stretcher, .1 40, 166

M embership of Brigade 44

More Vagaries of Compet tion , 190

Mustard Leaf for Hysteria, 2 12

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" "Motor Fumes, 62

Aid under Difficulties, 2 14 " with Efficiency, 133, 2 I 5 " "

N egl e c t of Princi pIes of First Aid 67

Nutrient Enemata, 296

Our Essay Compet i tion, N o , 3, 6 1

Pi c ric Acid Dressing, 188

Picric A cid for BUlns, 188

P ic ric Dressing for B urns, 92 , 188

Poisoning by Carbolic Acid, 92

" "Lysol, 26 7

Poisonous Plants, 242

Preparation of Stretcher, 26 7

Sal Volatile for Wounds, 2 12

Scalds Due to Tar, 24 2

SiRns of Cyanide Poisoning, 19

" "Fractured Sp ine, 6 7

Simple Fractures of Femur and Patella, 6 7

Smelling Salts with Insensibility, 2 12

Splints for Fractured Thigh, 9 1

Stuffy Atmosphere in Room, 296

VI. INDEX.

Three-Handed Seat, 296

Training for Competitions, 164

Transport of Fractured Femur, 296

Treatment for Fractured Sp ine, 188

REVIEWS ;-

Ambulan ,c e Competition Tests, 15 6

British Red Cross Society, 90

Elementary Science for Nurses, 238

Health and Personality, T90

Knights of St. John in England, The, 43

Medical Electricity for Nurses, 23 8

of Burns and 164 of Choking, 19, 295 of Concussion, 296

Fractured Ankle, 67, 242

Fractured Jaw, 92

Fractured Pelvi s, 140

" Palmar Bleeding, 212 of Asphyxia, 140, 295 of Burns, 68 "

Fractured Spine, 9 I, II 8, 266

Fractured Wrist, 68

Fractures in Children, 67

Infantile Convulsions, 164 Inflammation, 92 Insensibility, 213

Snake Bites, 68, 242

" Wounds, 212

Up- to-Date (?) Artificial Respiration, 68

Us es of Glucoses, " Olive Oil, 19

Vagaries of Competitions, 166

Value of Textbook, 295

Vertical Fracture of Patella, 296 Wounds of Abdominal Wall, 267

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Railway Ambulance, 7, 27, 2 39

" " Overseas, 125

Repo rt of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Soc iety, 50

Right of Sanctuary and the Order of St. John, The, 4 Royal Nava l Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, 24 0 Berth Reserve (S .].A .B ), 30

" History of the War, 43

Minor Surgery and 43

Nursing Mirror EncycloP Ge dia, Th.e, 156

Questions and Answers III FIrst AId, 90

Technical History of the War, 90

Vinton's Male and Female Models, 190

Whole Tithe, The, 238

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Service l\l edaJs and Bars, 23I

" " " " Awarded, 57

S.J.A.B. Benevolent Fund, ro8

" Public Duty at Wembley, 276

Spec ial Brigade Order, 149 St. J obn Ambulance Brigade Overseas, 14, 32, 6 r, 82, 109, 132, 157, 181, :wo, 232, 254, 283 St. John V.A.D.'s, 39 , 60 8r, IIO, 131, 155, 200, 23[, 283

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Thomas's Splint Drill, 137 Treatment of Burns and Scalds, 215, 289

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V.A.D.'s Notes and News, 60 w

W embley Duty, 282 Wonderful Service to Humanity, A, 63

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Now that FIRST Am has definitely The Order of entered upon its new career as the St. John. J oumal of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, it will naturally be of interest to our readers, if we attempt to define more closely and precisely the objects which the J oumal to fulfil. The beneficent activities of the Order of St. John are now extended over so wide a fi e ld, and exercised through so many differ e nt channels, that th e re may exist a certain danger that its melD bers and those working under its auspices, in th e ir enthusiastic devotion to their own particular department, may sometimes fail to realize the greatness of the whole, of which their own work forms but a part. It is the object of this J oumal to avert such a danger, to co·ordinate the varied activities of the Order, and to assist those working under its direction to realise that their own particular duties form but a part of one great harmonious whole. Let us consider first of all our venerable Order itself, under whose ancient banner we are all so proud to serve. It is a religious and military order of the highest antiquity. Founded originally for the service of the poor and the pilgrims in the Holy Land, it was compelled by force of circumstances to become military, and to fight in defence of the Christian faith. For many centuries its military duties were by far the most important side of its work, bu t now that the wars of religion are ended for ever, the Knights of St. John are free to devote all their zeal and energies to the relief of human Such is the Order, and such is the only object for which it exists.

And now let us consider the various activities of our Order in such detail as the limited space at our disposal will permit. To the world in general the Knights of St·

John are now best known by their devoted work in time of war, in mitigation of the suffering and misery that it brings in its train. In every great campaign the banner of St. John takes the fi e ld as a matter of course, and those modern soldi e rs of th e Order the men and women of its Ambulance Brigad e are to be found ministering to the needs of the sick and wounded with that devoted zeal, which has won for them universal respect and admiration. But fortunately th e circumstances of war are abnormal, and in tbe le ss picturesque, less sensational conditions of peace the b e neficent influence of the Order, acting through its Ambulance Department, is felt in every corner of the land, Und er that Departm e nt are organised first the St. John Ambulance Association, e ngaged in spreading a knowledge of " first aid 11 and so lessening the needless suffering caused by ignorance. The magnitude of its work is revealed by th e fact that since r878, it has been able to issue no lesB than one and a half million ce rtificat e s. Secondly the Department administers the St. John Ambulance Brigade, an organisation dev e loped out of the Association for the purpose of giving practical effect to its teaching. The Brigade at the end of last year consisted of 36,000 of al1 ranks, two-thirds of them men and one-third women, besides the 355 Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in the British Dominions beyond th e seas.

The second of the great departments of the Order' is its Hospital Committee, which, following the ancient traditions of the Knights of St. John, administers their gr eat Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem, the original home of their Order. In the East there are no greater scourges than ophthalmia and the kindred diseases of the eye, and it is in mitigation of the terrible sufferings thus :aused amongst the poor that the Order of St. John has devoted its efforts in Jerusalem. The high reputation in which this Hospital is held is best revealed by the fact that in the hope of being saved from the horrors of blindness men

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travel to it on foot from the furthermost parts of Syria and Persia, and during the past year the number of in-patients was 1,524, out-patients 14,777, consultations 60,947, and operations 4, 16 9.

Besides these two great Com mittees of the Order of St. John, organising and administering its ambulance work in peace and war, and its Hospital at Jerusalem, there are also the Committee of the Almonry which administers its charities, a nd the Committee of the Library, the custodians of the history, customs and traditions of their Order. Such is the organisation of th e Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and the object of this Journal is to co-ordinate the work of its different COlIlmittees and Departments, so that everyone who works for the Order, in however small a way, may realise for what h e is working and be proud to be serving under th e banner of the most venerable Order of chivalry in Europe, whose ancient Rule and Custom lays down "that the Knights who make their profession in it should adorn their Knighthood with a true charity, the moth e r and solid foundation of all virtues."

The King's Investiture and Garden Party.

FOR the first time in 800 recorded years, the reigning Sovereign of these realms has honoured the Order of St. John o f Jerusalem 10 England by holding an Investiture of its m e mbers.

This took place on St. John the Baptist's day (June :l4th) at Buckingham Palace, wh e n His Majesty as Sovereign Head a nd Patron of the Order in this country was attended by Knights and other Members and Associates of the Order from the home country and the dominions overseas.

The ceremony was dignified and impressive, the Grand Prior of the Order, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught with K nights of Justice, clad in their black mantles, bearing the white cross on the shoulder, received the King and Queen, whose arrival was heralded by the playing of the National Anthem. Besides their Majesties, the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, Viscount Lascelles, Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, Princess Helena and Princess Marie Louise were present on the dias.

Prior to the arrival of their Majesties the Grand (headed th e processional crucifix), mcludmg KOlghts of Justice, Knights of Grace, the Prelate and Sub-Prelates and Executive Officers of the Order had filed into the Throne Room, where a large and distinguished company was assembled.

This distinguished recognition of the beneficient work of the Order of St. John was not the only indication of royal favour for on the occasion of the second garden party at Buckingham Palace on the 5th instant a number of members of the Order were invited to attend.

The afternoon was fine and the royal honour and hospitality was much appreciated by those who were to be prese.nt. Both Their Majesties were among their guests for practIcally the whole time and a number of those present were personally presented to their Royal

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hosts. During the afternoon one noticed many faces familiar in the various activItIes in connection with the am buJance movement-men and women of every walk in life bound together under the banner of the white crossbrothers and sisters in the cause of suffering humanity.

These tokens of royal favour have been observed with gratification by all connected with ambulance work. Such recognition can only result in redoubled z eal in the work they have undertaken Pro Utz'titate Ho nz in um.

A photograph was taken of the Chapter-General which includes His Majesty Th e King, Their Royal Highnesses

The Duke of Connaught, The Princ e of Wales, Th e Duke of York and Prince Arthur of Connaught on the terrace of Buckingham Palace after the Investiture on 24th June. Copies size 12 by 10 may be obtained on application to the Secretary, price 7s. 6d. post free.

An enlarged copy of the above can be seen at the Gate if required, size 24 by 18, price £1 ISS ad.

News from Chapter=General.

SINCE the last meeting of Chapter-General the Order and its Departments have been particularly active, and the following events are worthy of record.

On May 24th the Brigade Competitions were h e ld at the Wharncliffe Rooms and proved a gr ea t succ e ss. Her Royal HighDfss the Duchess of Yark pres ented th e prize s.

On June 14th His Royal Highn e ss the Duke of York inspected 2,500 m e mbers of the No. ( Prince of Wal e s's District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hyde P a rk, and expressed himself greatly pleased with the turn-out and march past.

On Monday, June 23rd, a business meeting was held at the Gate between the officials of the Order and representatives from overseas. This me e ting was most helpful and it is hoped to make it an annual one. After the meeting the delegates were invited to lunch.

The Annual Commemoration S ervice on the e ve of St. John's Day was held in the Grand Priory Church at 3 , p.m. The Choir of the Chapels Royal was kindly for this Service, and the sermon was preached by the Prelate. There was the usual proc e ssion to and from th e Church and a Guard of Honour was furnished by No. District.

The Assembly was held immediately after the Service, and the reports of the various Departments of the Order were read, after the Sub -Prior had made an opening address.

On Tuesday, June 24th, His Majesty, the King, Sovereign Head of the Order, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace, at which ISO members of th e Order were invested, 60 of whom were from overseas.

On Wednesday, June 25th, many members of the Order attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palac e and several representatives from overseas had the honou; of being presented to their Majesties.

It is proposed to compile and issue a full account of these events in pamphlet form as mementoes fur overS e as members.

THE MURISTAN.

The following letter was receiv e d from the Secretary to the Government of Palestine:

"Since writing this letter a difficulty has arisen in regard to the actual ownership of the Muristan property

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which .will probably necessitate an appeal to the Courts. There IS some doubt as to whether legal ownership of the property rests with the German State or with the German Evangelical So ciety whi ch was in occupation. Until this q tlest ion is cleared up, i would not be possible for your Order to enter into any negotiations, as they would probably not be valid."

It will, th e refore, be necessary to wait until the Government has come to some definite decision on this point b e fore taking furth er action.

The Hospital Committee has appointed a small subcommitt e e to scrutinise the tender for the electric lighting, and if the report is favourabl e , it will proceed immediately with the work.

The further immediate requirements of the hospital ar e an x-ray set costing £500, and some e lectric fittings which will include n ew sterilising sets for instruments, which will r e quire a sum o f about £220.

The staff at Wembl e y exh ibition has been increased owing to th e great d e mands made for First Aid, and now consists of n ea rly 100 nurses and men.

Th e gr eat e st cr e dit is du e t o thos e who have under-

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members of the Order will be requir e d if the allotted to the Order in England are to be obtained.

The sum required for th e purchase of the Italian Cabinet formerly b elonging to Grand Mast e r Cotoner has now been subscribed and it IS now the property of the Order.

The Library Committee has acquir e d a documtnt of the greatest interest to the Order in th e signed le tter of Htnry VI I I ordering the removal of valuable mat erials from the Chu rch of the Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell, dat e d 1546; also, a letter from Grand Master Valette with his signature re q uesting assistance against a threatened attack on Malta by the Turks in 1566.

For s ,: veral years the L3.dy (Lady Perrott) has arrang e d for th e accommodation of the nurses who take part in th e c o mp etit ion for the Perrott Shield, at th e annual Brigade m ee ting, and has in addition entertained them in the evening

It is proposed that in futur e th e nurs es should be entertained by the Order at th e G 3. te on th i s occasion as it forms an excellent opportun ity fo r showin g the historic treasures of the Ord e r to r e pr e s e nt ati ve s from all parts of

P /wL o by Grapi c P /,o to Unio n

ANNUAL COM MEMORATION SERVICE OF THE O RDER OF ST. J OHN

The Duke of Connaught in:.pecting the Guard of Honour of the Prince of Wales s District. taken this h e avy and trying work for th e manner in which they hav e carried out th e ir duties.

Th e following lett e r, dated 10th June, 1924, has b e en rec e ived from Gen eral Guise-Moor e s, whu is in chief m e dic a l charg e at Wembley.

" I write to say how mu c h we appreciated the wurk that was done by the St. John Ambulance Brigade personnel during the re cord d a y yesterday. They were very hard worked, but were cheery and indefatigable in their effo rts to render us every help in their power. I hope it will be possible to convey the good impression they made to all con cerned."

Th e four panoramic vi e ws are now in position in His Maj es ty's building at W e mb ley.

The e nrolment of V A D.'s is proceeding satisfactorily in many counties, but the full support and active help of

England and Wales who might oth e rwise have no opportunity for seeing them.

Those who compete on thes e occasions are the pick of the first aid workers in the Brigade and are probably th e most efficient in the world.

The sanction of Chapter-General is requested for this new expenditure.

The annual competitions for the " Tunstill " Memorial Shield (for men), and th e Mrs. Thos. Veevers Rose Bowl (for ladies-first aid and home nursing ) , will be held on Saturday, August 9th, 1924, to commence at 2 p. m. on the Brierfield Wesleyan Schools Brierfield teams will not compete. Entrance fee, 55. per team. Ladies' Competition, IS. per competitor. All entrit's to W. Richards, hon. sec., 32, Commercial-street, Brierfield.

A Medieval Ceremony. (CONTRIBUTED).

LONDON-or at all events the Clerkenwell district-slipped back a few centuries to the Tudor period for a short time on Monday, June 23rd, when that busy thoroughfare of warehouses witnessed a solemn and orderly procession, medieval in character, which passed from St. John's Gate, the headquarters of St. John of Jerusalem, to the old Priory Church in St. John's Square.

The occasion was the annual service and assembly of members of the Order-the oldest of its kind in the world -held on the eve of the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Here came choir boys in scarlet and gold cloaks and mortarboards red cassocked choir men, chaplains, and sub-prelates the Order in their robes, and Knights in Tudor caps and long black mantl es each emblazoned on the shoulder with the white cross of Malta. These representatives of an Order founded in the I1th century filed out of the old historic gateway as their forbears-the ?ld members of the Priory-had done in the days of King Henry the Eighth.

Aloft before them went the beautiful Italian silver cross presented to the Order nearly five centuries ago. The venerable figure of the Prelate of the Order, the Archbishop of York, in th e vestments of his office, added dignity to the procession, at the end of which came the Grand Prior, H.R. H. the Duke of Connaught.

It was an impressive spectacle, and served, as perhaps few old customs do in these matter of fact days, to link up London with its historic past.

Corning from the glare of the sunlight into the restful quiet of the old Priory Church, one could not but feel something of the simplicity and dignity which should underlie all ceremony. Awaiting the procession in the church was H.R.H. Princess Beatrice, a Lady of Justice of the Order, and other royal and notable ptrsons associated with this ancient brotherhood.

Th e service itself was as simple as it was impressive, commencing with the processional hymn :-" Thy hand, o God, has guided Thy flock from age to age" sung, as it should be on such an occasion, by unaccompanied male voices.

The recital of the names of departed mem bers of the Order who had passed on during the year struck a solemn note, followed as it was by the Ibeautiful Kontakion for the Departed sung as a requiem. The Archbishop, preaching from the text, "Honour all men," referred to the significance of the white cross, the badge of the the sign of man's redemption; the four arms symbolising the Christian virtues, Prudence, Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude, its points Tc'presenting the eight beatitudes, which spring from the practice of those virtues, and its whiteness the purity of life required of Christ's soldiers and servants. It was an inspiring message, a call to members of an Order which for some ten centuries had devoted themselves to the service of the sick, poor and suffering; the keynote being courtesy and chivalry in the fullest sense to all members of the human race.

As is not, perhaps, generally known, the Order of St. John of Jerusalem was founded as a confraternity whose objects were of a charitable natur e One of its first activitit:s was the establishment of hospitals for th e relief of distressed pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre.

The Right of Sanctuary and the Order of St. John.

By H. W. FINCHAM, F.S.A. Assistant Librarian to the Order.

FROM very early days there were pro.vided where a person charged with a cnme, real or could take refuge from his pursuers, at least for a time untIl the wrath occasioned by his action had cooled and he could be tried judiciously. The Jews had certain cities of refuge where a man who had killed another could flee from the avengers. The ancient Greeks also had certain temples for this purpose and even in the 7th we know. that some churches gave a similar sanctuary wlthlD the preclDcts surrounding them.

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This usually lasted for a certalll fixed period, when,. If the refugee declined to fac e the law, he could claIm "abjuration of the realm" which gave him freedom to admit the crime and leave the country within 40 days.

All these privileges of sanctuary and abjucation wert: abolished by Statute 21 Jas. I chap 28, A.D. 1623.

There are well·known "Sanctuary Knockers" and "Frith Stools" (Peace Stools) in certain churches of England but there is no real evidence that these were actually connected with the Right of Sanctuary which generally applied to the whole of the precincts of a religious house.

It is probable that such rights belonged to most if not all of the great monasteri es of the middle ages, but references to them only occur where some dispute has arisen and it has been referred to the courts for settlement and therefore has become recorded.

Amongst the very many privileges given by the Crown at various times to the Order of St. John, was the right of sanctuary and although this probably related to all their past possessions is only in a few cases that the evidence has come to light.

In the British Museum there is still preserved the great cartulary of the Ord e r of St. John compiled in 1442 under the direction of the Grand Prior Robert Botyll) this is a large volume in which is set out a description of the properties of the Order and its privileges which concern thos e properties and their management. It contains a number of references to the right of sanctuary in their various hous es and law cases which have occurred in connection therewith.

It must be remembered that the kindred Order The Knights Templa r s had also many properties in England with similar privileges until its suppression in 1312 when their possessions were handed over to the Hospitallers and so in the claims of the Order we find that they quote the privileges of the Templars when they refer to properties which had come to them from the other body.

In the cartulary we find an entry of a Bull of the Pope as follows :-

Bull of Pope Innocent forbidding anyone to lay violent hands upon thos e taking r e fuge in the houses of the Templars, und er pain of fxcommunication. The Templars having report e d that certain persons who came to their houses for safety, have been taken by th e ir enemies from within the precincts of such houses, and imprisoned and compelled to pay ransom, the Pope now pronounces a curse and excommuncation upon all so violating such sanctuary. Given at the Lateran 8 Ides of March in the 3rd year of Pope Innocent.

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In the year an occasion arose when the Hospitallers found it necessary to claim under the above Bull as follows :-

Delivery of the King's Gaol of Winchester before William Hankeford and William Skrene, the King's Justices appointed to deliver gaol, ,)n the Thursday before St. Margaret the Virgin 10 Htn. IV (T 409).

Of a thief, who, to save his lifr, had taken refuge in a house of the Hospitallers, and who was taken away and afterwards restored to the same.

John Gore, of Burghton, alias Mullecote, taken upon an indictment made before Thomas Skelton and other Justices of the Peace of the said county, for that, on the Thursday after the Feast of St. Barnabas the same year, he had fe loniously taken and stolen 36 wethers (price 40S.) at Houghton of the goods of John Will the Elder, John Britof of Hyntdon, and John Will the younger; and that he is a common thief. He was now brought before the said Justic es by the kee e per of the said gaol, and a5ked how he would acquit himself of the said felony. And he says he fled on account thereof, to. a house th.e Hospitallers in Burghton called Spltelhous IS privileged as are. other houses Hospltallers) demanding the ptlVlleges of the H05pltal m that house. And by the constables of the said Will, and their helpers he was taken with violence out of that house, and he demands to be returned there. And thereupon comes William de Wakefeld on behalf of Hospitallers and says that the said house was late of possessions of the Templars, whose estate ther o n the Hospltallers have j and that the late Pope Innoc e nt by his Bull (which he produces in court (see above) granted the privileges of sanctuary to all the houses of the Templars. He also produces a similar Bull of Pope Urban III, on behalf of th e Hospitallers and says that, since the Hospitallers in their time, and the Templars before them, have always had the privilege of sanctuary in all their houses, it ought to be allowed to them in .this case. the justice s desiring to be informed lD premIses, for the safeguarding of the nghts of the KlOg, order the sheriff to impanel of the most worthy and honest men of the said county, by whom the truth of the matter may b est be ascertained. And the following being summoned, come, to wit (bere follow twelve names) who say upon their oath that the facts are as alleged by the said John Gore and William de Wakefeld, also they say that anyone so taken out of such sanctuary has always been restored to it. And because the Justices here have not yet made up their minds whether the said John Gore ought to be returned to the Spitelhous on the ground of the said privilege or not, he is sent back to the said gaol to kept safe by Edmund Marchel, the keeper thereof, unhl the next gaol delivery ther e. Afterwards on the Tuesday b e fore the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, IV., the said John Gore is brought before the same Justices. at Winchester, and pleads as before. TherEupon, fully considered as well the preceding record as the divers arguments of legal experts advanced. in this. ma.uer for the King; and having counci.l ';lth t?e Justices of the King's Bench and With the KlOg s seIJeants a.t law and others of the King s counsel for the of the King's rights herein, it appears to the Justices that the Hospitallers ought to have the prlVllege they C!alm and that the said John Gore ought to be to the said house. And he was so restored by the shenff of the said county

Another important action was fought in the year 149.0 as we learn from the Delivery of the King's gaol of hiS

castle of Hereford, made at Hereford before Thomas Tremayle and Reginald Pegge, the King's Justices for that purpose app::>inted on the Friday after the Feast of St. Peter in Cathedra 6 Henry VII.

Philip Baret of Opledyn in the parish of Bosbury co. Hereford, tailor, otherwise called Philip Tailior, imprisoned upon an indictment made before Braynton and other justices of the peace of the said county, for that he on the Sunday after Michaelmas in the s3.id year, mad e an assault with violence upon John Berne, at Opledyn, With a "wodknyfe" of the value of 2S. giving him a wound in the middle of the belly of which he died.

Philip Baret, being brought by the sheriff to. bar, says that, by reason of the said felony, to save hiS Me, he fled to the manor-house of U pledyn, commonly called Templecourt, on the Sunday before. \Henry VII., A.D J 490), which house from time lmmemonal has been parcel vf the possessions of the Hospitall ers, and for the whole of that time a privileged house and sanctuary, and he there claimed the liberty of sanctuary. And he says that on the Tuesday before the said feast John Raven· hill and John Wyn, others them, came into the said sanctuary and forCibly removed h.lm from the same. and brought him to the King's gaol in castle; and thiS he is prepared to prove, and he demands Judgment and that he shall be restored to the said privileged place. And as regards the said felony he says t?at he is not guilty and puts himself upon the country WIth regard thereto. And John Plomer, who prosecutes for the I<Sing in th!s beh.al.f, says that he does not know that the said h?use. IS a prlVlleged place or sanctuary, and an lOqUlry by the country and the said Philip likeWise. Therefore let a Jury come.

And there comes before the said Justices one Thomas Leyland, on behalf of the Hospitallers, and he that the site or m lllsion house of the manor of U pledyn IS and was a parcel of precept?ry of Dynmor, co. Her e ford, which from time Immemorial has belonged to Hospital1ers, who have always therein had the prlVllege sanctuary, as he is pn:plfed to prove, and he begs. that t.h.lS privilege may be allOwed to and the sald Pht!lp Barret may be restored to the SIte or mansIOn of the manor of Upledyn, there to remai.n .safe and secure so as he pleases according to the The matter IS therefore referred to a jury, who find as Barret alleged above Therefore it is considered that he shall be r7stored above). and the Sberiff is ordered to conduct him there m safety under a penal! y of £ 00.

The Order had considerable on south side of the Thames in Southwark, a portIOn of which wa s known as Paris Garden. As it was so cl?se to London It became an important sanclm.ry, and strlOgent were drawn up for its conduct; these are fully set out lD the cartutary as follows :-

These are the statutes and ordinances the rivile ed plice called Parishgardyn, otherWise Wldeflete wJes, made by John, late Dub of Bedford, .farmer (as t he tonant of the Order responsible for there A D. 14 20 its liabilities and

First every person taking sanctuary there must be asked the' reason of his coming, whether for debt, felony or d when the reason has been accurately any )h·an arne and the reason will be registered, ascertame, IS n h h h 11 and for this he will pay the lord 4d. And fur.t er, e s a th book that so long as he remalDS there, he swear up::>n e, d d' will do nothing which might any way 0 lScredit or damage to the said prlVlleged place, but wIll do

- FIR S l' all in his power to maintain, defend and do honour to the said place.

And he shall swear faithfully to observe all st a tutes and ordinances drawn up for the good of the place and the peaceful government thereof before the tIme of his coming.

He shall on no account leave the place wIthout permission. He shall not absent himself by day or night, and if he does it shall be at his own penl.

He shall take his corporal oath to observe all these things aforesaid.

Moreover, if anyone comes on account of h.e shall be kept in safe custody all through the night unlIl morning by 6 men of the company there, unless somec n e will go bail for him .n can report well of hIs character and conduct.

And if h e beat any I here he shall be kept 10 custody until he pays the lord 6s. Sd. for a fine: ,

And if he draw blood contrary to the Kwg s peac e , he shall be kept in like manner with a fine 13 s 4d.

And if any complaint is establish e d agamst any person there, there shall b e a fe e d 4d. each to the ste ward, bailiff and lord.

If anyone after his first to the place sh a ll commit a felony e ither there or outSIde, he shall lose the privileges of the place and be committed to the King's Bench

And if anyone corning to the saId place or taktng sa nctuary there for any reason (though no felo?y may have be e n committed), shall le ave the pla.ce permission and shall r e turn, he shall be receIved 10 form afor e said and shall pay 4d. to the lord for admission, however many times it may be.

The Hospital of Jerusalem Notes.

THE Ord e r having sanctioned the appointment of a third surg e on, Mr. Eric Thompson took up his duties in the Hospital on April 1St. Mr. Thompson was an offi:er on the staff of the Health Department of the Government and is familiar with the conditIOns in Palestine, and the Hospital is ther t- fore fortunate in obtaining his services.

The appointm e nt of a third surgeon has long been inevitable owing to the constant increase of the work in the Hospital, and the str a in on th e Warden especially w!ll, it is hoped, be seriously diminished, giving him more tIme to devote to th e general supervision of the welfare of the HospitaJ.

Th e flow of patients show no signs of abatement. Compared with th e figuresfor 1923, in-patients, out-patients and operations all show increases.

All the b eds in the Hospital are condemned. They are worn out and th e ir pattern is unsatisfactory for ophthalmic work. These, too, were a gift from war hospitals and has se e n much use before th e y reached our Hosp tal. Fifty new ones would cost about £50.

Col. S A. Monckton Caperon, F.R.S., M.D., a member of the Committee) visited the Hospital in April, and on his return presented the Committee with a valuable report. Amongst othtr necessary improvements suggested by him he notic e d the X-ray apparatus, the sterilizer and the beds to which refer e nce has alr e ady been made.

The new staircac;e in the Warden .House has b e en completed at a cost of £350

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There is a mod e l, to scale, of the Hospital showing in the Wembley E x hibition. This was ma1e by th e SubWarden.

There is also an illuminated panorama vi e w of the Hospital to be seen. Both of thes e ar e in the G :> vernment Building.

Mr. Ho Kom Tong, of Hongkong, has endowed a b t d in the Hospital. His M aj e sty the King him with th e Silver Donat's Badge at the InvestIture of the Ord e r held in Buckingham Palace on June 24th.

J. T W. P.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

First Aid Work on Canadian National Railways.

SI R HENRY TH ORN TON, Pr e sid e nt of th e C a nadian Ndtio'Jal Railways (late Gen e ral Manag e r, Gr e at Rail way, England ) g ave an inspiring a ddress on !'ust Aid - at the annual m ee ting of the Canadian NatIOnal Rai lways ' Council of the St. John Ambul a nc e Association. H e said first aid work had th e full support of hims e lf and his Board of Direcwrs, and congratulated all concerned up m the spl e ndid work of th e p ast y e a r in which plans had b f en made for ex pansion of the Mov e m e nt so that it would embrac e the entire system of the National Railways.

Sir Henry said in th e cours e of his addr e ss : "You are e ngaged in a work which app e als to e veryon e ; it i s a WOI k of ministry to thos e wh o a l e suffering, due to accident or oth l rwis e , and in thi s spl e ndId mission you hav e th e symp a thy and h ea rty SUppOl t of a ll of us, " d e clared Sir H e nry. H e that while th e functi on of a railway org i:l nl zation was primarily to a n d sell. tr a ?sportation se rvice, th e re we re o t h e r actIVItI es In whIch It must take part in order to functi o n at its be st, a nd th e humanitarian phase of its work was of imp ortanc e

" Whatever we engag e in wh e th er it is along humanitarian or in the lin ES of sport, or in our everyday work, as a railway org a nization o ur wish is to hav e th e flag of the Canadian National Railway.s flying always the fr ont of the procession. If we ar e 1D th e forefront In Ihe things we do such as this, then our succe ss in these mauus is carried with us into our busin e ss. Success d e p e nds upon th e loyalty and e nthusiasm, and 'punch' which actuates the work of a ll in the service, "

In the course of the meeting it was stated that there are 22,000 e mploy e ( s on the Canadi a n National Railways capable of administering first aid , and by th e e nd of the y ear at least 50 , 000 employees of the Company would ccme under instruction.

July, 19 2 4 -FIRST

G.W.R. Gold Medallists' Outing.

Al'oI BULANCE gold medallists of the Great Western Railway helel their third annual outing on Saturday, the 28th ult. at Gloucester and Cheltenham.

The directors of the G reat Western Railway award a gold medal to each mem ber of the staff who maintains efficiency in first aid for fifteen years, and a gold bar {or attach ment to the medal is granted for each additional fi ve years' e fficiency. Up to date some three hundred medals and eighty bars have been awarded

Possession of the medal entItles the holder to an additional day's leave annually without loss. o f pay, and siLce the institution of the award the reCIpIents h::..ve utilised this day's leave in ordtr to foregather from all parts of the Gr e at Western Railway system and spend a day together. In 1«]22 Weston·super-Mare was selected, and last year Leamington (and the Shakespeare country) "a5 the venue for the outing.

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Sir Felix Pole (General Manager) wi s hing the party an enjoyable day. Mr. L ean saId he l oo k e d back wi t h pleasure to the hJ.ppy tim e spent with toe p a rty last ye ar and wished them all ao equally bapp y tim e ha t H e read a tel e gram from Mr. EI. Nich ol ls (su pe rin te n de nt o f the line) regretting his unavoidable ab se nc -; a nd wish in g them all an enjoyabl e time.

Thp- we ather was unfortunat e ly s o a e wh at ove rcast, which marred the view from Cl ee ve Btll, but i t had n o effect upon the high spirits of th e p a rty.

Following the tea, when Mr. Whitley pr f' si de d, and at which Mr. Rodda (divisional lo comotiv e sup e rint e nd e nt ) joined the gathering, the party disp e rsed to th ei r se ve ra l and diverse destinations as far rem o te a s Aberystwyth, Plymouth, Swansea, e tc

The whole of the arrang e ments for th e o u t in g we re in th e hands of Mr. J. c. Lan e (a m b ul a n ce d i vi sio n al secretalY, Gloucester) a nd a local c o mmit te e of go ld medalli:its, and were admirably carri e d ou t

The Ravensthorpe Annual Co tr;o e titi ons now been until S e pt e mber 13th. Entry forms and schedule from Corps Officer W. Ledgard, Alma House, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury.

This yeat's gathering incIud e j a visit to Gloucester Cathedral and lunch at the Midland Hotel, Gloucester, after which the party proceeded by train to visited Cleve Hill and returned to the Cadena Caf e , Cheltenham, for tea.

About one hundred and fifty medallists participated this year and a number wer e accompanied by th e ir wives ,

Mr.' J. F . Lean (assistant to the General presided at the luncheon, and was support ed by Mr.S. (divisional superintendent), Mr, E. t:. goods manager), Mr. H. S. B. WhItley (dIVISIOnal engl · neer), Mr. W. G. Chdpman (centre secretary) , among others.

Mr. Lean, who ic; chairman of the Central Ambulance Committee, congratulated all concerned on the gathering, and said he was prouci to be one of such a dIStinguished company. He read a personal message from

J\mbulance.

L. & N E R. ( N E. C ltNTR f1 )

The Hull District held its annual fi e ld d ay c om p e t it io n s on Jun t 2 rst at Wdl e rhy H a 1.

Two comp etitions wt-re carri e d nn h d " B " for mdl vldual " A " being for t e ams of men e ac ,an m e mbers having rEc e ntly gain e d then c e rt Ific a te. A total of 78 r a ilway a mbulanc e men c ompf' t e ffi ' d Drs A. Cockroft Barhr and I a n G. Inn es () clate d- " A" comp e tition and Dr . H. Gou dm an a<; JU ges or Wildeboer for th e latt e r. t o th e succ es sfu l Mrr. Fisher present e d the pri zes C( m peti tors. f 11

The results as giv e n by the judg e s we re as 0 ows :-

HITHER (SO UT HE RN RAI L W A Y / T E I\ M, WINNER S OF THE I KTE R·RAI LWA Y CH ALLEN GE SH IEL D.

Horace Cooper. Henry Dixon (captain ) Per c y Beth. Charles Knapp. Stanley Jones

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" A" Competition, teams of five men (maximum of marks, 100).-1, Alexandra Dock NC'. I, 87t marks)

2. Dock Engineers, 85; 3, Hull West, 79; 4. Alexandra DJck No. Z, 77; 5, Hull Goods No.2, 74; 6, Alexm.dra

Dock Nf'J 3, 73t; 7, Hull Goods, No. I, 68)1 8 , Wllmmgton, 65!; 9 King George Dock Police, 61 2' .; 10, Loco Dairycoates, 58; 1 r, Dryp)ol, 56 ; Z, Kmg George Dock, 55; 13, National 33·

" B" Competition (individual first year members) maximum nU'llber of marks. 32).-1, H. Cherry .z6 markc;;

2, P. M. Larkin. 2 Z 3, S Pur.te, I7 ; 4, F. R. Bielby, 16!

5 V. Boddy, 16; 6, F. R Winsor, [4; 7, G. D. Jordan, 8, W. Fish, J 3; 9. H. Bearpark. 12; 10, G. Wells, 11 '11 S Meara 10 }..· 12, R. W. Foster, 10; [3, D LJ) Pinder, 7.

St. john J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

JUNE, 19 24

The Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned the followiug appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

PRINCH: OF WALES'S DISTRICT.

Harrow and Wealdstone Division.- Francis Holland to be Ambulance Officer, 6 .6 24

Royal Borough of Kensington Division.-S aff-Sergeant

James Albert Victor Wakefield to be Ambulance Officer. 6 6.24

Kentish Town Division.-Harold Fleetwood Walker,

M R C S., L.R.C.P., to be Divisional Surgeon. 19. 5. 24

London Post Offi ce Corps.-Corps 0 fficer Alexander

Francis Hall to be Corps Supt., 27.6.24

London Post Offi ce Corps ( King Edward T3uildings Division ).-Ambulance Officer Leonard William Saunders to be

D ivisional Supt., 7· 7.24

Manor Park Nursing Division.-Frede-ri c k Ernest Bendix, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L D S., to be Divisiondl Surgeon, 2L 5· 24, v. c e Or. Ma c Murty left the district.

Stoke Newington Division.- Jorman WIlliam Hammer,

M R.C.S., L.R.C. P., to be Divisional Surgeon, 27. 6 24

Victoria Division.-Divisional Surgeon Bernard Will iarn

McKinney, M.B Ch.B., B.A.O to be Divisional Surgeon and Supt., 2 8. 5.24

Walthamstow and District Ccrp,> (West Walthamstow

Division ).-Transport Offi cer Arthur George Mattack; to be Ambulance and Transport Offi cer, 13. 6. 24

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Windsor and Eton Nursing Division. - Roney Moore Patterson, M.R C.S., L.R.C.P , to be Divisional Surgeon, 4 6. 24

NO.3 DISTRICT

H.R.H. the Grand Prior has accepted the resignation of A,sistant Commissioner A. W. Faire, C.RE., with regret, 22.5. 2 4

N orah Knowles Hardie Jackson to be Lady District Officer for Le cester. 196 .24

Corps Surgeon Edward \Vlliiam Parsey, M.A. , M. B., B.C'l to be County Surgeon fo r Birmingham, 6. 5 2 4

Birmingham Corps -Divisional Alextlnder Hendry Mackie, M.D., to be Corps Surgeon, 7. 6. 24

Birmingham Corps ( Bearwood Division). - Louis Arth .lr N oel L ine, M. B., Ch. B., to be Divisional Surgeon, 1.7.24

Ambulance Officer Willia'D Daniel Charles Craven to be Divisional Supt., 12 .6 .24

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Birmingham Corps (Curzon Street (L. M.&S.R ) Division).

-Arthur Edgar Beech to be Ambulance Officer, 3. 6 24

Albert Edwin Pane to be Ambulance Officer. 4. 6 2 4

Birmingham Corp> (Dunlop Division).-Walter Albert

J dmes Smith to be Amculance Officer, 3 6 2 4

Kettering Corps.-Corps Supt. Gotch resigned, 3 6 24

Leicester Corps.-George Overton Dobson to be Corps Officer, 12.6 24

Long- Buckley Nursing Division.-Lady Supt. the Hon

Muriel Fitzroy resigned, 1.7 2 4

Warwickshire C()rps ( City of Coventry Dlvlslon).-Supt.

H. Jackson resigned, 87 24 Warwickshire Corps (City of Coventry NurSlOg DIVISion).

- Elsie Beatrice Titmus to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 2I.5· 2 4 Warwickshire Corps (Nuneaton Dlvlslon).-John Bonham to be Ambulance Officer, 14.6.24

:--ro. 4 DISTRICT.

Mis5 Ro,;abelle Lindesay Sinclair to be Lady District Officer for the Province of Ulster, 166 .24

Atherton Division.-Divisional Surgeon J. C. Russell resigned, 18.6.24

Blrkdale Nursing Division.-Margante Forbes Stewart to be Lady Divisional Supt., 11.7 24. vice Lady Supt. Mrs. Cockshott, who reverts to Lady Ambulance Officer at own req uest.

Emily Winifred Boughe)' to be Nursl ng Offic.er, 1I:7: 24 Birkenhead Corps (Hamilton Memonal ursmg DIVISIOn).

-Divisional Surgeon B. Blair resigned, 1.7. 24 .

B lrkenhead Corps (Crawshawbooth Dlvlslon).-Fred

Shenton to be Ambulance Officer, 4 7. 2 4

Heywood Nursing Dlvision -Lady Ambulance Officer

Miss A. Harner resigned, 18.6 24

Findley Nursing Division.-Agnes ParkInson to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 3.6.24, vice Lady Ambulance Officer E. M. Gleave resigned

Liverpool Corps (8 A.T. DlvlslOn).-Charie Hunt to be Ambulance Officer, 3.6. 2 4

Manchester and Salford Corps. - Divisional SurgeonCapt. Robert David Cran, M.R.C.S ,L R C.P., R.A M.C. (T.A. ), to be Corps Surgeon and Supt., 31.3 24

Morecambe Div lsion.-Transport Offi cer E. N orman resigned, 27.6.24

Newtown Division.-Samuel WIld to be Divisional Supt.,

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Prestwich Division.-Ambulance Officer S. H. Lamb resigned, 106 24

Trawden Division .-John Hartley Tatham to be Ambulance Officer, 11 6.24

Trawden ursing Division .-Anges Pullen to be La1y Ambulance Offi c er, 11.6.24

Winsford Division.-Alfred Weedall to be Ambulance O fficer, 266 24

NO.5 DISTRICT

H RH. the Grand Prior has sanctioned the promotion of District Officer Capt. Oswald Frank Buxton as Assistant Commissioner for the Southern Area, West Riding of Yorkshire, 22 5.24

The Lady Evelyn Collins, C.B.E., to be Lady District Officer for half the N orthern Area, West Riding of YOI k· shire, 6 6 .24

Divisional Surgeon and Supt. Kenneth Harold B'!veriey, M. R.C.S ., L R.C.P., to be County Surgeon for the Southern Area, West Riding of Yorkshire, 25 6 24

Barnsley Division.-Robert Williamson, M.B., Ch.B., to be Divisional Surgeon, 195.24, vice Dr. T. Howell resigned. Bentley Colliery Division.-Ambulance Officer Denis Joseph Pettitt to be Supt., 28·5 24 Biddulph and Dlstnct Corps (Ford Green Dlvlslon).Supt. W. Coates resigned, 27 6 2 4

Bullcroft Corps -Divisional Surgeon Christopher Sheahan

L.R.C.P.&S , to be Corps Surgeon, 12 5. 24

Bullcroft Corps (Bullcroft T ursing Division). - Kate Bishop to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 28.3 24

Denaby Main Corps ( Askern Nursing Division).-Alice Gertrude Gooman to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 25624

July. H)24

FIRST

Denaby Main Corps (Wath-on·Dearne Division).-Ambulance Officer C. Cook resigned, 1.7.24

Derby Dlvision.-Lady Ambulance Officer E M. Barber 27.6.24

Dewsbury and District Corps.-Lt.-Col. George Herbert Leonard Hammerton, C.M.G.,D.S.O T D.,L.R.C.P , L.R.C.S., L.F.P.&S., to be Corps Surgeon, 25.624

Dewsbury and District Corps ( Horbury Division).-Supt.

G. Griffin resigned, 27.6.24

Leeds Corps (Birstall Division). -Divisional Surgeon A. Dick resigned, 27624

Leeds Corp,; (City Division).-Capt. George Denton, M.D., C L.B, M R.C.S., L.R.C P., to be Divisional Surgeon, 16. 6.24

Morley and District Corps.-Corp;; Officer E. Mortimer resig-ned and transferred to the Brigade Reserve, 165.24

New Hucknell Collieries Corps (Bentirk Colliery Division ).-Thomas Lee Moulton to be Divisional Supt., 2.6 24

N ottingham Corps ( City Nursing Division).-Dorothea

Jane Mann, M.B , Ch. B to be Lady Divisional Surgeon, 66 24

Scunthorpe and Distr ict Corps. - Divisional Supt. Henry

Stuart Mel ntosh to be Corps Supt., 27.5.24

Lady Supt. Mrs. Heron and Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Collins resigned, 10 6.24

Hull Corps ( De La Pole Nursing Division ) - Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Mason resigned, 106 24

Peel Ho use Nursing Division.-Mary Gibbs to be Lady Ambulance Officer for Cadets, 6 6 24

Houghton-Le-Spring Nursing D vision.-Lady Supt. Mrs. Robson resigned, TO 6 24

North Durham Corps ( Gateshead Fell Division ).-

Thoma'> Wilkinson to be Divisional Supt., 3. 7.24

North Tyneside Corps ( Willin g ton Q uay and Howden Nursing Division).-Lady Ambnlance Officer Mrs. Arkle resigned, 7.7.24

Sleekburn Division.-George Laws to be Ambulance Officer, 2.7.24

Winlaton Nursing- Division.-Margaret Todd to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 3. 6.24

NO.7 DISTRI CT

Shrewsbury Corps ( Church Slretton Nursing Division ).-

Mrs. Liliam Holland Hayward to be Lady Divis ional Supt., 4.7.24; George Higginson , B.A., L.S.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P to be Divisional Sur g eon, 11. 6.24

Plio to by Crap/tic P Ilato U", On. H.R.H. The Duke of York inspecting the Nurses of NO.1 Prince of Wales )s D istrict.

Ambulance Offi cer James Henry Buckby to be Corps Officer, 29.5 24 .' )

Scunthorpe and District Corps ( Scunthorpe DIVISIOn .-

Ambulance Officer J. Mason resigned, 10 6 2 4

Shipley and District Corps.- Lady Supt. Ellen Allen to be Lady Corps O fficer, 6. 5. 2 4 Lady Supt. Emily Forrest to be Lady Officer, 7.5. 2 4

Herbert Stancliffe to be Corps Sergt.-MaJor, 16 .6.24

Staveley Corps -Divisional Supt. James Allcock to be Corp;; Offi cer, 28.6 24

Staveley Corp.> ( Barlborough Division ).-Herbert Gent to Divisional Supt., 16 6.24

Frederick Charles Jepson to be Ambuhnce Officer, 16.6 24

Worksop Division -Clarence Arthur Leslie Wiles to be Ambulance Offi cer, 20 6 24

NO.6 DISTRICT.

AshingtoIl Coal Co. Corps (Carl Division ).-Nixon Grey to be DiviSional Supt., 4·6.24

Blaydon Burn Division.-Supt. J. C. Todd resigned, 20.6.24

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Derwent Valley Corps (Consett NurSing IVlSlon .-

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Brighton and Hove Corps ( Br ig htun Po lic e Division ).-

Mr. JuPP to be Act ng Supt. 266. 24

Hastings Division .- FranCis Eldon Daunt, M. B., B. S., M.R.C S., L.R.c.P., to be D ivisional S urgeon 21. 6 24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Perranwell Division. - Albert Jo h n C ornelius Ellory to be Divisional Supt., 5-4 24

Borough of Plymouth Corps .- Corps Offi cer B. Fourle

v,ranled 12 months leave of absence, 26.6 24

, Stonehouse Division. - Leonard Sydney George Adams to be Ambulance Officer for Cadets, 16 6. 24

Central Nursing Division. - Lady Supt. L. Lethbr idge resigned, 28 6 24

No. 10 DI STRICT.

Colonel Lionel William Peppe De Ho c hepied Larpent to bp. Acting District Officer for the County of Esse x, 12. 6.24

North Walsh am Div ision.- GeOl g e Burton Fuller to be Divisional Supt., 12.6. 2 4; James Dun c an Hart, R A M. C (T.A.) to be Divisional Surgeon, 12. 6 24

No. II DISTRICT.

Ashford Works Division. - Joseph Timothy Henneker to be Divisional Supt., 30.6.24

Chipstead Valley Division.-Ambulance Officer Jesse Thomas Sharpe to be Divisional Supt., 11.6.24

No. 12 DISTRICT.

Dublin Headquarters Nursing Division.-Gertrude Moran to be Lady Ambulance ?fficer, 1:7:2.4

Dublin Midland Railway Dlvlslon.-George Dukes to be Divisional Supt., J.1.24; James Donnelly to be Ambulance Officer, 1.I.24; Cecil Charles Hughes to be Ambulance Officer

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St. James's Division.-William Harden SmIth, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., to be Divisional Surgeon, 17.6.24

NEW DIVISIONS, &c.

Divisions sanctioned, disbanded and re-named :No. DISTRICT.

Finchley Section.-Sanctioned, 24.7.24

o. 2 DISTRICT, Portsmouth Cadet Divlsion.-Sanctioned, 17.6.24

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Hinckley Division. - part of the Leicester Corps, 3.7. 2 4

Rugby Nursing Division. -Sanctioned, 10.6.24

S tratford·on-Avon Division. -Sanctioned

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lancaster Cadet Division. -S anctioned, 17.6.24

Radnor N ursing Dlvision.-Sanctioned, 6.6.24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sutton· in-Ashfield N ursing Division.-Sanctioned, 16.6.24

Scunthorpe and District Corps.-Sanctioned, 29.5.24

Keadby and Althorpe Division. - Sanctioned, 29 .5 24

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Charlow and Sacriston Collieries Division.-Sanctioned, 3 1 5 2 4

o 8 DISTRICT.

Gravesend Division.-Re-named Gravesend and N orthfleet Division, 27.5.24

Preston Cadet Nursing Division.-Sanctioned, 5. 6 2 4

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Stonehouse Cadet 16 6. 24

Mutley Cadet Division.-Sanctioned, 226 24 No. 10 DISTRICT

Haverhill Cadet :N ursing Division.-Sanctioned, 26.6 .24

No. IT DISTRI CT.

Hastings Cadet Division.-Sanctioned, 12.6.2 4

P. WILKlNSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Found at Wembley a SilVer Medallion, Name, Arthur W. Noakes. Will be forwarded to owner if he will se nd the number of it and his address to, Pte. E C. Hill, S.J.A.B., 30, Alma-road, Harrow, 3 • C:

Nelson Corps, N. 4 District, S J.A.B. -The annual competitions for the Memorial Challenge Shield" open to am bulance squads and the "Mary Wilkinson" trophy (individual competition) open to members of nursing will take place on Saturday, 16th August, on the CrIcket Field, Valuable priz es will be given. Full particulars from Corps Officer R. W. Oldfield, 35 , Derby -street, Nelson, and D.visional Lldy Supt. Miss E. Edmondson, 14, Moseley-street, Nelson

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER..

EDITORIAL-

The Order of St. John

The King's Investiture and Garden Party

News from Chapter-General

A Medieval Ceremony

The Right of Sanctuary and the Order of St. John

The Hospital of Jerusalem Notes

First Aid Work on Canadian National Railways

G.W.H.. Gold Medallists' Outing Railway Ambulance

Brigade Appointments, &c

DISTRICT REPORTSPrince of Wales's NO.2; No. 3 NO.4; NO.5; No.6 No. 10

Medical Comfort Depots in Wales

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas

The Lighthouse of the Mine LETTERS TO THE EDITORAn Appreciation Brigade Competitions

For or Against Cartoons

FOR WALESBrigade News

OUR ESSAY COMPETITlON (3).- The results of this competition will be published in our next issue.

FOUND.-Silver Label if owner will communicate with Editor of FIRST AID he WIll be put in touch with finder.

Dr. Waldo, the City of London coroner is the of persistency. For years he has drged the advIsabllIty, not to say the actual necessity, of the Police the lead set by the City, and lDsIstmg on the posseSSIon of a first aid Certificate by every constable. At last he has gained his point. All recruits are now instructed in First Aid at Scotland Yard and promotion is not granted until the badge of proficienc; given after examination by the St. John Ambulance Association, is obtained.

When corresponding with Advertisers p'lease mention "First Aid .,

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Prince of Wales's District.

COMMISSIONER: W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AUGUST, 1924.

August 3rd-No. 37 Division, G.W. Railway

" 10th-No. 38 " L.B. & S.C. Railway

,,17lh-No.40 Beckton " 24th-No.4I Royal Arsenal " 31st-No. 42 Barnet

Duty from 2.30 p.m., to 8. p.m., Key from St. Johns, Gate at 2 p.m. BRIGADE RE-EXAMINATION.

The District Surgeon will hold re-examinations at Head Quarters on Tuesday, July 22nd, at 8 p.m., and on Saturday, July 26th, at 2.30 p.m. Superintendents who wish to avail themselves of thiS opportunity of having their members reexamined, must notify the District Surgeon before July 13 th stating the date selected and the number of candIdates.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

Officers and Memb ers in Charge of Ambulance and Nursmg Divisions, are requested to forward their applications to undertake periods of five hour duties during the weeks ending, August 9th, 16th, 30th, on or before Saturday, July 12th. Ambulance address them to Captain Gerhold, No. Dlstnct, St. John s Gate, E.C. I., and Nursing Divisions to MISS RIdeout, I, Sloane Gardens, S.W.I. Orders for August B.E.E. duties will be circulated to Divisions about July 22nd or before. A special appeal is again made to all Officers to assist with these duties.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

The following is a copy of a letter received by the Acting Chief Commissioner, from the Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of York :-

"The Duke of York desires me to write and thank you for the which made on the occasion of HIS Royal HIghness's InspectIOn of the No. (Prince of Wales') District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hyde Park.

The Duke would ltke to congratulate the ambulance men and nursing sisters on their very smart appearance on parade, and His Royal Highness was much impressed by the m:lnner in which. the march past carned ou.t. This reflects great credIt on them all and mdlcates their high state of efficiency,!'

PU BLIC DUTY OFFICER.

Captain Gerhold, having reported that for the present he is only able to carry out that portion of the public dutr officer's duties which relate to Wembley, arrangements are bemg made by officers on the headquarters staff to carry out the ordinary duties of the public duty officer temporarily.

MACHINERY EXHIBITION.

Will officers in charge of A Il7bltlance Divisions kindly send particulars as soon as possible, but not later than July 26th of members of their Divisions who can duty from August 22nd till October 4th (both dates on the occasion of the above named at Olym pia. Toe hours of duty will be from 10.30 a.m. ttll p.m., 2 p.m. ttll 6 p.m., .and 6 p.m. till IO p.m. Returns should be addressed to Mr. PIers, No. 1 District, St. John's Gate, Clerken well, E. C. I.

ANNUAL INS.PECTION PHOTOGRAPHS. Inspection photographs can be seen at Headquarters, where orders WIll be taken.

OFFICER'S DINNER.

p, elt'mz'nary Notice.- The Officer's Annual Dinner will

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be held 3:t the Cor:naught Rooms, on Saturday, December 13 th Further mformatlOn can be obtained from Captain Franks at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwdl, E.C.I.

W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

No. 2 District.

AYLESBURY. - The Annual County Competitions for Buckinghamshlre were held at Territorial Headquarters, Aylesbury, on Saturday, June 21st. These competitions are open to teams from Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and voluntary Aid Detachments in the county. Seven men's and six women's teams competed. In the men's competition there were two team tests in addition to the v.v. and Individual practical and in the women's V.V. Individual practical and team test.

The following were the winning teams :The of the CountyBoroughs" Challenge Shield," Aylesbury DIvIsIOn ; The f( CarltIe" Challenge Cup Wolverton Division ; the" Lady Rothschild" Challenge Cup for Men Wolvert()n Division; the" Lady Rothschild" Challenge Cup for Women, Chesham Nursing Division and V.A.D.; the " Marquis of Lincolnshire " Cup, Buckingham Nursing Division and V.A.D.; the" Bucks Joint Committee" Cup for Men, Aylesbury Division; the I( Bucks Joint Committee" Cup for Women, Aylesbury Nursing Division; the" Scales Carter" Brigade Efficiency Cup, Aylesbury Division.

Individual prizes were given to all competitors in the form of "First Aid " requisites. Each Boy Scout who acted as Patient was presented with a copy of the Preliminary" First Aid" Text Book.

The competitions were organized by Major P. G. DarvilSmith (Assistant Commissioner) and Dr. S. J. C. Holden (Cou nty Surgeon), assisted on the day by Mrs. Scott, Lady District Officer; Mrs. Darvil-Smith, Miss E. M. Stratton; Miss I. Robinson, and Miss K. Reader for the Women's Team; R. M. Blaikie and H. Smith, Superintendents; and \V. Hartley, Transport Officer. Mr. J. A. Rose and R. Sale dealt with the Marking Sheets. Mr. H. J. Wigglesworth from Brigade Headquarters acted as Personal Assistant to the Org anizers.

At the conclusion of the Competitions, Colonel Francis \V. Pixley, V.D., Receiver-General of the Order and its County Representative, presided, supported by Lord Cottesloe, the Lord Lieutenant, the Marchioness of Lincolnshire, the of Aylesbury, Mrs. Pixley, Major Otway Mayne, Chief Constable of the County, Mrs. Otway l\Iayne, representing the County President, B.R.C.S., Major-General J. C. Swann, Lady Smyth, and others.

The Shield, Cup and Prizes were pre sented by Lady Cottesloe.

No. 3 District.

DU DLEY.-The inspection of the Dudley and District Corps of the St. John Ambulance B igade at Messrs. Stewart and L10yds kecreation Ground, Old Hill, on July 5th was preceded by an incident ended in tragedy. On arrival at Old HIli StatIOn (wn tes a correspondent) the men were formed up by Sergeant-Major H. Webb, prior to marching off to the works, where the North Worcester Corps awaited them. Suddenly an alarm was raised that twu boys had fallen into the canal near by.

Superintendent A. Winlow and the men of Dudlry Division rushed to the spot, tollowed very quickly by Supt. A. Harris and his men of the N ertherton Division. These were followed up a little later by the men of Tipton and Stourbridge. It was found that the boys had been bathing, and were already at the bottom of the canal.

Private Frank Aston, a member of the Dudley Division

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S J A.B imm=Jldtdy threw off his tunic and jumped in, and after some little time swimming under water found, first one and then the other, and l ifted them up. In the meantime a la rg e plank had been throw n acr05S the canal, and ready and willing hands of the brigade members lifted the boys on to the bank, where bl a nkets from the stretcher had been placed in readiness. Artificial resp iration was at once applied.

A doctor was telephoned for, and soon arrived from Old Hill, along wi th the ambulance and the police. Artificial respiration was ca rried on in relays by the ambulance men for over an hour, but, unfortunately, after all their efforts the doctor had to pronounce life extinct. The boys had been in the water too lon g When it was explained that nothing else cou ld be done for them they were pla ced in one of the ambulances and co nveyed to their homes.

NO. 4 District.

L ANCAST ER.- The Ambulance and N ursin g Divisionc; presented a smart appearance at the annual inspection which took place in the police parade room on July 7 th. The inspect-

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the m lrcheJ by wJ.y of Old blCk to the Drill Hall, where the whole party, including the band, were served with tea by the Nursing Division, under Lady Supt. M. Swann. Mrs Sw.mn and the nurses had the assistance of several prominent ladies who are taking a deep interest in the work of the Brigade and N ursing Division, and their help is greatly appreciated. The expenses of the tea were borne by the president of the two divisions, Mr. Joseph Kemp, and at the close he and the nurses and lady helpers were accorded votes of thanks.

No. 5 District.

HUDDERsnELD. - The garden party and ambulance competitions which were held by the Huddersfield Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at Carr End, Dalton, on Saturday, were well attended. The grounds were placed at the disposal of the corps by Councillor John Robson. Fine, but dull, weather prevailed during the afternoon, and the slight rain of the evening did not iuterfere with the proceedings Be sides the competitions, field and garden sports were provided, and a happy time was spent.

July, 19 2 4. -FIRST

The of the Brigade in No.6 District, who were selected for duty at the Wembley Exhibition, wish to tender tbanks to all .concerned for the admirable arrangements made for their period of duty, and especially to their London colleagl:les for the assistance :endered. A mbulance duty always proVides experiences of vaned thrills, and these were not lackIng dUrIng the weeks of the Rodeo perform a nces. The week allocated No.6 District for duty was the local holiday week on Tyneslde, and many on duty would recogr.ise-and feel proud of-the North-country dialect. The feeling of pride, however, was more than recipro ca ted by the North country Invaders, when they recognised their local contingent of A mbulance men on duty

A North -c ountry member visiting- Maidenhead on Ascot Sunday, before the week at the Exhibition, admirerl the splendour of the rivers ide resort and the fitness of the ambulance m('n on duty.

The members of the Brigade in this Distr ic t welcome the appointment of Sir Thomas Oliver as a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. As PreS dent of lhe local Centre of the A sso cia t io n, Sir Thomas has done immense service in the nterest of the Order and he has ever been ready to p romote and foster anything calculated to aid the B rigade.

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D ERWENT The Annual Inspe ction o f the above was held at Annfield Plain on June 21st, 1924. The DIVISions met at 2.30 p m., and, headed by the Sacristan St. J o hn Ambulance Brigade Band, p a raded to t he Football Field (kIndly lent for the occasion), where the Inspe ctio n was held Ideal weather prev ai led and the Inspecting Offic er was Assistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton. There was on plrade about r oo offi N.C.O.'s and men, together with 40 members of the Nursing Div s on. T ea was kindly provided by the Plain D ivis io n at the close of the I nspect i Jn, after which sports were held, pri zes being presented to the successful entra nts. The selections of music which were giv en by the band at intervals, were gr eatly a pprec ia ted by the members of the Corps, and also by the large company of interested spectators present.

O n Sunday, June 22nd, the Annual Church Parade took place. The Divis io ns met at Headquarters at ]0 a.m., and headed by Lead ga te Mission Band proceeded for Divine Service to Consett Parish Church, where they were join e d by Consett District and T ipto n Nursi n g Divisions. The S ervice was condu ct ed by Rev. W. C. D. Feddon, M.A, Vicar of Consett, the spe cia l prea cher being R ev. MacKenzie, M.A., Vicar of Benfieldside.

A group taken at the opening of the Aylesbury Ambulance Station. ing officer was Assistant CommissionerW. S. Woodcock, M.B E. The ambulance brigade paraded to the total strength of 44, under Supt. KIlg our and Ambulance Officer Cunliffe and there were also on parade Lieut.· Col. H. C. Lamport, 'and Capt. J A Tomb.

Th e Nursing Division who paraded undet Mrs. E. Hudson and Dr. to the number of 25 were also complimented ?y the Asslsta.nt Com m iSSio ner, who said that he found a great Improvement In the stren g th of the Division.

READ & SIMONSTOWN.-In connection with this Division a chur ch parade was held o n Sunday, 22nd June, to which DIVISions from the surrounriing District were Invited. There were 60 offi c ers, N.C. O.'s and men on parade which was held III beautiful T he parade" fell in II by the DrIll Hall (recently provi d ed by the generosity of Mr Joseph Kemp!. Honorary S er vi ng Br other) and headed by the Read and Silver Prize Band marched through the VIllage to St. J.?hn's Church. The address was given by the Vica r , Rev. C. E. Bet:esford-Know, who traced the history of the Order and the BrI gad e from their origin. After the service

The Lady Hoyle Rose Bowl, given by Sir Emmanuel Hoyle to be competed for annually at H uddersfield by members of Nursing Divisions or Corps in the south -western area of the West Riding, was wan thiS year by a Honley lady, Miss E. Mellor, who was awarded by the adjudir.ator ( Or. Beverley, of Barnsley) 98 p o ints. Miss G. M. G. Oldroyd ( Ravensthorpe ), who held the bowl last yea r came second with 97. The other ambulance competition was that for the Howarth given by Mr. J. W. Howarth to be competed for by teams In the south-western area of the West Riding. Dr. Hammerton of awarded the highest number of points 213 to the Batley DIVISion, Ravensthorpe being second with 183 marks. No.6 District.

The officers and members of the Brigade in No.6 District welcome the return of the Commissioner, Lieutenant - Colonel C. B. PalmerI who has just completed his 50000 mile tOUt ar ound the world. The hope is expressed that Colonel Palmer Will early next winter be able to give to members of the Brigade S'1me accounts of hiS travels III the course of lectures describing the :work of the Order in the Colonies, and also some personal remInlscenCles of his tour.

L ady presenting pr iz es to the Ay lesbury T eam, 2 District. Col. F. \V. Pixley, Receiver General of the Order, is on her left.

The Stella Coal Company Corps reports increased membership, and it is hoped that before long the movement will reinstate itself in the important position it occupied previous to the war. The Emma Colliery Division recently held a Garden F e te and Sports in the grounds of Moor House, West Ryton, kindly lent for the oc cas ion by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Simpson. A n address on ambulance work and its value in the mines wa s delivered by Councillor William Rochester, a nd various medallions and cert ificates were presented.

A garden party in aid of the Brigade at Jarrow in the g rounds of Mayfield, the residence of Mr and Mrs. T. S. Simpson. The programme included a Whist Drive, a Co?cert by the Brigade Minstrels Troupe and dancing to musIc by wireless.

Various flag days h av e been held throughout the district and ha ve proved more 0:- less successful. The general attitude of the public towards flag days, in the North, at least, appears de ci dedly less sympathetic than it did during the W a r years, and the efforts of the workers and collectors - never too numerous in views of the diffi culties-are accordingly more particular ly appreciated.

No. 10 District.

IpSWICH -O n Wednesday , June 18th, a most successful garden fe te was or ganis ed by the nursing corps in order to raise suffi ci ent funds with which to purchase a tent for their use when doing publ ic duty. The fe te was held in the grounds of the Red Tr ia n g le House, Barrack Corner, and was op ene d by the Mayor of Ip swic h ( Dr. J. R. Staddon) who was a cc ompan ed by the Mayoress. Co n certs were arranged both in the afternoon and in the even ing, and a jazz band was in attendance for publ ic danc.ng. There wer e also numerous side shows. The Commissioner (Major J. F. C. Hossack), Miss M ary Coulcher, C.B.E. ( the founder of ambulance work in Ipswich ) Dr C. F. William30n ( Nursing Corps Surgeon ), Miss Bohun Coulcher ( District Officer ), Miss Haggar, A R.R.C. and Mr. and Mrs. T. Parkington were present at the opening ceremony. The result was a great success, sufficient money being raised to cover the c ost of the tent.

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Medical Comforts Depots in Wales.

By SIR D. W. HERBERT LEWIS, K.B.E., M.l E.E.

MEDICAL Comforts Depots-What are they? This is a question often asked and I think had better explain how they came into being.

During the Great War it was just as difficult for people, not connected with the Services, to obtain medical requisitell as it was to get food eve rything seemed to be commande e red for the forces of the Crown; the civil hospitals were full and auxiliary Naval and Mihtary hospitals were established in most of the large towns and in many villages throughout the length and breadth of the land and the first thought of the Nation was, to nurse back again to health, as soon as possible, the disabled serving soldier. Such things as rubber hot-water bottles, bed pans, air cushions, water beds, thermom e ters, spinal carriages, bath-chairs, etc., were practically unattainable, and the Doctors were constantly seeking to borrow such articlfS from the Auxiliary Hospitals for the use of their patients.

Aft er the Armistice was signed, the Service Hospitals began gradually to disappear and the equipment to be sold, generally by public auction. The rubber bottl e s, air rings, beds, cups, bed pans, bed-tabl es thermom t: ters, First Aid C'ibinets, dressings, bed-rests, leg-guards, crutches, sputum mugs, shirts, vests, pants, pyjamas, etc., were generally sold in bulk and bought at less than a quarter of their cost pric e by dealers.

When we saw what was happening, it occurred to us that this eq uipm e nt should b e retained for use in the districts in which the Hospitals had operated, so that the people who had given support on a generous scalE., might ben e fit. We therefore bought in all articles likely to be of use in the sick room and e stablished Medical Comfort Depots in th e area in which the Hospital had serv e d. The local authorities and public bodies readily came to our aid and allowed us the use of a suitable room in which to store these articles. The Nursing Mem bers at once undertook to look after these D e pots and issu e the articles as required. Then our troubles began! Th e local Hospital Committees, the medical practitioners, th e ch e mists, and a host of others, thought we were interfering with their work, ov e rlapping, acting as comp eti tors and generally exceeding the objects for which the Priory had been established, and so we had to proceed with th e utmost caution. We kept our Depots open and s e nt a small hand-bill to the medical men, to district and village nurses, and public institutions in the locality ex plaining that any requiSite for the sick room could be obtained on loan at a nominal charge, when needed, from th e se Depots.

Our first visitors were the medical men, who often call e d for some simple article for the use of a poor patient of whom th e y had care. The district and village nurse som e times borrowed the bigger articles, such as a water bed, a spinal carriage, a bath chair for a case they were attending. Then in the larger towns the Jubilee Nurses, the Works Hospitals Committees, the Ministers of religion and the social workers were frequ ent visitors. We have gradually overcome all opposition and to-day these Medical Comfort Depo ' s are being set up in all parts of the Princip9.lity of Wales, and receive the whole-hearted support of the p e ople who organise Whist Drives, Concerts, Fetes, Garden Parties, and all kinds of entertainments, to raise funds to and maintain the equipment, so that there shall be suffiCient to meet the needs of those within

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ti:ei[ rCSl.lcClivc: ,utas. I propose in the next iillicle to tell you how these Depots are established, the approximate initial cost, how they are maintained, and what they have done, and are doing, for the people of Wales.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

TI-iE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has s:mctlOned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

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ALB ERTA DISTRICT.

Calgary Nursing Division.-lst Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Isabel Richardson to be Acting Lady Divisional Supt., NEW BRUNSWICK DISTRICT

Fredericton Central Nursing Division. - Miss E. M. Williamson to be Nursing Officer, 25.2.24

QUEBEC DI STR ICT.

Lady District Sapt. Miss F. J. Burstall resigned, J.I. 2 4 Quebec Cenlral NurslDg Division.-Lady Divisional Supt. Miss .B Pope resi gned, 1. 1-24 INDIA.

NO.2. DI STRICT.

Calcutta Police Division.-Dr. P. K. Chatterjee to be Divisional Surgeon, 1.5.24 NEW ZEALAND.

OTAGO DI ST RI CT.

Dunedin Corps.-Mrs. J. Stewart resigned Lady Corps Supt. and appointed Lady Corps Treasurer, 24.3. 24

CANTER BURY AND W EST COAST DI STR I CT

Corps Storekeeper Mrs. M. Pyne to be Lady District Officer, 10 4.24

WELLINGTON DISTRI CT

District Officer W. Pearce transferred to Reserve, 30 62 4

Palmerston Nursing Division.-Ambulance Sister Mrs. 1'.

Coles to be 1st Lady Ambulance Officer, 7. 8.23

Wellington South Nursing Division.-I5t Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. lVI. F. Gaby to be Lady Divisional Supt., 31.12.22

2nd Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. E M. Osborne to be 1st Lady Ambulance Officer, 31.12.23

SOUTH A FR I CA

CAPE PROVINCE D 1SRICT

De Beers Corps. - Mr. W. Gibb to be Corps Secretary 12 5 24

Constance Williams Nursing Division.-Ambulance Sister Miss M. Goate to be 1st Lady Ambulance Officer, 12.5. 24

DI SB ANDMENTS. AUSTRALIA.

QUEENSLAND DI STR ICT

Brisbane Y.M.C.A.-Disbanded, 12.6.24

Brisbane Central Nursing.-Disbanded, 12.6.24 CANADA.

QUE BEC DISTRICT.

Quebec Central Nursing Division. - Disbanded, 1.1.24 NEW ZEALAND.

AUCK LAND DISTRICT.

Onehunga Ambulance Division.-Disbanded, 5.5. 24

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pilferage, as any attempt to rob it would be frustrated by the ringing of the alarm bell.

The "Hanmer" First Aid Cabinet is arousing considerable interest in thp. mine at Wembl ey , but the temptation to "see it work" has proved !luch an attraction to those visiting the mine that the authorities have been obliged to move the knob just out of reach.

fetters to the &ciitot'.

We are in ItO way restn"Jible tor tAe opinions expressed, or the statements made, b, Conespondents .-EDITOR.

AN APPRECIATION.

DEAR SIR,-Am enclosing amount to pay subscription to FIRST A m Magazine for one year, and while doing so I wish to take this opportunity of saying how much your Maga zine is appreciated b y First Aiders of London, O ntario It is a great help in stimulating our interest and adding to our First Aid education, espe cially the part devoted to Queries and Answers on injuries and correct treatment, and we always get a good laugh from the" Howlers." I m ig ht also add we derive much pleasure and profit from studying the books by Dr. Corbet Fletcher and also those written by the late Drs. Carvell and Chlistian.

Wishing your Journal and the whole First Aid movement every success. - I am, truly yours, F. R. CIfUR CHE R. London, On tar io, Canada

BRIGADE COMPETITIONS.

DE AR SIR,-If I may be permitted to take up some of your valuable space should like to express how I and many others,as spectators at the Brigade Competitions thoroughly appreciated the endeavours made this year to combine first aid efficiency with spectacular effect. The 5)lCCeSS obtained by those responsible was rightly deserved. Being there to learn art of organising such events, I keenly watched every detaJ! and my impression was ;-

I No pains had been spared to give the comp etltors a fair but hard test in their knowledge of first ald.

2 To make the surround ing s as realistic as possible to the test set.

The Lighthouse of the Mine.

A NOVEL First Aid Cabinet which automatically summons aid in case of accident in mines has been invented by one of the staff at the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

At a demonstration before London press representatives the inventor showed how the Cabinet, which contains all first aid appliances, can be opened by giving the knob at the side a sharp blow to release the key, and at the same time the alarm bell automatically commences ringing to attract the attention of first aid or other in the vicinity. By means of a miner's lamp, which IS always kept alight inside the cabinet, the St. John Ambulance Cross on the glass front of the cabinet can be seen glowing in the darkness of the mine. On actual test it was clearly seen at a distance of nearly a thousand yards.

Mr C. A Hanmer, the inventor, himself a miner for many years, has aptly named it "the of mine," and it should certainly be instrumental In savIDg many lives and a great deal of pain by insuring that no time is lost in finding the cabinet in case of accidents, and that when found the cabinet will not be empty through

3 To make every minute of the time to the hundreds of visitors present. The authon tIes engaged in the Competitions were like a theatrical party who had learned their part and knew it by heart, no one excited, but all perfectly calm.

I feel sure that first aiders, like myself who were present will welcome the encouragement given and the exampl e set this year argues well for the future of the Brigad e ComI?etitions and incidently to the efficiency of the Bngade upon which they are bound to reflect.-Yours, etc., RECA ll

FOR OR AGA IN ST CARTOONS.

DE AR SIR,-

I am writing at the request of one ?r members my Division who desire to express their disapproval OI_ cartoons now appearing in Am. \\ re of OpInIOn that these bring ridicule on the Bngade.- Yours faithfully, SUPERINTE NDENT.

[We publish this letter without comment other than the statement that we do not agree. Still, we are glad. the point has been frankly raised; and we leave the deCISion - for or against cartoons-to .our from we shall be glad to receive expreSSIOns of on and posted to us in time for publIcatIOn In our next Issue.EDITOR.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

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Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee ;-

ABERDARE C ENTRE.

Cwmaman Divi5ion.-Ambulance Officer Daniel Jenkins to be Divisional Supt., 30 6 2 4

CARNARVON SH IRE C ENTRE.

Llandudno Division.-Divisional Secretary Gerald St.

John to be Div isi onal Supt., 20 62 4

GLAl\lORGANSHIRE CENTRE.

Cwm Colliery Division. - Ambulance Officer George Henry Bailey to be DiVisional Supt., 30 6 2 4

Maritime and Penrhiw Dlvision.-Corpl. William Masters to be Divisional Supt., 306 2 4

Taibach Divis lon.-Dr Lewis Ingram Dllncan, M.B.,

Ch.B (A berd. ), to be Division;:tl Surgeon, 30 62 4

Tonyrehil and Coedely Division.-Sergt. David Frederick

Price to be Divisional Supt, 30 6 2 4-

lVJONMOT..iTHSHlRI£ CENTRE.

Cross Keys Division.-Dr. James T. Smith, l\J. A , M.D.,

C l.B to be Divisional Su rgeon, 30 62 4-

A ppo i ntments and promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales ;-

ABERDARE C ENTRE.

Cwmaman Division.-Sergt. David Jonathon to be Ambul a nce Offi cer, 306.24; Pte. John Madden to be Sergt, 30614

BRECON , HlRE CENTRE.

Brynmawr Dlvision.-Pte. David Henry Morrij tn be Corp!., 30 6 2 4

CITY OF CENTRE.

Barry Dock 'Jlvision.-Ple. Stanley West to be Corpl., 2 1. 624

CENTRE.

Llandudno Dlvision.-Fte. Sydney Smith to be Corpl., 12.6 24; CarpI. Waller Wilson to be ::,ergt., 12.624

CENTRE.

Brithdi r Dlvision.-Ple. Idris Jones to be Divisional Secretary, 5 624-

Cwm Collie) y Division.-Corpl. Luther Jones [to be Amb ulance Officer, 19.6.24

Maritime and Pe nrhiw Division.-Sergt. Levi Parker to be A mbulance Offic er, 19 6 2 4

Pontyclun Nursing Divlsion. -A mbulance Sister Annie

J ones to be Lady DiviSional Secretary, 5.6.24

MONMOUTHSIlIRE CENTRE.

Aberca rn lJivision. - Pte. Thomas Beard to be Divisional Treasu rer, 29.5.24; Pte. Ernest Ashman to be Divisional Secr etary, 29.5.24; Pte. Ri c hard James Read to be Divisional Se cretary, 12.6.24

.. Keys Division.- Pte. George Henry Hill to be D!V!5!Onal Storekeeper, 19.624; Pte. Job Jefferies to be DlvlslOnal Treasurer, 17. 6.24; PIe. John Taylor to be Divisional Secretary, 17.6.24

NEW DIVISIONS.

Divisions sanctioned during the month;-

CARl\IARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Llanddarog Divis:on, 27 5.24

General Interest.

AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT.

During the month of June examinations were conducted by the Priory in connection with the following classes ;-Tondu G.W.R., Newport, Lllanelly G.W.R.

Purt Talbot (Duffryn Yard) G W R, Blamrhondda G W.R, Swanseai London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Nantyffyllon G. W.R, Caerphilly, Holyhead London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Ammanford G. W.R, Swansea General Hospital, Llanwrst, Kenfig Hill, Llangefni

G. W. R., Ynysfaio Colliery, Penydarren, Cardiff G. W.R., Abertillery, Landore L')co G. W.R., Pengam G. W. R., Bryo, C<l.rdiff Police, Porthcawl, Cefn Coed, Knighton London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Bedlinog, P0ntardulais G W.R., DJwlais Police, Glyn Neath and Abp,rbeeg G.W.R.

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS.

The first meeting of the Welsh Committee of the Central Joint Voluntary Aid Detachment Council was held at Shrewsbury on Thursday, July 3rd, 1924, MajorGeneral the Right Hon. Treowen, C.B., C.M.G., presiding.

The temp0rary appointment of Lord Treowen as Chairman and Sir Herbtrt D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., as Secretary were unanimously approved and confirmed. These appointments, combining the int e rests ot th e British Red Cross Soci e ty and the Priory (or Wales, give general salisf.tction to both bodies. The Chairman and Secretary are members of the Central Council, and it is due to their efforts that the Welsh Committee was established.

Nominations submitted by Territorial Army Associations for a ppointment as County Controllers were considered and authority given to the Chairman and Secretary to approve the appointments subject to agreement with the Order and Society.

It was decidtd to r l?commend in certain counties the appointment of controllers to repr e sent one or both bodies.

No decision was made in r( gard to the quota of mobile and immobile dttachments to be allotted to the various counties. It was agreed to refer this matter to the Order and So-::iet y.

THE ROYAL IN VESTITURE.

For the first time in the bistory of the Order an investiture was held by His Majesty the King at Buckirgham Palace on June 24th. The Priory was represent e d on Chapter-General by tbe Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G., the Right Hon. Lord Mostyn, Mr. Leolin Forestier-Walker, M.P., Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew, Sir John W. Beynon, Bart., C.B.E, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, KBE.

ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALE S-PONTYPOOL, 19 2 4

By Corps Supt. G. H Nelms, Secretary of the Eisteddfod Ambulance C ommittee.

PlObably the biggest series of ambulame competitions ever arranged will be staged in Pontypool Park at tbe Royal National Eisteddfod in August. Naturally this feature of the great Welsh National F e stival is arousing a tremendous amount of interest, not only in ambulance circles-and in these days they are of vast proportionsbut amongst the general public.

It has to be remembtred that during the last few years ambulance work has been stimulated by Coal Mints and Factory Acts which make it compulsory to provide qualified men pm rata to the number employ\.:d at all collieries and factories.

The railway companies have, for many Yfars, offered inducement to their employees to take up this great WOl k,

-lI'IRST

which is most essential in all dangerous and hazardous employment.

Boy scouts, girl guides, lads' and the newlyf()rmed Tohn Brigade Girl and Boy Cadets are prOViding recrUlts for the seGior ambulance services in all parts of the E!Ilpire. The smart, neat uniforms of the St. J cadets is .a great attraction to the young generatlOn, and particularly 10 South Wales where divisions are being formed in many towns and villages.

The educational side of first aid work is now recog?ised by many county. authorilies, who bave put up for annual competltIOn among students attending eveOlng class e s.

Practically every eisteddfod in Wales now finds a place I? the pr?gramme for an ambulance competition, and great rIvalry eXists between the ambulance squ \ds in their efforts to secure the trophies

The Executive of the Pontypool "National" are making a great effort to stage their ambulance arrangements on a larger scale than has ever been seen in connection with the W dsh Eisteddfod, if not in any other similar meeting, and have devoted two full and Tuesday - to the various class e s.

A large representative, ambulance committee was selected, .consistin.g of local medical gec.tlemen and lay officers With expenence of am bulance competitions under the able chairmanship of Dr. D Rocyn Jone , C,B,E, County Medical Officer and County Commissi o ner of the St. John Brigade.

Ample funds were placed at their disposal to make tbe prizes more attractive, and in addition to the handsome trophies of the Priory of WalES , viz, "The Bute" and" Lady Lewis" Cups, which Sir Herbert D. W. K. BE, Commission er for the Priory for Wales, provided for. open events, four new trophies were secured by the chaIrman. The "Trevethin" Shield, presented b}' Mr. W. H. Taylor, C.C, for local competition (i.t'., Wales and Mon.) tor men; "The Silurian" Shield present<>d by Mr. H. Gdhin Lewis, J P , ladies; "The Isca" Trophy, presented by Mr. R. Wilson Bartlett, Sub Commissioner for Monmoutb.shire, for boys; and th e" Gwent" Tropby, presented by SIT John Beynon, Barl., CB E., for girls. the comp.e tit.ions are open to any members of any r e cognIsed orgamsatlOn, and record entries have been received.

class judges have been F.ngaged, and every effort IS beIng made to ensure that the comr:etitions will be as spectacular as possible. Th e locale of th e beautiful Pont.YI?ool Park, former.ly the seat of the Hanbury family, provldtng p erhaps the fairest surroundings th :lt the National Ei,tedfodd ever had, gives unusual facilities in this dir e ction. Sports Ring, with its Grand Stand, whIch eaSIly accommodated the Thousand Voice Choir and the Three Huncred Voice Children's Choir on Proclamation Day, will be the scene of most of the com· petitions, and will enable them to be witnessed in comfort by twenty thousand spectators. As a rule very little comideration is paid to the comfort and convenience of the spectators. At Pontypool a new standard will be set up in these respects, as ample cloak-rooms and robingrooms are available.

The long, tiresome waiting periud, usual at most competitions, will be obviated by "group" preliminary competitions in thE. morning sessions, the winners of which will appear in the final tests at the afternoon sessions.

Probably the most pleasing feature of the Ambulance side of the Eisteddfod is the (act that His Roy.d Highness the Prince of Wales, who is Prior of the Priory for Wales,

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to .,:isit the Eisteddfod on the day of the Open Competitions for the Priory for Wales's trophies

All that is required is fine weather to make the Ambllla?ce Competitions at th e Pontypool Royal National Elsteddford th e most memorable of any ,=ve r held.

Centre Reports.

CITY OF CARDlFF CENTRE.

duties i? conn ection with the ChrIStl Pr?Ce SSlOn at Cardiff. were much heavier this year than preVIOusly. Eight statlOns were established on the line of route, at which a large number of cases received attention, and in Castle Grounds alone over six')' ;ases dealt wah by the .members of the fhe ChIef Constable of Cardiff has sent the followincy letter to the PI io( ipal Secretary of the Priory :_ 0 CORPUS PRO CE SSlON.

DE AR SIR,-

I have to thank the members of your Priory for the excellent manner in which they responded to the call for their services 0.1 this occasion.

The arrangements made for their disposition were admirable and the work they performed was equally so. On behalf of the Police Authority I tender your staff and yourself their best thanks.-Yours faithfully,

J. A. WILSON, Chief Constable.

The Very Reverend Canon D. J. Hannon, on behalf ot the Archbishop and Clergy has also written a lettc:r of appreciation for the voluntary s rvict's rendered and has sent a donation towards the funds.

A great demand is b .:: ing made upon the Brigade at this tim e; a large number cf mtn and women have done duty at Wembley, then th ere is the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show at Bridgmd for which the Priory hLs undertaken to make the necessary preparations ; the Royal National Eisteddfod; the Cardiff IIorse Show; and anum ber d smaller functions, not only in th e County of Glamorgan, but in all puts of the Principality.

Over fifty men and nurses accompanied the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Cardiff in the civic procession to St. John'S Church on Sunday, June I5th. Staff Officers Bernard E. Maberley and Dr. Vere Hunt were in charge, and Captain T. E. Richards represented the Commissioner for Wales.

At the request of Dr. W. G. Williams, Divisional Surgeon of the Cardiff Nursing Divisior, the Priory fur Wales arranged for the attendance of Members of the Cardiff Nursing DIvisions at th e Cardiff Arms Park, on S.iturday, June 28tb, on tbe occasion of the second annual SpOlti h e ld nnder the auspicts of the Cardiff Athletic Club.

G LAMORGANSHIRE CENTRF.

The Pontypridd Sub-District annual competitions took place on S3.turday, Jun e 21St, in the New Park, Pontypridd The awards included a Shield and Medals for the Men, a for Nurs e s, with silv e r Candlesticks as first prize and silver spoons as second prize, and the "Dr. Washington Evans Cup" for individual comp e tition.

In the Men's Competition the following awards were madc::-

-FIRST

Tonyrefail and Coedely NO.1 Team 149 Maritime and Penrhiw NO.2" 143

Great Western Colliery" 8 r

Tonyrefail and Coed.ely No.2 8r

Mari time and Penrhlw No.2 8r Brynna 71

The silver rose bowl was won by the Cwm and Llantwit Vardre t eam with 149 points, the Pontyclun team having 14 6

The competitors in the individual contests ,,:ere Ambulance Offic e r Levi F. Parker with a otal of 74 pomts, Sergeant F. F. Price 7 I, Private Maxwell Davies 63, Private W. D. Davies 56, and Private J. Bolam 5 r.

The examiners were: Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, CardIff; Dr. A. M. Robertson, Cwmparc, and Dr. R Llewellyn, Cardiff. The presentations were made by the T. Parry Pryce (Vicar of Po?typridd), Mr. John W: DaVIson, ::\f.B.E, Lady Lewis and Su H2rbert D. W. LeWIS.

On Jun e 26th, Dr. Wilson Williams was the recIpient of a gold watch and chain on th e occasion of his removal to Penarth. For many years Dr. Williams was Divisional Surgeon of the Maritime and Penrhiw Divisions, and the presentation was made by Staff Officer W. C. Goddard.

On Saturday, June 28th, the Bridgend Sub-District held a Field day. There were eight teams entered for the opel competition and the Adjudicators, Dr. J. Brereton and Dr. Thomas Wallace, Cardiff, placed them in the following order of merit:-

r. Nantymoel 160

2. Glyncorrwg-

3. Ffaldall [47

4 Ke nfi g Hill [43

5 Ma esteg , [3 8

6 Garth

7. Ca erau 1

8. Nantyffyllon I [I

D:. A. W. Anderson, Ogmore Va le who judged the contest for the Shield, confined to teams from tht; Valley Corps, made th e following awards:

Maesteg Garth

Caerau

N antyffyllon

153 Marks. 138 12 9 [29

Four teams entered the competition for cadets, two from Nantyffyllon, one from Maesteg, and one from Garth. Dr. Anderson adjudicated, and the prize was awarded to a N mtyffyllon team.

Teams from Maesteg and Garth competed in a nursing contest, adjudicated by Dr. Prentice (Maesteg), and Maesteg was successful.

BOROUGH OF RHON:PDA CENTRE.

The annual distribution of awards took place on June 4th at th e Central Hall, Tonypandy. Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., who presided, spoke on the progress continually being made in first aid work, and refe rred to the Medical Comforts established in Wales. Presentations were made to Dr. e Bryan, class lecturer, Staff Officer George Payne and Mrs, G. Payne.

Lady Lewis pres e nted lab e ls and medallions to the successful students, and assured them that the time and leisure they had sacrificed wou l d be as nothing when compared to the great service the knowledge would be in later years.

Mr. R. Lloyd, M. K, Agent of the Glamorgan Collieries, pre s ;ded at the annual social and distribution of prizes at Llwynypia on June 21st, and complimented the officers of th e Division, to whose sacrific e and enthmiasm he attributed the success of the past season.

The Secretary, Mr. W. R. Matthews, gave an interesting resum e of th e work accomplished since the inception

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of the Division in 1916. Two hundred and eighty-four students had and much of this credit was due to the lecturer, Dr. W Watkins, M.ReS , L.R.C.P. (Divisional Surgeon), who had given invaluable voluntary servic€s.

Seven teams from the Rhondda Fawr Corps competed on June 14th, at Treherbert, for the" Willis" and" Lady Vaughan William" cups. The Fernhill Nursing Division retained the "Wtllis" cup, which they won on the last occasion. The Llwynypia Division won the "Lady Vaughan Williams" cup for the secon,d time. Lady Lewis presented a gold medal to Miss Payne for the individual nursing competition.

The adj udicators we re Dr. J. Brereton, Tonyrefail, Dr. Nelson, Fernhill, Dr. Robinson, Cwnparc, and Dr. H. M, Williams, Abercynon. Great credit is due to Corps Supt. Abraham, and Corps Secretary Idrys Davi e s for the tx cellent ar -angements made.

The seventh annual Inter-Colliery Ambulance Competition among teams drawn from the Cambriam Combine Collieries was held at the Cwmlai Council Schools, Coedely, on Saturday, June 28th. Mr. P. T. J e nkins, H.M. Inspector of Min e s, presided, and Dr. Urban Marks, Swansea, and Dr , J. W. Wilson, Aberdare, were the judges.

In his remarks on the adjudication of th e stretcher e st, Dr. Urban Marks stated that th e cas e he had prepared that day was a typical coal-face accident, in which it was essential that the nature of the inj uries had to be diagnosed before removing the patient, and emphasised the fact that all first-aid men should possess what he termed "brain -waves II and" quick wit." He had that day given marks for thos e qualifications and penalised for all unn e cessary questions asked in the diagnosis of patient and treatment.

Dr. J. M. Wilson, in his adjudication on th e oral test, complimented th e teams on the manner in which they had answ rcd the questions set them that day. The younger teams he prais ed and urged them to keep plodding on until they became winn e rs of the shield. The r esults were as follows : -

Tylorstown No. 2 Marks.

Naval No. I 180-

No

157 Tylorstown NO.1 156

Navigation J46b

143 Cambrian I20

Naval No. 2 "

Lady Lewis pres e nted the Prizes to the winning teams and Miss G. Richards handed gifts to the Captains of the first two teams.

The teams and officials were afterwards entertained by the Chairman and Directors of the Cambrian Consolidated, Ltd., and addresses wer e made by Mr H. Evans, J. P., Mr. P. T. Jenkins, and Sir Herbert Lewis, K.B.E. BOROU GH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

The Annual Inspection of the Taff Valley and Dowlais Corp. was held at Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil, on Saturday, 28th June Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberly, who conducted the Inspection on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales, remarked that he had never seen a better turn out, and the march past was exceptionally good

News in Brief.

The Sirhowy (London Midland & Scottish Railway) team tied with the Llanhilleth Colliery team for the first

July, 19 2 4.

and second prizes in the Ambulance competition held in connection with the Tredegar Horse Show on June 11th.

Among the numerous birthday greetings addressed to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was the message from the Welsh Priory, of which he is Prior. The following acknowledgment has been received :-

" My grateful thanks to the Priory for Wales for their kind lJirthday congratulationf.-Edward P."

Among the Welsh members present at the Annual Commemoration Service of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, held on June 23rd, were the Lord Kylsant (Sub-Prior), Priory for Wales, Lord Mostyn (Bailiff of St. David's), Major·General Sir Ivor Phillipps, L:tdy Kylsant, Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew, The Hon. Mrs. H. Gladstone, Mrs. and Mrs. A. G. E. J. Fudge, Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Bartlett, Dr. and Mrs. Rocyn Jones, Lady (Herbert) Lewis, Mr. Lemu e Jones, Dr. and Mrs. Urban Marks, Mr. Leolin Forestier-Walker, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis and Sir John W. Beynon.

Queries and )\nswers to eort'espondents.

;!ueries f1:JiII be dealt f1:Jitll under tile lollof1:J,ng rules :-

I.-Letters containinb Queries musl be marked on Ike tot lelt kana corner 01 tke enfJelope "Query," and addressed-FIRsT AID, 46, Cannon-sIred, London, E,C'4'

3. -A II Queries must be accompanied b, a " Query Coupon" cut fron tke current issue 01 tke Journal, or in case 01 Queries Irom abroa( Irom a recent issue.

Textbook, to wkich reference may be made in these columns is the 36th (I920) Edition oj S.J.A.A. Manual of First-Aid.

A CO MPLICATED CASE.

W. R. (G leneath) .- Not long ago a young man was caught by a fall of coal and sustained simple fra( tures of right clavicle, right humerus, right forearm and a complicated fracture of right ribs, together with dislocation of left shoulder and elbow. Surely this IS a unique and complicated case. Please tell us how we should treat it.

I agree that you had indeed a "complicated case."

Unfortunately your query lacks detail-especiallywith reference to position of injured limbs and surroundings-without which I cannot suggest appropriate treatment.

From your description, however, I should be disposed to keep (and remove) patient flat on his back-with right upper limb extended and kept in close apposition to body and with dislocated left upper limb properly supported (as a whole and at injured joints) and so placed that there would be no interference with movements of left chest on which patient chiefly relies for his supply of oxygen .- N. CORBET FLETCHER.

SIGNS OF CYANIDE POISONING.

J. J. P. (Farnborough).-I thank you for your answer to my query of above title published in April issue; but the point which beats me was the fact that the question was given with reference to " Cyanide of Potash," to which the Textbook makes no reference. Should First-Aiders know alternative names of poisons?

I agree that there might be some difficulty under the now disclosed by you: but frankly I think that through your "Qualifir:ations as a First·Aider"-especially your "discrimination" and "resourcefulness "-you should have overcome your difficulty. Even if you did not know that

" Potassium )J is the Latin and" P.otasb" the English name, ca,n any pOIson named m Tex tbook with which you might Justifiably have muddled a Cyam'de poison.-N C.F. CHOKING.

G. C. rambling in the country, I come across a man .who, amid the remains of luncheon, is lying not and black in the face, and who IS suffermg from body impacted tightly m hiS throat. No other assistance (lay or medical) is aval ,lable; and the usual methods for removing foreign bodies from throat fail.

With ;Ouch a patient in such surroundings, would I be III order If-to sa've my patient's lzje- I made a small insertion in his windpipe and so opened up a passage for re-establishment of breathing. Please advise.

You have imagined a critical emergency for which there is apparently only one solution; but you conceal (or are 19norant of) the fact that making" a small insertion in windpipe" is not such an easy and simple process for an untrained person as imagination pictures. On the contrary you must know Just when and jus t where the incision should be made.

Some in the early days of the Movement for such emergenc es a method of opening the throat With a small transverse slit in the hollow which is situated in middle line immedIately below Adam's Apple (b,etween larynx and trachea ) and of keeping opening patent With the bent ends of a couple of hair pins. This is a comjJara,tz'vely and easy operation, especially by contrast with that mvolved rn" m.aking insertion in windpipe, according to your vague and rndefiDlte suggestion."

This instruction never found a place in our Textbook clearly because it was felt that it might tend to favour some .First truth being tbat what (under the very czrcumstances named by YOll) might be safe and JustIfiable 10 the hands of a few experienced First-Aiders, would be deCidedly unsafe in those of the big majority of lay persons for whose benefit and instruction the Textbook was written! So there I leave your problem.-N.C .F.

USES OF OLIVE OIL.

F. H. ( Lancashire ).-In the L. & I .E. Railway Final Tests published in May issue of FIRST Bearer NO.5 was asked to state "how Olive Oil may be used in ambulance work" ( p. 248). To my surprise, I find that contrary to the Textbook mark is allowed for suggesting its use with Burns or Scalds.

As a competitor ill this contest I protest against this error, because in a close finish 1 mark might make all the difference in the final result, and because mistakes, like this one, cause dissatisfaction amongst competitors. Please give uS your opinion.

I am in full accord with your views; and I agree that in a detailed marking the closest possible attention should be paid to the Textbook -N.C.F.

COMPOUND, COMPLIC ATED FRACTURE OF RIBS.

J. E. (Chesham).-With reference to your answer 0 query of above title in May issue and your emphatic condemnation of extension applied to compound complicated fractures, may I direct attention to the L. & N.E. Railway Final Tests (published in May issue of FIRST Am), where on p. 247 there will be found in the Stretcber Test the following item under "Treatment of Fracture "-Constant Extension (4 marks )? I should be glad to have this point cleared up.

If you want" the point cleared up," why write to us? We are not responsible for all detailed sheets! I suspect, however, that the Judge with his term "constant extension " did not expect (or wish) competitors to "pull on lower fragment, " and that the words used signified in reality-Ie constant control of fracture."-N.C.F.

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GROWING GRASS IN MAN S EYE.

An ama zing case was recently treated at Gloucestershire Infirmary. A farm labourer got something into his eye which he was unable to remove; and because of the pain he visIted hospital.

The surgeon, on making an incision above the eye, discov ered a green blade of g rass over an inch and a·half long, lying between the tissue<:, and springing from a hay seed, which was also removed from the eye. Apparently the se ed had becom e lodged in the corner of

the eye socket; the discharge from the tear duct had watered it; and the blade of grass growing from it had received sufficient light through the eyeball to make it g reen. The operation was successful, and the man's eye is now as good as ever. - Reynold's lVewsjJa per.

HOT WATER-BOTTLE DAN GER.

AT a Padding ton inquest on Herbert Mott, 74, a retired accountant, it was stated that he was a1mitted to hospital suffering from coal gas poi "oning Cue to the accidental turning on of a gas tap when removmg h is dressing gown from a clothes hook at the side of the bracket.

The house surgeon, however, said the actual cause of death was blood poisoning due to a burn on the side of his body, probably caused by a hot-water bottle which he had in bed with him. A verdict of accidental death was returned.Evening News.

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Depots. for the interest of others and men in the future will be remembered in precisely the d eg ree they have served, and that is bUl fitting. It is not what. we do ourselves that counts, but what we do for others. In the final reckoning the name of some obscure and humbl e man or woman who came with ministering hands and words of comfort when their neighbours were in trouble, may shine with the of burnished gold. There s nothing which fulfils this principle better than the work undertaken by the St. John Ambulance Brigade it is the spirit of service to others which grips the movement and is the true strength of civilization. The St. John Am bulance Brigade has an unbroken record of service to the sick and injured, both in peace and war time, and it is always alert to extend its usefuln e ss in this direction.

WE have had an opportunity of seeing The S.J.A.B. an advanced proof of the Brigade Report R.eport. for the year 1923, which will probably be circulated sometime next month. It is pleasing to note that the Brigade has now settled down after the abnormal times of the war period, and is again steadily building itself up on a solid foundation, the strength of the year showing a net increase of 26 divisions over the numb er recorded for the previous year. The personnel revealing an increase of 3,845 men and a decrease of 3,423 women, making a total of 36,152, while the Cad e ts show a total of 655 boys and girls. Bearing in mind that it is only 12 months sinc e Cadets were introduc e d into the Brigade and to the fact that there are numerous organisations <!>pen to boys and girls, while nrst aid work is not a subj ect which app eals to all juve nilts, this num ber of units formed augurs well for the future of thi s new branch of activity.

Reports to hand show that on public and other occasions over 200,000 cases have been treat ed by the Brigade, this alone showing that it continu e s to work in the many sph e res of activity where tht med for ambulance men and women is requil ed and, in consequence, the work of the Brig ade in th is respect is gradually, but surely, becoming known to the publ ic

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Recently in some parts of the country, and particularly in Wales, a new form of service has been established for the benefit of th e sick and inj ured, this is in the nature of Medical Comforts Depots, the object of these is to provide, on loan, articles for th e sick room to the poor and necessitous, an insight into what has been done in Wales in this work is given in this and our last issue, that it is an invaluable work cannot be gainsaid, for it will at once be realis e d that it is not within the province of everyone to purchase such articles as water-b e ds, bath chairs, and many oth e r sick·room requisites, whereas if they can be hired for a modest !lum or loaned free, they are going to be a great relief and comfort to the sick and injured.

This is one of the services we want every Corps and Division of the country to establish, it is not a difficult task and its benefits are so appuent. From time to time

The Chief Commissioner expresses his great admiration of the e n e rgy displayed by all ranks to make the Brigade th e hall mark of tfficiency in au:.bulance work, and for the consci entiom and loyal manner in which all have carried out his instructions and p e rformed their duties. They are, one and all, truly upholding to the fullest extent the traditions of the Order and the Brigade,

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The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

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St. fohn's Gate, Clerkenwe!l, London, E.C., 3ISt fztly, I9 2 4

The King has been graciously pleased to sanction the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Grand Prio:y of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem III England:-

As Knight of Grace:

Colonel Sir Ma tthew Henry Gregson Fell, K.C.B., C.M.C.

A s Ladies of Grace:

Stella Heyward, Mrs. W. B. Fisher.

Claire Lloyd, Mrs. C. Blrkin.

Katherine Florence, Mrs. Wilkinson.

Helen Muriel, Mrs. Birkbeck.

Ma rg-aret, Mrs. Douglas King.

As Honorary Serving Brother: Ro bert Griffiths.

As Honorary Serving Sister: Ma rgaret, Mr s. Ellis.

As Honorary Associates.

Michrel Forbes Tweedie, F.S.A.

Samuel McCormac, M. B.

As Donat (Silve r Badge ): Sir Robert Ho Tung.

News from the Chancery.

FIRST AID AT THE EXHIIlITION.

A MBULANCE work at the British Em pir e Exhibition is b::ing carried out by the St John Ambulance Brigade and the British Red Cross Society in alternate months The Brigade, und e r the direction of Captain G Gerhold, Public Duty Officer of the Prince of Wales District was on duty from 2nd June to 5th July. On Whit Monday over 300,000 peopl e visited the Exhibition and on many other occasions the daily attmdance has exceeded 200,000. A daily voluntary staffof Brigade members nearly 100 was on duty, each District of the Brigade supplying its quota of volunteers During the mention ed a total of 16,23 0 hours of duty were performed by the am bulance personnel and 5.79 cases were treat e d.

Brigade is again on duty during the month of August, during the first week of which they have been kept busy by large numbers attending:fle Pageant of Empire and th e Boy Scouts' Jamboree, in addition to the ordinary first aid work in the E xhi bition.

The stretch e r contests of the Bristol Centre of the S.J.A.A. were h el d on Tuly T2th, the Bevis and Squire Cups were won by Clifton, the Novice Cup by Midland and the Horace Walk e r Cup by No. I Nursing DIvIsIOn,

Hospital Notes.

THE appointment of Mr. William Egbert as Registrar has enabled the Warden to re-open the chmc for out-patients on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Hospital has always suffe red badly from dust off the road which runs close to the. walls and carnes the heavy traffic City-wards from the railway station and Bethl e hem and Hebron. The municipality is now trying an experiment. The roa:1 is to be swept and then well soaked with a super-saturated salt solution and th e n water e d daily. By this means it is hoped to mitigate the dust nuisance.

The Maltese crosses on the mam door have been covered with brass. The effect is very striking and they appear entirely in harmony with the oak panelling. -r: he cost has been defray ed locally, one of donors bemg Mrs. Kumri, the housekeeper. It now remains to find suitable do()r handles and a bell pull. These ornaments will add dignity to our main entrance.

S tatistics for June show that the staff is kept busy. In'patients, operations, and out-patient attendances are all higher than last year-only in new out-patients is there a sma,ll decrease-and this is owing to the fellahin being busy with the harvest.

The water rate has been increased by over 60 per cent. and is now costing th e hospital nearly £ 6 5 per annum. The Warden is appealing, but has not much hope of any substant ia l reduction.

It is gratifying to be able to announce that another has be e n endowed. Sir Robert Ho Tung, Knt., of Hong Kong, has followed his brother's EX tmple and become one of our benefactors. He was among those whom H.M. The King invested with the Donat's Silver Badge at the recent Investiture at the Palace.

Thirty-six new beds have been ordered to be despatched to th e Hospital. The cost of thes e exhausts the gift of £ ISO which was re ceived from a lady who desires to remain anonymous.

The order has been given for the installation of electric plant in the Hospital and it is hoped that, by the new year the work will be complete. A kind donor has provided the sum of £500 for an x-ray app.lTatus and towards the £200 n e cessary to complete the electric outfit in respect of d e tails such as sterilisers and lamps etc, we have already been given £50 by a "Omadian Sympathiser," and as soon as th e balance has been raised the necessary plant will be acquired. With this eltctric installation and e quipment the Hospital will enter on a new chapter of increased efficiency and usefulness, and the Committee will be abl e to turn its attention to other improvements, especially the provision of a Rest House for acute conjunctivitis cases.

J. T. W. P.

During the war no fewer than 3,619 trained nurses were sent ove rseas, and in all I 1,43I women were engaged in actual nursing on active service during the war.

THE LORD ISLI!\'GTON, (' C.M.G., D.S.n.

SERJE,\NT-SL RGEON IR E. I L\\'ELOCK CH. \RL ES,

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LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (NORTH-EASTERN AREA).

The annual meeting of the above Centre was held at Harrogate Station on July 27th, when Mr. C. H. Hill (Chairman) presided, and delegates were present from the Darlington, Leeds, Hull, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, and York districts. The Secretary (Mr. Geo. Jackson) presented his annual report which stated that during the year ending June 3 0th , 1924, 58 classes have been formed.

Examinations have been held for all the classes except West Cliff and Selby.

Re_examinations have been held at Hull, Carlin How, Shildon, Richmond and Monk Fryston.

The numbers who have pagsed examinations are :_

First 344, second 20 5, th ird 184, labels 49 1, making a total since formation of CC!ntre in 1896 of, first 98 4 2, second 5 15 2 third 3937, labels 4 1 3 6 .

Reports of accidents treated are :-Darlington district 14108, Hull 12 9 2 7 Leeds 4069, Middlesbro' 9530, 122 57, York 11321, making a total January, 1897, cf 757,903.

In the competitions 3 g teams entEred and the Park Lane team won the c. Wharton" Shield, obtained second place in the group and eighth place in the Inter-Railway Competition.

The work all round is still progressing, and the fact that 58 class es having been formed, shows that the interest is still keen, and there are good prospects of another successful session in the coming winter.

Reports of the work in the six districts were given by the District Secretaries, and on all hands progress was reported.

The election of officers resulted in the following being elected:-Honorary Presidents, Sir Ralph Wedgwood, c.B., C.M G., and Altx Wilson; Esq, O B.E Presidtnt, George Davidson, Esq, Divisional General Manager, York; Vice Presidents, heads of departments, North-Eastern Area ; Chairman, Mr. C. H. Hill, Starbeck Vice-Chairman, Mr_ L. Bakes, Bridlington Secretary, Mr. Geo. Jackson, York.

Regret was expressed at the removal of Mr. Wilson from York, and the thanks of the centre was extended to him for his many acts of assistance and help which he had ren3ered to the centre during the period he had spent in York.

Business concerning the further welfare of the centre was done, and a pleasant hour or two was aft e rwards spent in seein g the various sights of Harrogate.

On July 28th, Mr. J. Ledger Keating presented certificates gained at the last txami nation to members of the 51 (Croydon) Division.

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Brigade ApPointments, Etc.

JU LY, 1924

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICERS.

No. DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon Richard Connon Robertson, L.M.S S.A.

L.S A., 14.7.24

Corps Supt. William George Butcher, 14.7 24

Divisional Supt. Francis William Clifford, 147. 2 4

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer A. Robertshaw, 2I.7.:Q

TO BE CORPS SUPERINTENDENT.

O. I DISTRI CT.

Divisional Supt. Joseph Daniel Payne, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 28.7.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Arthur Payne, Accr ington Corps, 25 .7 2 4

TO BE CORPS OFFICERS.

NO.5 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance Officer Arthur Reside, B righouse Corps, 2I. 7. 24 Corps Officer Nelson Frank Baylis (for Transport), N otting ham Corps, 21.7 24

Ambulance Officer Harry Riley, Morley and District Corps, 21.7. 2 4

Staff Serg t. Charles Bernard Copping, Brighuuse 21.7 24

Divisional Supt. James Saville, Spen Valley Corps, I.7.24

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. 3 DISTRICT.

Robert Collinson Dav is on, M. B., B.S ., \Volverhampton Division, 107.24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS.

NO.1 DISTRI CT.

Ambulance Officer John Standingford, Ealing D,iv is,ioD, 25.7.24

Ambulance Officer Ernest Lucas, West Ham Dlv:slon, 11.7.24 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Luther Roberts, Cleckheaton Division 1.7. 2 4

Henry John Archibald Banks, Ripley DIVISion, 15.7.24 No_ 8 DISTRICT.

George Bernard JuPP, Brighton Police Div ision, 127.24

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT. NO.8 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Edith Clarisse B1inko, Ramsgate Nursing Division, 177.24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS. NO.5 DISTRI CT

Sergeant-Major James Harrison, BentIDck Colliery DIVISion 25.7. 2 4

Sergt. Harry Hollas, Skipton D lvls.IOn, 21.7·24

Pte. Donald Ross, Cadeby DIVISion, Denaby Main Corps, 25.7. 24 .,

Sergt. William Fletcher, Grtmsby DlYIslOn, 1.7.24

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No.6 DISTRICT.

Th St I Chopwe ll Division, Derwent Valley Sergt. omas ee , Corps, 25.7. 2 4

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Sergt. George Gore, Dover Division, 17.7 2 4

No. II Dlc.;TRICT.

Ambulance Officer ( Cadets) Alfred Scott, Addiscome Division, 254. 2 4

Pte. Arthur Ansley, Battersea DIvIsion, 137. 24

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Ethel Walkden, Kelsall and Kemp Nursmg Division, 17.7.24

NO.5 DI STRICT

A mbulance Sister Sarah Frances Speight, Cleckheaton Division, 3.7.24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Frances Bulley, City of Exeter Nursing Division, 9.7.24

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT-MAJOR.

Sergt. Robert Bowles, Scunthorpe and District Corps, 29.5. 24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS FOR CADETS.

Sergt. William Greenwood, Stalybridge and Dukinfield Division, 15.7.24 .,.

Am bulance Sister Nellie Constance Smith, HaverhIll NurslDg Division, 24.5.24

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer S. W. Merrick, Snow Hill Division, Birmingham Corps, I.8.24

Ambulance Officer C. Cripps, Smethwick Division, Birmingham Corps, 2I.7 .24

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

NO.5 DI STRICT

Divisional Supt. J. H. Montague to the Parkstone Division, NO.9 District, supernumerary to establIshment, 19 .2. 24

Corps Officer E. Bussey, Bradford Corps,. to Divisional Supt., Bradford Tramways DIvIsIOn, Bradford Corps,3I.7 24

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss P. Tuller, Cytringham Nursing Division, 31.7. 2 4

NO.5 DISTRICT.

La:ly Supt. Mis5 N . Furness, Haworth Nursing Division, 31.7. 2 4

Divisional Surgeon O. Maggs, Haworth Nursing Division, 31. 7. 2 4

No. 6 DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. H. W. Clothier, North Tyneside Corps, 157 24

Divisional Surgeon Dr. Anderson, West Hartlepool Division, 12·7·24

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss A Fell, Market Drayton Nursing- Division, 24·7·24

DEATHS.

NO.6 DI STR lCT.

Divisional Surgeon A. Smith, Whickham Division, 1. 82 4 DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

Erith Oil Works Division,2I.7. 24

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Leamington and Warwick Division, 29.7. 2 4

NO.4 DISTRICT. Westhoughton Nursing Division, 1.7. 2 4

Kelsall and Kemp Nursing Division, 10.7. 2 4

Whitehaven Division, 177. 24'

Daubhill Nursing Division, 25.7. 24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Stamford Division, r.7. 2 4

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

NO.3 DISTlHCT.

Leamington Spa Division, 30 .7. 24

CADET DIVISIONS

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Stalybridge and Dukinfield Division, 14.7. 2 4

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Scunthorpe and District Division, 25.7. 24

Pontefract Division, I I.7.24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Citv of Exeter Division, 25.7. 24 P. (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distri,t. COMMISSIONER:

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" Duty (rom 2.30 p.m., to 8. p.m., Key from St. Johns, Gate at 2 p.m. NEW DIVISIONS.

The following Division has now been sanctioned by the Acting Chief :No. 90, Erith Oil Works, WIth effect from July 23 rd , 19 2 4. APPOINTMENTS.

Dr. N. Connon Robertson, promoted to the rank of District Officer to the Assistant Commissioner of the Northern Area, with effect from July 14th, 19 2 4.

Captain William George Butcher ,Pr?moted to the rank of District Officer to the Assistant Commissioner of the Southern Area with effect from July 14th, 19 2 4.

Supt. Francis William Clifford, p ror:noted to the rank of District Officer to the AS3istant Corr mlssloner for the Western Area with effect flom July 14th, 19 2 4.

Divisional Superintendent J. Payne, No. J9, South politan Gas Corps to be promoted Corps SuperIntendent, WIth effect from July 28th, 1924.

CHARGE OF CENTRAL AREA.

The Acting Chief Commissioner has given for District Surgeon N. Corbet Fletcher to act as Officer III of the Central Area, pending his appointment as Assistant Commissioner for the same Area.

EQUIPMENT OF HEAD QUARTERS OFFICE.

The following letter has been received by the Commissioner from Captain Goodley on behalf of the members of the NO.7 2 (Barking) Division :-

,I The members of this Division have pleasure in asking your acceptance of this timepiece, together with a framed photo of the Division (or your office, as a token of loyalty,

August, IS24. -FIRST

and regard towards you as their Commissioner. The members trust that your office will soon be comfortably furnished, that you may long be spared to use the furniture, and fondly remember the Divisions who g-ladly embrace the opportunity of shewing their appreciation of your good work."

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

No. 18 (WHITEHALL) NURSING DIVISION.-A course of six lectures on First Aid for women will be given by Lieut.-Col.

F. A. Brooks M.D. on consecutive Tuesday evenings commencing October 7 at 7.30 p.m. at The Eccleston Guild House, Berwick-street, Eccleston-square, S. W. 1. Fee for the course including examination 3S. 6d. Further can obtained (rom the Hon. Class Secretary, MISS C. CurtIS, 28, Glyn Mansions, Addison Bridge, W.14.

No. 3 District.

LEICESTER.-The corps undertook duty at the Royal Agricultural Societys' Show which was held at Leicester this year, and special plans r:nade tl? cope the casualtie.s. A commodious central bUildIng whIch comprIsed a first aId station and mens' ward with three beds in the mens' section and first aid statIOn and kitchen combined, and a worn ens' ward with three beds in the womens' section. The show duty commenced on June 27th and terminated on July 6th and during this penod some 50 were with. '"

The main casualtIes were spralDed ankles, IDJunes due to falls accidents at refreshment rooms, and wounds caused by Several cases were serious enough to call for conveyance to the Royal Infirmary, the most urgent being that of the herdsman named Snell, who was terribly bitten on the thigh by a boar. But for prompt aid by ambulance men, the man must have succumbed, as the application of a tourniquet was necessary to arrest the bleeding.

Corps Supt. Walker and Lady Corps Sup!, Miss Musson were in charge of the station and apart from the officers 36 men and 20 am bulance sisters were on duty each day.

No. 10 District.

HAVERHILL. The annual inspection of this Division was held at the Council Schools on Saturday, July 19th at 330 a.m. in the afternoon. The Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk ( Dr. S. O. Eades) accompanied by his staff (Corps W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat), motored over from IpSWICh to carry out the inspection, and were received on arrival by the County Surgeon (Dr.D. H. Goodman) and Miss Goodman. Supt. G. S Scott was in command of the parade, and was supported by Scrivener, Cadet Officer Horrix, Lady Supt. MISS Ruffle (Ill charge of the nurses), the Girls' Cadet Officer (Miss Smith) and Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. WIlson.

I n addressing the parade at the close of InSpectIon, Dr. Eades paid a high tribute to the work done In by Dr. Goodman on behalf of the cause, h.e .h.avmg completed 25 years' service in the ThiS diVISIOn IS the first in the connty to form cadet Untts both for boys and girls, from which to dlaw recruits to swell the ranks of the divisions as they become old enough to Jom. No small amount of the credit for this is shown by the enthUSIasm of Dr. Goodman in his love for work. Dr. Goodman publicly presented a challenge shIeld, to be known as the " Eric" Shield to be held by any sectIon each year. Supt. Scott also presented a cup for the best boy of the cadets who shows ability in sports for the year.

IpSWICH.-A most successful "Flag Day II was held by

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Ipswich Corps, on Saturday, July 26th, when nearly one hundred and thirty-five pounds was raised. The Sessions Court at the Town Hall was used as a central depot for the collectors and officials. I n the evening, a concert was arranged by Lady Supt. Miss Hossack at the ambulance station. On Sunday, July 27th, a drumhead service was held on Portmanroad Ground, the address being given by the Rev. J. A. Patten, M.A., M.C. The Commissioner ( Dr. J. F. C. Hossack), with Captain F. H. Gooderham and Sergt.-Major Lord represented the District, Dr. S. O. Eades ( Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk ) with his staff Corps Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffatt ) Corps Supt. J. Pawsey was in command supported by Supts. Fiddy, Goddard, Last, Hutton and Pepper with Ambulance Officers Bird, Knox and Jennings; Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar, Lady Supts. the Misses King, Baldwin, Hossack and Hart. Special hymns for the occasion were accompanied by the band of the Tacket-street Company of the Boys Life Brigade.

On the occasion of the visit of the Grand Prior of the Order (His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught) to I pswich, to open the new wing to the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital in memory of those men and women of the county who gave their lives in the war; a guard of honour was provided by the district.

Capt. F. H. Gooderham was in command supported by District Secretary A. C. HIll, Supt. Fiddy and Supt. Goddard) ( Ipswich ) Supt. Andrews and Ambulance Officer the Rev. T. Stewart (Colchester), together with representatives of the Manningtree, Colchester and Ipswich units. Corp I. Sharman's (Ipswich) array of military and life saving decorations claimed the Duke s attention, and he asked the Corporal to give him particulars of his servi c e during the war.

At the ambulance competition which was held at Bury St. Edmunds on Bank Holiday in aid of the funds of the Bury and West Suffolk Hospital, the Gippeswyk Division of the I pswich Corps were successful in winning the Felixstowe Challenge Cup. The competition was open t? all units of both the British Red Cross SocIety and St. John ID Suffolk. Four teams were entered-three from the British Red Cross Society and one from the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The winning team was entered by Supt. Goddard, and was composed of Sergt. Brett, in charge, Hon. Sergt. Curtis, Waller and Private Wright. Each member of the tean: .recelved a small miniature cup as a memento of the competitIon. The trophy has been held by a Bury unit of the British lZed Cross Society V.A.D since 191 4, this being the last occasion it was offered for competition.

No. 12 (Irish) District.

The Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of the Brigade in Ireland were inspected on July 26th in Lord !veagh's Dublin, by Gener:.l.l 'v.. R. E. Murphy, ChIef CommiSSIOner of the Dublin MetropolItan Poltce.

At 3. IS p.m., the" assembly " was sounded by buglers of the 21st Dublin Company of the Boy's Brigade, and a quarter of an hour later General Murphy was rece iv ed by Sir John Lumsden, K.B.E. The" general salute " was given and. the inspection followed. Then came the march past, the musIc of which was supplied by the massed bands of the St. John Ambulance Brigade pipers, Finton pipers and the Connolly pipers, in charge of PIpe MilJor Steele. At the conclusion of the inspection the whole parade advanced to the saluting base, where they were addressed by General Murphy. The Inspecting Officer expressed the great that it had given him to be plesent, and the InspectlDg Officer he desired to congratulate all the sectlons on the of their turn-out. As the 0pp :)Itumty had now presented Itself, he wanted to say how much he appreciated the work that Brigade. About two months ago he had been speaklDg .to some people, commenting on the. excellenc.e and punctualIty of the Brigade and the that It never faIled to turn flut to any function. He appreciated that all the more because from his own expertence of work he knew that great effort was needed in the organtsatlon of such work. I t was all the more meritorious because it was purely voluntary, and he thought] on the whole, that the public did not sufficiently

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realise the value of such an organisation; for if they did realise it to the full they would support it more than they did at present. He congratulated the officers and all the members of the Brigade on their smart appearance, which was a great credit to all concerned.

Sir John the Commissioner, thanking General Murphy for his kindness in inspecting the Brigade, said. The work of the Brigade was purely voluntary, and the state of effir:iency of the ambulance men and nurses was only obtained by constant practice and frequent inspection. mere passing of a First Aid or Home Nursing Examination was not sufficient, and it was a mistake to imagine that the holding of certificates wam a efficient hall-mark. The teaching for the certificates was readily forgotten unless the First Aider continud regular instruction and practice. This is what the Brigade did and this was the reasnn why their ambulance work was unequalled by any other body.

Continuing, he said that he would like to see every policeman, every Civic Guardsman, every fireman, trained by the St J obn Ambulance Association and their efficiency periodically tested. He also felt that every large factory or establishment with a large staff should have its ambulance and nursing sections.

The parade was in charge of District Officer A. J. '\1ac\Vdliam, and the officers in charge of the men were ;-District Officer A. L. B. l\T oore, Corps Superintendents James H. Webb and R. H. Keatinge, O.B E , while the nurses were in charge of Lady District Superintendent Dr. Ella Webb, M.B.E., and Lady District Officers Miss Blandford, Miss Poe, Miss Overend, Miss Bruce, Mrs. Shanks, and Corps Superintendent Mrs. W. H. Robinson and Mrs. R. H. Keatinge.

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve (S.J.A.B.),

COMPENSATION OF RESERVISTS UNDER TRAINING.

The sum payable to R.N.A.S.B. Reservists injured whilst undergoing training, as laid down in Artice 33 of the R.N.A.S.B.R. Regulations (1921) has been reduced from 6s. a day to 55. a day in accordance with a sim;lar reduction now sanctioned for the Territorial Force.

This allowance is also payable to Reservists injured whilst engaged in officially or organised exercises or sports during trainlllg.

The new rate takes effect from 6th March, 1924.

SUPPLY OF NAVAL UNIFORM ON REPAYMENT.

The following are the current prices of articles of uniform ;-

Cap, blue doth with peak £ s. d.

Cap badge, gold for C.P.O.'

" " red for all other ratings

Cloth jacket, with gilt buttons

" " "horn

Arm badge, gold, for Petty Officers

" " "" L.S.B.A.'s

R.N.S.B. Staff Arm badge, gold

Letter S.B.R, red

Good Conduct badge, gold '"

Cloth waistcoat, gilt buttons

" " horn '"

Cloth trousers

S.J.A.A. NUR SING CERTIFICATE.

Special of Officers in charge of Units is drawn to the necessity of notifying the Chief Commissioner immediately a obtains his S J.A.A. Nursing Certificate, as thiS qualification the promotion of rating, together with IDcrease III pay and bounty, depends, PROMULGATION OF RESERVE ORDERS.

have been made with the Editor of FIRST AID to publish all Reserve Orders issued from time to time.

August. 1934.

Every Reservist should be advised to take a copy of FIR ST AID monthly and keep himself posted up to date with new instructions and amendments to existing regulations.

The publishers are Messrs. Dale, Reynolds & Co., Ltd., 46, Cannon-street, London, E.C.

Al\IENDi\IENTS TO ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE REGULATIONS (1921).

All copies of these Regulations should be amended accordingly . .

Page 6, Article 8, line 6- Delete "an Am bulance" and snbstitute "the St. J.A.A."

Page 6, Article 8, line 7 -Delete" a" before Nursing.

Page 7, Article 8, line IS-Delete" 50" and add" 45."

Page 8, Article lO-Delete lines 23 to 25 inclusive and add "Reservists may remain in the Reserve until they attain the age of 55."

Page 9, line 2-Delete Nursing Text Book of the St. J.A.A. and figured triangular bandage " and add" Manual of instruction for the Royal Naval Sick Berth Staff."

Page 10, Article 14, line 4- Delete words" Advanced First Aid and," after Nursing Certificate add" of the St. J A A."

Page 10, Article IS, line 2-Delete " for the Sick Berth Branch etc." and add" in NRO.48."

Page I I, Article 18, after line 4-;-Add "Probationary Sick who do not obtain the St. J.A.A. Nursing Certificate Within 2 years from the date of enrolment will cease to be eli bible for the Bounty until this Certificate has been obtained."

Page 14, Paragraph 23-Delete and add" The Reservist will be required to pass an annual re-examination in both First Aid and Home Nursing."

Page 14, Article 25, line 2-Delete "2S." add" lOS."

Page IS, line 8-S. B.R 4 to read S.B.R. 3.

Pages IS to 22, Articles 26 to 31 inclusive-Delete.

Page 25-Delete last five lines.

Page 35, Article 51-Delete and add" When called out Reservists will be c;upplied with a free Kit-including all necessary articles of clothing-and will be granted a " Kit upkeep" allowance."

Page 36, Appendix A- Now under amendment.

Page 39, Appendix B- Now under amendment.

Page 44, A ppepdix D - The followino- Marriage Allowance Table is to be substituted; - " Per week s. d. Wife only and one child " "two children ... " "three " " four " " "five " " "six " " "seven" and IS. a week on for each additional child.

Page 45, Appendix E-Now under revision.

Page .4S, E, Sub-Para. C·-Delete" have passed the examinatIOn In Advanced First Aid and Nursing and afterwards."

Page 45, Appendix E, Para. 3-Delete "Accountant General (Medal Branch)" and add" Chief Commissioner."

" 6-Delete "Officers and," and in line 3 demoblllsatlOn III the case of Officers and of." In line 4 delete" in the case of men."

Page 47, Appendix F -The following alterations are to be made ;-

S.B. R3 -Nominal Attendance Roll at examination for the S.J.A A. Nursing Certificate.

S.R.R4-Nominal Attendance Roll of Reservists undertaking the anz:ual re-examination in Home Nursing.

Roll of Reservists attending Inspectl!lg Medical Officer's inspection.

S. B. R. 10- Discharge Certificate, R.N.A.S. B.R. UNIFORM.

With reference .to C.L.39 of May 1923, the following is promulgated for the Information of all concerned.

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There is no objection to Reservists purchasing Naval uniform privately, instead of through the Victualling Yards and wearing it while on training. '

The greatest care should, however, be taken to ensure the uniform being of the correct material and pattern.

NUR SING CERTIFICATE (S J.A.A.).

Owing to certain number of reservists failing to fulfil their promise, as laid down in the Annual Declaration, to obtain the the S.J.A.A. Nursing Certificate" at the earliest opportunity" the Board of Admiralty has decided to make the following regulations.

"All ratings of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve (except Probationary Sick Berth Attendants ) must obtain the S.J A.A. Horne Nursing Certificate before 3 Ist December, 19 25, which date they will not be eligible for bounty until thiS certificate has been obtained."

EMI GRATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERI CA.

All reservists desiring to emigrate to the United States of America must, in accordance with the new United States I mmig-ration Restriction Bill, obtain the following documents for the information of the Consular Officer ;-

(I) A Certificate of Discharge from the Reserve.

(2) A certified copy of their naval record, if they have any mobilised service.

Applications for these documents from R. N.A.S.B. Reservists should be made as follows;-

For (I) to the Inspecting Medical Officer, RN.A.S.B.R. through the Chiet Commissioner.

For (2) to the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, '3.W.I.

Brigade Awards and Badges,

THE. design of the Service Medal was approved by the late King Edward, when as Prince of Wales, he was Grand Prior of the Order and was graciously pleased to accept a specimen in gold.

It is a beautiful work of art, the ob?erse being a reproduction of the bust and surrounded by the leg e nd "Victoria D G Britt Reg F D Ind Imp" of the late Queen Victoria, by H. R. H. Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, exhibited at Burlington House. This bust had never b efore been photographed and sp ecial sanction had to be obtained from the Queen, from Princess Louise and the President of the Royal Academy.

The reverse, which is very minutely but still very clearly designed, include reproductions of the Royal Arms, The Imperial Crown, the Arms of The Grand Prior, the badge of The Prince of Wales, a Plume of Ostrich Feathers, are en filed by a Coronet, with the inscription "Magnus Prioratus Ordinis Hospitalis Sancti J ohannis Jerusalem in Anglia,"

It is made of silver and the ribbon comprises three black and two white stripes, the middle black stripe being slightly wider than the others.

The medal is awarded by the Chapter General with consent of the Grand Prio¥.

(a) To those who have actively and efficiently served in the St. John Ambulance Brigade for not less than 15 years.

(b) To such other persons and for such services consistent with the objects of the Order as may from time to time be decided by the Chapter General with the consent of the Grand Prior.

The efficient service need not be consecutive, but service in the Brigade must have been continuous, with the exception of the 12 months break provided for in Brigade General Regulations, para. 152, page 3 I.

The first medals were presented by The Grand Prior

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in the prtsence of the Chapt c. f General at a metting held at MarllJorough House on the 6th July 1899.

Every candidate on joining the Brigade should be the obligltions arp. and also r ec e ive a copy of the DIVIsIOnal Rules wherein the definition of effic ie nt service is stated. If the obligation is fully carried out, i e., attendances are made at 12 drillf:, and the annual inspe ction also the annual re-examination is passed during each Brigade year for 15 years, at the end of that p e riod those entitled may mak e application through the proper chanDf I for the aW<lrd Candidates whojoinprior to 31st July in any year may count efficient service rendered up to the 3 1st December in that year as one efficient year towards the medal, provid E. d always that the number CJf drills and the annual inspection, have been attended. In the case of those who did not obtain the CErtificat e in th e year of

SER VICE MEDAL. joining, they must also pass th e re-examination during the first year.

Some members of the Brigade are under the impression that th e medal is granted for 15 years long service which is not the case ; it is awarded only for 15 years' efficient service and if this is generally understood throughout the Brigade it would save much disappointment to many applicants each year, who have their application returned to them amended in accordance with the records filed at Headquarters. It is no uncommon thing for a person with 20 years' continuous membership to find through lack of knowledge of the Brigade Regulations or faulty recording of his SErvice an application returned marked" only 14 years' Efficiency; application should be returned at the end of the current year, if efficient." It is therefore imperative upon all members 10 see that they carry out their obligation if thEY desire to secure effici t ncy and having d o ne so to see that they ara duly credited on the Brigade Records sheets.

It may be interesting to those who have been awa rded the Service Medal, alike with those who are faithfully maintaining the standard of efficiency required in the hope ot receiving the medal, to know the procedure at

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Headquarters and which at the same time will e}(plain the delay between forwarding the application and the receipt of the medal.

The application has first to be forwarded through the usual Brigade channels to the Chief Commissioner. On receipt at Brigade Headquarters each application is carefully checked with Brigade Records. If in order, it is passed to the Ambulance Department of the Order, thence to the Council and Chapter General, the Chapter submitting the application to H.R.H. The Grand Prior. On receipt of H.R.H. The Grand Prior's approval the medal is engraved and issued.

It therefore depends largely upon the period of year the application is received ao; to the length of time which elapses, owing to the Ambulance Committee and Council only meeting once a month and the Chapter General every

SERVlCE MEDAL BAR,

SERVICE MEDAL RIBB0N AND CROSS. three months. It will be readily seen that it takes at least five months to get a medal approved and issued.

The case of the Service Medal the year of award was engraved thereon, but recently this has been changed and in future the last year taken when calculating the applicant's service will be shewn instead.

For each five years subsequent fficient service after the award of the medal, a bar is given to be worn on the

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Recently the design of the bar has been changed, and is now a narrower one as above, whereas the old bar was wider and bore the words" Five Years Service."

As bar is only worn with the m e dal, a small silver St. John Cross, for each bar, is issued to those in possession of the same to wear on th e ribbon of the medal, when the medal is not worn, to denote that in addition to the Service Medal they are in possession of the Service Medal Bar, cr Bars, according to the number of stars worn.

3,433 Service Medals and Bars have b ee n Issued to date.

The of the South African War Medal bears the bust of the late King Edward VII. surrounded by the wo rds "Edwardvs VII D G Britt Rex F D Ind Imp."

On the reverse is shewn the Arms of th e Order, the Order's Motto "Pro Fide, Pro Utilitate Hominum," the words "South Africa 18 99.19 °2," and th e inscription "Magnus Prioratus Ordinis Hospitalis Sancti J ohannis Jerusalem in AI1glia."

The medal is made of bronze and was issued by the OrdEr for service during the South African War. Officers and men who were duly approved for active service by the Chief Commissioner and actually served as men of the Brigade received the award.

Both these medals and the ribbons thereof are worn on the left breast.

The order and precedence of wearing them is laid down in Brigade Regulations, Page 56, Appendix II.

MINATURE MEDALS AND BARS.

Minatures of both th e Service Medal and the Order's South _'\frican War Medal also Service Medal Bars are obtainable from Head Quarters on payment.

In the n:xt issue of the J oumal it is hoped to dEal with the Service Badge and oth e r Badges worn on Brigade Uniforms.

(To be continued.)

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Ov erseas has tlOned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :AUSTRALIA.

N.S.W. DISTRICT.

Col. J. A Dick to be Senior District Surgeon, 12.3. 24

Dr. E. P. Sinclair to be District Surgeon, 12.3. 2 4 Surgeon Commander H. J. W. Brennand to be District Officer, 12.324 Surgeon Commander W. N. Horsfall to be District Offic er, 12.3 2 4 NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT. Epsom N. Division. Lady Divisional Supt. Miss Henderson res ig ned, T.4 24. Miss M. E. Dawson to be Lady Divisional Supt., 1.424. Miss M. E. Ernest to be 1St L a dy Ambulance Officer, 1.4.24 OTAGO DISTRICT. Miss E. M. Harborow 10 be Lady District Offir.er. SOUTH AFRICA.

N ATAL DISTRICT. Durban Municipal Fire Brigade, Division. A. S. Alderton to be Divisional Supt., 1.7. 2 4 NEW DIVISIONS AND DISBANDMENTS. AUSTRALIA.

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Major .. Oencral Sir Richard Havelock Charles.

IT is with pl e asure that we reproduce in this issue a portrait of Sir Richard Havelock Charles, the Chief Commissioner for the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, as no doubt many of our Colonial visitors have come in personal contact with him during their visit to this country this summer. The fact that Sir Havelock holds the high office of Serjeant-Surgeon to Kin g George, and was

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with the Medal ?f the Royal College of Surgeons, 1D 906: He IS a fellow of the Zoological Society, Society of and Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Queens UnIversity, Belfast. Sir Havelock has contributed many on medical science to learned societies, and IS held In high esteem by his medical confr er es.

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

EDITORIALMedical Comforts Depots

The S.J.A.B. Report

The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England

N ews from the Chancery Hospital Notes

Railway Ambulance

B rigade Appointments, &<:.

DISTRICT REPORTSPrince of Wales's NO.3; No.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR RICHARD HAVELOCK CHARLES, Commissioner of the Brigade O verseas.

formerly Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales, shows that he is a distinguished memb H of the medical profession. His connection with the Brigade Overseas dates from 1920: in very truth he has been a knighterrant of the White Cross, and we feel sure during his term of office the Brigade Overseas will move forward to greater and better things.

SOUTH

AFRICAN

WAR MEDAL. ribbon of the medal. The Slme conditions governing the award of the medal apply to the issue of the bar.

S. AUSTRALIA DISTRICT. No rthern Division registered, 1.7·24 NEW ZEALAND

A UCKLAND DI STRICT Grafton Nursing Division disbanded, 2.6.24

Sir Havelock is a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John, a member of the Council and the Chapter-General, and was late President of the Medical Board and Medical Adviser to the SEcretary of State for India. He is also a PastPresident of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, Dean of the London School of Tropical Medicine and visitor to King Edward VII. Hospital. He was educated at Queen's College, Cork, Dublin, London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, having obtained Gold Medal and First Class Honours, M.D. in 188 I, the Arnott Gold Medal, the Herbert Prize, Montefiore Prize and Parkes Medal 188z. He was formerly Professor of Surgery, Medical College, Calcutta: His connection with India is 42 years_ He was presented

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News. APPOINTMENTS, JULY, 1924.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee;-

GLA:\rQR GAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Bridgend and District Corps .- Major Herbert Johnson, M.C., to be Corps Supt., 1.7.24 Private Benjamin Davies to be Corps Secretary, 1.7.24

Taibach Nursing Division.-Dr Evan William Richards, M.O.H., M.R.C.S., to be Divisional Surgeon (probationery ), Florence Jones to be Lady Divisional Supt. (pro.batlonary),2·7.24

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Avon Llwyd Corps.-Divisional Supt. George Frederick

Tuckwell to be Corps Supt., 2.724 Divisional Supt. Samuel

William Wathen to be Corps Secretary, 2 7.24 ; Ambulance Officer David Waters to be Corps Treasurer, 2.7.24 Divisional Supt. Urban Oliver Nic holls to be Corps I nspector of Store 5, 2.7. 2 4

Abergavenny Division.-Staff Sergeant Harold John Lewis to be Divisional Supt, 2.7.24

A bertysswg Divlsion .-Private Ellis Jones to be Divisional Supt., 26.7.24-

Rhymney Valley Corps.-Walter Price to be Corps Secretary, 26.7.24

:l\ppointments and promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for \Vales ;-

ARERDARE CENTRE

Cwmaman Division.-Private John Parker to be Divisional Storekeeper, 28 ,7.24

GLAMORGAK COUNTY CENTRE.

Caerau Division.-John Lewis Jones to be Ambulance

Officer, 26 7 24 Morgan John Hammond to be Sergeant 28 7. 24; Charles Jeremy to be Corporal, 28.724; Griffith

Roberts to be DIVISIonal Secretary, 28 7.24

Ffaldau I nstltute and Garw Division.-Private Gwilym Henry Thomas to be Corporal, :!8 ,7.24; l-'rivate William Davies to be Corpo ral, Private Lewis Boulter to be Corporal, 28 7 24; Eyans to be Corporal, 28.7. 24

MarItIme and DIvIsIon. -P rivate John Hobbs to be 8,7,24 PrIvate Tudor Watkins to be Corporal, 8.7. 24 ;. PrIvate Moore to be Lance-Corporal, 8 7.24

Talbach NurslDg Division ,-Brenda Evans to be Lady

A mbulance (probationary), 307.24: Florence 0 wen to be Lady 3 ['7.24

Ynysybwl PlvIsIon.-Private George Kill to be Ambulance Officer (probatIOnary), 24; Private Joseph Cheesman to be Corporal, 28 PrIvate - Albert Edward Hargest to be Corporal and DIvIsIOnal Secretary, 28 7. 24

MONMOUTHSH IR E CENTRE.

Abertysswg William James Greeves to be Corporal, 28.7. 24; Private Thomas Edward Jones to be Corporal, 28,7.24

. . Division ,-Private Alfred Owen Gibbs to be DIVIsIonal , Secretary Sergeant, 1.7.24

Abertiller y. urslDg 0 ivision. - Florence May Flem mings to be Lady DIVISIOnal Secretary, 28.7 ,24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ferndale Division.-Private David Henry Jones to be Corporal, 28 7. 24; Private Thomas George Sullivan to be Corporal, 287.24

N EW DIVI S IONS.

Divisions sanctioned during the month ;_

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Burry Port Ambulance Division, J 5.7.24

Pembrey and Burry Port G.W.R. Ambulance Division, 8.7. 2 4

GLAMORGANSHIRE CENTRE.

Deri Ambulance Division, 4.7.24

Taibach Kursing Division, 1.7.'24

Ynysybwl Ambulance Division, 4.7.24

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Monmouth Ambulance Division, 287.24

SERYICE MEDALS.

His Royal HIghness the Grand Prior has approved the award of the Service Medals to the following;Sergeant John Jenkins, Ystrad Rhondda Division,(Borough of Rhondda Centre).

Supt. David Jones, Merthyr Borough Division, (Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre).

Seageant Joseph Hanman) Pontypool Road Division, ( Monmouthshire Centre).

General Interest.

FORTHCOMING CARNIVAL AND TRADES' EXHIBITION.

The above fete is to he held in the grounds of Sophia Gardens, kindly lent by the Marquis of Bute in aid of the funds of the Order of the Hospital of St. J oho of Jerusa.lem (Priory for Wales) from August 31St to Sep". 7th, mcluslve.

00 the opening day, Sunday, August 3 [st, there will be a Drumhead Service in the aft e rnoon, and the Vicar of Canton, the Rev. D. J. Thomas has been asked to give the The band of the 2nG B,ttalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, under the direction of Mr. J. W. Clancy, will play tht! hymns.

The Countess of Plymouth has consented to open the F e te on Monday, September 1st, The Lady Mayoress of Cardiff and Lady Lewis, O.B E., the Deputy Lady Suptrintendent for Wales will perform the opening ceremony on othtr days.

There will be various attractions, including a Grand Trades' decorated vehicles, fancy dress parades, aSSIsted by Boy Scouts, Girl Guidts. Church Lads' Brigade. The proprietors of the Western Mail have "ery kindly offered valuable prizes for a Carnival Queen Competition open to the ladles of Wales a'1d Monmouthshire. The Board of Judges includes Sybil, Viscountess Rhonnda, The Lady Mostyn, The L'ldy Kylsant, Dame Margaret Lloyd Georgp, the Hon. Mrs. Devereux and Mrs. Inglis Jones.

AI?art from the usual side-shows, mounted sports, professIOnal and amateur boxing contests exhibitions (If folk by children and teachers under' the supervision of l\'11ss Brown of the E?ucational Department, and a Competition for Male VOice choirs will all contribute making the !ete eventful and interesting, and will lDtroduce the old-tIme spirit of Carnival into modern mirth.

MEETING OF THE BRIGADE STAFF COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Brigade Staff Committee was held at Priory House, 4, C.at?edral Road, Cardiff, on Saturday,' July 19 th the CommiSSIOner for Wales presiding.

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Amongst other matters, the question of "First Aid" in was It was reported that although of fqUlpment for the elementary teaching of hygiene was made. It was not sufficient to enable those in authority to render First Aid in cases of accident with promptitude, and it was hoped Ih3.t arrangements would be made to meet this deficiency, and also that" First Aid" would eventually be included in the sehOul curriculum.

The Commissioner promised to give lhree medals for the three most meritorious acts rendered during the year by members of the Brigade in Wales This would, he hoped, prove an incentive to those less interested and at the same time. enable the Priory to keep in tou'ch with, record for. Its own us.:! and for the press, many brave actIOns that mIght otherWIse pass unrecognised.

A list of over two hundred members of the Brigade who. volunteered for duty at the British B;mpire ExhibitIOn, Wembley, during August was considered, and a rota agreed. If tbe Exhibition remained until

AI D.- 3S efficient, but subscribed out of their own pockets to purchas:! their uniform!'.

Ht:: wa.s to think of way the men had performed their duttes and congratulated them on being now near.ly 100 strong. The nursing members deserved the gratitude of a}l, Dot only f?r the way in which they their general duties but for organising the Medical Comforts.1?epot at the hut in Broad Street, Barry, where every reqUisite for the sick could be obtained on without plym e nt or obligation. He thanked them III the name of the Priory for Wales for the work and also for the servic e s both the men and WOmen had rendered at Wembley.

He was pleased to see the cadets, who appeared in uOlform for the first time that day, and urged them to persevere in the work as it was of great benefit to them to belong to such an Orgloisation in their early days, and bound to make them b etter and citiz:!ns He thanked Dr. G. Gillon Irving and Dr. E. E. Owens for the splendid

October, there would be a further opportunity for Welsh members to assist.

Centre Reports.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE

The Commissioner for Wales, at the annual inspection of the Barry St. John Ambulance men, nurses and cadets, on Sunday, July 20th, referred in his remarks to the great services rendered by them in Barry and the surrounding district.

The large number of cases dealt with by the men, particularly on the docks and railways, in the various shops and factories, and in the public streets, spoke for itself, and he thought the public should know this, as he felt certain they would be quite ready to r,ive them all the support they required, especially when it was realised that the men not only gave up their time to make themselves

manner in which they had all been trained, comp!imented Acting Staff Officer F. R. Hortop on th e appearance uf his m e n, L'ldy Supt. Annie Paul on the increase in the Nursing Division and Sergt. Paul on the way in which he had prepared the cad e ts.

The Commissioner for Wales was accompanied by Staff Officer Dr. De Vere Hunt, Captain Talie5in Richards, Corn missioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, and his elder son! Ambulance Officer Carol Lewis as his Staff Officer.

Thanks to the presence of mind and gallantry of an ex-soldie r, two women were rescued alive from a burning bedroom at St. Mellons near Cardiff early on Sunday morning, July 13th, an hour after oneofthem, Mrs. Rowe, had given birth to her first child. The outbreak was due to an overturned oil lamp . The rescue was effected by Mr. W. Stradling of Church-lane, St. Mellons, who is a member of the Cardiff City Division of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade. Mrs. Rowe and the nurse .who was attending her were later conveyed to the Cardiff Royal

The Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbert D. ,V. Lewis, K .B .E., Staff-Officer George Payne and Lady Lewis, O.B.E , inspecting the compP-titors for the" P eter Haig Thomas )) Shield held at the Cwmlai School, Coedely, Tonyrefail, on 28th June, 1924.

Infirmary after first aid had been rendered by Mr. Stradling, Police Constable Stephens and his son, Mr. G. E. Stephens, and Mr. Jack Baker. The Commissioner of the City of Cardiff Centre, Major F. T. Rees, M.C., is proud and gratified to know that the name of one of his members has been brought before the public for acts of bravery on several occasions.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

On Saturday, July 12th, the annual inspection of the Cynon Valley Corps was conducted by Captain Taliesin E. Richards, Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, on behalf of the Commissiontr for Wales, at the Recreation Ground, Mountain Ash. About SO officers and men of the Amhulance and Nursing Divisions were on parade, and the march past was performed most creditably in Quarter Column. In his remarks, Captain Taliesin E. Richards complimented the men on the great strides that had been made towards Efficiency during the last year. The inspection was followed by a Social Evening and Conc ert.

G LAM ORGAN COUNTY CENTR&

The ambulance arrangements at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show held at Bridgend on July 23rd, 24th and 25th were adequate to deal with all contingencies. Near the machinery section a large hospital marquee was erected, equipped with First Aid requisites, bed and other appliances. Ambulance Men and Nursing Sisters of the Priory were in attendance, and Dr. W. E. Thomas, Honorary Serving Brother of the Order, was in charge of the Medical arrangements. Two First Aid tents were erected behind the Grand Stand; one to deal with casual cases in the grounds, and the other specially for accidents in the catlle section Each of these tents was also equipped with First Aid requis ites with a Nurse-in-charge, Ambulance men patrolled the grounds and brought to the tent any case requiring attent1on. The injuries dealt with wer e mostly of a minor character; up to midday on Thursday, July 24th, over 40 cases had receiv€d treatment. In the Timbering Contest a competito r was seriously injured by a kick from a hors e , was taken to the Ambulance tent and later to the Dunraven Hotel. A little girl was badly gashed in the lEg by stumbling over an iron staple.

The members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on duty were all voluntary workers, and were drawn from the following Divisions :-Caerau, Ogmore Vale, Tonyrefail, Brynna, Garth, Maestag Central, and Kenfig Hill Am buDivisions, . Western, Llanharan, Kenfig Hill and Cwm N ursmg DlVlslOns. The Police Authorities Expressed their keen appreciation of the manner in which the work was done by the Brigade members who were in a.ttendance under Captain Taliesin E. Richards, Commis· SlOner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, assisted by Staff Officer Morgan Weeks .

On the afternoon of Thursday, Tuly 24th the Com· missioner for Wales visited the various tents the equipment and examined the case book. '

News in Brief.

Promptitude on the part of a driver of a motor ambulance often means life to the many victims of the frequent accidents the coalfield, and it is just this personal element whIch completes the of an adequate motor ambulance transport service. The management of the GrEat Western Colliery, Pontypridd, we re

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recently especially pleased with the removal of one of their workmen, Mr. George Henry Hollister, by the Pontypridd Driver, Mr. R. J. Kidd. Whilst following his employment at the Tymawr Pit, this man sustained severe injuries to his leg, and within twenty minutes from the time the accident occurred, the driver had obtained a doctor and was well on his way conveying the patient to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. It cannot be gainsaid that Colliery Owners who have contracts with the Priory for Wales for the use of motor ambulances comply with the obligations of the Coal Mines Act relating to ambulance provisions in the most satisfactory manner, both from a financial point of view, and so far as efficiency is concerned, as the cars are linked up in such a way that any delay is unwarranted.

Sir Felix Pole, K.B.E, the General M:anager of the Great Western Railway, who was one of the 300 guests invited by Mr. and Mrs. Davies of Broneinion to a gather. ing of the Central Wales Section of the Great Western Railway in order to celebrate their success in passing the recent examination in Ambulance Work of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, paid high tribute to the work of the men, nurses and doctors of this section . H e congratulated all upon what had b een accomplished, and expressed appreciation of the considerable progress that had been made in the last two or three years; not only was th ere an increase in the cl a sses formed in that district but in the num ber of candidates for t x aminations, and teams entering for the annual competitions. In 1914 only six teams competed whereas this year thirty -one teams took part. It ' was VHy gratifying to him to note the indefatigable zeal with which the classes and competitions were organised, and he hoped soon that the Central Wales Section would be able to do what the Great Western Railway had never done-carry off the Railway Shield open to t eams from the whol e country .

Extract from" The Man About Town," S ou t h Wales

E ch o :- The services to humanity which the Order of St. John of Jerusalem has accomplished through the years might be in modern industrial age, if the public but knew of 11s magnificent work and the possibilities of increasing it. The PriOlY for Wales is taking steps to increase the usefulness of the Order, which is very old and very modern. It is a crusade to·day in the fields of industry and the family, To take one service only-the motor ambulance ; the public dOES not understand how to place its work at the call of the private individual and the family, as well as the works Gond industries of the country The general public have not realised the modern work of the Priory of the Order of St. J obn of Jerusalem.

"The Royal Army Medical Corps Training" which is a most instructive booklet, can be obtained from the Storts Department, Priory for Wales, 4, Cathedral-road, Cardiff at twopence a copy. This book deals with the loading and unloading of am bulances, and as it is most essential that every member of the Brigade should know how to handle a stretcher with the utmost consideration for the patient this information should prove invaluable to thost interested in am bulance work.

Service W 263, between Sophiagardens, and Trestlhan. Hote.l, on Sunday, June 15th. Wlll anyone findmg thiS kmdly return it to Mrs. S. Evar s, 4 T, Hannah street, Barty, Glam.

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Two visitors to S :)Uthend who were found in bed asphyxiated by gas fumes, were restored to consciousness by Police· Sergeant Goddard by artificial respiration. This incident illustrates the necessity for members of the police force to have a knowledge of first aid, and in several districts tbey are so qual i fied.

The pilfering of ambulance mat erial gave rise to much discussion at the meeting of the Brigade Staff Committee held at Priory House, on July 19th) and it was hoped that some scheme would be evolved wher eby such p llfenng would be prevented, Q uite recently at Tredegar, three local boys aged 12, I I, and 9 were summoned for stealing ambulance mat e rial b elonging to the Lon.don, Midland and S cottish R a ilwa y C o mp a ny.

A detective saw the boys running across th e sidi n gs fr o m the guards' van, and on looking int o th e va n , fou nd th e ambulance box had been d'J. ed. Th e t hr ee b oy s adm itt e d the theft and with th e e xc e p t io n of th e yo u ng e st , t h e b e nch ordered them to receive thr ee strok e s wit h the b irch. It

Medical Comforts Depots in Wales.

By SIR HERBERT D W LEWIS, K.B.E., M I.E.E.

IN last month's article I eJ\.plained how the Medical Comforts D p. p 6t s in Wa les came into being, and I now want tell how they arc estab lish e d. In the early days,. mformatJon was asked for at Brivade meetings , social e vemngs, conc er ts, entertainments, etc " and the offi cer·incharge of the Atnbulance or Nur si ng Division sent to hea?quart ers for and to day requ e sts for infor · matlOn are continuall y b ':! ing receiv ed from all parts of OU.r of advic e . is this, get together a publIc m ee tlDg to diSCUSS the quest lOn, and so arouse public mt erest. W e are to send you from headquart e rs som e one to ex p lain the scheme if you so desire.

N ow how to obtain the equ ipment. We first send out from h ead q uart ers the followi ng list of the articles which

The fi ne Ambulan c e Stat ion of the N at ional Oi l Refine ri es, LI d , a t Ski ven is pitiable to think that in nine cas e s out of ten those guilty of this crime-for it amounts to n o thin g le ss - are not young boys, but men who realise that the ir action might mean death in case of accident.

The Centre has sustained a sad loss in the death of their Corps Secretary, E. Lippiatt (late South Wales Border Corps), whose work in connection with the brigade was much appreciated by all with whom he came in contact. Captain Taliesin E. Richards Commissioner of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, repre· sented the Commissioner for Wales at the fpneral at Pontnewydd on Saturday, July 19th.

The new ambulance station was opened at Loughborough on July 19th by Col. E J. Cameron, Secretary of the Order, which has been provided by the generosity of Mr. A. W. Faire.

we find, from exp erie nce, ar e most ne e d ed, showing the charge we recommend should b e mad e for their hire P er week each s d

Air R ings 6

A ir Rin g s (horseshoe ) 6

\ Vater P illows I a

Bed Rests 6

Hot Water Bottles ( rubber ) 4

Hot Water Bottles (stone ) 3

Bronchitis Kettles 4

Douche Cans 6

Enema Syringe 4

Ear Syringe 2

Ear Syringe (g lass in metal case ) 6

Bed Slippers 3

U rinals (female ) 2

U rinals (glass ) 2

Ice Caps 4

Feeding Cups

Sputum Mugs 2

Inhalers 6

These articles are all stocked in the stores at the headquarter8 of the Priory tor Wales, and can be purchased at the actual trade price.

The above list is gem rally taken to the MedIcal Officer of th e district, who alters it, at his discretion, to meet th e needs of the area the Depot is to serve; it is then returned to the Medical Comforts Secretary at he a dquarters, who sends the following letter ;-

Dear Sir or Madam,-

acknowledge receipt of your letter enclosing a list of the articles you require for your Medi cal Comforts Dep o t, and have given instructions for the articles to ce sent you at the earliest possible moment. Meanwhile, enclose a copy of the form which is usually signed in conne c tion with the settin g up of these Dep o t", and if you will k indly have it filled in, signed, and returned to me , I should be glad. Will you, at the same time, let me know the number of receipt and voucher books you require.

Yours fa :thfLllly,

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have we found difficulty in obtaining accommodation for this equipment.

The next question is payment. If the local Divisions are unable to purchase the equipment, and it is shown that is need for a D e pot, the Priory supplies it 00 loan to the value of £20 (twenty pounds), and asks that it be replid within a period of twelve months or two years. This is not a binding obligation legally, but every organiser of a Depo t so far, has been able to repay this sum, and in most cases has sufficient money in hand not only to maintain the equipment but to increase it.

Having the equipment and made arrange· ments for its housing and payment, we must now determine when it shall be available for public use. It should be open each day at the hours m ost suitable to those who wish to use it, and when the memb e rs of the Nursing Divisions are unable to be in att e ndanc€', we have so far found no difficulty in 6etting assist a nc e from a band of voluntary workers. Our D t p ot has now b een e quipped, housed and staffed, and on the n e xt is a picture o f the first Depot f stabli " hed in C a rdiff Wbele peo p le ar c gath e red tog e ther for service in the cause of humanIty, th e ir pow e r f o r g oo d is infinit e It is not the mat e rial ben e fi t of a gift but the thought that I. somebody" car cs and is anx ious to help that assists our less fortunate ft llows to b ear life' s burd e !:!s.

Next month I wi ll tell yo u how the are and maintain e d, and I hope lat e r to explain what they hav e don e and ar e doing for the people of Wales

Instructions for the Guidance of Those Concerned with the Formation of St. John's V.A.D.'s.

Address of Dep o t.

N ame of officer-in-charge.

Estimated expenses per annum: Heating. Cleaning.

Li g hting.

Amount of Rent Rates and Taxes

Amount of salaries (if any )

To whom payable.

P articulars of equipment to be stocked i-

I, , accept full responsibility for all equipment supplied to lhe Dep o t now, and from time to time, and undertake to organise and run it in accordance with the regulations of the Priory for Wales.

Signed

Date

When the form IS returned, the equipment is despatched without delay, together with a badge of the Order burnt on glass and framed to hang outside the Der ot

Before the equipment is received, some place must be prepared for its accommodation It is generally put in a room set apart for the purpose, preferably the Brigade headquuters: if there are no headquarters , then in the Doctor's house, or the District Nurse may take charge of it. A room may be provided by the Colliery Corr.pany or the proprietor of one or other of the local industries, or the local authorities may giv e accommodation for it in the Free Library or some other such building In no case

I. It is necessary for all existing Dctachmencs to be re-regist e red, alth o ugh at pre sent they will retain tbeir pres ent number.

2. The names of p e rsons nominated for the ment of Commandant must be forwarded on V A.D Form to the Assistant Commissioner of tbe Brigade in the County b e fore the memb e rs are enrolled a nd the Detachments registered or re-regis ered In the case of exisling D e tachments the War Office number should be stated on the Commandant's nomination form.

3. The Assistant Commissioner will forward, if he approves, Form V. A D to the Commissioner of the District, who in turn will forward same to the Chief CommISSIOner.

4 · The Chief Commissioner, if he approves, will record the nomination and forward s a me to the St. John Assistant Controller of the County in which the Detachment is to be registered or r e -registered S. The Assistant County Controller will forward the nomination to the County Controller for approval and transmission to the Joint Central V. A. D. Council for the necessary warrant to be issued.

6. When the St. John Assistant County Controller has been notified of the appointment having been sanctioned, he will inform the Chief Commissioner.

7· Commandants on the receipt of th e ir warrant will have forms V.A.D. I, lA, and 3 completed and forwarced through the same channels as in the case of his or her own nomination, i. e. , Assistant Commissioner of the Brigade in

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the County. Immobile members will complete form V.A.D.I, and Mobile members V.A D.I and LAo

8 The Chief Commissioner will record the names of the members enrolled and forward through the same channels to the County Controller.

9. In the case of existing Detachments, the present number will be retained, and 10 the case of new Detachments the registered number will be nOlified to the C e rn mandant.

10. Tho same proced ure must be adopted for all new mem bers enrolled.

11. Nomination for the appointment of Commandants of Womens' Detachments formed from Nursing Divisions of the Brigade must also be endorsed by the L'ldy District Superintt:nd ent or Lady District Officers concerned before suomission to the Assistant Commissioner of the county.

12. Commandants will recommend all other Officers.

13. Wh e n r6 members of a body or 16 persons of one sex not belonging to the Order or the Society, wish to furm a V.A D. under St. John foregoing instructions will b e

only, in which case they will not be re,quired to undertake to perform public duty.

16. There is no necessity for Commandants to volunteer for mobile service.

17· Brigade drills or practices and re-examination will count for V.A. D. efficiency.

18. Arrangements have been made for all V.A.D. orders to be published in FIRST AID fr o m time to time.

P. S. WILKIN SON, Maj o r·G e ntral, Acting Chief Commissioner.

St. John V.A.D.'s.

LI ST OF COUNTY CONT RO LLERS Bedford-Colonel F A D. Stevens, C.B E. , D L., Shire Hall, 13edford Berks - Brigadier-G ener31 E. D. Wh ite, C.M.G , St. Laurence s Churchyard, Reading

One of the fine M edical Comfotts Dep o ts in the C i ty of Ca rd iff. carried out, e x cept that the initial channels of submission wIll be as fvllows :-

(a) Forms V.A.D.l (Nomination of Commandant) will be forward e d to the Director of the Ambulance Department, Order of St. John, not to the Assistant Commissioner of the Brigade III the county.

(b) Upon the receipt of the Commandant's Warrant, or County Controller's approval. forms V.A.D I, lA, and 3, will be forward e d to the Director of the Ambulance D e partment.

(c) Mobile members will be interviewed by a Matron of a Hospital or e x ·Matron.

(d) Persons not in possession of the necessary certificate may join as Probationary members and remain on the roll of the Det a chment as such for a period of 12 months.

14. Application for all forms must be made to the County Controller in the first instance.

S. Persons may join the Brigade for V.A. D. pUl poses

Birmingham-E. M T ailbY, .9 I, Birm ing-ham

Bucks - Major P. G. Da r vil Smlth, C.B.E . M eads, G reat Missenden

Cambridge- The Rev . Chas. Townley Fulbourne House, Cambridge

Cheshire-J. H. Br ydon, C. B.E, 56, Mosle y- street, Manchester

Cornwall- Dr. D. M. Barry, Bonny then, Grampound , Cornwall

Cumberland - Colonel J F. H aswell, C.LE., M D., V. D., T D., The Friarage, P enrith

Derby-Major-General Sir R ic hard H. Luce, K C.M. G., C. B, V.D. (T ), Drill Hall,

Devon-Major J. S. C. DaVIes, V. D., D.L., 57 High -street, Exeter

Dorset-Colonel G. Russell Tod, TerritOrIal Drill Hall, Dorchester

Essex- Lieutenant-Colonel E. U Bradbndge, Market-road, Chelmsford

Glou cester- T he Rev. R. H. M. Bouth, M.A., 33 5, HI gh-street, Cheltenham

HampshIre - A. l\I oray \ Villiams, C RE., 63, London-road, Southampton

Heref0rd- Lieutenant Colonel A G. P rothero, Abbey Dore Court, Hereford

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Hertford-Colonel Sir Hildred Carlile, Bt., C.B.E., Drill Hall, Hertford

Huntingdon--Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald Barkley, D.L., The Cottage Hitchmgbroke, Hunts

Kent-Major-General Sir Lianel Stopford, K.C.V.O., C.B., Summercourt, \Vrotham, Kent

Lancashire, East-Colonel W. Coates, C.B , C. B.E , F.R.C.S., 3, The Parsonage, Deansgate, Manchester

Lancashire, West-Sir James Barr, Kt., C .B. E., D.L., M.D., 21, Islington, Liverpool

Leicester-A. W. Faire, C.B.E., D.L., J.P The l\Iagazine, Oxford-street, Leicester

Lincoln, N orth-Surgeon-Colonel F. J. Walker, C.B.E., V.D., J.P., St. Damian, Spilsby

London-Major J. H. Bankes, Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, 'S.W.3

Norfolk-Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. O'Meara, 22, Tomland, Norwich

Northants- T. H Woolston, C.B.E, D.L., J.1:' , Ambulance

Headq uarters, King-street, Northampton

Northumberland-Rear-Admiral W. F. Slayter, C.B. Drill Hall, Hutton-terrace, Newcastle-on· Tyne

Nottingham-Lieutenant-Colonel A N. Lee, D.S.O , O.B.E., Castle Farm-lane, Worksop

Oxford-Colonel S. Waller (Pro tem.), C. V.O., O B E., 20, Magdalene-street, Oxford

Shropshire-W Swire, C.B.E., St. Mary's-court, Shrewsbury

Somerset-Brigadier-General H. C. Frith, C. B., County Territorial Hall, Taunton

Stafford-C. Reid, O B.E., M D, 9. Market -square, Stafford

Suftolk-J. Maitland Wds::m, C.B E., Princes-st., Ipswich

Sureey-Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Bingley, K.C.I.E., C.B., c/ o Sec retary T.A A. Surrey, 84, Eccleston - squart>, London, S.W

Sussex-Brigadier-General F. Gore Anley, C.B., C.M G., 34, West-street, Brighton

Wa rwick-lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Keir, KC.B., D.L., 46, High -street, Warwick

Westmorland-See Cum be rland

\ Vl ltshire-Colonel F G. F. Browne, J.P., 68 , Fore-street, Trowbridge

Worcester -G eneral Sir Francis Davies, K B E , KC.M.G , KC.V.O., A.D.C., 4 8, Foregate-street, Worcester

Yorkshire, East-Colonel G Easton, C.B.E., T.D., D.L., York City Bank Chambers, Lowgate, Hull

Yorkshire, North-Major Bower, C.M G., C.B.E., Police Buildings, Northallerton

Yorkshire, West-Brigadier-General H. Mends, C.B., 9, St. Leonards, York

Isle of Wight-Dr. J. A. Gibson, M.B.E., D.P.H , Castle View, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

LI ST OF ST. JOHN ASS IST ANT COUNTY CONTROLLER S APP OINTED UP TO THE 31st JULY, 1924.

G. Osborne, M.B., Clifton House, Windsor

Bucklngham-S. J. C. Holden, M.B., Rickford's Hill, Aylesbury

Derby ( North)-H. C. Chambers, Sunnyfield, Beighton, near Sheffield

Derby (South)-1\ Dobson, M D., Bath-street, Ilkeston

Devon- H. V MIller, Ambulance Station, Plymouth

Dorset-Captam J. W. WhIte, J.P_, Clarendon Villa, Northroad, Parkstone

Hamp3hire-Major-General W. Huskisson, 13, St. Mark'sroad, Alverstoke

Kent-Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Falwasser, D.S.O., Warwick House, Maidstone

Lancashire, East- Salone! C. J. Trimble, C.B., C.M G, V D., Broad Oak, Pen wortham, near Preston; Mrs. Tweedale, A.R.R. C., J.P., Brooklands, Rochdale

N orthamptou - W. Harvey Reeves, 0 B E., Spencer Parade

N orthampton; Mrs. Harvey Reeves, A..R.R.C

N orthumberland-S. Embleton, 2: Osborne-terrace, Newcastleon-Tyne

Oxford-Major J. C. R. Freeborn, M R.C.S., 38, Broad-street Oxford

Shropshire-Surgeon-Co!onel E. Cureton, M. B., St. Luke's, Belle Vue-road, Shrewsbury

Suffolk-Major J- F. C. Hossack, F.R C.S " 49, Berners-street, Ipswich

Surrey-Brigadier-General E. A. T. Tudor, C.M.G., Waverley Court, Cam berley

Sussex-Captain C. A. Coventon, M.R C.S , The Gr ey House, Hollington, St. Leonard's

Worcester-R. J. Hilliar, 48, Foreg-ate -str eet, Worcester

Yorkshire, North - F. P. \\Tilson, Parkhurst, Middlesborough

Mrs. Northfell, Rosemount, Eastbourne-road, Middlesboroug-h

Yorkshire, West - Miss M Cudworth, 9, St. Leonard's, York

NUMB ER OF COM MA ND AN TS NOMIN ATE D BY THE ACTINGCHIE F COMMIS SIONER IN EACH COUNTY TO 31ST JULY, 19 2 4. County. Men. Women.

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August, 1924. -FIRST Our Cartoon.-No. 5. THE A DVENTURES OF SID & BERT.

By Sergt. D. Godf rey , S.f.A .B.

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given. above, we herewith d e clare that Essay No. 21 was sent In by Mrs. V. Petyt, 55, Rugby-plac e Legrams-Iane, Bradford. competitor is, therefore, awarded a Home Office FlfSt-Ald Cabinet. Moreover, we offer our b: st thanks to the doctors wh o so kindly conducted this competition

(Signed) THE EDlTORS.

One Day's Experience on Public Duty.

PRIZI!: ESSAY

By MR S V. PETYT.

FOUR Ambulance Sisters were ask e d to be in attendance la5t Saturday at an Annual Juvenile Treat. Sev en Am bulance men were on duty. About a thousand children and were i? a special train to the place appOInted, some nIne mLles away. It seem s strange in th e se days to hear a ride sp oken of as a special treat.. Yet many chLldr e n were d e lighted with the expenence, one boy of twelve or fourteen being in high glee because there had been four tunnels.

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Ap PO INTMENT S A pPROVED BY CO UNTY CON TROLLEF s

The name of the Division from which each Detachment will be formed is shown against the name of each Commandant.

To be Commandants:

Buckingham-

Mrs. Scott (C hesham )

Miss G R. Savory ( Olney )

Mrs_ Hancocks (Slough)

Mrs. Tonge ( Reddish)

Miss F. Leigh (Stockport)

Hampshire-

Miss M. Bromley ( Lymington)

Mrs. Fulljames (Portsmouth)

London -

Mrs. Douglas (N orwood )

Miss G. K. Saunders (Northern Polytechnic ) N orthumberland-

Miss E. Hutchings (Gosforth )

Miss Carse (N ewc;\stle Western )

Mrs Mitchell (Blyth and District )

Miss M. Batey (J esmond )

Mrs. Liddell (North Shields)

*J. Hunter (Percy Main)

Shropshire-

Mrs. Hayward ( Church Stretton)

Stafford-

*C E. Evans

* P. J. Evans (Longton and District Corps )

Miss F. Moore ( Longton)

Sussex-

Miss A. M Field-Comber (Hov e )

Miss H. M. Theobald (Brighton)

*C. G. Yates ( Brighton and Hove Corps)

Miss M. Bates (Hastings)

* Men's V.A D.

When corresponding with Advertisers please meotioo "First Ald."

Our Essay Competition (3).

QUESTION

Describe y our experiences as a Fi1'st Aider during one day on Public Duty at any jete or ceremony.

RE I-ORT OF E XAM IN ERS.

WE have carefully exa mined the sent in for this comp e tition, and agree in awarding filst place to the Essay No. 2 I. We ar e disap p ointed at the poor h terary standard of the other papers, and think that a second pri ze is not justified.

(Signed) S. B.A., M D.

R UFU:; C. TH OMAS F.R.C S. Newport, lJ:fOll

RESULT OF COMPETITION (3).

In accordance with the decision of the Doctor-J udges

On arriving a the field, which lay clos e to the railway, th e Ambulance men got to work and soon had a tent fixed up. Chairs were borrowed and we wer e ready for business. 'rhe fir.st cas::! was a child, who was knock e d down by a lce-cream cart. She was not badly hurt. Sev er al children strayed away from their parents We do not call this ambulance work still it is very n e c e ssary, and we earned the gratitude of many parents in restoring lost children to them.

Later on a young girl was brought to us with a bloodshot eye caus e d by lemon kali. We bathed this we ll with boracic lotion and put on a pad and bandage. She visited us later; and we found the e ye was quite better. Then a boy came with a cut over his eye. We put boric lint on this and bandaged it up. Then carn e another lad with a bruised foreh ea d wh ich we treated with carbol i sed vaseline as the skin was not broken. Next we had a girl who had been stung with nettles. We decided that th e best thing we could do with our small stock was to bath e the sting with sol volatile. This gave relief.

Later on a woman told us that an ambulance man had fallen and that our men we re treating him. Crowds soon gathered round; and we discovered that the men we re giving a demonstrat io n. One lad was quite disappointed because it was not a real cas e j and it was most amusing to hear him say in a tone of disgust, "O h! lze' s only reckonz'ng !" (" pretending " he meant).

Then the rain carne and curtailed the day's enjoyment. We rushed to the railway station; bu t the waiting rooms could not accommodate half the p e ople. So many had to stand over one hour in the pouring rain. A t last, as the train steamed in, we were callecl to attend a lady who had sudd e nly collapsed with st a nding so long. Sh e was with hE:r husband and two small children, one teing a baby a fe w months old It was pitiful to h ear the older child crying as we attended to his mother We kept her lying down, aFplied smelling salts to her nostrils and fanned her. Then, as the train could not wait, the ambul an ce men lifted her into an empty carriage and k e pt it res e rv e d for us throughout the journey. She was conscious but very helpless. Her head was hot and she was very fe verish, so we kept her head slightly raised and put on cotton wool soaked in water. She had to be carried out of the train a nd helped into a taxi whf'n we reached Bradford. I offered to go home with them in case they wanted furth er assistance.

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They asked me to do so; and on arriving home, I put her feet in must:nd and water, gave her a hot drink and put her to bed. This was the b;;st I could do as thty had no bath and both children were tired out and wanted to get to bed. She was much bett e r when I left and was able to walk upstairs with assistance.

OUf patients were very grateful for all we did for them; and all the day we found that our efforts to help were much appreciated. Our assistance was often sought, even for trivial things; but we did not object to this, as even the smallest cut may have serious results if not attended to at once. The ambulance men were very us e ful in lifting and moving patients as well as in serving tea, buns, &c.

On evtry occasion when I have been on duty I have been surprised to note how much the people respect the ambulance uniform and how a way is always made for us to attend cases so that we are allowed anywhere without question. To us, as ambulance workers, this is the best reward for our Jabour of love and is b e tter than receiving a wag e for our services

fetters to the t;ciitor.

We are (" "0 way rest{l"sible tor tile opi"io"s expressed, or the stateme"ts made, b, COY1espondents.-EDITOR.

BRIGADE MEMBERS GOING OVERSEAS.

DE \.R SIR,

Now that so many are leaving the homeland for these shores, there must be a good number of members of the S).A.B. at h ome who still .like to keep their identity

With the BrIgade and Imk up With some division in New Zealand. I would suggest that each member apply before leav ng enrolment and form rrom the secretary of hiS diVISion, and then on arnvmg here will have something to show he been. a of the Brigade. I can assure any member, If he IS commg to Wanganui he will receive a good ,:"elcome. Our division is about strong and we have been. ou.t with uniforms. I hope that secretarIes of Will see thiS letter, and if any of their members are leavmg home will furnish him with all the necessary papers.

Wishing your valuable paper every success.

I am, Yours Faithfully,

J. H. MELTON, Div. Sec.

FOR OR AGAINST CARTOONS.

DEAR SIR,

"!e have to report that the postcards received up to time of gomg to press show an overwhelming majority of 2 to I in favour of the monthly cartoon and of Sergt. Dan Godfley's efforts to am.use and to instruct readers of FIRST Am. We suggest that III your next issue you publish some of the views expressed by those who voted on this matter.- Yours faithfully THE TELLERS.

PUBLIC SCHOOL CADET ASSOCIATION CAMP.

DEAR SIR,

I hope will let. me express my gratitude to you for so kllldly the notice of the P.S S C.A camp hospital to appear III your As a result of it, apart from such men from my own dIVISIOn were good enough to give us their help, we two highly competent members o( the from other dlVISJOns whose work in camp was lllvaluable. am afraid that the horrid tag about a sense of favours to come" will OCCur to many wh() read this; but I can truly say that, although of course, I hope

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they will come again, I should feel not less sincerely grateful directly to them and indirectly to you for what they did for us this year, even thoul:{h they were unable or unwilling to put in a second year in camp. I ndeed one or two more men of a like capability and keenness would raise our standard of efficiency to a pitch which it has not hitherto attained.-Yours truly,

H. GORD@N MACKENZIE.

( Divisional Surgeon, Toynbee Hall Division).

FIRST AID AT WEMBLEY.

SIR,

Will you allow me through your columns to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to the doctor and at the first aid statio11s at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, for the great kindness and attention I received after a fcdl on the 5th July.

My grateful th1nks are also due to the two St. John Ambulance members (men) who so promptly rendered first aid immediately after my fall.- Yours faithfnlly, COMMANDANT (Women's V.A.D.).

[Received through the courtesy of the British Red Cross Society to whom the letter was addressed].

FOR CARTOONS.

DEAR SIR,

I was sorry to read in July issue of our valuable Maga zi ne, FIRST AID, that one of our Divisions express their disapproval of cartoons, and I am wondering how many of that division are Ex-Service men, and if there are any, have they already forgotten the happy moments they derived from the wonderful cartoons of the famous Captain Bruce Bairnsfather of " Old Bill" fame.

Were there a ridicule on the Bri tish Army?

I say emphatically NO.

They cheered many a poor wounded "Tommy," and passed along many a weary hour. And may be there are those of our members who are not all enjoying the best of health who are finding Sergeants Godfrey's" Sid and Bert" enlightening weary hours too. And then after all isn't there a mor::!.l in every cartoon? Sure there is, ( that is if we will look for one), and I hope, Mr. Editor, that Sergeant Godfrey will continue to contribute his very clever cartoons, so that we who like a lxttle bit of humour may enjoy them in the tuture as we have done in the past. Thanking you for once more allowing me a little of your valuable space.

I remain)

Yours, etc., J. WILLIAM Fox Sergeant, S.J.A.B., Newton Division, NO.4 District. August nth, I924.

TIMELY FIRST AID.

DEAR SIR,-Noticing that you publish useful work done by First-Aiders, I should like to bring to your notice my case. Recently I had a severe fall downstairs and might have bled to death (as I had severed t\\O arteries), had it not been for the timely and efficient aid rendered by a lady member of the BootIe Division, who treated me and without delay got me to hospital, where I had several stitches put in, and was detained a week. Now, though improving slowly, I am able to get about again.-Sincerely yours,

9 0 Hawkstone-street, C. HORNE. Princess Park, Liverpool.

It is with regret that we announce the death of Sergt. Millard of the No. 70 (Royal Borough of Kensington) Division.

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We with surprise, however, that in the chapter dealmg With Suspended Animatz'on the diagram of Schafer's Method shows operator performing expiration with his arms bent almost at right angles; and that the diagram of Silvester's Method figures operator )s hand on point of patient's elbow instead of just below these joints. Further, we believe that with both methods any rate of performing the movements faster than 10 per minute will defeat its object of imitating natural breathing.

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THE interest aroused by the previous volumes of this official account of the Medical History of the Great War is well sustained in the third volume, in which the il1ustrations are copious, and vary from photographs of groups and of casualty clearing stations in all parts of the Western Front to plans of hospitals, and charts of battle movements, &c. These add to the clear and concise diction of the text, and give us a good idea of the conditions under which much of the work amongst the wounded was done.

Indeed these volumes should be studied by all members of the public-lay, ambulance and medical-if only to bring to mind the horrors as well as the glory of war. While reading

One curious incident is described in th is present volume (p. 37). An N.C.O. the R.A.M.C. created a sensation by that he had discovered a means of delineating the lllternal organs. by passing an electric current through the body, and deSCrIbed a method of taking photographs by wireless waves. He then stated that he had invented a "Death Ray" which would kill anything at a certain radius. Placed under supervision and given facilit ies for continuing h is .the man was proved to be making fraudulent claJ ms, and m due course was tried by court martial.

This volume finishes the care of the wounded on the Front takes us through the Italian Campaign, which IS notable, If only because for the first time in several hundred years English troops officially fought in the Italian peniusula. In this campaign the mountainous roads and the rivers increased considerably the diffi culti es of transport, so that need arose for much stretcher work, especially as there a serious de.lay in delivery of high-power motor cars. On thIS front MalaTia and I nfluenza caused most of the casualties, Influenza alone accounting for more than 10,000 deaths. In this volume we begin the story of the march to Jerusalem in the Palestine campaign and also have a short resum e of the Egyptian and Dardanelles operations.

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H iE1\IO RRH AGE W[TH ASPHYXIA.

M. D. (London).-I was amused at the query of above title with which you dealt in the June issue (p. 289), because I was the unjust Judge who was pilloried by the dissatisfied competitor!

You will, therefore, be interested to know that your surmise was perfectly corre'ct; and that I did warn all competitors-and especially those who neglected the scalp wound-that profuse loss of blood was going on. Further, I only declared patient" dead " when the competitors, after fair warning, clearly demonstrated that they would not modify their treatment.

It is always good to have both sides of a story; and I appreciate your kind help in clearing up a l!ttle difficulty for our mutual friend-J. M , of Newport-who Will, I know, greet you with a smile when you meet in next year's Competition. So please accept our thanks.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

G. M. (Canada).-Out here we enjoy your nation Howler;" and we send our contnbutlon hereWith. In a recent examination the doctor asked a member of our class to state the correct treatment for choking. We almost collapsed with laughing when the candidate replied in all seriousness.-" Oh/ Tickle jJa#ent's throat with a featlzer,l ,I

Good! Next please! !-N.C.F.

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C. M. (Fort William, Canada).-I send a photo of the winning team in our Junior ('irst-Aid C<;mtests, the Judge of which has quite a trip before he finishes, and travels approximately 1,500 miles. As there were I3.teams from our District, the Judge had to spe.1d a week with us.

Thanks for letter and photo, and congratulations c;m the good work which you are carrying on among the Jumors.N.C.F.

DETAILED MARKING SHEETS.

A. R. ( Cambridge ).-A s a Brigade member muc h interested in competitions I was struck by the fact that m the recent Brigade Finals there was not extra mark," whereas in the Inter·Railway Fmals ( published m JUl?e issue) there were not less than 34 marks so. m the individual section. I contend that this IS a grave error, because such marks may make all the in the final positions of competing teams. Please let me know your opinion.

I agree with you; and I am in full with. those judges who regard" extra marks" as a confessIOn of plete solution of a lest, and who for this reason ca refully aVOid this item in their detailed sheets.-N.C.F.

A COMPLICATED T EAM T EST.

P.C. (N ew South Wales).-In a recent Competition out here a train, while passing through a tunnel, supposed leave the rails and to come in contact With a gas mam which bursts. An ambulance man in the train is injured and sustain!! a compound, complicated fracture of right femur (art ery involved), a large scalp wound and a fra cture of left ankle while a repairer in the tunnel IS asphyxiated by escaping ga.s.

Frankly we consider that the test was badly con·

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structed-(I) because there was no indication as to whether the tunnel was short with plenty of daylight available or unduly long and in tot.al and (2) the burst gas main, though it asphYXiated the repairer, had no such effect on the am bulance man, and though lights and hand lamps were im possible, yet the fire in the firebox of the engine was not extinguished

No detailed marking sheet being available, my colleagues asked me to "ring you up" and ask if you agree with us that the test was not altogether a fair one. On your statement of facts I agree .the cards.of instruction did not give you a fair chance of arnvmg at a satisfactory solution of the test; anu I can only hope that the Judge was able to settle the many and difficulties which you set out in your letter. At the sa!'lle I note your patients did not suffer from the multiple which from your previous letters appear to be customary out m New South Wa les an·l cause us to classify your tests as "dead-or-dying." So, as I cannot help, I will wish you the best of good fortune and" ring off. "- N.C .F

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(2) Yes. Theoretically at all e v ents there is no reason why you should not belong to both organisations though practically there is no advantage.-N.C.F.

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FOR all those who love the glorious The Anniver- history and traditions of that V sary of the Order, under whose banner they ar e Relief of serving, the month of Septem ber conMalta. tains the most important of our anni_ versaries after the Feast of St. John the It was on September 8th, 1565, that relief at last came to the Knights of St. John, when their powers of resistance were almost at an end, and it seemed as if Malta was de')tined to be the prey of thEir savage Turkish foes. In that year the greatest of the Sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent, who had driven the Knights from Rhodes in 1522, had determined to complete his work by the captur e of Malta, and th e final destruction of our Order. The Turkish Army undu Mmtapha Pasha, had landed on May 13th and laid siege to the detached of St. Elmo. After a gallant defence the little fort was stormed on June 23rd, and its garrison massacred. In all the history of our Order there is no more glorious episode than the noble end of the sixty bldly wounded men, all that were left of the garrison. Few things can stir our emotions more deeply than the story of how that little band of Christian heroes partook of the Holy Communion together, before their last great fight, and of how those too badly wounded to stand, were carried down to the breach and seated there, that they might meet their end sword in hand with their faces to the foe.

The capture of St. Elmo left the Turks free to press the siege of the mlin defences of Borgo, the city of the Kni ghts. I ts bastions and ram parts were systematically pounded to piec e s by their heavy artillery, until there was scarcely left one stone standing upon another. All through July and August assault after assault was delivered by the

J anissarie1', the flower of the Turkish Army But ever the Knights of St. John stood firm, though their numbers were dwindling and e ver foremost in their ranks fc ught that last great h ero of our Order, the Grand Master John de la Valette, now 7 years of age, of whom it is said that the main strength of our Order lay in his virtue, cour a ge, resolution and foresight. Neither must we forg e t the names of thoEe two English Knights, who so worthily maintained the high traditions of their country, the Bailiff of Egle kill e d in the assault of August 22nd, and Sir O li"er Starkey, Commander of Templecombe, attached to th e Grand Master s household. By the first week in Septembu th e streDgth of the garrison had been reduced to 600 Knights and and all wounded men still abl e to stand had been ordered to man the breaches. The limits of human endurance h a d been reached, and it seemed as if the fate of our Order was seal e d, when on the morning of September 7th the Viceroy of Sicily succeeded in landing a relief force, and the f')lIowing day the Turks raised the siege.

S') long as our Order held Malta, September 8th, the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was always observed as a day of special thanksgiving, and the memcry of our great deliverance was cele bratf d by a solemn service in the Conventual Church. The Grand St andard of the Order was carried in procE ssion by a Knight, dressed in the armour of the Crusading period, and laid at the foot of the altar. On his left marched a page bearing the state sword and dagger p:-esented by Philip II of Spain to L'3. Valette, and on his right marched the Grand Marshal, followed hy all the Knights of the Tongue of Auvergne, to whose custody the Standard was always confided. As the procession passed into the Conventual Church, and the Grand Standard was laid at the foot of the altar, a Bouris h of trumpets was sounded and the guns fired a salute. The thanksgiving service was then conducted by the Prior

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of the Church, and during the reading of the Gcspel the Grand Master held aloft the naked sword of La Valette, as a sign to all the world that the Knights of St. John were ever ready to fight in defence of the Christian faith.

It was not only in the Convent at Malta that this great anniversary was celebrated, but it is laid down in the Statutes of our Order that September 8th is to be observed as a solemn day of thanksgiving in every church in every Priory. Statutes III, I, state "We are particularly obligtd to celebrate with great reverence and devotion. the Feast of the Nativity for the victory which God was to give us this day over the barbarians, etc. We were reduced to the utmost distress and yet by the aS3istance of Almighty God and the bravery and re30lution of our brothers, we heir! out against all the efforts of the wemy, etc. We therefore acknowledging that we owe this victory to Almighty God have thought fit, for the continuing a perpetual memory of this singular bent-fit in our Order, to make a l:l.W to be inviolably observed for ever, by which we command and enact that they shall, in all the churches of our Ordn, make proctssions and use other ecclesiastical solemnities and ceremonies with great reverence and devotion every year upon the Feast of the Nativity," etc. In recent years much has been done to increase our interest and pride in the history, customs, and traditions of our venerable order. not the time arriv e d when we may hope to see this ancient Statute duly observed, and to have the honour and privilege of attending annually on September 8th a thanksgiving service in our Priory Church for this great deliverance of our Order?

Since the course of First Aid was introduced in the official syllabus of instruction for the Metropolitan Police Force in June last, 945 members have qualified for certificates.

A series of six lectures (for men) on .• First Aid" will be given at Hall, 28, Commercial-street, E. I, on Wednesday Evenings commencing 8th October, 1924, at 8 p.m., by H. Gordon Mackenzie, D.S.O., M D. Fee for the Course and Examination 35. For furt h particulars apply Toynbee Hall.

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There has b::en a steady in the calls to cases of accident received by the London County Council am bulance stations during the last sel'en years. Thus Fulham calls rose from 1,360 in 1917 to 3,216 in 1923'24; Bloomsbury calls from 2,669 to 6,592, and the total calls in London from 12,632 to 28,27 0

The "DECORATORS' &. PAINTERS' MAGAZINE" (8d. monthly) is THE trade paper for all interested.P"blishing Office: 46, Cannon Street, E.C

AID.Report of the Order of St.

September, 1924

Joint Council of the John and the British Red Cross Society.

THE fourth annual report of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England and the British Red Cross Society deals with the yel[ April Ist, 1923, to March 31st, 1924, and contains seven departmental reports, the report of the finance committee, and a statemEnt of accounts. The Council has appointed Dr. F. N. Kay Menzies to fill the place left vacant by the death of Sir Napier Burnett.

The departmental rcports show that most valuable work is being carried on. The auxiliary hospitals officers' departrr..ent has assisted 529 officers during the twelve months, of whom 226 were new cases; this brings the total numher of cases assisted since August, 1914, to 17,088.

A large proportion of the work was in conn( ction with the care and treatment of officers and ex-officers suffering from tubercul c sis some of them have been assisted in meeting the expenses of sanatorium treatment whilst th t if cases were under consideration by the Ministry of P e nsions or the Officers' Appeal Tribunal. In many instances the ex-officers so helped have eventually establish e d their claims, and the department has been able to recover from the Ministry of the greater part of the expenditure on sanatorium treatment.

The emergency help committee has dealt with 20,000 new cases during the year.

The administration expenses continue low , voluntary assistance being given by representatives of the C,uncli throughout the country.

There has been during the past year a marked increase in the amounts voluntarily refunded by men and widows who have been assisted while their claims for pensions were pending. This emergency help scheme provides a great measure of relief not forthcoming from any other charitable source, and many thousands of deserving cases of sick and disabled service men and their dependants are benefiting by it.

There are now 333 ambulance cars working in England, Wales, and Ireland. In many districts it is the practice for members of the Order of St. John or of the British Red Cross Society to accompany the am bulancean example of SErvice to the community which deserves fuller recognition than it receiVES at present.

The hospital service department has visited eight hospitals in the country during the year to discuss matters of administrative and general interest, with a view to helping the respective committees of management.

The stores department has dealt with over £19,000 worth of goods during the Yf'ar, and has dispatched numerous gifts to the Ministry of Pensions hospitals.

The tuberculosis sub-committee was appointed in March, 1923, to deal with the administration and expp.nditure of the special grant of £100,000 voted to the Joint Council by the Joint Financial War Committee for the relief of ex-officers and men suffering from tu berculosis caused or aggravated by war service. In addition to its other work the committee has reserved ten beds at the Brompton Hospital for Consumption for treating selected ex-service tubercUlosis patients.

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St. John J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Orders.

AUGUST, 1924.

COAT AND HAT FOR NUR S IN G DI VI S ION S

I n future all uniform overcoats will be of one weight only [or both summer and winter wear. The coats can be procured from the Stores Department at St. John's Gate, at the following prices ;-

s. d. Lady District Officer 48 0 Lady Corps Officer 47 6 Lady Divisional Officer... 47 ° Ambulance Sister 45 0 (These prices include buttons and badges, but not speciai badges, e.;;., Prince of Wales's Plumes )

Members who desire to have the coats made by their own tailors or by local firms can obtain the cloth, which is 54 in. wide, in lengths of yds. sufficient for an average sized person, from the Stores Department at 45. rd. per yd. Postage or carri age extra.

All concerned are advised that it has been recommended that the felt hat be abolished, and the straw hat only be retained as the outdoor hat. These can be procured from Messrs. Scotts, I, Old Bond-street, price ros , including ribbon, but not the badge I t is especially desired that all uniform hats and coats be procured only from the above pla c es, so that absolute uniformity may be ensured.

SER VICE M E DAL BAR.

With reference to B.O. 468, Service Medal Bars of the new design are now ready for issue and will be supplied in exchange for the original bars on payment as follows-Full size, IS. 3d. each, miniature, 6d. each. Unless exchanged, miniature bars, 2S. each.

A remittance and the orig in al ba r s must accompany each application which should be addressed toThe Director of Stores, St. John Ambulance Association, St. John's Gate, Clerken well, London, E. C. r. UNIFORM.

When Brigade Service Dress is worn by Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, District and County Surgeons on Ceremonial occasions, white buckskin gloves and medals will be worn.

OF F ICERS' WA R RAN TS

The warrant will in future be issued on appointment in place of the present notification.

Brigade General Regulations para. 136, p. 27 (1924 ) should be amended accordingly by omitting the words" and wearing the prescribed uniform of the Brigade."

BAU GE S OF RANK FOR SURGEON S HOLDING DUAL ApPOINTMENT OF CORPS SURGEON AND SU P ERINT E DENT, AND DIVISIONAL SURGEON AND SUPE RINTENDENT.

I n future, Surgeons holding one of these dual appointments will wear the badges of rank laid down in the Dress Regulations for Surgeons, with the addition of a stripe of silver Russ ia braid placed transversely on the base of the shoulder straps. UNIFORM NURSING DIVISIONS.

The wearing of the District number over the coat badge by Ambulance Sisters will in the future be discontinued owing to the shoulder titles bearing the District number being WOln on the shoulder strap.

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E F FICIENCY A\YARD S FOR CADET S

The following Cadet Service Badges have been approved ;-

For the first year.-One stripe of black and white herr ingbone braid, I t in. in length point outwards, placed transversely on the rig ht sleeve, 3t in. above bottom of cuff.

For the second year.-A further stripe of herringbone braid to be placed ! in. above the first stripe.

For the third year.-One Servi ce Star, as now issued to members of the Brigade, the two stripes previously awarded being removed.

The Service Star will be affixed in the centre of the sleeve, 3t in. above bottom of cuff.

For the fourth year.-A Service Star and one stripe of herringbone t in. beneath Star.

For the fifth year.- A Service Star and two herringbone stripes t in. between each.

For the sixth year.- Two Service Stars, the stripes bein g removed.

The Service Stars will be affixed 3t in. above bottom of the cuff, points of both Stars meeting in the centre of sleeve.

C ADE TS AND PRO SP ECTI VE CADET S Term Cadet.

The term "Cadet" only applies to those person s in possession of the Preliminary Certificate (if under 16 years of age ) and the Sen ior Certifi cate (if over 16 and under r8 years of age ) Others may only be termed" P rob a tionary Cadets ." Preliminary Certifi cate.

Only persons under 16 years of a ge are el igi ble to sit for this Certificate.

Lectures may be given by a la yman, bllt the ex?. mination must be conducted by a member of the med ic al profess lon.

On obtaining the Prel iminary Certifi cate Probationar y Cadets will be c ome Cadets in the Junior Se ction of t he Cadet Division

Re -examination for Cadets in the Jun ior Sec tion.

These re-examinations are arran ged by the Comm iss ioner of the District (on receipt of an app lication from the Cadet Division ) who details a Brigade Surge<:>n to same, but in the event of a Surgeon not bem g a vatl a ble he may select from the list he keeps for the purpo se, a B ri g-a de Officer or member, to undertake the re-examinat ion.

Th is re-exam ination does not count as q ua lt fi ca tlO n for the Medallion, Labe l, et c , but only for the E ffici en cy Aw a rds stated in B.O. 477

Senior (Adult ) Certifi cate.

All Cadets in the Junior Section on the a g e r 6 are required to attend a of le ctures .gl ven by a med Ic al practitioner and be exammed by an of the John Ambulance Asso ci ation in ac cordan ce WIth the R egula tI ons of that Association. ..'

A Cadet on rece iving the SenlOr WIll be transferred to the Senior Section of the Cadet D IV IS Ion.

Re·examination of Cadets in the Senior Sectlon.

As examinations by laymen are not reco g ni sed for the purpose of granti.ng Association (IyiedalllOn, L a bels, etc. ), the re -exammatIOn of the Sel11o.r Sect Ion condueted on the same lines as those laId down for DIVISIOns of the Brigade (see Brigade Regulations, 92 to IO I ) and If poss ible this Section should be re-exammed wlt h parent Division when the latter holds its annual

Unless this rule is rigidly adhered the responsIb lll.ty .for Cadets of the Senior Section not. receIvmg their As soClatIOn awards will rest with those arran g mg the Should it, however, not be desired claim awards the procedure adopted for Cadets 10 the JunIOr Se ctIon will be accepted for effiCIency only.

Method of applying for Examination and

To avoid unnecessary delay the follOWIn g procedure should be carefully observed;-

(a) Examination for the Prellmmary Cert ificate (Ca det s between the ages of rand r 6)

Examination for the Senior (Adult ) CertIficate ( Cadets 16 years of age over).

Write to the ChIef Secretary, St. John Ambulance Associat ion, for information.

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(b) Annual re-examination of Cadets in Junior Section. Apply to the Commissioner .of the District for an Examiner to conduct the re-eXamInatIOn, and at the same time inform him the number of Cadets to be re-examined, date and place where same will be held.

For this examination the Examiner may select his own questions from the l'reliminary First Aid Book and in the case of Cadet Nursing Divisions also from the Pleliminary Home Nursing Book.

Forms B.F. lIB will be used (or this purpo5e, the Exam iner forwarding the results of the examinaticn in triplicate to the Commissioner.

The Commissioner will forward one copy to the Chief Commissioner, one copy to the Division, and retain the other copy for District records.

(c) Annual re-examination of Cadets in the Senior Section

(I) When the re-examination is to count for Association awards as well as efficiency, the procedure fully described in Brigade Regulations, paras 92 to 10I must be strictly carried out.

(2) When the re-examination is not required to count for Association awards but only efficiency, the procedure to be adopted is described in para. b, above.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

AUGUST, 1924.

The Acting Chi e f Com missioner has sanctioned the foUowiug appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICERS.

D ivisi onal Surgeon F H. Rodier Heath, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., for County of Dorset, N O.9 District, 49. 2 4

TO BE LADY DISTRICT OFFICER.

Miss Constance Mary Wrigley for South Western AYea, West Riding of Yorkshire, 11.8.24

TO BE CORPS OFFICERS.

NO.6 DI STR ICT.

Corps Sergt.-Major Thomas Reay Midgley, Newcastle-onTyne Corps, 19.8.24

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Cecil Thompson, M.B., Ch.B., Atherton Division, 187.24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Samuel John Watt Donald, M.B, Ch.B., n.A.O, Sutton-inAshfield Nursing Division, 11.8.24

William Dunlop Hamilton, M.B Ch. B., B.A.O., Haworth Division, 3.9 24

Herbert Horsfall, M.B., Ch .B., Otley Division, Shipley and Dlstnct Corps, 28 .8 .24

NO .6 DISTRICT.

D ivisi onal Surgeon F. O'Kelly to be Acting Divisional Surgeon Bolden Colliery Division, 298. 24

NO .8 DISTRI CT.

William Pringley Morgan, B .A , M .B. B.Ch D.P.H ., Seaford Nursing Division, 18 8.2 4

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDEN TS.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Percy Benjamin Wickens, N o. I Division South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 27-8.24

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Archibald G. King, Littlehampton Division, 2-1. 8 24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT.

c- No. - 5 DISTRlCT

Mrs. El\en Caunt, Sutton-in-Ashfield Nursi ng Division, TI.8.24

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No. 8 DIS TRICT.

Lisa Margaret WimperJey, Seaford N Llrsing Division, 18.8 24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICE as.

NO. 3 DISTRICT.

Thomas Charles Lench, T. W. Lench s Division, N. Worcestershire Corps, 6.9.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

William Jones, Oldham Central Division, 2 5. 8.24

NO.5 DI STR CT.

Patrick Quin Maunsell Spaight, Basford D :vision, Nottingham Corps, 1.4.24

Sergt. William Whysall, Bulwell Division, ottingham Corps, 1.4. 24

Sergt. Ronald Niel Ross, Burley, Kirstall and Headingley Division, Leeds Corp, 11. 8.24

Sergt. Eric Maran·i Randolph Nixon, Hanley Division, Hanley and District Corps, 30.8.24

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFICER.

No. II DI<;TRICT.

Sergt. Arthur James Gosbee, Queensborough Division, 28.8.24

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Ethel Mooring Aldridge, l8.24, and Doris Cecil Anne Hayes, 29. 8.24, Bournemouth Nursing Division

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Winifred Oliver, Central N ursing Division, Birmingham Nursing Corps, 258.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Alice Crosier Burgess, Warrington Headquarters Nursing Division, 31.7 .2 4

Pollie Chippendale, Padiham Nursing Division, 16.8 24 El\en Grundy, Hindley Nursing Division, 27.8.24

NO.5 DI STR ICT.

Harriet Lilian Frow, Sutton-in-A'ihfield Nursing Divisior., 11.8 .2 4

Sabina Collins, Eiland N ursing Division, Halifax Corps, 20.8.24

TO BE AMBULA.NCE OFFICERS FOR CADE'I S.

NO.4 DIS TR JCT

Corpi. \Valter Watson, Dalton-in-Furness Division, 2 .9 24

NO.5 DIST R I CT Thomas Brownridge, Sowerby Bridge Division, 11.8.24

TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE BRIGADE RESERVE TO THE ACTIVE LIST.

NO.2 DI STR ICT.

Divisional Supt. W. T. Knight appointed Supt. of the Lavendon Division, 22 .j .24

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE NO.3 DISTRICT.

Lady Amb ulance Officer J. Sidwell, Nuneaton Nursing Division, 198. 24

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.2 DISTRICT

Ambula nce Officer C. E. Vmce, Aylesbury Division, 19 .8 .24

Lady Ambulance Officer A. Arkw right, Bournemouth Nursing Division, 26.8,24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon W. St. John, Der b y Nursing Division, 21.8.24

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Nursing Officer C. Longman, Peel House Nurs ing Division, 27. 8. 2 4

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Mackeson , Wellington N ursin/j Division) 1. <;).24

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NO. 9 DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon H. Griffith, Torquay Nursing Division 2.9 2 4 DEATHS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt. W. J. Short, Windsor and Eton Division, 19 8 2 4.

NO.5 DI ST RICT.

Corps Officer J. Allcock, Staveley Corps, 20.8.?4

NO.9 DI STl{lCT.

Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. Chellew, Falmouth Nursing Division, 2 1.8.24

DIVISIONS REGISTE RED.

No. 2 DISTRlCT.

Lavendon Ambulance Division, 25.1.24

No. 5 D ISTR lCT.

The Clayton Works Ambulance D vision, 28 .8. 24

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The Brigade at the British Empire Exhibition.

AN OT HER period of duty undertaken by the Order at Wembley has just been concluded During the month of August, the No. (Prince of Wales ) District, a&si£t:d b y (r om Wales, and many provincial towns, performed thiS Important public duty -the greatest ever undutaken by the Brigadf.

N otbing but praise of the splendid work done has been heard at all quarters, and it must b e g ratifying to all conce:ned to know that the efficiency, punctuality, smartness 10 appearance of the m e mbers and their consta nt willingness to render assistance whenev e r r Equired, whether on or off duty, has been frequently commented OD, and admired by the Exhibition Authorities.

Team of the Ramsgate Nursi ng Division, winners of the" Perrott" Shield in this year's competition. Left to right, Miss McMillan, Mrs. Haywood, Miss Wotton, A.R.R.C., and Mrs. Blinks

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Seaford Nursing Division, 18 8.24

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Pori and Ambulance Division, 14 8.24

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Norwich Ambulance Division, 18. 1.24

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Spencer N ursin g Division, 23 8.24

NO.9 DI ST RICT.

Ply;nouth Central Nursing Division, 21.8 24

P. WILKINS ON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Th lee hundred and or: e c a ses were d ealt with by the S. J. A. B. at the Royal Agricultural Show at Leicester this year.

During the few weeks ending Saturday, August 30th there was an average daily attendance, including Officers, N.C.O., Privates, and AmbUlance Sisters, of I03. l

Each member performs a duty of 5 hours, after which he is at liberty to see and enjoy the wonderful sights of the Exhibition. The members, by thus combining a period of Brigade service with a few hours enjoyment daily, have no doubt made the performance of duties, often of an arduous nature in times of pressure, a real pleasure.

The coming together of mem bers from various Districts in this way, affords them an e x cellent opportunity of learning all about Brigade activities and methods of organising Divisions in other towns than their own. Such an interchange of idE a s often proves of mutual advantage. Officers particularly, have probably grasped this cpportunity, and there is little doubt that the Brigade as a whole, will ultimately benefit as a result of the co-operation of mem bers from all Districts to perform this duty at Wembley

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During the season, all Districts of the Brigade .are sending detachments, in rotation, to Wembley, and dUring the October pdiod of duty a detachment from Ireland IS expected.

A total of 34,170 hours of voluntary .h.as already been performed at the British Empire ExhlbltloQ by the Brigade members.

In August 4,325 cases were treated, the .recor?s show that since the opening of the RxhlbltlOn, FIrSt AId assistance has been given in over 18,000 cases. The average still being over 1,000 each week. figures prove: the necessity of a thoroughly efficient. and well·equipped am bulance serVIce such as has for the benefit of the pu blic and staff at the BntIsh Empire Exhibition.

The following particulars of the B. bulance Service recently published, will be of speCial mterest to readers of FIRST AID.

"Those who have had practical experi ence of a medi· cal organisation which has to deal with such m.ultitudes as daily visit a great Exhibition, will at once realIse that the requirements are many and varied. Exhibition crowds are made up of all chsses and all ages from early infancy to extreme old age. It is therefore incumbent on those responsible for their welfare to and for the necessities that these extremes dictate, and the enVIronment peculiar to an Exhibition apart the medical and surgical happenmgs ordmanly assOCIated with communal life.

"The medical organisation of the Exhibition is arranged to r e nder early assistance .to all requiring First Aid treatment and, should medical attentIOn be considered necessary, their rapid conveyance by ambulance car to the main ambulance station, where a medical officer is on duty day and night. To enable this to be carried out, First Aid Cabinets are: placed in the great palaces of Engineering and Industry and in the Exh Ibition grounds. An orderly of the St. John Ambulance Brigade or British Red Cross Society is on (, sentry go" at each cabinet. The cabinets are in telephonic communication with each other, and with the four ambulance stations. The latter are staffed by m e n and women belonging to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem or the British Red Cross Society, and are, with the exception of the main ambulance station, named according to position, North t rn, E9.stern, and Stadium. These in turn can communicate in the same way with the First Aid Headquarter Office, and also with the Office of the Director of Medical Services, both situated in the Stadium. The ambulances are garaged at the main ambulance station, and are provided and mann ed by the SL. John Ambulance Brigade and the British Red Crosp Society. 00 receip t of a message from any cabinet or station a car, accompanied by orderlies, is despatched to the spot. The patient is then brought direct to the main am bulance station, and treated, and discharged , or, if necessary, sent by ambulance car home or to th ; hospital. If it is dt cided that the patient requires hospital treatment he is sent by car to the Willesden General Hospital, which h3.s placed 30 beds at the disp:>sal of the Medical Service of the Exhibnion, and has also supplied the trained nurses for the main ambulance station, which is therefore, in mi litary p.nlance , the casualty clearance station of the Exhibition. The cases that it deals with are surprisingly varied in character and severity. This must be exp " cted with a changing daily population of between one and three hundred and fifty thousand-last Whit Monday censns.

(The medical staff of the exhibition consists of a

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Director and four Medical Officers, one of whom is the Medical Officer of Health, for Wt m bley, and another, a lady. There are two dispeosf'i s, and three A. M.e. men as orderlies. The St. John Ambulance BrIgade and the British Red Cross Society have provided all the First Aid personnel (80 to 100 are on .dutV much of the ward equipment, and all the surgical dress lOgS and. used since the exhibition opened. The exhlblllOn authorities and the British Public are therefore indebted to these Societies for what they have so ungrudgingly and unostentatiously done and given on humanitarian grounds."

It is pleasing to observe that have ?een posted in all Am bulance Stations and FIrst AId CabInets at the exhibition informing the public that the whole of the first aid work at the exhibition, is carried out by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the British qross Society for the benefit of the public. The public It IS. feared, do not always appreciate this fact, that the .servlces of the Brigade are voluntary and honorary. In VIew. of the weat expense involved in providing for .a duty thiS magnItude it is well that a reminder be occaslOnally given.

Brigade Awards and Badges.

(Continued from page 32.)

IN addition to the Medals already described, there are cntain Brigade Badges which are. award.ed as evi.dence of se rvice rendered or of p'oficiency III affilIated subj ects.

SERVICE BADGE.

The Service B3.dge is made of metal in the shape of a four pointed star, and is awarded to N:C.O.'.s members of the Brigade (Ambulance and NU:SlOg on the completion of every '-hree years' effiCient serVice, as in the Brigade Regulations, i e , attendance at 12 dnlls,

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be neath the badge; the third badge will be affixed to the left in the centre of b3.dge on left side, and the 4 in. on th e right side, as shown in the diagram. The badge shown in

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Under the present Brigade Regulations, members of the Brigade who successfully pass the Brigade re-tX3.mination are entitled to the awards of the Association, provided that such re-examinations are strictly carried out in accordance therewith. (See paras. 92 to 101 of Brigade Regulations, January 1924).

It is most important that when Brigade re-examinations are being arranged those responsible for such arrangements should carefully read the Regulations quoted and assist those attending the re-examination to gain any award or badges which their previous attainments may entitle them to rective.

NURSING BADGE.

The N Badge is made of metal in the shape of a cross and may be worn on the left sleeve one inch above the position of the Service Badge, i e , 9 inches from the bottom of the cuff, by N.C.O.'s and men in fJossesaion of the St. John Ambulance Association Nursing Certificate. Those who are entitled to wear -the Nursing Badge in addition to the Medallion Badge will wear the former sewn

the diagram has recently been altered, the word being substituted for" Association."

The brassard should be stiffened behind the badges by a squal e of buckram 4! inches by 4t inches.

Applications are made on form BF4a through the usual Brigade channels and on receipt at Brigade Headquarters, they are carefully checked and if in order issued direct to Corps or Divisions.

In ordinary circumstances badges are sent to Corps or Divisions within one week of receipt of the application , but sometime, owing to the numerous applications received it takes longer to deal with them' and in consequence the issne is delayed. Over four thousand applications for the Service Badge were received last year.

Badges if lost on public duty are replaced free of charge, and application for them must be clearly marked !I Replace ment " and forwarded as in the case of the original applications.

MEDALLION BADGE.

This badge consists of a circular disc of white cloth inch in diameter, and is issued to N.C.O's and men of

on the latter, which in this case will be one inch in diameter

While it is not obligatory on members of Ambulanc e Divisions to obtain the Nursing Certificate, excepting those enrolled the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth R eserve who must obtain same to qualify for cfficiency therein, it is recommended that this qualification should be obtained by all members of Ambulance Corps and Divisions owing to the possibility of Ambulance men in war time being called upon to carry out Nursing duties besides those of First Aid.

SIGNALLERS' BADGE.

Signallers' Badge in black and white (embroidered for Instructors) may be worn by members of the Brigade who have passed the qualifying Signallers' examination. Two classes of persons only in signalling are recognised by the Brigade-

1. Instructors, 2. Signallers.

Mem bers of the Brigade holding a certificate as

present at the Annual Inspection, and passed the Annual Re-ex3.mination in each Brigade year (Jan. 1st to DeC. 31st).

This badge, like the Service Medal, denotes t fficient service and not long service.

Four badges can be obtained (12 years' efficient service). On the completion of 15 years' efficiency, the Service Medal is awarded, and the badges are removed.

After the award of the medal, badges are not issued, the Service Medal Bar being given for each subsequent fi ve years' efficient service.

The badge is worn on the left arm, 8 inches from the bottom of the cuff by men, and when two or more such badges are worn, they are placed horizontally 1 inches apart from centre to centre and symmetrically in respect of the centre of the sleeve. In the case of Ambulance Sisters the first badge, while the only badge, will be worn immediately below the centre of the arm coat or cloak badge, When the second badge is received they will be worn just

Ambulance Corps and Divisions in possession ?f .the medallion awarded by the St. John Ambulance ASSOCIatIOn.

It is fixed to the left !;leeve, one inch above the position of the Service Badge, i.e, 9 inches from the bottom of the cuff.

The Medallion Badge is not applicable to Officers or Ambulance Sisters. The latter are, however, permitted under the Brigade Regulations to wear the medallion suspended from the neck by a black ribbon passed under the collar, the medallion lying immediately below the centre of the collar in front the ribbon is not to be seen. The Bronze only is worn in uniform.

Instructor in signalling in any of His Forces are eligible for appointment as 10 the Signallers are t? obtam a certificate from a recognised School of Slgnalhng, or from an Officer, or

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N.C. O. of, or above, the rank of Sergeant of the Regular or Territorial Army qualified as an Instructor in signalling. Candidates are required to read or send a message at the rate of-

Big Fllg 6 words a minute, Small 8 words a minute, Semaphor 10 words a minute.

The examination has to be carried out in accordance with the Training Manual of Signalling, latest edition so far as it is applicable. To retain the Signallers' Badge the Signaller is required to pass an annual from the Manual on the lines laid down in signalling.

for the badge of either class is submitted through the usual channel of communication to the Chief Commissioner accompanied by a copy of the applicant's signalling certificate duly certified by the Officer in charge of his Brigade Unit. The badge is worn on the left arm 8 inches from the bottom of the cuff. When the Service and Medallion Badges are worn, the Signallers' Badge is worn 1 inch above them.

BUGLER S BADGE.

Members of Ambulance Corps and Divisions appointed Bugl e rs within their or Di vision may wear the Buglers' Badge on the right arm mid way betw{en point of

At September, 1924.

Brigade they have to attend an Annual Inspection held by the Insp:cting Medical Officer, if possible attend a week's course of annual training in a Naval Hospital or a Man of War course, and have to pass an annual re-examination in Home Nursing. They are enrolled as Probationary Sick B - rth Attendants, and if qualified, pr0moted to the rating

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The examination was conducted by a Matron and Medical Officer of a hospital in which the candidate had not worked. The questions were standardised and supplied from the Headquarters of the Joint Worn ens' V.A.D. Dep utment in London. There was a written as well as a viva voce examination.

A good report was also necessary from the Matron or Sister in charge of the hospital, punctuality, obedience, neatness, ward work, and nursing capabilities being taken into consideration.

Mem bers who qualified were permitted to wear the blue stripe with the white ones and were eligible to be appointed Assistant Nurse. Those who were so appointed may wear the letter .1 A" on the shoulder straps of their indoor uniform in addition to the blue stripe 0n the sleeves.

Red Efficiency Bar.-V A.D. members who served for 13 consecutive months in a Military Hospital, passed an examination and received a good report from their Matron, qualified for promotion to the post of A5sistant Nurse and wer.; awarded the Red Efficiency Bar. This also entitled them to wear the letters" A.N " on the shoulder straps of their indoor uniform.

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r.:.. o. 2 DISTRICT.

3350 Rumbelow, Sergt T A 33[9 Cave, Amb Offr FA 33 20 Willett, Sergt B J

NO.3 DISTRICT.

elbow and shou1der, with a b'ack and white regulations cord attached to the

As some Corps and Divisions have th eir own Brigade Band, wings are authorised to be worn on Brigade uniform when parading as Bandsmen with their own Unit.

The wings are of the same material as the uniform, with white markings. wings, however, must not be worn e xcept when the members are parading as a Bmd Fur ordinary Brigade purposes and public duty, bandsmen will parade as ordinary Brigade mem bers and wear the uniform accorrlingly.

ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE BADGE.

This badge. supplied by the Admiralty, is issued through the Chief Commissioner to members of the Brigade wh') have been duly enrolled in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve.

It is an oval badge wurked in silver, bearing the letters "R.N. " and surrounded by the words" St. John Ambulance Brigade ." On each side of the badge is a silver worked anchor and at the bottom" Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve."

The badge is worn on the left arm midway between the point of th shoulder and el bow.

This is formed for the purpose of supplementmg. the R N SIck Berth Staff in h'1spitals and in time of natIOnal or maritime war, and is controlled by an MedIcal Officer app)inted by the Admiralty.

Volunteers for this Reserve are at presEnt enrolled solely from the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

In addition to maintaining their efficiency in the

of Sick Berth Attendant after one year's service. They are from that rating advanced to Sick Berth Attendant, Sick Berth Petty Officer and Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer in accordance with their length of service, qualifications, and within thl': establishment of the Reserve as laid down by the Admiralty, the establishment at the moment being 1,275 all ratings inclusive. Reservists ar t' , provided they fulfil their obligations and maintain the standard of efficiency laid down, paid a Bounty by the Admiralty of £5 per annum, exc e pt in the case of Probationary Sick Berth Attendants, when they receive a Bounty of £4. A Reservist who do es not attend training only receives £3.

The establishment of this Reserve has been complete for some time, and there is a large "Waiting List" of Brigade desirous of enrolling as vacancies occur.

WAR SERVICE BAR.

This award was issued under the authOJity of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and Britic;h Red Cross Society, and was given to denote the services rendered by V.A. D.'s during the Great War.

It was originally named the" Bar of Recogn i tion" afterwards call1;d the" War Service Bar." There Wtre four kinds of War Service Bars, i.e ,White, Red, Blue, and Scarlet.

The white bar was issued to V.A. D. members who served in a Military Hospital for 13 consecutive months working not less than 2,688 bours. It was later extended to apply to those working part timt: and who had served for a period of 26 months of not less than 2688 hours in an Auxiliary Hospital. A bar was issued for each subsequent completion ot 2,496 hours but 12 months had to elap5e between the issue of each bar. As time advanced the white bar only applied to General Service members in Military Hospitals and to V.A.D. members working in Auxiliary Hospitals, as the full time Nursing V.A.D. mem bers in MIlitary Hospital counted time served as put qualification for the Red Efficiency

A red bar was issued to men V. A. D.':; who had served for 13 consecutive months of 2,688 hours and had undertaken duty in connection with the sick and wounded.

Blue Efficiency Bar.-Only V.A.D. members with two or more white strip es were allowed to enter the examination for the blue stripe.

The issufl of this award ceased with the termination of the War, it being purely for war service.

The bar or bars may still be worn by those who r f ceived them, as follows ;-

On each sleeve of the indoor and outdoor uniform, 3 inches below shoulder seam.

In case of one or more stripes being worn they should be t inch apart.

Letters" A" or " A.N." on shoulder straps of the dress.

"T.N"

The letters "T.N." denote that the wearer is a fully qualified" Trained Nurse." By a Trained Nurse is meant a Nurse who has completed three years' course of training in a General Hospital having a recognised Training School attached, and who having qualified at a School of Instruction has received a certificate to that effect.

Ali Officers or Ambulance Sisters who are so qualified are entitled to wear the letters "T.N." on the shoulder straps of their indoor and outdoor uniform.

( To be contz'nued )

Service Medals and Bars Awarded.

H. R. H. the Grand Prior, on the recommendation of the Chapter General, has approved the award of the Service MlJdcil and the Service Mt:dal Bar to the undermentioned officers and members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade;-

SERVICE MEDAL S

No. I DISTRICT.

3305 Caffyn, Supt E 3306 Freeman, Pte T 3307 Kemp, Staff-SergtJ 3308 Langley,AmbOffioer GD 3309 Levy, Pte W C 33IO Matthews, Sergt A C 331 Meader, CarpI E H ·3312 Norman, CarpI E T 3313 Russell, Sergt J R 3314 Stark, Sergt S 3315 Taylor, Staff-Sergt J E ·3316 Turner, Pte J W 3317 Turner, Pte V C 331S Williamson, Amb Sis A E ·334 1 Birks, Amb Offr A J 3342 Blake, Supt H K. 3343 Burton, Supt N 3344 Cotton, CarpI R 3345 Noon, Sergt A H ·3346 Johnson, Sergt R J 3347 Mengel, Lady Amb Offr F J···3348 Rosenberg, Pte M Stitcher, Corpi B

A 3365 Brown, Amb Sister J A 3366 Dennett, Supt J H 3367 Dunn, Divl Surg J... 3368 Hanson, Corpl F 3369 Knott, Corpl S 3370 McCarthy, Lady Supt A' 337I Naylor, Amb Offr W E 3372 Parker, Arnb Sister E 3373 Spicer, Lady Supt F E 3374 Tatlow, Amb Sister A 3375 Thompson, Amb Sister E 3376 Travis, Amb SIster MA NO.5 DI STR I CT 3377 Bucknell, Sergt. J 3378 Colville, Corpl T '1379 Ellis, Amb Offr 1. 3380 FIsher, M.D., Divi Surg W H 338I Greenwood, Amb Offr J. 3382 Holmes, Staff·Sergt A 3383 Horton, Corpl R 3384 Huey, County Surg J J ... 3385 Hulley, Corps Offr H 3386 Martin, Pte J ... 3387 McKOIff, Corpi J... 3388 Murgatroyd, Pte P 3389 PaddlOn, Supt J 3390 Sidebottom, Corpl J 3391 Sle ight,

BARS-FIRST BAR.

NO.1 DI STRICT 3325 Carver, Pte W 3326 Gorbal, Pte J... 3327 Hall, Pte F W 3328 Houghton, Amb S IS C 3329 Marwood, Pte T -3330 Perry, Supt E A 333I Taylor, Corps Offr F 341 1 Barclay, Corpl A S 34I2 Wickens, Amb Offr P B 3413 Reed Evans Pte H 3414 Roessler, Pte T P 34I5 Waghorn, Pte W

NO.3 DI ST RICT.

34 16 Richardson, Pte H 3417 Shaw, Supt G G

No. S DISTRICT.

34 18 Bilton, Supt A R 3419 A5 st Commr H C 3420 Grice, Amb Offr F A Pettlt, Amb Offr 0 J 34 22 Smith, Supt W H

NO.6 DISTRICT 333 2 Alvin, Sergt T

No.8 DISTRICT.

34 23 Lambert, Corps Supt J W

N{!). 9 DISTRICT.

3424 Marsh, Staff-Sergt C E J

No. 10 DISTRICT.

3333 Hutton, Supt J v, SE COND BAR.

No. DI ST RICT. 3334 Eaton, Lady Amb Offr E 3335 Hamburger, Supt

FIRST AID.- Septem ber 1924.

N 5 3336 Harrop, Lady 5upt N 3337 Hunt, Corpl W H

3338 Reynolds, Pte A L. 33 39 Wakeley, 5upt H G 3425

Aldcrslade, Pte H J. 34 26 Allison. Amb Offr A J 3427 Bomford, Cpl A R 342 8 Cardo, Corps Offr W T 34 29 Collins, 5taff-Sergt J D 3430 Ferguson, Sergt A E

"{O. 3 DI STRI CT.

3431 Garratt, S ergt A

NO.6 DI STRI CT.

343 2 Bailey, Lady Supt L J 3433 Wheatley Lady Corps Offr G A FOURTH BAR.

NO. 3 DI STRI CT.

3340 Harvey Reeves, Asst. Commr W

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

EDITORIAL-

The Anniversar y of the Relief of Malta

Report of the Jo int Council of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society

B rigade O rders, Au g ust , 192 4

B rigade Appointments, &c

The B ri g ade at the British Empire Exh ib tion

Brigade Awar d s and Badges

S er vice Medals and Bars

Awarded

DISTRICT REPORTSPrince of Wales's ; NO.3; No. IO St. John V.A.D s

V A. D' s Notes and N ews

The St. John Ambulance Brigude O verseas

PRACTICAL POINTS-

E ffects of Bee- S ings

E ffects of M otor Fumes

O ur Cartoon-No 6

F or or A gainst Cartoons

A W onderful Service to H umanity

AM:8 UL ANCE CUTTINGS FRGM THE PRESS-

Saved by His G rip

Stretcher in a Boat

PR IO RY FOR WALESBrigade N ews

General Interest

Centre Reports

News in Brief

QUERIES AND ANSWERS TO CORRli:,PONDENTS -

H and -gr p for Lifting Patient

Prince of Wales's District. COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL OCTOBER, 1924.

October 5th- N o. 49 Erith Division.

I 2th - N o. 51 Croydon Division.

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17th- No. 52 Barclay, Perkins' Division.

24th - No. 53 Watford Division.

Duty from 2.30 p.m., to 8. p.m., Key from St. Johns, Gate at 2 p.m.

OFFICERS' A N NUAL DINNER.

Officers are reminded that the Officers' Dinner will be held on December 13th, at the Connaught Rooms. Will they keep this date open. A ny information regarding this functIOn can be obtained from Captain L. L. Franks, Treasurer No. J District, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I.

CONFERENCE OF OFFTCERS.

A Conference of Officers will l;>e held on Saturday, N ovember 15th at 3 p.m. All resolutIOns should be received by the Commissioner not later than Saturday, November 1st, at St. J oho's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C. I.

OFFICERS' SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Officers are reminded that the Annual Subscriptions are dl:le on J a0l:lary 1St. Wtll Officers whose subscriptions are stIll outstandmg kindly forward them to the Treasurer.

PARADE STATES.

All Divisions doing Public Duty are requested to remember that states should be sent in to Headquarters as soon as pOSSible after the duty has been performed, in order that the records of Headquarters may be kept up to date. :rhe parade states should be signed and dated by the Officer III charge.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commlssioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. requested, when sending news cuttlDgs of theIr meetlDgs, etc., to give the date of publicatIon of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

N C.O.'s CL UE. -A meeting of the Club will be held the first Thursday in each month at W. H. Smith & Sons' club, I Milford-lane, W,.C.2 O n.Thursd.ay, October 2nd, at 7.30 p.m.

A. A wlll give an mteresting talk on " Ancient History of Medlcme.': The Club is open to all N.C.O.'s of of Wales district), who are heartily mVlted to Jam. Particulars can be had from H. J. Palmer hon sec., 70, Newington Gre en-road, N.!.

No. 3 District.

MARKE T H ARB ORO UGH - We reproduce in this issue a ph<:>tograph of the new Ambul a nce Headquarters of the Division opened by .Mrs. Symington in July last. The .IS almost opposIte the Fire Station in an accessible pOSitIOn m the town.

On the ground floor there is a garage for the motor ambulance wagon, With floor, large folding doors, etc., and also storage lor apparatus connected with the work. of Bngade. The upper storey consists of a large room Will be used f?r lectures a?d purposes. The bUIldmg has a very nIce front and IS very dlstlDctive.

No. 10 District.

A contingent of nurses and men, 30 strong, from this

September. ]924. -FIRST district, were on duty at Wembley the week commencing August 25th detachment consisted of representatives drawn from Hltchm, March, Haverhill Lowestoft Felixstowe and Supt. W. G. Last of the' Orwell Wdrks of the I pswlch Corps was in command.

I PSWICH.-The St. John Ambulance Transport Service at I pswlch has been so re -organised during the past few months that to· day It wIll stand comparison with almost any other provincial town of its size in the country.

Our illustration shows the two motor ambulance waggons now possessed by the Centre with .Miss Mary Culcher, C. B. E., who first started ambulance work m the town, shown seated in the nearest car.

a meeting of Committee, held last autumn, the question arose of prOViding more suitable and efficient transport for those in the and surrounding area of Suffolk, the heavy demands being too mu c h for old chassis. A sub-commlttE'e was appointed, consisting- of the Commiss ioner J. Hossack ) ; the District Surgeon ( Dr W Fryer ), CounCillor T. R Parkmgton, and the Transport Officer ( Mr. A C. Hill). Much credit is due to these officers for the succe s sful result, and perhaps more especially to Mr. Parkington for his

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having come from the M idlands, where ambulance work is much to the front, upon · hearing of the sclteme , at once wlllmgly volunteered as a body bu ilder to carry out necessary alteratIOns, If sufficient members were forthcommg from the Corps to assist him.

Again Parkington very generou sly o ffered to defray the lIkely to be caused through hav ing to find new matenals for the change over. The old ch a ss is was therefore thoroughly overhauled, and M iss Coulcher k ind ly placed her coach-house at the disposal of the workers as a workshop The excellent. result attamed speaks volumes for the enthus iasm and many nights of strenuous to il whi c h were put into the task by the loyal band of volunteers, and their" example is of the praise A':l effort of th s k ind a lways brmgs the best spirits to the front, a nd it can be truly sa id that the way these enthusiasts worked was the adm r a t ion of all the officers who witnessed them at the ir l a b our s

I t is. interesting learn that help wa s also spon ta ne o usly forthcomI,ng fr?m outSide sources, and the body pa nt in g wa s taken entIrely ID hand by two gentlemen who felt they o wed a debt of gratitude to the ambulan ce c au se in the t own. It was found that of these had unfortunatel y q Ui te r ecent ly lost hiS little boy m a street ac cident, an d h a d therefor e bee n rather pathet ica lly drawn into the value of the mo vemen t.

Two

Motor Ambulances of the Ipswich Transport S e rv ic e.

generosity when the question of finance came to be considered. A new Ruston and H ornsby chassis was purchased of the very latest design, to which is fitted a Dorman engine rated at 15'9 horse - power. Upon this chassis was mounted the body which had already done such useful service on the old chassis.

Messrs. Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd , the worldfamed engineers, undertook to supply the new chassis and carry out the necessary alterations to the body, and ri g ht loyally did they carry out their part of the: contract.

A se:cond car, as a stand-by, was found to be an absolute necec:sity, in case of emergency, for accidents which may happen at any time in the town. The centre already possessed a horse-drawn waggon, and it was thought that if this body could be re-mounted on to the Ford from which the original body had been removed, a second motor ambulance would be available which would answer all the requirements for town ork and short journeys into the country districts The obstacle to this proposition was the expenses likely to be incurred. The Ac ting County Secretary (Mr. A. H. Moffatt ) suggested appealing to the pswich Corps for volunteers to undertake the manual part of the work, and Mr. G. L. J eacock,

This novel experiment of seeking volunteers from the ranks of the Brigade, for work of this kind, could, with careful or g an isation, be carried even further, for the members a re recru ite d from all sorts and conditions of occupat ion s a nd , n this particular instance, not a s ingle refus a l wa s offered , sh o w n g that the good sp irit is not lacking.

It must be mentioned that when the propositi o n to pur c h as e a new motor was put before the Suffolk branch of the Bri t ish Red Cross Soc iety they very g enerously made a grant of fi ft y pounds from their funds for that purpose

T he Gippeswyk Division of the Corps have lost a valuable and one of the oldest members through the death of Cpl. H. T Smith. The Brigade was represented at the funeral by several members in uniform, among whom was Capt F H Gooderham (of the district staff) and Supt. F. Godd ar d of the d ivision

A Q'uard of honour was formed as the cortege pas s ed in and out of the church . The service was fully choral and was conducted at St. Peters Church, by the vicar (the Rev. F W. Metcalfe) where the deceased had been connected for many years with the sunday schOOl. A beautiful floral tr ibute was

sent by his comrades of the d i vision.. The body was conveyed by motor hearse for interment at F flston near Aldeburgh.

FELIXST0WE.-This division represented the cause on Sunday, August 31s t, in a street processlOn. a.nd church parade which was organised by the frIendly socIetIes of the town on behalf of the funds of the Cn?ydon Cottage Hospital. During the of. the processlOn along the sea front the public were betng remtnded of of institution, by the Chairman of the Urban DIstrict C.ouncIl, when two cases called for first aid treatment. ThIS was promptly rendered Em.eny the members .of the division, and a practIcal gIven of the necessIty for an efficient ambulance and hospItal.

St. John V.A.D.'s.

As soon as notificat ion of the approval of the C;0unty. Controller has been received Commandants should ImmedIately proceed to enrol the of detachments, and submit the (orms through the usual brIgade channel. When forwarding Form 3 with Form I for the registration of the detachment, Commandants are requested to write in pencil on the top of the form the member re.commended for appointment as Assistant Commandant, Officer, Lady Superintendent, Quartermaster, and SectIon Leader.

ST. JOHN ASSISTANT COUNTY CONTROLLER.

Lincoln-Lieut.-Col. F. S. Lambert, M.RC.S.

NUMBER or OFFICERS N OMINATED FOR ApPOINTMENT AS COMMANDANTS, to 31ST AUGUST, 1924;-

AID. - September, 1924

Lancashire East-

Mrs. E. Skirrow ( Atberton) No. 160

Mrs. A. J. Kerr, J.P. (Bury) No. 164

Miss 1. M. Sutcliffe, A.RR C. (Todmorden) No. 126

Miss C. Rowbotham, A.R.RC. (MossIey) N o. J34

Kent-

Mrs. Falwasser (Maidstone)

Mrs. Selby (Teynham )

Mrs . Neame (Faversham)

Mrs. Blinko (Ramsgate)

Miss A. K. Towers (Westgate-on-Sea)

Miss E. G. Crawford (Folkestone)

Miss F. K. Crosse (Canterbury)

Miss E. M. D. Waddilove (Tunbridge Wells)

N orthamptonshire-

Mrs. E. H. Wills (Kettering) NO.2

Miss A. Smith (Wellingborough) No .6

Mrs. 1. Jennings ( Castilian) No. 14

Miss M. V. Bairstow (Towcester) N o. 20

Mrs. M. Campbell (VIctoria) No. 38 Nottinghamshire-

* W. H. Goold (Worksop)

Miss W. A. Gibson (Nottingham City)

Miss C. Wellington (Bulwell) No. 122

Miss K. Cordon (Stapleford)

Mrs. Paling (B eeston)

Miss L. A. Bowler (Nottingham G.N.) No. r Surrey-

Miss Wyndham (C roydon) No. LjD

Dr. A. S. Macmillan (Guildford) No. 37 Yorkshire, West Riding

*T. C. Amery (P ontefract ) NO.7

*Men's V.A D.

V.A.D. Notes and News.

INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE CEN TRAL JOINT V.A.D. CO UNCIL.

COMPOSITION OF DETACHMENTS.

Where necessary a period of two years will be allowed to permit of an existing Detachment being able to enrol the minimum number of members required (16). For administrative purposes such Detachments, during this period, will be affiliated as a Section, or Sections, to some other registered Detachment.

REGISTRATION OF DETACHMENTS.

V.A.D. Form 3 should be rendered by Commandants for all Detachments, old or new, as soon as 16 qualified members have been enrolled.

September, 1924.

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desirable person to be enrolled as a Probationer Mem ber of the V.A. D , until he, or she, has obtained the qualifying certi {kates; and he, or she, is hereby enrolled as a Pro bationer Member of No. V. A. D. in the County of ............ ............. ..

Date Commandant."

Note -The normal period of probation will not be more than two years !

ENROLMENT OF MOBILE MEN MEMBERS.

All railway employees must obtain written permission from the Railway Companies before they can offer themselves as Mobile members.

This document will be attached to V. A. D . Form I.

ANNUAL ATTENDANCES.

Members of Detachments who fail to make the attendances as laid down in the Regulations will be reported to the County Controller as inefficient.

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members will be required to sign an obligation form to the above effect.

Immobile members of V.A.D.'s will not be trained in Service Hospitals.

OF FICERS.

Certificated trained nurses and uncertificated nursing members (Grade I.), when employed as trained nurses wIll be regarded as officers and recei ve the privileges thereof.

In peace time, however, when proceeding to and from Military Hospitals for training, they will traved 3rd class and on mobilisation they will be entitled to 1st class fares. BADGES FOR HEAD SECTION AND SECTION LEADERS.

The following badges will be worn in peace time ;_ Head Section Leader 3 Chevrons Section Le!ider ... 2

The colour of the Chevrons will be the same as the uniform of the Body to which the member belongs.

New Ambulance Headquarters at Market Harborough.

Members who are not efficient for two consecutive years will cease to be me.m bers.

ApPOINTMENTS ApPROVED BY COUNTY CONTROLLERS.

The follow ing appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned ;-

To be Commandants; Buckinghamshire-

Miss A. M. Stratton (Princes Risborough) No. 42

Cheshire-

Miss F. Leigh (S tockport) No. 64

Miss M. Tonge (Reddish)

Durham -

Miss M. A. Barras (Ga teshead Saltwell) No. 56

Miss I. M. Ritson (Durham City) N o. 16

Mrss I. Robinson (Hetton Ie Hole ) No. 32

Miss M. A. Todd (Winlaton) No. 44

Harnpshire-

Miss L Lafone (Rownhams)

Miss M. G. Compton (South borne)

In the case of old Detachments the original number should be stated on the Form. This will ensure that the Detachment will retain its original number. PROBATIONERS.

Members enrolled on probation should not be included in the number of recognised members of V.A.D. on reconstitution.

The period of probation in order to obtain the required certificates will not exceed two years.

Probationers should complete V.A.D. Form I, but " Enrolment Certificate of Commandant" should not be signed until the Probationer is fully qualified for enrolment.

The following Certificate should be completed by the Commandant and attached to V.A.D. Form 1-

"I have satisfied myself that is a

Note by Acting ChIef ciency as regards drills or practices and re-exa.mlnatI?nS 10 the Brigade will count also as annual effiCIency 10 the V. A D.'s, so far as these subjects are concerned.

TRAINING IN SERVICE HOSPITALS.

For the year 1924, provided have two certificates and have had experIence H.ospItals,. the question of the of dTllls WIll be waived in connection with theIr elIgIbIlity to undergo courses of training in Service Hospitals

Mobile men members of V.A.D.'s wIll be trained .In MIlitary Hospitals on the condition that t?ey take a MobIle obligation to serve wherever reqUIred, a.t or overseas, and that on mobilization they enhst mto the Royal Army Medical Corps for the of War.

Before being accepted for tramIng, mobIle men

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade 9v erseas has sanctioned the following appointments, promotlOns, transfer s and resignations ;-

AUSTRALIA.

N.S.W. DIS TRICT.

Glebe Division.-Dr. E. J. Burstal to be Divisional Surgeon vice Dr. W. E. Lawes, resigned, I.S·:q

CANADA.

ONTARIO DISTRIGT.

Dome Mines Division. Dr. N. N. Kirkup to be Divisional Surgeon, 8·S 24 . D S G Toronto Corps, Toronto TransportatIon Dlvlslon.Mills B.A. to be Divisional Surgeon, 15.5.24; P. G LeItch to be Divisional Supt) 15.5. 24

-FIRST MALTA.

MALTA DISTRICT.

Cotton era Division.-Dr. J. Couchi to be Divisional Surgeon, 5.5.24

SOUTH AFRICA.

CAPE PROVINCE DISRICT.

De Beers Corps, Wessel ton Mine Division.-G M. M' Robinson to be Divisional Supt., 4.6.24

Bulfontein Mine D:vision.-H. B. Humphreys to be Divisional Supt., 4.6.24

NEW DIVISIONS AND DISBANDMENTS. CANADA.

ONTARIO DISTRICT.

Hollinger Mines (Timmins) Division registered, 5.8.24

Dome Mines Division reg-istered, 5.8.24

TORONTO CORPS. - Toronto Transportation Commission DivisIOn registered, 5.8.24

NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Selwyn Nursing Division disbanded, 30.6.24

INDIA.

The annual general meeting of the John Ambulance Association and the Indian Red Cross Society was held on June 24th, with the Viceroy in the chair.

The annual report of the St. John Ambulance Association stated that 750 courses of instruction in first aid, home nun.iog, and home hygiene had been h eld during the previous year, at which 121712 persons had attended. The percentage of passes obtained in the subsequent examinations was 63, as compared with 56 in the previous vear, and 61 in ] 92 I.

Seven new centres had been opened during the year, and an increasingly active interest was being taken by the police and the railway emplOyees.

The Indian States continued to support this training, and clas!Jes were held at thirteen stations in different States. The total number of certificates and other awards issued by the Indian Council since 191 was over 100,000

All-India ambulance competitions were held during the year at Allahabad and Calcutta, and a challenge shield \'till be presented by Lord Reading for such meetings in the future.

3lractical 3loints.

The Editor invites Nohs on actual Cases- with speciat reference to g-ood and bad toints in 7 reatment-jor inclusion in this Column.

E FFECTS 0 F MOTOR · FUMES.

Not long I was called to a neighbour who had been found underneath a f!1otor car in his garage. He was breathlD .g slowly and With difficulty, and was apparently bemg asphYXiated by t.he fumes from the engine.

My neighbour beIng very stout, I realised at once that it would be impossible to drag him from beneath the car. So I instructions to my assistants to open the windows, jumped Into the car, and backed out .of the garage into the roadway. \Ve then dragged our patient Into the fresh air stimulated his respiration by Silvester's Method 'and after ten minutes succeeded in restoring him to full cons'cious ness. This done, I helped my neighbour into his car, drove him home and

Our Cartoon.-No. 6.

THE ADVENT URES OF SID & BERT.

By Sergt. Dall Godfrey , S.f.A.B

September,

1924.

-FIRST F or or Against Cartoons.

IN the July issue there was published a Jetter from a Su perintendent who l x pH.ssed his disapproval of the cartoons now appearing in FIRST Am on the ground that they bring ridicule to the Brigad e: The Editor, who disagreed with this view, decided to leave the decision to readers of the J ouma!, and invited us to act as tellers of the post card vote, which has resulted in a majority of almost 3 to in favour of the continuance of the cartoons With this our report we append stlections from the opinions expressed by correspondents.

A GAINST C ART0 0 NS.

" I am very sorry that the cartoons have been introduced." - W. K. ( Dover).

" The cartoons are in questionable taste and calculated to bring discredit and ridicule on our work."-E. H. (C ranbrook ).

" I also disapprove of the cartoons, NO.4 of which has not the wit which would redeem it, any more th an its predecessors. " -N. B. (H ammersmith )

" Your cartoons, if seen generally, would cause the public to misunderstand the members of the Brigade as to their appearance, general turn-out and knowledge-."-E. H. (Wa lton-on-N aze).

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taken too literally; (3) they cr eate discussion among members of the Bngade; and (4) they are not intended to br ing ridicule because they are published in our nwn Journal."-W. C. ( Leamington ).

(Signed)

D. F. & R.

A Wonderful Service to Humanity.

ONE of the most unique services rendered to mankind is that of Pte. B. W. TibbIe of NO.2 (Haggerston) Division, S·lA. B. whose portrait we give b el ow, for he has submitted himself to no less than 32 transfusions at various hospitals, a nd has given approximately 38 pints of his blood in his endeavour to save the lives of others, without rec eiving any

put him to bed where his doctor kept him for the following three days.-M. R -Cannon-street.

EFFECTS OF BEE-STINGS.

Recently I had to treat a man who had been stung by a bee on the middle finger of his right hand and I was surprised at the degree of Shock from which he suffered although the part stung was not abnormally inflamed. The patient had lost consciousness within two minutes; his face and neck were swollen and bluish in colour; his breathing was obstructed and difficult; and his pulse was rapid and small.

1 treated for Shock, applied fomentation to finger and removed patient on a stretcher to his borne where he recovered under the doctor's care after a week or ten days. I was intert-sted to learn that wasp-stings had no injurious effects on my patient. -L. R. -C harlton Park.

We regret that owing to the pressure on our space we are compelled to omit Sir Herbert Lewis' third article (;n The Medical Comforts Depo:s for Wales. Thi s will a.ppear in our ntxt issue.

The ., & JOURNAL OF HEATING" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progressive tradesmen.-Publishing Office 46, Cannon Street, E.C.4.

" Please c ontinue cartoons which are delightful. Anyone can see that ridicule is not intended."-G. J- (York).

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" The cartoons are really funny and they illustrate admirably the teaching of the Textbook. "- R. R. (Earlstown).

" The man who objects to cartoons has a warped intellect and should join a sewin g meeting. I think that they are great. "- W. B. (Sh effield ).

" I cannot see how the cartoons bring ridicule on the Brigade. Frankly, I enjoy them; and I hope that Brigade members have sufficient humour to appreciate the spirit of the artist who deserves our thanks."- L. G. ( Leicester )

" The cartoons br ig hten our Journal; and we as Brigade members have no cause to feel ridiCUled by them anymore than our most popular sportsmen who day after day are cartooned in the public press."-A. M_ (Camb ridge ).

" I entirely disagree w ith the non-humorous person who crit icises the cartoons, because the cartoons show what silly mistakes some people make with reference to the teaching of Textbooks."-G. G. (Kil burn ).

" I support cartoons because they teach us, and because a ny kind of teach ing (plu s humour ) is more easily by pupils than if otherwise delivered So herewith my thanks to Sergt. D. Godfrey."-E. P. (Barry).

" The effect of a shower of rain on a dusty road is distinctly refreshing _ Su are the cartoons now appearing in FIRST AID after we have read the more serious and essential items of the Journal. Each cartoon is a lesson in itself, humorously expressed."- W. T. ( Rhondda )

" The cartoons are both amusing and instructive. Since they appeared I have secured 12 new subscribers to the Journal and I am sorry that there are a few readers who do not see their value. In our D vision we always discuss the rights and wrongs of the cartoons, and so increase our knowledge in an enjoyable way."-H C. ( Durham )

" I am pleased to find that "Superintendent " had only one or two of his members with him in his complaint and I would ask him if Captain Bairnsfather by his cartoons made our Tommies appear ridiculous during the Great War ! I should be sorry to believe that members of the Brig::tde were so thin skinned that they could not recognise the human side of the cartoons and the lessons which they teach."- J. S. (Basingstoke).

"._ I favour the cartoons because ( J) they create interest, even with the Superintendent and his men who protestej against them i (2) they show that the Textbook must not be

reward and without apparently suffering any Ill-effects.

Mr. fibble is regarded as a very exceptional man , who does not look very robust after each operation he has gone hom e the same day. He first discovered that he could give his blood without suffering any ill-effects some three years ago, when he consented to transfusion to save a boy.

W e are sure that the members of the S J.A.B. will feel proud of Mr. Tibbie for the wonderful service he has rendered.

J\mbulance News euttings from the 3lress.

The Editor invites readers to send newspaper cuttings on matters of general interest for inclusion in this column.

SAVED BY HIS GRIP.

By clinging to a gaspipe and hanging- to it until a ladder was tetched, a painter had a marvellous escape when some scaffoldlDg collapsed at Scarborough on Saturday.

The scaffold ing was about twenty-five feet high, and another painter in falling from it struck a balcony rail and broke several ribs. In his fall he turned a Mirror.

S TRETCHER IN A BOAT.

Pinhay Bay, a sheltered cov e near Lyme Regis, was the scene of an accident yesterday to a woman doctor living at Croydon. With another woman and two men, the whole party being cloctors, she was on the beach when a large boulder crashed down, breaking her left leg.

The men asc ended the precipitous cliffs and ran two miles to Lyme Regis for help. Police rowed to the spot and brought the injured woman on a stretcher in the boat to Lyme Regis after an hour's hard pulling.-Daz'ly lI1"azl.

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PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade

News.

APPOINTMENTS, AUGUST, 192 4.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambuance Committee ;-

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Deri Division. -David Hughes M.E. to be Divisional Supt. (p robationary ), 8 8

G.W. Colliery Dlvision.-Ambulance Officer Daniel Evans to be D ivisi onal Supt., 11.8.24

Ynysybwl Division.-Idris Davie:::. to be Divisional Surgeon (proba tionary ), 8824

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Rhymney Valley Corps.-Divisional Surgeon Robert Vachel! Redwood F'. R.C.S. Edin., M. R.C.S. Eqg., L.R.C .P. Lond. to be Corps Surgeon, 23

BOROUGH 0[" SWANSEA CENTRE.

Morriston and Llansamlet Nursing Division. - Dr. S. C. Varley M.D. to be Divisional Surgeon, 8824

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales:-

Al'IERDARE CENTRE.

Cwmaman Division. - Private John Parker to be Divisional Storekeeper, 28 7 24 CENTRE.

Parcyrhun Nursing Division.-Ambulance Sister Mrs. K atie Rees to be Lady Am bulance Officer, 12 8 24

GLAMORGANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

Deri Division.-Private Stewart Godfrey Bassett to be A mbulance Officer (probationary), q.8.24; Private Thomas John J ones to be Serg-t., 8.8.24; Private Archibald Bates to be Corporal, 3.8.24 ; J?r!vate Thomas John Morgan to be Corfloral, 8 8.24 ; Pnvate WIlham Skyrme to be Divisional Storekeeper, 8 8.24

G.W. Colliery Division .-P rivate Henry James Phelps to be Am bulance Officer, I2 8 24; Corporal Levi Dav ies to be 11.82'1-; Private James Dobbs to be Corporal, 11.8. 24 ; Pnvate Joho Holan to be Corporal, Id1. 24 Private Horace Brown to be Divisional Secretary, 11.8 .24

Pontypridd G. W. R. Division.-Private J oseoh Hunt to be Ambulance Officer (probationary), 28.824; Private Daniel Thomas John to be Sergt ! 27.8.24; .Pnvate J unn David Morgan to be Sergt., 27.8.24 ; PrIvate George Taylor to be Corporal, 27.8.2 4; Private Albert James Broadhurst to be Corporal, 27. 8 24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CEN TRE.

Tynybedwand Pentre Division. - Private David George Rosser to be Ambulance Officer, 27 .8 -:q CITY 0F CARDIFF CENTRE.

Barry Dock Seymour J. Isaac to be Corporal, 28.724 ; PrIvate FrederIck G. Burnell to be Corporal 28.7. 24 ' NEW DIVI SIO NS.

The following new Divisions have been sanctioned during the month :-

GLAMORGANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

Aberdulais District Ambulance Division, 12 8 .24

"BOROUGH O F SWANSEA CENTRE.

Mond Nickel Work's Ambulance Division, 8.8.24

General Interest.

During the month of August examinations were conducted by the Priory in connection with the following classes :-Cdn Coed, Windsor Colliery, Denbigh, Maritime and Penrhiw, Dowlais, Abercanaid, Pantyffnnon, G.W.R., Toneyrefail and Coedely.

AWARDS OF THE ORDER.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to sanction the following awards of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem to members of the Priory for Wales :-

I£onorary Serving Robliogs, Porthcawl; Thomas Llewel1yn Davies, Ystaly(era; PhilIp Lewis, LOWer Cwmtwrch; William Thomas Rees, Pontardawe; David Thomas, Port Talbot; Morgan Weeks, Porthcawl Da vid Thomas Morgans, Bala; Amos Eli Chance, Dowlais; David Morgan Sims, Bedlinog; Wyndham Samuel Harris, Abercarn; Frederick Nelms, Pontypool; Charles Henry Hopkins, Newport, Mon. ; George Henry Hunt, Newport, Mon. ; William Edward Abraham, Treorchy: Captain Thomas Hopkin Bufton, Ferndale; Thomas James Evans, Mardy ; Cornelius Gronow, Pontygwaith Hugh Sydney Cann, Honorary Serving Stster.-Miss Bertha Price, Llanelly. Honorary Associate.-Francis Caldecott, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R c.P., Llandudno.

DRU MHEA D SER V ICE AT CARDI FF

About 400 members of the brigade conSisting of men, nurses, boy and girl cadets from Cardiff, Penarth, Barry, Newport, Crerphilly, Merthyr and Rhondda Valley, assembled in Cathays Park, Cardiff, on Sunday 31st, and were inspected by the Commissioner for Wales, who was accompanied by the Right Hon Lord Mayor of Cardiff. The Lord Mayor in a short speech referred to the great sacrifices made by the members of the brigade, which he thought the authorities ought to be let known to the people of Wales He offered to all present, many of whom had come long distances at their own expense, a welcome in the name of the city of Cardiff. The Commissioner for Wales thanked the Lord Mayor, and said he was proud to see so large a muster, which augured well for their fete, and showed the public that the men and women o( the brigade were not only interested in their work but were alway::; ready to rally round the Priory when called upon. The parade moved off at 2 o'clock headed by the band of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers to a drumhead service in the Sophia-gardens, to ask a blessing on their fete and carnival, which had been organised to raise funds for the -carrying on of the great humanitarian work of the Priory. The Rev. D. J. Thomas, M.A., rector of Canton, conducted the service, and delivered an inspiring addre<;s. The grand stand was well filled, and amongst the officers present were Tt>e Lady Superintendent for Wales; Commissioners Captain Taliesin Richard!:, and G. Campbell Oliver ; and Staff Officers Dr. de Ve Hunt, B. E. Maberly, G. Payne, J H. Davies, J. 1. Pepperell and F. R. Hortop.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHHlITION AT WEMDLEY.

The members of the Brigade who did duty at Wembley from August 4th to August 9th inclusive repre-

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sented the following Divisions :- Abercynon, Brynna, Cross Hands, Cwnparc, Dowlais, Ferndale, Fernhill, Glyncorrwg, Western Colliery, Kenfig Hill, Llane:1y Town, Llwynypl8, Maesteg N ivaI Collieries anct Penygraig District, OJakdl.le, Ogmore Vale, Pontardu la is Rhos, Trimsaran, Y nyshir, Y stradgynlais Ambu'lance DlVlslOns, and Aberdare, CardIff, Llwyopia, Mynydd Mawr, Tolyrstown Nursing DIvisions.

The General in command told the Officer-in-charge, Supt. R. H. Pdrker, that he was more than pleased with the way the men and nurses conducted themselves and that the work done waC) a credit to the Priory for Wales.

On the way home, the members assembled in Trafdlgar-squlr e, marched to the Cenotaph and placed a wreath on it in the name of the Priory for Wales.

A further contingent of members from Wales is being organised to do duty at Wembley from October 20th tu 29th inclusive.

ROYAL NATION AL EISTEDDFOD.

At the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, hdd at Pontypool, on August 4t h to 9th, great interest centred in the Ambulance Competitions. These were organised by a of which Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, c.B.E., M B., was c hairman. The Judges were : Sir Rob t rt Jones, K B.E., CB., F.R.C.S, consulting surgeon, Royal Southern Hospit al , Liverpool, and chi ef surgeon of the Priory for Wales ; Professor Al fred W. Sheen, C. B. E F.R.C.S., p.rofesso[ of surg e ry and dlrector of surgical unit, Welsh Nallonal School of Medicine, and surgeon of th e Royal Infirmary Cardiff ; Miss Co x-D J.vies, M. B E.,R.R.C , late Royal Fr e e Hospital, L')ndon ; C olo nel SIr Jamts MagIll, K BE, and Colonel G. A. Moor e, C. M. G D.S.O., M.D

The results were as follows :-

The "L'ady Lewis" Cup.-Presented by th e Priory for Wal e s. to t ea ms of men o f any Society, each of whom must hold a Fllst Aid C er tificat e of the Order of St. Tohn or any other recognised Society.

Winn :: r: Bedlinog N D. I second : Tunnel Junction, G W.R. ; Third : High Stre et , G.W R, N twport.

The" Lldy But e" Cup.-Pft:s e nt ed by the Pliory for Wales. Open to teams of wom en, each of whom must hold the First Aid and Home Nurslng Certificates of the Order of St. John or similar certificates of a recognised kindred Society.

Winner: Abertillery Nursing Division; Sec ond : Llanelly Nursing Division Third : Kenfig Hill Nursing Division.

The" TreVtthin" Shield.-Pres e nt e d by Councillor W. H. Taylor, Pootnewynydd. Oped to men resident in W d.les and Monmouthshire, holding a First Aid Certificate of the Ordu of 8t. John or the British Red Cross Society.

Winner : Abertysswg; Second : Llanbradach Third : Pontypool A.

The "Silurian" Shielcl.-Presented by Henry Gethin Lewis, E sq, J.P., Porthkerry Park, Barry. Op en to teams of women resident in Wales and Monmouthsoire, each of whom must hold a First·Aid and Home Nursing Certificate of the Order of St. John or the British Red Cross Society.

Winner : Abtrtillery Nursing Division Second : Llanelly Th ir d : Pontypool A.

The " " Shield.-Presented by R. Wilson Bartlett, Esq., F S.A.A., Newport. Open to teams of boys not exceeding eighteen ye al s of age, resident in Wales and Monmouthshire, enrolled as St. John Cadets, Boy Scouts,

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B!)ys' Brigade or Church Lads' Brigade, each of whom must be in possession of a First Aid Certificate of the Order of St. John or the British Red Cross Society.

Winner: P o ntypool Cadets B ; Second: Newport Corps Cadets; Third : Pontypool Cadets D.

The" Gwent" Trophy.-Pres en ted by Sir Johr W. Beynon, But., C.B.E D.L., The Coldra, Ntwport. Open to . teams of girls, not ,-x ceeding eighteen years of agel reSIdent 10 Wal e s and Monm o uths hire , E. nrolled as Girl Guides, St. John Girl Cadetp, and junior sections of the British Red Cross Socie ty, eac h of whom must hold a First - Aid and Hom e NUr3ing Certificate of the Order If St J Jhn or the British Red Cross Society. The Boy and Girl Cadets lined the staircase which H.R.H. The Prince of Wales ascend ed t o inspect the ex-se rvice mm who were drawn up on parade in the and at the e ntrance to the pavilion, ambulance men and nurses pro.ided a guard of honour.

Centre Reports.

GLA ilIO RGANSHIRE.

Th e annual Ins pection of the Caerphilly and District Cups was held at the Church Hall, Senghenydd, on Saturday, August 30th. The following Divis :o ns woe represented :- Penall ta, Cae rphilly , Senghenydd, and Llanbradach.

The Commissioner of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, Captain Tali Esin E. Richards, accompanied by Sub-Commissioner C. T Hurry Riches carried out th e Inspection on b ehalf of th e Commissioner for Wabs. The Inspecting Officer was pleased with the way the work was done, and satisfied that progress was being made.

Staff· Officer Bernard E. Maberley, on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales, conducted the Annual Inspectic.n of the Bridgend and District Corps at Porthcawl, on Sat urday, August 30th. The foll owing Divisions were repr e sented: -Ffaldin Institute and Carw Ambulance and Nursing, Nantym oel, Ogmore Vale.

There was a strong muster, and the Inspecting Officer clngratulated Divisional Supcrintt nd ent E. Evans on the smart way in which the men were out, and was pleased with the efficiency and k eenne ss they displayed.

The Annual Inspection of the newly.formed Deri Ambulance Division in the Glamorg a n County Centre was conducte d by Captain Taliesin E. Ri char ds on behalf of th e Commissioner for Wa les, on August 21st, at Dni. A large number of members were on p.uade, and Staff-Officer W. Hares, H S. B , is to be congratulated on the s uccessful issue (f his efforts, an d the e :l.lnestness of the men augurs a prosperous life to the new Division.

The Pontlottyn, Blithdir and Deri Corps Sports were held at New Tr e d eg ar on Augmt 30th. The Ambulance Judges were Corps Susgeon G. R. Pennant (B rithdir) and Dr. Stephen W. McCarthy (De li). Although the weather conditions were unfavourablF, a large crowd witnessed the event. The following t ea ms we re successful :-( I) Treharris, Captain T. A. Rees ; (2) Sirhowy L.M.S., Capta;n E. G. Griffiths; (3) Cruml io, Captain T. Beeks.

In the beau tiful grounds of Tir-mab-Elis, the res idence of Mr. Arthur Graham Brown, G eneral Ma nager of the Great Western Collieri es, on August 30th, the annual ambulance competition took pI.. ce for the" Daniel Gronow" Challenge Shield. This shic:ld was presente.d. by the late Dr. Daniel Grono'iV in 1910 for comp etitIOn amongst am bulance men possessing first·class certificates who were

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in the employ of the Great Western Collieries and Coke Works, Pontypridd. Dr. S Glanville Morris (Mardy) adjudicated, and gave the following awards :-1 Maritime and Pcnrhiw ; 2, Great Western. The Alexander Cup and medals :-1, Maritime II j 2, Cwm Colliery.

The shield and prizes were presented by Mr. Brown to the winning teams and warrants of appointment were handed to Divisional Supt. W. Master and Ambulance Officer Levi Parker. Nurse Browning handed to Mrs. Brown a framed photograph of the Cwm Colliery Division. All pr e sent were entertained to tea by Mr and Mrs. Brown.

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

The year 1924 promises to be an important one in the history of the Borough of Rhondda Centre'. There are now four Am buJance Divisions :enrollec1, viz., Swansea, Brynhyfryd, London, Midland & Scottish Railway and the Mond Nickel Works. There are also three Nursing Divisions viz, Swans ea, Brynhyfryd and Morriston. A Silver Brigade Band has recently been formed and has already earned the appreciation of the general public. It constantly plays in the Swansea Parks and at Welsh League Matches on the Football Ground. It is expected that the Band will not only popularise the Brigade, but also finance it.

The death of Sub-Commissioner, Dr. Hubert Thomas was a great loss to the District, as the late Sub-Commission er was keenly interested in his work and was known and respected by all with whom he came in contact A First-Aid Hut has been given and erected by Mrs. Hubert Thomas at Langland Bay in memory of her husband, and it has already proved how necessary is such a building at sea-side resorts of this kind. The Hut was fully equipped by. fri e nds interested in the Brigade and its work, and Brigade Members are in attendance every day during the holiday sea son During the winter season special lectures and are to be given by the Commissioner, the DIVIsIonal Surgeon and Staff-Officers. The Officers and Members of all Divisions are able to attend as well as the general public.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTR!l:.

The month is looked upon as a holiday in thIS Centre. It IS gIven up principally to Ambulance which are not only confined to the county, but 10 some 10stances are open to teams in the county of Competitions were held at Burry Port, Carway, Trlmsaran and Pontyberem and the Llanelly Nur.sing D!vision sent a team to at the Royal EIsteddfod at Pontypool, which was successful in w10mng a second prize.

Two new Divisions have been formed at Pt:!mbrey and Burry Port, and another Nursing Division is in course of formation

The Brigade is making great strides in the industrial a reas, and we are glad to know that the agricultural part of the county hopes soon to have Divisions at at Llangunnock and Newcastle Emlyn.

News in Brief.

THE is arranging Ambulance instruction for boys and gIrls betwe.::n the ages of 14 and 18 years at the Unemployment Training Centre. A syllabus has been drawn up and the. local Divisions have undertaken to give to bovs and gIrls a complete course of theoretical and !trst Aid. The following is an extract from an articl e which appeared in the South Wales Echo.

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"Although immense progress has been made in recent years in the direction of reducing the number of accidents in all indU'5tries, the frequencyof accidents is still surprising, therefore the point to which we might give more attention, in order to save life, and also alleviate the sufferings of the injured, is the rendering of First Aid treatment to the affected. First Aid being a special branch of practical medicine and surgery, by a knowledge of which trained persons are enabled to afford skilled assistance in cases of accidents and sudden illness, I venture to say that th a recognition afforded to the persons who have devoted their time and energy exhaustively to specialise in this branch of knowledge is far from encouraging. further might be done by proprietors of works and collieries to encourage persons to attend classes ."

We are glad to say that it has had an effect as many employers of labour have approached the Priory with a view to the organisation of class e s for their em ployees. We want m e n and women with a knowledge of First Aid and Home Nursing not only in the collieries and works but in the factories and the big shops of our large towns. Every effort is being made to arrange for this and so far with great success.

The Priory is again grateful to Messrs. The Atlantic Coaling Co., Ltd., Messrs. Hall, Blyth & Co., Ltd., Messrs. Rogers and Bright Ltd., and Messrs. Elder Dempster & Co , for their annual subscriptions, which are given at the request of the Sub-Prior, The Right Hon. Lord KyJsant.

"neries and J\nswers to eorrespondents.

Queries 'fIJiII be dealt 'fIJttll u"der tile jollo'fIJi"g rules :r .-Letters crmlai"i,,!, Queries must be marked 0" tke top left kana corner of Ike enfJelope a"d addressed-FiRST AID, Cannon-street, Londo", E,C'4' Queries must be accompa"ied a " Coupo,," cut fro" tke curre"t issue of tke !our"al, or ill case oj Queries from abroa( from a reee"t issue.

Textbook, to 'fIJhie/z rejerence be made in these columns is tke 36tk (I920) Edition of S.f.A.A. Manual of First-Aid.

HAND-GRIP FO R LIFTING PATIENT.

H.B. ( St. Austell).-According to Fig 87 (Textbook, p. 162), .N os 2 and 4 place their hands under patient's pelVIS WIth palms of hands turned towards patient and grasp hands by NO.4 placing the backs of his hands upon the palms of No. 2'S hands. Some of us think that these Bearers should interlock their flexed fingers, as shown in Fig. 71 (p. 166). Please state which is the correct handgrip for lifting patient.

I cannot quote any definite authority, but if you look a little more closely at Fig. 87 you will see from the position of the thumbs that the fingers are supposed to be interlaced, and that the hands are not placed one upon the other. This is the old hand-grip which was omitted from the Textbook in its last and which is usually taug-ht in Railway and BrIgade classes for IIftmg patIent on to stretcher. I t is certainly easier.than the hooked-finger grip .which takes longer out, IS less comfortable for patIent, and requires InsertIon of handkerchIef to prevent hurting by finger nalls.-

N. CORBET FLETCHER.

CRITICISM OF MARKING SHEET.

W. D. (Cardiff ).- I notice that in the L. M. & S. Railway Final

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Team Test, details of which are set out in May issue of FIR ST AID ( pp. 251-254), Card I gives history of acciden t but does not give the slightest hint as to injuries and effe cts of accident.

In spite of this, 10 marks are allowed in detailed sheet for" digital compression of femoral artery." Surely this is wrong; and this item should have followed immediately after receipt of Card 2 which does state extent of injuries. Personally I fail to see the value of femoral compression when you are not aware that the artery is injured. Your criticism is beside the point and does not apply " digital compres!;'ion of femoral" follows" examination of patient " and "history can be obtained from messenger. " Consequently Card 2 was clearly meant to epitomise facts which could already have been obtained by proper examination of pati ent and by discriminating questions addressed to Judge.N.C.F.

NEGLgCT OF PRINCIPLES OF FmST-A lD.

X Y. Z ( London). -R ecently I treated a colleague for a small wound of hand by soaking a piece of gauze In Iodine, bandaging it in position, and warning him to leave it alone for 2 or 3 days. Next day my colleague said that owing to pain he consulted his doctor who" let off steam" against me and all First-Aiders because, as he said, I was "an int erfering idiut who had added a severe burn to the wound." I protest against such unfair criticism and ask your opinion.

You deserve all you got and a bit more, because by ignoranc e and presumption you neglected the Principles of First-Aid and so brought discredit on the Movement.

I odi ne, if pain ted on a wound and allowed to dry before dressing is applied, very rarely causes a burn whereas your method often results in burning the parts touched. Further efficient First Aiders accept responsibilIty for first dressing only and always refer their patients to the doctor, no matter how insignificant the injury appears! So learn your lesson now.N.C.F.

AN EXAMINATION HOWLER.

W. B. (St ockport ).-In a recent examination the doctor, who had been speaking about hanging, suddenly asked the candiCIate what would be his first act with a drowning person. The candidate was not perturbed and answeredOh.' Cut him, down .I .I Good! Next, please ! !--N .C.F

SIi.\IPLE FRACTURE S OF FEM UR AND PATELLA.

E. B. ( Skewen).-At a recent practice I set a team test which necessitated treatment of s impl e fractures of femur (middle of shaft) and of patella (b oth injuries on same side). As my solution caused some discussion, we finally decided to submit the problem to you.

I required the tearr.s to apply a back splint to leg and to secure fractured patella; and, this done, to apply extension to leg, to correct deformity and to fix fractured thigh in ordinary way. My idea was that bandage above fractured thigh would control upper end of back splInt and bandage round leg would control the lower end. As the fractured femur is the more serious injury, I fail to see what harm could result from this combination of treatment. Please arbitrate for us.

I have no serious fault to find with your solution except that you should have detailed a bearer to steady lim b at outset OJ treatment and to "hold foot in position " until fractured thigh was controlled.

On the other hand, I believe that, this precautionary measure being taken, it would be safer and for this reason preferable to treat fractured patella in orthodox fashion (provided that patient be kept quite flat) before dealing si17lzir:rly with the fractured femur. By this method subsequent examlllation by the doctor will be rendered more easy, and the suspected presence of two fractures more clearly indicated - two useful, though oft neglected, feattxes of efficient First-Aid.-N.C.F.

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F B. a recent competition a man was supposed to have been thrown from his horse and to have fra ctured his left ribs and left femur.

W e placed an outside splint from below patient's feet to his waist and then applied bandages for fractured ribs. The Judge, however, wanted the splint placed from feet to arml-Jlt as is usually applied for fractured thigh, and said that th ".! broad bandages should have b een applied over the spl in t. As his decision has caused much discussion, we submit the point to you for decision.

Presuming that the fractures were simple, then I also do not approve your treatment; and I prefer the long outside splint because the fractured thigh, as the more serious injury, demands pr iority in treatment.

From the medical standpoint I also agree that the bandages used to fix thi s splint could be used to control the fractured ribs From the Fir5t Aid standpoint, however, I consider that it would be more correct first to control the fractured th igh and then to deal in orthodox fashion with the injuries separately-first the ribs and then the thigh, because this method would faci litate subsequent examination and treatment by the do c tor who took charg e of the cas e.-N.C. F.

A NOTHER HOWL ER

P. C. ( New South Wales).-At a recent examination a candidate was asked where he would apply pressure in the case of a leg aCCIdentally torn off below the knee. Without hesitation, he replied-Below th e wound ."' How is that for a real and a beautiful howler ?

Good Next, please! !-N.C.F.

SIGNS OF FRACTURED S PINE.

C. F. (S heffiel d).-I have been told that with Fractured Spine there may be signs of irritation low down in add ition to the signs and symptoms named in the Te xtbook. Please tell me if this is a fact.

1\1uch depends on the extent of injury to spinal cord If the les io n be incomplete, then signs of irritation such as YOll name may ocr:ur, especially with fracture-dislocations in cer vic o-dorsal re gio n of spine.-N.C.F.

DIS LOCATED S HOULDER AND FRACTURED ARM.

C L. (Woodhouse ).-With dislocation of shoulder and simple fracture in middle of humerus (both injuries on c; ame side), which arm-sl ings-large or small-should be used? Please assist me in any difficulty.

Everything depends on the position of the dislocated humerus, the head of which may be displaced downwards or forwards or backwards. As the elbow is consequently displaced away from the side body, choice arm depe?ds on deformity present; and In some cases It may be ImpOSSIble to make use of a ny sling. Speaking generally, I think that the large arm-sling is more serviceabl e than the small, because it g iv es more complete support to the limb and so lessens the pain and discomfort of dislocated shoulder joint.-N.C.F.

TR EA OF FRA CTURE D ANKL E.

M. B. E. (Ca nnon Street).-To settle a discussion on the correct treatment of fractured ankle-joint (out of doors ) please give your advice.

You do not state your difficulty, and consequently I cannot hope ., to settle your discussion. " Treatment is as for fractured leg (Textbook, p 66).-N .C.F.

TREA T;:IIENT O F FRACTURES IN CHILDREN.

D. D. ( Llandebie ).- The day a child wa.s knocked d?wn and sustained a greenstIck of tIbIa. traIDed nurse treated it with splint applied to back of lImb from heel to calf and bandaged spirally with roller bandage.

-F IR S T

Kindly state if this treatment was corre c t because patient was a child

O n your statement of facts, the treat m ent given was wrong because it failed to fi x the joints above and below the fra c ture; though, of course, a greenstick fracture, being incomplete, is less likely to be converted into a compound, and / or a complic a ted one. Fractures of bones-whether in adults or children - re q uire precisely similar treatment. -N C.F

TR EATME NT OF B U R NS

A. H. ( Islin g ton ) - The Textbook no longer adv ise, u s e of o il in tre a tment of burns. Recently I was on Duty and had no bora c ic o ntrr.ent, though olive and castor oils were a vail a ble. Please tell me if o il ma y still be used for burns, if boracic ointment is not available.

I presume that on the occasion to which you refer, cottonwool w a s available If so, then you were provided with an o ffic ia l d ressing for burns.

E x perience has shown that the use of oil with burns i s da n g erou s (especially with those in whi c h there is a brasion of the sk in ) beca use it c arries g ra ve r isk of septic infection, unless spe ci al precau tions are t a ken to sterilise or n therwise d isinfect the o il. So avoid oils with burns.-N .C F.

UP-TO-DATE (?) A RTIF ICI AL RE SPIR AT IO N

F D. (W estcli ff). - I enclo s e a newspaper c uttin g which re c ords in the follow ing words how all app a rently drowned you n g m a n was rendered to life -" On gett ing p a tient to sa fety the youth had the presence of mi nd to s i t on the other la d 's stoma c h , thus for c ing water from the body and re s t o r in g re s p irat ion !" I wonder f you approve the m e h o d a dop ted, wh ich appe a rs t o me to have been more he r o ic than s a fe even h it was ev dently successful.

I agr ee wi th y ou ; a nd I can only hope th a t the real fa ult li e s w ith the de sc ript io n g i ven b y the newsp a per r eporter and not with the method adop ted by the rescuer. - N.C.F.

T REAT M ENT OF SN AKE B ITE S

C. D. ( Du b l in ). In the British Isles and of course in Ireland ( th a nks to S t Patr ic k s pre c aut ionary measures ) there is not much d a n g er frorr. poi so nous snakes. First-A iders, h o we v er, travel a nd may en c ounter diffi c ulties of this kind i n es s favoured c ountries

The Textbook s instru c tions stop short of g- iving alco h o ic st imulants to c ounteract the deadly e ffec of s n 1. ke-venom on the heart. Is it , therefore , permissible unde r e xc ept ional ci r c ums ances to gi ve alcohol to such p a t ien t s ?

Ad m ini s trati on of alcohol is one of" the 3 l a st resou rc es " of F ir s t-Aid (see Why and Wherefore , p. 86), and must never be a do pted wi thout real ind ic atIOn. For v enOfTlOUS however, you will find that Col. R. J Blackham , in his lndzan Manual of Fzrst A z'd ( p. 90) g i ves instru c tions to " a d mi n ster st i mulants to counter ac t fai lure of heart. " U nder the s e c ircumstan c e you can follow our Te x tbook '", h le in the B ritish Isles and the Indian Manual when in es s favoure d c ountrie s -N. C.F

T REATME N T O F F RACTURED WR IST

J. J. ( Rh y mney ).- In a re c ent c o mpetition I was told o treat a F r a c tured Vri st I appl ied to front of hand a padded sp lmt rea c hIn g from well a bo ve wrist to beyond fin cr ers s e c ured spl int wi th fig ure of-e ght bandage and fo re -a r m in lar g e s lin g . I was afterw a rds told that I had treated the fra c tu r e in c orre c lly and that I ought to have treated as for Fra c ture of Forearm.

A l t hou g h " the wri s " is in realit y the j oint which joins hand to forearm, the fractured wrist "- is commonly employed by do c tors to sl g mfy fracture of lower end of r a dius whi c h with c ouple of splints, &c ( Textbook, p. 6I) IS m ost d eS Irable. So a c cept our sympathy. - N.C.F.

F. T (ClerkenwelI ).-The criti c ism of the doctors, who judged Essay Competition NO. 3. surpri s ed me considerably, as in the conditions thereof no mention was made as to literary effort or hint as to standard desired I feel certain, therefore, th a t the doctors have-quite uncon sc iously perhapstaken an entirely wrong attitude towads this special c ompetition.

I believe that a little more thought will c onvince you that you have read in the words of the judges' report something whi c h was not intended ; and I remember that in another competition of th is s eries a corre s pondent c ompl a ined that sufficient attention was not paid to "literary standard " S o c heer up and ac c ep t these words as s ig nifying that the doctors did carry out the conditions g overn ing the Competition , as set out in June issue (p 283) , in that a second" article of sufficient merit " was not submitted.- N .C.F.

G F. (H ove l.-M en who were on H ome Service in the R.A M.C. a re not ent tled to any r e c ognit ion, but those who served overse a s are entitled to the Service Medal.

X. Y. Z. ( Clacton ) -O ffi c er s may, with the permiss on o f the Chief Commiss ion er o btained through the usual Bri g ad e c h a nnel s r evert to P rivate or Ambulan c e S ister, w ithout break i n g their continuity of service.

c. W. ( Armley ). - We think you would be better adv sed to brin g up your compla int in the ri g ht q uarter than to ventil a te i t in the J:1ress- at any rate in the fi rst in s ta n c e

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OCT OBER is here again. With th e The Need for putting back of the clock one hour More "First - comes what we are wont to call the Aiders." " long" evenings, and to ambulance workers thest m ean renewed enthusiasm in the cause they have so much at heart.

New classes of first aid instruction are organised, others reassembled, and secre taries are busy circularising old members and looking round for new recruits to the army of ambulance workers. In the natural order of things class memberships decrease, for the time com es when some of the veterans, even if th e y weary not of well doing, must stand down and give place to younger men.

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been stated that recent st i\ti stics show that more aCCldents happen to pedestrians and motorists on country roads than in the crowded traffic of town s treets. All thi s despite the commendable work which is carried on by various bodi es, such as the Safety First Council, in the e nd ea vour to make our thoroughfares safe places for men, women and children.

As we pen these lines we notice a statement by Dr. F. J. Waldo, the London City Coroner. "When I first became coroner, " he says, " I had ten or twelve cases a year of people being run over; and now I get se venty or eighty." First-aiders can do little in cases which concern the coroner, but these figures sugg est the very real risks of accident in our streets to-day. And for every person kill e d about a hundred are injured.

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Perhaps nothing is more indicative of the need for a further extension of first aid knowledge among the community generally than street accident statistics. In the year 1918 there were no fewer than 28,728 accidents in the Metropolitan Police Area. Five years later (1923) the figure had increased by about 140 per cent. to 69, I46. This represents, on the average, about eight accidents e<1ery hour, night and day ; or one every seven and a half minutes! What opportunities for the alleviation of human su {fering, for applying prompt and skilled treatment for the good of our unfortunate fellows thf.se figures suggest, and what stronger evidence is required of the need for the acquisition of first aid knowl e dge by all who use the streets of the Metropolis?

What is true in regard to London applies in som e measure to the towns and in the country. In fact it has

We must see that these facilitieS are available for all who would take advantage of them.

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Mr. Shinwell, M. P., Secretary for Mines, has had under consideration the question of improving the Flrst Aid arrangements now made at mine.s, underground, and has decided to have an mvestlgatlOn of arrangements made by a officer. He has accordmgly appointed Mr. A. J. Cronm, to be a temporary medical inspector under Mm.es ?epartment for purpose of conducting the investlgatlOn and of makmg suggestions for improvement.

Hospital Notes.

T HERE wer e no Not e s la st mon t h . It will hardly ?e p oss i bl e t o fi nd m a t e ri a l for this column e very month lD t h e yea r Th ere ar e o nly fort y b e ds in the Hospital, t ho ug h o ur out-p atie nt d e p a rtm e nt seems capabl e of lImItle ss ex p ansi on yet w, e ca n ha rdly be e xpected to m a ke his to r y worth re cordm g mo nthly In fact , th e better m an age d a hosp it a l, th e less i ts history.

We cl a im th a t th e Hos pi tal of S t. John of Jerusal e m is well m a na ge d - wond e rfully we ll , cons d e ring how staffe d it is Th e Ward en writes that h e has b e en trylDg t o save mon ey by not fi lling up posts that ought to be filled. It is not wi se e conomy t o ov e r -tax the str en gth of a deple t e d st a ff in t he lon g run But financ e is t roubl e some The only wa y to mee t our n ee ds mor e fully is to appeal help to t hose who ar e p roud of th e O rde r- our su b scnpti on list s fa r fr om sa tisfa ctory. If we had another £ 50 0 per an n um in n e w subscriptions we have the most pe rfe c t ly eq uipp e d and s taffe d hospital in t he near East.

It is g ood n ew s th a t a not her b e d has been Sir Rober t Ho T on g, K t. Ba ch ., ha s follo we d hiS b rother s examp le. We m ig h alm ost call th e se two b e ds Hongkong beds, a s the b rot h e rs live in Hon g kon g. Sir Rob e rt, lik e hi s brot h er , is a S ilve r D onat of the Ord e r

T he C om mi tt ee ha s fel t obliged to tak e in hand at o nc e a sch e m e for re-orga n is ing th e drains in the Hospital a nd p rovi d in g n ew was h- hous e s and baths for the patients The drainage sy st em wa n t s th orough overhauling. Th e M.O. o f Health in Je rus a le m and D r Monckton Copeman, F.R. S. , o f the M i n istry of H eal th and a member of the C o m m ittee, have bo th r ep ort e d th a t s teps should be taken to p lac e the Ho spita b eyo nd r e proach in this resp e ct. The c o st i s ex p e ct e d t o b e som e where in the neighbourhoo d of £500. E stimat e s ar e b e ing prepared in Jer us al em.

The wo rk in c on n e ction with th e electric light installa t ion has bee n comm e nced The contractor is Mr Salzma n n, o f Je rusal em and t h e work is to be superintended b y a n offi c e r o f th e P .W.D of the Palestin e G o ve rnm e n t.

M aj or-Gene. ral G Sterlin g Ryerson, M. D an offi c er of the Cana d ia n A rmy Me d ic a l S erv ice (Mil it ia) and a Knight of G rac e of t he O rd e r, h as pr e se nted the Hmp ita l with a c a se o f eye i n st rum e nt s, a mo s welcom e form of help , for whi c h th e C omm i tt e e is mo'>t grateful. The gene ra l is a n old ophth a l mi c s ur geo n and E meritus Professor o f Oph t halmology at To ronto U ni versity

I t is ve r y sa tisfactory to not e that interest in the Ho spit al see ms to be incr e asing in our Dominions, and na tur a lly the Committ ee is most an x ious to do everything to pro mote su ch inte re st.

T h e wor k in th e Hospital continu e s to increase, a n d n ow th a t we hav e as the Registrar a third surgeon, t h e Wa rden is able to d e vot e ex tr a days to operative wo rk ,

Sister Florence Leman's three -y e ar agreement expires this month, and she is returning hom e.

Sist e r Catherine K eith has b een appointed to succeed her and while in the service of the Order holds the grade of T e mporary Serving

Sister Keith has had e x penence of work 10 the E a st during the war. Sh e was trained in th e We ste rn Infirmary, Glasgow. W e wish h er three happy years on our staff.

J.T.W P.

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W e mbley, London

My DEAR C AME RON, Sept e mber, 6 th, 1924.

Just a line to say how well all the m e m bers of the Brigade have served us aga i n dur ing the past m o nth, and how grate.ful I lim p ersonally for th e ir will ing h e lp and assista n ce in c arrying on th e medic a l work of th e E x hi bit ion The Exhibition is ind e bted to t h e m and to your Order, and I have tri e d to ex press it in th e articl e s I wrot e for the Britislz Medical / ournal and th e Lancet r ecen t ly, though I fea r th e y very inad e quat e ly do so Ca pta i n Gerhold carried out his work as Public Duti e s Officer with his usual effici ency

I am,

Yo urs , sinc e r e1 y, S G UISE M OORE S Director of Me dic a l Se r vi ce.

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The Editor in vites No te s on actua l Cases-wit h reference to g ood and bad oo i nts n 7 r eatme nt-jor i n clu sion in t his Co lumn

S TRA NGLED BY TAPE

WALK ING along a London street recently, I pas sed an infa nt in a perambulator I not ic ed th a t the c hil d's fac e seemed very blu ish in colour, and immed ia tely stopped t h e mother wh ile I made further investig a tions.

I found that the ch ild was be in g accid ent a lly stran g led b y a pie ce of tape wh ic h wa s stret ched from one s ide of the hood to the othe r to prevent her from fallin g out of the per amb ul a t o r. at once cut the tape, and the ch ild q uic kl y re cove r e d consc iousness.- B A., Cambridge

R EWARDS OF F IRST- A m

An old fisherman told me this story which is worth re -telling. n the course of his career he had saved more than twenty lives and had pulled out of the water Scores of others who g ot into diffi c ulties while bathing.

On one occasion he re sc ued a boy and was busy p erforming art ific ial resp iration whe n a man broke throu g h the crowd and indignantly demanded to know what wa s bein g done to the boy. W ithout rela xi n g h is efforts, the fisherman a t on ce explained what h a d happened and what he was do in g; and to his utter surprise he was then told by his angr y q uestioner that the boy was his son and that he (the fisherman ) ou g ht to mi n d h is own business.-D.S., London

St. J ohn J\mbulance J\ss ociatio n.

Great Wester n Rail w a y.

T HE new am bulance session on the G. W. Ry. ha s be en ina u gurated by a series of g ath e rings at various places on the system

On Sept. 24th a pr e sentation took place at Reading, when Mr. F. Potter (Divisional Supt.) presided. Mr, R. H. Nicholls, c.B.E. (Supt. of the Line), distributed examination awards, a number of gold medals for 15 years' efficient service, and one go ld bar for twenty years' efficiency.

The Challeng e Cup, op e n to all G. W. Ry. am bulance men, wa s prese nted to Mr. G. Nicholls, and Offic e rs and N.C.O.'s Cup (Brigade) to Mr. C. Simpson.

Mr. Nicholls, in offering his h e arty congratulatIOns to all concern r. d, said they wt! re all proud of the progress m3.de by the ambulance mov e ment on the GrEat Western Railway. Taking the number of awards gained through Gut the line in 1923, th e se showe d an increase of 1,547 ov e r the previous ye ar, the figure being no fe wer than 6,443. What seemed to him e v en more notewol thy, however, was the fact that sinc e the inauguration of the C e ntre no fewer than 51,oeD Great Western m e n had been succe.ssful in gaining awards. This r t ft t cted the g reat e st credIt on all who had taken up ambulance work, and augured well for the future of the mov e m e nt.

Memb e rs and supporters of th e Liskeard class r e cently assembled at the Stag 's H ead H ot e l under the presidency of Mr. G. H Tucker, wh c.n exam ination awards we re distributed by Mr. H. R. C a mpfi eld (Divisional Sypt.).

Pr t sentations we re mad e to Dr. Morgan (lecturer) and Mr R. G. Nodd e r (s e cret a ry), and it was announced that th e latttr wa s taking ove r the duti e s of D ivisional Secretary for the Plymouth Ambulance Division in place of Mr. J. F. Warren.

Great West e rn Railway am bulanc e m e n in the <=:entral Wales Division we re ente rtained to lunch and tea 10 the Re c reation Grounds at Llandinam on September 24th by Mr. David Davi e s, M.P. (director). Some 250 gues ts (including th e wiv e s of the m e n ) ass e mbled, Mr. DaVId Davies presiding. Among thos e pr e se nt .Mr. cl ough (locomotive Mr. Ktlpatnck (dIVIsional engineer), Mr. Guest (aSSIstant. traffic manager), Mr. Lake (assistant e ngin e er), the medical lecturers of s everal ambulance class e s, and M:r T. c. A. Hodson (dIVIsio n al ambulanc e secr e tary)

In welcoming his guests, Mr. David Davi e s said that a similar gatherin g had been held in J une for ambulanc e workers in the division, but that OWIDg to heavy t raffic re quir e ments, th e coast s ection could not then be represented, and for that reason this second event arranged. He congratulated the mem bers upon their ex c ellent ambulance record last year, no fewer than 358 having presented themselves in the Division for tio o o f whom 350 had be e n s u ccessful. He speCIally weldomed th e Afonwen ambulance team, winners of t h e

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Cam brian shiel d wh o had qualifi ed to participate in the Fina l competition at Paddington in May last, and the Aberys t wyth team, who gained the" Ystwyth cup. He referre d to the great importance of ambulance work, e s pecially among railwaymen, and urged them to do their best to make the work effective. Referring to the painstaking work of the doctors, he said that th e movement could not continue without them. Mr. Davies also paid a t r ibute to the splendid Olganisation of th e Division by Mr. Ho ds on.

He then distributed to the various the awards gained in recent e xaminations, and, on behalf of the members, made presentG-tions to the doctors who had lectured for th e class e s.

In the unavoidable absence of Mr. J. F. Lean (Chairman of Ambulanc e Committ ee ) ex amination awards were distribut e d to members of ambulanc e class e s in the Swansea Divisi o n by Mr. J Pow e ll <late Divisional Supt.).

The occasion was a smoking : conc e rt held at Thomas's Restaurant at which Mr. W. E. James (District Goods Manager) Competition prizes were also distributed and no fewer than IS m e mbers were handed th e G.W.:Ry gold medal awarded for IS ye ars' first aid effici en c y.

Two gatherings hav e taken place in conn ection with ambulance work at Newport. Th e combined class held its annual dinn e r at the G. W. Ry. Institute on th e e ve ning of 29th ultimo, when Mr. E. G. Ir e land Locomotive Supt.) presided, and awards distrIbut e d by Mr. F. G. Wainwright ( Divisional Supt. )

The Docks Class assembled on Sunday, 21st Sept., when m e mbers re ce iv e d awards at the hands of Mr. J. H. Swallow (Docks Supt.). A pleasing _inci?ent in the proceedings was the pr e senta tion of a blSCUlt barrel to the popular le cturer, Dr. Hamilton

Dr. Edwards, of Chalford, has give n a Challenge Shi e ld for competition amon g .G: ,:\,.Ry teams ID the Stroud Valley Section (Glouc e ster DIvlSlon). The first com petitio; for the trophy was h eld at "The Cor de rries," Dr. Edwards' resid ence, o n th e 18th S ept., wh e n Dr. Dill acted as adjudicator in a k ee n cont e st.

A first aid class for women will be h e ld at St. John's Gate Clerkenwell on Monday ev e nings, b eginning on th <> 27th' October, at' 6 30 p.m. H o norary L e cturer, Li €u!.Colone l F. A. Brooks, M. D. A first aid class for men WIll be held on Friday evenings in the upp e r room. of the London Central Wesl eyan Mission Inst i tute , b €hmd the Wesl e yan Church, St. John's Square, Cl e rk e nw e ll, beglDning on th e 3Jst October at 6.30 p.m. Honorary lectur e r, R. Connon Robertson, L.S.A. The fee for th e cours e and exam ination in each case will be 5s. The num ber candidates in both classes will be limite d, a nd early applIcation for membership, accompan ie d by a postal order for the fee, should be made to the Chi e f S e cretary, St. John A mbulance Association, St. John s Gate, Cl e rkenwell,E.C. 1.

The PLUMBER & JOURNAL OF HEATING" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progressive tradesmen. - Publishi n g Office 46, Cannon Street ) E.C .,.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

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N o 10 DI STRICT.

William A. L. Marriott, M.B., Ch.B., Norwich City Division, 18 [,24

Philip F Wilson, M.n., RCh M RC.S., L R.C P., Letchworth Division, 25 9.24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS.

N o . [ DI ST RI CT.

A mbul a nce Offi c er John S. Hal ber, Norwood Division, 2 2. 9 24 NO. 3 DI ST RI CT.

Walton Cliffe, Leamington and Warwick Division, 22,9. 24 NO.4 DI ST RI CT.

Ambulance O ffi c er Joseph E. Fox, Salford Division, Manchester and Salford C orps, I. 10 24

Sergt. Charles E. Witham, Hapton DIvision, 2.10.2 4 NO.9 DI STRICT.

Ernest William Trevett, Portland Division, 6 9. 24 No. 10 DI STRI CT.

William Bradbom, N orwi c h City Division. 18 1. 24

George T. Hill, Letchworth D ivision, 25 9.24 No. r DI STRI CT.

Walter D. Lusted, South Ashford Division, 27.9 24

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS.

NO.3 DISTRICT

Isabel Young, Tipton N ursing D vision, Dudley and District Corps, 10 9 24

Lady Ambulance Officer Vanda K. Tansley, Cytringan N ursing Division, Kettering Corps, 13. 9 24

NO.4 DI STR ICT

Bertha Lyon, Westhoughton N ursing Division, Bolton Corps, 2. 9 2 4 I B'd N' D' " B I C Em ly Smith, Ast ey n g e ursIng IVlslOn, 0 ton orps, 2.9 2 4

Dor is May, Daubh ill Nursin g Division, Bolton Corps, 2 9 24

Annette Eckersley, Walkden Nursing Division, Ellesmere Corps, 10. 9 .24

N O.6 DI STR I CT

B.Ch., M R C. S., L.RC. P. Hampste a d Nursing Divis ion, 299 2 4

Tom Bragg, L.R C.P .& S, St. Mark's Division, 29. 9 2 4 l\ o 2 DI ST RI CT

Arnold E. Collie, L. M .S.S.A , Reading G.W. R., Div ision, 89. 24

NO 3 DI ST RI CT

Eric G. Di n g ley, M R C S L.R.C.P , Le a mington and W a rwick Divis ion, 19 .9. 24

Edgcumbe W. Moore, M. B , Ch. B ., Brierley Hill Division, Dudley Co rps, 4. 10. 24

James M. Mcinnes, L. R C.P .& S., Irthlington Div ision, W elling borough Corps , 4 .10 24 No. 4 0 rSTRICT.

James Charnley, M B Ch .B. Read and 3imonstown Division, 9 9 2 4

Jame:i Charnley, M.n., C h B., B urnley D vision, 2.10.2 4 No 5 DISTRICT.

Godfrey Carter, M .B. M.RC. P ., Ranmoor Nurs ing Div sion, 18.9. 24

\ V llI lam D Hamilton, M B, B.Ch , B A O., Ha w orth Nurs i ng Division, Keighley Corps , 18. 9 24 NO. 6 DISTRICT.

Alexander Mc C ullum Millar, M.B., Ch.B , Hull Central D ivision, 24 9 .24

NO .8 DI ST RI CT.

A llan Pimm, M.RC.S., L. R.C .P ., Guildford Divi si on, Guildford Corps, 20.9 .24 NG· 9 DI STRI CT.

M J. Saunders, L.RC.P., L.R.C S.I., Portland D ivision 6.9. 2 4 '

Peter A: .McCullum, M B Ch.B., D .P.H., Torquay Nursing DIVISion, 21.9 2 4

Robert Pollock, L RC. S ., Pool Cam Brea D ivision, 6.10.2 4

Lady A mbulance Officer Emily Hirstle. Peel House Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 17.9.24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER'S.

No. r DI STRICT.

Percy J. Morris, N o. 58/ zN W.D.O. Division, London Post Offi c e Corps, 22. 9 24

NO. 2 DISTRI CT.

Charles Joseph Wise, A y lesbury D ivision, 5 9 24 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Frederick W. Goddard, Cheadle He a th ( Rly .) Division, 9 9. 2 4

No. 5 DI ST RI CT

Sergt. John W. Semley, vVorborough and District Division, 10. 9 2 4

N o 8 DIST R ICT

Staff Sergt. William A. B road, Isle of Sheppey Division, 23.9. 24

A lfred Cole, City of Rochester Division, 21- 9 24 NO. 9 DI STRICT.

Sergt. Ernest George Flemen, Mutley Division, Plymouth Corps, 29 9 24

No. 10 DI STRICT.

Leonard G. Simpson, Letchworth Division, 25 .9. 24 No. II DISTRI CT.

S ergt. John J. May, Red Hill Division, 29.9. 2 4

TO BE LA.DY AMBULANCE OFFICERS. No. r DI STRICT.

Elizabeth L. Brunton, Enfield Nursing Division, 17 924 NO.3 DISTRICT.

Auriel Gotch, Cylringan Nur s ing Division, Kettering Corps, J 3.9. 24

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NO.5 DI ST RICT.

Mary Wright, North Brierley Nursing Division, 2. 9 2 4

Lily Pickles, Earby N ursing DiviSion, 18.9. 24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS FOR CA DETS

NO. 6 DI STRI CT.

Corp\. James W. Colling, Hetton-Ie - Hole Div ision, 16.9 2 4

NO.9 DIST R ICT.

Staff Sergt. Charles E. J. Marsh, City of Exeter 0 ivision, 21.9 2 4

TO BE: LADY AMBULANCE OFFICEU FOR CADETS.

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lila Pope, North Shields Nursing Division, N orth Tyneside Corps, 17 92 4

No. I2 DISTRICT.

Mary L. Doble, S t. Stephen'S Green Nursing Di vi sion, 1 5.9 2 4

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

Corp5 Officer C. Paver, Ponte(ract Corps to Brodsworth Corps, J 1.92 4

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

Corps Supt. F. Kent, Birkenhead Corps, 23 9 2 4

Lady Supt Miss E. Moody, l3l aydon ursing Division, 27.9 2 4

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

No. r DI STRICT.

District Supt. Capt. W. J. H. Ponlin, M.B E., 7 10 24 N o. 2 DI STRICT ,

Lady Ambulance Offi c er, Mrs. Morton, Aylesbury Nursin g Div ision, 19. 9 .24

NO.3 DI STR ICT

Divisional Surgeon, W. Robb, Irthlingb o ro ' Division, 9 10 24 NO.4 DI ST RI CT.

District Surgeon-Major M olloy, 22.9. 24

Lady Supt. Mrs. Dyson, Walkden Nursin g Di vis ion, 13 9 2 4

Divisional Supt. T. Hart, Salford Divi s ion, 3. TO.2 4

No. 5 DI STRICT.

District Offi c er F. E. Buckley , 9 .10. 24

Ambulan c e O ffi c er W. Hallsworth, Welbeck Di v ision, 3 1O 2 .j. No 6 DI STRICT.

Lady C orps Supt. Mrs. Millar, R.R. C ., North Durham Corps,

I. 10.2 4

Divisional Supt. J Swan, Thro c kley D iv ision, 25 .9 24

Divisional Surge'Jn W. 1. Gordon, Blyth and DistrIct D vision, 25 92 4

Divisional Supt. R J. Edw a rds, Woodhorn Division, 24 9 24 NO. 9 DI STR ICT

Ambulan c e Officer J. G. Brown, M utley D vision, 15.9 2 .j. N o I D IST RI CT.

Divisional Supt. E. E. Wood, South Ashford Div sion, 24. 9 2 4

Ambulance Offi cer J. Samson, Orpington Divis ion, 22 9.24

Ambulance O ffi c er A b bott, Red Hill Division, 3 10 24

Removed from the Roll of the Brigade by order of the Chief Commissioner.

NO.5 DI ST RI CT

Ambulance Officer W Paxton, Radford Division, 23 .9 24 DIVISIONS REGISTERED. No. DI STRICT.

Tottenham Gas Co. Division, 9 1O• 2 .j. Southall Nursing Division, 19. 9 2 4 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Port Sunlight Nursing Division, 3 1. 3. 2 .j. NO.5 DI STRICT.

Somercotes and District Division, 15.9. 2 4 Hemsworth Division, 11. 9 .24

P. WIL KIN SO N (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

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Prince of Wales's Distrkt. COMMIS SIONER: W. H WINNY, O B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUUS CATHEDRAL. NOVE M BER, 1924.

November 2 nd- N o. 54 Brentford D ivis ion. 9th-No. 55 Southall Div is ion. " 16th - No. 56 Cricklewood D ivision. 23 rd - No. 58 London Post O ffi c e " 34th-No. 59 Carshalton Div is io n. Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from Gate at 2 p.m. NEW DI V ISIONS.

St. John's

The following D iv sion has now been san c tioned by the A c ting Chief Commissioner ;Southall Nursing Division, with effe c t from Sept. 19 th , DI V ISION A L T RANSFERS.

The follo w in g Divisional Tran s fer s have now been effected ;-

Craig Court 1 ursin g Div is ion, W h itehall Nursing Division Bo th of these Divis ons have now been transferred from the Central A rea to the Western A rea, of wh ich L ieut.-Col. Brooks, M.D , is in c harge.

Wimbledon Ambulance and urs ng Divisions are now transferred from the Western A re a to the Southern Area, of which Dr. E. McIntyre is in charge.

CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS

Officers of Ambulance and Nursin g D iv s ions are reminded that a Conference of O fficers will be held, if suffi c ient business , at St. John ' s Gate, on November 15th, a t 3 p m., and that all resolutions must be re c eived by the C ommissioner, at St. John ' S Gate, not later than November 1St.

RE-E X A M I NATIONS.

The attention of O ffi c ers and M embers in charge of both Ambulance and N ursing D ivis ions is ca lled to the re -examination of those members of their D iv is ions who have not yet passed their Annual Re - Examina ti on for the year 1924 . There are less than three more months before the close of the B rigade _ Y ear, a n ':i every effort should be made by Officers to enable those members who have not yet sat (or examinat ion, or who have been unsu cc essful at their exam in a tion, to have an opportunity of attendin g on another o cc as on. Any c ommun icat ion re g ardin g this matter should be addressed to Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher, 166 H averstock Hill, N. W .3, through the Area Offi c er.

OFFICERS ' DINNER.

Offi c ers are again rr.m i nded that the Officers Dinner w ill be held at the Conn aught Rooms on De c ember 13 th. W ll they please keep this date open ?

Capta n Franks IS a c ting as Honorary S e cr etary, and WIll be assisted by Capta i n Goodley. Early appl ication should be made to St. John ' s Gate for tickets.

(Signed) W. H WINNY, Commt'sst'oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publ ication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

On September 16 th, about 200 offi c ers and members of the London Post O ffice Corps, and No. 28 London Post Offi c e Nursing Division assemble d in the Y.M C.A. hall in Aldersgate-street to listen to a limelight lantern le c ture on "Some Errors in First Aid " g iven by Dr. N. Cor b et Fletcher, M. B ., etc.

The lecture was of a most interesting and instructive

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character, and the humourous remarks of the lecturer kept the audience convulsed with laughter.

A large number of slides were shown, covering the whole of the "little black book," and showed numerous errors that every first aider is liable to make, also the correct way in which the" case" should be treated.

The lecture is one that we would advise every member of the brigade to take the first opportunity of seeing and hearing, as there is something for everyone to learn in it, This was the first time that the lecture had been given to the members of N 0, distr ict, although it is in great demand amongst our provincial comrades, and if some of our superintendents who are always complaining about the lack of interest shown by their members, would only arrange for them to be able to attend one of these lectures, they would soon have far less cause to complain.

During the evening, a number of "cartoons" by Sergt. Dan Godfrey (some of which have appeared in FIRST AID ), were sho wn on the screen, and the way in which these were received showed that those present, at least do not agree with the remarks of" A Superintendent" in FIRST AID.

At the close a hearty vote of thanks was given the lecturer for his kindness in attending, also one to Mr. Alfred Wren (a member of the Post Office staff) for the loan of his lantern and his acting as operator,

The lecture was over about 9 p.m" and all left the hall delighted with an evening well spent, and the knowledge that they had all learnt something more of first aid, I twas generally agreed that more can be learnt from this one lecture th a n from any course of lectures.

Dr, Corbet Flet c her has agreed to give the lecture to the members of the central area (of which he is now in charge) on a Tuesriay evening during November, and we would strongly adv ise every member in the central area, to take the opportunity of attend ing.

No. 2 District.

BO URNEM OUTH. - The officers and members of the B ournemouth and Southbourne Nursing Divisions are glad to be a ble to report that they have succeeded in providing a S J. A. B Motor Ambulance for transport service in Bournem o uth and the neighbourhood. With the approval and valuable help of the Assistant Commissioner, Dr. Bottomley, O.B.E., and the District Officer, Dr. Morse, a very successful Ba zaar was organised by the Bournemouth President and Lady Super intendent, Mrs. Hayes, and the two Nursing the Parkstone Nursing Division also most kindly JOining In the work.

In addition to this the officers and men of the Ambulance Brigade unde,rtook a house to house collection, and gave much personal ser vI ce at the Bazaar. Amusements were organised by the K urs ing Divisions during the Spring, and these cumbmed efforts have provided the sum necessary to buy the Ambulance and to support it for some time to come.

o. 4 District.

l{o CHDALE, -In the Rochdale Parish Church on September 28 th, there formaIIy dedicated by Archdeacon Sale the tablet, and wmdow erected in the church in memory of the late Sir Royds of Greenhill, Rochdale-by Lady Royds-at one tIme the Member of Parliament for the borough. There was a large congregation, and the ceremony was most impressively. -

Refenln g to the memorial tablet and window the Archdeacon the window that has been given to this church by one who IS so well known in this town as a benefactress of all good causes in memory of her husband, who was equally well known and who needs not to be described from the pulpit of the Rochdale Parish Church because he was so well knownsurely this window, representing the Order of St. John of J eru salem, is ,in itself a proof of the great harvests that are reaped from the acts of a few good men.

OutltUlng the hlst<:>ry of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, the preacher remmded hIS hearers that right away in very early days, as early as 1046, before William the Conqueror

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placed a foot upon these shores, there were a few merchants who, out of their charity, provided a hospital in Jerusalem for the sake of the poor pilgrims who went to visit the Holy Sepulchre. That was the beginning of the Order. When the Holy City was taken from thc Saracens the Order, which at first was concerned only with the hospital, became also a military order, which was formed to defend the Holy Sepulchre against the Pagans. In the course of the ups and downs of this world and its empires, however, Saladin conquered Jerusalem, and the Hospitalers, having to go out of the city, were to a certain extent homeless in that part of the world. Then they suffered many vicissitudes. The English ' Order directly derived from them was instituted in 1827. Those attending that service, the members ()f the St. John Ambulance Corps and the Nursing Sisters, knew well the harvest that had sprung from the seed of that idea-from the seed that was sown, as they well knew, a thousand years ago. The sowing of that seed was among the things that would never die. Like the old hymns and Psalms that were said to be obsolete and yet were still sung, it was a sign of something far greater than itself. On that day, the eve of St. Michael, the patron saint of all who had been chivalrous, was it not a call to us to go further on in that true chivalry which was represented by the Order of St. John? Was it not, too, a sign of that spirit which after all was the gift of God Himself, which made us realise that we are not in any false sense the children of God and the brothers of that great elder brother of the Order of Christendom, Jesus Christ Himself.

There were present 72 members of the Ambulance and Nursing Division, together with 54 Brigade Cadets, and members of the Association Centre Committee.

S@UTHPGRT.-At the Water Carnival held at Southport on September 24th and 2 5th, when larger crowds were attracted to the town from all parts of Lancashire, the members of the S J.A.B., men and nurses, turned out in good strength. Some 15 cases were trealed during the two evenings. Miss M. Brown, Lady Supt., was in charge of the N ursing Division, and the male members were under the direction of Mr. W. Parkinson, Corps Supt.

No. 6 District.

The outstanding topic of interest to No.6 District at the present time is the resignation of the Commissioner, Lt.-Col. C. B, Palmer, C.B.E., D.L, J.P Knight of Justice of the Order, wnich took effect from 30th September, 19 24,

For the last twenty years Colonel Palmer has made the Brigade his life's wOlk and one can well understand that it is not easy in su c h circumstances to relinquish the position from which he has cherished the Brigade through its vicissitudes and organised its growth in this District. Indeed it will be very difficult to find a successor who can devote such ardent and steadfast attention to the work with such wide local influence as the late Comm issioner.

The last official function in which Colonel Palmer took part as Commissioner was at the inspection , in the Gateshead Secondary Schools, of more than 500 members of the Brigade from the North Durham and Mid Durham Corps, with the Jarrow and Hebburn divisions, local nursing divisions and cadets. The general salute was played as the Colonel entered the field. Auld Lang Syne was struck up as he toured the ranks, and afterwards the proceedings terminated with the National Anthem.

On the loth October a Complimentary Dinner was given in Tilley's Rooms, N ewcastle, to Colonel Palmer by the District Staff Officers to mark the occasion of his retirement after over 19 years service as Officer or Commissioner in the Brigade and he was presented with a bound illuminated memorial album containing an address of appreciation signed by the district officers. I n responding, the Colonel traced the growth and development of the Brigade in the District from hIS first connection with it, and described numerous episodes some not without humour. He referred particularly to the Grand Parade at Windsor in 1912, and later to the proud moment when he took his first detachment of the Brigade to France. With

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pardo?ab,le pride he upon t.he very great work the orgamsatloo had achIeved In trained ambulance units from this District for the war. Proceeding, he explained how he had found himself unable to continue as Commissioner, but he exhorted all present to maintain their excellent work as he was sure the Brigade had a great future before it. He hoped that no attempt would be made to sever any part of the District or of the units which constituted the Brigade.

Assistant Commissioner Major A. Hammersley-Johnston who was in the chair expressed the hope of all present and indeed of the whole Brigade in the District, that the Colonel would have very many years of happiness in his retirement after his arduous work as Commissioner, NEWCASTLE-ON· TYNE.- The Corps held a well attended at which all ranks, wer.e represented on the 9th inst., and dIscussed numerous pomts tn connection with the working of the Corps.

The formation and administration of cadet units was discuss,ed by, Corps ,Officer. Midgley. Corps Supt. Crace is arrangIDg an interesting senes of lectures with the assistance

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and Lady District Supt., Mrs. Falwasser. They were accompanied by the County Surgeon, Dr. A, E. Porter, M,D., D.P.H., Corps E. E. Heesom, J.P., Corps Officer J. S. Banbury, and DIVISional Surgeons Dr. C. H. Milner (Reigate) and Dr C. H, James (Redhill),

The Redhill Division was unrler Divisional Supt. F. A, Sutton, who the parade, while Ambulance Officer B. E. ,Norman :vas III charge of the Reigate Division. The Redhlll and Relgate Nursing Division was under the command of Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. F. A, Sutton.

Others on parade in addition to nearly all available members of the Corps, were: Corps Officer A. J. Stewart (Corps Secretary) ; Ambulan,:e Officer D. R. Chatfield (Redhill ), Hon. Corps Treasurer Mr. E. J, Smith, Lady Nursing Officer Mrs. Basden and Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. T, Upfold.

The Corps was subjected to a searching examination in foot and stretcher drill, the nurses giving demonstrations in bandaging for imaginary wounds and fractures.

At the conclusion of the inspection, Mrs. Falwasser her with the work of the Nursing DIVISIon, and hoped It would soon form a V.A.D. Section. Complimenting the nurses on their smart appearance-it was

of Corps Surgeon Rutter on similar lines to previous years which it is hoped will meet with due appreciation.

The social life of the Corps is also receiving attention, the first whist drive and dance of the season having already been held and voted an immense success by everyone present. As these become more widely known they will no doubt be more keenly appreciated,

Friendly inter-divisional visits are to be cultivated both from a social point of view and for mutual benefit, and the desirability of taking part in competition work to promote efficiency was also emphasised.

A church parade at St. Marks', Byker, has been arranged on the invitation of the vicar, for Hospital Sunday afternoon, 26th October, and neighbouring units are invited to attend. Other public parades are under consideration.

No. 8 District.

The Annual Parade and Inspection of tne Borough of Reigate Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade took place at the headquarters of the Redhill DiVIsion at the Congregational Hall, Chapel-road, Redhill, on the evening of Wednesday, September loth. The inspecting officers were Brig.-General E. A. Tudor-Tudor, C.M.G., Assistant Commissionerfor Surrey,

the best she had seen for some time-she trusted that the end of the ensuing year would find a marked increase in th.eir numbers.

Brig.-Gen. Tudor also examined-and passed-several members for promotion. After complimenting the men on their turn-out and the precision with which they had carried out their drill, he congratulated them on the enormous amount of public duty they had performed and th.e service they were rendering to the Borough by means of theIr motor ambulance. This, he had been informed, together with voluntary aid, was at the disposal of the public. The ambulance had been called out a number of times, at practically all hours of the day and night, since he had last visited them: On each letters of gratitude for the careful and skilful manner III which they had handled the patients had been received by the Corps Secretary. He was particularly pleased to know the medical profession locally had found the Corps of servICe to them, and hoped that in the future the Corps would form a V.A,D. Section of the Brtgade under the new County Organisation Scheme, and that all men in the holding the certificate of the Order of St. John would Jom the Corps and put to practical use the experience and practice they had obtained.

Photo by] REI GATE CORPS. [R. Sm t h &> SOIl , R eigate

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The proceedings ended with a cordial expression by Mr. Heesem to the inspecting: officers for theIr VISIt. Although their remarks on the efficIency and numbers of the Corps had been most gratifying to hear, he trusted that next year they would find an increase in both.

HOVE.- The Division held a special opening meeting at their new headquarters, 91, Coleridge-street, on September. 16th.

Mr. A. Cooper Rawson, M.P., presided, and Mrs. SIdney Herbert distributed the awards gamed by nurses and men of the Division.

Introducing Mr. Cooper Rawson to the Corps Supt. Yates out that it was the fi.rst tl£?e that any brigade in the distnct had been able to meet 10 theIr own headquarters. The Division lacked thought that this was the result of all theIr work beIng done m such a quiet way. Supt. Yates mentioned that the I;Iove Division was the oldest Division in the district. From It had grown the present six Divisions.

Mr. Cooper Rawson, who was received with warm applause, said that the lack of money was due chiefly to the habit of the public in taking everything for granted. Th.ey seemed to think that it was the duty of members of the to be near at hand when anyone met with an accident. He was sorry that the men who went out on night duty had not yet got overcoats. This defect would be speedily remedied if the public would only realise the unselfish and entirely voluntary work done by the mem bers of the organisation.

No. 10 District.

I pSWICH.-The annual inspection of the Corps was held on Saturday, October 4th, on the lawn of Beechholme, Ipswich, by the kInd permission of Miss Mary Coulcher.

Amongst those attending were Mr. F. E. Rands, Miss Mary Coulcher, C.B.E., Mr. and Mrs. T. Parkington, Dr. A. C. Smith (Hon. Surgeon of the Gippeswyk Division ) and other ambulance enthusiasts.

The officers present supporting the Corps Supt. ( J. Pawsey) were Corps Officer F. Nethercoat, Corps Sergt.Major Barrett, Supt. C. Fiddy and Ambulance Officer Knox (1st Division ) ; Supt. F. Goddard and Ambulance Officer Bird (Gi ppeswyk Di visi on) ; Supt. W. G. Last and Ambulance Officer Jennings (Orwell Works); Supt. T. A. Pepper ( L.&N.E. Railway); Supt. W. Lambert ( St. John's Division); Supt. J. Hutton (Social Settlement Division). The Nursing Divisions were commanded by Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar, A.R.R.C., and supporting- her were Lady Corps Officers Mrs. Hodgson and Miss Kin g, together with Lady Supt. Miss Hart (Beechholme ) ; Lady Supt. Miss Hossack (M oka ); Lady Supt. (M iss Bines (Broadwater).

Arriving at the parade ground, they were met by the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk ( Dr S. O. Eades ) with his Staff Officers ( Acting County Officers W. C. Smith and A. H.W. Moffat).

The inspecting officer, Deputy Chief Commissioner Col. G. A. l\Ioore, C.M.G., D S.O., M.D., arrived, accompanied by Major J. Hossack (District Commissioner ) ; District Surgeon W. F. Fryer, and the District Staff Officers ( Captain F. H. Gooderham, Messrs. T. Damant, and A. C. Hill, together with Lady District Officer Miss A. B. Coulcher ), and took the general salute of the parade, which was formed up in two columns. A close inspection of all officers and ranks of the ambulance units followed. Owing to a very heavy downpour of rain the nurses and cadets were ordered back to the ambulance station in Samuel Road, where they underwent their closer inspection, and the whole parade were addressed by Colonel Moore.. I n the. course of his remarks he spoke of the great pleasure It gave hIm to be able, once again, to meet so many of his old friends who were wearing the South African decorations which had been earned so many years ago. He commented upon the steady work and progress which had gone on in Ips.wich since last vi.sit, and noted the large accessIon to theIr ranks, makmg specIal mention of the formation of .cad et uni .ts both for boys and girls. He particularly emphaSIsed the Importance of always being efficient and

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capable in their work, so that, in times of national perij, the country could make a call upon the Brigade with confidence for assistance. He alluded to the good work which had been done at Wembley by ambulance men and women. He congratulated them upon their smart turn out, and afterwards presented long service ribbons, bars and certificates to the successful candidates. Before leaving the Ambulance Station he inspected the new motor ambulance waggons, and by a coincidence the Ruston car had only just returned from a journey of IOS miles into the country to pick up a patient for removal.

The photograph reproduced shows a group comprising the Supt. (F. E. Goddard), Sergeants and teams of the " Gippeswyk" Division of Ipswich Corps, with the two trophies of which they are the present holders. The cup with handles is known as the" Felixstowe " Cup, and was won by them at Bury St. Edmunds on August 4th last. It was offered for open competition by the Suffolk Branch of the British Red Cross Society, and carries with it a small miniature cup for each mem ber of the team to retain as souvenirs of the competitIon. Tbe holding of this trophy really makes this division the champion unit of the County of Suffolk. The" Gippeswyk" Division were the only St. John unit to enter, and much of the credit for gaining it must be given to Acting County Officer W. C. Smith, at whose instigation and coaching they entered. He has always been very closely connected with the work of the Division, and in conjunction with Supt. Goddard have made it to-day one of the largest Divisions in the district. The other cup held by this efficient unit is the Ipswich Corps Cup, and was gained in open competition with all the Divisions in Ipswich last autumn. Apart from these two cups they have also their own cup, known as tce "Gippeswyk" challenge cup, which was presented to them by an admirer some years ago to be competed for annually by squads selected from amongst their own members. It is looked upon as a great honour that one unit of the Ipswich Corps should be able to boast of holding three trophies at the same time, and shows that careful training and steady work has produced the desired results in efficiency.

NORWICH.-An interesting gathering took place recently at Carrow Abbey, when the Lady Mayoress (Miss Helen Colman ) presented first aid certificates to eleven successful candidates. The company were welcomed by the Lord Mayor (Miss Ethel Colman), and a very pleasant time was spent. At the close a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Mary Poole, Miss Turner (Cavell Home) and Mr. Bradbom (supt.) for their assi£tance to the class.

Owing to enthusiasm being once again revived in this city, an ambulance division is now in being at Norwich, and meets at the Carrow Works of Messrs J. & J. Colman, Ltd., of mustard fame, on Tuesday evenings. Supt. Wm. Bradbom is the supt. in charge of the unit, and he is also the supt. of the fire brigade and police force attached to the Carrow \\Torks. Drs. Burton and Mills are two of the original surgeons who have always been staunch supporters of the movement there, and the present hon. surgeon (Dr. Marriott) is proving himself to be a very worthy follower in their footsteps.

Recently the District Commissioner (M ajor J. Hossack) accompanied by his staff (C apt. F. H. Gooderham, Messrs. A. C. Hill, and A Lord ) visited the unit and expressed approval of the work already accomplished. The St. John Association first started work in the city nearly forty years ago, but owing to various reasons the enthusiasm gradually waned, until it eventually died away altogether, although the city police and the Great Eastern Railway continued loyally their practices in ambulance work.

Since then several detached classes have been held, many of the larger firms who realised the value of an ambulance or nursing training having arranged special classes for their employees. Messrs. Colmans are one firrn who must be mentioned in this connection, for in 1912-13 they had a most succeesful class at their works Although the new division is still in ItS infancy the members are full of enthusiasm, and it is very gratifying to find such distinct progress made.

The greatest credit reflected upon the Commissioner and his enthusiastic staff and all the officers connected with the division for the good results so far obtained.

October, 1924. -FIRST No. I (S.E. & C. R.) District.

The competition between teams from the Ramsgate, Deal and Dover DiVIsions for the final Brigade District contest resllited in the DIvision representatives (Ambulance Officer G. Fearn N.S. B, Ser.gt. SIDden, CorpI. Wood, Ples. Hougham and securing first position. The ".Dunn" shield was therefore won by the Ra T1sgate team WIth 169 marks; Deal and Walmer were awarded the" Murphy" cup with 166 marks; Dover was placed third with 119 points. For individual work the" Archibald)) cup was won by Sergt. Sinden with 85 marks 78 marks were gained by Sergt. Hind (Deal and Walmer), who received the" Levasco" cup; Sergt. Harlow (Ramsgate) third.

Sir Cecil Hertslet preSIded over an evenIng meetIng. He was supported by Commissioner E. A. R!chards. (Knight of Grace), Councillor Mrs. Dunn, Mr. JarvIs master, Margate), Mr. Busbridge (Ramsgate), Drs. and Robins, Divisional Supt. Ward, and o.ther lo cal fn.ends.

A tribute was paid to the care WIth whIch LIeut.-Col. F. A. Brooks (Assistant Commissioner No. District) Dr. Herdman Porter (Faversham) had conducted the busmess of the afternoon.

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set by the Aldershot Cadets will nJ doubt lead to other Divisions taking on similar schemes in 19 2 5.

St. John V.A.D.'s.

NUMBER OF OF FICH:R S NO MIN ATED FOR Ap POINT1IENT AS COMMAN DANTS, to 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1924:County. :VT en. Women.

Buckingham

Cumberland

Kendal Devon 3 Cheshire 3 Dorset 2 I Durham Essex [ Hants 6 Kent 9

By courtesJ'J

SUPT. (F. E. GODDARD ) SER GEANT S AND

During- the past year [16 members have secured Association awards, together with two J 4-year and 7-year medals. Councillor Dame Janet ?tancomb-WIlls of Ramsgate) presented the trophIes and awards.. mteresting- evening was concluded by a number of. mus!cal Items.

VIctoria Division staged another hIghly successful concert at the Central Hall, Westminster, on September 20thh

From an arti"tic point of view the standard was very hlg

The talented organist Mr. Arthur Meale, mcluded as one. 'd )) d" Th Storm " additional items, " In a Monastery Gar en an e k' f Ambulance Officer F. E. Stratton has the happy knac 0 securing help from all quarters, with the result that the great hall was more than comfortably full.

The Flag Day tre local DIVISIons 10 Boroughs of Chatham and GIllmgham was a very orted one. Undaunted by the heavy rain which fell ihe morning, the helpers elicited much support the no less than .£85 being secured. Next year It IS hope to collect at least .£ [5 more, in order to reach the century mark.

Aldershot Cadet Division. held a. splendId camp at Midgbam (Bucks.). Bathing, drIll, orgaDlsed games, and firf t aid practice speedily passed a pleasant week, The eX(lmp e

[" TIle Suffo lk Afercw y.

TEAM OF THE "GI PPESWYK" DIVI SION. East Lancs 4 West 7 London 5 l\'orthamptoll J )J orthum be· land 5 Nottingham 5 Shropshire Stafford 2 Surrey 2 Sussex 3 North Riding, Yorks I West Riding, Yorks 7 East Riding, Yorks II 8r

ApP OINTMEN TS ApPROVED BY COUNTY CONTROLLH:R S.

The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned :-

To be Commandants: BuckinghamshireP. Marshall (Ay lesbury) N0·5

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October, 1924. -FIRST

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Cheshire-

Mrs. Broadley No. 154

Devonsbire-

Miss Phillips (Plymouth) No. 100

Mrs. Carder (F ord ) No. 112

Miss M. Moysey (Newton Abbot) No. 96

Essex-

Miss E. Stenning ([Iford) No. T 14

London-

Mrs. Brooks, M.B.E. Thorney Island) No. 233

Mrs. Franklyn ( Finsbury ) No. 102

West Riding- of Yorkshire-

The Viscountess Mountgarret (Harrogate) No. 54

Mrs. M. Waller (Sheffield) Nos. 66 and 108

Mi ss D. S. Lee (Stapleton) No. 56

Miss C. I. Wilmot· Smith ( Borobridge) N o. 86

Mrs. King (Wa kefield ) No.2

The following Detachments have been registered at the War Office :-

Buckingham o. 5 (Ay lesbury).

Essex No. IJ4 ( Ilford ).

London No. 232 (Thomey Island),

West Riding No.2 (Wakefield )

Amendment to "Instructions for the guidance of those concerned with the formation of St. John V.A.D 's '-

The following will be substituted for p:uas. 6, 7, and 8.:-

6. When the Assistant County Controller has been notified of the appointment of a Commandant having been approved by the County Controller,. he will the Chief Commissioner and at the same tIme arrange With the Commandant for the completion of Forms I, la, and 3.

7. Commandants on receipt of the notification of the County approval of their appointment will enrol the members on Form I, and la in the case of mobile members and forward these Forms together with Form 3 duly completed to the Assistant County Controller.

The Assistant County Controller will forward these forms direct to the Shief Commissi0ner.

8. The Chief Commisc:ioner will record the names of the officers and members and forward the forms direct to the County Controller.

The League of Mercy.

By MARK Y. SELF.

Vice ·Pres/dent ojDT17andere rs' District

THE League of Mercy was founded in 1899 by Royal Charter to pomote the welfare of Voluntary by enlisting the personal services of individuals who may contribute any amount (rom one shilling upwards to its funds. King Edward, as Prince of Wales) was first Grand President; and in the Statutes of foundation Queen Victoriii directed that the badge of the Order should be surmounted by the Prince of Wale5' crest. King Edward was succeeded by King George; and he in turn has been succeeded by the present Prince of Wales who takes a keen interest in the work of the Order.

Every farthing of subscriptions collected by Members is devoted wholly to the benefit of the Voluntary Hospitals; and all those who collect the necessary funds give their time and selvices without remuneration. It cannot be believed that anyone will refuse so small a sum as one penny per month if it is brought to their notice that at least one in every four Londoners obtain benefit directly from the hospitals.

In their recently published statement the Superior Officers of The League announce that for the year 19 23 they have paid almost fifteen thousand pounds to King

Edward's HospitallFund and some six thousand. to. extra Metropolitan hospitals; and that the net amount dIstnbuted to hospitals now totals £508,693 Towa.rds last year's collections the Wanderers Branch (of whIch Col. R. J. Blackham is Founder and President) has contributed the useful sum of £1 16, which represents a marked increase on its effort of last ye ar. Many First-Aiders have associated themselves with Col. Blackham in this good work; and any others who are interested may send subscriptions without delay to me care of the Editor of FIRST AID.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has S:lnctloned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month ending 30th September 1924 :AUSTRALIA.

N.S.W. DISTRICT.

Miss F. A. Read to be Lady District Supt., 1 1.24 ; Miss

A. :\1. Jones to be Lady District Officer, r.24 St. George Division.-W. N. Jackel to be DIVIsIOnal Supt., 3. 22 4; K. G. Hearne, M. D. to be Divis onal Surgeon 3.224 INDIA.

No. DISTRICT.

Lahore I ndian Railway Division.-Dr. K. S. Khan to be Divisional Surgeon, 18 8 24; R. L. N. Vaid to be Divisional Supt., 18.8.24

NEW ZEALAND.

Lady Distri ct Officer Miss H. B. Munroe to be attached to Dominion Headquarters Staff, r.8.24

WELLINGTON DI STRICT .

Corps Surgeon Dr. S. H. Arthur to be District Surgeon vice Dr. Gibbs resigned, 3.6.24

SOUTH AFRICA.

CAPE PROVI NCE DJSRICT.

De Beers COl ps, Electrical Department S. Gibson to be DiviSional Supt., 28.1. 24

N EW DIVISIONS AND DISBA NDM E N TS. AUSTRALIA.

N.S W. DISTRICT.

St. George Division - registeled, 15.8.34; WoollahraWaverley Nursing 2 I.7 24 ; WoollahraWaverley Ambulance Division-disbanded, 21.7.24

SOUTH AFRIC A.

CAPE PROVINCE DI STR ICT.

De Beers Corps, Electrical Department Divisionregistered, 23-9.24

Once again We tender our best thanks to Dr. Corbet Fletcher who since October 19 5, has acted as our honorary medical adviser and who during the past year has dealt with 119 queries and difficulties presented by correspondents. Our early attempts to develop this feature of the journll failed bEcause readers declined to accept lay verdicts. In 19 [0, however, the late Dr. Christian came to our help; and we were able to start the Query Column as a regular it e m with 2 or 3 rer month. This average has gradually increased under Dr. Corbet Fletcher's able and helpful guidance, until to· day it works out at 10 to 12 ptr month. In all sincerity, therefore, we offer our cordial thanks for benefits rec eived and to come.

A New Ambulance Room.

THE Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Co., Ltd., of Grappenhall Works , Warrington, have recently opened an ambulance room on their premises, embodying all the latest ideas as regards The Company employ approximately 1,000 hands, and this ambulance room is much appreciated by the men, and has also been highly praised by the local doctors.

Encouragement is given to all employees to use the facilities provided by the Company. They do not desire them to confine its use to accidents hap. pening actually in the works, but willingly attend to their complaints whether purely domestic or otherwise.

The number of dressings, etc., done last year amounted t o over 10,000, thus showing that their efforts are appreciated by the workers.

In addition to the Ambulance Room Officer in attendance, the Company have among their employees a nurse and eight men who are active members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Humours of First=Aid Work.

ALTHOU GH the subject of First Aid to the Injured necessarily conjures up associations of human suffering, it is not always, at least on its educational side, without an element of humour. Those who have been conn e ct ed with class instruction, examinations and comp e titions have often very amusing experiences which help to relieve an otherwise grave subject.

It was an over-zealous aspirant for first aid honours in the North of England who, on being asked what treatment he would afford to a person struck by lightning, having accurately

The ambulance room meaSUles 30 ft. by 20 ft. hy 13ft. high.. It well ventilated, and ample light IS obtained through three large windows. It can be divided by screens so as to furnish I est rooms for the workers. Ample lavatory accommodation is provided.

The temperature is regulated by hot water ra:liators, and hot and cold water is always to hand.

The floor is of maple blocks, and walls, woodwork and equipment are finished in washable white enamel. All metal fitments are heavily nickelplated.

The general eqUIpment consIsts of a dressing table, couch, stretcher, splints, gl ass fronted and shelved medICine tables with vitreous enamelled tops, portabl e electric stand lamps, etc., etc.

The room is connected by automatic telephone so that the ambulance officer and attendants ar e 111 communication wilh evny department of the works

All heating, hot water and sterilising apparatus has been manufactured by the firm, who are specialists in this class of work.

The firm has one of the largest foundries in the north of Engla'ld, and th ei r pow er an.d machin e shops ar e equipped with every mcdern machlOe.

re]J;!ated the pre scrib ed text book instructions for electric shock, added-fearing to lose any possible marks from an exacting exa miner- " Of course I should first turn off the current ! "

In the early days of the war, during the rush of workers qualifying to assist the wOl!nded, an. but fragile little lady was undergolDg examlDltlOn by a well-known medico, who tipp€d the scale somewhere neat eighteen stone_ avoirdupois. The que'shon b'efore th a

-fllRst would-be V. A. D. was the treatment of fainting. " What would you do " -said the examiner, (I if sudde.nly fainted in the examination room?" I should Imm e dIately carry you out in the open air," carne the prompt reply from the valiant candidate, who then proceeded to outlme the treatment which would follow this Amaz cmian feat!

An examiner tells the story of ooe of the b e st and most efficient of his candidates. He discovered on one occasion that this man though perfectly conversant with first aid principles, and w e ll up in the "black book," could neither read nor write. Enquiries elicited the fact that he had learned the whole book off by heart page by pag e taught by a patient and no less e nthusiastic Wife.

Candidates for fXlmination are, as is well-known, taught to improvise first aid material from any available articles in case of emergency. It was, therefore, somewhat hard on a luckl e ss student who rec e ntly found himself amoog the list of failures. He had, on what seemed to him a happy inspiration, se Iz ed the ex a miner's new umbrella as an e xcellent substi t ute for a splint-and broken it! Some candidates seem to be ready with an answer in every emerge.ncy. One such \Vas ask e d his treatment of a person in a faiet, and he replied "I should give him a drop of brandy." "The nearest h ::>use is e n miles away," said the examiner." I should promise him a drop, that would soon f e tch him round," was the ready answ e r.

The viv a voce test is oft e n a p itfall for industrial workers, who are often more ready in practical work than in a verbal explanation of it. Possi bly this explained the fac t that a hefty steelworker recently being examined maintained a dead s ilence wh e n asked to alescrib e the treatment for infantile convulsions. With that consid e ration which is typical of the medical profession, the docto r put the que3tion in a simplu way-" suppJsing, " he said, "00 getting horne to-night you found your own child in convulsions, what would you do?" "Fetch the misms, " was t h e instant r e o inder of the tongue -loosened candidate.

Of the" Malaprop " order is the story of the candidate who informed his examiner that blood was of two vari e ties, "Venus and Adonis, " whilst the stud r nt who said that there were three colours, scarlet, dark red and blue blood, was evid e ntly not a member of the mod e rn dem o cratic sc ho o l.

Rumour has i t that it was a Sc o tchman w ho s lid that in the case o f a street acciJent h e W 0 UlJ borrow fcom the crowd what was required, adding as his reason-" It doesn't matter so much then whether y J U get it back."

It was probably a like-minded fellow countryman who counselled that in similar circumstances it was as well to send the p0 1iceman for the c a b, as he would then be responsible for the cabby's fare.

A railway officiil, well-known at ambuLmce g<l.therings, is fond of telling of an accident report which cam e into his hands where a man had b e en inj ured on the line, and first aid was r e ndered by one of hIS colle agues. Th e conelusion of his report was bri e f and to the point- " I promptly rendered fir:5t aid to the inj ur e d man, who has not since been back to work.

C. B (Westmorland ).-Cadet officers are appointed as Ambulance Offi cers and are supernumerary to the establishment of a Division. Such appointment does not affect the seniority of Ambulance Officers on the strength of the Divis ion.

If a Cadet officer resigns as such he r:mains as Ambulance Officer supernumerary, and when absorbed on the strength takes his senority from date of such absorption A n Ambulance Offi cer on the strength may act as Cadet officer

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

EOITORIALThe Need of More "First Aiders "

Hospital Notes

The Brit 5h Emp re ExhibitlUn

PRACTICAL P01NTSStrangled by Tape

Rewards of First Aid

Great \i\Testern Railway

B rigade Appointments, &c.

DISTRICT REPORTSPrince of Wales's No.2 NO.4; No.6 No. 8 N o. 10 No II

St. John V A.D

October, 1924. -FIRST A.ID

PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, SEPTEMBER, r924.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance committee :-

GLAMORGAN S HIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

Aberdulais District Division. -Edward P. Coyne, M. B.,

B.Cb to be Divisional Surgeon ( Probationary ) 29 9. 24;

David Joseph John to be Divisional Supt. (P robatIOnary )

29.9. 24

Bargoed and District Division. --S dyney Booth Turner,

M. R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Captain, to be Divisional Surgeon ( ProbatIonary), 29.9 24; Klchard John Edwards to be DIvisional Supt. ( Probationary ), 29 .9 24

Brtthdir DiviSIOn. -Ambulance Offi cer W illiam Samuel Cresswell to be Dtvistonal Supt., 299 24

Den Division -Stephen Wigmore McCarthy, L.R.C.P.,

L. R.C.S to be Divisional Surgeon ( Probat ionary ) 29 9 24

Pontlottyn Division Officer J. Ings to be Divisional Supt.,

29.9. 24

Windsor Colliery Abertridwr Division.-Wdliam Burne

\Vatson, M.C., M.B, to be Divisional ( Prob1.tionary )

29.9 24 WIlliam John Norman, to be Divisional Supt. ( Probattonary), 29.9.24

Pontlottyn, B rithdir and Deri John Mere· dlth, to be Corps Secretary, 299.24; Cyril Samuel Harris, to Corps I nspeccor of Stores, 29 9.2 4

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Bedwas Division.-R ichard Joseph Carr, M. B., B.Ch

B.A.O., to be Divisional Surgeon, 22.9. 24

BOROUGH O F RHONDOA CENTR E.

Ynysfaio Division -Audrew M. Robertson, M.B., Ch.B. to be DlVIsional Surgeon ( Probationary ) 29. 924; John James Hughes to be D IVISIonal Supt. ( Probationary ) 29 9 .2 4

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Corn· missioner for Wales -

A B ERDARE CENTRE

Hirwain Dlvision -Private David WillIams to be Sergeant, 29 .9 24; PrIvate David Edmund WIlltams to be DiviSIonal Secretary, 29.9 2 4

GLA :'I IORG A N CO U N TY CENTRE.

Aberdulais DIstri c t Dlvision. - Private Richard J a mes GIddings to be Corporal, 299 24; Pnvate Thomas 'ames Morris to be Dlvi:itonal Secretary, 29.9.2 4 ; P rivate Wdltam

ktchard Jones to be Dlvistonal :'toreK.eeper, 29 .9.24; Private John Wtlllams to be Divisional TJ easurer, 29.9 24

Bargoed and Uistrict Divtslon.-Pnvate William Regan to be Ambulance Officer ( ProbatIOnary ), 29 Private WillIam Blank to be \)ageant, 299 .2 4; Privates MIchael Donovan and Craven Haydn Jones to be Corporal:i, 29. 9.2 4; Pnvate Albert Thomas to be lJivi s ional Treasurer, 2 9. 9.2 4; Private Thomas A. Meredith to be D visional Storekeeper, 2 9. 9 .24; Wtll am K. Jones to be DIVIsional Secretary, 29. 9 24 Garth (Maesteg) Dlvision.-Corporal John Hugh Jones to be Sergeant, 29 <)· 24; Privates WillIam John O'Gorman and James Kees Uavles to be Corporals, 299. 24

394=396 - 398, Commercial Road, E.I.

TRAINING School for Midwives and Monthly Nurses. Special preparation for examination of Central Mtdwives Board. For vacancies and terms apply Secretary.

When corresponding with Advertisers p·lease menUon "Firl't Aid "

'vVmd:ior CollIery Abertndwr Diviston. - Danlel Cavanagh and Albert Edward Robbins to be Ambulance Officers ( Probatlonary); Albert Edward Robbins to be DIVisional Secretary, 29.9. 2 4 MONMOUTH S HIR E CENTRE.

Bedwas Division.-Private Thomas Davies to be Divisional Secretary, 29.9 24; Private Harry T ;J. ylor to be Divisional Storekeeper, 29.9 24. Risca Divlslon.-Pnvate William Henry Taylor to be Divisional Secretary, 29.9 24; J:rivate WIlliam \V cbster to be

AT P OW IS CASTLE.

A metting of Chapter was held in the Oak Drawing Room at PUWIS Castle, Welsbpool, at the invitation of the E HI and CuuntEss of Pow is, on Saturday, Sept. 6tb.

The Right Han Lord Kylsant, G.c. M.G, Sub-Prior, presided in th e absence of th e Prior, H is R 0 yal Highness the Prince uf Wales. The (ollowing letter WdS rec e ived:

"St. J ames s Palace, August 29th, I9 2 4.

DEAR LORD K YLSAN T

The Prince of Wales desires me to con vey to you a:, Sub-Pri or H is Royal Highness's regret that he is unable to attend the meeting of Chapter at Pow is Castle on Saturday, Septembf>r 6th.

H IS Royal H ighness is grateful to Lady Powis for permitting the meetIng to be held at Powis Castle, and trusts that others will follow her example, as in order to develop the wOlk of the P riory in all parts of the l'rincipaitty, It is necessary to hold rr::eettngs in conven ient centres.

Tbe PI ince is glad to learn that the Medical Comforts Dep o ts are proving satisfactory, and trusts that the t me may soon corne that every householder ·.vIlI be able easIly to obtain any medIca l appl iances needed in time of sickness and aCCIdent.

BelIeve me, yours very truly,

G ODF REY TH O.'I AS , Pr i vate Se c retary. "

10 Ihe absence of the Chaplain, the Rev. E. H. Griffith, Vicar of Wel s hpool, offiCiated.

The Sub-Prior, in his report to Chapter, sa id :-"' It is very appropriate that this meeting of Chapter should be held at the hIstoric castle of PaWlS, which, according to trddltlOn, Cadwgan ap Bledjyn originally bUilt in the early twelfth century, not far from the site where at almost the same time the Knights of S r John of Jerusalem estab· lished a Comman de ry and began that beneficent work which it is our privil eg e and duty to carryon to day. "

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The recommendations of the Selection Committee were considered and nominations for awards of the Order approved. Capt. H e nry E. E. Pnilips, D. L., was appointed President of the Pem brokeshire Centre.

In the afternoon of the same day th e annual tiGns {or the" Skinner" shield, to tetms of members of Nursing Divisions of the Brigade in North Wale" and the K. L Buckley" cup for teams of men resid e nt in the six northern counties, holding a first aid certificate of a recognised soci e ty, were held in the Castle grounds.

There was a record num ber of entries for the men's contest, and Dr. Lewys-Lloyd, of Towye, and Dr. Drinkwater, Wrexham, gave the first three in the order of merit to

I. Wclsbpool.

2. Oswestry G.W.R.

3. Westminster Colliery, Wrexham.

Dr. D. Fraser, of Buckley, judged the comp !tition for the" Skinner" shield, which was won by the Welshpool Nursing t;:am.

The prizes were distributed by the CouDte')s of Powis, after whiCh th e competitors and some hundreds of guests were entertained to t ea in the large dining-room, and the events of 6th, 19l4, helped considerably to enthuse greater int e rest among th e people in North Wales in the Priory'S much-need e d activities.

THE COMMISSI ONER FOR WALES'S REPORT.

The annual report of the Commissioner for Walts, which :1aS just been printed shows that in each Department of its actiVities the Pliory has made definite strides. The Brigade Divisions have increased in strength, and the increasing loyalty and fervour with which the men and women are serviDg the Order, is evinced by the multiplicity of new means they have adopted to become servants of the public in the highest sense.

The recorded issue of close on eight thousand certificates of efficiency to students of first aid, home nursing, and home hygiene, must make the general public realise what the Priory is doing for health and physical welfare work.

During the year between two and three thousand cases were carried in th e am bulance cars of the Priory, and this service is now offi:::ially recognised by the Home Office as an adequate means of fulfilling the legal obligations of colliery owners with regard to am bulance provisions_

A high tribute of praise is accorded to the Officers and of the Brigade for their devotion, to each of whom the rep)rt is a great credit.

GLA",IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

The annual inspection of the Aberavon Corps presented a gratifying spectacle at the Riding School, Port Talbot, on Siturday, October 4th, wht-n between two and three hundred members from the Gl e n Neath, Oollwyn and S::!ven Sisters, Aberdulais, Cryeal'lt, Skewan, Briton Ferry, G \yncorrwg, Bryn, Kentlg H ill, and Taibach Ambulanc e and Nursll1,?; Division took part. The Commisfor W,des, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., accomp1nied by Ll.dy Lewis, O B. E., and Captain T. E. Richards, Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, C)nducted the inspe:tion, and after witnessing a well-arranged field ambulance demonstration, addressed those assembled, warmly congratulating Sub-Commissioner Lemual Jones, J.P., on the excellent attendance and the efficiency of the mem bers.

During the last three years six new Divisions have been form-;d, and the Aberavon Corps now comprises eleven ambulance and three nursing divisions.

A most satisfactory public meeting of those interested in am bulance work was held at the Institute, Abercregan, Port Talbot. Mr. Green, Manager of th(Dyffryu Collieries, presided, and gave ins tances of several cases how ambulance men had saved much suffering, and in several cases death. during his mining career.

Sub-Commissioner L::muel Tones txplained the great necessity for an am bulance class in each colliery district and over fifty names were afterwards submitted for the formation of a new class to be held at once.

At Aberdulais, on September 13th, Glyn Neath, Seven Sisters, Crynant, Aberdulais, Skewen, and Briton Ferry Divisions were pr esent at a Corps Drill under the command of Corps Supt. D. Thomas.

Staff Officer B e rnard E. Maberley, on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales, conducted the annual impection of the Llynfi V dlley Corps on S e ptem ber 27th. The efficiency of the units was very marked, and St'rgt. B. Evans was sptcially congratulated on the perfect crder in which he kept the books.

There was a large attendance at the Clive Hotel, Caerphilly, on S e ptem ber 1 on the occasion of a presentation meeting ht ld uodtr the auspices of the Caerphilly G W. R. Ambulance class, when Inspector T. E. Lewis, supported by Sub-Commissioner C. T. Hurry Riches and C0rps SecretalY A. T. Andr e ws, presid ed The toast of "The Great Western RailwdY Movtment" was submitted by Mr. Hurry Riches, to which Mr G. H. Dlvey, Divisional Ambulance S ecretary, responded.

MON .1IIOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Dr. S. Glanville Morris and Mr. R S Thomas, of MardY J adjudicated in the az:nual ambulance competition inaugurated by the E t:>bw Vale Compaoy, h e ld on September 13th, when a record number of telms competed. The succes'5ful t eam, Vivian Abertillery, with 2 10 points, were presented with a cup by Mr. H. McVicar, G en e ral Colliery Manager, at a presentation meeting subsequently held, presided over by Mr. Robert Grahim, St ee lworks Manager. The members of the winning team and the second, Cdynen A. (:\Iewbridge) with 204 t marks, were also awarded individual prizes.

The annual inspection of the POltypool Ambulance Cvrps was held on Saturday, 20th at the AmbuIHlce H,l,ll, Pontypool, under the command of Corps Supt.

G. H. Nelms, when the following Divi5icns were represented :-The Pontypool Ambulanc e, Pon t ypool Nursing, l"Jvntyp )01 Cadets, Pontypool Girls, Griffithstown, Pontypool RQ:ld Railway and the Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydc.

The Commissioner for Wales conducted the inspection and af[erwards presented warrants to Officers a nd N.C.O.'s and handed long service medals to three members of the Pontyp')ol Division. The Pontypool Nurs iog Division in charge of Lady Supt. Nelms provided refreshmen' s for all present. At the evening Concert J. P. J. Jen kim, Divisional Surgeon, pre sided, and an enjoyable musical program me was given by the Pont.ypool Town Band and other arti5ts.

BOROUGH

OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

There was a large attendance at the Mid Rhondda Athl e tic Grounds on Saturday, September 27th, on the occasion of the nineteenth annual competitions under the ampices of the Borough of Rhcndda Centre. Among thosp present were Sir Rhys William 5, Bart., and Lady Williams, Sir Hel Lewis, K B.E, Commissioner for Wales, and Lady Lewis, O.D. K, D eputy SupErintendent for Wal e s, Colonel D. Watts Morgan, C.RK, D.S O. M.P., Captain T. E. Richards, Commissioner of the Bot ough of

October, 1924 -FIRST ' AIDRhondda Centre, and Dr . S. Glanville Moreis. The Judges were, for the Nursing competition, Mrs. Evelyn Fisher, M. D., D.Ph.(Glyncorrw/?} ; ambulmce, Dr J. M Wllson(Treqnon Aberdare), Major Anderson (Ogmore Val ) and Dr. R Baird Milne. In the absenc,= of Mr. H. H. Evans, G=neral Manager of the Camb ian Combin e, Supt. David Morgan of the Llwynypia Division, presided. The awards were made as under :--

Sir Charles Warren Ambulanc e Shield.--Ist, Vwynypia 2nd, Ferndale No.2; 3rd, Tylorstown NO.2. Miskin Manor Shield (for nurses).--Ist, Llwynypia No. I; 2nd, Llwynypia NO.2.

Hurley-Davies Cup (or th e best drilled and smartest division) Y nyshir Division.

Individual Contest.--Ist, R. L. Taylor (Penygraig) 2nd, D C. Williams (TylorstowG) and W. McTiffin (Llwynypia), tied; 3rd, J. Morgan (Tylorstown) . Girl Guides Challenge Cup.--Miss Godsell (Tylorstown Pentre).

Subsequently the competitors, judges and friends were entertained to tea as the guests of the Cam brian Com bine.

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Th e first competition for the shield presented to the L0ughor Division by Dr. D. Arwyn Davies, of Loughor, to be competed for annually, was h e ld on 13th, Dr. Percival Jones and Dr. Graff, of Gowerton, adjudicating. Considerable interest was shown by the spectators as the teams performed the variom tests, and the results were announced as under :--

I, Cross Hands No. J team, 338 marks; 2, Graigmerthyr 'I A" team, 316 ; 3, Bynes G. W.R. team, 305

In the oral Captain Culliford, captain of winning team, and Mr Schofield of the same team, tit d for the medal presented by Mr. John Hag edorne, Gors e ninon, for the individual who obtain ed the highest number of marks in th e oral test.

BOROUGH OF NEW PORT CENTRE.

Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, Commissioner of the Borough of Newport Centre, accompani t d by Staff OffiCer J H. Hill, conducted the annual inspection of the Newport Corps at the Drill Hall, Newport, Mon, on Sunday, the 14th of September. Among those pres ent WNe SubCommis'5ioner R. Wilson Bartlett and Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge, former of the Newport C e ntre, who ably addressed the parade which was in command of Corps Supt. C. T. Rowlandf. Af[er the insp ection, the Corps, accompaniej by their bugle band, attended Divine Service at Holy Trinity Church, where the lessons were read by Mr. Oliver and Mr. J. G. Rowlands The Rev. Henry Morgan welcomed the Corps to the Church, and said that he regarded their presence as a fitting opportunity for the people of th e district to unite in thanksgiving for the num e rous services rendered to suffering humanity by the members of the St. John Ambulancp. Brigade.

The annual dinner of the Newport G. W.R. Combined Ambulance was held on Monday, September 29th. Mr. E. G. Ireland presided, supported by Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., Messrs. F. G. Wainwright, W. H. Blackall, F. C. Bill, W. H. Roberts, C. F , Box, A. G. E. J. Fudge, G. Campbell Oliver, J. G George, W. H. Howell, W. H. Johnson, H. Rees, J. Hill, Dr. Rufus Thomas, Dr. William Verner and others. The Chairman said they had the largest class under the Welsh Priory, and that the ninety-four students who sat for the examination had been

successful. The awards were presented by the Divisional Supt., Mr. F. G. Wainwright, who thanked the members for. the way they had support e. d him. Mr. G. Campbell OlIver, proposed the toast of the "Newport High Street Ambulance Class and G. W.R. Centre." The toast (.f "The Visitors and Subscribers," was proposed by Mr. C. W. Davies, and responded to by Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge_

CITY OF CARDI H CENTRE.

The usual ambulance arrangements were made by the Priory on the occasion of th e Cardiff and South Wales Hcrse Show held in Cardiff on Septemoer the loth and lIth. MEmbers of the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in the Cardiff Centre were in attendanCe from 10 30 a. m. in command of Staff Officer Bernard E Maberly on the first day and Dr. de Vere Hunt on the IIth.

A BERDARE CENTRE.

Th e Aberdare Medical Comforts Depot was formally on Thursday, S eptemb er the 18rh, at the Town Heill, A berdare, where a room has been provided free of charge by the Council. Councillor A. N Jenkins, o B. E, in the presence of Sir Herb ert D. W . Lewis, K.B.E, Laoy O. BE, Dr. J. C. Ogilvie, Dr. J. M. Wilson, and the Officers and of the local Ambulance and Nursing Divisions , the opening ceremony, and a dedicatory was c ff;: red by the Reverend J. S Corlett.

The Right Hon. Thomas Richarcs open e d the Mountain Ash an1 District New Hospital on the 7th uf He was supported by G. Hall, Esq, M. P., th e Hon. John and Mrs. Bruce and Dr. R. Biird Milne, Commissioner of th e Aberdare Centre. There was an txcellent p a rad e of ambulance men and nurses prior to the ceremony, aft e r which tt ey were inspected Dy Mr. Ric;hards, who complim ent e d them on th eir smartness.

It is interesting to record that Corporal William Bill of Mountain Ash re ndered First Aid to a lady who had fractured her leg at Paddington Station, at 1.30 a.m. on St p. tembt-r th e 7th, and was high ' y complimented by the Metropolitan Police on his work.

BOROU GH OF MERT HYR TY DFIL CENTRE.

For the purpose of publicly present ing Bedlin :) g t-:,a m Wilh the Lady Lewis silver challenge cup and gold medals, which were won at the R oy al National Eisteddfod held at Pontypco), one of the best organised concerts held in connection with th e local took place at the Station Hot e l, B ed linog, on Friday, Septpmber 19th. In the abstnce of Councillor Tudor Davies, M. E., who is at all times a keen supporter of ambulance work, Mr. George CartH, M. E., preslded. Dr. Jenkins address e d the meeting, eucouraging those who had not taken up First Aid to do so immediately, and Dr. T. Stenner Evans of Focbriw presented tbe cup and medals An excellent musical programme was given.

Nineteen teams competed at the Treharris Am bulance Headquarters on Sept. 13th for the Treharris Ambulance Cup, presented by W. Clee, Esq Every seat in hall, which has accommodation (or 400, was occupi e d, and much interest was centred in the event. The Judges, Dr. H. V. Leigh, J.P ., and Dr R. E. Bowen Rees, M.e, gave the following awards ;--

1St.

2nd.

3rd.

News in Brief.

The following extract from the Evening E X fress,. by the "Man in the Streft" illustrates the esteem IQ whIch the Priory is held by those who are acquainted with its acti viti es :-

"Th:! success of the Priory for Wales of the Order of St. J o hn of J e l usalem has been one of the best maniftstatior s of the true spirit of the people since the war ender. It is something to sustain one's beliEf in the defp·down goodness of human nature that this work of healing the sick and t c nding the maimp.d is one of the most popul.ar movements of the tim f' Always ambulance work has Its who never tire, who take it up with an unfaltering enthusiasm. The success of the Welsh Priory has been really wo"nderful, and all who have been associated with it ;n any official capacity are entitled to very hearty congratulations. One is glad to note the determinat ion to make the Priory and iti activities truly national, and to the cari'ful regard that is had to its educational sid e So is one glad to learn of the steady fxtension of the M o tor Ambulance Transport Service and the increase in the number of medical comforts dEpots. The lastnamed are a pa rticularly vdluable phase of work which 10 itself is one of the most valmble public services.

Impressiv e scenes marked th"! funeral on S3.turday, Sept e mber 27th, of the late Lieut-Colonel Octavius Parson<;, M. D, T. D., who passed awey at hIS residence, 189, Richmond-road, Cardiff, on S C' ptem b er 24tb. N ursir g me n bers of the P e n :nth D ivision, who served during the w u at the St. John Au x iliary Hospital, where the late Dr. Parsons was for some time Medical Officer . fo rmed a bodygu ar ;:l at the entranc e to the church. It is said that one of the the late doctor regarried as among his most cherished possessions was the decoration of the Order of St. John, with which he was invested hy H R.H. the Prince of Wales in Cardiff two years ago.

When correspondinR' with AdvertiserI' ples!oe men. tlon Plr4f .lId COPY OF

October. IQ24

Medical Comforts Depots in Wales.

By SIR HERBERT D. W. LEWIS, KB.E., M.LE.E.

( C?1Z tz'nued from pag e 3 7 )

Yo u will have learned from previous articles of the origin and establishment of these Dep o ts, and I prom sed to tell you how they are managed and maintained.

I n some centres the articles are issued on loan free of cost, but it is found that the most satisfactory method is to make a small charge as people who apply for goods and pay a fee, however sm 1\1, consider th¢mselves as purchasers and not as acceptors of charity, and again human nature instinctively values that (or which a price is paid. Notwithstanding that the rarer gifts of life are mostly things which money cannot buy

I n a district where a Depot has become popular the charges (or hire are suffi c ient to cover expenses and provide for replacements as requirt!d. We have many depots run on these lines which are self-supportin g and even. allow for the payment of a small weekly salary so that the Dep o t may be kept open all day, which is very necessary in the denselypopulated colliery centres, where accidents happen almo:>t hourly. The of h elpers is, of course, an important one. The most satisfactory way is for the Dep o t to be in charge of a Nursing Division, then there is always someone available for duty ; it provides daily work and helps to strengthen the Br igade, as it keeps the members together and stimulates their great purpose-the alleviation of human suffering. In some Centres the work has been undertaken qUIte satisfactorily by the loc al G rl assisted by their friends Anyone interested can take charge of a Dep o t, and those who have been associated with them are cons ant in the ir atterdan ce the work brings its own reward as one cannot fail to see the comfort which comes in this way into the lives of those who !>uffer.

When a Dep o t has been opened, boob of vou c hers (s im i lar to the copy below ) art" Sent to the doctors and district and v illage Nurses in the lo cality. vouchers are signed and issued to applicants who take them to the o ffi cer in charge of the Dep o t, who supplies the article Of artIcles needed. Payment is generally made in adva'1ce and a receipt, in the form shown below , given; this also cont::tins an undertaking to return the equipment at the date agref'd or pay the hire fee for a further Deriod A led g er is kept at ea c h Dep o t showing the articles issued on loan, the name and addre s s of the VOUCHER.

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recipient, the date o f hire, the date of return and the amount paid. At the end of each week a list is prepared of the articles which should ha ve been returned, if any, and a post card is sent asking that they be brought ba ck at once. At the end of n.ext week if the articles have not been received a personal VISIt IS ma d e by one of the voluntary workers, and the equ ipment recovered. Discretion is gi ven to the worker to allow the equipment, in c ases of extreme poverty, to remai n lon g er or to excuse the p ayment. Th is has been done in many and has brought its own reward, as the g ratitude of the relatives, and sometimes of the patients, has been the means of bringing to the co ffers of the Dep o t substantial sums from those who have heard of the way in which the borrower of the equipment has been treated.

What .we want is not only the Dep o ts in the lar g e town s where equIpment c an be got by p ayment from the Medical Supply Associations and the c hemists shop s, but in the sm a ller towns and remote villa g es where there is no means of gettin g any requisite (e xc ept by borrow in g from the local do c tor, who may live miles away ) without o rder in g it sorre days in advan ce. Th is time w ll c ome and c ome soon if e a ch and all ill lend a hand.

Brigade Awards and Badges.

(Con i n u ed fro m page )7. )

BAD GE S OF R ANK

RANK Badge s convey that th e wt a re r ho lds authority and is responsible for th e p e rformanc e of th e duties appertaining to his rank and for the maint e n a nc e of disciplin e by those under his command.

The badges of rank worn by O ffi c e rs and N C.O.'s of the Brigad e should b e und er stood by all ranks. It is only the combination of First Aid efficiency and disciplin e that make the Brigad e the useful and hi g hly valu e d body it is to·day.

What do e s discipline m e an? It ce rtainly does not mean the rul e of despots with th e ir gr ee d for abj e ct sub -

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b.ut m eans th e art of t ea chin g, e ducation and w.h lch ar e. e ss e ntial fo r g o o d ord e r and ge ner a l effiCiency 10 the Brigad e Without it, a body of men with best int e ntions would b ecom e a mob with o ut tr a inin g , UOlty of purpose or any ord e rly direction.

It is not the obj e ct of the Bri gad e to pose a s a Mi i t a ry body, but e lem e ntary d ri ll should b e pr actis e d, a pa l t fr o m the necessary stretch e r drill , which i ts e lf pre-su ppOS s a a cqu a intanc e with Military turnin g s an d m a rchi r g as Will enabl e the m e n to do th ei r work wi t h e as e a nd smartness, a nd will en s ure their passing on p a rad e wi t bo ut unfavourable comment from he c r itical ey e of th e p ub li c. Drills are nec e ssary in ord e r th a t m e n m a y mov e in a n orderly mann e r in c rowds wh e n doing duty and to pr tve nt tha t lack of sloven l iness which is apt to induc e t h e pu b lic to think le ss highly of their m e rits as A mbul an ce me n Anoth e r advantage of drill a mo untin g ind ee d t o a n absolute nec e ssity in th e case of untr a in ed men , i s th at it inculcates disciplin e, unquestionin g o b edien ce to ord e rs , which is undoubtedly nec e ssary for m e n engag ed on a mbuL.lOce duty under trying circumstanc e s o n pub li c oc cas i o ns It is neces:: a ry that wh e n o n pa r ade , or at a ny t i m e wh e n in uniform that re s p e ct sh o uld b e sh o wn t o the ran k hel d by th ose under whom all who h a ve v olun ta r ily pl a c e d themselv e s by j o ining the Bri g ad e. It is a we ll ·estab lish e d fact th a t t he h ig h e r he disci pl in e the higher the e ffici e nc y in First A i d. As memb e rs of th e B r igad e e v e ryo n e is doubtl ess proud of the org a nis a tion t o wh ic h h ey belo n g. Do n o t hold it up to rid icul e by lack of disci p lin e Points to remem be r-

( a ) If a u niform is worth wearin g, wear it t o t he c red it of yours e lf and th e or g an isat ion t o whi ch y o u be ong.

(b) When on duty don ' t sta n d in a s love nl y m a nn e r o r us e th e nearest su bstantial post for l ea n ing again st.

(c) Thos e wearing the Bri g ad e un i ff)f m are u nd e r a n obliga tion to fulfil and to ab id e by i ts Reg ul ation s, as all agreed to do wh e n si g ning fo r m B. F. 1. on enro l men t ; the main point b e ing ob e di e nc e t o c omma nds o f an Officer.

COP Y OF RECEIPT.

THE ORDER OF THE HOS P IT A L O F S T. JOHN OF JE RUS ALE M

P RiORY FOR W ALES.

The Counter foil may be used if des ired to keep a re cord of the Certificates issued

Na me

Address

M edi cal Comforts required :

PRIOR Y F OR WAL ES

MEDIDAL CO MF OR TS DEPOT

Open week -days from " Saturday "

This is to certify that of is a Sick Person and should receive on loan

M E DIC AL C OtllF ORTS DE POT

I, the unders igned, ac cept the lo a n o f..

and undertak e to repla ce same if dama g ed or lo st wh ile unde r my charge. Signed

THE O R DE R O F TH E HOSP I TAL OF ST . JOHN OF J ERUSALEM.

PRIORY FOR WALES

M ED I CAL C OIlIFORT S D EPOT

Rece iv ed from mount paid for th e loan of to be returned on or t h e payment renewed.

Sto r es a re issued on co n dition th a t th e y a re repl ac ed if d amag ed or lost.

H ER B ERT D. W. L EW I S P r in ci pal S ecretary.

THE ORDER OF THE H O SPITAL OF ST. JOHN O F J B.RUSALEM.

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(d) Grievances which desi.re should be constitutionally, and appitcatlOn made to have them righted through the proper channels.

(e) When in uniform extend to an Officer the courtesy which his rank demands by promptly coming to attention and saluting.

Brigade Regulations lay down that men in uniform will salute all Officers in uniform. If addressing an Officer or addressed by one they will salute and stand to attentiDn, saluting a second time before retiring. Mem bers when without their caps will not salute with the hand; if standing still they will come to attention if walking they will turn the head smartly towards the Officer when passing him.

Members of a Nursing Division will bow after being addressed by an Officer, also wh en passing one.

(I) Officers of the Brigade are expected to maintain discipline and to respect their own rank by not doing anything which is undignified or unbecoming to an Officer and a gentleman.

By observing these points all are working in the interests of their Corps or Division and the Brigade as a whole, and only by so doing can the n e cessary facilities be obtained to carryon the self-imposed and self-sacrificing w Jrk of ameliorating the sufferings of other less fortunate brothers and sisters.

All ranks on parade or doing duty should be on parade, and off parade all should enter into the social side of the work which has helped so considerably the Brigade in its ascendency.

The only ranks and titles allowed in the Bligade are as follows, in order of precedence :-

Officers.-Chief Commissioner, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Surgeon in-Chief, Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief, Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, District Surgeon, Lady District Superintendent, District Officer, Lady District Officer, County Surgeon, Corps Surgeon, Corps Superintendent, Lady Corps Superintendent, Corps Officer, Lady Corps Officer, Divisional Surgeon, Divisional Superintendent Lady Divisional Superintendent, Ambulance Offic er, Transport Officer, Nursing Officer, Lady Am bulance Officer.

Warrant Officers.-District Sergeant Major, Corps Sergeant Major.

N C. O.'s.-Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal. Rank and File.-Private, Ambulance Sistn, Cadets.

Within each rank members take precedence according to date of appointment to such rank or grade if Officers,

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Corps Officers rank as junior to the Surgeon of the Corps whether the latter is attached to a Division or not.

It will be observed from the illustrations that the Chief and Superior Officers wear the eight-pointed cross of the Order; District, Corps and Divisional Surgeons the Maltese Cross; Corps and Divisional Superintendents a line of Russia braid in addition to the Stars; Ambulance OffiCEr the Star only. It is therefore possible to be seen at a glance whether an Officer is a Chief Officer, Superior Officer, or an Office in charg e of a Unit.

The Chief Commissioner, Deputy Chi e f Commissioner, Surgeon-in-Chief, Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, and Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief are th e Chief Offic e rs of the Brigade, and are appointed triennially by the Grand Prior of the Order on the recommendation of the Chapter-General.

(To be Reviews.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [N FIRST AID.

By Fred G. Harwood

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The book is div ided into two halves, the first of which deals somewhat fully with Anatomy and Physiology, and the second with First Aid. I n the c hapter on Artificial Respiration we note with surprise th a t Schafer's Method is only to be used when for any " Silvester's Method cannot be employed"; that the diagram of Schafer's Method shows operator performing expiration with bent elbow,; ; and that the text description of Silvester's Method is remarkable for omission of pad between scapuJ ce

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Our Cartoon.-No. 7. THE ADVENTURES OF SID & BERT.

By Sergt. Dan Godfrey, S.f.A .B.

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FOREIGN BODIES IN WOUNDS.

F. A. (Torquay).-If we have to treat wounds in which there are foreign bodies (such as pieces of iron, etc.), should we rem .ov e same? I know that we must not search for foreign b?dles and shall be grat eful if you will clear up this difficulty.

The Textbo?k (Rul.e 7, p. 84) answers your question. R.emove foreign bodies whICh can be removed easily and Without uSI n g force: but do not attempt to remove such if embedded m (se e "Foreign Body in Eye," p. 117). Above al.l, take foreign body (If removed) with you when you take patient to doctor (see" Needle under Skin," p. 115).N. COR BET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

M. B. (Cam bridge ).-In a recent examination the doctor asked a candidate how he would treat a man who had fractured his spine. 'Ylthout hesitation and in all earnestness the candidate replied-'; ApjJly 10nI( splmt from head to buttocks, to keep spine fri;;id .I .I" Then we all became hot from laughing.

Good. Next, please.-N.C.F.

SPLINTS FOR FRACTURED THIGH.

anxiety to get to permanent quarters led to Jumblmg up of all cases (senous and otherwise ) and to great ov ercrowdin g at different points. The later <:tages were complicated by dysentery which was r ife during the hot season.

In Macedonia the roads were not suitable for wheeled traffic, and the wounded were brought from the front line to hospital chiefly by means of travois, an uncomfortable method of transport for wounded men. Malaria (almost more than wounds) was the cause of many deaths.

R. G. ( Don caster).-Can you tell us why in its latest edition the Textbook does away with the lung inner splint for Fractnre of Thigh and replaces it with a short one from thigh to just above knee?

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I can offer no excuse for the change; but I suspect th'lt was allowed to practical experience. Frankly, I thmk that from the First-AId standpoint a long inside splint from fork to foot would be not only more true to General Rules (Textbook p. -+9) but also more effect ive. Perhaps the answer to your query is that the outer splint (which is the more important of the two) satisfies the requirements of the General Rules.-N.C. F.

TRE ATMENT OF FRACTURED SPINE.

C. L. (Sh effield ).-A block of stone, which is being lifted from a truck, suddenly falls on a man who is working in a stooping position. The man, who is in his shirt sleeves falls forward and lies face downwards, with both outstretched, and is clearly suffering from Fracture of Spine. Should he be rolled on to his back and treated in an ordinary way, or should he be treated and removed face downwards ? Please decide for us, as the problem has caused a good deal of discussion in our Division.

Your problem is an old friend whom we meet year after year. Frankly, the decision as to whether or no a patient suffering from Fracture of Spine and lying on his face should be turned upon his back, depends on the individual views of the doctor who takes charge of the case.

Some doctors prefer such a case to be treated and

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removed "face-downwards," and claim Jr) thereby subsequent examination by.a facilitated (an important and oft-neglected object of First-Aid), and (2) that a second turning of patient is avoided Others, prefer the opposite treatment, because they say th.at a traIned of ambulance men can turn a patit"nt without any risk of agfravating the fractured spine. Personally, I fa\'our the former method.-N.C.F.

PICRIC ACID DRESSINGS FOR BURNS.

M. D. ( London ).-K nowing how strongly you oppose the use Picric Acid as a First-Aid dressIng for Burns, wonder If you have the protest. re.centlr made in the medical journals agaInst the use of Plcnc ACid, on groun? that it is liable to cause a most severe form of mflammatlon of skin.

Yes: but my objection to Picric Acid as a First-Aid dressing rests on the fact that, once applied, the sh.ould be left in position. For this reason alone such applicatIOns are clearly beyond the scope of First-Ai.d and your note, for which accept my thanks, directs attention to a real and important danger.-N.C.F.

FRACTURED CLAVICLE WITH AMPUTATED ARM.

R. G. (Doncaster).-If we had to treat a Simple Fracture of Clavicle in a man whose upper limb of this side had some years previously been amputated just below the shoulder joint, how should we proceed? I believe that you answered this query some months ago but 1 cannot trace your answer. Please be good enough to repeat it.

Signs and symptoms arise with Fracture of Clavicle because the weight of upper limb drags on shoulder-girdle at seat of fracture. Hence the supported elbow and head turned towards fracture.

In such a case, therefore, where the limb itself had been amputated, I doubt if any marked symptoms would arise; and 1 should content myself by supporting fracture with broad bandage passed round point of shoulder and tied off just !n front of opposite axilla. The previous query was answered In July I9 2 3·-N C F

ANOTHER EXAMINATION HOWLER.

M. S. (So uthport ).-A candidate in a Home-Nursing Examination was asked how she would know if the baby's bath was too hot. "If the baby looked like a boiled lobsttr after the bat/t "-wa s the curious and unsatisfactory answer! !

Good! Next, please. -N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF IN FLAMMAT ION,

A. P. (Cr ouch Hill ).- I was recently asked by a colleague to give hirr. relief for what to be a boil on the back. I put on a hot fomentation and advised my patient to consult his doctor, who next day operated on him for fistula. Please advise as to the correctness or otherwise of my action.

On your statement of facts I believe that you acted wisely - for the fomentation gave temporary relief and the advice probably caused your patient to consult his doctor more quickly than possibly he might have done.-N.C.F.

P OISONING BY CAR DOLIC ACID.

W. C. (C hesterfield ).- In a recent fatal case of Carbolic Acid Poisoning, the doctor stated that death was due to paralysis of Cardiac and Respiratory Centres Personally I doubt this, because I think that the effects of Carbolic Acid are not so much on heart and lungs as on stomach and nervous system.

1 always thought that with Fint-Aiders, a t any rate, the doctor's de ci sion was final! You will, therefore, be pleased to know that in this instance the doctor's opinion coincides with yours, (I) because Carbolic Acid acts both locally on tissues touched and centrally on nervous system, and (2) because the parts of nervous system affected are the Cardiac and Respiratory Centres of the Brain. So now you will be pleased.N .C.F.

AID.- October, 1924.

EFFECTS OF ApO PLEXY

W. C. tell us if in Apoplexy a clot on the brain usually deprives patient of his powers of speech. Permanent loss of speech after recovery from Apoplexy depends on whether or. no. the Brain which controls speech, is affected. ThiS, In my experIence, rarely h.appens, though, of course, temporary loss of speech follOWIng the seizure is common.-N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED JAW.

J. B. (Sheffield).-I attend two classes of First-Aid. In the first I am told with Fractured Jaw to cross and tie the bandage on sound side, whereas in the other class, I am taught the reverse. Please certify as to which of these two methods is correct.

If with Fracture of Jaw you cross the bandage on injured side the turn makes a half-knot which might press on fracture and' should be avoided. So I favour crossing and tying on sound side, because the Textbook (p. 5I) in its diagram shows turn and knot on same side.-N C.F.

USES OF GLUCOSES.

L. D. (C avendish).-Please explain broadly the difference between glucose, dextrose and maltose. Glucose is used, I believe, in nutrient enemata, is it not ?

Dextrose, otherwise known as glucose and grape sugar, is a soluble carbohydrate contained in honey and other sweet fruits and prepared from cane sugar (sucrose ) by inversion or from starch by action of dilute acid. Dextrose is largely used in brewing, preparing tobacco and confectionery, &c. Maltose is a more complicated form of sugar which splits up into two molecules of glucose, and is obtained by action of malt diastase (saliva ) on starch. It is present in the process known as malting. Glucose is used with nutrient enemata. -N.C.F.

BANDAGES FOR FRACTURES.

G. B. (Da rnall ).-I am an instructor of a Work's First-Aid Class; and, to stimulate interest in the work, I run a series of monthly competitions. I enclose the detailed sheets of the last one, because some members of my class are not satisfied with the results and say that the marks were not allotted in strict accordance with the Textbook. Please decide between us.

I have no fault to find with your practical test, but I do want to know the pages in the Textbook on which you base your decision that fractures of skull, spine and sternum are among those" fractures for which bandages only are necessary to control them."-N.C.F.

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WE hope btfore long to have the The Hospitals pleasure of publishing in this Journal a of the Order. series of articles on the hospital work of our Order throughout the ages, culminating so far as England i'3 concerned in our magnificent Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem, amongst the greater boons that our country has bestowed upon the Near East. As all the world knows, our Order had its origin in the little hospital at Jerusalem, so ably conducted by our saintly founder the Blessed Gerard, in the days of the first Crufiade. His successor, the famous Raymond du Puy, a great soldier and administrator rather than a monk, completely transformed the hospital, converting it into a military order closely resembling that kindred society, the Order of the Temple of Solomon. To him also we owe that ancient organization of our Order in its three main classes, of Knights-later divided into those admiHed " of Justice" and those admitted "of Grace"-of Chaplains or Serving Brothers of the Church, and of Esquires or Serving Brothers of Arms. For six·and-a-half centuries the military side of the work of our Order completf.ly predominated, and first in the Holy Land, then at Rhodes, and afterwards at Malta, our brethren poured out their blood in torrents fighting for the Christian Faith. But never even in the times of greatest military activity was the original object of our Order forgotten, and its Hosp :ta l in all times and places ever remained one of its most important interests. And so when the Christians were driven from the Holy Land, and the great military orders fell temporarily under a cloud, it was the Templars who were suppressed, and the Hospitallers, as famous for their charity as for their valour, who survived to inherit the

With the dawn of the 19th Century and the final downfall of the Barbary Corsairs, the eternal strife of Christian and Moslem gradually drew to a close, and the Mediterranean lands no longer needed the protection of our Order. Freed from the necessity of maintaining great military establishments, which the ruin following the loss of Malta had rendered an impossible burden, Knights of St. John were able to devote their entire energies and resources to those works of charity for which their Order had been originally created. It is no exaggeration to say that during the past one hundred years almost every country in Europe has bad reason to bless the banner of St. John. Of the manifold charities of our venerable Order, and of its ambulance work in peace and war, famous throughout Christendom, it is not our intention to speak at the present moment, but rather of its Hospitals, a side of its work less conspicuous and therefore sometimes liable to be over· looked. From their origin down to the present day th e Knights of St. J ohn have ever laid the greatest stress upon the proper maintenance of their Hospitals, and there is not a branch of our Order without a Hospital, on which its resources are unstintingly lavished. The Sovereign Order that parent body from wbich every branch claims descent, whose Grand Master and Council now reside in Rome, supports many hospitals in many different lands. We need only mention as txamples the Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabelh in our own country, and in the Holy L'lnd the Hospital of Tantur between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In Germany the Knights of the Protestant Bailiwick of Brandenburg maintain the same tradition, a tradition equally followed in that new priory, which they have so recently established in Sweden. But of all the Hospitals entitled to display th e ancient banner of

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St. John, there is none of greatf"r importance or doing more valuable work than the great Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem m3.intained by our Grand Priory of England. It is difficult to reveal the extent of the work of any particular hospital except by the quotation of statistics, which can rarely be appreciated except by the initiated. But when we are informed that the fame of this establishment is so widely spread throughout the N tar East, that in the hope of bfiog sa<;ed from the horror of blindmss n:en will journey to it on foot from the furthermost parts of Syria and Persia, the extent and value of the work bt iog done at once becomes evident to every member of our Order.

As we look back over the long and glorious history Of the Knights of St. John, how curious and inteT{ sting are the evident contrasts that it presents. First, a charitable Order just like any other charitable Order) then for many cmturies a great military and sovereign power, in which the defence of the Christian Faith far outweighed its ordinary charitable duties. And now again in latter days its charitable duties have become so entirely the object of its existence, that men are in danger of forgetting that the Venerable Order of St. John still remains a military as well as a charitable Order. The Sovereign Order and the Bailiwick of Brandenburg still veiled the military nature of their Order in the uniforms that they wear, and the occasional ceremonial duties that they p;rform. But in the modern English Order there is nothing to recall its military past, except that on great ceremonial occasions, such as the investiture at Buckingham Palace, those entitled to do so, wear naval or military uniforms under the mantle of the Order.

The Order in 1770 .

By MAJ OR M. B. H. RITCHIE, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.

IN June, 1770, an Englishman named Brydone visited Malta and published subsequently the letters that he wrote from there to his friend William Beckford, Esq., of Somerly, in Suffolk. " A Tour through Sicily and Malta," as the book IS called, is well-known, and forms the basis of "The. by Dumas. To anyone interested in the hIstory of the. of St. John of Jerusalem, the book a VIVId pIcture of life in Malta during the later penod of the rule of the knights. The interest is enhanced Brydone visited Malta towards the close of the long reIgn of Grand Master Pinto, when the fl)rtunes of the Order stood near the highest level of their affluence' yet the date of Brydone's sojourn among the kni2'hts but. twenty-eight years previous to the fall of the Order as IDdepf"n?ent state, again in its long history It was destmed to rehnqUlsh Its stronghold, dispossessed

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and impoverished, and find a new home, this time within the shelter of the Russian Imperial Court at St. Pttersburg.

Crossing from Sicily with his companions in a speronara, Brydone was impressed by the infinite number of fortifications and entrenchments, and t:1e narrow entrance to the Grand Harbour, commanded by a " castle" on either side, from both of which they wne hailed and to give a strict account of thEmselves. At the quaySIde, an officer from the Health Office, who behaved in the mcst polite manner, made them give oath with regard to the circumstances of their voyage, and found for them the Consul, a Mr. Rutter, to whom trey had letters of recommendation.

"The streets were crowded with well-drEssed people who had the appearance of hellth and affluence, wh e reas at Syracuse there was scarce a crf to be seen, and even these had the appearance of disease and wretchedness. Mr. Rutttr immediately cOIJduct( d us to an inn which had more the appearance cf a palace." Malta is called an Epitome of all Europe, and one of the best fO.r politeness. in this part of the globe; the VISitors were ImprEssed With the culturc;d app3arance and manner of the knights, who wue gentlemen and men of the world; familiar intercourse with each other had Tf n· dere:i them cosmopolitan. " The French skip, the German strut, the Spanish stalk, are all mingled together in such small proportions that none of them appear extreme yet one of still retains something of its ongmal characterIstIcs; It IS only the fxuberance that is worn off, and it is still easy to distinguish the inhabitants of the south and north sides of the Pyrenees, as well as those .the east west sides of the Rhine) for though the m g.reat .me3.sure lost his air, Spaniard hIS taCIturnIty and s)lemnity, the German hIS stu bborness and pride, yet still you see the German, the Frenchman and the Spaniard ) it is only the caricature, that formerly made them ridiculous, that has disappeared."

ST. TOHN'S CHURCH.

The Palace of the Grand Master is called a "noble though plain structure, the great stair being the easiest and best I ever saw." The Grand Master was considered to be more and .commodiously housed than any m Europe WIth the eXCEption of the King of SardmIa. The Church of the Order excited the admiration of the visitors, though they appear to have been less impressed with the magnificent ceremonial of the service attended. It is interesting to note that the of is confined to the pavement, reckoned the nchest 10 the world." "It is composed entirely of sepulchral monumfnts of the finest marbles porphyry, lapis lazuli, and a variety of other stones, admirably joined together, and at the most incredible expense, representicg in a kind of me saic the arms, insignia, &c., of the persons whose names they are suppos ed to commt'morate. In the magnificence of these monuments the heirs of the Grand Masters and Commanders have long vied with each other."

To-day, the visitor to St. John's looks heavenwards and admires the beautiful paintings of Preti j Brydont>, on the other hand, looked down. He omits to mention the works of Preti and extols the richness of the pavemtnt. Many. modern descriptions of the church refer to the pave m a few words) Baedeker, who misses little, disposes of It 10 the short sentence-" On the fl oor are about 400 slabs of coloured marble, tombstones of tbe knights." The pa vement of the Cathedlal of Siena and the pavement of

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the co-cathedral ?f St. J oh?'s in Valletta, differing totally each ?th e r 10 conceptlOn, cannot be placed together In companson yet both are beautiful, both are almost unIque. That of St. .T ohn's has lapsed partially into oblivion, the result. perhaps, I)f the deYa'ltating influences of twentieth century footwear.

THE GRAND MASTSR.

to the Grand Master, and giVES us the follOWIng ImpreSSIOn :-" HIS name is Pinto and of a pc,rtuguese family. He has now been head' of this little. nation for. upwards of thirty years, He receIved us WIth great pohteness and was highly pleased to find that s)me of us had been in Portugal. He mentioned t?e intimate connectio[(s that had so long subSIsted our natIOns, and expressed his desire of being of serVIce to us, and of rendering cur stay in his island as agreeable as possible. He is a clear-headed, sensible little old man, which at so advanced a period of life is very uncommon. Although upwards of ninety, he retains all the faculties of his mind in th e ir greatest perfection. He ?as no. but. manages everything himEelf, and has ImmedIate InformatIOn of the most minute occurrences. He walks up and down stairs, and even to church, without assistance, and has the appearance as if he would live for a good many years. His hous e hold attendance and court are all very princely, and as Grand Master of Malta he is more absolute and possesses more power than most princes. His titl e s are Serene Highness and Emmence) and as he has the disposal of all lucrative offices he makes of his council what he pl eases' besidt s in the that.compose the jurisdiction of'this httle natlOn, he hImself presides and enjoys two votes. Since h e 'was chosen Grand Master, he has already given away a hundred and twenty-six commanderies, some of them worth upwards of two thousand pounds a year, b3sides priories and oth e r offices of profit. He has the disposal of twenty·one commanderies and one priory every five years; and as th e re are always anum her of Expectants he is exce e dingly caressed and courted."

THE NAV Y AND FORTIFICATIONS.

The navy of th e Ordn consisted at the time of four galleys, three galliots, four ships of sixty guns, a frigate of thirty-six, and a number of small fast vessels called "scampavias" or "runaways." Brydone was fortunate enough to witness the departure from the Grand Harbour of a squadron of the Order, setting out to take part in naval operations against the B e y of Tunis, in conjunction with the French. Th e re were three galleys, three galliots, and several scampavias; the largest of the galleys carri rE d a crew of nine hundred men, the othu two seven hundred apiece. On board each galley were about thirty knights, m :my of them signalling to their lady friends, "weeping for their departure upon the blstions." "The admiral went first, and the rest in order according to their dignity. The sea was crowded with boats, and the ramparts and fortifications filled with company. The port resounded with the discharge of heavy artillery, which was answer ed by the gall e ys and galliots as they left the harbour. As the echo is here surprisingly great, it produced a very noble effect."

"We h a ve been admiring the wonderful strength of this place, both by nature and by art. It is certainly the happiest situation that can be imagined. The city stands upon a peninsula betwixt two of the fimst ports in the world, which are defended by almost impregnable fortifications. The mouth of th':.l harbour is scarcely a

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of a mile broad, and is commanded on each side by battenes that w.ould tear the str.ongest ship to pieces before she could pOSSIbly enter. BeSIdes this, it is fronted by a 9uadruple battery, one above the other, the largest of which IS a jleur d eau, on a level with the water' these are mounted eighty of their heaviest artillery;' so that this har?our, I thIDk, may really be considered as impregnable; as, the Turks have ever found it so, and I believe ever wlll."

" The f01 tifications of Malta are indeed a stupendous All boasted of Rome and Naples are a trifle to the Immense excavatlOns that have been made in this little island. The ditches, of vast are all cut out of the rock. These elltend for many mil es, and raise our astoDlshment to think that so small a nation has ever been able to execute them."

( lobe concluded.)

St. john J\mbulance J\ssociation.

London Post Office Centre.

ANNUAL COMPETITIONS.

THB: London Post Office Centre, S lA.A., held th eir annu'll competitiops in the Great Hall, Church House, Westmmster, on Wednesday, November 5th, r924, b efc re a representative audience of p)stal officials.

Sir Charles C. Sanderson, controller, London postal service, kindly attend e d to pr esent the troph ie s and he was supp :nted by Col. Ewan A. Cameron, C.M G, DS O , representing the Order of St. John, and a number of distinguished representatives of the various branch ,; s of the London Post Office.

The" Scene" represented was a topical one, featuring a Carnival Night on Hamp 3tead Heath. Two boys, carrying a "guy" endeavoured to plsS through a gate guarded by two other boys. A fight ensues and the gate gives way injuring all four boys. (r) has a fractured thigh) (2) cut Palmar artery j (3) concussion and a wound on forehead with venous bleeding and )4 ) fr acture of both bones of the forearm. The injuries to be treated with materials from a nei g hbouring ambulance station.

The competitions wue for the "London Postal Ambulance Cballenge Shield (M -e n) and the "Women s Trophy" the test being identical for each competion.

For the "Challenge Shield J) four teams took pu t (r) King Edward Building, No. r team ) King Edward Building, No z team (3) North Western Distnct Office ) (4) Western District Office. The result being :-Winners, North-Western District Office (Mr. E. C. Humphery, leader) Messrs B. E. D eg erdon, H. A. Godfrey, and E. Cox) with 367 i marks; 2nd, King Edward Building, No. 1 team, 333 1- marks; 3t'd, King Edward Building, No. 2 team, 333 marks; 4th, Western District Office, marks.

In the Wom e n's Competition, thref" teams took part :(r) Central Telegraph Office) (2) Savings Bank D .:- partment, No. r team (3) Savings Bank Department, No.2 team. The result bting ;-Winners, Central Telegraph

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Office (Miss M. M. J. Clarke, leade.r, Misses M. F. Bull, E. Sharpe and E. A. Holloway) with 407 marks; 2nd, Savings Bank Department, No. team, marks; .V d Savings Bank Department, No.2 team, 309-1- marks.

An Individual Test Competition for the "Corps Trophy II was held on Monday, October 27th, this test serving as a "Preliminary II for the above, Mr. G. E. Bates, King Ed ward Building, Foreign Section, the winner with 68! marks, clo se ly followed by Mlss M. F. Bull, Central Telegraph Office, with 68 marks.

After the Competitions, Sir Charles C. Sanderson, presented the trophies to the winners, and in his very appropliate remarks brought to notice the eight points of the Cross of the Order as outlined in " Cantlie."

A vote of thanks to Sir Charles, proposed by Mr. E. C. Humphery, seconded by Miss M. J. Clarke (leaders of the winning teams) and well supported by the audience brought a very interesting evening to a close.

Great Western Railway.

IT is understood that the experiment tried last year, under which the G.W.R. Divisional Competitions were arranged locally by the respective Divisional Secretaries, and local doctors engaged to adjudicate, was so successful that similar arrangements will be made in connection with the 1925 contests.

The ambulance movement on the G. W.K has sustained a loss in the death of Mr. W. H. Patterson, of Fowey, who was fatally injured on the October 8th. Deceased was the winner of the Company's gold medal award and certi5cate for the most exceptionally meritorious case of 5rst aid rendered during the year 1921.

Mayoress of Paddington presented of 15o.examination awards to members of Paddington and Addison Road classes, and the G.W.R. (No. 37) Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Among those present were the Mayor (Alderman Pering), Mr. R. H. Nicholls of the Line), whv presided, Mr. J. F. Leard \ASslstant to General Manager), Drs. Salisbury Sharpe, R. Conan Robertson, and Scott Gillett.

A. genial spirit pervaded the gathering, and the Chairman, 1n happy mood, drew speeches from nearly all his supporters. He gave some striking statistics showing the magnitude of the first aid movement on the Great Western Railway, and expressed admiration for the devotion with which the am bulance workers maintained their efficiency throughout their railway careers.

The Mayor, who spoke of the happy relationship between the local authorities and the Great Western Company, recalled some little-known episodes of of a century or two ago. He also paid a high tribute to the patriotic spirit which the G. W.R. staff had shown throughout the war, both as regards the great number who joined the Colours, and the valuable ambulance work undertaken by many who were retained at home.

The programme included also a (Two Minute) speech on "Safety First" by Mr. E. S. Hadley (Editor of the G. W.R. Magadne).

M.r. Lean, who is Chairman of the G. W.R. Ambulance also spoke of the wonderful growth of the first ald movement on the Company's system, and paid a

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glowing tribute to the services of Miss C. A. Ault, particularly for her work as Centre Secretary during the period of the war.

The Rogerstone class held a most enjoyable smokIng conCf.rt recently, at which Mr. R. H. Nlcholls (Superintendent of the Line) presided. He was supported by Mr. Trevor Roberts and Mr. F. G. Wainwright (Divisional Superintendents), Mr. Charles Edwards, M.P ., Mr. D. M. Thomas (Solicitor), Mr. Campbell Oliver, Dr. G. E. Hull, and others.

The Chairman in congratulating the class on the progress achi e ved, referred to the fact that upwards of 50,000 awards had been gained by members of the G W.R. Ambulance Centre. He referred to the cordial feelings of goodwill between the officials and the staff- a staff which W13S the best in the world.

The examination awards were distr i buted by Mr. Trevor Roberts and Mr. G H. Pugh, gave a resume of the progress of the class. He paid special tribute to Dr. G. E. Hull, the class lecturer, and also refe rred to the indebtedness to Dr. Rocyn Jones and to Mr R. Fossey ( Instructor ).

During the proceedings Dr. Hull was made the recipient of a handsome flower bowl by Mr. D. M. Thomas on behalf of the class.

Among the other speakers were Mr. Edwards who remarked on the happy relationship among all classes of railwaymen, and Mr. F. G Wainwright who referred to railway ambulance men as among the most intelligent In the industrial world.

Apropos of our E ditorial last month, the recently pu blished statistics for the months of July, August and September last) discl,)ses a further increase in street fatalities in London. According to a Sco tland Yard report the num ber of persons killed during the period was 223, an increase of 65 over the corresponding perioo a year ago. No fewer than 188 of the 223 fatalities we re caused by motor vehicles

Chief Constable Bossom, who is London's Traffic Director, in a recent lecture before the Institute of Transport, suggested the adoption of ' one way' traffic in selected streets as a remedial measure for the present day congestion and heavy list of street accid e nts .

The Western Maz'l in its issue of the 4th inst., paid high tribute to railway ambulance men in general, and to those in Wales in particular. It recalled the heroic part played by railway first-aiders in the Seogherydd Disaster in 19 13, when they were responsible for bringing to the surface, the last of the miners who remained alive.

November,

1924

-FIRST St. John J\mbu\ance St'igade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc. OCTOBER,

1924

The Acting Chi ef Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICERS.

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer Henry Matterson Bethell, I3 10.24

NO.4 DI STRICT

Mrs. Ardyn M. Bar ton, Co. Fermanagh, Province of Ulst er, 6 JO 24

NO.9 DI STR ICT.

Divisional Supt. William Wilding Johnston, County of Cornwall, 1310.24

No. IO DISTRICT.

Corps Officer William Charles Smith, County of Suffolk,

1. 10.24

Corps Officer Archibald Hunter Wallace Moffatt, County of Suffolk,!. 10.24

Divisional Supt. Frank James Emms, County of Norfolk, 6.10.24

TO BE CORPS SUPERINTENDENT

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer Robert William Oldfield, Nelson Corps, 3. 11.24

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer Frederick Ernest N ethercoat, I pswich Corps, 29. 10 2 4

TO BE CORPS OFFICERS.

No.8 DISTRICT.

Sergt. James Rogers, Borough of Reigate Corps, 14. 10 24

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt Thomas Alfred Pepper, Ipswich Corps, 30 10 2 4

Divisional Supt. Charles Edward Fiddy, Ipswich Corps, 29. 10 2 4

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEONS.

NO.2 DI STRICT.

Claude Lionel Chevallier, M.R.C.S., L.R.C P., Lavendon Division, 20. IO.24

NO.3 DISTRICT.

James Pickford Lillie, M.B., Ch.B., Smith Stone and Knight Division, Birmingham Corps, 4· I 1.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

James Wardle Crawshaw, M.B., Ch.B , M.R.C.S., L.R.C. P., Atherton Nur sing Division, 4. 11. 24

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Mona MacNaughton, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., Western Nursing Division, Corps, 25.9.24

John .K err MUlr, M.R.C.S., L.R. C.P., West Hartlepool DiviS100, 16.10.2 4

John George Macauley, L.R.C.P.&S ., Blyth and District Nursing Divis ion, 25.10.24

O'C onnell, M.D., Percy Main Division, North TyneSide Corps, TO.IO.24

Ni>. 9 DI STRICT

Will.iam Cheyne Wil son, M.B., C.M., Friary Division, IO.1O.24

Collm Forbes, M.B., Ch.B., Weymouth D ivi sion, 291024

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS.

NO.2 DIS TRICT

Ambulance Officer Alfred Frederick Simmonds, Windsor and Eton Division, 9.IO.24

NO.3 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer Richard Cook, City of Coventry Division, Warwickshire Corps, 10. 11.24

Ambulance Officer Alfred Atkins, Small Heath Division, Birmingham Corps, I. 11.24

Ambulance Officer Walter Dyson, Kettering Headquarters Division, Kettering Corps, 14.10.24

Priv ate Harold Clark, Twywell Divisioo, Kettering Corps, 14·10.22

NO.4 DI STRICT.

John Pheifer, Askam and Irelett D ivision, 9.10.24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

William Rupert N ewell, Stamford Div ision, 11.10.24

Ambulance Officer John William MacKenzie, Kippax Division, Leeds Corps, 20.10.24

Staff-Sergt. Frederick William Johnson, Castleford Division, 20.10.24

No. 10 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer William Henry Balls, Cromer Division } 1.11.24

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS. NO.1 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer May MacFadden, Hampstead Nursing Division, 27 10.24

Lady Ambulance Officer Marion Eva Lethbr idge, C.B.E., Craigs Court Nursing Division, 10.10.24

Miss Nellie Lewis, Sout hall Nursing Division, 311.24

NO.2 DISTRI CT

Miss Angela Taylor, Gresham Nur sing Division, 4.11.21

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Amb ulance Officer Betsy Mawson, Otley Nursing Division, Shipley and District Corps, 28.10.24

Miss Co nstance Dewsbury,Sedbergh Nursing Division,3I.Io.24

Mrs. Hanhah Roe, Haworth Nursing Division, 13. 10 24

o. 6 DISTRI CT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Sarah Ayton, Consett and District N ursing Divis ion, Derwent Valley Corps, 4. 11.24

Lady Ambulance Officer Joan Andrews, 'Vester,'} Nursing Division, Hull Corps, IO.I0.24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Offic er L. Strongman, Falmouth Nursing Divis ion, 22.10.24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

!HE HOSPITALLERS' CLuB.-Captain G. Gerhold, PublIc Duty Officer, gave a talk on his experiences at the British Empire Exhibition. He stated that the total number of cases treated during the opening from April to was 23,589. He asked all those present to let It be known to all officers of the Brigade that if the Exhibition opens next year, and the S.J.A.B. had the duty to perform he would like more co-operation from the officers than he had this year. All officers welcomed to join the Club. Application to be made to the Secretary as above.

Arthur Duffy, M.R C.S., L.R.C.P., L.D. S., Westhoughton Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 9 10 24

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Robert Simpson Snowie, M.B., Ch.B., Burton No.2 Div ision, 40 10 24 8

Jeremiah Foley, M.B., Scunthorpe Nursing. J .IO.24

John Mathews, M.B, Ch n., Chesterfield DiVISion, 1I. 10. 24 h

George Kenworthy Thompson, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Sedberg Nursing Division, I6.IO.24

No.6 DISTRICT.

Thomson Duncan Shanks, M.B., Ch.B., Gateshead Fell DiVIsion, North Durham Corps, 16.10.24

Sergt. Alfred James Oxley, Windsor and Eton Division, 9. 10 24

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Sergt. George Windram Carden, Leamington and Warwick Division, 20.10.24

No. 5 DI STRICT.

Sergt. William Henry Barnett, Elland Division, Halifax Corps, 20. IO.24

Sergt. George William Woods, Grimsby Divis ion, 8.5. 24

Sergt. Algernon Heanley Molson, Spalding Division, 27. 10 24

Corpl. Edgar Palmer, Ireland Colliery D ivi sion, Staveley Corps, 1. I I. 24

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NO.9 DISTR[CT.

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Edward Keightley, City of St. Alblns Division, I.l I.24

No. IT DI'iTRICT.

Sergt. John Henry Tiltman, Rye Division, 4· I 1.24

No. 12 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Henry 1I1c Camley, City of Dublin Division, 9.9. 2 4

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFIOERS.

NO.4 DI ST RICT. .,

M iss Emily Ord, Blackburn Nursmg 4 11 24

Miss Ada Mary Jackson, Lancaster Nursmg DIVISion, 15. 10 24

NO.5 DI STRI(;T. .,

Miss Alice Boustead, Sedbergh NurSIng

Miss Jessie LO'lie Perkin, Victoria NurSIng DIVISion, Leeds Corps, 28 10 24

Mrs. Martha Goodall, Heckmondwike Nursing DIVISion, Spen Valley Corps, 18 10 2-1- .,

Mrs. Jessie Wmdle, Sheffield urSIng I I. 10 24

Miss Lillian Ryecroft, Sheffield NurSIng I. 1024

Miss Josephine Beaumont, Sheffield NurSIng DIVISIOn, 11.10.2-1-

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Barbara Lillian McGeorge, Felling Nursing Division, North Durham Corps, 30.9.2 4

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, Guildford Nursing Division, Guildford Corps, 18.10 24

TO BE NURSING OFFIOERS.

No. I DI STRICT

Mrs. Rose Hopkins, Division, I 1.24

Miss Dertha Annie Commms, RIChmond Nursmg DIVISion, 3· 10.24

NO.5 DBTRI CT.

Eli zab eth Whitton, Askern Nursing Division, Denaby Main Corps, 18.10.24

Mrs. Fanny B. Henderson, Derby Nursm.g 21.1024

Miss Mildred Tomlinson, Sedbergh Nurslog DlVIslOn, 16.10.24

NO.6 DI STRI CT.

Mrs. Mary Gibson, Blyth and District Nursing Division, 30 10 2 4

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOERS FOR OADETS.

NO 3 DISTRICT.

Cyril Howard Frederick Gilbert, Kings Heath Division, Birmingham Corps, 8 11.24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Joe Blackburn, Pontefract Division, Pontefract Corp 3, 1. 11.24

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOERS FOR OADETS.

NO.5 DI STRICT

Miss Ethel Ferrand, Otley Nursing Division, Shipley and District Corps, 28 10.24

Elsie Kellett, North Brierley Nursing Division, 28.10.24 NO.9 DISTR[CT.

Mrs. Lillie Paddick, Sherwell ursing Division, 9. 10 2 4

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT-MAJOB.

No 4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Thomas Buchanan, Birkenhead Corps, 6. I I.:q NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sergt. John William Dawson, Corps, II.1O.24

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

No. I DI STR ICT.

Divisional Surgeon R. H Balfour Barron from Grays Nursing Division to Grays Ambulance Division, 13.10 24

NO.4 D1SRICT.

Divisional Supt. F. Ellison from North-East Bradford Division to Altrincham Division Supernumerary to Establishment, '29 1024

NO.5 DI STRICT

D ivis ional Supt. T. Hayes from New Holland and District Division to Scunthorpe Division Supernumerary to Establishment, 24.10.24

1924

Lady Ambulance Officer R. Stewart. from C.ity of Exeter Division to Tunbridge Wells NurSing DIVISion, 22.10.24

Divisional Surgeon Major F. W. W. from Central Division to Bedford DIVISIOn, No. 3 DIstrict, 10.10.24

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

1'.0. I DISTRICT.

Divis ional Supt. A. W. Saunders, Cr oydo n Div is.io n, 3· 11. 24

Divisional Supt. E. Caffyn, Barclay Perkms DIVISIOn, 7. 11.24

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer W. R. Bunes, Newbury D;vision, IS 8.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. H. Bannister, Nelson Corps, 4 11.24

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Corp3 StlPt. J. Pawsey, Ipswich Corps, 22.9 2 + RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.2 DI STR ICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer E. L. Collins, Chesham Nursing Division, 4.1 I.24

NO.4 DI STRIC T.

Divisional Surgeon J. C. Russell, Atherton Nursing Division, 11.7·24

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon K. B. MacGlasban, Chesterfield Division, 18.10 .24

Divisional Surgeon C. Thompson, Burton No. 2 Division, 18.10 24

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon F. O'Neill, Jarrow Division, 4.1 I,24

Lady Ambulance Officer E. Thuresson, North Shields Nursing D :vision, 16.10.24

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Division Surgeon H. Wacher, Canterbury Division, 30.10 24 DEATHS.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer H. Hankin, King's Cross Division, 3 11.24

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

NO·5 South Metropolitan Gas Co. Division, 91024

NO.3 DISTRICT.

The Ansell Brewery Division, 8. I.24

NO.5 DI STRICT

Sedbergh Nursing Division, 16.10.2 4 Otley Nursing Division, 20.10.24 Wakefield Division, 2 I. 10.24

CADET DIVISIONS .Rli:GISTERED.

No. I DISTRI CT Grays Cadet Division, 20.10.24

NO.3 DISTRICT.

King's Heath Cadet Division, 8. I I.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Hindley Cadet Division, 3 I!. 24

Hindley Cadet Nursing Division, 24.10.24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

North Brierly Cadet Nursing Division, 20.10.24

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Ipswich 1st Cadet Division, 1.8.24

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

No. I DISTRI CT

Twickenham Nursing Division, 20.10 24 CORRECTION.

NO.4 DI STRICT.

Divisional Supt. T. Hart, Salford Division, transferred to the

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Brigade Reserve and not resigned as shown in the last Gazette.

To be Txansf.l'red from Brigade Reserve to Active List NO.5 DISTRICT.

Supt. D. Aldridge to the Swadlincote and District Division, 22. I.24

Lady Ambulance Officer Babbage, Sherwell Nursing Division, reverted to Ambulance Sister at own request, 29 10.24

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distrkt. COMMISSIONER: W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. DECEMBER, 1924.

December 7th-No. 63 Division W. H. Smith & Sons.

" 14th -N o. 64 " Y.M.C.A.

2 1st- No. 89 " Metropolitan Railway. 28t h-No. 67 Boro of St. Pancras.

Duty from 2 30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. V.A. DETACHMENT FORMS.

The following is for the information of those Officers concerned in the formation of Voluntary Aid Detachments in the County of London:-

" With reference to para. 14 of the 'I nstructions for the Guidance of those concerned with the formation of St. John V.A.D.'s,' application for all forms for the County of London Detachments should be made to Brigade Head Quarters, Chief Commissioner's Office."

NEW DIVISIONS.

The following new Division has now been sanctioned by the Chief Commissioner:No. 91, Tottenham Gas Works Division, with effect from October 9th, 1924.

OFFICERS' DINNER.

Officers are reminded that the Annual Dinner will be held at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen·street, Kingsway, on Saturday, December 13th. (Evening Dress or Uniform).

Early applIcation for tickets·-and if possible by the 24th instant-is earnestly requested. Tickets lOS. 6d each-Music, Dancing, Cards-are to be obtained from Captain L. L. Franks, at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell.

The Commissioner has much pleasure in announcing that Major General Sir Perr.ival Wilkinson and Lady Wilkinson will be present at the Dinner.

OBITUARY.

It is with regret that the has to state that Ambulance Officer Hankin, of the No. 13 ( King's Cross) Division passed away at hiS home, on October 24th last.

Mr. Hankin has done good service during his membership in the Brigade, and was always willing to help those with whom he came in contact. By the death of Mr. Hankin the Brigade loses a loyal supporter.

PUBLIC DUTY.

The Commissioner would like to take this opportunity of thanking Officers and Members both Ambulance and Nursing Divisions for the very excellent manner in which they paraded for duty on the recent occasions of Lord Mayor's Day and Armistice Day. The manner in which these duties were carried out was very creditable to No. J District.

On behalf of members of the District, a wreath was placed on the Cenotaph on November I Ith, III memory of our fallen comrades who fell 'in the war 19[4-1918. District Officer

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Captain Butcher laid the wreath on the Cenotaph, and was accompanied by District Sergeant-Major Elam, and Sergeant B. Fincham.

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS.

A letter has been addressed to the Acting Chief Commissioner by Dr. J. H. Banks, County Controller of V.A.D.'s for London, in which he states that a meeting will be held at the County Controller's Office, Duke of York Headquarters, Chelsea, at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, November 25th. The Chief Commissioner desires that Lady Superintendents of Nursing Divisions should be notified of this meeting.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt'sst'oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publi· cation of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

N. C. 0.' S CLUB.-The usual meeting will be held on December 4th at 7.30 p.m. at the W.H.S.&S. Club, II, Milfordlane, Strand, W.C.2. Mr. J. E. Dane will give a talk on the " History of Fire Fighting."

All members are requested to attend. Arrangements have been made to visit the Southwark Fire Brigade headquarters at an early date.

All N.C.O.'s are invited to become members. Particulars can be had from H. J. Palmer, hon. sec., 70, Newington Greenroad, N.I.

No. 3 District.

BIRMINGHAM. - The Handsworth Ambulance and Nursing Divisions had a combined Church Parade on Sunday the 26th October , The weather was most unfavourable, but two officers and 24 N.C.O.'s and men and two Nursing Officers and 20 Ambulance Sisters =lttended the Parade, which was held at St. James's Church.

The men fell in at Headquarters, and headed by the Old Hands'North Band marched to the Church where they were met by the Nursing Division.

The Parade was in charge of Div. Supt. and Surgeon Dr. Haitley Burn, who in dismissing, congratulated the members on the excellent turn out they had made despite the bad weather.

The Curzon Street (L.M.&S.) Railway Divisi?n was inspected on September 28th by the Staff of the Birmlllgham Corps. T. H. Shipley, Esq., Manager of the .Rallv.:-ay and Hon. President of the DIVISion, was present With Dlv!. Surgeon Clement Belcher, M.D.

The Inspecting Officers were Corps Supt. W. E. Ballard and Corps Officer J. E. Matthews. Ambulance Officers Lan.e and Beech were complimented on the smart turn out of their Division.

LEICES T ER.-A very successful Dance and Social was held at th<! Local Headquarters on Thursday, Oct?ber when about 350 Ambulance Men. and Sisters WIth friends attended, and a most enjoyable evenmg was spent. An excellent programme of songs, &c., was by the Corps Supt., by eminent local artists. A. speCial strlllg band was engaged, and dancing was indulged III ';1ntll I. p.m. A contingent from ;\Iarket Harborough Corps With theIr Officer, Captain Knighton, were also present. help was rendered by the Association Secretary, Mr WIlllam Jack, and the members of the Social Committee. ,!hls was the first of a series to be held during the Wmter SeSSion, and was voted a splendid augury.

NORTHAMPToN.-Interest in the Headquarters I?ivis!on is well mallltained, drills are well attended, and the SOCial SIde is not neglected.

On October 21st an lantern lect';1re,. by a fine set of slides-" A Tnp to the Lake kIndly lent by the L.M.&S.Ry., given; the able lantermst beIng District Officer Frank Admtt.

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The winter series of whist drives, which have now been suc cessfully held for several seasons, commenced on October 27th and was well attended. I n addition to the usual prizes, " a gg re g ate pr iz es " are awarded at the close of the season for the hi g hest total scores for the of "

F irst Aid cl a sses a r e n ow III full s wwg, a large number enjo yin g the le c tu r es of Dr. H F Perciv a l, the Divisional Surg eon. A clas s fo r Ca det s is a lso be in g held, and is well attended.

WELLINGBOROUGH.- On O ctober) sth eight teams repres ent in g four of the N urs ing D ivi sions of the W ellin g borough Corp s met in the fi rst competit ion for a cup presented by Dr. a nd M rs W Cowper P icker in g The tests included the tr e a t me nt of a st reet a cc ident, a demonstrat ion of roller bandagi n g, an d a ca se for home nursing.

The co m pet it ion was notewo r thy for the outstandmg exc elle nc e of the work done by the winnin g team from Well ing b oro ug h Vic tor ia D ivi s ion ( Lady S upt. M. Campbell ), un d er t h e l ead e rs h ip o f A mbulan ce S ister Mabel K. Payne.

D r. A. G. Tolputt, of K ettering, the judge of First Aid, said he h a d t r ed h a rd to fi nd so me fault in it but had not been a ble to d o s o, with the result that he had awarded them full marks, a th ing unprecedented in his exper ience.

O ur photo gra p h sh o ws the wi nning team, with the offi ce : s of the divisio n

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HASLAND .- O n O ctober 22 nd in the Vi llage Hall, Hasland (th e h eadquar te r s of the H asl a nd- G rassmoor D ivIsion ) there was he ld t he a nnu a l publ ic meeting and concert of the Hasland-G rasmo or D ivisi on in con j un c tion with the Hasland

A mbu lan ce Class. M r. T H a rold B 1fnes ( mana g in g director of the Gra s moo r Coll ier ies ) occup ied the c hair, supported by Miss Brig ht , A lderman G A. E a stwoo d ( man a g ing d irector of :'Ilessrs. E astw ood' s Wag on W orks ), Coun c illo rs H. Randall and C. Barlow, Dr. A lJmson , A ss istant Comm issioner H. C. a n d Divi s ional Supt. H . F. Barkes.

Apologi es we re r ecei ved from M rs. T. H arold Barnes, Miss Doris Cutts, L.R.A M , Al d Geo Clarke, J P., Div is ional Surgeo n Dr. Moy e rs , a nd Mr. A. W. Rogerson, distr ct locomot ive sup erin tendent.

As sis ta nt Co mmis sioner Chambers gave a stirrin g spee ch on he wor k of t he B ri g ade, which was warmly applauded, and he a ppealed for me mbers to come forward to carryon such a no ble work a n d at the s a me ime be members of such an anci e n t O r d er. H e a ls o presented a s ilver medal , subscribed fo r by the m e m be rs, to Sergeant G ilbert Rhodes for his SP len did wo rk and devot ion to his duties as ambulance ins t ruc tor.

D ivisi on al S upt. H . F. Barkes, in present in g the annual r e po r t, gav e a g ood a ccount of work done for the past year, 320 c ases of fi rst a id h avi n g been attended to by members. O ne m em b er h a d g a ined the L. M. S. Gold Medal for first aid r en d ered on dut y, and another m ember g ai ne d the Silver M eda l for render in g fir st ai d to a member of the staff who was sev er ely inj ured at his work. On the ye a r there sh o wed an inc re ase of me mber s h p

There a g o?d nu m ber of ra ilwaymen in th is di vision, and for man y years It ha d numbers of ra ilwaymen in various grades a s m em bers . M ore m embers were earnes tly appealed for, as he new cla sses commen ced on November 2nd at the headqua rters of the div ision

g ener a l meetin g of all sergeants of No. D Istri c t wIll be held at the Commer c ial Hotel, Albion-street, Leeds, on January 3rd, 192 5. Tea , 5 p m ;. g eneral meeting, 6 p m.; smoking concert, 6-45 p m I ncl USi ve c har g e, 3s. ea c h. U niform to be worn. is cord ially extended to every sergeant in the dIs tri c t, and It 1<; hope d that a good number will endeavour to b e pr es en t

Wi ll a ll ser g eants intending to be present kindly let M r J. F ow er, hon. se c " 30 Langwith-road, Shirebrook, near Manc hester, know not later t han De c ember 23rd, so that arrangem ents may be made WIth the caterers.

AID.- November, 1924. No. 6 District.

The outstanding topic of interest to the District during the past month has undoubtedly been the visit of the Ac ting Chief Commissioner, Major-General Sir Percival F. Wilkinson, K.C.M.G , C.B , who on the 25th ultimo inspected about 700 members of the Brigade, including nurs ing members and cadets, in the Royal Engineers Drill Hall kindly lent for the occasion.

The parade, which was also honoured by the presence of Vice-Admiral W. F. Slayter, C.B., R.N. ( County Controller, Voluntary Aid Detachments, N orthumberland ), and Colonel Sir Thomas Oliver, M.D., D.Sc., LL. D " et c, was under the c ommand of the A cting Commissioner of the DIstrict, Major A Hammersley Johnston, O.B.E., M.R.C S., L.R.C P , etc., and he was supported by the Assistant Commissioners and D istrict Officers. On the invitation of the Acting Chief Comm issioner, who presented a number of certificates and warrants to nurses, the Admiral presented a long servi ce medal to Private Fox.

Following the inspection, Sir Percival addressed the parade and briefly described the work of the Order, the Asso ciation and the Brigade, mentioning that the Bri g ade was now 38,000 strong, in addition to which they had 30,000 trained ambulance men on the railways who had taken out their labels, and there were some 15 ,000 policemen similarly q lalified.

S ir Percival, in explaining the scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments, stated that this had not been drawn up lightly, but was the well-matured scheme of the War Office, and an expert Committee had spent at least twelve months hammering out the details, for it was felt that i t would not be right to go unprepared for emergencies. He urged everyone to cons ider matter. of jo ining up and helping forward these detachments

In alluding to the question of the introduction of a County System, Sir Perc ival g ave an assurance that at least three months' notice of any intent ion to discuss su c h a change would be given, a nd that no change would be made until the th n g had been discussed and agreed to by the rr;embers of St. John in each county

In the evening S r Percival was the principal guest at a d inner given in Tilley's Rooms, N ewcastle, by the officers of the Brigade in the Distr ict. The Acting Commissioner, Majcr A. Hammersley-Johnston, presided, and amongst those present in addit ion to A ssistant Comm issioners and District O fficers were-th e Lord Mayor ( Councillor Stephen Easten, O.B.E. ), the Sheriff and Mrs. A W. Lambert, Sir Thomas O liver, ViceA dmiral W. F. Slayter, Mr. J. T. Batey (Knight of Grace of the Order ), Colonel J. W. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, and Chief Constable Ogle.

I n replying to the toast" The Order with which is incorporated The Brigade, " proposed by the Sheriff, Sir Perc ival briefly sketched the history and described the varied activit es both of the Order and of the Brigade, remarking of the former that in P.alestine last year its hospitals had treated 60, 000 ophthalmIa cases and had performed 4,000 operations. WIth reference to the Ambulance Car work that the O rder and the Red Cross Society were do ing, Sir P erci v al said that the Home Service Ambulance Comm ittee had made up their minds that the people to work the service were the St. John and the Red Cross Society, and they would probably be asked to take over a greater number of these cars in future.

The Lord Mayor, in replying to the toast of the" Civ ic Authorities " submitted by Assist a nt Commissioner Captain J ames Anderson, R.A.M.C., T., said that the work being done under the Order of St. John was a revelation to him. He regretted his year of office was coming to an end otherwise he would most certainly have assured the Order more civic recognition than merely to accept its hospitality He would however commend the work to his successors and if ever he happened to be in offi ce again he would see that the useful work being done did not go unrecorded.

The health of the" Ladies" was proposed by Vice-Admiral Slayter, who said that they had now come to the time when the sa id that they ought to be doing somethm g towards bemg prepared agalDst any future aggression.

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem had given a certain undertaking. They had said that the County of Northumberland

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would raise mobile members of the V.A.D., whilst the number of Immobile- members was unlimited. The Order of St. John had never gone back on an undertaking so far as he and he had the fullest assurance that the undertaking given by Headquarters would be fulfilled in six months. Miss Storey, O. B.E., the Lady District Secretary, gracefully acknowledged the toast.

The following day about 300 members of the Brigade drawn from the Sunderland neighbourhood were inspected by the. Ceneral .the Hendon Cricket Grou!ld. With the Acting Chief Commissioner were Major Hammersley-J ohnston, Colonel A. Henderson C.M.G T:D;, (County Controller V.A.D., Durham), ASSistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton Miss Storey, Lady District Secretary, and other Officers.' The Hetton Colliery Brass Band was also present.

The. Chief Commissioner also inspected the Ambulance DlVlslOn of the Gateshead Police Force of which the Chief Constable Mr. Richard Ogle is the Supt. Sir Percival congrat.ulated upon the work they were doing and spoke of the IDcreaslDg Importance of the police association with first aid and ambulance knowledge, the police being most frequently the first to be called to the scene of an accident.

HULL.- The of the Hull Corps attended Divine Service on Hospital Sunday afternoon, October 26th at the

The hours of duty were from Q to 2 p.m , 2 p.m. t 7 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 30 and 9.30 to mldmght the Pol ce taking charge of the Stations from midnight to 9

There were two Ambulance Stations on the g- round and men patrolled certain parts. 'lost children were taken care of and returned to theIr or friends or in some cases boys of the St. John Cadets DIVISIon (who were on duty ) took them home.

The Corps has taken duty each Fa ir s ince 1896 and their services .are greatly .al?preclated by the Corporat ion who provide the elec,trlclty and fuel and meals are supplied to any member dOlDg 5 or more hours consecutive duty.

The Corps Officers are hoping to get the Stations greatly Improved the next Fair rou!ld in October 19 25 and any qorps domg Similar duty will be greatly apprecIated If they will WrIte to D istr ict Officer W T Atkinson, Act ing Corps Supt., Hull Corps Headquarters ; 94' Anlaby-road, Hull. ,

No. 9 District.

On October 17th, Plymouth ambulance workers were with a visit of that eminent friend and guide of Fast-Alders, Dr. Corbet Fletcher. Dur ing the afternoon he

By courtesy ] [Th e M acc!esjiqd ] imts.

WINNING TEAM AND DONER OF THE" LAIRD" SILVER TROPHY.

Beverley Road Baptist Church. Although rain was falling heavily there was a good muster of Ambulance men and Boy Cadets paraded to Church by the 'Yest Hull Excelsior Silver Band. The Nursmg Sisters and Gal Cadets met at the Church.

The service was very inspiring, a most helpful address being given by the Rev. W. M. R.N., of P.ortsmouth, a former Minister of the Church. DUring the service 25-year service bars were presented to Officer Mrs. Wheat-· ley, and Lady Divisional Supt. BaIley, also the bar was presented to Sergeant T. AlvlD of the North West DIVISion.

The Parade was in charge of District Officer W. T. Atkinson, Acting Corps Supt. Other Officers on Parade were Corps Officers Hampson and Bartrop. Lady Corps Officers Mrs. Wheatley and Mrs. Johnson, O D.E.

HULL FAIR 1924 -The Officers and members of the Hull Corps took duty at the Pleasure Fair at H\lll fro!D loth to 16th October inclusive and attended to 201 cases dUring the 7 days. Many of the cases were of a minor nature but 10 cases had to be removed to hospital or home.

visited the various ambulance stations in the Area and in the evening delivered his famous lecture on "Error s t'n F irst-Aid ."

The large hall of the Royal Sa ilors Rest was crowded with workers under the Order of St. John trained nurses, and boy and girl cadets. Assistant-Commiss ioner H. V. M iller presided, but said that Dr. Corbet Fletcher needed no introduction to an am bulance audience. The doctor, who was received with great enthusiasm, spoke for about two hours and illustrated his apt and valuable remarks with an excellent exhibition of lantern slides.

On the next day, the distingu ished visitor journeyed to Teignmouth for the Devon County Ambulance Competition for the" Marcus Hare" Cup, for which he had previously set tbe tests, and was assisted in judging the indiv idual work- by Dr. Cutcliffe of Dawlish.

As may be expected, Dr. Corbet Fletcher, with bis passion for realism, made the contest of very great interest. A canvas garage was erected in the hall, and in it was placed a "motor lorry." The teams on arrival had to encounter deadly fumes and were supposed to rescue and treat two men who were

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overcome in the garage. After a keen contest the Devonport Division was declared winners of the cup.

Later, Dr. Corbet Fletcher was heartily thanked for his self.sacrifice in coming so far in the interest of the Cause.

Ambulance Officer Rivers was the energetic secretary of the contest; and the arrangements at Teignmouth, including entertainment of the::visitors, were excellently made by Supt. Dr. Morton Palmer, Ambulance Offi cer Bilton and members of the Teignmouth Div ision.

No. 10 District.

ESSEX DIVISIONS.-The Divis ons of Essex, which are included in this District, paraded at Colchester in St. John's Green School grounds on October 25th for their annual inspec· tion. The ( Major J. Hossack ) accompanied by his staff motored over from I pswich to carry out tbe inspection. The Colchester Division was in charge of Supt. Andrews supported by Divisional Surgeon Major E. W , Herrington, V D R.A.M.C., T .• and Ambulance Officers Lea and the Rev. Steward (attached ).

The Dedham section, attached to Colchester, was in charge of Ambulance Officer the Rev. G. H Rendall.

Manningtree Division was in charge of Sergeant Lovell.

The Lady Mayor ( Mrs. Alderton ) attended and took a great interest in the Divisions under g oing company, stretcher and hand seat drill. Addressing the par ade at the close of the inspection, the Commiss ioner very strongly urged upon them importance of forming a V.A D. section of the S J.A.B The Mayor in a short speech to the men alluded to enthusiasm which was g iven by all the members to such excellent work.

FELIXSTO WE.-On October 10th District Officers W. C· Smith and A. H. W. Moffat, by invitation, met the members of the and Ambulance Divisions at the Walton Parish Room to discuss matters of interest for the coming session. Amongst those present were Lady Supt. Miss Lloyd, Lady Secretary Miss Drummond, Supt. W. G, Emeny, Sergeants Rushbrook, Colli.ns Burrows, and Corporal Youngi.

Mr. Moffat, m hIS address, made sympathetic reference to the loss suffered by Felixstowe through the death of Colonel G. S. Elliston and by the removal of L ieut.-Colonel F. A. Brooks to London. He explained very carefully the means which might be adopted to stimulate enthus iasm in ambulance work locally. These the of cadet units, holding a flag day, and startm g a medIcal comforts scheme similar to now running in Wales. In the matter of cup competitions, proposed to start a rose bowl competition this wmter If the necessary funds were ava ilable.

Mr. i.n offering encouragement, emphasised the Importance of IOdlvldual efforts, and suggested that each membe r should be responsible for doing something to promote the welfare of their division.

Emeny, the of the meeting, thanked the District Staff for their encouragmg visit. The Assistant Com· missioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades) very kindly loaned his car for the officers to make the journed by road from Ipswich.

HERTFORD SHIRE.-During the month the Commissioner by District Officer Capt. F. H Gooderham: VISited St. Albans and Ware for the purpose of inspecting the ambulance units at respective headquarters. At St. Albans the parade was 10 charl{e of Divisional Surgeon and Supt. pr: J Cleveland, whilst the Ware un it was commanded by DIVISional I. A. Bell, supported by Supt. C. J.

The ASSistant Commissioner for Herts (Dr. J. H. Gilbertson) also attended at Ware. In addressing the parades at places, Dr. urged upon all the necessity of keeplOg themselves effiCient.

HITCHIN & L ETCHWORTH.-At Hitchin these divisions under their respective officers and, owing to the absence Commissioner, were inspected by th e ASSistant for the County (Dr. J. H.

The Hltchm dIVISIOn looked very smart in their uOlforms w!ulst newly-formed Letchworth division gave every promise of dOlOg excellent work in the near future.

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IpSWICH.-A meeting was recently held at the Ambulance Station in Samuel-road, for the purpose of presenting a silver cigarette case, suitably inscribed, to Supt. W. G. Last. of the Orwell Works Division of Ipswich Corps, whe> was in charge of the members of No. 10 District who took on public duty at Wembley. Hon Sergt. Curtis (Gippeswyk Division) occupied the chair, and Miss B. Hossack made the presentation, on behalf of the nurses and men who formed the I pswich contingent, and in a few well chosen words spoke of the careful and painstaking manner in which Supt. Last had discharged his duties. Mr. Last, in reply, thanked all for their support and for the token of their regard.

The annual competition for the Corps Challenge Cup was held at the Ambulan ce Station on October 30th, when the Commissioner (Dr. Hossack ) kindly acted as judge. The officers present included Capt. F. H. Gooderham and District Officer W. C. Smith of the Headquarters Staff, with Corps Officer F. E. N ethercoat, Supts. Fiddy, Goddard and Last, with Ambulance Officers Bird and Jennings of the Corps. Five teams entered this yeaI, two from the Gippeswyk and Orwell Works Divisions The No. 3 recruit team of the Gippeswyk division, with Private F. Squirrell in charge, were declared the winners with their No. 2 team tying with Orwell Works No.2 team for second place. Th is is the second year in succession, that this division has claimed the trophy although not the same team. At the close of the competition, Mrs. Hossack, in presenting the cup and pri zes tu the winning team compl imented all the men who had entered for their high standard of efficiency. Corps Officer Nethercoat proposed votes of thanks to the Commissioner for judging and to Mrs Hossack for kindly attending to present the cup.

LOWESTOFT.-The annual inspection of this Division was held on October 19th at St. Margaret's Institute, Alexandraroad. The Ass istant Commissioner for the County (Dr. S, O. Eades ), accompanied by his staff (District Officers W. C. Smith and A. H W. Moffat ) motored from I pswich to carry out the inspection. The Division was in charge of Ambulance Officer E. Taylor, who had supporting him Sergeant Vrolyk and Corpls. Rowlands, Pretty and Garret. After receiving the general salute, the Commissioner proceeded to closely inspect all ranks. This was followed by company formations and stretcher drill. The members have attended 5' cases of accident during the year, whilst the motor ambulance, which is the property of the J oint War Board, has travelled some 2,300 miles in carrying 241 patients. These journeys include extended trips to London, Norw ich and Hapsborough.

The Division possesses 3 hand litters, 13 stretchers, and each member is equipped with a complete surgical haversack.

I n addressing the men at the close of the inspection, the Commissioner complimented all ranks on their smartness and upon them the importance of keeping thems'elves effiCient, ready for any emergency.

Mr. Moffat, in supporting the Commissioner, urged them to start cadet units and also to become subscribers to FIRST AID, which is now the official organ of the Order of St. John. Mr. Smith also encouraged the men to make further efforts on behalf of their good cause.

Mr. Taylor, on behalf of the Lowestoft Division, thanked Dr. Eades and his staff for their encouraging remarks.

ST. ALBANs.-On October 18th the annual inspection of the City of St. Alban Division took at headquarters, Adult .Sc.hool, Stanhope-road, the IOspectlOg officer being CommISSIOner J. F. C. Hassack, who was accompanied by Captain F. H. Gooderham.

After inspecting the ranks, the members were put through an examination in first aid and stretcher drill, the books stores and other .equip.ment also being passed as "very In compllmentlDg Dr. J. W. Cleveland, officer in charge. on the work and appearance of members on parade, the Commissioner made special reference to the duties undertaken at the Wembley Exhibition. He further urged the need of striving to gain the service awards of the Order, and as a comparatively new division congratulated all the members on the progress made since last inspecting them, two years prevIously.

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At a highly successful concert, held on October 30th awards were presented by Lady Thomson to 32 members of " Detached " Aid formed by the Division, who had been 10 100 per cent. passes at their examlOatlOn, conducted by Dr. E. H. Cooper of Radlett Herts.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

Annual Inspection of the London Bridge Nursing Dlvls.lOn on 3rd, at Addiscombe, was a very pleasant functIOn. Commissioner B. Hemphrey, M.B.E., as Officer, and was obviously very impressed With the DIVISion's appeaTance on parade. The more formal business -was succeeded by a distribution of awards prizes. At this, Mr. was supported by Lady Clara DenI!lan Cheatle, PreSIdent of the Division, Mrs. Hemphrey, MISS Cheatle and District Officers J A Borne and F. E. Drinkwater, H.B.B.

Lady Cheatle donated two personal gifts for individual work, and expressed her pleasure at the wonderful results of the past three years. By a coincidence the meeting was

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,Division, in association with the London Bridge DIVISIOn, staged a very realistic display of a railway aCCident on Oc!ober 17th. The Mayor and Mayoress of Battersea were IOterested spectators. A t the conclusion of the afternoon was made to Dr. Mc K inney, and the dlstnbuted a number of awards.

A Jomt parade with No.8 D istrict at Rochester Cathedral on October 18th,_served to bring a large number of ambulance men and nurses lOto the Medway metropolis. District Officer Hancox the Commissioner of No. 1I District. Rye DIVISIon was inspected. on 27th by District E. J. P rew, flounshlOg Sussex Division IS domg splendId work 10 the ancIent Cinque Port.

The Inspection of the Aldershot Division and the Cadet was the occasion for the presentation of the 15 year servIce medal to Private J. Cl iffard

Dr. presided at the distribut ion of awards in With the Maidstone class. A very enjoyable even109 was spent.

A sim!'ar funct ion at Queensborou gh was. preceded by a dmner, v.:hlch was attended by the leadlOg reSidents and railway offiCials.

By cott?'te sy] FELIXST OWE DIVI SION, S.J.A.B. on the anniversary of Lady Cheatle s birthday and wedding day.

A meeting of London Divisional Officers was held at Addiscombe, on October 6th. Under the genial chairmanship of District Officer E. J. Prew, H.S B., a cons iderable volume of business was transacted. These gatherings serve a very useful purpose in for a free interchange of views, and enable a consistent programme to be worked out.

Deal and Walmer Divis ion held a very successful concert for the presentation of awards. In the absence of the Mayor, the. recently-appointed Station-Master, Mr. W. W. Hunt, preSided. The Matron of the War Memorial Hospital (Miss Nora Vere), presented the awards, and spoke very highly of the local work. A Motor Ambulance is now being installed under the control of the Division . This important East Kent Centre is growing rapidly. and there is no doubt that the ambulance will prove a real boon in the pend ing industrial developments. at the Salvation Army Citadel, St. Mary's Butts, ReadlOg, the local ambulance men much enjoyed the service, which was conducted by Adjutant Robert Jones. A good photo of the parade appeared in the local press.

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No. 12 (Irish) District.

The Irish Tea!D (thirty-three in thoro ughlyenjoyed their week of Public Duty at the Bntlsh EmpIre Exhibition Wembley. Leaving Dubl in on O ctober Ith, with Distr ict Officer A, J. MacWilliam n charge of the men, and Lady Supt. Barrington in charge of the women, ail had a comfortable journey, and Monday morning found them at 9 15 sharp at the Stadium Captain Gerhold gave them a hearty welcome and throughout the week, was kindness itself, and every member of the Team desires to place on record their cordial thanks to th is Officer for the consideration he showed to each and all, also to Major-General Guise Moore, C.M.G., for his personal interest on behalf of one of our party taken ill.

Lady Supt. Barrington and her Ambulance Sisters were entertained to tea by the Order at St. John's Gate, on the Thursday, through the kindness of Colonel Cameron. They were received by Mr. H. W. F incham, F.S.A. , and after a sumptuous tea, were shown over the Gate, Chapel and Museum, which added greatly to their interest in and appreciation of the Order.

An interesting Competition for Lady Officers of the

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A Challenge Cup has been by La.dy Osborne Beauclerk and a Prize by Lady District Officer MIss L. Overend, for fhe winner of an Examination in the following subjects: -

(1) Qualifications of an Officer.

(2) Knowledge of The Order, Association and Brigade.

(3) First Aid Home Nursing; Drill. Keen interest is awakened amongst the Officers by thIs Competition, which will be held early in the New Year.

IRISH PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES.-The Report of the Officers in Charge we feel sure will be of interest to our colleagues the other side :-

To The Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade in Ireland, 40, Merrion Square, Dublin.

SIR,-We have the honour to submit the following report of the work undertaken by the Brigade in connection with the Irish Nationai Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

On Monday, September 29th, the day on which the ss. " Chicago I, embarked over 500 invalids, every available memo ber of the Brigade turned out to help, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather conditions, with the result that every invalid was handled by Brigade men at the railways, their own homes, and at ship's side.

Under very trying circumstances, nurses and men were untiring in their efforts to comfort the patients on their voyage to Paulllac, and although nearly all our party suffered from seasickness they carried out their duties in a manner that won the admiration and respect of all on board.

On Thursday, October 2nd, the disembarkation and loading train at Pauillac was carried out without a hitch in a little over two hours, and after a train journey of 10 hours, during which our nurses did not get a moment's rest, we arrived in Lourdes, and unloaded the train in conjunction with the Brancordiers, who acknowledged the Brigade's efficiency and their egorts to help the sick by enrolling the entire party as members of" The Hospitalite of Notre Dame de Lourdes." They also gave us the privilege of remaining in charge of our party, and consequently did not wear the straps which bring the Brancondiers under the chief or his assistants.

In Lourdes, the work was practically continuous, and the following is a diary of a day s duties :-

6 a m. Mass and Holy Communion at the Grotto

6 a.m. Arranging Pilgrims for Holy Communion at the Grotto

6·45 a.m. Taking invalids from Asile to Grotto for Mass and then back to breakfast

8 to II a.m. Invalids from Asile to baths; arranging invalids; duties in baths duty at Grotto

1 to 12 a.m. Invalids back to Asile for lunch

2 to 4 p.m. Same duties as 8 to 1 I

4 to 6 p.m. Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Blessing of the Sick

6 to 7 p. m. I nvalids back to Asile

8 to 10 p.m. Torchlight Procession

work Ni.ght duties at Asile ; duty at mass; I?akmg .It pOSSIble for a cinema picture of torchlIght processIOn. at OIght to be attempted, and we believe successfully accompltshed.

On 7th October, the day of our departure from Lo':lrdes,. havmg had at 5 a.m., the entire party dIVIded IOta two compaDles, one proceeded to Asile and the other ,to railway The first invalid arrived at 6.30 and at 80 clock was l?aded and checked. At this moment a French pIlgrimage arnved with invalids, including many stretcher and at the request of the Brancordiers we unload.ed the IOvalIds and sent them to hospital.

The Journey to Bordeaux, which lasted ten hours, went mIshap, but our party was agalO kept busy and arrived very. but ready to their work of transferring the mvallds to which we did in. hours under very unfayourable condItIOns, the whole landmg stage being under repair.

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The voyage home was very rough, and again most of the invalids were sick, · but here again the" Black Nurses" (as they were now called by the Pilgrims) excelled themselves, and worked night and day to help and comfort the sufferers.

At 9 o'clock on October 10th the ss. "Chicago" came alongside her berth at North Wall, and at noon the quayside was deserted, thanks to the Brigade men who turned out that day and gave such valuable assistance during and in taking the invalids to the various home raIlway stations, etc.

The ambulance men and nurses under our charge worked and acted in the true Brigade spirit, and it has been a revelation. not only to the French, bnt also to many of the Irish people as to what the St. John Ambulance Brigade stands for:

The outstanding personalities of the whole party were Lady Ambulance Officers Annie Barry and G. F. Moran, whose magnificent work and example were worthy of the very best traditions of the Brigade. We also wish to thank Assistant Commissioner A. J- Connor for the sound advice and practical help with which he was available at all times; and also the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the Brigade for the way in which they helped at practice and during the work of loading and unloading the ship.

The Irish National Pilgrimage has been a success, and has the St. John Ambulance Brigade yet another opportunity of proving itself to be the great organisation it is. Your obedient servants, S' d {J. P. MACNAMARA. J. L. KEOGH. Officers in charge.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Benevolent Fund.

THE Brigade Benevoknt Fund was instituted in November, 1921, from a gift received from the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital Depot Committee for the purpose of assisting members of the Brigade and their families in time of urgent necessity.

In an organization the size of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, a fund of this kind, if heartily supported by all concerned, must prove to be a great asset.

In these days when many things enters into one's life it cannot be said that we shall always enjoy the same prosperity, and that it will never be necessary to apply for assistance from the fund.

Those who have helped by their small or their large mite to enable it to function and help otbers, can submit a claim with tbe knowledge that a grant in time of distress was the reward of being unselfish in times of prosperity.

It is therefore hoped that the members of the Brigade will look upon this fund as a part of its organisation, and subscribe annually to ketp it in a healthy state with sufficient money to meet any demands which may arise.

There is is no cause more worthy of support than to assist those in need who have themselves given their best in the cause of suffering humanity.

No. I District has since the fund started made a point of sending a handsome donation annually, and a Divisions have also subscribed, but having regard to the fact that there are over 1,40e Divisions in the:: Brigade, the amounts received is infinetesimaI. Col.

G. A. Moore, Deputy Chief Commissioner, has very kindly given the proceeds of his book" The Birth and Early Days of our Ambulance Trains in France" to the Brigade Benevolent Fund.

A little help is worth a deal of pity.

The Brigade Benevolent Fund, although only young

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in life has already been the means of assisting members of the Brigade in need.

One instance which may be quoted is a case where a Brigade member was stricken down with diabetes and was in need of Insulin, the price of which at the time was far beyond his means. Our fund purchased the Insulin required

Every case is considerEd by the Administration Committee and treated entirely on its merits.

The Brigade Authorities are anxious that no deserving claim shall not be met, but as the fund is at present not a large one, an appeal is made to every mem ber ' to make it known, and to extend the hand of friefidship to their p3.rtners in the Ambulance work, and express 10 deeds the respect and sympathy felt for one another.

By h elping others we help ourselves

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vice W. Cook resigned, 28-4.24; J. Dwyer to be 1st Ambulance Officer, 28-4.24

Shambazar Division.-Acting Divisional Supt. J. Chandre Ray to be Divisional Supt., 15.1.24; Acting Divisional Surgeon

Dr. S. K. Ghose to be Divisional Surgeon, 15.1.24; Acting 1st Officer A. B. Banerji to be 1st Ambulance Officer, 15 1.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Egmore Division.-Dr. N. Krishna Rao to be Divisional Surgeon, 16-424; Dr. P. Rama Rao to be Divisional Surgeon, 16-4. 2 4

Royapetteh Division.-Dr. K. L. Narana Rao to be Divisional Surgeon, 5.324

Sowcarpet Division.-Dr. N. Vyasa Rao to be Divisional Surgeon, 16-424 NEW ZEALAND.

CANTERBURY COAST DI STRICT.

- Dr. Jessie Stewart to be Lady District Supt., 28 8.24

THE FIRST GIRLS CADET DIVISION IN IRELAND.

The St. John Ambulance

Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has s:lnctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month ending 31st October 1924 :AUSTRALIA.

S. AUSTRALIA DISTRICT.

Private C. E. F. J. Osborne to be District Sergeant, 8 1.23 CANADA.

SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT.

Saskatoon NurSing Division.-Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. A. Ward resigned, 29.7.24 INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Calcutta Police Division.-D. Fisher to be Divisional Supt.

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Dr. R. Orr Whyte to be Corps Surgeon v ice Dr. Arthur promoted, 136.24

NEW DIVISIONS AND DISBANDMENTS. NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

Thames Nursing Division.-Disbanded, 20.8. 24

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

On Septemb er 22nd 1924, the members of the Brigade, and Association met in the Y.W.C.A. rooms, to do honour to one of its members, Mr. H. H. Seed, late Assistant Commissioner for the Wellington District.

The chair was occupied by Major E. Vine, who was :mpported by Lieutenant-Colonel Barclay, O.B.E, V.D., Deputy Chief Commissioner for New Zealand, Doctor C. D.

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Henry, Surgeon in Charge, Doctor L A. Line, Divisional Surgeon, and many other prominent members of the Brigade. Opportunity was taken to make a presentation to Mr. Seed. The Chairman after making a few complimentary rerrarks, called upon Lieutenant Colonel Barclay to make the presentation, which took the form of a pocket wallet, well fille:L Lieutenant-Colonel Barclay stated that Mr. Seed joined the Association in 1887, and was one of the first two in Wellington to receive his medallion, Since that date he had been actively engaged in the work until 1923, when, owing to ill-health) he was compelled to resign.

Mr. Seed, in replying, stated that his work had always been a labour of love, and that, although he was relinquishing active work, he trusted that he would be able at a future date to help again in the good work.

During the evening a most enjoyable musical programme was contributed by Mrs. Christie (violin solo) and Messrs. W. J. Robins, F. H. Williams, Cbapman, and the Aeolin Quartet party. Miss E. M. Bartley was at the piano. Mr. H. C. Blick, Secretary Wellington Centre, was responsible for this part of the programme, which was fully appreciated by all present.

The tables were nicely decorated, and laid out, by members of the Nursing Divisions, who handed round tea and coffee, and all the good things likely to tempt the most fastidious.

A Competition was also held which added to the enjoyment of the evening.

St. John V.A.D.'s.

NUMBER OF OF FICERS NOMINATED FOR ApPOINTMENT AS COMMANDANTS, to 31ST OCTOBER, 1924:County. Men. Women.

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CheshireS. Wild (Newton)

Cum berlandMiss E. A. Marshall (Keswick) No. 28

Dorset-

Mrs. Lansdown (Parkstone) No. 100

F. A. Tanner (Weymouth) No. I

C. H. Pinfold (Dorchester) NO.9

KentMrs. Jenner (Sheerness) No. 180

London-

Mrs. M. Holmes, M.B.E. (Temple) No. 29 8 :Miss C. L. Curtis (Whitehall) No. 108

ShropshireMrs. Evans (W orfield) No. 42

SomersetMiss E. B. Castle (Bath) No. 128

The following Detachments have been completed for registration at the War Office:

Hampshire No. 220 (S outhbourne).

Lancashire East No. 134 (Mossley). " " ,,164 (Bury).

Northumberland No. 48 (B lyth and District). " 100 (North ShieldR).

No. (Brighton).

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(Continued from page 90.)

The Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners are the Superior Officers of the Brigadp, and are appointed in the same way as the Chief Officers (See Brigade Regulations, Section 6, Page 25).

Chief and Superior Officers wear a gorget patch on

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Transport Officers, same as for Ambulance Officer, with the addition of the letter (T) at bue of shoulder strap.

Cadet Officers same as for Ambulance Officers with addition of letter" C" at base of shoulder strap.

ApPOINTMENTS OF COM MANDANTS (OCTOBER)

The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned ;-

Buckinghamshire-

Miss M.C. Bennett (Buckingham) No. 8

Commissioner. Assistant Co mmissione r. each lapel of the jacket in addition to tht badges on the shoulder strap.

District Officers and Lady District Officers are

Corps Surgeon and Supt.

Divisional Surgeon and Supt.

Warrant Officers are appointed in the same way as Corps and Divisional Officers.

Staff Sergeants, Sergeants and Corporals are appointed, WIth the approval of the Chief Commissioner by the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Assistant Commissioner concerned.

Tht promotion to Staff-Sergeant is given as an induce-

Divisional Supt and Lady Divisional Supt.

Ambulance Officer and Lady Ambulance Officer.

District Surgeon. County Surgeon. District Officer and Lady District Supt. and Officer.

appointed by the Chief Commissioner on the recommendation of the Commissioner of the District concerned.

Lady District Supt. wear a gorget patch on each lapel of the jacket in addition to the stars on the shoulder strap Corps and Divisional Officers are appointed by the Corps Surgeon. Divisional Surgeon. Corps Supt. Corps Officer and Lady Corps and Lady Corps Supt. Officer.

Chief Commissioner on the recommendation of the Com· missioner and Assistant Commissioner concerned.

Nursing Officer (Trained Nurse).

ment to diligent performance of duties and in recognition of good service. Sergeants are specially recommended by the Commissioner for promotion to this rank. No Sergeant is eligible for this distinction who has not served in that rank for the past five years and has not been

Distric t Sergt. Major. Corps Sergt. Major. efficient as defined in the General Regulations for each of these years.

This promotion cannot be claimed as a right on the grounds of mere leogth of service, and is allowed only in special cases, Each case being considued on its merits. No person is allowed to assume the title or functions of an Officer before the receipt of an Official warrant of appointment from the Chief Commissioner. (To be continued.)

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, OCTOBER, 1924.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

CARMARTHEN S HIRE CENTRE.

Burry Port G W.R. Division.-Dr. Jobn Henry Willi ams, L.M.S S.A. ( Lond. ) to be D ivisional Surgeon, 27.10 24 ; Private Joshua James Dav ies to be Div is ional Supt., 27.10.24

Burry Port and Pembrey Town D ivision.-Private John Jones to be Divisional Supt., 27.10.24

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

New Tredegar Nursing Division.-Ambulance Sister Agnes J ones to be Lady Divisional Supt., 27.10 24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Llwynp ia Nursing Division.-Dr. Henry Davies Llewellyn

M.R.C.S.Eng , L.R.C.P.Lond., to be Divisional Surgeon, 27. 10 2 4

Ynyshir Nursing D ivision -Amhulance S ister Gwenonllan

Rees to be Lady Divisional Supt., 27.10 24

BOROUGH O F S WAN SEA CENTRE.

Brynhyfryd Division.-Dr.William Alexander MacLennan,

M.B. B.S., to be Divisional Surgeon, 27 10.24

Brynbyfryd N ursing Division.-Dr. James Lindsay, M.B., Ch.B (Glasg. ), to be Divisional Surgeon, 27.10 24

Mond Nickel Works Division.-Gwilym David Watkins, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P .( Lond.), to be Divisional Surgeon, 27.10.24

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Burry Port G.W.R. Division.-Private Jonathan Jones to be Ambulance Officer, 6 10.24; Private John Jones to be Sergeant, 6 10 24; Private Thoma5 Badger Jones to be Corporal, 6 10.24 Private Philip Phillips to be Divisional Storekeeper, 6 10 24

Burry Port and Pembrey Town Division. -Private Ernest

Bevan to be Ambulance Officer, 6.10 24 Private Thomas Griffith to be Sergeant, 6.10.24; Private Edgar Davies to be Corporal and DiVisional Treasurer, 6.10.24; Private David J ones to be Divisional Secretary, 6.10.24; Private I vor Samuel to be Divisional Storekeeper, 6.10.24

Llanelly G. W.R. Division -Private Charles Harold George Hill, to be Corporal, 14.10.24

GLAMORGANSHIRIt CENTRE.

Aberdulais District Division.-Private Thomas James Morris to be Ambulance Officer, 28.10.24 Corporal Richard James Giddings to be Sergeant, 28.10.24

Great Western Colliery Division.-Staff Sergeant Edgar Quartley, to be Centre Sergeant Major, 15.IO.:!4

Pontardulais Division.-Corporal William John Mainwaring to be Ambulance Officer, 7.10.24; Corporal David Evans to be Sergeant, 8.10 24; Private John Mathias to be Corporal and Divisional Secretary, 8.10 24; Private David Richards to be Corporal and Divisional Treasurer, 8.10.24

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE.

Merthyr Borough Division.-Corporal David W. Jones to be Sergeant, 1310.24 ; Private William Lloyd to be Corporal 13 1024; Pnvate William H. Williams to be Corporal: 13. 10 24

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Newport Town Division.-Sergeant Stanley Jones to be Ambulance Officer (Supernum erary ), 6.10.24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ynyshir Nursing Division.-Lady Divisional Supt. G. Rees to be Lady Divisional Treasurer, 27.10.24

BORO U GH OF SWA)I'S EA CE:-l'TRE.

Divisional Supt. Captain D. J. 'Workman to be Staff Officer, 28.1024 Divisional Supt. John Evans to be Staff Officer, 28.1024 Brynhyfryd Division.-Sergeant George Walters to be Ambulance Officer, 3 10.24

CHANGE OF TITLES OF DIVISIONS. Sanction has been given for the cbange of Titles of the following Ambulance Divisions :Orz'gt'nal ntle.

Pembrey and Burry Port, G.W.R. Burry Port

New ntle. Burry Port, G.\V.R. Burry Port and Pembrey Town

General Interest.

DEPARTMENT.

During the month of Octobe.r, ex aminations conducted by the Priory in connectIOn With the follOWIng classes :-Cross Inn G. W.R., Saron, Llanbradach, Ystrad Junior, Brynmawr, Penarth, Abertysswg, Ffaldau Institute and Garw, Great Western Colliery, Cardiff City Police, Ynishir.

Undoubtedly there are many people in town and country who, when they are with an accident requiring immediate attentio.n, would like to to do and how to do it. NothIng can be more dlstresslDg or disconcerting in such circumstances than to feel one's helplessness to render just the training equips a person for dealIng With such sltuatlOn.s, and nowadays this is within the grasp of anyone who wlll give up a little of their spare time. In Cardiff, classes have been formed and are held in the Police Drill Hall, Law Courts, Cardiff on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. for women, and on Tuesdays at 7.30 p.m. for .

This winter the Priory House Staff are taking up With great enthusiasm their First Aid and Horne Nursing and it is proposed to form a Headquarters. !?lvISl?n, attached to the City of Cardiff Centl>e for admInistrative purposes.

FIRST AID IN SCHOOLS.

It is an old maxim that many of the faults of children are copied directly from their parents or teachers, and this seems to be the guiding principle of a large number of school medical officers who are now asking for greater cleanliness in school rooms. A County Medical Officer of Health puts the matter plainly in a report in which declares :-

"The example of clean schools, school rooms, corridors cloak-rooms, windows and playgrounds, in time exercises'its influence on the character and habits of the scholars. The interior and surroundings of a school should therefore be kept as clean and tidy as a private house; the floors should be scrubbed and washed at very frequent intervals and the furnishings thoroughly dusted. Dust should be discouraged in every possible way; it is probable that much infectious disease is conve}'ed through the medium of dust."

The warning is valuable because many schools are not above reproach in this matter. Schoolmasters and

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mistresses, as a class, do not seem to have grasped the fact that they constitute the first line of defence against disease and that they are in a position to achi eve more in th e field of preventive medicine than is the medical profession itself. If all children were taught the laws of health, the prevention of diseas e in future g e nerations would be astonishing. Teach i ng however, i s not en o ugh . The schoolmaster and mistress must live t h eir fa ith a nd thus shall enry class room bear s ilent witness. Hygiene is th e fundamentil basis ot First-Aid, and the Priory is taking steps to ensure First Aid provisions b e ing supplied in all schools. This leads up to a much bie-g e r qu e st ion, and that is the compulsory stuny of First Aid in all e lementary schools. The need for this is il:ustrat e d every day, and if it wer e adopted in the school curriculum children would be acquainted e arly in the i r lives with its great VOL U NTAR Y AID SC H E ME..

A public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Brecon,

County to further the knowledge of First Aid, Horne Nursing, Hom e Sanitation, and Horne Hygiene. And so enable the young men and women to qnalify and join det a chments for servic e in peace and war, and thus supplementing the mEdical forces of the Navy, Army, and Air Force.

Lord Glanusk ( who is also th e Chief Commissioner for Wales of the B oy Scout s Association, pointed out the importance of this trainin g , not only to the individu a l but to those in the District in which they resided, and was convinced it wou ld tend to improve the health and social conditions of the people of Breconshire.

General Champaign said he ca me with a mandate from his Society to tell the members of the Order in Wales he hoped they would a ll work together to make the Sch e me a success.

The Right Hon. Thoma s Richard gave it the Blessing of the Priory, and im p nssed on all the advantages of the

Left to right :-T he Rev. E. H. Gri ffi th (Vicar of Welsh pool ), The Right Hon. ( Sub -Prior ), The Earl of P owis, The Right Hon Lord Mostyn, Sir Herbert D W. LewI s, h B.E., The R I.ght Hon. Lord Kenyon, G.C.V.O., Si r J obn Beynon, B art., C B E., Colonel Sir WIlll a ms \Va tkmW y nn, Bart.,

on Friday, October 24th, to launch the new Aid Detachment Scheme in the Couoty o f Brecknockshlre.

The Lord Lieutenant (Colonel the Right Hon. Lord Glanusk, e.B., e.B. E. , D.S.O., presided, and was supported by Brigadier-General H B. Cbampain, e.M G., H e adquarters, British Red Cross Society), the RIght Thomas Richards, P e. of Ambulance, Priory for Wal e s), Lldy Glanusk, e.B.E., President Country Branch, British Red Cross Society, the Hon. Mrs. Robert Devereux, e.B.E. (President County Centre, the Ord e r of St. John), Mr. W. Miller ( Chairman of the County Council), Sir Herbert Lewis, K.B.E. ( County Controller), Mr. Seymour Berry (High Shenff), and the Mayor.

The object of the meeting was to explain the sC.heme and arrange for the formation of classes in each pansh or group of parishes in the Petty Sessional Divisions of the

knowledge of these subj ects which had done so much for those working in the mines of the Country.

The Lord Bishop of Swansea and Brecon as head of the Church Lads' Brigade in Wales, and the Hon. Mrs. Walter Roch, the Commissioner of the Girl Guides 10 Wal e s also support e d the Movement.

The County Controller promised to arrange me e tings in each P e tty Sessional Division, and to present and explain the Scheme in detail to those present.

THE PRIOR Y AT WE1IBLEY.

The foliowing Officers and Members of the represented the Priory for Wales for at the BrItish Empire Exhibition, Wembley, for per!ods Oct. 20-25 th inclusive, and Oct. 27th, Nov. 1st, inclUSIve.

C. B. E., T. C. A. Hodson, Esq, Dr. R. D. Thomas.

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FIRST AID.-

Period, October 27th to N ovem ber st.

Officer-in-charge, Corps Officer L. J. Woods (Rhymney Valley Corps)

Private S. J. Thomas, Burry Port and Pembrey Town

Private J. P. Jones, "" ""

Sergeant J. E. Jones, Glyncorrwg

Private J. I. Jones, Kenfig Hill

Private T R. Jones, Llwynpia

Corporal W. Ellis, Maesteg (Central)

Private W. Cml, Maesteg (Central)

Private W. Morris, Nantymoel

Corporal R. J. BucknalI, Oakdale

Private E. Prothero, Oakdale

Ambulance Officer W. H. Sinnett, Onllwyn Seven Sisters

Private W. Lewis, OnlIwyn Seven Sisters

Private 1. Jones " " "

Private R. M. Phillips, Pontardulais

E. Peters, Pontardulais

J. Jones, " "

B. Davies " "

E. Brown, Taibach

" J. Snook, Taibach

" W. J. Charles, Trimsaran

" G. Lloyd, Trimsaran

Sergeant W. Roberts, Ynyshir

Private C. Hawkins, Ynyshir

Private T. C. Phillip3, Ystradgnylais

Ambulance Sister M. Davies, Aberdare D. Thomas, Llanelly

" E. Scott, " L. J. Owen, " M. Protheroe, Period, October 20th to 25th.

Officer-in-charge, Corps Officer Idris Davies (Rhondda

Fawr Corps)

Corporal W. J. Greeves, Abertysswg

Private J. Wdliams, "

"

J. M. Davies, Abergurchy

" G. Payne, Barry Dock

Private W. Bowden, Barry Dock

"

W. J. Edwards, Burry Port and Pembrey Town

Sergeant L. Jones, Dowlais

Private W. Thomas, "

"

"

R. J. Walters "

J. A. Ellis, Ferndale

E. R. Thomas "

F. Bartlett, Ffaldau Institute and Garw

" J. Jones, Glynneath

" E. Brown, Llanelly, G. W.R.

Sergeant T. J. Jones, Maesteg Central

" J. Blount, Oakdale

Corporal C. Bevan, Onllwyn

Private L. Taylor, Pengroes

J. Bancroft, "

H. Williams, Pontardulais

W. J. Evans, " "

" E. Escott, Tonyrefail and Coedely

Supt. D. Harries, Trimsaran

Corporal W. Reynolds, Trimsaran

Private D. Jones, Ystradgynlais

Ambulance Officer G E. Smith, Llanelly, G.W. R.

Ambul::tnce Sister M. Griffiths, Aberdare

" "L. Moss, " " E. Harries, "

" Eleanor Harries, Aberdare

" " E. Rees, Llanelly

The Priory is proud to have received a copy of a letter from the Director of Medical Services of the British Empire Exhibition, in which he said that the Exhibition was indebted to the Brigade men and women and to the Order of St. John for services rendered.

An Jther letter of appreciation has also been received from the Secretary-Generd.l in regard to the car designed and built for duty at Wembley, and reads as follows :-

"The Armstrong-Siddeley car, the building of

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which you so kindly supervised and had bnilt for the Order to the Welsh Priory design, has now b ee n running for six months. I had the pleasure of enmining it on its first arrival at Wembley, and have since heard the opinions expressed on it by se veral f.xpe rts in ambulance work, and we all agreed that both in design and workmanship the car is ab')ut perftction. It has been in almost constant work since the op e ning of the Exhibition and has stood the t ' st very well. This is most creditable, as at tim e s the roads over which it has run have been really bad, and the car itself, owing to the urgency of the cases, has b ee n much overloaded. It will be a great acquisition to our fleet of cars when its work at Wembley is finished."

Centre Reports.

GLAMOR GA NSHI RE CENTRE.

THE annual inspection of the Aberavon Corps was held at the Riding School, Port Talbot, on October 4th. The Commissioner for Wales, the Deputy L1dy Supt for Wales (Lady Lewis, O.B.E.), and the Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre (Captain Tali es in E. Richards) were present. The officer in charge of the parade was Sub-Commissioner Lemuel Jones, J.P. The work was very creditably done especially the foot-drill, and the parade spoke volumes for the enthusiasm shown by all ranks. After the inspection the Commissioner for Wales addressed the men at length upvn the various acti\oities of the Priory, layi'lg sp e cial emphasis upon the Medical Comforts Depots and the Transport ServiCe.

An enthusiastic audience assembled at Aberavon rp,cently to witness the distribution of Warrants to officers of the Taibach Nursing Division by Sub-Commissioner Lemuel Jones, who was supported by Corps Supt. D. Thomas, Corps Tre asurer D. Pugh and L3.dy Supt. Mrs. Jones.

Preceding the above, about 100 memb:!rs sat down to a good Welsh tea, which was appreciated by all. The SubCommissioner, in a brief speech, traced th e inception of the Order from Pope Pascal in the Ith c entury to the present day, and he urged those present to take a keen interest in ambulance work, which was of the highest forms of public service.

The following received their warrants --Lady Supt. Mrs. Florence J one3, Divisionll Surgeon Dr. E. W. Richards, M.O.H., Divisional Secrttary Miss F. Owen.

Certificates were presented to Miss M. Taylor, Miss G. Davies, Miss N. Thomas, Miss A. Morris, Miss H. Butler, Miss M. Powell, Miss S. Rees : Miss B. Thomas, Miss G. Moore, Miss E. Woodgate, Miss A. Mullen, Miss J. Ridgway

Oa Octob ': r 30th, at Pontlottyn! Staff Officer Bernard E. Mabuley inspected the Puntlottyn Division, when the new Superintendent (James Ings) took part for the first time. After the inspection the Division were congratulated upon their smartness and t fficiency.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

It is interfsting to note that a team from the Pontypool North Cadet Division were succ essful in winning the "Herbert Lewis" Cup at the Newport Semi-National Eisteddfod, held at the Great Central Hall, Newport, on October 25th. The cup was presented for by the Principal Secret.ary and Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbert D. W. LewLs, K B.E.

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CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

A report is now in hand of the disastrous explosion which occurred at the Ponthenry Colliery in September last, when great bravery and promptitude were shown by members of the Brigade assembled tog e th e r for duty at the unveiling of the County War Memorial at Carmarthen.

The outburst occurred in a heading called the 19 East in the Pumpquart Seam. A tremendous quantity of gas and small coal was driven out, the heading being filled for forty yards with small coal while the gas composed chit fly of firedamp swept along this heading up the slant for about 500 yards. The men who wer e caught by this gas all dropp ed for want of oxygen, the air having been driver. in frunt of it as the ventllatlOn was for the time being overpowered and reversed. Four workm e n, Wilfred Hughes, William King, Rees Charles and Stephen Charles, whC) were working sev eral yards away, immediately took steps to get down by crawling low and taking advantage of the fact that when the air was beginning to travel it did so along the ground, but it was of such a nature that no flame safety lamp could be carried, the only means of indicating the nature of what they breathed, and consequently th e y were knowingly taking the greatest risk in their efforts to reach the fallen. They reach e d the men who were lying about, and Wilfred Hughes who had a slight knowledge of FIrst Aid (having attended a few classes only), utilised the little he had by applying artificial respiration with the assistance of William Ktng. In a short time, the news having reached the surface, the Under Managers John and Rees Morgan (both Brigade Members), were on the spot, quickly followed by David Walters (Divisional Supt. Ponthemy Division), D. J. Thomas (Member of the Division), Joseph Griffiths, Henry Butterfidd (Member of th e Division), Walter Howard (Member of the Division), Glen Howells Daniel Rees, Edwin Williams, Gordon J en kins (Member of the Division), Harry R edv er s (Member of the Division), and D. J. Beynon (Member of Division), who rendered First Ald to the unconscious men. The united efforts of all, includinw the local D c ctor (Dr. E. Smith), John Jenkins, W. J. Price and the Transport workers undoubttdly saved four lives, and the Priory, through the m e dium of the Journal of FIRST AID, takes this opportunity of congratulating and expressing its thanks publicly to those men who rendered such conspicuous service in this emergency.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Under the auspices of the Tynybedw and P e ntre Ambulance Division a Grand Social and Presentation Meeting was held at Poplar's Restaurant, Y strad-road, Pentre, on Saturday last, when various certificates of appointments and awards were presented to members of the division. The me e ting was pre:iided over by Dr. F. K. Macmillan, surgeon to the division, and the cel tificates, e tc., were presented to the members by Mrs. Macmillan (Pentre).

The recipi e nts of the app:::>intments were Dr. F. K. Macmillan as Divisional Surgeon and D G. Rosser as Ambulance Officer.

The Tydraw and Glenavon Ambulance Division held a social at Tr e herbert, when Captain Taliesin E. Richards, Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, inspected the division, and expressed satisfaction at the work done. Certificates were presented to 24 members of whom nine also gained the Mine Certificates. Dr. R. Robinson, the divisional surgeon, made a presentation to Mr. Dai Jones, the division:l.l supt. in recognition of his valuable service rend e red to the classes.

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Divisions of the Brigade (Rhondda Fawr Corps), held two orchestral concerts at the Central Hall, Tonypandy, on October 29th and 30th. Eminent Welsh artistes wer e engaged, also the Trealaw and Distri ct Orchestral Society under the leadership of Mr. A. J. J one3. The object of the concerts was to provide funds to start the Medical Comforts Depot at Penygraig, which was certainly fulfilled. Unfortunately, the Rt. Hon. Thomas Richards" P.c., who was to have taken the chair on the 29th, was prevented from doing so at the last moment owing to the election, and the Commissioner of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, Capt. Taliesin E Richards officiated in this capacity. Th e Member of Parliament for Rhondda West, Mr. Will John, occupied the chair on the 30th.

News in Brief.

THERE was a good attendance at the luncheon and distribution of medals and certificates at the Horse and Groom Hotel, Pontypridd, on S3.turday, 4th October, in connection with the Pontyp ridd district of the brigade. In the absence of Mr. A. G. Brown (General Manager, Great Western Colliery Company), Staff-Officer William Goddard presided. Dr. Wilson Williams of P e nartb, formerly made the presentations.

Extract from The Morning Post, October 9th, 1924"Mr. Shinwell, M. P., Secretary for Mines, has recently had und e r consid eration the que,tion of improving the First Aid arrangements now made at Mines, particularly underground, and has decided to have an investigation of these arrangements made by a medical officer. He has accordingly appointed Mr. A. J. Cronin, M.B., to be a temporary medical Inspector und er the Mines Department for the purpose of conducting the investigation and of making suggestions for improvement. "

It is with regret we learn of the dfath of Supt. D. J. Williams of the Rhos Ambulance Division He was one of the most ardent workers in North Wales, and was esteemed by all with whom he came in contact.

The Pontlottyn Di\i5ion is proud to have amongst its members Private John Humphreys, wh? has on several occasions proved hlmself a credit to the Brigade. The Commissioner of the Glamorgan County Centre has brought to (lur notice the {act that he has recently saved the Ife of a little child, wbo, having accidentally drank the contents of a bottle of Sarrol, is now, thanks to the immediate and ex ce llent treatment render e d by Private Humphreys-making a satisfactory recovery.

We are grateful to Mrs. Evans, of The Rectory, Llangammarch Wells, for the donation she has kindly sent resulting from the sale of flags at a It Fair Day". held at Liangammarch Wells, in aid of the funds of th e Pnory.

In accordance with the request made by the of the Cardiff Athletic Club, members of the BrIgade 10 the City of Cardiff Centre will undertake duty at the Cardiff Arms Park on the occasion of th e match arranged between the New Z !aland Team and th .e Cardiff Rugby Footb:lll Club to be held on November nod. Arrange-

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Members of the Monmouth Ambulance Division, Monmouthshic e attended for duty at the Races, on Octob er 27th and 28th This DlVlSlOn was formed in July la st.

Entertainment of Wounded Soldiers on Ar mistice Day.

T o celebrate t h is glorious and never-to -be-forgotten day, Mr. F Phillips, O.B.E., mad e the arrangemen t s for a most charming tea and entertainment by the Ord e r of St. John and the British Re d Cross S ociety at the Central Hall, W e stmins t er, for 600 wounded soldiers. from many different hos p it als

It was a very happy scene when t he men arrived, and were gre et ed and welcomed at th e entrance by the V.A.D. 's of the Ord e r and Society, who have made themselves so well know n bytheir good works during, and since the war.

The tabl e s were laid in the large low e r room of the Centra l Hail, and very Roan all th e places we re fill e d, and tea began in real earnest, whilst an e x cellent band played a selection of we ll-known airs in which the men joined when tea was over.

H s R oyal Hign e ss the Princ e of Wales happened to be vi sitin g at the W e stminst e r Hospital, and Colonel Cameron went over, a nd ask e d him if he could spare a fe w minutes to come and see t h e men, but this could not be man a g e d as the P r ince had an o ther engagement and was a lr e ady late for that. Everybody was disappointed, as His Ro ya l H ighn ess has such a happy way of throwing sunshine around him , but he sent a message to say how m uch he regr e tt e d that he was p revented (rom coming, but that he was with them in spirit, which pleased them ve ry much.

Mr. Phillip s who works so very hard for the wound e d soldiers, was pr e sented with a. beautiful picture the subject of which was, himself, and fr a med in dark oak. It was a very nice souven r and one I am sure will be always highly p rized- t was m o st admired and appreciated to-day.

Mr . P hillips then made a very good speech in which h e allud e d to the great and continuous work of the Order and the British Red Cross.

He spok e of the lovely building at Richmond, the Star and Garter Home, for specially bad cases, which was opened a short time back and lately visited by their Majesties the King and Q ueen. Mr Phillips said that the home was given as a memorial to our bra v e men who fell in the war, and is devoted to those men who are practically hopeless, as the r e sult of their wounds.

Th e audience would have l i ked to have heard a longer speech from :vir. Phillips but he asked Colonel Cameron to say a few words and th e n SJ. t down am i dst much appl a use.

Then followed a brisk sp eech in which sp ecial mention was made in a very amusing way to the V.A.D.'s, and a spl e ndid sound of clapping p roved how popular those charming ladies all are.

Colonel Came r on then spoke o f the wonderful and impressive service at the C enotaph, w hen everybody, rich and poor, high and low, are drawn tog e ther in one tender link of R e mem brance of th e Supr e me Sacrifice of our Glorious Dead. He said h e fear e d no harm coming to our England when there are still men to guard h e r, whom he knows follow the e xample set by those never to be forgotten

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N e w-Sk in is idea or cuts , ab ras ions a n d resh surface nju ri es to th e sk in. Ant is ep c a nd ge rm- killing I p rot ects th e wou n d and a ll ows it to heal n atur a ll y.

N ew- Skin is wate rp roof. It won't wash off. Yo u can wash ove r I is t rans pa re n t a nd flex ible HOW NEW-SKIN KILLS THE GERMS. Scientific tests demonstrate its antiseptlc powers

Use the Doyen of all Dressings, GERMOLENE. Astonishes by the rapidity of its Soothing, Healing Action.

GERMOLENE has establ ished it supremacy in fi rst aid work in every part of the world. I t is unequalled for very obvious reasons:-

"I" shows an earthen dish, about three " 2" shows ano t her plate, similarly inc h es in diameter, containing agar treated, except that part of the surface (germ food), on wh ch pus·producing had been coyered w ith N e w.Skin after m icrobes had heen planted in three row s, It and kep at body temperature. At t he t he germs were placed on it. end of 48 hours the germs had multi- was found h at all the germs had been plied to mill ons and had become visible k lled under the New-Skin, and for to the naked eye, as shown above. some Jistance around it !

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heroes of the great war who laid down their lives so unselfishly for their King and their Country.

During his speech he alluded to the pleasure it gave everybody present to see amongst them Mrs _ Wray who has continuously devoted herself to comforting and helping the wounded ex -service men who are still i n hospital, and Mrs. Dent, Lady Su pt. of the St. John Am bu lance Brigade Overseas, who was well known by several of the men present.

List of V.A.D.'s who were at the Central Hall on Armistice Day :-

Miss Graham, Miss M. Spafford, Miss M. A. Houndsfield, Miss M. Wyndham, Mrs Udny, Miss Penniston, Miss Songest, Mrs. Calles, Miss Raymond, Miss Pearce, Miss Newmarch, Mrs. Vias to, Miss L'3.wrence, Miss Parker, Miss A.R.R.C., Miss Bernheim, Miss W. W. Swinstead, Miss M. E. Vince, Miss Evelyn Carter, Miss M. Moise Boycott, Miss Mildred Hooke, Miss Vera Hunter, Miss Clara Ramges, Miss E. A. Balter, Miss Helen C. Macmillan, Miss L. Mackay, Miss May Gregory, Miss G. E. Moreatta,

I. As a germicide GERMOLE N E is supreme. Sept ic compli c ations are imposs ible where it is used. I t cleanses wounds of ever y par ticle of fore ign matter. The bac illi of po ison shrivel and die when it is appl ied.

2. GERMOLENE soothes immed iately. There is none of the t ingl ing, smart ing, or p ai n wh ic h is assoc iated w th bacter ic idal ag ents so often used in the past The act ion of GER M OLE N E is so rapid that the q uic k cess a t io n of pa in inva r ia b ly astonishes the user.

3. GERMOLENE heals completely a nd safel y New tissue is bu ilt up in a healthy, natu r al manner. Inflammation and fester ing stop because the cause is expelled

GERMOLENE should be kept read y for use b y all ambulance workers ; it should certa inly ha ve a per m anent place in every fa c tory fir st -a id chest and in every borne for immed iate appl icat ion in cases of c uts , wounds , scratches, scalds and burns. It is j ust as useful for every kind of skm compla int, and it is the doyen of all skin preparations for use in ch ildren's a ilments.

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DRESSING BANDAGE FOR FOOT.

G.O. ( Blackburn).-In the diagram of the Dress!ng Bandage for Foot (Textbook, p. 162), the bandage IS shown as having been carried .round No .mentio.n, however is made of thiS turn III the Illstructlons gwen on p. 16 3 for applying this .ban.dage ; for this reason the diagram cannot be copied III practice. ,\V e shall greatly appreciate your advice on this point.

You direct attention to an old d ifuculty, because, if you follow the instructions on p. 163, then not only is the turn round ankle abs ent (as you rightly point out ) but also a V-shaped depression (in place of the square-cut border of the diagram) is formed when the point of the bandage is pulled forward.

The illustration is obviously reproduced from a sketch and cannot be exactly copied unless (1) you use a bandage much larger than the ordinary triangular bandage, or unless (2) you apply the ordinary bandage to the foot of a small child. By the way, the diagram in the" Dr. Bruce" Ed iti on (1887) of the Textbook was true to instructions; and the present illustration was apparently introduced when Dr. Cantlie revised the manual in 19(;H.

For practical purposes. however, the point is immaterial; and it suffices if the bandage, applied in accordance with the instructions on p. 163, keeps the dressing in position.N. CaRE E r FLETCHER.

CHANGE OF BEARERS DURING TRAN SPORT

,\V. G. (Chadwell). -A friend says that, when bearers are changed with a loaded stretcher, the original NO.4, although carrying the 3tretcher, remains in charge, continues to give orders, and, when the stretcher is lowered, takes his original place on the right of patient for unloadinR·

I have always understood that, when changed from their original numbers, the bearers take over the duties appertaining to the number being acted by them. As we differ, we submit the point to you for decision.

You are right and your friend is wrong. For this reason the bearers of a stretcher squad should practise all positions because I ha v e known judges in competitions cieliberately alte; the position of bearers for the purpose of finding out if all the bearers were conversant with the duties of each position.N.C.F.

EXAMlNATION H OWLER.

L. R. (C harlton Park).-In a recent examination c.. candidate was asked how ?e would treat a who accidentally swallowed a fionn. Without heSitatIOn, and m all seriousness, he replied-" Punch him in the stomach and so make him vomit .I " How is that for a real examination howler and an example of what you call "Meddlesome FirstAid ? "

Good! please ! !-N.C.F.

November, 1924.

LIMITATIONS OF FIRST-Am.

E. S. (Wakefield).-Recently I treated a boy for Simple Fracture of Clavicle ",;itb improvised material, using bis cap as pad in axilla and two handkerchiefs to fix elbow to body. A few minutes later I found that the boy had removed his cap and put it on his head. I sa d nothing and left the boy to his own devices! What would you advise me to do if this occurred again?

What you did this time! Patients are at liberty to accept or reject the advice and assistance of ambulance men and doctors 1 !- N .C.F.

COMPLICAT ED FRACT URES OF HUMERU S AND RI BS.

]. E. (N ewton Wood).-A man while workint5 in a forge is struck by a piece of iron which causes Compound Complicated Fracture of Humerus (profuse arterial bleeding being the complication) two inches below head of humerus and Complicated Fracture of Ribs, this injury being on same side and at same level as fracture of humerus. Please advise us how we should act?

Everything depends un " surroundings )) which you do not name. I gather that brachial artery and lungs are involved, and can only sU£1Rest that you keep patient flat with affected limb extended and in close apposition to body, that you dress the wound leadinR to fracture of humerus, that you avoid stimulants and that you keep up digital pressure on the subclavian artery until you obtain medical assistance.-N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED SPINE.

D.]. (A berdulais ). -With reference to query of above title dealt with in October issue, you may be interested to know that in coal mines the number of pat ients treated for this injury is unfortunately large. I n dealing with them I always treat my patients <;xactly "as found" be this on back or on face. Then I apply long outside splints from axill ce to beyond heels; then I put on as many broad bandages as possible round body and lower limbs; and so I keep my patients absolutely rigid during removal.

I may add that this treatment has always been favourably criticised by local and hospital medical men, and that you are at liberty to publish my methods for the benefit of other First-Aiders and their victims.

I note that you agree with me that treating such patients "as found " saves unnecessary turnmgs and carries out the chief object of First-Aid which is "prevention of aggravation" of injury or condition. I note also your treatment: but I prefer that of the Textbook which, while equally effective, does not involve unnecessary delay in removing patients to medical assistance at home or hospital.-N.C.F.

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IT is now a little more than two years The Cadets of sinc e the Am bulanc e D epar tment of the the S.J. A. B. Order of St. John fir s t began to organise Cadet Divisions of th e St. John Ambulance Brigade. At th e end of 1923 they already had a total strength of 600 boys alld girls, and during the past Yl.:ar th e new organisation has b egu n to d evelo pe rapidly, so that already there are 61 Boys' Divisions and 3 Girls' Divisions, scattered over the country Th e objects o f this Cadet organisation are firstlv, to provide useful and valuable instruction for boys and girls and tf) creat e in them at an impressionable age, that spirit of s e rvic e for humanity , which is the keynote of the Order's work. Secondly, the organisation when it reaches its full developemtnt, will provide a body of highly trained recruits for the Ambulance Brigade. Boys and girls are enroll e d a s Cac e ts at the age of 1 I, and are eligible to join the Junior Section, if in possession of a certificate from an approved body. On reaching 16 years of age, they become eligible to join the Senior Section, if in possession of the Senior Certificate. On reaching 18 years of age, they cease to be Cad e ts and are glv e n the opportunity of transferring to the Am bulance Brigade. All Cadet Divisions wh :mever possible, are att a ched to Divisions of the Ambulance Brigade.

to whom ambulance work most appeals, th e Order is offering to oth e r or g anisations special facilities for having th e ir memb er s taught First Aid, and in many cases trained personnel ar e being d e ta i led for this purpose S uch instruction carri e s with it this advantage, that when the boys and girls have r e ached the age at which they must quit their juv e nile organi sa tions, th e y at once become eligible for the St. John Ambular.ce Brigade, and can there utilise in a practical manner the knowledg e that they have gained, and prove th e mselv e s good citi ze ns and u se ful members of society. In its earne st desir e to co-operate usefully in the training of th e young , the Ord e r of St. John has b ee n in communication with the authorities of the Boy Scouts' and Girl Guid e s Association As a resuit rules h a ve now b ee n framed permittin g " Rover" Scouts on reaching the a ge of 8 to combin e tog e th e r to form a section of an Ambulance Division, and to continue to wear Boy Scout uniform. They are thus abl e to continue their am bulance work in association with th e ir eld ers, a'ld ye t still to remain Boy Scouts. The Order of St. Jo hn is also offerin g similar faciliti e s to " Ranger" Guides.

The conditions which have been acc e pted by the Order of St. John and the Boy Scouts' Authorities, regarding " Rov e r " Scouts, are as follows :-

( I ) That "Rover" Scouts m a y be admitted to the Brigade subject to the following conditions:

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By the formation of Cadet Divisions, and the training of young boys and girls in ambulance work, the Order of St. John has definitely entered a field, in which th e re are already many workers. But it has entered that field not in the desire to compete, but in the spirit of co-operation. It recognises as all must recognise, who are intere sted in the training of the young, that they differ no less than do those of riper years, in their tastes and ideals and inclinations. And so whilst it is raising its own Cadets, from thos e

(2) That" Rover" Scouts may become full members of the Brig a de at the age of 18, subj ec t to their obtaining the S e nior First Aid Certificate

(3) That if they hold the senior certificate on joining at 17 years of age, and comp le te one yea r's efficient service up to I 8, th e y may be allowed to count four months towards the Servi ce Medal, provided they join the Brigade.

(4) That where a Division of the Brigade exists, " R o vers" must join that Division, and for Brigade pur -

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poses come under the control of the Officer in charge of the Division.

(5) That if ther e are sufficient" Rovers P available at one place, sections of the Division consisting wholly of "Rovers," may be formed with the permission of the Commissioner concerned, such Section will be attached to a Division.

(6) That if two or more sections of a Division are formed, the "Rover" Officer if certificated and passing the (;x amination laid down for an officer of the Brigade, may be appointed in the rank of Ambulance Officer and take charge of th e " Rover" S ections under the Officer in charge of the Division.

(7) That" Rovers" on joiniLlg the Brigade may be required to fulfil the conditions for Brigade efficiency as regards ambulance drills, re-ex amination and inspection, and conform to the Regulations in all respects.

(8) That "Rov e- rs" be allowed to wear their own uniform with a Brigade armlet on the left arm when attending Brigade Drills and other Brigade duties; the armlet to be the property of the Brigade, and issued by the Officer in charge of the Division to each" Rover" on joining

"As regards "Range r" Guides the same conditions have been accepted, excepting that complete Divisions of Girl Guides I' Rangers" wearing their own uniform, and with their own Officers, may be formed and form part of th e St. John Ambulance Brigad e

Hospital Notes .

Captain C. R. B. Eyre, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P , has tendered to the Commilttt! his resignation of the office of Sub-Warden, which has been accc;pted with regret. The resignation takes effect from April nf x t, when Captain Eyre will have n eld his offic e for fiv e years. He is the first Sub· Warden of the H ':'s pital.

The R e gistrar, Mr. W. E. Thompson, is home on leave. He is studying for the M.D. degree of the U liversity of Edinburgh.

Sister Keith bas arrived in Jerusalem and has taken up h e r duti ,= s at the Hospital.

Vl.dy Watson is more indefatigable than ever. As Hon Treasurtr in Jerusalem she can show an income of £ 180 for the last twelve months, an increase of £30 on her effort of last year.

The list of subscriptions and donations, collected th.rou gh. the Glte, to be published in the Report (or 19 2 4 Will, It IS feared, show a decrease as compared with last year, if a fortuitious sum of £500 be deducted.

AID December,

The Electric Installation is making progress, though not so rapidly as was, at one time, hoped. The last report from the Warden stated Lhat the engine e tc., had not yet arrived.

Mrs. Rickman has very kindly sent a gift of eyebandages for the patients.

There are at present two Palestinian nurses training in the Hospital for the Clinical Scheme. One will be sent out to a Centre in January. We are to train six in all who will be stationed in different Centres in the Holy Land. working under Medical Officers of the Pd.lestinian Government who themselves will have attended special ophthalmic courses in the Hospital. Each nurse attends a course lasting four months, returning from time to time for a " refresher" course.

The Palestinian nurStS under this Schem e will we ar the b ldge of the Order, as Temporary Serving Sisters, Honorary, when on duty at their clinic.

The returns from the Hospital show increasing activity. September was a very busy month, with 183 In patients, 2, 21 3 newO.P.'s and 12,225 total consultations in the O.P. Department and 478 operations.

J.T.W.P.

The Order in 177 0 .

By MAJOR M. B. H . RITCHIE, D.S.a., R.A.M.C. DUELLING.

The statutes of the Order expressly forbade du e lling, and it is curious to find Brydone stating that it was by law, but that certain restrictions laid upon it Ind reduced its danger. The duels could be fought in one particular street only, and th e duellists were obliged to put up their swords when ord ered to do so by a woman, a priEst, or another knight. In spite of limitations, however, Brydone records that he counted about twenty crosses painted on the walls in that street, each marking the spot wh e re an encounter had terminated fatally. Anyone who cares can s::e these crosses to ·day, in Strada Stretta, below the former Auberge de Provence. Many are now alm0st obliterated; if they truly represent fatal encounters of knights, th e y are of some historical interest. It is more than that members of an Order which existed for the purpose of fighting the infidel did settle their disputes at the point of the sword, in accordance with 1he custom which prevailed among men of honour in ev ery Europ =an country at the time, and in violation of the statutes of the Order and Brydone records that one knight who had refused to fight after the challenge had been repeatedapparently the first recorded refusal in the Order-was undergf)ing sentence of confinement without light for five years, to be followed by imprisonment for life.

THE PINTO PERIOD

Such, then, are some of the impressions of a visitor to

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the home o{ th e Order, near the clos e of the long and successful reign of Emmanuel Pinto de Fonseca. Under the autocratic rule of this able Grand Master the island of Malta and its inhabitants, knights and maintained a standard of afn ue nce and culture abov e that of their ne!ghbours; Order had steadily augmented Its POSItIon I? the affaIrs Europe and acquired more wealth; the Influence of PlOto extended far beyond the confines .of his island kingdom; h e assumed the of an lOdependent monarch, substituting on his achIevement of arms the. crown of a sovereign in place of the. coronet borne by hIS pred e cessors. This is a point whlch has been observed by many histo rians, but not by all. Opulent, pow e rful mastp.rful, owners of vast estat e s thr.oughout Europe, possessed of a strong naval force , the knIghts of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, with their proud of seven hU'1dred years of chivalry behind th .E m, recr.U1ted fr'Jm the first families of Europe, maintamed theIr headquarters within the impregnable island of Valletta and stood for one of the fixed, stable lnstItutIOns of the western world. Still th e advanced of C.hriste?"dom, the Order at this epoch lacked a definite ratSOfZ d eIr e, as the lforces of Islam, no longer a menace to Europe, had receded from its front. Thus there had been opportunity to devote the finances of the Order to the strengthening of the fortifications and the enrichment of the churches and other institutions of the Y in .spite of the dwindled might of Islam and the lImitatIOns Im'posed by Powers that we re anxious to trade with Turkey, the navy of the Ord e r was constantly engaged in minor operations against the Moslem rulers of the African coast) and in policing the Mediterranean. The knights still made their Caravans was not absent from Europe during this prer e volutIOnary epoch, but the neutrality of the Order was respected always ; nevertheless, it was not fre e from attempts on its life by enemies within its gates. The plot of the Turkish slaves had been discovered twenty years earlier, and it was on the anniversary of this event that attended a solemn thanhgiving for deliverance

In St. John's church. The" Insurr e ction of the Priests" occurred five years later, caused by the oppr essive rule of X lmenes, the successor of Pinto in the magisterial chair. The rule .of the Order appears to have been lax enough for the Turkish slaves , and subsequently for Mannarino and his followers, to consider that the island could be carried on by a coup-de-main; yet it was charg e d with some despotism and petty tyranny, sufficit-nt to alienate the sympathi e s of many elements in the Maltese nation, which was demanding, very naturally, more autonomy iu the conduct of its own affairs, together with due re cognition of its rights and lib e rties that every Grand Master pledged himself to respect.

THE CULTURE OF THE KNI GHTS.

The knights were dwelling amid comfortable surroundings, their ceremonies being attended with much pomp and circumstance; but there appears to be little or no evidence from Brydone of decadence or over-indulgence in luxury. On the contrary, the Order was composed of cultured gentlemen poss e ssing all the accomplishments of the day, discipline and rules of conduct being strict and the punishments meted out to transgressors of the statut e s severe. The police were well-regulated, crime was almost negligible; the island and its inhabitants were prospering and, as already stated, in advance of southern European countries. In comparison with the standards of Europe at the period, it is probable that the manners and customs of the knights were well above av e rage level. During the

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ninete t nth century, however, after the withdrawal of t he Order from Malta, newer and better standards of conduct had be.en set and the tendency of hist0rians, chiefly in the stncter VIctorian epoch, .been to judge adversely the conduct of the Order whtle 10 Malta, in the light of these altered standards.

THE E FF ECTS OF THE RE VOLU TION.

In a Europe outwardly calm as the blue waters of the Grand Harbour at Vall e tta, neither Brydone nor Pinto that the Order lay within tWEnty-eight years of Its expulSIOn from Malta. Uprooted by the tornado of the French Revolution, the death-knell of the Order as a Stat.e, sounded the strife and turmoil in the streets of Pans at takmg of the Bastille; but it remained un?eard. . Nme years aft e r this event, the Order, now ImpoverIShed by loss of revenue, .tottering to its fall, lay at the. mercy of whatev.er Power aspired to the acquisition of an lsland fortress mIdway between Europe a nd Africa' it lay there for taking, by force of arms or by othe r as an mdependent State its days were numb ered. In. a changed, turbulent Europe roused to war and mad WIt? lust of conquest, owing to its strategical potentialitifs ; whIle th e storm CEntre of the war clouds was drifting eastover th e Mediterranean. Hence tbe CommanderChIef of the French Army of th e Ori e nt, the yo ung CItIz en General Bonaparte, his minri fill e d with a dream of Ea.stern in wb!ch was the first stagingpomt, obtamed the capItulation of th e Order witbout by the use of a weapon that demonstra te d Its deadlIness In Our own world-war-propaganda, to which added sheer bluff. A prey to indecision and intrigue, WIth a Grand Master unequal to the grave crisis that he was called upon to {ace, the Order in 1798 had no course open to it but to capitulate ; small states such as it could not weather the European storm; it was insolvent · and the French knights who had taken refuge in Malta Jcontained elements thrilled by the victories of the armies of young Republic, in which many of the old r egime were serving-these knights were Frenchmen first. The French fleet held command of the Mediterranean, from which sea British ships had been withdrawn four years preVIOusly. The Order could not foretell that the genius of Nelson, in following and eventually annihilating the French armada that sailed to Egypt, was destined to place the supremacy of the Mediterranean in the hands of Great Britain from 1798 down to the present date this was the far-reaching result of the Battle of the Nile, fought only seven weeks after the capitulation of the Order of Malta to Bonaparte.

THE LAST CARAVAN.

For surrendering their fortress without organised resistance, the Order has been severely censured by history; but one circumstance is frequently overlooked, and this in a measure compensates for the lack of valour displayed by the Order as a whole. A goodly proportion of the knights able to bear arms took service under the tricolour and accompanied Bonaparte into Egypt, along with Maltese troops of the Order. This regiment fought with great gallantry at the battle of the Pyramids, where it was virtually annihilated. I prefer to think that this was the last phase in the military activities of the knights of Malta, and it is mor e in keeping with the noble traditions of the brotherhood of arms. On the sands of Egypt, in action against its hereditary foes, the long chapter of glOly and renown is finally closed; the Maltese Legion in the Army of the Orient represents the last Caravan of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.

St. john J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Great Western Railway.

WE hav e pleasure in reproducing a photograph of the " Frank PoLter" Challenge Shield which has recently been provided by the generosity o.f Mrs. Frank .Potter com· petition among Class 2 (BeglOners) first t.eams In th e London A (NO.1) Division. The trophy IS glven by Mrs. Potter in memory of her husband, who was general manager of the Great Western Railway from 1912 to 1919 and a great friend to the am bulance movement.

I t will be recalled that Sir S. Ernest Palmer, Bt. (Deputy-chairman of the Great Western Railway) presented a challeng e shield for Class 1 (Advanced) t e ams in the London A (No. I) Division earlier in the year. These two Lrophies will doubtless be a great impetus to the atnbulance movement in the Division.

Bristol, the largest safety and first aid class on the Gr e at West t ID Railway, held its annual distribution of awards and smoking concert at th e Royal Hotel, Bristol, on December 7th. Mr. J. Armstrong (divisional locomotive supt.) presided, and was supported by the local officers of the Company. The awards were handed to the recipients by Mr. J. F. Lean (assistant to general manager and chairman of Ambulance Committee), and included six gold medals for fifteen years first aid efficiency and one gold bar for twenty years' efficiency.

A detailed report of the activities of the class was furnished by Mrs. Jakeway (class secretary, who paid tribute to the thirty years' active service in the cause by Mr. W.

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E. Conelly, whose death, which had occurred during the year , had been a great loss to the class. Ot 230 member.s enrolled in the class 201 presented themselves for examInation, and, with the exception of five, all passed satIsfactorily. Their lat e secretary, Mr. H. E. Sutton, had recently been honoured by selection as an Honorary Servin" Broth er of the Order of St. John, a much coveted n distinction.

Prior to the distribution of fXamination awards, Mr. L ean congratulated the class, and remarked that although ther e were 17 ambulance divisions in the G.W.R., ten. per cent. of th e gold medals issued to BrIStol Division-eloquent testimony to their first aid effiCiency.

The success of the movement owed much to the medical profession, whostl mem bers ga ve their leisure to lecture for the classes. That was particularly true at Bristol, where the classes wele held on SUDdays and the lecturer had to forego his afternoon's rest.

Referring to the safety side of the Mr. Lean said the loss of life and due to aCCidents on the railways was a matttr. They kne w, unfortunately, that a large number of th e wer e due to thoughtlessness and taking nsk5'. He conns ell -= d his audience to adopt safety pnnclples.

The concert was of a high order and th e gath e ring in e very way a great

Members of the Barry station first aid class m e t at dinner at the Marine Hotel, Barry Island, recently , and spent an en joyable evening during which awards for examination successes were presented by Mr. F. G. Wainwright (divisional supt.) who complimented the lecturer instructors and secretary on the e:xcellent results of the there being only one among the 44 candidat es.

The Mayor of Wolverhampton (Councillor J. Clark), presented awar ds gained in examination by members of th e Low Lev e l Ambulance Class at a smoking concert held at th e Seven Stars Hotel, Wolverhampton, on the 22nd ultimo under the pH sidency of Mr. J. W. Enser. Dr. Davison, class le ctur er, was made the recipient of an electric table lamp on bf::half of the class as a mark of appreciation of his services.

The third annual contest for the "John Peayer" Challenge Shield took place between teams of G. W. R. men at the Y.M.C.A, Cheltenham before a larg e company of spectators.

Dr. Hutton adjudicated and durmg the IOdlvldual tests, or less spectacular side of the work an excellen t entertainment was given und e r the direction of Mrs. F. A. Ringer and much appreciated.

No. I Team captained by Mr. A. Miller was declar e d the winner with I4 marks, and Mr. Miller was also first prize winn e r in the individual comp et ition.

Dr. Hutton remarked on the all round effi ciency of the work of the competitors and said the individual tests demonstrated the high standard of first aid efficiency acquired.

A tea , concel t and socidll veIling was rec e ntly organised in connection with the Carmarthen Locomotive Department Ambulance Dr. D. Harries, the class lectur e r, kindly lent Furnace House for th e occasion The Rev. Fuller Mills, d ep uty mayor, gave an interesting address on the history of the ambulance mov e ment a.nd the value of first

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aid knowledge. The class exam in a tion awards we re distribu ted by the d e puty mayor and a pleasing incid e nt in the proceedings was the presentation of an enlarged photograph and a safety razor set to Dr. Harries, as some slight mark of th e appreciation of the mem bers of th e class for his val u services.

L.M.S. Railway.

THE S1.tffield L.M. & S Railway Corps is now in its s eco nd year and going strong, with a membership of over 80, including a brass band, its members are drawn (rom all the district, over So of them bE.ing eqUipped with umform, the ordinary weekly ambulance classes held at the passenger station and Millhouses Loco a r e doing good work, and numbf'r well over the 100

Railway Ambulance Work Overseas.

THE annual inspection of the Pr e toria Division of the South African and Harbours S.J.A B. was conducted by Dr. Bennie Hewat of Caretown during the first week in October. The H o n. C. W. Malan, Ministn o f R-iilways and Harbours, Sir Edward Thornton, Director of Medical S e rvices, and Colonel Collins, Chief Mechanical Engineer were preseut, among others.

Dr. Hewat also conducted the annual inspection of the units forming th e Railway, East L-mdon Division, of th <.l St. John Ambulance and Ladies' Nursing Division and the East London (Town) Ladies' Nursing Division at the Kaffrarian Drill Hall on October IIth. T e sts were set for five teams chosen haphazard from the men, and Dr. Hewat expressed entire satisfaction with the work. Among those in attendance were Mr. A S. Collett (Divisional Supt., Railways), Dr. TremblE', MacGregor, Mr. Ellander and Mesdames Skinner and Hellier.

The members of the South African Railways and Harbours District 'Park' Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade are to be congratulated on winning the " Sdborne "Shield. This is the first tim e the trophy has been won by the Transvaal, it has b ee n competed for durmg the last 17 years. The succ"ss of the t eam is due to the Divisional Supt. Mr T. J. Robertson, and Sergt. Frank Gets. The oral work of th e t eam was excellent, S Qrgt. Gets only dropping one point out of So. The Park Division have had a most successful year. They hav e won the" Peice " and" Selborne" Shields and s ecured second place in the" Duncan" cup.

THE HOSPITALLERS' CLUB. -A meeting of the Hospitall ers' Club was held on Friday the 1 zth of December. A very interesting pap r was given by Colonel Ewan Cameron, C.M.G, D S.O., hiS subj ;: ct being "General Remarks. " All members present thoroughly enjoyed the remarks made and hop e d that it would not be long before th e Colonel visited them again. The next meeting will be held on F riday, 16th JanullY, 1925, at tt e Empire Restaurant, 14 16, Ludgate-hill, E.c.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc. NOVEMBER, 1924

The Sub-Prior, acting on behalf of the Grand Prior at present abroad, has sanctioned, on the recommendation of the Ch apt er General, the following :-

The present NO.3 District be divided into two-i.e., No 3 ( Western) District to comprise Worcestershire, WarwickshIre, including Birmingham, and South Staffordshir e; and NO·3 ( Eastern ) District to comprise Leicester"hire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Huntingdon and I3edfordshir e

The present Commission er, the Rev. W. Dore Rudgard, M. A., to remain Commissioner of NO.3 ("Western ) District, and Assistant Commissioner \Y. Harvey Keeves, O.I3.E., be Commissioner of NO.3 (East ern ) District.

Ambulance and Nursing Divi;;ions in the Province of Ulster, which at present fo rm part of NO.4 District, shall in future co nstitute the Northern I reland (Ulst er ) District.

The followin g appointments have also been approved :TO BE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

District Nigel Corbet Fletcher, M.A , M.B., BC, M.RC.S., for the Central Area, No. I ( Prince of Wales ) Dist ri ct, 21.1 I.24

Corps Supt Capt. H. C Harrison for the South Eastern Area NO.5 Di5trict, 2LII.24-

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned th e following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEONS

No. I DISTRICT.

Frederick Francis Wheeler, M.RC.S., L.R.C.P., No. 4-8 (Gray s) Division, 28. 11.24NO.3 DISTRICT.

Max Honingsberrrer, M.RC.S , L.RC.P., Lye Division, 17·II24-

Robert Taylor, M .B, Ch.B., Leicester G.C.R. Division, q.lr. 24

Arthur Joseph Rae, M.R.C.S., L.RCP., Bromsgrov e Division, 14.1 I 2 + NO.4 DISTRICT.

Robert William Cowie, M.B., Ch.B., Birkenhef1.d Hamilton Memorial Nursing Division, 2.12.24

John Sephton Cooper, M.I3., Clitheroe Ambulance and Nursing D ivisio n s, 2.12 24

Cecil de Lisle Shortt, M. B., Cltthero e Ambulance and NursIng Divisiom, '2.1224-

No. 5 DISTRICT.

John Ernest Ruck, M.R.CS., Bulwell 28.rI. 2 4

Capt. Stephen Infield, M.RC.S., L.R.C.P., Klppax DIVISIOn, 20.ro.24

NO. 6 DISTRICT.

Robert Wilkie Smith, M.B., B.S., Whickham Division , 25. 1 1.24

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Louis Edin g ton Dickson, M.D., B.S , M.RC.S, L.R.CP \ Vo rfield Nursing Division, 23 ro.24No. 8 DI STRICT.

Alexander Stewart \1.acmillan, M.B, Ch.B, Camberley and Windlesham Nursing Division, 23.10.24

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TO BE CORPS SEt:c.GEANT-MAJOA.

NQ.9 D1 SfR ICT.

Frank Hugo Stuttaford, L.R C.P., M.RC.S., Friary Nursing Division, 25.11.24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS.

No. DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. John Edward Taylor, No. ,5 (So uthall ) Division, J3 11. 2 4

No. 2 DI ST RI CT

Norman Harold Kettlewell, L. D.S, R .C.S ., Bedm'nster Division, 6 12.24

NO. 3 DI STR ICT.

J ames Biddle, Bramsgrove D ivisi on, I 4 · J .24

NO.4 DI STR ICT.

Edward James Barkas, V hitehaven Divisioo, 14 [1. 2 4

NO 9 DI STRICT.

Transport Officer Samuel Martin Landrey, B Jdmin Divisi o n, 26

No. 10 DI STR ICT.

C orps Ser g t.-Major S lmuel Edward Barrett, L.N E.Ry. Divis on, I psw ic h Corps, 2. I 2 .2 4

Ambulance O ffi c er Alexander Knox, First Div isi on, Ips wich Corps, 2. I 2.24

No. II DI STR ICT

Ambulance Officer WIlliam Miller, Woolwich Division, 68. 24

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPERINTSNDENTS.

o 6 DISTRICT.

Cecilia Eli zab eth P arker, Withernsea N ursing Division, 10. 11.24

NO.7 DI STlUCT.

VIOla Maud Exham, :vIa rket Dra y ton Nursing Division, 15. 1 1. 2 4

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

No. I DI STRICT

Sergt. Frederick John W aite, No. 9 0 ( Erith Oil Works) Divis ion, 21. 11.24

Sergt. Stanl ey b. Adams, No. 8 5 ( Ealin g) Division, 14. I I.24

NO.3 DI STRICT.

Fr ederick Overbury, G.W.R Snow Hill Division, Birmingham

C orps, 28. I I. 24

John William Li cq uor ish, Kettering Headquarters D iv ision, 28. I 1.24

P er cy Thomas P eet, B romsgrove Division, 22. 11.2 4

NO.4 DI STRICT

Sergt. Bu c kley, Gorton Division,s 11.21

S ergt. WIllIam Luther Wray, Gorton DiviSIon, 14 .1 I.2 4

No. 5 DI STR ICT.

Cor ps Sergt. -Majo r Joseph Beasley, Sheffield" A " Division, 4. 12 2 4

NO.6 DISTRICT

Benjamin Tree, Scotswood Division, 29 II.24

S er gI. Robert HIll, British Gas Light Div sion, Hull Corps, 10 I 1.24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. William Woodward Hearn, Bodmin Division, 26 11.2 4

No. I DI STR ICT

Corp!. Frederick Thomas Crew, Woolwich Division, 6.8.24

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

NO.2 DI STR ICT.

F rancis Kate Rose, Chesham Nursing Di\'ision, 8.12.2-1-

NO. 6 DISTRICT.

Isabella St oker, Gateshead Fell Nursing Division, 25.11.24-

No. 8 DI STR IC T

Francis Marie Ho g wood, Ramsgate Nursing Division, 25.1 I. 2-1-

TO BE NURSING OFFIOERS.

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Lou ise Eleanor Downer, Seaford Nursing Division, 13. 1 1. 24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Henry Skermer, N ew Hucknall Collieries Corps, 1.12 .24

Staff Serg t. Austin Fielding , Sheffield Corps, 27. 1 1. 24

TO BE AMBUL A.NCE OFFICERS FOR CA DETS

N O.6 DI STRI CT

John Joseph Weedy, Sp ri ngwell Colliery Division, 25. 1 1. 2 4 NO.9 DISTRlCT.

Sergt. Ceorge Preston Ok e, Bodmin Division, 26.11.24-

Sergt. George Martin, St. Stephen's D ivision, 11.1 £. 24

WIlliam James Blake, MLlt ley Division, 26. 1I. 2 4 No. 10 DI STRI CT.

Sergt. Arthur Shipp, Haverhill Division, 2. 12.24

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

No. I DI STRICT.

Div i sional Surgeon C. Sercombe from No. 5S (S outh all) Div ision to N o. 53 ( Southall ) Nursing DiviSIon 29· ro 24

Divisional Supt. E. E. Wallis from Brigade Reserve to No. 63 ( W H. Smith & Sons) Divis io n, 24. 1 1.24

NO.5 DISTRI CT.

Corps Officer W. Bardsley from Leeds Corps to Retired List 15. 1 1.24

No 6 DI STRICT

Transport Officer G, Pugmire fr om J trr ow Divisi on to Co n s ett and District D ivision, 12 11.24

Ambulan c e Officer W. J. G:u dner fro m Armstrong 'Whi tworth Co rps to Sunderland Eastern DiVision, 28.10.24

Div isional Supt. C. Batley from De L a Pole Ulvision t 'J

B .O &C. M. D ivision , Hull Corp.>, 1. 24

NO. 9 DI STRICT

Lady Ambnlance Officer E. J. Horne, Plymouth Co operative N ursing Division, reverts to Ambulance Sister at own reques t , 20. I 1.24

No. 12 DIST RICT.

Lady Divisional Supt. P. 1\1 ax well, Bray N urs ng Di vision reverts to Lady Ambulance Officer at own request, 25. 1 1. 2 4 TO BE 'l'RANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

O 1 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance O ffi c er E. J. Moors, Croydon Division, 21.11.24

NO. 4 DI SR IC T. Corps Officer J. Phcx;nix, Bi rkenhead Corp s, 22. I J .24 N O.9 DI STR ICT

Lady S upt. Miss De la Combe, Parkstone Nursing DIVISIon, 18 11.2 4

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

N O. 2 D IST RICT

Divisional Surgeon Dr. Little, Portsmouth Nursing Division, 11.12.2 4

NO.3 DIS T RI CT Supt. Dr. Ha:tley Burn,. Handsworth DIVISIon, BI rmingham Corps, resigns Supermtendentship only, 1. 12.24

NO.5 DI STR IC T.

Divisional Surgeon F. Daly, Shirbrook Division, 12.12.24

Lady Ambulance Offi c er E. Hill, Shipley N ursmg Division 4. 12 2 4 '

No. 6 DI STR ICT.

Lady A mbulan c e Offi c er Mrs. B. Ellis, Hull Eastern Nursing Division, 27.11. 24

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Lady,Divisional Supt. F. MacPhee, Maidstone Nursing DiviSIOn, 25.1 I.2 4

NO. 9 DI STR ICT.

Lady Divis!onal Supt. i\ l rs. C ro gg an, Grampollnd N ursing Division, 8.12 24

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No 10 DI STR ICT.

Divisional Surge o n C. J. Somers, Aldeburgb Division, lI.12 .24

Ambulance Offi c er A. Horrix, Haverhill Division, 4 · 12 .24

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.3 DI STR ICT.

Dromsgrove Division, [4 r 1.2 4

NO.4 DI STR ICT

Carlisle Di vision, J 4 II 24

NORTHERN IR ELA ND ( ULSTKR) Dl\ lSII)N

Fivemilet o wn Nursing Division, 27.11.24

Strabane Nu rsing Division, 19· 11.2 4

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.3 DIS TR ICT.

Kettering Cu-operative Clothing Cadet Nursing Div isi on

1. Z 24

NO 6 DI STRICT

Hu ll Central Cadet Nursing Di visio n, 3.12,24

Ossett Division re-named "Old Roundwood Division, " 19.2 I. 24

DIVISIONS DISBANDED

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Mid lJ.n c [) vision, N ottin g ham Corps, 2 12 24

P. WILKI NSO N (Major-Genera l) , Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Ui.strkt. COMMISSIONER:

W H WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

J ANUA RY, 19 2 5.

January 6 3 D iv isi on W. H. Smith & Sons.

IJ th - No. 64 Kentish Town. 18th-No.9[ Tottenham Gas Co. 25 t h - ;;..l0 .67 Boro ofSt. Pancras.

Duty from 2.30 p OI. to 8 p.m. Key from St. J obn's Gate at 2 p m.

PU 13LIC DU fY OF FICER

Commissioner wishes to stat e that now the \ V embley Exblbltlon duty has ended, the PublIc Duty Officer, Captain Gerhold, has resumed general control of the Public Duty for the District.

CONTROL OF AREAS.

As all Divisions, both Ambulance and Nursing, are now in c harge of the Area As sistant Commissioner, under the CommiSSIOner, all correspondence must go direct to them, except in the case of P ublic Duty ( which includes local duty ).

A mbulance Di visi ons should communicate direct with District Officer Captain G Gerhold, Public Duty Officer, at St. Jobn's Gate, Clerkenwell, on all matters of duty, both public and lo ca l, and Nursing Divisions should communicate with Lady District Officer Miss Rideout, at 1, Sloane Gardens, S W.I.

All publi.: duty returns shou d be sent direct to Captain Gerhold after a duty has been performed.

RE-EXAMIrATION.

All c ommuni c ations regarding re-exarrJinations should go direct to the Distr ic t Surgeon, at St. Tohn s Gate, Clerkenwell, E.:.1.

Cert ai n Divisions have not yet arranged for their Annual Re-examination, and unless su c h examination is carried out b efore the end of the year, members will lose their efficiency.

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APPOL TME::\TS.

The followin g appointment has now been appro v ed by the Acting-CommissIoner :DistrIct .S urgeon Dr. N g el Corbet Fletcher, to be promoted to ASSIstant-Commi ssio ner in charge of Central Alea with effect from November 3 [st, 1924.

STRENGTH OF DIVISIONS.

-yvill a nd. Members·in-Charge of Ambulance and Nursmg DIVIS Io ns kmdly forwar d a postcard to the ir Area Officer, showing the strength of their Divisions, to reach the Area Offi c er not later than Janu1.ry 2nd. The figure'S sho'lld show the strength of the DIvision on January 1st, 19 2 5.

(Signed) W. H WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries art r('quested, ""hen sending new s p a per cuttings of the ir meetings, etc., to give the date o f pu b lication of the newspapers .- EDITOR.

CEN TRAL A R[A.-O n Nov. 18 th i n the Wesleyan Mission St. John Sq., Dr. Corbet Fletcher, Offi c er-in·chuge, opened the series or educational lectures which he is arrangIng for the Central Area by givi ng his p o pular l ime-light lant ern lecture on Errors in Fi r st·Aid In the unav oidabl e absence', throu gh illness of Col. E. Cameron, C M G., S ecretary of The Order, Major Colin Mac Rae, C.M G., member of Chapter-General, pres ded over an entbusiastic audience of some 350 members of thr Area, who listened with interest to the lecture, and who, one and all, left the h all, feelin g th at they had learned someth n g. The Deputy Chief Commiss oner, Col. G. A. Mo ore C. M.G has kindly agreed to give the le ctur e , probably o n February roth, 1925.

NU RSIN G DI VISION ( 16) H Al\IPSTEAD.- The nurses of th is D ivi sion presented their Lady Sup!. Miss Hoar e, M. B .E. with a silver vase suitably en graved, on ber promotion to ::"a dy Distri ct Officer she being unable to hold the two appointments. On ov. 27 Miss Hoare gave a Dance and Concert at the Hill (kindly lent by Lord Leverhulme ) to the nurses and their friends and also a large proport ion of the ambulance men of Hampstead.

SOUTHALL (No 55).-An engross in g and instruc iv e story of various aspects of the work perform ed by the St. John Ambulance Brigade in it s miss ion of healin g was told at the Gem Picture Theatre, Southall, on Nov. 30th, wh en District Officer C. Hanmer, the offi cia l touring demonstrator of the Brigad e, gave a film lecture ent itled" For Humanity'S Sake." The theatre, wh ;c h had been lent for the occasion by Mr. R. W. Murch, was full, and the lecturer captured the interest and enthusiasm of the large audience by the g raphi c, pointer.! and racy manner in whi c h he related his story.

No. 2 District.

CI TY OF BRI STOL.- The annual com petit io ns for the Sil v er cup presented o tbe corps by J. V. Harrison for the team showing the greatest proficiency in FI rst Aid " and transport over obstacles, and the silver cup presented C. Bea vi s, Esq , for the team showm g the gr eatest In imprO\' ised first a id and transport over obstacles thIS year pro\ ed to be one of .the m?st keen held i Bristol. Clifton di v ision ( holders ) agam ca rned off the HarrIson Cup, Pa ck ers being second. This being the y d year in the. has been won by the Clifton team, the tes t for thIS was a se \ ere one. The result of the B eaVIS c ompetItIon was a s follows :-Clifton I, Packers 2.

CHE LTE NHA i\I.- The Corps is in a flomishing c ondit ion. Public duty has been performed at meetings, footb all matches, and various other publi C. funcllons. The \ oluntary system of providing a day and nIght ambulance serVIce, In

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co njunc tion with the local B.R.C.S. detachment, has worked very satisfactorily. Divisions have now settled down to serious work for th e winter months. The nursing dil ' ision has already started a first aid class for recruits, and it is hoped that a class for recruits for the ambulanc e divisions will be started in the near futnre. The corps has lost a keen and efficient officer, the Rev. W. C. Cough, M.A. (Supt. of the Town Division), who has been preferred to the living of Ansley, near Nuneaton. During the short tim e that the Rev. Cough was in the Corps, he l:>ecame very popular amongst all ranks, and entered in the spirit of the brigade work with gr eat keenness. All ranks of the corps, while regretting his departure, offer him congratulations and best wishes for the future. The town division held a farewell dinner at St. George's Restaurant on October 3 1st , wh en he was presented with a timepiece suita bl y eng-raYed, with an illuminated list ()f subscribers. The Di\ isio nal Surgeon (Dr. David W. J. Andrews ) ha., kindly consent ed to act as supt. for a time.

A strong detachment of the corps, undEr the command of Major Barrett Cardew, l\I.C., attended the service at the P arish Church, organised by the British Legion on Armistic e Sunday. On the same day, the Corps Bugle Band attended a similar parade in the neighbouring illage of Churchdown, under the command of Ambulance Officer Read. On Armistice Day, one N.C .O. from each division represented the corps at the official ceremony at the Town War Memorial.

No. 3 District.

It is with much regret that we le3.rn that Mr. A. W. F aire has been compelled to resign the Assistant Commissionership of tbe District, owing to ill-health.

He has received the following letter [rom the Duke of Rutland ;-

Leicestershire and Rutland Territorial Assoc iation.

The Magazine, Leicester. November, 1924.

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The Chi ef Co nstable also spok e enthusiastically of the work done by the Division during the War.

The Divisional Secretary Sergeant W. Jones, also spoke of the g ood work of the Divisional Supt. Mr. J. T , Moore, and presented him with a silver cigarett e case which was handed to him by the Mayor on behalf of the Division.

Corps Officer Elliott also spok e and a capital musical programme enlivened the proceedings.

No. -4 District.

KIRKHAM,- This Division performed some wonderfully hurrane and useful work on the occasion of the bad railway accide nt which occurred on Monday, November 3 rd, near Lytham. Within IS minutes of the d isaster Supt. Heslop a nd two officers were on the scene, and within 30 minutes there 28 members on the spot, attending to the injured. Owing to the Divisional Ambulanc e being unable to get within half a mile of the scene, all cases had to be transported this distance on stretchers In all eight trips to hospital and mortuary were made.

The Brigade men remained on duty until 5 30 a .m. the following- morning.

Supt. Donnelly of the Blackpoo l Division also assisted greatly and arrived with over 30 members of the Division to render help. Although this officer was unable to arrive on the scen e until some time after the disaster owing to the call nO,t b,eing passe d on to h.ia:J ,for some time, he sho wed great skillm mobillzlOg hiS DIVISion and obtaining the transport to convey the men to the accident. Supt. Heslop and Supt. Donnelly, Di \'i sional Surgeons, Horrocks and Buckley are all to be congrat ulated on the fine display of skill in the work wh ic h they carried out.

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MOR.L,Ey.-A very successful concert was gi v en in the New PaVIlIon, Morley, on November 30th in aid of the funds of the c?rps, of which Councillor Joseph Harrop (Deputy Mayor) IS corps Sllpt. There was a crowded audience and ambulance men and nurses acted as stewards and

NEW EDLIN CTON.-Another highly successful whist drive and dance was held on November 1st, in connection with the division, at the concert room of the new Miners' Welfare Institute. The M.C.'s were Messrs. J. Gawthorpe (officer-incharge), and Mr. A. Tabor

No.6 District.

NEwCA ST LE-ON-TYNE.-The announcement ot the elevation to the rank of Esquire of the Order, of Assistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton, has been recei ved with universal appreciation in the Brigade, in the local centre of the Association of which he is Secretary, and in the district generally where he is so well known.

For many years past Mr. Embleton has been unsparing in both the time and the energy he has de v oted to the ambulance movement. No first aid project has been too great and no detail too small for his sympatheti c consideration and constructi ve administrat ion and he has well merited the honour.

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fou.nd mainly in green leaves of plants seeds and seed frUits, butter, cod lI ver oil, &c.

That sunlight is to growth and supply of most of food S IS fairly ObVIOUS, but the connection betwee!l .cod liver Oil and sunl ig ht is not at once apparent.

I.t IS however, that these vitamines occur freely III manne whICh b y some obscure process grows by t he actIOn of sunlIght on the sea, and are indirectly the stapel diet of the cod, universal util ity and (ben efi cence) of the sun's rays must agam be acknowledged.

. In ,Prop osing a vote of thanks to Professor Hall for h is mstructl ve discourse. Corps Surgeon Rutt er emph asis ed the benefits of diets, plain food and whole meal. Corps Secretary Mld g eley seconded and expressed the appreciation of prese nt.. We hope to hear Hall again.

It IS gratlfymg to th.at thIS year that 58 Di vi sions ?ave e!lter,ed for va,nous Bngade Ambulanc e and Nursing frophles I.n Dlstnct. The of Durham is easily strongest m thiS respect, exceedm g by far the entries in Northumberland or the North or East Riding. It should be placed on record that the enthusiasm which prevails is some measure of satisfaction for the oftimes arduous work in proconducting and adjudicat ing the tests. The preliminanes, after numerous close contests ha ve now been decided. The County F inals will now be arranged early in February and the DIstrict Finals will take place at Sunderland March 21St next.

DEAR MR. FAIRE,

It was with very great sorrow that I and everyone connected with the Territorial Association heard that you felt obliged to resign the position of County Controller V.A.D. for Leicestershire.

It is now, I think, 15 years since you took oyer the organisation and admi nistration of the V A,D. in the County, including all the year s of the Great vVar, with the enormous amount of work and detail connect ed with the organisation of hospitals, and the conveyanc e of the wounded-work which could not have been mor e efficiently performed.

The Leicestershire and Rutland Territorial Associat ion ask me to convey their thanks for all that you have so successfully carried out, their hope that you will soon be quit e restored to health, and their gr eat appreciation of your offer of help for the future,

I am,

Yours, very truly,

(Signed ) RUTLAND.

President,

Leicestershire Territorial Associa tion

BIRl\IINGHAl\I.-COrps Staff Inspections of Divisions.-On

Sunday Dec. 7th the Corps Staff insp ect ed the New Street and Small Heath Divisions at their respective Headquarters. At these Inspections the Corps Secretary addressed the Divisions and pointed out the necessity of each man making sur e that he was credited with his att end anc es at Drills and Examinations as in this way only, could claim be made l ater for the Service Medal of the Order.

WEST S J\IETHWICK,- On Der:. 5th the A nnu al of this was held ; His Vorship the Mayo r preSided and The Chi ef Constable and the Corps Secretary were present as guests. Th e Ma yor congratulat ed the Division on their work for the Borough and presented the various awards won during the year.

L1 VERPOOL - The Ambulance and Nursing Div ision s very successfully perforn: ed duty at the C.M.S. Exhibition " Africa and the East,)) held from September 22nd to Oct. 9t h 32 were treated in the station, in addition to numerous patients who were found a seat or given a drink by the Am bulance :nen on patrol in the Halls and so prevented them frorr: becomlOg c.ases. The Station was visited and inspected by mterested friends from Canada, Australia, Scotland and Wal es .

.PRES'l'ON. - This Corps showed great promptness in turning out to an accident which occurr ed on NovE-mber loth three ·quarters of a mile outside Preston Station. Notice was from a Concert stage that an accident h ad occurred, -;1, nd wlthm five minutes of such notice, a number of members were proceeding to the disaster. Serious collapse cases were removed to the Infirmary.

ROCH DALE.- Th.e cadets of the district were presented With med.als and certificates for profi(i ency in ambulance work and nurslDg by the mayor , on Nov ember 18th. A ddressing the cad et s the mayor said It was a good thing for Rochdale th at. they had be en given the instruction necf'ssary br the acqUIrement of atmosph ere which was so essential to everybody e ngaged in that kind of work

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. The eleventh annual conc ert of the tramways which IS looked upon in Brad ford as one of the muslcal e vents of was held on No v ember 5t h, and attract ed a large audience because some of the finest a rtistes of, the day were billed to a ppear and the funds of the di vi sion w!ll no doubt be consid erably augmented by the event

CLEETHORPI£ S - At a conc ert associa ted with the di vision held on 6th, a t the Cleethorpes Council House, Major W. H. Fisher, hon surgeon to the division, promised a cup or trophy for annual compe t ition among the members of the Lon g. service medals were presented during the evenmg to the Major and to Supt. J. Paddison.

The lectures which have already taken place this winter, arranged by Corps Supt. Crace, M.A., and Corps Surgeon Rutter, M.B E., ha ve pro v ed distinctly popular and of absorbing interest. On 30th October last Dr. Spence lectured to a keen and appreciative audience upon "Diabetes.)! After giving a general account of the progress of the disease and its effect upon the pancreas, Dr. Spence proceeded to show how the blood was tested for sugar during the time the patient was under treatment by insulin. The display of chemical apparatus with its test tubes and retorts added interest to a most lucid explanation of the subject. A hearty vote of thanks was moved to the doctor for his interesting address and carried enthus ia stically ,

On the 27th November in the library of the Royal Victoria I nfirmary, which the Go vernor, Mr. Dunstan, had been good enough to place at his disposal , Professor George Hall, C.M.G ., who during the war saw cons iderable ser vi ce out East, gave a fascinating discourse upon the subject of" v itamines."

I t has been said that the small boy's penchant for appropriating apple<; green and otherwise from forbidden orchards is not the result of an overdose of original sin, but rather of the " urge)) in the human aDlmal for the vital ne-cessities of self preser v ation, namely vitamines.

The lecturer, with the aid of projector vi ews illustrating the various effects that defective vitamin dieting had upon different animals, showed con vincingly that specific diseases can be produced by the absence of specific vi tamines, and also that by supplying the missing vitamin the same disease can be cured. Such diseases had not until recently been connected with diet, owing to the slow progress of the effects of the gradual deficit of these vital principles of life being felt, but it was now certain that many conditions of obscure illhealth or imperfect de velopment were due to vitamin underfeeding, largely the result of ign()rance on the part of the consumer.

Professor Hall instanced the striking results obtained in the decrease in the number of cases of beriberi in the Japanese Naval Forces as compared with the Japanese Army when the rice diet of the former was varied oy the addition of meat. Later, in the East Indies, it was found that natives who fed on polished rice were much more prone to the disease than others who fed on the unp()lished and raw v ariety

The scurvy which attacked seamen in the old days had been proved to be due to the lack of natural fresh d ieting, and rickets in children had also been found to be due to a deficiency in vitamine diet though of a somewhat different character.

Cod li v er oil, which is very rich in vitamines, was known to ha ve a beneficial effect upon those diseases \"e now know to be due to defecti ve vitamine diet years before the effects of vitamines were recognised.

It is a curions fact that these vital principles of life are

No. 10 District.

ALDEBUR GH.- The Assistant Commisssioner for Suffolk ( Dr. S. O. Eades), accompanied by Lady District Officer Miss Bohun Coulcher and District Officer A. H. W. Moffat, motored to Aldeburgh on Wednesday Nov. 12th to inspect this Nursing Division.

The Division paraded in the Boys' Hall, Town Steps und er the enthusiastic Lady Supt. Miss A. M. Parker, who was supported by the Hon. Surgeon (Dr, C. D. Somers ), Miss G. Richards (Di visional Secretary), Miss Pettit (Secretary of the Cottage Hospital) together with many influ ent ial ladies in the town The Commissioner was received with the general salute and proceeded to a close inspection of aJl ranks. This Division does excellent work in relieving the Matron of the Cottage Hospital (Miss K. M. Moore, R.R.C.) whu is also the Nursing Officer to the Division.

At the close of the inspection,:the Comm ission er co ngratulated the members upon being the first in the District to win the Elliston Cup. He urged the formation of cad et units to add to their strength Mis s Coulcher addressed the members upon the V.A.D. Scheme whilst Mr. Moffat complimented the officers upon their enthusiasm in attending the weekly meetings

EA ST DE REHA M.-On December 4th the Commissioner (Dr. J, Hossack), together with District Supt. F. H. Gooderham, motored from Ipswich to inspect this newly-formed un it of the Brigade. Divisional Surgeon Howlett was in charg e of the parade which numbered some 20 members. The Commissioner congratulated the Di vi s on upon the ex hibit ion of drill and first aid work which he had witnessed.

Previous to the parade , a meet ing of the mem bers was addressed by Dr. Hossack, who carefully explained the details of organisation and, after discussion it was agreed that Dr. Howlett should act in the dual cap3.city of Div isional Surgeon and Supt. Reference was also made t o the motor transport work connected with the Division.

FELIXST OWE.-The annual inspection of this Division was held on Nov. 26 th at the Parish Room 'Nalton. The inspe cting officer was the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk ( Dr. S. O. Eades ) who motored over from Ipsw ich accoa:p mied by District Officers W. C Smith and A. H, W, Moffat. The Division was in charge of Supt. W. G. Emeny who was supported by Sergeants Rushbrook, Colli ns and B urrows and Corporal Youngs. A good muster of the nurses were present under Lady Supt. Miss Lloyd.

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This Div is ion has treated something like 94 cases whilst engaged upon public duty during the year and its members have handled some 37 cases of accidents individually. Its members have attended 13 fetes and 19 football matches. Ten members are attached to the R.N. A .S.B. Reserve and all have re ceived hosp tal training this year.

A t the close of the inspection Dr. Eades complimented the members upon their smart and. suggested the format ion of cadet units. La ter III the evenlllg, the Commis si oner fo r the D istrict ( Dr. J. F Hossack ) motored over to address the parade upon matters of general interest in ambulance work mor e espe c ially concerning futu.re efforts in Felixstowe. He expressed great pleasure at seemg the nurses and men all together and looked for great results in the near futllre.

The Nursin g D ivis ion held a most successful sale of w.ork on 1'\ ov. 2 in aid of their funds and it is hoped that sufficient mone y wili be forthcoming with which to purchase a rose bowl

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for inter-squad competition amongst themselves. The bazaar was opened by Miss Rowley and was ve!y generoyslr supported by friends of the members connected with the DIvIsion. Stalls of needlework household necessities and sweets were very quickly deared of their and it is anticipated that about £ 16 will have been realised.

Dur ing the afternoon, nurses of DIvIsIOns, Sisters Costling and Leaver, gave demonstratIOns 10 work and tea was provided under the personal supervIsion of Miss Westbrook. Songs were given by Ambulance Sister Snell and pianoforte solos by Miss Bishop. Much credit is due to the Lady Supt. (Miss Ll.oyd) for the excellent way In which the arrangements were carned out.

HA VERHILL.-A motor ambulance has been purchased for the town by public subscriptions and has been fitted with all the latest devices calculated to add to the comfort of the patients and to enable them to be given all necessary attention. A committee has been elected to manage the affairs connected with the running and includes the County Surg eon ( Dr. T. H. Goodman ), Supt. G. S. Ambulat:ce Officer W. Scrivener, all members of the Haverhill Di v ision of the Bri g ade.

I pS WICH. The Beechholme Division (Lady Supt. Miss Hart ) of the N ursing Corps were s'l c cessful in winning the Bree Challenge Cup at Harwich, on November 22nd, from the Harwich and Dovercourt team of the British Red Cross SO( iety. The judges were Lieut·-Col. Aylen, of Colchester, a nd Sister Blyth, of Ipswich. The M ayor of Har wich (Mrs. Robert Hill) was c alled upon to present the cup by Col. A J. H. Ward, Assistant County Director.

The Mayor, in mak ing the pre s entation, congratulated the winners and said she was pleased to see the pains the y all took to educate themselves to render assist a nce to those who were sick and injured.

The Comm issioner ( Dr Hossock ) in reply, said they were very pleased to take the cup back to Ipswich. Althou t" h St. John had won they were all working for the good and welfare of suffering humanity.

The local detachment afterwards entertained the large comp a ny- to tea.

A Church Parade of the Corps was held on Sunday, Nov. 16th, at St. M ichael's Church, in commemoration of Armistice Day. Parading at the Ambulance Station in Samuel -road, the Corps and Nursing Corps, headed by their band, marched by way of the town to Upper Orwell-street. Corps Supt. F. E. N ether coat was in charge of the ambulance units and Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar the nurses.

Arrived at the church they were met by Assistant-Commissioner for Suffolk ( Dr. S. O. Eades), District Surgeon W. Fryer, District Supt. Capt. F. H. Gooderham, District Officers T. Damant, W. C. Smith, A. H. W. Moffat and District Sergt.-Major Lord.

The service was conducted by the Vicar ( the Rev. T. S. Adams ) who took as hi!> text the passage "and bound up his wounds " from Luke 10, verse 34. In his discourse, the reverned gentleman alluded to the work of the Brigade as being labour of a true, practical, Christian nature

December, IS24. -FIRST memorial tablet, from the Ipswich Ambulance and N ursing CO rps. The" Last Post" was sounded by:a bugler of the Bngade.

Arri v ing back at the Ambulance Station, the Commissioner ( Dr. T. F. C. Hossack ) presented warrants to Corps S upt. Neathercoat, Corps Officers Pepper. an illuminated to C?rps Supt. J. P awsey, on his retir!ng from active work III the Bnga:le, and long ser vice medals to Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar, ex-Lady Supt. Mrs. Dring, Ambulance Sister Miss Walker, Corps Officer T. A. Pepper and CorpI. Readett.

The Assistant-Ccmmissionet for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades ) and his staR ha ve been successful in starting a class at the Ranelagh Works of M essrs. Reavell and Co., with the idea of forming a Di v ision there. Dr. D. Loughlin has kindly consented to gi ve the medi c al [lectures and District Offi cer

W. C. Smith has kindly undertaken to act as instructor. Mr. C. Gaskell, managing director, presided at the first meeting which was addressed by Dr. Eades and Distr ict Officers W. C. Smith and A. H W. Moffat and Mr. L. C. Banyard is acting as secretary to the class.

No. (S.E. & C.R.) District.

The death of Sir Percy Tempest is very widely regretted throughout the District. Sir Percy had always taken a deep interest in ambulan c e work Both as Chief Engineer, and, later on, as General Manager, his kindly influence was constantly available. His genial presence will long be remembered by those who attended the large dinners at the Crystal Palace, 19°8- 13. Lady Tempest has been equally keen in promoting First Aid knowledge.

An admirable series of articles has been contributed by District Officer E. J. Prew to the Addiscombe, Woodside and Shirley News. The Addiscombe Division is now acquiring a motor ambu!ance. A culminating effort a few weeks a g o resulted in crowds being unable to gain admission to a Concert at the North En d Brotherhood Hall.

Rye D ivi sion held a very successful Whist Drive and Dance. C()uncillor Deacon was present. The pri zes were distributed by Miss Roffey. Alderman Jarratt also spoke on the value of Brigade work.

! n connection with Health Week, the Aldershot Cadet Division gave a splendid demonstration of First Aid work to some 700 people in the Town Hall.

A keen competition at Ashford was judged by Dr B. W. McKinney, of Battersea. First place was secured by Ashford Station Di vi sion, with A shford Works Division second and South Ashford Division th ird. Ashford Station Division will therefore jo in the Ramsgate, Hastings, Maidstone and Chatham Divisions in competing at Addis combe in January to represent the Distr ic t in the 192 5 Dewar contest. Several local contests are still waiting to be decided .

The annual distribut ion of awards for the Se venoaks Division was presided o ver by Mr. Stanley Cooper, the President. A very enjoyable evening was spent.

Aldershot Di vision prefaced the annual distribution of prizes by an afternoon devoted to competition work. Judged by Divisional Surgeons C. E. Paterson and T. Wright, the Aldershot Team was placed first with 19 5 marks; Farnborough second with 18 5, and Ash third with 168

The president of the division took the chair at the subsequent distribution of pri zes. I n proposing the vote of thanks to Mrs. Cull and the President, Commissioner E. A Richards dwelt on the pride they all felt at being connected with St. John s.

Supt. A. J. Green, the energetic leader of Bri cklayers' Arms Di vision was responsible for a splendid concert at the Central Hall, Peckham, on No v ember 20th. District Surgeon T. Halliwell presided, supported by Commander Owen, B.R.C.S , and friends from NO.1 district.

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when Redhill secured first position. When the London area result is known, arrangements will be made for the d istrict final at Addiscombe .

A very pleasant evening was spent by the members of the London Bridge Nursing D ivis ion at a dance at B attersea T own Hall on November 5th. This event proved su ch a success that several others are b e in g held in conj un ction with the Battersea Ambulance Di v isions in aid of their joint fu nds

St. John V.A.D.'s.

NU MBE R OF O FF ICERS COM MA NDANTS , N OMIN ATED FOR A pPO I NTME NT AS to 15 TH D ECEMBER, 19 24 :County. M en. Women.

Lancashire, East Lancashire, West

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The collection taken was given towards the funds of the Corps. District Surgeon W. Fryer read the passages of scripture for the service and, in company with Dr. S. O Eades, placed a wreath upon the war

Ladywell Baths was the venue of a very successful dance organised by Hither Green division on November 13 th Alderman H. Chiesman and Councillor Webb were among the visitors.

Dr. Leakey judged the area competition between Aldershot, Redhlll, and Reading divisions on November 27th

A pPOIN TME NTS OF ( N OVEIIIBER- D ECEIIIBER).

The following appointments have been appro ved by the County Controllers concerned :-

Durham-Mrs. L. Wakefield ( Hebburn ), N o. 4 2

Kent -Mrs. Gadd ( Gravesend ), No. 9 2

London-M iss M E. Lethbr idge (Cra ig' S Court House ), No. 88.

Middlesex -M iss G. Elmes (Enfield ).

Northumberland-Mrs. A. C Mitchell ( Blyth ), 1 o. 48 ; Mrs Liddell (N orth Shields ), No. 100.

Shropshire- Lady Corbet ( Shrewsbur y), NO. 2

Surrey- l\ Irs C. Wilson (Croydon ) N o. 140; M rs. B asden ( Redhill and Reigate )

The following Detachments have been completed for registration at the War Office :

Northumberland No. (N orth Shields )

Northumberland No. 64 (Gosforth )

Sussex No. 192 ( Hove )

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SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT.

Saskatoon Nursing Division.-Withdrawal of resignation of Lady Supt. Mrs. Ward sanctioned, 13· ro 24 INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT (CALCUTTA).

Patna Training School D:vision.-B. N. Prasad, to be Divisional Surgeon, 30.9.24; R. B. Prasad to be DIVISional Supt., 30.9.24; B. G. l:3anerji, to be 1st Ambulance Officer, 30 .9. 2 4 NEW ZEALAND

WELLIN GTON DISTRICT.

Wanganui Corps, Wanganui Division.-F. C. Hutchinson, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., to be Divisional Surgeon, 21.8.24

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED. INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Hooghly Division.-Formed, 1.9.24 ; registered. 20.11. 24 ; Patna Training School Division.-Formed, 30 9. 24; registered, 10.11.24

Brigade Awards and Badges.

(Continued from page I I I.)

ALL Chevrons are worn on the right arm only, by all N.C.O.'s, both on the tunic and great coat.

The belt for a Staff-Sergeant is exactly the same pattern as for private, except that it is of black bridle leather, and the pouch is not carried; sword slings must not be worn.

In addition to the badges illustrated, the following badges are worn on Brigade uniform.

Chief and Superior Officer and Lady District Superintendents wear Gorget Patches on steps of the collar of the jacket. For certain ranks the cap peak is different as will be seen from the following :-

Chief Officers and Commissioners' Peak, embroidered with St. John, wort in silver.

Assistant Commissioner and District Surgeon 3 rows of Silver Gimp.

Corps Officers, row of Silver Gimp.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has sanct ior:ed appointments, promotions, transfers and resignatIOns dunng the month ending 31st October 19 2 4 :AUSTRALIA.

NEW SOUTH WALES DI ST RICT.

Darlmghurst Nursing Division.-Ambulance Sister Mrs. F. Brown to be 1st Lady Ambulance Officer, 139. 24 CANADA.

ONT ARIO DI STRICT.

Toronto Corps, Toronto Transportation Commission Division.-A L. Smith to be Ambulance Officer, 27.6.24

The Silver Lyre may be worn by Bandsmen, and the Drummers Badge by Drummers. These Badges are worn on the upper thIrd of the right arm.

An Officer, Warrant Officer, or N. C. O. when prorr.oted, vacate the rank held at the time of promotion.

The only ranks that can be held simultaneously in the are those. Corps Surgeon and Corps Supermtendent, and DlvlSlonal Surgeon and Divisional Superintendent. An Officer may be appointed to act temporarily in a higher rank than his own, but he will wear the uniform of his substantive rank.

In the event of Officers transferring from one District or County to another, they will count their seniority in the new District or County from the date of the transfer.

Officers and members of the Brigade who have to thei.r Corps or Division and j?in another Corps or DlvlSlon In another area may retam their rank in the

December, 1924. -F IRS T Brigade. but unless there is a vacancy for them in such Corps or Division, they can only be attached, and have .0 maintain efficiency without holding any command or executive powers in the new Corps or Division.

Nominations for the appointment, promotion or transfer of all Officers are made to the Chief Commissioner through the proper channel of ccmmunication for the purpose on Form B.F.7, in the case of transfers, B F.4 must accompany the application.

No appointments are made until the Officer previously holding the position to which such appointment is to be made has given a resignation in writing, unless in special circumstances the Chief Commissioner thinks fit to do so.

Officers and members who have rendered three years efficient service and have undertaken in writing to comply with the Brigade R e gulations, may in special circumstances

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is given, they may continue to wear their uniform on suitable occasions.

Owing to the obligations existing between the Brigade and the Public Services all Officers have to notify the Chitf Commissior.:er of changes of their permanent residence to ensure that communications are delivered with the least possible delay.

Officers desiring to resign their appointments have, according to Brigade Regulations, to notify their immediate superior Officer of their intention to resign in writing !stating whether they wish to-

(a) Resign their appointment and revert to a lower rank.

(b) Be transferred to the Reserve.

(c) Resign their membErship of the Brigade, for submission to the Chief Commissioner through the proper They are required to continue to carry out the duties of their rank until the Chief Commissioner has relieved them of their appointment by the acceptance of their resignation.

While dealing with this subject it may be of interest to set out the establishment of Corps and Divisions which are permitted under the Brigade Regulations.

Corps.-One Corps Surgeon.

"

-One Corps Superintendent.

" -Three Corps Officers to act as Secretary, Inspector of StOrt:s, Treasurer.

Division.-One Divisional Surgeon.

-One Divisional Superintendent.

-One Ambulance Officer to every 16 men

Staff-Sergeant.

"

-One Sergeant for every 16 men, including Corporals.

-One Corporal for every 8 men.

For the purpose of calculating the number of Sergeants in a Division a Staff-Sergeant is counted as Sergeant. (To be continued.)

Sloints.

The Editor invites Notes on actual Cases-with specia? reference to good and bad voints in 1 reatment-for inclusion in this Column.

FIR ST AID WITH E FFICIENCY

Divisi ona l Secretary and Honorary Sergeant. be placed on the Reserve List of the Brigade should they be unable, through some unforeseen reason, to continue to carry out their duties.

Officers on the Reserve wear the letter" R" on their Shoulder Straps.

Officers of the Brigade who have resigned or joined the Reserve and wish to return to the Active List of the Brigade have to obtain the sanction of the Chief Commissioner. If they join within I 2 months of their leaving their continuity of service is allowed If they join after this period rnd are on the Reserve, they may count half their Reserve service towards Brigade awards. Officers and mem bers who rejoin after one year loses the benefit of previous service.

After IS years Brigade service an Officers and members may be placed on the Retired List, and if sanction

Motoring in the country late at night I was stopped. by a man with a lantern who said that there was a senous aCCident in the road. I had my First Aid Case. A had occurred between two motor-cycles, and one driver was badly injured, lying in the mud, a heavy rain falling. I found a compound complicated fracture of the right leg, a simple fra c ture of right {ore-arm, and a '5evere blow on face. The wound in the leg was bleeding but bone not protrude. Plac.ing motor under hIm, and uSlOg the chauffeur's macmtosh to protect him, I arrested the ing, put a dry dressing on the wound, lightly bandaged, applied splint and sling to arm As was severe I gave SalVolatile (no warm dnnk bemg available) and wrapped a rug about him. We were far from any house; and, except for the candle in the lantern, in darkness.

A doctor had been sent for three or four away. I did not attempt to straighten the leg, though as tl me went on I wondered i{ I should have done so. However 10 .about an hour-and-a-half the doctor arrived. All but the patient were soaked to the skio.-A S.-Richmond.

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News.

APPOINTMENTS, NOVEMBER, 1924.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Monmouth Division.-lJr. John Gerald Green, M.B., F.R.C.S., to be Di\'isional Surgeon (Probationary), 24.11.24; Herbert William Al VIS to be Divisional Supt. (Probationary), 24.1 I.24

BOROUGH O F RHONDD A CENTRE.

Mardy Division. - Dr. Reginald Stanley Thomas, L.M.S.S.A. (Lond.), to be Divisional Surgeon, 24. 1. 24

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Monmouth Division. -Private Henry Phipps Killick to be Sergeant and Divisional Secretary, 3I.I O.24; Private Charles Henry Muschamp to be Corporal and Divisional Storekeeper, 3 I. 10.24 ; Private Leonard Chandler Dedman to be Divisional Treasurer, 31.10.24

GLA MORGAN COUNT Y CENTRE.

OnIIwyn Se ven Sisters Division.-Private Harry Davies to be Divisional Secretary and Divisional Storekeeper, Il.l 1.24; Private Ebene zer Jones to be Divisional Treasurer, 11. I I.24

Windsor Colliery Abertridwr Division. - Privates C. Fletcher and F. Easen to be Sergeants, 2I.I1.24; Privates

F. N. Crees, W. E. Powell, S. L. Jenkins and H. H. Parry to be Corporals, 21.11.24; Private T. Day to be Divisional Treasurer, 21.1 I. 24 Private G. Jones to be Divisional Storekeeper, 2I.I l.24

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Cardiff Emergency Nursing Division. -- Ambulance Si.,ter

Maud Harrison to be Lady Di vi sional Storekeeper, 7. 1.24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Fernhill Division.-Private William Husband to be Divisional Secretary, 4.11.24; Private Gabriel Collins to be Divisional Storekeeper, 4.1 I.24

Tylorstown Division.-Private Thomas Morton Brookes to be Divisional Secretary, 12. I.24 NEW DIVI SIONS.

The following new Division has been sanctioned :-

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Pontypool Road Rail way Ambulance Division, 5.11 24

General Interest.

AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT.

During the month of November examinations were held at the following centres: Welshpool, Glyncorrwg, Senghenydd, Blaina, Six Bells, Bassaleg, G. W.R., Penarth, Cardiff, Taibach, Pencader G.W.R., Pembrey and Burry Port G. W.R , Ogmore Vale, Treharris, Brynmawr, Abercregan.

QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE BRI GADE STA FF.

Representatives from all parts of Wales were present at Priory House, Cardiff, on Saturday, November 1St, the Commissioner for Wales presided.

Those present included Mr. J. H. Davies (Staff-Officer, Borough of Rhondda Centre); Mr. Lemuel Jones (SubCommissioner, Glamorgan County Centre); Mr. A. Lucas

(Corps Supt., Dowlais Corps); Mr. R. H:

(Divisional Supt., Dowlais Division); Mr. Idns DaVies

(Corps Sec , Rhondda Fawr Corps); Mr. W. E. (Corps Supt, Rhondda Fawr Corps); Mr. T. J. Morns (Staff-Officer, Borough of Swansea Centre); Mr. H. Vernall (Divisional Supt., Rhymney Division); Mrs. F. Jones (L3.dy Divisional Supt., Taibach Nursing Division); Mr. George Kill (Ambulance Officer, Ynysybwi Division)

Mr. E. Jones (Divisional Supt., Abertysswg Division); Mr. James logs (Divisional Supt., Pontlottyn Divisivn); D. Nelms (Lady Divisional Supt., Pontypool NurSIng Division); Mr. J. Rickards (Corps Inspector of Stores) ;

Mr. R. Hewar (Corps Secretary, Pontypool Corps) ·;

Mr. W. Goddard (Staff Officer, Glamorgan County Centre);

Mr. W. Evans (Corps Superintendent, Pontypridd Corps) ;

Mr. C. H. Hopkins (Corps Secretary, Newp::>rt, Mon., Corps); Mr. C. Floyd (Corps Inspector of Stores, Pontypridd Corps); Mr. Arthur Davies (Corps Secretary, PontycIun Corps); Mr. W. M. Thomas (Corps Treasurer, PontycIun Corps); Mr. D. F. Price (Divisional Supt., (Tonyrefail & Coedely Division); Mr. W. Hares (Staff Officer, Glamorgan County Centre); Mr. W. J. Norman (Divisional Supt., Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr Division); Captain S. T. Beard (Staff Officer, Monmouthshire Centre) ;

Mr. A. Blandford (Divisional Supt., Abercarn Division);

Mr. T. A. Davies ,(Corps Inspector of Stores, Mynydd Mawr Corps); Mr. C. S. Harris (Corps Inspector of Stores, Pontylottyn Brithdir & Deri Corps); Mr. D. H. Phillips (Corps Supt., Brithdir & D.:ri Corps;; Mr. R. J. Edwards (Divisional Supt., Bargoed & District Division) ;

Mr. George Payne (Staff Officer, Borough of Rhondda Centre); Mr. J. M. Jones (Corps Treasurer, Rhondda Fawr Corps); Miss A. Fletcher (Lady Divisional Supt., Cardiff Emergency - Division); Mr. W. J. Matthews (Divisional Supt., Fernhill Division); Mr. H. Rowe (Divisional Supt., Cefn Coed DiviSion). Mr. G. J. Rowlands (Newport Mon. Corps.

The question of first aid in schools was discussed and it was agreed to approach the Board of Education with a view to the provision of first aid outfits in schools and other facilities for the teaching of first aid to those pupils who desired this knowledge.

It was agreed that in all cases where ambulance men lost employment when assisting in accident cases underground, when necessary, be referred to the South Miners Federation for consideration.

The Priory was asked to urge upon ambulance owners that only efficient Brigade members should be appointed for duty in mines.

AMBULANCE AND EXECl TIYE MEETINGS.

The appointments of the following County Cuntrollers were agreed by the Executive :-Carmarthenshire, Brig.General St. John, c.B.; Carnarvonshire, Brig.-General du Travers, c.B.; Denbighshire, Captain Watkin Davies; Flintshire, Lieut.-Colonel T. Freer Ash; Merionethshire, Captain Hilton Kershaw, C.B.E, and Montgomeryshire Brig.-General F. C. Wilding. The Assistant County Controllers approved were: - Carnarvonshire, Dr. Francis Cald(cott, and Montgomeryshire, Dr. R. D. Thomas.

December, - FIR ST

A service medal was approved for Supt. G. H. Hunt of the Newport (Dock Street) Railway D ivision, and a Service Bar for Staff-Officer George Payne (Borough of Rhondda Centre).

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT SCHEME.

A meeting was held at Buckland on S3.turday, November 15th, when representatives from all the parishes in the Southern part of the Me1thyr and Penkelly Petty Sessional Division were present at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Berry and entertained to tea.

The Controller (Sir Herbert D. W. K. BE.) explained the scheme in detail and how it was proposed to put it into operation. Many questions were asked and an interesting and helpful discussion paved the way to smooth working. Mrs. Seymour Berry was elected Chairman, and Miss Jones-Williams, of Cwy Parc, Secretary.

AID.-

It is unnece'5sary to dilate on the great value this clever invention will prove, especially to those in the Mining Industry where such grave conseql!ences have fullowed the o.f Aid Thi!', as everyone connected wlth collIenes IS aware, lS a daily occurrence. Bandages are used by some of the men as neck-ties and in many other sacreligious ways, and the victims of 'accidents afterwards receive improper attention owing to lack of materials.

The Exhibition offered an opportune moment for showing First Aid Boxes to suit the needs of all branches of industry. These cabinets comply with the Regulations of the Coal Mines Act, the Factories Act, of the Board of Trade and The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the size and equipment is varied to meet all The Box prepared for Mining, for imtance, is so arranged

BRECKNOCKSHIRE TERRITORIAL ARM Y ASSOCIATION.

A group of Representatives who supported the new Voluntary Aid Detachment Scheme at the Town Hall, Brecon on October 24th, 1924. (Standing) Brig.-General H. B. Champain, C. M_G_ (G eneral British .Red Cross Society ); Lady Glanusk, C.B.E., (County President, British Cross Society) ; Mr. Seymour Berry (High Sheriff). (S eated 1st row) Mrs. Seymour Lady LeWIS, O.B:E. (2 nd row) Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E , (County Controller); The Right Han. Thomas Richards, P.C., (Director of Ambulance, Priory for Wales ) ; and Colonel The Right Han. Lord Glanusk, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., (Lord-Lieutenant and Scout Commissioner for Wales )

The following were appointed members of the Committee :-Mrs. Jones-Williams, Llanfigan; Miss Saunders Jone>, Cantref; Mrs. de Winton, Llanfrynach; Mrs. Ray, Llanhamlach; Mrs. Sparrow, Llandetty; Rev. W. N. Peregrine; Llansantffread; Mj·. T. Moore, Llangasty; Mrs. Cresswell, Cathedine; Mrs. H. L. Richards, Pencelly; Mrs. Cole-Hamilton, Llansantffread ; Mrs. Gray, Llanfrynach; Surg.-Commander Carberry, PRIORY FOR WALES AT TH.9: ENGINEERING EXHIBITION.

The exhibits attracted the attention of the many visitors to the Exhibition arranged by the South Wates Institute of Engineers at the Drill Hall, Dumfries Place, Cardiff.

The special feature was the Hanmer First Aid Box designed to prevent the contents of the box from being stolen. -

to provide sufficient dressings etc ., for one accident, which avoids waste and the danger of septic bandages, etc.

The colliery owner is well advised to purchase - these from the Priory, the authority in Wales on ambulance matters. The ambulance men working in the collieries are trained and taught by the Priory and consequently are familiar with its stores and appliances.

The Pliory also ex hibited a model of an Underground Ambulance Carriag e, patented by one of its members, a working collier in the Melthyr District. It is an ingeni?us arrangement for taking a stretcher case from the face to the surface, avoiding the usual delay and the ]oltmg consequent upon hand transport. The details of this carriage are well conceived, and. it be a help in times of accident, more particularly m undulatmg and congested roads, as it can be hitched on a set of trams Oil

its downward or upward journey, and p ut into the cage in the same way as a tram of coal.

LORD MAYOR'S SUNDAY.

Members of th e Brigade were invited to accompany the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Mr. W. H. Pethybridge) to morning service at th e Roath -road Wesleyan Church, Cardiff, on Sunday, 16th Novemb :! r 1924. A large number of Officers, non-commissioned Officers, men and women of the City of Cardiff paraded in Cathay's Park at 10.3 0 a.m. prior to joining the Mayoral Procession. StaffOfficer Bernard E Maberly was in command supported by Staff-Officers of the Cardiff Centre.

Centre Reports.

(ITY OF CARDIFF CE NTRE

Owing to prompt trfatment administered by Private William Pitts of tbe Bury Dock Am bulance Division a tragedy was narrowly averted in tht:: home of Mr. and Mrs. Westall of Barry Mr. Westall is employed by the G. W. R. Co. and on going to his work early one morning detected a strong smell of gas coming from the room occupied by his daughter aged 16. On opening the door he found the r0.om of gas, the girl whose compl e xion bore tbe pmk hue pecuhar to cases of coal gas poisoning, just alive, but her almost indistinguishable breathing denoted that she was very near to death's door. A doctor was sent f?r and there.followed hours of desp er ate efforts at resuscitatlOn. Mr. PItt was called at once as it was known that he was a member of St. John Am bulance Brigade. He commenced to apply artificial respiration and continued the wor.k until, after a long vigil, signs of recovery became notIceable. Dr. P. W. Richards of Cadoxton thtn arrived and succeeded !n reviving the girl. The key of a J.?;as bracket 10 the girl's bedroom was turned on in a peculiar manner When preparing to retire Miss Westall threw her apron across the room on to the gas bracket and unknown to her, the key which was a little loose was thus partly turned. Thtre is no doubt that she owes her life to the work of respiration performed by Mr. Pitts, for had he not so closely avail able , she would have expi rt:d before the arnval of the doctor.

.This case must the thorough instruction by members of this division as it was found on refernng to the record sheet for 1923 that Private Pitts only enrolled as a member in March of that year

A very enj ')yable evening was spent on Saturday November 15th, wben the Annual Presentation of of members of the Cardiff Division took place at the Tr.edegar Hotel, Chfton-street, Cardiff. Owing to the absence. of the Commissioner for Wales, CaptalO TaheslO E. Richards ( Commission er for the Bor.ough of Rhondda Centre ) .attended in his place. The was by Mrs. DaVIes, and C'lptaio Taliesin E Rlchards was lOvited to present the large number of awards to men and the members of the Cardiff Emergency DIVISIon. Captain Richards thanked the Great Wester.n Railway Company and their officials for the. support gI ven to first -aiders and hoped that more of .numbel would become members of the Emergency D.1VlslOn! and that they would try and persuade their WIves, and. daughters to join the nursing classes. The w.ith a hearty vote of thanks to the Chauman, Mr. WalDwnght and Captain Richards.

MONTGO MERYSHlRE CENTRE.

Corps Supt. Henry Morris of the Powysland Corps inspected the Welshpool Ambulance and Nursing Divisions at Welsh pool on TUt'sday, November 4th. The mem bers showed great interest in their work, and were found to be efficient.

BOROU GH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

The Swansea Band of St. John Ambulance Brigade accompanied the Mayor of Swansea (Aldcrmiln John Lewis) to Divine at Capel Gomer, Orchard Stre6t, Swansea, on Sunday, November 16th

GLA i\.[Q RGAN CENTRE

A new Corps has be e n formed which will be known as the Neath District Corps. It comprises Divisions at Briton Ferry, Skewen, Aberdulais, Crynant, Seven Sisters, aud Onllwyn, and Glyn Neath. The Ab e ravon Corps will include Bryn, Glyncorrwg, Abercregan, Taibach and Kenfig Hill Nursing and Am bulance Di visions.

A successful public meeting was held at the Baptist Hall, Aberdulais, on November 26th, Dr. D Howdl, J.P., presided. supported by Sub ·Commissioner Lemuel Jones, Slaff Officer A. J Esmond and Councillor John Evans, Bryncoch. The Chairman in a suitable speech urged upon these present to assist the movement by their activf:! support. Sub Commiss ioner Lemuel Jones pointed out that the cause of rendering First Aid deserved the support of the Church which at present it did not receive, and instanced that centuries ago hospices und er the auspices of the Order were to be found all over North and South Wales especially at Gower and hoped ere long the history of the Order in Wales would be published. He desired tu thank Dr. Cohn, the new Divisional Superintendent for his kindness in com ;n g to their rescue and travelling from Neath to conduct the Ambulanc e Classes. Warrants were then handed by the Sub-Commissioner to the following;Divisional -Surgeon Cohn, Divisional-Supt. D. J. Johns, Ambulance Officer T. J. Morris, Divisional Treasurer J. Will!ams, Divisional-Storekeeper W. R. Jones, and Sergeant R. J. Giddings.

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

During the month the undermentioned Divisions inspected by Staff-Officer Captain S. T. Beard, O.RE. A general improvement was noted, the officers and men provicg themselves efficient, particularly the Abercaro Division under the command of Supt. A Blandford, who was congratulated on the splendid progress made since the Division was started only a year ago.

News in Brief

Corps Surgeon Hubert Phillips, M D., has offered a SlIver Cup to the Nursing Divisions of the - Aberavon Corps who have not yet won a prize at any Competition.

It would be interesting to the oldest Ambulance worker in th e Principality, Or e of our Officers has a Medallion bearing 25,222. Will anyone who has a lower number please let us know.

Extract from the" Western Mail," Cardiff;- The Joint of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the Bntlsh Red Cross Society are prepared to send a parcel of

December, 1924.

-FIRS'!'

gi ft,S for th e comfort a?d recreation of ex·service pensioner who may be 10 .a ny of the hospitals of Glamorgan on Chnstmas Day. ThIS rememberance at Christmas time is slight token th e appreciation of two great orgaOlsatlons of the serVIces rendered by ex-service men to the country durin g the Great War.

A north Wales Boy Scout who was knocked down by a motor-car on alighting from a bus, instructed persons rendering Fi rst· Aid, how to place his broken leg in temporary splints. The boy recently gained his Ambulance Badge.

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*Thomas's Splint Dr,ill for Fractures of the Lower Limb.

By CAPT. J. A. HENTON WHITE, M.D., B.S, F.R.C S.E., and Corps Officer G , E. KINGSNORTH.

THOMAS S knte splint of a leath 3r covered oval ring fits .obliquely r?und the upper part of the thigh of the lDJured hm b; th e and foot-piece of the splint are formed by a long iron rod, the ends of which are fixed into the ring

The splint is applicable to either right or left lim b but is unsuitable for fractures in women, or in those panied by wounds of the buttock against which the splint would press and cause pain. After the control of any

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and on th e toes, the foot vertical, with the other. NO·4 supports limb at the seat of fracture if necessary. Apply Splint. -No 4 .threads the ring of the splint ?ver th e boot, NO.2 removmg and re-applying each hand 10 as may to p t rmit of this b eing done. Tbe hmb at the of fracture.must be supported by NO.4, who passes the SpllOt up the limb until its further passage

FIG. 1.-THOMA S'S KNEE SPLINT.

(a) Padded ring ; (b) Side bus; (c) V - bar.

severe hcemorrhae;e or other urgtnt complication, the pro· cedure for a team of four in a case of fractured femur is as follows ;-

Prepare Stretch er.-N os. 2 and 4 proceed to the patient. Nos. and 3 "prepare stretcher" as in Exercise Section 5 of "First Aid to the Injured." Two blankets are foldea lengthwise into three one is plact.d with a double fold on the bed of the stretcher ; the third fold is left hanging from the right side of the stretcher ; the other blanket is similarly placed with i ts double fold on the stretcher (over the first) but with the single fold hanging from the left side of the stretcher.

Hand Extension. -No.2 pulls on the he el of the bODt ( which is not removed ) of the injured limb with one hand,

* A pap e r on rece n t changes in "F lacLu,e Treatment " read before the secti n (f Naval and MilitalY Hygiene of the British Medical Association at the 192Z annual meeting, by Major SInclair r:. M. G., which calls attention Lo the necesslty of mor e efficient fir s t aid tr e aLl11ltn t in cases of fracture of t he lower limbs The aUlhors have therefore compiled this article in b oo ldt t form in order that Ihe m e mb !r; of th e S J ,A. B. may bec o me acquainLe with O!1e (1f the latest method s of dealing with [rae and which is n o includ · d in the official text book. Copie s of Ihis ar ticle can be obtain ed from Corps Officer Kingsnorth, 76, Abbey·road, Bearwoocl, Birmingham. -ED.

is stopped by th e buttock. The V-bar of tb e spl int is kept hori zan tal.

Clove Hitch.·-No. 4 ma kes a clov e hitch ( Fig 2) rather to one side of the middle of a three yard length of flannel bandage about 4 ins. wide, so as to lEav e one e nd about 6 ins. longer than the o ther.

Th e loop of the hitch is slipped over the bo o t, leaving the ends on the outer side of tbe ankle; to allow of this being done NO.2 (who is still carrying on e xtension) again removes and re-applies one hand at a time as m ay be n e cessary. The long end of the bandage is tak e n und er the instep of the boot in front of the beel, up on tbe inn er side of the ankle, threaded through th e loop of the bitcb, and finally turned down outside the loop, thus leaving two ends, one on either side of th ::: ankle, as permanent ex tensi on bands

Fix The outer Ex tension band is passed down, first over and then under the out e r splint bar and finally

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Showing Spanish Windlass method of tightening ext ension bands, using pencil or nail.

round the U-bar at the foot of the splint the inner i-:xte nsion band is similarly down, first under and tben over the inner side bar, round the V-bar over the outer exte nsion band, to the end of which it is Hand extension is thus rep /a c ed by permanent extensIOn. The

FI G. 2.-CLO VE HncH.

G 3.-SPANISH WINDLASS METHOD.

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Spanu,h WlOdlass method may be used to tighten extension when necessary.

The lower end of the splint is to be kept well elevated from the ground by NO.2 or No. (who should now be available), or by resting the U-bar on some support, such as an empty petrol tin turned on its side.

The knee, slightly bent, is to be supported by a medium bandage passing between the 'sid e bars of the splint as follows :-

Double a tl iangular bandage (folded medium) at the centre, pass the loop under the splint from without inwards and carry it round the inner side bar, between the bar and the limb, thence under the knee and out between the knee and the outer side bar through the projecting loop the ends of the bandage are in opposite directions, pulled taut and tied together over the outer splint bar ; the knot is similar to the one used for fractured ft mur Fig, 17, Aid to the Injured."

Further supports are carried below the ankle and calf and similarly fixed ; tolh the latter bands are however allowed to sag be tween the bars, so that th e centre of the leg is ?n a level with the side bars of t:le splint. A broadfold tnangular bandage is placed with its centre over the leg below the kne e, the ends are carri e d down between the side splint bars and the leg turned up round the splint bars and tied together with the knot rather than to the outer side of the shin bone in front.

Dress Wound ,- If necessary the trousers are slit up and the wound dressed according to General Rules. In cases ?f compound fracture with the bones protruding the extenSIOn bands should not be pulled tight, but the limb supP?rted by the bandage-slings and steadied by slight traction only on the bands.

Support Thigh -Apply well -p idded cardboard splints (over the dressings if any) to the front and back of the thigh. Two me?ium bandages, as in the leg , are passed between the SpllOt bars to support the thigh, one above and the other below the fracture. Over all, to fix the

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The splint and leg are now slung from the suspension bar by a stout tape or bandage tied above to the suspension bar and below to the U -bar of the splint, allowing a distance of about three inches between the suspension bar and the splint.

To prevent side play during transport t'l pes are tied from the splint to the uprights of the suspension bar. The U-bar may also be tied to the nearest handle of the stretcher to prevent jolting during a rough journey.

Cover Patient.-Hot water bottles, if necessary and available, are now placed and the patient is cov e red by a third blanket fold e d in two lengthwise ; finally, the overhanging folds of the first and se cond blankets are folded over the patient and tucked in over the third blanket-this gives four thicknesses of blanket both over and under the patient.

FRACTURED LEG.

This splint may be used, when availabl e, (or fractures of the upper and middl e thirrls of the le g; in these cases the cardboard splints to the thigh ar e unnecessary; the thigh supports and the broad bandag e s enclosing the thigh and side bars must not be omitted. Extra bandages to fix dressings on the leg, in case a wound is present, may also be required.

The triangular blndages used as slings for the lim b may be replaced by strips of linen or flannel; if a long flannel bandage is available one e nd may be tied to the outer splint bar and the bandage pass e d diagonally betw e en the inner and outer splint bars to form a bed for the limb. The lower end of the bandage is secured to a splint b a r near the ankle.

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GASSED BY TO Y BALLOON.

A Paris child running r,ound a schoolroom with a toy balloon when he notIced that It was deflating, He put the nozzle to his mouth and began to blow the balloon up when he He was dead when picked up. A doctor 's showed that the boy had been poisoned by the gas used to mflate the balloon -Evenz'ng- News.

MONKEY'S GAS TRIC K

Thomas's Splint, with Suspension Bar and Slings. splint and limb, two broad bandages are tied, one at the upper and the at the lower part of the thigh these bandages must lOclude the side bars of the Thomas's splint.

. Ring Pad.-A thick pad of cotton wool or paper is between the outer part of the splint ring and the thIgh to prevent movement of the splint during transport.

Load Stretcher.- The patient, in the splint is placed on the stretcher as in Exercise I, for four

Place Suspension Bar.·-The suspension bar which is part of the outfit supplied with the splint, is to the poles of the str.etcher with the grips away from the foot and WIth the cross piece over the U· bar of the spllDt.

, A. young monkey, presented by a depa ling tenant to a maId lD Ne.w boarding-house, opened the jet of a gas stove whIle hIS mIstress was sleeping, says Reuter. Instead of lying down to die when the room became filled with gas, the monkey dropped into a corner and stuck his nose to the ground, thus escaping the effects of the gas. The gas e'3cape was traced to the maId's room, and the cioor was forced. The woman was found unconscious, but the monkey was in no wIse affected .-Dairy Mirror.

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GH TNlN G SHOCK

A house on Canvey Island was st:uck by lightning during the. thunderstor!ll yesterday. The dnver of a motor-omnibu s whIch was passmg and some of the passen g ers went into the and found children, between the ages of 6 and I2, lymg dazed on a bed In the attic, which had a hole through the roof.

The children were unable to speak owing to shock but recovered_ They were not hurt and ex cept fo; the hole In the roof the room was undamaged.- Dazly j/[az't.

December, 1924. Our Cartoon.- No. 9.

THE ADVENTURES OF SID & BERT.

By SerE[t. Dan Godfrey, S';'A.JJ.

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the pedestrian, but the occupants of stores and offices as well. Normal air shows practically no carbon monoxide' hence .it can be readily understood that air showing parts 10 ten thousand becomes a decided public h e alth menace.

Acute carbon monoxide poisoning is shown by an uneasy feeling of illness, with throbbing of the bloodvessels and a burning sensation of the face, which is soon followed by h-:!adache, dizziness and nausea. If the poison is the pltient soon becomes drowsy and loses conSCIOusness. Ordinarily gas poisoning is identified by a characteristic redness of the skin, the so-called "cherry red colour." Chronic poisoning is ind icated by dizziness, nausea, general weakness, or tired feeling with lack of mental or physical concentration. With the tremendous increase in the number of petrol driven cars, the constantly increasing traffic especially in citi es and the fact that automobl1es are so construct e d that the exhausts and discharge of bases occur at th e street level within the travelling zone of pedestrians, and at the very source of the air supply of most buildings, it is evident that gas poisoning from automobiles constitutes a real menace to pu blic health and that we should have the best attention and thought of automobile e ngine e rs.-Am erit-att llIedidn e

Pirst Aid in Canada.

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Poison from Motor Exhausts.

THE Bulletin oj the .lndz'alla State Board of Healtlt rtpJrts that it has been shown by recent investigation and require ment that the automobile has a dangerous menace in its exhaust. In the process of burning a mixture of air and petrol a poisonous by-product is given off in the form of a gas which is invisible, and for this reason all the more dangerous.

Carbon monoxide, which is a product of incomplete combustion, heads the list of gaseous poisons as a destroyer of human life, and carbon monoxide is given off from the exhaust of automobiles because automobile combustion is always more or less incomplete. It has been found upon experiment that gases from automobiles contain from four to eight per cent. of carbon monoxide, and that the aIr within five to fifteen feet above the surface of the streets where autmobile traffic is concentrated contains from on e to two parts of carbon monoxide in each ten thousand parts. In the congested districts of our larger citit:s the air su pply to most of the buildings is taken in from the level of the street, so that the poisonous air not only affects

THE handbook, which is issued by Canadian Branch of the St. John Ambulance Association, a.nd deals with the various Competitions conducted under its authority, makes very interesting rea ding. From it we learn that the Canadian Executive Committee regards competition work as a valuable stimulus to the further advancement of First Aid, since, unlike the Association here at borne with its one Inter-Railway Competition, it c o ntrols no less than nine important competitions, for each of which a handsome trophy, well illustrated in the handbook, is awarded. Not the least interesting fact is that these Senior Competititions are spread out among the diffe rent sections of am bulance workers. Thus, there is "The bert Cup," the winning of which carries with it the Championship of Canada, and for which competition is open to teams drawn from the various Provinces of Canada. Again, ther e are special competi tions restricted to teams of Railwaymen, Police Officers, Militia and Miners ; and, last but not least, th e re is a competition in First Aid and Nursing for teams of women throughout th e Dominion. A laudable and noteworthy fe ature is that one set of regulations controls all these competitions, and these are concise and easily understood, a feature which those responsible for the premier competitions in this country might well imitate. Further, a "team" in Can a dian Competitions consists of four persons only, though each team has to provide" patient" or "patients," who do not share in the work or awards; and all th(competitions are conducted in private. These conditions do not commend themselves to us, because, accepting the obvious fact that teams of four, as against five in this country, will produce more competitors and consequently more apostles of First Aid, we feel that the" patients " should be unknown to competitors (as they probably WJuid be in actual emergency), provided by those in ch.arge of the titions, and especially trained and lDstructed In their injuries and ailments, as is done h e re in Brigade Comp etitions, whereby more realism is obt a ined. F urther, the

FIG. 4.-THOMAS'S SPLINT.

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exclusion of spectators is an unwise move, because their presence stimulates the keenness of the competlog teams, and because there must be in Canada as here large numbers of enthusiasts who, while unwilling or unable for various rtasons to take part in public contests, yet look to such tests fur suggestions which will advance their own knowledge and correct their misconceptions of the instructions of the Textbook.

Another interesting regulation is that a team h :lying once won a Trophy of the Association, is disq ualdied, as a team, from again entering these competitions, but that a team may include in its personnel not more than two who were memb ers of a former winning team. The net result of this wise regulation is that any organisation, which has once won a trophy, must keep the enthusiasm of its constituents at high pitch in order that it may replace th e members of its representative team if it is to retain its proud distinction of being the champion organisation of its own section of ambulance workers. Lastly, there is to be found in the handbook a list of authorities who, up and down the country, are willing to place their services at the disposal of those who desire turther information with reference to the Association Competitions.

These are some of the interesting facts taken from the handbook; and we at home tender our sincere congratulations to the Canadian Branch of the Association on itl progressive work and our fervent hopes that the 1925 Competitions may be ev'!o more successful than those of preceding years in promoting the cause of ambulance wurk in Canada.-N C. F.

More Humours of Ambulance Work.

By A STAFF OFFICER.

L1LTHOUGH ambulance work is indeed serious b usiness, we as officers attached to the headquarters staff, often meet with really humourous incidents in our journeys about the country.

In the first place, we are more often than not taken vtry seriously by the country policemen to be either Chief Constable, Constabulary Inspectors or what not, and, in consequence, are always given the salute which we I eligiously r e turn.

Ooe of the members of the Brigade, well known in his locality, was on duty in uniform, and happened to meet with an old lady with whom he was well acquainted She eag-erly enquired how long he bad heen in the band. In company with the qommissioner for the County, we make a tour of mspectlOn mto the rural districts mainly for the purpose of visiting a seaside unit some fifty miles away.

We are, of course, all in full uniform and our Commissioner, needless to say, a very eminent doctor. Being inclined. to enquire after the progress made by a patleI?t of hlS, who is recuperating his h::alth at the same seaslde town, we make enquiries as to his address.

N ow it so happened that the main entrance to the house where the patient was staying looked, for all the wOlld, like a back way approach. Alighting from his car the doctor was a chary about taking a advantage by en.tering the J:>ack way so he very good humouredly enqUlred, of a over the way, if rhere were any fie r ce dogs kept in the yard Imagine our mirth,

D.- December, 1924.

when, io broad dialect, the good woman r ep lied that no such beast was to be found there for him to fea r and even if there had been one she was perfectly willing to doctor him if he was bitten. Unfortunately, the reply was lost by the doctor although we, who were left behtnd in the car, enjoyed a joke at his expense.

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LOADING STRETCHER.

J.D. (S tepney ).-In a recent Drill Competition the Judge cri ticised the co mpeting teams severely because they had not instructed their patient (w ho was supposed to be conscious) to put his arms round the ne ck of NO.3 Bearer, a nd stated that this instruction was to be found in the Textbook. As I cannot find it, please advise.

N either can I find any such instruction in Textbook.N.C.F.

TR EATMENT OF FRACTURED PELVIS.

D. J. (A berdulais ).-Fractur e of Pelvis is also a very common accident in mines. For this injury I apply two long outside splints (extending from axil1::e to beyond heels ) and nail a short splint across the lower ends of these-thus forming a sort of "box-splint." Then I bandage the body and buttocks as [ have already described for Frac tured Spine ; then I bandage each lower limb to my side splints and ensure that each foot is s ecurely fastened to the cross splint whereby my box-splint is rendered more secure. This treatment also has always been approved.

I note the details of your treatment and, frankly, I prefer that of the Te x tbook, because here again you waste valuable time in doing unnecessary work and so delay removal of your patient to medical aid.-N.F.C.

TREATMENT OF ASPHYXIA.

A. W. (Shoreditch).- U nder Artificial Respiration the T extbook used to give instructions to excite respiration by " flicking chest with damp towel." The Revised T extbook omits t his instruction. Is it still permissible, and why was it omitted ? Please advise.

Yes; but, as the method is somewhat drastic, it should only be adopted when other methods fail. This fact probably explains its omission from Revised Textbook.

A pPLICATION OF BANDAGES.

H. W. (South Africa).-Please tell me the correct proc edure to follow in applying bandages to a limb, such as the arm -(1) for fixing splints and (2) retaining dress:ngs. For the former, the Textbook (p. 49 ) tells us to pass bandage" twice round limb ." I note, however, that many students and instructors pass the bandage round and round the limb as many times as the length of bandage allows-on the grounds that this method looks neater than

December, 1924 -FIRST

For Wounds, Cuts, Scalds lnd Burns

N ew-Skin is ideal or cuts, ab ras o ns and resh surface injuries to the skin_ Anliseptic and ge rm-kill ing lL prolects the wound and allows it to heal naturally.

New-Skin is waterproof. It won't wash off. You Cln wash over it. Il is transparent and flexible.

HOW NEW-SKIN KILLS THE GERMS.

e ntific tests - demonstrate its antiseptic powel's.

Use the Doyen of all Dressings, GERMOLEN E.

Astonishes by the rapidity of its Soothing, Healing Action.

GERMOLENE has est ablished its supremacy in first aid work in every part of the world. It is unequalled for "ery obvious reasons:-

"," shows an earthen dish. about three "2" shows another plate, similarly in ches in diameter, conta inin g agar treated, except that part of the surface germ food), on which pus-producing had been covered with N e Skin after microbes had been planted in three rows, and kept at body temperature. At the the germs were placed on it. It end o 48 hours the germs had

1. As a germicide GERMOLENE is supreme. Septi c complications are impossible where it is used. I t cleanses wounds of every particle of foreign matter. The bacilli of poison shrivel and die when it is applied.

2. GERMOLENE soothes immediately. is none of the tingling, smarting, or pain whIch is associated with bactericidal agents so often used in the past. The action o(GER\IOLENE is 50 rapid that the quick cessation of pain invariably astonishes the user.

3- GERMOLENE heals completely and safely. New t iss ue is built up in a healthy, natural manner. Inflammation and festering stop because the cause is expelle d.

GERMOLENE should be kept ready for use by all ambulance workers ; it should certainly have a permanent place in every factory first-aid chest and in e "ery home for immediate application in cases of cuts, wounds, scratch es, scalds and burns. It is just as useful for every kind of skin complaint, and it is the doyen of all skin preparations for use in children's ailments.

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to h ave lon g ends tu c ked away. Please tell us if there is any special reason why t he banda g e should not be carried round more than twice, and accept o ur thanks from across the seas.

Look at the diagrams of the Textbook; and I think you will agree with me that the g eneral appearance of a bandage passed tw ic e o nly round a imb is much neater than that which results when a bandage is turned round and round a link to its uttermost ends. This is the only reason which I know tor this instruction of Textbook.

For retaining dressings in position the ordinary bandages of Chapter V Ir. should, where possible, be used. For fixing splints the band ag e should be passed twice only round limb. You do this if you place the mid-point of the bandage on the outside of the limb (this be ing the full width of bandage seen in Textbook diagrams). Yo u then ca rry the ends round limb to the point from which you started and at this point you tie off your reef knot. To pass a bandage round and round a lim b gives an untidy ( and for this reason undesirable ) result. If the bandage is too long and large-as is the ordinary triangular when you bandage up a child, then you should make it smaller before applying it ; and this yo u do by bringing end to end whereby yo u halve your bandage.-N.C.F.

COMPRES S ION OF AXILLARY ARTERY.

P. S. ( N ew Cross ).-For co;npression of Axillary Artery the Textbook (p. 93 ) gaily advises us to insert a small pad in axilla and to tie the arm flex ed at elbow, across the chest. As none of us have yet succeeded in comp ressing the artery by this m e thod, we turn to you in our diffi c ulty and we lcom e your comm ents.

Clearly you have failed because you used a large and soft pad, such as one made from a triangular banda g e the Textbook, therefore, next time; take a billiard ball itself which is small and hard; and you will obtain im mediate success. If you do not poss ess a billiard ball, then take your briar pipe and insert its bowl in axilla with open mouth pointin g downwards and stem forwards and you will be equally successful. - N.C.F.

FRACTURE S O F TI BIA AND PATELLA.

D. D. (Carmart hen ) - In a recent comp etition we haci to treat a patient who was supposed to be suffering from Si mple Fractures of Tibia and Patella of right leg. Please tell us which fracture ought to be put up first and so settle a friendly discussion.

[f you take immediate steps properly to control the fractured leg, you will automatically prevent aggravation of the fractured patella. So the question of "first" or " last" does not (and should not) arise.

The limb being controll ed, then I helieve that from the First·Aid standpoint it is wise to put up patella as described in Te xtbook (p. 65) except that patient must throughout be kept flat. ThIS done, you can then set up fractured tibia as on p. 66 This line of treatment has the three -fold adva ntage that both fractures are securely controll ed ; that attention is directed to the tW? ;. and that the risk of further injury is reduced to a ffilDlmum durlDg removal and when the emergency splints and bandages are removed.

If, you are short of material or you are compelled by to hasten your treatment, then you could first con trol 11mb, then patella with two bandages, then set up fra ctured tlbla m ordmary way whereby you dispense with back splint for fra ctur ed patella. -N.C. F.

ANOTHER EXAMINATlON HOWLER.

L. R. (Charlto n Park).-At a recent examination the doctor asked the .foo l of our class what was the name given to vesse ls "permanently dilated, winding beadhke. IJa rz cot Beans .I-was his immediate, if mcorrect reply; and then the doctor gasped: !

Good! N ext, please.-N.C.F.

D UTIE S OF A ,JBULANCE MEN.

V.B. ( llford ) - In the interesting Pri ze Essay published in August it is stated- "the ambulance men were useful in lifting and moving patients as well as in serving tea, &c."

As a male member of the Brigade I am in full agreement with these remarks; and I have often noted that. though many of us men hold the Nursing Certificate, yet on Public Duty our work consists in handing over cases to the nurses whereby we are denied opportunities of diagnosis and treatment. I would, thereforf', suggest to authorities at St. John S Gate that the efficiency of the Brigade would be promoted if male patients were treated by the men and women patients by the ladies.

I fear that you are a t trihuting- to Brigade Headquarters responsibility for a state of affairs, for which you should really blame those in charge of local duties. At the same t imp, Brigade Regulations in paragraph 166 lay it down that, while not less than two sisters are to be appointed to the station. the men as a rule should be employed in patrollin g, in renderin g first aid at a distance from the station, and in transportingpatients to and from the station. Further, the sa me regulation definitely states that the sisters are t o be employed in attending to women and c hildren brought to the sfation.

The real solution to your perfectly legitimate and very mild" grouse" is to divide the station into two parts-one for men and the other for women and children. This is o ften done and provides work for men and women. -N .C.F.

J.B.S. Mill ?).-B rigade Re(.ulations, para. 91, is qUIte clear on thIS pomt. It states "New M embers are exerI?pt in their first year, provided lhey obtam thelr certIficate m that year." You appear el igi ble for effi ci en c y in I9 2 1.

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FIRST AID

'-l1i.eJournal of the Order ofthc1fosPita! of $ John ofJerusalem htEngland

Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

Another year has begun and every officer and member of the Brigade will join in hearty greetings and good wishes to all his colleagues and fellow workers. Through the united t'fforts of all, the White Cross of St. John has success= fully carried on during J 924.

In this issue we have embodied a new cover design, the form of which we hope will appeal to cur readers. The old gateway of St. John is not only one of the historic landmarks of London, but its strength also, the symbolical of the spirit of the Order of St. John which animates its members all over the world.

WE live in a wonderful age, and among First Aid many wonders radio-telephony is not and Wireless. the least. The ability to carryon a conversation with others thousands of miles distant by means of wireless waves in the ether is no mean accomplishment. Day after day fresh developments in wireless transmission are reported in the press, and one wonders what the ultimate achievement in what is comparatively a n e w branch of science will be.

The ability to simultaneously address millions of " listeners-in" in the comfort of their own homes opens up opportunities which, we believe, bave yet to be fully realised.

Readers of FIRST Am, interested in the extension of ambulance knowledge will doubtless want to know if this new medium is to be employed in advancing the cause which they have so much at heart. We commend it to the authorities at St. J obn's Gate and elsewhere for their consideration.

Apart, however, from the idea of broadcasting First Aid or Horne Nursing lectures, this new means of communication should certainly find favour for interesting the millions, whu daily don the ear·phones or gather round the loud speaker, in the beneficent work wbich the Order of St. John and kindr e d societies are carryin g on in this and other

It has been said, and we tbink truly said, that the activities of such a useful branch of voluntary workers as the St. John Ambulanc e Brigade have been too long concealed from the light. One does not suggest for one moment that tbere should be any brazen boasting-that would b e quite foreign to the spirit of the Movement -b ut dignified propaganda would do much to ensure public support for, and fill the ranks of, the Brigade.

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Extr a quality material. Strictly to regulation.

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TELEPH"INE 281.

By THBKLA BOWSBR. Illustrated. Post free, 18. POCKET FIRST AID SERIES.

By Col. R. J. BLACKHAM. C_B .• C.M.G ,?I.B •• 0.5_0 M_D. (1) Poisoning. (2) Hremorrhage, (3) Insenslblhty,

A perusal of the broadcasting programmes given in our daily papers enables one to appreciate the many advantages which will accrue to the community if the fullest use is made of this new medium for reaching the masses. The fact that the programmes from the new station at Chelmsford (SXX) can be clearly received within a radius of 100 miles on a simple and inexpensive crystal sets considerably widens the scope of radio-telegraphy for educational purpos es, using the term in its broadest sensl:

The ether is a new medium wbich modern science has harnessed for the good of mankind. We suggest that it can be put to few users more calculated to benefit humanity than to foster ambuhnce work, wbich has been so aptly defined recently as " practical Christianity II

A course of six lectures for ladies on First Aid to the Injured will be held at the Church Hall St. Peters, Cranley Gardens, S. W., on Wednesdays at z 30 p.m., starting February 11th, 1925. Fee 7S 6d. per course including examination, apply Mrs. Edward Lascelles, 38, Argyll-road J Campden Hill, W.8

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The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

Chancery of the Order, St. fohn's Gate, Cle rken well. London, E.G.I, ISt January, I9 2 5·

The King has been graciously pleased to sanction. the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Grand of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem In England:-

As K7light of fus/ice (from Knight of Grace) : Li eut-Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, G.C.M.G, G.C.V.O , K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

As Lady (J (ustice (from Lady 01 Grac e) : Augusta Mary Monica, The Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E.

A s Knights of Grace.'

Lancelot Wilkinson Dent, O.B.E.,

Lieut-General Sir Alfred Horsford Bingley, K.C.I.E., C.B.

As Honorary Knights of Grace .'

Sir Robert Ho Tung, LL.D.

Ho Kom Tong,

As Ladies of Grace .'

Ida Francis Annabella, The Dowager Countess of Bradford, Miss Constance Elizabeth Todd, R.R.C., M.M., Claire Majoribanks, Lady Milne, M.B.E.

A 5 Esquires .'

Colonel Conrad Charles Henry Hogg, C.M.G., Noel Hughes Charles, M.C., Brigadier ·General Hugh Frederick Batp.man Champain, C.M.G., Lennox Wainwright, M.D ., M.R.C.S., Donald Keatinge Stuart Cameron, 2nd Lieut. R.E. ( T ) Bruce Allan Fas3iefern Cameron, 2nd Lieut. R.E. (T)

Walter Rogers, 1\1 B. Arthur Maitland Ware, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C .P ., Stanley Embleton, Lance)ot Edgar Connop M ervyn Perowne, 2nd Lieut. R.E., Ernest A. Ebblewhite, Charles Berry, WIlliam Hannah McLean.

As Honorary Serving Brothers: George Richard Richardson, Edward William Jackson, Captain Albert WIlliam J ournet, Edwin Cardwell, John Small Haggart, Charles Bower, William Frederick Hartmann, Edmund Walch, Silas HE-nry James, Henry Windsor.

As Honorarv Serving Sisters .'

Mrs. Alice Brooks, M.B.E , Mrs. Elizabeth Dockrill.

As Honorarv Assoet'ates: Edward Petrie Sinclair, M.B , John Kerr, M n., Francis Arthur O;bo rn, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

As Serving B'J'other : William Egbert Thompson, M.B.

As Serving Sisters : Miss Sarah Lily Sanders, Sister Catherine Boyd Keith,

Hospital Notes.

THE Honorary Secretary of the Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem, has much pleasure in acknowledging of bank draft value £13 75., from the Railway Headquarters, Johannes burg. The following are the names of the subscribers :-

January, 192 5 - FIR

St. John J\mbutance J\ssociation. Bristol Centre,

The Annual Meeting of th e Bristol Centre of the Association was held at the University of Bristol on November 11th, at wh ich the following were elected for the ensuing year :-President, The Lord Bishop of Bristol. Vice-Chairman, Lieut.-Col. B. M. H. Rogers, M .D. R. Edwin Bush, Esq., D L, J.P., Horac e Walker, Esq, D.L., J.P. Chairman, C. C. Lavinbton, Esq., M. B. Hoo. Secretary, Mr. Egbert A. O. Webb Hon. Treasurer, W. G Hawkins, Esq. Div. S Ecretaries, Br istol West, Drs. H. G. Kyle and S. B Gre en Bristol North, Messrs A. J. 0 , Britton and D_ McPh e rson Bristol East, Messrs.

A. Twiselton and A. Cotton Bristol S:)Uth, Captain J. F. Tresize and Mr. H. Trott.

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Great Western Railway.

WE understand that the report of the G. W R Centre of the. St. ) ohn Am Association for the year 19 24, whlch WIll shortly be Issued, will disclose a (urther advance in first aid exa minees and another re co rd figure. It may be recalled th at the centre recorded 0,443 successful examinees for the year 1923, being the highest figure for any centre of the ASEOciation. It was, howev er, felt that this achievement was a hi g h water mark which it would be somewhat difficult to maintain. It will be interesting to know what point has been reached as a result of the 19 2 4 activities of this very live centre of the Association.

G.W.R. ambulance workers have been the fortunate recipients of a large number of competition trophies of late. We now learn that Mr. E. Lowther, the Chief Docks Manager, has recently presented a stHling silver cup as a trophy for competition in the South Wales Docks Division. The cup is intended for the B eginners' Class in the annual competitions, the advanced class already having the " Mather Jackson" Shield to com pete for.

Accidents and First Aid Knowledge.

(I WHEN an ambulance or stretcher is requisitioned in case of a railway accident, it should be accompanied by an efficient certificated first aid man fully equipped." This was a rider appended to the jury's verdict at an inquest recently held by Dr. Waldo, J.P., the City Coroner, who, in summlOg up, said it was of first importance to the public that every police constable, including railway constables, should be obliged to obtain a certificat e in first aid. Ht:: added also that at least one employee in each railway gang should be a qualified ambulance worker.

D I Waldo has previously expressed his high appreciation of the ambulance movement, and in a let.e r to the Railway Gazette he suggests that accidents and deaths of employees on railways are becoming alarmingly frequents and that many of them are preventable and unnecessary.

A statement of this kind from such a quarter will doubtless r e ceive thoughtful consideration by the railway authorities to see if something more cannot be done in connection with the safety and first aid work which they have encouraged so consistently in the past.

As the Railway Ga ze tte points out, one effect of the recent grouping of railways will be to place the generous schemes of staff instruction in ambulance knowledg e , which have been a (e3.ture of the larg;er companies, within reach of the staff of smaller lines which have now been absorbed.

This question of accidents and accid e nt prevention is one tc which the General Manager of the Great Western Railway directs attention in the current iSSUE: of the G. W.R Magazine. He says" A very heavy proportion of the mishaps are due to laxity in regard to the observance of sde practices in the performance of ordinary operations in which there need not be any element of risk."

The Editor of the G. W.R Magazine also has a special art icle, "S 0. S. ", on the su bj ect, in which he appeals to all concerned to check the increase in accidents.

It is indeed strange, but during the past year or two there has been a noticeable increase in the number of accidents, not only on railways but in n early every industry and in nearly every country the world over.

The Committee : Drs. A. Cornall, J. S. Mather, R Reynolds and Lieut.-Colonel P. H. Collingwood (late)

RA.M.C., and the Messls. H. G. Hill, A. A. St. John Burroughs, and H. R Smith, and Major E. Cad bury, D.S.O., D.F.C.

It is stated in the report that 26 classes have been held in the year, as compared with 18 last year, 22 being in First Aid for Women, and for M e n, and 4 in Home Nursing (the 4 being for Women).

Devon County Centre.

The first annual report of th e County Centre also embodies the fourth annual report of the Plymouth and District Centre, for it will be rememb ered that th e latter organisation ceased on May 16th last. The Mayo r of Plymouth presided at the annual meeting which was held at the Council Chamber, Plymouth, on Dece:nber 14th. Moving the adoption of the annual report, his Worship said the growth of the Centre had b ee n simply marvellous. But a short time since it was a ver y small affair, carried out voluntarily by a small band of men and women, who gave their time, and with only just a few little ambulances and 3. few appliances.

To-day they had six motor arr bulances scouring the whole of Plymouth and neighbourhood in furtherance of their spl endid war k.

He felt, added the Mayor, that the growth was to a great extent due to th e splendid organi za tion and work of their Secreta ry, Mr. Hp.dley V. Miller. "The more I come into contact with him the more I am convinced he has his heart and soul in the work ,

"As a member of the Watch Committee I have had some personal Experience of the work, and I would like the ratepayers of Plymouth to know that an immense saving is made on the rates by the work of this association. If we had to pa.y for all the work they do it would cost hundreds of p)unds a year more, and would not be so well done as it is done to-day. And I have heard the chief constable speak in the highest terms of the work."

Colonel G. M. Goldsmith, A D.M S. seconded the adoption of the report

At a pres e ntat ion of awards to mem bers of the Plymouth Millbay Class presided over bv Sir Frederick Winnicott recently, the late divisional ambulance secretary, Mr. J. F. Warr e n was the proud re cipient of a piano, as a token of esteem from his many fl ien ds and ambulance workers in the Plymouth division,

Under the heading "Super-Citizens" the G.W.R. Magazine (January issue) recounts a number of instances in which G.W.R. ambulance workers have rend ere d valuab le first-aid assi stance to their fellows recently. "In view of the facts h e re recorded" says the editor, "the men concern e d may justly be d e scribed as 'Super Citiz ens '_a term to which all efficient first aid workers are entitled.

The Kidlington and distri ct ambulance class have celebrated the winning of the" Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe" shield for the second time at a dinner held in the Foresters' Hall. Mr. W. J. Radcliffe, High Sheriff of Glamorgan, presided over a disti nguishe d gathering which included Mr. R H. Nicholls (s upt. of the line), Me. F. R Potter (assistant supt.), and a number of local officials, Professor F. Harvey, Mr. Frank Gray an d others. A very pleasant evening was spent and. a pleasing incident in proceedings was the of an walkmg stick to Dr. Freeborn. Mr. Nicholls dlstnbuted the examination awards and heartily congratulate d the class on its continual success, in no small measure due to the able secretary, Mr. W. T. Cooke.

The Countess of Suffolk has recently given a silver challenge cup for competition among memb er s of the Kemble Class At a recent gathering of the class members and their friends th e Countess was present and form er ly hand e d the trophy to Mr. S. Morris (Divisional Supt.). Her ladyship was t he recipient of a beautiful boquet at the hands of Miss Violet Duggan.

Drs. Gladstone and Cossham adjudicated in the first contest for the trophy which was won by a t ea m consisting of Messrs. J. T. Duggan (Captain), c. P. Cotton, W Wilkins, and A. C. Smith.

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At a smoking concert held in connection with the Skewen Ambulance Class on the 19th ultimo. Captain Carey, H M Insp e ctor of Mines spoke in high terms of th e railway mov e ment. He r e marked that e very man who e ngaged in this movement, was not only doing a service to th e public, but also to the State.

E x amination awards were distributed by Mr. Trevor Roberts ( Di visi o nal Supt. )

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

DECEMBER, 1924

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

TO BE DISTRICT SURGEON.

N O. 1 D ISTR ICT

D ,s tr ic t Officer R ic h a rd C onnon Robert so n , L.M S S A ( Lon .).

1 TO BE DISTRICT OFFIOER.

N o 10 DI STR ICT.

Ambul a n c e O ffi c er Thomas William Ni c hols, 13. T2. 24

TO BE CORPS OFFIO ER.

N o. 4 D ISTR IC T.

Serg t John 'W ils o n, A cc rington Corps, 19. 12.2 4

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON & SUPT

N o 10 DI STR ICT

John Kitt on Howlett, L.R.C.P. & S. ( Ed. ), L. F. P. S ., De r eham a nd Di s tri c t D ivision, 6.1 2.2 4

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEONS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

R obert Chevassut, M.B. , C h.B., B arrowfor d Di vi sion, 16. 12 24

NO.5 DISTRICT.

C h ar le s Henr y G reenwood, M .B ., B. C h., F .R. C S Ripon

Nurs ing D ivision, 15. 12. 24

Thoma s A rthur Strevens, L R. C. P L.M , Shirebrook Division, 8. 12.24

NO. 6 DISTRICT.

J a mes Dunlop Li ckley , M .D., Ch. B , Gosforth Nursin g D ivis ion, New c astle-on-Tyne Corp s, 4.12.2 4

NO. 7 DI ST RI CT

H a rry Dav id Wy se, R. C. S , L.R.C.P. ( Lon. ), Han wood Divi-

SIOO S hrewsbury Corps, 20. I 2 24

N O.8 DI STRICT

M orley Dyson V Int, M. A , M B , R Ch ( C a n. ) Tunbrid g e Well s

1 ursmg D IVISion, 27 .12. 24

NQ. 9 DI STRI CT

C harle.s Balkwill, M.R.C. S. , L R.C P., Ford N ur s in g

DIVISion, 13 12 24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPTS.

NO. 3 DI STR IC T

.0A:c er Arthur R ic hard Embrey, Hand s worth Div i-

SIOn BirmIngham C orps, 16.1 2 24

NO .5 D IST RI CT

ill a m N o rman St a nsfield, Retford Div is ion, 2. 12 .24 ·

AID.- January, 1925

Herbert Stanley Hllnte r, I reland Colliery Divis ion, Staveley Corps, 2 7.12 .2 4

N O.6 DI ST RI CT.

S er g t. Luke Bulmer \Vilson, Harton Coll iery Division, 18. 12. 2 4

NO 8 DI STRIC r.

Ambulan ce Offi cer Joseph Cornelius Dunk, Maidstone D ivision, 29 12 24

No. 11 DbTRI CT.

Arth.H Ansley , Bdttersea Divis ion, 20 12.2 4

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPTS

I o 2 DI STRI CT.

Lady Ambulance Offi cer Miss Edith Beatri c e Castle, Bath Nursing DIv ision, 2I.11.24

NO 5 DI STRI CT.

M ss Mabel Eleanor Herdman, Ripon Nursing Division, IS 12. 24

NO .7 Dr STJ{I CT

Mrs. Cecilia Beatrice Evans, Oswestry Nursing Division 27. 11 2 24

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Offi cer Mrs. Emma Swayne, Parkstone N ursing Division, 3.12.24

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICEBS.

No I DI STRI CT

Sergt. Edwin M arshall, No. 16 New Cross D ivis ion, 23 12. 24

Sergt. Gurnell Grafton G reen, No 64 Kenti s h Town Division 22 12. 2 4

NO.2 DI STRI CT

Sergt. Alfred Nelms, Ma denhead Division 12. 12 24

Sergt. M ark PhillIp West, Slough G.W R Division, 5. I 2. 24

NO .3 DI STRICT.

Corpi. John Edward Siviter, Oldbury Metro Division, B irmi n gham Corps, 20 12 2 4

NO. 4 DI STRI CT.

Corp\. Harold Ashburne, Ambleside D ivision

S ergt. Wilfred Fran ci s Powdl, Y.M. C. A an d C l a u g hton Division, Bi rkenhead Corps, 16. 12.24

NO.5 DI STRI CT.

Ser g t. William Edward Pemment, Armley and Wortley Division, Leeds Corps, 8. I 2.24

Sergt George Daccus, Hunslet and Holbe c k Di v ision, Leeds Corps, 17.1 2 24

Sergt Harry Rands, New Holland and Distri c t Division 9 12 24

NO.6 DISTRICT

Corpi. Isaac Drake, Harton Colliery Division, 16.12 24

Sergt. Joseph N orr ill, North West Division, Hull Corps, 4. 12 24

No. 10 DI STRI CT.

Sergt. Thomas William Mole, L.&N.E.R. Division, Ipswi c h Corps, 8.1 22 1

TO BE LaDY AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

No. I DISTRI CT

Miss ,vera Maud Holloway, No. 55 (Southall ) N ursing DiviSIOn, 22. 2.24

NO.3 DI STRI CT

Miss Eleanor Grace Gainsford, C as tilian N ursing Division, Northampton Corp s 2 3 12.2 4

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Miss Gladys Ethel Mary Herdman, Ripon Nursing D ivision, 15 1 2 2 4

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Margaret Annie Hawdon, North Shields Nursing Division, North Tyneside Corps, 1 S-! 2.24

NO. 9 DISTRICT.

Miss Caroline Lo ise Thomas, Falmouth Nursin g Division 25. 12 2 4

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MISS Ellen FfJ.ncis SOl.Lb, .PlYUlouth Cu-openltive Division, Plymouth Corps, 2 12.24

Miss Isabel Maria Holman, Sherwell Nurs ing Division, 28.1 I.24

TO BE NURSING OFFICERS

NO.4 DI STR ICT.

Miss Mary Charlotte Williams Preston Nursin g Division, Preston Corps,s. 12.24

No. 5 DI ST RICT

Miss Gladys Durose, Ripon Nursing Division, 15. 12 24

NO.8 DI STRI CT.

1Y[ iss Elinore Rogers-Tillstone, Hove Nursin g DIVISion, Bnghton and Hove Corps, 2 2.1 2.24

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICERS FOR CADETS

NO 2 DI STRIC T.

John Gardner, Maidenhead D ivis ion, 12.1 2 24 NO. 5 DISTRICT.

William Garnet Pal n g , Louth Division , 9 12 .24

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICERS FOR CADETS. NO .3 DI STRIC T

Mi ss W in ifred Howe, Headqu a rters Nursin g D ivision, Northampton Corps, 5 12 2 4

TO BE TRAN,gFERRED.

NO. 6 DnTRI cT.

Lady Officer E. Eggleton from Re c k it t s Nur s in g

DIV ISion to Peel House N ursing Divis ion, supernumerary to establtshment, 3.12 24

No. 1 DI STR ICT

Reserve Supt. W. Dobson retnrned to the Active List, 8.12. 2 4

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

:til o I DI STR ICT.

Supt. S. Painter, Watford Division, 2.12 24

Ambul<1.nce Officer K emp, No. 7 (Toynbee H::lll ) Division [7. 12 2 4

Lady Supt. M r s. Nicholls, No. 27 ( West Ham ) N ursing DiviSion, 3 1. 12.24

No. 8 DI STRIC T

Divisional Surgeon Dr. Laing, Guildford Division, 22 .6.24

Corps O fficer, J Ra c ine, Guildford Corps, 21.1 2. 24

No. 10 DI STRI CT

District Supt. F. H Goode r ham, 2 1.1 2. 24

Supt. W. G Last, Orwell Works Div ision, Ipswi c h Corps , 31.12 24

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

No. I DI STRICT

Surgeon Dr. Richardson No. 33 ( Bermondsey ) DIVIsIon, 9.1.25

Divisional Supt. S. Juleff, Erith Divis ion, 19 12.24

N O. 2 DI STRICT

Lady Supt. Mrs. Twiss, Southampton Nursing Div ision, 16.12.24

Lady Supt. Miss Bromley, Lymington Nursin g Div ision, 16. I 2.24

NO.4 DI SRIC T

Lady SllPt. Miss H. Clarke, Rochdale Nursin g Div ision, 6.1. 2 5

NO.5 DI STRICT

Corps Surgeon J. M McIlraith, Bradford Corps, 18.1 2.2 4

NO.6 DI STRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Pringle, Gateshead Boro Nursing Division, North Durham Corps, 19 12.24

Corps Sergt M ajor W. Mulkerrin, North Durham C orps 19. 12 2 4

NO.8 DI STRIC T

Divisional Surgeon W. C. Aylward, Tunbridge Wells Nursing Division, 18.12.24

AI DOffi c er A. M. Hipkins, Hove Nursin g Divi s ion Brighton and Hove Corps, 29. 12 24 DEATHS.

No. I DI STR ICT

Divisional Supt. J T Olley, Ley ton and Leytonstone Di v ision, 25.12 24

NO.5 DIS TRI CT

D iv is ional Sup!. H. H. Tatham, Ilke s ton "A " Divi s io n 16.12 24 No I [ DI <;TR ICT.

Di vi s ional Sur g eon F. B. Jeffrie s, Chatham Di v ision , 2 4. 12 2 4 DIVISIONS REGISTERED. N O.2 Dr S'l' R CT. Bea c onsfield Div isio n , 6. 1. 2 5 G osport N ursin g- D ivisi on , 3 1 2 24

·4 DI STR IC T

Thornton-Ie - Fylde D ivis ion , 12 .1 224

5 DI STR ICT. A rmthorpe (M arkham Main ) D ivi sion 12 12.24 Mel t ham Nursin g Division, 12.1 2.24

N urslO g Division, 18.1 2. 24 Westgate Nurs in g D ivis ion 2 2.12. 24

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

-l e ·S prin g Ca det Nur si n g D ivi s on, 15 1224

N O 9 DI STR IC T

Bovey Tracey Nursing D ivision, 2 2. 12. 24

DIVISIONS DISBANvED

No. D ISTR ICT

Basingstoke D ivision, 19. 12 .24

Bo x Division, 19 12.24

P. WILKI NSO N ( Major- G eneral ), Acting Chief Comm issioner

Special Brigade Order.

BRITI SH E MP IRE E XH IBITION ( W EMBL EY) D UTY , 1 9 24.

I WI SH to place on record my hi g h appr e c iation o f the valuable services rendered by Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Pliva.tes a nd Ambulanc e Sisters o f the Brigad e , at the British Empire Exhibition during the year.

The E x hibition Authorities have testified on various occasions, in reports and oth e r communications recei ved, to the smartness and discipline of all ranks, and the efficient manner in which th e ir duties wer e perfo rmed.

To the Officer in charge of the Publ :c Duty arrang ements at the Exhibition, during the periods allotted t 'J the Order of St. John, and his Staff, is due the highest praise for the courteous and tfficient manner in w hich they carried out the work entrusted to them, and I am glad of the opportuuity of recordillg my appr e ciation.

I also wish to express my grateful thank s to the Officers of the Brigade who afforded me th eir cordial co-operation and by their efforts e nabl e d 1h e req uiremtn ts of th e E x hibition A uthoriti e s to be m e t, and for th e financial assistallce granted to m e mbers of Distr ict ar,d County Contingents.

All Districtc; were given an opportunity of sending contingents for a week's duty to supplement th e personnel continuously supplied from No. (Prince of Wales

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District. It is gratifying to record that the r:.umbcr of volunteers considerably exceeded the nurr.ber asked for and in consequence he regrets many of anxious to do duty at the Exhibition could not be accEpted.

It is hoped that on the occasion of next year's Exhibition, if the Brigad e is invited to und e rtake duty, the response will be as gratifying as it has been during the past year.

A Camp Hospital, July to August, 19 2 5.

By Lt.-Col, H. G. G. MACKEN Z lE, D.S 0., M.D. (Division a l Surgeon, Toyobee Hall Division).

THROUGH the kindness of the Editor, I am abl e again to announce in the widely read columns of FI RST AID that I shall be glad to receive applications from any memb5rs of the Brigade who h av e a tast e for camp life, and would welcome the opportunity of putting theoretical knowledge to a practical test for inclusion in the hospital staff at the annual camp of the Public S e condary Schools Cadet Association n ex t summ e r. The r e sult of the notiGe which I was allowed to insert last year was th e addition to the staff of two absolutely first rate men who, I believe, enjoyed and hope to r e n e w their experi e nce.

Let me explain ver y shortly what is wanted.

The business of the hospital staff is to look after the the health of all ranks in camp during two weeks-in this case, from W e dnesday, July to Wednesday, 12th August.

The camp will be held at Charlton Park near Chelt e nha.m, an admirable site. There will probably be a total ration strength of 1,000 to 1,200.

hospital staff consists of a sergt-major or steward, one dispenser, two wardmastns, two clerks, and eight to ten and nursing ord erl ies.

Duties are so arrang e d that the routine work is over by 10 a.m., after which everyo ne is fr ee for th e rest of the day ; except that t very member of the st aff takes in rotation one turn of duty during camp in the slack time, and half the staff r e ports on alternat e evenings at 8 30 for a short ev e ning sick pa rad e. accommodation is provided, including a commodIOus tent.

The cost is 35 s for the. fo rtni g ht and proportionately less for short e r penods ThiS IS exclusive of rail charges.

The natu-e ?f the work naturally vari e s from year to yea r, but there IS always pl e nty of dressin a and a fair am o u.nt of elementary to he done. If really comes to thiS Anyone who !lkes camping and is prepared to devote.a ,,:,eek .or fortmght of hIS summer holiday to an aIr 11fe wlt.h some practical clinical work every day WIll almost certamly enjoy th e experience. If he will be good enough to with me at 29, Fitzjamtsavenue, Wt st Kensln.gton, W: 14, I shall be delighted to supply any further mformatIOn which he may wish to have.

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Prince of Wales's District.

COMMISSIONER: W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. FEBRUARY, 1925.

February 1st-No. 73 Di v ision Grays.

" 8th-No. 74 " London City Mission.

" 15th-No. 76 " Limehouse.

" 22 nd--No. 78 " Enfield.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. OBITUARY.

It is with regret the Commissioner has to announce the death of Supt. J. T. Olley, N o. 4 Ley ton and Leytonstone Division, who passed away on December 2 5th, 19 24. APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointment has been sanctioned by the Acting Chief CommiSSIOner :Dr. R. Connon Robertson, promoted to the rank of District Surgeon, with effect from 15.1224.

COM P ETITIONS.

Officers and Members in Chan{e of Divisions are advised that the Annual Competitions will be held in the Spring as usual, and entnes will be invited for the following trophies :Efficiency Cup, Massey Mainwaring and Dewar Shield, Osborn Shield, Sleath Gent Cup, Nursing Bowl, Perrott Shield, Symon's Eccles Cup.

Full particulars will be announced later. Communications regarding Competitions should be addressed direct, to District Officer S. J. Warren, No. 1 District, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I.

OFFICERS SUBSCRIPTIO N S.

Officers are reminded that their SUbscriptions for 1925 are now due. 1t is hoped that they will give this matter their early attention, and forward their subscriptions, viz ., five shillings, to the Dlstrict Treasurer, Captain L. L. Franks, No. District, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell.

ANNU AL RETUR N S.

Officers and Members in Charge of Divisions, both Am bulance and Nursing, are reminded that their Annual Returns should be forwarded to the ir Area Officer as soon as possible. I t will be helpful if Officers will give this their immediate attention.

RE-E X AMINATIO N

Re-.examinations of Divisions should, accord ing to Brigade RegulatlOns be held before the end of July. The District Surgeon will therefore be glad if Di vi sional Officers will make their arrangements for same at an early date.

BRITISH EMPIRE E X HIBITION DUTY, 1924.

The Authorities at Wembley Exhibition have expressed their keen appreciation of the work done by members of the Brigade, both from London and the Provinces.

!he c;hief Commissioner has already indicated his appreciatlOn III BrIgade Orders. The Commissioner desires to add the appreciation of himself and the Headquarters Staff, for the excellent work done under the direction of Captain Gerhold by all ranks, including several members of the Headquarters Staff. The work done reflects .g reat credit on the Brigade, and it is hoped that v olunteers will co:ne forward as read;ly this year as they di:i in the past.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Secn;tanes requested, when sending news cuttmgs of their meetlDgs, etc., to give the date of publicatIOn of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

January, 1925 -FIRST

1.'he Annual Dinner of the Officers of the Prince of Wales, District was held at the Connaught Rooms, on Saturday, December 13th, 1924

The Commissioner, Mr. W. Humphris Winny, O.B.E., preSided, and the guests were the Secretary-General of the Order, Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., and Lady Wtlkinson, also Colonel E. A. Cameron, C.M.G., D.S.O., Secretary of the Order. Rather more than 150 Officers and guests were present, and a very enjoyable evening was spent.

No. 3 District.

-On Sunday, December 14th the Corps J\nnual Inspection of the last of the Birmingham Divisions took place, Oldbury Metropolitan and West Smethwick D ivisio ns being inspected. Drill, Equipment and Records were inspected by the Corps Officers present. These inspections have revealed grieYances, some real and many imaginary; and \ entilation of these has restored good feeling in many instances and been very useful in rais ng the morale of the Div sions.

PEr ERBOROUGH .-T he annual inspection of the ambulance and nursing divisions took place last month. The inspecting officer was District Officer F. Adnitt, of Northampton. He expressed great satisfaction at the appearance and smartness of both DI\ isi ons, hoping that v ery soon they would all be in uniform and fully equipped, but this, of course, cannot be done until more funds are obtained. He also thanked the officers and office-hOlders for their work, as e verything he had inspected was in exceptionaily good order.

No. 4 District.

OLDHAM. - An interesting function took place at the Co-Operati v e Cafe, Oldham, on Friday, N ovember 28t h, on the occasion of the first annual dinner of the officers of the St. John A mbulance Brigade, Oldham Corps. Dr. J. B. Lendrum, O .B E. (Co rps Surgeon ), presided, and others present included- Mrs. Lendrum, Dr. and Miss Wilkinson (Knight and Lady of Grace of the Order), Dame S. A. Lees, D.B.E. ( Lady of Grace), Sir G. W. Needham ( Knight of Grace), Dr. S. Fawsitt, Dr. A. Mooney, Corps Supt. J. Harrison, Lady Corps Supt. ( Mrs. ) K. F. Wilkinson, Corps Offi cers, H. Evans, D.C.M., and 1. Hall, Lady Corps Officer. Miss L. Pugh, Di v Supts. P. Brereton, J. H. Heaton, and W. Williams, Lady Di v Supt. Miss E. Goode, Div Officers C, Jordan and W. Jones, Lady Div. qfficers Miss A. and Miss A. McMahon. The toast list was opened With that of "H.M. the King, Sovereign Head and Patron of the Order, and H.R.H the Duke of Connaught, G : and Prior of the Order," submitted from the chair, and it was recei ved with musical honours. I n proposing the toast of" The St. John Ambulance Brigade, Oldham Corps," Dr. Wilkinson referred to the fact that the Corps originated at Messrs. Platt Brothers, Hartford Works, as the result of an accident to one of the Directors of the firm Some 33 years ago a class was formed, the first doctor being Dr. Fawcitt. The members of the Corps, he s aid, quite voluntarily gave their on public occasions, and in the mills and workshops. He said some very encouraging words to the officers and spoke in appreciative terms of the valuable work rendered by Corps Supt. J. Harrison. The Corps Supt. responding to the toast, said he would like, on behalf of the officers of the Corps,to thank most heartily Dr. Wilkinson for the encouraging words he had said to them. They as First Aiders tried to do their best for people who were less than themselves. He said he first became associated with the organization 19 years <;tgo, and he referred to the growth in the number and effiCiency of. the members SlDce that time. The Corps soundly established, and extremely useful WOrk was performed by the members whenever they were called upon. He took op p.ortunity t.o thank Corps and Div. Surgeons for thelr untmng work III connectIOn with the Brigade. The toast of ., Our Guests" (Dame S A.

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Le es,. D.B.E., Sir G. W. Needham, Dr. Fawsitt and Dr. Wllkmson) .was submitted by the Chairman, who remarked uI;>0n the umque nature of the gathering, inasmuch as they had With the only Freemen of the Borough, Dame Lees and Dr. Fawsltt.

Dr. Fawsitt said he thanked them all for their good Wishes, and he hoped they would have another gathering lik e that next year.

The remainder of the evening was spent in harmony, songs w.ere rendered by Mr. C. Dearnley, with Mi ss Owens at the plano. Corps Officer H. Evans, D.C. M., gave several humorous speeches in the Lancashire dialect. the interval it was announced that Lady D iv. Supt. MISS M. E. Easthope was unable to be present in conCorps Supt. T. A. Hitchcock and his three childrenMasters Ronald and Clifford and Miss Gwendolineall in Borough of Plymouth Corps.

sequen c e of indispos iti on, and the hope was expressed that she would soon be fully restored.

No. 5 District.

LE EDS. - The Sergeants of No. 5 district held their annual tea and meeting at the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday, January 3rd. The attendance was good, and representatives were present from the following corps and divisions :-Denaby Main, Pontefract, Sheffield, Mansfield, Halifax, Retford, Askern, Barnsley, Hunslet, Otley, Goldthorpe, Bentley, New Edlington, Bradford City, DewsHorbury, Leeds City, Armley and Wortley, Whitwell, Headingley, Doncasaster, and Warsop Colliery. The meeting was held under the presidency of Sergt.-Major Moseley (Denaby). Offir:ers for the current year were re-elected and are as follows :-President, Sergt. -Major Moseley (Denaby ) ; treasurer, Staff-Sergt. Woodcock ( Mansfield ) ; secretary, Sergt. F. Fowler (Warsop); caterer, Sergt. Barker ( Denaby ).

(Signed) P. S. WILKIN SON , Major-General. Actz'ng Chief Co 77tmissz'o m y.

No. 10 Olstrict.

CAMBRIDGE AND MARCH - The Commiss io ner ( Dr. J F. C Hossack) ac, ompanied by Distr ic Supt. CaptaIn F. H. G'ooderham motored to Cambridge on December 14th, for the purpose of inspecti ng these Divisions. The members III full strength under Supt. H. D. .ofthe <;ambndge Division, Supt. :'.fortlock, of the March Dlvlsl?n, beIng unable to att end The units were te st ed In ceremonIal and dr ill a nd gav e an exh ibi tion in aid work, all which wa"s \' ery creditab le. After an examInatio n of the official .record , t he Commiss!oner complImented all ranks upon their smart and e ffici ent turn out.

I pSWIC[I.- The Gi ppeswyk Division of the Corps held t?eir annual meeting on December 12th, at the Statlo n, Samu el Road. The Supt. (F E. Goddard) occupIed the supported by the Hon. Surgeon ( Dr A. Cloudesley Smith ), Ambulance Offic e r J. Bi rd , Sergeant Brett, H0!l' Secretary and Sergeant Curtis, and Corpo ral K ennell. Vlstn c t Officers A. C Hill, W. C. Smith :md A. H. W. Moffa t also attended and offered en courageme nt during the eveni.ng .' Supt. Goddard, in the cou rse of his paid a hIgh tribute to the keenness and enthUS Iasm of theIr Hon. Surgeon The Division had been ag a in suc c essful in winnin g the Corps Challenge Cup, for the second year in succession. alsl) the holders of the F!l ixs towe Cup, offered by the Bntlsh Red Cross Society. S ix of the members ",ere present Wembley for public duty, one of whom, PrIvate C. Barber, IS 0\ c!T 70 years of a g e. A class, arranged by Supt. Goddard, at the Co-operative Society added nearly 30 new members to the ir ranks.

In his address, District Offi c er W. C. Smith reminded the Division of the debt they owed to District Supt. Captain F. H. Good erh am, the founder and, for many years, the firs.t Su,Pt., whose enthusiasm and perseverance had been such an Insp iration to them all in that Distr ic t.

Dur ng the e vening, all present stood in silence for a few moments as a mark of respect to the memory of their late member ( Corporal H T SmIth).

Undoubtedly, the event of this Distri c was the visit of Dr. Corbett-Fletcher on Saturday December 20th. He came down to the Ambulance Station in Samuel-road, at the express wish of the Commissioner, to give his well -known lecture on " Some errors of First Aid."

The D istrict was represented by the Commissioner ( Dr. J. Hossack), supported by t he Assistant Commiss ioner for Suffolk [)r. S. O. Eades), District Supt. Captain F H. Gooderham, District Officers T. Damant, A C. Hill, and A H. W. Moffat ( tor Suftolk )

The Ipswich Corps, to whom the lecture was really given, was in charg e of Corps Su pt. F. E. N ethercoat and the NursingCorps, of Lady Corps Supt Miss Hagga r. A c ont ngent of nurses from FelixsloWe:, under L ady Su pt. Mi ss Lloyd, also attended, whi lst the nf'wly-formed cad et units of the Corps occ upied the platform at the back of tbe hall

The lecture, which was illustrated by lantern slides shown by Mr. S Haggar, is too well known, allover tbe country, to need relating III deta il here, suffi ce it to say that lecturer, from the start , showed himself to be a very keen examiner for all first-aid comp et itio ns but at the same time a real friend to those seeking help in the po ints most likely to cause a stumbling block to the ardent first-aider. His p1.wky humour in advising those present to delay giving any st im ulant, but to keep such drinks until the arrival of the doctor, called forth much laughter, whJlst his simpl e rules for r emembering points that are so easily applied to the art of love making were really funny.

A practical demonstration was given for arresting h ce morrhag e from the so c ket of an extracted lo;)th by means of using c ork of a bottle cut in the sbape of a wedge

DUring the evening Dr. Co rbett -F let c her presented decorat io ns and warra nts to successfu l members and, a t the close, Dr. H ossac k proposed a vote of thanks to him for his most lecture.

This was tbe first occ asion on which the new electri c light InstallatIOn III tbe Ambulance Hall was used and for this innO\'ation the ambulance cause in Ipswich owes much to Co un ci llor T. Parkington for the interest he has shown in

wah the matter when i before tbe Electric Lighting Committee of the Town T he District Offi ce has suffered Irreparable loss through the resignation of the District (Ca ptain F. H . Goode.rham ) from tbe active work of the BrIgade. Had he hiS post till next June he could have 3D years service In the St. John Ambulance Brigade and thel,r IS no officer on tbe roll who can claim to have been more rel igIO usl y tu see that each year he was able to be returned as effiCIent . H e was looked upon as the b y his Junior officers on the District staff on account of bls beIng the oldest offi cer fr?m the point of view of years service Captain. Gooderham IS held in the highest esteem by all those y.'lth he was drawn into close contact and a lthough h iS services Will stdl be retained on the Resen e of Offi cers his outspoken but cheery disposition will be greatly m issed those left behIn? to ca rry on. He leaves with the best of WIshes from all h iS bro ther officers

No. II (S.E. &. District.

T he c onferr ing of a baronetcy on Mr. Bo nsor has gi ven gr eat pleasure to members thiS distrIct. Sir Cosmo was deputy and subsequently chairman of S.E. Railway, and chairman of the S E. & C.R Managi n g Committee until its a bsorpt ion in the Southern always d is played a deep .int ere st in ambulance affaIrs. As president of the centre bls lllfluence was always avaJlabl e to advance tbe cause of St. John. His keen personal ad\ ocacy of tbe hospital cam pai gn affab i.lIty wi th all grad es of the railwaymen has won h im lIfe long frIendships amongst the employees.

A keen compet it ion between the London on December 3rd resulted in the Arms HIther Green teams securing pla ces for the distrI ct final at Addlscombe on January 16th.

Supt. A. J. Green, Bricklayers Arms dIVISIOP, was taken suddenly ill just after his team was declared WInners of the contest. An operation in Charing Cro ss Hospital was successfully performed, and we are glad to know he is rap idly recovering from the effects.

Although it is too early to quote figures, we steady progress has been recorded throughout the during 192 4 A ll the divisions have been able to their numbers and high standard of effiCiency. A new diVISion has been formed at B3.ttersea, whilst tbe cadet movement has also steadily progressed.

Ashford Works d ivi sion mourns the death of ItS g enIal supt., G. Htnneker, H.S B. Cha tham d ivi sio n has recently lost its surgeon n Dr. F. B. JefferIes.

Several promotions have taken place, and It may be claimed that no district has more effi ci ent officers or N.C.O's.

As a result of much work on the part of Ambulance Officer F. M. Twidle, supported by the leading ci ti zen s of Croydon, Addiscombe di vi sion has acquired a motor ambulance. It was del vered just b efore Christmas and has already proved its usefulness by con ·eying patients long distances outside the borough boundaries.

No. 12 (lrish) Oistrict.

It is a matter of great re g ret in the Ir ish District that Assistant Comm ssioner W. G Smith is leaving Ireland this month. He bas been promoted to a v ery im portant and responsible position in the firm of Messrs. W. R. Jacob & Co. at Aintree.

Mr. Smith was one of the pioneers of Brigade work in that country; he was lar g ely responsible the formation of Messrs. Ja c ob s Division in 19°9 and was ItS Supenntendent fo r some years As a D istrict Offic er, however, he pro ved himself by his unifo rm courtes y, patien ce , tact and sympathy. During the trouble in Ireland in 19 16 and 1 922 he did most ex c ellent work and spowed much ga llantry which was reco gnised by the award of the Life Saving Si lver Medal o! the Order. His quiet, dignified presen ce will be greatly missed at all functions, more especially at parades, which he always took

January, 1925. -FIRST charge of, and handled in a masterly fashion to the entire satisfaction of all ranks.

Mr. Smith is an Esquire of the Order, and takes a deep interest in its history, of which he has a considerable knowledge.

The Officers' Annual Dinner was held in the Brigade Hall on December I7th, 1924. The tables were beautifully decorated in a black and white scheme, and Mr. J. E. Mills pro v ided an excellent menu.

The toasts were" The Order of St. John," "The Brigade," and "The Guests." The speakers included G. A. Newsom, C. B .E., Sir Robert Tate, KB.E., Dr Walsh, J. W. M ilne, and; G. W . Thornley. At the toast of "The Order " "The

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Uni (orm. What is the definit ion of the word ?

1. "A dress of t he same kind to distingu ish persons who belong to th e same body."

2. " Not variable, but c onsi stent with itself."

3. "Unvaried Sl. meness, alike."

4· "Uniform is the name given to the selected dress of any particular body who are incorporated for a common public o bje ct and distinguish e d by a particular style of apparel."

Such then are the definitions laid down by competent authorities. Accepting this, it must be admitted and recognised that to be uniform each rank in any Service must be exactly alike.

Is there a S J.A B. Uniform?

Brigade Regulations, page 2, says-

,. These Regulations, compiled by the Chief Commissioner, are publisbed fo r general guidance under authority from H R. H. the Grand Prior and the (hapter ·General of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.'1

A Memorandum on the same pag e says-

"In accordance with the above, these General RegulatioDs, which have be ; D revised to date, are to be strictly adhered to throughout the Brigade."

Page 43 , para 22I-

"Uniform sh all be in accordance with th e Dress Regulations ."

Th at there are authorised uniforms for the Brigade is therefore cl e arly established. That the garments and must be eX'lctly alike in ord er to b e unif?rm is also decidedly s e ttled, e g , "A drtss of the sa me kllld, unvariable alike" (see definition of uDlfurm).

Bear 't h is in mind, became it will be nec es sary to return to thes e definitions again during this article.

N ow turn to the Dress Regulations(Men) "Amb ulance Corps and D!v!s!ons, 19 22 -:: (Women) "Nursing Corps and D1VlslOns, 19 22

Colours " were unfurled (to be permanently hung in the Hall ) by Superintendent P. J. Tyrrell..

A delightful programme of musIc was enjoyed, the being Miss Hilda Wallis, Miss l'1arks, Mr. DaVid Legge, Mr. Isidore Myers. AccompanIst, MISS Doroty Stokes, and the Pipers of St. Ambulance Brigade Band played selections during dinner.

The guests included Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Set?n Pringle, Miss Hope Trant, M.B.E., MISS M. R. Scott, MISS Comyn and Mr. Philip Lawrence.

The presentation from the and Officers .to Assistant Commissioner W G. Smith, O.B E., was the chief item of the evening. Supt George Belton, in asking the Commissioner to pre!;ent the gift (a beautiful and complete edition of Kipling's works, prose and verse ), express the deep regret felt by all rank at Mr. Smitb's departure, and how great was the regard in which he was held, and the affectIOnate respect officers and men had for him. The Commis.sioner then made the presentation, and congratulated Mr. Smith on his appointment, and said a loss he would be to him personally and to the Brigade tn Ireland.

When corresponding with Advertisers p'lease mention II First Aid ,.

A copy of the Dress Regulations car;t be obtal?e? from headquart e rs by an officer of the and It IS the duty of every m e mber in charge of DlVlslOns to see that a copy is available for the use of every member at their drill rooms on meeting nights.

The uniform of the Ambulance wtll be taken first Th e prevailing colour scheme is. b.lack and white which is the time honour ed characterIstIC of the O rder ; it should be religiously adhered to by all members of th e Brigade.

The cloth or serge is a peculiar black It certainly is not blue black or green black.

The white should be as white as can be ob taIn ed. Therefore cap bands and trouser stripe s shoulcl be of best white cloth and not of flann el which turns .yellow 10 wear. Flannel is about half the cost of good white cloth. Belts and Pouch.-Worn by S ergeants, Corporals and Privates.

The sealed pattern of this article IS of the best leather, hand sew and the natural colour They should never be stained but left for the atmosph ere tv darken. them, Many of these belts and pouches purchased by U Dlts are

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not uniform. (They should not be a chocolate nor a red brown.)

The Waterbottlp.-For officers is of special shape. All other ranks the mark VI. All other patterns are not uniform. The Haversac.-For officers, 3. new pattern which has just been been approved. For other ranks it is white duck government weight and specially made.

The Great Coat.-N.C.O.'S, rank and file lS the Infantry pattern grey cloth.

Before leaving the men's uniform, - look back. It has been proved that ;-

1. Uniform to be uniform must be exactly alike for each rank in make, cloth and material used

2. That there is a Uniform laid down for the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Who is responsible to see that the correct clothing and equipment is worn ?

Brigade General Regulations, page J 4, para. 59Divisional Superintendents will be responsible for the dress and equipment of the officers and mem eers and will take all proper measures to ensure this."

This would apply to all members in charge of Divisions where a Superintendent has not been appointed.

The Regulations a'so inform members that the correct patterns can be obtained from the London headquarttrs.

Why is it then that a critical observer of this great organisation notices such divergencies in the details of uniforms, as can be seen on any large parade of mem bers of the Brigade?

Rusty black, blue black, green black; white, which is really and was whit.e, very dark grey, light grey. Leatntr equIpment of the wrong brown and also of IOferior.quality. Clo.th of various makes and weight.

BrIgade RegulatIOns, page 5 I, Standing Orders, pHa. 9, states that members mmt not appear in mixed dress and that watch chains and trinkets must not appear the uniform.

Footwear.- There is nothing more conspicuous than a man on parade wearing shoes and fancy socks, or brown boots or shoes.

Black boots must be worn, if not boots black shoes and black sock".

Another form of bad taste is the wearinO' of a muffler the edge of sticks up above the collar the j-tcket: That untformity is essential is beyond doubt and can only be obtained by co-operation.

Observations show that Divisions in large factories wor.kshops, .etc., where the principals of the concern an Interest the furnishing the whole or part of the prescnbed umtorm, thIS conglomeration of dress is ?ot eVldent. :Vhy? Because the clothing and equipment IS usually from one source, therefore the mem bers are dressed" ahke."

If this is so, it tends to show the necessity for some central cOttfyol.

at the price list of the St. John Ambulance AssoclatlOn no one can doubt but that the London headquarters are alive to this need, and are doing their utmost to furDlsh the Regulation clothing and equipment and those f?r the purchase of such should commuDlcate their requirements and be guided by

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(To be continued).

History of Competitions and their Tests.

By N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.B, B.c., (Cantab.), &c.

IT is often interesting and instructive to look back into the past and to trace events from their origin. For this r ta son an article on the History of Competitions may rerve some useful purpose, if only because it discloses the way in which the modern detailed marking sheet has been evolved. The Association was founded in 1877 ; and, when th e Brigade was established in 1887 ; a beginning W<iS made at running Ambulance Competitions as a means of stimulating knowledge of and enthusiasm for First-Aid. Ten however, lapsed before the first official Brigade and InterRailway Competitions were held together at a fete at the Crystal Palace in 1897. Since that date the changes which have taken place in Am bulance Contests afford clear proof of the increasing efficiency of First-Aiders and of the diffi c ulties experienced by examiners in p'acing teams in order of merit. These changes-which demonstrate the wond e rful foresight of those who first r e cogpis Ed the educational value of competitions-fall naturally into three stages.

Three Stages (1

Competitiom.

In the early days-or first stage -of competitions problems which required treatment wz'thout any diagnosis were set and proved sufficient to differentiate between comp e ting teams, members of which were expected to apply treatment of certain stated injuries on Jines laid down In t h e Textbook. After a perIod these problems failed in theIr and consequently the increasing efficien cy of brought about a second stage, in which problems r e quIrIng treatment after elementary diag?tOsis had to be solVed. In these problems signs and symptoms were cl early set forth so that accurate conclusions concerning the or conditions, supposed to be present and treatment, could quickly and easily be mad e prOVIded that competitors knew their Textbook. Once again the standard of efficiency was raised by enthusiastic ambulance workers who so forced the hands of those responsible for competitions th a. t the third or modern stage In this the. advance could only be met by pr e sentmg problems whIch necessitated treatm ent after more or less complete diagnosis.

Further in 1909 the Textbook was revised anti made to include a Chapter on " Principles of First-Aid" wherein certain important "qualifications'" essential to In the same year detailed marking sheets

Introduced in Railway Competitions, an innovation which stands to the credit of the late Dr. L. M. Frank Christian whose on ambulance competitions, as a means. of educatLOn, still prevails. Finally, in 1910 an alteratLO n. was made in the conditions of the Inter-Railway COmpttttlOn, the object of which was now stated to be"to test ability of men to deal with cas e s under conditions of actual emergency." Since that date, competition tests have gradually been stiffened until to-day the problems set for solution arc those of actual emergency and are presented

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as realistically as possible, while competing teams are only allowed to ask questions as to "facts, signs and symptoms which correct use of their senses might discover in a real accident."

Three Stages of Tests.

Such being the history of competitions, it follows that there has been a correspondingly interesting development of the marking sheets which are associated therewith, and which to-day promote accuracy and ensure strict fairness to all comp e ting teams.

In the first stage of competition work a fe w headings we re all that were necessary, because the procedure of the team, the care of patient, the neatness and correctness of bandaging quickly placed one te a m in advance of the others. In the second stage something more elaborate was re.quired and e mphasis was laid on the then-newly re cognised qualifications of First-Aiders, marks (which varied from 10 to 20 per cent. per item of the total) being definitely allotted for" resourcefullness," for" tact," or for" descrimination, " &c., with which comp e titors dealt with the problems set. On e curious result of this system is that from the partially detailed sheets of this stage we, reading them to-day, cannot appreciat e how the judge exe rcised his own "qualifications " in the solution ot his teste, although he probably txp lained his methods verbally at the clos e of the competition.

Further, during this period difficulty arose not only as to allocation of marks but also as to totals, so that much ingenuity was required to raise the marks in a team test to 100, of which no leSS than 30-40 per cent. were often given for stretcher work alone! With th e beginning of the third stage of competition work, when attempts were first made to present realistically problems representative of actual emergences, more attention was given to details. This process has continued until to-day in a properly prepared marking sheet we find all essential items, and we can easily recognis e what were the ideas through the judge's mind wh en he prepared the test and the way in which he would have exe rcised his" qualifications " as a First-Aid e r in the supposed emergency. Such marking sheets now easily total 200 marks in a team test and stretc:1er work usually only earns 10 per cent. of total. Further, no judge with any Experience now turns up for a competition with a few notes on a half-sheet of notepaper. On the contrary he arranges his tests well in advance, because the work calls for several hours of thought and pr e paration. Similarly, in a properly conducted competition the lay authorities, responsible for organisation, no longer cont en t themselves with unlabelled articles of furniture as items in the supposed" place" of emergency; but they in their turn support the efforts of the judge by presenting all essential details in realistic fashion, either by calling on skilled workmen to prepare what is necessary or, as was done in this year's Brigade Competitions by utilising the stage prop er ties of a theatrical company.

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We are pleased to learn that the newly organised "Assf)ciation Staff Committee" and "Ambulance Committee" which mt.et at St. John's Gate, both include representatives from each of the four railway groups. This is a change which should augur we ll for the Railway Ambulance Movement gen e rally.

When corresponding with Advertisers plea5e mention "Firat Aid."

St. John V.A.D.'s.

NUM BE R OF OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR ApPOINT MENT AS COMMANDANTS, to 9TH JANUARY, 1925;County. Men. Women.

ApPOINTMENTS OF COM 1IA NDANTS D ECEMBER-JANUARY)

The follow ng appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned :-

Buckinghnm-Miss Bennett (Buc kingham ), No.8. Cheshire-Miss C. M_ Dickson (Ch ester ), No. 70.

Cumberland-Mrs Stall (Cockermouth), No. 32

Dorset-Mrs. G. M. Shewell (W eymouth ). No. 102.

Essex-Mrs. J. A. Francis ( Southend-on - Sea), No. II6.

Kent-Mrs. A. M. Jenner (Isle of Sheppey ), No. 180 :

Mr. J. C. Dunk (l\lai dstone ), No. 55·

Lancashire, East- Mrs. M_ E. Duckworth (H eywood ) No. 266.

Lancashire, West-Miss :VI. F. Stewart (Birkdale ), No. 5'2

Mrs. S. A. McNaught (B ootIe ), No 14; Miss M. G. Lupton (Mo recambe ) No. 68; Mrs. Pickles (Preston) , 0.82.

Lincoln-Mr. G. A. Enderby (Bo ston ), No. 23· I ottinghamshire-Miss K. Cordon (Stapleford), No. 13 2

Sussex-Mr. C. G. Yates (B righton and Ho ve), No. 53 ; Miss A. M. Field-Comber ( Hov e ) No. 192

Yorkshire North-Miss A. Jacklin (Sca rborough ), No. 80. Il West- Mi ss Piercy (Ab erford), No. 26; Dr.

K. H. Beverley ( Barnsley ), Mrs. H. Beverley (Ba rnsley ), No. 42; Mrs. Sheard ( Bradford ), No. 13 4; Mr s. Scatterty (K e ig hley), No. 100.

The following Detachments have been completed for registration at the \Var Office :

Kent No. 72 (T eynham).

Northumberland No. 52 (Jesmond).

INSTRUCTIONS TO COUNTY CONTROLLERS.

No. 25.-1n all cases .immediatelr prior to! .on mo bilisation the existence of Illness, speclal responsl blhtles, or other will be considered by the Mobilisation Authorities with a VIew to the release of the member from his, or her, obligation.

No. 27 .-In isolated districts the necessary drIlls and

In London 's I IS square miles there are only ten L.C.C. ambulance stat io ns. Another is to be opened at Woolwich in February and two more in September. During the past year there were 30 , 500 calls, an average of 84 a day. On Christmas Eve tl"te calls numbered 49.

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The Churches of all denominations throughout England have been asked to give collect ions to help forward the work of the Joint Council of the Order of St. J obn and the Bri rish Red Cross Society on February 1st (in the case of the J e wish Church the date is Ftbruary 7th), or failing that, on some other convenient date

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training may be performed with the members unregistered Detachment, provided that these are of the approved nature, and the attendances etc., are also recorded on the books of the registered Detachment to which the Section is affiliated.

The members will be temporarily enrolled in the registered Detachm e nt, and will be transferred to their own Detachment when this obtains the necessary number of members to receive official recognition.

All members of the affiliated section must attend the Annual and the Controller's Inspections with the Detachment to which they are affiliated.

No 28 -Persons who can only give part time service, on mobilisation, may be enrolled as Immobile Members, provided it is understood that such service will be voluntary.

Reviews.

THE NURSING MIRROR ENCYCLOP h: DIA.

London: The Scientific Press, Ltd. Price I S. 6d. net.

The value of this most useful Encyclopcedia for urses and Midwi v es is increased by the inclusion of a Diary for 19 2 5 and an accurate index. It is alphabetically arranged so that any desired fact or instruction may be quickly found, and is profusely illustrated, whereby its practical value is much increased. Although now in its eighteenth edition, the book has again been thoroughly revised, brought up to date, and will prove most serviceable to those of our readers who undertake duty as auxiliary nurses in hospitals.

AMBULA NCE COMPETITION TESTS.

(S eries of Six Folders.

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By N. Corbet Fletcher, !VI B., B.C., M . R.C.S., ETC . Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Great Titchfield Street, W. Price 6d each net.

When in May last we reviewed the first three of these Folders, we ventured to predict that they would prove extremely useful and most instructive to all First-Aiders, and not only to those actively interested in competition work. Events ha v e justified our prediction; and the first edition of the original Folders was quickly sold. These have just been reprintEd; and in response to numerous requests Dr. Corbet Fletcher has now increased the series to six.

Each Folder contains a special article. Thus, No. I deals with Training 0/ Teams./ No.2 with Conduct in Competition,,No 3 With Errors in No. 4 with Errors hz NO.5 with History 0/ Competitz'o7ZS, and No.6 with Preparation 0/ Tests. Further, each Folder includes other useful practical hlOts so that the series, composed as they are of up-to-date tests with cOQ Jplete detailed marking sheets, based on the S J.A A. Manual, wtll pro ve of invaluable ass istance to all ambulance students.

N.C.O.'s CL UB -The next meeting will be held on Thursday Feb. 5 th, 7 30 p.m. at W.H.S & S. Club, II, Milford Lane, Slrand, W C. 2. A further talk will be givp.n by Mr. J. E. Dane, CI Early History of Fire Fighting." The v sit to the Fire Brigade H Q has been arrangec1 for Slturday Feb. 7th at 3 p.m. Will members please notify Secret ,ny, who intend viS iting, on or before meeting Dlght. N.C.O.'s of Prince of Wales District are cordially invited to become members of the Club. Subscription, entrance fee 2S. and 2S. per annum. Further particulars can be had from H. J Palmer, Hon. Sec., 70, Newington Green Road, N.r.

January, 1925 -FIRST

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has tioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month of December 1924 :-

AUSTR ALIA

NEW SOUT H WALES DI ST RIC T

Randwick Di\·ision. - Corps Officer R. Gale to be Di vi sional SuPt.,2I.3 2 3 Sydney Central Nursing Di vi si?n.-pr EII.1ma Buckley to be Di vi sional Surpeon \"ice Dr. Ardlll Brice reSigned, 20.9.24 NEW ZEALAND

CANTER BURY, NELSON, MARLBOROUGH AND WEST COA ST DISTRICT.

Christchurch Corps.-Lady Divisional Supt. L. M. Smith, M.B.E. to be Lady Corps Supt., 28.10.24; Lady Divisional Supt. A. Middleton to be Lady Corps Officer, 28.10 24 WELLIN GTON DISTRICT.

Wellington Nursing Division.-Dr. A. E. A. Palmer, M.A. to be Divisional Surgeon, 27.8.24

UNION OF SO UTH A FRICA

At Kimberley in November last the annual competition of the De Baers Corps were held. The results of the test s were as follows:-

Directors' Bowl (Ladies): I, "B" team, Mu. Kelly

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(captain), 2 12 t p )i nts; 2, "A" team, Mrs. Armstrong (captain), 1791 pJints.

Underground Shield: I, Bultfontein Mine, 2 13 points ; 2, W css e lton Mine, points.

Dir ec tors Surface Shield: I, "C" team, Captain Murray (d::. ctrical d e partm ent), 2 points; 2, "A" team (tramways), 195i points ; 3, " D " team (We sselton floors), 193 points; 4, "B" team (wo rkshops), IS9t points.

Dr. Baker, one of the Judges, paid a tribute to the great interest taken in first-aid work by the heads of d e partments of De Be e rs Company, which naturally reacted on the efficiency of th e corps. Unfortunately there was not the same keenness in the railway , although he had tried to impress upon the h ea ds not only the humanitarian point of view, but the value from a business aspect, of keen and efficient first ·aid workers.

fetters to the &ciitot'.

We are in no way resp"nHble lor tile opinions expressetl, or the statements made, '" Con espondents.-EDITOR.

OLDEST AMBULANCE WORKER?

SIR, Wi th reference to paragraph 2 in" ews in Brief" of December s fIRST AID.

I passed my 1st Examination in 1884. " 2nd " 1885. " 3rd 1886. Medallion No. 6885. " last " 1924. My ambulance career, with photo, was publishe:i in January Number of FlRST AID for 1924.

I am the oldest ambulance work er on the G.W R. holding the Company's Gold Medal for IS years effic ien cy, and Bar for 20 years.

I ha ve been a member of the Brigade over 20 years.

Sergt. Georg-e Brown, Stourbridge Diyision,

Yours truly, Dudley Corps, NO.3 District.

GEORGE BROWN.

One of the original members of the Plymouth and District Am bulance Service, Mr. Wilfrid Miller (who for some time was its Secretary) is at present in Am.tralia. Following a serious illness in the was recuperating in the mountains. some distance ID Victoria. In a letter to the Director of the SerVice, rec'3ived this week, he rdates a most singular occurence. He was walk ing along a mountain track through a forest of eucalyptus trees when he caught sight of a small coloured pencil. 00 picking it up, to his intense amazement, he found it to be printed :-" Support Plymouth. Ambulance Service." The pe ncil has been sent to hiS brother at Plymouth, Mr. H e dley Miller, who finds It to be one plttern pencils sold in the Plymouth Streets on the occasIOn of "Ambulance Day" on September 20th of last

TH E S.] .A.

Standing, left to right-Lady District Supt. Miss A. M. Jones, Assistant-Commissioner Boles R Ramsford, Lady District Supt. Miss F. A. Read. Seated-Countess Cassillis.

How such a small article should be found 13,000 miles away from the place of sale that it should be in such an obscure part of the Contin ent , lnd that It sh?uld be picked up by sorr.eone intimately connected With the distant organisation advertised, all seem remar ka ble coincidenc e s.

B. OVERSEAS IN AU STRALIA

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOI NTMENTS, DECEMBER, 1924.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

To be Divisional Surgeon.

BOROUGH OF CENTRE.

Henry Rayner Helsby, F.R.C.S. (Ed.), Lady Lewis Division, 15. 12 2 4

To be Acting Divisional Surgeon.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY

James Samuel Briggs, M.B., Ch.B., Caerphilly Nursing Division, 2312.24

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Ernest John Green, Abercregan Di vi sion, 18.12.24

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal Frank White, Bla enavon Di vi sion, 29.12.24

Ambulance Officer Joseph George Collier, Cross Keys Division, 29. 12 2 4

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Henry James Hill, Lady Lewis Division, T 1. 12.24

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

To be Ambulance Officers

GLAMORGAN COUNTY

Private George Maybury, A):lercregan Division, 12 12.24

Sergeant J Lloyd <!reenIDg, Pon.t1ottyn Division, 11. 12 24

Corporal Titus DaVies, Tonyrefall and Coedely Division 16.12.24 '

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Serg eant Thomas William Richards, Lady Lewis Division, 11.12.24

Sergeant William Morgans, Ferndale Division, 17. 12.24

To be Sergeants.

GLAl\[ORGAN COUNT\ CENTRE.

George West, Abercregan Division, 12. [2.24

Le::mard Pontlottyn Division, 16.12.24

Pnvate Richard DaVies, Tonyrefail and Coedely Division 16.12.24 '

MONI\10UTHSHIRE CENTRE.

E. F. Paget, Abercarn Division, 25. 11 .24

Pnvate Albert Jouhua Jones, Rhymney Division, 15. 12.24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CE NTR E.

Pr!vate George, Lady Lewis Division, 1 I.I2 .24

Pnvate DaVid DaVies, Lady Lewis DiVision, 11. 12,24

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Frank Talbot, Abercregan Division, 12.12.24

Private Ed5"ar Manuel, Aberdulais District Di v ision, 12.12.24

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTR E.

Pr!vate George Worth, Abe.rcarn Division, 25. 1.24

George Hemy DaVies, Abercarn Division 25. 11.24

Frank Rose, Division, 25.1 1.24

Pnva te Stanley Holland, SIX Bells Division, 8 2.24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE

Private Isaac Jones, Lady Lewis Division, 11.12.24

Private Moses Parr, Lady Lewis Division, 11. 1:!.24

Private Oswald Morgans, Ferndale Division, 19 12.24

Pri vate Evan William Evans, Ferndale Division, 19 12.24

To be Divisional Secretaries.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRR

Pri va te Wilfred Lawson Saye, Brynmawr Division, TO [2.24

DENBIGHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Frederick Elliot James, Chirk Division, 10.12.24

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Evan Pugh, Abercreg-an Division, 12 .12.2 4

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE.

Private Thomas Thomas, Fochriw Division, 22.12.24

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA

Private David John Davies, Lady Lewis Di vi sion, T5.12.24

To be Divisional Treasurers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CE "-lTRE.

Private Alexander Hacker, Abercregan Di vi sion, 12.12.24

Ambulance Officer Joseph Hunt, Pontypridd G.W.R. Division 28.11.24

Private John Humphreys, Pontlottyn Division, BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Corporal Moses Parr, Lady Lewis Division, IS 12.24

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Samuel Dando, Abercregan Division, 12. 2 24

Pri va te William Thomas Jones, Pontlottyn Division, 11.12.24

Private Edward J. Hayes, Lady Lewis Division, 15 [2.24

Corporal Gomer Herbert Williams, Ferndale Division, 19 .1224

To be Lady Divisional Storekeeper.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Josephine Wheeler, Cardiff Nursing Division, 31. 12,24

To be Honorary Member.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

John Owen Williams, Onllwyn Seven Sisters Division, 13 12.24 Division Registered.

GLAMORGAN COUN fY CENTRE.

Abercregan Ambulance Division, 26. 1.24 Cadet Divisions R.egistered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Garth (Maesteg) Cadet Ambulance Division, 25.11. 24

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CRNTRE.

Penydarren Cadet Ambulance Division, 22.12.24

A ward of Service Medals and Second Bar to Service Medal.

Ser vi ce Medals have been awarded to the following 'Corps Treasurer Thomas Davies, Taff Valley Corps, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre.

Sergeant Harold T. Dennis, Pontypool Road Division, Monmouthshire Centre.

Staft Officer William Hares, Glamor15an County Centre.

Divisional Supt. Frederick W. Handscomb, Troedyrhiw Division, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre.

Divisional Supt. William Henry Lewis, Oakdale Division, Monmouthshire Centre.

Sergeant Jarr.es Rossiter, Blaina Division, Monmouthshire Centre.

Corporal Levi Williams, Troedyrhiw Division, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre.

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Private Charles Wayt, Troedyrhiw Division, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre.

Bar to Service Medal

A Second Bar to the Service Medal has been awarded to:Staff Officer Captain Samuel Trevor Beard, O.B.E., Monmouthshire Centre.

Geppral Interest.

AMBULANCE DEPARTMEN1

During the month of December examinations were held at the following centres :-Seven Sisters, Oswestry

G. W. R., Penydarren, Brithdir Junior, Brithdir, Brynmawr, Treherbert, Cardiff, Monmouth, Pontypridd G.W.R., Blaenau Festiniog, Risca, Pontypool -road, Aberdare, New Tredegar, Blaenavon, Treorchy G. W.R., Blaenavon

L. M. & SR Bankffosfelen Llanwrtyd Wells. Quak e rs

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the Swansea S.]. A.B. Silver Band on their engagement to broadcas t from the Station on February 6th. Staff·Officer T. J. Morns lDvltes the criticism of members of the brigade and others connected with the Order and hopes everyone will if possible take this of hearing the band which has only recently been formed.

SCHEME FOR VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS. Developments in Wales.

Despite the many difficulties which beset the early progress of every movement, the new scheme for voluntary aid detachments has gained a firm footing throughout the country and 10 Wales has been very widely discussed and generally adopted.

The Welsh of the Central Joint Voluntary AId Detachment Councd, to whom the work in Wales has been entrusted is composed of representatives of the Navy, Army, Territorial Army Associations, the Order of St. John, and the British Red Cross Society as under :_ Royal Navy. -S urgeon-Commander R. B. Scribn er, R.N. Pembroke.

Western Command. ·-Co lonel F. Ashe, D.D.M.S, Chester. Air Force.-No Nomination.

T E RRIT ORIAL ARMY ASSOCIATIONS.

GlamorgaJZ.- The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth. jlfonmouth.-Maj or-General the Lord Treowen, C.B, C.M.G. Denbig h & Flint.-Captain E. O. Watkin-Davies, O.B.E. Anglesey & Carnarvon , Merioneth G-" Montgomety.Mrs. Price Davies.

Radnor & Brecknock.-Mrs. Colt man Rogers. Pembfoke, Cardigan & Carmarthen.-Nomination oot yet received.

Priory /01' Wales (Order of St. J ohn).- The Right Hon. Lord O.B.E.; tbe Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, K.C V O .; the Right Hon. Thomas Richards, P.c.; H. M. Ingledew, Esq .; Sir Herbert D, W. Lewis, K:B.E. Welsh CentJ al Council B, anch, Britislt Red Cross Society. - Mrs. Randle Mainwaring, Lady Robertson, J.P., the Viscountess St. Davids, Lt.-Col. Sir Ewan Maclean, Mr. John Hinds

At its first m ee ting held at Shrewsbury in July last, the Committee elected M aj Jr - General Lord Treowen, G. B , C.M G., Chairman, and Sir D. W. V;!wis, K.B.E., Honorary Secretary.

Toe personml in each County, although raised by the Order of St. John and th e British Red Cross Society come for V.A.D. purposes under the supervis on of the County Controller who acts as th e Executive Officer of the Ttrritorial Army Association.

The London, Midland & Scottish Railway Shield which Sir Thomas Williams, who was for many years connected with the Company in South Wales, has presented to the South Wales Ambulance District for Ambulance Competition. (The Shield is 2 ft. 8 in. by 2 ft. 1. in. T he Centre is of oxidised Silver, and the twelve Circles With the bottom plate are of polished Silver )

Yard G W.R., Pwll, Pontnewydd, Nelson, Wrexham, Cardiff G. W.R., Pontyc1un, Cambrian Colli e ry, Abergavenny L. M. & S. R., Port Talbot G W.R., Peny.bank, Caerphilly, Clydach, Abergavenny, Parcyrhun, Talbach, Penarth G. W. R., Fochriw, Swansea, Barry Junior, Llandinam, Cross Keys, Ynishir and Maerdy. BROADCAST OF THE SWANSEA BAND.

Our congratulations are extended to the members of

The appointment of Controll ers for the Counties of Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, and Montgomery have received official sanct:on, the outstanding nominations as under were provisionally approved at the meeting of the Welsh Committee held on Wednesday, December 17th, 1924, at the Pri::>ry Room, Law Courts, Cardiff.

A nglesey.-D r W Fox-Russell.

Breckno ckshire -S ir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K. B.E. Cardig-a?2shb'e .-Mrs. Vaughan Douglas.

Ctamorgan.-Lieut.-Col. T. Murray Thrieplaod, D.S.O, D.L., J.P. Pembrokeshire.-Major A. V. W. Stokes. Radnorshire.-Edgar H. Moorsom, J.P.

The principle of appointiog representatives of the Order and Society as Assistant County Controllers has been put into effect in a number of counties, but in others, these have been deferred until the work further developes, although an undertaking is requested that this will be done if desired by either body.

The Assistant Controllers nominated to date are :Can zarvonshz're.-Dr. F. Caldecott, Llandudno (Order of St. John); Major R. W. H Jackson, Carnarvon ( British Red Cross Society ), Carmarthenshz're-Colonel Evan Evans, M.D., Llanelly (Order of St. John ); Miss Stepney ·Gulston, M.B.E. (British Red Cross Society).

Montgo7lle1 yshz'te.-Dr. R. D. (Ord er of St. John).

Denbzghshire.-Colonel J. E. H. Davies, D.S.O. (Order of St. John).

GlamorR"alt.- Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, C. B. (Order of St. John ); Major Sir James German, KB.E. (British Red Cross Society).

The quota of Mobile members allocated to Wales agreed by the Order and Soci e ty has been confirmed, and the figures shown below are based on the percentage of population at the last census, fifty per c ent. of these will be raised by each organisation.

County. Divi!>ion of Division of 228 men 675 women.

Anglesey 4 14

Brecknockshire 5 15

Cardiganshire 5 17

Carmarthenshire 15 45

Carnarvonshire 10 36

Denbighshire 13 41

Flintshire 9 28

Glamorgan 109 3 3

Merionethshire 4 12

Monmouthshire 40 I 11

Montgomeryshire 4 13

Pembrokeshire 8 24

Radnorshire 2 6

Totai 228 675

The preliminary working exp e nses of the Welsh Committee have been secured by the ready response of the Order and Society to its app e al for a grant of fifty pounds from each Organisation.

Satisfactory r e ports have been rec e ived from several counties. In Carnarvonshire there are three detachments ready for registration :-Criccieth, Pwllh e li, and Penygroes. In Flintshire we are informed three others will shortly be enrolled, and the Controller of Br e cknockshire organised in October a very successful public meeting. Petty Sessional Meetings are bf'ing arranged to form committees to organise classes in ev ery parish or group of parishes. Forms and detailed instructions, supplemental to the regulations already issued have been distributed by the Welsh Committee to County Controllers and Territorial Army Associations and full particulars of the arrangements for training in service hospitals during 1925, and it is hoped many members will avail themselves of the facilities offered.

Centre Reports.

ABERDARE MEDICAL COM FORTS DEPOT.

The opening of the Aberdare Medical Comforts Depot took place in the Town Hall, Aberdare where the new depot is locate d. The proceedings opened with prayer by the Rev. J. S. Corlett after which District Councillor Mrs. A. N. Jenkins, O.B.E., unlocked the door declaring the d e pot open for the relief of the sick and needy of Aberdare. The gathering then proceeded to the Wesleyan Chapel for the meeting, Dr. J. C. Oglivle presided and said he was very pleased to observe the

increased intf'rest taken in ambulance work particularly during the last two years. And he was very optimistic about the future now that all were working with the same object in view. He hoped the depot would prove selfsupporting by meaD<; of the small charg es that would be made for the loan of articles. Dr. Oglivie paid great tribute to Mrs. J enkins for the gr e at work she had rendered in the cause of ambulance work in all its Lranches. It was due to the influence of Mrs. Jenkins that they had been able to get the depot located at the Town Hall, and they owed a debt of gratitude to the district council for giving the ambulance and nursing divisions the room for the depot free of charge.

Mrs. Jenkins spoke of the pleasure it gave her to be among so many enthusiastic ambulance workers, and Sir Herbert Lewis in an excellent address dwelt upon the origin of the Medical Comforts Depots established throughout Wale3, touching upon the different branches of ambulance work, and concluded with some encouraging remarks to the divisions.

The chairman moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Jenkins, Sir Herbert and Lady Lewis, the District Councillors Mr. W. J. Morgan, and the Rev. J. S. Corlett and his trustees (or the loan of the chapel.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.

The Annual Inspection of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reservists of the Brynmawr Division was held in the Girls' Council School Yard, Brynmawr, on December 6th, the Inspecting Medical Officer being Surgeon-Commander G. O. M. Dickenson, R.N.

Staff-Office r Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E., on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales conducted the Annual Inspection of the Brynamawr Ambulance Division, which was formed in 1898 and is the second oldest Division in Wales. With the exception of their drill, which was not quite up to the standard, he congratulated the men on their smart appearance, urging them to devote more time to drilling which was essential to satisfactory ambulance work.

The Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbe- D. W. Lewis, K. B.E., accompanied Surgeon-Commander Dickenson and Staff· Officer Captain Beard, and was present at these inspections.

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT

BRECKNOCKSHIRE.

SCHEME IN

A most interesting meeting was held at the Vaynor School, Penderyn, on December 13th, 1924, to consider the new War Office Scheme for the formation of Voluntary Aid Detachments to supplement the medical services of the forces of the Crown. The m e eting was organised by Councillor A. J. Howfield, J.P., but owing to ill-health he was not able to attend. In his absence the Chair was taken by Mrs. Cunningham, the Lady-Magistrate of the District, and she expressed a hope that those present would give the Scheme their very careful consideration, as from what she knew of it it appeared to be one in which all should take a hand.

The County Controller, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., who is a member of the Central Joint Voluntary Aid Detachment Council, said that his aim was to bring within the reach of all young men and young women of the County a knowledge of First-Aid, Home Nursing, Home Sanitation and Home Hygiene, so that they might be better citizens and able to make their homes happier and be of value in the area in which they lived. He showed

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how in thuse great colliery aCCIdents which look plll.ct; at various times the value of womtn' help, not only for the nursing of the sick but in g e tting the hom e s ready whilst the relatives were anxiously awaiting news of their lov e d ones. He said that many a home had be t. n made happi e r and many a sick man r e lieved of much sufferIng owing to the splendid way in which the women of the surrounding districts cam e forward at short notice to help those in He wanted all to be givtn this opportunity, and asked those pres ent who had in th e District to use their influence to bring this a bout, and he felt that out of th e nu nber who took these lec tures there would be suffi c ient to provide the res e rve which the Army Council called up)n th e people of the country to form

A committ ee was appointed consisting of Councillor A. J. Howfield, J.P., Messrs. J o se- ph Price, Isa ac Morri5', Thomas Lewis, J.P ., Mathtws Ow e n (Hea dmaster of the School), Miss Thomas (Headmistr t ss of th.:! School), Miss and Thomas Rowe, Esq., the cfficer in cbarg e of the Division, with Mrs. Cunningham as convenor.

Mr. Lewis, J.P. ag re ed to ar.t as Secretary of the Men's Classes and th e re seemed to be no doubt that Women's Classes could be arranged in the near futur e ClTV OF CARDli"l CIiNTRE

Toe Annual Iuspt:clions of the Cardiff CilY and Cardiff Emergency Ambulance and Nursing Divisions, and the Pcnarth Nursing Division were conducted in D e cember, 1924, by Staff-Officer Bernard E. Maberley in the absence of the Commisc;ioner of the City of Cardiff Cwtr e , Major F. T. Rees, M.e. The men turned Qut smartly and the work was quite satisfactorily perform e d. In his report to Headquarters the Inspecting Officer made special mention of the able manner in which two S e cretari f' s had kept the books

On 1St January I925 at the special matinee held for the Poor Children of Cardiff at the Cardiff Empire, ten Officers and Nurses of the Brigade, Lady Staff Officer M. Metcalf, R.R.e., Staff Office r Dr. d e Vere Hunt and Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberley in attendance at the request of the Chief Constable who afterwards express e d his thanks and appreciation for the kind assistance rendered.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Sub-Comm is sioner E. D Jones on behalf of the Commissioner uf the Carmarthenshire Centre, Colonel E. Evans, conducted the Annual Inspection of the Penybank Ambulance an d Parcyrhun Nursing Divisions on 23rd Decem ber, 1924, and found both Divisions showing a marked improvement on the previous year.

On 20th D e cember , the Trimsaran Ambulance Division was inspected by Staff Officer G e orge Rohli[)gs on behalf of the Commissioner for the Carmarthenshire Centre. Unfortunately owing to illness the attendance was a little disapp )inting.

GLAMORGANSHIRE CENTRE.

Under the auspices of the Llanbradach Division a social and presentation of Certificates took place at the All Saints Rooms on 4th Decem ber. Corps Supt. Dr. R. C. Robertson, O. B. E, took rhe Chair, and among those present wer e Colond T. E M. Lindsay, c.B. (Chairman of the County Committee), Miss Cobb (Co unty Committee ) , Corps Secretary B. Carter and Supt. Rigsby of Caerphilly

The Chairman addressed the assembly and complimented the competition team upon such a fine show of trophies.

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OffiCer Pc:l.lmtr gdve a ot lhe work accomplished by the Division in twelve months. He said that although it had been a hard fight to hep ambulance work going in Llanbradach, at last it began to show signs of progress, the past year having b ee n a very successful one both for the Competition Te am and for the Division.

Colonel E. M. Lindsay pres en ted the certificates a nd stated how dtlighted he was to find the Division making such headway and complim e nted the Comp eti tion Team upon such a fine display of trophies which, he said, spoke for itself.

Votes of thanks to the Chairman, th a Clnirman of the County Committee and the ladies for their assistance with the refreshmtnts were carried unanimously and a enj')yable termina ted with music and danc · mg.

On behalf of the Commissioner for Wales, Captain Taliesin E. Richards, the Commissioner (or the Borough of Rhonddha Ctntre attend e d the Prestntation Concert at the Nazueth Chare', Abf!rtridwr, on December 9th, IQ24, held undtr th e auspicc!s of the Windsor Colliery St. JI)h n Ambulance Division. The chair was tdhn by Councillor E. S Williams, and among thos e prest-nt were W. North Lewis, E sq. (Chairman of the Wmdsor Colliery Company, and PreSIdent of the Abertrid wr Colliery Ambulanc e Division ) Mr. Hubert Jenkins (Minds Agent), Staff· Officer William Hares, the Cor ps Officers and members of the Senghenydd and Caerphilly Ambulance and Nursing Divisions.

Before the ctrtificatts and wan ant s were handed to the men, the President complimented the Doctor, D:mon· strator and the Class on their success in that 38 out of 40 had passed. He also thought it was of interest to learn that the Senior Offictrs of the Division had rendered Jeoman service during the Great War, and had be e n demobil sed with Warrant Officers ranks.

A v ote of thanks was moved by the Secretary of the Division and seconded by Divisional Superintendent Norman to th e Presidw t for his presence there that t.vening, and for the SUppOlt he had given not only to the Ambulance Division but to every good cause in the place.

Captain Taliesin E. Richards thm said a few words upon the various activities of the Priory and of the Order in general, emp hasising the value of the voluutary work done by thJ members of the imbulance

The Annual Inspection of the Pontardulais Am bulance Division was held on Decem ber 20th, 1924, and was conducted by Sub-Commissioner E. D. Jones (L1anelly), on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales. The parade was a credit, and the Ins p2 cting Officer complimented all present on their smartnESS and efficiency. In regard .to this Division, it is very encouraging to find the chIef officials of colliery companies taking an interest in th e Am bulance Divisions connecttd with their cullieri e s, and h e. re we have a good instance, as Mr. Vaughan Price, the Chi e f Manager of the Graigola Mfl thyr C<?llieries takes the greatest inter e st in his men and has given them strong financial support.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

An int e resting lecture was given to the L.M. & S. Railway Staff in the Y. M.e.A., Frogmore-street, Abergavenny, on Monday tv.;:ning, D e ce mber 8th, 1924, by District Officer C Hanmer, official Demonstrator of the St. John Ambulance Association.

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(District Traffic Superintendent), the proceedings were presided over by Mr. F. J. Mansfield, Assistant Traffic Superintendent.

Members of the staff attended from Abergavenny and various district stations, and a large number of people were present.

Th e lectur e consisted chit fly of press cuttings collected by Mr. Hanm e r, of street, domestic accidents, &c., whi.ch have occurred from time to time, and in most cases wIth (atal results. These were thrown on the screen by means of a lantern, and he then showed how, with a knowledge of being able to render first aid to the injured by prompt action, in many cases lives might have saved. The importance of this subject was strongly emphasised, and the mem bers of the st a {{ impressed with the necessity of attending the courses of ambulance lectures arranged by the L. M. & S. Railway Ambulance Centre and acquiring a knowled ge of ambulance work. The lecture was much appreciated by the audience.

A vote of thanks was afterwards moved to the lecturer by Alderman J. R. Beckwith (loco dept.) and Capt. S. T. Beard (traffic dept.), mem bers of the District Am bulance Committee, and supported by Mr. E. W. T. Morris, the Hon District Ambulance Secretary for the South Wales district.

During the month the following ambulance and nursing divisions were inspected by Staff·Officer Capt. S. T. Beard, O.B.E., on behalf of the Commissioner for the Monmouthshire Centre, Dr. D. Rocyn-J ones, M.B., C.B.E. Abertyssw g Ambulance Division.

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At the annual competition for the Sir Joseph Lawrence cup open to Monmouthshire, held on Saturday, Nov. 29 th , eight teams competed, Newport being the winner. The Commissioner for the Borough of Newport Centre, Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, and Mr. J. A. Hill (Secretary) were in charge of the competitions, and Dr. A. Tullis of Hereford, ad judicated. The cup and other prizes were presented to the recipients by Mrs. Tullis.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Capt. Taliesin E. Richards, the Commissioner for the Centre inspecting the divisions of the Rhondda Fach Corps on Decem ber 20th, expressed great satisfaction that one of the old divisions had been resuscitated, namely, the Lewis, and from all appearances there was every probablhty that there should be a splendid division at the lower end of the valley. He also expressed his keen appreciation of the abl e SErvices rendered by his staff officers, Messrs. Davies and Payne, and for the valued assistance of his corps officers of both Rhondda corps.

News in Brief.

and students of the Llwynypia Ambulance DlvlSlon attended at the Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, where they were met by Dr. Armstrong, the Medical Supt. They were accompanied by Captain Taliesin E. Richards

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on behalf of the Priory, and the most interesting details given by Dr. Armstrong were much appreciated. These visits of our Ambulance Divisions and Classes to Institutiuns of this kind are most valuable to members and such visits should be encouraged. A hearty vote of thanks was given to Dr. Armstrong for his kindness in acting as a guide to the visitors. As a slight acknowledgment of the courtesy shown. the Division forwarded a cheque of two guineas towards the funds of Infirmary.

The series of Lectures arranged by the Priory at the Unemployment Training Lower Cory Hail, Cardiff, have proved most successful. A letter of thanks has bE: en received from the of the Juvenile Employment Bureau with a request that if possible future lectures be given, as the gap to be filled is a big one, which, without the help and encouragement of an organisation such as the Priory for Wales, means depriving the younger generation of invaluable training for me in later years.

Impressive scenes marked the funeral of Sergt. Frank Tudball, of the Llwynypia Ambulance Division, at which over 80 St. John men and nurses were present. The coffin was conveyed on an ambulance litter mounted with four wirt ropes and was covered with the Pall of the Order. As the cort es e passed slowly through the streets of Tonypandy, considerable respect was shown by the public towards the deceased.

At the moment of going to press the old e st ambulance worker in the Principality is Corps Inspector D. Danies, of the Taff Valley Corps, whose medallion bears the number 23,653.

A new Nursing Class has been started in connection with the British Legion at Tonypandy, and the prospects are that it will be a most successful one, as upwards of 50 members have already enrolled. It is interesting to know that they have appointed their Own Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. It is a move in another direction to have these classes in connection with the British Legion, the being the wives and daughters of men who realIsed the value of good nursing during the war, and we have every hope that this movement will be extended in all directions.

It is hoped that readers of FIRST AID will, when they wish to weed out their bookshelves, think of Walter Page's words: "You cannot tell what a given book may be worth to a given man in an unknown mood," and send ther unwanted literature to the Secretary of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John Hospital Library, 4 8, Queen's Gardens, Lancaster Gette, London. W. This Societr has for its 0 bj ect the free supply of books and to naval, military and civil hospitals, hospital ShIpS, convalescent homes and sanatoria at home and abroad. The funds of the Society are sufficient for working expenses and no money is ask e d, but books on travel adventure and fiction are greatly needed.

. A large .number of people were present when Lady Wllham Davles declared the winner of the Buick Car of the for Wales, valued at £395, to be Mr. Joseph Morns, Pont yates, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.

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:iI. -A II Queries must be accompanied by a " Query Coupon" cut Iron the current issue oj the Journal, or in case 0/ Queries from abroaf jrom a recent issue.

?-The Textbook, to which rejerence may be made in these columnJ is the 36th (I920) Edition oj S./.A.A. Manual of First-Aid.

01" I NFANTILE CONVULSIONS.

N. H. (Ha rrow ) -Wi th referen c e to treatment ot Infantile Convulsions we are at a loss to understand why the child is only to be immersed in water up to "middle of trunk " ( Textbook p. I49). Please adv ise.

The idea underlyin g this wise and practical instruction is that the child bei!lg in more o r less sitting posit ion will be more easily controlled, and that the application to hi s head of sponge "frequently dipped in c old water " will be rendered less difficult" while child is in bath."-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

B. A. ( Cambridge ).- In a recent examinat io n the do cto r, whose back was turned to candidate, asked where a patient, suffering from Fracture of Femur, would feel pain. The candidate, placing his hand on his thigh, at once replied -" Right 'ere!" and the doctor, swinging round in surprise, ejaculated-" Right E ar" before he realised what the candidate meant .

Good! Next, please! !-N .C.F.

TRE ATMENT OF BURN AND WOUND.

New·Skin is id eal or cuts, abrasio ns and resh surface injuries to the skin. Antiseptic and germ-killing. It protects the wound and allows it to heal naturally.

New-Skin is waterproof. It won't wash off. You-can wash over it. It is transparen t and flexible.

HOW NEW-SKIN KILLS THE GERMS. Scientific tests deIllonstrate its antiseptic poweps

AID.For Wounds, Cuts, SCllds lnd Burns

Use the Doyen of all Dressings,

GERMOLENE.

Astonishes by the rapidity of its Soothing. Healing Action.

GERMOLENE has established its supremacy in first aid work in every part of the world. It is unequalled for ,- ery obvious reasons:-

"I" shows an earthen dish, about three " 2" shows another plate, similarly inche s in diameter, containing agar treated, except that part of the surface (germ food), on "hich pus-producing had been covered with New -Skin after microbes had been planted in three rows, and kep at body temperature. At the the germs were placed on it. It end of 48 houTs the germs had multi- was found that all the germs had been plied to millions and had become visible killed under the New·Skin, and for to the naked eye, as shown above. some d istan ce alOund it!

BY BOOTS AND ALL CHEMISTS AND STOR.ES.

I. As a germicide GERMOLENE is supreme. Septic complications are impossible wh ere it is used I t cleanses wounds of every particl e of forei gn matter. Th e bacilli of poison shrivel and die when it is applied.

2. GERMOLENE soothes immediat ely. Thp.re is none of the tingling-, smarting, or pain which is associated with bactericidal agents so oft en used in the past. The action of so rapid that t he quick c essat Ion of pam Illvanably astonishes the user

The Editor invites ,Votes C'tl aauai Cases-with special rejerence to good and bad !Joints in 7reatment-jor inclusion in this Column.

RKSCUK F.KOi\l D RO\\'\ It\G

W hile a police officer wa s on duty near a dock he saw a boy, apparently unc?nscious, floating on the water. Hasten ng to the place, he trIed to reach the boy by wading into the )J ut, finding the water too he had to resort to reached the lad was able to hold him up until the capta'n of a barge arrived with a boat. Between them the g:ot the boy ?n to a barge where the y at once started to do art IfiCIal respIratIOn. Persevering until the boy recovered consCIousness, the officer then removed the boy in ambulance to hospital where he made a good recowry.-R.K., Ipswich.

W. K. (Johannesburgh ).- In a recent comp etition patient , in addition to o ther injuries, was supposed to be suffer ng from severe Burns of left forearm and hand and also from Compound Fracture of left wrist, with hcemorrhage from radial and ulnar arteries. The marking sheet gave I5 marks each for dressing burn and for dressing wound. In view of the fact that the skin surrounding wrist wound was burned and that the dressing applied would have been of a temporary nature, some of us-under the impression that a saturated solution of Picric Acid is a good forearm and hand, including wound of wrist, with plain gauze wrung out of Picric Acid solution. Later we found that we were awarded no m uks for" dressing wound of wrist," which apparently the Judge required to be treated with Iodine, etc. We shall welcome your views on the point, which has excited considerable local discussion

Since .with you the use of Pic ri c A ci d for Burns is orthodox treatment, then I should have commended those who, as you say, dresse d wound and burn with Pic ric Acid solution ; and I should most c ertainly not have penalised you, because such application is, as you believe, antisepti c as well as analgesicand To me such action is evidence of exercise of "discrimination."- .C.F.

TRAINING FOR CO:\lPETITIONS.

W. D. (Port [,·norwie).-I am a more or less recent conv ert t o' First Aid and now possess my third label and I am thinking of persuading some of my younger co lleagues to enter for certain Competitions. Unfortunately not one of us has any experience of this word; and, as I cannot

3. h eals and safely. New tissue IS bU Ilt up III a healthy, natural manner. Inflammat ion and festering stop because the cause is expelled.

GERMOLENE should be kept ready for use by all ambulance workers; it should certainly a permanent place in ev ery factory chest and m e, -ery home for immediate appltcatlon tn cases of cuts, wounds, scratches. scalds and burns. I is just as useful for eve: y k ind of skin c ompla int, and it i.s the, doyen of all sktn preparations for use in chtldren s alIm ent s.

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help, I wonder if you can suggest any book of instructions dealing with this subject.

The best" book of instructions" is experience gained in actual competitions. For the rest I believe you will find my Efficiency £1t F£rst A£d and also Common Errors £n F£rst A£d of some service, as both books were written to help teams training for competitions. Further, in each of my folders on Ambulance Competzi£on Tests (of which I am now preparing a further set of three) you will find a special article dealing with some particular point or other; for examples, "training of teams," "conduct of bearers, " et c., etc -N.C.F.

COMPOUND TESTS.

P. C. (N ew South Wales).-We offer our best thanks for the kindly in which in the August issue you express your candid opinion of our Competition Tests. Frankly we, as competitors, recognise the truth of your criticisms; and we are pleased to find that you support us. M eanwhile we want you to know that your adVice on this and other points has been a great help to us "down·under."

Thanks for letter. It is a pri v ilege to help First-Aiders, including those" down-under."-N.C.F.

LIABILITY FO R MEDICAL FEE.

R. C. (Wa kefield ).-So:ne of us see a H red light" with reference to Textbook instruction "to send for do c tor," because wte may have to pay the doctol " fee I s this correct?

Personally, should carry out the instruction at once and risk the consequences, though do not recognise my liab ility for the medical fee. Funner, have always been under the impression that, if I did meet with an ungrateful patient, I should be protected by the Association. The person who actually summons the doctor is legally liable for the medical fee. If a First-Aider, therefore, wishes to avoid this responsibility-which, howe v er, is rarely, if ever, enforced-he should either ( I) seek first the consent of the patient, or (2) delegate the decision to a pol ce officer who is authorised to exercise his discrimination and may incur such liability at the expense of the public funds.

You advance a new theory when you suggest that, in your opinion, the Assor.iation protects you from liability for medical fee. As I have shown you are in error on the point; and you certainly would" shock" the Chief Secretary of the Association if you made such a claim.-N.C.F.

LOADIN G STRET CHER

W. T (B radford).-Wlth reference to query of above title dealt with in December issue, if you look at p. 202 of Textbook, you will find that the Judge was correct in that there was an instruction for p3.tient to "place hiS round neck of No. 3 Bearer," although this occurs In 6th For yemales Only " Personally, thInk that, If thiS InstructIOn holds good in one place, it does so in any other.

You are kind to teach us what IS In the Textbook' but you are unkind when you take to yourself on behalf of the instructions to who, as the weaker sex (physically 1) are allowed privileges. So unfortunately we cannot accept your translatIOn of the Textbook instructions' and the original reply holds good. '

By the way, your quotation is not quite correct because the instruction under discussion actually reads the necks of the bearers;" and I sometimes wonder how many bearers should be embraced by patient.-N.C.F.

COMPOUND CO:\1PLICATED FRACTURED HUMER US

J. T. (Durham).-In a recent competition we had to treat a fractu.re of humerus (in middle of shaft) comby bleedm.g artery. Please tell us If you thmk you thInk It pOSSible for First-Aiders

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to arrest bleeding by applying torniquet to brachial artery without doing further injury to the fracture.

Yes-it is "possible)) ; but it is also probable that, unless he is extremely careful in his work, the average First-Aider stands a good chance (a s you insinuate) of doing further injury to the fracture.-N.C.F

VAGARIES OF COMPETITION S

J. H. ( Pontlottyn).-In a recent competition our team secured first place with a possible maximum (100 per cent.) of marks. The other day we took part in another competition and were amused to find that the injuries were practically identical. We treated as before and were amazed to find at the end of the competition that we were placed bottom on the list with 67 per cent. of marks. Please assist us by suggesting a possible explanation of this marked discrepancy in results.

On your statement of facts, I suspect that there was no accurately detailed marking sheet in your first competition, as in my experience winning teams rarely, if ever, earn more than 75 per cent. of total marks. Certainly, I have never met a team which scored 100 per ce:lt. off my sheets.

As for the rest I can offer no suggestion, though I wonder if your opponents might not have been more expert in the second competition or if you might not have been just a little too cock sure about he second test; but there, doctors do (and will) differ!! So cheer up and work for another 100 per cent. win.-N.C.F.

HISTORY OF THE B RIGADE

R. C. ( Croydon ) -Please tell us where we can find the history of the origin of the Brigade.

You will find what you require in the Chapter of Notable Dates and.Facts I contributed to The Whzle Cros s or St. John. ThiS b-ook IS Written by Col. R. J. Blackham and can be obtained from the Editor of FIRST AID, price 3S.' 9d., post free.-N.C.F.

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WITH the N e wYear our Journal appeared with a new cover, and on e which we hope Gate. has given satisfaction to our readers. From th e many suggestions that have been receiv ed on the subject, there can be little doubt but that a view of St. John's Gate is almost universally re garded as the most suitable d e sign for the purpose. For the Gate, unhappily all that now remains of th e ancient home of our venerable Order except the church, must always hold an unique plac e in the affections and sectiments of those who are connect t d with the Order of St. John and its many b eneficent labours. It is impossible to exaggerate the influence that it has exercised, and must always exercise, for it is the outward and visible sign of our connection with that glorious and romantic past, the inspiration of all our modern activities. The history of St. John's Gate dates back almost to the foundation of the Order itself. For it was always the main entrance gate of the Priory of the Hospitallers, leading down to the City of London, and the Priory was founded as all the world knows (or should know) by the generosity of Jordan of Bricett in 1145, in the days of Prior Walter the first of the English Priors, when the Blessed Raymond du Puy the greatest of the Grand Masters still reigned over the Order in the Holy Land. Th e other entrance to the Priory was a little postern-gate on the north side, the site of which is now occupied by a narrow alley still known as Jerusalem Passage. To attempt to describe the many historic scenes that St. John's Gate has witnessed would be useless, for no spot in London is more replete with history. But certain incidents more particularly connected with our Order must always spring to the minds of those, who love its ancient story. The first great pageant that the gate must

have witnessed was in 1185, when King H e nry II rode through accompanied by Herac1ius Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Grand Master Roger des Moulins, and all the great lords of the realm to discuss the troubles of the Holy Land. It was during this visit that th.e Patriarch consecrated the Priory Church. The ne xt Grand Master to pass through the gateway was G :uin de Montaigu nearly forty years later when he arrived in England with John of Brienne, King of J e rusalem, to beg for English he lp against the ever encroaching power of the Saracens. Th e original gateway must have been destroy ed by Wat Tyler's ruffians in 138 r, when they broke into the Priory on the night of Thursday, June 13th. After plundering th e buildings they set fire to them, and so thoroughly wa s their work done that we are told that the ruins were still smouldering seven days afterwards. The gateway was no doubt rebuilt by the Grand Prior John Redington, and within a few years was to witness the gorgeous display of a Royal and Imp erial procession, when on December :2 1st, 1400, King Henry IV and the Roman Emperor Manuel Palaeolagos rode in state into the Priory, where the Emperor was to reside during his visit to th e English Court. Ten years later another Grand Master Philibert de Naillac passed through the ancient gateway, entrusted by the Pope with the delicate mission of arrranging a reconciliation b etween the of France and England. The present St. J oho's Gate as we now know it, was constructed in 1504 by Sir Thomas Docwra, one of the greatest of the Grand P, iors of England, and rival for the Grand Mastership of the gallant L'Isle Adam, who was only elected by the narrow margin of one vote. Sir Thomas Docwra was a famous builder, it was he who built the great Tower of the Priory Church, now unhappily destroyed, and inserted the perpendicular windows in the Choir. He died in 1527 and was buried in the Grand PJior Docwra's Chapel in the Priory

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A year later, his distinguished rival, L'Isle Adam, the heroic defender of Rhodes, took up his residence in the Priory. He was the last Grand Master to pass through the ancient Gateway, and the last great plgeant that it witnessed was the procession of the Grand Master in State escorted by all the great lords of the kingdom, to his audience with King Henry VIII. Three years hence we shall be the fourth centenary of the last visit of a Grand Master to our Order in England, and perhaps we may hope to see it commemorated by some memorial of the presence of L'Isle Adam, one of the four great heroes of our Order. Twelve years after the Priory was seized by Henry VIII, and used partly as a storehouse and partly as a residence for the Princess Mary. The church was dismantled in 1546, the materials being used for the King's palace at Westminster, and the remains were blown up by the Protector Somerset in 1549, to provide materials for his new palace of Somerset House. The Priory was restored to the Order of St. John by Queen Mary, only to be confiscated again by her successor in 1559, when it became the residence of Edmund Tylney, the Master of the Revels. It afterwards passed to Lord Burleigh, descending by marriage to Lord Aylesbury. By the beginning of the 18th Century most of the buildings had disappeared except the chancel of the churc:1 and the gatehouse. In 173 I the gateway was in the occupation of Edward Cave the printer, and here" The Gencleman's Magazine" was printed and published down to 1781, when St. John's Gate became the Parish Watch House, and some years later an inn bearing the name of "The Old Jerusalem Tavern." The Chapter-General of the modern English Order first met at St. John's Gate in 1858, the year in which the Treaty with the Sovereign Order took place, the freehold was purchased in 1874, and the Order obtained complete possession in 1887. The vicissitudes which St. John's Gate has undergone during its long history are only paralleled by the vicissitudes in England of the Order itself. Together they have survived long years of indifference and oblivion, they have been restored to something like their ancient greatness, and as the work and importance of our venerable Order expands in the years to come, so we shall hope to see new buildings of a grandeur and dignity worthy of our glorious past, grouping themselves around our ancient gateway.

A First Aid class for men will be held at St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, E C. (\ beginning on or about the March 12, that .a suffiCIent number of applications for memberShip are receIved. by March 5th. Applications for membershIp, accompamed by a fee of 5s. per candidate, should be sent to the Chief Secretary St. John Ambulance Association, St. John's Gate Clerkenwell E. C. I, as soon as possible. ' ,

Hospital Notes.

FOR the year ended, December 31St, 1924, the returns are now complete, and show increased work both in In-Patients and Out-Patients, as well as in the number of operations. We had 152 more In-Patients than in 1923, 1,44 8 more new Out-Patients, and the total Out-Patient attendances were greater by 14,6 3. Operations show an increase of 124.

The appointment of a third surgeon enabled these large increases to be dealt with, although he was only working seven months in the Hospital during the period.

The Annual Report will be out, it is boped, early in March, and the Hon. Secretary will be glad to send a copy to any reader of this Journal who does not get one in the ordinary way. We want to interest as many as possible in the great work the Order is doing in the Holy Land.

'1 he Registrar, Mr. W. E. Thompson, has left for Jerusalem to resume his duties. Before sailing he was able to help with his advice in the matter of the purchase of the neW X-ray apparatus. It is intended to build an annexe for acute conjunctivitis cases on the other side of the road facing the Hospital. The question of this necessary adjunct to the Hospital has been delayed owing to new building regulations issued by the Government. The plot of land originally given by the Patriarch for the purpose has been found too small under the new conditions, and the Crown is soon to see if it can get the site enlarged.

The draft plan for the annex':! shows accommodation for 17 male and I7 female patients. The cost of building will be heavy, the estimate being £3,500. Such a sum will not easily be raised and any help will be most welcome.

I. T. W. P.

INSTRUCTION INCREASING.-A reliable thermometer of ambulance work is provided by the record of examinations held by the St. John Ambulance Association. It is interesting to note that there was an increase of over 60 examinations in December, 19l4, as compared with 1923, and eight more this January than in January, 19 2 4.

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PENAL REFORM AND FIRST AlD.-Our stern old forefathers believed that thl3 surest way to prevent a thief from stealing again was to hang him. Our more humane fathers made him pick oakum. Our modern civilisation however,. to the criminal into a CItIzen. RealIsmg that a knowledge of First AId IS necessary for a properly-equipped citizen, the Prison Authorities in many parts of the country have arranged for courses of instruction in this subject to be given by the St. J obn bulance Association, and a large proportion of the conVIcts have qualified for First Aid Certificatp.s. In Borstal Institutions the same endeavours are made to pr.event the youthful offender from embarking on a life of cnme, and here again, the "Association" lectures and examinations are a regular feature of the curriculum.

February, 1925. -FIRST AID.-

St. John J\mbulance J\sso cia lion. Ipswich Centre.

THE Annual Meeting of this centre was held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall on Monday evening, Jan. 26th, when the (Lieut.-Col. !. W. Turner) at the request of the H. H. Pnncess Louise, presented the awards gamed during the year. He was supported by the Mayor e ss, District Commissioner J. F. C. Hossack, who is also the Chairman of the Centre, Miss Bohun Coulcher (Hon. Sec.), Councillor T. R. Parki.ngton (Hon. T.reasurer), Mr. T. Edgar Mayhew (Hon. AudItor), Mrs. Parkmgton and officers of the District and mem bers of the Corps and Nursing Corps. A feature of the meeting was the presence of a number of cadets, some from Fonnereau-road School and some from Ipswich Nursing Corps.

The Mayor in a few remarks paid a high tribute to the work of the St. John Ambulance Association coupling with it the name of Miss Mary Coulcher, C.B.E. who has done so much for the cause in Ipswich.

After the presentation of the awards, the Commissioner gave a long address upon the new V.A.D. scheme and impressed upon all thnse present the need for more volunteers for this branch of the work He alluded to the good work which had been undertaken by the depot which was running during the war at N orthgate-street and saw no reason why this good work should not be carded on during peace time in the shape of a Medical Comforts Scheme. Th " y had an ambulance station from which the materials could be sent out to the poor and needy and someone always stationed there who could always attend to their requirements.

Mr. Parkington gave an account of the financial statement and asked for more support from the public in the future.

Mr. Mayhew proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor and Miss Coulcher seconded.

Great Western Railway.

LEAMINGTON.

VISCOUNT CHURCHILL, G.C.V.O., Chairman of the Great Western RaIlway Company and President of the G.W.R. Ambulance Centre distributed gold medals, gold bars and examination awards at Leamington on the evening of the 5th inst.

The gathering was held at the Town Hall (by kind permission of the Mayor and Corporation), and presided over by Mr. A Brook (Divisional Superintendent).

The having welcomed the large assembly to the Town Hall, Mr. Brook addressed the meeting and spoke of the healthy position of the ambulance movement in the Birmingham Division.

Lord Churchill, who received a most cordial reception by those addressed as his fellow workers, had much to say upon the humanitarian side of the ambulance movement

He there was no higher form of Christianity than helpmg a fellow when he was down, and this was what the ambulance movement equipped its adherents to do.

The Leamington Class were extremely fo rtunate in having had as their for the past twenty-fiv e years Dr. H. Mason, whose zeal In the cause of First Aid had ro::cent.ly been recognised by his selection as an Honorary of the qrder of St. John of Jerusalem . HIS LordshIp also eulogised the services of the BIrmingham Secretary, Mr. F. S. Bolton, t o whom the success of the Movement in the Birmingham Division was in no small measure due.

Continuing his address, Lord Churchill spoke of the courtesy of G. W.R. employees throughout the system. He then, on behalf of the members of the Leamington

Chart Showing the Progress of the Ambulance Movemen t on the G. W.R. Class, presented Dr. Mason with a silver inkstand as a token of appreciation of his valued services to the class. Following the distribution of a number of gold m edals (15 years' efficiency), gold bars (20 years' efficiency ) , and examination awards, Mr. J. F. L ean, assistant to the General Manager, spoke. He was the bearer of a messag e of congratulation from Sir Felix Pole tu all recipients of awards. Mr. Lean emphasised the need for safety methods and reminded his hearers that th eir movement was for " Safety and First Aid." The statistics of accidents in the streets of London showed a remarkable increase. Th e accidents to railway men were also mor e numerous than need be, if all observed safety principles. He hoped that the renewed efforts which were being made to reduce the number of accidents would have good results. In this safety work all could lend a hand.

An excellent musical programme had been arranged and was much appreciated.

DU1<'FRYN YARD.

The second contest for the Duffryn Class Challenge Cup was recently decided, when the team, captained by Mr. D. C. Davies, was, after a close competition, decl a red the winner.

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Dr. Frederick, the Class Lecturer, officiated as adjudicator, and the test imposed viva voce, I;>r.actical and team work. At the conclUSIOn of the competltlOn the Judge commented on the general high standard of first aid efficiency displayed.

As we go to Press we hear that the di\"isional competitions are being at several and, as is usual there is much enthusIasm and speculatIon as to the results. It is anticipated that practically the whole of these first round contests will be concluded by the end of the month.

The semi-final i'ound (to select teams for the final competition at Paddington), will be decided at Birmingham and Bristol during March.

L. & N .E. Railway Centre.

The half-yearly meeting of the centre was held in the Railway Institute, York on Saturday Jan. 31st, when Mr. L. Bakes presided over the delegates from all parts of the system. Mr. Geo. Jackson (the SecretaJY) presented his report and expressions of delight were at the splendid result of the session. Business dealing with Ihe forthcoming competitions was dealt with, and other matters for the furtherance of the work of the Centre.

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PERILS OF YAWNH\G.

Berry, aged 49, of Monk dislocated her jaw by yawnmg, and whde under an an cesthetlc collapsed and died ina doctor's surgery.

from fatty of liver, accelerated by an amesthetlc, was the verdIct at the inquest yesterday.-Ev enin cr b

ILL-FATED MAN.

At an inquest at Hull. yest.erday on Joseph Hugell, 56, it was stated that afte.r meetIng WIth an accident to his foot he went home and fell mto.a bath of hot water. He died shortly but the aCCIdents, however, had no bearing- on his death, whIch was due to Cerebral H re morrhage.-Daz'ly Mail.

ORIGIN OF "CLERKENWELL."

After being hidden an.d almost forgotten for hundreds ot years, the old from whIch Clerkenwell takes its name seems have 1;>een laId bare. It was called" Clerk's Well" bp.cause the pansh of London in remote ages annually performed plays. In front of It. What is belteved to be the" Clerk' s Welt was dlscovereq recently un.der shop floor in Farringdon Road.. In the well are the remams of a leaden sLlction pump by ",:hlch the water, it is said, used to be conveyed to the street outSIde for the use of priors and nuns clerks and d' r lk 7'1. 1I-r " or mary

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The Hanmer "First Aid:' Outf it.

IN a previous issue of FIRST AID, reference was made to a First Aid box for use in mines, which has been patented by the St. John Ambulance Association. The following description of the box rectntly appeared in the C olliery Guardian

Properly kept First Aid Outfits and Appliances are essential for safety in mines, but the difficulty of keeping them so is no less easy in collieries than in other industrial establish men ts. U nfortunatel y, pilfering of first-aid material is not looked upon by the average workman as a crime, yet a more heinous one it would be hard to find. It is not uncommon to discover an outfit that has been replenished looted entirely of bandages and such like in a few days.

Various expedients have been tried to prevent this pilfering, but most of those that we have come across have suffered from serious disadvantages. For Instance, the first-aid box has been locked and the key given to an official for safe keeping. Very often when an accident occurs the particular official cannot be found and the delay results in unnecessary pain to the injured. In these circumstances the box may be broken causing avoic}a ble expense.

We were therefore pleased to inspect recently an ingeniously designed box which promises to be of glelt value. This box is the outcome of many years experience by the inventor, as a station superintendent and

February, 1925. -FIR.ST

which houses an ingc:.nious little device, and p;ovides the means for optming the outfit. The key to the box is attached to a long chain, the loop of which is at the top of the box When the key is pulled up and the glass plat form inserted underneath it, this being pushed in through a slot in the side of the larger box, and the box locked, the only method of obtaining th e key is to break the glass. This is accomplished by sharply hitting the white ball to which is attached a rod, and a further iron ball for weighting. The glass bt ing broken, the key drops out and the chain is sufficiently long to allow for easy unlocking of the door.

Another useful operation is performed simultaneously with the breaking of the glass. To the bottom of the rod, it will be noticed, is attached a strap which in turn is attached to a we dge, which when pulled down presses a push operating a spring bell. The purpose of this bell is two-fold ; first to call attention to the fact that an accident has happened and thus bring h e lp, or alternatively, that

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designed padded and telescopic splint. The pad is attached by an adherent directly to the splint, leaving portions of 3 in. or 4 in. at each end loosf. The tin joints can thus be attached underneath the pad directly on to the splint.

This complete out6t is being constructed by the 5t. John Am bulance Association, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, KC. 1.

St. john J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

JANUARY, I925.

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the followl'Jg appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

TO BE DISTRIOT OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Divisional Nathan Samuel Hamburger, _p.2S NO.7 DI STRICT.

C orporal Wtlliam Baker Ydtes, 23 1.25

TO BE LADY DI8TRIO'l' OFFIOER.

6 DI STRICT.

Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. El inbeth J. Anderson, 27 .8. 2-1

UL ST ER Dr Sl'RIC T

Miss Louise Ballantine, 2-1.I. 2 5

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO 5 DI STR ICT.

Corp3 Offi cer Harry Hulley, Denaby Main Corp>, 22.1. 2 5

TO BE OORPS OFFICER.

NO.4 DI STRIC T

Divisional Supt. John Edward Newns, Warrington Corps 9 2 2 5

ambulance instructor. Mr. C. Hanmer is now the touring demonstrator to the S.J. A A.

The chief claims for this outfit is that it is a strong dust-p roof and damp-proof box, can be readily identified at a olstance has a system of checking its component parts and controls pilfering.

It c?osists a wooden box 10 in. deep, 24 In. hIgh, and 16 In. WIde. It is divided into seven three of which are occupied by first-aid outfits m strong sheet metal cases.

second compartment is occupied by a miners' electrIC so arranged that it gives light through an opal. cross of the Order of St. John, this glass bemg Into the door of the box. When illuminated, the can. be seen underground at a I,OOO yards, and can be. a.t 500 yards, so that mQch time can be saved In .dlscovenng Its whereabouts in time of need

The lamp compartment is large enough to two lamps, purpose of which will be described later.

At the SIde of the main box there is a smaller one ,

someone lS tampering with the outfit. When the door of the box is opened the noise of the bell is louder still. The ringing is stopped by withdrawing the wedge from the push by means of the strap which is inside the box as seen above the bell.

SplTes of glass platforms are carried. The syst:m of maintenance of these outfits has been worked out wlth care. In a glass frame on the door of the box is a printed list of the names of persons qualified in first-aid work and their whereabouts in the pit. Each of these is given a key. One person fo: each shift is put charge of bo.x and it his duty to brIng down an electrIC lamp, p\acmg It in the box at the beginning of th e shift, the used lam p being stored behind the new one, in the same compartment. The same person inspects the supplies each shift and reports any deficiencies. The box contains three complete outfits having al1 th.e necessary bandages, largest outfit holding also spllDts. These outfits are ID strong tin cases and can be taken complete to the scene of the accident.

It is useful to note that th e box contains another invention by Mr. Hanmer, in the form of a novelly -

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON & SUPT. NO.5 DISTRICT.

Henry Norman Clarence Jaffe, M.B., B.S Basford Division Nottingham Corps, 12.1. 25

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DISTRICT.

S ydney Clifford Pritchard, M.D., Ch.B. (Edin. ) No. 8 3 Northern Heights Division, 26 I. 2 5

Mrs. Henrietta Kate Trevithick, M.D., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., No. 26N Richmond Nursing Di vision, 24 12 2 -+

NO. 2 DISTRICT.

Geor{le Wilkinson, M.B., 13 C. (Camb. ), D.T.M.(Camb. ) , Beaconsfield DIvision, 12.I. 25 NO. 3 (E ASTERN ) DISTRICT.

James Orr, M.B., Ch.B., Spencer Nursing Division, ampton Corps, 13· I. 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Tom Sanderson, 1\1.D., Great Lever Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 5.2.25

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John Henry Struthers, M.B., Ch.B.(Vict.), Ramsbottom Division, 30 .1. 25 '1 IN'

Georg-e Kennedy Smiley, 1\1 B., Ch.n., WI ms ow ur.3mg Division, 16.1.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NQ. I DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer Georg-e Denys Langley, No. 52 lJarclay Perkins Division, 7.1.2.5

Ambulance Ofucer Jonathan James Ascott, No. 85 Northern Heights Division, 2 2.25

NO.2 DI STR ICT.

Transport Officer William Hartly, Beconsfield Division J2 I.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Pte. Frederick George Brooks, Ford Green DIVISIOn, Blddulph and Dis trict Corps, 19 1.25

Harold Berry, Tetleys Brewery Division, Leeds Corps, 15 1. 2 5

No. 10 DI STRI CT.

Ambulance Offi cer Ol iver Mark Jennings, Orwell Works Division, ] pswi c h Corps, 8. 1.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO 2 DI STRI CT.

Mrs Olive Hariette Paterson, Aylesbury Nursing Division, 9· I. 25

NO. 4 DI ST RICT.

M iss Ed ith Annie Moores, Heaton Park N ursing Division, M a n chester aDd Salford Corps, 30.1.25

Mrs. Constan ce Nina Somerset Smiley, Wilmslow Nursing Div ision, 16 1.25

N O. 5 DISTRICT.

Miss Ka tharine El zabeth Sykes, Headingley Nursing Divis ion, 28.1. 2 5

Lady Ambulan ce Officer Miss Laura Pollexfen Burton, Harrogate Nurs ing D ivision, 23.12.24

No. 6 DISTRICT.

La d y Ambulan ce Officer Mrs. Jane Eli zabeth Waddell, Sunderlond Nursing Division, 8. I.25

Mrs Edith M ay Ford, Dunston Nursing Division, North Durham Corps, 12.12.2 4

U LSTE R DI STRI CT.

M. L. M c Dowell, Fivemiletown Nursing Divi::i::'n, 24 1. 25

Mrs. Margaret H ill , Strabane Nursing Division, 24.1. 2 5

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO. 3 ( W ESTE RN) DISTRICT.

Walter Humphries, Handsworth Division, Birmingham COrP 3 16.1.25

Sergt. W alter Jeffs Lawley Street Division, Birmingham Corps., 7.1.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. William Gibson, Gateshead Police Division, North Durham Corps, 14.1.25

Ernest Gi bson, Gateshead Police Division, North Durham Corps, 14.1. 25

Corporal Geor g e Coulson, Houghton-Ie-Spring Division, 28.1. 2 5

No. 10 DI ST RI CT.

Sergt. Edward Sawyer, First Division, Ipswich Corps, 26.1. 2 5

TO BE LA.DY AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.4 DI STRI CT.

Miss Annie Pilling, Tottington Nursing Division, 30.1. 2 5

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

N O. 9 DI STRICT.

Miss Laura Gertrude Bishop, Friary Nursing Division, 19.1. 2 5

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER . FOR CADETS. No. 5 DI STRI CT.

Sergt. Arthur Mason, Boston Cadet Division, 21.1. 2 5

AI D.- February, 1925.

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS. NO.3 (EA STERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Edith Ellen Maule, Kettering Co-operative Clothmg Cadet Nursing Division, Kettering Corps, 17.1. 2 5

No.6 DISTRICT.

Miss Winifred Megson Rumsby, Central Nursmg Division, Hull Corps, 24.1.25

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady District Officer MISS Mayhew, from No.8 District to NO.3 (Eastern) District.

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mole, from Whitburn Colliery NurSIng DIVISion to Sunderland Nursing Division, 8.1.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

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Divisional Surgeon Olivia Walker, from. late Plymouth Central Nursing Division to Sherwell NurSIng DIVISIOn, 26.1.25

TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM BRIGADE RESERVE TO ACTIVE LIl:)T.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Marsden, Batley Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 4. 2.24

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer B. H. L. Fourte, Plymouth Corps, 1.1.25

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE VE.

o. I DISTRICT.

District Officer W. Pape, 14.1.25

District Surgeon and Supt. J. Stanley, No 16 ( New Cross) Division, 25.1.25

Divisional Surgeon F. H. Crowdy, No 83 (Northern Heights Division, 20.1.25

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Supt. W. C. Couch, Cheltenham Town Division, Cheltenham Corps, 27.1.25

No. 5 DISTRI CT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Elizabeth Bartlett, City Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps, 30.1.25

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DI STRICT.

Supt. G. Bingley, Kettering Midland Ry. Division, Kettering Corps, 20. 1.25 NO.4 DISl'RICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. E. A. Longworth, Raw enstall Nursing Division, 27.1.25

Lady Supt. MISS A. E. Whittaker, Heaton Park Nursing Division, 12.2.25

Reserve Supt. N. Cochrane, Equitable Division, Oldham Corps, 27 , 1.25

Lady Supt. Mrs. A. MacCarthy, Blackburn Nursing Division, 14 1.25

Ambulance Officer P. Brookes, Sandbach Division, 10.2.25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer ( Cadets) S. A. Pearson, Boston Division. 30 I. 2 5

Nursmg Officer J. M. Macdonald, Brodsworth Nursing Division, 30.1.25

Supt. W. Tones, Radford Division, 30.I.25

Lady Supt. Mrs. D. Fletcher, MIdland Railway Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps, 30 1.25

Lady Supt. Miss C. Packett, SaltaIre Mills Nursing Division, Shipley and District Corps, 21.1.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer H. Anthony, Hull Corps, 20.I. 25

Divisional Surgeon S. V. Tinsley, Spennymoor Division, MidDurham Corps, 27.I.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Supt. E. E. Chaffe, Camborne Division, 21.1. 2 5

February, 1925.

No. II DI"TRICT.

Supt. J. Brindley, Reading Division, 12.2.25

CORPS SANCTIONED.

Worsboro' and District Corps, comprising Barnsley, Worsboro' and District, and Wharncltffe Silkstone Divisions, 9. 2 2 5

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

No. 19/ 4 (" B" Section) South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 8. I.2 5

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Stoke Gifford Division, City of Bristol Corps, 32.I.25

Weston-super-Mare (G.W.R.) Division, Weston-super-Hare Corps, 5.5.24

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Brymay Division, Liverpool Corps, 24.1.25

Wilmslow Nursing Division, 16 1.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Boroughbridge Nursing Section, 12.1.25

Headingley Nursing Division, 27.12.24

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

BootIe Cadet Nursing Division, I2.I.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Redruth Cadet Division, 27.1.25

Falmouth Cadet Nursing Division, 26.1.25

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

Plymouth Central Nursing Division, 26.1.25

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

V.A. D.-The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned: Northampton, Miss J. Watson (Kettering); W.R. of Yorks, Miss C. Wardlow (Sheffield). The following detachments have been completed for registration at the War Office -Cheshire No 64 (Reddish ), Cheshire No. 180 (Stockport), Hampshire No. 152 (Calmore ), Sussex NO.5 [ (Hastings), West Lancs No. 18 (Barrow ) 3' E

A smart piece of first aid work was rendered on last Boxing Night by two members of the Hull Corps, Privates Bridle and Bishop of the Pier Division to a woman who had received a cut throat, caused by her sister, who also received injuries during the struggle, her injuries being a cut forehead, cut 3 fingers, and punctured radial artery. Bridle at once applied digital pressure on the arteries whilst Bishop applied pressure on the radIal and ulnar a'rteries, afterwards he quickly dre.ssed the ',Vo.unds with lint, wool, and bandages, and supported the arm in a sling. Treated for shock warned. the patIent to remain quiet whilst he went to Bndles aSSIstance who was still maintaining pressure on cut th.roat, him by placing his thumbs on the carotId ar.tenes, wh.Ilst the dressings were being prepared, these conSIsted of hnt, wool, and bandages, the head being d?wn the chest and maintained in this pOSItIOn untIl the arrIval at the infirmary.

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Prince of Wales's District COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. MARCH, 1925.

March 1st-No. 80 Di vision, Stoke Newington

" 8th-No. 74 " London City M ission.

" 15th-No. 83 " Northern Heights.

" 22nd-No. 84 " Twickenham.

" 29th-No. 8 5 " Ealing.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. COMPETITIONS.

Entries are desired for the following competitions :-

March 17th.-N. Bowl.-Written Paper. Viva Voce. " 19th.-Massey.-Viva Voce. Individual Practical. " 2Ist.-Sleath-Gent.-Wr itten Paper. Viva Voce. " 24 th.-Perrott.-Viva Voce. Individul Practical. " 28th.-Osborn.-Individal Practical. Team Test. N. Bowl.-Practical. Sleath· Gent.- Practical.

April I8th.-Massey.-Team Test. Perrott.- Team Test.

All entries for the above competition must be sent to the Area Assistant Commissioners not later than March 1St. Entry forms may be obta ined by to the Competition Secretary, at St. John's Gate, Dlstnct Officer S. J. Warren.

EFFICIENCY CU P.

To be competed for on Saturday, 13th. All entries to be sent to the Area ASSistant Comm issioners not later than M ay 1St.

Entry forms may be obtained from the Compebt:on Secretary, District Officer S. J Warren, at St. John S Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.1.

The awarding of th.e Ba dge to the of the winning team in thiS competltlon Will be dl scontmued. I t is hoped that Officers and Members 1D of Divisions will give their utmost support to make these DistrIct Competitions successful.

BRIGADE COMPETITIONS.

The Acting Chief C?mmissioner desires it .to. be made k to Divisions enterIng teams for the Prehmlt;lary and Competitions of the "Dewar" Challenge ShIeld and " Eccles " Cup will be judged on the prese.nt Mar,lUal of Drill and Camping, including- the stretcher drill detaIled therein.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

The authorit es at vVembley Exhibit ion have expressed their keen appreciation of the work done by. members h Bri ade both from London and the C g .'. has already indicated hiS appreciation 1D ommlSSloner d' t dd the Bri ade Orders. The Commissioner eSlres 0 a g . t' of himself and the Headquarters Staff for the appreCla IOn f Ct' G hold excellent work done under the dJrection a ap am er b all ranks, including members of the work done reflects great credit on the aD:d It IS hoped that volunteers will come forward as readily thIS year as they did in the past.

HOME NURSING CLASS.

urse of lectures on Home Nursing commenced. at St. J te on Monday, Feb. 2nd. Application for particulars

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should be made to the Chief Secretary, St. John Ambulance Association, St. John'S Gate, E.C.I.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt'ssionet'.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

CENTRAL AREA. - The members of the Central Area and their friends spent a yery enjoyable e v ening at Shoreditch Town Hall on Januar y 23rd. The occasion was the second annual Social and Dance.

The company numbered nearly 400, and among those present were the Mayor and Mayoress of Shoreditch (Alderman P: Kelleher, J.P., and Mrs. Kelleher), Commissioner W. H. Wmny, O.B.E., Assistant Commissioner Dr. Fletcher, and other officers of the district.

During intervals in the dancing, to the lively strains of the Cabaret Dance Band, the company were entertained

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No. 2 District.

CHELTENHAM .-- The fourth annual dinner of the Cheltenham Corps was held at George's restaurant on January 2 r st, about 70 members being present. The Corps Supt. (Rev. C. Cousens Petch) presi?ed, and the included Dr. Hugh Powell, M.B.E. (ASSistant Commissioner for Gloucestershire) Col. G. A. Gardew, O.RE., V.D. Corps Supt. ): Corps .Inspector of Stores W. Mullms (;hauman of the Social Committee, and other Corps and Divisional Officers.

The King, the Sovereign Head of the Order was honoured Chairman congratulated the Corps on the work done dunng 1924.

In the past twelve months the motor ambulance main· tamed by the Executive Committee of Ambulance' Head(S.J.A.B. and B.R C.S.) had carried 493 cases with a mileage ot 3,576. The St. John members had also taken their share. at race meetings, football matches, and other public functIOns.

Mrs Percy Shewell had presented a Silver Challenge ilugl.e, which had been won by Private Hewinson, to be held by him for twelve months.

One of the Motors of the Plymouth Ambulance Service. songs by Miss Adelaide Morris and Miss M e eMn omas, and humorous items. by Mr. Lindsey and r. aggs.

f spoke a few words of appreciation of the work t e ngade and of. the Shoreditch Division in particular. mem?ers, he said, were always willing to ive their m any good cause, whether small or larg! and his pre ecessors and he were greatly indebted to them.

A he:'lrty vote of thanks to the committee and the artists by acclamation on the motion of Dr. Corbet

The committee to whom th f I d ' e Success 0 the function was y ue, consisted of Lady Supt. Miss Walker Su t and Ambulance Officer A. R. Hartley, while ce Officer Stallard ably carried out the duties of M.C.

He .tv thank Drum-Maj')r Willis for his valuable services m trammg the band. also spoke of .the work done by the several divisions, remarkmg that the ladl.es were "going strong," that three of them and five of,the F rJendly Society's Division had just completed IS years serVice, for which they were being recommended for the Long Service Medal.

Dr. Hugh Powell proposed" The Brigade" in appropriate terms, and the hope that many young men in wuuld Jom the Corps, which was one of the best organised III the country.

( E T.he toast was associated with the name of Col. Cardew squire of the Order), from whom came a breezy response .He declared that Cheltenham had the best service for a town of its size in England. It could only be

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maintained by adequate funds, and the public ought to be ready to supply these funds.

Corps Sergeant-Major Ballinger, M.S.M., in well-chosen terms, gave the toast of "Absent Friends," which was drunk in silence. The company was then entertained by numerous artists in a well arranged and enjoyable musical programme

NO. 4 District.

On December 5th, a dinner and social evening was held at Colne, in honour of the Ex-Corps Supt. Bannister of Nelson Corp;, who has resigned active office and now joined Ihe H.eserve.

Officers from surrounding districts of Colne, N elson, Burnley, Brierfield, Padiham, Barrowford, Earby, Toulridge, Trawden an<l Barnoldswick, sat down to dinner at the Crown Hotel, Colne, with Assistant Commissioner F. E. de B. Pim, as President.

Before retiring from the dining room, Dr. Pim alluded to the resignation of Corps Supt. Bannister, and stated his deep regret that he shouid have found it necessary to give up acti v e work in the St. John Ambulance Movement. Great tribute was paid to the good work done by him, and the Assistant Commissioner thanked him for the assistance gi v en whenever required.

Supe. Bannister has been actively engaged with the Nelson Corps for oyer 29 years, and his influence will be apparent for some time.

Supt. W. Heap (Colne), Supt. John Hodgson, D .F C. (Bri erfield ) and Supt. Smith ( Foulbridge ), also spoke in high terms of the ability and comradeship shown by Corps Supt. Bannister.

HIs successor, Corps Officer R. Oldfield was very generous in his praic:;e, and said that although Supt. Bannister was going off the active roll, he would be able to come amongst them and give advice and help whenever required. This is through the exisience of the Reserve which has been formed.

In re5ponding to the toast, Supt. Bannister spoke very feelingly of the help he had at all times received from those nterested in the work, and expressed his great pleasure at be i ng able to join the Reserve. Much of wh:).t he wished to say was left unsaid by reason of the deep feeling he experienced, and he a!>ked the assembly 10 excuse him on these grounds.

During the course of the dinner, the toasts of 1\ The King," the" St. John Ambulance Association," and" An Honoured Guest," were drunk.

After dinner, the rest of the evening was spent in a social manner.

No. 5 District.

Means of stimulating interest in ambulance work at collieries were discussed at a meeting of the North Stafford shire branch of the National Association of Colliery Managers, held at the Coal Trade Office, Stoke, on Tuesday, January 20th, Mr. Stuart Barber, President, in the chair. The President said their object was not only to induce more entries for the North Staffordshire Collieries Ambulance Competition for the shield given by the Welfare Fund, .b u.t to increase interest In ambulance work at all the collieries, so that more men might be available for first-aid work. I t would be specially valuable to have more firemen trained in ambulance work.

Mr. Allen S. Heath, Chairman of the Management Committee of the Competition, said the competitions started with a good deal of enthusiasm and 33 teams. The second produ c ed. 36 teams, but the. third, held last only. brought out 3 r teams. The district or area competitIOns, which preceded the final, produced the greatest interest, largely because of the

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keen and cri tical interest of the spectators who attended the competitions, held in their own area<=;. Th is led one to wonder the more local they made the comp et itions the keener Il1terest .would be, and whether the interest would grow stdl If they promot.ed competitions at each colli ery. Mo.rel)ver, If they h.ad final competition in their compet1tlons m Octoher, and their colliery competitions m June orJuly, It would keep the men practising JIe that It was not sufficient for a man to gam first c ertificate, and that he was not fitted to render first aid unless he continued in pract ic e. To keep the men

The Headquarters of the Plymouth Ambuiance Service. trained for the work there must be encouragement, and that was why he suggested these colliery competitions.

In the discussion which followed, the idea of individual colliery competitions was g enerally supported, and it was ciecided to IDvite those collieries which had not already partici pated to enter for the shield competition.

January 24th, the ne'" ambulance headquarters built bv The Staveley Coal and I ron Co., were opened

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and placed at the disposal of the division. There are two rooms which will be used for lectures and instruction, and also for recreative purposes, games, daily papers, and magazines are being provided by the company, and it is hoped the members will take full advantage of these henefits. The openmg ceremony was performed by 1\1rs. J. Hunter. The Shirehrook Male Voice Choir gave an excellent concert each item being greatly appreciated. During an interval Mr. J. Hunter, Corps Supt., made the presentation of a vellum vote of thanks of the Grand Priory to Ambulance Officer William Everett and Staff·Sergt. Alfred Holmes, for services rendered to the ambulance cause. In speak ing of the splendid and valuable work these men had done, Mr Hunter said he felt their services had been inadequately rewarded, and hoped that before long some presentation of higher order would be made to them.

No. 6 District.

On 26th January, on behalf of the Brigade, Lt.-Col. C. n. Palmer, C.B.E., D.L., J P., Knight of Justice of the Order, late Commissioner for the district, gave a lecture in Newcastle upon his travels in Japan.

Col. Palmer arrived in Japan just after the earthquake of September, 19 23, and witnessed the scenes of calamity and devastation which he described so thrillingly and which he illustrated so effectively with magnificent photographic lantern , ·iews, most of which he had himself taken on his tour.

The first part of the lecture was devoted to a study of life in Japan, and in this t:onnectlOn Col. Palmer was weIl able to speak as he spen.t much his time in districts less frequently by tounsts. ThIS lea'ure was admirably illustrated by slides, most of which had been coloured by Japanese artists, and the superb beauty of many of the views caused the audience to gasp with appreciation.

The lecture was quite on a par with the high professional standard which obtains elsewhere in the city which is weIl catered for in this direction.

Co! Palmer members of the Brigade and their f(lends In Hull to a SimIlar and not less interesting discourse the previous week.

and County Finals have now been decided in the vanous Annual Competitions, and thp. leading teams will assemb.le at Sunderland on 21St March to determine the the WInners of the District Ambulance and Nursing ChampionshIps.

The Shields has been won by the from Ca rI DI VISIOn, Ashmgton, consisting of N. Gray ( m Pnvates O. Patterson, J. Potts, R. Thompson, J. RoblDson, who scored 212 k marks I'ut of 375. The team from St. Peter s Works Division came next with 206t marks. The bronze medals. The team from Woodhorn the of the County In the GIbbon Bowl CompetItion at the District Final and Carl Team will compete for the Palmer Trophy.' Dr. allett of Newcastle and Dr. Philip of Morpeth were the Judges.

The Bronze Shield g:oes to t.he Horden Colliery consIstlDg of Corpl. C. LeIghton (10 cbarge), Privates A Pmder, H. Dawe, J. Craggs, and Corpl. G. S. Cockerill, who scored 3 2 [ marks ?ut of a possible 343. Gateshead Police scored Pelton Colltery 282, and Consett 220. The winners each receive bro,:ze medals. The judges were Dr. Dougal, Dunston; Dr. DI ckle, Morpeth; Dr. H. II. Goodman, N ewc astle;. and Dr. TlOsley, Spennymoor. The Gateshead Police

Will represent County Durham in the Gibbon Bowl CompetitIOn, and the Horden Colliery team will compete for the Palmer trophy.

The North and Ridings of Yorkshire have shown less than m competitions this year. The Eston DIVISion team Will represent the Ridings in the District Finals.

In the NurSIng Competition.:; for Durham, which were Judged .by Capt. James Anderson, M.A., M.B., R.A.M C (T) and MISS Brown, Matron of the Royal Victoria ;\T ewcastle, the team from Darlington, consisting of Nursing

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Officer Mrs. D. Forster, and Nursing Sisters E. Spencer, L. Eastwood, V. Freeman, took first place with 226 marks out of possible 250, thus !>ecuring the Palmer Nursing Cup for Durham, other scores being South Shields 196 marks, J arrow 191 marks. Six tearr.s originally entered this competition but three were unable to be present.

The Northumberland Nursing Trophy rests between the teams from the Armstrong Whitworth and the North Shields Nursing Divisions. Col. F. Hawthorne, D.S.O., wiIl judge.

The North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Nursing Trophy is held by the team from the Young People's Institute, Hull, Nursing Division. The successful nursing teams will also compete at the District Final Competitions at Sunderland on 2 st March for the" Burdon" Challenge Trophy.

Various Divisions in the District have held their Annual Dinners and in several cases awards have been presented. These occasions are very useful indeed in many ways. They bring the members together in a social atmosphere away from the lecture room, they develop friendly intercourse without too much duty talk, but chiefly they afford an opportunity (or every member to realise the general perspective position of his own unit as invariably the work of the year is summarised.

HEBBURN.-At the Annual Supper and Dance of the Hebburn Division it was reported that the members now numbered 72 and there were also 32 cadets. A pipe hand has been formed. The Nursing DiviSion was also fairly strong. During the past year more than 6,000 cases were attended and 73 2 patients were removed by the motor ambulance to Newcastle Infirmary. Ambulance Officer W. O JHagen who has complet.ed 15 years and who has been personally responsible for conductmg 4,482 cases to the I nfirmary in Newcastle was presented with the St. John Service Medal.

On behalf of the members, Assistant Commissioner Embleton presente d a case to Dr. Skinner, of Jarrow, m recognItion of hIS servIces voluntary examiner during the past three years, and Dr. Lmdsay, Lecturer (0 the Nun,ing Division, was presented with a barometer by Mrs. Wakefield, Supt., on behalf of the members of tbe Nursing

Jarrow Division has done very useful servIce m the transport of Sick and injured to and from hospitals both in the town and in the surrounding districts. The three ambulances recently in use, which were not new when acqUired, have conveyed over 3,500 cases during the past eight years, averag!ng 16 miles per case, and as a consequence have become practICally obsolete. were made to the proper quarter of the BrIgade by LIeut -Col. C. B. Palmer and Assistant Commissioner S. Embleton, and, as a result, Supt. H. Hunting was called to London, where, after a short interview with Major Paget, he left for J arrow in a new Ambulance car. The Division has hopes of securing a second car which is really nec.essary and it IS making strong efforts to swell the mamtenance fund.

Ryan presided at the Annual MeetIng thIS DIVISIOn and the Secretary, in presenting his report, said the need for ambulance work still remained and hoped younger. members realise that true happ'iness was gamed by helpIng others. ThiS meant the sacrifice of time and labour, but he hoped all would UnIte in maintaining the traditions of the local DiviSion.

The member:,hip had increased and the sphere of labour had been extended. The: most notable addition was that of Dr. J. Kerr Muir, who, by interest and consideration had already proved himself an asset to the Division. whole. Division ;.had paraded for public duty on 16 occasIOns. Thirty-three squads had been sent to Seaton and to sports, and 57 to football matches. In all the had performed 1,069:publ.ic duties. Many of had unfortunately been marred by aCCident, the members having to render first aid on 226 occasions.

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Over 250 accidents or illnesses had been attended to in the streets, makmg a total of 476 cases treated during the year. Of these 18 cases were removed to hospital, 61 were placed in the hands of df)ctors, in 24 cases doctors were informed, and 26 cases were removed to their homes.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.-The second Whist Drive of the season which was held on the 14th ult. proved a most enjoyable affair. The accommodation at the Burlington Hall was not large, but the general spirit prevailing wa o.; full of healthy enjoyment. The prizes for Whist on this occasion were all given by Mrs. J. A. Batey, and that good lady graciously presented them in person to the recipients. More enthusiasts arrived later for the dance where the" Muse of the many twinkling feet" held sway until an early hour. Corps Secretary Midgley who was responsible fo: promoting the affair is to be congratulated upon his painstaking arrangements. It

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with 243 t points Springwell 2311; Gateshead Borough 189; Feliing- Colliery

On the motion of Corps Supt. Payne a vote of thanks was accorded to the doctors for their valuable services. Dr. Dougal responded, and said that if no one else recognised the value of the work done by the ambulance men and those with a knowledge of FIrst Aid, at least the doctors did, and that tangible thanks could be shown by increas ing these numbers. The Felling Colliery Div ision generously provided tea for the competitors and visitors.

The North Durham Corps held their Annual Supper on the 28th ult., under the Chairmanship of Corps Supt. Payne , M.B.E., when the Ravensworth and Liddell Trophies were presented to the winning teams. In the course of the pr oceedings Corps Secretary Copeland reported that the Corps had attended to about 8,000 cases They had five motor ambulances and 18 c. ivisions in the Corps. In the course of the evening when excellent harmony prevailed, Supt. Payne, South Metropolitan Gas Co., this year's winning team of the ambulance competiti on for the "Good Samaritan " Shield.

Iwould be nice if these functions could be held more regularly and become more generally known.

NORTH DURHAl\1.-In December the Competitions took place for the Ravensworth Shield and the Liddell Cup which are open only to members of units in this Corps,. the lat.ter being confined to novices or first. year men. An mterestlllg display of ambulance work was witnessed by a large number of spectators, including many local offir.ers and men of the Brigade. The Judges were Doctors Dougal, Mearns, Scott and Hetherington.

For the Ravensworth Shields, the Gatesheaa Fell DIVIsion was first with 22 r points out of a possible 266; Police second with 215 points; Felling Colliery Gateshead Borough 167t; Spring well 162.. 1

For the Liddell Cup, the Gateshead Police were first, points out of a possible 349 points; Gateshead Fell second

of Cathedral beUr nging fame, introduced a party of hand bellringers who gave some charming performances representing change ringing and triple bobs.

No. 8 Dtisrict.

Mr. F. W. JIammond, of the Ramsgate Town Div ision, performed some gallant work in bringing ashore the skipper ot' the" Littoral " 00 Thursday, November 27th last.

The gaff and boom of the ketch broke, and one end of the broken boom swinging forward on the gorse·neck struck the skipper a -iolent blow which rendered unconscious. He lay, washing about, unconscious, and .owlllg to the VIolent gale blowing, and the runDing high, rescue work as only carried out with considerable rIsk to the \- olunteers. the boat arriving near the Dock Wall, Mr. TIammond, wat c hmg an opportunity,jumped into the dinghy as she rose on a sea

He slu.ng the man, who was in due course h a uled up and placed 111 the ambulance.

Mr. Hammond is deserving of high commendation {or the help and a ct of bravery performed at a crit ic al mOment.

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S u F' FOLK CO UNT V.- Assistant Commissioner for Sllffolk ( Dr S. O. Eades ) With the help o{ his staff (D is trict

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Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat) arranged a popular lecture at the Church I nstitute, Tower-street, I pswich, on January 19th. The lecture was kindly given by Councillor A. Woolford, on "The Cathedrals of East Anglia" and the chair was taken by the Mayor of Ipswich (Lt.-Col. F. W. Turner ) O\' er 100 limelight views were thrown upon the screen by Mr. J. C. Wiggin. The object of the lecture was to raise a fund for giving financial assistance to the deserving units in the county and {or this end a sum of something like £7 was realised.

F ELI XS TOWE.-At a meeting of the Urban District Council which was held on January, the chairman ( Dr. P. L. Giuseppi ) who is also the Hon. Surgeon to the nursing division, stated the commissioner of the District (Dr. J. Hossack had offered to try and get Motor Ambulance from Home Service Ambulance Committee of the S1. John and British Red Cross Society. Mr. E. G. Pretyman had also kindly offered to pro\ ide a plot of land on whi c h to bu!l,l a garage.

LO WEST OF T.- This ambulance unit ha., done excellent work during the year just closed. The motor ambulance has responded to 3 2 1 calls, and carried : some 362 stretcher cases and 53 sitting case!', has travelled 3,128 miles and been on duty on 454 occasions. This is better than in 1923 The members of the division ( under their enthusiastic Ambulance Officer E. Taylor), are now engaged upon instructing the fishermen in first aid, as a preliminary to the Board of Trade c ert ificate for a mate or skipper of a fishing smack. The Hon Surg eon ( Dr J C. Mead ) is giving courses of lectures which n a ve been arranged by the Higher Education Committee, but the actual instruction has been left entirely to the members of the Division. Already 25 ha v e passed and a further 18 have sat ior the examination.

! PS WI CH.- The Gippeswyk divi si on of the COlpS held a most successful social e v ening at the C o operative Hall, Carrstreet, Ipswich, on January 20th, when about 12 0 n embers a nd friends were present Supt. F E. Goddard was in the c hair supported by Hon S urgeon Dr.A. C. Smith, F.R.C.S .( E ) Ambulance Officer J. B rd, hon. sec., and Sergt. F. L. CurtiS, Sergt. J Brett and Corpl. A Kennell. The officers of the District present included District Supt. C apt. F. H. Gooderham ( Brigade Reserve ), Distri c Offi c ers A. C. HIli, W. C. Smith, and A H. W. Moffat ( Suffolk County). During the evening Supt. d, on behalf of the members, presented the doctor with a large framed photogra phic group of the Divis ion as a of their e steem. All t.he speakers compl imented the diVISion upon their successful year's work in the cause of alleviat ing suffering humanity. They are the holders of three c ups for efficiency.

H OLBROOK, S U F FO LK -Owing to the efforts of the Assistant Commissioner ( Dr. S. O. Eades ) and his stoff, a class was here on JanualY 30th under the charge of District Officer W. C. S mith, who will be assisttd by the junior officers of the Gippeswyk Division of Ipswich Corps. The lectures are being given by Dr. J. T. Titterton The Rector of Holbrook ( the Re v B. R. Nev ille ) is a very keen supporter of the ambulance movement, and it is in no small measure due to his kindness together with the invaluable aid of Dr Titterton that the class is able to be held.

No. 1 I (5. E. & C. R.) District.

Presided over by President Cecil Hertslet, K. B.E., J P. ), Ramsgate DIVISion Annyal Meetin?" on January 19 1h a great Supporting Sir CeCil were Sir Edward Rlgg, Councillor Mrs. Dunn, M r. Jarvis (Station Master Margate), Mr and Mr. Busbridge (late Station Master' Reference: was made to the fact that Serg-eant G: AtkinS had been awarded the Service Medal.

During the year public duties were performed outside the Borough at Deal and Sandwich. Considerable help was given

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at Wembley, Ambulance Officer G. Fearn, H.S.B., taking duty there for :1 week. Very cordial relations exist with No.8 District.

Queenborough Division spent a very happy evening at a Whist Drive and Dance on January 6th. Dr. Madwar enlisted the help of a very large number of residents, and the President, Mr. C. Ralph Stevens dealt fully with the Motor Ambulance scheme. A humorous item was caused by the antics of a duck, which did its good turn by adding 4 9 5. 6d. to the funds. A jumper, a basket of fruit and the above bird brought in [, 9 5s 6d.

The Annual Meeting- of the Sevenoaks Division took place on January 15th. Despite a thick shroud of fog there was a good attendance. Very satisfactory results were reported. Congratulations are due to this Division for securing a full report in the local paper within a few hours of gathering.

Hither Green Division has been very busy with its programme of dances. Very pleasant even ings were spent at the Drill Hall, Hither Green and Ladywell Baths during January.

The Addiscombe Division Motor Ambulance is now wellknown locally. ! has already proved its value to residents, and several long distance journeys have been made.

The Dances held by Battersea Arr.bulance and London Bridge Nursing Divis ions have been patronised.

With District Officer E J. Prew, H.S B., in the chair the Annual Meeting of the London Bridge N ursing Division recorded another year of progress. Fog interfered w th the attendance, but Miss Phyllis Broughton, one of the VlcePreSidents, put in an appearance and was warinly welcomed.

Supt. A. J. Green, Bricklayer s Arms Division was away from London, recuperating, when the Divisional Annual Meeting was held. District Officer E. J. Prewoccupied the chair; an extremely lucid and intel estin..- report was presented.

Woolwich Di v ision Annual Meeting was another interestng function. As at other meetings, the needs of the Brigade Benevolent Fund were urged, and we are glad to record a hearty and ready response.

The District Fillal Competition to select a team to represent No. II District in the Dewar and Symon Eccles contest, was held at Addiscombe on January 16th. The Judges wereAssistant - Commissioner N. Corbet Fletcher and DistrictSurgeon Lieut.-Col. F. A Brooks. The Bricklayer'S Arms Divis ion team again secured premier position.

The Judges and members of the teams were all a ble to closely examine the new Motor Ambulance which was drawn for inspection in the Addiscombe Road Station {ore c o u rt.

Supt. T Palmer presided over the Red HilI Division Annual Meeting on January 21st. All the diffi c ulties of the past year have been successfully surmounted and 192 5 bids fair to be a \ ery busy one.

Hither Green Annual Meeting haa the good fortune to secure District Officer Prew as Chairman on J dnuary 2 7th. Di v isional Superintendent W. H Smith, dealt with the y eal s work in a comprehensive survey.

At Orpington on January 2 8Lh, the annual meeting showed that steady progress has been maintained, and plans for the alterations consequent on Orpington being used as an electrical traction dep o t are well advanced.

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Sergeant Ralph Reading Division has been awarded the Brigade Service Medal.

At the annual dinner of the Ashford Town Division the need for a new and larger motor ambulance was emphasised.

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"By members past and present of the Guildford Ambulance Division on the occasion of his rec e iving the Martin Williamson ChalleD6e Cup for annual competition by Divisions in Surrey and as a mark of esteem and appreciation of 35 years' service of ambulance work," is the inscription written in the book of II Memories" which was on Jan. I3th presented to Mr. Martin Williamson at the annual meeting of the Guildford Division.

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief ComI?issioner for the Brigade Overseas has S8.nctloned the follOWing appointments promotions transfers and resignations during the month of 1925 ;-

VICTORI A DI STInCT

A UST RALI A

Ambulance Sister Mrs West transferred {r",m ! !ford Nursing Division, No District, Engl a nd, 20 I. 2 5

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ON TA RIO DI STRICT

Lady District Supt. Mrs. Ogilvie resigned, 8. 11.24 Port Arthur Central Div ision -L ad y D l\ s ional Supt. Mrs. Farlinger, 1St Lady A mbuhnce Officer Mi s s V p. Whale, and 3rd Lady Ambulan c e Offi c er Miss G. M c Mi c h a el resigned 14 10 14

IN DIA

N O.3 DI ST RICT

Parsi D, \' ision.-2nd Ambulauce Officer G H G azd a r to be 1st Ambulance Officer ; yd Ambulance Offi cer B. S Bharucha to be 2nd Ambulance O ffi cer, I. I 20 ; Staff. S er g t. R. F. Sethna to be 3rd Ambulance Offi cer ; St aff Ser g t. R. Thanewala to be 4 th Ambulan c e Offi c er, r 6. 11.24 Staff S erg t.

M. R. Patel to be T ransport O ffi c er, I 1. 24; Ser g t. A B. Homiva zir to be Staff Sergt., 27 11. 24

Ahmedabad D n·ision.- 1st Ambulan ce Offic er J. D E. Kothewala to be Divisional Supt., 19724; Ser g t. D. S V aj n ik to be Ambulance Offi c er, 2 3 .11 24

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C ANT ERB'U RY NELSO N, M ARLBOROUGH .\ND WE ST C OJ\ ST DI STR ICT.

Distri c t Supt. J W. Shank s to be S enior D is tri c S upt 12. (0 .2 3 Christ c hurch Ambulance D vision. - I s t A mbul a n ce Officer W. G. B. Wallis to be Divisional Supt., 9 4 1..j. Timaru Nursing Divis on. -Ist Lady Ambul a nce Offi c er Mrs. G. Lewis to be Lady Divisional Supt., 2252 1 ; 2 nd L ad y Ambulance Officer Miss Strad'au to be 1st L a dy Ambul a n c e Officer, 22 5 21 1\1 iss E. Goldsman to be 2nd Lady Ambul a n ce Officer, 22 .5 2 1

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C APE PR OV INC E DI STR ICT.

P urt Eli zabeth 1St. V .W C.A. Nursin g Divis ion .- Dr A. F. Stewart to be Di "i sional Surgeon, 16 11.24 Miss E. M n u be r to be Lady Divisional Supt. 26 11 24

SO L'T H A FRICAN RAI LWAY S & H ARBOURS DI ST RI CT Beaurort , Vest Division.-Dr. C Symin g ton to be Di\-isional Surgeon, 1 I. 1123; R. S. V. Parsons to be D v is ional Supt., I. 12 23

De A ar Division.-Dr. W. P. Lubbe to be Di vi sional Surgeon, 13 32 3; W. J. Sterley to be Divisional Supt., 233 2 3 Park Station Di v, sion.-Di \'i sional Supt. T J. Robertson resigned, 2 5 10 24

PaarI Section. - Dr. F Bester to be Div isional Surgeon, 323 . . . ,\'eIlington Section.-Dr. J. A. Mulvany to be DIViSional Surgeon, 1.1. 2 3

Worcester Division.-Dr. J. Domm ssce to be Divisional Surgeon, 2 Lf2.22 ; G. H Linde to be Divisional Supt , 2 1.1 2.12

N E\Y DIVISIONS FORMED.

SO UTH AFR IC.-\.

CA PR PROVIN CE DI ST RICT Port Eli zabeth ( 1st ) V.W.C.A. Nurs in g Div ision formed 2 6.11. 2 4

Brigade Awards and Badges.

(Continued from page Y;")

THE general remarks in the last instalment rega.rding uniform apply equally to Nursing Corps and Divisions of the BrigadE'.

In this issue it is only possible to deal with part of the uniform (or nursing membf>rs of the Brigade, and therefore only the most important items of dress is dealt with.

From the old photographs it is apparent that the uniforms of the Nursing Divisions have undergone many changes. While the original dress was of black and white material, grfy is vuy much in favour to ·day. The introduction of grey is doubtless a great improvement, and, in many waJ s, more suitable for the work undertaken by the Officers and Ambular:ce Sisters of the Brigade.

The details of these costumes have not been carefully thought out, and the selection of the materials chos e n (or the various garments show every thought for n e-a tness, brightness and durability, and last-but not least -cost.

A parade of Nursing Officers and Sisters, if in the correct uniform, is a real credit to the organisation to which they belong to the community of which they are members, and in no small way their smartnefls creatts the confidence which their qualifications and training rightly deserve them to rectivE'.

Legislating for wom f n's dress is a very difficult matter, it being almost impossible to meet the tastes and ideas of all members. Uniform must be uniform and cannot be a Howed to (hange wi th t he sea son's fashions. Th e re are too many pErsons to be cor.sidered to allow of costly changes in the uniform.

Moreover, if this was allowed a very cosmopolitan parade would be the result. A member joins the Brigade of her own free will. thus she should conform to the Regulations of the Brigade by wearing the uniform prescri bed and not expect to be allowed to mutilate it to bring it in accord -with present day fashions, or to suit their particular taste. If dresses are ordered to be six from the ground they should be six inches, not ten Inches.

It has recently come to the notice of the writer where a lady because she had always worn her dress sz".xteen inches from tht ground could not possibly wear it six from the ground '. What would be the effect of this on parade, and supposmg every member thought the same' We would gP.t one member with a long dress and another with a short dress. You can imagine how irregular thiG would look.

Therefore it is necessary to lay down the length of the dress from the ground. Uniform must be alike to be uniform, evelyone mUlt dress alike.

The Brigade Nursing mem bers uniform is recom mended for approval by the Lady Supt.-in-Chief, in consultation

with her Ladies Committee, and it is therefore possible for 3.ny Officer of the Brigade, through the proper channels of communication to submit (or conSIderation, ideas which are practical and within the means of all to adopt. From Inspection Reports it is quite evident that materials are different in texture, and that the cuffs, collars, and belts are of different patterns.

Where is an explanation to be found for this? Is it that purchases are made in small local shops where they have little or no call for these articles of a special design and texture? Or owing to mEm bers going to the shors without first finding out which are COrTIEct and therefore accepting the nearc:st thing to the regulation pattern? The answer to these questions is probably" Yes."

This being so-the Divisional Officer or othpr member acting as such should obtain from Headquarters patterns of the various selected and approved cloths for coat and dresses etc., and arrange that they may be inspected by the members of the Division when and where they meet, especially so as from time to time advertisements appear in various journal o and circulars are sc:nt out from Ladies' D e partments offering S J.A B. Uniform cloths" Strictly to Regulations " which when inspected prove to be totally different in weight, texture and manufacture.

Take the dark grey material which has been chosen by the Brigade Committee for the nurses coat. This can be supplied by Headquarters, waterproofed or not. Th e cloth is every bit wool, and of exceptional value, Out the cloth which has been waterproofed is strongly recommended.

What i,5 the effect of waterproofing?

The cloth being specially made in 1,000 yards at a time. in order to buy at the lowest possible plice, is only mill shrunk and supplied in piec c: s approximately 70 yards each, 54 inches widE'. The mat e rial sent to be wat e rproofed on return measures 64 to 65 yards only, and the width has shrunk to 42 inches.

This makes the cloth shower proof, the material closer , it hangs better when made up, and does away with creasing. In these circumstances coats made of the waterproofed material are re commended.

Looking at the sketch of the coat it will be not :ced that it is designed so that it can be worn buttoned right up to the neck, and should be worn buttoned when on parade.

As regards linen collars, cuffs and belts, these should be quite square (not with rounded corners) as is sometimes seen on parade.

The cost of uniform is a big item in all uniformed organisation, and headquarters are fully aware of this fact, and has done, and is still doing, everything possible to reduce to the minimum the amount necessary to fully equip members of divisions.

The Uniform Department is now in a position to supply dress material to enable Officers and mem bers to make up their own uniforms and also to supply paper patterns of the dress.

Armlets can now be obtained in the piece instead of as previously already made up. The save on this in some Divisions is considerable, as an Officer is able to get the armlet to the size of the members arm, whereas leady-made armlets are all of one sizE'.

The next and concluding instalment of this article will deal with Cadet Uniform, Badges and Awards.

(To be concluded).

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District Supt. Capt. F. H. Gooderh am, No. 10 District, S .J.A.B.

AN APPRECIATION.

"The rank is but the guinea's stamp

The man's the gowd for a that."

WE are hearing on every hand that to-day we are suffering through a lack of" men." We in the No. 10 District are now losing one of our " men" through the placing of Capt. Gooderham on the list of Reserve Officers.

In 1890 he joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Suffolk Regt. (Ambulance Section) and obtained his firstaid certificate as far back as April, I8Q3. He joined the

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successful in raising a Di7ision for the Brigade, and during the later period of his being in the R A. M .C was the Quartermaster at the Eaton Hall Hospital for wounded officers: His fo: !he cause of suffering humanity are leglOn, and 10 recogOltlOn of these valuable services he reC e ived the honour of Honorary Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of J e rusalem in England.

This is a very brief survey of what, for the want of a better title, I will call Capt. Gooderham 's official connec. tion with the ambulance movement. There are many workers in the Brigade who know him personally, but only his closest friends can speak of his inside character. I have worked in close contact with him for the past twentyfive years, and during the whole of that time we have never once disagreed. I am only one of his brother officers, but there are many who can say the same. To many he may have appeared impulsive, to use his own expression, but he always said what he thought, and, more, than that, he always meant what he said.

I have never heard him claim to be religious, but we who parted company with him on that last evening of his taking 1I.n actin part in the work of the Brigade Cin speak of his sterling worth as we walked a few paces in the rear of him to allow him privacy with his own innE'r fe elings. He will be missed greatly, and mor e so the longer he is able to keep away from his religion, but, personally, I think it will be impossible for him to leave the labour he loved alone. Many is the time he has called upon me near t he hour of midnight with some problem in ambulance work which required solving. All weathers, and hour and any day, nothiDg availed when ambulance work was pressing.

I have heard many medical men express the opinion that we all suffer, in one form or another, from some wea kness. I hav e never found Capt. Gooderham suffering from weakn ess, but cert ai nly bis strong point was his love of doing something for h is neighbour. He has devoted the past thirty years of his life in giving assistance to everyone but himsf>lf. He has tnined Scouts, Boys' Brigades, Boys' Life Brigades, and any and every possible organisation in first aid, nursing, hygiene, and anything connected with ambulance work. He has visited practically every unit of the Brigade in th e District, attended almost e very function where am bulaoce work was con· cerned, been introduced to Royalty on occasions whEn they have been present, taken char ge of teams cont esting for the" Dewar" Shield, raised funds for the goo d work, and done everything possible to further the aims and ob jects of what to him, was real religion.

first Ipswich Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigad e in June, 1895 was appointed 2nd Officer the same year, 1st Officer in 1896, and Supt. in I90r. He joined the M_H.H. Reserve in June, 1907, training as Warrant Officer at Colchester, Millbank and Shorncliffe Military Hospitals annually till mobilised August 7th, 1914, as Sergt.-Major in the R.A M.e. Mr. Gooderham was granted a temporary commission as Lleutenant·Quartermaster, November, 1915, appointed Captain-Quartermaster in 1918, and demobilised August 30th, 1920, when he returned to Ipswish as Supt. of the Gippeswyk Division, S.}. A.B. In April, I92 I, he was appointed Corps Supt. of the Ipswich Corps, and in April, I9 2 2, made District Officer, and eventually District Supt. of No. 10 District.

Whilst stationed at Tring during the war he was

In concluding this bri t: f, but true, p ersonal apprc:ciation of such a worthy officer, we can only wish that, on th e Reserve, he will be spared for many long years to enjoy a rest which we, who know what it has cost him to take such a step, are sure he has earned.

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The annual meetin!:, of the Lavendon Division was held on Jan. 20th over which the Rev. J. H. Davis presided. Supt. Knight congratulated the members of the Division on their useful year's work.

A cl as s examination was held at the Headquarters of the Consett Division on Jan. 24th when 52 men pres ented thems e lves for examination, 32 of these passing for certificates. The annual reunion social was held on Feb. 3 rd , over which Corps Supt. P. Cameron presided.

SOUTH AFRICAN R \ILw \ YS & HARGOURS DI STR ICT. Cape Corps.-Beaufort West Diyision formed, 11.12.22; De Aar Division formed, 233.23; Paarl Section of Salt RI\ er Institute Division formed, I.3 23; \Vellington Section of Salt River Institute Division formed, 1.1 23; Worcester Division formed, 2).12.22

DI S TRICT SUPT. CAPT. F. H. GOODERHAM

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efforts of our members, the genua! public is regarding First Aid in the light of its own wortI'>. This has influenced various sections of people, and we now find efficiency in First Aid is a necessary qualification for admission into many classes of employment.

AID.LONDON, MIDLAND AN'l SCOTTISH RAILWAY.

PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade

News.

APPOINTMENTS, JA:\'UARY, 19 25.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee ;-

To be Divisional Surgeon.

MONl\IOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

David Rees Roberts, M.B., New Tredeg:;.r Division, 191.::5

To be Divisional Superintendents.

BRECKNOCK ' HIRE CENTRE.

\ rnbulance Officer Theophilus Hartshorn, Drynmawr Division, ]91. 2 5

MONl\IOUTH S[lIRE CENTRE.

Serge :wt Joseph Barber, Abersychan Division, 8.1.25

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the COllllIlissioner for vVales ;-

To be Ambulance Officers.

Corporal David Edgar Long, Wenybank DiV ision, 291.23

MONi\ IOUTH SIIIRE CENTRE.

Private Wdliam Henry Styling i\ew Tredegar Division, 8. 1.::5

To be Staff Sergeant.

MONl\lOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant Albert Elkins, Blaina Division, 1. [,25

To be Sergeants. CENTRE.

Private Edward Henry Evans, Pcnybank Division, 29.1.25

:vIONl\lOUTHSHIRE

Private Edward Phillips, New Tredegar Division, 8

Private William Stuart Da vies, New Tredegar Division, 8.1.25

Corporal William Jenkins, Blaina 1.1.25

To be Corporals.

MON i\ lOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Private George Clothier, New Tredegar Divis ion, 8 I. 25

Private George Henry Postians, New Tredegar Division, 9.1. 2 5

Pri vate John Henry L1arke, New Tredegar Division, 1O.I.25

Priuate Thomas Henry Reed, New Tredegar Division, 12 1.25

To be Divisional Secretary.

MONl\JOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Private Brinley Tones, New Tredegar Division, 8.1. 2 5

To be Lady Divisional Secretaries.

CARl\IARTH ENSIJIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Charlotte LewiS, Parcyrhun Nursing Division, 29. I.25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Margaret Tudor, New Tredegar Nursing Division, 8.1.25

To be Divisional Treasurer.

MOXMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William John Hill, New Tredegar Division, 8.1. 25

To be Lady Divisional Treasurer.

MON:'JOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Sylvia Ann Reed, New Tredegar Nursing Division, 8.1.25

To be Divisional Storekeeper.

MONMOUTHSH IRE CENTRE.

Sergeant Edward Phillips, ew Treciegar Division, 81.25

To be Lady Divisional Storekeeper. CENTRE.

Ambulanc e Sister Elizabeth Frowen, New Tredegar Nursing Division, 8. 25

To be Honorary President.

MON:'IOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Major Arthur Reade, D.S.O., M.C., New Tredegar Division, 26. £,25

To be transferred to Brigade Reserve.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. Charles \iVilliams, llrynmawr Division, 15· 1.:! 5

Divisions Registered.

GL\I\WRGAN COUN fV CENTRE.

Treforest Ambulance Division, 10.1.25

CARI\IARTHENSHIRE

Saron Nursing Division, 29. I.25

Geppral Interest.

Al\IBULANCE DEPARHIENT.

Examinations have been conducted by the Priory in connection with the following classes :-Dowlais, L.M.&S. Railway, Penarth Dock, G.W.R, Abersychan, L.M. & S. Railway, Tredegar, L.M &S Railway, Maerdy, Coedpoeth, Newport, Alexandra Dock G.W.R, Nantybwch, L.M. & S. Railway, Saundersfoot, Porth Police, PontypJol, Philadelphia, Llandrindod Wells, L.M.&S. Trehafod, G.W.R., Pontypool Road G. W.R., Llanelly Junior, Cardiff (Priory Houst), Abersychan Junior, Hollybush, Ynysddu, L.M.&S. Railway, Brecon Pollee, Berriew, Cardiff,L.M.&S. Railway, and Merthyr, G.W.R.

The figures based on the actual results obtained during the last three years are as under ;-

NU l\ JI3ER OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED A COURSE Oli' INSTRUCTION.

VOLUNTARY Am DETACHM.ENTS IN BRECONSHIRE.

Representatives from all parishes in the Crickhowell Petty S Division accepted an invitation to a meeting at Glanusk Park, Crickhowell, on Thursday, January 22nd, to consider the new scheme for Voluntaay Aid Detachments issued by the Army Council.

The County Controller for Breconshire, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., explained the schdme and emphasised the necessity of forming classes in all parishes, where people might meet together for the purpose of studying first aid, home nursing, home sanitation, and home hygiene

The Hon. Mrs. Bailey was unanimously elected Chairman of a repres entative working Committee, and Miss Roberts, daughter of the R e ctor of Crick howell, was appointed secretary.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Aberd8re propo'ied a vote of thanks to the Hon. Ballty for presiding, and to Sir Herbert Lewis for his explanation of the scheme, and he eJ.pressed a wish that evelyone would do all in their pOwer to further the scheme in which Lady Aberdare and himself were intelested.

MEDICAL COi\lFORTS DEPOTS

The establishment of Medical Comforts Depots as a special branch of the Priory's activity may be considered to evoke much interest among its members and the puolic. It is work which meets with little opposi:icn, and those few who at first showed antagonism became supp rters when they realised, as everyone ultimately does, that Medical Gomforts Dtpots are a source of great beneficence.

Although there are in Wales 23 Depots wor king, from which it is interestiog to note 1,500 articles have been hired during the year ended 31St December, 1924, and the movement is sqll capable of extensive development in Wales.

In 1924 new Depots were set up at Abelsychan, Monmouthshire, and the equipment was purchased by the local Ambulance and Nursing Divisions; at AbercynoI: , Abc:rdare, from which 10 Z orticles have been issued on loan in the few months of its establishment; and in tht town of Aberdare another Depot has been established in the Town Hall and the whole of the equipment found.

The annu tl South Wales District Ambulance Competition for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Centre will take place in the TGwn Hall, Hereford, on Monday, March the 2nd, 1925 A record number of teams is expected, and the Judges will be Dr. J . R. Bulman, M.B., Ch.B. (Stretcher Test); Dr. William Ainslie, M C., M.D , F.R.C.S.E. (Viva Voce); and Dr. W. B. Butler, M.R.C.S., M. R.C P. (lndividual)-all of Hereford. Sir Thomas and Lady Wdliams will be present to present the" Sir Thomas Williams Challenge Shield" to the winners on the first occasion, and the other prises.

FIRST AID IN MINES.

The washing of wounds in the water from a miner's bottk was strongly deprecated by a coroner at an inquest held recently on a colliery workman whose death might not have occurred had his friend treated his injuries with iodine and clean dressings.

The general observation to be made in regard to this is that invariably proper first aid equipment is not always available owing to the persistent pilfering of the contents of ambulance cabinets in the mine). To prevent this evil is a very d ifficult task as in the firist place the b( x must be in a prominent place and easily accessible to everyone.

The most effective mean<; of obviating the difficulty is the invention of Distlict Officer Hanmer's first aid box, which was exhibited at the Engineering Exhibition rt cently held in Cardiff, creating much Interest. At tbe request of the South Wales Branch of the National Association of Colliery Manage rs, District Officer Hanmer demonstrated his box to the members present at a illetting held at Swansea on loth January.

Before illustrating the advantages of the cabin :.: t Mr. Hanmer explained tbat his invention had been made public in a purely suggestive spirit, and that he would appreciate any criticisms with a view to furthl:r improvements being adopted. It was not a question of monetary gain; he had given the design to the Order of St. John free of cost or royalty.

Centre Reports.

CARM -\RTHEN SHIRE CENTRE

Sub-Commissioner E. D. Jones conducted the annual insptction of the Llandebie Division on January

us nearer the fulfilment of our By propaganda and the individual

Most of the 23 Depots, which are situated at;Priory House, East Moors, St. Mary's School, Roath Library, Grange Library, Cardiff; Abercynon, Aberdare, Llanharran, Penarth, Tenby, Barry, Bryn (Port Talbot), Pontyclun, Crynant (near Neath), St. Athans, Pontlottyn, Pontypool, Abersychan, Griffithstown, Pontnewydd, Portmadoc, Sennybridge, and Tumble, are administered by Ambulance and N ursi ng Divisions, and all Brigade Officers are well advised to become interest e d in this work, as a Depot is very helpful in keeping membp.rs together and bringing them into touch with people by whom their services are required. Indifference only creeps in when there is nothing on which we can centre our inte rest; and these Depots, requiring so much voluntary assistance to ensure their success, are a very effective means of adapting the work and spirit of the Brigade.

The members on parade displayed great effiCiency ID first aid and drill, and its officers are very activp.

DRND£GHSHIRE CE:\'"TRE.

"A very sati5factolY DiviEi(1n, sbowing k e enness)) was the remar k of Dr. C. E. Salt, CommlssIOner for the Denbighshire Centre, iospecting th.e C.hirk Division. This statement seems to be well JustIfied, as the that all the officers and men were on parade speaks of thetr enthusiasm.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE

A very successfnl whist drive and in aid of the funds of the Tonyrefail and Coedely DIVISIOn, was at the Hall, Tonyrefail, on Thursday eveOlog, 26th January.

About 200 guests were present when the Whist Drive

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commenctd at 7.30 p. m., and after the prizes had been presented to the WlOners the flocr for The TonyrEfai] and Coedely DIvIsIOn was sanctIOned in June, 1918. It has won numtrous trophies and the standard of fficiency attained is in a large measure due to the keenness of the c,fficers and the loyalty shown by all ranks.

Prior to the whist drive the Acting Sub· Commissioner Capt. F. P. Robathan, M c., complimented the officers and men on their work, and presented warrants of appointment to Corps Sec. A. Davies, Divisional Supt. D. F. Price, Ambulance Officer Titus Davies and Sergt. Richard Davies.

BRYN AMBULANCE DlVISION'S SUCCESS.

On Sunday, 25th January, Picton James, Esq., represfDting Messrs. Baldwins, Ltd., congratulated the members of the Bryn Ambulance Division at a gathering at the newly erected Ambulance Hut on their success in securing the trophy presented by Me!;srs. Baldwins, Ltd , for the best am bulance team amongst their collieries. This competition was held recently at Port Talbot.

The Aberavon Corps has very wistly interested a large number d young people in the Brigade, and a Cadet Division has been attached to the Taibach Nursing Division. A new division will shortly be formed at Cwmavon.

With deep regret the death of Private Benjamin Hallett, Brithdir Division, on Saturday, roth January, is reported. One of the most loyal members, he was one whom the Division could ill afford to lose. The funeral took place on Thursday, January 15th, and eighty.four Officers, N e.0, 's and men attended. The Commissioner for Wales was represented by Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberly, and Staff Officer W. Hares (wbo carried out the whole of the arrangtments) dtpULised Sub·Commissioner

C T. Hurry Riches. Bngade Officers acted as bearers and N.e.O.'s from the Brithdir Division formed a guard of honour.

MORMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

In conmction with the Pontypool and District Esteddfod the following ambulance competitions will be held at the Ambulance Hall, Pontypool, on Easter Tuesday, April the 14th, 1925:-

r. (Men) The "Eisteddfod" Shield. Prizes, 1st, £5; 2nd, £2; 3rd, £1.

2. (Ladies) The" Hanbury" Bowl. Prizes, 1st, £3; 2nd, £2 ; 3rd, £ r.

3· (Boy CadeLs) The "Glansychan" Cup. Prizes, 1st, £2 2S.; 2nd, £1 IS.; 3rd, lOS. 6d.

4. (Girl Cadets) new trophy to be presented by Dr. Haslett, Newport. Prizes, 1st, £2 25.; 2nd, £1 IS.; 3rd, lOS. 6d.

5· Essay (for competitors under 18 years of age), su bject "Should first aid be taught in Elementary Schools? Prizes, I st, lOS. 6d.; 2 nd, 55.

The Pontypool and District Eisteddfod has been instituted under the auspices of the Pontypool Ambulance Corps and Pontypool Town Band, and the ambulance section is in cbarge of a committee ot Corps Officers with Mr. W. J. Harris, I, Fair View Terrace, Tranch, Pontypool, as secretary. Particulars may be obtained from Mr. J. Bees, General Secretary Pontypool Eisteddfod Nicholas street, Pontypool, Mon. or the Secretary.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

The Earl of Dunraven has kindly given a plot of land at a nominal rental to the Tonypandy and Llwynypia

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Divisions, on which to erect a hut, to be used as Divisional Headquarters and accommodation for their Medical Comforts Depo ts.

The members have succeeded in obtaining a sufficient sum of money for this purpose, and erec tion will be completed by the end of the vear.

Great cr edit is due to Lady Supt. J. Payn e and her co-worhrs for this splendid result.

News in Brief.

FOR distinguished services rendered to the French Red Cross dunng the Great War, the Central Council of the SOCleLe Frar c tise de Secours aux BlesEes Mliitaires has award e d the Commemorative medal to the Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B E.

A sacred corJeert, organised under the auspices of the British Legion, Ynyshir and District Branch, will be held Sunday, nnd February DExt, in aid of the funds of the Priory for Wal LS, Col. Gerald Bruce, C.M.G, D.S.O, T. D. (D e puty Lieutenant for the County of Glamorgan) is President of the Ynyshir and District Branch of the Briti sh Legion, and the arrangements for the conc e rt are in the capable hands of his entertainments secn tary, Mr. Tom Perkins.

This is the second occasion on which the Ynyshir and District Branch has assisted the Priory for Wales in this way, a very concert having been held on Sunday, November 11th, 1923.

It is pointed out that Medallion No. 3656 is held by Corps Supt. W. H. Jones of the Taff Valley Corps (Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre), This was presented to Mr. Jones in 1884 and was presumably the first issued in Wales. Supt. Jones is still an enthusiastic worker and regularly conducts or visilS Classes in the Centre. In addition Supt. J u nes proudly wears the H.S.B. t.he Volunteer .Long Service medal, (Queen Victoria) TerJltonal Long Service medal, KlDg George's Coronation (Military), St. John Service medal, and the National Fire Brigade Union Long Service medal (20 years). Truly a proud record!

David Phillip Morgans of the Tylorstown Division (Borough of Rhondda Centre) succeEded in obtaining a post as male nurse at the Cardiff City Lodge. Mr. Morgans was selected from eighty competitors after a severe examination by Dr. E. Price.

Wombwell Ambulance Competitions male and female, will take place on June 13th 1925. All information and entry forms may be obtained from th e joint secretaries, Nurse Harkess, 38, Hough L:l.ne, Wombwell, and Jas Davey, 17, York Street, Wombwell.

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Our Cartoon.-No. II.

THE ADVENTURES OF SID & BERT.

By Serf;t. Dan Godfrey , S.f.A.B.

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mistake which, in view of some recent adverse criticism of my cartoons, I made to test the" observation" of readers of FIRST Am. The "mistake" shall not occur again.-DAN GO DFREY.]

OLDEST AMBULANCE WORKER.

DEAR SIR,-"We have a member of this Centre, Mr. J. Bellchambers (R S.B.), who passed his first examination In 1881, and who has passed an examination every year since (44 years ) His medallion number is 13274, this was not gi ven him until 1893. This was not given to him until some time after his third examinati()D, otherwi5e it would have been much lower.- Yours, &c. G. BAKER. Han. Sec., Colchester Division, L. E. Railway.

On Feb. 9th the members of the No. 88 West Ham Division entertaiced their friends at a social and concert at the Conference Hall.

The Chief Constable of Scarborough .vas publicly presenttd with the Insignia of an Hon Serving Brother of the Order after 30 years work in connection with the movement.

We regret to record the death of Sergt. T. W. Allan of the No. 38 (L.B. & S.e. Rly. Victoria) Division of the Prince of Wales District who had been a memb e r of the Di vision for 20 years.

The Scunthorpe Division has sustained a loss by the death of Sergt. Harry Doughty who passed away on Jan. 23rd Sergt. Doughty served in the RN.A.S.B. Reserve during the war.

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fetters to the &bitor.

We are in no way 1'estfJtlstble /01' tile opinions exp1'essea, or tke stateme"ts made, b7 Conespondents.-EDITOR.

OUR CARTOON.

SIR,-I wonder how many readers ha\ e noticed the mistake in Carton NO.9.

I refer to the Uniform. Sid at least has his white haversack on the side, and also his water bottle. One would think it strange for such a mistake to appear in our Journal.

Wishing you success.- Yours, etc., HERBERT HACKING.

Blackpool, roth January, 1925, [Congratulations on being the first to discover a deliberate

During the year 1924 the Northern Heights No. 83 Division of the Prince of Wales District has increased its membership from 27 to 56 and duriDg the year many public duties were undertaken.

AMBULANCE WORK IN ULSTER.- There has been a great awakening of interest in ambulance work throughout Ulster during the last few months. Ambulance Classes have been held by the Association in places as far distant as Ballygawley, Newtown Butler, Pettigo and Strabane, in addition to the large number of classes organised in Belfast and N ewtownards. As a result of this activity, Divisions of the St. John Am bulanee Brigade have been formed in Strabane, Fivemiletown, and Leekpatrick. District Officer Hanmer, the official Demonstrator of the Association, has recently made an extensive tour throughout this area, and the demonstrations and lectures given by him have un· doubtedly added to the success of this "Forward" movement.

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eueries and J\nswers to eorrespondents.

:;Jueries fDil! be dealt fDit" u"der flu /oliofIJi"g rules :-

I.-Leflers containi,,!, Queries must be marked on the fop let' hana corner 0/ the en'Delope "Query," arid addressed-FIRsT AID, ".6, Cannon-street, Londtm, E. C. 4.

-A II Queries must be accompanied by a " Query Coupon" cut /1'0" the current issue 0/ tke lournal, or i" case 0/ Queries from abroa( /r()m a recent issue.

'I.-The Textbook, to flJhich rejerence may be made in these colutltnJ is the 36th (I920) Edition oj S.I.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

EUCALYPT US AS ANTI S EPTI C

J.R. (N ewton ).-For the past 18 years I have a lotion (prepared by addition of one teaspoonful of Tincture of Eucalypius to one pint of hot water) for washing wounds. I have al ways had good results; but some of my colleagues object to the lotion because it is not named in Textbook.

IJ lease advise.

Eucalyptus oil is powerfully antiseptic. IIence the explanat ion of your "good results. " From the J!irst Aid standpo int, h o we ver, your colleagues are probably right when the y favour the more modern method of the Textbook which teaches you to paint a wound with T incture of Iodine without washin g it. The less the interference with wounds by First A iders, the better for wounds and patients. --N. CORBET FL ETCHE R.

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XAMINAT IO N H OWLER

D.R . ( H a mpstead ).- In a recent Horne Nursing examination the do c tor told one c and idate to take a patient s temperature and then asked her why she had placed the thermometer under girl ' s ton g ue. "To k eep h e? tong ue quie t ! " -was the ama zing answer, given in all sincerity! How is that for a proper howler ?

Good! Ne x t, please -N.C F.

PIC R IC AC ID F O R B URNS

F.S ( Ilford ). -I am a member of the Brigade and Some month s ago I dissolved one ounce of Picric Acid in ten p ints of water, and so prepared a solution for use with Burns and Scalds. T hus far it has not crystallised but I wonder if I am right in uSing same without addition of alcohol. Your advice will be most welcome.

Picric Ac id is soluble in 90 parts 01 water or in 10 parts o. alcohol. Y our solution, therefore, is I in 200 parts of water, which d lution explains the absence of crystallisation, ev en though addition of alcohol might make solution more stable. By the way, to members of Brigade Picric Acid is not an official dressing for Burns.-N.C.F.

BANDA GIN G LI MBS F OR COLL APSE.

A. B. ( Tredegar ).-In a recent test a man was supposed to have been injured by a fall, to be unconscious, and to have sustained complicated fracture of ribs and transverse wound of abdomen with protrusion of bowel. Afterwards we were taken to task for not placing ice-bag over fractured ribs and for not bandaging limbs for collapse.

I maintain that such bandaging would cause profuse

bleeding from lungs and from abdominal wound. Also, I conSIder that application of ice-bag would counteract beneficial effects of warmth which our treatment secured for abdominal wound. Please advise.

Though you do not say so, yet I suspect from your letter that the outstanding feature of your case was profound c?lIapse. Under these circumstances, the key to your problem IS to be found on p. 144 of Textbook where it is laid down that, if while patient is unconscious blood not flow from a wound, bandaging of limbs is to be carned out as one method of stimulating a patient in a dangerous state of collapse. So your objection does not hold good. do n.ot agree cold to chest wall in form of Ice-bag would IDterfere WIth treatment of abdominal wound.-N.C.F.

THE ART O F II\IPROVI S AT WN.

L.A. (Headley).-In our class recently we were asked how we would treat a patient who had sustained simple fracture of both legs, if we were single-handed, without any help, and if the accident happened five miles away from the nearest house. vVe cannot determine what would be the best way to deal with such a case and appeal to you for help.

Your" picture " is hopelessly incomplete with reference to " surroundings " which control the solution of all ambulance tests; and so I cannot solve your problem. On the statement of facts presented, I can only suggest that you make your patient comfortable where he lies, that you impro v ise , splints and bandages to control each fractured leg, that you tie the splinted limbs together, that you cover patient up as warmly as possible, and that, this done, you run for assistance and orthodox materiaI.-KC F.

TREA T MEN T O F FRA CTUR E D S P INE.

C. N. (Birmingham ).-If we had to treat a man who, falling from a bu ilding, fractured his spine and was found lying curled up and on his side, we submit that the following would be good treatment.

Obtain a board as long or longer than patient and as wide as practicable. Pass broad bandages round board and under patient, securing him to board. Turn patient and board together till patient is on his back and then proceed with transport in usual way. \Vc presume that the same treatment would be applicable if patient were found lying face downwards, and that it could be carried out without fear of aggravating the fractured spine, as would be likely if the Textbook instructions were followed out when patient was lying on side or face.

I agree that your plan is a good one; but so much depends on circumstances that I have nothing further to add to the notes on this problem published in issue of last October.N.C.F.

ANOTHER E XA MINATION H OW LER

G. C. ( Houghton ).-A member of our class was asked how he would treat a girl suffering from Hysteria. He ga v e the treatment; and the doctor then asked him if a mustard leaf would be of service. " GIt, yes," said the candidate " ifyou put it on her leg .I " , Good! Next, please !-N.C.F.

PICRIC ACID DRESSING.

M. B. (Stockport).-Picric Acid dressings are supplied in our mills and workshops for use with Burns. Please tell us if these should be applied wet or dry.

February, 1925. -FIRST

For Wounds, Cuts, SCllds lnd Burns

New-Skin is id eal or cuts , abrasions and fresh surface in j uries t o the skin. Antiseptic a nd g e rm-killing. It protects the wound and allow s it to hea l naturall y N e w-Skin is waterproof. It won't wash off. ¥ou=can wash Over it. It s t ran s pare nt a nd fl e xi ble HOW NEW-SKIN KILLS THE GERMS. Scientific tests demonstl'ate its antiseptic powel's.

GERMOLENE has established its supremacy in first aid work in every part of the world I is unequalled for y ery obvious reasons ;-

" L" s hows an ear then di sh. a b out t h ree " 2" sh ow a n other -pla t e, si mil a rl y i nc h es in d ia me ter, conta n in g aga tr ea ed, exc ept t hat pa rt o he su r face (ger m ood on whi ch I?u s- prod ucin g ha d been c O\'e red w h Ne w-Ski n a ft er mi c rob es h a d bee n pl a nted 111 three ro w s, th e germs w e e p ace d on it. It a nd kept a t bod y te mp

L As a germic ide GERMOLENE is sup reme. Sept c complications are impossible where it is used I cleanses wounds of e very particle of foreign matter. The bacilli of poison shr ivel and die when it is applied.

2. GERMOLENE soothes i mmediately is none of the t ingling, smarting, or p ai n whi c h is assOC Iated with ba c tericidal agents so often med in the past. The action of so rapid that the quick cessation of pam mvan a bly astonishes the user

3. GERMOLENE heals completely and safel y. New tissue is built up in a healthy, natural manner. Inflammation and festering stop because the cause is expelled.

GERMOLE I E should be kept ready for use by all ambulance workers ; it should certainly a permanent place in every fa c tory c hest and III e v ery home for immediate applIcatIOn Jl1 cases of cuts, wounds, scratches, scalds and burns. It is just as useful fo r every kind of skin complaint, and it s the doyen of all skIn preparations for use in children s ailments

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In view of the Textbook instrut:tion (p. 85) and of the need on the part of First-Aiders to avoid .all unnecessary ference with any wound or burn, I consider that the dressing should be applied dry.-N.C.F.

MORE VAGARIES OF CO:\IPETITION.

J. T. ( Durham ). -- In a recent competition the had to treat a patient who was supposed to be sufferingfractures of spine and femur which are very senous injuries. Yet the doctor had two teams out togetherabout 20 yards apart and in full vi ew of each other-and : udged their individual efforts at the same time.

Frankly we strongly disapprove of this method of judging, and cO!1sider that it was an off-hand way to treat me n who had given up much time in trying to make themselves efficient.

On your statement of facts agree that it would be utterly impossible in my own case to apportion fairly and accurately the marks of a properly detailed marking sheet to two teams working simultaneously on a patient who was suffering from the injuries named.-N.C.F.

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3lractical 3loints.

The Editor invites Notes on adual Cases-with speciat reference to good and bad (Joints in 1 reatment-jor inclusion in this Column.

RESCUE FR OM GAS-POISONING.

Early one morning a man was awakened by the howling of a dog and found his bedroom filled with gas. He felt dizzy and sick but roused his landlady and her daughter who slept in an adjoining room and were da zed and almost insensible. Going downstairs the man found the cat in a dying condition near the gas-stove in the kitchen, while the dog, which gave the alarm, also appeared to be dying. Without delay he tried to revi v e the two animals and succeeded in the case of the dog. Seeking an explanation of the escape of gas, he concluded that, when chasing a mouse during the night, the cat had jumped on the gas-oven and with its paw had accidentally opened the main tap thus filling the whole house with gas -H.B., Colchester.

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The inspectorate of the castle and of its garrison was vested in the Grand Bailiff and Pillar of Germany, who wa s responsible to the Grand Master and Council for its p.fficieucy. So great was the reputation of this powerful fortress, that it never had to sustain a siege. In 1475 an attempt was made to surprise it by arrangement with traitors in th e garrison, but was, discovered in time, and five year:-- later PaJaeologos Pasha after raising the siege of Rhodes, made a fruitless attempt to take it on his way back to Constantinople. During the final siege of Rhodes the castl e of St. Peter was held for the Order by Bernard d' Airasque, Grand Admiral and Pillar of Italy, and was eva c uated in January, 1523 in accordance with the terms of the capitulation of Rhodes.

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THE minds of many of the brethren of The English our Order are so much exercised at the Tower of present time, regarding the ultimate fate Budrum. of the English Tower of Budrum, that we feel sure that some account of this ancient monument of our race will not be without interest to our readers. In the year 1402 the great Tartar conqueror Tamerlane laid siege to Smyrna, then in the possession of the Knights of St. John. After a gallant defence by William de Mina, Grand Hospitaller and Pillar of France, the town was taken by assault, and every living soul man, woman, and child put to the sword. Two years later to restore the prestige of the Order, the Grand Master Philibert de Naillac seized a Turkish castle on the mainlaind opposite the island of Cos, and occupying the site of the ancient city of Halicarnassus. Here the Knights constructed the great fortress of St. Peter, th -: name of which has now been corrupted to Budrum. It speedily became the most important posc;ession of the Order of St. John, outside the island of Rhodes, since in conjunction with the castle of Landimachio on the opposite island of Cos twelve miles away, it commanded the channel between the islands and Asia Minor, the route always followed by the war-gallies of the day. Moreover it also served as a base for possible military operations on the mainland, and as a city of refuge for escaping Christian slaves. Throughout the 15th Century after addition was made to its defences until the castle of St. Peter had become the most powerful fortrESS in the and was regarded by friend and foe alike as impregnable. Normally the garrison consisted of 50 knights and 500 soldiers, whilst a small squadron of brigantines was based. upon its harbour

Until the outbreak of the late war, Budrum still remained in a state of almost perfect preservation, the finest example in existence of a mediceval fortress of the transitional period, when the power of heavy artille ry was just beginning to be fully realiz ed. Amongst the more important of its defences was the tower at the south-east angle known as the English Tower, and sometimes wrongly spoken of as the refectory, The construction of this great fortress had proved far beyond the limited resources of the Knigh ts of St. John, and was only rendered possible by generous contributions from almost every country in Europe. The appeal c,f the Knights for financial assistance was warmly supported by the Pope, who granted them authority to a certain number of indulgences to those contributing ' to the fund, and a copy of the indulgence granted to Sir William FitzHugh and Dame Margery his wife in 14 14 is to be seen in the Library at St. John's Gate. By this means large sums of money were raised in this country, and doubtless the appeal was stimulated by the presence in the west of the Grand Master Philibert de Naillac, who had been sent by the Pope in 1410 to try to Effect a reconciliation between the Kings of France and

England. As a result the English Tower was built with the money raised in England, and to commemorate its origin there were set up over the entrance door on the north side, in one long line, the coats of arms of the principal contributors. In the centre are the arms of King Henry IV., below them three shields, and on each side eleven more shields, making 26 in number. Of these six represent members of the royal family, and seventeen belong to Knights of the Garter created by Richard II., or just after the accession of Henry IV. The Tower is beyond question one of the most interesting English historical monuments outside our native land. Unfortunately during the late war a depot of military stores was maintz..ined in the castle, with the result that it became the target of English and French warships passing by. Much damage was done to the English Tower, which was struck by three shells, and there is now serious danger that it may collapse, unless steps are taken to repair it. The preservation of a national monument of such interest is not a matter that concerns the Order of St. John alone, but rather concerns the whole nation. The sum of money involved in the work of restoration is ' not large, the Italian experts who inspected the English Tower two years ago, estimated that £500 would be sufficient for the purpose. Probably this is an but even if the cost were three times as great, it would not be a very large sum, and it would be deeply regrettable if for lack of it, so interesting a national monument constructed by our ancestors five centuries ago were allowed to collapse. But inevitably the English Tower must fall, and fall at a very early date, unless the descendants of those who built it are prepared to interest themselves in its preservation.

Order Awards.

Major-General the Earl of Scarborough, Sub-Prior, (acting on behalf of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, the Grand Prior, who is absent abroad) and the Chapter General of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England have approved of the following awards for conspicuous gallantry for saving life on land at imminent personal risk ;-

To Francis Kevin Boyle a Bronze Medal.

On the of September 1st, 1924, Kathleen Boyle', age 2, playmg WIth her Kelvin Boyle, age 12, in a street III Hackney when an aIredale terrier which had been released from a house near by rushed at the little girl and pushed her over on her back. Her brother heard her scream and turning round saw the dog standing over het showing teeth. Rushing to the child, he picked her up and held her high in his arms trying to keep her out of danger. The dog then. attacked brother, and in the struggle the boy received 16 bItes on the rIght shoulder, arm and side" As he had both hands occupied .in holding his sister out of the rearh of the dog he was finally pmned to the wall, receiving several bruises on the left of the and was unable to escape or defend hImself. HIS shrIeks attracted the attention of the

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owner of the dog, who coming to his assistance pulled it off and chained it up. He then took the boy to a doctor.

To David Johnston a Certificate of Honour.

On December 27th, 1924, between 6 and 7 p.m., a young married woman in a state of depression threw herself down an old pit shaft 120 feet deep at Tranent, East Lothian. Her fall was broken by a quantity of old garden rubbish lying at the bottom. About 7 p.m. William Paterson was passing the shaft and heard the woman shouting for help. He ran to his house and got his son-in-law David Johnston and others to accompany him to the shaft, taking with them cart ropes and a lantern. Johnston lowered the lighted lantern in the shaft to test the air, and finding it safe he was lowered to the bottom of the shaft, took the rope from his waist and tied it round the woman, who was then drawn to the surface. The walls of the shaft were in a bad condition and a shower of stones and earth fell on Johnston whIle the woman was being raised. As soon as she reached the surface she was conveyed to her home. The rope was sent down again and J ohmton was also brought up.

To Frederick William Hammond a Certificate of Honour.

On November 27th, 1924, during a heavy gale, the French ketch "Littoral," while entering Ramsgate Harbour, broke her gaff and boom, and one end of the broken boom struck the skIpper a violent blow on the back of the head, rendering him unconscious. The vessel was almost unmanageable and the injured Ilian lay washing about in the water which filled the decks to the rail. An ambulance and medical aid were summoned and boatmen volunteered to bring the skipper ashore in a boat, but on arriving near the- dock wall they were at a loss how to hold the boat near enough without getting her smashed. Seeing the difficulty, Mr. Frederick William Hammond, a member of the Ramsgate Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, watching an opportunity, jumped into the boat as she rose on a sea, running the risk of being thrown into the water and dashed against the wall. Assisted by the boatmen, he slung the skipper, who was in due course hauled up, placed in the ambulance and conveyed to the hospital. Mr. Hammond's action resulted in the saving of considerable time in getting the injured man to the hospital, but unfortunately the skipper died from the effects of the blow after reaching it.

Our Ambulance Problem (No. I).

IN response to the suggestion of a correspondent, the Editor proposes to pubish a bi-monthly problem, the test being published in one issue of the Journal and the solution thereof in the following issue.

Members of the Brigade are therefore invited to send solutions of the problem BEFORE THE 10TH OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING, and to set these out in detailed marking .sheets. When dealing with the test they may assume: that good results follow correct action.

The Editor will forward a copy of "The Knights of St. John , in England" (Col. E. King, C.M.G.) to the candidate who in the opinion of the doctor who will act as judge, best merits such award; and he points out that the continuance of this new feature in the Journal depends on the support which it receives.

No name or address should appear on the solu )on, but it should be enclosed on a separate sheet :of paper. All entries should be addressed to the Editor, FIRST AID, 4 6 , Cannon-street, London, E.C.4.

THE PROBLEM.

The Place and its Surrounding-s.-Small 2seater car standing in centre of narrow country lane; engine running; mechanism intact; rug in car, No

Our Ambulance Problem

TH E SOLUTiON.

bnmedz'a te A ctz'on.

Both immediately advance on patient

Place rug on ground (convenient site )

Forthwith remove patient from car

M an at head and shoulders, wife ;;].t feet

Pldce woman recumbent on motor rug

Wife at once loosens clothing of patient

Explore mouth: fold rug round patient

Then test pulse and note breathing (feeble)

Man and wife discuss further

Sub equent Indz'v£dual Action.

Man decides drive car to house .,.

To obtain blankets, warm drink, &c.

A nd telephone message to hospital

Asking for doctor and ambulance

State exact site of emergency

Wife decides to remain with woman

And, if possible, elicit history of case

With full name and address of patient

S u b 'equent Com bined A ctz'on.

Man returns promptly with material

A nd assists wife to restore woman

Who is kept recumbent and covered up

Until the arrival of the ambulance

Man places car in c harge of police

RE PORT OF EXAMINER.

The development of this new featur e of th e J oumal is replete with difficulties: hut many of these will doubtless disappear with practice and experience.

One object of the competition is to instruct candidates in the art of preparing detailed sheets, a most important item in modern competition work. Yet mlny miss e d this point badly , and, in plac e of a properlydetailed sheet, suppli e d copious notes and e xplanations. Others failed to act up to the ruling that "good results follow correct action," though this is a ve ry n e cessary condition if the test is to prove its practical value.

Many comp etitors spent th e ir efforts idly in attempting a diagnosis; and one excelled hims e lf by declaring patient dead, and then detailing his treatm e nt of such a case. Further, many others e xercised their imaginations unjustifia bly, and, by the creation of oth e r factors, completely altered the" Surroundings" of the case.

After much consideration I d e cided that th e most relsonably satisfactory detailed sheet was provided in Solution No. 65, which came nearest to my conception of the way in which the patient should be treat e d under the circumstances named, as set out in issue of the Jouma!.

(Signed) N. CORBET FLETCHER RESULT OF COMPETITION,

Further, to the Enminer's report, we beg to state that Solution No. 65 was submitted by Mr. H. Green (3 6, Edmund Road, Saltley, Birmingham), to whom a copy of "The Knights of St . John in England" has ,b,een forwarded in accordance with the terms of the competItIOn.

(Signed)

March, 1925.

-FIRST AID.-

bystanders or passing vehicles. Nearest house (telephone available) 800 yards, nearest town (cottage hospital) 5 miles away. Hot summer's day; noon.

The Patient.-Adult woman forward with upper limbs clasped round driving wheel of car. Palpably unconscious; not breathing; face very pale; pulse at wrist cannot be felt; no blood visible, and no injury apparent.

The First Aid Assistance.-Man and wife, each holding medallion of the Association, are proceeding to town on push cycles and pass down the country lane. They have no ambulance equipment.

The Test.-Set out in detail the First Aid Treatment most suitable to the circumstances of the case.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation. Great Western Railway.

DURING the month of February annual divisional competitions have taken place in each of the seventeen ambulance: divisions of the railway. These contests constitute the first round of the competition for the Directors Challenge Shield and prizes. The teams securing premier position in both classes (Advanced and Beginners) in each division compete in a semi-final competition to select the best eight teams for the final contest.

The semi-final is purely an eliminating contest, and is being decided (as a matter of convenience for the participating teams) partly at Birmingham and partly at Bristol. The following 16 teams will compete :-

Teams:

Dt'vz'sz'on. Advanced Class. Begz'nners' Class.

London A Old Oak Common Wormwood Scrubbs B Kidlington Reading Swindon A Swindon B

Bristol A Chippenham Bristol (No.3)

" B Westbury (No.2) Bridport

Exeter Taunton Wivelscombe

Plymouth 1'lymouth (No. J) Kingsbridge

Cardiff Newport, Dock-street Cardiff (Newtown)

Swansea Landore Neyland (No.2)

Pontypool-road Pontypool-rd. (No.2) Cefu Coed

Gloucester Gloucester Knmble

Worcester Kidderminster 'Worcester (loco.)

Birmingham Birmingham (No. I) Handsworth

Chester Birkenhead (No. I) Birkenhead (No.2)

Central Wales Afonwen Machynlleth

Cardiff Valleys Caerphilly Fleur-de-Lys

South Wales Newport (Alexandra Newport (Alexandra Docks (Dock, No. I) (Dock, No.2) each of these teams having been successful in their respective divisional conte5ts.

For the winning teams in the advanced section there are valuable divisional trophies and in certam of the divisions there also are challtnge trophies for beginners' teams. In addition to there tokens of efficiency, held by the winning teams for one year, each member of a team securing first, second, third, and fourth position (according to the number of entrants) receif'es a prize.

The presentation of these prizes and trophies is made

the occasion of a social gathering of the ambulance men and their friends and many of these functions took place at the close of the divisional competitions, thus forming a happy ending to the meeting of am bulance workers in each division.

The result of the semi-final round will be known on the 24th inst. It is understood that the services of Lt.-Col. F. A. Brooks and Dr. Connor Robertson have been engaged to adjudicate.

In recognition of three years' assiduous and successful instruction, Dr. J. Whatley bas been presented on behalf of the grateful mem bers of the Knowle class with a handbag as some token of appreciation of his services. Mr. G. Bevington, the energetic class secretary was, on the same occasion made the recipient of a smoking outfit.

Awards were presented to successful members of the ambulance class recently at a concert presided over by Counclllor H. Beach, J.P., at the Pipe Hall Hotel. Dr. Wells (lecturer), the Rev. J, B. Colley and Police Supt. Higgs were among those supporting the chairman.

In the unavoidable absence of Mr. A. Brook (divisional supt.), the examination awards were distributed by Mr. J. W. Enser, who spoke of exctllent strides which the Bilston class had made in the movement.

During the proceedings Mr. Cawse, stationmaster, who had been honorary secretary of the class 5ince 1916 and had recently been promoted to Banbury, was handed by the chairman an electro-plated tea and coffee service, subscribed for by the travelling public. At the hands of Mr. Enser, Mr: Cawse received a silver cigarette case and an umbrella, gifts from the station staff and ambulance class respectively.

Dr. Wells spoke of the good work accomplished by the class.

Death of Dr. MacDoweI Cosgrave.

DR. MACDoWEL COSGRAVE died in Dublin on February 16th at the age of 7 I. He enjoyed good health until a month before his death, when a cerebral hremorrhage occurred. Dr. Cosgrave was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and pruceeded to his medical degrees in 18 76 In 1886 he was appointed lecturer in botany in the Carmichael Schools, and three years later he became professor of biology in Royal College of Surgeons. He continued to perform the duties of that office to the time of his death. In 1887 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and in 1914 was elect ed President of the College. Dr. Cosgrave was not attached to any of the general clinical hospitals, but he was for many years physician to Drumcondra Hospital, and during the war to the Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital. He was a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John, and an Examiner and Lecturer to the St. John Ambulance Association. Among his medical writinl?;s he published for the Association a treatise of Hints and Helps for Home Nursing, which achieved great popularity.

The "PLUMBER & JOURNAL OF HEATING"

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St. john J\mbulance St'igade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

FEBRUARY, 1925.

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has following appointm ents, promotions, resignations ;-

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

sanctioned the transfers and

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NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Mary Ann Pearson, Newtown and New Mills Nursing Division, 23.2.25

Lady A mbulance Officer Clara John, Central Nursing Division, Rochdale Corps, 23.2.25

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Miss Mary Lindsay O'lVIay, Meltham N ursing Division, 28 2.25

Miss Alice Tatham, Saltaire Nursing Division, Shipley and District Corps, 11.2.25

No.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister " Margaret Knapton, Gateshead Boro' Nurssing Division, North Durham Corps, 9.2.25

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER

No. DISTRICT.

Sergt. Charles Peddi e, No. 33 Bermondsey and Walworth Divi::-ion, 24 .2.25

NO 2 DISTRI CT.

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Supt. WIlliam Arthur Bellamy, Worsboro' and District Corps, 28.2.25

TO BE CORPS OFFIOER.

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Supt. William Arthur Bidwell, Dewent Valley Corps, 4.3. 2 5

Ambulance Officer Charles S. Brown, Derwent Valley Corps, 4.3 2 5

Ambula nce Officer Josepb Almond, Derwent Valley Corps, f.} 25

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DISTRICT.

Mrs. Maude E. Kerslake, L.M.S.S.A., N o. 31 Southend-on-Sea

Kursing Division, 5.2.25

Mrs. Linda Mary Potter, L M.S.S.A., No 20 N orthern Polytechnic Nursing Division, 22.2.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Donald Macdo nald MacL eod, F.R.C.S., Leigh Division, 14. 2 2 5

Richard Irvine Poston, M.B., Ch.b., B.A.O., Failsworth Division, Oldham Corps, 33.25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Robert Gellatly, M.B., Meltham Nursing Division, 21.2.25

Alfred M<l.sser, M.B" Ch.B., Penistone Division, 11.2.25 NO.6 DISTRICT.

Leslie Jeffcoat, M.B., C h .B.(Edi n. ), B.O.C.M. Division, Hull Corps, 20 .2 .25 NO·9 DISTRICT.

William Lindsay Stewart, M.B., Ch.B.(Glas.), S t. Stephens Division, 5.2.25

Arthur Morrison Barron, M.B., Ch.B., Parkstone Division, 17. 2 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT. No. DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Charles Joslin Fi tch, No. 4 Ley ton and Leytonstone Division, 20.2.25

Leonard Malyn, No. 19/ 4 Division, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 20.2 .25

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT

Sergt. Alfred Lee, Midland Railway Division, Kettering Corps, 9.2 25 NO.9 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer \Valter E. Butler, Cam borne Division, 14. 2 2 5

No. II DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Campbell Fueggle, Reading Division, 26.2.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. 3 (EA STERN) DI STRICT.

Alice Edith Williams, St. Mary's Nursing Division, Lei c ester Corps, 12.2, :!S

Walter Edward Dawbney, Stoke Gifford Division, City of Bristol Corps, 26.2.25

NO.3 (EASTERN) DI ST RICT

Ernest Claypo!e, Kettering Headquarters Division, Kettering Corps, I4 2.25

No. 10 DISTRI CT.

Sergt. George Sheldrake Norton, Orwell Works, Ipswich Corps, 2. 3.25

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFICER.

No. I DI ST RICT.

Miss Barbara Jean Housden, No. 20 Northern Polytechnic Nursing DIvision, 13.2.25

No. 4 DISTRICT.

Miss Mary Gill, Morecambe Division, 25.2.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Miss Ethel Margery Pogson, Meltham Nursing Division, 28.2.25

Miss Beatrice Searby, Midland Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps, 28.2.25

Mrs. Florence Urch, Conisborough Nursing Division, Denaby Mam Corps, 17.2,25

Miss Ellen Rutter, Conisborough Nursing Division Denaby Main Corps, 17. 2.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Bessie Jane Leaver, Felixstowe Nursing Division, 26.2.25

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

No. I DI STRICT

Miss .Li lian Maskell, No. 31 Southend-on-Sea Nursing DiviSIOn, 10.2.25

NO.3 ( EA STERN) DISTRICT.

Mrs. Olive Liz zie Haddon, Spencer Nursing Division, Northampton Corps, 16.2.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Mary Louisa Burn, Sunderland Nursing Division, 21.2.25

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS

NO.3 ( W ESTERN) DISTRICT.

Corpl. Walter William Goddard, City of Coventry Cadet Division, Warwickshire Corps, 16.2.25

No. II DISTRICT.

Sergt. Stonestreet, Hastings Cadet Division, 13 2.25

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR OADETS.

NO.9 DI STRICT.

1\1 rs. Beatrice Alberta May, Co-operative Nursing Division, Borough of Plymouth Corps, 5.2.25

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

NO.2 DI ST RI CT.

Ambulan ce Officer A Norrish, from Clifton Division to Stoke Cifford Division, 20.2 25

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Supt. M. Stewart, from Bristol Corps to Falmouth Div1sion, No. 10 District, supernumerary to establishmen t, 162.25 No.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. A. Shayler, from Earby Division to Market H a rborough Division, NO.3 District, supernumerary to establishment, 14. 2 2 5

TO BE 'l'RANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

- NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Divisional Supt. Miss D. Fletcher, Midland Nursing Division, Nottinghom Corps, 5.3.25

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET

No. DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss Pitkin, Watford Nursing Division, 24. 2 2 5 NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Fletcher, Leicester N ursin g Division, Leicester Corps, 13 2 2 5

NO.4 DIStRICT .

Lady Ambulance Officer, Miss M. H. Rai ne, Morecambe Nursing Division, 17 .2 .25

Divisional Surgeon Dr Mowat, Leigh Division, 16.2.25

Lady Ambulance Officer M iss F. Shackleton, Morecambe Nursing Division, 26 .2.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss G. Hammerton, Worsborough and District Division, 27.2.22

NO.7 DISTRICT

Nursing Officer Miss G. Gallear, Dawley Nursin g Division, 16.2.25

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Quint, Isle of Sheppey Nursing Division, 16 ,2 .25

NO .9 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon A. Patterson, Parks tone Division, 5·}25

Divisional Surgeon R. Higgin, Newton Abbot Nursing DIvision, 16.2. 25

DEATHS.

NO.5 DISTRI CT

Divisional Surgeon Major G. S. Mill, Oss ett Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 26.2.25

No. IT DI'3TRICT.

Divisional Surgeon, Dr. A E. S. Martin, Ashford Station Division, 3.3.25

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO. 3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

St. Mary's Nursing Division, Leicester Corps, r 3 2 2 5 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lytham St. Anne s No. 2 Nursing Division, 17. 2 2 5 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Wallaton Collieries Di v ision, Nottingham Corps, 9 2.25 ewstead Colliery Division, 9. 2 2 5 No. JO DI STRI CT. 'Saxmundham Nursing Division, 3·].25

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO .3 ( WE STERN) DI STRICT, City of Coventry Cadet Division, Warwickshire Corps, 16 J. 2 5 P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

A CORRECTION.-In the Editorial last month, an unfortunate misprint occurs. In the phrase "Treaty with the Sovereign Order," the word "Treaty" should read " Breach," there being a considerabl e difference in meaning between the two words.

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Prince of Wales's Distric.t COMMISSIONER; W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. APRIL, 1925.

Aprii 5th-l'\ o. 86 Division, Horseferry.

" 12th-No. 87 " Shoreditch.

" 19th-No. 88 West Ham.

" 26 th -No. 89 " M etropol itan Railway

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

ANNUAL INSPECTI ON, 192 5.

The Annual Inspection of the Prince of Wales District will be held at Hyde Park, on the Exhibition Ground, on Saturday, June 6th.

H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, K.G., Gr and Prior of the Order, has noti fi ed his willingness to ,conduct the Inspection. The Commissioner hopes that Officers and Members in Charge of both Ambulance and Nursing Di vi sion, will do all they can to make this Inspection a succes s. RE-EXAMINATIONS.

The District Surgeon will be glad if Officers will give the following information, when applying to him for perm ission to hold their Annual Divisional Re·examination :-

1. Name of Examin ing S ur geon together with his address.

2. P lace of exam ination.

3. Number of members who intend to be present at the exam ina tion.

When this information is given, it sa ves delay in sending out the forms to the Surgeon and Officer concerned.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt sst·one".

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

N.C .O. S CLUD.-The usual monthly meet ing will be held on April 2nd at 7.30 p.m., W.H .S.& S. Club, II, Milford Lane, Strand, W.C. 2. Mr. J. E. Dane will giv e a talk on "The fire serv ic es during the waL" Vle iD\'i.te N.C.O.'s of Prince of Wales ' District to our meetIDgs. Subjects of general interest appertaining to Brigad e work, &c., are discussed. Further particulars c an be had fr om H. J. Palmer, Hon. Sec., 70 , Newington Green Road, N.!.

CEN TRAL ARE A.-On February 17th the Chapter Hall was crowded out by members of central came to -Col. G. A. Moore, Deputy Chief CommisSioner deliver hIS extremely interesting and instructi\ e lantern lecture on From Firing Line to Base Hosp£tal. Col. Evan Cameron, C.B., Secretary of the Order, presided, and subsequently proposed the yo te of thanks to the lecturer for his kindness. Dr. Corbet Fletcher, Officer- in - Charge Central Area, seconded .and -announced that the next Central Area lecture !"ould be gIven by Mr. Fincham on Tlze History of tlte Order ID the Chapter Hall on April 28th, at 7 p.m.

DIVISION.- Under the ausp ices C?f aboye Division, '1. very successful Lantern Lecture at the Di vi sional Headquarters, St Mary Abbotts Institute, St. Albans Road Kensington, on F rIday, March 6t h.

The was entitled "The Order or the HospItal of St. John of 'J erusalem," and the work the St. J.ohn .A.m.bulanc e nrigade. Officer W. n. Ebbs, City of DublIn Dlv :s lon,

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attached for duty to above lectured, and in the. course of .his remarks traced the history of The Order from Its FoundatIOn in 1050, to the days .of Queen Elizabeth, and. of the revival of the English Branch In the early part of the nIneteenth century, and had many interesting things to say about the Old Gate at Clerken well.

The se co nd half of the discourse dealt with "First Aid," and the work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The L ecture was profusely illustrated with slides which included pictures of early trade!.'s, s0!lle fine vIews of The as as diagrams used in teaching. Men at :-vork, hospl \al S?IPS, ambulance wag-gons, huts, badges, competItIOn work D:vlslonal groups, &c. , &c The whole with portraits of H.R.H. Prince of Wales', K.G., Grand Pnor of Wales, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, K.G., Grand Prior of England, and H.M. T he King.

The speakers remarks were attentively followed, and frequently applauded, but the announcement that evoked the warmest outburst, was that which informed the members and their friends that The Chapter of the Order had in recognition of Supt. R. W. Stone's very valuable serv ices to the St. John Ambulance Brigade, conferred upon him the title of Honorary Serving Brother of the Order of the Hospital St. John of Jerusalem

The Lecturer having been thanked, the proceedings terminated.

No. 4 District.

CHEADLE HEATH.- The" Emily B. Bell " Memorial Hall gen erously presented by Mr. Henry Bell, J.P. Ll.D. as Headquarters in May last to Cheadle Heath (Railway) Division has proved a very valuable asset during the time it has been opeoed. Its si ze makes it an ideal hall from the drill point of view and being well fitted with cloak rooms, kitchen, etc., it is very useful for social purposes and is largely used by the gen eral public for var ious functions. By letting same etc., the Divisional Executive have raised sufficient funds to practically furnish the Hall and it is hoped that a good balance will be handed over each year to the Divisional Funds as a result of successful hiring out of the Hall.

During the present winter in addition to ordinary Brigade routine, male and female classes have been instructed on behalf of the Bleachers' Association of Manchester.

In conclusion, the possession of Headquarters make it possible to encourage the social side of the Brigade and frequent happy evenings are spent by the members with their wives and friends.

No. 6 District.

A Conference of the District Staff Officers was held at Darlington on the 28th ultimo, when under the Chairmanship of the Ac ting Commissioner, Major A. Hammersley-Johnston, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., ( Kmght of Grace of the Order of St. John) a representative gathering considered various features of the work of the Brigade in the District.

The various areas immediately under each Assistant Commissioner were more clearly defined and channels of considered. Brigade Fmance claimed a good deal of attentIOn, and the need for fuller utilisation of the Headquarters' Ambulance Institute in Newcastle was emphaSIsed. The question of the provision of a Central Stores Depot of First Aid material was gone into and a sub-Committee formed to draw up detailed arrangements. The supply of detachments for duty at the Wembley Exhibition 1925 was considered and. the method of selection agreed upon.

It was deCIded to recommend to DIvisions the consideration of their Annual I nspections at an early date in order to aVOId the postpone untIl the latest possible date. The deslrablhty of promotmg the formation of Medical Comforts Depots at the Headquarters of Divisions was emphaSIsed and methods of carrying out these projects were carefully gone mto and explamed by the Chairman.

NEWCASTLE ON -T VNE.- The last of this season's Corps Lectures arranged by Corps Supt. H. S. Grace was given in the

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Ambulance Institute on the 26th, ultimo by Dr. Rochester Smith, when he spoke to an excellent muster of Brigad e Members upon Cancer.

He first of all emphasised the growing prevalence of this complaint and pointed out the duties of First Aid men and women when their opinions and advice were sought in that connection. Whilst stating that the actual reason for the occurrence of this cam plaint could not be stated with certainty he indicated various extraneous causes such as the irritation of the tissue of the tongue by the continued friction of a pipe or of a broken tooth, X-Ray burns, or the breaking down of a human cellular structure into a less complex cell, from which it was generally believed that the malady sprang. It would seem that the ceJl in its transmutation to a lower form produced some form of poison which reacted upon neighbouring cells with similar results. ! n more advanced cases the lymphatic glands indicated that there was such a poison endeavouring to permeate the system. It was evident, therefore, that it might be possible to render a complete recovery by operation at an early stage of the disease. The necessity of taking infinite care at such an operation to extract as far as possible e very trace of the poison was emphasised, and the degree to which this was accomplished was the measure of success of the operation.

In proposing a vote of thanks to the Lecturer, Corps Surgeon Rutter mentioned that modern views and practice marked a highly satisfactory increase in the successful treatment of these cases.

NORTH DURHAM.-Nurses' Medical Hut opened at Gateshead. "The work done here shows very clearly that the spirit of service and sacrifice which guided the nurses of St. John in the olden days is still alive among the members of the Saltwell Division."

In these words, Miss E M. Storey, O.B.E. (District Secretary), complimented the Salt well Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade upon the acquisition of a medical comforts hut, which was opened on Saturday by the Mayor of Gateshead (Alderman J. Peacock). The depot is situated in Coats worth Road, a sum of £150 having been raised towards the cost since the fund was inaugurated in January, 1924.

Details of the work to be carried on at the new depot were given by Miss M. A. Barras, M.l. H., E.C.A. (Lady Divisional Supt.), who said they were prepared to lend out appliances at a nominal fee, just sufficient to enable them to keep up the supply, with repairs and wastage. The debt on the hut was £ 13, but they hoped soon to wipe that off.

As a memento of the opening, Miss Barras handed to the Mayor a " History of the Orljer of St. John," the presentation being made on behalf of the members of the Division.

The Mayor of Gateshead in congratulating the members upon their new v enture, said it was a service for which there was a great demand in an industrial town such as Gateshead, as it was very difficult for poor families to secure proper medical requisites and good nursing. Referring to the formatIOn of a Cadet Nursing Division, he said it was very important that young people should be provided with something that interested them. Such training should tend to develop a public conscience for the better health of the town.

A vote of thanks was accorded to the Mayor, Miss Storey, and other supporters, on the proposition of Corps Supt. Arthur Payne, M.B.E., who claimed that Gateshead was one of the most active ambulance centres in the North. There had been 10,000 First Aid cases dealt with in the North Durham Corps, he said, and five motor ambulances were run by men of the Brigade. Mr. Thomas Reed acknowledged the vote on behalf of the civic and ci v ilian representatives, and Assistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton spoke on behalf of the District Staff of the Brigade. During the proceedings, beautiful bouquets were presented to the Mayoress and to Miss Storey by two diminutive Cadets.

SOUTH SHIEL DS .-The Harton Coal Company's Challenge Shield and Gold Medals have been won by the St. Hilda's Division Team, consisting of Corporals R. Dixon, G. S. Stevenson and Privates H. Cook, J. Jackson, H. Dixon and J.

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presenting the awards, the Mayor of South euloglsed the work of the Brigade, stating that e verybody 10 the town ought to support it, especially in these days when street and vehicular tr affic was so dangerous. the. St. Hild<l:'s tearn on winning the Shield two years 10 successIOn. ChIef Constable Scott, O. B. E. also spoke of the excellent ambulance work performed in the town. The Mayoress presented other First Aid awards.

No. 9 District.

F ALMOUTH.- The annual meeting of the division was held or: February 26 th in. the Council Chamber, the Mayor (CounCIllor T. A. Webber) In the chair.

The secretary (Sergt. J. Jackman) presented the annual report stated that the di visio n had kept up to the high state of effiCIency reported at the last annual meeting. Five new members had been enrolled. Against that they had lost three, one being deceased and two resigned. The strength of the division at present was four officers, and 19 rank and file and they hoped to add another six very shortly as a result of the lectures being given by their hon. surgeon, Col. C. R. Brown, R.A.M.C. Uuring the war, 4,216 cases were treated by members which, they believed, was a record for the division. The majority of these cases had been a ttended to at the docks by ambulance merr,bers employed there. The football field had found scope for ambulance members who exercised their skill on their half holidays. Thirty-three removals had been carried out by the horse ambulance, under the able direction of Transport Officer Rider. Two squads were entered for the county competition held in April last, and although not successful in getting premier honours, made a good show, their smartness on parade being specially commented upon. They congratulated Supt. J. Bonds on being elected to the Cornwall Joint Committee of the St. John Am bulance and British Red Cross; also Mrs. F. B. Strongman on being elected Commandant of the Ladies N ursing Division.

During the year they had lost, through d eath, one of their oldest members, Sergt. R. H. Brenton, who, for some time was the very hard-working secretary, and ever ready to give his ser vic es when call ed upon for duty. Sergt. Jackman had been elected to fill the position.

The hon. treasurer ( Sergt. J. A. Townsend), presented his report which recorded a balan ce in hand of £74 35. 9d.

No. 10 District.

SA XMUNDHAM. -- The As sistant Commissioner for Suffolk ( Dr. S. O. Eades) accompanied by his staff (Di strict Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat) motored over fro:n Ipswi c h on Feb. 14 to inaugurate a N ursing Division here.

The meeting was held at Miss Cook's Hut, Mount Pleasant, Fairfield-road, the chair being taken by the acting lady Supt. (Mi ss Bertha Cutting )

Supporting her were several influential ladies of the town, which included Mrs. Kerr Greig, Mrs. Forsdike, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Wint, Mrs. Cutting, and Mrs. Belton, together with Messrs L. O. Clarke, VV. Howell, and W B. Mulley.

Several ladies from Benhall, Stratford St. Andrew, and Farnham, who are interested in the work were also present. Unfortunately, the medical lecturer to the class ( Dr. David Ryder Richardson ) was unable to attend.

Dr. Eades congratulated the ladies upon their recent successes in their examinations and welcomed their addition to the ranks of the Brig-ade as a very good valentine for the town of Saxmundham. He regretted that, so far, they had not been so successful with regard to the formation of a di v ision for the men. However, he hoped that before v ery long they might be able to form units from all around that part of the county which could link up with that at Saxmundham.

Mr. Smith gave much valuable advice with reference to the duties which were expected from the Officers who would in due course, be appointed by the Acting Chief Commissioner.

Mr. Moffat encouraged the formation of a cadet unit from which tl) draw recruits for adding to their strength and also solicited their support to FIR ST AID as the official organ of the Order of St. John.

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General regret was expressed at the absence, through of Mrs. Vesey (Hon. Secretary ) and Mr. Jas. Forsdike the VIce-chairman of the Urban District Council who has done so much the ambulance cause in the town who afterwards hospitably entertained the Officers to tea.

( Dr. S. O. Eades ) WIth hIS staff paId a VISit of mspectlOn to the Corps and Nursing Corps on Feb. 16th at the Ambulance Station in Samuel-road. The Officers present included Corps Supt. N ethercoat, in command, Corps Officers Pepper and Fiddy ; Supts. Hutton and Barrett; Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar, in command of nurses; La.dy Corps Officer Mrs. Hodgson; Lady Supts. M ISS Har.t, MISS Hossack and Miss Bines. Lady D is trict Officer MISS A. Bohun Coulcher was also in attendance.

The Assistant Commissioner, having been recei ved by a general salute, closely inspected all ranks.

1n addressing the Corps he congratulated all on parade uIJon their efficiency and smart appearance and pressed for stIll further efforts for their good work in the future. Dr. Eades as well as Mr. Moffat solicited their support to the proposed Comforts Scheme, which it is hoped to start in connectIOn With most of the units in the County of Suffol k. An appeal ha s been made th.rough the col.u1l!ns of the East An;;l£an Daz"ly Tzmes by ASSIstant CommISSIoner and his staff, for public sympathy WIth the Scheme and already a good response has been made to their letter.

In an article recently published in that newspaper it says that" there has been quite a fillip in ambulance work in Suffolk lately, sp.veral new classes having been started in various parts of the county, that of Holbrook being the latest. The I p5wich District has for a long time had a good record in th is respect, and, generally speak ing, Suffolk s contribution to the ambulance workers is better than the national figures."

No. II (S.E. &. C.R.) District.

Capt. Dowera Rogers R.F.A., gave an extr emely interesting lecture at St. Sw it hin 's Hall, Lew isham, on January 26th. His subject was" The Historical Account of the Order of .S t. John." Illustrated by limelight views, Capt. Rogers lUCId style was closely followed by an appreciative audience. Unfortunately the evening was a most inclement one. Dr. G A. Maling, V.c., supported the lecturer, and the vicar of the parish suggested that the lecture should be repeated when better weather prevailed.

Hither Green Di vi sion is to be congratulated on its enterprise in securing such a splendid speaker, and one who so obviously revels in his subject. Des pit e the bad climatic conditions, several mem bers of the Sevenoaks Division attended. It is with much regret that we chronicle the death of Dr. A. E. S. Martin, Di vi sional Surgeon, of Ashford Station Di vi sion. Dr. Martin was held in the highest esteem locally. A v ery capable practioner, he was always at the service of the ambulance men. A v ery impressive funeral was by Supt. S. Marsh, Ashford Stat io n Division, Supt. Lusted, South Ashford Division, Supt. J. T. Henneker, and Ambulance Officer Staples, Ashford Works Division, Ambulance Officer P. Jackson, Willesborough Division, and a very large number of leading residents in the area.

The Annual Dinner of the Ashford Railway Division was held last month at the Saracens Head Hotel. R. E. L. Maunsell, C.B.E, Chief Me chanical Engineer, Southern Railway, presided over a large gathering. The toast of « The Order " was responded to by District Ofucer J. P. Flavin. Supt. Miles proposed the "Local Divisions," the response being made by Ambulmce Officer P. Jackson. During- the e vening Mr. Maunsell paid an eloquent testimony to his belief in the benefits of ambu];mce work and pleaded for more interest on the part of adolescents in the Company's service. Col. Eton, Major Gray, and Dr. Maling, V.C, displayed much interest in the annual dance organised by Hither Gl een Division. A most enjoyable evening was spent.

The annual meetlDg of the Addiscombe Di v;si on was held on February I Ith. District Officer E. J. Prew, D.S B., presided over a large gathering. The station supt. at Addlscombe

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and Woodside (Mr. E. D. Collins) atten?ed and assured the members of his warm support. The acquirement of the motor amlJulance was fully reported on.

Victoria Division secured Mr. P. C. Hopper, M.B.E., as chairman at the annual meeting on February 19th. He was supported by District Officer E. J. Prew and Dr. H. Carson S the Di y isional Surgeon. Ambulance Officer F. E. once again reported a year .of steady Sympathetic reference was made to the lllness of Ambulance Officer J. Stevens.

T he Harlequins Concert Party gave a fine concert at North End Hall, Croydon, on February lD aid of !he

A ddiscombe Motor Ambulance Fund. D unng the evelllng

M r. Sam Bootes m a de an appe.al for. an aIr bed, and no less than £ 10 was gi ven by the audIence lD Chipstead Valley division annual meetID g was notlcable f J r the keen interest displayed by all present. The Benevolent Fund is again to benefit by a recent appeal.

St. John V.A.D.'s.

N U:'IfBE R OF O FF ICER S NOMINATED FOR A p POINnl E NT AS COMMAN DA NTS , to 12TH MARCH, 1925 ;-

County. Men. Women. 6 Buckingham

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Kent No. 6 4 ( Westgate-on- Sea) E. Lancs " 126 (Todmorden) " 140 ( Nelson) " 29 2 ( Openshaw)

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A pPOlNTl\ I J<,N TS OF CO l\ L\lAN DANTS ( FEBRUARY-MARCH).

The follow ing appointments have been approved by the County Controllers c oncerned ;-

Lei c ester

Miss 1\1. \ N Bates

Mrs. L. E. Taylor

Miss A. E. Knight

Mrs. E. Blanco

Mrs. F Hayes

Mrs. MacFadden

V.R o f Y orks

Durham

Mrs. E. Ryder

Mr. E. B. Purvis ...

(Leicester ) ( Vaughan College) ( Arthur Faire) (Sargent) (Bournemouth) (Hampstead) ( Cleckheaton ) (South Shields )

The following Detachments have been completed for re g istration at the \\' ar Office -

London " 82 (I orwood)

Buckingham -1- 6 ( Chesham)

Surrey " 140 ( Croydon)

W. R. of Yorks " 50 ( Loversall )

Northampton " 40 ( Ketter ing)

Devonshire 100 ( Plymouth ) " " lI Z ( Ford )

Shropshire " 2 ( Shrewsbury )

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month of February, 19 2 5 :CANADA.

QUE BEC DISTRICT.

Sherbrook Central Nursing Di y ision.-Dr. H. D. Bayne to be Divisional Surgeon, vice Dr , Lambly resigned, 9. 12 2 4 INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

lIth Booghly Division.-Dr. B. Prasad De to be Divisional Surgeon, 12. 11.24

SOUTH A F RICA.

CAPE PROVINCE DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon Dr. R D, A. Douglas to be District Surgeon as from 21.5.23 Lady Div isional Supt. Mrs. C. M. Williams to be Lady District Supt. as from 21.5. 2 3

NATAL DISTRICT ( Natal Corps )

Dr. W. J. May to be Corps Surgeon, 1.J. 2 5

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED. INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

10th (Med ical College) DiviSIOn registered, 2.2.25

The death of Senior Surgeon Dr. Gretell of the Malta district is recorded with regret. INDIA.

The Parsi Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, Bombay, held their annual gathering in the Sir Cowasii Jehangir Hall, Bombay, on Saturday, 14th February, when Major-General A. Hooton, C.I.E., L.R.c.P , M.R.C.S, D.TM" I M.S., Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay presided.

Mr. D. F. Panthaki, M.B.E., Divisional Supt., in his annual report stated that the Parsi Division was started in April, 1904, with seven members. The number was now 97. The members attended, in and out of Bombay, open aa public meetings, sports, strikes, etc., to deal with cases of accldents and sudd e n lllness and up to now they have treated hundreds of such cases. During the war they handled about 800,000 wounded and invalid British and Indian soldiers. The division's urgen t need now was a suitable building of its own, for which they asked for a free plot of land in some central locality. the year 1$}24, members responded to eight calls

on public duty; involving in all 3 days, and rendered help in 59 cases of accidents, besides responding to 638 calls for removal of patients from one place to another. The service was rendered to all, irrespective of caste or creed. In concluding his report, Mr. Panthaki thanked Capt. W. Nunan, the able and energetic district supt. for his help and advice at all times, and stated tbat their only regret on that occasion was that the late Mrs. Sbirin D. F. Panthaki, the energetic founder and lady divisional supt. of the Parsi Nursing Division and one of the most devoted workers who had given the best years of her life for the diffusion of ambulance work among women of this city, and to whom was also recently awarded the Service Medal of the Order of St. John, but did not live long enough to receive it there that day.

When all the signatures have been received, the forms should be forwarded to the Officer in charge of the area for transmission to the Chief Commissioner for sanction. Divisions can be provisionally registered pending the result of the examination.

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Brigade Awards and Badges.

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CADETS.

" Whoever is satisfied with what he does will progress no more. t -Marsden.

The Oroer not being satisfied that it had all within its power in teaching the value of ambulance training, and giving facilities to persons to avail themselves of such knowled g e and training, surveyed its activities and in 1922 decided to extend its work amongst the juveniles of this country by forming- the Cadet organisation attached to its Brigade.

In creating this organisation it does not wish to interfere with the work at present being undertaken by other juvenile organisations but feels that boys and girls inclined towards ambulance work should be given the opportunity of receiving an elementary training.

The value of the Cadet movement cannot be overesti mated; it develops that fineness of character which in years to come proves of inestimable value to the man or woman, and indirectly to mankind. It is the duty of those connected with the work of the Order to encourage the formation of Cadet Divisions and assist in the training of boys and girls.

How TO FOR M A CADET DI VISION.

The value of ambulance training should in the first instance be brought to the notice of those clos e ly connected with boys and girls organisations with a view to obtaining their support and active co-operation in the formation of preliminary First Aid and II orne Nursing Classes.

Application for information regarding these classes should be made to the Secretary of the St. John Ambulance Association at St. John's Gate, E.c. r. When the names of eight candidates have been received, application should be made to the Brigade Secretary at St. J ohn's for the necessary Cadet Regulations and registration forms. They will be sent, together with the name of tbe Officer in charge of the Brigade in the area. On receipt of the forms all candidates should sign their names thereon.

Cadets must not be allowed to go on public duty for the purpose of rendering First Aid, but they may be taken on public duty to do many small things which are necessary in the establishment of First Aid stations, For instance a Division undertaking duty at fairs, e tc., can leave the cartage of am bulance material to the Cadets, fetching of water and taking of messag e s: and they can even be permitted to pltrol with ambulance men to act as messengers in cases where extra help is required, and in many other ways help in the efficient performance of public duty. The boys would delight in this work and it would be an education to them for the time wh e n th e y a re transferred to the Brigade for actual duty.

Each Cadet Division is entitled to have a Cadet Officer and one C':ldet Corporal. When the strength of a Division reaches 16 a Cadet S : rgeant can be appointed and another Cadet Corporal.

There are two sections to a Cadet Division-the Junior and Senior Sections; boys between the ages of I and 16 being Juniors and those between the ages of 16 and 18 seniors.

To qualify to enter the Senior Section, Cadets on reaching the age of 16 must pass and obtain the Senior First Aid Certificate of the St. J obn Am buhnce Asc;ociation, girls must also obtain the Senior Home Nursin g Certificate. Otherwise they must remain in the Junior Section until they qualify.

Cadets on reaching the age of 18, provided they hold the Senior Certificate of the St. John Ambulance Association, are eligible to join the Brigade, and are permitted to count one· third of their efficient Cadet Service as qualifying towards the Service Medal of the Order and Service Badges issued to mem hers of the Brigade.

A Cadet, therefore, who obtains his sixth year award for efficiency will on joining the Brigade be allowed to count two years towards the three required for the e fficiency Service Badge.

The uniform was designed to be something different to that of other organisations ; to cost as littl e as possible and to be durable and stand plenty of wear.

Tbe shirt front besides being unique was designed for one special object-to protect the chest. During the day many wear a waistcoat and coat which would be I.eft off when wearing the uniform, and If therefore they dld not have the double front which the" Lancer" pattern allows, it would leave the boy open to catching chills, etc.

For efficiency, a Cadet must in anyone Brigade Year, i. e., January 1st to December 31st, att:nd a.nd pass a reexamination in First Aid for Boys, or FIrSt Aid and Home Nursing for Girls :-

Attend the Annual Inspection.

Attend 12 Drills or 1)ractices.

a nd a Cadets conduct must be to the satisfa c tion of the Cadet Officer.

As an inducement to Cadets to maintain their efficicie n cy, the following Service Badges have been approved;

First Vear.-One stripe of black and waite herringbone braid, in. in length, point outwards, placed transversely on the right sleeve 3t in. above bottom of cuff.

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lack of available ambulance material at the critical moment.

Second Year.-A further stripe of herringbone braid to be placed i in. above the first stripe.

Third Year.-One Service Star, as now issued to members of the Brigade, the two stripes previously awarded being removed.

The Service Star will be affixed in the c ent re of the sleeve, 3i in. above bottom of cuff.

Those who come into daily contact with the coal mining industry will agree that in no industry is the range of accidents greater, and in few, if any, are accidents more prevalent. Speaking of the range of accidents, I do not intend to go into detail, but perhaps the following brief list will be of interest, and may open up a useful field of thought; for although we may all be familiar with a great variety of accidents which may occur in a coal mine, perhaps but few have stopped to consider the full range of possibilities :-

March, 1925., IRS TAl D.study in contact with the actual conditions has led me to think will, if not find, the complete solution to the problem, at least go a long way towards easing the position.

(1) All :mployed in coal mines should be made fully conversant With all the troubles I have previously outlined. They would then begin to realise that the ambulance box is a tool of a man whose duty it is to alleviate pain and suffermg. Help the man to realise that the box is for him.

(2) A system should be adopted for the assurance of adequ.ate supplies of material, and their proper care and attentIOn.

from it called Arm Road, and many other paths the names of all being different.

The children went various ways promising to meet agaID later. I.followed one down to Wrz'st Square and there saw a slgnpost with directions including Thumb Alley and .Finger Lanes.

Another rapid flight and I floated over Thigh Street where .were more children. It was a busy fare, !"lth many Side streets and byways. How thdchildrm scurned along 1 No sooner did I see them in Thigh Street than I found some had passed on to Little Toe End.

Fourth Year,-A Service Star and one stripe of herringbone i in. beneath Star.

Simple scratches, which sometimes prove fatal, bruises, contusions, lacerations, punctured wounds, fractures of every description which are often complicated with injurles to vital organs, sprains, strains, ruptures, bleeding cases in every known form many forms of insensibility, asphyxiation produced in a variety of ways, burns by fire, friction or corrosives, ie, acids in lamp rooms; scalds, more prevalent on top than below ground, electric shock, injuries to the eyes, which case deserves special mention and notice, cases of sudden iJIness amongst which we may include occasional cases of ptomaine poisoning.

These are a few rare ones with which I have come into contact and which are not by any means beyond thp. possibility of repetition :-

Swallowing false teeth, choking with food, attempted suicides, stings from hornets, bites from pit ponies, bites and scratches from stable cats ; I may also mention one case of frostbite which occurred in the winter time in a pit bottom.

(3) If some device can be added to the boxes below ground whiclI will raise the alarm when an accident happens, and at the same time make the box proof against the pilferer, I think we shall have gone a long way towards solving the problem, and done much in the interests of the mining industry generally.

My Dream: A Circulation Fantasy.

By LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER A. HANSLEY SMITH.

By now it was time to return to the school so back the. little travellers began to troop in a stead; stream, taklOg new paths and roads as they found they could not ret.urn by the outward routes. But how changed the chIldren looked! Gone were their nice clean faces' and their frocks had lost their freshness and looked dull and dusty. From the side roads other children joined them; and the .streets gradually .became larger until at last they merged IOta two large maID roads which led directly to the school house.

Fifth Year.-A Service Star and two herringbone stripes i in. between each.

Now although this list is by no means complete I wish it to confirm my statement that the range of accidents in coal mines is great.

Sixth Year,- Two Service Stars, the stripes being removed. The Service Stars will be affixed 3t in. above bottom of the cuff, points of both Stars m eeti ng in the cent re of sleeve.

First Aid in Mines.

A Lecture by District Officer Hanmer to the South Wales Branch of the National Association of Colliery Managers at Swansea, on loth Jan., 19 2 5.

has been said from time to tim e (and perhaps lIttle. careful thought would have altered the views of those maklOg about la xi ty on the part of colliery owners In the proVIsion of adequate ambulance material below ground. Whilst I am prepare d to admit that cases of callousness or indifference are to be found, my own has shown me that in ninety per cent. of cases owners and officials do their utmost to make provI.slOn f?r any which may happ en below ground. Yet 10 spite of. thiS fact we are constantly meeting with cases wh ere seriOUS c)nsequenci es have arisen owing to

How many of these accidents are caused is one thing, how they may be prevented is another; but close observation has enabled experts to see that many of them could be prevented by the adoption of "Safety First" principles. We are also equally certain that many trivial accidents are complicated through ignorance or carelessness on the part of those in the vicinity at the time, which emphasises not only the need for more care but the fact that all employed in the mining industry should have a first aid training. Past experience has taught us the value of such training: let us hope that in the very near future the mining community generally will more fully realise the danger which lack of this knowledge produces.

To drive home more forcibly my point, let us take as an example a large colliery, one in the charge of a manager whose ambition has always been to leave nothing to chance.

Let us now view one other great difficulty which those responsible for ambulance boxes below ground have to contend with, and one which we cannot obviate altogether, though a lot may be done to check its ravages. I refer to the dust problem. I intend to deal with this more fully at a later point.

After hearing all these details outlined-many of them I have no doubt you have all come up against from time to time·-the question naturally arises, how are we going to combat all or any of them? Personally, I sum up all the troubles under the following headings :-

Thoughtlessness on the part of individuals.

Abnormal conditions prevailing in mines.

A few cases of sheer callousness.

Having as it were boiled down the troubles somewhat. I will go on to explain the plan which fifteen years careful

TUESDAY had been a trying day for all the teachers in my school, as the children were so exicted at the proposed visit to Wembley on the following day. Then, during the lunch hour I had tried to read my little "Black Book," as my First Aid examination was drawing near; but I gave up in despair owing to the many interruptions from teachers who wanted advice concerning the Wembley expedition, and who asked questions such as th ese-" Must the children all assemble in the same Room?" "Must they keep together at Wembley?" "Must they all return to School? "

So late that night, after a most indigestible supper prepared by my landlady, I went to bed, set my alarum clock for 7 a.m. and quickly fell asleep from sheer exhaustion.

Ting! ting 11 ting ! ! ! "Oh, what a lovely morning," I cried, " but what has happened? " I found that I could fly and float about all over the room. So I quickly made my way into the street, passing close to many pf'ople, who seemed unconscious of my presence.

Reaching the school I entered a room which was filling rapidly with children, who looked so fresh and clean with their white frocks and shining faces. I hovered near the ceiling and noticed that the old familiar sign" Room I" marked on the wall had been erased and "Auricle L" printed in its place.

When the room was quite full of children a door was pushed open and all filed through, the door closing behind them so that none could return. This second room no longer" Room 2 " was now marked II Ventricle L" ; and when it in turn was filled, the children were allowed to pass through an exit into the street.

I ' heard one little girl say, II Ai ort ter go long thar," and so she did. There was no keeping the children together any more. Some rushed along to the Headland, taking all sorts of different paths which seemed to grow tinier and tinier; and others wended their way up to the strip of land called The Tongue.

Then I flew off and found another set of children in a place called The Arm·Pit which had a large street leading

I went on in. advance and the wayfarers entering a new room which , though familIar, had the strange inscription" Auricle R;" and all were crying out, "How grubby we look." ., How can we get clean?" Forward they pushed to the D€xt room. which in its turn bore a funny sign "Venticle R;" and here a ch ild exclaimed " I know we can do, let us run off to those two jon; houses which are called " The Lung Villas," I know that each has a vacuum cleaner; and we shall soon be clean."

So off they tronped through the street exit and I floated on to see the fun. Some children went into one villa and the rest into the other; and then the vacuum got to work 1 Blow! Blow!! Blow II! To and fro went the air, and the childrens' faces and clothes began to look cleaner and all the dust and dirt came out. "How clean we now look," cried the children. "Let us go back to the school house and start again on another trip." Off they rushed pel! mel!; and just as they cawe in sight of Room" Auricle L" I heard a loud knock and a voice said, "Time to get up, Miss, your alarum went off in the middle of the night.

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fetters to the &tiitor.

We are iN NO way rest(JNsible tor tile opinions expressed., or tlte statemeNts made, b7 Conespondents.-EDITOR.

VAGARIES OF COMPETITION.

DE AR SIR,-

On page 1<)0 of February issue of FIRST AID, I note the complaint of J. T (Dur ham ), regarding a recent competition. As Competition Secretary for No. VI. District of the Brigade, I should be glad to know if this competition was among those conducted by the Brigade in this district.

1t is, of course, not possible tor me to attend all the preliminary competitions; but I should like to say that the circumstances complained of are contrary to the conditions under which the Brigade Competitions are conducted in this district

Yours sincerely, S. W. N1CHOLAS, Captain. 2, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle.

[We have pleasure in publishing this letter, the answer to

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which our corresp.:mdent J. T. ( Durham ), like to supply He should write dire c t to Captain Nicholas]. - EDlTORS.

OUR C A RTOON.

DEAR SIR,-

In view of the large amount of Public Duty performed during the past twel v e months by our comrades-Sid and Bert-of the Cartoon in FIRST AID, we, the members of this Division, are unanimously of opinion that they should now be promoted for services rendered. Y ours, &c.

G. L. GI LES, } <P' S JAB H. WO RSF OLD. nva es Lairground, Pontefract.

[On your recommendation nomination of promotion Sid will will be made through the proper channel of commUDlcalion on Form B.t .7J - D AN GOD FREY

OLDEST AMBU LANCE WORKER.

SIR,-

I beg to offer my c ongratulations to George Brown, Stourbridge, for his splendid record.

I should like to point out, however, that we have in Norwich a worker probably as old.

A. Weir, 2 nd Officer Carrow Works Fire Brigade, and Hon. member of our Divis ion has been actively engaged in Ambulance Work for the last 40 years. He has no Certificate, but his Medallion No is 6702-183 below G. Brown. He is still actively enga g ed, and is a splendid First Aider. - Yo urs fai thfully.

'YVn,L IAM_ B R ADBORN, Supl

ST. J OHNS' G ATE.

D EAR SIR,-

With reference to your most instructive leading article on "St. John's Gate" in the February issue, it would be interesting to know whi c h is the oldest illustration now in existence of the Gate. I have loaned to Ambulance Headq uarters in this town, an engraving made in J809 for Wilkinson's" Londiniana. " This is copied from Wenceslaus Hollars' engraving, dated 1656, engraved for Dugdale s "Monasticion." It is dedicated to Thomas, Baron Bruce, of Whorleton, Yorks, and the Earl of Elgin. It consists of three pictures, as follows: (top, left ) St. John's Gate from the North; (top, right ) West Front of the Church of St John s Priory; (bottom) East View of St. John's Priory. The plate may be seen in "The Order of 5t. John." Page 40, Plate 12 (by H W. Fincham, Esq F S A. This gentleman, to whom I am indebted for the translation of the titles, tells me this is an earlier copy, than the copper which he discovered, and which now rests in the Library of the Order. Does anYO!le know of, or possess, any earlier print than this ? And does anyone know of, or possess, an original Hollar, 1656 print.-I am, Sir, yours faithfully, R. 1. G ARDNER Hon. Sec. , Cheltenham Town Division.

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PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, FEBRUARY, 19 2 5.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

To be Corps Surgeon. CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

George Stanley Phillips, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Amman Valley Corps, 17.2.25

To be Corps Treasurer. M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE. Ambulance Officer Charles Bassett, Rhymney Valley Corps, 9. 2 2 5

To be Divisional Surgeons. A IlERDARE CENTRE.

Edward Cecil Patterson, M.B., Ch.B., Cwmaman Nursing Division, 17.2.25

CARMARTRENSHIRE CENTRE.

Joseph Harvey, M.D., D.P.H., Trimsaran Di vi sion, 4.2. 25

James E. Cook, M.B., Ch.B., T ybi e Division, 17.2.25 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

A rthur Lei g h, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C .P . ( Lond. ), Ebbw Vale Division, 2 5.2 .25

To be Lady Divisional Surgeon.

CARMARTHENSIIIRE CENTRE.

Anna Gw enllian May Lewis, M.B., B.S. ( Lond. ) M.-:<".C.S., L.R.C.P., Tybie Nursing Division, 17. 2.25

To be Acting Divisional Surgeon.

CARMARTHENSHlRE CENTRE.

Lewis Evan Lynn Lewis, L.M.S.S.A. (Lond.), Penybank Ambulance and Saron Nursing Divisions, 5.2.25

To be Divisional Superintendent. MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Evan Hopkin Jones, Bedwas Division, 19.2.25

To be Lady Divisional Superintendents.

A BERDARE CENTRE.

Ambulan c e Sister Nan Owen, Cwmaman Nursing Division, 6.2.2 5 CAR MARTHENSHIR E CE NTRE.

Ambulance Sister Lilian Mary Morgan, Saron Hursing Division, 5.2.25

Ambulance Sister Margaret Matthews, Tybie Nursing Divis io n, 16.2.25

To be Ambulance Officer.

GLAMORGAN CO UNTY C ENTRE

Private Jenkin Vaughan, Treforest Division, 16.2. 2 5

To be Lady Ambulance Officers.

The yearly dinner of th e Cricklewood Division took place at the Cricklewood Hotel on Saturday, :March 7th.

Major Leahey Hon. Surgeon presided, and Capt. A. W. J ournet acted as M.C. Among others present were Col. Cameron (See of the Order) and Mr. W. H. Winney (Commissioner of the District).

It has been found necessary to postpone the First Aid Class for men announced in the February Number of FIRST AID. The class will meet on Friday Evenings at 6 30 beginning on April 17th, at the London Central Wesleyan Mission, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, K C. 1. The Honorary Lecturer will be Dr. S. G. V. Harris, of Whipps' Cross. Applications for membership, accompanied by the fee of 5s. should be forwarded not later than April 4th, to the Chief Secretary, St. John Am bulance Association, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, KC.

A BE RDAR E C ENTRE

Ambulance Sister Hannah Davies, Cwmaman Nursing Division, 6.2.25

C ARMARTHEN SHIR E CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Mary Michael, Tybie Nursing Division, 16 2. 2 5

To be Nursing Officer.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Gertrude Lewis Williams, Saron Nursing Division, 5.2.2,5

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUN TY CENTR E.

Private William Thompson, Treforest Division, 16.2.25

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Private James Helps, Bedwas Division, TI.2.25

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Welsher, Garth (M aesteg ) Di vi sion, 6.2.25

PrIvate William N ewcombe, Treforest Divis ion, 16.2.25 MON MOUT HSHlRE CENTRE

Private William Goodland, Bedwas Div isi on, 11.2.25

To be Divisional Secretaries.

GL AMORGA N COUNTY CE NTRE

Private Islwyn Lewis Howell, G arth (Ma estag ) Divisio n 6.2.25

Albert Stock, Great Western Colliery Division, 10.2.25

Pnvate Zenas Thomas, Treforest Di vi sion, 16.2 .25

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Wren, Griffithstown D ivi sion, 4. 2 2 5

PrIvate William Edward Jenkins, Ebbw Val e Division, 21.'2.25

To be Lady Divisional Secretarie5. ABERD ARE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Margaret June Jones, Cwmaman t\ ursin g Division, 6.2.25

C ARMARTHE NSH IRE CE NTR&

Ambulance Sister Selina John, Tyb ie Nursing Division, 16.2.25

To be Divisional Treasurers.

GL AM OR GA N COUN TY CENTRE.

Private John Huw Hughes, Treiorest Division, 16.2.25 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William Rogers, Gr iffit hstown Di v ision, 42.25

Pri vate Benjamin Carter, Ebbw Vale Div s ion, 21.2.25

To be Lady Divisional Treasurers.

A BERDARE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Edith Jane Da \'i es, Cwmam an Nursing Di vision, 6.2.25

CA RMARTH ENSHIRE C ENTR E.

Ambulance Sister Mary Jane Lewis, Tybie Nursing Division, 16 2.25

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GL Al\IORGAN CO UNTY C ENTRE

Sergeant John Hugh Jones, Garth (Ma estag) Division, 5. 2 2 5

Private Thomas Charles Newcombe, Treforest Div ision, 16.2.25

MONMO UTHSHIRE C ENTRE.

Private Albert Padfield, Abertillery Division, 4.2.25

Private Benjamin Carter, Ebbw Vale Division, 21.2.25

To be Lady Divisional Storekeepers.

A BERDARE CENTR&

Ambulance Sister Sarah Jane Ebene zer, Cwmaman Nur5ing Division, 6.2.25

CITY OF CARDI FF CENTR E.

Ambulance Sister Adelena Williams, Barry Nursing Division, 13. 2 •2 5

CARMARTHEN SHIRE C ENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Annie Owens, L1anelly Nursing Division, 5. 2 2 5 N D

Ambulance Sister Elise DaVies, Tyble urs!ng IVl slon,lo 2.25

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To be Honorary President. MONi\IOUTflSH IRE CENTRE.

Samuel Evans, Ebbw Vale Division, 2I.2.25

Divisions Registered. GLAMORGAN COUNTY

Brithdir Cadet Ambulance, Divisional, 4. 2 2 5 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Abertysswg Cadet Ambulance Division, 4 2 2 5 CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRF.

Tybie Nursing Division, 9. 2 2 5

Award of Service Medals and Bar to Service Medals.

ServIce Medals ha ve been awarded to the following 'DENBIGHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Stephen Breeze, Chirk Division. Supt. David Jones, Chirk Division.

Supt. George Arthur Williams, Chirk Division.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Su pt. George Henry Hunt, Newport Railway Division.

Bar to Service Medals

A Bar to the Selvice Medal has been awarded to ;BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Corps Secretary Charles Henry Hopkins, Newport, Mon. Corps.

Divisional Supt. Geo rge William Hopkins , Newport Town Division.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Staff-Officer George Payne.

Gef'pral Interest.

A II IBULANCB: DEPART MENT.

During the month of February, examinations were held at the following Centr=s;- Y nysybwl, Clydach, Sirhowy, Gilfach Goch G.W.R., Pontypridd G. W.R, Merthyr, Drefach, Yni shir, Swansea General Hospital, Den bigh, Ffairfach, Pontardawe, Llwynypia, Pentwyn, Cross Keys, Llandovery, Blaenavon L.M. & S. Railwav, Ystradgynlais, Machen G.W.R., Pontyberem, Aberdare, Ponthenry, Llangendeirne, Cardiff (West Yard)

G.W.R., Nantygroes, Carnarvon L.M & S. Railway, Tredegar, Barmouth J unction G. W. R, Llay Main Coll ie ry, Ystradmynach, Merthyr

G.W.R., Treorchy, New Tredegar, Newport, Abersychan

G.W.R., Tumble, Abnsychan, Garndiffctith, BlaenavoD, Cwm Colliery, Barry Dock G.W.R., Pontypool, Abertillery, Mold L M. & S. Railway, Ellesmere G.W.R., Bar goed and Ffrongoch.

ANNUAL GATHERING IN CARDIFF.

The Yea r 1924 Reviewed.

Progress and d c.ve lopmp.nts of a highly gratifying character were recorded at the meetings of the Chapter and Grand Committee of the Priory held in the City Hall, Cardiff on Monday, 2nd March.

Representatives were present from all parts of the Principality, and the Members of Chapter, wearing their robes of the Ordtr gave a picturesque touch to the proceedings in the Counct! Chamber.

The morning was devoted to a private sitting of the Chapter. The Sub-PriGr, the Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G presid€.d, supported by :

The Rt. Rev. The Lord Bishop of St. Davids, Chaplain. Lieut.-Col. Thomas Wallace, M.D., Treasurer for Wales.

The Rt. Hon. ThomCls Richards, P.C., Director of Ambulance.

Col. J. Arnallt Jones, M.D., K.H.S., V.D_, Almoner.

The Rt. Han. Lord Kenyon, K.C.V.O., Registrar. -

Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew, Han. Solicitor.

Sir Herbert D W. Lewis, K.B.E., Principal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Tredegar, O.B.E. Lieut.-Col. H. E. M. Lindsay, C.B.

Dr. S. Glanville Morris, M.D.

Sir John W. Beynon, Bart., C.B.E.

Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge_

Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, M.D. Lieut.-Col. W. Bickerton Edwards, C.B.E. Captain T. E. Richards .

Mr. Arthur Lucas.

Mr. John W. Davison, M.B.E. Lord Kylsant read th e following e tter from the Prior, His Royal Highn ess The Prince of Wales.

St. James Palace, S.W.I.

}< ebruary 27th, 1925.

DEAR LORD KYLSANT,- The preparations for my approaching v is it to South Africa render it impossible for me to preside at the An nual Meetings of the Chapter and Grand Committee of the Priory to be held at Cardiff on March 2, and I would like you to express to the Members my regret and my continued interest in the work of the Priory for Wales.

The reports of the proceedings submitted for my approval enable me to keep in touch with the progress of the work. It is satisfactory that the var ious branches of the Priory's activities, notably the Motor Ambulance Service and the Medical Comforts Depots Scheme, have been doing such good work for the sick and injured, ann I trust that the new Scheme for Voluntary Aid I'etachments will meet with an equal response and success.-Believe me, Yours truly,

EDWARD P. Prio r.

Apologies for absence were received from:-

The Bailiff of St. David's, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Powis.

The Honorary Bailiff. The Rt. Hon. Lord Mostyn.

The Vice Chancellor, Th e Hon. Sir John Sankey, C.B.E.

The Honorary Treasurer, Col. Sir Watkin Willtams-Wynn, Bart., C.B.

The Director of Ambulance, Mr. Leolin Forestier-Walker, M.P.

The Honorary Almon er, Majar David Davies, M.P.

The Honorary Counsel, The Rt. Hon. Sir Ellis J. Ellis Griffiths, Bar t., P.c., K.C.

Sir Edward Maday Samson, K.B.E., K.C.

The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Plymouth.

Major-General the Rt. Hon. Lord Treowen, C B., C.M.G.

Col. Sir Joseph A. Bradn ey , C.B., T.D., D.L., J.P., and Mr. T. C. A. Hodson.

The names submitted by the Selection Committee for awards of the Order we re considered and approved, and the appointment of Mr. F. L. Jacob (Ferndale) as President of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, was unanimously confirmed.

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Some interesting remarks on the records of services of those who had been recomm -.: nded by the Priory for awards of the Order we re made by the registrar, the Rt. Hon. Lord Kenyon, K.C V.O. His report showtd that the roll of members and associates was increasing continually and now numbered 203. LQrd Kenyon emphasised the duty incumbtnt upon all those who were admitted to the Order to maintain its dignity and nuble traditions. Th e Priory, his lordship said, in referring to the unique occasion when members of the

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Priory were invested by His Majesty the King with their insignia, at Buckingham Palace, had gathered together a voluntary army of skilled workers, and they were fighting in nobleness and truth against the world's most formidable adversary-disease. The order had ceased to grasp at temporal power and worldly possessions, nor was it concerne d with politics. It had concentrated wholeheartedly on the spiritual ideals of its devoted founders, and according to the way in which those who were admitted to the Order carried out its objects was its ful ure prosperity destin e d.

Presentiog the report of the Honorary Almoner, Col. J. Arnallt Jones, M.D., K.H.S ., V.D., Almoner, stated that to plan for the future seven years of the PriOl y, wide vision, keen insight, and an assurance of unfailing

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M.B.E., Mr. Robert Webber, Mr. J. J. Dunlop, and Lt. -Col. D. Watts Morgan, C.B.E, D.S.O., M.P. In addition to those entertained to luncheon, there were present at the Grand Committee, which met at 3 o'clock, Col. David Hepburn, C.M G., Staff Officer Dr. D. de Vere Hunt, Capt. H. E. E. Philipps, Mr. Horace S. Lyne, Mr. R. Wilson Bartlett, Dr. W. Edmund Thomas Mr. George Payne, Corps Supt. W. H. Jones, Mr. T. Davies, Mr. Henry Evans, Mr. J. Dyer Lewis, Principal George Knox, Sub.-Commissioner Lemuel Jones, Dr. Urban Marks, Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, Professor E. L. Collis, Colonel W. Bickerton Edwards, C. B.E., Lady Howard Stepney, MIS. Mackintosh, of Mackintosh, Mr. Lewis Loughor, M.P., Mrs. Bickerton Edwards, The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare and Mr. C. T. Hurry Riches.

MEETING OF THE CHAPTER OF THE PRIORY FOR WALES , HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, CARDIFF.

Left to Right. Back Row.-Mr. Arthur Lucas, Lieut.-Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, C.B., Lieut.-Colonel Thomas 'Wa llace, M.D., (Treasurer ), The Right Hon. Thomas Richards, P,C., ( Director of Am bulance), Sir John W. Beynon, Bart., C.B.E., The Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M G., (Su b-Pr ior), Colonel J. Arnallt Jones, M.D., KH.S., Y.D., (A ln:oner ), Mr. John W. Davison, M.B.E., Lieut.-Colonel W. Bickerton Edwards, C.B.E., Captam T. E. RIchards.

Front Row.-The Right Hon. Lord Tredegar, O.B.E., The RIght .Hon. Lo!d Kenyon,. KC.V.O., (Registrar), Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew (Honorary Solicitor ), Dr. S. GlanVIlle M orns, M.D., SIr Herbert D. W. Lewis, KB.E., (Pri ncipal Secretary ), Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge, Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C. B. E ., The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of St. David's (Chaplain).

support were. required. In the first place, clidcs be established in every large town. The results posslble under the Priory'S administration were illustrated by the Swansea Orthopedic Clinic, where over cases had been attended to during the past year, and 23,924 treatments given. Secondly, in all the towns and villages in Wales there should be at least one medical comforts depot, and lastly a continuance of the public service carried out by the brigade m e mbers was strongly advocated.

At the conclusion of this meeting Lord Kylsant entertained to luncheon at the Park Hotel all the members present at Chapter together with the Rt. Hon .. the Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. H. Pethybndge)! SIr William Davies, Mr. John Duncan John Gnmes,

The members attending the meeting of the Grand Committee were officially welcomed by the Lord Mayor, who declared that the Priory for Wales had become endeared to all the citizens of Cardiff because it was an institution with lofty aspirations and carried on a ministry of healing worthy of the highest appreciation. He was pleased to note that the strength of the Brigade in Wales exceeded 6,000, and the people were proud of the useful work done through the medium of their white motor ambulances. The Priory had gained repute by the setting up of Medical Comforts Depots, and the five established in Cardiff enabled medical men and nurses to obtain for their patients every medical requisite for the sick room. They also appreciated the great facilities offered to those

desiring to acquire a knowledge of First Aid and Home Nursing.

The Sub-Prior acknowledged the wt'lcome, and gave a review of the work accomplished during the past year. The Priory's activities, he said, !!ave ground in that their operations showed expansIOn, and shll larger sections of the community come the scope of the; beneficent work the Priory was carrymg on. One of the most gratifying features was the closer cooperation established between the headquarters. of the Order in England and the Priory for Wales. Whilst they were and had been all along jealous of the privileges granted to them as an autonomous body, typically Welsh in organisation and sentiment, they were proud to collaborate with the Order in England in all beneficent activities, and in welcoming their assistance at all times they, on their part, were ever ready to help and support them in carrying on the work of the Order.

The Priory for Wales was equally desirous of cooperating in the friendliest spirit for the general go::>d with other bodies carrying un similar work. They regretted that, owing to many difficulties, it had not been possible to devise a scheme for joint working in Wales between the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross SocietYI but in connection with the War Office scheme for the formation of joint voluntary aid detachments in all the counties the two bodies were collaborating and county controllers were being app::>inted upon mutually-agreed nominations of the two bodies.

The marked increase in the brigade work in Wales was particularly gratifying, and the officers and members who had helped to secure this result had earned their grateful apprec iation.

Through their ambulance department they were continually increasing the diffusion throughout Wales of the knowledge of first aid, home nursing, and allied Their primary object was to make instruction in first-aid acce3sible to everyone, and the way in which this educational department was expanding was very encouraging.

Another big section of their work was the Motor Ambulance Transport Service, which, after years of considerable anxlety through lack of adequate financial support, was now getting on to a more satisfactory footing, and was recognised as an ideal day and night Service. This branch alone of their work formed a practical demonstration of the Priory's day-by-day work amongst the people of Wales. In developing this service they had been greatly assisted by the grants made from the Miners' Welfare Fund and the public generally. The fact that the Priory was requ ested by the of Great Britian to station one of its ambulance cars at the model mine at Wembley was a tribute to the esteem in which this Service was held.

The building up of the transport service had been a heavy burden hitherto upon their resources, but his Lordship hoped that, with increased public appreciation, it might before long become self-supporting. They were grateful t o a number of commercial Companies who, recognising the benefits to their employees, were making regular contributions to the funds, and he hoped directors of other companies who had not yet done so would see their way to give a regular subscription towards the expenses of this public Service.

Another important branch of the Priory'S work, which was constantly growing, was the establishment of Medical Comforts Depots in the large towns and villages in the Principality. Although this department was carried on at a financial sacrifice the Depots were meeting a distinct need and a number of ones were opened last year.

At the Swansea Orthopaedic Clinic the work for ex service men wa, still being carried on for the Ministryof Pensions, wh o had expressed satisfaction with what was being done thert:. while the spa treatment established at L1andrindod W e lls was assisting a large number of people of mocierate means to obtain treatment which otherwise would be beyond th e ir resources. Special attention had been given to the medical stores department, with the result that the year's transactions had assis ted to defray the working expenses of the Priory's organisation.

The Priory for Wales was carrying on humanitarian operations throughout th e Principality without regard to class or creed, and he appealed to all Welshmen to do their utmost not only to keep alive the good work of this Welsh National Institution but to enable it to be developed a nd extended so that its benefits could be enj oyed in all parts of Wales. Lord Kylsant also paid a sinc e re expression of appreciation of the work of the principal secretary (Sir Herbert D. W. L e wis ) , whose energy and enthusiasm meant so much in the pros e cution of the Priory'S beneficent activities. He also voiced indebtedness to the Ex '! cutive Officers of the Priory and the Members of the standing committees for their unremitting labours and to the many thousands of men and women who in their various spheres were voluntarily and so devotedly carrying on the good work of the Priory for Wales.

In moving the adoption of the accounts, the Treasurer (Lieut.-Col. Thomas Wallace, M.D.) pointed out that the revenue account showed a loss on the total workings of, roughly, £1,943 as against £1,028 in 1923 . He was sorry to say the donations and sums r e ceived from flagdays and oth er functions were comidcrably less last year, and h e trusted that the public would respond to the calls made upon them in the coming ye ar in a more generous mann e r than they had done in the past. The donations and subscriptions were not up to exp : ctations, and he felt justified in asking the public to assist in the carrying on of a work which was so greatly needed in the Principality.

The Rt. Hon. Thomas Rich a rds, P.e. (Director of Ambulance), submitted a report on the ambulance work of the Priory. The great increase in th e strp.ngth of the brigade was the s 3.lient point in his remarks. There were, he said, in Wales, 6,067 ambulance and nursing members of the St. John Am bulance Brigade, aud the records show also a corresponding progress in th e way their means of rendering public service had been utilised. The Priory had issued during th e twelve months ended December, 19 2 4, 9,273 awards for efficiency in first a id and home nursing, which was also a very considerable increase on the pr e ceding year During the twelve months 2, 82 4 cas e s were carried in the am bulance cars of the Priory, and the total mileage covered for the period was 5 0 ,33 6 Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Lady President of the Glamorgan County Centre, gave a d e tail t- d report on the Medical Comfort Depots in Wales. Although the depots in operation had don e splendid work during the past year, the supply was not e qual to the demand, and Mrs. Mackintosh ably explain e d the great need for more depots to be set up. A pleasing feature, she stated, was the increased interest evinced by the Brigade personnel. The County of Glamorgan still maintained the lead and boasted of the largest number of depots in any of the counties of Wales, and the need in this thickly-populated centre was proportionately greater.

On the proposition of the chairman, seconded by Lord Tredegar, it was agreed that the report of the principal secretary be printed and circulated. A vote

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of thanks to Lord Kylsant, proposed by Lieut.-Col. D. Watts Morgan, C. B.E , D.S.O., M.P., concluded the meeting.

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Th e Director of Ambulance, the Rt. Hon. Thomas Richards, P.c., has promised to present the" Llandinam " Shield to the successful team at the competition to be held at Cardiff on the 18th April next. On the same day, the lat e Commission f r, No. 2 district, Dr. John Samuel Griffiths, M R.C .S., will present the "Arthur Griffiths Memorial Cup " to the winning team in the contest held for the purpose of se lecting a nursing team to represent the Priory in the" Perrott" Challenge Shield Competition to be held on the 8th May, 1925, at the Wharncliffe Rooms, Hotel Great Central, L'Jndon, where at the same time the "Dewar" Shield will be competed for, the winners of the "Llandinam" Shield repres e nting Wales. Thes e two international competitions are o utsta n ding

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Maberley (Cardiff ), Dr. D. Dc Vere Hun t (C a rdi ff) and representatives from all parts of Wal e s.

Many ambulance and nursing divisions had subscribed to a fund, raised for a testim o nial to the C o mm.issioner for Wales, and the Commission e r expresse d a Wish that the greater portion of this money might b e to .establish fund for the purpose of admmlsttrlDg finanCial assIstance to brigad e members in distress ed circumstances. The Priory will use e ver y possible opportunity of increasing this fund, which will b e a source of benefaction solely for those who hav e d e voted their services to th e St. John Ambulance Bri g ade.

It was considered very satisfactory that by arr a n gement with the Mining Association of Gr e at Britain t he badge of the Order would in future be exhibited on th e doors d the ambulance rooms at collieries throu ghout th e coalfields, the Mines Department havin g sanctioned this measure.

Winners of the " Isca Shield " at the Royal National Eisteddfod, August, 19 2 4, wh ic h was open to teams in Wales and Monmoutbshire. Also winners of Dr Simond's Bowl (Abertlllery ), Mr. A. Jones Cup (Abersychan ) Mr. Godfrey Jones Cup ( Glansychan ), and Gold, S ilver ar,d B ronze Medals.

events in the ambulance world, they are regarded as the blue riband of ambulance contests, and this year will hold greater than usual attraction as Her Majesty t.he Q ueen has graciously consented to present the trophies to the winning teams.

MEETIN G OF THE BRIGADE STA F F CmH.IITTEE.

A meeting of the Brigade Staff Committee was held at Priory House, 4. Cathp.dral-road, Cardiff, on Saturday )

7 th February, 1925 The Commissioner for Wales (Sir Herbert D. W. L e wis, K.B.E.), presided, supported by Capt. Taliesin E. Richards (Commissioner, Borough of Rhondda Centre), Mr. e. T. Hurry Richc:s (Sub -Commissioner (Glamorgan County Centre), Mr. E. D. Jones (Sub-C,'mmissioner, Carmarthenshire Centre), Mr. Lemuel Jones, J.P. (Sub Commissioner, Glamorgan County Centre), Lady Lewis, O.B.E. (Deputy Lady SLlPt. for Wales), Mr. F. M. Riches, Staff-Officers F. R. Hortop (Barry), J. 1. Pepperell (Cardiff), W. Goddard (Pontypridd), B. E.

Arrangements for a mbulance men and nurs e s to do duty at the British Empire Exhibition during the months of June and August were also consid ered and a Su bCommittee was appointed to prepare a rota.

The new Brigade Reg ul atIOns of th e Pr io ry we re discussed and deferred to the n e xt m ee ting for furth er consideration.

MOTOR A lIlB U L AN CE TRANS PO RT S E R VI

A new motor ambulance car has been bu lt for us e in the Coedely and Tonyrefail districts, serving par t icul a rly the Welsh Navigation Steam Coal Co , Ltd , Messrs. Lockets Merthyr Collieries, Ltd and the Llan e lly Colliery.

This car is fitted with the very la test appliances, and a patient requiring the most delicate transport can be removed with the minimum of discomfort. The str e tcher is supported on spiral springs adj usted to take the weight at any angle. The car can be heated to almost any

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temperature, required for a sick room is fitted wIth first-aId requlSltes, and two persons can be cdmfortably accommodated inside. in addition !o patient. Special attention paId to the which is adjustable. The llghtmg 15_ so arranged that It is almost impossible for the car to be 10 complete darkpess at night. The outsidl; can. be use? eIther electricity or oil, and InsId e there IS electnc bght and a candle lamp. Duplicate spare wheels, pumps, jacks, and spares are carried, so there is little chance of delay for any len(lth of time on a journey

o The Motor Ambulance Transport Service of the Priory has attained national fame. It is a day-and-night service, worked in conjunction with the Police, and anyone requiring a car at any time can be certain of obtaining one on applic a tion to the nearest Police Station or Telephone Operator.

Th e Mines D e partment has agreed that any Colliery Company affiliated to the Priory Scheme will be deemed as complying with the Regulations of the Coal Mines Act. The service is used and appreciated by Government Departments and Municipal Authorities, and is also supported by the general public. It is interfsting to note that last year in South Wales alone 2,824 cases were carried in the Priory cars, which travell ed a distance of 5I,636 miles.

Recently a film was shown privately at the Capitol Picture Hous e, Cardiff, depicting a casualty in the street at Ynyshir, Rhondda Valley, the rush to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary and the treatment given. This film will shortly be rel eased to the public, who will be interested to learn that the Daimler Ambulance car used on this occasion to remove the pati ent was lent by the Priory for Wales.

Centre Reports.

CIT Y OF CARDIFF CENTRE

A very successful Whist Drive and Dance in connection with the Cardiff Em e rgeI'lcy Am bulance and Nursing Div sions was held on February 13th, at the St. Catherine Hall, Canton, Cardiff. The large number of people present showed the interest which the work of these Divisions commands among the general puclic. The prizes were presented by Captain Taliesin E. Richards (Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre), on behalf of the City of Cardiff Commissioner, Major F. T , Rees, M.e.. and by Miss Metcalf, Lady Staff Officer, Cardiff Centre.The success of the function was a credit to the officers and members of both divisions.

CAR MARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

On February the Commission for Wales (Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E.) accompanied by Lady Lewis , O.B. E., officially opened the new headquarters of Llanelly Ambulance and Nursing Divisions situated in the ce ntral part of the town at Clare Buildings, Inkermanstreet. Lady Stepn e y Howard presided, and there was a large gathering pres e nt.

Sir Herbert Lewis referred to the splendid work being done by. the St. ) ohn Ambulance men in the County, emphaSISIDg partIcu larly the advantages to be derived such Medical Comforts Depots as had been estabhshed at Llanelly. He congratulated the Commissioner Sub-Commissioner and all connected with them in having secured such headquarters, and expressed a hope that the MedIcal Comforts Depot might be established

in them so that the people of Llanelly district might be able to obtam any requisite needed for the sick room. He also hoped they would not be content until they had got a much bigger building where they could carryon without hindrance the great work in which they were all so interested.

GLAMOR GAN COUNTY CENTR&

A succ e stul Concert was held at Cymmer Cinema on February 12'.h, in aid of the funds of the Abercregan Division. There was a crowded audience, prellided over by Dr. J. M. Taylor, supported by Sub Commissioner Lemuel Jones, J.P., and Divisional Supt. E. J. Green. The whole of the cost of the artistes was borne by Councillor A. J. Jones.

Sub-Commissioner Lemuel Jones said that he came specially to support the Division in their endeavour to obtain uniforms and equipment. He urged upon all present the necessity of assisting the Division financially, and hoped the young men present would go forward to swell the numbers of the Division.

Dr. Taylor said that he supported the ambulance movement heartily, but did not believe in encouraging the men to go to the exp ense of providing uniforms and compelling them to attend drills regularly and join divisions.

Divisional Supt. Green said they had to thank SubCnmmissioner Jon es for the interest he had taken in the formation of the Division. He disagreed with Dr. Taylor entirely upon the men wearing uniform and attt:nding drills. From his own knowledge, an old ambulance man recently attended a collier who had a severe wound in his leg, and through the inefficient way in which he rendered first aid, the leg had to be amputated. Members of divisions were re-examined each year to maintain their efficiency, but this was not so in the majority of ambulance classes.

At an Eisteddfod held on Febluary 21st eleven teams competed in the Ambulance The first prize was awarded to the Treharris ambulance team, the Bedlinag ambulance team meriting the second.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

The annual general m e eting of the Treharris Division was held in January last, Supt. T. A. Rees presiding. The chairman said that the year 1924 was the most successful one in the history of the division. Three hundred and fifty cases had b e en attended to by members and the. Medical Comforts Depot, being continually extended, was second to none in the Principality. The Secretary, Private e. James stated that the attendance during the year had been extraordinarily good, and all who had entered the annual re-examination had passed. Teams A and B had been most successful in winning during the year three cups, two shields, a rose bowl, three sets of medals, and £37 in money. To the captain of one team, Supt. T. A. Rees, a hearty vote of thanks was proposed by Sergt. R. Rees, seconded and carried unanimously, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to all officers for their work and co· operation during the year.

MERIONETHSHIRE CENTRE.

The results of the recent examination of the local ambulance class held at Blaenau Festiniog, conducted by Dr. R. Rowlands, Criccieth, assisted by Dr. D. Charles Owen, Afonwen, indicate gratifying success not only in Blaenau Festiniog but in the whole of North Wales.

Out of 66 members who sat at the examination, 62 passed and gained certificates. There were 49 passes for First Certificates, and the following specially distinguished themstlves by qualifying for the Miners' Certificate for

First Aid in Mines :-Supt. and Deputy-Chief Constable John Francis Evans, Hugh e. Williams (Secretary of the class), Thomas W. Davies, Toss Lewiss and Idwal Ephraim.

MONMOUT SHIRE CENTRE.

Staff-Officer Capt. S. T. Beard, on behalf of the Commissioner for the Monmouthshire Centre, conducted the annual inspection of the undermentioned Divisions during the month of January :Bedwas Ambulance Division.

Monmouth Ambulance Division.

Pentllanfraith Railway Ambulance Division.

Marine Colliery Ambulance Division.

RADNORSHIRE CENTRE.

A most satisfactory report has been received from the Secretary of the Order of S1. John Spa Treatment Establishment at Llandrindod Wells , where during the past year a great number of patients have received treatment, and one and all expressed surprise and satisfaction at the completeness of a scheme which enabled them to undergo a cure at what might be considered a nominal cost. The average length of stay of each patient was three weeks, and in additi on to a course of the waters, baths and electrical treatment were given. One of the local medical men visit the Institution at If'ast once a week and the patients attend at the baths each day for tr e atm e nt.

The subscription scheme, which enables people with small means to obtain spa treatment has proved to be a great blessing to many. Particulars of this and an illustrated booklet will be supplied to any applicant by the Secretary, Order of St. John Spa Treatment Establishment, Llandrindod Wells.

News in Brief.

The annual Railway Competition for the "Harry Webb" Challfnge Cup will be held in May next. Full particulars will be announced at a later date.

A Church Parade of ex-service men and ambulance workers took place in connection with the Senghenydd Welsh Church, on Sunday, 15th February. The Rev.J.D. Jones intoned the service, and the Windsor Colliery under Mr. E. Ratcliffe played the hymns, the speCial preacher for the occasion being the Rev. E. J. Davies, of Bangor.

Vp.ry successful flag -days were held at Maesteg and Pontypridd on the 27th February, da!I0dils and leeks wers sold in aid of the funds of the Pnory, ID commemmoration of St. David's day.

The Hon. Olwen Phillips, second daughter of our Prior, The Rt. Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.e.M.G , was married to Lord Suffield at St. Peter IS Church, Carmarthen, on Saturday, February 21St. We wish them every happiness in their married life.

The "DECORATORS' & PAINTERS' MAGAZINE" (8d. m()nthly) is THE trade paper for all interested.Publishing Office: 46, Cannon Street, E.C

Cross Word Puzzle.

By F. DOCKER.

THE words in the puzzle are all re lating to First Aid, they are all on the St. John's Textbook.

C L U E S :A C R OSS.

r. The p at ie nt req uire s aft e r a n accident.

3- F o un d on ly in a r te ries.

5. A cervi ca ve r t eb ra

7. Prese n t in fr act ure,

8_ B one n t h e leg

10. Useful in in ern a l b leedi ng.

I r. A j oint in the leg

12. The p at ie nt re qui res p le nty of it.

13. M ay b e b oo d shot in fra ct ur e of base of t he sk ull.

15 - L ook fo r in d ia g n os is 7 E ssen t a l.

19. Be ca refu l if a fo reig n body get s i nt o it.

20. Presents a ro un d ed h ea.d.

22 Same as N o. 1 ac ross

27' Sam e a s 25 do w n.

28_ A b as in - ike ma ss of bo n e

D mVN

1. A bone n fo rea rm.

2. S tim ul a n t.

3 Kn e e- cap

4 Ba ck -bone

5. Hi nged joi nt.

7 A point of Cr oss.

9. A vital org an.

14. Flu id may come from them in fra c u red sk ull

16. Corrosive, if tak e n stain s lips a nd mouth.

18. Bl oo d from it spu r ts.

20 C om p ose d of 26 bones

2 1. Arte ry of fo re a r m 23. Pha langes.

24. A cerv ca l ve rtebra.

2 5 A d el icate O rga n. 26 H um erus.

The Park Hill CoJ:iery Ambulance Competition for Moreton Challenge Cup will be held on Saturday, June 25-27th. Particulars from Mr R. Hoyland, Ivy Cottages, Newton Lane, Outwood, near Wakefield.

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The Competitions for the "Howarth Bowl" and "Lady Hoyle" Rose Bowl, will be held at Carr End, Dalton, on June 27th, 1925. Full particulars ca.n be obtained from Mr. A. Tong, 58, Arnold Street, Blrkby, Yorks.

eueries and J\nswers to eorrespondents.

mill be aealt mitll "de" tile /olloflJi"g ,. les :-

r .-Letters containi"l. Queries musl be marked on tke top lett kana corner 0/ tke envelope "Query," a"d addressed-F1RsT AID, 46, Cannon-street, LoncUJ", E. C. 4.

z. -A II Queries must be accompanied by a Que,.y Coupon" cut /1'0" the current issue 0/ tlu !our"al, or i" case 0/ Queries from abroa( from a rece"t issue.

?-The Textbook, to which reference may be made in these columns is the 36th (r920) Edition 0/ S1.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

M USTARD LEAF FOR H YSTERIA.

F. H. (C horley, Lancs .) - Please inform us whether the mustard leaf suggested in Textbook as treatment for Hysteria should be applied dry or wet with hot, lukewarm or cold water.

The mustard leaf shollid be mo istened in lukewarm water before application.- N. CO RDET FLE TC HER.

E XAr.JINATION HOWLER.

A. W. a recent Nursing Examination a candidate was asked-" Wltat is a bed warme r ?" To our intense amusement she replied with out any hesitation" Another natJle jo , husband or wtje.l" Then she looked up in surprise because the doctor and those nearbye burst out laughing !

GOJd! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

TREATl\IENT OF PALMAR BLEEDING.

F. A. (N ewton Abbott).-For treatment of Arterial Bleedingfrom Palmar Arches our instructor told us to control Brac hial Artery by flexion at elbow, and while bleeding was controlled, to attend to wound. Our next instructor disapproved of this method because of the difficulties in dressing wound; and he told us to place arm at right angles to body and to C0mpress Brachial Artery against the humerus.

The Textbook, however, teach.es us to apply temporary mdlrect pressure on pressure pOint nearest wound so as not to c ut off too much of the circulation. there is one rig.1tt way of dealing with cases such as these. Your advic e on this point will be much valued.

P erso nally, I should adopt flexion at elbow when I had to deal with Bleeding from Palmar Arches single handed and digital compr ession of Radial and Ulnar Arteries when I had an assistant to whom I could allocate this task. In the latter case compression of Brachial Artery against humerus cannot be regarded as a mistake because indilect pressure in this cas e is only applied for a limited period. Alas! In First Aid circumstances may compel us to modify treatment so that we often ha \ e to make a c hoice of methods.-N.C .F.

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" For what cases of Insensibility would you apply smelling salts to nostrils?" As I failed completely to answer the question, I k:nd assistance.

Though the answer is not specifically given in the Textbook, yet the prominence given to stimulation for cases" when face is pale" (pp. 143, 144), and the omission of such treatment " when face is congested" should have helped you out of the difficulty. Your answer, therefore, should have been-" For all cases except when face is congested" because the congestion of face is evidence of increased pressure within the skull which might be further raised by the stimulant effects of smelling saJts.-N.C.F.

SAL VO LA TILE FOR WOUNDS.

E. M. (Dulwich).-I am in charge of the First-Aid box at our works and have to do minor dressings. I find Sal Volatile very useful for cleaning the parts round a wound and wonder if I could use it for cleansing the wound itself Please advise.

Sal Volatile contains 2 parts of alcohol to I part of water and owes what disinfectant properties it possesses to this alcohol. Under these circumstances, I cannot commend its use for wounds, except in an emergency which does not obtain when you possess a proper First-Aid box.

Further, I deprecate most strongly the way in which some First-Aiders love to play about with wounds under pretence of treatment, because the less the interference in an emergency with wounds the better is the prospect for wounds anJ patients.

-N.C.F.

A COi\IPETI TOR' S PLAINT_

F. W. (Handsworth).-Herewith I send you my notes of a paper which I submitted in a First-Aid competition conducted by a pvpular Nursing] ournal. I also enclose the issue of the journal which sets out the papers of the first three prize Wlllners and I venture to suggest that my paper was better and more practical than the second and third prize essays.

As the question lacked precise information with reference to all the" surroundings" (Textbook, p. 20) of the emergency, I consider that you have no cause to worry because the judge did not approve your paper. Such questions, for the reason given, are not real tests of First-Aid ability. -N .C.F.

BITES 0F SNAKES AND RABID ANIM ALS.

T. G. (Horwich) -For treatment of Bites of Rabid Animals the Textbook (p. 103) teaches us to cauterise the wound in absence of medical assistance and later to apply clean dressing. In other words, we have added a burn to the wound; and I wonder if we are correct in ignoring the burn. •

Yes. The caustic is applied to destroy the venom and any attempt to neutralise the resultant burn would undo the treatment already administered.-N.C.F.

TR EA TME NT OF WOUND S

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Iodine, &c. ; and I wonder which of us is right. Please advise.

Beyond question of doubt your method is the right one and strictly in accord with Textbook instructions, because the less the interference by First-Aiders with wounds, the better for patients. For this reason I would like to abolish the Textbook in!>truction to wash obviously dirty wounds and then to apply Iodine, because this preliminary washing destroys the efficiency of the Iodine which should be applied to a "dry" wound. In other words, by mixing- up two methods of treatment we " fall between two stools. " -N.C.F.

COMPLlCATlON OF IN JURIES

W. M. (K ettering). -If we had to treat a man suffering from Complicated Fracture of Ribs and Complicated Fracture of Humerus, which of the two ought we to regard as the more serious injury and which should we treat first? We submit the point to you to settle a friendly debate.

To me your problem is insoluble, because you do not supply full details on which I may base my decision. Thus, given a Fracture of Humerus corrplicated by injury to Brachial Artery and a Fracture of Ribs complicated by slight injury to lungs as shown by almost complete absence of Shock, the decision is clearly in favour of treating the fractured arm first. On the other hand, given a Fracture of Humerus involv ing elbow joint and a Fracture of Ribs complicated by se v ere injury to lungs as shown by grave Collapse, then the rib injury and its associated collapse call for first treatment. Of course, I assume that, when treating one condition "first" as the more serious injury, you will avoid doing anything which mi g ht make the other still more serious.-N.C.F.

DANG E RS OF YEW TRE E

]. ]. ( Croydon ) - Further to my letter published in Correspondence Column in September, 1923, I read the other day in a daily paper that two Army mules had recently died through eating portions of a yew tree and that the drivers did not know how to recognise the tree. l\Iay I suggest, therefore, that you refer to this subject and so prove that we are out to prevent as well as to relieve suffering for four -footed no less than {or twofooted creatures?

The yew tree belongs to the "cone bearing " trees, so called because its flowers have the characteristic form as cones Usually found in poor or sandy soil, it is an e v ergreen tree with massi v e trunk and spreading branches, which may reach a height of 30 or 40 feet. Its lea ves, beneath which are the cones or berries, are small, narrow and dark green. TtJe berries and evergreen foliage are poisonous and take their place among the "several otrer varieties of plants" to which the Textbook ( p. 1 S2) refers in the list of Convulsant Poisons. The signs and symptoms are first those of irritation (v omiting, abdaminal pa in, purging ), followed by convulsions, or delirium which may end in stupor and death. -N.C.F.

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Our Cartoon.- No. 12.

THE ADVENTURES OF SID & BERT. By 5erf(t. Dan Godfrey, 51.A.B.

SlIIE:LLING SALTS WIT H IN SE NSI BILITY.

W. }.I. ( Ebbw Vale).-In a recent competition I was asked-

A. A. (Liverpool).-Recently I was in temporary charge of an ambulance station and refrained from washing wounds except those which were obviously dirty; and I contented myself with applying Iodine and then dressing with plain lint, cotton wool &c. I am told now that the permanent attendant washes all wounds before dressing them with

A COIlI PLICATED CASE.

E. A. (St. ]ohn's).-'\Ve have had an argument about the correct way in which we should treat a man who had fractured both forearms and also hi5 right tibia (a1l fractures being simple).

I contend that a1l fractures should be treated as set out in Textbook. My critics, however, maintain that to simplify transport and lifting of patient-the forearms

" OUR FIRST ANNI\lEH5ARY TO DAY, BERT. "y[S 510 I You ALL THE BEST;" , , THE CAOET:- HCUT IT ouT. LET u5 HAVE SOME PRACTI CEo WE NEE 0 IT."

should be splinted, extended and then fastened down with two broad bandages passed round body and limbs. Please decide between us.

My decision is in your favour, more especially as great discomfort would arise to an unfortunate patient whose fractured forearms were thus strapped to his body.- -N.C. F.

TREATMENT IN SE NSIBILITY.

E. A. (St. John s ). -We have also to the of Insensibility due to Narcotic POlsonmg. My CritICS hold that as nothing may be given by mouth, the first step in treatm'ent should be to tickle back of throat and make patient vomit. I consider that, as tickling the throat would fail the first thing to do should be to commence Schafer's 'Method of Artificial Respiration and then to utilise the services of any bystanders- one to summon doctor another to stimulate patient by slapping soles of

feet &c., and a thin"! to prepare an emetic for administration should patient show signs of recovery. Please decide this point also and earn our best thanks.

Much depends on degree of Insensibility. I have seen a patient, who was recovering from Insensibility, vomit and get a small portion of vomited matter down his throat so that immediate operation had to be undertaken to save his life. Tickling the throat, therefore, (which, fortunately for patient, would probably fail) should never be attempted because an accident, such as above, mig ht occur with partial recovery from Insensibility.

Similarly, performance of Schafer would also be" love's labour lost," because one natural respiration (and in Narcotic Poisoning patient usually breathes deeply) would be worth several imitations thereof by artificial methods. So keep your Schafer's Method until patient is on verge of ceasing to breathe and get on with the treatment set out in TextbJok.-N.C.F.

A. J. (Dedham).-There are plenty of sections of the S.J,A, B, formed in villages and attachrd to Divisions.

J\mbulance News euttings from the

The Editor invites readers to send newspaper cu ttings on matters oj general interest for inclusion in this column.

DEATH IN GARAGE.

Dr. J Smith, forty-fi ve, of Radcliffe (Lanes,), died yesterday as the result of carbon monoxide gas poisoning. He was due to attend an operation, and as he did not appear a telephonic inquiry was made.

His wife went into the garage and found him unconscious on the floor, havi ng apparently been gassed by fumes from his car. -Sunday Pictorial,

SUFFOCATED IN BED.

that husband, wife, and fi ve children slept in one tIDy room and that the stairway leading to it was so narrow that the officer had to "walk up sideways," were made at an mquest at Southwark, yesterday on Jessie Butler the 3-weeks-?ld. child a newsvendor, The baby suffocated whde 1D bed wIth her parents.-Dat'ly Mat'l.

DEATH FROM RU BBE D EVE.

How a speck of dust in the eye cost the life of Arthur Brown, aged seventy-two, was revealed at a Kingston inquest yesterday.

t:-s was going about his duties he got a speck of dust ,ID hIS left eye. A doctor ad vanced the theory that in the eye, Brown scratched it, with the result that de vel0I;>ed, He was operated on and later admitted to hospital sufferIng from cellulitis, A verdict of Accidental Death was recorded.-Daz'ly Mirror.

Another year of useful work by the Tamworth ?f the Brigade: was reported at the annual meet109, to which the members and others were entertained by Dr. D. McColl, Assistant Commissioner, at the Town Hall, Tamworth, on 26th February.

Guildford! s New Motor Ambulance.

THE Guildford Division has recently acquired a new motor ambulance which is illustrated here. This is mounted on a Napier chassis.

This car is capable of carrying in comfort in the interior, besides the patient, a nurse and doctor, or other attendant; or, with two stretcher cases, an attendant.

The hind part is fitted with two doors, only the near side one being needed for single caStS, which can be carried straight in; and there is a wide door on the off side as fitted in the case of a limousine car, which is used by any person accompan}ing the patient. In the event of two

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rescued man had recovered his breath, he roundly abused his would-be and then jumped into the river again. By thIs time a big crowd had collected; but nobody attempted to save the man a second time,-E. N,-Lille France. '

FIRST-AID WITH EFFICIENCY, On, a Sunday ,evening the recent foggy weather, a steppIng off hIS car In the Norwood Depot fell Into one of the cleaning pits, The L.C,C, Ambulance' was ; but those in charge refused to turn out on account of the thIck fog. it was .absolutely necessary that the man should have hospital attentIOn, an appeal, then to the vo :untary of the Norwood DIVISIOn for assIstance which was ImmedIately forthcuming. The fog being too dense for the ambulance,. two men obtained the loan of the police litter, patient thereon, and pushed it all the way to HIll vuh.ere they secured the requisite attention for their patl.ent at College ,H.ospital. , Tha,nks to this timely and effiCient assistance, the Injured drIver IS making good progress towards complete reco very.-F, E. S,- Victoria,

Treatment of Burns and Scalds.

By H. S, SOUTTAR, C.RE, F R.C.S" Surgeon, London Hospital.

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and with only just enough tension to obstruct the veins on an ointment composed of equal parts of olotment and castor oil may be used.

For larger burns it may first be necessary to clean up the and this must bu done under a general ance ,thetlc. even ar: ce lthesia the procedure be carned out WIth the utmost gentleness, and It IS far better to leave the surface as it is than b rou,gh ha,ndling to increase Shock and destroy which mIght otherwise survive. So far as is possible the whole surface should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and ,and then with 1-1000 perchloride of mercury, which IS finally washed off with warm sterile water. The perchloride forms a coagulated layer on the raw surface and to extent inhibits pain. Carbolic not be used as It IS too readily absorbed. Loose skIn should be cut but blisters should only be punctured and the cuticle left for protection,

In my the best permanent dressing for the burns IS paraffin wax. If this is not available wet be used soaked in calamine lotion, or' lead lotIOn to which 30 per cent, of alcohol may be added' or the may be covered with strips of lint soaked in parolem or ,covered with castor oil and zinc ointment already mentIOned, a method especiallyapphcable to burns of the face. Moist dressings should be removed when necessary by immersion.

stretchers being required, the second is removed from it quick-release fittings, on which it is carried under the runners of the first stretcher. The second door at the back is opened, and, by simply throwing over the nurse's seat, runners are formed for the second stretcher' and there is a seat for the attendant in the usual position in the centre of the front panel at the back of the driver's seat. The two front windows on the sides, and also at the back of the front seat, drop; the glasses are clear, but are fitted with spring silk curtains. There is a large heater fitted in the floor with a control lever to regulate the temperature.

An First Aid requisites are fitted in special lockers, out of the way, but accessiblt: at all times and frEe from dust. The driver's seat carries also two other attendants with car, is lo.w easy for loading, and the Intenor IS fimshed In plaIn polIshed wood covering all the framework, so that they give a smart appearance and can be washed right out. We might state that the first stretcher is, rigid adjustable head, and covered the whole length With a WIre spnng mattress; the second is the uSilal type of collapsible, both have telescopic handlp.s.

3loints.

FIRST-Am UNDER DIFFICULTIES, , A middle-aged man recently flung himself over a bridge at L.Ille, A passer-by at once jumped in after him and with great difficulty succeeded in getting him to land. As soon as the

and Scalds are injuries with wh!ch almost every practItIOner may have to deal, and which offer him an exceptional opportunity both for immediate relief of his patient. and for prevention of subsequent disfigurement or deformity. Yet there are few conditions in which opinions are so varied as to the best methods of treatment.

In an extensive burn tht! first consideration is undoubtedly Shock, which may be very severe and depends on. extent of surface involved rather than' on depth of leSIOns. If one half of the surface of the body is involved the injury will certainly be fatal; but a much smaller burn over abdomen or thorax may have a similar result. The and are combated by a substantial injectIOn of Morphia. ThiS has been for many years the routine treatment 10 my wards; and I consider the idea that morphia should not be given to children under these circumstances to be entirely without foundatiun. If Shock is i,mmersion in a warm bath brings great relief, especIally 10 the case of a child. The water should be rendered slightly alkaline by the addition of a handful of sodium carbonate in the form of bath salts or washing soda. No attempt should be made to remove clothes which can later on be cut off in the bath. A hot rectal saline infusion containing brandy may be given with great advantage.

Local Applicatiom.

!he essentials of local application are that It should .be pa1Oles,s, easily Obtained, easily changed, and !f pOSSible mildly antIseptic.

Small burns, where the skin is not broken, may be dressed gauze or other soft material soaked in a 10 per cent. solutIOn of, car,bonate ?f soda (washing soda); a compress so WIll give cO,nsiderable relief to the pain, which IS often espeCIally 10, th?se parts which show only an erythema. Where the sk10 IS broken a weaker solution be us.ed. In a limb Bier's method of passive conby means of a thin rubber bandage may give great rehef, the bandage being applied high up limb

, If limb, or indeed the patient, can be kept conIn warm alkaNne batlt , nothing else can compare With for comfort and rapidity of healing. It is not very difficult to keep children immersed in a bath at during the dar, and with exten,sive burns on the It IS well worth whIle. As the patient floats in the water the, are saved from all contact, perfect draInage IS estabhshed, local hypercemia is induced the body is there are no dr e ssings, and is no palO. If an air rlOg of suitable size can be obtained and slipped round the body under the arms it furnishes an excellent means of support.

Dangers of PZ"cric Acid, Picric Acid has been very largely us(d and recomm.ended as a but danger of poisoning even With weak solutIOns IS so conSiderable that we have given ttp its use, acid in itself only very weak powers as a dlslOfectant, and a weak solution of iodine would be ,far, n:ore if ,anr action is H quired.

To some IndiViduals p lcnc aCid IS lOtensely toxic, its mere application to the uninjured skin producing serious results.

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Of all local dressings paraffin wax is by far the best It mU,st at 50 c., and it may usefully comblOed With mild antiseptICS. Of the many compounds on the market the original ambrine is as good as any.

The following widely used during war as NO.7 resorclD, I p.ut; eucalyptus oIl, 2 parts j olive oll, 5 parts ,soft paraffin, 25 parts; hard paraffin, 67 parts, ThiS should melt at 48 deg, C. and will be found very satisfactory. It should !::;e melted over a water bath and may be applied with a soft brush or with a spray. The burnt area should first be clean e d and dried best of all with a stream of warm air. It is then covered with a layer of the wax, over which a very thin film of cotton wool is applied. This in turn is covered with wax, so that the whole is converted into a thin protectiv e shell, which does not adhere to the raw areas.

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FRO M time to time we have directed The Toll of attention to the alarming increase the Streets. recorded yea r by year in street accidents. These figures furnish eloquent t estimony to the urg e nt need for the furtherance of fi rst aid knowledg e among all sections of the community. U 0fortunat ely there were never more opportumtIes for rendering timely first aid treatment to one's fellows than in this year of grace 192 5. The p etrol age is an age of street a ccidents without parall el in the history of our country.

In Great Britain last ye a r there were 3,631 street fa talities as compared with 2,979 in 1923; an increase of about 22 per cent. on a figure which when published was re gard e d as alarming ly high. The 1924 figure represents an av era ge of ten persons killed every day of the year. In non -fatal accidmts the figure was increased from 80,122 in 1923 to 94, 584 in 1924 or by over 18 per cent. in the year .

The fatal and non -fatal street accidents (or 1924 in Great Britain t otal to 98,215 or an average of over 269 every day-at the rate of about (or each hour o( each day throughout the year, or more than one every five minutes!

given effect to will mat e rially reduce this alarming and useless toll of human life

Someth ing must be done and don e qu ickly to safeguard the pedestrians in our streets, and doub tle ss such suggestions as have been mad e from t ime to tim e for oneway -traffic streets and additional under gr ound cross ings will rect i ve the careful consideration of th e T raffi c C ommittee, (or probably more ped estr ia ns mee ts d eath or in jur y in crossing th e road than in any othe r wa y.

The latest figures of stre e t a cciden ts are sufficiently alarming to give th e man in the str ee t caus e to pa use and consid er the desirabil ity of ac q uirin g fi rs t ai d knowledge, which, when such emergencies ar ise, may alle viate the suffering of the unfortunate vic ti m, prevent a simple injury being complic a ted, and poss i bly save a life

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

MANY of our read e rs know something of th e great attack which the Turks, the constant enemy of the Order of St. John, made in 14 80 to try and drive the Order from its headquart e rs in the island of Rhodes.

The account of this fight was written by the Vice -chancellor of the Ord e r. William Caoursin who was an eye -witn e ss of the siege, his book was pul,lished in Vim in 1496, illustrated with many full-p1ge woodcuts. A copy of this valuable book is in the Library of the Order of St. John's Gate ; it was reprint ed a numb er of times and another edition pr inted in Strasbourg in 1514 is also in the Library of the Order.

The work was translated in English by John Kay Poet Laureate to King Edward IV., and it wac; printer! and published by England s first printer William Caxton shortly befora the b eginning of the 16th century. Only four copies of this work are now known to exist and it is fr o m one of th ese that we propose to place before our read e rs this interesting account of memorable siege, keeping as far a s p ossible the quaint phraselogy of the Poet Llureate of King Edward IV but translating the sp elling into modern En glish "The delectab le news of t lze gl orious victo r y of t he R hodians agains t the T u rks."

To the most exc ellent, most and most Christian King ; King !i:dward the IV, J oho Kay his humble Poet Laureate and most lowly servant kneeling unto the ground saith salute .

It is not out of your knowledge and hearty wit, most pruden t pri uce, how that these forty vears passed, the T urks have had the C h ristian parts, and have prevailed aod had of the Christian men the overhand. Insomuch that now late against all and reason these poss essors i n Italy, in the dominion and ground of the most constant King F er rand of A ragon King of Naples, in prej udice and horrible t error to the court apostoliq ue and to all Christendo m.

F o r by that the great Turk late mmed Mahomet, proposed and ordain ed great might and strength to undo and subvert the Holy City of Rom e and put Italy to his subj ection, and after rightly to overcome and oppress the residues of Chr is tend o m.

But Jesus Christ our Redeemer would not allow his Christ ian p eople to be put into longer plin, or to more tribulation ; he hath retreated and withdrawn his rod as a kind father to his dear children cont ent with great mercaces and lit fe punishing . Certes the sins of the Christian people, as I think, and little regard to our Saviour.

Jesus mind ed acd caused the righteous God to warn us to h a ve him better in mind by the whip of this great and mighty enemy. But after repentance and prayers of our Holy th e Pope, Cardinals, Christian princes and all Chnstlan p eople, and with so great pardons of the court of Saints P e ter and Paul, through the grace of the blessed Jesus, this great Turk in his utmost pride and his utmost h ope, hath made by sudden death an end of his lin e And is the cruel generation of the Turks for evermore, with God's Grace, dejected and cast out of Italy. all the. Turks amongst themselves in great wars, whlch thmg lS, when to all Christian princes hereafter to recover the parts Christian.

Certain it. is, most gracious prince, that he, several days before. death, laid siege to the noble , city of Rhodes, which IS the key and gate of all Christendom but there he was put to his worse and to shame.

And because that I have seen and read in Italy of the oppressing and captivity by the said Turk of the worshipful city sometimes of Constantinople and also not many years passed of the unfortunate loss of the strong city of N egropont. For the Cardinal Gr eeks of Mycene (i e., Cardinal Isidore) , made a nd wrote in Vitin the lamentable captivity of Constantinople, to the Pope and BalthaZ3.r Perusion wrote in the language Italian, of N egropont to the lord of Vrelyn for to move the Christian people to prayer and provision.

I have thought more better labours and more commendable purpose if I, in the rever e nce of Tesus Christ and in the worship of your goud grace should put with diligence out of Latin into English and to the understanding of your people, the d e lectable news and tidings of the glorious victory of the Rhodians against the Turks.

Whereof the reading that have joy and consolation and that always better know by daily miracles and God's work the inestimable power and certainty of our Christian faith . And in so much more to your Highnes3 I make a

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that I have applied me to declare and publish to all Christian people the siege of the noble and invincible city ot Rhodes; first I purpose to tell and open th e causes moved the cruel tyrant Mahomet, great Turk and meffaceible enemy to our Christian faith that he with so great might and so great strength serv ed the Rhodians how be it that aforetim e the Rhodians and the Turks have had wars.

cruel Turk after the subdueing and oppresslOn of the miserable and dolorous ci t y of Constanti-

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as their .s?vereign and yearly yield him a little tribute condition the Rhodians withstood and despised.

when. he saw that in no wi s e h e would get nor attam tribute ?l in that mann er, offered them yet upon thiS condlllOn. That the ambassad ors of the Knights of St. J of Jerusalem, that is to say of Rhod e s, come.to hiS court and present to him certain royal gI.fts, the which he thought to rescue under th e title of tnbute, an.d so by int e nded to make th e said city of Rhodes trIbutary to him, but he could not spe e d his false purpose.

For the noble and victorious Prince and renowned lord the lord ?laster of Rhodes and his prudent council of theu enemy peace nor would be of amity with that was a persecutor of Christ's faith and Christ's rehglOn And day and the most k n ights of the sald reh.glOn accordlDg to th eir Ord er h elp e d and def ended our faIth and the said city of R h od es. th ese causes furious e nemy conc eiv ed aga inst the city of Rhodes mestimable hatred and wrath and imagined, .if he might, utterly to destroy the said Rh o d es. And to thlS cruel purpose. he was also moved by counc il and persuaSlOn of the traitors of Christ ' s faith th e which had in knowledge all the places and secr e ts of Rbod es

Caoursin pre sent s hi s book to the Grand Ma ster. gift of my labour ; that your good grace aboundeth with all virtues, as much as in a most Christian king longeth to be.

And also I am of this opinion that all the common weal and common good cometh through God and the kings to their peoples. Wherefore whatsoever fruit or your people, that in these, my studies, find they shall glory to God a!ld grace, and thEn to kings and your Highness. The whlch God Almighty keep ever and prosper with all your noble desires.

Th e arriva of the Turk ish Flee t. nople hath gone and ordained against the city of Rhodes greater wars than ever did his predecessors.

For th e intent and purpose of the great Turk was to persecute and utterly undo the Christian faith.

Th erefore after the space of fourteen years when that he had conquered many empires, kingdoms, and lordships was wroth to see the little ci t y of Rhodes, standing so nigh his kingdoms and lordships, not subject nor contributary to him. Wherefor e four divers times with ships and of war he assaulted the castles and places of the isle of Rhodes, wh e re both by land and by water, by God's grace, he was vanquished and overthrown, and of his host many slain by the Rhodians, many drowned and many put to flight and to shame.

Therdor a after he saw the noble vertues of the knights and people of that. neither by fightin g , by power he might the Clty, .thought and lmagmed by subiIties and cavlltles to have hiS 10tent thereof.

And so often times after that he had great part of Greece to his obedience he attempted to make peac e and amity with the Rhodians, so that they would acknowledge

Among the which false traitors and renegate s was one especially of the city of Rhodes, called Antony Mel a golo a. man unkind to God and to man, he was of birth and evil of conditions and living, the wh ich be fo re through evil and unthriftfulnEss had brou g ht h!mself to poverty. man thought and i magin Ed by hIS subtle WIt a many to betray and put into destruction hiS own country And th e refore he di lige nt ly and p:ivily in city of Rhodes all t he pl a ce s defensl.ble and mdefenslble and port r ayed a nd printe d them m a pa per and bore the said portr ait ure a nd paper to the city of Constant inople and an o n aft er he showed it to the gr e ltest captain of the Turk and gave him great comfort that he should put in his mind and dispose himself to the destruction and c apt ivi ty of Rhodes. And so did another false rene ga te ca lled Damitrius Sopheano the which after t h e capti vity a nd destruction of the city of Negropont renounced a nd forsook the faith of Christ and we nt to the Turk Th is Demitrius aforetime had dwelt in Rhodes, and had b ee n a mbassador from the Turk to th e Rhodians, under a faint and colour to desire peace.

Also after the space of three years which were spen t and occupied in th e councilling of these works and th a t t had been shown that they might come to th ei r intent, t he aforesaid captain was well pleas ed, to which alsf) m any other renegates had given by div ers means c o uncil a nd comfort.

But among them all the afor e said Ant o n y sa id and affirmed that a grelt part of the walls of the city of Rh o des was old and in decay, and that there were bu t fc: w m e n of defence in the city and also they lackec victuals, a nd that they could not have in time of need help of Christ ian kings, for they were too far from them.

And all this was granted and for certain a ffi rmed by Demitrius and his fellow renegates.

And so with their false comfort, it was thought necess a ry tothe partyofthe Turk to ordain the engines and instruments for the siege of Rhodes. In what time that th ese things were thought and councilled in Constan tinople amon g the Turk and his council.

(To be con tinued)

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Great Western Railway.

T he second round of the Gr eat Western Railway

C o mp e titions took place towards the end of March at B irmin gha m a nd BrIStol, where th e teams securing first p la c e in bo th A d vanced and B eginners Classes in each of t h e se ve nt ee n divisions (i e " thirty -fo ur teams in all) were reduc ed to th e following ei ght teams, which will compete in the final round on May 1st at Paddington.

P osition Team. Marks Swindon 103

2 f Birmingham }

l Afonwen 190

4 * Cardiff Newtown ] 85

5 Gloucester I80 !

6 * Cefu Coed J 74 i

7 Newport, Dock Street J 69 i

8 Alexandra Dock , Newport 16 3

(* Indicat e s teams in Beginners' Class)

It will b e se e n that these eight t eams include uo fewer than fi ve from th e Principality of Wales, and that two of th e se Welsh finalist teams, Cardiff Newtown and Cefu Co e d , a r e from the Beginners' Class. This sp eaks well for the st andard of first aid knowledg e and teaching of recruits to the m o vement. Thp. Cardiff Newtown team, by virtue of their position in the semi -fi nal contests, become the holders of the "Henry Butt " Challenge Bowl, awarded a nnually to the best Beginners' team on the system. The

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trophy will be presented on the occasion of the final competition.

The Rt. Hon. Viscount Churchill, G C.V.O, Chairman of the Great Western Railway and President of the G.W.R. Ambulance C e ntre, distributed competition prizes and other ambulance awards to members of th e Swindon classes on April 3rd at the Mechanics Institute. The occasion was a smoking concert, and a large and enthusiastic gatherIng assembled under the chairmanship of Mr. C. B. Collett (chief mechanical engineer) Churchill was accompanied by Mr. J. F. Lean (:l.SSlStant to the General Manager), and many ([flcers of the Company were present, as were also Mr. R. Mitchell Banks, K. c., M P , Aldermnn R. Evans, Mayor of Swindon, M 3jor G. Rodway Swinhoe, Dr. T. P Berry and D:. W S. Wood.

The awards included gold medals and bars for 15 and 20 years' ambulance efficiency respectively, and a presentation consisting of a walking stick, was made to Dr. W. S. Wood on behalf of the Swindon station class which he has instructed.

Mr. Churchill referred to the ambulanc e movem e nt as being the nearest possibl e approach to Christianity. It was one of the noblest occupations which could be taken up by any human being, and by the knowledge the mem bers of the classes acquired they were able to h e lp their pal, or even their enemy.

A presentation of awards to members of the Gloucester ambulance class was made at a concert held at the Spread Eagle Hotel recently by Mr. C. E. Gardner (exMayor), wnen Mr S. Morriss (divisional supt.) presided. Mr. Morris referred to the number of trophies available for competition in the Gloucester Division, and to the fact that the Gloucester ambulance team had qu a lified for the G W.R Fmal Competition.

A presentation consisting of a gold hunter watch, together with a wristlet watch for his wife, was made to Mr. J. c. Lane (divisional ambulance secretary) from ambulance workers in the Gloucester Division A gold medal (15 years' effici e ncy) and five gold bars (20 years' efficiency) were among the awards present ed.

At th e Royal Oak Hotel, Chester, Mr. J. R. Morris (divisional supt.) presided over a gathering of ambulance workers in the Chester Division recently, and was supported by Dr. Lees, Mr. Blundell (divisional engineer), Mr. J. A. Harper (district goods manager), and other officers of the Company.

Mr. Morris spoke of the Importance of ambulance work and the interest taken in its furtherance by the chairman and directors of the Company. He referred especially to the old ironclads of the movement in the Chester Division, and particularly to Mr. J. H. Abrahams, of Shifnal, who was to receive a gold ba r for 20 years' efficiency Dr. Lees, donor of the" Dr. Lees" Challenge presented his trophy to Mr. G. A. Ellwood, the WlOner.

The other awards included gold for 15 years' efficiency to 12 members, the" Frank Bib1Y" Ambulance Challenge Shield to the Birkenhead team , the b est advanced team in the Chester divisional competition, and prizes to each mem ber of the team, also second prizes to members of the Chester and Birkenhead locomotive team. In th e Beginners' section first and second prizes were presented to the Birkenhead Carriage and Wagon and Shifnal teams respectively.

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Ambulance workers in the - G.W.R. Worcester Division, recently met in the Public Hall, Worcester, to receive their comp Etition and examination awards at the hands of the Rt. Hon. J. W. Wilson, a director of the Company. Among the classes represented were those from Worcester, EVEsham, Ledbury, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, B e wley and Hon e ybourne.

Mr H. C. Rodda (locomotive supt.) presided, supported by local officers of the Company, Dr. A. O. Holbeche (examiner) and Mr. W. J. Waite (divisional secretary) Two gold medals were awarded for 15 years' efficiency. Competition priz es were awarded to the successful teams in the re cent divisional ambulance contests, and the" Kilbourne Kay" Challenge Shield, for advanced work, was presented to the Kidderminster team, the" Kilbourne Kay" Challenge Cup, a second trophy recently given by Mr. W. Kiltourne K a y for Beginners' teams, being awarded to to the Worcester Locomotive Shops team.

The Mayor of Weymouth recently distributed ambulance awards at the Queen s Hall, when an enthusiastic gath e ring assembled, presided over by Mr H. R. Griffiths. C o uncill or Peatty was accompanied by the Mayor e ss, and man y local officers of the Company were pres e nt. Mr. A. H VlDes ( class secr etary) read his r e port on th e work of the class at Weymouth, and paid a tribute t o th e valued assist a nce of Dr du Boulay, who had acted a s instructor for som e 26 years.

Before pres e nting t he awards, the Mayor assured the mem b e rs that the work of the G. W , R. ambulance men was fully appreciat e d among the townspeople. A suit -case was given, on b e half of th e class, to th e secretary, Mr. Vines.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

MA R C H , 1925.

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

Lady Perrott, R R C., Lady S upt in Chief N urs ing_Corps and Div isions, has been appointed to act temporarily as Lady District Supt.

TO BE DISTRIOT OFFIOER.

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Herbert John Vick, 30.3. 25

TO BE LADY DISTRICT OFFIOER.

No 1 DI STRI CT

Mrs. Eli zabeth Sarah M cCaff rey, 16 3. 2 5

TO BE OORPS OFFIOER.

No.2 DI ST R IC T.

Heywoo;:l Trott, C ity of B ristol Corps (County of Gloucester )

31.3-2 5 Charles Warr, City of Bristol Corps ( Count y of Gloucester ), 34. 2 5

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NO.5 DI STRI CT

Herbert Leaf, Scunthorpe and Distri c t Corps, 7.3- 2 5

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DI STRICT

John A. A. P. Scott, M.R.C.S., L.R C.P ., N o 91 (Totten ham Gas ) Division, 27 .3 25

Douglas Russell M.R.C .S " L.R ,C. P " No. 29 (Ea st Waltham stow ) DlVIslOn, Walth a mstow and Di s tr ic t Cor ps , 10_3. 2 5

N O.3 WE ST ERN) DI STRIC T

James Norman Wheeler, Rugby Nurs ing Di vi sion , War wic kshire Corps, 3° .3 -25

NO 4 DI STR ICT.

Geor g e \ Voodyatt Proctor, M.B., M.R.C S. L.R.C P , D.P.H., Brymay D ivis on Liverpool Corps, 18.3- 25

Walter Mitchell M artin, M.B., Ch . B Hasl ingden Cor ps , 27 3. 25

N o 5 DI ST RI CT

Bernard Hart, M.S,R., L.M S S A., Armthorpe D ivisi on 26,3 2 5

Alfred Le s e Clare Harrop, M .B , Ch .B., Bu rley K ir k st a ll a nd Headin gley Div ision, Leeds Corp s, 9 } 25

John Nicolson, M.B., Ch.B , Hart ington Coll iery D ivisio n, Staveley Corps, ] 8 3. 25

Ernest Ewart, L .R.C.P I., L.R .C.S.I , L. M., H ud d ersfield Nursing Divis ion, H udders fi eld Corps , 28. 2 25

William S impson, M. n. , Ch B Os sett N urs ing Division, Dewsbury and Distri ct Co r ps, 193.25

John Cecil Hall inan, M R. C S L. R.C P. , Rotherha m N ur sing D ivision, Rotherham Co rps, 26.32 5

N o. 8 DI ST R IC T

John Robinson, M.B., Ch.B ., Canter b ury D ivi sio n, 29.325

Cecil John Rogerson, M B., B.S , M R.C S " L. R C.P , Ca n te rbury Di v is ion, 29 .3. 25

Thomas John Nicholl, F.R C.S I., D ..P. H., Do ver D ivisio n , 4·}2 5

James Grimoldby, L. M.S.S.A , G ra vesend a nd N ort hfle et D ivision, 25 .2.2 5

NO.1 I DI STR ICT

Bernard Richardson Bill ing s, i\I. R.C.S ., L.R.C ,P , F ol ke s ton e Div is ion, 26 2.2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

N o 2 DI ST R I CT.

Ambulance Officer :Myron R ic hard F a ir, Lysa ght D iv ision , City of Bristol Corps, 3 1. 3 25

Ambulance Officer Alfred N orr is h, Stoke Giff ord Di visio n, City of Bristol Corps 13 3 25

NO.4 DI ST RICT.

Henry Fenton, Thornton-le-Fylde D ivision, 9.3. 25

NO.5 DI ST RI CT

Walter Criddle, Armthorpe Divis io n, 26.3 2 5

Charles Evans, Askern D ivis ion, Den a by Mai n Co r ps, 26.3 25

Re g inald Lees, Newstead Coll iery D ivi s ion, 18.3.25

NO. 6 DISTRICT

Ambulance Officer Mark Teasda le, Spenn ymoor D ivision, Mid-Durham Corps , 4-4 25

No. D IST RI CT

Sergt. George Jordan, Folkestone D ivisi on, 11.}2 5

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.2 D ISTR ICT.

Lady Ambulan ce Offic er Miss Mi lli cent Ma:-y Gra ham -Smi th, Southampton urs ing D ivisi on, Sou t hampton Corps, 19.3. 2 5

NO. 3 ( W ESTER N ) DI STRICT

Mrs. Netta McMaster, Rugby Nur si ng D ivi s ion , Warwick s hir e Corps, 30. 3. 25

NO.4 DI STR IC T

Lady Ambulan ce O.ffic er Mart h a Alice Ash worth, Rawtenstall NurSIn g D ln s lon, 9.3. 25

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Miss Alice Jane Buckle, Rotherham Nursing Division, Rotherham Corps, 26.325

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

WIlliam Thomas Seach, No. 19/ 5 Division, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 24.325

Sergt. George Addison Little, No. 83 (Northern Heights) Divis:on,24 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Cpl. Thomas Sharples, Middleton Division, 27.3. 2 5

Arthur Vernon, Armthorpe Divi.,ion, 26.3.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

William Henry Harvey, Askern Division, Denaby Main Corps, 26 3 2 5

Staff Sergt. George Shelbourne Davies, Askern Division, Denaby Main Corps, 26.3.25

Corpl. Richard Orman, Blrstall Divl3ion, Dewsbury and District Corps, 17.3 25

Corpl. J Thompson Johnson, Burley, Kirkstall and Headingley Division, Leeds Corps, 9.3.25

Arthur Rawley, Hemsworth Division, Pontefract Corps, 19.3. 2 5

Leonard Herber:t Rickett, Newstead Colliery Division, 18.3. 2 5

Sergt. J ames Robert Saunders, South Division, Brig house Corps, 19.3.25

No.6 DISTRICT.

Corpl. Frank Ketchen, Hebburn Division, 14.3.25

Sergt. Squire Ambrose Hadfield, Spennymoor Division, MidDurham Corps, 4 425

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Albert John Cuff, Parkstone D; v ision, 13 325 No. I DI STR ICT.

Sergt. Edward Henry Woodley, Reading Division, 26 3

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFICER. NO .2 DISTRI CT

Miss Winifred Maud Seargeant, Bath Nursing Division, 4.3. 2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Elsie Cooke, Denaby Main Nursing Division, Denaby Main Corps, 14 3.2 5

Mrs. Li zz ie Chattell, Denaby Main Nursing Division, Denaby Main Corps, 143.25

Miss Rachel Ann Thornton, Eccleshill Nursing Division, Bradford Corps, 14.325

Miss Alice vVJldegarde Eva Meysey-Thompson, Harrogate Nursing Division, I4 3.25

Mrs. Florence Hamer-Russell, Ranmoor Nursing Division, 173 2 5

Miss Ethel Mary Garrard, Rotherham Nursing Division, Rotherham Corps, 26.325

Mrs. Maria Saunders, Worsboro' and District Nursing Division, 143.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ma.rion Gilberry, Parkstone Nursing Division, 23.3 2 5

MISS Altce E. Andrews, London Bridge Nursing Division 27.3 2 5

TO B& TRANSPORT OFFIOER. NO .6 DISTRICT.

William O'Hagan, Hebburn Division, T4.3,25

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

No. 4 DISTRICT.

Miss Ada Margaretta vVhite, Chester Hursing Division, 5.3. 2 5 No. 5 DISTRICT.

Miss Ethel Brown, Bradford Tramways Nursing Division, Bradford Corps, 263 ,25

NO·9 DISTRICT.

Miss Lilian Blanche Lever, Parkstone Nursing Division, 233. 2 5

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TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Katharine Jessie Stanley, Portsmouth Cadet Nursing DivisIOn, 9.325

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Dora Louie Ward, Spencer Cadet Nursing Division, Northampton Corps, 20.3.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Gertrude Hammerton, Worsboro' and District Cadet Nursing Division, 26.3,25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Miss Sylvia Gowan, Willington Quay and H.Jwdon Cadet Nursing Division, North Tyneslde Corps, 14.325

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT-MAJOR.

Sergt. Edward West, Leeds Corps, 63.25

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer M. Fowler, No. 20 (Hampstead) Division, 24.3 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss S. Whitehead, Newton and Newmills Nursing Division, 12.3.25

Lady Supt. Miss Chippendale, Padiham Nursing Division, 25.3 2 5

No.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer N. Yeats, Addison Colliery Division, Stella Coal Co. Corps, 27.325

RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Surgeon and Supt. David Moodie, Aldridge DiviSIOn, 27.3.25

Lady Supt. E. J. Smith, Erdington Nursing Division, Birmingham Corps, 16.325

NO.4 DISfRICT.

Supt. George Taylor, Padiham Division, 25.3.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. C. White, Denaby Main Nursing Division, 12,325

Corps Officer McNally, Pontefract Corps, 12 ,32 5

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Supt. G. Richardson, Woodhorn Division, Ashington Coal Co. Corps, 12.3.2 5

Lady Supt. Mrs. Arrowsmith, South Shields Nursing Division, 16.3. 2 .5

No. 8 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Sutton, Redhill and Reigate Nursing Division, 17,3,25

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Ambul.a?ce Officer Miss E. E. Rogers, Falmouth Nurs109 DIVISIon, 24.325

No. I DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss W. E. Pugh, London Bridge Nursing Division, 1.4.25

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

No. S6N (Tottenham and Edmonton) Nursing Division, 5.3.25

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Irchester Nursing Division 23,2.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lytham St. Annes No. I Division, 18.325

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Dearne Valiey Division, Huddersfield Corps, 31.I2.24

OADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Chadderton Cadet Division, 25.3 2 5

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NO.5 DISTRICT.

Shipley Cadet Division, 26.3.25

Worsboro' and District Cadet Nursing Division, II.J25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Ipswich Cadet Nursing Division, 18,3.25

DIVISIONS RE-NAMED_

No. 4 DISTRICT.

B.A T. Division, Liverpool Corps, to be "B.A.T. and Kirkdale Division," 25.3.25

DIVISIONS DIS BAN .DED.

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Stourbridge Nursing Division, 6.425

NO.4 DISTRI(;T.

Manchester Special Constables. Headquarters Division, 30.3.25 " " "North East " " ,. " "South ""

Moss Hall Coal Co. Division, 30.3.25

Prescot Division, 30 3.25

Sedgley Division, 30.].'25

Crawshawbooth Nursing Division, 30.325

Blundellsands Nursing Division, 30.3.25

Hapton Nursing Division, 30.3,25

Read Nursing Division, 30.3.25

Sedgley Nursing Division, 30.3 25

St. Austens Nursing Division, 30.3.25

Ansdell Nursing Division, 30.3.25

Bredbury Nursing Division, 30.3.25

NO.5 DISTKICT.

Houghton-Ie-Spring Cadet Division, 17.3.25

DEATHS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

(R) Ambulance Officer N. Woodhouse, Bacup Division, 21.3. 2 5

Lady Supt. Miss B. Collinson, M.B.E " A.RR,C., Kendal Nursing Division, 27.3,25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer J. Howell, Hull Corps, 15-4-25

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distric.t. COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. MAY, 1925.

May 3rd-No. 90 Division, Erith Oil Works.

" loth-No. 91 " Tottenham Gas Works.

" 17th-No. " St. John's Gate. " 24th-No.2" Haggerston.

" 3 I st-N o. 4 " Ley ton and Leytonstone. Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

D.O.747 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

The undermentioned periods of duty have been undertaken by the Brigade :-Weeks ending Saturdays-June 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, July 4th, August 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, October 10th, 17th, 24th, 3 1st Hours of attendance for No. District will be 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 6 p.m. to I I p.m. Members attending for duty will be allowed I s. towards out of pocket expenses and up to IS. 6d. for travelling. The duty will be carried out in a similar way to last year, but the number required daily has been considerably

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reduced. More suitable accommodation for use as Brigade Headquarters and by the members attending for duty is being found near the Main Ambulance Station, and South West entrance. Special daily passes to admit members at any of the Staff entrances to the Exhibition will be issued to them.

Off!.ce.rs !n Charge of. and Nursing Divisions are agatn to help With thiS lmportant duty, and will they please notlfy the Public Duty Officer at St. John's Gate, of the number of five hour periods of duty-stating time and datesthat can be undertaken by their Divisions. From Monday 1st June to Saturday 4th July (if required).

In view of the Daily Pass System instituted for this season It would considerably facilitate the arrangements if could possibly undertake to definitely provide for one or more duties for a week or longer periods. N.C.O. ' s and men must wear haversacs and waterbottles and have their fully equipped. All other stores and equipment will be prOVided at the B.E.E. Applications for the June period of duty must be forwarded on or before Saturday, 2nd May in the case of Ambulance Divisions to Captain Gerhold, St. John s Gate, E.C., and tbe Nursing Di vi sions to Lady District Officer Miss Rideout, I, Sloane Gardens, S.W,I.

D.0.750 EFFICIENCY CUP COMPETITION.

Applications for entry forms may be made at once to District Officer Sydney J. Tarren, at St. John s Gate, E.C.I. This Competition will be held on Saturday afternoon 13th June, in the grounds of the Merchant Taylor's Schools, Charterhouse Square, by kind permission of Dr. Arbuthnot Nairn (if wet, in the school hall). All ranks of No. District are r.ordially invited to attend. Entries must be in by 1st May.

CADET COMPANIES.

Officers and Members in Charge of Divisions are reminded that this movement is making very little headway in No. I District.

As Cadet Companies will form an excellent source for recruiting it is strongly urged upon Supts. and Officers in Charge of Divisions to use their best efforts to form Cadet Companies in connection with their Divisions.

Regulations as to formation etc., of Cadet Companies both Am bulance and Nursing, will be found on page 62 of the Official Regulations.

All communications on this subject should be addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of the Area concerned, marked " Cadet."

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt·sst·oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending news paper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

The Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, Lady Perrott, RR.C., inspected the Balham and Streatham Nursing Division on March 20th, at the Divisional Headquarters. The Assistant Commissioner for the Southern Area, Dr. McIntyre, L.RC.P., together with the Divisional Surgeon, Dr. Benham, M.D., and the Lady Superintendent, Miss Law, M.B.E., received her.

On Saturday, March 28th, Competitions took place at St. John's Gate for the Osborn Shield, Sleath Gent Cup, and the Nursing Challenge Bowl.

The winner of the Shield was the No. 20 Hampstead Division. Sleath Gent Cup, Private Dean of the No. 46 Ilford Division. Nursing Challenge Bowl, Miss M. Rodick, No. 14 Craig's Court Nursing Division.

The Judges were:-Assistant-Commissioner Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Brooks, M,D., Assistant-Commissioner, Dr, N. Corbet Fletcher, Dr. Golingwood Andrews, Captain A. B. Brook, Dr. Mary Blair, Dr. T. Pearson, and Dr. S. Blackwell.

At the close of the Competitions the Commissioner called upun Dr. Sam Osborn, the Veteran Donor of the Shield, who

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was formerly Chief Surgeon of the London District. He then presented the Shield to the representative of the Hampstead Division, and made a short speech, full of interesting reminiscences of his connection \\lith Brigade and Association work in the early days of the movement.

A Vote of Thanks to the Judges and Assistants was accorded.

No. 4 District.

NORTH MANCHESTIl:R D1VISION.-On March 7th the North Manchester Ambulance and Nursing Divisions held their Fourth Annual poor children s treat, 300 of these less fortunate little ones sat down to tea at 5 p.m" and it was a very impressive sight to see their smiling faces when they observed the tables which were filled with sandwiches, cakes, jellies, &c., which had been provided by the members and their friends.

No. 6 District.

OFFICERS' CONFERENCE AT HULL.- The officers and members of the Brigade in the district who journeyed to Hull for the Conference on the 28th ult. are unanimous in their appreciation of the hospitality extended to them by their Hull confreres on that occa'5ion when over 100 representatives attended.

The plOceedings opened with a civic reception by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs. A. Digby Willoughby. The Lord Mayor freely acknowledged that the Corporation of Hull had frequently had good cause to be proud of the excellent body of voluntary ambulance workers. Hull was early a strong outpost.in the first aid movement and it still numbered in its nursing divisions one of the oldest in the country.

Under the presidency of the Acting Commissioner, Major A. Hammersley Johnston, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.RC.P., who was supported by Major 1-'. G. Darvil Smith, C.B.E., Brigade Secretary, the conference dealt with numerous items concerning and the general activities of the Brigade, particularly III regard to the establishment of medical comforts

The War Offi,ce for t.he formation of voluntary aId detachments, mobIle and lmmobJle, was also explained in detail by Major Dar v il Smith.

Assistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton made an interest ing statement regarding a handsome trophy which Mr. Coroner John. of I?urham, had generously promised for the promotIOn of Illterest III ambulance work in that county. The trophy would be open for competition by any team engaged industrially in the county.

At. officers' dinner held later in the evening, Acting CommISSioner A. Hammersley Johnston presided over about 150 ambulance and nursing officers and guests. He waS supported by Major P G. Darvil Smith, C.B.E., Major A. J. Atkmson, M.B.E. (C haIrman of the Hull Centre), Councillor Herbert Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, the Chief Comtable of and Mrs. Woods, the Rev. C. F. Ayerst (vicar of Holy Trlmty, Hull), and other guests, as well as by the Assistant Commissioners and Diotrict Officers.

Prop osing the toast of the "Civic Authorities," Assistant COn:aJlssloner Stanley Embleton expressed his great satisfaction. that the work of the Brigade in Hull was so well recogmsed and by the Corporation of that City. It was the duty of all bodIes to encourage the first aid work of the Bngade. 1D .vlew ?f the stress of cIVilisatIOn WIth tram of aCCIdents and he suggested It would be greatly benefi Cial to the public if the Hull Police Force would the example of Gateshead and organise an ambulance dIVISIon as part of the Brigade. The Lord Mayor SUitably responded.

In replying the toast of the Order of St. John, Major P. G.. D.arv!l Smith, O.B E., said he thought many people were Illclmed to look upon the Order in an hislOrical light rather than as a v mle body whose activities extended all over the world. He gave sta tist.ics regarding the present strength of the Brigade, and he mdlcated the steps which was being taken to ensure good prospects of future recruiting.

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Assistant Commissioner F. P. Wilson, J.P. (Middlesbro'), in a gallant little speech proposed the toast of the "Ladies," to which Lady Corps Supt., Mrs. C. Harrison generously responded.

The following morning (Sunday), the delegates to the Conference and the members of the Hull Corps took part in a Church Parade at Holy Trinity Church, where there was a large attendance, and the smart appearance of all ranks received much favourable comment. The active presence on parade of the West Hull Excelsior Silver Band which is ever ready and willing to assist the Brigade, added considerable brightness to the proceedings.

Hull folks are proud of their ancient parish church of Holy Trinity, and they have good reason tu be. Its five hundredth dedication festival was held only a few weeks ago. It is one of the largest parish churches in England and has many charming and distinctive architectural features. The Vicar took for his text Matthew ix. 36 "moved with compassion." The spirit of love for one's fellow man, have in action, he said, was well exemplified in the work of the members of St. John, whose uniform was so well known. They had a long and honoured history. Many things had changed since the first hospi tal was founded in Jerusalem. They had now no actual military or naval forces although they could not altogether dissociate themsel ves from the old historical deeds of arms. Their work to-day was not built upon the destructive forces of fleets and arms, but on the constructive basis of love, and was for the Glory of God and for the welfare of their fellow creatures.

ASHINGTON.-Corps Supt. A. K Halliday presided at the annual dinner of the ambulance units of the Ashington Coal Company's Corps, when nearly one hundred guests were present. He was supported by Mr. Ridley Warham, managing director of the Coal Company whose practical interest in the welfare of miners is recognised as being a good deal more than local, and also by Captain Pumphrey, a director. In mentioning some of the manifold social a c tivities of a mining community which a Company such as his was proud to acknowledge to associate itself with, and to encourage, Mr. Warham alluded to the Company's special interest in ambulance work for which a new hall would shortly he hoped be a\'ailable. He referred with much sympathy to the increasing number of collieries which it had not been possible to continue working owing to present-time market conditions, and he expressed the hope that times could not always remain as black as they appeared at present. He strongly urged however that those without employment would not stand idly and lazily by, but by continuing to. ambulance knowledge and by occupylllg theIr time by ImprovlDg themselves physically and mentally they would not only reflect honour upon their calling but when the world wanted their goods they would return to work with greater usefulness and advantage to the community.

Dr. Pallett of Newcastle spoke of the high efficiency he had experienced in the Ashington competition teams and he was glad to learn there was likely to be yet keener interest taken by the Ashington Divisions in the District Competitions next year.

After various presentations and tokens of appreciation from members of instructional classes had been made the remainder of the evening was spent in harmony which was supplied by the local members of the brigade.

finals of the Brigade competitIons 10 the District thIS year were held in the Cowan Terrace schools, Sunderland by kind permission of the Chief Education Officer, on the 21st ultimo, where a large gathering of ambulance members and spectators assembled.

District Silver Championship Challenge Shield competitIOn, the team test for which was so excellently stage-managed by the Judg-e, Corps-Surgeon Pallett ann his able assistants. The following was the test ;"You are returning home from an ambulance competition when a semi-hysterical woman rushes out of a house and tells you her husband has fallen and nearly killed himself."

Scene :-A fireplace, on the fire is a kettle of boiling

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water. By the fireplace is a man, his left side resting on the fender, his left hand near a pool of water by which lies an overturned saucepan. A pair of steps also lies near.

On the mantlepiece is a pint pot and a dessert spoon and other objects. In a cupboard in the house is lint, wool, bi-carbonate of soda, boric ointment, scissors, teapot, hotwater bottle, towel, etc.

The entrants were the holders of the bronze shields for Northumberland, Durham, and the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire respectively, and the marks awarded including those for individual work which was judged by Dr. MacPherson of Sunderland are as follows ;-

Horden Colliery, Division ]80

Carl Division, Ashington, Northumberland ]71

Eston, N. & E. Riding, Yorks 130

The members of the winning team were presented with silver medal.

The Gibbon Bowl competition which was judged was Dr. O'Kelly of Boldon Colliery and Colonel Todd of Sunderland, resulted as follows ;-

Gateshead Police, Durham 225

Woodhorn, Northumberland 198

Eston, N. & E. Riding, Yorks 163

The members of .he winning team each recei ved silver medals, and the second team was awarded the five district staff silver cups to be held for one year.

The C. B. Palmer Challenge Trophy which is open only to bona fide miners who are efficient members of the Brigade in the district resulted as follows: -

Carl (Ashington) Northumberland 26 3

Horden Colliery, Durham 25 8

Dr. Dougall, of Dunston, Gateshead, judged this competition. The members of the winning team each recei v ed silver medals.

The tests in this competition were of a simple rather than of a complicated nature, and were designed to bring out resource and practical common-sense rather than book knowledge. Both teams, however, showed a reluctance to depart from the stereotyped phraseology of the manual and a lack of freedom and imagination in grasping, coping with, and utilising the general surroundings.

The two teams in this competition were very evenly matched, and they also met in the District but the slightly better team through an unfortunate slip falled to collect the Palmer trophy in addition to the shield.

The Bardon Challenge Cup, open to Nursing Di vi sions in the district was competed for by the holders of the county nursing trophies in each county. Dr. James Anderson, M.A., M.D., RA.M.C. (T.), and Matron Amour, of Sunderland, were the Judges. The marks obtained by the competing teams are as follows ;-

Armstrong Whitworth, N orthumberland 189 Young People s Institute, Hull ... 17 1 Darlington, Durham... 164t

The members of the winning teams were each presented with prizes. The Mayoress of J. S. presented the various trophIes and prizes to the reCIpIents, 10 acknowle(ging a vote of thanks, expressed the town s general appreciation of the valuable work done the ambulance and nursing divisions, and congratulated the of the prIzes. To mark the occasion she was presented WIth a copy of Colonel King's History of the Order St. John in The captains of the teams taking III the final c?r:tJpetltlons reaching that stage throug h com.petltlOns were also each presented with a copy of that The Judges were thanked for theIr servIces by A.sslstant Commissioner Embleton, and Dr. O'Kelly ably replIed, expressing the general willingness on the part of doctors to help on humanitarian work wherever they were able

Miss E. M. H. Storey, O.B.E., Lady District after congratulating the successful teams, spoke of the lmp?rtance of those competitions as one of th.e mear:s of e.nablin.g ambulance and nursing divisions to gam effiCiency III their work.

.' 1 d Without efficiency they were of little practlca use, an

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she hoped that as many as possible of the distr ict units would enter and take part in next year s competitions.

Miss Storey also drew attention to the depots established by some ambulance and nursing divisions for the supply of medical comforts to those in need during illness, and expressed the hope that each unit would show its practical interest in the work of the Order by establishing one of such depots.

Assistant Commissioner Embleton announced that this year the Robert Anderson Cup which was awarded to the Division in the District which was co nsidered the best all round, efficient, and most keenly alive would go to the N ewcastle and Gateshead Gas Company s Division, last year s holders (Sunderland Di vi sion ) again being in very close competition with them for this honour.

No. 8 District.

RO CHESTE R.- This article is written solely with a view of helping and encouraging any other Divis io n who may find themselves placed in the same position as our D iv s io n found themselves placed in, and it will serve to illustrate what can be accomplished (when things seem almost hopeless ) by perseverance, keenness, and hard work At the end of September, 1923, a former Division of some 40 stron g had g raduall y dwindled down to 9 remainin g members wit h a bank balance of about £6. Consequently we were fa ced with disbandonment but those 9 still remaining members did not los e heart or gi ve up hope. It meant something drast ic be ng done if we were still to survive. We did not only survive, but we won through and out of the ashes of the o ld division we had the satisfaction to see rise up a new keen Division, which at the end of 18 months work tDtalled a number of 60 members. This was indeed gratifying-but still better things were in store for us. We were approached to commerlce a first aid class for women which we did, and the result of that effort is that to-day Rochester is the proud possessor of a nursin g division of 21 members.

Wi th our small bank balan ce as a foundation we set abo ut raising funds for equ ip ment and uniform, and by various ways and methods we ha ve now 45 mea:bers out of the 60 in full uniform. The history of this re viv al makes in teresting re"lding and here comes the part that should gi ve help and encoura g ement to any other di "ision who may be struggling for existence.

After careful thought we decided to laun c h a b ig recru iting rally, We flooded the towns with posters and appealing for recru its. The mayor was most sympathetiC and placed a fine hall at our disposal for a also took the chair himself. W e also asked the CommiSSIOner of N o. 8 D istrict, Dr. Vernon Davies, 1\1 , P ., if he would corn e and address the meeting-this he gladly co nsented to do. The result was that we had a packed meet ing and had 51 names given in as being willing to attend a first aid class commencing the following week. Many of these on obtalDmg their certificate joined the di vi sion. then we have cor: tinuously had first aid classes runmng, as soon a s one IS finished we start another and from each of these classes we invariably recru it some new members. Our medical officer, Dr. W. H. Vincent is keen, and so are als') the other officers and n .c.o.'s members of the old Division who instruct the classes in the practical work, as the follow ing results will

During the last 15 months we have had II7 aI d certificates ( male and female ), 40 home nursmg c ert Ificat E'S, and 12 members have sat for r e -examination, and during that time we had only 3 failed in first aid, and 2 failed in home nursing.The Di v ision has also been the means of training the City of Rochester Police Force in F rst Aid! and 36 me m bers of that Force have taken their wlt.h us. Not only that, but the very h apples.t relatJ?ns eXIst between ourselves-the Pol ice and the 10 fact a re all one big family, each branch worklOg Ill respectIve for the good of the public. The Corporation IS most sympatnetl c in our work and have granted us the use of a fine hall, with light and heating free. We, however, realise all these wonderful results could not have been achieved III su c h

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a short space of time except by keenness and hard work. The men of the Division are keen, and when I add that 427 Public Duties were performed during 1924. That will speak for itself. They come out every Saturday to patrol the streets from 6 till la, in case of (s treet accidents, and in many other ways, willingly give up their time for the public service

1£ I can be of any assistance or help to any other DIvIsion struggling for existence, my experience is at their service, to help them or organise their Division, surely no Division was under a darker cloud than we were in September, 1923. To those who are down -hearted I say, don't give up hope, try again.

My address, if I can be of any service, is Ambulance Officer A. Cole, Division Secretary, C ity of Rochester Division, St. Winifred's, Rochester.

HASTINGS.-On Saturday, March 14th, the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, Lady Perrott, RRC., inspected the Brigade Nursing Home and Nursing Division at Hastings. She was accompanied by Lady District Supt. Mrs. Falwasser, and was received by the Count:y Surgeon, Dr. the Honorary Treasurer of the Hospital, the Lady DIVIsIOnal Supt., Miss Bates, and the Sister in Charge.

The Lady Superintendent in Chief, after inspecting the work of the Nursing Divis on and the Cadet Corps, addressed the members and expressed her great satisfaction at the splendid work which has been done by the hospital and especially referred to the pleasure it gave her to see a large Cadet Corps.

After giving a very interesting account of the ancient history of the Order, the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief urged everyone to join a Voluntary Aid Detachment, and gave full information as to the new scheme with regard to V.A.D , work. Two members present had already vo lunteered to join as Mobile members, one of these being desirous of a Naval Hospital.

The and Officers. en.tertained the Lady Supenntendent-m-C hlef and Lady DistrIct Superintendent, Mrs. Falwasser to dmner at the close of the Inspection.

No. 10 District.

I!,S'v'dCH,- The annual competition for the Gippeswyk DIVISional Challenge Cup took place at the Ambulance Hall Samuel Road, IpswIch on Friday, March 13th when four faced the judge (Divisio nal Surgeon Dr. A. Cloudesley Smith F.R C.S (E.)).

The leaders of the squads were Sergeant J. H. Brett, Corporals G. Lucas, C. J. Clark and F. L. Curtis, and after a close figh.t the wmners were declared as Corporal G. Lucas in charge with Corporal F. SquirreJl, Privates P. C. Deaves and F. C. Crane. The judge in presenting the cup to the successful team upon the general all round efficiency of those compettng. Supt. Captain F. H. Gooderham (Res.) supported the DlvlslOnal Supt. F. E. Goddard in extending hearty thanks to Dr Smith for acting as Judge. IS felt at the loss which the Beechholme Nurs mg DIVISion through the death, at the early age of 21 years, of MISS Allce E. V. Keeble.

The deceased had a very enthusiastic ambulance worker and had .part m several competitions, twice being a member of the wmnmg team. The funenl service was held at St. Bartholomew's Ch urch on March 13th and was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. C. T. G. Powell) assisted by the Rev R. K Young. local ambulance cause was represented by many nursmg sIsters with Lady District Officer Miss Bohun Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar, Lady Corps Officer and Lady Supts. Miss Hart (Beechholme) and Ml ss Bmes (Broadwater). Corps Supt. F. E. Nethercoat Sergeant Aldridge, Corporal Pepper, and Messrs. Hawkes and Pulham represented the I pswich Corps.

LOWESTOFT.-The fi.nal results of the classes which have been arranged by the Higher Education Committee are now

issued and show that out of 58 candidates who presented themselves for examination in First Aid only 4 failed to satisfy the examiner. The classes were held with the idea of giving fishermen the opportunity of qualifying under the St. John Ambulance Association as the preliminary to their becoming either a skipper or mate under the Board of Trade rules. The han. surgeon of the Division (Dr. 1- C. Mead ) gave three courses of lectures, and the members of the unit, under the officer-in-charge (Ambulance Officer E. Taylor) voluntarily undertook to give practical instruction. The greatest credit is due to all concerned for the excellent result obtained.

HAVERHlLL.-A church parade was held on Sunday morning, March 22nd, when sixty members of the Brigade, including nurses, men and cadets, all in uniform marched from the new headquarters in Camps Road, to the Old Independent Church, where the service was conducted by the Rev. W. A. Kent Smith, B.D. Amongst those present were County Surgeon T. H. Goodman, Supt. G. S. Scott, Am b. Officer W. Scrivener, Cadet Officer A. Shipp, Lady Supt. R. Ruffle, Lady Amb. Officer E. Wilson, and acting Lady Cadet Officer F. Carter. The lesson was taken from the verse in St. Matthew's Gospel, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." Suitable hymns were chosen for the occasion.

SUFFOLK COUNTY - The first report of the County of Suffolk which has been compiled by the staff, consisting of the Assistant Commissioner ( Dr. S. O. Eades of Ipswich), County Surgeon (Dr. T. H. Goodman of Haverhill) and District Officers (Messrs. W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat of Ipswich) shows that great strides have been made during the past year. An analysis of the returns, as reproduced, for distribution amongst the units in the county is of special interest.

Points worthy of note are the formation of cadets at Haverhill and I pswich. The attendances at the Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital, by the nurses, mean something like 500 hours of real practical work. For a future report, }< elixstowe is promised a motor ambulance, through the services of the District Commissioner ( Dr. J. Hossack) and with the consent of the Home Service Ambulance Committee of the St. John and British Red Cross Society.

A new Division has been started for nurses at Saxmundham with promise of further Divisions at Ipswich and Holbrook. The medical comforts is also a fresh project for all the units, and, at Ha verhill, a motor ambulance purchased by the town together with new Headquarters for the members, both of which innovations may well bf' placed to the credit of the County Surgeon ( I'r. T. H. Goodman). Lowestoft will show good work from the class result referred to above. All these points show that the interest in ambulance work is very keen in Suffolk.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

, fifth dance of the season arranged by Hither Green DlvlsJOn was a success. Prizes were distributed by the Mayoress of Lewlsham. The presence of Commissioner and Mrs. E. A. Richards gave great stimulus to the Divisional workers.

Deal and Walmer Division held its annual dinner in the Masonic Hall, Deal, on Monday, March 2Jrd. With the the a very.enjoyable evening was spent. A pleasmg mnovatlOn was the mclusion of ladies in the function.

The London Divisions met together for dinner at the Kennington, on March 25th. The Commissioner preSided over a large number of members and friends inamongst the latter being Miss Phyllis Broughton VicePreSIdent of the London Bridge Nursing Division, Mr. 'w. J. Pape, M;. and Mrs. Hoyle, Mrs. E. A. Richards, Assistant CommlsslO!ler Hemphrey, and other important personages.

The dmner was followed by an excellent concert un"'er the direction of Mr. Will Deller. J

Chatham Divisional dinner was a joint affair with the other local ambulance men. This took place on March 23th and the large company present was presided over by

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Mayor of Gillingham. Included in the visitors were Sir G. H' Hohler, KC., M.P., Rear-Admiral Supt. P. M. Royds, C.B., C.M.G., Rear-Admiral C. Marsh Beadnell, C.B H. F. Whyman, Alderman H. fl. Cloake, Rev. IJ. ArchIbald, R.N., Supt. W. G. Paramour, Dr. H. J. Hoby, Dr. Henr.lques, Surgeon T. Halliwell, Commissioner E. Rtchards, Dlstnct Officer Hancox. Apologies were received from Mr. A. V. Davies, O.B.E., M.B., M.P., and Dr. A. B. McMaster ( County Surgeon).

was made by Surgeon Rear-Admiral Beadnell to the standard of of the Brigade men, he having come mto close contact WIth the men of the Brigade at the Naval Hospital from time to time.

who apologised for the absence of DaVies of No.8 district, who he knew was unaVOIdably prev ented from attending the function, congratulated present ?n of the Order, on what may be termed a In it was a joint meeting of all ambulance dIVISions m the district. He desired to make known how much he appreciated the cordiality and understanding that existed between the officers of the town and railway as represented by the evening's gathering. and emphaSised the fact that not only did the members of the Brigade give up their time to the work of the Order but were als? pU.ttipg their In their own pockets with' a view to mamtammg and eqUipping the d ivisi ons with the material for the efficient rendering of first aid, and the mamtenance of the motor ambulance which was at the service of the residents in the boroughs of Chatham and Gillingham at all times.

Quite a feature of the evening was the musical entertainment that had been arranged, and the efforts of the artists were with the greatest appreciation. With .th e.cord i.a l existing between the town and railway dIVISIOns m thiS area, there is no doubt as to the efficiency and growth of the ambulance movement in the di strict.

St. John ·V.A.D.'s.

NU MBE R OF O FFICERS NOMINATED FOR ApPOINT MENT COMMANDANTS, to County.

(North Shields) Service Medals and Bars.

ApPROVED BY THE CHAPTER· GENERAL SER VICE MEDALS.

NO.2 DI STRICT

37 2 8 Amy, Sergt H A 3729 Ball, S ergt W H 3730 Dew, Hon Sergt J. 3731 Fair, Amb Offir M R 3732 Foster, Amb Offir C 3733 Hacker, Pte G 3734 Hutton, Div Surg W 3735 Mull.ins Corps Offir W J T 3736 Smart, Sergt J 3738

Tandy, Dlv Supt W 3739 Wallington Sergt A J 3740 Warr Trans Offir C NO.3 DISTRICT.

3741 Flint, Lady D iv Supt B 3742 Harris Div Supt J A No. 4 DI STRICT 3743 Ankers, Arnb Offir A E 3744 Barton, Amb Officer J ·3745 Briggs, Staff Sergt J W 3746 Casson, Cpl A 3747 Cockram, Pte J 3748 Forster, Pte J 3749 Grundy, D IV Supt P 3750 HarbInson, Corps Surg J S 37 5 I Harrop, Staff Sergt A R 3752 Jobe, Pte E W 3753 Marsh, T 3754 Mason, Sergt W 3754 A Parkinson, Pte W H 3755 Sharples, Pte A ... 3756 Tapson, Div Supt C W ... 3757 Turner, Pte H ... 3758 Warburton, Cpl W···3759 Watson, Pte J H NO.5 DISTRICT.

376() Bourne, Sergt W 3761 Horan, Div Surg H W 371)2 Hux!ey, Sergt W 3763 Rhodes, Lady Div Supt E NO.6 DISTRICT

3764 Gardiner, Am b Offir W J NO.8 DISTRICT.

3765 Afrigan, Sergt A NO.9 DISTRICT.

3767 Barry, Asst Comrnr D H 3768 Mill er, Asst Commr HV SER VICE MEDAL BARS. No. DISTRICT.

3 769 Journet, Div Supt A W, ISt. 3786 Warren, Dis Offir, 2nd NO 2 DISTRICT.

377a Hoddle, Sergt H, Ist 3771 Mynard, Pte W J, 1st 3737 Smith, Sergt T G, 1st and 2nd 3772 Sutton, Sergt S, 1st 3773 Wilson, Staff Sergt F, Ist 3787 Coleman, Sergt J W, 2nd 3774 Dyson, Div Supt W, Ist 3788 Miller, Corps Sergt Maj J J 2nd 3789 Powell, Corps Offir J G, 2nd - No. 4 DI STRICT

3775 Bentley. Lady Supt M, Ist. 3776 Braithwaite, Lady Amb Offir H, Ist 3777 Bradley, Staff Sergt F H, Ist. 3778

Clements, Pte W. J, Ist 37 90 Cockrill, Dis Offir W B, 2nd 3791 Done, Corps Offir R C, 2nd 3792 Farrer, Amb Sister H, 2nd 3793 Foster, Amb Sister E, 2nd 3794 Howard, Lady Corps Supt A, 2nd 3779 Parker, Corps Supt A, Ist 3780 Pickles, Lady Div Supt E A, Ist 3781 Pugh, Div Supt W H,

Ist 3794 A Warburton, Supt W, 2nd 3782 Westall, Pte W, 1st 3795 Williamson, Sergt J W, 2nd NO.5 DISTRICT.

37 82 Simpkins A, Div Supt W V, 1st No.6 DISTRICT.

3796 Howell, Corps Offir J, 2nd No.8 DISTRICT.

37 8 3 Hammond Trans Offir F W, rst 3784 Preston, Cpl E L, rst. 3785 Waters, Div Supt E E, 1st No. 10 DISTRICT.

37 85 Hossack. Commr J, Ist 3797 Hawes, Cpl H, 2nd 379 8 Hawes, Pte W, 2nd

L M.S. Loco AMBULANCE CLASS -About 150 members, wives and friends, attended the Ambulance Concert, &c , held at the Cadena Cafe, Bristol, on Saturday, March 28th. A splendid progiamme had been arranged and thIS was th')roughly enjoyed. Mr. W. G. Peet, (District Locomotive Supt), made a very genial chairman, and during the evening presented the awards to the memb!::rs and an inscribed silver mounted umbrella to Doctor J. S. Mather with thanks of the class for the splendid manner in which he had lectured to the members. During the second half of the programme Mr. O. Burton made a surprise presentation of a b:uometer to the Class Secretary Mr. G, Blackshaw and spoke of his hard work, and sacrifice. This was confirmed by Mr. Peet and carried with musical honours. To this Mr. Blackshaw responded and ina few well chosen words thanked them for their beautiful gift and kindly thought,

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade has tioned the following appointments, promotIOns, transfers and resignations during the month of March, 19 2 5 :AUSTRALIA.

Assistant-Commissioner Boles R. Rainsford to be attached to the staff of the Deputy Chief Commissioner, 23· 1.25 NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.

Sister A. B. Parry, A.T.N.A., to be Lady District Officer, 10.1. 2 5

VICTORIA DISTRICT.

Herman Woess to be District Supt. vice H. A. Cannon resigned 13. 1 1.22; Corporal W'. Lyon. be District Malvern N. Division.-Actmg DlVlSlOnal Lady Supt. MISS A. Stevenson to be Lady Divisional Supt., 16.1. 24 CANADA.

ONTARIO DISTRICT.

Canadian Westinghouse Division.- 1st Ambulance Officer

F. N. Alden to be Divisional Supt., 30 .1. 2 5 Port Arthur Central N. Division.-Nursmg Ofttcer Mrs. L. Podd to be Lady Divisional Supt., 15.10 24; 2nd Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. B. Barton to be 1St Lady Ambulance Officer, 15.10.24 INDIA.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Calcutta Nursing Division. -Lady Inspector of Stores

Mrs. Smith to be 2nd Lady Ambulance Officer, 9.9. 24 ; A/S Mrs. M. Hamlyn to be 4th Lady Ambulance Officer NO.3 DISTRICT.

Radiant Club Division.-lst Ambulance Officer G. S. Kothare resigned, 5. 2 2 5 NEW ZEALAND.

Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson to be Patroness of the Nursing Corps and Divisions within New Zealand, 14.1. 2 5 OTAGO DISTRICT.

Dunedin Division.-F. Wiseman to be Acting Divisional Supt. 6.1.25

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

WelllOgton Division.-Pte. F. W. Ward to be Ambulance Officer, 25.924 SOUTH AFRICA.

CAPE PROVINCE DISTRICT.

Constance Williams N. Division.-Miss M. T Armstrong to be Lady Ambulance Officer, r7· 2 2 5 Port Elizabeth Y.W.C.A. Nursing Division.-Miss Tudhope to be Nursing Officer, 26.11.24

Bulfontein Mine Division.--D. J. James to be 1st Ambulance Officer, 19. 2 2 5 Wesselton Mine Division.-C. J. Freeman to be DIVISional Supt. vice G. M. Robinson resigned 6.2.25

NEW DIViSIONS FORMED.

Wothaggi Division, Victoria District, Australia. Registered 24.3.25

DISBANDMENTS.

Gujrati Hindu Division, No 3 District, India. Disbanded 5 3 25 .'

A kl d D" N Hamilton Nursmg DIVISion, uc an lstnct, ew Zealand. Disbanded 28.1. 2 5

\\'hen corresponding with Advertisers please mention "FlratAld."

-FIRST fettet's to the &tiitot'.

We are;" "0 way resp(J"sible lor tlse op;";o,,s expressd., or the stateme"ts made, b, Conespondents.-ElDlTOR.

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SIR,-As a judge in competitions I find it difficult at times to discriminate or single out either the individual or the team who has obtained the highest maximum marks. It arises as most judges will admit, and from experience know, from the men thoroughly understanding their text- book from one end of the cover to the other and being able to repeat some answers parrot-fashion.

To my knowledge it has more than once happened that a splendid team has lost a challenge cup by a single mark or two, and I venture to say if the same examination were reconducted by the same examiner, in all probability the second team will be top this time by two if not more marks.

I believe it is customary in most competitive examinations for an examiner to set questions on "general knowledge" by which means the man or woman who has acquired the greatest and most useful knowledge comes easily top. Now why not apply general knowledge in Ambulance Competitions?

Competitive examinations as now conducted are usually divided under three sections: -(r) viva voce; (2 ) individual work; (3) team work (including stretcher work). I should propose deleting (I) and including it in (2 ) and in its place substituting questions in general knowledge in ambulance and everything connected with first. aid.

To give an example: -Five or more Similar questIons should be put to each member of a team like the following :-

(I) What do you know of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem?

(2) How many St. John Ambulance Brigade men are there in our Oversea Dominions?

(3) Who wrote the' first book on (a) First Aid; (b) Nursing?

(4) With what great names do you associate the following :-(a) stretcher; (b) vaccination; (c) triangular bandage; (d) antiseptics; (e) blood circulation?

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Medallion No. (13274) in 1883, but did not receive same until 1893. It would be interesting to know why it took ten years to obtain medallion. Also whether he holds all labels since 180 5. I should think there is something wrong with his lecords.

I have a member in my class who passed his first examination in 1884, Voucher, 1885, Medallion, 1880, Medallion (No. 6885). Note the difference in number of Medallions. He has also passed every year since 1884, and holds all the Labels since 1895, this being the first year issued.

H. BAKER, HOlt Se c 41, Brook Street, Stourbridge.

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve (S.J. \.B.).

TRAINING.

All Reservists proceeding for training will, in future, join the mess appropriate to their rating in the Reser v e, irrespective of their rank in the Brigade.

This Order recinds the privilege previously given to Officers of the Brigade to mess with the Sick Berth Chief Petty Officers.

PRODUCTION OF BIRTH CERTI FICATE BY CANDIDATE :' FOR ENROLMENT.

The Board of Admiralty has decided that candidates for enrolment in all Reserve Forces must produce their Birth Certificates in order that the actual date of birth may be recorded.

When it is impossible to obtain a Birth Certificate, full particulars (stating parents' names and place and date of birth) must be forwarded.

It should be understood that the date given by a man on entering the Reserve, whether this be the true date or not, is adhered to for all official purposes other than Marriage Allowances, in 'connection with the award of which the true date of birth only will be accepted.

COUNTING OF PREVIOUS SERV[CE.

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5) What is the literal meaning of the following ? (a) arteries; (b) capillaries; ( c) phalanges; (d) cervical.

Questions like these can be multiplied a hundredfold.

It would be naturally asked what has this to do or how can it help a man in the science and art of first aid?

I might answer by asking another questIOn, VIZ.:-[S It necessary for an ambulance man to know the course of the circulation of the blood through the cavities of the heart before being able to render first aid? The answer in both cases is in the negative, but without doubt it adds to his general knowledge and helps him in competitions.

I shall be glad to know the opinion of your readers and welcome criticism.- Yours, etc.,

S. O. EADES, Assistant Commissioner, No. IO District.

OLDEST AMBULANCE WORKER.

DEAR SIR,-As a regular reader of your FIRST AID Journal I see in the" March" No. "The Oldt:st Ambulance Worke;" Mr. George Brown of Stourbridge. Another from Norwich, also a Mr. A. Weir, in which it states his Medallion No. is 6702, being 183 below Mr. G. Brown.

I should like to say that my Certificate is dated 1882, and my Medallion No. is 2244· I have worked from the very commencement, and am still hard at it.

I am, Sir, E. D. SOUTHON.

DEAR SIR,-With reference to Mr. Bellchamber's long ambulance service, as stated in February FIRST AID, he passed for his first certificate in 1881 and. every year.

" If tnis is correct, he should have been entItled to receive hIS

By an Order in Council dated 6th February, 19 2 5, R.N.A.S.B. Reservists may now count previous service in the Royal Marines, the Army or the Air F<:>rc.e, as as in the Royal Navy, towards the prescnbed quabfYlDg penods for the grant of Good. Badges to the same restrictions and conditIons as are now appltcable to the counting of similar service by men of the Royal Navy.

Reservists such service must apply through the usual channels, i.e., Officer iu charge of the Division, for the award of the Good Conduct Badge and they must furnish adequate certificates of their service in these forces.

S.J.A.A. HOl\IE NURSING CERTIFICATB.

Attention is drawn to N.R.O. 61 wherein it is stated that all ratings (except probationary sick berth attendants) must obtain the S.J.A.A. Nursing Certificate during the year 19 2 5 if they are to become eligible for the for that. year.

Advanced First Aid and Home NurSIng CertIficates do not exempt men from obtaining the S.] .A.A. Nursing Certificate.

RE-EXA IINATIONS.

Re-examinations in both first aid and home nursing should be held as early as possible in the year to enable v.: ho are unavoidably absent or fail, to attend another re-exammatlOn during the year and so qualify for the bounty.

INEFFICIENCY.

Owing to the large number of men on the waiti.ng list the Admiralty are not prepared to carry on ?f the reserve men who do not maintain and It IS hereby notified that two years consecutIve mefficiency may entail a reservist's discharge from the reserye.

The solution of the cross word puzzle will appear in our next issue. Unfortunately an error occurred in. one of the clues No. I down, this should be "An Artery 10 forearm," not" Bone in forearm."

PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade

News.

APPOINTMENTS, MARCH, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee ;-

To be Divisional Surgeon.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Reginald Herbert Terry, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.(Lond.), Nelson Division, 9.3.25

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Robert Thomas, Nelson Division, 5.3.25

Edgar Vernon Thomas, Treforest DIvision, 6.3.25

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

To be Ambulance Officers.

GLAJlIORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corporal Michael Donovan, Bargoed & Distrir.t Division,s }25

Sergeant Edgar Samuel Jeremiah, Brithdir Division, 17.325

Corporal Thomas Saunders, Brithdir Division, 17.3-25

Private Leonard Williams, Nelson Division, 17.3.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE.

Sergeant Georg'e Henry Cadle, Penydarren Division, I4 . 25

To be Ambulance Officers for Cadets.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Robert Coles, Brithdir Division, 17.3.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Private Thomas Henry Shankland, Penydarren Cadet Division, 14.3 25

To be Sergeants.

GL A MORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Pri vate Harry Davies, Onllyn Seven Sisters Division, 9.3.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Corporal Howell Williams, Penydarren Division, 14 3025

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Stanley Sharp, Barg-oed & District Division, 5.3 25

Private William Clarey, "" BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Private David John Thomas, Penydarren Division, J 4.3.2 5

To be Divisional Secretaries.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTR E

Private John McMullen, Ynysybwl Division, 13.}25

Private Lewis Hunt, Nelson Division, 17.3. 2 5

To be Divisional Storekeeper_

GL AMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private James Maxwell Guy, Nelson Division, 17.3. 2 5

R.esignation Accepted with Regret,

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer D. H. Davies, Penydarren 30 10 2 4 Division,

Divisions Registered. CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Bankffosfelen Ambulance Division, Llanelly Corps, 24 2.25

Ammanford Ambulance Division, Amman Valley Corps, 9.3. 2 5

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Nelson Ambulance Division, Caerphilly and District Corps, 5.3. 2 5 MONJllOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Ebbw Vale Ambulance Division, 21.2.25

Pontnewynydn Ambulance Di\'ision, Pontypool Corps, 14325

I Interest.

HELPING THE JUVENILE UNEMPLOYED.

Idleness is the root of almost all evil, and those who can find interesting occupations for the minds as well as the hands of the young people are bEnefactors of which the country stands in need to-day.

A salient point in modern thought is the great tendency to take all things for granted, indifferently and ungratefully, and this tendency is contributing in a large measure to moral degeneracy. This being so, the protection of young people from the discontent and indolence bred by the unemployment is an all important point.

On the books of each Juvenile Employment Bureau there is a long record of names at those requiring work of one kind or and it can only be assumed that in each case greater part of th e time is being idled from day to day, wasting youth and vigour, the most valuable assets of a nation.

The Juvenile Unemployment Training Centre is doing a great service in arranging training of varivus kinds for the workless. During last year the Juvenile Employment Committee of the Cardiff Education Committee made a new arrangement in dealing with this problem, which was carried out with success. At its request the Priory for Wales organised lectures in first aid and home nursing. This work was undertaken by the local ambulance and nursing divisions, and the following officers contributed to the courses of lectures ;Sergeant H. T. Evans, Cardiff City Division Sergeant A. H. Field, " " "

Mrs. L. M. Watkins, Lady Divisional Secretary and Treasurer, Cardiff Nursing Division.

Lady Ambulance Officer M. Kernick, Cardiff Nursing Division.

Miss J. Wheeler, Cardiff NUFsing Division.

The Priory is complying with a request to arrange a further series of lectures for the spring session, and it is very gratifying to know that this training is greatly appreciated by the students and the Juvenile Employment (Education) Officer, has sent the following letter to the Principal Secretary of the Priory :18th February, 1925.

JUVENILE UNEMPLOYMENT TRAINING CENTRE.

Dear Sir,

I am desired by the Juvenile Employment Committee of the Education Committee to express to you and your organisation the deep appreciation of the members for the

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work which has been done during the past twelve months by a number of your Officers in giving lectures to unemployed boys and girls in first aid, ambulance work, etc.

I find that the lectures have been of extreme service, have kindled the desire on the part of many to pursue their studies and interest in this direction, and in every way it is found that lectures and demonstrations given have given every satisfaction.

I should be ghd if you would kindly convey to the officers who have so kindly given their services voluntarily in this way how much the work which has been done is appreciated by the local authority.

Yours faithfully, BEN WILLIAMS, Juvenile Employment (Education) Officer."

It is n:ost desirable that the knowledge acquired by these young people should not be lost, and the Cardiff Unemployment Welfare Council have now made a monetary grant to equip the boys and girls with uniforms, so that they may be enrolled into the Cadet Divisions of the Brigade, where they will benefit by membership of an organised public body.

MONTHLY MEETINGS.

The Right Hon. Thomas Richards, P.C, presided over the mt::etings of the Ambulance and ElCtCutive Committees held in the Priory Room, Law Courts, Cardiff, on Monday, March 23rd.

New Ambulance Divisions were sanctioned at Ebbw Vale, Bankffossfelen, Nelson and Ammanford; Cadet Ambulance Divisions at Abertysswg, Brithdir and Nelson, and Nursing Divisions at Saron and Tybie.

It was decided to recommend for the Service Medal Staff Officer Dr. de Vere Hunt, of the City of Cardiff Centre, and applications for the Bar to the Service Medal on behalf of Corps :Officer George Storey, Ambulance Officer George Strickland, and Staff Officer John H. Hill, all of the Borough of Newport Centre, were confirmed.

Sir Robert Armstrong Jones was elected to represent the Priory on the Committee of the Ophthalmic Hospital of the Order of St. John, and Sir Herbert D. W. L-;wis, K.B.E, on the Juvenile Committee, appointed by the Order for the drafting of the Cadet Book and on the Council of the National Safety First Association. An invitatir)ll from the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society to arrange ambulance competitions at the Society's Show at Carmarthen was accepted.

The Committee agreed on the application of the Mining Association of Great Britain to station an ambulance car at the model mine at Wembley for this year's exhibition.

COLLECTION OF COINS.

The main Order has made a generous offer to the Priory for Wales in the form of a set of coins of the Grand Masters of the Order of Jerusalem in Malta. These coins, numbering two hundred and twenty-six in all, are of gold, silver and copper, and date from Homedes, 1533-1536 to Hompescb, 1797-1798, to whose name is attached the melancholy distinction of having been the last Grand Master of Malta.

The offer was reported to Chapter, and the Principal Secretary asked to circulate particulars of the collection to the members, and it is hoped the ££90 required for their purchase will be cont.ributed in to secure this rare possession Jar the archIves of the PrIory.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE S CHEME FOR VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS IN BRECKNOCKSHIRE

Representatives of the various parishes in the Hay and Talgarth Petty Sessional Division attended a meeting a Tregoyd, Three Cocks, Breconshire, by invitation of the Hon. Mrs. Robert Devereux, on Saturday, 21St March, 19 2 5, to consider the Scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments recently issued by the Army Council.

An address was given by Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K. B.E., the County Controller of the Brecknockshire Territorial Army Association, setting out the objects of the Scheme, which aims at raising a trained personnel of voluntary workers who can be called upon to supplement the medical services of the Forces of the Crown in the event of war or national emergency. He stated members could enrol in two categories; mobile, for service abroad, in which case hospital training was given from time to time at Govem ment expense in the Naval, Military or Air Force Hospitals; and immobile members, who volunteereo. only for duty in the neighbourhood of their own homeE. He pointed out the general need of a knowledge of First Aid and Home Nursing in every home, and strongly advocated arrangements being made for classes in every parish or group of so that might facilities for learning what to do 10 case of aCCident or Sickness.

The suggestion was adopted with enthusia!"m, and a committee formed to organise the work, which was grouped into six centres, under the Hon. Mrs. Robert Devereux as President, Dr. Jayne, Talgarth, as Chairman, with Mr. J. T. Watkins as Secretary.

A JlIBULANCE DEPARTMENT.

Examinations have been conducted by the Priory in connection with the following Classes :-Ystradowen, Glyn_ neath, Cwm Colliery, Kidwelly, Westminster Colliery, Gresford Colliery, Llandudno, Pontardulais, Y stalyfera

L.M. & S.R., Ystrad, Port Dinorwic, Port Talbot Docks

G.W.R., Talgarth G.W.R., Merthyr, Cwmtwrch, Amman_ ford, Ab e rfan G W.R, Llannon, Llandebif, Cwmbran

G.W.R, Abercarn G.W.R., Corwen G.W.R., Blackwell

G.W.R., Victoria, Cwmparc, Builth Wells G.W R, Tonypandy Sub Division Police, Ynysfaio Colliery, Tonypandy and Trealaw G.W.R., Abercynon G.W . R., Deniolen, Barry Junior Hafodyrynys, Ton Pentre, Pentre, Llanelly, N ewport Dock St. G.W.R., Rhostreyfan, Caerphilly G.W.R., Bala G.W.R., Neyland G.W.R., Cwm CollielY, Barry Dock, Ystrad Mynach G.W.R., Philadelphia, Blaengwynfi, Brecon

G.W.R., Tregaron G.W.R, Aberystwyth G.W.R., Rhostyllen, Penrhos, Rhos, Buckley, Pontnewydd, Loughor, Newport HifYh St. G.W.R, Ebbw Vale, Pembroke Dock

G.W.R., Port, Glyndyfrdwy, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, Carmarthen L.M. & S R., Pembrey and Burry Port G.W.R., Merthyr G.W.R., Glanamman G.W.R., Carmarthen Loco

G.W.R, Rhymney, Penygroes, Barry DerotG.W R, Penycae Swansea L.M. & S.R, Cefn Coed G.W.R., Brynmawr, L.M. & S.R., Bridgend Talyllyn G.W.R., Troedyrhiw Rhyl L M. & S.R. Bndgend, Saron, Clarbeston Road G w'.R., Mountain Ash,. Lllanddarog, Newcastle Emlyn Abertillery G.W R., Kllgetty and

G.W.R., Ynyshir, Glynneath G.W.R, BUIlth Road

L.M. & S.R., Parcyrhun,. Cwm G. W.R., Rhayader G.W.R., Caeharns G.W . R., Flshguard G.W. R., Briton Ferry G.W.R., Bangor L.M. & S.R., .Barmouth

G.W.R., Welshpool G.W.R" Llanelly, and Bodrmgallt.

Centre Reports.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

CHAN GE IN C E N TRE O FF ICER.

In such Centrf s as Ab erdare, which has become quite a stronghold in ambulance work, great importance re sts on the select ion of Officers. A has recently been made in the office of President, which was ably hel.d by the Right Hon. Lord who tendered his resignation to the Chapt er of the PrIory at t?e last meeting This deci5ion was greatly regretted, as It was feared that the loss of his Lordship's support would retard the work in the C e ntre but th e Hon. J. H. Bruce was nominat e d to succeed Lord Aberdar e and it is he will agree to serv e in this capacity, as the gen eral objects of the Order of St. J ohn have the profound respect and fullest sympa hy of Mr. Bruce, and his leadership and with the active support and Interest of the able Commissioner, Dr R. B aird Miln e, A?erdare will continue to hold its position and malOtam the splendid progress made from year to year.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

R UGBY I N TERN AT ION AL FOOT B ALL MATCH.

Members of the Ambulance and Nursing units in th e City of Cardiff Centre undertook the. ambulance a rrang em ents in connection with th e InternatIOnal Football Ma t ch held in the Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, February 28th. Staff Officer Dr de V ere Hunt was in charge of the 28 men and nurs es on duty, the !arrangem e nts b eing carried out in accordanc e with the wishes of the Chief Constable.

P ROPOSE D N EW HEAD QU AR T ER S

The Cardiff C entr e Committee have come to the conclusion that the provision of a Hall for th e Centre work is a necessary part of its programme, and it is hoped that its efforts in this direction will be successful, as it will undoubtedly be a gr eat inc entiv e to th e work of the local Divisions to ha ve a hall alway s available wher e the members may me e t tog e th er and combine work with pleasu re .

CARMARTHEN5HIRE COUNTY CBNTRE.

T H RE E N EW TROPHIE S F OR CO M PETITION.

A new shield, to be known as the " Stepney Gulston' has been pr esented by Mrs. G Stepney Gulston and Miss A. Gulston, for competition by ambulanc e teams from the Brigade units in the Carmarthtnshire C e ntre, and a "L'3.d ies Cup" has been giv e n by Mrs. (Dr.) L ewis, Ammanford, for t e :lms of Nursing Members in the County. The Right Hon Lord Dynevor has pres e nted the" Dynevor Shield" for competition by Ambulance and Nursing Tfams from the Amman Valley Corps, and these three new trophies will be contested for the first time at the Drill Hall, Ammanford on Saturday, April 4th.

R OYAL WE LS H A G RICULTURAL SHO W

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society have again engag e d the services of the Priory to make the ambulance provisions necessary for the Carmarthen Show to be h eld in the Ystrad Park, on August 5th, 6th, and 7th. The Commissioner of the Carmarth enshire Centre has undertaken to provide th e personnel required for duty each day.

AID.- April, 1925

CARNARVON5HIRE CENTRE.

DEMAND FO R MEDICAL CO MF ORT S DEPOT.

At a meeting of the Carnarvon shire Nursing tion held in the Council Chamb er, Bangor, Lady Wilhams presiding, the question of the Medical Comforts Depots of the Priory was considered.

Th ere was a large attendance of r e presentatives from all parts of th e county, and a report was read by M.rs. C. E. Breese of Port madoc, one of the honorary secretarIes.

A short address on the general scheme was given by Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., of Cardiff, who emphasised the imp ortance of these depots and expressed a hope that there might be at least one in each town in North Wales so that those in charge of th e sick could obtain any requisite n e eded-from a h.ot water to a water bedon hir e at the short e st notice at a nomInal fee. He also suggested that members of the Voluntary Ai? Detachments might assist in organising and managlDg those depots and felt certain it would giv l' them great pleasure to know that through their efforts pain and sufferin5 would be prevent e d.

The Medical Officer of Health for Carnarvon, Dr. Parry Edwards, said that Medical Comforts Depots such as had been described would be of the greatest value and that he would give the necessary accommodation and cl erical assistanc e for one at Carnarvon.

Dr. Fenwick Jones suggested that a circular be sent to all the medical men in the North giving particulars of the depots as he was convinc e d that they would be a valuable help to the and nurses practising in the localities where they were situated.

The County Controller, Brigadier Gen eral J. H. du B. Travers, c.B., C.M.G spoke on the new War Office Scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments, and asked all present to help him in providing the personnel r e quired. He thou g ht the M e dical Comforts Depots might be taken charge of, as had suggested, by members of these d etachments, and said he would do all in his power to arrange this.

It was unanimously decided to make arrangements for a Medical Comforts Depot at Carnarvon, and it is more than probable that others will be set up at Bangor, Pwllheli, and Llandudno.

GLAMORGANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

PROGRESS MA D E E Y THE PONTARDULAIS DIVISION.

The present strength and efficiency of the Pontardulais division is in sharp contrast with its modest beginning in 1912, when, but for Dr. R. J. Isaac, who is most able and enthusiastic in ambulance matters, there were practically no supporters for ambulance work in this district. Progress was made, however, step by step, and twelve men from the division were equipped to attend the brigade camp at Aberystwyth in 1914

The years of slight activity following the war terminated when Dr. Isaac again tnok up the reins, recommencing classes and reforming the Brigade unit. The competitive spirit brought a lively interest into the work, and in 1924 a carnival was organised from the proceeds of which twentyseven Officers and men were equipped.

Although the Pontardulais Division are most enterprising, they have been very fortunate in the interest taken by the local colliery owners, who have given generous financial support enabling them to acquire a good building as Headquarter!'.

A whist drive and dance was held at Pontardawe on

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Thursday evening, 26th February, to augment the Divisional funds. About two hundred guests were assembled, and the evening was most successful.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE. A STREET COLLI S ION

The Commissioner for this Centre, D M . Davies, Esq. who is the Chief Constable for Merthyr, successfully rendered first aid on Saturday, 21st March, to two cyclists who were injured in a collision at Whitchurch. After the treatment the injured persons were able to proc e ed home.

O BIT UARY

With great regret the death of Nursing Sister Nellie Sullivan of tht: Merthyr Nursing Division is reported. One of the most faithful members of the Division, Miss Sullivan was greatly respected by all the local Brigade, and the funeral which took place at Pant was largely attended by

Supt. George Hunt on completion of fifteen yean,' service service in the Brigade; a Bar to the Selvice Medals of Corps Secretary C. H. Hopkins and Supt. George Hopkins, awarded for twenty years' service ; and it was announced that the Priory h3.d l>pproved the issue of the Bar to Staff Officer J. H. Hill, Corps Offic er George Storey and Ambulance Officer G. Strickland. Service Stars wer e award ed to Privates A Coop er, W. Widger, and G. E. Dudley . He congratulated the recipients on their devoted services, assuring them that true happiness was derived from helping others. The St. John Ambulance :tlrigade, he said, existed solely for the benefit of th e sick and injured, and all its members wc:re worthy of the highest esteem for the time and llibours devoted to its noble work.

Mr. Fudge, ex-Commissione;r, acldressed a few encouraging words to the Corps, p ointing out that thos-e who held the Senice M e dal had t he satisfact ion of knowing it was a n award which c ou ld on ly be acquir e d by

Front row (left to right ) :-J. L. Evans, Esq., M.E. ( Vi ce-P r e:ident ), Dr. R.. J. _Isaac (Super in tendent ), R Va ug ha n Price, Esq. ( President ), E. D. Jones, Esq, Llanelly ) and Ambulance Officer W J. Mamwarln g.

m e mbers of all the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions 10 Merthyr, the men acting as Bear ers.

BOROUOH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

S OCIAL G ATHERI NG AT NEWP ORT

Th e Commissioner for Newport, Mr. G. Campbell Olivt::r, presided ov e r a larg e g a th e ring of Officers and m e mbers of the Newport Corps and the Borough of Newport Centr e Committee, at the Holy Trinity Hall, Templ.e Street, o n Monday e vening, 30th March : supported by HIS Wvrship the May o r of Newport, Councillor W. E. Robertson ; Corps Supr. G. J. Rowlands and Officers of the Corps; Campbell Oliver ; Mr. and Mrs. A. G E. J. Fudge ; Mr. and Mrs R. Wilson Bartlett ; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones Mr. Charles Greening ; Mr. Charles WIlson ; Second Officer C. E. Smith (Fire BrIgade) ; th e Rev. Henry Morgan (Rector, Holy Mrs. Gordon Oliver' Miss Oliv e r and Mlss GweDlth Rowlands.

Worship the Mayor presented a Service Medal to

genuine) practical service. The a ppe a ranc e of so la rg e a num ber of Cadets among thos e present was a propitious sign, and be expressed a hope that thty wo uld all continue to interest thems e lv e s In the noble work th ey h ad taken up and ultimately qu a lify for awards for lur g an d meritorious service.

Mr. Oliver thanked all wh o had contribut ed to th e success of the evening, e spec ially th e ladies who h a d organised the refr e shments, a nd a vote of tha nks w a s cordially mOfed on the p roposal of Me. A. Ernest Jon es to the Chairman.

The floral decor a tions wer e a ft e rwards sw t to th e Royal Gwent Hospital.

PEMBROKESHIRE CENTRE.

Since the closing of the Tenby Hospital , whi.ch wa s administered by the Priory for Wales .cor the MIDls t ry o f Pensions, the work in the PembrokeshHe Centre has mad e little progress.

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There are nin e ambulance classes in operation at various places in the County, and a Medical Comforts Depot at Tenby, of which Dr. is qhairman, and Mrs Gwatkin and Mrs. Rees, Jo mt S e cretanes; but there is much to be done to launch the Priory's activities so that the p:!ople in the County may derive the full benefits.

Captain H. E. E. Philipps has c onsented to office as President of the Pembrok e shlre C e ntre and IS consid e ring th e r e -election of the Centre Committee with a view to co-optin g the services of those who are enthusiastic in a m bulance matters to ensure the administration of th e Priory's work in the County being in the hands of an act e d and interested Comm ttee.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Th e r e si g na t ion of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, under whose Pr e sidentship the Borough of Rhondda Centre has attained a positio n of emin e nce in the social life of the Rhondda Vall ey, was submitted to the Chapt e r of the Priory at its last me e ting n March, and in consideratIOn of his continu e d ill -health rt g re tfully accepted.

The R hondda is a very populous industrial centre and one where am bulance work is a prominent public interest, and as Mr. F. L J a cob, Geno::ral Manag e r of Messrs. D. Davis and Sons, has d e monstrated h i s keen regard for the work by his g e nerous s upport from time to time, he has b e en nominated by Chapt e r to fill the position. It is very pl e asing to e arn that Mr. Jacob has agreed to serve in this cap a city, and his personality and influence will be a gr e at ass e t to the work.

News in Brief.

Th e London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company s South Wal e s Distr i ct Annual Ambulance Competitions took place at Her e ford , on March 2nd, 19 2 5, and the "Sir Thomas Wiliams Challen g e Shield" was competed for for th e first time

Mr. C. H Tait, Distr ct Tr a ffic Supt., Abergavenny, pre sid e d , and wa s support e d by Sir Thomas and Lady Williams, London, th e very Rev. R Waterfield, D.D De a n of Hereford. and a number of officials of the Company ; and the competitions were organised by Mr. E. W T. M orris, Han. District Ambulance Secretary, Abergav e nny.

Lady WiIliams pr e sented the shield and rose bowls to the memb e rs of th e Sirhowy team who came first, cases of fish kniv e s and forks to Nantybwch, barometers to Ab e rsychan and Talywain, and cases of stainless knives to A be rgavenny Brecon-road.

1 he w inning team will re p resent the South Wales district in th e W e lsh Priory Ambulance Competition to be held in Cardi ff in May, and the first three t e ams have the honour of taking part in the competition at Birmingham on April 2nd with a view to qualifying for the final competition to be held in London on April 25th.

The Mining Association of Great Britain are in n e gotiation with the Priory for th e loan of one of its motor ambulances to complet e the coal mine exhibit at the Br!tish Wembley Last year the Pnory whIte DaImler ambulance was a conspicuous attraction at the model mine.

Reviews.

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE F O R NURSES.

By W. F. Lloyd M.B , B.A , Cantab. London ;-Messrs. J. and A. Churchill. Price

3s. 6d net.

In the compass of a book of 88 pages Dr. Lloyd seeks to set out certain essential facts of practical chemistry and physics which may help a nurse to understand more fully the objects of treatment prescribed for her patients. Sir D'Arcy Power contributes a preface in which he describes the rise of nursing to the status of a profession with noble objects and high ideals. The book, which deals with such widely different topics as matter and mass, atmosphere, water, heat, ventilation, food, &c ., will pro v e interesting and instructive not only to the trained nurse but also to senior ambulance students wh o in their turn desire to raise the standard of usefulness of First Aid work

MEDICAL ELECTRICITY FOR NURSES.

By Harold Wigg. London ;-The Scient ific Press Ltd Price 6s net.

The use of electri c ity as a curative and diagnostic agency is to-day well nigh universal. Hence arises the need for nurses to acquire a working knowledge of medical electrici ty even though they do not wish to specialise in the subject. Such knowledge can be readily acquired if the student be properly d irected; and its pursuit will serve as a wholesome relaxation from ordinary nursing duties. M r. Wigg, who is a past-master in the m ysteries of radiography and ele c tricity as he has already proved in his successful R adz'ol of{Y f Ot N urse s, has admirably succeeded in his Medi cal Electrz'C£ty jar Nu r ses which presents just the right assistance required and is set out in clear and yet simple and porular language.

THE WHOLE TITHE.

By P. W. Thompson, M A London; Marshall Brothers, Ltd. P r ice 6s. net).

T HE author of this interesting book describes a reasoned and reasonable method whereby we may perform our "Duty towards God" and also our" Duty towards our Neighbour" by gi v ing a tithe of our income to these serv ic es. In the first part of the book he gives an histori c al account of the Jewish Tithing S ystem, and explains the differences between first fru i ts, tithes and offerings. In the second part he presents to Christian givers certain practi c al sugg estions for tithe giving, among which we note for employers and heads of businesses the subsidising of the ambulance work of the Order of St. John, <l:nd for employees' a c ceptance of service, under the Order, In the St John Ambulance Brigade. Further, Mr. Thompson, who IS a member of the Institute ?f Chartered Ac c ountants, has reck.oned the percentage oc mcome tax, general rates, etc., applied to old age pensions poor law and health insurance, and suggests that this is to be regarded as forming a part of the tithe due from all of us.

The It PLUMBER & JOURNAL OF HEATINO" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progressive tradesmen.-Publishing Office 46, Cannon Street, E.C.4.

April, 1925 -FIRST

J\mbulance.

Competitions.

THE following are th e Marking Sheets of the L. M. & S R. Western Division) ;P ART A.-T EAM TE ST.

Card No. I. - In these sidings, men have been exca v ating to lay a water pipe. ( The men have just gone off for their dinner ) This man, in stepping out of the way of a mo or lorry, steps on a loose plank and falls into the excavation. He lies qu ite still and makes no attempt to get out. Y ou are standing b y and see it all happen A c t as you would.

Call for help 2

I mmediately

take patient to hospital. Loading ambulance, &c.

No. ( A)_- Treat man sufferin g from fractured clav icl e. Remove coat, beginn ng sound side 2

Support arm of affe c ted side

Pad s iz e of fist in armpit

Arm close to s ide, push elbow up 3

Gently bend fore -arm well up 3

Tie sling loosely

Broad bandage round elbow and trunk 2

Tighten sling and feel pulse

1 ( B ). - Where does blood issuing from mouth com e from ?

Tongue, tooth socket, gums 6

to stand by and assiat

to go for ambulan c e materials and stretcher (Ambulance materials and stretcher in yard 100 yards away. Five minutes.

Throat, nose 4

Lungs 3

Stomach 3

(2) What is an insulator ?

A body whi,:h resists an electr ic current

(

3) What is normal temperature ?

9 8.4 de g s. Fahr.

(4) How many ventricles are in the beart ?

Two 4

No. 2 (A ).- Treat man suffering from lacerated wound of forearm.

Expose wound 2

Ensuiry as to ( No )

Apply tourn quet to bra c hial a rtery 5

Clean the wound 2

Apply mild tincture of iodine 2

Apply dry dressing, pad, and bandage 2

Relax tourniquet and investigate bleedin g 2

Lea v e tourniquet in position 2

Apply sl ing 2

I (B) .-Describe course of cir c ulation from r ig ht vent ricl e to left rin g finger .

Pulmonary artery

Lungs

Pulmonary veins

Left auricle

Left v entr icle

Aorta

Left subclavian artery

Axillary artery

Br a chial artery

Radial or ulnar arteries

Palmar artery

Digit a arteries ..,

(2) H ow many fal s e ribe are there ?

Five pairs 6 NO 3 (A )- A man gives history of a n injury and c omplams of pain on outside of left le g four inches above ankle Treat him single -handed.

What might the in j ury be ?

Fracture of fibula

Dislocation of a nkle

Sprained ankle

Steady limb by holding and foot

Draw foot into natural pOSItIOn

T ie both feet together

Apply outer splint

Apply five bandages

I ( B).-What are the symptoms of oxalic acid poison in g?

lower limb.

Femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsal, metatarsals and phalanges 7

(6) What are the lungs used for?

To give oxygen to the blood 3

To get rid of carbonic acid gas 3

Reserve man. A.-Tr eat man suffering from fractured patella.

Patient on his back, raise and suppor t head and shoulders

Ob.tain splint reaching from buttock to heel

RaIse and extend limb and applv splint along back

Apply narrow bandages at knee (two)

Apply bandages to thigh and leg

Raise foot from ground (I ).- What is asphyxia?

...,ondltlon following complete interruption of respiration

(2) State causes of asphyxia due to obstruction of air passages.

Drowning... 4 Strangulation, choking, etc. 4

Foreign body in throat, hanginll, etc , 4 Swelling of tissues of throat, inflammation, scald, poison 4

What. is the state of the eyes in opium poisoning ? Pm-polOt pupils 3

(4) How would you treat a child in a fit?

Support child in bath of warm water 3

Apply cold sponge on top of head while child is in bath, 4

L. & N.E.R. (N.E. AREA).

On Saturday, April 4th the Final Competition for the (North Eastern Area) Ambulance Centre, was held m the !e':llperance Hall, Gladstone Street, Darlington, when the wmnmg team from each of the six Districts met to decide which should hold the "John Lloyd Wharton" Shield for the next year, and represent the North Eastern Area in the Compe tition to be held in London on the 24th inst., to select the two teams to r e present the L.N.E.R. in the Inter-railway Competition of the St. John Ambulance Association. There wac; a crowded audience representing all classes of railway.

Dr. R. B. Duncan, Kensington, London, acted as judge, and was fully occupied with his work from 10 30 a.m to 50 p.m.

Mr. A. C. Stamer, Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer, Darlin gt on, presided and a t the close of the competition, called upon Dr. Duncan to announce the result which was as follows :-

1st, Hull, Alex a ndra Docks ; 2nd, Darlington, North Road Loco Works 3rd, Newcastle, Newcastle Police ; 4th, Middlesbr o ugh, Hartlepool 5th, York, York Station' 6th, Leeds, Neville Hill Loco. )

Dr. Duncan gave a brief resume of the work done, and gave some excellent advice to the teams for their future guidanc f".

Mr. George Davidson, Divisional General Manager, then presented the Shiel1 to the captain of the Hull team, and medals to each member of the team, and expressed his pleasure at attending for th e first time.

Mr. Geo. Jackson, Gen e ral Secretary, York, and his able colleagues, the District Secretaries, made such fine arrangements, that everything in connection with the competition, worked most successfully.

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The final compe titions of this section took plac e at the Mechanics' Institute, Stratford, E, on April 15th. In the preliminary competition the teams were placed in the following order :-

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Parkeston "A" team eventually secured the premier position.

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N_ S. (Liverpool).-Further to your most interestinQ' notes "Dangers of Yew Tree I) published in March issue, will you be good enough to give us a more complete list of poisonous plants than is to be found on p. 152 of Textbook.

Here are saffron; white hellebore; monk s hood; henbane, deadly nightshade, black or garden nightshade, woody nightshade or bitter sweet; potato tops and seeds; tobacco, Indian tobacco; thorn apple ; spotted hemlock, water hemlock or cowbane, and five-leafed water hemlock; fools parsley; yew leaves and berries; laburnum seeds and bark.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

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H. C. (Port Talbot).-I n our First Aid Examination a fortnight ago one candidate was asked: -" What would yOlt I'xped to find with a Compound Fracture of Lpg?" ") ou may perhaps imagine our surprise when the answer came: -" Patient would be couglzing up blood.l"

Good! Next, please! ! -N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF SNA KE BITE.

T. D. (Bolton).-At a recent practi c e I was :l.sked to treat patient for Venomous Snake Bite. After I had treated in accordance with Textbook instructio!ls ( p. I03), I was told that I should have used lodine as for a wound. Personally I fail to see why Iodine should be used, especially as wound had already been cauterised with pure Carbolic Acid; and so I submit the point to you. agree with you and consider that the" clean dressing" of the Textbook is all that is required.-N.C.F.

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COMPOUND FRACTURE.

C. B. (Great Yarmouth).-A patient is suffering from a fractured tibia. The fragments do not protrude ; but the skin uver fracture is broken by coming into contact with a hard substance. Please tell us if this is a compound fracture and thereby settle an argument.

Yes. A compound fracture is sometimes defined as a "fracture communicating with a skin-wound." So your argument is settled, as the tibia lies just beneath skin.N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED ANKLE.

H. W. ( Abbey Wood ).-P lease tell us if a Fractured Ankle should be set up in right angled splint as for Fractured Elbow or with two splints as for Fractured Leg.

A Fractured Ankle, being usually a fracture of lower ends of bones of leg, should be treated as for Fracture of Leg_ No advantage would accrue from use of right angled splint as for Fracture of Elbow which is a more flexible joint.-N.C.F.

SCA LDS DUE TO TAR.

G. C. (Leicester).-For injuries due to hot tar should we lreat as for Scalds with Boracic Ointment or apply cold water dressing in these cases where pain and burning are marked features. Please advise.

Of the two I prefer Boracic Ointment because this affords a mildly antiseptic .C. F.

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Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

THE month of May has always had a particular significance for the Ord t. r of St. John. In past ages it generally marked the beginning of the campaigning season, when the soldiers of our Order braced themselves once more for their endlfs3 fight in defence of the Christian faith and the honour of the Order. But now that mankind has grown wiser, and the wars of religion are ended for ever, the soldins enlisted under the venerable banner of St. John are engaged in a service more in harmony with the teachings of Christianity. F or the men and women of the St. John Ambulance Brigade are the modern soldiers of the Order of St J oho, and they lab:mr for the relief of human suffering, with the same pati e nt zeal and th ivalrous devotion as their ancestors fought under the Knights of old. The noble ideals that have ever animated the Order of St, John, have nevH altered, it is only th e m e thods by which they give effect to those ideals that have changed. S) too for these modern soldiers of our Order, the month of May has its sp ecial significance, for it is the month in which their high standard of skill is put to its final test, on which the Challenge Trophies of the Order are allotted.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade.

ever since she was graciously ple ased to enter the Order as a L!J.dy of Justice in 1888 There are many still serving in the Ambulance Brigade who will remember the Royal Review of 1912 when Their Majesties the King and Q ueen inSpected the Brigade in Windsor Great Park, and 14,000 of all ranks were on parade including 3,000 Ambulance Sisters, whilst to those who served in the Ambulanc e Brigade Hospital at Etaples during the Great War, the visit of Her Majesty and her royal appreciation of their work, will ever remain amongst happiest memories.

As we look back over the history of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, we realise with what extraordinary rapidity it has come to the front as a great national institution. It first came into existence in 1887, as a result of the work done by the more enthusiastic members of the St. John Ambulance Association during the great monies in celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. It received its first mark of royal appreciation in 18 9 z, wh e n Her late Majesty Queen Victoria was graciously pleased to review an Ambulance Corps of tho D erbyshire and Nottingham miners, numbering 414 of all ranks. By 1900 the Brigade was [J, 500 strong, and ten years later had increased to a total of 20 140. During the South African War, 20 p er cent. of the men of the Brigade served at the Front, 62 of them laying down their lives for their country.

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This year the competitions took place in the Wharncliffe Rooms, an oj Her Majesty the Queen was graciously pleased to honour the Order by her presence, and to distribute the Challenge Trophies and other prizes. So signal an honour will b e felt throughout the Order as an inspiration in the work that it has taken in hand, and no words can express the encouragement that Her Majesty's gracious presence has been to all ranks of the Ambulance Brigade. The kindly interest of Her Majesty in the welfare of the Order of St. John, has been felt in many directions

As a result of that war definite arrangements were first made for the enrolment of members of the Brigade in the Medical Reserves of the forces of the CrOWD. On the outbreak of the Great War the Brigade had a strength of 25 560, which increased before the war was over to a total of 65,39°. Of its services during the war we cannot now deal in detail, it is sufficient to S3Y that 365 of its members received decorations, many of them for personal gallantry in action, that a large number were mentioned in despatches, and that 9 5 men and women were eithfr killed in action, or died of disease contracted in the course

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of their duty. With the end of the war the strength of the Brigade naturally dropped considerably, but by 1923 it was 36,000 strong, and at the present moment the total strength is 41,527, of whom approximately two-thirds are m e n and one-third are women, and to these must now be add ed the Cadet Divisions, with a total of rather more than 1, 6 00. Such is th e record of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, a record of which every member in its ranks is justly proud, and has caused it to be we ll described as a ve ry rich gem in the crown of the Order of St. J ahn.

Hospital Notes.

THE 3 3rd a nnual r e port of the Committee of the Ophthalmic Hospit a l for the year 1924 has now been published, and it a ffords much useful information to all thos e in ter est e d i n th is branch of the Order's work. There are no signs o f any fallln g off in the work which the hospital staff is call e d on to p erform. In-patients numbered 1,676, an in i n c rea se o f 152 over 1923 New out-patients were 16,22 5, a n i nc rease o f 1,448, and total attendances wer e 7 5 5 60 , an incr eas e o f 14 ,613. Op e rations totalled 4,293 or an Incr eas e of 124. These figures show that the ex ist e nc e of th e h o spital in Jerusalem is a real necessity and is ca rrying out a gr eat work in th e cause of humanity.

In last year's r eport four requirements were se t out, th e ful fil m e nt of which was asked for before the Committee could fee l sati sfi e d that the effici e ncy of the hospital was not. su ffe nn g Th e y wer:..<i ) new beds, (ii) new baths and saDltary arran gements, (111) lavatory accommodation for out -pat ie nts and (iv ) an X -Ray apparatus. Of thes e the supply of baths and o ther sanitary arran g ements has just b ee n r efe rred t? W ith to (I) an anonymous lady donor has furDlsh ed the hospital with 37 new beds of the mos t d esign, which have now taken the place of a slmIla r of old worn out army hospital ones.

r ega rd to (IV ) another generous lady, Miss Hulton, has th e. m on e y for an X- Ray apparatus, th e possession of which Will plac e the hosp it a l in the front rank for t e chnical equipment.

It was sugg est ed in 192-3 t hat th e Order should take ov e r a part of the h e alth work which had been abandoned by the Gov e rnment, and to establish six or more eye clinics in various parts of (he country.

At centre th e re will be two hospital trained nurses, paId for by the Ord e r, working under a medical ?ffic e r who as stated above, attended special courses 10 th e hospItal. The nurses are given a four months cours e in t he hospital being paid during training by the Ord e r.

During 19 24 th e cost of "maintenance" show e d an Incr eas e ov e r 1923 of £72., part of which is, of course, due to th e larg e r numb e r of But a high cost of living is not confined to the Bntlsh Isles and in his report for th.e Warden "There has been a g t neral rIS e 10 the of comm0dltJes ; for example, the price of bread has _ by pt. I' 5 per rotl. (near! y 4d. per six po unds weIght ) The water rate has been raised during p ast year and now. costing nearly £60 per annum.

F mally there hmts of lOcreased taxation which is to fall on _ commodItIes, thus threatening a further rise in mamtenance cost for the current year.

The hon. sec., Lt. -Col. J. T. Woolrych Perowne, will be pleased to send a copy of the report to anyone interested if they will apply for it at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.c. I.

The Chancellor of the Order at Carlisle. *

As Chancellor of the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, and therefore as one of the" high held yins," as they call them over the Border, I desire to expresl to you the thanks of the Order for this invitation to your Rotary Club Luncheon, and for the request that one of its Officers 5hould address you

The motto of Rotarians is: "Service, not Self" and it is therefor e e minently fitting that you should de;ire to hear something of an organisation which was found e d with as its obj ect goo y.ears ago, and is still striving to carry thIS precept mto practIce.

This very fa ct that we are striving towards the attainm e nt of a common obj ect is suffici e nt r e ason to commend th e work of the Ord e r of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem to the Rotary Club of Carlisle.

EARLY HISTOR Y

grand country ours, e ver moving forward, Itself on history, traditIOn and experienc e, and it to fe e l that institutions useful in the present have theIr roots firmly fixed in the solid and fertile soil of the past.

no better wa y, therefore, can I begin to interest you 10 the work of the St. John Ambulance Association and of. its ancillary, St. John Ambulance Brig a de, than by you somethIDg about the inception of this great Order of the Hospital of St. John of J e rusalem, of whIch th e St. John Ambulanc e Association is one of the Departm ents.

It will not lessen your int e rest to know that the forbears of the man who addr e sses you have been connected with the Ord e r for many centuries, and that the last Gr a nd Prior of the Order in this country was his collat e ral ancestor.

The great Order of the Hospitallers, with whose work. I want you to co-operate, was evolved from a httle started in .AD. l023 by some pious merchants who deSIred to alleVIate the sufferings and to heal the wounds of the Pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre. They purchased 10 J e rusalem the site of a Hospital established by but destroy ed by one of the Moslem Khahfs, and they endowed it so that some Christian brethren might therein devote th e mselves to the care of the sick and suffering.

The merchants of Amalfi started this work of the relief of suffering in 1023. The organisation thus started by them extended all over Europe, became- immensely powerful, and is still going strong now, 900 years later. Won't you, th e merchants and inhabitants of Carlisle start in your city an organisation which is so b e neficen; and which has proved itself to have such vitality?

*Re por 01 an addre ss by Lieut.-G en eral Sir Aylm e r HunterWe ston, K .CB., D.S.O R.E., D.L., M.P., of Hunterst or. , to t be R ota y Club Ca rlisl e, on 29th April, 1925 to i naugura te a camp a ig n to stl m ula e the of a Ca rli sle. b.ranc h of the S t Tohn Ambulanc e and of local DIVI si on s of the St. Jobn Ambulan ce Bngade.

May, I9l5. -FIRST AID.-

When the first Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099, then many wounded were ended in this hospital by the brethren in charge of it. So great was the value of the services rendered to the Crusaders by this little body of devoted Christians, who knew so well the Moslems and their ways, that they grew rapidly in number and in importance, and what had begun as an obscure charitable organisation became suddenly a celebrated institution and a favourite obj ect for the donations of pious benefactors in every Christian land.

The brethren, now so famous, decid ed to adopt a regular constitution, and in A. D. 1 II3, Pope Pascal took th e hospital under his protection, confirmed its endowments., and granted it the privilege of electing its own Sup enor. Not long after this, these brethren lik e the Knights of the T e mpl e , became a Military O/der. But howev e r prominent the military duties of the Hospitallers became, they n e ver allowed the original duty of relieving human suffering to lapse, nor the spirit of Christian charity to be forgot t en by them In that fact lies the differ e nce between the Hospitallers and the Templers.

A CCIDENTS AND SUFFERI NG STILL WI TH US.

Many a long year ago the necessity of maintaining the faith by force of arms passed away, but the ongmal object of the great Order of Hospitall ers is as important now as it was in those far off d a ys. The circuI?stances and manifestations of man ' s wants change, but SIckness, sorrow and suffering remain, and with them the need of the work of the Hospitallers. The need is instant and eve r pres e nt. The work lies to our hands. Will you not join in that work?

To-day I am here to a sk your help in one manifestation, or departm e nt, of the work of the old Hospitallers

Y o u and I are often asked for financial help for good objects, and we willingly give within the limits that our purses will admit. I come to-day to ask you for money.

Yes. But I ask you for sOlIJething more, something better, som e thing, to many, more difficnlt to give I come to ask for your personal help. I come to ask for personal service -just what the true Rotarian desires to give. I come to ask you to develop in this great city of yours the work for the re lief of human suffe ring which is done by the Am bulance department of our Order. This work has alread y had th e most beneficial results, not only in most parts of England and Wales, but also in India and in our great Dominions across the sea.

Won't you join in this work? Won t you put Carlisl e in h e r rightful place, to wit at the forefront of any such movement for the reli e f of suffering? It is a work that costs so little . It is a work tb a t does so much good.

WHAT IS THE WO RK ?

The work done by th e St. John Ambulanc e Association is: First, the dissemination of knowl e dge of First Aid, of Home Nursing, of Home Hygiene, and of Sanitation ; and second, the 01 ganised utilisation of this knowledge by local Divisions of the St. J obn Am bulance Brigade.

" How simple! How easy! How necessary!" You will e xclaim.

You will say: "Of course, such work ought to be done. Surely so simple and so n ecessary an organisation already exists in Carlisle." But where? and Echo answers "Where?"

It is here and now that the Rotary Club comes in. It is up to you not only to start it at once, but to maintain it, and keep it going strong.

WHAT ACTION SHO UL D BE T AK EN

An.d h<:>w are you to h e lp in this work? M V answ.e r IS: !lTst, that everyone her e must forthwith e ducate publIc cr eate the right atmo sp he r e in Carl isl e by reahslng. mself, or herself, and b y makin g others re.altse, that It IS the moral duty of every i ndiv idual in this CIty to acquIre such knowledge as will ena b le hUillan to be diminished and complicat ions avoid ed when aCCIdents occur. In fact, by making ever yo n e d esire to have a knowledge of First Aid and to know what to do the doctor comes ; and secondly, that a strong CommIttee of the most respected and en e rgetic me n and wo me n should be formed to found and maintain a b ranch of the St. ] ohn Ambulance Association in Carl isle . This Branch should :-

(i) s everal teaching clas se s say on e for the polIcem e n and firem e n, on e for the ra ilwaymen, one or more for the townsm e n a nd on e or m o re specially for women

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(il ) Simultaneously with this te ach i ng pr e parashould b e. made to start from a m o n g th o se thus traIDed, a DIVISIOn of th e St. John Am!:l ul a nc e Bri g ade for polIcemen and firemen, a Div ision for the townsm e n and railwaymen, and a Nur sin g Divi s io n for th e women Thes e Divisions to be rapidl y incr eas ed bo t h in n umber and in size.

(iii) And as soon as possible Me d ical Comfor t s Dep o ts should be established.

In this work of organisatIOn, the H eadquart e rs of th e Ord er at St. John's Gate, C1erk e nw e ll, and Colon e l Trim b le, the Commissioner fo r this D istrict, will giv e yo u ev er y assistance and acquaint you with all details

After lunch 1 should l ike to spe ak to th e Ch ie f Constable s of City and County and t o any who a r e al rea dy he!pin g, or d e sirous of helpin g, to ge t t he o rganisation gOIng

I confid e ntly ask for the support of t h e man y la di es interested in R ed Cross work here. My wife is tb e V ic ePresident of the British Red Cross in our own p a r t of t he world . I am on the Joint St. John and R ed C ross C o unc il and Finance Committee There is no cl a shin g or j ealous y at the of thes e two gr eat all i es : th e Ord e r and the Society. There should, and mu st not be, cl a sh i ng of interes.ts h e re. Both organ isations ar e doin g exce ll ent work and doin g it tog e ther St. J o hn is e ve rywh e re he lping the Red Cross. I know the Red Cr o ss will h elp S tJohn here.

CARLIS LE HAS A GR EAT O PPORTUN ITY H ERE

A great work lies r eady to your hand in th e re li e f of suffering and human mis e ry, a work which h a s prov ed its worth and has extended all over th is g reat B ritish R ea l m, a work moreover that carries on a tradit io n of si mili a r work done bv this same Order of th e Hos pi t al of St. J o hn throughout the centuri es _ Come in, Carlisle, and tak e your rightfu l pl ace in this beneficent work ! Come in, Carlisle and do yo ur bit !

ST JOHN'S DAY -It is the desire of the Offic e rs of No.1 (Prince of W a les) District to ent e rtain any memb e rs of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of the Brigade belonging to other Districts, who ar e in London on S I. John's Day, Wednesday, May 24th, to a t ea at th e Manchester Hotel, Aldersgate-street, at 5 p m. , a fter the General Assembly. District Officer PI e rs will be glad if anyone who can accept an invitation, will send th e ir nam e and address to him at St. John's Gate, E.c.

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Cont m ued from page 22) )

T HE vict o ri o us prince and lords, the l o rd master Rhod e s ca ll ed M ast e r Pe t e r Dau b uss o n, a man of high prudence and of the noble blood and hous e of France, kno wle dge of the conspiracy and fa ls e imagination WhICh was wrought aga inst the city of Rhodes.

And so by the grac e of almi g hty God in spac e of thrte years n e xt following, made g reat reparatlOns and r e newed the old walls of the afur e said city of Rhodes where as need was

An d a lso made politic and gr ea provisions, that is to s a y of wi n e , wh ea t, and oth e r victuals n e c e ssary.

A nd wrote e pistles and le tt e rs unto all land s a nd provinc e s of Christian religion for the knIghts of hIS Order commanding them to come, and the noble city of Rhodes. And s o by th.e WIll. of God A lmlghty Rhod es in all haste was fortifi e d wIth victuals, ShIpS, and m e n of war

But the traitor Anthony, th e n b e ing in the city of Constantinople and' not having knowl e dge of this great provid er of Rhodes, comforted and .exhorted the grc:at Pasha th a t is to say, the great captam under the Turk, that he should in all haste ordain him to the siege of Rhod e s

Whereupon the said Pasha advertised the gr e at Turk of th e informations of th e said Anthony and oth e r re n e · g ad e s Wh e r e upon amongst the knights and men of war o f th e Turks party was call e d a great parliament and council, where many div e rs opinions were taken , For som e of them said, that it was impossible to get Rhodes so lightly as Anthony had said, for th e city was so strong and th e knights wer e so nobl e , that they would rath e r lose their liv e s in fighting for Christ ' s law and for the welfar e of Christendom than ever to see in their lives Rhod e s in the subjection of th e Turk.

Some of th e Turks said that Rhodes lightly should b e had, and that since the time that Anthony came to Constantinople which was but three years the lord Master of Rhod e s could n o t provide for so many d e faults of the city, lik e as th e ren e gades, Antony M e lagolo had told and giv e n him to understand. Ther e fore it was finally and in a ll hast e conclud e d in the aforesa id parliam e nt and council, that both by land and by sea they should make th e m r ea dy to go to the si e ge of the said city of Rhodes.

And furthermore there wer e called many cunning men in making of instruments of war, that it is to say Bombardes, guns, culverines, serpentines and such other. Among the which was one George, renegade, a man of subtle wit that dwelled in Constantinople and then. had wife and children. And for his su btil wit and great cunning in making such instrum e nts of war, had of the Turks great rewards, which Georg e ten years afore passed, had been in Rhod e s, the which city then was not so strong as now. And wh e n the Turk d e manded that the city of Rhodes should be portrayed and print e d on a table and showed untc him. Amongst all oth e rs George brought the b e st patt t rn drawn and portrayed. An ri' so by him and by oth ers the Turk t ook for th e last conclusion to send and lay si eg e to Rhod e s. Considering that with instruments of war all mann e r of walls may b e thrown down.

And also considerin g his great power and might by the which he had conquered and got two empires, seven kingdoms and many other lands and places.

AID,-

He also considered the great goods and profits the which he migbt have of Rhod e s, for as much as he th e great commodities and strength of the same cIty of Rhodes, both by land and by s e a.

And further more imagined, if he had Rhodes that he might ordain wars against many other lands both east and west.

Also this Turk knew right well that the said Rhodes was an Isle of great name and of good air, and that Rhodes in old time was of great amity and charity with the Romans, and also he thought if he might have the aforesaid city of Rhodes he should lightly put under his subjection all other countrie s about.

And so in conclusion he should conquo,r and subdue

May, 1925.

St. John J\mbulance Stigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

APRIL, 1925.

The Acting Chie f has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE CORPS SURGEON.

NO 5 DISTRICT.

Alfred Galen Sc hule Brou g hton, M B., Ch.B., Dewsbury and D stri c t Corps, 27. 425

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DI STR ICT.

George Herbert Leonard HammertoD, L.R.C.P , L R .C .S

L.P .&S., Dewsbury and District. Corps, 27. 4 2 5

W ill iam Thomas M itton Trafford , Lmcoln Corps, 27 4 25

TO BE CORPS OFFICER.

NO.5 DI STR I CT

\ V alter Banham , Pontefra c t Corps, 13 -+ 25

William Robinson W igglesworth, Pontefract Corps, IS 4.25

N O 6 DI STRI CT

Nathaniel Lord, Hull Corps, 10 +.2 5

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. 4 D STR IC T

\lexander G. Gless, M.D., D.P H M O., Farmworth D ivis on, B olton Corps, 17-4 2 5

N O.5 DI ST RI CT

John Ma rshall Hain, -;\ I. B ., Ch.B., Doncaster DIVIS Io n, Bullc ro ft Corp s, 2 4.25

Alec H a nson, M .B. B. S Dunston-on-Tyne Division, N orth Durh a m Corps, 10 4 25

N o. 6 DI ST R IC T

Hora c e Watts -i V aters, L. :\I., L.R.C. P .&S.I., Re ckitts N ursing

Di vi si on, Hull Corps, 1.425

No. I I DI STR IC T

Ernest St. Cla ir Henriques, M D , C.M., Chatham D ivisio'J, 2 0 -4. 2 5 N o. 12 DI STR ICT.

Mrs. Lu c y We5t, M.B ., B.A O , B.Ch , Alexandra College Nursing Divis io n, 3 3. 2 5

5

Sergt.-M ajr:> r John W. Skelmerd ine Ash ton-under-Lyne D ivision , 22 .4 2 5

W ill iam F inch , Stockport Div is ion, 20 04. 2 5

N O.5 DI STRICT

Sergt. H a rry Fenw ic k Moore, V h itwood Coll eries D i"i s io n 274 2 5

Sergt. Harold Kirk, Staveley Works Div isi on, Sta v eley Corps, 84. 2 5

No. 12 DI ST RI CT.

James Harrop, Dubl in Headquarters Di vi s ion, 10 [ 2 24

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER.

N o. I DI ST R ICT

:Miss Ed ith Curtis, No (T o t tenh a m an d Edm o nton ) Nurs ing D ivision 14'42j

NO.2 DI ST R ICT

Miss Lily Cottr ll Trend, Lymi n g ton Nursin g Di vi s ion, 184 2 5

No 6 DISTRICT.

:M iss Floren ce Watson, Youn 5 Peo p le's Inst itute urs in g Di vi sion, Hull Corps, 2 4 4 25

NO. 8 DIS T RICT

Mrs. Laura Kate Ovenden, Folkestone Nurs ing D ivision, 2 3 .4. 2 5

M iss Mi nnIe L ivi ngstone Pr ice , C a nterbury Hursm g DIV ISIon, 23 2 2 5

Miss Stella Fraser, H ove Nursin g D vis ion, Br ig hton and Hove Corps, 5 4 25

Miss Lilian i Velch, C ity of Ro che s ter N ur s m g D IVISIO n, 5 -P 5

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

NO. 2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Martha N a omi Johnson, Lym ingt o n N urs in g D ivision 20 4. 2 5

N O.4-DI STR I CT

Mrs. E. W Toulmin, High Sc hool N urs in g D ivi s io n, Pr eston Corps, 8·_P5

Miss Helen Campbell H ill ard, P reston Co -operat ive Nurs in g Div sion, Preston Corps, 842 5

TO BE DISTRICT SERGEANT-MAJOR.

The attack on St. Nichola s Tower.

all the lands from the sea call e d A e geum unto the sea called Poneum, that is to SlY from the e ast part of th e world to the w e st part.

Notwithstanding, some of his captains counselled hi m that he should not lay si e ge to Rhodes. And that was token of his evil adventure.

Nevertheless by his commandment, his men of war came toward Rhodes both by land .·and by sea, and they that we nt by sea , sailed on until time thty arriv e d to a country called Eycya (i. e., Lycia ) , and s e veral days after that they were arrived there with their navy, came also thither th e other gr e at host by l a nd, and so th e y met each other in the for e said country of Eycya which is but seven miles from Rhodes. And th e y carri e d with them by sea great instruments of war.

(To be continued.)

James Be c kett, M l?,. B.A.O., L.M., D.P.H., Dublm Headquarters D IVISIon, 10 12.24

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

N o D I ST R IC T

Corp!. Douglas George Goldie, No. 5 Croydon Division, IO.2.25

NO.4 DI STR ICT

A mbulance Officer J ames Wilfrid Lowe, Bolton Headquarters Di v ision, 17-4.25

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Jacob Melvin, Whitwood Collieries Division, 27 4·C! 5 NO.6 DISTRICT.

Corpl. Geor g e Dickinson Bell, Woodhom Division, Ashington Coal Co. Corps, 12.4.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No I DI STRICT.

Miss Matilda Fletcher, No. 56N (Totlenham and Edmonton) Nursing Division, 14-4.25

NO.3 ( E ASTER N ) DISTRICT.

Herbert Lieves!ey, 2 5 4 25

DIVISIONS RE-N AMED.

O. 3 WE STER K ) DI STRI CT.

Oratory Nurs ng D i,,; sion, Birm n g ham Corps, o be re-named " Nelson Nursing Division, " 92. 25

No. 5 DI ST R ICT

Portland Division to secede from Nott in g ham Corps, 18.3.2 5

NO. 4 DISl'RICT.

Colne Ambulan c e and Nursing Divisions formed nto Colne Corps, 284 2 5

TO BE TRANSFERRED.

NO.8 DI STRI CT

Supt. Dobson, from N o 64 ( Kent ish Town ) Di,-ision to Herne Bay D vision" 2 ['4.25

No. I DI STRICT.

Supt. F. T. Gregg, from Willes borough Divis ion t o Vic tor ia Division, 20.4 25

-FIRST AID. - May, 1925

TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. DISTRICT.

Lady District Officer Miss K. Hunt, 234 2 5

NO·3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. M. Prochaska, Handc;worth Nursing Division, Birmingham Corps, 13-4 2 5

NO.5 DI STR ICT.

Supt. Majar D. H. C. Briggs, Whitwood Colliery Division, 27-4- 25

No. 8 DISTRICT.

Supt. W. Poole, Whitstable Division, 8A.25

Supt. F. A. Sutton, Redhill Division, Relgate Corps, 3A 25

RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO·3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

SllPt. R. E. Towcester Division, 4.5. 2 5

Lady Supt. MIss M. A. Edmunds, Daventry Nursing Division

6 5 2 5 '

NO·3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer F. Hollyoak, Aldridge Division, 30 .4. 2 5

NO·5 DI STRICT

Dr. D. Shipley Nursing Division, 6.5. 2 5

Dr. T. HollinS, Sheepsbridge and District DIvision, 6.5.::!5

Corps Surgeon T Bonner, Sh ipl ey and District Corps, 30 A 25

Corps Supt. Major P. B. Walker, Dewsbury and District Corps, 304.25

Supt. J. T. Kowley, Chesterton Division, 30 .4. 2 5 NO.9 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance Officer F. Roberts, Falmouth Division, 4.5. 2 5 DEATHS.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Corps Sup. E. B. Wain, Biddulph and District Corps, 30 .4. 2 5

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon F. R. H. Laverick, City D ivision, Newcastle-on- Tyne Corps, 30425 DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Elsecar Division, 214 2 5

NO.8 DISTRICT.

H.erne Bay Division, 10-4. 2 5 City of Rochester Nursing Division, 174 2 5 NO.9 DI STRICT.

Weymouth Nursing Division, 8-4- 2 5 OADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Askham and Ireleth Cadet Division, 16.4 2 5 NO.9 DISTRICT

Johnston Terrace Cadet Division, 6. 4. 2 5 P. WILKINS.O N (Major-General), ActlDg Chief Commissioner.

ARGENTA CUP CO MPETITION - The competition will be hel.d Saturday, June 27th and not on June 20th as advertIsed In our last two issues.

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The Fir.st Aid for the Matheson Cup was he!d Apnl 24th In the auditorium of Alexandra School, WlDmpcg, Manttoba, J. B. Mitchell, of the St. John Ambulance ASSOCIatIOn, presiding. The judges were Dr. Mary Crawford, Dr. H. A. and Dr. J. H. R. Four teams were entered In the competition, which IS open to employ{ es of the Winnepeg School Board among the being opened in I9 22 and a very creditable «:xhibition of First Aid work was displayed by each of the (our competitive units.

Prince of Wales's Distri,t COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. MAY, 1925.

June 7th-No.5 Hackney Division.

" 14th-No.7 Toynbee Hall.

" 21st-St. Mark's Division.

" 28th -No. I I Wembley and Harlesden Division.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. SALUTES.

is again called to the importance of salutes bemg given by varIO US ranks on duty, especially on Pub1.c Street Duty, to Officers both Ambulance and Nursing.

The .Member in Charge of a should always salute an Officer, either Ambulance or NurslDg, who may visit the Unit or be passing the Unit.

On Public Street Duty men placed in front of the crowd in the police ranks, will come to attention and not salute. of th ese is noticed by the general public, and IS likely to give an Impression of slackness and want of efficiency.

THE ACTING LADY SUPERINTENDENT.

The Chief Commissioner has appointed Lady Perrott, R.R.c., the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief of the St. John B.rigade, to act temporarily as Acting Lady Dlstnct SuperIntendent of No. District.

Acting District Supt. hopes that all Lady Office.rs wIll commun :cate with her on questions over they thl?k she COuld help them in any way, and she is anxIous of havlOg the pleasure of meeting all Lady Superintendents of the District, al:,o N ursing Officers at an early date, for which invitations will shortly be sent ou;.

The Commissioner feels that the IOterest shown in the work of No. District by Lady Perrott, will meet with a hearty response.

This does not in any way alter instructions laid down III District Orders regarding the channels of communication.

A NUAL I N SPECTION.

The Commissioner desires once again to remind Officers 10 Charge of Arr hulance and Nursing D iv isions that the Annual I nspection for the year will take place od SatUl day June 6th, on. the Ground, Hyde Park, and he that everythlOg WIll be done by Divisions to make the parade a success.

DISTRICT COMPETITIONS.

The Commissioner desires to thank all those Officers who so hard to these Competitions a success. EverythIng carned out In a very satisfactory manner, and the Commissioner deSIres to convey his congratulations to the winners of the various trophies. The of these Competitions will be found on the (ollow ng page (Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divlsi.onal requested, when sending ne\>. s cuttlOgS of their meetlDgs, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

CENTRAL ARE A. -On April 28th, a goodly ga thering of members of Central Area met in The Chapter Hall to hear Mr. H. W. Fincham, the ASSistant Librarian give his famous lecture on the history of The Order of St. J which

they one and all enjoyed to the uttermost. Col. G. A. Moore, the Deputy Chief Commissioner, presided over the meeting, and later proposed the vote of thanks which was most heartily accorded to the lecturer. After the lecture Mr. Fincham added to his kindness by co nducting the audience through the recently nstituted Museum of The Urder. Dr. Corbet Fletcher announced that the Central Area Church Parade would be held on June 21st, at St. Clement Danes, n the Strand.

The District Competitions for No. District have noW been compl e ted, with the following results :MASSEY MAINWARING CUP.

Judges : -Dr. R. Connon Robertson and Dr. L. Mack enz ie Brown, and Assistant Commissioner Dr. E. Mel ntyre.

N U RSING CHALLENGE BOWL. judges :-Dr. Mary A. B lair, Dr. T. Pearson, Dr. Black man. Result:-

NO.]4 M. Rodick, Craigs Court Division 239 marks

14 M. Stephens,,, " " 23

" 9 H. Riggs, Kensington 224

» 5 H. M. Whitten, Norwood 224 " " IO M. Tuckwell, Balham " 2Ig " 2 M. F. Dawe, St. John's Gate 2Ig 5 L. Garnham, Norwood 218 9 E. Thompson, K ens ington 20g" 6 S. D. Housden, Hampstead " 208., 30 M.L.Eagles, Thomey Island" ] 9 8 " 3 [ F. Stringer, Temple ] 76 " 10 A. Tappley, Thomey Island " J 70 IS E. Lawson, Ilford " 161 " 8 E. Link, East Harr. " 13 8 " " 8 N Moore, 126 "

" 4 Ley ton & Leytonstone Division

,,41 Royal Ars enal Division

" 29E Waltham stow East Division

,,29'vV " West " 9 [ Tottenham Gas Co.

" 87 Shorerlitch

PERROTT SHIELD.

196 marks

The final for thIS trophy was held in the Wesleyan Schools St. John Square, by kind permission of the Rev P. Ineson, on April 18 th, 1925. Result :No. 20 Hampstead Division

lSI 162 12 6 Il8 81t

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The District Prelininary for this trophy was held in the Chapter Hall, at St. John's Gate, by kind permission of the Secretary of the Order. Result:No. Hampstead Division

" I4N Craigs Court House Division

" 9N :Royal Borough of Kensi n gton

216 marks 'I Division 185 "

" 15N Ilford

Di vis ion 162 "

22N Harrow" ISS "

" 31 N Southend-on-Sea Division 128"

Judges :-District Surgeon B R. Connon Robertson, Assistant-Commissioner Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden &: Divisional Surgeon Dr. D. L. Crowe.

OSBORN SHIELD.

Judges :-Assistant Commis sioner Lt.-Col. F A. Brooks, M.D., and Assistant Commissioner Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher.

Result :No. 20

" 16 Hampstead Division ( L. B. & S. C. Rly.) New Cro"s Divis io n 19-1 (South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps ) Lee Green Division

" 37 (G .W.R., Paddington ) "

4 Ley ton & Ley tons tone "

" 80 Stoke Newington Division

,,29 \Valthamstow East "

I72 } marks

The Commissioner is pleased witb the keen interest that has been taken by d iv isions this year in the comp et itions, and it is hoped that the same keenness will be shown in the competitions for 1926.

The CommiSSIOner desires to thank all those doctors who took 50 much trouble in acting as judges in the district competititions, and also those officers who assisted them in making the competitions such a success.

No. 2 District.

The District Preliminary for the" Dewar" and" Perrott" Challenge Shie.d Competitions was held on the 25th April at the Masonic Hall, Oxford, under the direction of Major Darvil-Smith and Mr. H. A. J. Wrigglesworth.

The preparation of the hall and arrangements prior to and during the comp et ition wer e in the capable hands of Corps Offi cers Dearie and Rogers, assisted by Sergt.-Major Purnell.

The following medical men and trained nurses acted as jlldges :-l\1en's teams: Major J. C. R. Freeborn, Dr. C. W. ::ieccombe, and Dr. F G. Gardner. Women's teams: Dr, Audland, Dr. S. J. C. Holden, Miss Harrison ( Oxford ), and Miss Batty (Buc ks ).

Teams representing the follow ing Counties compet edBerks, Bucks, Gloucester, Hants, Oxford, and Wilts.

The winning- teams were : - Packer's (Bris tol ) D ivi sion and Bournemouth Nursing Div ision, these teams representing NO.2 district in the finals.

AYLESBURY.- The annual dinner of the division was held at the Bull Head Hotel on May 7th, when the Mayor presided over a company of IOO guests.

1 2 5 l OS!

" 19-1 (S outh Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps ) Old Kent-road D i\ isiun I07

» 41 Roya l Arsenal Division "

" Wembley & Harlesden " 80*

» 29 Walthamstow West" "

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This competItion took place in the Chapter Hall at St. j ohn's Gate, by kind permISSion of the Secretary of the Order. GENT CUP.

Judges: -·Dr. Collingwood Andr ews , Dr. (Ca ptain), Dr. Rees. Result:... No 46 Pte. F. T. Dean, Ilford DIVISion

" 4 Pt e. C. A. Barker, Ley ton "

,,87 Cpl. F. T Cole, Shoreditch " " 16 Pte.W.M.Cruse, New Cross " ,,37 Pte. W. J. Newdick (G .W R. ) " " 37 Cpl. T. W. Hill " "

46 l-'te. F. B. Spurge, Ilford Pte. L. Allum, Harlesden " " J Sgt. Teagle, " "

4 Pte. A. Agar, Ley ton

Cpl. J. P. Stewart, Harrow

Pte. S. H. Beetles,

BUCKINGHAM.-Lord Dewar has presented a County Challenge Shield for annnal c ompetition ambulance divisions of the Brigade in the County. ThiS shIeld will be competed for at Aylesbury on the 6th June.

G. E. Twiss, the retiring Lady Supt. of the nursing division was made the recipien.t of a massi"e silver tea tray by the members of the diVISIOn on May 5th. Dr. D. Fisher made the presentation.

No. 3 District.

CORPs.-It is with regret we record the death of Ambulance Officer Thomas CheshIer.

It is little more than a year ago since he with others rece ived from the Earl of Scarbrough the Insignia of H.S.B. of the Order of St. John, and no Officer of the Birmingham Corps deserved the honour more than he.

Mr. Cheshier joined the Corps on its formation in I9 02 and was a consist ent and devo ted member throughout the y ea rs, never sparing himself if he the cause of " Fi rst Aid" in BirmIngham. Now the Blrmmgham Corps IS mourning his 1055.

Members of the Headquarters Division carried him to hiS

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last resting place on T hursday, April 30 th and as the Bugler sounded the Last Post over the grave, all the Corps Officers, Divisional Officers and men who stood by felt that the world was poorer by the loss of one of the ir most respe c ted and esteemed Officers

LEICESTER. - The Leicester Corps has suffered a great loss in the death, on May 9th, of Ambulance S ster Annie Scampton Cave, one of its oldest and most faithful members.

Miss Cave enrolled in the first Nursing Division registered outside London, the" Lei cester Nursing Division," and though, after a few years, she severed her connection with the Brigade she re-enrolled in her old Division in 1902 and had continued her active service for the past 23 years.

Miss Cave's interest had been keen to the last, and those, who knew her best, realised, beneath a reserved manner, her ster);ng worth and value, and how she upheld the ideals of the Order to whi c h she was proud to belong.

NO. 4 District.

DARW EN.-On the 6th l\1ay, an interesting presentation took place at the Headquarters of the above Di v ision. The first Long Service Medal to come to Darwen was presented to Nursing Sister Betsy Watters by Dr. T. \V. Heywood, who with his wife very kindly came up from Cheshire for the occasion.

No. 9 District.

PLYMO UTH.- The District Shield Competition was held on April 18th, at the King Street 'W ef)p"'an School, Plymouth.

The tearrs which met for com pet rr were Cam borne and Redruth from Cornwall, and Exeter, :t' ev t on Abbot, Devonport Central, Mutley and Plymouth Centt2) jm Devon. Plymouth Central were winners of the Shield with I41 marks. They were followed by Devonport Central with 138 marks and Newton Abbot with 128 marks. The Stretcher test was :-

"You are returning from public duty in a hired car.

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You notice a motor cyclist lying by the side of the road, face downwards, with his face immersed in a stream. The cycle has evidently skidded and is lying across the man who is unconscious. There is a farm 100 yards away. Hospital two miles away."

This test wa.5 witnessed by a large number of people, among whom were the Mayor of Plymouth (Alderman R. W. Winnicott) anci Colonel A. B. Soltau, A.D.M.S., Terntorial Army ( Honorary Physician to H. M. the King).

The judges were Major W. F. M Loughnan, R.A.M.C., and Captain K. P. Mac Kenzie, RA M.C., both of the Military Hospital, Devonport, for the practical and oral tests respectively. Captain Arthur Rodd, RA.M.C., judged the Stretcher test.

After the Competition, about 150 people were entertained to a West country tea by the Borough of Plymouth Corps ( Corps Supt. T. Hitchcock).

At the presentation, the Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel

C. 1. Ellis, C.M.G T.D., M.D., C.M., presided and was supported by his District Staff. Mrs. J. H. Beckly of Plymouth presented the Shield and prizes.

Mr. J. H. Beckly, J.P., (Chairman of Devon County Centre, S.J.A.A.) spoke and congratulated the teams on the spirit displayed and the high efficiency shown. They were rendering a service to the nation and the public was deeply indebted to them.

Colonel Ellis thanked the Borough of Plymouth Corps for their business like preparation, the Trustees of the Building for their generous spirit in offering free use of the premises, the ladies who prepared the tea, and Ambulance Officer G. I. Mann for his effiCIent Secretarial duties.

No. 10 District.

Ip SW ICH.-On Saturday, April 18th, the annual competitions for the East Anglican and Elliston Challp.nge Cups were held at the Boys' Municipal School, Tower Ramparts, Ipswich.

Eight teams, representing respectively Hitchin (HeTts.), March, Cambridge (holders), 1< elixstowe, and the Orwell \Vorks (two teams), and Gippeswyk Divisions (two teams) of the Ipswich Corps entered for the East Anglican Cup.

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Six teams all from Suffolk, and representing respectively Aldeburgh (holders), Felixstowe, Saxmundham, and the Ipswich Nursing Corps (Beechholme, Broadwater, and Moka Di vi sions) competed for the Elliston Cup.

The Judges were :-East Anglican Cup, Major E. W. Harrington, R.A.M.C., of Walton·on-Naze, for stretcher drill; County Surgeon T. H. Goodman, M R.C.S , of Haverhill for first-aid work ; and Dr. S. Bree, of Manningtree, for viva-voce; Elliston Cup, Nurse Curran, of the Nurses' Home, Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, for the bedmaking and nursing; District Surgeon W. F. Fryer, of Ipswich, for the first-aid work, and in the unavoidable absence of Dr. A. Cloudesley Smith, through illness, the viva-voce examination was kindly undertaken at the last minute by Dr. Eric Staddon.

The general arrangements for the orderly work were carried out in excellent style by members of the Ipswich units under Corps Supt. F. E. Nethercoat, ana Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar.

Unfortunately, the Mayor was out of town, but the Mayoress ( Mrs. F W. Turner ) accompanied by the DeputyMayor ( Dr. J. Staddon) was present topresent the trophies to the successful teams, at the close of the contests.

The greatest interest was shown in these competitions seeing that the winners were to represent the district in the Dewar and Perrott contests, and amongst those who attended during the afternoon were noticed Miss Coulcher, C. B.E

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Capt. Gooderham suitably replied and expressed thanks on behalf of Mrs. Gooderham, for their kind thought which had prompted them to acknowledge his work in such a generous manner. The Commissioner moved a vote of thanks to the Mayoress for kindly attending during the afternoon.

The examination results of four classes which have been held during the winter months ha ve just come to hand from the gate, and show that excellent work has been done by those responsible.

DEDHAM.-The members ofthe Dedham section attended the wedding of Sergt. Waller and formed a guard of honour at St. Mary's Church on Easter Monday. A present was forthcoming in the shape of a heavily-plated silver teapot, suitably inscribed, from the section. The presentation was made by the Rev Dr. Rendall, who was in charge, on the pre vi ous Saturday evening.

COLCHES1ER.-The largest d::tss whi ch has ever been held at Colchester, shows that ov er forty have sat is fied the examiners. The greatest credit is due to the Divisional Surgeon ( Dr. Herrington ) for his excellent lectures, and to Supt. E. H. Andrews, of the division. The Mayor of Colchester (Dame Catherine Hunt) attended at St. John s Green School to present the awards and commented upon the usefulness of

HORDEN COLLlER Y DI VISION, CO. D URHAM.

Th is year's wi nners of the No.6 D istri c t Silver Challenge Championship Shield. This team also holds the Bron ze Shield for the County of Durham.

Standing (left to right ): Sergt. C. Leighton (ca ptain ), Pte. H. Dawe, P le. J Cra ggs, Pte. Pinder, Corpl. G. S. CockenJl, and Staff-Sergt. H. E. Wardman ( Instru c tor )

Seated : Am b Officer R. Raines, Div Supt. D Martin, Div. Surgeon A. Armit.

District Offi : er Miss A. Bohnn Coulcher, Mrs. T. Parkington, Distri c t Commissioner Major J. Hossack, Assistant Commissioner S. O Eades, Distnct Officers T. Damant, A. CHill, W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffatt, District Supt. Capta n F. H. Gooderham ( Reserve ), District Sergeant-Major Lord, Mr. and Mrs. James Forsdike (Saxmundham), Mr J. W. Seager ( Felixstowe ) Lady Supt. Miss Ll?yd (Felixstowe).

The results were as follows: -Elltston Cup, Aldeburgh, 222 marks' Broad water, 200; Moka, 197 ; Feiixstowe, 189; ]66; and J65· East Anglican Cup: March, 176 marks; Glppeswyk (N o.2 ). I 6 5; Orwell Works ( No.2 ), 160; Cambndge, 156; Fellxstowe, 15 2 Gippeswyk ( No. I ), 151 ; Orwell Works (1'\ 0. I), I47; and Hltchin, 134.

The Commissioner (Maj or Hossack ) , In announclDg the result congratulated the wlDners most .heartily their success more especially Aldeburgh, seemg that It was the second 'year in succession, and he also h ighly Saxmundham, seein-g that they only qUIte recently JOlDed the Brigade. He then asked DIstrict Supt. Capt. Gooderham, to accept, on behalf of the District, a hunter watch for himse!f and a wrist-watch for Mrs Gooderham, as a token of theIr high esteem and in reco g nition of the valuable work he has performed for the ambulance cause during the past thirty years

the work. At the conclusion, Dame Catherine was cordially thanked by Dr. Herrington and Capt. Cocker.

No. II (5. E. & C. R.) District.

The fifth Annual Dinner of the Deal and Walmer Divisions was held at the Masonic Hall, Deal, on Monday, March 2]rd, when a company of about 80 spent a " er ye njoyable time round the festi v e board under the chairmanship of the Mayor, Councillor M. Montgomery

This e v ent was made the occasion for presenting the Divisional Surgeon, Dr. F. M. Hughes, with the parchment in connection with his recent appointment as a Life Member of the St. John Ambulance Association

There was a wonderful blend ng of the ancient and modern at Queenborough on Sunday mornin g, A pril I 9 th , when the Mayor and Corporation, together with members of Queenborough, Sheerness and Di \'i sions of Brigade, assembled to attend DIVIDe Sen' lce at the Parish Church pr io r to the dedication of the new Motor Ambulance subscribed for by members of the ancient borough.

The grounds of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, presented an unusual spectacle on Easter Sunday, when between 400 and 500 members of the Brigade participated in a march past and review

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Much sympathy is expressed in the Willesborough Division with the widow of Corporal W. Reeves of that Division who died at the early age of 30.

About 100 men and were present at the Ashford Cerr.etery on the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial over the grave of ]l.1r. G. Henneker, late Supt. of the Ashford Works Division. The memorial, which takes the form of a beautiful marbl e cross and kerbing, was unveiled by Commissioner E. A. Richards, who paid tribute to Mr Henneker s publIC spiritedness, energy and devotion to the ambulance movement in the District. The stone was subscribed for by late Supt. Henneker's colleagues and was, Mr. Richards said, intended to be a tribute not only of respect but of affection; an evidence of his good work; an intimation to his family that they were not alone in sorrow at his passing; and a reminder to those who passed that he had lived a good life and one that was worthy of emulation by tho!;e present and those who might read the inscription hereafter. At the conclusion of the ceremony a beautitul floral chaplet was placed upon the grave by Miss W. Grindley, Supt. of the London Br idge Nursing Division on behalf of the whole District.

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Our Ambulance Problem (No. I).

THE SOLUTiON. immedz'ate Actz'on.

Both immediately advance on patient

Place rug on ground (convenient site )

Forthwith remove patient from car

M an at head and shoulders, wife :tt feet

Place woman recum bent on motor rug

Wife at once loosens clothing of patient '"

Explore mouth: fold rug round patient

Then test pulse and note breathing (feeble) .. .

Man and wife discuss further ac ion

Sub equent individual Action.

Man decides drive ca r to house _

To obtain blankets, warm drink, &c.

A nd telephone mebsage to hospital

Asking for doctor and ambulance

State exact site of emergency ...

Wife decides to remain wlth woman

And, if possible, elicit history of case

With full name and address of patient

Sub-equent Combined Action.

Man returns promptly with material

A nd assists wife to restore woman

Who is kept recumbent and covered up

Until the arrival of the ambulance

Man places car in charge of police

REPORT OF EXAMINER.

The of this new feature of the J oumal is replete WIth dlfficultles: hut many of these will doubtless disappear with practice and experience.

One object of the competition is to instruct candidates in the art Gf preparing detailed sheets a most ,item .in modern competition work. Yet mlny mlss d thIS pomt in place of a properlydetalled supph e d COpIOUS notes and explanations. Others faIled to up to the ruling that "good results _ actIOn,," though this is a very n e cessary conditIOn If the test IS to prove its practical value.

. Manr competitors 5pent the!r efforts idly in attempting a dIagnosIs; and one excelled hImself by declaring patient dead, and then detailing his treatment of such a case. many others exercised their imaginations unjustlfia bly, and, by the creation of oth e r factors completely altered the" Surroundings" of the case.

After much consideration I decided that the most

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(Signed) N. CORBET FLETCHER

RESULT OF COMPETITION.

Further, to the Enminer's report, we beg to state that Solution No. 65 was submitted by Mr. H. Green (36, Edmund Road, Saltley, Birmingham), to whom a copy of "The Knights of St. John in England" has been forwarded in accordance with the terms of the competition.

(Signed) THE EDITORS.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has s;J.nctio?ed t.he appointments, promotions, transfers and reSIgnatIOns dunng the month of April, 1925 :Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALE S DI ST RICT.

Ma:r!c.kville Division.-Divisional Secretary A. J. Gilbert to be DIVISIonal Supt., vice .E. J. Davis, resigned, 1.4.2 5 VICTORIA DISTRICT.

South yarra Nursing Division.-Acting Lady Divisional Supt. E. MItchell to be Lady Divisional Supt., 28.1. 2 5 Canada.

MANITOBA DI STRICT.

Canadian National Railway Division.-C. A. Mackenzie, to be Divisional Surgeon, 25.I I.24; G. Tait to be DIVISIOnal Supt., I6 10.24; W. Beaton to be Ambulance Officer, 27.10.24

New Zealand.

AUCKLAND DISTRI CT.

Auckiand Dlvision.-J. F. G. Richards D.S.O. M.B.S. to be Divisional Surgeon, vice Dr. Stride, Auckland Nursing Division .- Lady Divisional Supt. Miss L. Phillips resigned, 162.25

OTAGO DISTRICT.

Dunedin Corps.-Ist Lady Ambulance Officer Miss J. Pollok to be Lady Corps Supt., 236.24

. I?unedin Division.-G. P. Fllzgerald, M.B., Ch B., to be DIVISIonal Surgeon, 142.25

Central Nursing Di v ision. - Lady Divisional Supt., MISS J. McNaughton resigned, 16.2 .25

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED, DISBANDMENTS, &c. Australia.

SOUTH AU STRALIA DISTRI CT

Port Augusta Division formed, 154. 2 4 New Zealand.

OTAGO DISTRICT.

Palmerston South Nursing Di v ision, disbanded 19 2 2 5 WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Palmerston North Fire Brigade Division, disbanded I9· 2 25 South Africa.

S. A. R. & H. DISTRICT.

Transvaal Corps, Park Station Division, to be known as Johannesburg Division

May, 1925 -FIRST Brigade Competitions 1925.

THE Brigade Final Competitions held on Friday, May 8th, were the most successful and best organised since 1897 when Lord Dewar, then Mr. Thomas Dewar, gave the " Dewar" Shield to the Brigade in recognition of its services to the public.

Those responsible for the Competition staff be well satisfied with the results obtained during its short time of existence.

The teams according to a previously prepared timetable commenced to compete at 9.24 a.m. from which time ambulance men and women all over the country were arriving; and by noon the "Perrott" Section of the Competitions was packed, and for a short period caused a little anxiety to the officials

The tests drawn up by the Medical Advisors-Colonel Moore, Lieut.-Colonel Brooks and Dr. Audland, which

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Shortl y after p. m. the judg e s, stewards, teams and orderlies were entErtained to luncheon by the Order. The Competitions were resumed about 2 30 p.m from which time many distinguished members of the Order and the Brigade began to arrive.

the last team had competed, the Southern Railway MilItary Band rendered items of music.

Majesty thf! Queen, attended by the Dowager Lady Mlnto and Mr Harry Vern e y, was r e ceived by Lord Scarborough, Sub -Pnor of the Order, with whom were Major-Gen.eral Sir Percival Wilkinson, Lady Perrott, Lt -Gen. SIr Aylmer Hunter-Weston and Col. F. Pixl e y

The question of who should present the bouquet to the Queen was happily settled by letting the elder girl cadets ballot among themselves the fortun ate one being Miss Molly Paynter of Hull.

In the entrance hall Lady District Supts. Mrs. Tweedale, Mrs. Falwasser, Mrs. Harv e y Reeves, and Mrs. Birkbeck and Lady District Officer Miss Ridout were

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Her Majesty the Queen presenting the Dewar Shield to the Wolverharnpton T earn. appear in another column, were admirably staged, giving the competitors every assistance S0 far as surroundings were concerned.

In the "Dewar" Section, a rac e course and grand stand, together with palings, rails and green matting to represent grass, were erected in addition to an ambulance station; the patient was dressed in jockeys' clothes, the jacket being black and white. In the" Perrott" Section, woodland scenery and an old cC)untry cottage was erected, and looked picturesque.

Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson and Lady Perrott were early on the sCene to see that the arrang ements made, were working smoothly.

Thanks to the efficient staff of stewards and the hard work of the judges, 9 mens' and 9 womens'teams had completed their tests before luncheon, and were therefore free to witness the Competitions when they resumed at 2.30 p.m.

presented to the Queen, after which h e r Majesty proceeded to witness an exhIbition test performed by the London Bridge Nursing Division.

After the team exhibition, the medical advisersCol. Moorf', Lt.-Col. Brooks, Dr. Audland, the judgesCol. Trimble, Major Hossack, Dr. Beverl e y, Dr. Holden, Major Hammersley Johnston, Mr. Richards, Mr. Harvey Reeves, Major Dawson, Miss Cockrane, Lt. -Col. Lambert, Capt. R. Cran, Dr. Connon Robertson, Miss Hodgins, the Viscountess Mountg2.rret, and Mrs. Porter, Col. Cameron and Major Darvil-Smith, were presented to the Queen

Her Majesty proceeded to tea about 445 p.m., and during the tea interval the b:lDd again. rendered s.elected pieces of music, and the staff made hurned preparatIOn s the presentation of prizes, no small task when It 15 remembered that some parts of the scenery and chairs had to be removed in Sllch a short space of time.

At 5 pm. the Queen, accompanied by members of the

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

EDITORIAlSt. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital Notes

The Chancellor of the Order at Carlisle

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480

Brigade Appointments, &c

DISTRICT REPORTS-

Prince of Wales's No.2; NO.3 ... NO.4; NO.9; No. 10 No. II

Our Ambulance Problem (No I)

The S t. John Am bulance Brigade Overseas Brigade CompetitIons, 1925

Our Cartoon-No. 13

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establish what was now known as the St. John Ambulance Association. Its activitiei were largely educational, and from it had sprung the now familiar term, "First Aid." Those who qualified after its courses of instruction received the St. John Ambulance certificate, which had become the hall mark of efficiency t hroughout the Empir e , for it was not only at home that th e movement had struck deep

The natural corollary to the knowledge thus acquir( d was a desire for cooperation to put to practical use the knowledge in everyday life and in time of war. That desire led up to th e formation of their second great branch, the Sc John Ambulance Brigade , which, starting in a small way, had become a national institution, with a membership appr J ximatinb 40,000.

H e doubted whether the community at large prop ; rly appreciated the immense amount of work of a voluntary description for the reli ef of suff ; ring that had bew done quietly and unostentat io usly day by day, especially in their industrial districts. It was ve ry certain that th e Government Departments, municipalities, railways, mines, and factori es wer e paying e.ver-increasing attention to the value and the med of first aid of which the Order was proud to rememb e r that it was the pion e'e r.

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this year, besides being the winners of the Inter-Railway Challenge Shield for the years 1923 and 1924

In th e ca se of the" Perrott " Challenge Shi,ld, this is the first tim e in its history of there being a tie, and the Hampstead Division must have gained considerably by last years €.Xpcrien ce when th e y were 81h, to tie wilh the London Bridge Nursin6 Division, which on that occasion was second.

London Bridge Nursing Divisiun have el'try reason to be proud of their achievement in view of the fact of it being one of the youngest Nursing Divisions in the Brigade and have practically beaten the record by maintaining their position amongst the leadlDg womens' teams in tht country.

Those who regularly the Competitions year after year had not seen any finals to compare with those seen this year, but thty had a further treat in store when the Girl Cadets went forward to receive from the Queen the first Challeng e Cup presented to, and won by, a unit of the Cadet organisation of the Brigade.

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Among those present at the presentation of prize S were ;-

L ldy Scarbrough, Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, The Lord and Lady Mayoress, Lt. Gen. Sir Aylmtr and L::tdy HunterMaj vr ·G::n. Sir Percival and L'idy Wilkinson, Col. Slr Wyndham Murray, Lord and Lady William Cecil, Lord and Ll.dy Shaft ': sbury, Sir Evelyn and L'idy Cecil, Robinia Viscountess Mountgarret, Lady Ptrrolt, Lady Margaret MacRa f' , Col. and Mrs. F W. Pixl ey, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Kekewich, Sir H e rbert L e wis, General Sir Leslie and Lady Rundle, Sir Frank and Lady Newnes, Col. Sir William and Lady Bennett, Lt,-Col. W. Blackwood, Sir James Cantlie, S;eo rge and Lady Cheatle, Lady Evelyn Collins, Sir William and Lady Furze, Lady Knowles, Sir Lees and L'ldy Nina Knowles, L or d and L'idy Leigh, Lt.-Gen. Sir William Leishman, Sir Tho.llas and Lady Moloney, Lady Alice Reynti e ns, Sir John Ros;, Vice-Admiral W. F. Slayter, and S ir Herbert and Lady Walk e r. May S .h, 1925. can without he')itation be termed the Derby Day of the Brigade.

QUERIES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS-

A Competition Puzzle

Examination Howler

A Graduated Dressing

Treatment of Fractured Spine

Application of Small Arm Sling

Wounds of Abdominal Wall

Another Case of Fractured Spine

Laborde's Artificial Respiration

Preparation of Stretcher

Poisoning by Lysol

PRACTICAL POINTS-

Home Dangers of Electricity

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Order, .assembled on the platfor?l, and immediately all competlOg teams and boy and girl Cadets marched past Her Majesty.

After the teams had reformed, the Earl of Scarbrough addressed the gathering and said that, in the absence of the G:rand Prior of th,e O.rder, the Duke of Connaught, it fell to s lteutenant, to ask the company to join With hln: 10 offerlOg, on b e half of the Order, their thanks to Her Majesty for her presence and for her undertaking to distri bute the awards.

" This is a red letter day for us, " h continued, "all more so because it emphasises in a signal and unmistakable manner the abiding interest which Her Majesty and al! the Royal House take in the welfare of the Order. That Interest, let me assure Her Majesty, has been a constant encouragement :md inspiration to all its workers in the cause of humanity." He recalled that when the revival of the Order in England took shape in the last century,. there. was an desire reproduce and perpetuate In modern lIfe the traditIOns and the spirit of the old from whom they had their origin.

And so It was that one of tht:ir first works was to

To maintain th e high traditions set, fri en dly rivalry was promot e d among the ranks, and their proc ee dings that day was a culminating effect of competitions betwe e n Divisions throughout the country. Such competitions had to be car e fully and systematically organised, and they r e quired skilled help. He wanted to express grateful thanks to the judges and to th e organisers.

Concluding Lord Scarbrough said :-" I would add h e arty congratulations that our Sover ign Head has r t; turned safe from his voyage of recov e ry in what, I trust, I may be correctly d es cribing a condition of perfect health. "

Maj or General Sir Percival Wilkinson read the results of the Competitions, which were as follows ;-

District.

D.I!;WAR.

Di v ision

Wolverhampton

Bricklayers Arms

Nelson

Plymouth Central Hampstead

March

Packers (B ristol )

Horden Colliery

Oswestry

Nottingham Central Littlehampton

Duffryn Aman PERROTT.

Division.

London Brid g e Hampstead

Elswick Works Winchester House GuiJdford

Leeds Victoria Llanelly

The from Wolverbampton must be proud of achIevement, more especially winning from the Bncklayers Arms team which hav e an excell e nt record in being second in the Dewar Competition in 19 2 3, wmners of the Challenge Shield in 1924, and second

The L'idy Margaret MacRae to further the inter e sts in the Cadet movement and to imbue into the juveniles the feeling they were part of a great organisatIOn, and last but not least, to encourage efficiency in First Aid and Home Nursing, kindly presented a beautiful silver Challenge Cup for competition amongst th e Nursing Cadets in the M e tropolitan area. The Cup this year was won by a team from the Finsbury Cadet Nursing Division. The prizes were exceptionally nice and showed great taste and forethought on the part of those who were responsible for their selection.

All the members of teams, irresp ectiv e of their place, rec eived prizes from th e hands of the Queen. The pri ze s presented were as follows :-

Dewar :-ISt, Rose bowls ; 2nd, E.P. tea sets; 3rd, Barometers; 4th, rose bowls; 5th, wrist watches; 6th, rose bowls; 7th, tankards; 8th, rose bowls ; 9th, Hist?ry of the Order by Col. Kmg; loth, small cup, and phnths ; lIth, case of tea kniv e s ; 12th, sugar basin and sifter.

Perrott ;- 1st, Gold bracelet watches; 2 nd, attach e cas ee s; 3rd, rose bowls ; 4th, ros e bowls; 5th, silver watches; 6th 7th, 8th, and 9th, ro se bowls loth, cups and plinths ,; 11th, History of Order ; 12th, case of tea spoons.

The rose bowls were of different value according to position of team.

Th e cadets winners of the L'idy MacRae Challenge Cup were pre3ented with a copy of the History of the Order by Col. King.

Boy C1d e ts received a pocket knife and Girl Cadets History of the Order by Mr. Fincham. social arrangements made by Colonel Cameron for the Competitions were excellent in e very respect, and in no smatl way added to the success of the day.

The Elf} of Scarbrough, when he said th a t it was a " Red Letter Day" for the Ord e r rightly voiced the feelings of all those present.

While the brig ade finals contmue be orgaDlsed and conduct ed in this manner, the Order Will have to arrange for the accommodation of a large number of visitors, and it will doubtless lead to the promotion of first aid efficiency, more interest in district preliminaries and in local competitions, and to the keenness and desire 01 teams to enter the finals.

The combined efforts of the judges, st ewa rds Hams, and staff rightly d e serv e the success which th eir individual and collective work 6btained.

JUDGES' REPORTS. PERROTT SHIELD.

Dr Co nnon Robe rtson -On the whole the standard of work in the test upon which I judged was of a very high charact er and was p e l form ed in a very efficit: nt manner.

Some of the t eams suffered from nerves, and t:tis in my opinion was where some of them failed , on the other hand th e London Bridg e team were quite calm and collected throughout.

One team lifted the patient s legs before prope rly examining him, ther -:; by bringing about a compound complicated fractur e while several others applied the torniquet on the f:!moral artery for the capillary hc:emorrhage.

lVlajor F W. TV. Dawson.- The tests were skillfully d tsig ned to elicit from the competitors a high standard of knowledg e They succeeded in their object. The work of the ladies was excellent.

Sister No. I.-A fe w competitors failed to make any diffe r e nce bet ween a wound with protrusion of the viscer a and one not having this complication.

Sister No. 2.-N 0 competitor mentioned the pleura. It would be quite possibl e for the pleura to b e wounded and for th e lung to collaps e without being wounded. Several olhers omitted to mention the d ia phragm. Injury to these two organs would give rise to striking and definit e symptoms. They are the least likely to escape injury.

Sister No. 3.-The knowledge display e d was uniformly excellent.

Sister No. 4.-Again the work was of a very high standard. Each competitor had a definite systematic plan of action, and avoided th e num e rous pitfalls with confid ence and skill.

Lieu t ,Col. F Lamb ert.-You ask for my comments as a judge of the Individual Practical T :: st for the" Perrott Shield." Let me op e n with an appreciative note. The First Aid work was well done. I was pl e ased, too, with the care exercised in approaching th e patient in contact with the live electric wire and at the enquiry in all but, I think, two cases for rubber gloves and a rubber mat which we had in hiding. All spotted the nature of the hoemorrhag e from th e leg, and only two omitted th e soda bath for the hand.

N ow for the word of criticism. The most notable failing with almost all the competitors was an adequate

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appreciation or the full meaning and implications of the test. I attribute this to an insufficient grasp of the dttalls given regarding the nature of the building (Electric Power Station), tbe status of those rendering first aid (Sisters in charge of the Ambulance Room), and the known position of the man (an e mployee) Time and time again such questions were asked as made it necessary (or me to If qu£st another reading of the test card I will refer to two points selected (rom a number. It was hardly necessary to make provision for keeping back the crowd, nor should there have been much doubt as to the place to which the injured man might be removed for the time b eing. Th t re was no fracture.

Some allowance may be mad e for the nervous strain obviously felt by some of the competitors, and my advice to future aspirants is to read and read again th e phraseology of the test card: Every phrase has some bearing on the work; not one is superfluous. Th e test is intended, bein g strictly fair, to be exacting. Picked teams from all

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Only one competitor look e d as if she would like to interfere with my well-being.

DEWAR COMPETITION.

THE IM PR ESSIONS OF A JUDGE.

Another Dewar has come and gone and as a mere judge perhaps it would be of inter e st to a mere competitor to have the impressions obtained by that I fe::.r much dreaded functionary-a judge.

First of all I would like to congratulate the managers of the show. From my room not a hitch was noticed. When we had done with one team lhe other was ready and waltlDg. The little I saw of the Competition upstairs in the main hall all pointed to careful and thorough staff work and everything appeared to me to move forward without a hitch.

Now for the teams. I am going to speak plainly from an examiners point at view and what criticisms I offe r may I hope, be of us e to competing teams in the future. The

first thing that struck me was the extreme nervousness of every team. It becomes no longer amusing after you have heard it half a do ze n times to hear a man ask "Is the b-b-bbleeding st-t-topped ? "

I quite understand and sympathise with the nervous tension under which the teams are working. I have been through too many exams myself not to appreciate their feelings, but if there is one thing on this earth that demands presenc e of mind and absence o f funk it is the effici e nt rendering of first aid, &ond especially so in the face of a spurting auxillary art er y. To expose the wound reptesent e d by an iodined mark on the skin m e ant undoing several shirt buttons and a collar stud, each getting in tha way of th e o t her was irritating. When both would suddenly drop this part and start off to do something else it inevitably p::>inted to pain and above all lack of method.

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fracture but th e man has bled to death. Instantly go for the artery. Death is assuredly coming down that road, and it is better to be a living man with a leg and a half than a dead one with two le gs, e ven if it is fractured and beautifully splinted.

Having compressed the fe moral,put on your torniquet. Haviog arrested the h re morrhage thus-tackle your fracture the shock and so on. Neglect everythiog till that bre;norrhage is 3..ssuredly stopped. Don't stop to undo his collar and fan him because he has fainted. Let him faint. That is Nature's method of stoppiog hremorrhage. During the faint the hearts' action is feeble, blood is flowing slower and gets a chance to clot, and so seal up ,the open mouth of the artery. Help Nature th e refore, fight with her not against her. In every instance bare the wound. In real life if it is a question of life or d e ath never m:nd the sex, Iodine your hands, iodine the wound, and dr e ss the wound. A boric pad outside the coat in the arm pit is no use as a dressing-a stone will do as well. S everal teams dressed the coat, and never found the wound, nor looked for it.

Teams talk too much·. They kept on a running fire of what they would do and why. Over and over again I had to say to them "Get on with it -Do it. Don t talk about it. Remember you are being watched, and marks are being put down for what you do, not for what you are talking about. Don't mumbl e when you ask a qUf.stion, speak up. Don't shout, more than once I had to check a man for speaking so loud ly that he was a nuisance to e verybody else in the room induding his own team.

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is lying somewhat on its outer side and the lower part of the right stocking is slightly bloodstained.

Time allowed, 23 minutes; Warning at 18 minutes.

Approach

Get rid of cadet who IS supporting patient 's head on hIS knees and is trying to give him a drink

Lrwer head

Support right leg in position found

Get at source of bleeding ( wound marked 2 "x I " two inches above front of ankle)

Ask" if bleeding st vere ? ( r ) nu, Culour? (1) (R ea )

" Does it spurt? ( I ) no. ..'.

Deduct 5 marks if pressure applied 011 ferr.oral (tt:l1 them bleeding is only capillary).

Ask if wound is clean ? (r) yes. Any foreign bodies ( 1) no.

Ask if any of limb? Yes, much around wound

Ask if deformity of limb? Yes, limb bent beneath wound

Ask if irregularity of bone (y es )

Ask if any bone is protruding thruugh wound (no)

Examine for fracture of right femur (no fractllTe )

A scene during the Nursing Competition.

I felt inclined s e ve ral times to say, ., The man has bled to death, you can do." The" test is finished." Don't misunderstand. I am Dot say ing this in any spirit of carping ceticover the country should be expected to rise to the occasion and they did for the most part, but perception and intuition were weak in places.

The rather low average of marks s e cured in my test was due to a surprising number of points in routine that were missed. None of the competitors thought of making any provision for the doctor pending his arrival. Perhaps they assumed with some excuse that matuial would be readily available in a well-equipped ambulance room. I was a bit surprised, however, that in several instances no attemyt was made to raise the bleeding leg, and no questIOD as to whether the man was breathing. As a matter of fact in two instances artificial respiration was resorted to without pnquiry.

I sug&est it is not much good asking questIOns of an lDstnslble patient, and also that it is a useful piece of information to enquire as to the kind of wound he is supposed to have even though he may have fallen on " sharp-pointed tools."

ism or in any way trying to score off a team. To any observer it was manife st th e teams knew their jobs' In fact, th e y knew th r: ir books better than I did, and I am not ashamed to own it.

More than once a man quoted at me paragraphs of the book. It was not therefore either lack of knowledge, but lack of syst e m and funk. As a judge let me give an example and a little advice to competitors for the future. Rememb e r there is ample time. Don't rush things. Read your card and understand it-read it twic e , thrice if necessary. Having done so rapidly pass through your minds the question. By what road is death approaching most rapidly. By hremorrhage, asphyxia, shock, and so on. For instance, a man has a simple fracture of the tibia and a perforated poplitiaJ. One has drummed into one the maxim, "prevent a simple fracture b e coming compound." Admirable advice so far as it goes. The fir5t aider is inclined to steady and splint the fracture and forget about the R e sult-You have saved the

Ther e is no question whatever as to the high standard of knowledge displayed by e\ery'team I examined. Th e y kn e w their books from A to Z. Th e ir failure in many instanc e s was not due to lack of knowledge to panic and lack of method. Th e ir t e achers a re to be congratulated, and ir. my opinion if they devote more time to method in tackling the job and detailing e:l.ch man his duties examining in the Dewar will be a hs,rder

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Decide compound fracture of le g

Gently draw foot into natural position

Retain till splints applied

The Racecourse accident in the Dewar Competition. job in the future, and it is no sin ecure now. everybody there is a "next time" and I am e nough to think if you digest what I have WrItten and carry out the ideas you will gain more marks and perhaps win the Dewar yt

"PERROTT" CHALLENGE SHIELD.

T EAM T EST.

Card of .fnstruction.-Four Cadets on their way to Ambulance Drill with a stretcher, call for a comrade at Myrtle Cottage; this boy has been left in charge by his mother, who has started to clean the cottage, but for the moment has gone off to do some shopping. He asks his friend.s if they would for some apples, and forthwith starts to pIck them some. In doing so the branch him gIves way and he falls hea vi ly to the ground, a d'stance of 15 feet.

One of the Cadets runs off to Benton Grange, where a flower show being held, as he hopes to get help from there. Your team, being on duty, hurries off to the scene of the accident with your haversac.

The patient is very pale, his pulse is feeble; the right leg

Paint fingers with iodine before touching dressings (2), or wound (2)

Paint wound with iodine (2)

Dry absorbent dressing (2) wool (2), bandage over dressing (2)

A.sk if h .:em orrhage is controlled.

Two lateral splints (2) , padded to fit in with dressings (3)

Five bandages (2) knots (2), ends in (2)

Ask if patient is insensible? (Test for It) '"

Speak to patient (no answer )

Touch eyeball (no movement ) .

Ask if pupils respond to light? Very falDtly

Are pupils unequal (n.o ) ...

Examine head-Ask If any wound (no ) if any irregularity of of head (n o)

Ask if any blood or clear flUId from ear (no )."

Ask if blood-shot eyes (no )

Ask" If bleeding from nose? " ( No)

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After head is examined, to sa v e time, judge says, "There are no further injuries."

Cover with blanket from cottage

Deci de concussion of the brain

Ask I. Where nearest telephone ?" (Cad ets do not know of one near )

Ask nearest doctor (cad ets say six miles off)

Ask nearest hospital (10 miles)

Ask" If any ambulance ayailable?" (c adets haYe never heard of one near)

Ask" If mother can be fetched?" (No).

Decide to take patient to his cot ta g e and wait return of his mother

Remm'e to cottage on stretcher.

Instruct cadets to H Prepare stretcher" (I), test stretcher (r)

Select and number Cadets ( I), NO.3 to be the strong est (I)

I nstructions and superintendence of load stretcher " " lift " " " lower

Sister"adjusts " " lift stretcher

r nstructions for advance

Halt on arriving at side of bed ...

Place stretcher and the side of and parallel with bed so that pat ient's head is opposite pillow of bed

Instruct io ns and superintendence of lower stretcher

Unload ?tretcher. Place cadets No. I, at knees; NO.2 at hlP; NO.3, at shoulder; No. of, opposite No.2

Direct to lift patient on to knees of I, 2, and 3

No 4 disengages, and told to remo\ e stretcher kneels and join hands with No.2...

All to rise to standing pOSItIOn, supporting pat ient '"

No· 4 directed to disengage and go to support head '" '"

Direct cad ets to step forward and gently place patient centre. of bed

Sisters assist somewhat and pay attention particularlv to fracture...

Dismiss cadets from room

I mprovise bed stool

CoYer with bedclothes

Hot-water bottles to left lowe;"limb pit of stomach (2) '"

Send t':'l0 when available, to make up bed for patient and tidy room

Bed in pos ition so that stretcher be got either of It

NURSING SECTION.

Make Bed Quickly.

Fracture boards (from planks in room, which are going to be cut up for firewood )

I nter va l of an inch between each board

Mattress '" '"

Mackintosh sheet over mattress

U nderblanket

Undersheet :::

Mackintosh draw sheet from to

Draw sheet, one end tucked in, other folded smooth'l; and. tClcked away, or rolled, pinned and hanging down

Bolster In bolster c ase

Pillow in pillow-sl ip

Top sheet

Two blankets

Quilt...

Application of above, taut, smooth','correct of sheet, etc.

Light stove (2), and prepare (2)

C?ver (I) , Test ( r )

Tidy room: remove useless furniture

Ma !ron (J udge ) says, "Patient has become less unconsCIOus nnd has vomited badly over upper sheet."

Change upper sheet by " Sandwich Method"

Remove qUIlt an·l one blanket

Put clean sheet ov er blanket left soiled

Then put the other blanket removed over clean sheet ( Should allow 5 minutes to warm under surface of clean sheet; but, to save time, Matron says. II Clean sheet is quite warm, having been exposed to sun." )

One Sister on each side of bed holds upper ends of blanket and clean sheet 2 With other hands roll dirty sheet and blanket from bead to foot of bed, and remove 2 Add blanket just taken off (r), and quilt ( r ) 2 Method and care not to injure fracture (another Sister may assist) 2

Judge says, "A Doctor cycling past the cottage, sees commotion going on, stops, offers his sen'ic es, and asks Sister ilc what is the case?"

Sister il c says, " Concussion" ( 2), "Compounds fracture of leg " (2) 4General smartness and grasp of case 10

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TEAM TE ST

Card of Instruction.- Your team is on duty at the Ambulance StatIOn at the Quickston Race Meeting, and has just been called to an accident. One of the competing horses, on approach ing the starting-point, took fright and, rushing wildly forward, crashed into the palings near the Grand Stand. The jockey was pitched on to the spikes surmounting the p:l.!ing and then fell to the ground.

It is found that the left leg of the jockey's riding breeches is torn abo v e the knee and soaked with blood, and there is also a deep lacerated wound, four inches long, on the left side of the scalp, which is bleeding profusely.

From the condition of the boot the left foot appears to have been caught and violently twisted out of its natural position.

Patient is very pale and pulse is feeule.

Time 20 minutes: Warning at IS for Judge.-Scalp wound must go on part of scalp supplied by both Temporal and Occipital Arteries, say 2 inches in front and 2 inches behind top of ear).

Approach to Patient.

Officer gives "prepare stretcher, " and then orders Nos. and 3 at once to assist in treatment... '"

One bearer to assist in making tourniquet; other to steady left leg '"

Nos. 2 and 4 to attend at once to the two bleeding parts

Thigh wound-

Ask if h ce morrhage corning from under breeches is arterial and profuse (yes)

mmediate digital pressure to femoral artery

Tourniquet to femoral artery (made and applied by either Nos. or 3)

Ask if h ce morrhage controlled (yes, if tourniquet applied properly)

Lock stick of.tourniquet

Examine the source of bleeding.

Get at wound; cut outside seam of breeches (wound marked red, a deep punctured wound on outside of lower third of thigh going inwards and downwards in direction of popliteal artery )..

Ask if wound clean (yes)

Ask if any foreign bodies in it ( no)

Paint fingers with iodine before touching dressings or wound

Iodine to wound

Clean dry absorbent (2), and pad of wool (2)

Bandage tightly and ask if h ce morrhage is controlled (no)

Retighten tourniquet

Seal p Wound-

Ask if hcemorrhage arterial (Yes)

I mmed!ate pressure on Temporal Artery at Pressure .l:'olnt '" '"

Ask if hremorrhage controlled (" Less bleeding, but not controlled ")

Pressure on Occipital Artery at Pressure Point as well

Ask if h ce morrhage controlled (Yes)

Another hearer examines wound

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Ask if wound clean lY es)

Ask if anp foreign bodies in wound ( No )

Ask if any irregularity of bone is to be seen at bottom of wound ( No )

Paint fingers with Iodine before touching dressings

Paint fingers with Iodine before touching wound

Iodine to wound

Clean dry absorbent dressing to wound

Firm pad of cotton wool

Bandage tightly

Remove Pressure from Temporal and Occipital Arteries and ask if h ae morrnage is controlled (Y es)

Deduct marks if Pressure taken from Pressure

Points before -direct pressure has been applied to wound.

Ask if Patient is conscious. Judge says" Test him "

Speak to Patient (w ho in a somewhat dazed condition keeps on saying II What's the matter.") (P atient to be warned to say this )

Exclude Fracture of the Base-

Ask f clear fluid ( 1) or blood from either ear ( 1) (N o )

Ask if bloodshot eyes (N 0)

Ask if. nose bleeding (r) ( No ) or v omiting of blood (I) ( No )

ExamIne head ( 1) and face for other injuries ( 1) (N one)

Leg Injury -

Bearer steadies left le g in position found

Examine Left Leg-

Ask if limb deformed (Y es in in lower third )

Ask if any irregularity of bone (Y es in lower third )

Remove boot

Straighten lev, gently and retain in position till splints applied

Two side splints (2) correct length ('2)

Bandages (3) and knots (2)

Examine Quickly for Further Injuries-

R. Clavicle ( r ), L. Clavicle ( 1)

R. Shoulder region (r), L. Shoulder region (1)

R. Upper limb (I) L. Upper limb (I)

R. Lower limb (N o injuries)

Examine for fractured ribs on both sides

Spine (2), Pelvis ( 2), (No further injuries)

Send for Surgeon on duty at Ambulance Station

Judge says, "That as bearers are all engaged, Bystander can take message." Message returned, II Surgeon has been called away to another urgent case." Senior Officer present says, "Bring Patient on stretcher to A.mbulance Station, which is 50 yards away."

Treat shock-

Send for blankets and hot water bottles ( bystander available)

Cover

Hot water bottles (2), tested (2)

Remo\ e to station on stretcherLoad stretcher

Lift Lower Lift stretcher

Adjust slings

Advance

Halt (a t station ) Judge says, "Place patient on bed "

Lower stretcher

Unload stretcher

Lift Rise

Place on bed

Nos. I and 3 close stretcher (r) and stand to attention ( 1) while work is inspected

Di v isional surgeon arri v es and takes charge of case.

Deduct 5 marks if bearers are changed on march.

General smartness and co -operation of team Officers' competency-correr.t words of command, etc. (He must not actually do the work )

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Great Western Railway.

THE Final Ambulance Competition of the Great Western Railway for the Dire ctors' Challenge Shield "Carvell" Cup and prizes took place on May 2nd at Paddington Station, Lieut.-Colon e l F. A. Brooks and Dr. R. Connon Robertson acting as adjudicators for tbe stretcher and individual tests re3pectively. Eight teams, selected by preliminary contests from the 30 eam s entering tbroughout the line compet e d, and the work of the competitors was witnessed with considerable interest during the day by the Directors and Officers of the Company. At the close of the contest the] udges award was declared as under ;Marks. Newport Dock Street ( Directors' Challenge Shield ) Alexandra Dock (" Carvell Cup") 296 Afonwen Gloucester :140 Cardiff Newtown 234Birmingham 228.\

Cefn Coed 227!

Swindon 225

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The presentation of awards which followed the CO::rlpetition was presided over by Sir Ernest Palmer, Bart, Deputy Chairman, who was supported by Sir William James Thomas, Bart. (Director), Sir Felix J. C. Pole, General Manager, and the Chic{ Officers of the Company.

Sir Ernest Palmer, in preswting the Directors' Shield to the Newport, Dock Street team, congratulated them on having carried off this trophy six times during the past seven years. The "Carvell" Cup was handed to the Alexandra Dock team, the runners up in the contest, by Mrs. J. :\1 Carvel, widow of the late Dr. J. M. Carvell, in whose memory the trophy was given. Prizes were awarded to each of the first four teams. The" Butt" Bowl, the challenge trophy for Beginners' teams throughout the line was awarded to the Cardiff Newtown team The preGenlations also included gold, silver and bronze medals, and certificate awards awarded by the Company for exceptionally efficient first aid rendered during the year 1<;)24.

At the request of Sir Felix Pole, Lieut.-Col. Brooks and Dr. Robertson commented on the work of the teams as shown in the contest. The standard of work was of a high order generally.

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in th e town where ther e is a hospital with a molar ambulance. They are required to treat the case in 24 minutes.

The competing teams were on the individual and vi va voce tests at St. Johns Gate on 14th May by Dr. S. Hamilton. At the conclusion of the contest the priz <:. s were distributed by Vi scount Churchill G.c. V.D., who stated that railway men are not backward in assuming the advantages of the training given by the St. John Ambuhnce Association and their record was a very creditable one, he personally took ever y opportunity of encouraging this great work on the railway with which he was connected.

The possible total was 470 marks, and the results were as follow :-

I.-North Docks, Liverpool (L.M.S R), 320 marks.

2.-Alexandra Docks, Newport (G. W.R.), 308t marks.

3 -Hither-green (S.H. and C. Section of the Southern Railway), 302 marks.

4 -Alexandra Dock, Hull (N.E. Area of the L.M.S R.), 279 marks.

5 -Harwich and Parkstone (G.E. Section, Land N.E.R), 27S t marks.

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PRIORY FOR WALES.

To be Divisional Secretary.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, APRIL, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

To be Divisional Surgeon.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Bevan Phillips, L.R.C.P., Loughor Di visi on, 27.4. 2 5

To be Divisional Superintendent.

BOROUGH OF MERTHY R TYD FIL CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Da vi d W. Jones, Abercanaid Division, 27.3 2 5

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

To be Ambulance Officers.

BRECKNOCKSHlRE CENTRE.

RAILWAY AM BULA NC E SHIELD COMPETITION.

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company held the final round of their annual Ambulance Competitions in the Connaught Rooms on Apr il 24 th.

Mrs. Denis Mackail, daughter of Sir Guy Granet, presenting the Challenge Shield to the captain of the North Docks (Liverpool) the winner.

Photo b)1 To/ieal Pre ss .-1gmcy

Inter Railway Final Competitions.

THE finals held on 15th May at the Connaught Rooms again attracted a large audience of those interested in railway ambulance work, and from the point of view of first aid, it is the finest display to be seen in the country. As far as the staging of the tests concerned a great deal ?f was provided which made the competitions IOterestmg. to spectators and also materially assisted the teams 10 theu work The team test submitted by Dr. Fletcher was as follows :-

The lives with his brother (who knows nothing about first aid) 10 a lonely cottage two miles from a town. On a fine but blustery morning the team are walking to.wards cottage. 60 yards away they see patient on hiS back beside a heap of burning rubbish just outsld.e old shed. Th e y know that some ambulance matenal IS 10 the shed and that no help is availablp. except

6. - Eulstown (L. M. & S. R.), 249 marks.

7 .- Dock-street, Newport (G.W.R), 246! (S W. Section, Southern Railway), 245 marks.

9.-Rock Ferry (L.M. & S. and G.W. Joint Railway), 236 marks.

A full report and the marking sheets will appear in our next issue.

Answers to Cross Word Puzzle No I.

Down :-1, Radial j 2, Tea 3, Patella; 4, Spine; 5, Ankle 7, Persevere 9, Brain; Ears; 16, Acid 18, Artery; 20, Foot; 2 I, Ulnar Z 3, Toes; 24, Axis; 25, Eye 26, Arm.

Across :-1, Rest 3, Pulse; 5, Atlas; 7, Pain; 8,Tibia; 10, Ice; II,Koee; I2,Air; 13, Eye; IS, Stains; 17, Air ; [9, Elf; 20, Femur; zz, Rest; 27, Eye; 28, Pelvis.

Sergeant William Watkins, Brynmawr Division, 6425 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal Herbert Martin, Abersychan Division, 9425

BOROUGH OF MER THYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

Sergeant Richard Rees, Treharris Division, 27.325

To be Lady Ambulance Officers. CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

A mbulance Sister Evelyn George Harries, Llanelly Nursing, 84 2 5

GLAhlORGAN COUN TY CENTR&

Ambulance Sister Alice Morris, Taibach N ursing, 2.4 25

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Pr!vate Arth.ur Delahay, B.rithdir.l?ivision, 2-+ 3 25

Private Da VI d Watktns, Cwm CollIery DIVIsion, 7425

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE.

Corporal Jones, Abercanaid Di vi sion, 27 3 25

Corporal WJ!llam George Bray, Treharris Division, 27 3.25

BOROUGH OF RnO.'WDA CENTRE.

Private Evan Edwards, Ferndale Division, 24325

BRECKNOCKSHIRE C EN TRE.

Private WJ!fred Lawson Saye, Brynmawr Division, 6'''P5

To be Divisional Secretary and Sergeant.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CEN TRE

Private Caradog James, Treharris Division, 27.3 25

To be Corporals.

GLl' MORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private James Campbell, Brithdir Division, 24.3.25

" John Hadley, Nelson Di vi sion, 9-4025

" Daniel Beesley, Skewen Div;sion, 21.425

" Michael David Lloyd, Skewen Division, 21.4.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Private William Williams Owens, Abercanaid Division 27.3.25

" David John Lewis, Abercanaid Division, 27.3.;5

" Thomas Morgans, " " ,.

GL AMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant David Watkins, Cwm Coll iery Division, 7425

To be Lady Divisional Secretary.

CARl\fARTHENSHIRE CE TTRE.

Lady Ambulance Officer Ettie Rees, L1anelly Nursing, 20-4. 2 5

CIT Y OF C ARDTFF CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Cornelia Emmeline Thomas, Cardiff Nursing, 9-4. 25

To be Lady Divisional Treasurers.

CITY OF CARDTFF CEN TRE

Ambulance Sister Cornelia Emmeline Thomas, Cardiff Nursing, 94.25

Divisions Registered.

CARlIIARTHIl:NSHIRE CENTRE.

Pontyberem Ambulance D ivision, L1anelly Corps. 24.325

Nant-y-Groes Ambulance Division, Amman Valley 6-40 2 5

CI TY OF C\RDTFF CENTRE

Barry Cadet Nursing Division, Cardiff and District Corps, 16-4. 2 5

MONl\lOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Abersychan Cadet Ambulance Division, Avon L1wyd Corps. 2-4 2 5

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CE -TRE

Ystrad Rhondda Cadet Nursing D ivision, Rhondda Fawr Corps, 21.4.25

Geppral Interest.

RESULT OF ANNUA L Al\lBULANCE CONTE STS.

Remarkably keen were the Ambulance and Nursing Competitions held in the Territorial Drill Hall, Newport Road, Cardiff, on Saturday, April 1 8th, in the pre.sence of a large assembly.

Among those present were the Right Han. Thomas Richards, P.c., Mrs. Griffiths ( Bristol) , Miss O. M. Griffiths, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., Commissioner G. Campbell Oliver, Commissioner T. E. Richards, Sub Commissioner R. Wilson Bartlett, Sub-Commissioner E. D. Jones, Sub-Commissioner Hugh S. Cann, Staff OffiC ers Captain Be ard, O. B.E, J. H. Hill, Bern a rd E. Maberley, George Payne, Corps Superint c: ndents J. H. B. James, W. E. Abraham, S. J. ROWlands , Corps Officers T. Davies, J. Richards, A. J. Williams, Divisional Superintendents Mrs. T. Davies, Mrs. Paul, Mrs. F. Davies, Miss A. Fletcher, Superintendents W. H. Johnson, H. Rowe, C. Hopkins, Divisional Supt. J. Barker and Cadet Officn E. Paul.

Each of the nineteen Centres of the Priory was allow e d to enter one Ambulance team to compete for the ,I Llandinam " Challenge Shield, presented by Major David Davies, M.P., of Llandinam in 19[2, and a Nursing team for the "Arthur Griffiths Memorial Cup," given by Dr, John S. Griffiths, of Bristol in memory of his brother, Dr. Arthur D. Gnffiths, of Bridgend, who died in 1905, as a

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permanent memorial of his pionefr ambulance work In Wales.

The event was fraught with more than usual zeal as the winning team in each case in addition to holding the trophy received the honour of representing the Priory in the International Competitions held in London for the " Dewar II Challenge Shield and the "Symon's Eccles" Challenge Cup in London on May 8th.

The Judges (or the" Llandinam II Contest, D'. Urban Marks, Swansea, Dr. M. Robr:rtson, Cwmparc, and Dr. J. E. Brereton, Co e dely, made the following awards :-

Duffryn Amman 224 points

Newport High-street "

AbertilIery... 22r t "

Treharris 2 I "

Flaldau Institute 201 "

Cross Hands 19 1t "

Barry Dock 177 "

Ferndale 169 II

Pr e senting the shield to the Duffryn Amman team, the Right Hon. Thomas Richards, Director of Ambulance, remarked on the signal honour they had won. He com. pued the team which was going to London to compete in the great ambulance event with the Cardiff City Football Team, which was anticipating a similar honour, and although he was an enthusiastic footballer and wanted Cardiff to win, he would rather, if he had to choose, be one of the team which would represent Wales in the Am bulance Comp etition.

Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, Cardiff, adjudicated in the competition for the "Arthur Griffiths Memorial Cup," which was very keenly contelted by a large entry of Nursing teams with the following result :_

LIanelly , 2 19 points

Abertillery 23 6 "

Kenfig Hill 202 "

Mountain Ash Ig8 "

LIwynypia... 146 "

Miss O. M. Griffiths, daughter of the late Dr. Arthur D. Griffiths of Bridgend, presented the trophy to the winning team and prizp.s to the first and second team:;.

An intere sting point in thfse annual contests is that the victorious teams in both cases are comparatively new in competitive work.

MEETINGS OF THE AMBULANCE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.

At the monthly meetings of the Ambulance and Exe:ut.ive Committees held in Cardiff on Monday, the 27 th Aprll, It was agreed that the followinj! Divisions comprise the Neath Corps, under Sub -Commissioner Lemuel Jones :-Crynant, Onll wyn Seven Sisters, Skewen Aberdulais, Briton Ferry, and Glynneath Ambulance Divisions and the Briton Ferry Nursing Division; and that P?ntardawe Sub-District comprise the Loughor, Pontardulals, and Pontardawe Ambulance Divisions and the Pontardawe Nursing Division) under the command of SubCommission e r Major W. OlVen-Evan:;.

. The proposal Members of the Brigade Divisions 10 Centres where hfeboats were stationed should render organised aid in connection with the lifeboat men was again and it was hoped that some form of co-operatlOn would be established between these two public bOd.ies, whose ['urpose is the gentral btntfit of humamty. as the tOltlatlon of a definite scheme for coordimt!on, where.b.y the Brigade would be recognised as 1.n auxll!ary, must conduce to the life saving servIce on thp (:oasts of Britain and Ireland.

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The administration of the Priory's Motor Ambulance Transport Service has been facilitated by the action of the Home Service AmbuLl.Oce Committee of the Joint Council in placing the Home Service cars stationed in the following centres in the Priory's charge.

Abercrave and Ystradgynlais ( Breconshire;. Llandovery (Carmarthenshire), Cardiff (Glamorganshire).

Maesteg " Newtown (Montgomeryshire ) Welsh pool " Newport (Monmouthshire).

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The Committee approved an application for Honorary Life on behalf of Dr. T. Stanner Evans, Fochriw, Dr. William D.ivid Jenkins, Bedlinog, and Dr. Robert Sloane McClelland, DJwlais.

Recommendations were confirmed for the issue of service medals to Sergeant Charles Henry Brown, Alexandra Dock Division, Newport (Mon ) Corps; and Corpl. Frederick Gretton, of the same Division.

FORTHCOJ\!IMG OPEN COMPETITION.

The date fixed for the "Ince" Challeng e Shield Competition is Whit Tuesday, June 2nd.

This trophy, valued at fitty guineas, was presented to the Abertillery Division, Monmouthshire County Centre by Charles Ince, Esq.) for competition by teams of men holding a certificate of the St. John Ambulance A'isociation in England, Irtland and Wales. Monetary priz::s, including six guineas to the first team, tour guineas to the second and two guineRs to the third will be awarded.

The Divisional Secretary, Mr. A. O. Gibbs, I, Victoria Street, Blaenau Gwent, Abertillery, Mon., will be pleased to supply full particulars.

Centre Reports.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

AMBULANCE CONTEST.

In the City of Cardiff Centre Ambulance Competition. held in the Drill Hall, Newport Road, Cardiff, on Saturday, 4th April, when Dr. D. R. Thomas of Taffs Well adjudicated, the Barry Dock Divisional Team came first With a total of 15 2 marks out of a possible 180. Cardiff Emergency No. 2 team was awarded second place with marks, Cardiff City gained 125 and Cardiff Emerg e ncy No. 1 team I I r.

• This contest, attended by the Commis;ioner, Lieut.Colonel F. T. Rees, M.C., was an interesting event as in addition to winning the" Commission e r'f:" cup, by the first Commissioner for the City of Cardiff Centre , Mr. Hugh M. Ingledew, the Barry Dock team had the honour of representing the Centre in the competition for the" Llandinam " shield.

CUP TIE FINAL - WEMBLEY, ] 9 2 5.

Only those in Cardiff on Monday, April 27:h, have a true idea of the vociferous welcome accorded to the Cardiff City Football Team (n their arrival (rom L')ndon, when thousands of people thronged the main thoroughfares from the station to the City Hall, where the Team wtre receiwd by the L?rd Mayor of Cardiff at a civic recepti o n.

TheIr hearty welcome was anticipated by th e Chief and with his approval adequate ambulance

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provisions were made. The duty was undertaken solely by the Cardiff Centre, and the men were in charge of Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberly, assisted by Sergeant H. T. Evans, of the Cardiff City Division. 1894 AND Now.

The stupendous strides which have bEen made in ambulance work in practically all districts alike aTe a revelation; and a glimpse of the records of its early days suggests a striking comparison with the abundance of public and private work carried out in modern times from month to month. For instance, in a letter dated 28th Septembtr, 1894, from Mr. W. F. Elmes (who later became Secretary of the Cardiff District Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association) to the Head Constable of Cardiff, Mr. W. McKenzie (then holding that position), the following paragraph appears: "If the Committee will give their permission I will undertake to form a local corps of the Brigade and, further, will undertake to raise the money. I see the need of it, if the men are to be kept up to their work. Cardiff should not be belzind otlzer /a-rge towns in this respect."

Present-day activity in the City of Cardiff Centre shows how little this gEntle admonition was required.

CARMARTHEN5HIRE CENTRE.

AMMAN V ALLEY COMPETITIONS

Several 10caJ teams and others from Ferndale, Ffaldau, Garw, Kenfig Hill, Pontardulais, Cross Hands and Llanelly entered for the competitions organis e d by the Amman Valley Corps at the Drill Hall, Ammanford, on Saturday, 4th April, when among those present were: Dr. Jean Mackintosh, Llanelly Dr. Gwen Lewis, Llanaebie (Assistant M.O.H. Carm.arthenshire) Sir I? W. K,B.E., Lady LeWIS, O B E., and Sub-CommissIOner E. D. Jones, Llanelly.

Thp Judges were Dr. Isaac, Pontardulais; Dr. S. Williams, Llanelly Dr. Samuel, Skewen and Dr. Phillips, Cwmgorse; and the Chief Office,rs Mr T. D. Jenkins, Ammanford (Corps Supt.); Mr. Richards, Llandebie (Corps Secretary) and Mr. DaVId Thomas, Penybank (Corps Inspector of Stores)

The championship competition was that for the "Dyffryn" Shield, presented by Lieut.-Col. W. N. Jones, Dyffryn, Ammanford, for by teams of am?ulance and nursing members of the Pnory for Wales holdrng a St. John First Aid certificate in the Counties of .Pem?roke, Cardigan, Carmarthen and Glamorgan. ThIS, .wlth a monetary prize', was won by the Ffaldau team With IS5 marks. With 151 mark'i, Kenfig Hill won the second prize, and the Cross Hands team came third with 145 marks.

The c, Stepney-Gulston" Shield, given by Mrs. G. and Miss A. Stepney-Gulston, tn be cont€sted by t e ams of five men of the St. John Am bulance Brigade in the Carmarthenshire Centre, was won by the Cross Hands Team each receiving a sIlver medal. Dual attended this victory, as the winners were eligible to represent the county in the competition ht'ld in Cardiff for the " Llandinam " Shield.

A similar honour awaited the Nursing team winning the "Ladies" cup, which was given by Mrs. Lewis (wife of Dr. Lewis, of Ammanford), for teams of four ladies holding First Aid and Home Nursing certificates. Five teams competed, and the cup was won by the Llanelly Team the Mem bers each receiving a silver brooch. the contest for the "Dynever" Shield, the gift of the Right Hon. Lord Dynever, for competition fm of men and women in the Amman Valley Corps, the Tyble

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(Llandebie) Ladies were winners with 114 marks, being well ahead of other competitors, Pontardulais gaining 9 6 , Ammanford NO.1, 94 } , Ammanford No.2, 90, and Parcyrhiw Ladies, 82!.

A Llanelly lady, Miss Hoare, won the prize in the Individual Oral test.

GLAMOI{OANSHIRE COUNTY CEI'TRE.

TAIBACH NURSIN G DI V IS·ON.

The Taibach Nursing Division organised a supper and dance on Thursday, AprIl 9th, when over sev e nty guests assembled, and medallions and certificates were presented to a large Lumber of the nursing members present. Sub Commissioner Lemuel Jones presid e d, supported by Flossie Jones, Mrs. W. Lavis, Mr. Tom Pickering and !\1r. D. J. Morgan. Mr. Tones in the course of his remarks recalled the early stages of Brigade work in the County, mentioning that thirty· seven years ago Colonel J. Aln3.11t Jones, MD., K H S., V.D., Commissioner for the Glamorgan County Centre, and himself formed the first Ambulance Divif'ion in the DistJict.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

PRELIMINARY C O NTEST.

In an eliminating test set by the Borough Commissioner, Mr. G. Campbell O liver, to s elect the team to represent the Newport Centre in the comp etition for the " Llandinam " shield, held in the D ill Hall) Dock Streft, Newport, on the 5th of April, the Judge, Dr. Rufus Thomas, made the following awards :-

W. Scanlon's team 170 points 146 " T_ Marshall's team Supt. J. Marshall s team 117 " Advantage was taken of this occasion to present a Service Medal to Divisional Supt. G. H. Hunt.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

CYNON VALLEY CORPS COMPETITIONS.

Among a large assembly at the annual competitions of the Cynon Valley Corps held at Mountain Ash on Saturday, 7th April, were th e Commissioner, Dr. R. Baird Milne Mountain Ash; Mrs. Milnp.; the Hon. J. H. Bruce, ; Staff Officer Gomer Davies ; Mountain Ash; Divisional Surgeon Dr. Farquahar, Aberdar e 0, C. Williams, Ogmore; Supt. Price, Coedely ; DlVISlOnal Surgeon Dr. Miller, Cwmaman; David Evans, Aberdare (Corps Inspector of Stores); T. J. Cwmaman (Corps Treasurer); Supt. E. Evans, A.sh; Supt. W. Jackson, Abercynon; Lady Supt. Lily RIchardson, Aberdare Supt. Lady Nan OlVen, Cwmaman and Mr Henry J. Morris, M.E., Rescue Station, Aberaman.

The first competition was for the" Gomer DavIes" shield and this was won by the Mountain Ash team on a total of 16 [ points, Cwmaman coming se cond with 140.

Six teams competed for th e "Ogilvi e " cup with the following results :-

Aberdare (B) Aberdare (A) Aberaman Cwmaman ( 1) Cwmaman (2) Hirwaun

The outstanding " Milne" bowl, which the Aberaman team. place in this contest,

points 14 7 " " " " " event was the comp etition for the had been won on two occasions by Aberaman again merited _ the first winning both the bowl j:and the

privilege of representing the Aberdare Centre in the "Llandinam" shield competition The awards w ere as undtr :-

Aberaman (NO.1) 125 po in ts

Aberdare " 19

Cwmaman 116

Hirwaun " 95

Abercynon " 9+ "

The Judg e s were Dr. Robinson, Cwmparc; Dr. Brereton, Coedely (who judged the Nurses and Junior teams); Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, Cardiff ; and Major A. W. Anderson, Ogmorc Vale, judged for the" Milne" bowl,

News in Brief.

The City H'ill, Cardiff, presented a glittering sC e ne on Easter Tuesday, April nnd, on the occasion of the Annual Priory Supper and Ball, which was a happy conclusion to the Ely Race Meeting. The event was in every way successful. The Right Han. the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. H. Pethybridge), represented the City, and Captain J. H. P. Brain acted as M.e, aud performed the entire organising and secretarial duties

By kind permission of the Rector of Canton, the Rev. D. J. Thomas, a collection in aid of the funds of th e Priory was taken at the afternoon service held in the St. John's Church, Canton, on Sunday, April 19th. The Rector spoke very highly of the work being carried on by the Welsh Priory, and announced that a cheque for five pounds would be s e nt as a donation to the Priory funds.

It is interesting to the public to learn that every fireman and every member of the Cardiff police force are in possession of a First Aid Certificate of the St. John Am bulance Association.

A further subscription of one guinea has been received from Dr. S. Glanvill e Morris, of Mardy, towards the purchase price of a coll e ction of coins of the Order which the Priory hopes to acquire.

The Commissioner for the City of Cardiff Centre formerly Major F. T. Rees, M.e, has be e n promoted the of in the Territorial Army, and thIS opportuOlty IS taken of expressing the Priory's congratulations.

The Tunstill "Memorial" Shield Competition for and The Mrs " Veevers" Rose Bowl Competition for ladles usually held August, will not be held this year till 9ctober, before whIch date further particulars will be Issued.

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The 1 hird Annual Sharlston and District Indi7idual and Ambulance Open Competition, will be held on Saturday, 15th, 1925, in a field kindly lent for the occasIOn, If fine. If wet, in Council Schools SharlstoD. Valuable prizes will be given to successful Refreshments will be provided at r e asonable charg e s. For Schedules apply The Secretary, E. Heel, 8, Victoria Terrace Snydale, N r. Pontefract.

and J\nswers to eorrespondents.

2ueries rlJill be aealt fDilil ""der tile /ollofDi"C rules :-

r .-Letters containi",!; Queries m"st be marked on tke top lelt kana corner 0/ the enfJelope "Query," and addressed-FiRsT AID, Cannon-street, Londo", E. C.4-.

3.-AIl Queries must be accompanied by a " Query Coupon" cut /1'0" the curre"t issue 0/ the four"al, or in case 0/ Queries Irom abroa( from a rue,,' issue.

?-The Textbook, to fDhich reference may be made in tkese columnJ is the 36th (I92 0 ) Edition 0/ S.f.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

A COMPETITION PUZZLE.

H.B. (Ba tley ).-With reference to Team Test of No.6 District the instruction card of which is given in April Issue of Tournai ( p. 228), I shall be grateful f you can tell me what was really wrong with the patient.

I regret that, not having seen the detailed marking sheet of this competition, I am not able to assist you. Many things might have happened to this pat ient. -N. CORUET FLETCHER.

E XA:\lINATION HOWLER.

G E. ( Enfield).-I n a recent examination the doctor a5ked one candidate, " If you were called to a man who had his cut, what would you do?" "Loo!" at it," said the candidate, and we all laughed.

Good! Next please ! !-N.C .F.

A GRADUATED DRESSIN G

T B. (Attercliffe ).-I n a re c ent competition conduct ed on the Textbook, one of us was asked to define a grad uated As th is does not appear in the Textboo!<:, we shall be grateful for an explanation.

A graduated dressing, as its name signifies, is a dressing built up " step by step. " In other words, pieces of lint (or gauze) a:e placed in series one on top of each other, the upper p iece be ing cut so as to overlap slioht ly the piece immediately below. The net result is a cone-shaped dressing through which it is claimed that may be conc entrated II.ore exactly on the bleeding part.- N. C. F

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED SPINE.

T.E. ( Sheffield).-In a recent Mining competition, patient was supposed to have fractured his spine and to be lying facedownwards. The teams which I coached were the only ones which did not turn patient on to h is back and which consequently failed to score the six marks allotted to the change of position. For myself I wonder how such treatment agrees with the Textbook s instructions to prevent all movements with fractures.

Yo ur problem is an old friend whom we meet year after year, the nearest the Textbook gets to it is when on p 50 It requires that cases of fractured spine lliust be removed in position.

the decision-as to whether or no a patient suffenng from Fra ct ure of Spine and lying on his face should be turned upon his back depends on the individual vi ews of the doctor who sets the test.

Some doctors prefer such a case to be treated and removed "face. do.wnwards)) and claim. ( r ) that thereby s nbsequent exaf!1lDatlOn by surgeon IS factlitated and (2) that a second turnm g of patient is avoided. Others, however, prefer the opposrte treatment, because they say that a trained squad of ambulance men can turn and re-turn such a patient without

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risk of aggr<l.vating the fractul ed spine. Personally I prefer the former meth:>d which to me is more true to the Principles of First Aid. See also answer to P. T. (Penzance).-N.C.F.

ApPLICATION OF SMALL ARM-SLIN

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S. A. (Chorley).-In our Division we disagree about the small arm-sling, and we ask you to be good enough to settle our problem. Some of us say that the small arm-sling for shoulder-bandage on p 161 is wrong; but others always put on the sling as figured on p. 161 but as described on P·47.

Yo:.1r problem is one which can only be solved by a knowledge of tne changes that have been made in the various editions of the Textbook. In the 36th edition tnere were for the small arm-sling two similar yet totally different slings. In the 37th edition an attempt was made to remove the discrepancy ; but unfortunately, though the diagram was changed, the desr.ription for the shoulder-bandage on p. ] 61 was left unaltered. Consequently, application of sling for shoulderbandage is described in the opposite way to that for arm-sling on p. 47, and the instructions cannot be followed strictly and checked by the diagram on p. 16I.

Personally I prefer the method detailed on p. 47 for arm· sling and for shoulder-bandage, because I belie v e that this is the more comfortable sling since the weight of upper limb is carried on shoulder of uninjured side.-N.C.F.

WOUNDS OF ABDOMINAL WALL.

M. D. (London).-As a lecturer I was astonished the other day to find such a glaring howler as that on p. 118 of Textbook where in treatment of wounds of abdominal wall (bowel protruding ), application of fomentations is recommended" every two or three minutes. " What hav e you to say about it?

Nothing! What I had to say was said (and written ) long ago when the re vi sed edition was first published! !-N.C. F

ANOTHER CASE OF FRACTURED SPINE.

P. T. ( Penzance ).- In a recent Railway Competition a jockey was supposed to have bren thrown from his horse and to have sustained a fractured spine together with fracture of ribs complicated by serious injury to lungs. He was unconscious and his arms were stretched out on the ground. Difference arises as to whether patient should be turned on his back or lifted and removed" face down· wards." We welcome your comments and advice.

It is strange that this old puz zle has this year wandered from Sheffield to Penzance! So please refer to my reply to T. B. (Sheffield). I n your test I note that patient was unconscious and that the fractured spine was accompanied by com· plicated fracture of ribs. Such combination strengthens my conviction that from the First Aid standpoint with the majority of ambulance teams (and we teach for the greater number !)

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it would be safer and therefore wiser to treat such patients exactly as found and to remove "face-downwards," provided always that efforts had been made without success to bring a doctor to the patient at the place of accident.-N.C.F.

L ABORDE'S ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.

J. T. ( Durham ).- Some of us were discussing Laborde's Method of Artificial Respiration the other day and could not agree as to which mo vement (traction or relaxation of tongue ) caused inspiration or which expiration We did, however, agree that we should ask your kind help.

Wilh Laborde s Method traction on the tongue is supposed to Irritate a nerve to the larynx which is situate at ba se of tongue and to cause a stimulus which is transmitted to the breathing centre of the brain whereby inspiration may result. Some authorities condemn the method as useless.-N.C.F.

PREPARATION OF STRh TCHER.

1. S. (B lackpool). - In a recent competition all the teams commenced action by detailing Bearers Nos. rand 3 to prepare stretcher bE.fore examin ing and treating patient, this procedure being strictly in accordance with Textbook (p. 180 ). Our surgeon always teaches us to prepare stretcher after attending to pat ent. Please tell me if I lost marks for not having stretcher prepared at outset of treatment.

The rule is usually enforced in B rigade Competitions, and especially in the preliminary and final contests for Dewar Shield, the regulations of which definitely state that stretcher must be prepared on arr iv al at place of emergency. It is, however, often relaxed in other competitions. So, if your team was competing in a Brigade Competition, it is highly probable that you did lose marks.- N.C.F.

POISONING BY LYSOL.

S. C. (N orthampton ).- In a recent competition a patient was supposed to have taken poison. The only clue was a bottle handed to each competitor who was aEked to name its contents and to treat patient accordingly.

Some treated for Corrosive Acid and others for Corrosive Alkali Poison ing The bottle contain ed Lysol; and we shall be glad if you will define the class (acid or alkali ) to which Lysol belongs.

Lysol cannot be ticketed as "acid or alkali." I t belongs to the same group of ant iseptic as Carbolic .Acid which by the way, is only feebly" aCid " ; aI?d both P?lsons are coal-tar derivatives. Taken by mouth It grves nse to symptoms like those of Carbolic Acid Poisoning; and applied to skin it burns, though this burning e ffect may be ( and neutralised) by prompt application of methylated spmt. To me both sets of competitors were correct because they treated for Corrosive Poisoning.-N.C.F.

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The Editor invites Notes on actua i Cases-with specia t reference to g ood and bad (Joints in 7 rea/ment-for inclusion in this Column.

H OME D ANGERS OF EL ECT RI C I TY

The u se of electr ic it y in the home is not free from danger, as the following report shows. A youn g woman was ironing clothes with an or d inary domestic electric iron which was connected to the house current of 220 y olts. Finding that the iron was not getting hot, she took it in her hand and attempted to tighten a loose sc rew at the heel of the apparatus with her ri g ht hand while with her left hand she g rasped the iron

The current was thus short -c ir c uited through her body and produ c ed su c h a v iolent contracti o n of muscles of forearm and shoulder that her left wrist was broken. In addit ion, she sustained s evere burns of her fingers -M.R., Cannon-street.

F IR ST -A m W TH R E SO URCEF ULNES S

R ecently a First-Aider was summoned to the assistance of a middle- ag ed man who had swallowed a large dose of laudanum. Med ical aid not being available, he gave prompt orders to prepare hot c offee and to bring mustard and water.

P ro c eedin g to h is patient, the First A der was placed in a d iffic ult pos tion because patient was now showing signs of drowsiness and he feared that tickling the throat (apart from the danger of caus in g asphyxia if succe5sful) would not suffice to execute n miting

R ememberin g from painful experience the rapid effect of see in g and hearin g a sea-si c k person, the First Aider promptly g a ve voice to loud sounds of sharp ret ching and at the same time, with each effort, pressed quickly and firmly on pit of patient's stoma c h. The effect was remarkably rapid and p a tient at once r a ll ied and v omited with sufficient v olence to empt y his stomach. The First Aider then ga ,' e glass after glass of warm water, made patient vomit once more, and completed h is treatment by givi ng a large draught of strong hot c offee before despat c h ing patient to hosp ital for further treatment.-G.H ., Montre<l.I.

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FOR over eight ce nturies the Order of The Hospital St. John of Jerusalem has continued to at Jerusalem. justify its existence, by its serv ices to humanity. Those services have taken many diffe rent forms, but two of th e m above all others have always been characteristic of the Order. its Hospital, the original cause of its ex 'st e nce, and secondly its military establishments. In spit e of all th e changes of tim e and circumstance, the Ord e r in England still contin'ues its work mostly along these two lines with its military establishments converted into ambulance services, and its Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem.

From the tim e that the Grand Priory of England was revived in 1831, the eyes of its members were con t inually directed towards the Holy Land, in the hope that they might find some practical means of associating the work of the Order with that country, which had i.ts original home. Those hopes first assumed dEfinite shap e in 1876, during the time that the Duk e of Manchester was Grand Prior of England. In that year Sir Edmund Lechmere, -th:n Secretary-General, made a formal request to the TurkishGovernment on behalf of the Order that it would grant it a site in Jerusalem for the erection of an Ophthalmic Hospital. But there was much obstruction and many delays, until at last the desires of the Order were brought to the notice of the Prince of Wales, who conveyed to the Turkish Ambassador his personal interest in the matter. As a result of his intervention, a Firman was published in 1882 directing the GJVernor of J e rusalem to provide the necessary site on the same conditions llS those under which a similar grant had been made to the Bailiwick of Brandenburg. The Governor, Raouf Pasha, conveyed _ to the'

The history of our Hospital ever sinc e its foundation 10 r882 has been one of continu al pro gre ss. Every year the number of patien t s shows an increase and even before the war we were told that th e reputa tion of our Hospital was so widely spread that in th e hop e of being sav ed from the horrors of blindness, men wer e jJ urne ying to it foot from the furth ermost parts of Syria and Persia. The Great War inevitably brou ght the work to an end for a time, the Turk s first stripp ed the Hospital of its supplies, then turn e d it into an ammuniti on depot, and finally blew it up when they evacuated Jerusal em in December, 1917. But almost at once the work of recqnstruction was put in hand j by the time th e , "I.rmistice was signed out·patients were again being r e cei ve d, and on February 26th, 1919, the Hospital was formally re-opened by Lord Allenby. Since that date each annual report has told the same story of continu al pro g ress, and everincreasin g utility. The last annual report, which has recently been- circulated, is no exception to the rule, and shows that all past records hav e again be e n beaten. It is both instructiv e and interesting to compare the statistics of the past year with those of 1886, three years after the foundation, and thos e of r 9 3, the yell,r b e for e the war began.

18 86. 1913. 1924

In-Patients 121 1,262 1,676

Out-Patients 3,23 8 9,604 16,225

Attendanc es J 3 420 3 1,9 6 7 75,560

Op e rations 23 2,54 2 4,2S6

But no figures tell so plainly the magnitude of the work being done as the simple statement conta ined in the annual report that in Septem ber all records were surp3ssed in th e number of attendances, and that in th at month alone

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relief was given to the enormous number of 12,225 sufferers.

The incre a sed work that is being done by the Hospital has, of course, only been rendered possible by the generous support of those who are interested in its welfare, and, ;\s usual, the annual report has to record many noble gifts. Two gentlemen (rom Hong Kong, Sir Robert Ho Tung and his brother Mr. Ho Kom Tung, both Honorary Knights of Grace, have been kind enough to endow two new beds. Miss Hulton has most generously presented a sum of money for the purchase of an X-ray apparatus, the possession of which will place the Hospital in the front rank for technical equipment. Another lady, who desires to remain anonymous, has presented thirty-seven new beds of the latest model, and there hav e been many other gifts, which can scarcely be specified in detail here. But the practical interest in the Hospital shown by the St. John Ambulance Brigade in South Africa must not pass by unnoticed, for any link between the Hospital and the Brigade, the two major activities of the Order of St. John, must always be of great value. As has already been shewn, the progress made by our Hospital during the past year has been most remarkable and gratifying, but progress can only continue to be made, if due attention is paid to that crucial srntence in the penultimate paragraph of the annual report "the Committee appeals for help from all those who are interested in the work, which the Order is carrying on in the Holy Land." That appeal is never likely to be made in vain to the members of an Order, whose ancient Rule and Custom lay down "that the Knights who should make their profession in it should adorn their Knighthood with a true Charity, the mother and solid foundation of all virtues.'1

Jerusalem Hospital Notes.

The figures for the first four months of 1925 show a decrease, as compared with last year, in the number of inpatients. There has been a marked decrease in the number of new out-patients, but an equally marked increase in the number of a.ttendances. There ha.ve been 1076 operations compared wlth 1000 last year. Thls last result is due to the the third and is a measure o( his value. Hls appomtment means, and will continue to mean additional benefit to the sufferers (rom eye-disease Palestine.

The Committee has decided not to fill the vacant post of Sub-Ward:m f?r the pres.ent. Dr. Shelley of Jerusalem, who on prevIous occaSlOns assisted the staff, has been appomted House Surgeon for one year.

elec.tric installation is not yet complete, to the great dlsappomtment of all concerned especially had the

AID - June, 1925.

Warden hoped that the local contractors would be more expeditious. But it is never wise to anticipate too much energy in the East.

The X-ray apparatus has been purchased and is only awaiting shipment on hearing that the Warden is ready for its reception. Sundry electric equipment for dark-rooms etc., and a steriliser have also been bought and are awaiting shipment, but money is needed for the purchase of a giant magnet (£75) which every eye hospital should possess.

The Warden reports that the Hospital has no first- rate instrument cabinet for the theatre. He has to make the best of an old wooden affair which is not air-tight by any means and when it is remembered that the theatre is only a few yards from one of the dusti est roads in the East, the urgency of providing an up-to-date cabinet is evident. Perhaps some reader knows of a charitable friend who could be persuaded to present the Hospital with this necessary piece of equipment. The approximate cost is £ 100. Meanwhile in the out-patient theatre there is no receptacle for instruments at all.

Lady Hunter-Weston, in memory of Grand-Prior Weston and to commemorate the Chancellorship of her Lieut-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston K. C.B., D.S.O. has offered £100 to be expended in or about the Hospital. No definite memorial has yet been decided on, but it is hoped that some architectural detail of the Hospital, such as the main door, may become a feature of the building as a result of her munificence.

The drainage of the Hospital has be en adversely commented upon and not unfairly. The Medical Officer of Health in Jerusalem and Dr. Monckton Copeman, F.R.S., M.D. (a member of the Committee) both agrt: e that something should be done at the earliest possible opportunity. The Government has a comprehensive scheme for improving the drainage system of that part of Jerusalem in which the Hospital is situat ed and the Committee decided that the matter of the Hospital drains might stand over till the Government took action. The minimum cost is estimated to be about £500.

The new beds given by an anonymous friend have proved a very great boon. The surgeons can now handle the patients much more easily than they could when they only had the old army hospital beds.

Not only the beds with which the hospital started after the war have had to be discarded as worn out, but now Lady Watson reports that the sheets are also in rags and ac;ks for 150 pairs to replace those which are practically useless. This means a heavy outlay for which the Committee 1V0uid welcome some gift in aid. To replace the whole number is beyond the present resources of the Committee. If it can manage 75 pairs it is all it can do this year. Can any lady of the Ord er suggest a means of collecting money to supply the second half?

There has been a very serious water famine in Jerusalem and water is being sold in the streets at a high price. The hospital building has still two cisterns left, which, of course, are now invaluable. The Warden reported that at one time there was not enough water for the ordinary decencies of life.

June, 19 2 5.

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An interesting account of the Hospital appears in the American Journal of Ophthalmology for May 1925, with an illustration and details of work done, from the pen of Derrick T. Vail, Cincinnati. Ohio. The writer makes the common mistake of confounding the Hospitallers with the Templars.

J.T. W.P.

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Contznued trom page 248.)

That is to say bombards, guns, serpentines with many other instruments of war, for they were so great and so many that they could not bring them (rom Constantinople, but sailing with ships and galleys, and of the said navy and company was Pasha, that is to say captain in English, a Greek which was of the noble house called Palreologos, the which when he should take shipping, asked after Antony Melagolo.

And it was told him that four days before he was Of:.(jrtjl) 1tbodit.

. N the lord master of Rhodes by his great Wit and diligence had knowledge of all this array. For the Turk had messengers that were not all true for some of them told their masters' council. But When' th e host that went by land came to Eycya the Rhodians had great marvel what they were.

And the Turks made a common slander to deceive the Rhodians and said that their lord the great Turk was dead and they were sent thith e r to keep the country of Eycya from harm of enemies. But the lord master of Rhodes had knowledge of these wiles and faiseh o od of the Turk.

And therefore he with great diligence made strong with men of war and buildings, all the holds, both castles and fortlets within the Isle of Rhodes. That is to say Fougon, Castle of Saint Peter, Feracle, Eynde: Monolaw (t.e., Lango, Budrum, Pheraclos, Lindos and Monolithos). And all the people of the Isle of Rhodes withdrew to the strongholds with their goods and cattles. And the barley that was ripe, lightly they gathered it up and took it with them . And because that wheat and oth er manner of corn were not all rip e they plucked up from the ground as they were and brought them to the towns and holds.

And when they were in wing of these works with great haste and fury, the watch th a t was on the top of the hill beside St. Stephen showed a token and a knowledge that in the west towards Constantinople was on the sea sailing a great number of ships. And then the most part of the people of Rhodes went into the high places and saw them.

And anon the same ships went toward a town called Physcom, which is in the country called Eycya upon the seaside twelve miles from Rhodes and there they landed and received the men of war that came thither by land by the country of Asia as I have said before.

And then they turned them in the sea towards Rhodes and so in a short time they were at the banks of the Isle of Rhodes and the num ber of the ships that came to the banks of Rhodes was a hundred, and this was in the year of our Lord a thousand four hundred and four score, the fifth bt-fore the kalendar of the month of June.

And anon with great diligence they voided their ships of the men of war and of their ordnance And the men of war made their parks and their tents strongly upon the hill of St. Stephen aforesaid and afterwards they discharged their ordances on the sea bank under the hill. But they might not see their ordnanc e and instrume'lts of war which were on the sea bank under the hill, becaus e of the highness of the hill. -'lnd so anon the ships went and came again from the banks of Rhod es to Physcom bringing with them at every time their men of war towards Rhodes.

The Kn ghts assembling in the City.

mischievously slain in Constantinople, therefore he took with him Dimetrius, renegade slave to the said Antony. And anon aft er their departure from Constantinople by sea, the Turk sent as is said his other host by land that went far about by the countries of Asia for fear lest Christian men should know their intent. The Turk also closed and stopped all manner of passages( of his lands save the secret ways that his host went

But in the - meantime while som e of the Turks on horseback and on foot, the most hardiest, ran to the walls of Rhodes with great menacings and cracking. And the Rhodians with great manhood went against and put them to flight and slew many of them. And nigh the next day following the Turks made again another assault while the Rhodians were at dinner, but also they were put to flight and some of them to death.

But there was one of the knights of Rhodes, the which adventured himself too far and was slain of the Turks, and then they took his head and l?ut it on a spear and ran with great mirth and joy to thelr ccmpany host, and the body was brought to Rhvdes with the raiment.

(to be continued.)

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Head Office Notes.

EXAMINATIONS; UNEXPECTED INCREASE."

Judging from the records of the past month's wor k now to hand, the Head Office notes in last month's issue appear needlessly pessimistic. We anticipated last month that in consequence of the earlier Easter this year the numb e r of examinations in April would show a decrease on last year's figures. Instead of the expected d e cline however, there has be e n a considerable increase, the figures being-April, 1924,482 j April, 1925, 5 2 7.

AMBULANCE CAlIIPAIGN IN CARLISLE.

Northern England is usually regarded as the most flourishing part of the country for First Aid work, yet there is a large area in the north west corner where the St. John Ambulance movement is not in a very strong position. Carlisle being the centre of this area, it was determined to commence "The North Western Attack" in this city. The Carlisle Rotary Club, which had expressed a d esi re to h ear mor e of the Order of St. John's activities, kindly arranged a meeting for this purpose on April 29 th Lieut.General Sir Aylm e r Hunte r-W e ston, K c.B., O.S.O., M P., (Chancellor_ of the Order of St. John) gave an inspiring address, app eared in our last issue. This speech attracted consIderable notice in the Press, and it is hoped that as a result ambulance work in Carlisle will be consid e rably_ d e veloped. In continuation of this campaign, the C?fficlal Dem?nstrator of the Association has organised a s ene s of practIcal demonstrations and lectures and we anticipate that the results of this will soon become apparent in the organisation of more am bulance classes, and the formation of additional di visions throughout this area.

AMBULANCE C AM PAIGN IN RUTLAND.

Recently th e Official Demonstrator of the Association vIsited Rutland in_ an to encourage St. John Ambulance work In thIS small county. A meeting was held at Oakham on April 22nd, and at the close a r eso lution "that divisions of the Brigade be formed for men and women" was carried unanimously. It is therefore expected that _ o.f instruction will be organised, and before long dIVISIOns of the Brigade will be formed in thiS area.

AMBUL

ANCE INSTRUCTION-27 I MORE EXAMINATIONS.

The busiest period of the year for the St. John examinations is now ended, and surprISl.ng IDcrease 10 the number of examinations held thiS year IS now apparent. When we realise that in England Ireland alone, 27 more Examinations were arrang e d the four months of this year than in the correspond 109 perIod last year, it can be r ea dily se e n that the Ambulance has mad:! a great advance. was most satisfactory month when an increase

of 164 examinations was registered, the total number of Examinations in March being 625. In April 527 examinations were held, and the total for the four months was 1,703 examinations.

FIRST AID IN B AGHDAD

The great in the work of the Association in th e homeland should not be allowed to eclipse the work which is being carried on in other parts of the globe. C1a'>ses of instruction are held under the auspices of the Association in all parts of the world, and the most recent development is th e formation of a First Aid class in Blghdad. It is hopeel that befor e long a Division of the Brigade Overseas will be formed in this area. There is every reason to hope that from this small beginning, the St. John Ambulance movement will spread throughout Mesopotamia, and so form yet another outpost of the Order of St. John in Asia.

S.J.A.B. Public Duty at Wembley.

DEAR COLONEL CAMERON,-

I am writing on behalf of the British Empire Exhibition authorities to tell you how very warmly we appreciate the co-operation of the St. John Ambulance Association in the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition. The success which this Ceremony has achieved is due in no small m ea sure to the trouble taken by those representing the great public services of the Empire, whose appearance an d bearing were, to our knowledg t> the subj ec t of much favourable comment.- Yours Sincerely, Colonel Cameron, T RAVERS CLAR K E. The St. John Ambulance Ass:::>ciation, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, KC. 1.

_ It is announced that the King has graciously permItted the Royal Crown to be included in the badge for mobile memb e rs of the Voluntary Aid Detachments.

3' E

Dr. G. Steele Perkins in a lecture on hints to nurs e s connected with th e Hospital and Nursing Exhibition gave somewhat amusing advice on first aid. ,. Really I do think that everyone ought to know at least the merest rudiments of first aid. It is perfectly amazing how ignorant some are Of. what be done in cases of fainting, scaldmg, burnlOg, or any slIght accident. I heard ot a case the other day of. a woman wh? cut her finger very badly, and at once applI e d pepper to It, and ti e d it up. It becam e septic, and she very nearly lost her arm as a result. Another case I know of is a poor little fox terrier belonging to some friends of mine who somehow was badly scalded by a kettle of boiling water being poured over him. Instead of applying oil, his mistress actually put him in water: The wretched dog was very ill, his back was 10 a shockmg state for weeks. It is very simple to study the rules of a small book on first aid. Then in all the small accidents that are always happening in daily life, one does know what should be done."

June, 19 2 5 - FIR ST

St. John J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

MAY, 1925.

The Acting Chi e f has sanctioned the following appointments, promotIOns, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICER.

No_ 12 ( IRI SH) DI STR I CT Corps Officer Alexander Moffitt Fullerton, O.B.E., 12.5- 2 5 Supt. Joseph Patrick Macnamara, 12 5. 2 5

TO BE CORPS SURGEON.

No. I DISTRI CT

Divisional Surgeon Harry Thornton Challis, M.D., L.R.C.P., ;\I.RC.S , Walt h amst0w Corps, 4 6 25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon John P. Walker, M.B ., Shipley and District Corps, 22-5.25

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.4 DIS TR ICT.

Supt. William IIeap, Caine Corps, 4.6 25

TO BE CORPS OFFICER_

NO.4 DI STRICT.

Ambu lance O fficer Harry Alum, Caine Corps, 4- 6 -2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Am bulance Officer John Hewis Allcock, Bullcroft Corps, 21.5. 2 5

No. IO DISTRICT.

Divisional Sec. and Hon. Sergt. William Ernest Powell, Ipswich Corps, 22.4.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON & SUPT.

NO.3 DISTRICT. 1 M B (h B D 1) H D.P.H. (:\ berdeen ),

Victor E MI ne, v ., , Aldridge Di vi sion, 46.25

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. DISTRICT_

James Austin Harbison, M .D., RCh., No. 16A New Cross Division, 4.625

J. Harvey K. Sykes, L. M.S.S.A_ ( Lon ), No. 4 li Brixton Nursing Div ision, 5· 5 2 5

Edmund Robert Boyd, M.B., Ch B.(Edin.), No. 29 We3t Walthamstow Division, Walthamstow Corps, 4.6.25

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Walker Percy Dyer, M_R C S., L.RC.P ., Stoke Gifford Division, City of Bristol Corps, 27.4.25

NO.4 DI S TRICT.

Kenneth Dobing Bean, M.B., Ch.B. D.P H.(VICt.), Cheadle Heath Railwny Division, 1.5.25

J ames Mackenzie, M. D_(EdIn. ), Lytham-St.-Annes No. Divis ion, 29-4-25 - 8

William Clegg-Newton, L.R.C.P Middleto!l DlvlC;lOn, 2 -4 2 5

Thomas Vicars O ldham, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O_, Morecambe Nursing Division, 6-5 2 5 _ _ _

James Melvin, M.B., Ch_B , Rochdale Central NurSing DI VIsion, r6-5- 2 5 S L R C P St 1

Henry M B:,. Ch.B., M.RC , a ybridge NurSing DIVISIOn, 13 5. 2 5 _ __

Alexander Maude, M.RC.S., L.R.C .P., Wmsford DIVISIOn, 25.5. 2 5

AID.- 277

No. 5 DI STRICT

John Tyldesley Bleasdell, M.R.C S, L.R.c.P , Dearne Vall ey Division, Hudder sfie ld Corps, 2_6 25 _

John Muir Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., Newstead Colliery DIVISIOn, 22.5 2 5 - - -

Lionel Eugene Sutcliffe, M.B.,Ch.B., Sheepbndge and Dlstnct Division, 294 .25

No 6 DI STRICT.

C. Kelman Robertson, M.B. , Ch.B .( Edin. ), Folkestone D vision, L 5. 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. 1 DI STRICT.

Joseph Alfred Georlle Gra v esto ck, No. 89 Metropolitan Rly. Division, 22-4-25

NO.2 DI STR ICT.

Henry J. Lewis, Cheltenham Town Division, 23-5.25

Ambulance Officer Herbert Thoropso Carthew Collard, Temple Mead Divis ion, City of Bristol Corps, 21.5.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

George Copley, Lytham-St.-Annes I Division, 29.4.25 _

Sergt. Isaac W. VvTilliaroson, vVarnngton Headquarters D IVIsion, 5-5 2 5

Charles Hibb ert , Leyland Division, Preston Corps, 28-425

No. 5 DI STR I CT.

Ambulance Officer Joseph Greenwood, Earby Division, 1:2-S -25

Joe Wray, Dearne Vall ey !?IV ISIOD ,_ Corps, :!_6.25

Harold Street, Kirkby Colhenes D:vlslon, Mark Gabbitas, Maltby Division, Denaby Main Corps, 29 4.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer William Hogg, Blaydon Burn Colliery and District, 13-5.25

John Price, Cosnett and D str ic t Division, Der went Valley Corps, 135.25

No. II DI STRICT.

Ambulance Offic er Percy John Jackson , Willesborough Division, 5-5-2 5

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Mary Langley, No. 41 N Br ixton Hursing Division, 5.5-25

Ambulance Sister N ettie Strathern, No. 27 \ Vest Ham Nursing Division, 12.5.25

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Mrs. Gwendolyn Mary Knapton, Lymington Nursing Division, 19 5 25

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Ladp Ambulance Officer Mrs. Alice Jenner, Isle of Sheppey Nursing Division, 2.5.25

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER _

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Frank Doust, No. 75 Bora' of Division, 4_ 6 25 Staff Sergt _ William George Edwm Warren, No. 20 Hampstead Division, 29.5.25

Sergt. Albert Charles Matthews, NO.4 Ley ton and Ley tonstone Division, 18.5.25 , _

Henry Richard Pitcher, No. 89 Metropolitan Railway DIVISIOn, 22-4 2 5 D- - 5

Hayward Alder, No. 89 Metropolitan Railway IVl slOn,224 2

NO.2 DI STRICT

Corps Sergt. Major Frederick Wm. Chapman, Weston-superMar e, Weston-super-Mare Corps, 28.4- 2 5 ..

Sergt. George Priddle, \Veston-super-Mare DIVISIOn. Westonsuper-Mare Corps, 28425

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

William Wiltshire Harris, G.W_R Snow Hill Division, Birmingham Corps, 14-5 -2 5

NO. 4 DISTRICT.

S taff Sergt. Stephen Croasdale, Chorley Division, 28.5. 2 5

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Sergt. Robert Holme3, Leyland Division, Preston Corps, 28.4. 2 5

George Ralphs, Lytham-St.-Annes No. Division, 294.25

Sergt. Joseph Southern, Whaley Bridge Division, 18.5.25

Sergt. Arthur Seed, Whalley Division, 18.5.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Walter Graham, Marlboro' Colliery Division, Staveley Corps, 26.5. 25

Sergt. Tom Redfern, Marlboro' Colliery Division, Staveley Corps, 26.5 25

James Vardy, Kirkby Collieries Division, 2.6.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Thomas Callow, Blaydon Burn Colliery and District Division, 13 .5. 2 5

Joseph Bolam, Consett and District Division, Derwent Valley Corps, 13.5.25

Thomas Herbert Cameron, Consett and District Division, Derwent Valley Corps, 13.5.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. James Enos Townsend, Falmouth Division, 14.5 2 5

Sergt. Sydney Henry Oates, Camborne Division, 65. 25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer C. Boyce, New Hucknall Collieries Corps, reverts to rank of Ambulance Officer at his own request 28.5. 2 5

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFICER.

NO.6 DI STRICT.

Sergt. John Sloan, Jarrow Division, 22.5. 2 5

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Sister Edith Flashman, Whitehall Nursing Division, 5.5 .2 5

No. 4 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance Sister Florrie Wright Maxim, Rochdale Central Nursing Division, 16.5.45

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sister Mrs. Lily Doughty, Scunthorpe Nursing DlVlslOn, Scunthorpe and District Corps, NO.6 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance Sister Gertrude Mary Coulson Durham City Nursing Division, Mid-D.urham 16.5 2 5

Ambulance Sister Jean Rame, FrIends Nursing Division, Newcastl.e-on-Tyne Corps, 9.5.25

Sister Florence Har v ey Pinhay, Falmouth Nursing D IVlslOn, 15.5. 25

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Jessie Kathleen Burt, Scarborough Nursing Division, 27.4. 2 5 NO.9 DISTRICT

Lady Miss Phillips, Plymouth Co· operative Nursing Dlv1510n, reverts to the ranks at her own request, 21.5. 2 5'

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR OADETS.

NO. 4 DISTRICT.

Corpl. Charles Bell, Amble.side Division, 28.4. 2 5 John Co verley, Whaley BrIdge Cadet Division, 18.5. 2 S NO·5 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Rimes, Scunthorpe and Frodingham Cadet . DIVISion, Scunthorpe and District Corps 21 5 2 5

Rlch<l:rd Cornell Runham, Keadby and 'Cadet DiviSion, Scunthorpe and District Corps, 21.5 2 5

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS. NO·3 ( WESTERN) DISTRICT. poris Lines, Winchester House Cadet NurSing DIVISIOn, BirmIngham Nursing Corps, 2804. 2 5 NO·4 DISfRICT.

Mrs. Mabel Scott, Askam and Ireleth Cadet Nursing D' 195. 2 5 IVlslon,

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NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Margaret Chovlerton, Stapleford and Cadet Nursing Division, 25.5.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Gertrude Gosselin, Ipswich Nursing Cadet Division 145. 2 5

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

No. 57 N Cricklewood Nursing Division, 28.5,25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Oldbury Division, 17.4.25

Leamington and Warwick Nursing Division, 6.6.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Kirkby Collieries Division, 2.6.25

Tadcaster Nursing Division, 25.5. 2 5 Roundhay Nursing Division, 26 5 :15

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ellington Division, 11.5.25

No. IO DISTRICT.

Ranelagh Works Division, 25 5. 2 5

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

B A.T. and Kirkdale Cadet Division 19.5 2 5 Kirkham Cadet Division, 16.5. 2 5

Askam and Ireleth Cadet DiviSIOn, 19 5. 2 5

Openshaw Cadet Nursing Division, 28 5.2S

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Stapleford and Sandiacre Cadet Nursing Division, 25.5. 2 5

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Bodmin Cadet Division, 2r.5. 2 5

DIVISIONS RE-NAMED.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Queensbury Cadet Di v ision to secede from Bradford Corps 3I.I. 2 5

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Plain and D istrict Division to be re-named "Ann field Plam and West Stanley" Division, 28 4 2 5

TRANSFERRED TO ACTIVE LIST.

No. I DISTRICT.

Reserve Supt. C. Caffyn, / c No. 52 Barclay Perkins Division, 8.6.25

TRANSFERRED.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer C. Boyce. from New Hucknell Collieries Corps to Markham Main Division

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE. NO.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. G. Taylor, Padiham Division, 21.5.25

NO·5 DI STR ICT.

Supt. G. Wysehall, Rotherham Corps, 18 5 25

DIVISional Surgeon T. J. Hollins, Sheepbridge Division, 26.5. 25

No. 6 DISTRICT

Lady Supt. Miss F. Lawson, Gateshead Fell Nuring Division, North Durham Corps, 21.5. 2 5

No.8 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Selby, Teynham Nursing Division, 21. 5 2 5

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

No. 1 DI<;TR1CT.

Supt. G. Langley, No. 52 Barclay Perkins Division, 8 62 5 NO·3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Supt. A. B. Graveley, Wellingboro Headquarters Division 8.6.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

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Lady Supt. Miss J. Dobson, Middleton Nursing Division, 8.6 2 5 'd N'D'" Divisional Surgeon J. Bnerley, Staleybn ge urslDg IVlslon,

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Supt. R. Clark, Thorne Division, 8.6.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Forster, Darlington Nursing Division, 22.5.25

DISCHARGED FROM THE BRIGADE.

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer S. Magar, Redruth Division, 15 5. 2 5 DEATHS.

NO.6 DI ST RICT.

Corps Surgeon F. F. Walton, Hull Corps, 26.5. 2 5

AMENDMENT TO MARCH ISSUE.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Supt. M. Stewart transferred from Bristol Corps to Colchester Division

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief CommIssioner.

Prince of Wales's Distrkt COMMISSIONER;

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

JULY, 19 2 5.

July 5th-No. 13 Division, Kings Cross.

" 12th-No. 15 " East Ham.

" 19th-No. 16 " L.B. & S.C. Railway.

" 26th - No. 17 " Wimbledon.

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

The following letter has been received from the Acting Chief Commissioner;-

"The Sub-Prior has received a letter from H.R.H.

The Grand Prior in which H.R.H. thanks him the excellent arrangements made. for the Annual Inspec.tlOn of the London District of the Bngade ; and adds that It gave him the greatest pleasure to see such a parade and he trusted that no one partlclpatmg m It suffered from the heat."

(Signed) P. S. WILKINSON, Major-General, Acting Chief Commissioner.

H.R. H. The Grand Prior also expressed the Commissioner of the District personally, his appreCiatIOn of the successful way in which the I nspection was carr ied .out. This success was largely due to the tion which the Officers of all ranks showed m conjunction With the Headquarters Staff, in carrying out their duties.

The appearance of the men on parade very and the "March Past" was carried out m a very creditable manner.

COMPETITIONS.

The Efficiency Cup Competition took place on Saturday, June J 3th, in of the Merchant Tayl?r's Schools, .by the kind permiSSIOn of the Rev. Arbuthnot Nann, D.D., With the following result:1st South Metropolitan Gas Corps 2nd, Hampstead 3rd, Toynbee Hall Division.

The Commissioner would like to congratulate these Divisions on their success.

(SIgned) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.-H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order, on Saturday afternoon the 6th June, impected the District. He was supported by a dist nguished gathering, who were accommodated in a marquee made resplendent with bunting and palms.

Among those present were :-

Major-General The Earl of Scarbrough, G.B.E., K.C.B., Major-General Sir Percival Wilkimon, KC.M.G., C.B., and Lady Wilkinson, Lieut.-Colonel J. T. Woolrych Perowne, Colonel E. J. King, C.M G., F.S.A., Colonel E. A. Cameron, C.M.G., D.S.O., Mrs. E. A. Cameron, Colonel E. D. B. SyngeHutchinson, V.C., C.B., Colonel Sir Wyndham Murray, KC.B., Miss Garford, Sir Robert Ho Tung, LL.D., Major Colin MacRae, C.B.E., The Lady Margaret MacRae,O.B.E., The Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G , The Lady Kylsant, C.B.E., The Viscountess Cowdray, Major-General J. C Dalton, R.A., Mrs. J. C. Dalton, The Rev. Prebendary and Mrs. L. J. Percival, Lady Milne, M.B.E., Colonel Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, KB.E., C.M.G., Lieut.-Colonel Sir Lees Knowles, Bt., C.V.O. , O .B.E., The Lady Nina Knowles, Lady Jephson, Mrs. Lancelot Dent, Major-General T. M. Corker, C.B., M.D., Colonel The Lord Blythswood, K.C.V.O., The Lady Blythswood, Lady Strong, The Mayor and Mayoress of Westminster, The Ma yor and Mayoress of St. Marylebone, Miss E. M. Rideout, Lieut.Colonel E. V. Gabriel, C.S.I., C.M.G., Mrs. Gabriel, Sir Elliot Colvin, KC.S.I., Lady Bedford, The Lady In verclyde, Colonel G. A. Moore, C M.G., D.S.O., M.D., The Earl of Meath, KP., Sir Louis Dane, G.C.I.E., C.S.I., Lady Dane, Colonel H. V Prynne, C.B.E., D.S.O., Lieut.-Colonel Sir Richard Temple, Bt., C. B., C.I.E., Lady Leslie, The Mayor of Paddington, Colonel The Lord William Cecil, C.V.O, and The Lady William Cecil.

The Parade was under the command of the Commissioner, W. Humphris Winny, Esq., O.B.E with .G. Gerhold as second in Command, and aSSisted by District Officers S. B. Piers, S. J. Warren, Captain L. L. Franks, N S. Hamburger, and Miss Rideout.

The Parade was formed up in five battalions of men, respectively under the Command of :-Assistant Commissioners S. H. Vilven, Lt.-Col. F. A. Brooks, M.D., Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden, O.B.E., Dr. E. McIntyre, M.D., Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher, M.B. Two of Nurses under COT?mand of :-Lady District Officers MISS Hoare, M.B.E., MISS M. Twiss, O.B.E., Robinia Viscountess Mountgarrett, O.B.E., and a Company of Surgeons, under-Distr ic t Surgeon Dr. R. Connon Robertson.

The strength of the Parade present was :-Ambulance Divisions, J,537 ; Nursing Di v isions, 516 B ands,68. Total, 2,121.

The first to be inspected was a CO.mpany Surgeons, alter which the Duke passed to the Nursmg Dmslons, and final y to the Ambulance Divisions.

At the completion of the the Duke of ConnauRh returned to the saluting base to await the march past, and here there was presented to him Mr. B W. TibbIe, upon whom th,e Order of the British Empire In the Kmg s Birthday Honour List as an 3:ppreClat.lO n of 1act that has given no less than fifty-one pmts of hiS blood In transfUSion.

No. :3 District.

The Annual County Competit ions were held at the Territorial Army Headquarters, Aylesbury, on Saturday,

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6th June, seven men s and six women's teams competing for the following awards : -

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" Dewar " County Challenge Shield

" Carlile " Challen g e Cup

" Lady Rothsch ild " Challenge Cup

" Mayors " County Cballenge Sh el d

" Bucks Joint Committee " Cup

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WINN ERS

Wol v erton Div ision

A ylesbury " Wol v erton Aylesbury " " " "

" Lady Rothschild " Challenge Cup Buckingham N. "

" Marq of Lincolnshire " Cup Chesham N. "

"Bucks Jo int Comm ittee " Cup Aylesbury N. "

The Wol verton team a c tually won the "Mayors" Challenge Sh eld, but i n accord w ith the ruling of the Committee wh ic h states than no team shall hold the Dewar and Mayor Sh elds at the same time the sh eld was retained by the Aylesbury Divs ion which secured it from Wolverton last year

The " Ca r ter " Cup wa s presented to the Ayles bury and "PIxley " Effi c iency Cup to the Buckmgham DIvIsIon, these c ups being awarded to the most efficIent ambulance and nursing division in the county each year.

Major P G Darv il- Sm th was in charge of the com-

The in his opening remarks extended to Col. PIxley a welcome and ex pressed appreciation of the good work beIng done ?y the in the County.

After the presentatIOn Col. PIxley expressed his thanks to the Mayor for his kind remarks and said how much he regretted the absence of the Lord Lieutenant and Lady who was at present away, and the same remark .to Lord and Lady Lincolnshire who took a great Interest In the work. It might be interesting to many of them to that only a fortnight ago Lord Cottesloe was elected a Kmg?t of Grace of the Order. He took this opportunIty of expressing his appreciation and thanks to the of the medical profession who had so kindly acted as ]ud.ges, and to all ",:,ho had taken part in the efficient work whIch had been in connection with the competitions. He congratulated the wInnmg teams. A cordial vote of thanks to Col. Pixley was carried unanimously.

J Smart, Wolverton division, was presented with the ServIce M edal of the Order.

No. 9 District.

P LYl\1 QUTH.-There was a large attendance of St. John Ambulance Cadets at the Devonport Central Y.M.C A. on

T he team of the London Bridge Nursing Division, joint winners of the" P errott " Sh' ld L ft t . h A b ' Ie ,19 2 5. e 0 ng t- m SIster A. M Iles, A mb. SI .ster C. Pearce, Amb. Sister M. Andrews (reserve ) Lad A A. Andrews (In charge ), Amb. Sister A. M. Friend. ,y mb. Officer

peti tions assisted by Messrs C. E. A. Redhead and H. J.

Wn g- glesworth, the J udges be ing :-For men's teams Dr

E. O Turner (G reat M issenden ), Dr. S. C. Alcock ( Read ing )'

Dr H. F P ercival (N orthampton ) and for the women's

Dr. H Rose (Wendover ), Dr. G. Wilkinson (B ea c onsfield )

Dr. W. E. Audland and Miss Harrison ( Oxford):

The officers of the C ompetItIOn staff consisted of Mr H K Scott in ch.arge of women s teams ), Mrs. F. s. Morton:

Kentlsh, MISS 1. Robinson, Miss A. Taylor, Col J M.C., T. Castles, Corps Officer F. Dearie ( Oxf0r·d......: officer 10 charge of men s teams) W. Hartley C J W'

W. T. Knight, and H. Smith.' , Ise, The and c':lps were presented by Col. Francis W. Pixley, of JustIce of the Order of St. John and County

RepresentatIve of Order for Bucks, who was accompanied by Mrs. and M ISS PIxley. The M a yor of Aylesbury presided

Jsutported by Col. F. P !xley , V scount Stopford, Major-Generai P · Swann, Col: WIllIan;ts, G J. Thrasher, Captain G. Bruce earson, and Major DarvIl-Smith.

May 3 1st when a series of first aid contests wele held te from, all parts of th.e district !aking part. The of a first aId test, a stretcher test and vIva- v oce exam matI on a

Two trophies ,,:ere competed for-the "W.]. Sloman" Cu and a g?ld medal kmdly presented by the Editor of FIltS T and entItled" The First Aid Gold Medal." ,

Seven. entered, and the cup was won by Devon ort Central DIVISIOn II, which secured 178 marks out of a 22?, and the gold medal by Devonport Central I with 1661 pomts. The other teams were placed as follows Central, 146! ; Stonehouse, 14 2 ; Torpoint II J?'l Mutle 100 and Torpoint I, 77l -.) , y,

The trophies prizes presented by Mrs. H. V. MIller, Mr. V Mlller (ASSistant Commissioner ) and M E. L: WatkInS ( Dlrector of Social and Physical Trainin ): T.he Judges were LIeut.-Col. F. P. Lauder, R.A.M.C , Lieut.-Col. J. P. S. Ward, R.A..M.C. Corps Supt. T. Hitchcock

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presided and Secretarial duties were carried out by Cadet Officer W. T. Lucitt.

No. 10 District.

S UFF OLK CO UNTY STAF F.-The photograph reproduced shows the Suffolk County Staff of N o. 10 District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade District Officer W. C. Smith, on the extreme right, joined the Brigade in January, 1908. From Supt. of the Gippeswyk Di v ision he rose to a Corps Officer of the Ipsw ich Corps eventually being promoted to the County Staff in October, 1924.

Dur ing the war, he was on active service from the commencement of hostilities in August, 1914, until July, 191 9 serving in E g ypt and Gallipoli. He gained a wide experience in general hospitals and field ambulance work. His decorations include the Coronation ( King George V. ), Long Service, 19 f4-I5 Star, General Servi c e and Vi c tory Medals.

Second from the right is the County Surgeon ( Dr. T. H. Goodm'ln, of Haverhill ), who served for nearly 25 years as Hon. Surgeon to the Haverhill Divisions. For his in v aluable help to the ambulance cause he was granted the honour of an Hon. Associateship of the OrderofSt. John in November 19 16. Mainly through his unt iring efforts the Haverhill div isions can

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The of the Haverhill D vision of the St. John Bngade t ook as long ago as April, 1899 , and dunng the whole penod whI ch has elapsed since then no one has taken a greater interest in the work than Dr. T. H. Goodm.an who a c ted as the Hon. S urgeon until he received his promotIon to the County Staff as County Surgeon, a little over a year ago.

commen c e d wi th a parade of the IncludIng ambulance, nurs in g, and cadet unit s all In UnIform. The offi c ers in attendan ce, in addition to County Surgeon Goodman, were Di vi s ional Supt. G S. Scott, Ambulance Officer, W. Scrivener, and C adet Offi cer A. Shipp (of the ambulance units ), and Lady Supt. Mi ss Ruffle, La d y Ambulance Officer Mrs. W ilson, Cadet Offi c er M iss Sm ith, and Lady Sec. Mrs. Pannell (of the Nursing Sec t ion )

These assembled on the lawn a Dr . G oodman ' s res id en c e and were later j oined by a co ntin g- ent from Ipsw ic h Cor p s under CO rps Offi c ers. C. F iddy a n d T A. P e p per, an d S u p t. Barrett WIth the I p s wlch Corps b a n d un d er Sergt. Aldr id ge

There was a large gathering of the g eneral publ ic present to witness the inspection inclu d ing Dr and Mrs. Metcalfe (of A. G. Smart, Es q. , J.P. ) F W. Gurteen , Esq., the Rev. W. G Hodges, M.A. (V ic ar ), and M rs H od g es, M iss Smart , the Rev. W. A K ent - Sm th, B D and Mr s. Smith, and Mi ss Goodman. The headquarters sta ff cons isted of the Com -

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to-day boast of their own headquarters. Among other decorations he the Long Service Medal WIth two bars. Second on the left is the Assistant Commissioner ( Dr. S. O. Eades ) of Ipswich, who was one of the prime movers of ambulance work in Ipswich, in conjunction with M iss Mary Coulcher, C.B.E and the late Col. G. S. Elliston, V D. (afterwards Commissioner for No. 10 District ). He ser v ed as a captain in the R.A M.C. (V.) during the war and was in charge of a company. He was made an Hon. Associate of the Order of S1. John in May, 19 08, and has filled respecti v ely the posts of Divisional, Corps, and District Surgeons, being made Assistant Commissioner for the County of Suffolk in May, 19 2 3. He wears the Coronation and Long Service Medal. District Officer A. H. W. Moffat, on the extreme left, joined the Brigade in 1901, being made an officer in November, 190 7, in the Gippeswyk Division. Promoted Corps Officer and eventually to the County Staff in October, 19 2 4.

HAVERHILL. - Saturday, May 16th, will always be looked upon as an epoch in the ambulance cause at HaverhIll, for from that day the St. J onnJ Am bulance Brigade can claim to possess its own headquarters.

missioner (M ajor J. Hossack ) the A ss istant Commissioner ( Dr. S O Eades ), Distr ict Officers. T : Damant, A C H ill, W C Smith, A. H. W M offat, and DIstrIct Serg t.-MaJor Lord, together with Lady Divis ional Supt M iss B. Hossa ck (of Ipswich Nursing Corps ) ., The Comm issioner havm g been re c eI ved With the general salute from all ranks, proceeded to a closer inspe c t on followed by company drill by the men, under Scrivener. Later the boy cadets g a ve a n exhIbItIOn of phYS Ical drill, under Cadet Officer Shipp, upon wh ic h they were h ighly commended by Dr. Hossack.

The company were then formed up by Distri c t Smith, and, headed by the band, marched by way of H lg hstreet to the new headquarte r s.

Arrived here the chair was taken by Dr. Goodman who explained the object of the meeting which to ask the Commissioner to officially hand over the new dnll hall to the Haverhill Division as the r headquarters.

Major Hossa c k, in his c apacity as CommiSSIOner of the District, thanked Dr. Goodman for welcome extended himself and h is staff, but he hoped that the people of H av erhIll fully realised what devoted workers for the ambulance cause they had in Dr , and M rs. Goodman lie h!:!q trym g' to

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find out since his arrival in the town, to whom their thanks was due' for that new drill hall, and he had only just that it was the doctor and his good wife who had been hIdIng their light under a bushel. He transferred their new headquarters to that building with greatest o,f p!easure, and thanked Dr. Goodman with all hIs heart for hIs ktndness and interest in the movement.

The Assistant Commissioner ( Dr. S. O. Eades ) then presented certificates to those who had been suc c essful, and added his words of congratulations to the people of Haverhill on the acquisition of their new drill hall.

Dr. Goodman presented" The Eric Shield {or Efficiency" to Cadet Officer Shipp, on behalf of the cadets, and S. O. Eades handed a cup, which he has given, to the best girl of the girl cadets. Supt. Scott having presented his. cup to the best boy cadet called the to pull down the rope which held the Dmon Jack over a picture of Dr. Goodman at the top of the hall. This revealed a lifelike portrait of the doctor which had been drawn J. F. Scrivener. His father, Ambulan.ce Officer Sc.n v ener, In asking the doctOl's acceptance explaIned that OWIng t o the modesty displayed by him it had been no easy task for hiS son to undertake. and i t had taken him many hours to catch the doctor at opportune moments.

Vot es of thanks to the headquarters staff for attending the ceremony were proposed by Lady Supt. Ruffle and Ambulance Officer ScriYener, and replied to by District Officers Moffat and Hill.

IpSWICH. - On May 21 an ambulance division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was inaugurated at Messrs. Reavell & Co's. Ranelagh Works, lpswich.

The chair was taken by Mr. C. Gaskell (Director) who was supported by Dr. D. Loughlin, M.R.C.S. (H an. Surgeon), the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades), District Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat, and Mr. L. G. Banyard (Hon. Secretary).

The chairman congratulated all those who had been successful in passing {or their first-aid certificate at the recent examination and said that he hoped they had all made up their minds to continue in the good work by joining up with the Brigade. He also said that it was a great compliment to Dr. Loughlin, as the medical lecturer, that everyone had passed who presented himself for the examination.

Dr Eades, as the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk, said he heartily welcomed the members of the class as an addition to the ranks of the St John Ambulance Brigade and laid great stress upon the importance of the ambulance cause to the community in which they were employed.

Dr. Loughlin, who met with a warm reception on rising to reply, said he should always look upon it as a great pleasure to do anything in his power to assist the members of that division of the Brigade.

Distr ict Officers Smith and Moffat explained the details c oncernin g the organisation of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and after various questions had been answered each member si gned the Brigade roll. Mr. F. W. Holden was proposed as superintendent and Mr. J R. Broom as secretary. A presentation was made, during the evening, to District Officer Smith of a solid silver cigarette case, suitably inscribed, subscribed to by all the members of the class.

Mr. Smith, who was completely taken by surprise, thanked them for the spirit which prompted their action towards him and although he should always value the token of their regard he hoped he might still be able to give help to their division and, as their instructor, he assured them that he had never come in touch with a more efficient or enthusiastic body of men.

The usual votes of thanks brought the meeting to a close.

On Saturday evening (May 23) the Assistant Commissioner ( Dr. S. O. Eades) and Mrs. Eades kindly entertained his staff and the Officers of the Ipswich Corps and Ipswich Nursing Corps to supper at his residence.

On Sunday May 17th the Gippeswyk Di v ision of Ipswich Corps held a church parade to the Rope Walk Methodist Church, by invitation of the trustees. The parade was in charge of Supt. F. E. Goddard, who was supported by Ambu-

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lance Officer J. Bird, District Supt. Capt. F. H. Gooderham (Reserve) and District Officers A. C. Hill and W. C. Smith (Suffolk) were also present. The band of the 2nd Ipswich Company Boys' Brigade headed the procession to the church where the service was conducted by Mr. H. Ramm.

SAXMUNDHAM.-Detachments of nurses provided by the Saxmundham and Aldeburgh Nursing Divisions were on duty at the Suffolk Agricultural Show which was held at Saxmundham on June 4 and 5. Dr. D. Ryder Richardson (Hon. Surgeon of Saxmundham) very kindly" stood by)) most of the time in case of his services being- required and reliefs of Superintendents were found in Miss Bertha Cutting (Saxmundham); Miss Parker (Aldeburgh); and Mrs. Porter (No. I District). Mr. W. B. Mulley kindly loaned stretcher and splints whilst the Ipswich Corps, through Corps Supt. N ethercoat and Storekeeper Fiddy, supplied tent and 1'lag. Wembley Duty.

THESE instructions are issued by the Acting Chief Commissioner for the guidance of Officers and Members taking part in the British Empire Exhibition duty at Wembley during 19 2 5.

The duties allotted to the various districts have been notified to the respecti v e Commissioners.

I. Detachments detailed for the first turn of duty on the Monday of each week are requested to arrive on the Sunday night.

2. Accommodation has been arranged as follows :-

a. MEN.-Bed and breakfast at the Church Army Hostel, Stanley House, Stonebridge Park, Hariesden.

b. WOMEN.-Bed and partial board at the Queen Alexandra's Residential Club, 90-92, Cromwell Road _ London, W.

3· The Officer in Charge and Medical Officer (if any) of the detachment doing duty from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m , must report to Assistant Commissioner Captain G. Gerhold, at 9 30 a.m. at Headquarters Office of the Brigade in rear of the Civic Hall near the south - west entrance of the Exhibition.

The Officer in Charge of the detachment doing duty between 2 and 7 p.m. must report to the same Officer at 2 p.m.

4· Arrangements have been made for an N.C. O. to attend at the hostel each Monday morning with the Passes of Admittance.

Detachments arriving in London on the Monday morning for the afternoon duty will in the first instance report at the hostel and leave their kit, and receive from the officer in charge their passes to admit them to the grounds of the Exhibition for duty.

5· Special attention should be paid to the uniform which must be as for review order, except that ribbons will be worn, medals being carried In the pocket in case orders are given for them to be worn. Great coats should be brought with the men. Pouches must be filled in accordance witr. Brigade Order 38 4.

6. A Brigade armlet will be provided to be worn when on duty, such armlet being returned when signing off.

7· As accommodation is being provided, the 1/- subsistence allowance will not be paid, but 1/ 6 railway fare will be paid by the officer in charge of duty at Wembley.

8. On the completion of a duty, the personnel are free to visit the Exhibition.

9· The following are the authorised shifts :-9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ; 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. These instructions hold good for duties in August and October next.

It is requested that the following rules may be brought to the notice of those taking part ;-

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Punctuality is essential, Untidiness casts a bad reflectIOn, B e careful of perso nal conduct, L ate on duty causes unnecessary delay, (mayanse. I nterest in the work will help to stay off any monotony which C are should be taken that all orders are fully understood and properly carried out.

D 0 not to reC)rd all cases treated, Unless off duly, do not smoke, T he traditions of the Brigade must be y ou must sign th e Duty Book when r<!portmg for dUly and when finished.

St. John Y.A.D.'s.

NUMBER OF OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR ApPOINTMENT AS COMMANDANTS, to 10TH JUNE, 19 2 5 :-

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has tioned the following appOintments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month of May, 19 2 5 :_ Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALES DI STRICT.

Auburn Distrist Divis on-Ambulance Officer C. C. Dennis to be Divisional Supt. vic e A. E. Shelley transferred, 1.3 2 5 -

Parramatta Division-K. S. MacArthur Brown, M.B.Ch.B. to be Divisional Surgeon, 5.3 ,25. Divisional Supt. A. E. Shelley transferred from Auburn District Division, I.3 2 5 SOUTH AU STRAL I A DI STR ICT.

Adelaide NO.1 Nursing Divis io n-Sister E. C. Kildall to be Lady Divisional Supt. vice Mi ss Cohen resigned, 31. 12.24 Railway Corps, Port Augusta Div isi on-E. L. Symons, M.D" to be Di vi sional Surgeon, 15.4. 24

Railway Corps, N orthern D;vision-A. H. E. Watson, M.B B.S" to be Di vi sional Surgeon,!. 1.23. R. Maclachr.ln to be Ambulance Officer on probation, 10.1.2.+ India.

NO.3 DI STRICT.

Bombay Corps, Parsi Di visio n - Corpl. J. D. Desai, M.B. to be additional DivIsion al Surgeon, 9.3 25 New Zealand.

C. & W. C. DI ST RI CT

Selwyn N ursing Division -A j S Miss A. F. to be Lady Divisional Supt. 24.225. A j S Mrs. E. G. HOWIe to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 24.2.25, vice Miss R. E. Donn re v erted to the rank s.

N EW DIVISION FORMED. Australia.

NEW SOU TH \VALES DISTRICT. Parramatta Divi!>ion, formed 5.325 ; registered, 26.5.25

HONOliRS.

The Chief Commissioner offers his congratulations to the undermentioned officers of the Brigade Ov erseas whose names appeared in the King s Birtbday List., Sir Frederick Whyte, Deputy ChIef CommIssioner for the Empire of India to be K.C.S.!.

Major-General T. H. Symons, O.B.E., Assistant Commissioner in charge of NO.4 Dlstnct, IndIa, to be C.S.I.

ApPQINTMENTS OF COMMANDANTS ( APRIL·JUNE).

The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned :Derbyshire Miss Sunderland, Hampshire "Graham-SmIth

"Patenall

The following Detachments have been completed for registration at the War Office :-

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The final round of the" Wood Shield" Competition of the Yorkshire Collieries Am bulance League was held on June 6th.

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The Wilkinson Memorial Challenge Shield of Ambulance teams from any and the WIIkmson Rose B:>wl Competition for Indmdual work open to Ambulance Sisters will be held on August 22nd. Full particulars from Corps Supt. R. W. Oldfield, 35, Derbystreet, Nelson.

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The 1925 Competition Finals.

MAY is ended; the Finals are ended; and the Association has come into its own since its long neglect of realism is also ended.

On May 8th I found myself in Wharncliffe Rooms and gazed with envy at the Superior Officers o{ the Brigade parading up and down in all their glory on the other side of the barrier.

Then I gazed open-mouthed at the very r e alistic Race Course of the Dewar; and I wond ered what the gentry in the Grand Stand thought of the work done by the ambulance men. I noted the Brigade emblem on the winning post.

Throughout the tests dignity and decorum presided; and we, beyond the barrier, could form no opinion as to what was happeming. So in our turn we maintained a dignified silence which we broke only when the Queen arrived and when No. 3 District (Wolverhampton) was c. e clared winner of the Shield.

My appetite satisfied, I passed on to the Orchard of the Perrott where I marvelled to find small boys stealing apples from the trees in spring-cleaning time! I admired the courage and pertinacity of the ladies who struggled bravely with their test and later transported their patients from the very real orchard to an equally realistic cottage with removable {ront.

I watched the genial judge who chaffed pleasantly as he kept his attention strictly to his marking sheet. So when he smiled, we smiled, though we wondered what was really required in the test. Later, we learned with interest that London had triumphed, and that No. I District (Hampstead) and No. II District (London Bridge) had agreed to share the custody of the Shield_

On May 15th I wander e d into the Connaught Rooms expecting to find a scene like that of last year when a railway carriage was depicted by a couple of settees and a piece of string. As I looked, I rubbed my eyes! I saw no painted scenery ; but there before me was a cottage (which some bright genius had labelled" Laburnum ") and nearbye there was an old shed. Each structure was equipped with curtains which fell down as required; anti the shed did actually collapse at the desired moment.

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In ter= Railway Ambulance Competition. Reports of Judges.

FINAL INDIVIDUAL TESTS.

THE Individual tests were designed to such as occur in daily life-accidents In whIch man may frequently be called on to render ld. The performance of all the teams was very credItable and showed a high standard of knowledge of ambulance

The public may be assured that, on whatever raIlway s stem they travel, they will fi?d of the staff to render skilled In any No. I Test.-Although the pocket In thIS position could not divide the femoral artery, It would sever

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I should like to congratulate Mr. D. G. Monteith, the Competilion Secretary, on the success of his arrangements for Part B. The several tests were "staged" as far as this was possible in the room at our disposal; was no delay in changing over. t.he and everythlOg was carried out with exact preclSlon m a long and arduous competition.

S. HA MILTON, M.D.

FINAL STRETCHER TEST.

At the Editor's request I am happy to set out my comments on the Stretcher Test and its by the competitors. One novelty was a picture of the emergency. This was most realIstically staged Mr. Monteith and enabled judge and to estimate more the capabilities of competitors to render assistance in actual emergency. Nevertheless, one team, having passed the door of "Laburnum three times, proceeded to "imagine," as of old, a cottage sItuated behind The Old Shed!

Further to this, I sought to establIsh another lOnovation and utilised the patient by t.eam as model for t e sting methods of artifiCIal reSplratIOn whIle I laid plans to member of team for further injuries. ArtifiCIal r esP.lCatlOn .was only well performed by the teams whIch led In the final list and some

District Ambulance

is Mr. E. Steel and not Heel as stated in our last issue.

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Mr. W. G Mildren of 28, Claremont-square, Pentonville, N. I, has again offered the use of his orchestra to help any Lor:don Division of the S.J.A.B.

SPENBOROUGH CHARITY CARNIVAL.- The second competition for the Cleckheaton Challenge Shiel d Will take place on July 18th, 1925 Open to Association, Brigad e, Police, Miners, Firemen and Railwaymen. Schedules can be obtained from Mr. J. W. Swales, 3, Royds-terrace, Halifax-road, Cleckheaton.

Even so I watched a team arrive and dash for their patient: but I smiled when the judge (with realism in his soul and a twinkle in his eye) sent the men three times round the room to cover the stated 60 yards. N ext, when the team reached patient, I rubbed my eyes again, for the top of the burning heap was actually blazing! Indeed, I shall always remember this test as the "Burning Heap Competition. "

So, greatly interested, we watched; and some of us tittered audibly when we saw a bearer of each team trapped in the shed from which none escaped until the shed collapsed Meanwhile the judge kept vigilant watch; and, thanks to careful attention to realism and detail, we beyond the barrier were able to appreciate the test and its req uirements.

For several hours the struggle lasted; and at the end most of us rejoiced ",hen we learned that the Shield had for the first time since the War gone to the North, the well-earned trophy of the L M. & S. Railway.-AuGUSTUS BROWNE.

DR. S. HAMILTON, M.D.

one of its branches and also probably a vein-h e nce "mixed character" of the Some comp etItors failed to realise this and did not compress the femoral. Attention should ha'Y'e been paId t.o possI?le crowding of the compartment, as well as to Its heatmg and ventilation. A stretcher was nvt. to carry this patient across the platform to a. room. Nos. 2 and J.-Many did not deal tactfully with the "bank holiday crowd on _ platform. Sufficient care was not the applIcatIOn of the tourniquet considering the pOSItIOn of the fracture. .Here, again, a stretcher unnecessary to carry the patient a few yards to the waltmg room.

_ No. 4.-This was generally well d one, but some com etitors wasted time in applying an? could not in time. I was delighted with the intellIgent mann.er in which No. 4 usually instructed the bystanders to assIst in loading.

DR. N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.B.

competitors, who were foolish enough to. t?at I not watching their e fforts, may be surpns t d. to, earn a I added minutes to the time allowed to patlent s in all cases where the movements were . not Yd an . d t One competitor havmg one persistently carne ou. Id delayed' his patient's Schafer as badly as he cou .' hout 1'11 further by revertlOg to Silvester WIt recovery s 1 I d beneath scapulae, bothering to loosen clothes, p pa t . dged etc. He was lucky in that hIS patient was no JU " dead."

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It is a curious fact that no team cleared the shed before it collapsed and so fail e d to score the 30 marks which were going as a gift to the team which, acting up to Chapter I of the Textbook, reco2;nised "possible sources of danger." I confess also that some competitors did surprise me when they asked direct questions as to " fractures," " arterial blee ding, " etc.-facts which are not tick e tted in actual emergency and should never be supplied by a judge in competition. I was interested to see that som e of the bearers trapped in the sh e d promptly picked up the card of instructions to find out what had happened to th e mselves. This being quite consistent with the case, I allowed th e m free action at first ; but when lat er the beams fell across their chests, I forbade further promplings.

In conclusion, due allowance being made for the difficulties of the Competition room (which I for one fully appreciate) , I am of th e o pinion that the work done was in ev ery way well up to the high standard of efficiency which Railway Ambulance men have th e mselves established;

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can always be relied upon for staging a test, and on this occasion he lived up to his reputaticn for originality.

The efforts made to convert a ro)m into the actual scene of an emergency save teams a lot of visualising, and allow them to realise their supp)sed surroundings and deal with a patient (or pltients) with clear minds. The erectors of the structures ar e to be complimented on their of the work, and may the realistic element long surVive.

The judge was ve ry alert, and promptly answered any relevant questions in a cheery manner. The test was not of a stereotyped character, so that the spectators (as also some of the competitors) were in doubt as to the method by which the highest marks could be obtained. Although opinions varied, the onlookers generally seemed to make Al e xandra Docks and North Docks joint favourites.

The 60 yards sprint (plus the slippings-up) proved a diversion from a spectatorial standpoint, but was a little uisconcerting to teams, inasmuch as they were already highly and coming unexp e cte dly, the run cr e ated a sensation, and, incidentally, an abs ence of voluble talk.

There was unanimous satisfaction as regards the impartial manner in which th e teams were judged, and the fact that the winning team was literally ov e rwhelmed with congratulations from the remaining teams, spoke volumes for the inte grity of the judges.

In passing, perhaps it would be as well if the competitors and spectators were placed more wid e ly apart, so that the audible comments of the latter would not irritate, or intufere with the work of the form er.

The shield has returned to its home in Liverpool, after an absenc e of el e v€n years, and the North Docks team will consider it an honour to d e fend the trophy against teaa;s of worth and sportsmanlike qualities, such as competed this year.

In the best thanks of the team are tendered to Mr. Monteith, Competition Secretary, for the efficient manner in which both tests were conducted.

F. CARRO L L.

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shed. As fell he g;:ve a cry and is now lying on his back. He com plaIDs of paIn ID both legs, and the trouser of right leg is satLHated with blood.

Card 4 (placed on Bearer if not removed from shed in 6 minutes).- The shed has partially collapsed owing to the wind and another beam has fallen across the chest of Bearer in shed.

Note for Judge.-Mark off in conJpetition arena a circle round competitors must on c'?ttage. Fit up two three -sl'Jed structures covered With sackIDg which may be lowered dUrIng test to disclose interiors. Label one " Laburnum Cottage" and the other "An old shed." W ithin place couc h , table spread for breakfast, and telephone.

Wlthm shed ( whIch must be collapsible) place ambulance material. Cottage cannot be entered until brother returns 1 0 minutes after start. Shed collapses 6 m inutes after cry for help. A rrange for burning heap, brother, timekeeper and ambulance

Immediate Action (B earer NO.5 recovers in 6 minutes )

Mode of reading card and of approach...

Despatch Bearer to shed for material

Ask if Brother at home (here in 10 minutes )

Do not alter position of NO.5 at present

Ask dire c tion of wind (directly on patient )

Test if c onscious by speech and touch (no )

Ask if breathin g (no ), colour of face (bluish )

Ask if burns, wounds or visible deformity (no )

Test pulse at wrist (c annot be felt )

Decide on artifi c ial respiration forthW ith

Stand on side away from burnin g heap ..

P lace leg over leg ; brin g arms to side s

Prote c t face ; grasp clothes; pull smartly over

Lift clear of fire ; extend arms above head

K neel across patient ; hands in correc t position

K eep arms qu ite stra ig ht; lean forward

Slowly apply firm, not violent, pressure on lo ins

Draw body back somewhat more rapidly

Rhythm ic swayin g of body 12 times a

m i nute

Persistence with artifi cial respirat ion

Re g ulate movements as breathing restarts

Further Action ( Bearer in shed injured and calls for help )

P rompt advance on Bearer in shed

Ask i f shed safe (i t may collapse any minute )

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Support upper limb. in large arm sling 2

If Card 4 not gIVen then allow special marks for recognition of" pOSSible source of danger. "

Subsequent treatment of patients.

FIrst arrange for transport to hospital

Ask If telephone now available (yes )

Ask Brother to phone to Doctor and hospital

Accurate and detailed instructions

A sk IO m inutes after phone call )

Bearers dIVIde up treatment satisfactorily

Bearer NO.5.

O n recovery remove promptly to cottage

Place on couch; cover up warmly

Prepare and gi v e warm drink of tea

Keep quiet until arri v al of ambulance

Other Bearer.

Complete treatment of burst varicose ve in

Keep limb well raised; remove construct ion s

Sterilise fingers ; iodine to wound ; allow to dry dry ; pad; bandage firmly

LIgature on far sIde ; then on near side

Support leg in ra ised position; c over war mly

V " P hoto by L.N.A

Iscount presenting the" Dewar" Shield to this year's wmners, the North Docks team, L. M. & S. Ry. and I consider that great praise is due to all the teams e ach of which has, I hope, learned some useful and practIc a l from the Railway Final of 19 2 5.

N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.B.

IM P RESSION S O F NORTH DO CK S TEAM CAPTAIN.

I ndiv idual Room.- The judge, Dr. Hamilton, quite se t the men at ease, was ke e n and painstaking, and confor the from the men. I left St. John s . Gate With a feeling of satisfaction, and this ImpresslOn was confirmed when the result revealed that North Docks headerl the individual scores.

The boy phyed their parts to perfection and deserve every credIt for their willing manner.

I suggest that it be made quite clear to the competitor whether his time commences when handed his card, or when actuaIIy beginning his work.

Stretcher R oom.- The judge, Dr. Corbet Fletcher ,

M ARKING S H EET.

PAR T A.-TEA M WOR K

Card (given to Team Captain).-Bearer No. 5 li ves with his brother (who knows nothing about First Aid ) in a lonely cottage two miles from a town. It is a fine but blustery morning and you four are walking towards the cottage from which you are now 60 yards away.

You see Bearer NO.5 lying on his back beside a heap of burning rubbish just outside an old shed 2 0 yards away from the cottage. You know that Bearer NO.5 placed ambulance material in the shed this mon:ing and that no help is a vailable except in the town, where the hospital has a motor ambulance.

N .B.- The Judge will supply only such information as correct use of your senses might discover in an actual emergency.

Card 2 (placed on Bearer No. 5 has evidently set fire to some rubbish outside the shed and is now lying on his back quite cl05e to the burning heap. A folded stretcher lies near him.

Card 3 (placed on Bearer in shed).- The Bearer who was fetching material has been knocked down by a beam which owing to the wind has been dislodged from the roof of the

Speak to Bearer (a nswers ) ; consoling words

A sk history (stumbled ; beam fell on both The Parkestone Team, L. & N.·E. Ry., at work in the Inter-Railway Final. le g s ) 2

Examine right leg fi rst; expose freely 2

Ask colour of blood (dark red), flow (continuous ) 4

Note burst varicose vein; exclude fracture (none ) 3

Prompt steps to control h ce morrha g e 4

Examiue left leg next; ask if pain (middle of ieg ) 2

If swellin g (yes ) ; if loss of power (complete ) 2

If wound (no ); if both bones affected (yes ) 2

Decide S imple Frac ture of T ibia and Fibula 2

Rapicily exclude wounds and other inj uries to 2

Head, spine, pelvis, ribs and upper limbs 10

Efficiency of methods of examination

Decide remove at once from shed 5

Method of (proper coptrol of legs ) .. . ... 4 Card 4 (If IDJured Bearer m shed 6 minutes after a CCi dent )

A sk Bearer if in pain ( yes, right ribs ) 2

If pain worse on deep breathing (yes ) 2

If breathing short and shallow (yes ) if wound ( no ) 4

If coughin g up bright frothy blood (no)... 2

Decide Simple Fracture Right Ribs 2

Loosen clothes; cover up warmly 3

Apply two broad bandages round chest 2

Lower half overlapping upper bandage

2

N ext treat left leg and wi thout undue delay

Let a Bearer steady and control ankle and foot

Apply splints to outer and inner sides of leg

From above the knee to beyond the foot

Two bandages to fix fracture ; two for splints

Do not tie legs ; keep right le g raised

Transport of patients (ambulance arri ves 10 m inutes af ter phone call )

Ask if any change in condition of pat ients (no ) proper use of B rother (detailed instructions )

Prepare, test and place stretcher.. . ...

Loading stretcher (care of patient and in j ured lim b s)

If patient placed on stretcher on remo val from shed

Lifting, carrying and lowering stretcher

Do not c hange Bearers or wait to apply slings

Load ing of ambulan c e 2 0 yards away from shed )

Bring Bearer N O.5 to ambulance at last rnorr.ent

Team proceeds with patients in ambulance

Care and observation of both patients in transit

Report to Doctor ( history injuries ; treatment

General smartness and co-operation of team

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Treatment on return to consciousness

PART B. (INDIVIDUAL TESTS.)

N o. I.-You are a guard on a corridor passenger train. As you are walking along the corridor you see a boy in a third class compartment trying to cut a slab of chocolate on his knees with a sharp pocket knife. The knife slips and cuts deeply into his right thigh 4 inches above the knee There is of a mixed character. The boy is much alarmed. There is a first aid cabinet in the guard's van. Act as you should.

Time allowed, 8 minutes.

Place patient flat on seat

Elevate limb on "arm" of seat

Dig ital arrest of hre morrhage

Send for first aid c2binet and enquire if Doctor or first aiders are aboard train

Judge.-No Doctor or first aiders aboard.

Apply tourniquet on femoral

Warn passengers not to crowd at dnor and corridor. If too many in compartment :orne to go into adjoining one

Kind and reassuring words to boy

Expose wound

Apply iodine to your fingers, the wound and skin

Apply dressing and bandage

Relax tourniquet

Jud g e.-H .e morrhage is controlled.

Treat shock (see to heating of compartment)

Is there a restaurant car on train (yes )

Open window

Enquire boy's destinatIOn 2

Judge.-Train has arrived at a large station and the boy's friends are on the platform.

Tactful report to bo y's friends

Get ass istance of staff (first aiders) to carry boy to waiting room

Request ambulance men to take charge

Possible extra marks

N os. 2 and 3 -0n a B ank holiday as a train is approachin g the crowded platform of a large station you see a passenger attempt to ali ght whilst the train is moving. He falls heavily on the platform ov er a heap of luggage, and lies on his face. He appears unconscious and blood is seen on his right sleeve ab ove the elbow. There IS an ambulance room in the station. Ac t as you 'Should.

Time allowed. 14 minutes.

Digital compression of brachial or subclavian

Undo tight clothing, keep head low and face to one side

Keep back crowd; later enlisting services of railway staff for this purpose

I s a Doctor on the platform (no ) " ,

Send for First Aid cabinet and Doctor...

E x amination for insensibility ... ... ...

The Jud g e will answer quest ions to indicate concuss ion.

Removal of and shirt sleeve (prC'per method)

Exammatlon of arm.

Is there a wound (yes, 2 inches below middle of arm )

Is there deformity (yes) '"

1sthere irregulari ty (yes)

Diagnos is.

Complicated fracture of right humerus

Steady and suppo r limb '"

Apply b.rachial (correct position)

Great care In applicatIOn of tourniquet

Tudge.- H re morrhage is controlled.

No bones protrude (yes)

No extension . .

Sterilise hands with tincture of

Apply iodine over wound and skin

Antiseptic dressing and bandage

Judge.-Patient is now conscious

Caution, not to move...

words to patient

Bend forearm at a right angle

Apply splInts (correct position )

Bandages and small arm sling

Treat shock

tighten tourniquet

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Equality of pupils

Reaction to light

Reaction to touch

Nose.

Wounds ; fracture

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very little inconvenience to the patient, the exposed surface being cleansed with peroxide of hydrogen and dried before a fresh layer of wax is applied.

Examine for further injuries (none)

4 Enquiry re shelter whilst awaiting Doctor 2 Judge.-There is a waiting room opposite. Remove to waiting room

Jl1dge.-Doctor has arrived and will take charge.

Tact and resource in dealing with crowd and treatment of case 5

Possible extra marks... 4

No. 4.-(a) A goods cart was being unloaded outside a chemist's shop. Whilst this man was in a stooping position a bale of goods fell from the cart and hit his back, dislocating his right hip The bale afterwards rolled off. Act as you should.

Time allowed, 8 minutes.

Is patient conscious (yes)

No attempt to reduce dislocation

Send for Doctor and ambulance

Enquire easiest position (extended)

Tie legs together at ankles and knees, placing pads between

Treat shock 4

Examine for further injuries (none ) 3

Enquire if any first aider present (none )

Judge.-Ambulan c e has arrived; Doctor will be here in 2 minutes.

Load ambulance after instructing bystanders how to assist 6

Enquiry as to destination (hospital )

Judge.-Doctor has now arri ved and will take charge.

Possible extra marks

No. 4.- (b) Contrast the signs and symptoms of fracture with those of dislocation.

Time allowed, 4 minutes.

Pain in a fracture oc c urs in bone at or near fracture

I n a dislocation at or near joint

Swelling in a fracture is at seat of fracture

I n a dislocation is about a jo int

Deformity in l'l fracture is at seat of fracture

I n a dislocation at the joint

Unnatural mobility present in a fracture

Fixity of joint in dislocation

Numbness below a joint in dislocation

None present in fracture

H re morrhage may be present with fracture

But not with dislocation

Snap of the bone may be heard in fracture

But not in dislo c ation

Broken bone may be seen in fracture

But not in dislocation ...

Crepitus may be heard in fracture

But not in dislocation

Possible extra marks 2

No. 5.-You find this man lying unconscious on the side of th.e road. He is alone, is to you, and no history is obtaInable. Carefully examlOe his head and demonstrate to the judge all that you are trying to find out.

N.B.- Treatment is not required.

Time aDowed, 5 minutes.

Scalp.

Wounds

H re morrhage

Foreign bodies

Depressions

Swellings

Old scars

Burnt hair Eyes.

H re morrhage

Wounds of eyelids (black eye )

Size of pupils 2

2

H re morrhage

Mouth.

Colour of lips

Stains

Smell of breath

Regularity of teeth

Tooth knocked out

Presence of false teeth

Injuries inside cheek

Injuries to tongue (bitten )

Si ze of tongue

Position of tongue

H re morrhage back of throat

Presence of foreign bodies

Cleft of palate

Fracture of jaw

Ears.

H re morrhage

Other discharges

Wounds

General.

Colour of face

Temperature of skin

Presence of moisture

Wounds of outs idp. of cheeks

H re morrhage from outside of cheeks

Expression of face

Con v ulsi ve movements of face

State of respiration

Possible extra marks. _.

Treatment of Burns and Scalds.

By H. S. SOUTTAR, c.B. E., F.R.C.S., Su rgeon, London H osp ital.

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ANY discharge can readily break its way through cracks in the wax e nvelope. The whole is surrounded by a bulky lay e r of wool. Simple though it is, the method requires a certain degree of skill, and unless a special appliance is used it is not very easy to apply the wax at just the right temperature. I recently devised the following method which will be found to have several advantages. Strips of ribbon gauz e , of narrow bandage, or of thin soft paper about an inch wide and 12 inches long are prepared. Holding a strip by its two ends it is run through the melted wax. The strip is now held for an instant over the area to be covered, until the edges are seen to whiten, when it is at exactly the correct temp e rature and is immediately applied around the limb or over the area. The strips are applied to the limb in series, exactly as if it were being strapped. They furnish complete protection and afford considerable support. By the strips, or by leaving narrow gaps, room can be allowed for the escape of discharge. The burning of the patient with hot wax is absolutely impossible. One great advantage of a wax dressing is the time for which it ma} be left undisturbed. In many cases it may be left in place for a week, and at the end of that time it can be changed with great facility, for it will not adhere either to skin or to granulations. If the wound is very dirty, the wax dressing may be changed every day with

Avo£dance of Exp osure. method of dressing is adopted It IS most essentIal that bandages should be appli e d very loosely. There. may be considerable swelling of a burnt limb, and ln any case any pressure on a burnt area is intolerable. It has been well said t h at in these cases a neat bandage is the sign of a bad surgeon. It is equally important that in extensive burns no attt!mpt be made to change the whol e dressing on on e occaSlOn, and the utmost care must be taken to reduce fxposure to the absolute minimum in doing what dressing may be necessary. To expose the whole of a large burnt area on the body at one time is not merely bad surgery. It is criminal.

Preve ntz'on of D eform ity .

In certain areas great care is required to prevent subsequent deformity from contractures. This is especially the case in the n e ck, in the n eigbourhood of joints, on the palmar surface of wrist and hand, and in the calf. Such support must be provid e d as will keep the burnt area extended, and in some cases it may be b etter to fix the parts in a plaster case with an op ening over the denuded area. When th e skin all round the joint bas b e en destroyed the position must be from time to time so as to maintain a full ran ge of movement in all directions. Unless thes e pr e cautions are tak e n contractures will form which are exceedingly dIfficult to correct. During the second week sloughs will separate and the area will commence to granulate. In this stage a peroxide spray is invaluable in assisting the separation of sloughs, washing away discharge, and combating 5e psis. An occasional boric fomentation may help to clear things up As the granulations become cleaner a compress of lint soaked in equal of red lotiun a nd glycerin e will be found to check exuberant granulations and to stimulate epithelial growth. The lint should be cut exactly to fit the granulating area, and it should be covered with a layer of rubber tissue or oiled silk cut a little small e r than itself so as to allow free escape to any discharge. The whole may be covered with a gau ze dressing.

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The successful treatment of a se vere burn demands a degree of individual attention and of unremitting vigilance not always realised. In this way alone can sev e re contractures and terrible disfigurem e nts be avoided, but the fact that tht::y can be so avoided is a full re comp e nse for the labour involved. Much can b e done by massage, by ionisation by very cautious X·ray ther a py to soften and remove tissue, but in preventing or at least limiting the formation of these scars the surge on who first treats the case has an opportunity which will never

We stated in our last issue that the Al ex andra Docks Team which took 4th place, was attached to the N E. Area of the L.M. & S. Railway this should have been L. & N.E. Railway.

The "DECORATORS' &. PAINTERS' MAGAZINE" (8d. monthly) is THE trade paper for all interested.Publishing Office: 46, Cannon Street, E.C.4·

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PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade

News.

APPOINTMENTS, MAY, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

To be Corps Superintendent.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Divis :ona l Supt. Joseph Hooper, \Vest Monmouth Corps, 27. 2 24

To be Corps Secretary. MONl\IOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. John Matthews, West Monmouth Corps, 27. 22 4

To be Corps l'vJ ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Divisional Supt William Gardner, West Monmouth Corps, 27·224

To be Corps Inspector of Stores. MONl\IOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer J01n G ibbs, West Monmouth Corp:;, 27. 2.24

To be Divisional Surgeons.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Henry D lVies, M. S., M R.C.S, Aber-Sl ce Jgwynfi Division Percy!: Jones, M. S., B.S., L.R.C.S., L R.C.P .: Port I albot DIvIsIon, 25.5 25

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMOR G AN COUNTY CE nRE. Charles Terry, Aber-Blcc 19ynfi Division, 25 5.2 5

D. J. Morgan, Port Talbot D; vi sion, 25 5 25

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Commissioner for Wales :-

To be Ambulance Officers.

GLAMORGAN COUN TY CENTRE.

H. J. Colburn, Port Talbot Division, 14 5. 2 5

MONl\IOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant Henry Phipps Killick, Monmouth Division, II. 2. 25

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUNT Y CENTRE.

Corp ural George Green, Brithdir Division , 28 4 2 5 ydney Thomas Purchase, Brithdir Division 28 4 25 dlIam Harper, Port Talbot D;vision, 145. 2 5 , MONMOUTH S HIRE CENTRE.

Corporal Charles Henry Muschamp, MonII cuth Divisicu, 11.2.25

To be Corporals.

GLAl\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Pri\ ate Howard Cox, Brithdir. Division, 28-4 2 5

" John E. Edmunds, Bnthdir Division, 28-4 2 5

" Thomas George Th.omas, Brithdir Division 28 4. 2 5

" John Bnthdir Division, 28-4- 2 5

" James LeWIS, Port Talbot Division, 25.5. 2 5

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Pnvate Frederick Edwards, Treharris Division, 14.5. 2 5

To be Divisional Secretaries.

GLAMORGAN CQUNTY CENTRE.

Pri vate Benjamin Lewis, Aber-Bl ce ngwynfi Divi5ion, 22.5. 2 5 " John Port Talbot Division, 14.5.25

" Thomas Dummer, Pontypridd G.W.R. Division,I4 5 25 BOROUGH OF RI-IONDDA CENTRlf.

Private John Miles, Cwmparc D iv ision, 28-4. 2 5

To be Lady Divisional Secretary.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Margaretta James, Merthyr Nursing Division, 2.5 25

To be Divisional Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Pri va te WIlliam Turner, Aber-Blcengwynfi Division, 22.5. 25

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Edward Smith, Aber-B 'zeng wynfi Divis ion, 22.5 2 5

BOROUGH OF CENTRE.

Private ArthLlr Miles, Cwmp.lrc Division, 2H 4. 2 5

To be Honorary President.

MONM OU THSH IRE CENTRE.

William E Jayne, Rhymney Valley Corps, 5.5 25

Divisions Registered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Aber-BlacJgwynfi Ambulance Division (A beravon Corps), 15 5 2 5

Port Talbot Ambulance Division (A beravon C . orps" proVISIOnally sanctioned, 274 25 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Pentwyn Ambulance Divi5ion ( Avo n Llwyd ), 18.5 2 5

GeJ1pra I Interest.

NEWPORT'S SUC C ESS IN THE WELSH RAILWAYS CONTEST.

The annual Welsh Railways Ambulance Competition the " Webb II challenge cup held on May the 6th 10 the Dnll Hall, NewI?ort Road,. Car.diff, was attended by a large and representattve. gathenng lOcluding Sir William Thomas, Blrt., Str Herbert Lewis, K.B.E, Lady O. B.E , Mr. H.enry W. Martin, Dr. Edgar Llewellyn, Mr. e. T. Hurry RIches, Mr. J. Gayton (EogiTJeering Department, L.M. & S R., Bangor District) Mr. Ben Carpenter (Assistant Docks Manager, G.W.R.), Mr. Roberts (DIVISIOnal Newport DtVlSt:)O, G W.R.), Mr. F. G. Wainwright (Divisional .Cardiff Div.ision, G. W.R), Mr. E. T. Cox Cardiff), Mr. e. H. Tatt (Dlstnct Traffic Superintendtnt, L.M. & S.R.), Mr. ,( L.M. & S.R), Mr. F. Powell (Ambulance CommIttee, G W.R. Paddmgton), Mr. G. H. lIes) Divisional Ambulance Secr e tary, G. W.R), Mr. H. Owen (Honorary Ambulance S e cretary, Swansea VictoriaStation, L.M.&S R.), and G. H. Davey (Divisional Ambulance Secretary CardIff).

Lady Thomas was unable to be present owing to

June, 19 2 5 -FIRST illness, and Mr. E. W, T. Morris (Ambulance Secretary, South Wales District, L.M. & S R ) was also prevented by serious illness from attending. Mr. E. Lowther (Chief Docks Manager, G.W.R.) sent a telegram regretting his inability to be present.

The tests were very severt, and the Judges, Dr. A. M. Robertson, Cwmpark, and Dr. Washington Evans, Llantwit, made the following awards to the eight teams which entered from the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish :Points.

I.-Newport Dock Street, G.W.R. I7J

2.-Alexandra Dock, Newport, G.W.R. 164

3.-Afonwen ( North Wales), G.W.R. ISO

4.-Sirhowy, L.M. & S R. 142t

5.-Bangor) L.M. & S.R. (Engineering Department) 142

6.-Knighton, L.M. & S.R. 133t

7.-Newtown, Cardiff, G.W.R. 123t

8.-Cefncoed, G.W.R.

Dr. Washington Evans, in giving his adjudication, said he had put very difficult questions and was surprised by the skill of all the competitors, and Dr. Robertson remarked that the Squads had done their work remarkably well.

The two Railway Companies have each affiliated their am bulance work in Wales to the Welsh Priory, and these tributes to the general efficiency were gratifying to all concerned.

Sir Herbert Lewis, who presided over the presentation, called upon Sir William James Tbomas to present the cup to the winning team, congratulating the Railway Companies on the interest they were taking in ambulance work and th e encouragement they were affording to their employees to pursue the study of First Aid for the benefit of the public.

Sir William James Thomas presented the cup to the winning Team, whom, he stated, he had had the pleasure of meeting at Paddington that week.

Mr. e. H. Tait handed medals and prises to the first, second, and third Teams and said much of the progress which the ambulance movement had made in. the Railway world was due to the impetus cr eated by competitions.

A vote of thanks to the Doctors and Sir William James Thomas concluded the Event.

BRIGADE O FFI CER S MEET IN CARDI FF.

Officers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade from all parts of Wales assembled at Priory House, Cardiff, on Saturday, 23rd May, when the Commissioner for Wales presided over a meeting of the Brigade Staff, among whom were :-Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, (Commissioner, Borough of Newport Centre), Captain T. E. Richards (Commission e r, Borough of Rhondda Centre), Captain F. P. Robathan, M.e. (Acting Assistant Commissioner, Glamorgan County Centre), Sub Commissioner E. D. Jones (Llanelly), Staff Officers Miss S Coley, Dr. de Vere Hunt, Mr. B. E. Maberly, Mr. George Payne, Mr. J. H. Davies, Mr. W. Goddard, Mr. W. Hares, and Mr. D. e. Williams. A vote of sympathy was passed to Staff Officer F. R. Hortop whose illness prevented his attendance.

It was reported that the motor ambulance car which the Priory had loaned to the Mining Association of Great Britain for the model mine at Wembley was a source of great satisfaction and interest to all conc erned.

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self for many years with the Medical Comforts Depots scheme, and has encourag;;d others to follow her splendid so making it possible for sufferers in many dlstncts of Wales to obtain medical requisites and sickroom stores on loan.

The advisability of arranging ambulance and nursing conferences similar to those held in various parts of the Principality in 1923 was fully disCUSSE.d, and it was agreed that any Centre desiring to hold a Confen nce might make application to the Priory for such arrangements to be made.

The Commissioner for Wales explained the scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments, stating the duties and bemfits of mobile and immobile members, and urging m e mbers to enrol again as th ey did in the Great War. He explained that these obligations would in no way interfere with their regular work.

The advisability of enforcing the regulation (or each Brigade Division to contribute to Headquarters one-third of all moneys raised during the year towards the cost of organisation and administration was discussed, and as an alternative measure it was proposed that each Division should maKe an annual grant pr op ortionate to the number of members, and agreed that a meeting of Commissioners, Sub-Commissioners, Staff Officers and others be held to consider the means available for raising Divisional funds.

SCHEME FO R VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS IN BRECKNOC KSHIRE.

At Hay Castle, Brecknockshire, on Friday, May 29th, 1925, a meeting was held by of th e HOD. Mabel Bailey to further establish the work in connection with the scheme for Voluntary Aid D etachments in the Hay Petty Sessional Division, which comprises the parishes of Hay, Glasonbury, Llanigon, Tr e goyd, V e lindr e, and Glynfach.

Those who attended included: The Dowager Lady Glanusk (Hay Castle), Miss Gladys Bailey (Hay Castle), Miss Blanche Butler ( Glasonbury) Lady L e wis, O.B.E. (Cardiff), Dr. H. W. Hues (Hay), Miss K. Cockcroft (Hay), the Misses Sybil and D. Mavrojani (Clyro), Miss Veronica Capper (Clyro), Colonel Vivian Henry, C.B. ( Hay), the Rev. R. N. and Mrs. Gibbon (Glasb ury ), and Mrs. Cole-Hamilton (Llangattock), County Secretary of the British Red Cross Society.

The County Controller for Brecknockshire, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E, explained what the County asked of its Voluntary Aid Dttachment members, pointing out that the obligations under the scheme were in no way onerous, and that the benefits to be derived from the movement WEre of tremendous value to the community in the event of war or natIOnal emergency. He advocated the teaching of First Aid and Home Nursing to all, and appealed to those present to organise c1asfes to enable everyone to obtain this knowl e dg e.

The suggestion was enthusiastically adopted and a committe e formed with Mrs. Riddell of the Moor, Hay, as Chairman, and Col. W. Riddell, as Hon. Secretary, to arrange for classes in every area in the Hay Petty Sessional Division.

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Those present were pleased to hear of the Garden Party which Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, is giving to the workers connected wi'h the Medical Comforts Depots of the Priory on June 24th, at Cottrell. Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, who is the Lady President of the Glamorgan County Centre, has closely identified her-

The Rt. Hon. Thomas Richard) presided over the meetings of the Ambulance and Executive Committe e ) .of the Priory held in the Priory Room, Law Courts, Card.Iff, on Monday, 25th May, when applications fo: th e SerVIce Medal of the Order on behalf of the followlDg, who had

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com pitted fifteen years' service in the Brigade, were confirmed :-

Corps Treasurer W. M. Thomas, Pontyclun Corps, Glamorgan County Centre.

Private Daniel Matthews, Western Valley Corps, Monmouthshire Centre.

Transport Officer Thomas Jones, Dowlais Corps, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre.

Corps Sergt.-Major Phillip T. Marshall, Newport (Mon.) Corps, Borough of Newport Centre.

It was reported that as G. result of the Principal S ecretary's visit to the U nemploymp,nt Training Centre of the Cardiff Employment Bureau, a number of juveniles unemployed had submitted their names for enrolment in Cadet Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of the Brigade, and the Committee agreed that every facility should be provided for their training in ambulance work which would be all effective antidote to the evil tendencies of unemployment.

A letter was read from Major E. J. Trevor Cory giving his consent to the income of the fund given by him in memory of his sons who lost their lives in the Great War to be utilised in the setting up of additional Medical Comforts Depots.

Sir Leolin Forestier Walker, K.B.E., M.P., and Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K B .E., were re-elected to represent the Priory on the Joint Council of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and the BritiEh Red Cross Society.

Authority was given for brigade members to enrol in Voluntary Aid Detachments, and officers in charge of the units are to be asked to take the matter up immediately, and complete as far as possible the reserve in the various counties.

There was some discussion on the property known as the Bridgend Hospice, a relic of the old Knights Hospitallers of the Order of St, John, which had lately become vacant. It was decided to put the building into good repair, and it will probably be used as a headquarters for the Glamorgan County Centre of the Priory.

Centre Reports.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

In connection with the Carnival to be held at Aberdare Park, on Thursday, July 2nd, an Ambulance Competition will be held. Mr. Gilbert B. Bovling, Derlwyn, Highland place, Aberdare, who is organising the competition with the ambitious view to creating interest and reviving the Trecynon Diuision, will be pleased to answer enquiries.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

A FURTHER NEW TROPHY.

This has been the means of another trophy bemg vested 10 the Trustees of the Priory The" Trimsaran" Ambulance Shield has been given by the Trimsaran Co., Ltd., for competition by teams of ambulance men in the Priory. It will be competed for at the Trimsaran Ann .ual . Sports to .held on Tuesday, August 4 th , and apphcatlOns for condItions and particulars should be sent to Ambulance Officer A. J. Griffiths, of Avondale, Trimsaran, Carmarthen.

FLINTSHIRE

Mr. Walter Baldwyn Yates, C.B.E., has been nomi-

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nated by the Right Hon. Lord Mostyn as Commissioner for the Flintshire Centre. This appointment has been approved by the Sub-Prior, the Right Hon. Lord G.C.M.G., and the Director of Ambulance, the RIght Hon. Thomas Richards, P.c., and Mr. Yates has consented to take office in this capacity. Flintshire has now its full complement of officers, and steps will be taken as early as possible to develop the work of the Priory in the County.

OLAMOROANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

THE NEW V.A.D. SCHEME IN GLAMORGAN.

A meeting of Am bulance and Nursing Officers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and of Class Secretaries of the St. John Ambulance Association, convened by the Commissioner for Wales, was held on Saturday, May 16th, to consider the method of forming Voluntary Aid Detachments under the ntw War Office Scheme for the provision of a personnel to supplement the Medical Services of the Crown.

Among those present were Colonel J. Amallt Jones, M.D., K.H.S., V.D., Lieut. Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, c.B., Sub· Commissioner Lemuel Jones, Staff Officer Miss Officer Miss S. Coley, and Captain F. P. Robathan, M.C., representing the Commisioner for Wales.

The newly-appointed controller for Glamorgan Col. W. Murray Threiplanci, D.S.O., D.L, fully explained the requirements of the scheme, recalling the splendid work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in times of war, and appealed to the men and women present for a similar response to the call bdng made upon them.

Col. Threipland stated he had appointed Col. Lindsay, at tht: request of the Priory, to take charge of the St. John men and women in the County, and Sir James Germ;{n, K.B.E., for the British Red Cross Society personnel, and he thought they would have little difficulty in finding the quota required for the important County of Glamorgan.

PUBLIC DUTY AT PORTHCAWL.

At the request of the Cardiff Motor Cycle Club the Priory arranged for the attendance of ambulance men at the Speed Trials held at Porthcawl on Saturday, May 23 rd The duty was undertaken by the Kenfig Hill Division, who rendered very valuable service to several persons who were injured in a collision which subsequently occurred at Porthcawl.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT ESTALISHED AT NEW TREDEGAR.

Mr. R. Wilson Bartlett, Sub-Commissioner for the Monmouthshire Centre, attended a Social Evening held at New Tredegar on Saturday, May 9th, when the Rev. H. J ames presided, and certificates and warrants were presented to officers and members of the New Tredeg<lr Ambulance and Nursing Divisions.

The opening of the new Medical Comforts Depot at New Tredegar was announced and a vote of thanks passed to Corps Secretary Walter Price for his successful endeavours in setting up the Depot and carrying out the arrangements.

" INCE" CHALLENGE SHIELD.

Seventeen teams competed for the" Ince" Challenge Shield organised by the Abertillery Division on June 2nd. The shield, which was held by Crumlin, was won by the Ffaldau Institute, who obtained 246i marks out of a possible 3 6 5. Llanbradach was placed second with 228, and Treharris third with 225.

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Lady Lewis, O.B.E., distributed the prizes, the Com missioner for Wales congratu.lated .the bertillery Division on successfully inaugurating thIS open competition which provided an impetus to am bulance work.

The arrangements were made by the Secretary, Mr. A. O. Gibbs, and two of the members of the old veteran team, Mr. Matthews and Mr. Gibbs, were present.

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"GEORGE OLIVER" CUP COMPETlTION.

The seventh annual ambulance competition for the " George Oliver" Cup, confined to the employees o.f the Cambrian Combine Collieries, was held at Llwynpla on Saturday, May 9th. .

Mr , Jack Davies, Chairman of the .Llwynpla Lodge, South Wales Miners' Federation, preSIded, and among those present were Captain F. P. Robathan, representing the Commissioner for Wales, Captam T. E. Richards, M. E., Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda Centre, Staff Officer George Payne, L-3.dy Supt. Miss Morris, Lady Supt. Mrs. Payne, L':l.dy Supt. MISS Jenkins, Corps Officer W. M. Thomas, Lady Supt. Thomas, Mr. Jack Hughes, and Mr. Ezra.Morgan, M E.

Four teams competed with the followmg result :-

Oral. Practical. Total.

I.-Llwynypia 2.- Naval No.

3.-Naval No.2

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The arrangements for th e competition were carried out by a committee of which Ambulance Rees L. Taylor was Chairman, Sergeant D. O. WIlhams treasurer, and Ambulance Officer W R. Matthews the secretary

Mr. David Morgan, M E. presented a gold medal, the 'ft f M H H Evans M.E. to each member of the gl 0 r. ., , , winning team.

RE-UNION AT PORTH.

The second annual re-union of the Rhondda Centre was held at the Imperial Hotel, Porth on 16th May. Mr. F , Ll. Jacob, the newly elected PreSIdent, was the chair supported by Lieut.·Colonel D. Watts Morgan, M.P., Alderman David Le'Yis, Mr. W. J. Moss, M. E., Mr. J Bundy, Captain T. E. Rlchards, Staff Offic:rs Dr. Hurley, J. H. Davies a.nd G. Payne, Corps Offic:-rs

W E Abraham Idris DaVies, J. M. Jones, Cornehus G;ondw, T. H. Bufton, and Dr. Helsby and Dr. Thomas. 'b th

Colonel Watts Morgan paid an eloquent tn. to e am hulance men of the district whose work was msplred by the spirit of self sacrifice.

A presentation of a pen to qaptalD T. E. Richards in appreCiatIOn of hIS servIce dunng the period he acted as superintendent of the .Rhondda Corps Captain Richards, in acknowlec.1g1O.g, thanke.d hIS Officers for their kindness and loyalty to hIm at all tImes

Mr. F. Ll. Jacob expressed great pleasure at hiS election as President of the Centre and referred to the loss the wo(k had sustained through the removal from the district of Mr. Thomas Griffiths of Cymmer.

CHURCH PARADE.

On Sunday, the 17th May, members of the Cwmparc, Femhill, Tynybedw, Treherbert, Abergorky and Rhondda Divisions paraded to the Carmel Chapel, Tre bert. The parade, numbering eighty-four, was headed y the Treherbert Silver Band.

AID BOROUGH OF SWANSEA.

SWANSEA BAND VICTORY.

The progressive step taken by the Swans-ea C?entre recently is meeting with great success.. Swans.ea IS t?e only Centre with its own band, and an Idea of Its qualtty may be gathered from the fact that it won the Silver Cup at the semi-national Eisteddfod held at Llandovery on Whit Monday last, and this was the first attempt at competitive work.

News in Brief.

Welshmen are prominent in the list of the King's Birthday Honours. The Director of Ambulance of the Priory Mr. Leolin Forestitr Walker, M.P., has knight'ed, and for the Pembrokeshlre Centre Major SIr DaVId Hughes Morgan created a We extend to both of these Officers. who have done so much for Ambulance work and to promote. the interests of the Priory, our congratulations and best WIshes nn their new honours.

A New Combination Splint.

AT a recent m:ceting of the Ambulance Committee of the Priory, attention was drawn to a new combination splint which was devised by Ambulance Officer Paul of the Barry Dock Division, City of Cardiff Centre.

It is, briefly, a method of attachment of stral?ht splints at right angles to one another, in firm fixatton, WIthout difficulty or the use of complicated parts.

On a long splint, of sufficient length to form.a " back splint" for the lower is slid a closely fittlDg metal tube, which in its turn IS perforated near one end br a transverse slot the edges of which are turned back to gIve greater suppor't. The long splint is notched one end by a shallow notch not quite so wide as the slot 10 the tube.

A shorter splint is prepared, the middle. of w.hich is notched laterally with recesses of correspondtng to the thickness of the long splint. The shorter spltnt lS of different widths on either side of the lateral notches.

When it is required to assemble the parts the tube is slid on to the notched end. of splint. The short splint until prevented by Its IS pushed through the slot the tube, which is then shd further d0'Yn the long splint so that the short splint is firmly held, passmg through the in the tube and fitting into the. notch at the .end the long splint. The right angles sphnt thus obtalDed IS quite firm and rigid.

It was pointed out by the CommiSSIOner for the of Cardiff Centre, Lieut.-Colonel F. T. Rees, M.e. thIS 5 lint would be extremely useful in cases w?ere It was to retain the leg and steady the foot elevated: as instances of such necessIty, one add?ce the case of fractured patella, or varicose velDS. The usual application of a back sphnt, supplemented a cushion or pad under the not effect tht dem.ed purpose as easily,. or maintalD It so surely, as the splmt combination descnbed.

Supt. Hortop of the Barry Dock DIVISIOn spoke of the

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of the splint (rom his practical experiencE'. Great was by the mem bers present, and in the discussIOn which followed. Sevtrdl suggested alterations to the splhlt were made, which are receiving careful consideration.

The greatest credit is due to Ambulance Officer Paul the work he has done in this connection. This splint IS the result of a great deal of experiment and industry and ha.s been complimented on all hands upon a 'most IOgeDlous additIOn to first-aid equipment.

fetters to the &ciitot'.

We are itt ,.0 way resf"1Isible lor tie opt1lto'l$ expressel. or tke stateme"ts made, b, Conespondents.-EDITOR.

SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPETITIONS.

pear Sir,-As. one keenly interested in First Aid CompetItIons I lIke to offer a few suggestions regarding ;_ (a) The staglDg of the competition; (b) The test.

(a) That the competition should take place at a theatre in order that other members of the Brigade may have the

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petitions: I therefo.re take the liberty of making the following observatIOns.

I.n la.st paragraph he states that the answer to the questIon Is It .necess.ary for an ambulance man to know the course of the of the blood through the cavities of the h.eart before beIng able to render first aid?" is in the neg:atl\re: N ow such knowledge is necessary to enable an first to understand the why and wherefore of the vanous detaJis of treatment of different kinds of and the why and wherefore begets an IntellIgent workmg knowledge of efficient first aid. He also says that the ability to a!lswer such questions adds to knowledge and helps m competitions. But competltl.ons an end. in themselves or means to an end VIZ. ; promotIOn of effiCiency in dealing with an actual g-ency? the spirit of .the St. John's Ambulance IS the furtherIng of effiCiency in the latter.-I am, Sir, C. DE ST. CROIX. Ambulance Ofucer, Brighton Division.

OLDEST AMBULANCE WORKERS.

SIR,-The sta.tements of of. correspondents WIth regard to Brigade Long. ServIce IS mteresting reading I. vel!ture to think records of the Tunbridge DIVISIon IS worthy of notIce.

Our I?ivisional (Lieut. E. Rickmott) holds a No. 127, I.ssued 1D 1879; he is to-day a most en,7rs-etlc. and enthUSIastIc ambulance worker, and very much a live wIre." ---COMBINI'?

---.J'ca/e. .3 /ncne:; 10 roor advantage of witnessing the contest instead of the hats of the fron.t of Also that the test may be made as realIstIC as POSSI ble.

(b) That equipment. C?r. <: station may not be at hand, teams to show thell: InItiatIve by using the help available from shops or hc:)Uses In a real accident. That the patient should be. more In keepIng with the part he or she has to play That the Judge should sometimes take the part of the" doctor ,; Jud!5'e the team by.the manner in which they carry out his mstructlOns.- Yours fal thfully, A COMPETITOR.

S.lR,-:- Correspondent, Assistant Commissioner No ]0 DIstrict, In the April, 1925 issue of FIRS1' All) , h' ld I ,says e wou we come CrItICIsm to hIS letter on suggestions in Com-

Hon. Treasurer (Sergeant W. T. Muffett) holds 1447 and. J 448 (silver and bronze) issued 188 and I.S practIcally dady engaged in driving our ambulances? standIng ready, ni.ght and transport duties; other. members wIth. MedallIons Issued in r889 and near follo.wIng years conSider themselves quite young in the servIce.

Incidentally I may mention that the late Major C R Fletche,r-Lutwidge fo: years Secretary to the Division Pc°ssess,:on of MedallIon No 15,. I believe the first issued to a male,. first fourteen bemg Issued to ladies.

WishIng the good old members in any Division the best of health, long .to continue their good work, and the youn er the enthusl'!-sm strive to outdo the splendid set by these glOriOUS plOneers.-1 am Sir Tunbridge Wells Di v ision. G. WHIBLEY.

June, I9 2 5. -F IRS T and to

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Textbook, to flJkick reference ma7 be made in tkese columns is tke 36tk (I920) Edition of S./.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

TREATMENT OF CHOKING.

H. T. (Burley).-If a man, while dining at a cafe, swallows a piece of meat which sticks fast in his throat, what is to happen if, having carried out Textbook instructions, we fail to dislodg-e the foreign body ? Is the man to be allowed to choke before he can be removed to hospital?

I n a recent examination the doctor said that he once met such a case and that, prompt action being necessary to save life, he made an incision below the epiglottis with a penknife and so allowed air and oxygen to enter the lungs. Please tell me how I should act under like circumstances. Should I take on "duties and responsibilities of doctor" or should I stand by and watch patient choke?

You set out a critical emergency for which there is apparentiy only one solution; but you conceal (or are ignorant of) the fact that making "an incision below epiglottis" is not such an easy and simple process for an untrained person as your imagination pictures. On the contrary you must know just wlten and just where the incision should be made.

Some Textbooks in the early days of the Ambulance Movement described for such emergencies a method of opening the throat with a small transverse slit in the hollow which is situated in middle line immediately below "Adams' Apple" (between larynx and trachea) and of keeping opel1ing patent with the bent ends of a couple of hair pins.

This instruction never found a place in our Textbook, clearly because it was felt that it might tend to favour Meddlesome First Aid-the truth being that what (under the very exceptional circum5tances named by you) might be safe and justifiable in the hands of a few experienced First Aiders, would be decidedly unsafe and unjustifiable in those of the big majority of lay persons for whose benefit and instruction the Textbook was written! So there I leave your problem.N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

L.S. (N ottingham).-Having enjoyed many excellent " Howlers" in the] oumal, I desire to submit one which was heard recently in our Division. A candidate was asked what he would do if he came across a man who was un::onscious. He answered-" If patient could stand up, I should walk him about! "

Good! Next, please. ·-N.C. F.

VALUE OF TEXTBOOK.

M.R.C.S. (Somewhere).-As a Brigade surgeon, I find the official First Aid Textbook of little use for instruction purposes and have to rely on my experience when lecturing to my Division. Please conceal my identity, and let me have your views, especially with reference to Chapter 1.

It is not the first time that I have heard this criticism with which I entirely and most emphatically disagree. Making allowances for some howlers, I consider that the S.] .A.A. Manual is far and away the best of all ambulance textbooks

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and further that its value as a teaching manual depends to a great. extent on Chapter wherein we have laid down a definIte scheme on .which First Aiders may build up their knowledge and eqUIp themselves for handling all possible emergencies. Some lecturers miss this fact and fail to appre.ciate that th.e Rules are to be modified by exercIse of QualIficatIOns m accordance with definite Principles.

So frankly I am sorry for your Di vi sion because, in view of your sweeping condemnation and confessed neglect of the Textbook, its are .handicapped when they enter for exammations and competItIons conducted on the Official. Textb.ook. further study of the book, from the POInt of vIew of First Alders and not of doctors, will cause you to modify your present opinion.-N.C .F.

TREATMENT OF ASPHYX IA.

T.H. (Leeds).-If a woman is suffering from Asphyxia and has no other complications such as fractured ribs, &c.-which method of Artificial Respiration should I apply? The Textbook says that Schafer and Silvester may be used I ask the question because pressure on a woman's chest may cause some immediate injury or be complicated later by development of cancer; and ! fear lest, while treating the Asphyxia, I may do some harm to the chest.

Under these circumstances we disagree as to method to be adopted, some advising Laborde. some Schafer, and others Silvester. Please advise.

The Textbook recommends Schafer as the method of choice. It only suggests if during performance of Schafer" any signs of congestion should be seen in face," an instruction which I fail to understand and cannot commend. Further, the Textbook (p. [35) tells you to "slowly apply firm but not violent pressure on loins. " So, if you carry out the Textbook instructions properly you will not cause immediate or subsequent injury to your woman patients chest. -N.C.F.

FRACTURES AND WOMEN PATIENTS.

T. H. ( Leeds).-W ith reference to Fractures of Thigh and Leg detailed in Textbook for women patients, I presume that the modification of instructions is made for sake of decency. Yet surely, even with a woman patient, it is necessary to locate tne fracture and to establish its variety. As a member of the Brigade, therefore, I wish to know jf I am in order in locating the fracture or if I must only guess at its position and variety. My qUfstion may be queer; but the opposite sex is queer and good advice puts us on the safe side.

Brigade Regulations require that as far as possible members of Nursing Divisions should treat women and children. Where such assistance is not available, you will be wise to get a woman from the crowd to assist you and to do what is required.

Further, in all cases (be patient man or woman) you are taught to locate and treat fractures without removal of clothing except where wound or bleeding exists. I fail, therefore, to see your difficulty and am wholeheartedly in favour of the Textbook instructions, especially in view of the fact that as a First Aider you are only expected to prevent aggravation of injury and not to undertake active treatment of fracture. Perhaps, however, in cases of Frar.tured Leg you are justified in treating a woman, as for a man, because in these later days of short skirts no undue interference with clothing is required.- N.C.F.

ANOTHER EXAMINATION HOWLER.

A. C. (Croydon).- The examination of our Home-Nursing class was proceeding very favourably when one student was asked by the examiner how best to avoid taking a chill. She mentioned one or two rules, and then, becoming confused, said :--" Above all, do not stand witlt your bare head 071 damp ground!" Hcw is that for a real howler ? Good! Next please! !-N.C.F.

TR ANSPO RT OF FRACTURED FEMUR.

A. P. (Plymouth).-If, while travelling in a Ford Touring car, we come across a cyclist suffering from Asphyxia (due to immersion headdownwards in a stream ) and a Fractured Femur, which is the more correct procedure-to use Ford car for transport of patient or to send messenger in it to hospital (2 miles away; no telephone available) and wait unt il he returns with motor ambulance? Your decision is awaited with interest.

Send messenger for motor am bulance and, in accordance with Textbook instructions (R ule 7, p. 50), remove patient recumbent-as in motor ambulance. Remember also that in the pre-ambulance days cases of fractured thighs were those which most frequently were converted from simple to compound and or complicated fractures by improper attempts at removal.--N.C.F.

EpSOi\I SALTS AND OPlUlIl POISONING.

L. G. (F ox Hill).-In the L.M.&S.R. Competition Sheets published in April issue of FIRST AID ( p 240), I note that Epsom Salts is recommended for cases of Opium Poisoning. Pl ease tell me on which page of Textbook I can find this instruction. cannot, because there is no such instruction i n the Textbook and a mistake has evidently been made somewhere or som ehow.-N.C.F.

TRE ATlIlENT OF CONCUSSION.

L. C. V. (N orwood ).-Pl ease tell me if it is of any practical use to fan a patient suffering from Concussion of Brain, and if so why such treatment is of service.

I doubt "the practical use)! of fanning a patient suffering from Concussion, except when it serves to keep a meddlesome bystander or assistant out of mischief. At any rate, this instruction does not figure among those detailed on p. 143 of Textbook for Treatment of Concussion.-N.C.F.

IN DICATLON FOR SILVESTER'S METHOD.

L. D. (Wick).- In the Textbook we are told to use Schafer s Method for Asphyxia and to change to Silvester should signs of congestion appear i n patient s face. Yo u have taught us to ask" Why"? Why, then, is Silvester preferred under these circumstances? Is it that Silvester's M ethod, by raising chest and throwing arms back, opens the large veins near the heart wider and so relieves congestion. Please advise.

When this instruction was first published in the Revised Textbook I was puzzled and promptly submitted the point to :rrofessor Schafer whose condemnatory criticism I publ ished in Issue of January 19 [9. I n brief, signs of congestion in patient's face can only be evidence of returning circulation , a fact which surely calls tor persistence with the method whereby the change was produced Indeed, Professor Schafer's comment was :_ " Anyhow, the passage to the supine position and the reversion to the inadequate Silvester Method would probably prove fatal ! "

By the way, with Schafer's Method the patient 's arms are extended abo v e his head for the reason so clearly stated by you.- N.C.F.

STUFFY ATMOSPHERE IN }{O OM

L. D. (Wick).- Do you agree that modern research has shown stuffiness in a sick room to be due to lack of air currents and not to lack of space or of oxygen ?

Yes-but lack of space and of oxygen are contributory factors.-N.C.F.

VERTICAL FRACTURE OF PATELLA.

C. S. ( Sheerness ).-W hile felling a tree a woodman hits his knee with his axe and sustains simple but vertical Fracture of Patella., As we are not agreed as to correct treatment, we submit the problem tor your decision.

Probably with a vertical fracture, such as you describe, the signs and symptoms would be somewhat masked. Treatment, however, should be carned out as laid down in Textbook for ordinary transverse fracture.-N.C.F.

TlIREE - HANDED SEAT.

W. T. (South Kirby),-Recently much discussion arose as to which forearm the. Bearer on left of patient should grasp when Bearer on rIght has to support patient's right leg As we cannot agree, we ask you to be good enough to decide the point.

Bearer on left should grasp his own right forearm With hiS left hand and thus carry out the Textbook in(p. 17?) ,with to support of patient's right leg-substltutlOg "rIght" for left and" left" for right. -1.C.F.

NUTRIENT EN EMATA.

L. D. (Wi ck ).-Nutr ient enemat are, I believe, hardly used at all in present-day hospital nursing, and ha v e been by normal saline with 4 per cent. glucose solutIOn added. Should one state this in examination or should one g-ive recipes for egg and milk and the other old nutrient enemata ? In a recent course of Home-Nursing our lecturer told us that these were now disused except that peptonised milk was occasionally so administered.

Your answer would depend on the examiner who asked the question! Inmost cases you would be wise if you his question, thollgh you would certainly be at liberty to add a comment as to facts which had been put before you by your lecturer.-N .C.F

June, 19 2 5.

Our Ambulance Problem (No.2).

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Home Service Ambulance, 2 17 Hospitallers Club, 274

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Bouncing Man, The, 212

Buried by a 3-ton Door, 184

Car Through HeGge, 29 6

Chimney Nests and chelr Perils, 184

Danger of Bo led-Over Kettle, 184

Dangers of Inflammable Hair Combs, 212

Dash. to Save Boy, 48

Death after Six Years, 48

Death in Rabbit Hole, 48

Fatal Spark from Fire, 240

Gas·Ring Peril, 240

General Strike, 302

Killed by Car Fumes, 296

Killed by His Own Van, 296

Killed by Shock, 9I

Malta Earth a Specific for Snake-Bite, 302

Poison Bottle Mlstakf', 24 0

Ran into Live Wire, 154

Rew;ud of a Hero, 91

Roused by Piano, 154

Saved from Canal, 268

Splendid Ambulance Work, 12 5

Stab Wound of Brain, 268

Stack Saves Airman, 240

Struck by a Heron, 212

Under Flaming Petrol, 125

Walked with a Broken Neck, 154

Ambulance Work on the Canadian Railways, 274

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Birmingham Police Ambulace Work, 276

Brigade Appointments, &c., 7, 30,59, 8o, 110,137, 167, 195,220, 249, 277, 306

Brigaae Competitions, 274

Brigade Competitions, 1926, 3 12

Brigade in Ceylon, 177

Bristol Centre, 29

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Care of the Outward Man, 142, 17 r

Churcher, Staff-Sergeant J. T., 35

Concussion of the Brain, 144

Co-operation with Tuvenilt: Urganisation, I06

Corbett Ambulance Competition, 181

Corbett Fletcher Trophy, 175,202,227, 26 4,3 24

Correspondence Between English Sovereigns and Grand Masters of the Order of St. John, 285, 30 4 Coulcher, C.B.E., MIss Mary C., 6 County of Buckingham Centre, 108

Development of Home Ambulance Service, 177

L. & N. E. Railway, 90 League of Mercy, 79

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR :-

Ambulance Provision on Charabancs, 120

Brigade Returns, 204,256

Corbet Fletcher Testimonial, 15 Z Humours of Competitions, 120 Lost Medallion, 62

R A. M.C. AssJClatlon, 120

S J A. B. Overseas, 39

Life of the Microbr, 152

Life Saving Demonstration, 49

L.'V[ S. Railway Final Ambulance CompetitIOn, 1926,275

L.&N.E. Rallway Centre, 29,136,194,275 M

Medical Comfort Depot, 320 Medical Comforts Depot at Ipswich, 85 Metropolitan Railw<lY, 90 Metropolitan RaIlway Centre, 136 Military Hospital Reserve, 277 Mobilisation fest at Caine, 284 "Molloy" Pollli:e Ambulance Competition, 124

New German Film, 166 New IJlustrated Pamphlet, 77

Ob ituary, 287

Obituary -Sir James Cantlie, K.B.E., 303

Order of St. John in the Dominion of New 55, 203

PRIOR Y FOR W ALES-

Brigade News, 15,40,67, 92,12(,146,178,205,231,260, 288, .')17

Centre Reports, 16,42,68,93, 122, 147, 178,206,234,262, 290 3 1 7

General Interest, 16, 41, 67, 92, 121, 147, 178, 206, 23 2, 261, 28 9,3:7

Proposed Excursion to Olrl Homes of the Order in the East, 4, 106 Q

Queen',; Souvenir of Her Visit to the Brigade's Competition, 63 QUERIES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS :-

Ambulance Problem (No. 1),21,154

" " (No. 4 ) 209, 236

Another Examination Howlt!r, 72, 98, 184, 236, 324

Apparatus for Snake Bites, 20

Artificial Respiration, 97

As Other See Us, 47

Asphyx a and Dislocation of Neck, 236

Author of First Textbook, 153,210

Bmdages for Fractured Femur, 153, 182 Blmdness and the Senses, 48

Blood from Ear Channel, 126

Causes of Blood Pressure, 210

Charge of Street Accidents, 46

Calles and Chauffeur Fracture, 209

Combinations of POisons, 97

Compound, Complicated Fractured Leg, 126

Conduct of Competitions, 182,237,293

Contents of Brlgide Pouch, 126

Control of Emergencies, 236, 264

Control of Femoral Artery, 237

C: amp and Its Treatment, 264

Dilute Solutions, 322

Dilution of Iodine, 128

Dual Office in Brigade, 46

Duties of Ambulance Mea, 98

Effects of Scalp Wound, 210

Emergency Treatment of Wounds, .+7

Ethics of Flr,;t AId, [84

Examination Howler, 20, 46, 71,97, 126, 153, 182, 2°9, 236,264, 3 22 ?

Fmcture of Arm With of Elbow, -09 Both Legs, 299 Bow Leg, 292

Neck of Femur, 46 " Scap-lla and ClaVicle, 48. 1;4

Fractured Spine, 210

Tibia and Burst Varicose VelDS, 153 of Clavicle and Sternum, 26.+ Pelvis and Thigh, 182

by H R.H. Prince Henry, 301

Late Registrar, The, lO5 New Reserve, A, 217

Pilgrimage of the Order, The, 189 Pro Utilitate Hominum, 273 Retrospect, A, 161

S.J.A.B. in Hong Kong, 53 St. John's Day, Winter Classes, 77

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First Aid Cabinets on the Road, 39

First Aid Case fur Electric Shock, 44

First Aid in Canada, 36

First Aid on the Road, 15 0

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Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, The, 2, 162,218,302

Great Siege of Rhodes III 1480, The, 4, 26,54,7 8,106,134,2(8, 246

Great Western Railway Centre, 58, 79, 109, 193, 219, 275

Order of St. John Voluntary Aid Detachments m Surrey, 5

Our Ambulance Problem (No.2), 37

Our Ambulance Problem (No.3), 72, 117

Our Ambulance Problem (No. -1- ), 125, 142, 174

Our Ambulance Problem (No.5), 203, 229

Our Cartuon-No. 14,20

Patriach of Jerusalem at St. John's Gate, 5 Pilgrimage, 248

Pilgrimage of the Order of St. John, 256

Popuhr Christmas Gift, 125

PRACTICAL POINTS ;-

Acute Microbe Poisoning, 66

Case of Lysol Poisoning, A, 156

Case of Strychnine Poisoning, A, 177

Child Saved from Sewer, 45

First Aid to Animals, 45

First Aid with DiscriminatioD, 66

First Aid with Efficiency, 66

SuffLlcated in Garage, 177

Vagaries of Bystanders, 56

" Ribs and ClaVicle, 2JO, 238 from South Africa, 182

Grip for Handseat, 46

Hats versus Bonnets, 21

Humours for First Aid, 182

Incised Wound of Scalp, 312

I ncubation Periods, 72

InjLlry toKnee foint, Living With Fractured SpIDe, 97

Meaning of 153

Medical Officers ID

Membership of Sister 46

Needle Embedded in Knee JOIDt, 126

Oxygen for Gas, 182

Phosphorus ],54

Poisoning by PrUSsIc ACid, 47 Prairie Flower, 322

Preparations for Surgeons, 9 8

Qualifications of Ambulance Officer, 9 8

Railway Stretcher

Remedies for Corrosive POisons, 7 2

Result of I njury to Artery, 153

Schafer's Artificial ResplratlOD, 48, 126

Scope of First Aid, 209

Signs and Symptoms of Apoplexy, 292

Signs of Cerebral 97

Some Possible Fomites, 7 I

Standard of Marks in Competition, 293

Stings of Bees and \;V asps, 2 IG

Sting of Plants and 97

Stretcher Exerc ise, I2 6

Stretcher Exercise, No. I, 1 2 1

Structure of Pulmonary Vessels, 72

Thanks to the Doctor, 97

Three Essentials of First Aid, 126

Transport of Fractured 3z4

Transport of Fractur.ed PelvIs, 47

Transport of Fractured Spipe, 20

INDEX.

First Aid in Colours, 176 in Emergencies, 176 :: Ready Reference, 45

First Steps in Nurs1Og, 45 Nursing Mirror 17?

Questions and Answers 10 First Aid, 176

Talks on Ambulance WorK, 292

Welfare in Industry, 45

Rhodes of To-day 163, 190

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve (S.J.A.B.), 62 s

Secretary's- Thoughts of a Winter Programme, A, 38 Southern Railway Ambulance Centre, 248 St. John Ambulance Brigade in Ireland, 3II

ConvulsIOns, 100 Dislocated" HIP, 236

Treatment of Abdominal Injury, 98 " Choking,2IG " "

Frdcture and Hue;;t Vein, 153

Fractured Cranium, 46

FracturEd Femur, 265 :

FractUJed Spine, 100

Fractund S t ernum, 72

Operation Cases, 46

Partial Asphyxia, 209 " Syncopt', 128

" Wounds, 48, 72

Palpable Errors, 48

Two t'oison Queries, 9el

Unconscious State, The, 71

Use of IndlTJe, 23 6

Use of Tourn iqu et, 293

Vaga ries 01 CompetitIOns, 154

Vagaries of Epilepsy, 128

Vagaries of Lectures, 209

Wa,te of Material, 153

Wound in Sole of Fo ot. 100

Wo und of Abdominal Wall, 182 R

REVIEWS ;-

Anatomy and Physiology for Nurjes, 29 2

Bandaging Made Easy, 45

First Aid for Footb ,dlers, 45

"25 6, 284,3'r1 " Overseas, 20,34,66, 119,142,202

" in South Africa, 27, 56

Cameo<;-Past and Present, 228

V.A. D. ::;, 35, I42 St. Johu's Day, 3

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" Gate at Play, 36 Surgeon in Battle at Sea, The, 173

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There is No Argument Against Safety, 9 [ Triumph of Brigade Finals, 316 Two Serious Motor Accidents, 9 I v

V. Value of Competitions, 176 Visit of the Birm ingham N C O s Club to London, 89

Why Should M embers of the Brigade Join the V.A.D. Organisation ? 63, 87 " Tr o uble to Learn First Aid? 151

Year's Ambulan ce Work on the Gt Western Railway, 194

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Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

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ONCE in every year the gr e y stre e ts of St. John's Clerkenwell are touched for a moment Day, with unwonted colour. Above the venerable St. John's Gate the banner of the Order of St. John floats as bravely as of old when it floated ov e r the Aub e rge of the English tongue in Rhodes or Malta From the "Gate" there pass ) n procession the children of th e Chapel Royal in their tunics of scadet and gold, the Gentlemen of the same choir, the Chaplains of t he Order, Esquires, Knights of Grace and of Justice, and H.R.H the Grand Prior. The cross borne before the Chapter-General is that which Grand Prior Sir Robert Mallory had made for th e Order nearly four centuries ago, i t bears his arms and shows the eight-pointed cross behind t he figure of our Lord a cros s which S ir Edmund Le chmere found by chance on the Continent, and be queathed to the Order for restoration to its former uses.

choir of the Knight s' Church, built in part in th e tw elfth century. Grand Master Raymond du Puy and St. Ubald esca, an early siste r of the Order, look down upon them from the glass of the east window, which sets forth in medallions the eight Beatitudes symbolis e d by the eight points of the Order s Cross, and in its h e rald r y r e calls names most honour a ble in the History _ of the English Ton g ue.

"I shows an earthen d sh, abo u t three "2" shows anoth er p late, similarl y inches in diameter, contain ing aga treated, excep that pa of the sur face (germ food), on wh ich pus-prod ucing had been covered with Ne w-S ki n a fte r microbes had been planted in three and kep at body temperature At th.e th e germs were pl aced on it It end of 48 hou s the germs h ad m u lt l- was found t hat all the ge ms had been plied to millions and had become vis ible killed under the New -Skin, and fo o tbe naked eye, as shown above some d istan ce around it!

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The procession pass es ov e r historic ground Where t rams rattle and lorries rum ble along the busy Cler kenwelIr oad there stood the conventual buildings of the Grand P riory where the procession turns to enter th e church r ose formerly the round nave of the church consecrated in II8S by Herac1ius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. The present successor of Herac1ius, His Beatitude Damianos, Patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, is to-day an Honorary Chaplain of the Order it is one of those links with a remote past in which the Order takes a just pride.

Within the church every grade in the Order, every ra nk in the St. John Ambulance Brigade, is represented by men and women who in war and in peace have given devoted service to the objects of tht Order. To them e very ornaJrent in the little church speaks of its centuries of h o n o urable history. They are within the walls of the

Of the past as well as of th e pr e sent the servic e also sp eaks. There is thanksgiving fo r what the Order has b ee n enabled to do . There is petition that it may be guided in all its work, tha t its benefactors may have the ir reward, that its members may ever b e mindful of wbat is requir ed of them by their profession, that those to whom they minister may win health and deliverance. On St. J obn s Eve last year the Prelate spoke of the spirit of chivalry which animated the Ord:r in the past and is our e xample in the present ; this y ear the preacber gav e instances of the charity which English Commander ie s of old showed to their poorer neighbours, maintainin g local cha r ities wh ich needed the touch of p e rsonal s ervice, and refusing to remain content with the work of administering est a t e s for the general purposes of the Order in the Holy Land and in the Mediterranean The re a ding of the Roll of the D e p a rted for the past year recalls t hose who's work is ov e r itself long, it enumerates a mere fraction of the countless number of those who during eight centuries hav e served God in the Order. For them all the Contakion entreats rest, "Give rest, 0 Christ, to Thy servants with Thy Saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting" it is sung to that plaintive Kieff melody.

It is a memorable service , a fitting preface to the General Assembly of the Order in the Chapter Hall. There, beneath the shields of former Grand Priors, and portraits of Grand Masters and notabl es of the Order, the reports of its recent work are received, telling of pro g ress

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everywhere, not least in that Hospital at Jerusalem which renews the ancient bond of t he Order in England with its first home. There, too, the Grand Prior holds an inv estiture; the venerable Field-Marshall who is now Commanderin.Chief of Malta, the home of the Knights for centuries, rec eive s his insignia, the man who has saved a child's life at the imminent risk of his own receives his medal for a gallant deed.

The work of to day has its roots deeply in the glorious traditions of the Order. The annual festival reminds us all that the Order, free to respond swiftly to the new needs of our day, looks for the maintenance of its spirit to the examp le of the chivalry and the charity of the Hospitallers of old.

The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

Chancery of the Order, St. fohn'S Gate, Clerkenwe!l, London, E. C.I, 24tlz 1une, I925.

The King has been graciously pleased to sanction the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England:-

A s Honorary Bailiffs:

Major·General J ames Cecil Dalton, R.A.

Colonel The Lord William Cecil, C.V.O.

Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray, K.C.B.

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly, P.C. (I.), G.C. M.G.

Edmund Fraser.

As Knight of 1usHce ( from Knight of Grace) :

Field·Marshal His Excellency The Viscount Allenby, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.

As Chaplain:

The Rev. William Henry Hornby Steer, T.D.

As Knights of Grace:

Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Samuel Lambert, M.RC.S., L.R.C.P., R.AM.C. (T.).

Major-General Sir Samuel Guise.Moores, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.R.CS.

Cuthbert Eden Heath, O.B.E.

Frederick Joseph Waldo, M.D., M.RC.S., D.P .H .

Captain Sir Ion Hamilton Benn, Bt., C.B., D.S.O., R.N.

Lieut.-Colonel Baldwin Salter Millard, T.D.

Charles John Ritchie, M.B.E.

Henry Cyril Else

Captain William Thomas Wood, M.R.C.S , L.RC.P., RA.M.C.

Colonel The Lord Cottesloe, V.D., T.D.

Edward Dyce Duckworth

Sir Charles Tyrrell Giles, K.C., D.L.

Major Arnold Woodford Izard, M.D , M.R.C.S., L.R.C.r.

Captain Donald Moore Barry, L.F.P.S

Alfred Howard Hansford

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Plymouth

Field-Marshal The Lord Plumer, G.C .B. , G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., G.B.E.

A s Ladies of Grace:

Mrs. Edith Noel Barclay

The Lady In verclyde

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Miss Margaret Hulton

Mrs. Ellen Thomas Stanford

Mrs. Mary Be:atrice Graham

Mrs. Edith Marione Perowne

Mrs. Jessie Jane Jardine Norton, M.B.E.

Mrs. Ena M ackir:tosh of Mackintosh

The Lady Plumer, O.B E.

As Esquires:

Major Algar Henry Stafford Howard, M.C., T.D.

Laurence Roger Lumley, M.P.

Charles Mordaunt de Aquilar Christopher

Lt.-Col. Frank Brereton Hurndall, M.e.

Captain George Gerhold

Lt.-Col. John Calderwood Strathearn, O.B.E., M.D.

F.RC.S. (E.)

The Hon. Edward Llewelyn Roger Lloyd Mostyn

Major Morys Lancelot Lloyd Mostyn

Arthur William Acland, M.C.

Christian Leslie Oyce Duckworth

Frank Ernest Buckley

Walter Chaloner Rigby, M.B., D.P.H.

John Rodley, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Joseph Robert Campbell

William Haining Carse, M.B.

As Honorary Serving Brothers:

George Jeffery, O.B.E. F.S.A.

John William Woolley

J ames Harrison

Albert Edward Victor Shutt

Herbert Thompson Carthew Collard

Lewis Roberts Baker

Alfred Evans

Charles George Marshall

Herbert Layard Do\Ubiggin

Robert William Stone

John Edward Taylor

William Andrew Hirons

Albert Charles Wilkins

George ewns Raybould

Frederick \Villiam Hammond

John Kinmont

Ernest Edward Waters

William Arthur Ellis

Charles Joslin Fitch

Alfred J ames Allison

Samuel Crawford Knight

John Horner

Sam Auty

Walter Kay Fleming

Richard Hich ins Quick

Wllliam Thomas Mitton Trafford

Charles William Curtis

Ernest Henry Coles

Wesley Dale

Edward Amos Stott

Robert Green

William Bridgwood

Richard Cartwright Woods

William John Godden

Thomas Daniel Higgins

Idris Davies

William Goddard

David Mardy Jones

John Morgan Jones

Edgar Joseph Wayt

Albert Henry Williams

As Honorary Serving Sisters:

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Gilson Falwasser

Miss Mary Ellen Easthorpe

Mrs. Sarah Ann Agar

Mrs. Pollie Gillson

Mrs. Evelyn Maud Chill

Mrs. Norah A. de C. Wilson

Miss Mary Ellen Elms

The Hon. Mrs. Hilda Guilhermina Whitaker

Miss Emily Hill

Mrs. Gladvs Muriel Rowlette

Miss Marian Macandrew

Miss Annie Hansley Smith, M.B.E.

Mrs. Cicely Eleanor White

Miss Mary I rene W illiams

As Honorary Associates:

J obn Cecil Graham

Major Alexander Bazett Leakey, M.B.

John Dickinson Leigh, M.B., F.R.C.S.

William Workman, M.D.

Mrs. Clara Annie Shepherd

Arnold Rothwell Taylor, M.RC.S., L.RC.P.

J ahn Henry Beckly

Sidney Pochin Pollard, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Major Wilson Howard Morrison, M.B., RA.M.C. (T.F.)

Harry Edward Gibbs, M.D., F.RC.S.

Gecil Am brose Lloyd

Andrew Lowry McCully, M.B.

Captain Francis Henry Sprague, M.RC.S.,L.R.C.P.,RA.M.C.

Lieut.-Col. Albert Richard Henchley, DSO ., M.D.

John Philip Walker, M.B.E., M.RC.S., L.R.C.P.

William Wood Robb, M.B.

As Serving B1'otlzer :

Joseph Eustace Shelley, M.B.

As Donat (Silver Badge):

The Hon. Khan Bahadur Mian Sir Fazl-i-Hussain

Lieut.-Col. Sardar Sir Appji Rao Sitole, KB.E., C.I.E.

Rao Sahib Dr. U. Rama Rau, M.C.L.

Jerusalem Hospital Notes.

THE Chairman, at the Gentral Assembly on St John's Day, made an appeal for an instrument cabinet for the theatre and for a giant magnet for the extraction of for e ign metal substances from the eye. Both these things are urgently required. Our present instrument cabinet is quite unhygienic, in that the door fits badly, letting in the dust. Patients who are unfortunate enough to get iron or steel splinters into their eyes have to be sent all the way to Cairo to b e treat e d. This delay, of course, seriously prejudices th e chance of saving the injur e d eye, besides being a heavy e xpense to the sufferer. A new, up-to ·date instrument cabinet costs £100 and a giant magnet £75. This latter is a necessary part of an ophthalmic hospItal's eq uipment. It has been made possible for us by the installation of our electric machinery.

Two letters have been r e ceived from members of th t! Order who are interested in the Hospital and its work. One was from a Knight of Grace who wants to help to increas e the annual subscription list. The list is certainly not so satisfactory and ought to be largely augmented. The Committee thought that the best way would be to try to interest the Ambulance Associations and the Brigade Centres in our work in the Holy Land. Some of our Overseas Associations and Brigades are most helpful in this way and encourage the Committee in its work, and there seems to be scope for extension of the idea in this country We do not ask for diversion of money from txisting funds. but suggest that each Association and Brigade Centre should recognise the great work being done by giving a small subscription yearly, say lOS., in addition to their existing su1:scriptions. In some cases this is already done, and the Committee is grateful, not only tor the money, but even more for the lively interest shown.

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The other letter was from a lady, an active worker in the Order. She made a valuable suggestion that groups of lady members should help with the dom e stic requir e ments of the Hospital in the way of gifts of linen for and stuff for Sisters' and Nurs e s' uniforms. If this idea could be it would lead to great things in th e future, I feel conVInced.

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Welcome rain has fall e n in Jerusalem. The drought was really very serious. New sources of supply of water have recently be e n opened up and the wat e r·rate increased by 30 per cent. The authorities do not seem to have remitted any rate during the long drought wh en the wat erpipes only functioned for two hours on alternate days.

T·T.W.P. St. John's Day.

THE Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in EagJand held its annual festival on rune 24th. The anniversary service was held in the Grand Priory Church, Cl e rkenwell. The service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. T. C. Elsdon, and the sermon was pr e ach e d by the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, both Chaplains of the Order.

The Chapter-General m e t at the Chancery of the Order, St. John's Gate, and walked in procession to the Priory Church in St. John's Square. The procession was headed by the choir of th e Chapel Royal. The" children" wearing their scarlet and gold tunics and white lace bands and the men their red cassocks.

The Cross of the Order was carried by Captain A. N. Cahusac, and the Standard by Captain G. Gerhold, and the order of the procession was then "s follows :-

Esqut·res.-Mr G. W. Wollaston, M.ajor Sir John Beynon, Mr. D. G. Monteith, Li e ut enan t·Colonel R. Stewart, and Major H. A. Balbi.

Knights 01 Grace. -Mr. H. W. Fincham, Dr. W. D. Audland, G eneral Sir Leslie Rundl e, Mr. S. W. Malkin, Colonel Sir John Ottley, Major D. H. Alexander, Sir Herbert Lewis, Dr. R. A. Gibbons, and Sir William Bennett.

Knights of fustice.-Serjeant-Surgeon Sir R. Havelock Charles, Lt.· CoL C. B. Palmer, Major·Gen. Sir hor Philipps, Col. A. D Acland, Sir Dyce Duckworth, Lord Mostyn, Col. Sir Wyndham Murray, Lt. ·Col. J. T Woolrych Perowne,Col. Lord Galway, L')fd Queenborough, Lt.·Col. Lord Herbert Scott, Lt.-Col. A. C. Yate, and Lord Meath.

E xecuti7Je O§icers.-Librarian, Colonel E. J. King j Receiver·General, Colonel F. Pixley : Secretary, Colonel E. A. Cameron; Chancellor, Lieutenant·General Sir Aylm e r Hunter-We ston; Hospitaller, Colonel Sir C. Thomson ; Secretary· G en e ral, Major·General Sir Percival Wilkinson; Grand PriOl 's Equerry, Colonel Sir Malcolm Murray; the Sub-Prior, Lord Scarborough; the Grand Prior, the Duke of Connaught; Director of Ceremonies, Captain A. C. S e ton Christopher; Esquires in Waiting Captain G. P. Phillips and Mr. J. V. T. Perowne; and Captain J. D. Rogers (sword· bearer).

The proce ssional hymn was "Thy hand, 0 God, has guided,"

Dr. H e rmitage Day took as his text "Love the Brotherhood." He dwelt on the example afforded in the work of the Hospitallers of old, and pointed to acts of

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charity maintained by English knights, which brought them into touch with the poor, aged, and infirm. To bring these thin g s to remembrance, he said, was to r e mind them that as in the spirit of chivalry, so in the spirit of charity, th e y found the Hospitallers of old an example worthy of their follow ing.

After the service the General Assembly of the Order was held in th e Chapter Hall, St. John's-gate, the Duke of Connaught presiding. Major·Gen. Sir Percival Wilkinson, Col. Sir Courtauld Thomson, and Col. King gave an account of the work of the Order and its departments during the past year, from which it appeared that material progress had been made in every branch. Particularly in the recruitment of the ambulance brigades at home and in the work of the Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem had there been notable increases.

Among those pr ese nt were :-

PrincE S5 Beatrice, the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, Lady Margaret MacRae, I./idy Jekyll, Mrs. A. C. Yate) Lady Cecil, Robinia Viscountess Mountgarret, Countess Beauchamp, Lady Perrott, Lady Constanc e Milnes·Gaskell, Countess Brass t y, the Marchioness of But o the Hon. Florence Amherst, Miss M. A Tucker, Mrs. A. H. Morgan, the R e v. Stacy Waddy, the Rev. W. D. Rudgard, Major Colin MacRae, Mr. C H. Pirie Gordon, Mr. H. C. Luke, Sir L ees and Lady Nina Knowles, Sir Maurice Abbot-Anderson, Colonel Sir Charles Yate, Colonel Sir William Smith, Sir Henry Imbert Terry, Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Brooks, Mr. W B Squire, Mr. S W. Malkin, Sir John Hewett; etc.

Proposed Excursion to the Old Homes of the Order in the East.

IT has b een suggested that a visit to the places connected with the History of the Order in the Eastern Mediterranean might be organised for next Spring. The itinerary would include, amongst other places, Amalfi, Jerusalem, Acre, Cyprus, Budrum, RhodES and Malta. The best time to visit the Holy Land i s at the beginning of April, and therefore the boat should leave Marseille3 in the last week of March, and the cruise would mean for those who took it, an absence of about four weeks tr'om home. The probable minimum cost would be about £65.

If .anythin 6 is to come of this suggestion it would be helpful If membe.rs c?ntemplate joining would kindly make known theIr IntentIOn as soon as possibl e in order that the necessary arrangements may be made to secure a suitable steamer.

Members may, of course, introduce friends

All letters in the first instance relating to ;his subject should be addressed to the Secretary General, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C. I, and marked on the envelope " Mediterranean Cruise."

IN the last iss ue the wording under the illustration of the presentation of the Railway Shield was described as the "Dewar," this should have been the Inter Railway Shield.

The u & OP HEATING"

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AID.The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Contznued from page 275.)

The Turks anon after, set three bombards of great violence in the churchyard and gardens of St. Anthony, which was but a little space from Rhodes. And with these bombards they studied and thought to throw down the high tower and strong place of Rhodes called the tower of St. Nicholas, and covered their bombards with great logs and trees and boards of great defence. But when the R hodians had sp: c d it they also ordained three great bombards against the host of the Turh, which cast through the right side of their host great and mighty stones wnich did them great harm.

And in the morning following, Geo rg e the great gunner of which we have said before, came suddenly as an amazed man to the ditch of Rhodes toward the palace of the Lord Master and saluted and greeted the Rhodians friendly, and meekly cried and prayed that he might come into the city and so h e was rescued. And because that he had the raiment and livery of the Turk some smote at him. But many defended him and brought him unto the Lord Master of Rhode,.

This G eorg e was a personable men and well beseen of great eloquence and of great malice, a Dutchman (i.e., German) born. And anon he was asked, what was the cause of his coming thither. He answered, for the faith and religion of Jesus Christ and for the welfare and worship of all christendom and b ecause that he forsook the false belief of the Turk Therefore he was received with great joy and also his purpose was greatly praised if he would abide stedfast in it as he said.

Anon it was asked him what host the Turk had se nt against Rhodes, and what number of fighting men, and what ordnance of instruments of wars, with boldness and with wit, and as it !:ieemed with truth answered the qu e stions and said that the Turk had the of a hundred thousand fighting men and sixteen great ?om bJrds everyone of twenty-two feet in Jength of the whIch the least cast stones of four spans in compass about.

But within Rhodes were many opinions and divers of th e coming of the said George from the Turk to ChrIStIan folk. For some said that he came as a spy and that before this time he with great malice had done man.Y , things against God, and specially had forsaken ChrISt s law and that for certain he worked now for to betray Rhodes.

The part said that he was a great master in makmg of Instruments of war and that he was a defencible man in whatsoever plac e he was in, and that he came to Rhodes as a penitent man that had forsaken his faith and his Maker, and that such a wise man as he was would not come to Rhodes alone to deceive such a prudent man as the lord master was and such a !Sreat fellowship of knights of Rhodes, and so was thought for the better that George should abid6 in Rhodes.

But anon few days after, some that loved the Christian faith in the host of the Turk shot arrows with letters into Rhodes, which letters were found and warned the Rhodians to beware of the treason of George. Therefore commanded that George should be kept with SIX mIghty men which should take hold on him

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But nevertheless he heard and had at all hours George's council to such provisions that belongs to engines and instruments of war.

After this the Turks with great might of bombards and other instruments of war laboured day and night to put down and overthrow a place which was a quarter of a mile within the sea by the west bank of Rhodes, which made with her walls and wings a pleasant haven for ships and galleys, and is called the Tower of Saint Nicholas, and it was made in the old time and after the old and high making of walls.

The said tower was set so nigh the city of Rhodes to cause that no person by land nor by water shall come to

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AMON GST the very many important and interesting fTisitors wno are attracted to the ancient Gatehouse of St. J obn, can have been more interesting and none more Interested than the VISItor on the first of this month who was His Beatitude Damianos, Patriach of Jerusalem And All P alesline, K B. E., he .came to sign the Homage Roll as an Honorary ChaplaIn of the OrGer, and he was accompanied by the Archbishop of Jordan who acted as in terpreter.

His Beatitude was met by the Secretary General, the of the Jerusalem Hospital, the ASSIstant LIbrarIan and Mr. H. C. Luke the Assistant Governor of Jerusalem who also as interpreter.

The Patriach spent a full hour inspecting the historic buildings and their contents, including the Priory church and its anci e nt crypt. It was pointEd out to him that he was probably the se cond Patriach of the Holy City to visit St. Jahn's as the church was consecrated by Heraclius the P atriach of Jerusalem in the year 185

His B ,; atitude is a great friend to the Order and its work, as he has given a piece of land to our Hospital in J ermalem and also granted to the O rde r the use of an ancient chapel up)n the site of the original home of the Order, which after the church of the Holy Sepulchre is problbly the oldest Christian church in the Holy City, it having been built in the fifth century.

Order of St. John Voluntary Aid Detachments in Surrey.

AT the instigation of the Countess of Onslow, Lady of Justice of the a Public Meeting was held at Trinity Hall, Guildford, Surrey on July 7th to promote interest in War Office Scheme for organising Voluntary Aid Detachments to assist the Regular Medical Units of H.M. Forces in the event of a national emErgency.

The Hall was tastefully decorated and the meeting which was well·attended included cont inge nts of men and nurses in uniform from Units of the Guildford Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The May?r of Guildfo.rd occupied the chair and opened the proceedIngs by explaIning the objects of the meeting.

Rhodes without their licens€'. And also the mouth of the haven and that place was so strait that neither galley nor ship might enter, but only one at once, and above this port was the afores lid Saint Nicholas Tower, the which was made by the Rhodians within this hundred years.

And the Turks thought that if they had this tower in their subj ection, that they should lightly overcome Rhodes, considering the great commodity of the haven and of the self place of the tower. And therefore they cast aga.inst the tower three hundred great stones of bom bards and broke the tower stoutly and put it in a great danger to be overthrown and in much less space than ever the Rhodians thought that it should have been possible.

(to be continued.)

Lady Onslow then addressed the meeting. She emphasised her interest and that of the Earl of Onslow (U nder Secretary of .State for War) the movement and explain e d the neceSSIty fo r the of these Detachments. She pointed out tbe deSIrabIlIty of memhers of the St. John Am bulance Association. and Brigade who such large contingents of helpers In the Great War, enrollIng now in Detachments affiliated to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. .'

Lieut..General Sir Alfred Bmgley, KDlght of Grace who is the Controller of V.A.D.'s in the county of Surrey, urged the importance of the formation of these at once to enable the War Office to complete theIr mobilisa'tion arrangements. He stat-ed that the y..A. D. s were a part of the Territorial Forces and are by a Joint Council at the War He gave statIstics of the numbers already enrolled very encouraging especially in respect of the N ursmg U OItS.

After a few remarks by Brig. General Tudor, ASSlStant

The hanging of Ma ster George.

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Controller V.A.D 's and Assistant St. John Ambulance Brigade in Surrey re gardtng the methods enrolling and training of members of St. J o.hn D. s the meeting was entertained by a tnterestmg L cture, illustrated by lantern slides, d ellve.red by Mr. H. W. F · h F S A Assistant Llbranan to the Order. Inc am, , . . . f I

Photographs of historical pIctures dlustratlye 0 Ie great deeds of past members of the Order rangmg over centuries were thrown upon the and a thnlhng story which took the audience to scen es lO the Holy L':l.nd, the Isles of Rhodes , Cyprus, Malta, and finally Landon, was unfolded.

The evening was concluded by a vote of thanks to the LecturH which was un.ani.mously by the audience and after the StnglOg of the NatlOnal Anthem the proceedings terminated.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Head Office Notes.

A NOTE FOR HOLIDAY MA KER S

August, the month of holidays, will soon be with us, and many of those who have not already tasted the delights of the country or the joys of the seaside this year are making active pr e parations for th e annual summtr holiday. New scenes, new pastimes, and new companions meeting people we hav e never seen b e fore and may never see again. What a grand opportunity for gaining recruits for the cause of humanity? Why not become ,. missionaries" for the St John Ambulance movement while enjoying the pleasures of the summer vacation? It is not necessary to organise a public meeting or to enter into earnest conversation with every wayfarer we meet, but a chance word to a new-found acquaintance, followed up by a short pamphlet about the St. John Ambulance work might accomplish a great amount of good. Reference is made on another page of this Journal to the new pamphlets which have been prepared at St. John's Gate to assist in this missionary work, and St J oho Ambulance enthmiasts would be well advised to write to the Chief Secretary at St. John's Gate, London, E.C.I, and obtain a few copies to include in the luggage when" packing up" commences.

If the holiday spirit takes us to a small country village wh e re there is no ambulance organisation established, there is an opportunity to sow the seed among the country squires, villagers and labDurers, If, on the other hand, we go to a large seaside town, not only can we try to interest the "natives" in ambulance work (although the seasid e towns are usually very energetic themselves in this direction), but we are likely to meet many more holiday makers from districts where the St. John Ambulance movement is not Why not induce them to join or orgamse an ambulance class on their return home, with the object of forming a division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in their area later on.

In any case, the pamphlets-" Why Not Learn First Aid," " How to Form a St. John Ambulance Class," and

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" Join the St . John Ambulance are likely to pruve exceedingly useful.

UNDER THE STEPS OF ST. PAUL's.

Ambulance workers up from the country seeing the sights of London may notice the Ambulance Station of the St. John Ambulance Association situated uneler steps at the main e ntrance to St. Paul's Cathedral. ThiS IS one of the oldest ambulance stations of its kind in the metropolis, and a consid e rable amount of good work is performed here. Since 19 [3 the total number of cases treated at this station exceeds 15,000, making an of almost 1,300 cases a year.

Miss Mary C. Coulcher, C. B. E.

" Patient contin u an ce in well doing."

AN A p PREcrATION.

ON Monday, June 15th Miss Mary Caroline Coulcher, C. BE, L1.d Y of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England was called to higher servict'.

W hat a gloom wa') cast over those who remain to carryon her work, but whlt a memory to leave behind!

Sne was one of the earliest pioneers in the ambulance movement, and" mother " to the cause at Ipswich.

Born in 1852, at Rickinghall Superior in the County of Suffolk Miss Coulcher, who was the daughter of the Rev. Geo.' Coulcher, rector of Wattisfield, came to Ipswich at the early age of 18, and ni.ne years all her energy into ambuhl.Oce work 10 co-operatlGn .wlth Col. (afterwards Sir Francis) Duncan and the late Sir Perrott. In 1880 the Ip.lwich Centre of the AssoclatlOn was established, and in 1893 the Ipswich Corps of the Brigade was formed, to be followed a year later by the Ipswich Nursing COlpS. The first ambulance (horse) carriage was purchased io 1.399.

MISS Coulcher played the leading part in the establishment of the present headquarters in Samuel-road in 1903, by the gift of a pi ece of land together with a and Duildings. provided sufficient funds were forthco[Dlng from the town to add a hall and coach house. It was not, however, 19 [3 that she was able to complete her longcherished desire to convey the freehold of the property to the St John Ambulance Association, the Grand Prior of the Ord e r of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and the local trustee3 entirely free of charge, to be used for ambulance purpDses in perpetuity.

In 19 [4 came the first motor ambulance, followed ten years later by the purchase of as a stand-by. She has lived to see all htr aspiratIOns carned out, for, at the time of her demise, Ipswich can boast of an ambulance station equipped with two motor ambulances, for day or night service, with trained am bulance men in charge. As a Centre, Ipswich has issued something lik e 6,925 awards since its formation.

Miss Coulch e r's sterling services to her country during the war were recognised by the King, who conferred on h e r the Ord e r of the British Empire and subsequently promoted her to C.B.E. In 1914 she was selected as an Honorary Associate of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and in 1899 she was received into the Order as a Lady of Grace.

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On the afternoon of June 18th we, the members of the same noble cause, followed her body to its last resting place in Ipswich Cemetery, where she was given all th e honours that the St. John Ambulance could give. The first portion of the funeral service was taken at the church of St. Mary-Ie-Tower, where her brother (the late Rev Bohun Coulcher) laboured for many years. The Order of St. John was officially represented by the Commissioner of the No. 10 District (Major J. F. C. Hossack), and Headquarters Brigade Staff by Major Darvil Smith: These brief facts are centred round a life whIch was lived for service to suffering humanity. Her soul has

St. John J\mbutance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

JUNE, 1925.

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned th e following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRIC'.r OFFICER.

NO.4 DI STlHCT.

Lieut.-Colonel W. Challoner, T.D , J P., 9.6. 25

TO BE CORPS SURGEON.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

James Baird Aitken, M.B., Ch.B., Colne Corps, 4 .6.2 C Thomas Forde, M.B., B.Ch , D'!naby Main Corps, I. 7.2 5

TO BE LADY OORPS SUPT.

No. 4 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Sarah Ann Hartley, Colne Corps, 4.6.25

TO BE CORPS OFFICER.

No. 4 DI STRICT.

Norman Spencer Mumby, Birkenhead Corps, 4. 7.25

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Thomas Henry Longsdale, North Staffs Ra ilway Corps, 4.6.25

Supt. George Henry Milnes, Denaby M ain Corps, I.7.25

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DISTRICT.

John George Beadle Brass, B.S c , M.D., f\;1.R.C S. (Eng ), L.R.C.S. CLon), No. 46 N Enfield NurSin g D ivision, rr.6.25

Frederick Maurice Mosely, M.R.C.S., L.R.C. P. , No. St. John S Gate Di vision, 25 6.25

NO.2 DISTRICT.

The late MISS

passed from us, but the memory. of her will far outlive this present generatlOn. She hved that others might not suffer. The crowds who lined the routt: as t?e funeral cortege wended its way through the streets teshfy to the esteem in which sh e was hel.d. The ambulance, which was the pride of life, follow1Og 10 the rear of the procession was covered With flowers as .last token of respect to a noble hearted, true ChnstIan clhzen and friend. d'

In this cruel world we are told that no one IS ID ISpensable, but some there are, and Miss Mary Coulch.er was one of them whose passing create a very deep VOId but leave sweet behind.

The Bacup Ambulance and Nursing Division competed on June 20th for the Wembley Shield presented by Mr. and Mrs. Smalley. Todmorden were declared to be the winners.

Howard Vincent Mitchell, M.R.C.S., L.R C.P , Bournemouth Division, 28.6 25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Pelul Shillito, M B., Ch. B., Armle y and Wortley Division, Leeds Corps, 1.7.25

John Elvin Rusby, M.B, Ch.B., Armley and Wortley DmslOn , Leeds Corps, 1.7.25 . . ..

Kathleen Wilson, M.B., Ch B., Roundhay Nursmg DIVISion , 2 6.25 T d N' J ames Anderson Glover, M. B , Ch. B , a caster ursmg Division, 5. 6. 25

George Charles Frederick Roe, L.M., L.RC.S.! ., D.P.H., D. P.M., Wakefield DI VISion, !·7 2 5 Samuel Prior, M.B., C.l\I., Westgate NurSing DIVISIOn, 8 6 25 No. 8 DISTRICT.

Robert Cecil Turle Evans, M. B , B.S., M. R .C.S. L.RC.P., Herne Bay Division, IS 6.25 No. 9 DISTRICT.

Colin Forbes, M.B., Ch 8., vVeymouth Nurs ing Division, 23. 6 2 5 No. 10 DISTRICT.

Charles Noon, F.R.C.S, M.R.C S L.RC.P , Norwi ch City Division, 24 6 25

No. 12 DI STRICT.

Gerald Tierney, M.B., B:S., RU.I., Dublin Headquarters Nursing DIVISion, 18. 6·-5

COULCHER, C.B E.

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TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Gurnell Grafton Green: No. 64 Kentish Town Division, 20.6.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer John Hartley Tatham, Trawden 6.7.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Edwin Wm. Finney, Alsagar Division, North Staffs Railway Corps, I.7.25

Albert Underwood, Chesterton Division, Halmerend and District Corps, 236.25

Ambulance Officer Stanley Edgar Spruce, Denaby Division, Denaby Main Corps, I.7.25

Ambulance Officer James Henry Newton, "D" Division, Sheffield Corps, 27.25

Hamer Field Russell, Handsworth Division, Sheffield Corps, 1.7. 2 5

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Matthew Moralee Watkin, Murton Colliery Division, 136.25

Staff Sergt. John Orr, Whickham Division, Nvrth Durham Corps, Ij.6.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Robert Fall, Portland Division, I 7.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Ernest Taylor, Lowestoft DIvision, I5.6.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Florinda Elizabeth Hayes, Bournemouth Nursing Di"ision, 3.7.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Florence Whitham, Burley and Kirkstall Nursing Divisirm, 27-4.25

Mrs. Agnes Ann Sykes, Tadcaster Nursing Division, 5 6.25

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Effie Bayler Utting, Gravesend Nursing Division, 4.7.25

NO.9 DISTRICT

Mrs. Maud Shewell, Weymouth Nursing Division, 23 6 2 5 TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. William Charles "Packham, No. 38 Victoria (L.B.&S.C.R.) Division, 3.7.25

Lional Montagu Smith, No. 17 Merton and Wimbledon Division, 26.6.2 5

Sergt. Walter Thomas Roberts, No. I9/ 2 Di vi sion, South Met. Gas Co. Corps, J 5.6.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Henry Edward Cooper, Ansell Brewery Division, Birmingham Corps, 6 7.25

Staff Sergt. John Walter Dixon, Birmingham Headquarters Division, 18.6.2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. John Ra:nsdale, BootIe Division, 30 6 2 5

Staff Alexander McWilliam, Bredbury and Romiley DIVISion, 47.25

Sergt. John Heatherhill, Salford Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 186.25

Llewelly Unsworth, Thornton-Ie-Fylde Division, 4.7 2 5 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Douglas George Ormiston, Bradford City Division Bradford Corps, I.7.25

John Whimpenny, Denaby Division, Denaby Main Corps, I.7.25

James Wm. Cooke, Denaby Division, Denaby Main Corps, I.7.25

Oscar Hartley, Goldthorpe Division, Denaby Main Corps, I.7.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Wm. Salkeld, Murton Colliery Division, 13. 6 2 5

Sergt. Thomas Edward Thompson, Vlhicham Division, North Durham Corps, 13.6 25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

John Otter, Portland Division, I.7.25

Sergt. Henry Pascoe, Redruth Division, 24.625

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Mrs. Sarah Ann Agar, No. IN Stoke Newington Hursing Division, I7.6.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Ethel Mary Page, Handsworth Nursing- Division, Birmingham Nursing Corps, 26.6.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Laura Ellen Charlesworth, Horbury Nursing Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 13

Miss Edith Mabel Todd, Nottingham City Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps, 136.25

Mrs. Mathilda Jane Watson, Tadcaster Nursing Division, 5 6 2 5 NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Edith Myra Dierden, Gravesend Nursing Division, 47. 2 5 NO.9 DISTRICT.

Miss Marion Smart, Weymouth Nursing Division, 23 6 25

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFIOER.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Corpl. George Elliott, No. 88 West Hlm Division, 17.6 25

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. John Willi 1m Gilling, Rotherham Corps, I.7. 2 5

TRANSFERR ED.

No. 12 DISTRICT.

Assistant Commissioner W. G. Smith to NO.4 District, 22625 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon H. G. Parker from Beeston Nursing Division to Woollaton Division, 27.6 25 NO.6 DISTRICT.

Supt. J. C. Todd from Blaydon Burn Division to Victoria Garesfield and Rowlands Gill DivisIOn, supernumerary to establishment, 22.6.25

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERV"E. NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer K. Davies, Nottingham City Division, Nottingham Corps, 17.6.25 NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer G. M ann, Friary Division, 29. 6 2 5

RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET. NO.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. J. Bent, Reddish Division, 25.6.25 NO.5 DI STR ICT.

Supt. W. Finn, Hemsworth Colliery Division, 27.6.25 No.6 DISTRICT

Divisional Surgeon A. T. Sissons, Kingston Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 18.6 ,25

Ambulance Officer G. j<-. Jennings, Chester-Ie-Street Division, 18. 62 5

No. 8 DISTRICT.

Di __ isional Surgeon T. Allen, Brighton Nursing Division 3.7. 2 5

No. 11 DISTRICT.

Supt. F. Hawksworth, Chatham Division, 7.7.25

No. 12 (IRISH) DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon D. K. :v1ilne Henry Dublin Headquarters Nursing Division, 22.6.25 '

DEATHS.

No. 10 DISTRICT.

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Lady District Supt. Miss Mary Caroline Coulcher, I I. 6 25

NO. I I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer W. Stevens, Victoria Division, I I.6.25

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.2 DI ST RICT.

Minehead Division, 26 .6 25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Aberford Nursing Division, 26.6.25

Burley and Kirkstall Nursing Division, 27-4.25

Halton Nursing Division, 26 6.25

Mitfield Nursing D ivi sion, 306.25

Pontefract Nursing Division, 20.6.25

No.8 DISTRICT.

Chatham Nursing Division, ::! 7 .6.25

Gravesend Nursing Di v ision, I. 7.21j

NO.9 DI STR ICT.

Barnstaple Di visi on, 20.6.25

Newqua"y Division, 1.7.25

SEOTIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

Walthamstow (Rover Scout) Section, 3.7.25

No. 2 DI STRICT.

Newport Pagnell Section, 25.6.25

OADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Stockport Cadet Division, 29.6.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

G oldthorpe Cadet Division, Denaby Main Corps, 13.6.25

Hemsworth Colliery and District Cadet Division, Pontefract and District Corps, 9.6 25 NO.9 DI STR ICT.

Newquay Cadet Division, 9.6.25

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distric.t COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. AUGUST, 1925.

August 2 nd-No. 19 Division, South Metropolitan Gas Corps

" 9th-No. 20 " Hampstead.

16th-No. 21 " Bromley.

" 23rd-No.22 " Hospital Saturday Fund.

" 30th-No. 29 " Walthamstow.

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. Jobn's Gate at 2 p.m. COMPETITIONS.

Th 'e Efficiency Cup Competition took place on Saturday, June 13th, in the grounds of the Taylor's Schools, by the kind permission of the Rev. Arbuthnot Nairn, with the following results :-

1st South Metropolitan Norman-road) Gas Corps (No. 19/ 4

2nd No. 20, Hampstead Division ".

3rd NO.7, Toynbee Hall

4th No. 87, Shoreditch " 5th No. 80, Stoke Newington Division

The Commissioner would like to express his appreciation of the efforts made by Dr. R. Connon Robertson the District and District Officer S. J. Warren, to' make these competitIons a success.

f\.t the conclusion of the Competition, the Cup and were presented to the winning team by Assistant CommiSSIOner, Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden.

PHOTOGRAPHS.

A very interesting and varied selection of photographs of the Ann.ual. Inspection. be seen at the headquarters of NO.1 DIstrIct. The DistrIct Treasurer, Captain L. L. Franks, will be pleased to receive orders.

ANNUAL RE-EXAMINATIO NS.

Officers and members in charge of divisions are reminded that when application is made for their divisional re-examination, it should be addressed direct to the district surgeon as :-Dr. R. Connon Robertson, Distr ict Surgeon, N,o. 1 Dlstnct, St. John s Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I, and the following particulars furn ished, dale of examination, name and address of examining surgeon, number of members attending for examination.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publ i. cation of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

The Lady Supt. in Chief of Nursing Corps and Divisions, Lady Perrott, RR C , who is also acting as Lady District Supt. of No. I ( Prince of Wales') District, invited all the Lady District and other officers of Nursing Divisions in the District to a Garden Party at Ham House, near Richmond, on Wednesday, June 20th, when the Earl of Dysart prov ided tea and threw open his beautiful and historic house and grounds to th e guests. I t was a most delightful party, and all espedally enjoyed seeing the valuable pictures and other treasures of art. The guests were entertained by Lady Perrott, assisted by Lady District Officer Mi ss Rideout and the Lady District Officers of Areas, Miss Hoare, Mi ss Twiss and Mrs. McCaffray also Miss Hunt ( Reserve )

ST. JOHN'S DAY.-About twenty members of the Brigade belonging to other Districts accepted the in vitation of the officers of No.1 District to tea after the Service and General Assembly of the Order. District Officer Piers was supported in entertaining the guests by about thirty Officers of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions. District Secretary A. Robertshaw (No. 4 District) and Supt. F. G. Salter (Alverstok e ) moved and seconded a hearty vote of thanks for tha spir it and comradeship shown by the pleasant little function, which had been enjoyed by everyone.

CENTRAL AREA.-On June 21st the Area held its first Church Parade at St. Clements' Danes, some 350 members of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions being present. Colonel E. A. Cameron, Secretary of the Order and Corps Surgeon K. Lund read the lessons' and the Rev. W. H. Hornby St eer, Chaplain of the Order,'preached a most acceptable sermon in which he paid tribute to the work of the Order and the Brigade.

154! marks 134

1I6t " 95 78 "

After the service Mr. S. R B. Bucknill, Mayor of Westminster, who was accompanied by Mr. O. M.P., Vlestminster, inspected the parade. and expressed h iS tion of the work done by the Brtgade. After:l brIef route march whicb was enlivened by the music of the District Bugle, the Walthamstow's Pipe, and the Leysian Mission Bands, the parade was dismissed by Assistant Commissioner Dr. Corbet Fletcher who thanked the members for turning out, and congratuiated them on their general srpl:\rtness

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No. 3 District.

No. 2 District.

The annual inspection of the Cheltenham was at the ambulance headquarters on June !8th, the officer being Dr. Hugh Powell, M.B.E., AssIstant CommIssIoner for Gloucestershire. The officers prf'sent on parade were Corps Supt. Rev. C. Cousens Petch, M.A., Corps Surgeon Dr. Hebblethwaite Corps Sec. Dr. Barrett Cardew, M.C., Corps Inspector of Stores Mr. W. J. Mullins, Divisional Supts. Mr. W. Tandy and Mr. Harry Lewis, Divisional Surgeon Dr. D. Andrews Ambulance Officer Mr. T. H. Read, Lady Supt. Miss D.' Faber, Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Gilkes, and Corps Sergt.-Major Ballinger.

There were also on parade 22 members of the nursmg division and about 60 men, including the corps bugle band. At the of the inspection, the Assistant Commissioner presented long service medals to Corps Inspector o.f s!ores Mr. W. Mullins, Divisional Surgeon Dr. Hutton, DIvIsIonal Supt. Mr. W. Tandy, Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Wheeler, Ambulance SIster Miss A. E. Carrick.

The Assistant Commissioner congratulated the Corps on the excellent turn-out. He was especially pleased to see so many recruit$ on parade. The work of the Brigade was a good work, and one that was really wanted, though he did not think that the public yet fully realised the excellent work done by that body. He warmly congratulated those members, who had rece ive d the Brigade Long Service Medal.

The competitions for the Percy Shewell shield and bowls were held at ambulance headquarters on June 2 5th. Seven teams had entered for the shield competition, the judges for which were Dr. Hugh Powell (team test ), Dr. Hebblethwaite (individual tests ).

The competitions for the Percy Shewell Challenge Bowls (for nursing division) were judged by Drs. Hutton and Lidderdale The work throughout reached a very efficient standard, and won the commendation of the judges.

At the close the awards were announced by the Corps Supt., and the prizes presented by Mrs. FitzArthur Playne.

The Percy Shewell Challenge Shield was won by StaffSergeant Gardner's team (F) (Town Division), I30 marks.

The Surgeon's Cup (2 nd place ) by Sergt. Joynes team (E) (Town Division ), I07 marks.

The Simmons' Cup (3 rd place ) by Sergt. Ball's team (B) (Friendly Societies Division), 99 marks.

The Clark Cup (for highest marks gained in the individual test) was gained by Sergt. Starr.

The Percy Shewell Senior Challenge Bowl, Mrs. Wynn.

The Percy Shewell Junior Challenge Bowl, Mrs. Sadler.

A special prize (a fountain pen) was gi ven by Divisional Supts. Tandy and Lewis to each member of the recruits' team gaining the highest marks (Friendly Societies Di vi sion). The Percy Shewell Silver Challenge Bugle was presented to Corporal Hewinson.

The judges, in turn, commented on the work done in the various competitions, and congratulated all the :ompetitors on their efficient work and knowledge. The proceedings terminated with three hearty cheers for Mrs. Playne, and the singing of the National Anthem.

BUCKINGHAM SHIRE.-The Assistant Commissioner of the County inspected a parade of the Olney Ambulance and Nursing DIvisions and the Lavendon Division at Olney, accompanied by Surgeon Commander G. O. M. Dickenson, July 3rd , at 8.3 0 p.m. Fifty-two of all ranks paraded, and, tak ng into consideration that the popUlation of Olney and Lavendon combined is under 3,000, the number enrolled in the Brigade speaks well of the keenness of the men and the efficiency of the officers.

After the formal inspection of the R.N.A.S.B.R. men, 18 in number, were handed over as a unit to Surgeon Commander Dickenson, the Inspecting Officer of the Reserve, while the remainder carried out first aid and stretcher work. The parade was later reformed, addressed by the Inspecting Officers, and dismissed.

BIRMINGHAM.- The Annual Church Parade was held on Sunday, June 28th, 200 Officers and men, about 100 nurses attending the ParIsh Church, where they lIstened to an excellent sermon by the Rev. Canon T. Guy Rogers (Rector of Birmingham).

The men, headed by the King's Heath Prize Band, marched from Headqllarters to the church, and after the service from the church to Victoria Square, where they were dismissed.

The Annual Inspection of the Birmingham Corps took place on Sunday morning, June on the King Sports Field, Eastern Road, Bnstol Road, the InspectIng Officer being the Deputy Chief Commissioner Col. G. A. Moore, C.M G., D.S.O., M D., A.M S.(R.)

It has been the custom to hold the Annual Inspection on Saturday afternoon, but it was suggested that many more men would be free to come if Sunday morning were chosen instead. The experiment this year justified itself, and the parade was the biggest in the memory of any of the present Offi:ers, about four hundred Officers and men turning out.

After inspecting the men there was a march past, Col. Moore taking the salute.

He then made the following presentations ;Bar to LonR Service }/lfedal.

Div. Supt. F. G. Shaw, Headquarters Division. Long Service M edals Corps Officer J. E. Matthews, Staff.

Ambulance Officer H. H. Miller, Smethwick Division. Sergeant W. Parkes, Mitchells and Butlers Division. Sergeant J. J. Boulton, Lawley Street Division.

Corporal T. H. " " "

Lance-Sergeant W. H. Rowles, Headquarters Division

Private A. Mobley, {{ynoch Division.

Private W. Williams, New Street Division.

Lady Bowater presented the prizes won in the Birmingham Ambulance Competitions.

Col. Moore addressing the Corps said, " Captain Henton White and Officers and members of the Birmingham Corps of the Brigade, I congratulate you on the smart appearance and turn·out of the Corps to-day. It is all in keeping with what should be, and is expected of those of our great Order of St. John with its wonderful trarlitions, coming down to us through the centuries.

Ambulan ce work is engrossing the public day by day; from taking a languid interest in our work some time ago, they are now most actively interested and even critical of the way in which our work is carried out. This was very noticeable at the recent great ambulance final competitions in London before H.M. the Queen, where your neighbours, a smart team from Wolverhampton, carried off the premier trophy "The Dewar Challenge Shield." This increased public interest is all to the good of the Brigade; it means that we must keep up by study, practice, by continuous self-denial, the highest standard of work.

Our motto" Pro uti late hominum "-" For the service of our fellowman." Yes, but it is up to us to give him the best service. That is what our Brigade stands for, and that is what has brought it about that one of our ladies or men in the black and silver uniform with the white cross stands in the eyes of the public for one who is humane, resoureful and capable, and to be depended upon in any emergency of sickness or accident.

Our uniform then is the hall-mark of the best work, and we must ever keep our work worthy of that honour; the hallmark has not come to us all in a moment; it has come to us by the observance of wisely framed rules, by the unselfishness and self-sacrifice of busy doctors and other officers giving up their time to leaching, by the grit and loyalty of our thousands of members renouncing holidays 2nd pleasure to attend practices, public duties, etc.

Your work in this great city is just splendid. I mark that over 30,000 cases have been attended during this past year; no wonder that your City is proud of the Brigade, and that the demand for your services at all large gatherings has become

July, 19 2 5. - FIRST more and more insistent. I t has been a great pleasure to me to come here to-day, and tn meet so many members of the Brigade, ?f whom I have had the honour of being on active servIce In the field.

The cordial thanks of the Order and the Brigade I would respectfully tender to the heads of the great services of this City, the Rt. Han. the Lord Mayor, the Chief Sir Wm and Lady Bowater, and others who by theIr sympathy and co-operation render our work more and more possible and efficient.

During the I nspection music was provided by the King's Heath Prize Band, and afterwards the Corps marched back to the centre of Birmingham where they were dismissed.

The Inspection was watched by a large the public, and among the prominent visitors were ;-

Sir William and Lady Bowater, Colonel F. Marsh, Mr. C.

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H. Rafter (Chief Constable), Dr. and Mrs. Geo St. J ohnstoD, Mr. F. A. Taylor, Mr. J. F. Brook and Mr. F. Gilbert.

RAMSGATE.-A Massage Clinic under the auspices of the S.J .A. B. Nursing Division was started at Christ Church Parish Hall this month.

I will be open Tuesdays and Fridays, and will be for those who are unable to pay the usual fees. The maximum will be 2S. 6d.

The Masseuse is Miss WastalI, who is a fully qualified Member of the Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics.

No treatmen t will be given except under Doctor's orders. Dr. Bannister, the Medical Officer of Health, has given hi sanction and appro va l, and the Kent Education Committe

Top.-Colonel C. J. Trimble inspecting the Fylde Divisions. Bottom.-The Mayor of St. Annes presenting long-service medal to Sergeant Seed of Blackpool.

!'lo. 4 District.

Colonel C. J. Trimble, Commissioner of the District ins pected the Fylde Division at St. Annes on Sea on June 14th A bout 25 0 members were on parade. Blackpoo! was in chan!e of Supt. T Donnelly; Kirkham in charge of Supt. Heslop; Fleetwood, Supt. Bailey; Lytham St. Annes, Supt. G. Copley; and Thornton, Supt. F enton. The Blackpool Nursing DIVISion was In charge of Ambulance Officer Miss Wolstencroft; Lytham, in charge of Ambulance Officer Mrs. l\la.rsde n; St. Annes in charge of Lady Supt. YIiss H. M. SmIth; and the Blackpool Cadets in charge of Ambulance Officer Miss Marsden.

At the close the Mayor extended a civic welcome to the Div.isions. What.they had seen that afternoon was a striking testimony to the Importance of their work and he urged the necessity ?f in an adequate the needs of the organIsatIOn.

Colonel Trimble the l\:'1ayor fex his encouragement. When the Mayor .sald a thIng he meant it, and he looked forward to the Untt recently formed in Lytham St Annes doing work. Their appearance and work that showed to be an efficient division. Their work was hIghly satisfactory and to their credit.

NO.5 District.

The units of the County of Lincolnshire were inspected by the Acting Chief Commissioner Sir Percival Wilkinson, KC.M.G. at Lincoln on June 27th. Prior to this, Sir Percival was conducted round the headquarters of the Brigade, in Monks.road, by Lieut.-Colonel F. S. Lambert, the Assistant Commissioner, and Mr. G. C. Hodgson, Secretary to the Lincoln Branch. Shortly before two o'clock the various units coming from Lincoln, Keadby, Scunthorpe, Stamford Spalding, and Boston, in Broadgate, and, headed by the band of the Nottingham Corps (Bandmaster Divisional Supt. J. W. Elliott) proceeded to the West Common.

After inspection, the Brigade marched past the Acting Chief Commissioner, taking the salute, and returned in column of route. The companies then advanced in review order from the parade base, halting a short distance from their Chief and Senior Officers. After the Officers had been presented to the General the latter addressed the Brigade.

He said the success of the Brigade depended on four things, organisation, discipline, uniform and training Only those who had had the experience of getting together a body of men in the right place, at the right time, without any defect, would be able to appreciate the large amount of organisation entailed in the work. He wished the Brigade the best of luck in the present, the best of luck in the future. Before leaving the ground, he was given three hearty cheers, led by Colonel Lambert, who, in his turn, was the recipient of a similar ovation.

The company, which was over 430 strong, then marched off, via Yarborough-road, the Avenue, Guildhall-street, to the Drill Hall, where tea was served.

During the afternoon the various Divisions gave interesting and very efficient displays in various phases of ambulance work and drill.

No. 6 District.

NEWCASTLE-ON- TYNE.- The week-end visit of the Acting Commissioner, Major A. Hammersley-Johnston, O.B.E., to last month, was the occasion of several group InSpectIOns, the first of which was that of the Mid-Durham Corps in the Cricket Field at Kimblesworth on Friday, June 12th. About ISO officers and members were on parade under Corps Supt. Noble. The Acting Commissioner, who was supported by Assist. Commissioner S. Embleton, Lady D!str!ct :Secretary, Miss E. M. H. Storey, O.B.E., and Lady Dlstnct Officer Mrs. Woodbury Thompson, in expressing his appreciation of the excellent turn·out on parade warmly com!l1ended them upon their. record of good work. The proreedIngs were enlivened With selections by the Charlaw and Sacriston Divisional Band, which merited the special notice of the I nspecting Officer.

The following- morning the South Shields Police Division parade.d ,under Supt. P!llings for inspection by the Acting CommisSIoner, who was supported by Assistant Commissioner S. Embleton, and District Officer Chief Constable Scott, O.B E I'emonstrations of First Aid work were ably carried out, the practical nature of which greatly pleased the Illspectlllg officer. In the afternoon the North Durham Corps under Corp<> Supt. Payne, M.B.E., paraded in the grounds of the Secondary School, Durham Road, Gateshead over four hundred strong, including the Gateshead Division accompanied by the civic ambulances which are especially noteworthy as they embody the most modern medical comforts.

On. this occasi.on the I nspecting Officer was accompanied by As.slst. CommIsSioner S. Embleton, Lady District Secretary

MISS E. M. H. Storey, O.B.E., Colonel and Mrs. Woodbury Thompson, Colonel Henderson, C.M.G., County Controller V.A.D., Durham, Chief Constable Ogle, and District Officers.

The Police Division and the ambulances were dismissed after a few remarks of high appreciation and commendation the Inspecting Officer commenting upon the notable work of this Divisi?n's competition team in retaining the Colonel Palmer Police Ambulance Trophy in its second year, and upon other successes.

Ambulance and Nursing members, and boy and girl

Cadets were all in turn referred to in terms of high praise for

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their excellent record of work willingly performed and their high standard of efficiency.

Long Service Medals and bars were then presented, the recipients being- as follows :-

Supt. T. W. Pearson; Lady Supt. S. Urwin; Ambulance Officer W. J. Gardner; Privates J. Dowsey, and A. Joicey; Ambulance Sisters M. Barber, S. Emery, L. Griffiths, M. J. Hann, and S. A. Matthews.

The Inspecting Officer then presented the Robert Anderson Cup for the Division with the highest general efficiency in the District during 1924 to Divisional Supt W. D. Brown of the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company's Division, this Di vi sion having come out on top after being very closely contested by the late holders (Sunderland). On this occasion the Felling Colliery Band played at intervals.

On Saturday evening the Acting Commissioner accompanied by Assistant COl?missioner S. Embleton officers journeyed to WhItley Bay to attend the official openlDg ceremony of the permanent ambulance station on the lower promenade. They were met by Councillor N. S. chairman of the Whitley Bay and Monkseaton Urban DistrIct Council, and various members.

The Acting Commissioner desires to place on record hIS appreciation of the very fine turn-out of both ambulance and nursing divisions on the Sunday Church Parade. He realises that the attendance of many who had travelled some distance, must have involved sacrifice, and he Wishes to convey his thanks to all officers and other ranks who contributed to the success of the parade.

THE CORelNHR GRAHA:\I SHIELD -Mr. John Graham, D.L., Coroner for the Chester Ward, County Durham, has presented to the Order a most magnificent shield to be competed for by ambulance teams, the members of which are employed by any industrial occupation in county,. and who hold the First Aid Certificate of the ASSOCIatIOn. ThIS Trophy which has been accepted by its Trustees, the Secretary General of the Order Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, K.C. M.G., C. B., and Sir James Redhead (Knights of Grace of the Order ),

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famous view from the west, of Durham Cathedral and Castle, and also the coats of arms, beautifully coloured on enamel, of the county's seven most important towns, namely, Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, J arrow, Stockton, South Shields, and Darlington. The inscription, within a laurel wreath in relief, reads as follows :_cc The Coroner, Graham, County Durham Ambulance Challenge Shield, presented to the Order of St. J onn of Jerusalem in England, by John Graham, D.L , Findon Cottage, near Durham. Honorary Associate of the Order the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, H. M. County Coroner of Durham. The last survivor of elected Coroners 10 England, and still in office, elected by Freeholders of Chester Ward, County Durham, December 12th, 1873."

This Shield is intended for annual competition, open to all teams of workers employed in any industrial occupation within County Durham who may be holders of First Aid Certificate of the S1. John Ambulance Association, December 12th, 1924." Keen competition is anticipated.

NORTH D URHAM.-A representative muster of this Corps, including nursing as well as ambulance members, under Corps Supt. A. Payne, M. B.E., attended a service of the Gateshead Brotherhood, on Sunnay, July 5th, when Dr. R. Forbes of the Gateshead Fell Nursing Division gave an address upon " Social Anatomy."

The "muscles)) of society, said Dr Forbes, were the homes of the people, by which a nation s success might be estimated. He noted a decline in horne life, and predicted that society would only a cq uire its most powers when they returned to that deeply religious and highly concentrated form of home life cultivated by their forefathers Many people to-day had houses but not" homes'!'

The life -st ream of society, he said, was industry and commerce, which ought to be the means of pro v iding every person with the necessities of life. There were some who would cut the jugular vein of industry, and he would urge them to see that common sense preva il ed

Dr. Forbes pointed to the great service being rendered by the ambulance and other organisations. "We want more of the team spirit in society," he counselled, "the best for the world's ills of the present day was Co-operatIOn and Good will in I nd ustry. "

Di v isional Supt. W. D. Brown, a vic e·president of the Brotherhood read the lesson and pronounced the Benediction.

No. 10 District.

Two men attached to this district, deserve special praise for their efforts in performing artificial respiration. Ambulance Offi c er G. S. Norton ( Orwell Works Division, Ipswich Corps) successfully resusitated a li ttle boy rescued from the River Orwell on June I2th, Mr. Walter Sa.lmon (Ma nningtree Division) was complImented by the coroner for his action in the case of a lad who was drowned III the River Stour on June 9th.

ALDE BURGH.-A most successful ambulance display, organised by the Aldeburgh Nursing Division ( Lady Supt. Miss A. M. Parker) was held in the grounds of "Longcroft," kindly placed at their disposal by Mr. and Mrs. Lewer on June 27th.

and the Assistant-Commissioner for the C?un.ty, will be .c.ompeted for in conjunction with t.he CompetItions in the County, and under similar condItIOns, towards the end of this or the beginning of next. year.

The Shield itself is of massIve oXldlsed sd v er upon an. oak background measurin <T over 3 feet in length and 2 feet 6 lOch across. It bears a mOost exquisite painting on enamel of the

The inspection of the N'lrSIng DIYlslons from .AI.dtburgh Felixstowe and Saxmundham by ASSIstant CommISSioner I?r S. O. Eades, accompanied by Distr ict Officers W. C,. SmIth and A. H. W. Moffat, and Miss Hunt (Res.), of PrInce of Wales' Corps, London, was followed by a competition for the "Aldeburgh Challenge Cup, " generously presented .by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Lindo. The result sho.wed that were the winners with 162 points (maximum :!oo) ; Aldeburgh 2nd, with I53; and Saxmundha.m WIth Brownies, Sea Scouts, Boy Scouts and. Girl ga, e demonstration in ambulance and first aid work, In whiSh Ambulance Sister Miss Garnham, Commander Haycock, R.K, and Scoutmaster Lewis took a part. The proceeds from admission, teas, etc., to £20, were fer the benefit of the Aldeburgh Nursmg DIVISion.

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FE LIXST OWE.-A united church parade of the members of the Fel xstowe and Ipswich units was held at St. George's P resbyterian Church, Felixstowe, on Sunday afternoon, June 21st

The Felixstowe Division was first inspected by the District Commissioner ( Major J. Hossack) and the Assistant Comm iss ioner (Dr. S. O Eades), who were accompanied by the Distri c t Surgeon ( Dr. W. Fryer ) District Officers Capt. F H Gooderham ( Res. ), W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat. The Felixstowe Divis ion was in c harge of Supt. W. G. Emeny and the Nursin g D iv ision Lady Supt. M iss Lloyd, whilst the Ipswi ch contingent wa 3 commanded by Corps Supt. F. E. N ethercoat and Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar.

After the pre s entation of lon g service awards by the Commissioner a pro c ession was formed and, headed by the b an d from Ips w c h (under Aldridge ) marched by way of town o the c hur c b, where the serv ice was conducted by the m in ister ( Re v E. G M iles, M.A., whO gave a most interestin g dis course on the work undertaken by the Order of St. J obn I n offerin g a hearty welcome he alluded to the good work in it iated by the late M iss Coulcher and the late Colonel G. S Elliston. The hymn "For all the Saints, " was sung a the cl ose of the serv ice to the memory of the late Miss Coulcher.

I pSW ICH.- Member of the Orwell Works Division paid a v sit, on June 27 th, to the School of Anatomy, Cambridge, and members of the Gi ppeswyk and Bee c hholme Div isions were shown round St. John s Gate and the Museum of the Royal Colle g e of Sur g eons by Supt. A. A. Atkins, of the East Ham Di vi s ion, on the same d a y.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

The results of the Final Competit ons at Hotel Grea t Central have g iven much satisfaction throughout the distric t. Ev iden ce is n o t la c k in g that the 1925 contests have greatly s timulated interest in the divisions, and it appears that the el i minatin g rounds this winter will be e ven more keenly c ont sted.

The be a utiful g rounds of Do v er College were again s ec ured for the annu a l inspection by the Commissioner of the Deal, Do v er , and Rams g ate div isions.

Aldershot Ambul a n ce and Cadet Divisions were this year by Assistant Commissioner B. Hemphrey, M.B . E. a nd Cadet Divisions joined with Chlp s tead Valley D IV ISIOn for the annual inspection in the g rounds of Lord Marshall ) President of the latter div ision.

F olkestone d iv ision was inspected by the Commissioner on June 21St. A v ery pleasant musi cal evening followed the inspe c t ion of the Hastings Ambulance and Cadet D IVI SIons and the Ry e D ivision. Admirable arrangements were made by D stri c t O fficer C. Milton

A d istr b u tion of gained durin g the year by members of the Sevenoaks dIVISIOn was held at the conclusion of the annual inspect ion, and a presentation was made to the d ivisional surgeon, Dr. P Mansfield.

Victoria d ivi sion paraded for its annnal inspection at the Pen g e Dnll H a ll on June 25. DurIng the month one of its keenest workers passed away in the person of Ambulance Offic er J. S tevens.

An intere s ting and profitable afternoon was spent by members of Nos. II and 2 Districts at Totton on June 13. A number of tests for men and nurses were admirably staged. those present were Major G. S. Szlumper, T.D., G eneral Southern Railway, Commissioner

E. A K mght of Grace, Mr. E. Hight, Divisional O peratIng Supt., Southampton, Assistant Commissioner B. Hemphrey, M.B:E., M r. T, R. Ivamy.

The annual InspectIOn of RN.A.S B.R units took place at the South M etropolitan Gas Work,>, Old Kent·road on 20th June.

A very large muster of br igade men from all parts of Kent the borders of Sussex assembled for the purpose of attendIn g ';l parade at Dover on Sunday, 21st June.

E. A. R ichards was in charlTe, -and the No. I Dlstnct DI VISIons attending were Ashford Station, Ashford

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Works, Willesborough, South Ashford, Chatham, Deal, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone, Maic1stone, Queenborough, Ramsgate, Rye, Hastings, and Faversham Cadets. Major Noble and District Officer Potts, together with divisions from Ashford Town, Dover, Canterbury, Boughton, Westgate, Sheppey, Ramsgate, Folkestone, Whitstable and Sittingbourne represented No. R District.

The parade was accompanied by two bands, one of which was the Folkestone Division (No.8 District) drum and fife band, and the march to and from the church was an inspiring event. A helpful discourse was deli v ered by the Rev. T. B. Watk;ns, vicar of St. James the Apostle.

No. 12 (Irish) District.

The Annual Inspection and Competitions of the District held on June 20th, at Marrion Square, Dublin, when the Commissioner, Sir John Lumsden, was the Inspecting Officer.

During the afternoon the finals of the competitions for the Dublin Ambulance Challenge Cup, the Irish Women's Challenge Cup and the Novices' Challenge Cup took place.

On the arrival of the Commiss ioner he was received with the general salute, and inspected all ranks before the march past. The parade then advanced to the saluting place, when the Commissioner announced the result of the various competitions and addressed the parade. Mrs. Gerald FitzGibbon in presenting the cups and pri zes congratulated the winners, and in a graceful little speech said how delighted she was to be present and how much she thought of the work of the Brigade.

District Officer A J. MacWilliam, who was in charge of the Brigade, was afterwards congratulated by the Comm issioner on the successful way he had man ce uvred such a large number in a comparatively small space.

The tea arrangements were as usual in the capable hands of Mrs. Charles Keatinge.

The parade state was as follows :-33 2 members of Ambulance Divisions and 154 Nursing Di v is ions with 17 District and Corps Officers.

The Commissioner in his address, congratul a ted all ranks on the turn out, their drill, and on their meritorious public services during the p ast year, and said the Brigade had now firmly established itself as a civic institution, and had earned the confidence of all members of tbe community Dealing with Child Welfare Work, he said it had grown into an important department. Some thirty poor womenexpectant mothers -were gi v en one good meal daily for two months before confinement and six weeks afterwards, and Miss Barrington reported remarkable improvement in the mothers and general nutrition of the infants. In the W est of Ireland much distress had prevailed, and the Society of Friends had collected clothing, and the ambulance men and women of the Brigade had pa c ked it, and district nurses had testified to the value of such assistan ce.

He congratulated the Brigade on its good and efficient work at the Lourdes Pilgrimage. Fifty men and women were with the Pilgrims, and he had received from the clergy in charge the very highest praise of the kindness and efficiency displayed by all ranks. In the early part of the year the appeal for funds, so ably organised by Mrs. Maud W alsh, had produced close on ,£2,000, and he took that Opportunity of thanking Mrs. Walsh and all the members of the Brigade who collected, and more particularly the public who had responded so sympathetically.

Assistant Commissioner, Sir Robert Tate, F.T.C.D., concluded the function by proposing a vote of thanks to Mrs. Fitzgibbon and the Judges for their help and presence that afternoon.

The Annual Competition for the Colonel Twiss Rose Bowl was held at Southampton on Saturday, June 27th, for Nursing Divisions in Hants and the Isle of Wight. Seven teams entered, and the Portsmouth Team were declared the winners, this b eing the third occasion they have won the trophy.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, JUNE, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambulance Committee :-

To be Corps Surgeon.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTR E

Divisional Surgeon Vernon Arthur N ewton, M.R.C.S. (Eng. )

L.RC.P. (Lond. ) L.M.RC. P. ( Ireland ), Bridgend and District Corps, 226.25

To be Divisional Surgeons.

C ARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Leslie Ceredig Edwards, M.B., B.Ch., B.Sc., M . RC.S.,

L.RC.P., Burry Port and Pembrey Town Division, 22 6 2 5

M ON MOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

James Donelly MacQuillan, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Abersych a n Division, 22.6 2 5

Frank Carlton Jones, M.B., Ch B., M.R.C.S. ( Eng.), ( Lond.), Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd DIV ISIOn, 2 2. 6 2 5

David Robertson Mitchell, M.B., Ch B. (Glasgow), Pentwyn Division, 22 6 25

Henry McNeill, M.B , B.Ch., B. A 0., Pontypool Road RaIlway Division, 22. 6 2 5

To be Divisional Superintendents.

C ARMA RTHEN SH IRE CEN TRE

Pri v ate Thomas Morris Thomas, Bankffosfelen Division, 22.6 .2 5

Private Daniel Theophilus E v ans, N ant-y-Groes Di v ision, 22 .6 25

G LA MOR GA N CO UNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant Thomas John Jones, Maesteg Central Division,

M ONMOUT HSHIR E C ENTRE.

Ambulance Officer I. T bbs, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd Division, 22. 6.2 5

Sergeant W. H Jones, Pentwyn Division, 22 .6. 25

Ambulance Officer Edward Webster, Pontnewynydd DIVISIon, 22 .6. 25 . _ ..

Ambulance Officer Alfred HeWitt, Pontypool Road DIVISion 22.6.25

Sergeant Joseph Alfred Hanman, Pontypool Road Railway Division, 22 6 2 5

To be Lady Divisional Superintendent.

BO ROUGH OF RHONDDA C ENTR E.

Ambulance Sister Edith Gwen Davies, Ynyshir Nursing Division, 2 26 25

Appointments and Promotions sanctioned by the Com· missioner for Wales ;-

To be Ambulance Officers.

CARM ARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private FrederIck Thomas, Bankffosfelen Division, 8.6.2 5

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private James Vaughan, Aber-Blaengwynfi Division, 2 5 5 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIR E CENTR E

Sergeant William Joseph Miles, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd Division, I3 6 25

Cadet Officer Walter John Meredith, Pontypool North Di v ision, 13 6 2 5

Corporal John Benjamin George, P ontypool Road Ra ilway Division, 13 .6.2 5

Corporal Frederick Thomas Ball , Pontypool Road Railway DIvision, 13625

To be Ambulance Officers for Cadets.

MON MOUT HSHIRE C EN TRE.

Private James Rogers, Abersychan Cadet Division, 1J.6 .2 5

Private Harry Jones, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydj Ca d et Division, 13.6. 2 5

To be Sergeants.

C ARMA RTH ENSHI RE C ENTR E

Private George Morr:s, B ankffosfelen Div ision, 8 6.25

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Divisional Secretary and Ser g eant Albert John Jenkins , Cardi ff Emergency Division r 6.6 2 5

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Pri v ate Will iam Robinson, Aber - Slaen gwy nfi D ivisi on , 255. 2 5

Corporal Stanley Sharpe, Bargoed and Distr ict D iv isio n 29. 5 2 5

Private Richard Williams , Sen g henydd D ivi sion , 96.25

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Private Ruben Humby, Abersy chan D ivis ion , 19 6.25

Private Joseph Matthews, A bers y chan D ivisi on, 19625

Corporal Arthur Powell C wmbran Coll iery an d P ontne wy dd Division, 136.2 5

Private Henry Phipps Ki llick, P ontypo o l R oad Ra ilway Division , 13 6 25

To be Corporals.

C ARM ARTHE NSHIRE CENT RE.

Private John Williams, B ankffosfelen 8.6.25

Private Da v id John Jones, Bank ffosfelen D IVISio n 8.6.25

CI TY OF C ARDIFF CENT RE.

Pri v ate Reginald Williams, Cardi ff Emer g en c y D iv is ion, 16.6.25 Leonard W alter Parker, Cardi ff Emergen c y D ivi s ion ,

" 16. 6 2 5

Private WIlliam Trevor Edwards, CardIff Emer g en c y DI VI SIOn 1662 5

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Private Daniel Evans, Aber B1aen g wynfi D ivisi on, 25 5.z5

" Thomas Allen Doughly, Barg oed and D ist rIc t

29 · 5 2 5

M ONMOUTH SHI RE C ENTR E.

Private Vivian Smith, Abe : sychan Di v is ion, 13 .6 25 " William M organ Roborts , P ontypool Ro a d Ra il way Div is ion, 136.2 5

Private Herbert T homa s , Pontypool R oad Ra ilw a y Di v is io n , 1) 6. 2 5

P rivate Tames Henry Cadwallader , Pontypool Road Ra ilwa y Di v ision, 13 6 2 5

To be Divisional Secretaries.

CI TY OF C ARDIFF C ENTRE.

Serg eant Albert John Jenkins, Card iff Emergency Division 16 6.2 5

GLAM OR GA N CO UNTY C ENT RE.

Private Edward Thomas B owen, Caerph illy ( R.R. ) Di vi sion , 29.5 2 5

M ONMOUTH SH IR E C ENTRE

Private Frank Ivor Lucas, Div is ion, 13 6 2 5

Private William Stone, Pentwyn D IVISion, 19 6 25 Corporal J obn Benjamin George, Pontypool Road RaIlway Division, 13 6.25

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Ambulance Offi cer William John Ledbury, Cambrian Colliery Divis ion, 3 62 5

To be Divisional Treasurers.

GLAMORGA N CO U NTY C E N T RE.

Private W illiam R. Watk ns, Port Talbot Division, 46 2 5

MO NM OUTH SH IR E CE NT R E.

Pr ivate Henry Ph ipps K il i ck, Pont ypool Road Railway

D iv isi on , J 3 6 2 5

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

G LAM0 R GAN CfJ UN T Y C E NT R E.

P rivate James Henry L a v is , Taiba ch D ivis ion, 17 .6 2 5

MONMOUTHSIIIRE C ENT R E.

P rivate James Robert Sm ith Abersy chan D ivision, 136 2 .5

" Herbert Tho ma s, Pont y pool Road Railway Division, 1.).6.2 5

Cadet Division Registered.

MON l\IOUTHSHIRE C ENTRE.

Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd Cadet Division, 13 6 2 5

Resignation Accepted with Regret,

CARMART H E N SH I R E CE NT RE.

Ambulan ce Offi cer E. Bevan, Burry P ort and Pembrey 10wn

Di vi sion 4 625

L a dy Ambul a n ce O ffi cer Mary I. Rutherford, LIanelIy N urs ing D iv sion, 4.6.2 5 (revertin g to membership )

Gepera I Interest.

G AR DE N P ART Y AT COTTRE LL.

Mrs. Mackintosh, of M a ckintosh (the Lady Pre sident of th e Glamorgan Centre) , on W e dn e sday, June 24 th , e nt e rt a Ined at a G a rden Party at Cottrell her beautiful residenc e in th e Vale of Glamorgan, the workers connected with th e M e dical Comforts Depo ts of the Priory in all parts of Wal e s.

Mrs. Mackintosb, accompanied by Th e Mackintosh th e gu C;. sts, num bering OVe r zoo, and made provlslOn for th e ir e nj o ym e nt. Tea was s e rved on the lawn in of the. historic mansion to the accompaniment of from Pip e r Duncan M a cdonald's bagpIp es and a strlDg band. Croqu e t, tennis and bowls in which Th e freely joined, we re play e d.

Mrs. who be e n created a Lady of by HIs the Kicg on the previous day, r e ce Ived many expressIons of goodwill.

The guests included: M ajor William Cop e, M.P. and M rs, Co pe, C olonel and Mrs. B ic ke rton Edwards (Crynant)

Mrs. Br uc e Jones (Aberdar e), Mrs. G e rald Bruce (Ponty: clum), R ev. and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins CSt. Athan ) Mr. and Mrs - M o rgan R e es ( Whitchurch), Col. and M1S. J. Arnallt Jones ( Llandaff ) , Dr. Torn Wallace, jun. (Cardiff), Mr. and :vIrs. Rob e rt J. Webber (Cardiff), Mrs. Kathleen Ingled e w ( Cardi ff ), and Sir Herb e rt and L:tdy Lewis

Miss Fletcher, Mrs. Paul, and Mrs. Evans Miss Kermck, ME E TIN GS HELD IN CARDI FF

Lieut. Col. W a lla ce presided over the m e etings of the and Committees of the Priory held In CardIff on Monday, Jun e 22nd.

Applicat ions for the Service Medals of the Order on b e half of Ambulance Offic e r William Morgan of the Fern-

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dale Division, and for a bar to the Service Medal of Corps Supt. A. J. Rowlands of the Newport (Mon ) Corps were approved.

It was decided to close the St. John Orthop edic Outpatient Clinic at Victoria Park, Swansea, wher e the Pciory had provided massag e and electrical treatment for exs e rvice men under the direction of the Ministry of Pensions. This Clinic was erected by th e Priory at the request of the Ministry of Pensions on a site kindly given by th e Swan"ea Corporation in 19z I, and the attendanc e s have averaged sixte e n thousand a year.

PONTHENR Y COLLI E RY HEROE S

It will be remember e d that conspicuous bravery was displayed by the men employed at th e Ponth e nry Colliery, Llanelly , on the 23rd Septemb e r la st in r e scue operations following an explosion

The Pri o ry made an application on th e ir behalf for an award from the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, and th e trustees have decided to recognis e the conduct of the eight men commended by the coron e r, namely :-Wilfred Hughes, William King, Rees Charles, Stephen Charl e s, John Morgan, H e nry Butterfield, Rees Morgan, and David Walt ers. The nam€s of these m e n are being inscribed on the Trust Roll of Heroes, and each one is being award e d ao Honorary Certificate , framed in oak.

Instances of this kind are a strong incentiv e to m e n and women to take up the study of First Aid, which has been the means of saving life on countless occasions.

Centre Reports.

GLAMORGANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

COMPET ITIONS AT MAR- G AM C AS TLE. Captain and Mrs. Andrew Fletcher invited over 4 00 guests from all parts of Glamorgan to a garden party at Margam Castle on Saturday, June.

Among those present were :-Sir Herb e rt and Lady Cory, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gibbins, Sir Herb e rt and L'ldy Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. Owen Evans, Col. and Mrs Bickerton Edwards, Col., Mrs., and Miss Arnallt Jones, Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Phillips, Dr. and Mrs. Armstrong, D". and Mrs Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Corb e tt Price, Major and Mrs. Anderson, Dr. H. J ames, Captain and Mrs. H. Rawlings, and Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Williams.

Tea was served in the historic orang e ry, which, according to tradition, was built for the orange trees s e nt over by the King of Spain to the King of England and, being wrecked off the Margam coast, we re g iven by the Ki ng of England to the late Christoph e r Rice Mansel Talbot.

In addition to the int e r e st of th e beautiful grounds, the guests enjoyed watchIng a number of sp ::: ctacular ambulance competitions.

Five teams e ntered for the: "Baldwin's Inter-Colli e ry" shield. Dr. Tom Wallace, junior, of Cardiff. for whose services as an adjudicator there is an incr e asing d e mand in South Wales, judged the team test, and Dr. H . Phillips, of Port Talbot, took the oral section, and th e result of the contest was as follows :-

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Dr. Tom Wallace (team work) and Dr. E. Prosser Davies of Hengoed (practical) judged the competition for the "Talbot -Fl tchfr" shield, and the first three teams were as under :-

1st K e n6g Hill A 74 8 3 1 57

2nd Glyncorrwg 73 84 1 57

3rd K -mfig Hill 8 7 57 144

Th e re a tie in marks between K e nfig Hill A and Glyncorrwg, and as Ke nfig Hill carried ou t the work in h al f a minute less than Glyncorrwg, th e y were aw a rd e d first plac e.

In the nUlsing competition for th e " Cuunty Furni s hing " shield, which Major A. W. And e rson of O g more V ale judg e d, the Hill team wi :h a total numb e r of 8 9 points, a vlct?ry over the Talbach team, which Cli me s econd With 3 4 POInts Dr _ H. Phillips, of Port Talbot, mad e the fo llowing awards in th e cont e st for the Bvass" Nursing Cup;-

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by eight teams on S aturday, June 6th, at Coedb ack P ark , Pontardulais. Gralg Merthyr B team was succe ssful, and the members each r e c e iv e d valuable priz es also given b y Mr. Price

The Craig Merthyr A team won a mon e tary pri ze giv e n by the Pontardul a is Chamb e r of Trade in a local contest, and the Pontardula is j u nior t ea m c a m e first in a junior team contest Individual pr ize s wtr e award e d to E. J. Jam e s, Pontardulai" and Emlyn L e wi s , Clydbac h , in sen io r and junior t ES' S resp ectively.

Dr, J. Osborn Steph e ns, of Swans ea, act e d as jud ge , and at the conclusion of th e co mpe titions th e offi cials and competitors were ent e r l ain e d to t e a by Mr. Vau g han Price' Alderman C ara dog J o nes pr ts id e d over the m ee t i ng following, and was supported by Mr. E. Va ughan Pric e Canon and Mrs. Curtis Morgan, Mr. an d Mrs J L. Evans Mr. J Jam e s Dr. and Mrs. R. J , I saac, and Sir H er b e rt G

Left to right-Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, The Me ckmtosh of Mackintosh, Lady ( Herbert ) Lew is O B. E. , and Mrs B ic kerton Edwa r ds (C rynant )

Ke n6g Hill, No. I, 79 Kenfig Hill, NO.2, 75 ; and Porthcawl, 55.

A Silver Cup given by Dr. H. Ph : lhps (or a nd s econd year nursing teams was won by K e nfig Htll wah 76 marks, Taiback ranking second with 6 6 , and Porthcawl third with 59 , Mrs Fletcher presented the trophIes to tbe wInnIng teams and warrants of appointment to the Corps

Sir Herbert Lewis thanked Captain and Mrs. Fletcher in the name of the Priory and on behalf of the Aberavon Corps for their great kindness in allowing. th e comp e titions to be held and inviting so many to WItness them, and hearty VOtE s of thanks to all those who had assisted concluded the event

CO MP ETITIONS AT PONTARD U LAI S

The Inter Colliery Shield given by Mr. E. Vaughan price, of the Graigola M e rthrr C o mpany was comp e t "" d for

and Lady L e wis ; Mrs. Isaac the pr iz es and trophies to the winning teams , and c e rtIficat e s wer e prese nted to successful students by Lady L e wis Mrs. Isaac presented the pri zes and tr o phies to th e winnin g t ea ms , and certi6cates were preEented t o s uccessful stud w ts by Lady Lewis, O. B.E, who expressed her d e l ig ht a t th e enthusiasm shown and strongly advocat e d th e formatIOn o f a nursing division. Sir L e wis congratulated th e Pontardulais Division on th en success, and thanked Mr. E. Vaughan Price for his gen e rous supp ort.

A happy fe ature of the meeting was the pres e ntatlOn made by Mrs. J L Evans on behalf of the students a Hilver epergne to Dr. R. J. Isaac, .is. sol e ly r e sponSI b le for the success of the Pontardulais DIVISIOn.

GREA T WE STERN CO L LIERY DI V SIO N.

Mr. John W Davison, th e late Sub -Commissioner of th e Pontypridd Sub-District of the Glamorgan C ount y

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Centre, presided over a dinner held at Pontypridd, on Saturday, June 13th. The Chairman, in an interesting account of local ambulance work, mentioned that he had started classes in the district twenty-seven years ago. He said the members of the Great Western Colliery Division should take pride in their long recoi:d, and the Colliery Company to which they were attached erected the first properly fitted and equipped pit-head ambulance station in South Wales.

Dr. Mitchell, who conducted classes during the winter months, was presented with a walking-stick by SergeantMaj or E. Quartly on behalf of the class.

FJELD DAY AT MAESTEG.

The Llynfi Valley Corps held their second annual field day at Maesteg on the 27th June.

Thirteen teams entered the open competition for the "Vernon Hartshorn" challenge shield, which, with a prize of three guineas, was won by the Ffaldau team, the second prize being awarded to Kenfig Hill. The Maesteg Central team was successful in the local competition for the" North's Institutes" challenge shield, and [n the open competition for cadets, the first prize was won by N antyffy11on In an open competition for girl cadets, the Maesteg team was successful. The" Williams" cup was awarded to J. Lawler in the individual boys' cadet contest, and Olive Howells won the "Hodges" cup in tbe girl cadets

Corps Supt. G H. Benson James and Corps Secretary Gwilym Jones carried out the arrangements. Lady Lewis, o B.E. (C'ir di ff), presented the prizes to the cadets and the Right Hon . Vernon Hartsborn, M.P., who was accompanied by Mrs. Hartshorn, presented his trophy to the winning team.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

INTER -COLL[ERY COMPETITION IN THE RHONDDA.

The adjudicators, Dr. H. Catto of Newport and Dr. G. S Phillips, Cwmgors e, who made the following awards in the competition held at Tylorstown on Saturday, 27th June, for the" Peter Haig Thomas" shield , both remarked on the high standard of efficiency displayed by the nine teams whicb entered :-

Oral. Practical. Total.

I.-Ferndale NO·3 56! 85 14 It

2.-Ferndale No. 83 125 i

3·-T ylorstown 54 69 123

4·-Welsh Navigation 57 65 122

In tbe absence of the Right Hon. Thomas Richards, P.C., the shield was present e d to the winnin!?: team by Miss E R Morris, daughter of the borough Surgeon, Dr. S. Glan ville Morris of Mardy.

Gold medals, the gift of Mr. F. Llewellyn Jacob, General Manager of Messrs. D. Davis & Sons, we re presented to the members of the winning team by Miss L. Harry, and Miss A. Banks handed medals to the runners up. Lady Supt. Mrs. Payne presented tbe successful Captains with gold pins.

An interesting note of the proceedings was a presentation by Miss G. Richards of long service medal ribbons to Staff Officer J. H. Davi e s, Supt. D. Roberts, Ambulance Officer D. G. Williams and Private J. Morgan.

RHONDDA FAWR AMBULANCE CONTESTS.

Tht annual ambulance competitions for the "Lady Vaughan Williams" and" W. E. Willis" cups was held at the Treorchy Boys' School on Saturday, June the 13 th , when Dr. Robertson, Cwmparc, and Dr. Peters, Ystracl adjudicated.

Five teams of Nurses competed for the" Lady Vaughan Williams" cup, and LI wynypia Nurses came first with a total of 161 marks, followed by Ystrad Rhondda with 12 5, and Ferndale came third with J.09 points

The" Willis" cup was won by the L1wynypia mens' team for the third time in succe ssion with a total of 10 9 marks. Naval No. secured second place with 102; Naval No. 2 came third with 86; and Ystrad Rhondda fourth with 66.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

AN ApPRECIATION.

A glowing tribute is paid by a correspond e nt in a South Wales paper to the efficient service of the Newport (Mon .) Corps He says: "Do we in Newport realise the efficient and unselfish service continually given by our local Ambulance Corps? For the second time quite I have been an eye witness of tbeir valuable help. At an accident on the Athletic Grounds on the 18th June, the Ambulance Squad in attendance worked unceasingly for over an hourcleaning, massaging, bandaging, and temporarily treating those boys who were unlucky enough to be concerned in the spills. The thanks of the community are due to these ambulance men who give tbeir knowledge and time in the interests of the pu blic generally."

CITY OF CAR.DIFF CENTRE.

DEMAND FOR PUBLIC DUTY.

Public events which have taken place during the past montb have made a big call upon the services of the mem bers of the City of Cardiff Centre.

They include the Corpus Cbristi Festival of the Catholic Church e s in South Wales on Sunday, 14th June, when over one hundred and fifty Officers and members reported for duty. The measures taken to meet emergencies of all kinds were so perfectly organised that although the main thoroughfares of Cardiff were thronged witb thousands, the cases requiring First Aid treatment were comparatively few; about fifty cases of fainting and fits were dealt with.

The am bulance provisions made on this occasion wt::re appreciated by all, and a chequ -e has been rectived from the Very Rev. Canon Hannon in appreciation of the services rendered.

The Cardiff Athletic Scbool Sports held in the Cardiff Arms Park on June 20th was the nExt cause for enlisting the services of the Cardiff Emergency and Cardiff Nursing Divisions. Those on duty wer e kept busy from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m , and dealt with accidents of a most varied nature and ones which timely aid did much to mollify.

The fifty-one officers and mem bns of the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in the City of Cardiff Centre, wbo supported the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. H. Pethybridge) in the civic procession and at Divine Service in St. John's Church on Sunday, June 2 st, were congratulated by tbe Chief Constable on their smart appearanc!.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

ANNUAL INSPECTION AT DOWLAIS.

Two hundred and fifty officers and mem bers paradtd under the of Corps Supt. A. Lucas and Corps Supt. D. Jones at the Annual Inspection of the Ambulance and Nursing units in the Borough of Merthyr Centre on June 27 th There was a large company of spectators, and a feature in which they were particularly interested was the March Past. Aided by the Merthyr Town Band, this was excellently carried out. The Inspecting Officer, Captain T. E. Richards (representing the Commissioner for Wales),

July, 5 · - FIR ST was very satisfied with th e work of both th e men and nurs e s. In the absence of the Centre President, Mr. Tudor Davies, Mrs. Davies presented certificates of Life M embe rship to Dr. R. S. McClelland (Dowlals), Dr. W. D. Jenkins ( Bedlinog), and Dr. T. St enner Evans (Fochriw); Service Medal Bars to Corps Supt. A. Lucas, Div. Supt. R. H. Parker and Ambulance OffiCer E Withers; and Long Service Ribbons to Sergt. W. J. Morris, Corporal S. Williams and Private M. P. Jones.

ME RTHYR NURSIN G TS:AM' S S UCCESS

The "Gomer Thomas" rose bowl, comp t ted for as the Hospital Carniyal beld at Merthyr on June 2nd was won by the M e rthyr Nursing DIvision, captained by the Lady Supt. Miss S. Williams. The following awards show that the victory wa'> very pronounced :-lst Merthyr, 347 points; 2nd Kenfig Hill, with 297 and Senhenydd, With 253·

MEDICAL C mlFORTS DEPOTT OHENED IN MERTHYR.

One of th e niC est Medical Comforts D e pots established in Wales was op e ned on Thursday, Jun e 25th, by Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E, at Accommcdation was given for this purpos e by the Corporation and Watch Committee in the new Fire Station, which was opened on the sam e day.

The D epo t has started wilh a spl en did stock of useful equipment, and .S: Williams, Lady. Supt. . of the Merthyr Nursing DlVlslOn may be credIted WIth th e responsibility for collecting the money with which this has been purchased. The local Ambulance ,Divisions are also keenly interested, and many of the a rticl e S, such as bed rests, were made by the memb e rs.

The Commis!)ioner for this Centre, Chief Constable D. M. Davies, looks to activity to ma i ntain interest in his units. The Members of th e Penydarren, Troedyrhiw and Merthyr Nursing Divisions take regular duty at the local hospitals.

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BULANC E CONT EST AT TREHARRIS.

The Treharris Ambulanc e Division we re responsible for arranging an ambulance competition in connection with the Treharris and District Horse,Show held at Pentwyn on Thursday, June 18th, for the" Grws ene r" Shield presented by Mr. S. Grwsener for comp e tition among ambulance t eams in th e Priory. The Judges, Dr. R. E. Bowen Rees, M.C., and Dr. S Shaw Crisp, awarded the Shield to Llwynypia with 147 marks, Ffaldau Institute and Garw following closely wIth 145, and Kenfig Hill 3rd, with 140.

News in Brief.

Miss Rose N urton, of Eastbrook, Dinas Powis, was selected by the Priory as the St. John V,A D. to represent the County of Glamorgan at the unveiling of the F[ve Sisters window in York Minster by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York on the 24th June. A beautiful legend makes this window peculiarly appropriate to its new dedication as a memonal to the women of th e Emp ire who lost their lives in the Great War. It is said that when the church was built there were five ladies of York who, wishing to contribute in some way to the ?ew cathedral and having no money to make a donatlOn, wrought tapestries and with the money receiv e d by selling

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them they bought the fine stained glass window, which, designed in fiv e long lights, has ever afterwards been known as tbe " Five Sist ers."

M€mbtrs from the Carmartben3hire, Glamorgan County, Borough of Merthr Tydfi l, Aberdare, City of Cardiff, and lIontgomeryshire Centres were on duty at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, from the 22nd to the 27lo June

The" Evening Express" concert party gave a variety entertainment at th e Canton Secondary School, Ca rdiff, on June loth, in aid of the funds of the Priory.

The Medical Comfort s Depot at Priory House has benefitted a gift of crutches by the Mother Superior, Lord Ninian Hospital, Cardiff, who is very appreciative of lIedical Comforts Depots.

It is pl ea sin g to not e that Major David Davies, M P. of Honorary Director of Ambulance, and Colonel T. Wentworth Lucas, O.B. E, Cardiff, both of wh om have been seriously ill, are making satisfactory progress towards recovery.

It was reported at a presentation cer e mony at the Porth Police Court on th e 12th June that every m e mber of the Porth Sub· Division held a St. John First Aid certificate.

The names of twenty boys and thirty-five girls have been submitted by the Cardiff Juvenile Unemploym e nt authorities for enrolment in Cadet Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigad e. The Ambulance and Nursing Officers in the City of Card:ff Centre bave taken great pains to int ere st these young people in ambulance work, and the result so far is most satisfact ory.

Ambulanc e Officer Thomas Lewis, Captain of the Ffaldau Institute and Garw team which was successful in the" Ince " chall enge shield competition org a nised by th e Abertillery Divis ion on 2nd June, writes on behalf of th e team in appreciation of the in which the tion was conducted He was particularly pleased With the tests prepared; whilst demanding no reasoning, they called for a sound knowl edge ?f the ttxt to th.e wisdom of which the Judges stnctly adhered lD their adjudication. He also comm ents on the efficient manntr in which the tea ms were closeted throughout the comp etition and the suitable provision which was made for th e spectators to watch every movement of tbe teams at work without incommoding th em

A Lytham St. Annes Corporation gas worker-H. Bettles, of Lytham - was ov e rcome by gas whilst engagt d in laying a new service pipe. By some means the plug used to plug the se.rvic.e main cam e out, Beetlfs was gassed from the nm e- lOch malO. Dr. 0 Bflen was summoned, and, prior to his arrival, of the St. Annes Am bulance Division, applied artIfiCIal respnatlOn, the patient quickly recovering.

When corresponding with Advertisers please meotion II Fir&t Ald."

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

Chief Comm ssioner for the Brigade Overseas has t?e appointments, promotions, transfers and resignatIOns dunng the month of June, 19 25 :Australia.

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July, 1925. CorI?s--:-Dr. H, ilda N orthcroft to be Lady Corps Supt. vice Mrs. Smith resigned, 23 5.25 Di vi sion a l Supt. C W. Gooderhamt? be Corps Officer, 13 12 2 4 Auckland D lvlslcn-Sergeant A. Ste v ens to be Divisional Supt., 28-4. 25

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aggra v ating the fractured spine-c annot have read the definition of First A id on page 17 of Textbook where it states-" the duty of ambulance pupils ends where the doctor s begins ."

I fancy that you have overlooked the compl iment paid to First-A ders by those do c tors who c1ai m that trained squads can turn and re-turn cases of fractured sp ne without risk of aggravation of injury. For the rest , as many roads lead to London, as many roads lead to cures of sic kness and acc ident ! Doctors, therefore , often di ffer in the r methods, though by d ifferent paths they produ c e cures !! S o , when you know the road favoured by your compet ition Jud g e , y o u mllst just foll o w o n ! ! - N. C .F.

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eueries and J\nswet's to eOt'respondents.

2ueries rlJill be aealt rlJitls "nder tlse /oilorlJinc r"les ,' _

r. -Letters containi"f, Queries must be marked on tke top lett kana corner 0/ tke envelope and addressed-FiRST AID 46 , Cannon-street, E. C. 4.

-A II Queries must be a " Coupon" cut 11'011 the current issue 0/ the Journal, or in case 0/ Queries from abroal trom a recent issue.

Textbook, to rlJkich reference be made in tkese columns is the 36th (I92 0 ) Edition 0/ S.J.A.A. Manual or First.Aid.

APP ARATUS FO R SN AKE BITES.

W.W . ( Australia ).- Y ou may J->e interested to know that out here we arm oyr c hil dren and oursel v es with prep a red apparatus for Immed iate treatment of sn a keb ites. We take a small square fitted w i th a g ood c o rk. Then we to a sharp the bl a de o f an old penkn fe and fix the shaft securely III the cork Then w e ster il ise the blade, fill the bottle, of perman g anate of potash, and fit c ork With ItS kntfe-bl a de nto b o ttle whi c h we carry. With us aD, all our r ambles. We are thus prewlt h the antidote agalllst snake p oison and a stertlised, for making an y i ncisions necessar y for applymg the antidote.

We thank you for your interesting letter w ith its detailed of the way in which out in Australia you deal with snakebltes.-N C ORBET FLE T CH ER.

E X AMIN AT ION HOW LE R

G E. ( Enfield ).-At a recent examinat ion a c a nd idate was asked to name the various types of bleed i ng. To our amusement she promptly answered-Ie Capilla ry Venom ous, an d OcC£pztal. " She then looked surprised when we all laughed ! !

Good! Next, please ! l -N.C.F.

TR EAT MENT OF F RACT URED S PIN K

F B., (Tankersly )- With reference to your answers in May Is.sue on of Fractured Spine, I cons ider it a pity that thiS problem be properly.

doctors disagree how IS the poor First Aider to act espeCially when sol v ing problems in competition ? however, those doctors - who say that a trained squad can turn and re-turn such a patient without risk of

K. B. (K ensington ). - The \ exed problem of hats or bonnets for members of Nursing D iv is ions may , pe r h a p s, be settled by a conversation which I myself o v erheard at the re c ent Inspect ion of N o. I District. A s m a ll boy asked h is mother-" W ho are the ladies in bonnets ?" " N urses, my dear. " Then said the boy-" W ho are the wo men in hats ?" " Wa rd maids, my dear, the women who s c rub the floors for the nurses ." Good! Next, please ! !-N.C. F.

A MBULANC E PR OBLE:'II No 1.

F D. ( Ilford ) - W ith reference to s o lut ion of Ambulan c e Problem No. I deta led in M a y issue, wh i le I hes tate t o embarass you with qU ibble s yet in sheer self defen c e ! ask you to tell us where the Textbook tea c hes us how to dri ve motor cars. Also, I w ish to kno w if the Textbook does not nstru c t us to do ar ti fi ci al res p :ration n all cases where breathing has cea s ed. Come ! Come , Sir ! !

Congratulat i ons on the un co nsc io u s h u mour wh ic h c ause d y ou to desi gn ate the po nts ra ised in your letter as "q u bbles. "

If that is your op in ion I w ill not unde c e iv e you ; but I wi ll, f I can, enl ighten you on some essent ial fac ts. In the c o m pet it ion you were a sked to s olv e a p r oblem and were not re q uired to demonstrate y our sk ill at the dr iv ing w heel. So do not blame me i f you we r e no t " resourceful " enough (Textbook, p 2 2) to s a y how a F irst Aider m ght have used the motor car to best ad va nta g e.

I is good of you to try and tea c h me First A id; but unfortunately for your argumen t the Te xtbook on p. 2 5, and ag ain on p. I30 tells me that pa ient must first be pl ac ed in c orrect posit ion and under cond iti on s wh ic h render breath in g po ssible before art ifi c ial respirat ion is commenced I n the c ase under dis c uss ion breath in g rest a rte d when patient was re m o ved from d ri v ing wheel and p l ac ed fl at on ground. Tut ! Tut, Sir ! !!-N C .F.

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THI S is the age of propaganda. The First Aid whole tr e nd of modern commercial and Demonstra - social life to the n e cessity of tions. sustained propaganda for any soci e ty which is striving to improve th e world. It is b e caus f. the St. John Ambvlance mov e ment realises toat now is the time to win converts to the gosp e l of " First Aid" that it is seizing the we apon of propaganda and weilding It in a vigorous mannn, while at the same time using it in a dignified fashion, consistent with th e trllditions of the Order of St. John.

The sp e cial branch of publicity work which is attracting considErable attention in some parts of th:s country at present is that of First Aid demomtrations. It is esp e cially with a view to creatiDg interest in our work in "Dead" ar e as, reviving interest in " Dying " areas, whil e at th e same time stimulating the e nthusiasm of areas that District Officer Hanmer, the official demonstrator of th e St. John Ambulance Association is trav e lling around the country Exhibiting interesting and giving demonstrations of Ambulance work wherever there is a probability of the seed bringing forth fruit. The scheme is not an e laborate one, and the only essential equipment requir e d for a campaign is a group of energe tic workers and a local hall (wh e n possibl e a Picture Hall). No serious t xpenditure is involve d, as no feeS ar e charged for the campaign, and when expenses have be e n covered, the remainder is divided equally between the local movement and the campaign scheme. The programme usually begins on a Thursday, when a short dramatic film entitled II The Me ssag e "is shown on the screEn, and it serves a useful purpose in interesting people in Ambulacce work. This film is also shown at the performances on Friday and

In districts wh ere it is impossible to obtain Picture Hall facilities, special arrangp.m e nts are made, and a different programme is of course Mr. Hanm e r has no mere academic knowledge of his subj e ct-he has conducted practical d e monstrations for th e past twenty ye ars, and public f x hibitions since 1912, and h e is also known throughout the Ambulanc e movem e nt as the inventor of th e " H a nmer First Aid Cabin e t" for us e in min e s.

W e might m e ntion that in districts visited by the official demonstrator, thirty-four Brigade Divisions hav e been form ed which were non-existent before th e camp:lign, and classes of imtruction ar e qu ickly organi s ed as a result of th e awahned int e rest in the Ambulanc e mov e ment. It is difficult, however, to provide complete statistics to show th e succe ss of these campaigns, wme time frequ e ntly ellipses before the opportunity of forming Divi,ions of th e Brigade appears.

We b e lieve that if the valu e of th ese demonstral ions were only sufficiently r e alised, Ambulance workns from " D ead," "Dyin g ," and" Live " districts would b e eager to se cure the servic e s of Mr Hanmer for the few r e maining, week ends now available.

W e can, of course, only gi ve a brief indication of the nature of these demor:strations in this article, and any Ambulance work e rs who w.ould like Mr. Hanmer to visit their district or who wish to obtain more information about this campaign should write to the Chief Secretary, St John's Gate, Clerk en well, London,_ E. C. 1., for full particulars.

Jerusalem Hospital Notes.

THROUGH the gen e rosity of Sir William and Lady Plender the Hospital is to have the new instrument cabinet for which th e Ward e n has been asking. Th e old one can nOw b e made use of in the out-patient department wh f> re many of th e op -o rations ar e now performed, but, of course, this is only a p is al ler, and we look forward to the time when in both of our operating theatr e s we can show unimp eachabl e instrum e nt cabinets.

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We have tl) acknowledg e with grateful thanks the receipt of £5 t o wards the £75 rf quired for the purchase of a giant magn e t. It will b e recalled that the Chairman m e ntion e d this as a n e cessary item in the equipment of an ophthalmic hospital in his sp oe ch on St. John'S Day at the Gat e Further h elp towards supplying the giant magnet will be gladly acknowledged in this column.

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The Warden writes that the installation of the electric light is now complet e and in good rtinning ord e r. He says, "It is difficult to exaggerate the increasing effect for good it must have not only in our professional wor k but in our social life. Ours the last hospital in J erusalt m to be so lit, and eV e n the mission hospitals in Gaza, Jaffa, Haifa, and Tiberias have had this improv e ment before us, but it is freely ackn owll!dged that nowhere else in Palestine is there an installation to compare with ours" (My italics J.T W P)

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The Hospital Committee is naturally gratifi e d to r e ad this t e stimony, especially as it insist e d on everything being of British manufacture.

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As compar e d with I924 the Hospital figures for the IllOnth of June show a shrinkag e in In-pati ent s and in tota.l Out attendances. Operations totalled 334 agalOst 4I3 tn r924. This is largely accounted for by the fact that th e re. wer e only two surgt.Ons working as against thr t' e the prevIOUS year. The third surgeon did not join till June 23rd.

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An additional reason for the (ewer number of Inp8.tients is the fact that the Wards and the Operating Th ea tre been successiv e ly for colour washing and clean1lJg, tbus restnctlIlg the bed accommodation.

The clinic scheme is slowly developing The Order has now thre'! nurs e s out, each of whom has had four months training in the Hospital. These three are stationed at Tul Ker t m and Ramleh. When three more have fintsh e d .their the Order will have ful6lled its uodertaktng .to the Palec;tinian Government and will b e thus responsIble for s ix c entre s.

The Health D e partment give a good report of the work d o ne by the Ophthalmic Nurses of the Order who are a lr ea dy at th e ir stations.

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The X-ray app :uatus and a new steriliser are on their way out to Jerusalem.

Enquirip.s have recently come in from New Zealand as to the cost of endowing a bed, and, naturally, hopes are aroused that ere long a N e w Zealand bed may be added to thos e endow e d by Canada and N e wfoundland. The sum necessary to e ndow a be d is £ 1,000.

Water, which was se lling at 2 piastres a tin during the recent drought in Jerusalem, is now more since the welcome rain, but our water-rate remains pe rmanently increased by 30 per c e nt., and is now costing us £6 5s. 6d. a month. This very serious shortage ot water has proved the n ec e ssity of not interfering with the two remaining cist e rns of which the Hospital is possessed. On e religious body within the walls makes an incom e of over .£,100 p e r alJnum by th e sale of the water from its underground cisterns .

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Cont1nued from page 5.)

But nevertheless the nether old ancient wall stood steadfastly for it was made in old tim e of a big matter and substanc f' . And anon th e Lord Master, always prudent and helpful, came to the tower with a barge full of men aud made reparations with stones and trees, as in such a time the case requir e d and put in th e tower many fighting men and the manliest of his hors e, the which should be the strength and the keeping of that place in th e tower that was so beaten in the side toward th e west, that th e re was left in no manner of reparation, but with bands and number of strong men.

Aft er thal this provision had b ee n made in the aforesaid tower, they ordained m e n of war under the walls of the city and under the wall upon the bank of the sea, the which was from the castle of Saint Peter unto a certain place called Mandrak e, and ther e wer e men on horseback and on foot , that should le t the Turks to come to land in that coast; and there about the sea is at every tide flow and ebb, wh e re fore there were thrust down pipes and tons and tablES full of nails, so that the Turks whatsoever ebbing befel should not pass over. And further more was mad e anoth e r great provision in that part of the city under the Lord Maste r stood in clean harness, for in that part we re ordained bombards and other great instruments casting great stones for to break th e galleys of the Turks and also under the tower that the Lord Master kept there little ships filled with gunpowder and brimstone and other such things, the which when the galleys of the Turks cam e near should be put on fire to the destruction of the galleys of the Turks.

And when these things were so ordained, all the Rhodians with manhood, abode from day to day and from hour to hour, that the Turks shou ld give them assault; and in the morning next following the Turks came with fifty galleys from the hill of Saint Stephen aforesaid toward the city, and they thought shortly to come to land, and there they mad e a great cry and a great Doise with trump ets and tabor ets and other such trumpets, to caus E" that they should make afraid our folk of them for their great nois e.

But anon after, when th e Turks with their came near the tow e r aforesaid, the bombards and other

August, 19 2 5. -FIRST instruments of war which .v e re there ord'l.ined, broke with great might the grapples of t he Turks and put them off from th e coast with their great mischief.

And in this deed the Lord Master of Rhodes hims e lf came out of the walls of the said tow e r with his company for to fight hand to hand with the Turks, and these were overthrown and put to death, s e ven hundred Turks, and many were wound e d and many drowned as some said that came to Rhodes from the Turks After this the lord master, clean armed and riding upon a mighty hors e, came again to Rhoden with his fellowship as an victorious, and came to the church where. was th e Imag of Our Lady, called Our Lady on th e hill of Philermos, which plac e is full of miracles, and th e re h e kne el ed down aDd gave thanks and lovings unto God and Our Lady ot

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great instruments which cast great ston e s in th e city, and had made round about bulwarks to th e instruments b 0cause that the Rhodians should not hurt th e m.

Another great instrument they put at the foot of a hill toward the west, above th e which hill stood the gallows ot the justice of Rhod es, and from that place th e y cast great stones in Rhodes, on that part of the city where the windmills were and broke them all to pi e ces.

When the Lord Mast e r saw the purpose and the wiles of his enemies, which had then made much mor e strength and might than ever they had done before, he ordained in Rhod e s processions g e neral with gr ea t devotion to him and all h is people of Rhodes.

And after that they had made their prayers to God and to Our Lady in whose quarrel they fought, the Lord Master anon commanded to put down the houses and habitations of the Jews that were within the city by the walls, called the Jury of Rhodes. Also there were mad e Vvithin the city of Rhodes great and mighty ditches, for tb '3 saving of the body of the city if the Turks got th e first walls

And, they mad -:- day and night great works, as walls of timber and many other things d e fensible, to the which labour every creature in Rhod e s of all mann e r of age, both men and wom e n of all manner of stat e s, put and applied th e mselves and their goods with great will and great devotion for J e sus' sake.

And in this while the bombards and great guns of the Turks cast down and destroy e d th e walls of the city of Rhodes with so great might and strength and with so gr eat wonder, that all they that we r e in Rhod es, strang e- IS and other old and young of all countries of Christendom, said that they never heard strokes of born bards so gr e at and so horrible as these were.

(To be continued.)

St. John Ambulance in South Africa.*

My subject refers to a small part or two of tbe D epar tm e nts of the Order of St. J onn and th e work which has been, and is being, done in South Africa und e r the banner of the White Cross of St. John.

The

his victory, and afterwards came to his palace and hous ehold for to refresh his company.

And so wh e n th e Turks saw that they could not overcom e the aforesaid town, they purpos e d to br;> ak the walls of the city with great born bards and guns in plac e s of the same city and that because that the pUIssance and might of th e Rhodians should be divid e d, and that should not be all in one place, as they had been late In defence of the aforesaid tower of Saint Nicholas, and also they did for more lightly to overcome th e strength of the aforesaid tower.

Ther pfo re in the night next following th e Turks, with great nois e, brought gr ea t born bards and guns toward the walls of Rhodes in that side of the city where the Jews had been keeping watch and defence by th e commandm en t of the Lord Master, and before th e said walls they put eight

About th e same time that a Royal Chart er wa s granted to th e Order by Queen Victoria a few people in Cape Town considered that it would b e excellent if a Branch, or Centre, were established h e re, and in July, 189I, a meeting was held at Cape Town and the Cape Province Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association became an accomplish ed fact. Among the members of the first Executive was the Hon. Sir E. John Buchanan, who was th e first. South African to receive the coveted honour of "KOlght of Grace" of the Order, which was conferred on him in 19 0L

Th e formation of Centres at Johannesburgh ( 18 94), Natal, East London, Orange Fr e e State and Griqualand West were the natural sequence of healthy gr o wth , but the largest and most vigorous is .t hat e m bracing the Railways and Harbours AdmlDlstratlOn the Union, and now extending into the mandated temtory of South- West Africa. -

H e re in South Africa the Association and Brigade have had many calls to active service in addition to the Being an article from the Cape T o wn B roadcasting Station by Mr. C. G. D o wthwalte, Honorary SeCletary of the Central Council for South Africa of the Order of St. John.

floating bridge and seco nd atlack on S. Nichola s Tower.

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actlVltles ordinarily associated with the objects of the Order. The first call to service came in 1894 when men and medical supplies were sent north with the Forces in the Matabele War. In £96 a small contingent was accepted by GenEral Joubert on behalf of the South African Republic to assist at Krugersdorp in nursing the wounded of the Jameson Raid. In the same year several nurses were sent to Johannesburg to assist in nursing the injured after a great dynamite explosion. The next scene was but in this case the services rendered "ere confined to the supply of me dical stores which were sent forward to the British South Africa Company.

During the Boer War (1899-J902) the St. John Ambulance and the Central Good Hope Red Cross Committee worked together for th e first time, and Sir John Furley was chiefly responsible for th e happy way in which these two organisations carried out their duties. The St. John Bligade rendered service in the field and base hospitals, and at one time over 2,000 of its members were on active service, of which numb e r 663 men and wom e n were drawn from the various South African Centres. One complete hospitll train was entirely manned and equipped by members from Clpe Town. The Good Hope Red Cross Committee which was the first branch of the Red Cross Society to be established in South Africa, was founded in Cape Town shortly aft e r the commencement of hostilities, and it was largely due to their care and assistance in the provision of medical stores that our units were able to carry out their hospital duties so tfficiently. The Red Cros') Committee also undertook the distribution of gifts and comforts to the troops, leaving th e St. John Am bulance free to confine its attention to the sick and wounded, friend and foe. At Cape Town an ambulance of the Town Guard was formed and this became a recruiting ground from which m e n were s ent forward to base or fie ld hospitals.

In 1906 there was a native rising in Natal and once again the St. John Ambu'ance was represented on the hospital staffs.

On th e occasicn of tbe visit of a British CruisEr Squadron in 1908, special arrangements were made for school children to vi e w the ships, and one afternoon over 3,000 children assembled at Cap e Town Docks. By special request anum b er of our members were prescnt on duty.

In IglO the Union of South Africa was agreed to, an? H R.H. the Duke of Connaught (the Grand Poor) opened the first Union Parliament, He was also present at the Great Pdgeant which lasted two days. Ambulance men and nurs es present on both occasions, and at the Pageant a speCially equipped dressing station had a busy time. His Royal Highness also attended the Annual Meeting of the Cape Town Centre where he preHonorary Se cretary, Major J. Liebman , with hiS lOslgDla as an Esquir e of the Order and presented c e rtificates and other awards. In the of an address he emphasised th.e need fO.r First Aid and Home Nursing particularly 10 this country of immense distances.

During the following ye ar a contingent representative of C e ntres was se nt to England to repres e nt the South African. Branch es the Association and Brigade at the Coronation cel e brations of King George. . OLr found to do during the big strikes 10 19 3 and dUrIng the antI-German riots of 1916, and much work was done on the Rand in 19 22 Throug.hout th e whole period we have se nt squads of men and sisters to all sorts of public function.s. 10

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addition, races, sports meetings and football mltches find our pre3ent to render what assistance they can in cases of sudden illness or accident.

The big call for active service came with the outbreak of the Great War (August, 19I4), and so readily did our members answer the call that the whole work of the Brigade in South Africa became disorganised. The first ambulance contingent to leave these shores was a party of eight e en men who went direct to France under the care of Dr. Casalis and Major Liebman, and were installed at a hospital at Cannes under the French Red Cross. A complete mounted field ambulance was formed at Kimberley where th e y took the fi e ld witb the forces sent to put down the R e bellion. Attempts were made time and again at Cape Town to form and e quip another field ambulance, but as the men we re train ed they were so eager to be off that many went overs eas on their own account while others joined the South African Medical Corps. The first actual call at Cape Town was for four men to proceed immediately to th e train disaster on the Hex River Pass when men of the Kaffrarian Rifles were b eing transported to South- West Africa. The call came at 7 p. m , and men and f C"Juipment left by sp e cial train at 8.40. Owing to the general disorganisation it has proved impossible to ascertain bow many South African members of the Brigade we re on active service, but it is known that they were in hospitals in South-East and South -West Africa, France, England, while two men were on the Hospital Ship" Ebani,11 which at the close of the South-West Campaign went to the Dardanelles. At Cape Town the Headquarters bad for a time ce a sed to function, and a voluntary body called the Peninsula Citizens Training Association (Ambulance Section) had been formed. This body served a useful purpose in training men who desired to go on active service and also assisted in transport of the sick and wounded arri ved at Cape Town from South-West Africa. At a lattr date this body was mtrged into the City Division of the Brigade Overseas, and thereafter carried out similar duties. About 40 meo, mostly unfit for active service met voluntarily each wt:ek and kept themselves trained ambulance transport, and it is recorded that these men carried over SO?O cot. cases.and assisted very large numbers of walking pati ents In theIr movements to and from Base Hospitals and Hospital Ships at Cape Town Docks. Our nurses were well to the fore, and by a r rangement with the Matronin-Chief all Soutb African V.A.D '5 were recorded through our Nursing Divisions. An unusual call was a request for a fe w nurses to accompany some German women who were being transferred from South-West Africa to Durban.

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St. john J\mbulance J\ssociation. Bristol Centre.

THE Centre held its Annual Stretcher Competition at the Zaological Gard e ns :on July 18th. There was a record e ntry, no fewer than 14 local clubs competing. Competition was keen, and the judges did not find the decisions at all easy to make. The arrangements for the afternoon were in the capabl e hands of Mr. Edgar Webb, th e honorary secretary. After th e contests the cups and prizes were presented by the Sheriff (Mr. F. O. Mills), Dr. Cyril C. Lavington presiding. Mr. R. E. Bush, Mr. Horace Walker and Ald e rman A. A Senington were also on the

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Prowse).-I, Temple Meads j 2, Wills' j 3, United Alkali 1.

The Horace Walker Cup (Judge, Dr. Cuthbert Atchley).-I, Redland Women, No. I, 2 ; NO.3 Factory; 3, Redland Women, NO.2.

The Cyril Lavington Cup (J udges, Drs. H. Collingwood and S. B. Green).-I, Stoke Gifford; 2, Clifton.

The Bevin CUp.-1 United Alkali; 2 Stoke Gifford; 3 Pockers.

L. & N.E. Railway Centre.

THE annual meeting of the (North-East e rn Area) Centre of the S.J.A.A. was held at Saltburn on the 26th inst., when Mr. C. H. Hill presided, and the General Secretary (Mr. Geo. Jackson) presented his report.

The delegates expressed their pleasure at the record session held, which proved that the staff of the area were still maintaining their interest in the am bulance work.

Pho t o by cotertesy ] [Centr a l JVew s

Mr. B. W. Tibbie of blood transfusion fame, being presented to H. R.H. Duke of Conn aught at the annual of the Prince of Wales's DistriCt.

Raja D c vaki Nandan Prasad Singh of Monghyr has pre sented a silver trophy, the" Sir Frederick Ambulanc e <:up,". to commemorate Sir Frederick Whytt'oi connectIOn With the St. John Ambulance Ac;sociation in India.

The "PLUMBER & JOURNAL OF HEATING" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progl'essive tradesOffice 46, Cannon Street, E.C.4.

platform. The cups haviog been distributed, the hon. treasurer (Mr. W. G. Hawkins) proposed a vote of thanks to the Sh e riff, which was seconded by Mr. H. Trott and carried. A vote of thanks to the judges, proposed by Mr. J. S. Moore and seconded by Mr. Collard, was similarly carrierl as was one to Mr. H. RegInald Woodward (Supt. of the Gardens), by Mr. E. J. Stiles.

The results were as follows :Mrs. Squire's Cup (Judges, Dr C. C. Lwington and F. Bondman).-I, Temple Meads 1.; 2, Pd.cker's; 3, Clifton.

The Novic e Cup (Judg e s, Drs. II. H. Strove r and

The officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows :-Honorary President, S ir Ralph L. c.B., C.M.G., and Alex. Wilson, Esq., .O.B.E.; PreSident, George DauidsoD, Esq., C.B.E.; ChaIrman, Mr. C. H. Hill j vice-Chairman, Mr. G. Murray; Secretary, Mr. Geo. Jackson.

The reports received from. the d.lstnct secrttanes showed that another good session might be expected during the coming winter.

When corresponding with Advertisers please mention "Fint Aid "

The Pretoria S.A. Railway Am bulance Divisions did 2 days Public Duty on the occasion of the Prince of Wales' visit in June.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

JULY, 1925

The Grand Prior, H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, has approved the following appointments :-

TO BE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

District Officer George Frederick Browne, County of Leicester, 17.7. 25

No. 12 (IRISH) DISTRICT.

District Officer Anthony John Conner, M .B.E., 17 7.25

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned th e follow LOg appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE LADY DISTRICT OFFIOER.

NO·3 ( WESTERN ) DISTRICT.

Mrs. WinIfred Knowles Askew Bell, County of Warwickshire; 15.7. 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON & SUPT.

NO.9 DISTRICT

Major Stanley Gibbs, M.C ., T.D., M.RC.S., L RC.P., Barnstaple DIVIsion, 13.7.25

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No DISTRICT.

Simon. (?ein, B.Sc., L.A.H., L.R.C.S., No. I6A N ew Cross DIVISIon, 147.25

NO.2 DISTRICT:

Reginald Mark M.B., B.C., M.R.C.S., L.RC.P., Malmesbury DIVISIon, County of Wiltshire, 24.7.25

NO·3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Charles York F.le:v!tt, M B.,.Ch.B.: M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Ansell Brewery DIVISIon, BlrmlD2'ham Corps, 17.7. 2 5

J. A. Cameron, M.B., Ch.B., Rowley Regis Division North Worcester Corps, 7.7.2, NO.4 DISTRICT.

Jean Douglas Macaulay, M.B., Ch.B., Colne Nu rsing Division

No. 5 DISTRICT.

John.A. L.R.C.P.& S.E.) L.F.P.& S. Aberford N . mg DIVISion, 17.7.25 ,urs

John Alexander '(oung! M.D., M.S.) M.R.C .S ., L.R.C.P

Halton NurSIng DIVISIon, 1.7. 2 5 Mutch) M B., Ch.B., Mapperley Nursing IVISIOn,21.7·2 5

Maurice Edward Kay ton, L.R.C.P., L.RC.S ., L.R .F P & S D.P.H., Newstead DIvision, 10.7. 2 5 "')

WillIam Louis Rene Wood M.R.C.S. L R C P Ol d R w d D " D) , ., ound-

R b 00 PI lVlslOn, ewsbury and District Corps 10 725

o . . att, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.S.) Nursing IVlslon, :'heffield Corps) 17.7.25

OSwaDI? t!?ytkDes M.A., C.M., Somercoates 1.nd IS nc IVlslon, 5 8.25

No. b DISTRICT.

WillIam Fredenc J ames Whitley M D D P H C and Seaton Del IN' .'.:' " , ramllDgtcm avt: ursIng DIVISIon, 8.7. 2 5

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Edward Thomas Pritchard M DB; Btighton and Hove C' ., r.ghton NurSIng DI VIsion, orps, 14.7. 2 5

AI n. August, 1925

NO.9 DIST RICT.

John Austral Fitton Storrs, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Launceston Division, 21.7.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

John Steer Parker, Wellingboro' Headquarters Division, Wellingboro' Corps) 13.6.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer William Thamas Yeomans New Street (L M.S.) Division, Birmingham Corps, NO.5 DISTRICT.

Samuel Andrew James Hill, Somercotes and District Division 28.7. 2 5

Ambulance Officer William Swallow, Pontefract Division, Pontefract Corps, 17.7.25

Corps Sergt.-Major William Colley, Micklegate Division, Pontefract Corps) 17.7.25

No. II DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Edward Reuben Russell Greenstreet, Queenborough Division, 11.7.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Ethel Mary Morrish, No.8 East Ham Nursing Division, 28 7.25 NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Jean Bond, Lou ghboroug h Nursing Division, 25.7. 2 5 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Ellen Eastham, Lytham Nursing Div isio n, 23.7. 2 5

Mrs. AlIce Scott, Trawden Nursing Division, 21.7.25 No. 5 DISTRICT.

M!ss Lucy M. Piercy, Aberford Nursing Division, 17 7.25

MISS Mary Emma Bell, Halton Nursing Division, 1.7.25'

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Mary Ann Fisher Gateshead Fell Nursing Division, 11.7.25

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Mary Ellen Fisher, Cramlington and Seaton Delavel Nursing Di visio n, 8.7.25

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Ellen Mary Winder, Chatham Nursing Division, 11.7. 2 5

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Sergt. Ernest Laurie Long, No. 46 IlEord Division, 30 .7. 2 5

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Thomas Welch Clark, City of Gloucester Division, County of Gloucester, 29.7.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Edward Leeming, Adlington and Heath Charnock Div ision 10 7. 2 5 ' Hogg, Division, Bolton Corps, 9.7. 2 5

Richard Donaldson Glalster, Whitehaven Division, 16.7. 2 5

NO.5 DI STRICT

Sergt. John Shaw, Micklegat e Division, Puntefract Corps, 17.7. 2 5

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. James Jackman) Falmouth Division, 257. 2 5 Sergt. Fernley Chappell Mardon, Friary Division, 16.7.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Ernest John Newell, Hitchin Division, 20.7. 2 5

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Houghton No.8 East Ham Nursing Division, 28.7.25 '

NO.2 DISfRIC'l'.

Miss Ethel Mary Savory, Olney Nursing Division, County OJ Bucks, 18.725

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Beryl Piercy, Halton Nursing Division, 17.7. 2 5 MISS E. Dorothy Fawcett, Aberford Nursing Division, 17.7. 2 5

August, 19 2 5. -FIRST

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

NO .5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Elsie Dacre, Halton Nursing Di vi sion, 17.7. 2 5

TO BR TRANSPORT OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Wal ter Bardell, No. 46 Ilford Division, 28 7.25

NO. 3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

William Ewart Hall, Wellingbolo ) Headquarters Division, Wellingboro' Corps, 13625

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR.

Staff-Sergt. Joseph Lisle, North Durham Corps, J 5.7.25

TRANSFERRED.

No. 5 DI STR ICT.

Divisional Surgeon G. M. Fraser, from Newstead Division to Kirkby Di vi sion, 17.7 2 5

Ambulance Officer A. Sheard, from Huddersfield Railway Division to North Bierley Di\ ;sion, 167.25

No.6 DI STR ICT

Divisional Surgeon E. M. Townend, from Eastern Nursing Division to Young People's Institute Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 8.7. 2 5

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer M. Wilkins, from Stapleford N'ursing Division to Torquay Nursing Di vi sion, 12625

T RANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. I DISfRICT.

Lady Corps Officer Mrs. Cardo, 'N althamstow and District Corps, 17 725

Su pt. W. R. Stone, Royal Boro' of Kensington Division, 8.6.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Divi sional Supt. J W. Jowett, Hunslet and Holbeck Division, Leeds Corps, 28 5 25

Am bulance Officer P Wells, Netherfield Division, Noltingham Corps, 157. 2 5

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon R. E. Whitting, Maidenhead Division, County of Berks, 297 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Hursing Officer Miss A. Aspden, Darwen Nursing Division, 9.7 . 2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. A. Leach, Eccleshill Nursing Division, 9.7 2 5

Lady Ambulance Officer H. Hainsworth, Victoria Nursing Division, Leeds Corps, 97 2 5

Lady Supt. C. Wellington, Bulwell Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps, 4 8 25

No.8 DI STRI CT.

Divisional Surgeon F. E. Daunt, Hastings Division, July 192 5

Divisional Supt. H. Brice Baker, Gravesend Di v ision, 97. 2 5

NO.9 DISTRICT

Corps Officer B. II. L. Fourte, Plymouth Corps, 13 7. 2 5

Divisional Supt E. Trevett, Portland Division, 97 25

RESIGNATIONS A.COEPTED.

NO.6 DISTRICT

Divisional Supt. J Buckley, Stockton and Thornaby Division, 15.7 2 5

Corps Officer J. Rutter, Armstrong Whitworth Corps, 9.7. 2 5 DEATH.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt. H. F. Barkes, Hasland and Grasmoor Di visi on, July 19 2 5

DIVISIONS REG ISTERED.

No. 2 DISTRICT.

Malmesbury Division, County of Wiltshire, 21.7 2 5 CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Illogan Cadet Division, 16.7. 2 5

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DIVISIONS RE-N AMED.

No. I DISTRICT.

No. 25 Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Division to be No. 25 Homsey and Wood Green Division, 30 6.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Beeston Nursing Division to be Mapperley Nursing Division, 30 6

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRI CT

City Division, Bi rmingham Corps, 15.7.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Great Northern Railway Di vi sion, Nottipgham Corps, P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting' ChIef Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's District COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. SEPTEMBER, 1925.

September 6lh-No. 24 Division, Lambeth. 13th-No. 25 ,. Hornsey. 20t h-N o. 28 " Harrow. 27th-No. 29 Waltham stow. "

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key {rom St. J obn's Gate at 2 p.m.

OFFICERS' DINNER

Preliminary Notice.- The Officers Annual Dinner will be held at the Great Eastern Hotel on Saturday, 3 1st October, 19 2 5. Arrangements will be made for dancing and cards.

ANN U AL SUBSCRIPTION

Officers, both Ambulance and Nursing, are reminded that their annual subscriptions for the year 1915 are now overdue.

CHA NG E OF NAME OF DIVISION.

The Chief Comm ssioner has approved of the following change of name for the No. 25 Tottenham and Hampstead J unction Division : -

That this Division be known In future as the No. 25 Homsey and 'vV ood Green Division.

OBITUARY.

I t is with regret that the Commissioner has to announce the death of Ambulance Officer Allison, of the NO·4 Ley ton and Leytonstone Division, after a long illness.

DISTRICT COMPETITIO NS.

It is hoped to hold the District on .Saturday, April 10th, 1926 at the Owmg to the difficulty in obtaining a sUlta.b le hall, It has been necessary to make the arrangements well In a dYlnce.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt'sst'oney.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of lhei( meetings, etc., to give the date of publi. cation of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

CENTRAL AREA.-A pleasing innovation took place on August 1St, when the Area at its Social a cricket match agalDst a team of St. John s Staff, whIch included the SeCletary of The Order,. the ChIef Secretary of the Association, and the Deputy DlTector of Sto res. - The

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Acting Chief Commissioner was to have played but was unable to turn out at the last moment.

The game was plaYE'd at Acton on the ground of the Gas Light and Coke ::;0, to the authorities of which our thanks are due for loan of and it resulted in a draw in (avour of Headquarters Staff. The Gate scored 138 runs for six wickets and declared, Col. Aire playing a magnificent innings of 9 [ not out. The Area had replied with 12 4 runs and had one wicket to fall when time was called. Corporal Archbold (N o. 22 Division) contributed towards this. total a masterly of 5 I runs and Dr. Corbet Fletcher hit a lusty 25.

N.C.O. 's CLUB.-The usual meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. ,rd, 7.30 p.m. at W.H.S. & S. Club, II, Milford-lane, Strand, W.C.2.

The recent vi sit to the Finsbury Public Library was much appreciated, where through the courtesy of Mr. Wilding many old prints, photographs, etc., were shown dealing with the St. John's Gate, Church, and Brigade.

A vist to the R.C.S. is being arranged together with the Birmingham N.C.O.'s Club when they visit London. N.C.O.'s

A I D.- August, 1925.

The work inspected included various phases of ambulance work, such as first aid, the arrangement and organisation of hospitals, and the nurses had a military hospital tent fitted out, a nd answered oral questions as to cooking, etc. There were also displays of stretcher and team work.

After the inspections, Col. Moore presented the Royal Humane Society Certificate to Private Ablett, of the Rushden Division, for saving the lives of two girl bathers in distress at Lowestoft. Long service medals were presented to Ambulance Sister E. Betts, of Welling borough Headquarters. Nursing Sister E. Newman, of Wellingborough Headquarters, and Nursing Sister E. R. Farrer, of the Rushden Divis ion. A vellum certificate was also handed to Dr. Pickering, of Wellingborough, for his services to the ambulance.

Col. Moore spoke a few words of congratulation to those he had inspected. He was delighted to see them in such numbers.

The St. John Ambulance Cadets, both boys and girls, were present, and ambulance motors from I rthlingborough and Wellingborough were in attendance in addition to the Northampton two, one of which is a new one just re ceived from London.

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Meredith Young, M.D., M.O.H. for Cheshire. Dr. J. Brodie Russell of Chester.

Dr: Paulin, of Malpas, and Mr. Stowell, F.R.C.S., of Northwich, who each kin.lly give their ser v ices for a day.

PORT SUNLI GHT - The annual re vi ew and inspection of the Association of Cheshire CO.rps and Divisions, held on July IIth on Bollington r.ecreatlo.n.ground, Port SunlIght. Brigades and nurSIng dIVISIons were. on parade from Bollington, Stockport, New MIlls, Hazel Grov e, B redbury, Romiley, Stalybndge, Dukmfield, Whaley Bridge. The inspecting officer was the CommISSIOner, Col. C. J. Trimble, C.B., C.M.G., B.D., T.O:, <l:nd the parade was under the command of Assistant Commlsslo.ner C. H. J ones. District Officer .¥('. M axwell O.B.E., w,as 10 charge of the nursing dI VI SIons and .. C W. Tapson, D.C. M., acted as adjutant. The nursmg dIVISIon was under Lady Tweedale, Chief Lady Supt.

The procession was exceedIngly well organIsed. t v.:as led by the Bollington Cross and by the DIstrIct flag Five hundred marched m the processIOn! and :1-00 part?C'k of an excellent tea catered by Supt. Tate. FIrst aId were smartly performed. These consisted. of triangular bandaging, roller bandaging, mO tor stre.tcher drill and shoulder carrying, by two sisters from each nursmg dIVISIon, artlfi'::lal reSpIratIOn,

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BR1GHOUSE.-Mr. Albert Robertshaw was the recipient of a presentation at the annual meeting of the Corps held on June 25th, when he was presented with a gold watch, subscribed for by the members of the Corps. It is now some 17 years since District Secretary A. Robertshaw joined the ambulance mo vement, and during that time he has taken a very active interest in the work, which to him has ever been a labour of lOVe. In 1909 he became secretary to the Brighouse Corps, an office which he continued to occupy until last year, when his work was recognised at headquarters and he was promoted to be secretary to the largest district in the country, covering as it does the West Riding of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire

No. 10 District.

[P SW1CH.- A "Flag Day" organised by the Officers of Ipswich Corps on Saturday July 18th real ised a sum of £104 after meeting all expenses. On Sunday afternoon, July 19th a drumhead service was held on the Portman Road Football Ground. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. A. Patten, M.G., M .A. and an address given by the Rev. 1'. S. Adams, M.A. ( Hon. Chaplain to the Forces ), whilst the singing was lead by the band of the Salvation Army.

A period of impressive silence ensued during the service to

THE INSPECTION OF THE NORTHA:MPTON AND WELLINGBOROU GH CORP S

No

DIVISION.

ThiS was In the grounds of Alexandra Palace on the occasion of the annual InSpectlOn by Assistant-Commissioner Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher. of the Princ.e of Wales District are invited to join the above ClUb can be had from H. J. Palmer, Hon Sec., 70 N ewIngton Green-road, London, N. I.

No. 3 District.

Col. r.. A. Moore, C.M.G. Deputy Chief CommIssioner

Inspected on July 25 ' h the Northampton and Wellingborough Corps about 194 Officers and men and 191 ambulance sist ers paradIng at St. Hospital, N orthampton.

AccompanYIng Col. Moore was Commissioner W. Harvey Reeves, O.B E., J.P :, of the 3rd Eastern District, and District Officer Frank Adnttt. Corps Supt. W. H. Percival was in command of the Northampton and Wellingborough C

Other Officers on parade were Divisional Supt WEEd ordPs. M B E C S war s orps upt. J C. Parker, District Sergeant-Major H' and Ambulance Officers Lett, W. J. Ricks and C J' PItkIn. The nurses were under the command of L d D' .' Supt Mrs W H Ray IStrIct b d' at vey eeves, .A.R.R.C., who was accompanied y ...,a y Corps Supt.. MISS Mawby, M.B.E. Nurse

C?mmandants Mrs. Jennings, M.B.E. (Castilian) Mrs Julia Llevesley Miss K. E. Bradford (Northa'm ton Headquarters), MISS WIlls (Kettering) were in the parade. P

1'/0. 4 District.

The Chester Division of the S.J A.B. ha ve recently had an Important. duty to perform-that of organising and staffing fi.eld hospItal at the Agricultural Show. The Ambulance DIVISIOn, under Dr. Lawson Russell and D ivisional Supt. of Hyde, and the Nursing Division under Lady Supt. C . J?lckson and NurSIng Officer A. White, attended 320 cases dUrIng the ten days they were on duty about 16 men and 3 nurses, with their officers being on duty from 8 a.m.8. p.m , and two men throughout the night. The Hospital conSIsted of surgery, stretcher receiving room, and two wards of three beds each (or men and (or women -a motor ambulanc under the care of Mr. F. H. Illingworth, was constantly attendance, and a marquee was erected in which meals we taken. re

Colonel C. Trimble and Assistant Commissioner Fowler Jones came on Wednesday, July 8t h, to inspect the Hospital and expressed their approval of all the arrangements d although His Majesty .Ktng George did not cross the he passed three tImes In front of the doors and acknowled ed the salutes of the assembled Division. g

. addition to. Division.al Surgeon J. Lawson Russell the DlvlS10n was aSSIsted dUrIng the actual show week by Dr.

coll ection of wounded and con veyance to hospital, and hospital bed· making, ch";1.nging and receiving patients.

At the conclusion Col. C. J. Trimble said he had attended many inspections, but never one where the arrangem ents had been so pel fect and well carried out. The collection was £1 8s. od.

No. 5 District.

An enjoyable and profitable time has been spent by the 450 officers and men of the district who have been tn camp for a week at Scarborough this month. On August 7th the was inspected by the Chief C?m missioner. Th e CommandlDg Officer was Assistant CommIssIoner Else, of Sheffield, and other Staff officers present were Commissioners H. C. Chambers, A.. V. Gibson, and CaptaIn O. F. Bux.ton. The Commissioner of NO.5 District, Mr. S. W. Malkm, accompanied the Inspecting Officer

The I nspecting Officer expressed hImself as being highly satisfied with the whole camp.

In the afternoon sports were held. A brass band from Denaby and a drum and fife band from Pontefract ha ve added greatly to the life of the camp.

Camp was struck on August 9 th

the memory of the late Miss Mary Coulcher, C.B.E., the whole assembly standing

The Commissioner ( MaJ1r J. F. C. Hossack ) In a brIef address on the work of the local Corps said that their upkeep cost was ab ::)Ut £7 per week and although at a fete held o.n previous day theIr members had attended. 30 cases thIS dId not cost those involved ODe as theIr was a voluntary Brigade ent irely supported by publIC generosIty.

On July 24th the members of the attached to the Felixstowe Division and the IpSWIch were Inspected at the Ambulance Station, Samuel Road, [pswlch, by Surgeon Commander G. O. Dickenson, M. B., R .N: The men from Felixstowe were in charge of Sergeants CollInS and Rushbrook whilst the Ipsw ic h detachments were commanded by Corps Supt. F. E. Netherc:)at, supp Dr ted by Supt. W In his remarks to the men, at the of the t.he doctor gave some v ery which they had to perform In carry ng oU,t theIr respect Iv e Jobs d b fig ures taken from the last year s report, showed that an y h h the percentage of those the examIners was very Ig

HA VERHILL. -The Boy Cadets attached to this Divis io n went under canvas on Saturday, July 18th on a field kIndly b Mr. J. Tingey at Castle Camps. On the Sunday followmg, remaining Haverhill units accompanIed by County Surgeon

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T. H. Goodman, Ambulance Officer Wm. Scrivener, Lady Supt. Mlss Ruffle and Officers, marched out to the camps and found breakfast prepared for them by the boys under Cadet Officer A. Shipp. Having partaken of a good meal the whole attended divine service at the Parish Church, the service being conducted by the Rector (the Rev. R. F. Routh).. Following dinner, rambles were taken round the old Castle rums and over the farm lands and, before the return march was entered upon, thanks were accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Tingey for their kind hospitality.

SUFFOLK COUNTY.- Two teams from the Brigade entered for the competitions held at Bury St. Edmunds on Bank Holiday under the rules of the British Red Cross Society. The Saxmundham Nursing Division, which was only inaugurated last March, although not successful in the women's tests gave an excellent account of themselves. The Gippeswyk Division of the Ipswich Corps were once agaIn the winners in the men's contests, of the" Felixstowe" Challenge Cup, for the second year in succession. The team consisted of Sergeant J. H. Brett (in charge), Corporal F. L. Curtis, Privates C. H. Waller and C W. Wright, with Corporal G. Lucas in reserve. District Officer W. C. Smith (who has successfully coached the team each year) attended, together with Corps Officer T. A. Pepper and Supt. F. E. Goddard.

No. II (5. E. & C. R.) District.

The annual inspection of the Chatham, Maidstone, and Queenborough divisions took place in the Chatham DrilI HalI on July lIth. There was a good muster of all ranks from the Medway towns.

A combined church parade at Sevenoaks on July 12th attracted a large number of men from Addiscombe, Hither Green, Willesborough, Woolwich, Victoria, Ashford works, Battersea and London Bridge Nursing Divisions. Commissioner Richards was in charge. The Sevenoaks and Knockholt bands were in attendance. Lt.-Col. J. M. Rogers, D.S. O was the inspecting officer. After the parade the officers, N.C.O.'s, and nursing units were entertained by invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, and given tea on fhe lawn at " South bank," their charming residence.

The inspection of the Woolwich Division recently was made the occasion of a presentation of a handsome case of pipes to Dr. Stuart, the divisional surgeon, contributed to by each member of the division as a sllght recognition of the valuable services Dr. Stuart performed in lecturing to the railwaymen. Mr. Richards made the presentation and spoke in felicitous terms of the help given to the division by Dr. Stuart, and the example he had set by his regular attendance and painstaking efforts to ensure efficiency ,

The Annual Meeting of the Faversham Division was presided ov;! r by Sir Sydney Alexander.

Bricklayer'S Arms Division presented a very smart appearance for its Annual Inspection by the Commissioner.

Members of eVi!ry Division in the District were present for the Annual Church Parade at St. Peter's, Eaton Square on July 26th. After the Inspection by Lieut.-Colonel J.' T. Perowne, Divine Service was conducted by the Rev. Austm Thompson, M.A., who delivered an impressive address on the solution of modern social problems. The Lesson was read by Mr. H. E. O. Wheeler, O. B.E., Assist. Chief Operating Supt. of the Southern Railway.

l.t is. interesting to record that the of No. I District IS constantly growing and the number of recruits obtained during the present year shows a most satisfactory mcrease.

AID.- August,

19'5.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

THE Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas has S:lnctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations during the month of July, 1925 :Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.

Mosman Nursing Division-F. Brown to be Lady Divisional Supt. ; Lorna D. Beveridge, M.B. to be Divisional Surgeon, 28 5.25

Mosman Division-T. H. Phipps, M.B., M.R.C.S. to be Divisional Surgeon; F. Young to be Acting Divisional Supt,

4.4. 2 5

Port Kembla Division-R. C. Greeves, M. B. to be Divisional Surgeon; T. McNamara to be Acting Divisional Supt.,3£.£.25

Sydney Central Division- Sergeant R. O. Gibson to be Divisional Supt. vice W. Keato resigned, 14.5.25

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT.

Port Augusta Di v ision-W. L. Ardett to be Acting Divisional Supt., 15425 Canada.

MANITOBA DISTRICT.

George Seale Nursing Division-Elizabeth B. Matheson, M.D. to be Div'sional Surgeon; ,E. Gosnell to be Lady Divis;onal Supt. C. McIlwraith to be Nursing Officer (T. N.)

E. P. Underhill to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 18.3 2 5 SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT.

Edith Cavell Nursing- Division-Andrew Croll, M.D. to be Divisional Surgeon, 1.5.25 India.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. J. Mackenzie to be Lady District Officer, 1.1. 2 5 10th (Medical College) Division-Lieut.-Col. P. F. Connor

to be Divisional Surgeon; Major R. N. Chopra to be Divisional Supt.; Dr. N. N. Chatterji to be Ambuiance Officer, 14 2 2 5

S. N. Dutt to be Ambulance Officer, 15.225 ; S. K. Ghosh to be Ambulance Officer, 16.225

NO.3 DISTRICT.

Hindu S.S.L. Division-yd Ambulance Officer K. M. Bodus resigned, 20.6.25 New Zealand.

CANTERBURY AND WEST COAST DISTRICT.

Ashburton Nursing Division-J. Connor, M.D. to be Divisional Surgeon, 25 5.25

OTAGO DISTRICT.

Invercargill Division-Divisional Supt. A. E. Newman resigned, 25 5.25

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED, DISBANDMENTS &c. Australia.

NEW SOUTH \VALES DISTRICT.

Mosman Division formed, 4-425 Port Kembla Division formed, 31.1. 2 5 ; Mosman Nursing Division formed, 28.5. 2 5 Canada.

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India.

No.2 DI STRICT.

12th (Scottish Churches) Division formed 21.2.25 New Zealand.

CANTERBURY AND WEST COAST DISTRICT.

Ashburton Nursing Division formed, 6.5.25 South Africa.

CAPE PROVINCE DISTRICT.

De Beers Corps to be Kimberly Corps, 1.1.25

St. John V.A.D.'s.

N UMBER OF OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR ApPOINTMENT AS COMMANDANTS, to 12TH AUGUST, 19 2 5:County.

Atb.- jS

Staff=Sergeant J. T. Churcher.

We have pleasure in presenting the photograph and record of Staff-Sergeant James Thomas Churcher, who is still an active member of No. I (St. John's Gate) Division, and whose registered number in No.1 District is No. I. Born in 1844, Sergeant Churcher took bis First-Aid Certificate in May, 1886, and his Nursing Certificate in March, 1890. He joined the Brigade at its formation in 1887, and has done public duty on many notable occasions, Stalf-Sergeant ]. T. CHURCHER.

ApPOINTMENTS OF COMMANDANTS (JULy-AUGUST).

The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned :Essex Mrs. I. Webb Kent " M. Wilson Walthamstow

have been completed for

Hebburn

such as the Jubilee celebrations and funeral of Queen Victoria, the coronation and funeral of King Edward, the marriage and coronation of King George, the pu blic funerals of Lord Napier, Lord Roberts. and others, & c. Sergeant was awarded the Service of the Order in 19°4, and was present at the famous ReVIew of the Brigade in Windsor Park in 1912. In spi.te of advancing years he still keep., up hIS record for effiCIency and a few weeks ago passed the tests at the 1925 Reexamination of No. Division.

Chemist: "I'm afraid I can't let you ha.ve that drug Sir." Customer: "Why not? Do I look like a mar: who would kill himself? II Chemist:" Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that, sir; but if I looked like you I should be tempted ."

MANITOBA DISTRICT.

Gemge Seale Division formed, 18.3 2 5 ONTARIO DISTRICT.

Chatham Central Nursing Division disbanded, 31.12 24

The Second Annual Social of the Nursing Division was held at the Walthamstow Ambulance Station on June 25th, when Lady Perrott, RRC" very kindly attended to n:;ake three presentations.

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St. John's Gate at Play.

"THE old Order changeth ! " Certainly, The Order of St. John h3s chang@d and its leaders to-day adopt novel methods for forging new links between St. John's Gate and those whose privilege it is to serve under The Order.

To end Colonel Cameron, Secretary of The Order, conceived a pretty notion and the Area of No.1 District to mortal combat at cncket. selected this Area because its Assistant CommISSIOner known to have played Rugby football in the days of hIS youth. The challenge was promptly accepted. ,

So Col. Secretary dug out some County who spend their latter years at The Gate, and roped In, among others of Headquarters staff, the Chief Secretary of the Association, and the Deputy Control,ler of Stores. The Assistant Commissioner roamed hIS Area and scrounged a t eam, the whiteness of whose flannels on the day of battle was beyond reproach. ,

The game started, and Col. Stores, who kept mSIstmg

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side seemed to know its opponents better than when the match began.-A NOTHER FELLOW.

First Aid in Canada.

IN our issue of Dec e mber, 1924, we published the conditions which govern the nine comp e titions conducted by the Canadian Branch of the St. John Am bulance Association. We have now been favoured by a report from Col. Charles A. Hodgetts C.M,G , M.D" who as Director-General judges all the competitions himself, and has recently returned to Headquarters at Ottawa after his 19 25 tour of the Canadian He ,-"as on the trail for 3 months, travelled 15,000 mIles, and Judged 15 6 teams.

In the report we interest is increasing and that WIth thIS Increased 10terest there IS manifested a greater efficiency in First Aid and Horne Nursing. Of the 156 teams examined, 7 (the winning

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we hope that. it may long continue to flourish the Control of It,S e.ne. rgetic Director-General who IS so the t raditions of The Order of St. splendidly maIDta10IDg John in Canada,

Our Ambulance Problem (No.2).

REPORT OF EXAMINER.

"d f the Test No 2 was to ascertain the The maID 1 ea 0 capacity of candidates.

I. To visualise a case.

2. To diagnose.

3 , Correct treatment omitting ever.yth1Og

U the whole the papers sent 10 were qUIte satIspon d I f el these Tests will prove valuable to factory, an nte: and ultimately to the benefit of ambulance those who e 11' They will teach ambulance men and work genera y.

AID.

THE CASE

"t' d " The Doctor arriving horne fro.m. a, Ire ou. decides to give himself a hypodermIC IDJeCtlon of morphIa. Being tired he takes more than he intended and then has a glass of whisky. He lies down on the bed, as h,e was so tired and falls asleep (independently of the n;tOJphla he taken). Later, during his sleep the affects as shown by the moderately contrasted, pupIls The ,gas blown out by the wind-but as t?ere IS. free CIrculation 0 air does not affect him as there IS no SIgn of blueness of face nor lips. d t 1

Alcoholic poisoning is elimlOated by the mo era e y contrasted pupils-flushe? p':!lse. ils Narcotic poisoning IS defin.ltely mdlcated by pup and the fact that he cannot be raIsed.

The following is the winning paper su bmitted by MR LEO, J. ADDl, 30, Whitfield-street, Ardwick, Manchester.

THE "GATE" TEAM.

on the number of his years, proceeded to knock off many (almost one hundred) runs, and to keep Dr. Asst.-Comm. and his henchmen on the run. Lawks! how they pufft:d ! Capt. Association made only a short stay, and Col. Secretary was far from fortinate. So The Gate scored 13 8 for si x wickett:; and declared.

Then carne a jovial tea party after which Central Area had a knock and did well at first. Mr. Arehbold played excellent cricket until Col. Stores enticed ' him forward and Capt. Association downed his wicket. Then along carne Dr. Asst ,·Comm. who scored a batch of lusty tries before he (one of five) fell victim to Col. Stores with his wily twisters, Then others came with fearful step only to be sent back in ha!'te and when time and failing light put an end to a really pleasant afternoon which one and all enjoyed, Central Area had scored 124 runs and had on e wicket to fall.

So the first match of the Knights-Cricketer of St. J oho' s ended in a drawn game ; and everyone was glad because a pretty notion had achieved its object, and each

teams from the seven provinces) entered for the Montizambert Cup, which carries with it the championship of Canada 34 for the Railway Trophy ; 8 for the General Trophy, which is open for teams not eligible for other trophies 7 for the Miners Trophy 16 for the Police Trophy; 15 for the Militia Cup 16 for the Ladies Competition in First Aid and Home Nursing 10 (the representatives of 59 entries) for the Cadet Trophy ; 34 for the Canadian National Railways Competition for men and women, &c.

To us the task seems stupendous and well-nigh impossible j and we congratulate Col. Hodgetts on the good results which are evidently resulting from his wonderful energy and enthusiasm not only in the competition field but also in the ordinary branch of Association work, since in the same report we note that for the six months ending June 30th, 1925, Canadian Headquarters issued 5 126 certificates and other awards as against 6759 in the twelve months of 19 23.

Clearly the Association is flourishing in Canada and

No, 1 CENTRAL AREA TEAM.

form accurate conclusions from the women to think-to thereby ensure prompt and correct evidence given, and treatment. ote far too much-giving un- Some competItors wr d useless informatlOn. necessary anI d that practically every competitor

I am pease h d n himself an hypodermIC nised that the Dr a( As the poison was in injection of a narcotic Ia emetic as some did, the blood it was useless gIvmg h'" nd" caused I ecessary to treat t e wou and It a so unn dIe as it had by this time coag,ulated. by the of a nee ras ed the case and hIS paper

The W10ner thoroughly gH Ph d all the qualificaII t' every way e as use d is exee en ID . 8" t d Am bulanee Cross an tIons depicted 10 theF iii" of the highest (!)rder. ' If "Irst- I er proyed himse a d a ers which pleased me, There were several other goo p 0 that I had no but none quite equal to WIDner, s difficulty in arriving at a deCISIon.

Diagn osis, . b hypodermic injectIon. MorphIa pOlsonmg y

How arrived at- .' h r ht smell d h stormy mght WIt s Ig Open window an roug h b en blown out by strong of gas point to the gas avmg e t d any large lodgeh · h h however preven e wind w IC as, h ky bottle together f The half empty w IS ment 0 gas, that for some unknown with smell of breath deno e'l a large quantity) has reason, some (not spot of blood the been partaken, of. h e of a hypodermic synnge, left forearm p0 10ts to t e us ontaining morphia as the held in the nght hand, andlc regular and stertorous , f ble pu se ' I symptoms, VIZ. :-, i b t contracted pUpI s breathing, e9 ua f uthis poison which is k indIcatIve 0 '. 11 and cold s In are b sed hypodermica 'I. also the most likely one to e u

-FIRST AID. - August, 1925.

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

EDITORIAL-

First Aid Demonstrations

Jerusalem Hospital Notes

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480

St. Tohn Ambulance in South Africa .. . Bristol Cenrte ... ...

L. & N. E. Railwav Centre

Brigade Appointments, &c

DISTRICT REPORTS-

Prince of Wales's NO·3; NO.4 NO.5; No. 10 No.1 r

The St. John Am bulance Brigade 0 verse as St. John V.A.D 's...

Staff-Sergeant J. T. Churcher

St. John's Gate at Play

First Aid in Canada

Our Ambulance Problem 2) :....

A Thoughts of a Winter Programme

First Aid Cabinets on the Road

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-

S.J.A.B. Overseas

PRIORY FOR WALES-

Brigade News

General Interest

Centre Reports

News in Brief •..

It Pays to Ad vertise

First Aid Case for Electric Shock

REVIEWS-

First Aid in Emergencies

Bandaging Made Easy

The Coming of Baby in Industry

FIrst Steps in Nursing

PRACTICAL POINTS-

First Aid to Animals ...

Child Saved from Sewer

QUERIES AND ANSWERS TO COltRESPONDENTS-

Charge of Street Accidents

Examination Howler

Grip for Handseat

Fracture of eck of Femur

Membership of Sister Societies

Dual Office in Brigade... '"

Treatment of Fractured Cranium

Treatment of Operation Cases

Treatment

Treatment, etc.-

Wife answers night bell taking the message and promises to have same attended to, she then rejoins her Husband who carrying no naked lights, has entered the room, and left door open to free current of air and. to examine gas tap. and cut supply off: until room IS cleared of gas, when he lowers window and lights the. gas, meanwhile, however, he proceeds to prepare patIent for bed, baring the neck face and shoulders. he instructs '

Wife to summon by telephone nearest doctor available prepare hot water bottles, an d hot black coffee

Husband places patient in bed with jaconette or waterproof sheeting between thp. undersheet and patient's face, n.eck .and shoulders p and soaking a towel the water J llg In the room proceeds to slap patient vIgorously on the exposed parts.

Wife returns with hot water bottles, which having been tested for excessive heat against her bared elbow are .placed in bed. Sh e informs husband of repl; to call for doctor, and proceeds to make fire m bedroom and generally prepare for doctor's arrival.

If, and when, crJ nsciousness t's regained.

p to swallow is tested, by insertion between hps at of mouth, of a teaspoonful of liquid, and then watchmg for responding movement of "Adam's Apple."

II able to swallow-

Patient is given hot black coffee to drink. No e metic is administed, as in view of hypodermic injection, same would be useless.

Whm doctor arrives-

Husband states history and nature of case, and treatment accorded, husband and wife stand by to render doctor aSsIstance required.

WIfe then. gIves doctor message received. he giving it his attentIOn.

A Secretary's Thoughts of a Winter Programme.

ALTHOUGH it is only July when this article is written a thoughts must and will wander to the months and all they bring forth in the way of First Ald work.

Now is the time for those responsible to set to work to arrange a programme of work that will mterest and bnng the members of a Division together. Perhaps the I?rogramme for this Division will prove of mterest to others m same position as myself.

We start our programme with the arrival of September, and the first Item is an individual competition for the mem To the mem ber gaining the highest a IS held for the year and in addition three pnzes are gIven.

are weekly, and include First Aid talks, practrcal work WIth the triangular bandage the roller bandage, of course drill of every

At monthly mtervals our Divisional Surgeon will delJver lectures On some part of the Textbook such a th Nervous System, Poisons, etc. s e

.These lectures be supplemented by another MedIcal Officer, who WIll address the members on other

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medical subjects, and lectures on such matters as the Study of Life, the Ancestry 01 Man, etc.

Visits have been arranged to such places as the Royal College of Surgeons, the London hospitals, while the social side will be catered for by visits to the various museums, where most interesting lectures can be heard on any subj ect that one cares to arrange for.

The yeady dinner and dance is another important social event eagerly looked for by both members and their friends.

Towards the end of the year the Competition of the Corps takes place, which necessitates more practices and talks.

The Annual General Meeting ushers in the New Year, and gives all a chance to bring forward suggestions for the furtherance of our work.

Then comes the preparation of the Course of Lectures, the lectures themselves, the practices for the candidates, the Examination. and then enrolling into the fold the succ essful candidates.

AID.-

wool, lint, iodine, sal volatile, drinking water, measure glass, tourniquet, olive oil, scissors, &c, &r.

The cabinets are intended for use by the in cases of accident, and can be opened by breaking one of the glass panels in door, and using the key thus released. After use the key, to which a label is attached, can be dropped in a letter box, care being taken that the cabin e t door is shut tight. During the time that one key is in the post on its way to headquarters, a sEcond key remains behind another glass panel, being ready for use. A new glass and the key will be replaced on receipt of key at head quarters.

The liner and contents of the cabinet have been supplied by the Stores Department, of St. John Am bulance Ac;sociation to local design. The writing on the cabinets aDd fixing has been done by local mem bers in th e ir own time; and one member has been nominated to take the oversight of the cabinets.

Ambulance telephone numbers are marked on the outside of the doors.

The yearly re-examination of the Division sees March with us.

During these months members have, besidts attending Public Duties, attended local football matches and other outdoor sports where their services have been required.

In conclusion, I would urge upon all who may be interested to arrange such visits as I do, for members do appreciate together outside the four walls of the practice room.

First=Aid Cabinet on the Road.

THE Guildford Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade have just placed on three main roads outside Guildford neat wooden first-aid cabinets for use in case of accident.

The cabinets are about 18 in. high by 14 in. wide, and are mounted on a post about 5 ft. They are painted white with black lettering. The inside is fitted with a metal liner, divided into pigeon holes, with hinged flap markeu on the outside as to contents, which comprise bandages, dry dressings, burn dressings, splints, cotton

fetters to the

W, ar, tf, 'It) way resF"Hsibie for Ou 0f'fHio,u txpreJJea, Dr tltt statef,",,,ts made. b, Conespondents -EDITOR.

S.J.A.B. OVERSEAS.

DEAR SlR,-

One wonders sometimes if all ambulance men and nurstng sisters at Home are aware of the S.J.A.B. in New Zealand. There is no doubt, that among all the emigrants that leave England's shore for New Zealand som e must be members of St. John s, yet its very seldom that one joins us Out here. How glad we should be of their carrying on the go?d work. I t helps the" New Chums" to get in touch wIth the ColoDlals and their ways. Their are Divisions in all the large centres, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Otaga. If any coming out to New Zealand I should only be too glad to give them advise.- Yours etc., J. BECCONSALL, Corps Supt., Christchurch Ambulance Brigade. I, Lancaster-street, Christchurch, New Zealand. July 2nd, 19 2 5.

WHEN OORRESPONDING WITH ADVERTISERS PLEASE MEN'I ION "FIH.ST AID."

THE ROAD CADINETS O F THE GUILD FORD DI V ISION.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, JULY, 19 2 5.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned by the Ambu· lance Committee :-

To be Corps Surgeon.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Divi!>ional Surgeon Simon Simons, M.R.C.S., (Eng.), L.R.C.P. ( Lond.), West Monmouth Corps, 27.7.25

To be Divisional Surgeons.

BRECKNOCK SHIRE CENTRE.

Thomas Price Thomas M D Buckland-Bwlch Nursing Division, 297.25 .., MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Wllliar:n. Mul vey, M.B Ch.B., B.A.O., A bertillery DIvIsIon, 27.7 .25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR T YDFIL CENTRE.

Harold B. Flooks, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), Dowlais Division, 27.7 25

To be Divisional Superintendents.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer David Morgan, Tumble Division, 26.6.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer David Reynolds, Glynneath Division, 16.7. 2 5

Ambulance Officer Charles Edward Benjamin, NantyffyIloD, Di vi sion, 7.7. 25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Privat e William Henry Ebbw Vale Division, 3.7.25

Ambulance Officer WIlham James Little Oakdale DivisIon 6.7. 2 5 "

Sergeant Elias Hart, Risca Division, 16.7.25

BOROUGH OF SWAN SEA CENTRE.

Private William George Wilkins, Mond Nickel Works Division 4.7. 2 5 '

To be Lady Divisional Superintendent. BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.

Sister Annie B. Cresswell, Buckland-Bwlch Nursing DIVISIon, 29.7. 2 5 and Promotions sanctioned by the Com· mISSIOner for Wales :-

To be Centre Surgeon. CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Staff Officer Dr. de Vere Hunt, City of Cardiff Centre, 17.7 2 5

To be Ambulance Officers.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal James Wyndham Richards Tyb' D' 6 Ie IVlslOn, 29 25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant David Thomas, Glynneath Division, 16.7. 2 5 MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Padfield, Abertillery Division 1672

PrIvat e WIlham Edwin Jenkms Ebb V I D'" 5 , w a e IVlslOn, 3.7 2 5

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA C ENTRE.

Private Tom Plant Mond Nickel W k D or s IVlslon, 4.7.25

To be Ambulance Officers for Cadets.

GLAMOR GA N COUNTY CE.URE.

Sergeant John Hugh Jones, Garth Maestcg Division, 3 7.25

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal Thomas Edward Jones, Abertysswg Division, 27.6.25

To be Nursing Officer.

BRECKNO CKSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambul.afoIc.e Sister Mary Annie Davis, Buckland-Bwlch Nursing

DIVISIOn, 30.7 .25

To be Staff Sergeant.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE

Sergeant Fred Teale, Ferndale Division, 23.6 25

To be Sergeants.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal David J ohn Davies, Tybie Division, 29.6 25

" Frederick Evans, Tybie Division, 29.6.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTR E

Private Sam Dav ies,. Glynneath D ivision, 16.7.25

Corporal James DaVIes, Glynneath Di vi sion, 16.7.25

MON MOUTHSHIR E CENTR E.

Co,rporal Robert Lewis,. Abertillery Division, 16.7 .2 5

PrIvate Alfred Owen GIbbs, Abertillery Di visio n, 16.7.25

" Emanuel Nash, Ebbw Vale Division, 3.7.25

Corporal Jonas Webster, Pontnewynydd Di visIO n, 3 7.25

" Charles Pontypool Division, 27.6.2 5

" Horace HarTIS, Pontypool Division, 27 .6.2 5

BOROUGH OF SW ANSR:A CENTRE.

Private Herbert Wilkinson Mond Nickel Works Di v ision, 4.7. 2 5

To be Corporals.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private Robert Ambrose, Tybie, Division, 29.6.25

" Worral, Tybie Division, 29.6.25

" Damel John E vans, Tybie Division, 29.6.25

GL AMO RGAN COUN TY CENTRE.

Private Lunn, Glynneath Division, 167.25

" Da v Id Tohn Crook, Glynneath Division, 17.7.25

" Harrold Murphy, Glynneath Division, 17.7 .2 5 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Pri va te Charie? Henry Williams, Abertillery Division, 16 7.25

" Cockram, Abertillery Division, 16 7.25

" !?m RIchardson, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd DIvIsIOn, 3.7 .25

T.revor Butcher, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd DI VI SIOn, 3.7.25

PrIvate I v or Jones, Ebb": Vale DivisIOn, 3.7.25

" Joseph Wren, Division, 27. 6.2 5

" Ernest Phtillps, GrIffithstown Di vi sion, 27. 6 .25

" George WIllIams, Pontnewynydd Division 3.7.25

" Ivor Gregory, Pontypool Division, 27.6.25'

" Charles Newman, Pontypool Division, 27 6. 2 5

" Herbert Stanley Webb, Pontypool Division, 27.6.25

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Private W. James Smith, Mond Works Division, 4.7.25

" John Bytheway, Mond NIckel Works Division, 4.7.25

To be Divisional Secretaries.

CARMARTRENSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer James Wyndham Ri::hards Tybie Division 29. 6 2 5 "

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GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private William Thomas Watkins, Treforest Division, 3.7. 2 5

MONMOUTH SH IRE CENTRE.

Pri vate William Edward Jenkins, Ebbw Vale Di v ision, 3.7. 2 5

" William Mogford, Pont'ypool Division, 27. 6 2 5

To be Lady Divisional Secretaries.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENT RE.

Am bulance Sister Margaret Amelia Lewis, Senghenydd Nursing Division, 4 7 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Eli za beth Ann Mogford, Pontypool Nursing Division, 27.6.25

To be Divisional Treasurer.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corpo ral William Palmer, Pontypool Division, 27. 6 2 ')

To be Lady Divisional Treasurers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTR E.

Am bulance Sister Gladys May Hyatt, Senghenydd Nursing Di vi sion, 4.7 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

A mbulance Sister Minnie Clark, Pontypool Nursing Division, 27 6.25

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CEN TRE

Sergeant David John Dav ies, Tybie Di vi sion, 29. 6 2 5

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENT RE

Co rporal Stanley Richards, Nantyffyllon Division, 7.7. 2 5

1'1ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Serg eant Charles Thomas, Pontypool Di v ision, 27. 6 2 5

To be Lady Divisional Storekeeper.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Amb ulance Sister Ellen Annie Maud Lewis, Senghenydd Nursing Division, 47. 2 5

To be Honorary President.

BRECKNOCKSHTRE CENTRE.

Mr s. Gwladys M. Berry, Buckland-Bwlch Nursing Di visi on, 29.7. 2 5

To be Cadet Sergeants.

CITY OF C ARDIFF CENTRE.

Cadet Emlyn Hodges, Barry Dock Cadet Division, 23 .7 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Cadet Frederick Charles Bowen, Abertysswg Cadet Division, 27.6.25

To be Cadet Corporals .

CITY OF CAR DIFF CENT RE

Cad et Kenneth Hook, Barry Dock Cadet, 23.7. 2 5 William Gracey, Barry Dock Cadet, 237. 2 5

MONMOUTHSIIIRE CENTRE.

Cadet Allen George Yorke, Abertysswg Cadet, 27. 6 2 5 " George Morgan, Abertysswg Cadet, 27. 6 2 5

Divisions Registered.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTR E.

Buckland-Bwlch Nursing Di visi on, 10.7. 2 5

GLAM0RGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Senghenydd Nursing Di vis ion, 4.7. 2 5

MONMOUTHSHlRE CENTRE.

Garndiffaith D: v ision, 37. 2 5

Cadet Division Registered.

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GLA MORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Deri Cadet Di v ision, 9.7. 2 5

Corps Re-named.

MON MOU THSHIRE CENTRE.

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Pontypool Corps to be re-named Pontypool and District Corps, 7.7. 2

Divisions Re- named.

GL AMORGAN CO UNTY CENTR E.

Caerphilly (R R.) Division, to be re-named Caerphilly (G .W R. Division, 27.625

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENT RE

Pontypool Road Division, to be re-named Pontypool Division 28 .7. 2 5

Divisions Absorbed.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTR E

Pontypool North Division to Pontypool Road Di vi sion, 28.7. 2 5

Transferred.

C ARMART HEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal M. M. Berwick, from Llanelly Town Di v ision to Naval Collieries and Penygraig District, 11.7. 2 5

Gel1pral Interest.

CONTE STS AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD.

AMBULANCE Competitions were the principal attraction on the opening day of the great annual festival of the Cymry at Pwllheli, and the events in this section included contests for all classes of ambulance workers.

The" Lady Bute" Cup of the Priory for Wales, open to t eams of women holding first aid and home nursing certificates of a recognised Society, was won by a team from the Kenfig Hill Nursing Division, an excep tionally well trained team which has recently b ecome conspicuous in competitive circles.

Blaenan-Festiniog came second and Pontypool third.

The" Lady Lewis" Cup of the Priory was also brought to South Wales by the Ferndale Colliery team, Bangor L.M.S. was second, and Treharris came third Fourteen e ams entered for this contest which was open to teams of m e n holding a first aid certificate of a recognised society.

The .1 Gwent " Trophy, confined to teams cf girls not over eighteen years of age holding first aid and home nursing certificates o( a recognised society, was withheld as the Pontypool St. John cad ets were the only candidates, and they received the s econd prize.

The Abertysswg Cadets won the "Isca" Shield for boys of eighteen years of age and under holding first aid certificates of tbe Order of St. John or the Briti!:h Red Cross Society. Dixie Kids (Blaenau Festiniog) came second in this contest and the Pontypool Cadets third

The "Silurian" Shield, for comp etition by women resident in Wales and Monmouthshire holding first aid and home nursIng certificates of the Order of Sr. J obn or the British Red Cross Society, was won by Carnarvon 25 th Kenfig Hill came second and Pontypool third. Bangor L MS., follo\\ed by Afonwen, won the" Mrs. K. L. Buckley" Cup in an open cont e st amongst teams of men resident in the six northern counties holding first

aid certificates of the Order of St. John or tha British Red Cross Society.

The result of the contest for teams of men resident in Wales and Monmouthshire holding a first aid certificate of the Order of St. John or the British Red Cross Society, for the "Trcvethin" Shield, was a victory tor Afonwen. Pontypool and Treharris came in second and third respectively.

Lady Thomas, wife of Sir Robert J. Thomas, M , P., who presided over Monday's proceedings, presented the prizes, medals and trophies to the winning teams before a vast and distinguished audience. The Judges were: -

W. Thelwall Thomas, Esq., M.B.E., F.R.e.S., Liverpool; S. Glanville Morris, Esq , M D., M S , J.P., Mardy; D. Rocyn Jones, Esq., e.B E., M.B., D.P.H., Newport; !vor J. Davies, Esq., M,D., M R.C.P, Cardiff.

Mr. W. Mabon Abraham represented the Commissioner for Wales and assisted the Eisteddfod Ambulance Committee in the organising of the competitions.

One of the Priory's motor ambulances was by request stationed in the ground, and it was observed that whilst the ambulance and nursing units were all engaged in the competitive work, the ambulance driver, who, in common with all the drivers engaged in the Priory's Transport Service, was a qualified first aid man, occupied his spare moments by rendering first aid to a woman who had fainted.

PUBLIC DUT Y AT WH IIIB LEY.

The Public Duty Officer at Wembley, in his report on the Brigade duty at the British Empire Exhibition for the five weeks ended July 4th, says: "The Welsh Contingent under Divisional Supt. Mainwaring paraded in full strength during its week's duty and did exeeedingly well."

This tribute concerns members from the Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan County, Borough of Merthyr '1 ydvil, Aberdare, City of Cardiff, and Montgomeryshire Centres, who were on duty from June nnd to the 27 h.

A MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT.

OPENED IN BRID G END.

idea of establishing a Medical Comforts Depot 10 Bndgend has now fructified. Dr. J. S. Peebles, Medical Officer of Health for Bridgend, has for some time looked for.ward to a I?epot being available for the people of Bndgend, and hiS Council has kindly provided a room in the Library lor this purpose. Meetings have been dunng the. past month, and a Committee, representaof the branches of local public life, set up, With Mrs Mlchael Davies as Chairman, and Mr H. M. Long! Secretary, t? take charge of the new Depot, which promises to b e of Immense value to the town and district.

Centre Reports.

GLAMORGANSHIRE COUNTY CENTRE.

CARNIVAL AT PONTARDULAIS,

The enterprising Pontardulais Division under the direction of Dr. R. J. Isaac, organised an Carnival and flag day on Saturday, July 25th, when ambulance competitions formed one of the features. The Llanellv Nurses came first in the Ambulance competition, with second. A contest arranged for cadets resulted In a victory for Mynydd Bach Cadets; Llanelly securing second place.

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Colonel W. N. Jones, of Ammanford, presented the prizes.

REM ARKABLE SUCCESS.

The competitive spirit is the most effective means of encouraging efficiency among ambulance workers, and adhering to this wisdom the Ffaldau Institute and Ganv Divisional team has already entered twelve competitions this year. Victory has crowned nine of the twelve attempts made by this energetic team, and this is probably an un beaten record.

ABERAVON CORPS.

An interesting and successful meeting was held in the Workmen's Hall, Abergwynfi, recently, when warrants were presented to the newly-appointed Officers and certificates to those who had passed their examinations.

Mr. Gwilym Rowlands, M E., presided. supported by the Rev. H. Parry, Vicar, Mr. Wynne Owen, Mr J. Thomas, Sub -Commissioner Lemuel Jones, and others. Several excellent musical items contributed to a most enjoyable evening.

INSPECTION OF TH!l: CAERPHILLY SUB-DISTRICT.

.The annual inspt:ction of the units in the Caerphilly Sub-district was held in the grounds of Ystrad Fawr, kindly lent by Lt.-Col. H. E. M. Lindsay, e. B. (Chairman, Glamorgan County Centre), on Saturday, 18th July. There were 286 all ranks on parade, including SubCommissioner C. T. Hurry Riches, Staff Officer W. Hares, Corps Officers D. H Phillips, Dr. Robertson, and Lady Supt. L Lendor;. Staff Officer Bernard E Maberiy, who conducted the inspection on behalf of the Commissioner for Wales, reported tbat the officers were to be congratulated on the efficiency of the men and under their command.

Loss T O CAERAU DIVISION.

The death is reported witb deep regret ot the late Dr. J. Harris Jones on July 9th. The doctor was the greatly respected officer-in-charge of the Caerau division, and a large number of local ambulance men paid their last tribute of esteem at the funeral whicb took place on tbe 14th July.

A PRACTICAL TEST.

As Kenfig Hill nursing and ambulance teams, under Supts. Lewis Jon es and Mrs. Sutton, arrived at Pyle Station on returning from the competitions at Carmarthen on Thursday, 6th August, they were hurried to the tragic scene of an overturned motor charabanc, and there rendered most valuable services to the victims.

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

PONTYPOOL AND DISTRICT C()RPS.

The County Commissioner, Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, e.B.E., accompanied by Sub-Commissioner R. Wilson Bartlett and Staff Officer S. T. Beard, O.B.E, conducted the annual inspection of the Pontypool and District Corps on Saturday, lIth July, at the Pontypool Park.

Tbe great rally of smartly uniformed ambulance and nursing members and cadets presented a striking spectacle: to the large crowd which had watched the procession, headed by the local Salvation Army band, from the Pontypool Ambulance Hall to the parade ground in the park.

Warrants of appointment were presented by the Commissioner to a large number of Officers, and at the conclusion the members marched back to the Ambulance Hall, where refreshments were provided.

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ANNUAL CHURCH PARADE.

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00 Sunday morning, 12th July, the Pontypool, and District Corps under the command of Corps Supt. G. H. Nelms, attended Divine Service at the Wesleyan Church, Griffithstown. F

The membe'(s, accompanied by Corp3 Officers N I S H Mogford J. Rickards and Sergeant Major ems, .., b h R We bb. were warmly wek:omed to the service y t e ev. H. Hawkinson.

RHYMNEY DIVISION.

In the death of Corporal J. Morgan the Rhymney Di vision has lost a loyal friend and respected .N.e.O. Tbe lat e Corporal had been closelv associated With work for the last forty years; for many years actlDg as sec retary of the local ambulance classes.

CARMARTHEN5HIRE CENTRE.

BEREAVEMENT.

Ambulance workers in and nea::- the County of Ca rmarthen have learned of the death ?f the late C ommissioner, Colonel E van Evans, M. D., With profound reg ret. . d d h P' y

As the first Commissioner appolOte un er t... nor (or Carmarthen he was excee?ingly and loved. M ore than this. he was a m ambulance work, fo rming the first ambulance class m the Old Town Hall, Ll anelly on a Sunday afternoon as far 1887, blic opinion was anything but helpful 10 thiS cause. HIS work was not unrecognised. In 19.21 the Order of St John appointed him an Honorary and he was invested by His. Majesty Kmg at BucklDgham P alace with the insigma of a Kntght of Grace of the Order. Tbe enormous popularity enjoye? by the C ommissioner was evinced at the Impressive funeral t ook place on Tuesday, the 21st July. Full h onours were accorded and the Officers of the Brigade acted as bearers. There were one hundred and fifty O ffi N C 0 's and thirty-three Nurses on parade. cers, PRESENTATION TO DR. SYDNEY WILLIAMS.

A social evening was held at the Inkerman Street Headquarters on Wednesday evening, 22nd July, when a presentltion was made to Staff Surgeon Dr. Sydney Williams. -t d b th Mr. A. E. Davies occupIed the chaIr, suppor eye Sub-Commissioner, Mr. E. D. J ones. present M · 'lJrodt e Mrs E D Jones, MISS Pnce, MISS Rees, were IS5 D ••• - •• M Miss Harries (Officers of the local NurslOg DIvIsIOn, rs. Randell Supt. J. E. Williams, Corps Secretary T. J. W 'll" Supt C B Millar and Ambulance Officer 1 tams, ex- , A. Hayward. d A vote of condolence with Mrs. Evans was passe t he mem bers standing. .' k

The Sub-Commissioner outlined brIefly the great wor of the late Colonel Evans, to whose memory Dr. Sydney Williams also paid a tribute. LI 11

A resentation was made on behalf of the ane y b P f the St John Ambulance Brigade to Dr. Sydney mem ers o. . t Williams in recognition of his valuable serVIces as mstruc or during the past two seasons. - .fi

The Chairman distributed a large n.u':llber of certlcates congratulating the recipients and glVlDg some to the Cadets, and tea was served under the lCec. f M T J Williams Mrs. Bowen and otbers. tl011 0 rs. ,

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

ANNUAL COMPETITIONS.

Mr. F. Llewellyn J acab, M. E. presided over the

annual competitions for the" General Sir Charles Warren" and "Miskin Manor" Shields at Porth on July 18th. Among those present The Commissioner for the Centre, Captain T. E. Richards, Mrs. and Miss Richards; Lieut.-Col. Watts -Morgan, e.B.E., M.P. ; Colonel S ir Rhys Williams, Bart., D.S 0. , Vl.dy Williams' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davison; CounCillor and Mrs. Ha:combe; Captain Lindsay, M.V.O , O RE. ; Mr. W. B. Davies, M.E.; Staff-Officer George and Lady Supt. Mrs. Payne; Staff·Officer J H. DaVies and Davies j Corps OfficEr; W. E Abraham, T. J. Evans, Davies, e. Gronow, S Cadogan Lady Supt. DaVIes, Divisional Supt. Roberts, Sir Herbert D. W. K. B. E. (Commissioner for Wales) and others

The judges were, Individual Dr. Coed ely ; P ractical, Dr. Simons, I D T Davies' Oral Dr. Wtlson Wilhams, practlca , r.. ) ' ) F' h Penarth; Nurses, Practical and Oral, (Mrs. IS er, Glyncorrwg Boy Scouts, Mr Bryant

The result of the "Sir Charles Warren Shield Competition was as follows:-

Individual Stretcher Total. Oral practical test 101 .1 257 .12

1St Llwynypia 83 73 2

2nd Ferndale NO.3 72 65 Il8 255

3rd Naval NO.1 78 74 lOl l zS3 !

In the "Miskin Manor" Shield CompetltlOn for Nurses the following awards were made:-

, Oral Practical Total

1St Ystrad Rhondda 29 63

2nd Llwynypia 3S 54

The Cadets contest resulted 10. a victory for Y strad Rhondda (Captain Alice <?wen) 90 Ystrad R hondda (Captain G. HeWItt) comlOg second ":Ith 75· Ton Pentre was successful in a competItIOn for gul guides with Ferndale second.

In a similar contest for Boy Scouts, Tylorstown came first and Treorchy second. d M

The Individual test was of a very high , _ r. W. 1. D :wies, Tylorstown, being adjudged the WIDner with 54 Rhys Williams presented trophies. and prizes to the succe,sful competitors, and long-serVIce to Staff Officer J. H. Supt. Ro berts, m u ance Officer Will'd.ms and Private J. Morgan. Staff George Payne was presente d with a bar to tbe long serVIce medal.

LLWYNYPIA NURSING DIVISION.

At the Central Hall, Tonypandy, four in fi.rst aid and home nursing, organised by the LlwynYPRIa bNurslOg d b Dr A M 0 ertson, Division, were examlDe y . .

Cwmparc. b 1 S· ter M I

The E xaminer complimented Am u ance IS d Pa ne who was solely responsible for !ectu:lDg an to the cadet classes , on in which the students answered the Staff classes received lectures from . d ::S'ult of George P d.yne acting as Demonstra or, an the show that great credit is due to both.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

AMBULANCE ACTI VITY ON BARR\ of the St. John Ambulance Brigade lD - nder the control of Supt. F. R. Hortop and V1.dy

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week. Each day they were in attendance at the station, and on Monday evening alooe over thirty cases of fits and faints were dealt with.

BARRY DOCK DIVISION.

Members of the Barry Dock Division mourn the loss of Private A. J. Adams, who passed away on the 27th June. At the funeral on the 1st July, 66 officers, men and nurses and cadets were on parade in charge of Acting Staff Officer F. R. Hortop.

News in Brief.

The launching of the War Office scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments is providing an effective impetus to the ambulance movement. The formation of the Buckland Bwlch Nursing Division, in which Mrs. Seymour Berry has tak e n great interest is a new venture for Brecknockshire, wh e re the Brigade had no nur3ing division previously, and may be indirectly ascribed to the steps being taken to form voluntary aid detachments in this county.

Am bnlance Officer Paul of the Barry Dock Division who has been recently mentioned in this journal in mction with. the splint he invent Ed, has put up a sugge3tlOn to the Pnory that telephone kiosks might be supplemented by first aid requisites. The idea is a splendid one, and if it matures will be of great public worth.

It Pays to Advertise.

wurkers have cause for congratulation for the way In which th e St. John Ambulance movement has advanced in recent years, but it is neverthtless apparent to many that there is, room for a much larger development. Those organIse classes do not appear to advertise them beiz:tg that many people are not aware of the facIlIties WhICh eXIst for learning first aid and so. many potential recruits for the St. John Am buiance Bnga,de .are lost. Too often, the only means of obtaining recrUIts IS for those who are already conn e cted with the to their friends to join them, but it is that thIS IS an exceedingly narrow foundation on WhICh to bUlld a great cause.

It was felt that a and conc.ise pamphlet showing the. advantages of learnIng first aid, and the facilities avaIlable for .so dOlDg, would interest many people who would otherwB e have no knowledge of the work carried on by. the St. John Ambulance organisations. A leaflet on thIS model has been prepared, and a supply can be had on to the Chief Secretary, St. John Assoc,latlOn, St. John's Gate, London, E.c. I. HavlDg obtaIned the pamphlets, it is, of course, a fairly easy matte.r to arrange for their distribution. The great end e avour IS to reach" The Man in the Street" and he be. found at exhibitions, fair grounds, public meetlOgs, c.1Oema') and theatres, football, cricket and sports meet lOgS, etc.

There can be little doubt that these leaflets will play a useful part in inducing many more to join ambulance classes, and so provide additional recruits for the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Similar pamphlets

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relating more particularly to the Brigade can also be obtained on applicatioh.

First Aid Case for Electric Shock.

A NUMBER uf Ambulance Box e s and First Aid Cases are available for dealing with mechanical accidents but little has been so .far to provide ready means deal, on the spot, With aCCIdents duC:': to electric shock. Yet the of has increased enormously, owmg to the unIversal adoptIOn of the electric current and particularly the high tension current.

This First Aid Box which has been placed on the market by Henry S. Simonis of Willesden Lane Park Royal, 1 0, contains all necessary apparatus to any first aId man to deal promptly and efficiently with

August, 19 2 5. -FIRST

Reviews.

FIRST AID IN EMERGENCIES.

By Eldridge L. Eliason, M.D.

I. B. Lipp incott Co., 16, John Street, W.C. Price 7s. 6d. net.

This excellent book, the author of which is an American surgeon, is now in its fourth edition, and has been entirely r e -edited and revised. It is well written, well illustrated, well printed, and. has a m.ost useful thumb index which facilitates r eference to Its pages III an emergency.

To those who clamour for" Advanced First Aid" (whate ver this term may mean ) First Aid in EmerfIencies will ap peal strongly, because in many instances it passes beyond he limits which we, on this side of the Atlantic, allot to First Ai d Indeed, Dr. Eliason frankly states that in some places where patient is beyond medical aid, as occurs with explorers an d hunters, treatment is outlined in more detail.

BAN DAGING MADE EASY.

By Miss M. R. Hosking.

London: The Scientific Press, Ltd. Pn'ce I S 6d. ?let

Congratulations are due to Miss Hosking, late Sister-inC harge of London Hospital Training School, on the success "" hich has been attained by her most useful and excellently il lustrated book on bandaging, nuw in its third edition. Within its pages we find all pOSSible varieties of bandages fully, carefully and accurately described; and we note with interest that M iss Hosking prefaces her subject WIth some very practical p oints on the application and uses of bandages which students wi ll be well advised to commit to memory.

THE COMING OF' BABY.

By Lucy Ashby and Kate Carp. London: The Scientific Press, Ltd. P

r i ce 2S. net.

This useful little book, written by two trained nurses and m idwives, seeks mainly to afford the right knowledge and a dvice for women who in far corners of the Empire find thems elves at a distance from medical assistance. In a foreword S ir James Cantlie warmly commends the book.

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times no less than by the advance of humanitarian motives. Its main idea, as this book clearly out, is that workers in Industrial concerns should be able to use their hours of work and play more intelligently and therefore more usefully both for themselves and for their employers.

We commend the book most heartily to all thinking men and women; and, with its elcquent editor, we believe that if all employers of labour were enlightened enough to put the suggestions contained therein, then among the IDevltable results there would be less unemployment, happier workers, fewer strikes and a much smaller breeding ground for Bolshevism and its foui doctrines

FIRST STEPS IN NURSING.

By E. Margaret Fox, R R.C , S,R.N. London: The Scientific Press, Ltd.

This most useful book, now in its second edition, is based on long experience as sister and matron of large general hospitals, and is written for the special benefit of probationary ,and of all those who contemplate entering the N ursing profeSSIon. For such we ha v e never met a better guide or more practical c ounsellor.

Many members of our Nursing Divisions de v ote their leisure moments to voluntary duty in hospital6, and sometimes ask for a nursing book more advanced Ihan the official manual. To such inqu iries we have no hesitation in re co mmending First Steps in Nur sing , wherein the duties of a j un ior nurse are clearl y , systematically, and sympatheti c ally set out.

3lractical 3loints.

The Edito?' invites Notes (In actuat' Cases - wi h spec la , ?' ejeren ce [0 good and bad (Joints in 7reatment-jor in clusion in t h i s CO LU1li 71.

FI RST AID TO ANIM ALS

Recently whils t engaged in my railway duties, I was called to a wagon of one of which was almost dead from exhaustion. I at once commenced Schaefer s method of artificial resp iration on the animal and called anuther ambulance man to my assistance.

it should therefore be of particular use 10 shtlOns, electric rail ways and works usiner electrical power. b

The following is a short outline of its contents :_

Two Insuhted Hooks,(wh!ch can be scr Ewed together) to. catch hold. of the electrIC WIre or any person in contact With such wire or conductor; I Insulated Wire Cutter' I Insulated of Pliers; 1 Insulated pair of Gloves and I Cham to make short circuit with point for earthIDg; Candles and Matche:>; Illustrations for reviving method; Wood Screw: to open mouth; Distance Piece to keep mouth open; PlIers to t?ngue; Holders to keep forward; Brush for tIckllOg throat; Brush for rubbmg roun? heart; Toilet Glove for rubbing soles of feet, SCIssors for of dres.s, etc.; Smelling Salts) Box of VaselIne and varIOUS dresslDgs for burns.

When corresponding with Advertisers please mention •• Flr&t AICI. II

Written in simple and easily understood language, Tlte Coming oj Baby in no sense seeks to replace the doctor, the c onstant need for whose services it, on the contrary, emphasises. It sets forth in accurate fashion the facts associated with the approach of motherhood and the after-care of the new-born baby; and it will prove specially valuable to those who are proceeding to tropical countries.

WELFARE WORK IN INDUSTRY.

Edited by Eleanor T. Kelly.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Ltd.

Price 5s. net.

We have read with much interest this book which presents the personal experience gained in twelve trades by certain members of the Institute of Industrial Workers, and which offers a very real contribution towards the solution of the problems with which Industry is faced to-day.

Civilian F'irst-Aid has flourished now for well,nigh forty years; but Welfare Work, of which First Aid is now only one part, is essentially a post-war development, and has been called into existence by the increasing stress of these modern

After some twenty minutes we got some movement from the calf and commenced friction of legs and body. Breathing being still very weak, I again carried on with artificial respiration for another quarter of an hour when the calf was able to get up and walk about. It was sold in the market on the same day with the others -G.J.T.-Oxford.

CHIL D SAV ED FROM SEW ER.

Two small boys (aged 2t and years) crawled throu g h a hole ' in a fence alongs ide a Corporation Sewage Farm. The younger one fell into an open brick sewer 1 2 deep and containing 4 feet to 10 feet of water, and w<1: s earned along the open sewer a distance of nearly half a then through a tunnel under two houses and a garden untIl he was stopped by a strainer.

His brother ran home about a quarter of a mile away and told the mother who rushed out and f o und the child unconscious at the strainer. With the help of a ,Polic.eman and, others mother dragged the child out and carned h Im to a nelghbourmg doctor who after three hours succeeded in restoring !ife to the child. Subsequently the child was removed to hospital where he made a recovery.

It is estimated that the chIld was 10 the water fully half.anhOUl before being found but that his head was held up by a piece of timber.-D.M.-Croydon.

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Queries mill be fttalt mit" tlder tAe /ollow/tlt rules:-

,. _ Letters c(",tainin" Quertes m st be marked on the (OJ) lelt hana corner 01 the enfJe/01Jt "Query." IJtld addressed- FiRST AID, ".6, Cannon·street. London. E. C 4.

2.-All Queries must be accompanud bY 1l Quer, Cou('on" cut 11'0'" the current issue 01 t"e !ou.,-tlal, 0"- ttl cast 01 QuerllI from ab.,-oar Irom a recent issue.

!I.-The Textbook, to mlzich relerence may be made in is the 36th (I920) Edit£on 01 S.f.A.A. Manual or Flrrl-Ald.

CHAR GE OF STREET ACCIDENTS.

A. B. (Dulwich).- We have recently disagreed as to who is. in charge in cases of accident in the streets--:--the officer or the ambulance man So we submIt the pomt for your decision, please.

The police officer-whether he holds ambul.ance qualifications or not-is always in charge of all street because he is the representative of the law. Further, he is usually to ha ve the assistance of a qualified ambulance man, espeCIally when such offer of help, accompanied by statement of qualifications, is made with "tact" and with" discrimination."- N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

L. R. (Charlton Park).-In a recent examination a candidate was asked what was the first thing to be done for a man struck down by lightning. He replied-" Tum off the current.l' Pretty good, eh ?

Yea! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

GRIP FOR HANDSEAT.

A. H. (Stoke Newington).--On p. 87 of the Manual of Drill, the bearer on the left in Fig. r (right file) is shown with back of hand down wards in " hook-grip" seat. I s this not wrong in accordance with detail on p. 88?

Yes.-N.C.F.

FRACTURE OF NE CK OF FEMUR.

A. G. (Griffithstown).-In a recent competition two of us had to treat an old man for supposed simple fracture of neck of femur. The judge required us to use an inner splint.

I am of opinion that the inner splint should be dispensed with in this case because it would serve no useful purpose. Could it cause aggravation of fracture? Please comment.

While I agree that there is some reason in your argument as to uselessness of inner splint, yet I consider that its application (it could do no harm, if properly applied) is indicated in the emergency treatment of such fractures by First Aiders.

Further, the Textbook gives instructions for its use for " fractures of thigh" when two or more assistants are available and allows no difference in treatment with reference to site of fracture-the precise location of which in an emergency, as a matter of fact, is often most difficult and may indeed only be recognised when the limb is subjected to X-ray examination.

First-Aid, therefore, for safety and uses the inner

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splint in the hope that with a fracture ,?f neck of femur the splint may assist in securing some. fixation fracture, even though this be not as complete as mIght be desJred.-N.C.F.

MEMBERSHIP OF SISTER SOCIETIES.

no. (South Africa).-Is it advisable that .a member of our Order, holding high rank in South Africa, should take a leading part in a sister society (to wit, S.A. Red Cross) at one and the same time?

While we recognise the good work of the .other organisation we feel out here that no can himself wholeheartedly to the advancement of.both SOCietIes, especially where both are endeaVOUring to make good the same localities. One or both must suffer, whereas, If a definite stand were made for one or the other, the chances are that success would be certain. As it is, there is lukewarmness towards both organisations.

We agree with you that membership of sister societies is not usually advisable, and that, lukewarrr:.ness often follows. So, why worry ?- N.C.F.

DUAL OFFI CES IN BRIGADE.

H.B. (South Africa).-Is it advisable that the Assistant Commissioner of one District of the Brigade should hold the rank of Corps Surgeon in another District? We believe out here in South Africa that it would further the interests of the Brigade if these dual appointments were abolished.

To show how such action affects the Brigade in South Africa, I am at liberty to state that a Corps of one District has announced that he intends to jam a Division of another District as a private so that he may enter as a competitor in our National from which, as Corps Superintendent, he is debarred. HIS contention is that he has as much right to hold a dual position in the Brigade as anyone else.

Dual appointments, such as those named by you, are contrary to Brigade Regulations. Indeed, the only dual offices sanctioned by General Regulations are those of Divisional Surgeon and Superintendent.-N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED CR ANIUM.

A. H. (Stoke Newington).- The Textbook, for treatment of Fracture of Cranium refers us to the pages which deal with Concussion and Compression. After reading these, I am still troubled; and wonder if I am right in assuming that with this fracture the face may be pale or flushed and that treatment varies accordingly. In other words, if face is pale we must treat as for Concussion; if face is flushed, as for Compression. I shall be grateful for your usual kind and helpful advic('.

Your conclusions are correct, because with Fractured Cranium there may be profound Shock (pale face) due to depression of vital centres of brain, or there may be increased tension with skull (fl ushed face ) due to pressure of fragment of broken bone or blood clot on brain.-N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF OPERATION CASE S.

E. I. (Sowerby Bridge) .- In a recent Nursing Competition the following questions were asked in the practical work

A boy has crooked legs and is admitted to hospital for his legs to be broken and straightened under an ::e sthetic- (r) how would you prepare a bed to receive patient straight from operating theatre? (2) Would you place patient, while still unconscious, between blankets or between sheets? Please advise.

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-FiRST

The correct answer to both questions is that" settling the plan of treatment rests entirely with the Doctor, while carrying out that plan rests with the Nurse" (Nursing Manual, p. 6). [n other words, what were the Doctor's orders? I suspect, however, that the question aimed at testing your knowledge of the way in which a fracture bed should be prepared, as set out on p. 50 of Nursing Manual. I suspect further that your examiner wanted you to place patient between blankets as a means of counteracting shock following operation. Still, I only suspect; and, as a doctor, I would prefer my nurses to ask for instructions.-N.C.F.

EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF WOUNDS.

H. F. (Regents Park).-We are members of the Brigade, and, when out on Public Duty recently, we were adVIsed by an Ambulance Officer to use Soap Liniment in place of Tincture of IodIDe for prevention of Sepsis with wounds. What should we do? Please advise.

Refer the Ambulance Officer to General Regulations which deputes medical tre;J.tment to the surgeons and which require you to carry ampoules of Iodine in your pouches for treatment of wounds. Then later, when off duty, inform your colleagu e that Soap Liniment owes its antiseptic qualities to its alcohol and that Tincture of Iodine is a more reliable and effecti ve antis eptic. -N.C.F.

INDICATION FOR BANDAGING LIMBS.

F.G. (Sheffield).-In a recent competItion patient was supposed to have been knocked down by express train, to have had his left leg cut off below the knee, and to have a wound on head with capillary bleeding. All bleeding was arrested early and patient was fully conscious throughout. You may, therefore, imagine our surprise when we found later that we had lost points tor not having" firmly bandaged uninjured limbs and raised arms." The Textbook (p. 144) teaches us to adopt this treatment "should patient faint from loss of blood"; and we welcome your comments on what we deem an unjust decision.

On your statement of facts the decision was incorr ect perhaps but surely not "unjust." So cheer up because I am sure that the best teams did not bandage up the uninjured limbs; and so honours were easy!

By the way, your reference taken from Textbook is also incorrect. The indication for bandaging up hmbs for collapse is to be found on p. 105-" should patient be reduced to state of collaps e "; and the mstruction on p J44 only amplifies this main indication, because it suggests bandaging limbe; for a patient who, being unconscious, has a wound from which "blood is not flowing."

As a fact, bandaging limbs is oneof"three last resources" in First Aid, because it takes time if it is done properly and so delays removal of patient (who is critically ill) to medical aid. Stimulation with brandy and use of tourniquet are the others. -N.C.F.

POISONING BY PRUSSIC ACID.

C. S. (Grays).-We ask your kind help and assistance with reference to three difficulties which arose dUring a recent discussion on treatment of Prussic Acid Poisoning.

(r) The Textbook teaches us to "administer stimulants freely." Should these be given "neat" or mixed with water? What quantity do you advise?

(2) In view of the importance of time in these cases, I suggest that Methylated Spirit might be given if brandy or whisky were not available. Do you agree?

(J) A coll ea g ue suggested Sal Volatde as a for brandy; but I demurred, as I have some recollection of an objection to its use because it contains spirit. Some-

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one else fa voured Sal Volatile because it contains ammonia which would be a suitable alkali for cases of Acid Poisoning.

(1) No definite quantity of alcohol can be laid down because. everything depends on reactIon of patient to its stImulative effects. Personally I would not administer neat bran?y; and I translate these instructions as meaning dIlutIOn of brandy With two parts of water, administration in sips or mouthfuls at frequent intervals and careful observation of effects.

(2) Methylated Spirit is a mixture of alcohol 10 per cent. of common wood-spirit tainted with other substances s.uch as pyridine or paraffin oil to render it unfit for consumptIOn. people have known to succumb rapidly after takIng Methylated SPirit. So I would 110t use it as substitute for brandy!

(3) Sal Volatil e is a good substitute for brandy because it can tams alcohol and ammonia which are among our best stimulants; and as such it is recommended in the Textbook. Sal Volatile, being a dilute solution of Ammonium Carbonate would be of little use in neutralising the action of acids CorrosIve Acid Poisoning. Further, you miss the fact that Prussic Acid is not one of the Corrosive Acids, but a most potent nerve poison for treatment of which an emetic should always be given if patient is conscious and able to swallow.N.C.F.

TRANSPORT OF FRACTURED PELVIS

H.D. (Leicester).- Two of you are in the country and come across a patient who is suffering from a fractured pelvis. You have two long poles and a few triangular bandages but no blanket (or similar article) with which you can improvise a stretcher.

If you fixer} the poles to sides of body anci then applied bandages round and round body, do you consider that this support would be sufficiently rigid to enable you to carry patient without risk of causing further injury? Please advise.

No, I do not! Your term "few bandages" is most vague; but surely you two could take off your coats and use these for an improvised coat stretcher. Further, boy scouts know how to improvise a stretcher with two poles and a few bandages! -N C.F.

RAILWAY STRETCHER TE ST.

M.W. (Liverpool) -I watched with great interest and appreciation your splendid "Burning Heap" team test in the Railway Final. If I may, however, I would like to ask what would have happened if no bearer had entered the shed. Had I been a competitor, I should have avoided it !

The answer to your question is found in the fact that all nine teams, representing the pick of Railway ambulance men, did actually send a man into the shed. Perhaps the explanation rests to some extent on the wording of the cards of instruction which were carefully compiled to (and did ) entice at least one bearer into the shed.

Further, had any team neglected to send to shed for material, I should have found some other pretext (quite consistent with the piece) for sending a bearer within the shed, entry of which was absolutely essential to test. Forgive me if I discredit your final statement. It IS easy to be wise after the event, espe cially when you have all the facts before you. hosit! !-N.C.F.

As OTHERS SEE US.

A.T. (ClerkenweIl).- These two authentic incidents you. (I) A woman who, on a warm su.mmer s evenIng was being given a blanket bath by a Nursmg Sister of my

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Division, asked what fee was paid for this service. W.hen tactfully informed that the work was voluntary, the patIent exclaimed -" Lor, Miss, yer do lake yer obbies jimny !"

(2) A bystander in Hyde Park after the Inspection of No. District on June 6th, approached me and asked" Do you all live tog-ether .2 "

Good! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

BLINDNE SS liND THE SEN SES.

H. J. (Battersea).-I have always noticed that people do not run against obstacles; and I wonder If they have an extra sense. Can it be that blind people feel the pressure of air between the obstacle and their own foreheads? Please advise.

Complete loss of sight is usually compensated by development of the other senses which become more than usually acute. By the way, your observation is not quite correct, because unfortunately blind people do sometimes run against obstacles,-N.C.F.

SCHAE FER 'S ARTIFICIAL RE SPIRATION.

G , R. (St. Annes-on-Sea).-At a recent competition the judge in his remarks told the competitors that they had all applied pressure incorrectly when in doing- Schadel'S Method of Artificial Respiration they pressed straight dovo.n on the kidneys. He sa;d that they should have pressed upwards the head. As Textbook (Rule 4, p. 135 ), tells to press "straig-ht downwards, " we submit the point to you.

The Textbook is correct and 3.dheres strictly to the original instructions of Professor Schaefer. So keep your elbows stiff and press" straight downwards." As a fact, you can only press "upwards towards the head" if you bend your elbows. So follow the Textbook and keep your elbows stiff! ! -N C.F.

Two ERRORS.

L. D. (Bournemouth).-I wish to direct attention to two palpable errors in the L.M. & S. Railway marking sheets published in Apr il issue of FIRST AID.-(r) Schafer 20 (instead of 12 times per minute and (2) Epsom Salts prescribed for Opium Poisoning.

Your purpose is accomplished.-N.C.F.

FRACTU RE S OF SCAPULA AND CLAVI CLE.

W. R. ( Dulwich).-Recently we were told to treat a man who was supposed to have been crushed while working in the hold of a ship and to ha v e sustained Simple Fractures of Right Scapula and of Left Cla v icle. We cannot agree among ourselves; and so we submit the matter for your opinion which always" goes" with us.

Fracture of scapula being usually due to direct v;olence and accompanied by other injuries to chest, &c., we may a o.; sume that patient (especially one who has been" crushed ") is likely to require removal in recumbent position. Under these circumstances I favour fixing right upper limb to chest wall (hand raised well above elbow ) with a couple of broad bandages and then treating fractured left cavicle in orthodox fashion.-N.C.F.

TRE ATME NT OF WOUNDS.

W. D. (Port Dinorwic ).-I read your note on Treatment of Wounds in March issue with great interest, more especially as I am in charge of an ambl1lance station at a slate loading port, and have to treat very many trivial accidents

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yearly. I invariably wash all wounds with Lysol solution, then plint them with Iodine and finally cover them with boric lint or the new regulation sterilised dressing. Would you still advise me not to wash wounds but to apply Iodine and dry dressing-? Granting that some wounds are too trivial for a doctor, I have never had a wound turn septic, though some slates are very poisonous. Thus, a short time ago a minute piece of slate got into a man's thumb. He took no notice of it at first and came to me 2 days later. I could not find a wound; but I painted thumb with Iodine and sent him to our doctor. The man was dead within a week!

You ask for a decision which is outside my province and which should be made by the medical officer in charge of your ambulance stationtowhomI refer you. Personally, as I stated in March issue, I am not in fa v our of wounds being washed by First Aiders, and I much prefer that, having applied Iodine and dry dressing, they should leave further treatment of all wounds to the doctor.

You have rather missed the point which I raised as to the futility of following up antiseptic lotion with Iodine which, to be effective, must be applied to a "dry" wound. Further, I suspect that your success has been due to careful antiseptic precautions which, though possible in a properly equipped ambulance station, cannot be obtained in a street emergency.

The fatal 'case, quoted by you, emphasises that (as we always teach) no wound is " too trivial for a doctor"; and your letter has an amusing- aspect, since there is an inferenee ( unintended, I know !) that the only fatal case among the thousand treated by you was one which was referred to a doctor! Here's good fortune.-N.C.F.

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DE ATH AFTER SIX YEARS

Six years after an accident in which he had his spine fractured, George Harvc:.y, of Birmingham, died yesterday. Harvey was in the Midland train which ran down hill and overturned in r919, two women being killed. Ever since he has been paralysed in his lower limbs.-Sunday Pictorial.

D ASH TO SAYE BOY.

Sale, Cheshire, has been the scene of an extraordinary rescue from drowning. A train passenger noticed a boy in a canal near the railway line. When the train stopped at the next station he al ig hted, dashed down the line to the canal, flung off his coat and, diving into the water, secured the boy, who was then unconscious.

Under treatment the boy recovered, and the rescuer continued his journey by the next train without waiting to dry his clothes.- Daz"ly Chronicle.

DEAD IN RA BB IT HOLE.

Giving evidence at an inquest at Westville, on a man named Frank Burt, aged 20, a farmer said that he saw two legs sticking from the earth and found that Burt had apparently fallen head foremost into a large rabbit hole. He had dislodged a quantity of soil which fell upon him and entrapped him. He had made frantic efforts to extricate himself, but had died from suffocation. The previous evening a wagoner noticed legs protrudin g from the gr ound, but, thinking the man was trapping rabbits, did not go to his assistance. -f)llily Mail.

August, 19 2 5.

Life=Saving Demonstrations.

TUE principal duties of arranging classes and organising ambulance work are for a brid period ended, and with the advent of summer a season of heart-s e arching commences for many earnest class secretaries and ambulance workers. In spite of all the valiant efforts made, there does not seem to be much response from the general public, and in many cases funds are dangerously low. Y e t the expedient of organising a large ambulance demonstration in the district to interest people who ar e not connected with the movement, and to improve the financial pOSItion, is not so difficult a matter as might be suppos e d.

A certain amount of adv e rtising is rEquired, but the enti re programme for the demonstration can be entrusted to Mr. Hanmer, the Official D e monstrator to the St. John Ambulance Association. His repertoire includes many inte r esting life, films and attractive First Aid lectures' and a demonstration of this kind undoubtedly he lps struggling branch e s ?ivision.s are "p assing through the deep waters, Just as It stImulates ent husiasm in live areas.

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EDITORIAL.

THE recent disturbances in Hong Kong

The S.J.A. B. have once more enabled the St. John in Hong Kong. Ambulance Brigade to show in no uncertain way the great value of its servi ces to humanity, As our readers are aware, the p e ople of Canton, led away by Bolshevik agents, have been engaged in an effort to strangle the prosperity of Hong Ko ng, and have le ft no stone unturned in their attempts to orga nis e trouble of ever y description. Under such circum stances heavy work has fallen upon the shoulders of the Assistant·Commissioner th e re, Mr. Ralphs, and the three Divisions of the Brigade under his charge, which for lon g were comp e lled to hold themselves in a stat e of con stant readiness. To meet the abnormal conditions it wa s necessary to incr e ase the personnel considerably, and seve nty Chin e se men and a large number of additional Eu ropeans were e nrolled. The motor am bulance arrangeme nts were taken over from the Fire Brigade, and for a tim e men were k e pt on duty at the station night and day, as well as at the Volunteer Headquarters and the Y.M,CA., whilst similar dispositions had to be made in Kowloon. Amongst the first to offer their servic e s were Mr. Ho Kom To ng, an Honorary Knight of Grace of th e Order, who desired to be enrolled as a Private in th e Brigade, and was ma de Chinese Corps Superintendent. The arduous and self-denying; work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade during this trying period has met with the highest praisf', and an In dian Division attracted particular attention by its zea lous devotion to duty.

Not only has Hong Kong suffered this ye ar from po litical and industrial disturbances, but it has also been -affli cted by a series of terrific storms and landslides. As a res ult of these, on July 18th a large retaining wall collapsed

at the back of Po Hing Fong, on e of the best known Chines e thoroughfares, bringing down with it a row of houses and involving numerous casualties of the gravest description. Within five minutes a d etachment of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was on the scene, half an hour later a strong reinforc e m ent had arrived, and in less than an hour th e whole of the nawly organis ed corps were at work, consisting of 40 Chinese, 20 English, and 3 0 Indians, under Assistant-Commissioner Ralphs. The accident took place at 9 o'clock in the morning, by 10 o'clock our men were hard at work digging and tearing away at the d eb ris to ge t at the wounded beneath) who were crying out for assistance. Th e abominable wAather added greatly to their difficulties, thunder crashed and lightning played ovrr the scene, whilst the rain came down in torrents most of th e day. Again most valuable work was done by Mr. Ho Kong Ton g in directing the efforts of a gang of coolies engaged in digging out th e victims. The men of the Brigad e were engaged in their work of mercy night and day for three d ays, and at the end of six days many bodies were still entom bed. No praise can be too high for the self denial and devotion to duty exhibited by the St. John Ambulance Brigade in this dreadful disaster, and the Order of St. John is proud of its soldiers in Hong Kong.

For the coming winter season, Mr. H. \V. Fincham, the Assistant Librarian to the Order has already made the following bookings for h is lantern le ct ure, "The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, in the past and present "-

Letchworth Brotherhood Lectures

St. Mark's, Battersea Rise _

Sunningdale Young People's Guild

Homsey Public Library

Ley ton Public Library

Woodford Photographic Society

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480 . (Conttnued from

page 27.)

The false traitor, George, said also it was impossible aft er his thinking to find in all the world such instruments of war that were so gr e at and horrible of nois t. as they were, for they of a town called Reede * which is a hundred miles from Rhodes toward the east heard the gr eat bruit and the great noise, as they said

And also for to show and declare the marvellous gr eatness of the said born bards and guns, the piles and posts, t strong and mightYl that were stuck In the ground behind at the tail of the aforesaid great bombards gave such great and shaking .that. the of Rhodes, othe r whiles shook In such wise hke as If It had been an earthquake.

But they of Rhodes always busy and prudent stopped with trees the gr eat ruin of their walls and made also many ditches within the city. vexed also the Rhodians with many oth e r and divers Instruments of war, for they ordained round about the City of Rhodes certain instruments of war the which be called Sliog es t or Engines. And the Turks with such instruments ot war cast into the air a pipe full of great stones which fell upon the houses of Rhodes and put them .in. a wre tched ruin with great murder of them that were Within for th a t time.

Ar,d furthermore they put in a great thought and sorrow all the whole city of Rhodes for no person was sure in hous e without he were in a cave, but nevertheless the prud e nt and wis e Lord Master and his noble council found a remedy as it followeth. For anon he commanded that all manner of women and a ll folk of young age and old age not able to fight should be put by the walls of the town in a void place, for the guis e of the city is to have mxt the walls such a void place.

And there were mad e mighty scaffulds the which were not so high as the walls of the city, for because that the Turks should not espy it, for in such void place they cast no stones, but into the midst of the city. The young men able to fight kept themselffl and eschewed the casting of the stones in the day light.

And in the night they hid them in the strong places and caves so that by th e miracles of God and prayers of Christian men few men or beasts of the city were hurt. The Turks not understanding how God provided and kept the Rhodians harmless, ordained two great slings in a high place toward the west from which they might see all the city of Rhodes and from thence th€.y cast great stones in the midst of the city In the mean while when these things were so ordain ed, the great Pasha of the Turk saw and considered that the diligence of the Lord Mister derived much to his power and to his councils. Therefore he disposed by meanwhiles to put to d eath the aforesaid Lord Mast er of Rhodes and ordained two Turks of the which one of th e m should go and yield himself to the Rhcdians for to live in Christ's faith to tell the Rhodians that another of the Turks which was his fellow should also come to Rhodes and forsake the false b elief of the Turk. But the Pasha that is to say th e captain of the Turks, had

* Ie ., Th e I s an d o f C as tell o RiEZO. of I .e., t h e ti mbe rs use d to h o ld th e b o m ba rd s in position to pr ev e nt th e m from j umpi ng b ac k o win g to th e r e coil. ::: Pres um a bly th e Tre b u cke t, w o r ked b y co unlerp o s e s

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ordained that the same slave 2hould bring pOlson Into Rhodes, with which the Lord should be put to death and became that these two Turks should adventure themselves to poison the Lord Master the Pasha had promised them many great rewards.

But he that came to Rhodes before hi, slave, as we have said, was in talking and in his pUl pose and in all his dealing in Rhodes found inc olJstant and variable. Wherefore anon the Rhodians had deeming and plaiD opInIon that he was come for to work some treason. And so after diligent and straight examination, he confessed the treason Th e parley at the City wall.

and his boldness and therefore was he put to death as a traitor.

. The next day following his slave nothing knowing o f thiS cam e toward Rhodes, but the Christian men struc k sore upon him, wherefore he fled and turned again to th e Turks and so the Pasha was beguiled of his treason.

In th e se whiles the Turks warred against one side o f the city called the Ward of the Italians and in a dark nigh t th e. y came up so nigh that they put guns and great bombards upon the banks of the ditches * and made gre at strength with trees round about that they should not b e broken with no manner of shots of the Rhodians but ano n after they were spied and seen.

Wherefore there was a council made in Rhodes wh ere fifty. likely y?ung men and verily lovers of our Lord Jesu s Chnst promised themselves to die in the quarrel o r to destroy in that same night the said great born bards an d * Ie ., t h e counterscarpe.

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guns with all their array. And so a knight of the Order of St. John was captain to the said fifty likely young men and they came privily by the bottom of the ditch with certain ladders which b t::y brought with them to the banks * where the bombards and guns we r e to make such a fray that the Turks fled away from the bombards and ten of them were slain and also they destroyed all that ordnance and cast it into the ditch.

And this done the aforesaid fifty young men with their capfain came again into the city of Rhodes as men victorious, wherefore the Lord Mast e r of Rhodes gave unto them many worshipful gifts because of their virtuous manhood and for to give courage and exhortation to all others. And they wer e r eceived in Rhodes with great glory and joy, and also they had great thanks of all the people of Rhodes.

Therefore few days after that this was done, th e Turks for despite and great annoyance of th e aforesaid things which were don e unto them made anon ready a great ordnance and came again unto the tow er of St. Nicholas for to have it and anon with their bombards, boldly then they cast down the bul wards and forslettes.

And as fast as th e y cast them down, the Rhodians r e placed them again Th e Turks also made a long bridge the length of a quarter of a mile which reach ed from the bank there as the Turks lay, unto the bank of St. Nicholas tow e r, and was so large that six m e n on horseback mi g ht r ide afront and was made with voided pipes t and with bands strongly nailed up :m th e m. A nd purposed to bring the sarnA bridge by craft into th e water and th e y fastened and knitted stron g ly to th e said great and mighty ropes which had in the other end strong anchors, which anchors t he y fastened with a boat to the nether bank of the tower so that the bridge with th e drawing of the cord and floating should have re a ched to th e said bank.

(To be co n tinued )

The Order of St. John in the Dominion of New Zealand.

SOl\IE particulars wi th r e gard to the progress of th e work of the St. John Ambulanc e Asssociation and the St. John Ambulance Brig a de Overs e as within the Dominion of N e w Z ealand will no d o ubt b e of interest to readers uf this Journal. To the City of Christchurch must be accord ed the honour of instituting the first C e ntr e of th e Association in New in 1885, Wellington follow ed in the same year ; the Dunedin Centre was formed in 189 I, the Auckland Centre in 1892, and th e N e w Plymouth Centre III 1900.

During th e period th a t th e C e ntres hav e been in existence they have each carried out class e s of instruction in First A ic. and Home Nursing, and many thousands of citi z ens have obtained th e ir certificates of profici e ncy. In a country lik e New Z ealand , wher e the population is scattered, and wh e re accidents occur at places many miles remote from th e nearest m e dical practitione r, the value of a knowledge of "First Aid to the Injured" can be appreciated. The population is to a great e xtent a moving one, and thus many who qualify in the towns remov e to the back- blocks and carry th eir knowledge with them. The ex e cutives of the various Centres have done th e ir utmost to extend instruction to the more

* i. e he cou nte rsca q::e "I' i. t ., E m p ty ba rr e ls

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distant outposts of civilisation, and wherev e r a desire for instruction has bet: n rec eived, those in authority have endeavoured to m ee t th e same.

In addition tu the educational work, the Committe es of the Ct ntres have e xt e nded their energi e s in other channels, and the ir activiti ES are worthy of th e warmest commedation. In Auckland a fin e ambulance stat ion has bee n e rected , and this is now the headqu a rt e rs from which is dir ected all th e work connected with the Ord e r of St. John. Th e ne c essary fun d s for the erection of the building were rais e d by means of appeals to the general public. In this ambulance station are located two up· to -date motor ambulances, two p ermanent atte ndants, so that transport is available day and night.

A s an illustration of the work carried out, it may be mention e d that during the past year th e ambulanc e s conve yed 5 9 5 patients a distanc e of 5,211 miles, the cost be ing £7 02 Those who wer e in a position to pay did so, in other c as e s the s ervice was gratuitous. The Association also maintains two district nurses who minister to the sick poor in the city and suburbs, and whose tim e is fully occupi e d in those duties. Durin g th e past tw e lv e months th e se nurses paid 6 000 visits to 8ro poor pati e nts, making a total of 39 , 38 9 visits sinc e th e inception of the service five years ago.

In W e llington the Association does not carry out quite t he sam e activiti e s The question of an ambulanc e station is at t he pres e nt time seri o usly e ngaging the att e ntion of thos e in control. Such a building is much wan t e d, and a suitable site has b een ac q uir e d it th er e for e only remains for th e Exe-cutive to organis e the necessary ca mpaign to su pp le me nt the building fund which now exists

The transport s ervic e although at on e time controlled by the C e ntr e) was a numb e r of years ago transferred t o the Hospital Board, a st e p which many members now think to have be e n an injudicious on e

District Nursing i n Wellington is controlled by a se parat e body (Th e Nursing Guild of St. John ), which a good many years ago was succ e ssful in e stablishing a fund , the income from which maintains two d istrict nurs e s who labour in the city and suburbs

In cer tain of the Sub C e ntr es th e re is a cons d e rabl e amount of activity, and th e local committe es k e ep th e work well to' the for e . Wanganui is d e serving of sp e ci al mention in t h is resp ect where th e executive is a ve ry live on e andertakes transport and other work. M ast e rton and N ar e towns which are also de se rving of m e ntion.

A t C hristchurch, the H e adquarters of th e Cant e rbury and W e st Coast C e ntre, motor ambulances are maintain ed a nd ar e larg e ly utilis ed ; th e sH vic e provided has bee n pronounced t o b e a highly satisfactory on e, and is ?n lin es som e what similar to that of Auckland D lstnct Nurs ing in Chri s tchurch is provide d for by a civil organis a tion, and th e Commltt e.e has not thought it n ec es sary to e mb ark on of Th e C e ntre is i n p cs se ssion of a sit e sUltably but the qu estion of th e e rectIOn of an ambul a nc e statIOn has not yet be e n d efinitely se ttled, although th er e is a building fund in e xistenc e for the 'purp o se. Of Subcentres, Timaru stands CIUt I n thiS town ther e has always bee n gr eat e nthUSiasm for the work of St. John. Som e years ago an Am bul ance. Hall wa.s and later an extra motor ambulanc e service was mstltuted and is large ly used.

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sta tion of its owo, but for a good many years has had its h eadquart ers at th e old Fir e Brigade Station which is right i n the centr e of the city. The Centre controls both district nurs ing and invalid transport work. In connectivn with th e form er three district nurses are engaged, and th e ye ar 5,30 6 visits were made to the sick poor. Th e am b ulance tra'1sport serv ice is largely avail ed of. The calls for 1 9 24 numb er ed 1 108 The total distance trav e ll e d was 7, 4 79 mil es, and th e cost amounted to £ 62 9. T he Co mmittee also provides a Hospital Hostess at the Dun e din Public Hospital, and h e r duties are much appreciate d.

T he N ew P lymouth Centre has not been able to show such a larg e amount of activity as th e Centre') previously me ntion e d It h a s not had th e large city population to work upon, b ut n e vertheless it has succeeded in maintainin g th e work of the Order, and with the bett e r conditions wh ich ar e promised should b e able to considerably increase it s results in the futur e (To be con tinued) --.

St. John Ambulance in South Africa.*

(Conclu ded f rom page 28.)

THE influ en za epid e mic of 1918 found our Association a nd Brig a d e still somewhat disorganised. Everyone who could do so h elp e d his neighbour, and all our members did th e ir b est for thos e around them. The hospitals c alle d for a ssist a nc e} and those of our mem bers who were n ot ei th er sick th e mselves or nursing at home gave all the help th ey could. On e member, a Corporal of the City Divi s io n, esta blished a small hospital in a tram sh e d and r an it h i mself with the aid of a fe w Boy Scouts, a doctor c a ll in g o n ce each d a y. The need for knowledge in Home Nur sing was forcibly brought to the attention of the comm un ity and through the efforts of Messrs. R. R. Brydone a nd W S. Sa nd erson the "Home Nursing Fund JI was rais ed a s a Trust F und, the interest on which provides for free tu iti on on this subject for those who cannot afford cla ss fees.

It will probably be noted that the gr e ater part of the for egoi ng re fers to work in the Cape Town and Cape P ro vi nce ar ea s. The reason for this is that the matter at my dispo sa l relates more largely to those areas, but it is a fact that th e oth e r Centres have also reported considerable a ct ivity, and this is es pe cially the case of the Railways and H arbours Centre s, and it is most gratifying to know that b oth th e la te Minist er of Railways ( Mr. J. W. Jagger), and the. p rese nt . (Mr. C. W. Malan), have expressed ap pre CiatIOn of the very valuable work being done by .hose memb ers who are in the employ of the Admm lstr atlOn. Th e G eneral Manager, Col. Sir William Hoy, is Chairman of the Railways Centres and Assistant Commission er of the Railways Distri c t, and it is largely du e to his interest and keenness that ambulance work has progr e ss ed so favourably on our railways.

Qu ite re ce ntly it was felt that some co ordination of th e wo rk of the St. John Ambulance and the Red Cross s.hould be arrang e d so as to prevent overlapping of activitl es and wa st e of energy. The outcome has been the

.* Being an article fr o m the Cape Town Broa dcast ing Statton by M r. C. G. D ow thwal te, H o nora ry S ecre t ary of the Centra l fo r S outh Africa of he Order of S t. J ohn.

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establishment of a Central Council for each body and a Join.t Council representative of both bodies. The Union Defence Force and the Department of Public Health are also represented of these Councils.

So far as the Order of St. John is concerned the formation of the Central Council for South Africa has been regularised by the grant of a Constitution by the Chapter General of the Ord er, and in this way we have attained a measure of autonomy which is most desirable, and the effect of this has been a very rapid extension of our work. Some people have asked us why we have not established ourselves as a purely South African body. The answer is two-fold. In the first place we feel that our link with the past is a strong incentive to do our best; that the spirit of devotion and self-sacrifice which inspired Brother Gerard over 900 years ago, is an undying spirit which calls forth to-day that loving sympathy and active help which we expect from our members in their work for the sick and injured to-day. In the second place our registration the Headquarters Office in London permits any person to take his or her St. Tohn examinations in any country where a branch of the Association exists, whether it be South Africa, Malta or Hong Kong, and yet secure the proper successive awards of the Association.

Centres of the Association are now established at Cape East London, Kimberley, Johannesburg, Bloemfontem and Durban, each town controlling a certain area of territory. Sections are formed at Queenstown and Port Elizabeth. The Railways and Harbours Centre controls the whole of the railways in the Union and there are members at almost every station.

Classes of instruction are held wherever and whenever there may be a sufficient number of candidates. The always .delivered by medical practitioners, and where pOSSIble, tramed nurses are engaged to give demonstrations in nursin.g practice. In this way we guarantee that the instruction is surgically correct, and that the latest methods of hospital practice are demonstrated.

So far as Town (Cape Provinc e Centre) is concerned, we have Issued over 16,000 certificates since the establishment of the Centre in 1891.

Knowing that the enemies we fight, Accident and DIsease, are not respectors of persons, we endeavour to our lectures include all classes of the community. Pollce, Scouts, GUIdes, teachers in training, High and Secondary Schools and bodies have taken advantage of the Lectures, and Just recently we held a special advanced Course for a few missionaries who were off to the wilds of Rhodesia and further North. containing First-Aid equipment have been placed 10 busy streets. Bloemfontein set the exalIJple in this movement which has been tak e n up by most other large towns.

the we hope to carry into effect this lS establIshment of Medical Aid Depots from WbiCh Dlstnct Nurses and Doctors may borrow such special as air-cushions, water-beds, etc., for needy patients.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade in South Africa is under of Dr. D. Bennie Hewat as Deputy Chlef CommlsslOner. The Union of South Africa is divid.ed into five four being named after the ProvlOces UOlo.n whlle the fifth is the Railways and Harbours DIstnct whlch overlaps all the other Districts but is confined to railway employees. The present Com.missioners are: - Cape.-Mr. Alpheus WIllIams at KImberley; Transvaal.-Lieut.-Col. F. H.

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Brennan at Johann e sburg Natal. - Major H. Tener Galbraith at Durban. OranKe Free State.- Very Rev. Dean W. H. W e ekes at Bloemfontein ; S. A. RailwaysCol. Sir W. Hoy at Jobannesburg. These five gentlemen with a S enior Lady District Superintendent (Lady Hoy) and a Senior Medical Officer (Lieut. ·Col. W. B Skinner at East London) form the stpff of tht: Deputy Chief Commissioner. There are two Secr etaries, holding rank as District Officers, Mr. C. G. Dowt hwaite b eing at Cape Town, and M r. W, G. Kirk at Johannesburg

To-day ther e are in South Africa 5J Divisions with a total m e mbership of over 1,300.

Our members at Cape Town frequently meet trains in order to assist helpl e ss invalids, and on many occasions we are asked to arrang e transport of sick people from h ouse to house, to th e se aside, etc. For this purpose a motor ambulanc e of our own would be a great help but, al as ! our funds will not permit an extension of our work in this direction.

Our nurs e s get many opportunities for practical work.

D istrict nurs es welcome their assistance and we find that a mong th e poor we are unable to afford a trained nurse, an d who, on account of th e congested state of our hospitals, are unabla to get proper nursing the knowledge that our si st e rs are availabl e is much appr e ciated by the doctors. O ther sisters teach Cubs and Brownies the elements of first ai d and nursing.

At Kimberley the work of the Brigade is considered of the utmost importance a nd the directors of the De Beers C ompany have giv en our memb ers every possible enco urag e m e nt. Mines, surface works, and tramways each ha s its am bulanc e division and every gang of men includes a proportion of qualified first-aiders while the ambulance si sters daily prove th eir usefulness.

In th e Transvaal the ambulance work on the mines is entir ely carried out by the Red Cross. St. John work is co nfin ed to th e railways, fire brigades, etc.

In order to m a intain a keen int erest in absolut e effici e ncy th e re are a numb e r of very b eautiful trophies which ar e competed for annually Some of these are p ur ely S t. John trophies, while others are competed for by te ams select e d from divisions of th e Brigade and Red C ross d e tachment s

Our Brigade members wear a uniform which has been a d apted for South African use. The reason for this is t hat by arrangement with th e Government the first 200 men and 200 wom en to be call e d up for service in national e mergency through epidemic or other cause, will be drawn from the volunte e rs from the St. John and Red Cross V oluntary Aid Corps. Our uniform has therefore been so a dapted that our men and sist e rs will be similar to the reg ular nursing service of the Union Defence and yet p res erv e our main distinctive features.

The r.eneva F irst Aid and Ambulance Exhibition will be held from 7th to 18th Oct. next. Full particulars can be obtained from The Comptroller, Dept. of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen-street, London, S.W.I.

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The Annual Competitions for the "Tunstill II Memorial Shield (for men ), and the Mrs. Thos. Vee vers Rose Bowl (for la d ies ) First Aid and Home Nursing, will be held on Saturday, Oct. loth, 1925 . Entries close Oct. 9th, 192 5. Entry fee 55. p er Team. Lad ies Competition, IS. per Competitor, all entries t o be forwarded to the Hon. Sec , W. C Richards, 32, Commerci C\ l-street Brierfield.

St. John J.\mbulance J.\ssociation . Head Office Notes.

A cons!derable amount of am b ul an c e work has be e n earned on lD Bourn e mouth and th e surrounding district, Centre of the Association has n ow been establish e d lD thls town to co-ordinat e these a c ti vities.

AMBUL ANC E P AMPHLET S

Reference was made in last mo n th s J oumal to the free pamphlets which are. now availa ble fo r d istrib ution. A of each pamphl e t wit h s uggestions for thelr dlstnbutlOn might now be att e mpt e d :-

I. "Why not learn First A id? " T h is le 'lfi e t is d e slgned to attract those who know not h ing about first aid work. It the n e cess ity of acquiring a of first aid , and giv es a fe w particulars of the faclhtles offe red by the St. Jobn A mb ulance Association for so doing. the princip al "missionary" pamphlet, and ther e IS httl e doubt that re cruiting among members .of public would b e greatly h e lp e d by the effectIve dlstrIbutlOn of this pam p h le t.

2. II When you hav e ob tai ne d your First Aid C ertificate." This leaflet is being sen t to mem bers of D e tach e d Class ::. s wbo gain the first aid ce rt ificate of th e Association. It them to maint ai n their efficiency , and at the same time to serv e hum anity by joining the St. John Ambulance Bri gade. Th is is a us e ful companion pamphlet to follow up the messag e c onv e yed by pamphl et No 1.

3· "How to form a St. John Am bulance Class " This very briefly explains how to orga n ise an ambulance under .the .St. John Ambul a nc e Association , just glvlDg suffiCIent lDformation to int ere st anyone who is not connected with the ambulanc e mo vem e nt. This is suitable for districts wh ere ther e is no branch or division of the St. John Ambulancp. mov e ment existing.

These ar e all only o ne- pa g e leafl e ts, and every attempt has b ee n made to le av e ou t all unnecessary detail, and to make them as co n ci se as possibl e Supplies of th e se pamphle ts for d is tribution can b e obtained free on application to th e Chi e f S ecr etary, St. John Ambulanct Association, S t. John's Gat e, London, E.C.I.

LECT U R ES.

It is quite possibl e that, as mor e a nd mor e of these " missionary II leaflets are distri buted, th ere will be many more peopl e writing to Head Offic e des ir o us of joi n ing an ambulance class. It is hop e d that orga n isers of classes will advise the Chief Secr etary at least three wee k s before the class assem bles, so that anyone in th eir dis tri c t wishing to join a class can be refe rred to th e m i mmedia t ely.

TR.ANSLATI ONS.

An interesting illustration of th e ext e nt o f the influence of the St. John Ambulance Mo vem ent thro u gh o u t the

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world is afforded by the number of languages into which the publications of the St. John Am bulance Association have been translated. It is obvious that work overseas is very oft en impossible when suitable translations of the official text· books are not available, and requests have from time to time reached St. John's Gate for translations into many differ e nt tongues including Arabic, Africans, French, Hebrew, Maltese, Siamese, and Spanish. In the library at St. John's Gate there are also copies of First Aid Textbooks translated into Welsh, Chinese, G erman, Hindustani, and many other Indian tongues.

FIRST AID IN BA GHDAD.

ApropCls the above paragraph, a report of an S.J. A A. exam ination recently held in Baghdad may prove of some interest. The exa miner stated that the candidates repre sented six different nationalities and ten different mother tongues (none of which was English). Fortunately all the various Indian nationalities knew Hindustani, but it was necessary in some cas e s to put the questions in Arabic or Turkish. It is apparent that an examiner in the East requires to be a good linguist as well as a good First Aider.

Great Western Railway Centre.

ALREADY there are signs of a reawakening of inteH st in first aid matters, and arrangements for forming new classes and r e- forming old ones are going on throughout the G. W. R. system.

With th e reversion to Greenwich meantime-the loss of the extra hour which summer time provides-many who have been giving of their leisure to out-of-door pursuits make plans for the dark Evenings, and the pursuit and maintenance of first aid tffi ciency forms no small part of winter evening activities among Great Western railwaymto.

Ross.-Members of the Ros s class recently mf't at a well attended gathering convened at Ross station to receive their examinatio n awards at the hands of Mr. S. Morris, Divisional Supt., who was supported by local G.W.R. officers.

A pl e asing in. the CGurse of the proceedings was the presentatlOn of a sIlver-mounted walking stick by Mr. A. J. Hughes on behalf of the class to Mr. Cf,arles Bis.hop, the class s ec retary.. It was primarily owmg to the untmng efforts of Mr. BIshop (who is a gold medallist) that the Ross class has achieved so much success in the past, and be e n carried on with so much enthusiasm.

DRINNICK MILL.-Mr. E. H. Dannatt (Divisional Supt.), visited Drinnick Mill on the 26th ult. to attend a meeting of the class memb e rs and to distribute a wards gained in examination. He congratulated the class on the fact that all examinees had satisfied the examiner an accomplishment on which all concerned could be proud.

Mr. Dannatt took the opportunity of also presenting awards to successful members of the bugle class. Mr.E.A. Knight, station master, presided over the meeting, and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Dannett which was cordially adopted.

A I D.- September, 1925.

NEWQUAY.-A most enjoyable gathering recently took place at Newquay when the distribution of awards to successful mem bers of the class was made. Mr. Dannatt Divisional Supt., presided, and among those present Mr: J. F. Lean, Assistant to the General Manager and Chairman cf the Ambulance Committee, and Mrs. Lean, who were or; holiday at Newquay. Mrs. Lean graciously made the numerous presentations) which included a fram e d photo· graph of the N ewquay team for Mr. A J. J akeman (station master) as a token of appreciation of the valued assistanc e he had afforded to the team members.

WORCESTER.-An e xceptionally interesting practice was arranged in connection with a recent meeting of the Worcester ambulance class, a sham railway accident having been staged at Shrub Hill station.

Those attending the practice came quite unpr e pared for the event, the p re liminary an angemEots having been a well-guarded secret by Mr. Waite (Divisional Secretary) and his committeemen.

When summoned to the scene of accident, however all those participati?g proceed.ed as promptly and efficientl; to rend e r the pre scnbed first aId treatment to th e" patients" for their various forms of disability, as if the injuries had been real.

!he" patients/' who labell e d with th eir supposed InJunes, were found some III the wrecked carriages some betwe e n rails and coaches, and others on the ground.' The ambulance arrived on. the s.cene on a sp e cial train, and the first alders rush e d WIth theIr stretch e rs and first aid outfits to the injured and immedia te ly se t to work to treat them according to the official" black book" instructions.

Drs. A. O. Holbeche of Malvern and Bennett of Worcester sup ervised the work of the am bulance men and t:lemstlves as highly pleased with the way In whIch the correct treatment had been applied to the " patients, " congratulating the corps upon its high standard of efficiency.

After the proceedings the men participating were addressed by Mr W. E. Hart (Divisional Supt.). Other Great Western Railway Officen who attended were Mr. O. J. White (District Goods Manager), Mr. H. C. Rodda (Divisional Engineer), and Mr. R. W. Higgins (Assistant Divisional Supt.).

A pioneer in first aid has recently passed to his rest in the person of the late Surgeon Lieut.-Colon e l Evan Evans, M. D. s of Llanelly. Dr. Evans, who was in his 7 2 nd ye ar, had been closely associated with the am bulance movement some decades, and as long ago as 188 7 was responSIble for the formation of the first ambulance class at Llanelly. As le cturer and examiner for Great Western Railway ambulance classes he was highly esteemed, and th e respect in which he was held by railway ambulance men was evidenced at the funeral took place at Felin Foel Church cemetery WIth full mIhtary honours, when a large number of railway first aiders were pres e nt.

Ambulance Officer C. Hanmer gave a private view this month of a new film he has produ c ed entitled ,. The St. J ?hn Ca.meos, Past and Present," which will be included in hIS programme. Th.e .moral conveyed by the film IS the necessIty of first aid trammg, and it should have a tellmg effect, more particularly in industrial towns. The film features Miss Bunty Fosse, the British cinema star.

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St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

AUGUST, 1925.

The Acting Chi e f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICER.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Stanley Cyril Else, 24.8.25

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Corp s Officer Nelson Frank Baylis, Nottingham Corps, 3I.7. 2 5

TO BE LADY CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Eleanor Paling, Nottingham Corps, 6.8.25

TO BE CORPS OFFICER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. John Thomas Roughley, Bolton Corps, 24 8 2 S

No. 5 DI STRICT.

Supt. Harold Harrison, Huddersfield Corps, 20.8.25

Supt. Herbert Bancroft Seaton, Lincoln Corps, 3925

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Supt. James Henry Thomas, Mid-Durham Corps, 68.25

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Supt. Edwin Arthur Wallis, Brighton and Hove Corps, 10.8.2

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DISTRICT.

Henry Alexis Chodak Greg-or, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S ,L.RC.P., No. 25 Hornsey and Wood Green Division, 19 .8 .25

Samut:! Camrass, M.B., Ch.B., No. 76 Limehouse Division, SO·7·2 5 NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

William James Forsyth Craig, L.RC .P ., L.R .C .S., L.R.F.P.S ., Dunlop Di\Lision, Birmingham Corps, 1.8.25

Fred erick Lubovius Richard, M.B., Ch.B., Walsall L. M & S.R. Division, 5.8.25

Alfred Bentley Davies, M.B., Ch.B., lVI.R.C .S , L.RC.P., Palfrey Working Men's Club Division, 21.8.25 No. b DI STR ICT.

Colin McCulloch, L:R.C.P.&S., L.R.F.P.&S., Newcastle City Division, Newcastle-on-Tyne Corps, 198.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT. No. I DISTRICT.

Ambu lance Officer Edward Perridge, No. 19-6 (Lee Depot ) Division, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 4.6.25 NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Georg e Staniforth, Walsall L.M. &S.R Division, 5.825 NO.4 DIsnucT.

Ambulance Officer John Holmes, Padiham Division, 28.8.25

Jos eph Wildman, North West Di\ ision, Manchester and Salford Corps, 18 8.25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Offic er George Dowler, Adderley Green Division, Longton and District Corps, 28.7.2 5

Ambulance Officer Alfred Foster, Central Division, Huddersfield Corps, 20.8.25

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No. 9 DISTRICT.

Robert Edwin Trethewy, Newquay D ivision, 24. 82 5

No. I DISTRICT.

Sergt. Bertie Goodyer, Maidstone Divis ion, 25. 8.23

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.4 DI STRICT.

Mrs. Kate Walton, Darwen Nursing Division, 28.8.25

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Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Edith Seely Bond Kendal Hursing Division, 28.8.25

Mrs. Jane Smith, Padiham Nursing Division, 28.82)

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

George Clifton Powis, Irthlin g borou gh Division, Wellingborough Corps, 18.8.25

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Captain Wilfred Harry Sansom, Clipstone Colliery Division, 3.9. 2 5

Sergt. Ernest V Shepherd, Central Division, Huddersfield Corps, 20.8 21j

Corporal Henry Rowett, Stamford Division, 6.8.25

No. II DISTRICT.

Corporal Stephen Drury, Maidstone Division, 2 5.8 .25

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Mrs. El izabeth Jones, No. 43N Limehouse Nursing Division, 5. 8 2 5

Mrs. Margaret Em ily Wbitbread, No. 31N Southend-on-Sea Nursing Divi3ion, S.8.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Ethel Entwistle, Darwen Nursing Division, 28.8.25

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Miss Lilian Bowers, Co-operative Nursing Division, Bradford Corps, 247.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Miss Florence Louisa Woodward, Gateshead Fell Nursing Division, North Durham Corps, 29 8.25

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Eleanor de Burgh Bryce Garton, Chatham Nursing Division, 18. 8.25

TO BET RAN SPORT OFFICER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Albert Leigh, Colne Corp s, 28.835

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFIOER FOR CADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergeant Horace Greenhalgh, Kirkham Cadet Division, 28.8.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sergeant Ramsden How e, Hemsworth Colliery and District Cadet Division, Pontefract Corps, 298.25

Staff-Sergeant John Balderson, Goldthorpe Division, Denaby Main Corps, 11.8.25

NO.9 DISTRIC T.

Ewart Pryor, Johnston Terrace Cadet Division, Plymouth Corps, 1.9 35

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFIOER FOR CADETS.

No. 4 DI STRICT .

Mrs. Gertrude Bailey, Roche Nursing Cadet Division, 10.7. 3 5

Miss Ethel Leach, ""

Miss Annie Whitworth" "

TO BE OORPS SERGEANT MAJOR

No. 10 DISTRICT.

John WIlliam Sharman, Ipswich Corps, 25.7. 25

TRANSFERRED.

No .3 (EASTIl:RN) DI STR ICT. .

Lady Ambulance Officer N. G. Callier, ing Division to Leamington and WarWIck NurSing DlVIsian, 5.8 .2 5

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TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Corps Supt. Mrs. Litchfield, Nottingham Corps, 25.7.25

Lady Supt. Mrs E. Rhod es, Leeds Victoria Nursing Division, 8.7·25

No. 9 DISTRICT

Supt. S. H. James, Redruth Division, 28.8.25

Supt. E. Chaffe, Cam borne Division, 21.1.25

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Ambulance Offic er R. Bugley, Irthlingborough Division, I,9 2 5

Lady Supt. W. M. Cav e, Rushden N ursing DivisIon, I.9 2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon W. Ogilvey, Birstall Division, 8.9.25

Corps Supt. Major H W Spaight, Nottingham Corps, 31.8.25

Lady Ambulance Officer E. Dyer, Leeds Victoria Nursing Division,3I.8.25

NO.6 DISTRICT

Divisional Supt. W. Smith, Victoria Garesfield and Rowlands Gill Division, 3I.8.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. MIss M. Moysey, Newton Abbot Nursing Division, 3I 825 DEATHS.

NO.4 DISTRICT

Divisional Surgeon G. K ennedy Smiley, O.B.E., Wilmslow Nursing Division, 2.8 25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Offic er Mrs F. Waring, Keighley Nursing Division,

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer W. Johnson, British Gas Light Division, Hull Corps, -.8.25 DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

No. I9 /6 Lee Depot Division, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps

No. 3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Sutton Coldfield Division, 298.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Clipstone Colltery Division, 29 8 2 5

No. 12 DISTRICT.

M ullingar G.S.R. Division, 1.8.25

SEOTIONS REGISTERE D.

No. DISTRICT.

No. 88 West Ham Rover Scout Section, 18.6.25

No. 2 DISTRICT.

Frampton Section, City of Gloucester Division 2.8.25

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISfRICT.

Thornton-Ie-Fylde Cadet Division, I1.8 .2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Whitwell Colliery Cadet Division, 29. 8 2 5

NO .9 DISTRICT.

Devonport (Wycliffe ) Cadet Nursing Division, 3.9. 2 5. DIVISIONS RENAMED.

No. 12 DISTRICT.

M.&G ,Division to be " Broadstone Great Southern Railway DIVISion, T.7.25

P. (Major-General), Actmg Chief Commissioner.

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AID September, 1925

Prince of Wales's District COMMISSIONER; W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. OCTOBER, 1925.

October 4th-No. 30 Division, East London.

" lIth-No. 33 " Bermondsey and Walworth.

" 18th-No. 37 " G.W.R. Padd ington.

" 25 th - No 38 L. B & S.C. Railway Victoria.

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John ' s Gate at 2 p.m.

OFFICERS DIN N ER.

The Officers' Annual Dinner w ill be held at the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool-street, on Saturday, 31st October, 1925. Definite arrangements will be made for dancing.

RE-E X AMI N ATIO N AT ST. JOHN 'S. GATE.

An examination will be held at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, in the District Head Quarters Office, on Saturday, 26th September, commencing at 3 p.m. sharp.

Any member of a Division who has not yet been reexamined, or has failed to pass the Exam in er 's Test for the year 1925, should notify his Superintendent that he wishes o attend for the above re-exammati o n. The Superintendent should then notify Assistant Commissioner Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden, at St John's Gate, as soon as possible, but not later than Monday, September 2Ist, first post.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissio ner.

JMPORTANT NOTICE

Divisional Secretaries are reque ste d, when sending newspaper cuttings of theiL meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers -EDITOR

No. 3 District.

The annual joint inspection and first -aid demonstration of the Warwickshire and South Staffordshire divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade were held on the Castle Ground, Tamworth on September 5th. About 300 ambulance members and 100 nursing members attended. All the divisions of Warwickshire were represented but Birmingham. There was a small attendance of spectators, no doubt because of the wet weather.

The inspection was made by Col. Moore (Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Brigade). Other officers present were Assistant Commissioner Dr. McColl (Tamworth), Assistant Commissioner Major Orton (Warwic kshire ), County Surgeon H. C? Webster, and District. Officer H. M . .Bethell. Supt. Berner (WarWickshire) was m command, bemg assisted by Corps Officers W. Hirons and A. C. Wilkins.

After the inspection Col. Moore presented the following awards ;-

St. John medals: Pte. F. Dillham (F oleshill and Longford DIVISion), Pte. A. Doyer (Nuneaton Division )

First bar to medal: Ambulance Officer Bonham (Nuneaton Division), CorpI. Clark (Foleshill and Longford Division).

Naval. sick berth reserve long medals : Sergt. F. W. Jennmgs and Pte. J. Talboys ( CIty of Coventry D ivision). Medals for winners of the Warwickshire Corps Cup : The five members of the Daimler Division, Coventry.

Dewer Shield: Wolverhampton team.

The shield-winners previously gave a demonstration of first-aid to a man supposed to have been injured down a mine

The method of tying the patient to the stretcher so that it could be placed vertically, was shown.

September, 1925. -F IIR S T NO. 4 District.

ROYAL LANCASHIRE SHow.-Ambulance duty at the shoW was carried out by members of the Lancaster and Morecambe Divisions. The arrangements were in the hands of the Divisional Surgeon, Captain J . A. Tomb, and Div. Supt. Kilgour, Lancaster Divisi?n, who were by Officer J. Cunliffe, Lancaster, and Dlv. Supt. J. WIllis, Morecambe, and were effectively carried out.

The duties under Di v. Supt. Kilgour, with the co· operation of Supt. J. Willis and Officer Cunliffe, for the Ambulance Section, and Lady Supt. Mrs. E. Hudson and Nursing Officer Topping, Lancaster, and Nursing Officer Gill, More cam be, were efficiently performed. Five cases were attended to on Thursday, the first day of the show; 2I cases on Friday, second day ; I4 cases on Saturday, and 16 cases on Monday, a total of 56 cases. Cuts, bruises, lacerations, foreign bodies in the eye , sprains, nose-bleeding, punctured wounds were most common. One case of stricture was attended to and an operation performed by Hon Surgeon Captain W. George, M.B

The injury to Mr. Rutter, Kendal, whilst hurdle leaping, was speedily dealt with, Commissioner Col. C. J. Trimble, C.B., Hon. Surgeon, H. F. Oldham, M.B., Hon. Surg. Captain W. George, M.B., and Dr. E. S. Jackson, Carnforth, being present at the time. Colonel C. J. Trimble, inspected the

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people, and the ambulance men had not much time to waste standing idly by. They, however, found something more than the ordinary crowd contingen c ies to deal with , and rose to the occasion admirably.

During the progress of the Pus h Ball :'Ilatc h , one of the cavalry horses which had been tethered to the rail en closing the ring-took fright at the huge ball and broke away, carrying a long rail with it. The frig-htened animal dashed round the stands, and, becoming entan g led with the rail, indulged in a display of buck -jump ing. Whilst endea v ouring to es cape from its mad career, several people were injured in a greater or less degree. They recei v ed careful treatment at the hands of Divisional Supt . W. R. Knaggs and h is First A id men, and their efforts were highly appreciated.

No. 8 District.

Corps Supt. Hersom, of the Reigate Corps, sends us a letter which he has received from the Commissioner of the District, relating to a case of artificial resp iration which was rendered by Privates Sturgess, Ma rtin and Shaw at the East Surrey Hosp ital: -

[vVvnsteare Herbert, Lancast er. ME MBERS OF S.J .A.B AT THE ROYAL L ANC ASHIRE SHOW.

stores, equ ipment, &c ., on r:'riday, and expressed his satisfaction to the adequate provIsion made for the occasIOn.

No. 5 District.

KEIGHLEY. - Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs Fanny Waring passed away on August 2 5th, 19 25 after a brief illness. She entered the brigade in I 898. She was treasurer and secretary of the division at the time of her death (an office she had held for 25 years), and discharged her d uties cheerfully and faithfully. She held the Dist inquished Medal of the Order of St. John

No. 6 District.

WHITBY.- The Whitbv Divis ion found considerable scope to justify themselves in First Aid work on the of the Whitby Military Tournament last month, and their services received commendable notice in the local Press.

The Tournament, arranged on behalf of the Whitby Horse and Agricultural Society, attracted a very large concourse of

CORPS S UPT. HERSOM,

The Dell, Woking, Surrey.

A URust I2th, I 925·

Will you ple-ase, at your next Corps :Parade, .c ')nvey to Corps Officer Barry and the helped h Im at the Hospital on July 29th, my appreciation of? and congratulalations for their splendid attempt to save lIfe, by performm g artificial respiration on a patient for nearly 12 hou rs. Although their efforts were unfortunately. not su cc essfu lthis does not detract from the merit of th e lr They are entitled to feel that they d id everythm g :n their power to save this life, and to l?e ve ry proud of the Ir effort. f

I am proud that thIS fine record was made by men 0 No 8 Distri ct, and I offer you personally m'y upon having such competent and enthus last.lc worke-rs under our command. Will you please thiS letter to your rJen at a "formal parade, " and offiCially e xpress my appreciation to the men concerned.

A. VERNON DAVIES, COlll7Jlz"sst"oner

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AID. - September, 1925

No. 10 District.

SUFFOLK.-On Sunday Sept. 6th, the Haverhill units of the Brigade assisted the efforts of the Haverhill Friendly Societies in a church parade on behalf of the funds of the Addenbrooke Hospital, Cambridge. 70 members, all in uniform, attended, being headed by County Surgeon T. H. Goodman, Supt. G. Scott, Ambulance Officer Wm. Scrivener, and the nurses by Lady Supt. Miss Ruffle and Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. E. Wilson. The boy Cadets were under the command of Cadet Officer A. Shipp and the girl Cadets, Cadet Officer F. Carter. The service was held at the parish church of St. Mary's and was conducted by the Vicar (Rev. W. G. Hodges).

At Ipswich, on the same day, District Officer W. C. Smith acted as marshal to a procession, organised by the Ipswich Friendly Societies, on behalf of the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. Members of the Ipswich units attended, augmented by a detachment from Felixstowe. The Ipswich Corps was commanded by Corps Supt. F. E. Nethercoat, supported by Corps Officers and Supt. W. G. Emeny, from Felixstowe. The bugle hand, of the Corps, was also present. The service was held in the Public Hall, Ipswich, and was conducted by the Rev. S. C. Calver, (Vicar of All Saints). The Mayor and Corporation were present at this service.

The Medical Comforts Scheme for Ipswich has made rapid strides during the past month. Through the generosity of the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades), a room has been hired in Grimwade Street, wh ich is centrally situated in a poor part of the town, and arrangements are so far advanced that it is hoped to officially open the depot in the course of a day or so. The Ipswich Nursing Corps have made a grant of £3 towards the scheme.

NORWICH.-A Flag Day was organised here by Mr. S. Scott of the city unit, on Saturday, September 5th, on behalf of the funds of the Division. Although this is the first Flag Day to be held at Norwich on behalf of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the cause was actually started some forty years ago. The greatest enthusiasm was shown by all those taking a part in the collection. Not the least of these was Dr. Noon, the Hon. Surgeon, and Supt. Bradborn, who is in charge.

No. I (S.E. & C.R.) District.

The annual Inspection of the Faversham Division was undertaken by the Commissioner on August 6th. The men and cadets presented a very smart appearance, but a display of work was marred by a downfall of rain. The Divisional Surgeon, Sir Sidney Alexander attended.

0 r ping.ton Pivision paraded for inspection on August I Ith. SpeCial praise IS due for the manner in which the Divisional records are kept. was. a good muster on August I2th when the Redhill DIVIsion was mspected. The men were excellent in every respect.

Tonbridge Division was inspected by District Officer E. J. Prew, H.S. B. on August I3th and shewed marked benefit fr<?n:' .the recently organised drills in combination with other DIvIsIOns.

A!D TO THE INJ UR ED.-A Course of lectures for men Will be given at St. J ames' Church Hall, Clerkenwell-green E.C.I, on Wednesdays, at 6.15 o'clo ck p.m., commencing 30th 19 25. Lecturer, Dr. F. M. Mosely. Fee, including Exammatlon 35., Text Book IS. 6d. Enquiries should be addressed to the Class Secretary, Sergeant B. C. Fincham, Spa Works, E.C.I. A Course of lectures for women wIll commenc.e at St. John's Cate, ClerkenweIl, on same date as above, particulars of which can be obtained from Mrs. Denchfield, 44, Melford-road, East Dulwich, S. E.

When corresponding with AdverUsers please tlon "Flra-t Ald."

Royal Naval Auxil iary Sick Berth Reserve (S.J. A.B.).

QUALIFICATI0NS FOR BOUNTY.

To avoid any disappointment at the end of the year, Reservists are warned that unless they have maintained the standard of efficiency, repeated below, they will not be eligible to receive a Bounty payment for I925.

FOR FULL BOUNTY.

1. Returned as efficient in the Brigade in accordance with the Brigade Regulations i.e., attended not less than 12 drills, present at or excused the Annual Inspection, passed the Annual Re-examination in First Aid.

2. Attended a course of Training on a Man of War or in a Naval Hospital, during the year.

3. Pre"ent at or excused the I nspecting Medical Officer's Annual Inspection.

4. Passed the Home Nursing Annual Re-examination (i fin possession of the Certificate). FOR £3 BOUNTY.

1. Returned as efficient in the Brigade for the year.

2. Present at or excused the I nspecting Medical Officer's Annual Inspection.

3· Passed the Home Nursing Annual Re-examination (if in possession of the Certificate).

COUNTING OF PREVIOUS SERVICE.

With reference to N.RO. 66, RN.A.S.B.R, Reservists are not eligible for the award of Good Conduct Badges if over 5 years have elapsed between the date of their demobilisation and the date of their enrolment in the R.N.A.S.B.R SERVICE DECLARATION ON REACHING AGE OF 40 YEARS.

All Reservists reaching the age of 40 yeus must be asked to complete a declaration stating whether they wished to volunt eer for General Service or Home Service in the event of mobilisation.

Many declarations are outstanding and should be submitted without delay.

TRAINING.

Reservists are not permitted to train during the year of their retirement for age (55 years), or during the 12 months notice of resignation.

NATIONAL HEALTH AND UNEMPLOYMENT CARDS.

All Reservists proceeding on training must take with them their National Health and Unemployment Cards, and in the case of those with previous mobilised service their Service Certificate also.

Considerable trouble is caused by failing to take these Cards.

fetters to the t;6itor.

We are iN NO way t'espllNsible tot' tIle OpiNiONS expressed, Dr tht statemeNts made, b, Conespondents.-EDITOR.

LOST MEDALLION.

SIR,-A friend of mine found a Bronze Medallion silvered over, No. 87 I 2 Lumsley I wrote .to Headquarters, London, and they mformed me thiS medallion was issued in the year !8?8, at Hebburn, N ewcastle-on- Tyne. Could you publish thiS In your monthly journal, FIRST Am. And if the applies to rr.e at any time, I shall only be too glad to hand It over, or to some person who would hand it over to the rightfulo.wner. This was found on the beach at Sunderland.

-I remam,

September, 19 2 5. -FIRST

The Queen's Souvenir of Her Visit to the Brigade Competition.

WHEN Her Majesty the Queen witnessed and presEnted the prizes at the Annual Brigade Competitions in May last, several interesting books from the Library of the Order and objects from the Museum were shown to her by the Sub Prior and Librarian while taking tea. She expressed great interest in a large portrait medal of the Grand Master Nicholas Cotoner which was struck in 1Q70 to commemorat e his building some important fortifications at Valletta known as the Caton era lines.

As a souvenir of the Queen's visit a facsimile cas t of the medal was made by the A'isistant Librarian and framed with a descriptive lab el which also pointed out that Cotoner founded the School of Anatomy in Malta; this was sent by

AID.Why Should Members of the Brigade Join the V.A.D. Organisation p

J.- To enable the Medical officers of the Crown to know the number of persons available for service on the outbreak of war and in times of national emergency. This information is absolutely n e cessary to those responsible for the organisation on mobilisation.

2.- To enable the Order to fulfil its promise to raise a certain number of Voluntary Aid Detachments.

3 - To be an enrolled member of an organisation primarily to provide the medical forces of the Crown with trained personnel in time of need.

4·-Training can very often b'3 the means of saving life or ameliorating suffering among those most dear to us as well as to the public generally.

5·-When trouble arises thous:mds of willing hands

G. A. COULSON, Ambulance House, Houghton-le.Spring, co. Durham.

Photo by]

[.-1. fon es Crewe

TEAM OF THE CREWE DIVISION THIS YEA R'S WINNERS OF THE" -\.RGENTA" CUP

the Sub Prior to Buckingham Palace for the Quee n's acceptance.

Her Majesty's gracious reply is as follows :-

DEAR LORD SCAREROUGH-,

I am commanded by the Queen to thank you very much indeed for the beautiful and most interesting plaque which you have so kindly sent on behalf of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem for Her Majesty's acceptance.

The Queen is delighted to have such a beautiful and finely executed gift, which is also of gr eat personal interest to Her Majesty, and desires me to thank you most warmly for your kind thought in sending it.-Yours truly,

(Sig ned ) CYN THIA COL\ ILLE.

Bucking ham Palace. 29th June, 1925.

A photograph of this medal appears In the Annual Report of the Order for 1924.

offer their services, but owing to only a percentage being qualified such offers of servIce are lIkely to cause em barrasmen rather than a source of assistance.

6 -The e stablishment for Voluntary Aid Detachments has been laid down, and when completed it will not be possible to join until vacancies occur.

In the event of war, irrespective of qualifications, volunteers will not be accepted for service until the personnel e nrolled has been absorbed.

Do you, as a trained Aider, want to be the waiting list and stand by watchmg those who had prevlOusly enrolled doing the work?

For full particulars of enrolment apply to the officer in charge of your Corps or Division , VOLUNTARY AID DETACH ME NTS.

( J) In all recent wars voluntary aid has played a part.

Owing to e conomic conditions, the medical services of the Crown will re ly still more on such aid in future wars. It is of first importance, therefore, that the members renderin g it should be well trained and organised. Unless properly trained in their respective drills th e members of Voluntary Aid Detachments will be an embarrasment rather than the source of strength and utility, which many proved themselv es to be during the Great War. In order to apprecic.te the importance for need of training, if will be n e cessary that something sl)ould be known of the origin, needs and organisation of Voluntary Aid Detachments. The Scheme of Training which follows, includes sections concerning these points.

(2) According to the terms of the Geneva Convenventions of August 22nd, 1864 and July 6th, 1906, all

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civilised countries agree to treat as neutrals those engaged in the care of the sick and wounded in war. This neutral category includes all mem bers of V.A.D.'s provided that the latter are recognised and mobilised by their own Government and the name of the organisation is duly notified to the hostile government. Each member of such organisation must wear on the left arm a Red Cross brassard, delivered and stamped by the competent Military Authority, and be in possession of an official certificate of identity.

(3) Since these Conventions came into operation, Voluntary Aid has be.en in evidence in all wars in which civilised countries have been engaged. The work of Voluntary Aid Detachments was of considerable importance in conn e ction with Brilish forces employed, during the late war.

The prime object of the Voluntary Aid Detachments is to supplement the M e dical Services of the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force in time of war.

l. The following sch e me has been formulated with the ohj ect of show :ng how voluntary llid shall be organised to supplement the Medical Services of the Forces of the Crown in the event of war or other national emerge ncy. The original (190 9) scheme was designed to supplement the T e rritorial MEdical Service in the event of war in the home territory only. The n e w sch e me is designed to supplement the Medical Services of the Naval , Military, and Air Forc e s on e mergency in any part of the world.

2. Reference in the scheme to the Council, the Association, the Order, and the Society means-the Central J oiat Voluntary Aid Detachment Council, the County Territorial Army Association, th e Order of the Hospital of St. J ahn of Jerusalem in England, and the British Red Cross Society.

O BJ ECTS.

3 · The Medical Services of the forces of the Crown :ue sufficient to meet ordinary p eac,= requirements, but they lack c reserv es need e d on eith e r partial or general mobilisation. On th e outbreak of war, therefore, these services will r e quire the assistance of personnel or Voluntary Aid Detachments.

4· These reserves will be required for-

(

a ) Motor Ambulance Convoys

(b) Ambulance Trains

(

c) General, Naval, Military and Air Force Hospitals

(d) Auxiliary Hospitals

(e ) Rest Stations

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f) Hospital Ships

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g) Convalescent Homes

(h) Command Depots

(z') Entraining, detraining, embarking and disembarking si ck and wounded

5· The members of the Joint Council consist of the following representatives-

Admiralty I

The War Office 4 Air Ministry '"

Territorial Army Associations... 6 Order of St. John 5

British Red Cross Society... 5

St. Andrew's Ambulance Association

6. The County Controlier is the Chief Executive Officer for Voluntary Aid Detachments in the area. The County Controller is appointed by the Association in agreement with the body or bodies which provide detachmt;!Dts in that area and in agreement with the Council.

7· The area administered by the County Controller

September, 19 2 5 -FIRST is co-terminous with that of the Association or Associations making the appointment.

8. As the civil work carried out by Voluntary Aid Detachments is considered to be effective training for war, the County Controller is e x pected to make himself personally cognisant of all actiyities He not exercise any control by vutue of hIS office over CIVIl work.

St. John Voluntary Aid Detachments do not un.dert ake public or civil duties as such, but work as a umt of t he St. John Ambulance Brigace and th e control is in the hands of Brigade Officers (see Brigade Regulations, para. 162, page 32).

9. Assistant County Controllers be by t he County Controller in agreement WIth the ASSOCIation a nd the body or bodies providing the d etachment in the ar ea. The certification of such appointm e nts is issued by

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1 I. The d e tachments will be provided locally by the Association or by the Ord e r, or the Society, or where agreed through Joint County Committees or other recognised bodies.

12. Pay and allowances for the different classes and categories on mobilization have been published by the War Office. A copy can be obtained from the Commandant of the detachment.

(To contin ued.)

THE H OM E A MB UL AN CE S Elt VIC E. -During the second quarter o f this year the ambulances of the Home Ser vice Ambulance Committee of the Order of St. John and the Br itish Red Cross Society carried J8,086 cases, exclusive of pensioner patients carr ied to Queen Ma : y' s Hosp ital, R oehampton ; they

P h o o by ] [S teffa n o W ebb , Ch r istchurch.

S ELWY N NU RSIN G DI VISION , CHRISTC HURC H, NEW ZEALA ND

Left to R ight :-Mi,s Donnell ( Champ ion S q ua d !"f r s. H. H. Smith (Lady Supt. ), M iss Aspinall, Mrs G arrard, M rs. HOW ie (Champion Winners in 1904 of :-The Challen g e Cup, Home )T urs ing Cup, Sub-D istrict Challenge Cup, Stick for Champion Squad, Squad Member s Cup, S q uad Leader 's Cup.

the Council and notices of such appointments sent to all t he bodies.

Assistant County Controllers for St. John Voluntary

A id De t achments are, as far as possible, selected from Brigade Officers.

ENRO LJl, Il£NT.

10. A Voluntary Aid Detachment may consist either o f men or of women, but not ot mixed detachments. Only British born subjects, including those of. the Dominions, are eligible for enrolment. Every apphcant on joining must sign a form. of enrolment, and an obligation to undertake service when called upon In the class and cat egory in which he or she is enrolled.

In peace time a member will his ?r her obligation on giving a !,lOtlce of mtentlOn to resign owing to the cost of traInlDg. Moblle members are expected to remain in a detachment for at least 3 years.

n umbered 7, 512. The committee no,,": has 34 1 stat ions in the country, and 34 other statIOns affilIated Wi th I t.

It is with g reat have to announce that Mr F. Nicholls of L imehouse DIVISion, 99J has been made Life Governor of Poplar Hospi tal in recognition of volunt a r y services rendered. to the Hosp ital for the past 8 years.

LOST IviED ALLIONS. - A list is given below of medallions which have been found in various parts of the country and returned to the St. John A mbulance Assoc iation. Chief Secretary will be pleased to restore them to the owners If they will apply to h im at S. John s Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E.C.I. 13409, Marion Griffiths; 3? 178, Grundy; 80187, Eleanor Ereckson ; 953 68, Sidney C. Addis ; 107287 , John S. Rowe; 130995, Philip 13374 2, George Stevens; 160 544 Frederi ck A. Smith; 17 2960, Taylor ; 173706, Constance Lee; 188428 , John Hughes , 20 52 1 2 Ernest Greenwood ; 215790, Sibil Comyns.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. AUSTRALIA.

The U.S.A. Fleet with twenty-five thousand officers and men visited the City of Melbourne during the summer.

On July 24th there was a March Past of the men, and the City streets were packed with sightseers. A disaster, however, marred the proceedings. About thirty people were on a cantilever verandah over a business house when it collapsed and crashed 03 the people below. This caused a terrible sensation, and it was with great difficulty that the S J.A.B. men were able to rescue the patients. The whole procession was held up for an hour, and mounted police and a detachment of U.S.A. ILariners with rifles had to control the monster crowd. The ambulance men and nursing sisters rendered heroic service under the direction of their chief, Mr. Lord. In all, nearly two hundred cases were sent to various hospita!s. The First Aid organisation was most eff!.:ctive and won high praise from the public and authorities. It is a matter of interest that an enthusiastic Plymouth am bulance worker (now in Australia), was on duty at this disaster. We refer to Mr. Wilfrid Miller, a former secretary of th e Plymouth Ambulance Service and brother to Commissioner H. Miller of No. IX. District.

NEW ZEALAND.

The photograph shown on page 65 is that of the A Squad of the Selwyn Nursing DiviSIOn, Christchurch Corps, New Zealand, of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. The Division has been in active work for a number of years. Under the guidance of Mrs. H. H. Smith, M.B.E , as Lady Superintendent, th e Division has reached a high standard of Efficiency. In 1923 the Division was the winners of the Willowbank Cup, the Challenge Cup, Home Nursing Cup, and th e District Stick. In I924 they were winn e rs of no fewer than six trophies out of s eve n at the local and sub-c'.istrict comp etitions. At the end of October, I924, Mrs. Smith was promoted to the rank of L'idy Corps Superintendent. Since then, Miss Ironside, M.B., has been t:le Lady Divisional Superintendent.

Coroner's Comment on Rule. Ambulance

THE question of whether the relative of an injured person should be allowed to accompany him to the hospital in an ambulance was by the Deputy Coroner (Col. Connell of Sheffield), at the mquest on Francis Maltby, 58, school caretaker, of 40, HermItage-street, Sheffield who fell from a ladder whilst white-washing the staircase his home.

His wife stated that when the Ecclesall Infirmary ambulance called for her husband after the doctor had recommended his removal, her son was not allowed to accompany his father, although he asked to ,Ie allowed to do so.

Dr. Russell, Medical Superintendent at Ecclesall Infirmary, said that it was a rule bat no one should accompany the patient.

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The Coroner: Here is a man who s eems to be very ill. Don't you think it is inhuman?

The doctor repeated that it was a general rule. The post-mortem examination showed that death was due to hee norrhage and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

S\'actical 3loints.

The Editor t'nvites Notes on actual Cases-with speciat reference to good and bad voints in 7 reatment-for inclusion in this Column.

FIRST AID WITH E FF ICIEN CY

A police sergeant on section duty in Colombo saw an overhead electric tram wire fall on a boy who was walking along the road. Hearing his whistle for help a native police constable ran to the sergeant' s assistance. The constable kept the crowd back while the sergeant got a rickshaw apron with which he protected his hands, took a bamboo from a house nearbye and with this removed the wire from the boy.

The sergeant then lifted the boy into a rickshaw and took him to hospital at once. Meanwhile the constable remained at the spot al:d kept the people away from the li v e wire until the tram authorities, who had been warned by telephone in the meantime, sent their workmen and had the wire removed. Both officers are members of the Brigade.-H. L. D., Ceylon.

FIR ST -AID WITH DI SCRIM INATION.

Although the river Maha-oya in Ceylon was in flood, four boys went to the ri ver for a bathe. One of them strayed beyond his depth and was carried away by the current which was very strong. The other boys escaped and raised cries which attracted a police constable and two other men.

The men swam out, but the boy was beyond their reach. The police constable, however, ran down the bank, jumped into the river lower down and, swimminr- into midstrea m, intercepted the boy whom he brought ashore exhausted and unconscious. With the help of the two men. the police constable at once commenced artificial respiration on the boy at the riverside and after twenty minutes was rewarded by signs of returning consciousness. Persevering until breathing was fully re-established the police constable completed his good work by removing boy in recumbent posture without delay to hospital.-H.L.D., Ceylon.

ACUTE NICOTINE POISONING.

Late one July evening I was called to a man who was brought home from a hop field where he had been working with Nicotine. He was semi-conscious and unable: to tell me what had happened; and I could obtain no facts from those with him. The face was flushed, pulse full and slow, and pupils contracted.

Patient became delirious and for three hours required the combined of three of us to keep him in bed. He then became exhausted, his pulse being slow and weak, and his breathing almost stopped. Under the instructions of a doctor (for whom I sent immediately when I took charge ), we did artificial respiration by Silvester's Method for an hour with beneficial results, pulse and respiration improving gradually in response to treatment.

The doctor and I continued in attendance for a further four hours, until in the early hours of the morning patient had recovered sufficiently to be left in charge of his relations. N morning. patient told m.e that, when carrying a tin of Nlcotme, he spilt some down hiS clothes, and that he attributed plJisoning to ?f fumes and possibly to absorp. tlOn through the skm. Patient's further recovery was uninerrupted.-E. J. D., TEYNHAM.

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PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, AUGUST, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Staff Officer.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR T YDFIL CENTRE.

Corps Supt. William Henry Jones, 2.925

To be Divisional Superintendents.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

Corporal David Jones, Troedyrhiw Division, 13 .8.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CEN TRE.

Amb ulance Officer Thomas Charles Williams, Maindy and Eastern Division, 12.8.2S

To be Ambulance Officer.

BOROUGH OF MERTH YR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Serg eant William James Morris, Cefn Coed Di vi sion, 4.9.25

To be Ambulance Officers for Cadets.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Priva te Benjamin Thomas, Deri Division, 29.8 25

II Reuben James I reland, G reat Western Colliery Division, 25.8.25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTR E.

Priva te Jack Da vi es, Pontypool Division, 28.8 .:25

To be Lady Ambulance Officer for Cadets.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTR E.

Am bulance Sister Mar y Julia Pearce, Pontypool Nursing Division, 29.8.25

To be Sergeants.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

Cor poral Gwylim Williams, Cefn Coed Div isio n , 4.9.25

Priva te John Rees, Cefn Coed Division, 4.9.25

To be Corporals.

BOROUGH OF' MERTHYR TY DFIL CENTRE.

Priv ate Morgan Powell Jones, Cefn Coed Division, 4.9.25 John Davies, Cefn Coed Division, 4.9 .25 " Hawkins",,, ,,4.9.25

George Henry Harris, Cefn Coed Division, 4.9.25 " "

To be Divisional Secretaries.

BOROUGH O F MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Pr ivate Alfred Getting Barnes Morrell, Troedyrhiw Division, 68.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRlf.

Corporal John Llewellyn Williams, Maindy and Eastern Division, 12.8. 2 5 (temporary)

To be Lady Divisional Secretary. MONTGOMERYSHIRE CENTRE.

Am bulance Sister Mary K. Maddox, Welshpool Nursing Division, 2.9.25

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private David Cole, Glynneath Di visio n, 6.8.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHVR TYD FIL CENTRE.

Private Arthur Merlin Jones, Troedyrhiw Diyision, 6.8.25

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Corporal Albert Ivor Cresswell, N ewport High-street Railway Division, 21.7.25

To be Cadet Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cadet David Edwards, Deri Cadet Division, 29.8.2j " Frank Evans, Great Western Colliery Cadet Division, 25 8.25

To be Cadet CorporaL

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cadet I vor Perkins, Deri Cadet Division, 29.8.25

Divisions Registered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Coytrahen Di vi sion, 6.8.25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Hafodyrynys Di vi sion, 25.8.25

Cadet Division R.egistered.

GLAi\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Great Western Colliery Cadet Division, 25.8.25 MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Pontypool Cadet Nursing Division, 28.7.25 Usk Cadet Division, 28.8.25

Geppral Interest.

THE PRIORY AT WEMBLEY.

The Priory for Wales has again been call ed upon to provide ambulance p erso nnel for duty at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

Those comprising the party came from different parts of W9.les, and were in charge Divisional Supt. J. Jones, of th e Burry Port and Pcmbrey Town Division.

AM BULANCE PRO VISIONS ON CH ARS-A- B ANCS.

A potential suggestion has been submitted by a past member of the Brigade, Mr. J. W. Aldridge , of Redland Street, Newport, that char-a-bancs be equipped with FlrstAid outfits and that the drivers of such vehicl e s be competent to use them.

In the first place it must be admitted that the proposal is an excellent one, and, if it matur e s, will do as much for humanity as has the adoption of ambulance work in other spheres. Although it raises enormous issu e s the chances of realising this ideal become less remote when one considers, for instance, how very much the railways have done in recent years for public safety. Ambulance work in this great industry now figures as one of the regular interests encouraged by owners and officials and accepted by servants. Ambulance provisions are also obligatory in the mining industry; and the increasing monopoly of th e

roads by motor char a·bancs has created a need for new legislation to give effect to Mr. Aldridge's timely suggestion -which represents a real and pressing necessity.

Centre Reports.

CARMARTHENSHI.RE CENTRE. AMBULANC.!£ WORK AT THE ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

Sub Commissioner E. D. Jones spent a busy month preparing for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, which was held in Carmarthen during the first week of August. Nothing was spared to make the ambulance tents complete and ready to afford comfort to sufferers of all kinds. The record of cases dealt with by the ambulance men and nurses on duty show that the treatments required were as varied as numerous. It includes cuts ! abrasions, bites and stings, faints, fits, scalds, injured feet, sickness and heemorrhoids.

The ample provisions made were the subject of much appreciation, as shown from the following letter addr e ssed to the Principal Secretary of the Priory by the Chief Constable of the Carmarthen Borough Police :-

"DEAR SIR,-

The Ambulance Squads, both Nursing Sisters and Men did excellent work on the Royal Welsh Show Ground last week. They were well officered, and the cheerful way they gave up the pleasures of the Show for the purpose of attendIng to the sick and injured deserves the highest commendation.

According to the official statistics given by SubCommissioner E. D. Jones, I49 cases were attended to, and these figures speak for themselves.

When these facts are brought to the notice of the community your aims and objects will be better understood. Thanking you for providing tbis very essential service.

I am, YOLlrs faithfully, (Signed) W. H. EVANS. Chief Constable. Aug ust I2tit I9 25."

On Thursday, the 6th August, a number of ambulance competitions were held in connection with the Show, and notwithstanding the fact that many of the keen competitors were trying their skill at Pwllheli there was a record entry.

The Judges, Dr. Sidney Williams, Llanelly; Dr. D. H. Griffiths, Cross Handfl; and Dr. Pennant, D.S.O., Saundersfoot (men's contests) and Dr. Pennant, Dr. Griffiths and Dr. Arwyn Davies (women), made the following awards :_ Carmarthen County Cup (confined to Nursing teams of the Brigade in Carmarthenshire), Llanelly Nursing team. Lynn Thomas Cup (open contest), Llanelly NurSIng team.

The Kylsant Shield, the championship trophy for male teams of the Brigade in the county, was won by Cross Hands, who also carried off the Lynn Thomas Shield. prizew.inners had. the pleasure of receiving the trophIes from HIS Royal.Hlghness Prince Henry, to whom the Lord PreSident of the Show, explained the voluntary spmt which actuated the movements of Brigade members.

PUBLIC AMBULANCE DUTY.

Arrangements were made by the Sub ·Commissioner for Carmarthenshire for men to be on duty at the Joint Counties Hunters Society Show held at Ystrad, (;armarthen, on August the 20th to the 2 sth. Supt. J. J. Davies was in

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charge of the personnel, whose services were required in a number of instances.

GLAMOR.GAN COUNTY CENTRE. A MOTOR ACCIDENT AT PONTYCYMMER.

The splendid manner in which the members of the Ffaldau Institute and Garw Ambulance Division were able to render assistance to the victims of a terrible motor smash which occurred at Pontycymmer on Tuesday, 18th August is worthy of record.

A meeting of this Division had been called for seven o'clock on this evening. About eight of the members had arrived at the appointed place when, at 6.40, a man rushed in and told them a moter accident had occurred at Oxfordstreet. Without a moment's hesitation Sergtant and Divisional Secretary E. G. Howells issued stretchers and havresacs and conducted the members to the scene. Within six minutes from receiving the message a squad was at work.

The services of the Corps Surgeon, Dr. V. A. Newton were obtained and additional members of the Division arrived later.

It was a ghastly 'scene, and one from which any but Brigade members might have weakly withdrawn. Th e driver was found to b.;:: suffering from severe internal hremorrhage and was removed to a house nearby. Thre e occupants died before much could be done for them, and they were taken into a huuse and made ready for removal to their homes. Throughout the night the nursing members were in attendance on the injured, and everything possible was done to lessen the horror of a grim tragedy.

COMPETITIONS AT LANELA Y HALL.

At the invitation of Col. and Mrs. Gerald Bruce, lh e sixch annual ambulanc e competition of the Pontypridd Sub·District were held in tbe beautiful grounds of Lanelay Hall, Pontyclun, on July IIth.

Among thosn present wert: Mrs. Gerald Bruce (Ponty clun), Lady Lewis, O.B.E. (Cardiff), Mr. and Mrs. J. W . Davison (Pontypridd), Mr. H. S. Marlin (Pontagwasta) , and Staff Officer J. H. Davies (Rhondda).

The following results were announced by Dr. W. G. Williams (Cardiff), Dr. J. E. Brereton (Coed ley ), and Dr D. R. Thomas (Taffs W ell) :-

Sub-District Challenge Shield (Ambulance trophy).

I. Tonyrefail and Coedely (Supt. D. F. Price)

Total marks 124

2. Maritime No.1 (Sergt. J. Hobbs) 117

3. Great Western CoIl ery (Sergt. M. Davies) 110 Rose Bowl (Nursing trophy).

I. Pontyclun No. 1 (Mrs. F. Eastmond).

2. Cwm CollIery (Lady Supt. Browning)

3. Pontyclun No.2 (Mrs. Cook) Dr. Washington Evans Cup (bzd£v£dual test for men)..

I. Supt. D. F. Price (Tonyrefail and Coedely Division 94

2. Private Richard Davies (Tonyrefail and Coedely Division) 90

3. Corporal N. G. Bolan (Great Western Colliery Division) 89

In the individual test for nurses, Nursing Sister A. M. Russell was successful in winning the Rose Bowl. Lady Lewis complimented the winning team and presented the trophies; and the adjudicators stated that the manner in which the competitors had dealt with the tests displayed creditable knowledge.

Septem ber, 19 2 S

KEN FIG HILL NURSING TEAM.

-FIRST AID.-

Generally speaking there is difficulty in maintammg efficient nursing teams. as domestic imp?se constant changes in the membershIp of nursmg UllltS. Nothing daunted, howeVEr, the Ken fig Hill Nursing team, whos e photograph is shown in this issue, has made a strong resolve to put up a good fi.ght for the international nursing trophy next year. We Wish them every success.

KENFIG Hn L MEN AND NURSES AT WORK

Since the last issue of this J oumal a full report has b e en received of the services rendered by the Kenfig Hill Ambulance and Nursing teams, who, under Supt. L Jones and Lady Supt. Mrs. Sutton, were from the Carmarthen Competitions when they were mformed that a char.a-ba.nc accident had occurred at a place known as Stormy They immediately proceeded to this and on arrIval r eported to the Police Sergeant who was .m charge. J ones informed him he had two fully·qualIfied and eqUIpped

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

A VICTORY FOR THE ABERTILLERY DIVISION.

Ten good ambufance teams drawn from Glamorgan and Monmouthshire competed at Newport for the Sarah Gibb Challenge Shield, presented by Mr. W. J. Gibb. Abertillery with marks came first, followed closely by Pontypool, with only one point less.

The event was organised by Mr. T. Beeks (Crumlin) , assisted by Corps Supt. G. J. Rowlands, Supt. Joseph Barber and Supt. George H. Hind, officers of the Brigade. His Worship, the Mayor, presided at the .presentation, supported by Mr. E. C. Jordan, Mr. A. J. Vickery, and the donor, Mr. W. J. Gibb, who hoped his shield would fulfil the purpose of the gift.

MARTIN SHIELD WON B\ NORTH CELYNEN.

The final competitions for the Martin Shield and Junior Challenge Cup in connection with the Ambulance

by

KENFIG HILL NURSING TEAM, h" L d Bute" Cup, won at the Royal National Eisteddfod, PwIlheli. WIth tea y

one ambulance and one nursing, ready to give assistance. This offer was accepted, and it was explained that one person had been killed,. two others had been badly injured and removed to hospital, and the remalllder taken into some cottages close by.

Divisional Surgeon J. W. Cooper, Dr. Murphy and Dr. Gooshe had arrived on the scene and .the members worked under their supervision. The patients were all women and children so that the help of the nurses was very valuable.

Whilst the work of dressing the patient's wounds was being proceeded with, Supt. Jones sought means of transport. This task. was made less difficult by the generosity of a bus propnetor who placed a saloon car at their proposal. Three and then panied the seventeen patle?ts, whose mJun 7s had receI.ved attention to their homes lQ Cwmavon, a dIstance of eight , miles.

League, were recently held at the St. John Ambulance Hall, Newport.

Sixteen teams competed for the trophies, which are open to Monmouthshire, and the standard ot work was very hir,h.

Among those present wer.e J. M. Carty, H.M. Inspector of Min!ls, CardIff Mr. G. W. James, mining engineer, (Vlce-CbalCman), T. P. Jenkins, H. M. Inspector of MlOes, Mr. J. Fox TalliS, Llantarnam Grange, Hon. Secretary, and Mr. W. Stewart, Hon. Treasurer. , The holders of the Shield were Powells Tillery, and Blaensychan held the Junior, Cup.

The marks for thIS year s teams were as follows .Martin Shidd.-North Celynen, 133i Soutf L3 2 ; Maclaren, Tredegar, 13 2 Blaensycht.n, II8 2 Manne, EbbIV Vale, 104!; Tirpentwys, 9 4 ; POChlO, 9 0 Junior C/zallenge CUp.-TlCpentwys, 133; Bedwas

Photo

[W. Smith, Ken fig Hill.

Navigation, I29; Pochin, I25; Powells Tillery, II9; Marine, Ebbw Vale, I I8 ; Celynen South, 112; Blaensychan, 109 ; and Maclaren, 95.

Mr. Godfrey James presided at the presentation of the trophies, which was performed by Mr. T , P. Jenkins. A vote of thanks was accorded to the judges, Dr. S. Glanville Morris, Mardy, and Dr. W. T. Wade, Risca.

CITY OF CAR.DIFF CENTRE.

FORTH CO MIN (7 NURSING EVENT.

Members of the Nursing Divisions in the City of Cardiff C e ntr e are asked to note the date selected for the "Woman s " cup is December the 5th. Great interest is centred in this ev e nt, as the" Woman's" cup, presented by Dr. de Vere Hunt, Centre Surgeon, is the only one for competition amongst teams of nurses in the City of Cardiff Centre.

PUBLIC DUTY.

In the programme for the autumn session the City of Cardiff Centre has arranged for members to be in attendance at football matches in the Cardiff Arms Park and Ninian Park. The authorities asked that suitable ambulance arrang e ments be made by the Priory at all matches.

CARDI FF CITY NURSES SEEK SEA BREEZES.

00 Friday, 28th August, members of the Cardiff City Nursing Division arranged a pleasant divergence from their usually busy programme. They held their annual picnic and with their lecturer, Dr. T. Hurley, the happy party journeyed by charabanc to Ogmore-by-the-sea. The Divisional Surgeon, Dr. W. G Williams and Mrs. Williams were unable to be present, but this was the only regret connected with a most enjoyable outing.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.

BUCKLAND BWLCH NURSES' DEBUT.

Members of the newly-formed Buckland Bwlch Nursing Division mad e their first appearance on public duty at th e Brecon and Radnor Women,s Conservative Association Fete held at Gwernyfed on Saturday, August 8th. The Officer-in-charge is Mrs. Stuart Cresswell, and the Medical Dr. T. P. Thomas. Mrs. Seymour Berry, th e Lady PresIdent of the Merthyr and Penkelly Division, has taken k e en intere st in this Division, of which her daughter, Miss Eileen Berry, is a member. This is the first nursing division of the Brigade to be formed in the County, and Mrs. Dease, a district officer of the Brigade in Ir eland, now resident in Breconshire, is attached to it. ------.--.------

News in Brief.

On Sunday, June 18th, the Vicar of Slebech Pembrokeshire, the. Rev. J. Martin Griffiths, conducted the annual open aIr service amid the rnins of the old church, Sl e bech, one of the few remaining relics of the of the Sl e bech Commandery of the Order occupied by the Knight Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem for four hundred years! extending from lISO to 154 0

As a fittmg commemoratIOn of thi'l ancient institu!ion were devoted to the Priory to assist 10 malDtallllOg the work now being carried on under the

same motto as that revere d by the old Hospitallers of Slebech.

Many prominent officials of the London ) Midland and Scottish Railway Company attended the annual distribution of awards at the Castle, Hotel, Tredegar, on July 8th. Mr. A. Townsend, the chairman, expressed pleasure at the presence of Mr. E. W. T. Morris. District Ambulance Secretary, Abergavenny, after his recent illness, and welcomed Mr. C. H. Tait, District Traffic Supt. and Mr. W. Power, Loco.notive Supt., remarking that the interest of Heads of Departments was a great stimulus to others. The awards had increased from 2g last year to 33 this, and in this connection appreciation was due to the ent:!rgetic support of the secretary, Mr. T. J. Diment, and Mr. W. Brice. The chairman referred to the honour secured by the Sirhowy team in winning the" Sir Thomas Williams" shield.

Mr. Tait presented the awards to the Tredegar and Nantybwch Classes and a long service medal to Mr. W. J. Pugh, of Pontllanfraith, whom he thanked for his valuable services in Pontllanfraith and Y nysddu districts.

A vote of thanks was proposed to Dr. Crawford and to the instructors, Mr. F. Jones and Mr. William Penberthy, by Mr. F. J. Mansfield, Assistant Traffic Supt.. who spoke of the excellent work Dr. Crawford and Mr. A. Penberthy had rendered and of the services given to the Nantywbch team by Mr. F. Jones.

Presentations were made to Mr. Fred. Jones, Dr. Crawford and Mr. W. Penberthy in recognition of their fidelity. Mr. E. W. T. Morris expressed appreciation of the services of tht Class Secretaries, Messrs. F. J. Diment and C. Jones.

The Priory is grateful for four donations of twenty guineas each from Messrs. Hull Blythe Co., Ltd., The Atlantic Coaling Co., Messrs. Rogers & Bright, and Messrs. Elder Dempster & Co.

A new link has been added to the increasing chain of association between the St. John Am bulance Brigade and the Boys Scouts Association by the election of the Comsioner for Wales to serve on the National Welsh Scout Council.

Successful students of the ambulance class held at Abergavenny under the auspices of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Ambulanc e Centre received their awards at a smoking concert at Abergavenny on the 15th August.

Mr. C. H. Tait, District Traffic Supt., in making the presentation, commented on the excellent result of the examination, and of the valuable services of the lecturer, Dr. T. E. Lloyd. Gratitude was also due to the Class Secretary, Mr. T, Michael, and Messrs. T. Luscott, W. Hall, R. J. Read, and H. J. Lewis, captains of the Abergavenny teams, for their assistance during the season.

Dr. W. D. Steel, whose name was inseparable from the railway ambulance movement in Abergavenny, was publicly thanked for his splendid services on behalf of the local class which had lost his assistance as he had left the district.

Mr. Tait presented Dr. Lloyd with a fountain pen as a slight token of their appreciation, and votes of thankli were passed to all who had contributed to the pleasant evening.

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centres of the brain are thrown out of action at once but the lower ones-especially those which control breathing and circulation-may still be able to do their work.

2uerier flJil/ be aea/t flJith Nrtder the jollofDirtC rNles :-

I.-Letterr c(Jntainin{, Queries mNst be marked on tke top lejt kana. corner oj tke envelope "Quer7," and addressed-FiRsT AID, Cannon-street, London, E_C.4.

-A II Querier murt be accompanied by a Query Coupon" cui Iron tke current issue oj the Journal, or in case oj Queries jrom abroa( jrom a recent issue.

? - Tke Textbook, to which reference may be made in these colum nJ ir the 36th (I920) Edition of S.J.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

THE UNCON SCIOU S STATE.

A B. (Canvey Island).-The Textbook on p. 128 (Rule 3), dealing with Treatment of Insensibility emphasises the dangers of the unconscious state but does not give us a definition. I wonder, therefore, if you will be good enough to supply the necessary information and so help me in my difficulty.

The term "Insensibility" signifies a condition in which t here is a loss of feeling. I n other words the brain has ceased t o carryon its normal functions which include two parts-the h igher life with freedom of thought and action, and the lower (or animal) life for which the vital functions of breathing and a nd circulation are sufficient over a variable period.

When, therefore, insensibility takes place, the highest

Insensibility may be partial or complete, and presents three degrees-namely, sleep (from which patient may be stupor (from patient may be roused only wIth dIfficulty, and coma (from whIch patient cannot be roused until, at least, the active cause abates its influence. The term must not be confused with what is known as "a fit." The latter is a sudden seizure in which more or less se vere convulsions accompany a greater or less degree of unconsciousness.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLE R

H.A. (Monmouth).-At an examination some time ago a candidate was asked where he would expect to feel the heart's beat. He replied with speed and confidence" Below and to inner side oj lz"ver .I " Surely he should have been awarded" the biscuit " for a good howler ?

Yes! Next, please! !

SOME POSSI BLE F0 1YII TES

S. N. (Cardiff).-In a book on Nursing I carne the word " fomites" which I did not understand. Will you please explain its meaning?

The term is derived from a Latin word signifies " touch wood" or " tinder" and is used to include any article which, being brought into contact with a patient suffer ng from infectious disease, may retain the infecti v e material and so

First aid and best aid to note ...taking and reports

Th e g reatesL c a re must be taken to ensure accuracy a nd le .6bilit y when making notes and reports. For future referenc e it is es sential that they be both legible and permanent. \Vaterman' s Pen should always be used. It is invaluable when attendin g lectures , making reports, filling in examination paper s and for letter writing at all times, especially when travellin g .

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spread the disease. For examples, bedclothes, garments, carpets, curtains, toys ana letters may all be fom1tes until disinfected.-N C. F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED STERNUM.

F. N. (K eadley).-For treatment of Fractured Sternum the Textbook is somewhat vague, since it only tells us to keep patient quiet in an easy position until the arrival of doctor. If, we cannot obtain medical assistance, please teIl us how we should proceed in treatment and transport

I agree that the Textbook is vague on this point. Its in stru ctions, however, are based on the fact that Fractured Sternum is usually complicated by injury to lungs. Hence the great need for care. For tre atment bandages round body as for Fractured Ribs may give ease to patient who decides for or against such support; and for transport I believe that in most cases you will find removal as for Fractured Spine most suitabl e.

From another query received sin c e this answer was penned I note with interest that your query is apparently based on a practical test in which the Fractured Sternum was actually accompanied by injuries to lnngs.-N.C.F.

TREATi\IENr

OF WOUND S

A. B. (Brecknock).-After a wound has been treated with Iod ine is there any reason why boracic ( pink ) lint should not be used as dressing, or is ordinary (w hite ) int preferable? Please advise

There is no reason why boracic lint (w hich is artificially coloured" pink" and so more eas ily recognised) should not be used. I ndeed, I consi der it the most useful dressing for FirstAid work, because it is mildly antiseptic and because dressings are not always used at once after being taken out of stores. Ordinary (whit e ) lint may also be used ; but it should be "sterile " o r at least" perfectly clean" as the Textbook (p 85) lays down. By the way are you thinking of Cyanide gauze which is sometimes pinkish in colour and which, if used as dressing for wound treated with Iodine, is apt to cause severe burns ?N.C.F.

I NCUBATION PERIODS.

1. S. D. (Ric hmond ).-In a recent book of reference I noted that the Incubation periods of infectious diseases were different from those of the Red Cross book. Our Manual gives no incubation periods, though in the recent Perrott Shield Compe tit ons a question on this subject was asked.

Infectiou'5 vary in their development and progress, and so do not keep stric tly to time like express trains. All periods quoted are approximate, a fact which explains the difference noted by you in different books of nursing Yo ur insinuation against one test of the recent Perrott Compe tition falls to the ground, because, if you read the Nursing Ma nual a bit more carefully, you will find that the incubation periods are stated therein, each in its proper place. -N.C.F.

STRUCTURE OF PULM ONARY VESSELS.

N. H. (H arrow ).-Why is Pulmonary Artery n ot caIled Pulmonary Vein since it carries impure or venous blood ? Also, why for '5imilar reason are the Pulmonary Veins not called Arteries? P lease ad vi se

The Pu lmonary Artery is rightly so called because it has the structure of an artery, even though it carries venous blood. If this were not so and if there were no marked muscular tissue in this vessel, it would be impossible for the heart to pump its

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venous blood into the lung circulation for purification. For a like reason the four Pulmonary Veins are so called in accordance with their structure; and the arterial blood contained therein is drawn into the left auricle, partly by suction action of heart.-N.C.F

ANO THER E XAMINAT ION HOWLER.

F. N. ( Keadby ) -A St. John cadet was asked what he woul d do for a case of Hydrophobia. Though stumped by such a big word, the boy was pat with his answer and commenced it thus ;-" For lj-f.had-jourjJence 1 would," &c. &c Good! Next, please ! !-N.C.F.

RE ME DIES FOR CORROSIVE POISONS.

L. S. D. (Richmond).-Am I right in assuming that medicina paraffin may be used in Corrosive Poisoning? I smelted butter permissible ? I ask because it may be the remedy most ready to hand.

Yes ; but is it necessary to melt the butter ? As I have ere this pointed out, the Textbook warning against mineral oils refers to Kerosene, which is popularly known as "paraffin oil" and which is a poison itself. - N.C.F.

Our Ambulance Problem (No. J).

The Editors have pleasure in presenting another problem in ambulance work. Readers of FIRST AID are invited to send solutions, set out as ma r king sheets, BEFORE THE 10TH OF NE XT MONTH.

The Editors will then forward a copy of " History of the Order of St. John" to the candidate who, in the opinion of the doctor-judge who set the problem, best m e rits such award; and they point out that the continuanc e of this feature in the Journal depends on the support which it receives from readers.

The Editors remind candidates that they must not write their names and addresses on their d e tailed solutions and that they must enclose these particulars on a separat e sheet of paper. All entri e s should be marked" Problem" and addressed to the Editors, FIRST AID, 46, Cannon-str ee t, London, E.C.4.

THE PROBLEM.

A man is sitting on a chair with his legs apart, opening both blades of a sharp knife. The knife slips out of his hands, and in endeavouring to stop it falling to the ground, he tries to catch it between his thighs

There is a man in the room with him, who has a knowledge of first aid, he himself knows nothing about first aid.

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What might happen?

How would you treat the case.?

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FIRST AID 'JheJournal of the Order ofth£1fosPita! of ofJerusa1em in Englaild

Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

" first·aiders" to do the needful when unfortunate necessi t y arises, as it does with such terrible frequency.

Winter Classes.

DURIN G the coming weeks secrt: taries of ambulanc e organisations will b e endeavouring to attract r e cru i ts to th e first aid ranks. W e wish th e m we ll. Ma y they all have caus e to "rejoic e in their numb e rs. "

As an incentive to this t nd, and in order to m ak e th e val ue of first aid knowledge more widely appr e ciated , th e St. John Ambulance Association has pr e pa re d a lt a fl-; t for fre e distribution. Class Secr e tari e s would be we ll a dvised to obtain a supply (rom the Chi e f S ecr e talY at h eadqu arters. It should b e plac e d in the hands of "all sorts an d conditions of men and women." Th e time has gon e by for limiling ambulance knowl edg e to certain classes of in dustrial work ers First aid is for "the man in th e str eet" and his wife and family. It is for all.

Our streets to -day will furnish far t o o many o ppor· tu nities to apply the teachings of th e S1. John Ambulance

A ssociation and one has not to use much imagination to be convinced of th e crying neEd for th e extension of first ai d knowledge. As we writ e th e e ve ning pap e r is b efore us and tells of a "black week- e nd " in which 20 p ersons were killed and fiflY injur e d on our public highways !

The tver-increasing toll of life taken on our roads is a m atter calling for grave concern and action in high places. It suggests also the innumerable opportunities for the m itigation of human suffering for, perhaps, saving a human li fe by those who, prompted by love of th e ir fe llows, have q ualified to administer first aid treatment.

A writer in the press has recently stated that road accidents in America are twice what they are in this country (percentage of population) and that our roads are t he safest in the world. That may be so. We hope it is, b ut, nevertheless, fatalities and injuries are steadily and we require an increasing body of sk ill t' d

Class s ecretari es and oth e rs should not fail to br ing th ese points h o me to pcssible students A littl e thought should convince the most cheer rul optimists th a t fint aid is a valuable asset even if, so far, h e an d h i s hav e led charm e d lives. H e should be counselled to acquire th e knowledg e with th e hop e tha t he may n e ver n e ed it for hims e lf or uthers.

One thing seems fairly certain, a greater numb e r of p e rsons will need first aid tr eatment this coming year than last, and a greater number of" first-aiders " will be req uired to min:srer to them, Would that positions were reversed, but we must face facts.

New Illustrated Pamphlet.

AN illustrated pamphl et Crusad e rsAncient and Mod e rn "-has been Issued by the S t John Am bulance AS50ciation fur distribution. Its o bject is to sh o w th e conn e ction between the Knights of St. John of old and the Modern Crusaders-th e St. John Ambulance work e rs. It comprises a short history of the Order.of St. J from the time o f its inception to the date of ItS re vlvallr. England in the last century. Then follows an of th o; formation of th e S t. John Ambulance th.e development of the St John Am bulance Bngad e and It concludes with a brief surv ey of the modern ambulance work of the Order. The illustrations a of members of the S1. John A mbulance Brigade p erformmg public duty, a procession ot the Knights .of St. Joh.n, drawings of St. John s Gat e, the AnCIent. HospItal at J erus:llem, and a Grand Master of the Order I?- Malta. This pamphl e t will certainly prove exceptlOnally us e f?l in awakening interest in the ambulance moveme.nt and m its history. Every ambulanc.e worker should obtam a supply for distribution, and It would be a go?d compamon pamphlet to the 10 last month's FIRST AID. SpeCImen copIes of Crusaders:A '0 t and Modern" can be obtained free from the ChIef , G L d Secretary Ambulance St. John s ate, on on, E.c. I. 'Larger quantities up to five hundred can on application.

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Conttnued from page 55.)

_\.non after that th e Rhodians had knowledge of these works, a shipman * well expert in swimmin.g went by night to cut the cords from the ancjlOr and kmtted them to a stone of the bank, so that lightly when the Turks drew the cords, they knew well that they were beguiled of the Rhodians, thought and ordained that they would bring the aforesaid bridge thither with great strength and number of boats being full of rowers, which boats were conducted and led by thirty galltys of great defence and with seven or eight great and mighty, full of guns and bombards for to cast down the aforesaid tower.

And aft er that to put in ruin haven :lnd walls of the city and also they ordained certain barges to bring to land the most manly men of war of the Turk which should fight hand to hand with the Rhodians.

In the meanwhile that they which were on the bridge and they of the ships should fight against the tower and should array the bridge and put their men and instruments of war at ground, the lord master asked council of all the most prov ed knights and Christian men that were most manly a.nd most wise, and of themselves of Rhodes which were full of wisdom and bold manhood , and there was given council that the tower should be strengthened with ditches round about.

And because that it was gravel and stone, the lord with great coffers, hired a thousand labourers with picks and shovels, which night and day did what they were commanded, and where the tower was feeble and in ruin, were ordained against the first assault, men of war and also were ordained men of war in the near e st ditch to help the Rhodians if need wer e for they dreaded that the Turks should have assault ed the city and the tower all at one dffray.

Therefor e the lord master put also strength of men into the walls of Rhodes which were beaten down with bombards, that is to say in the work of the Italians and in the work of th e Jews. And because that all the health and defence of the city was in the welfare of the said tower, every man with one voice cried that the tower should be diligently and manly kept.

Where afterwards th e knights both of LHin tongue and Greek's tongue did worshipfully, as ever did Achilles or HectJr.

But two young m e n soldiers of the said tower thr €. w down their harness in the sea to the intent to be Turks and afterwards when this was k!:Oown, they for their sins and d e faults were beheaded.

And so after this about the sixteenth day of the month of July the year aforesaid in the time of midnight the Turks came and privily by water and by land for to cvme to the tower and with their labour and plin brought the bridge to the foot of the tower and made then a stout and horrible crv, as they have in their guise before that they begin to fight.

But our Christian folk anon heard and perceived their wherefor e with crossbows and bombards they kept them off and broke their bridge; when many Turks were drowned lmd four galleys and cazekes t were brok en with stones and instruments of them that were in Rhodes

* This was the Eng! ish sailor Roger Jervis. t r:aigues = boats.

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and many of the Turks that wer e set on land by the bridg e from the ships and galleys anon after wer e slain and many wounded and some of the ships were burnt and some of their cables were cut so that the ships were lost in the sea. N everth eless the Turks from the oth er bank rranly and stoutly fought and c'efen ded their peopl e aforesaid with clsting to the city and tower great stones of bombards and of guns and wild fire and arrows of bows and arbalests. And so all the night from twelve the clock unto fiv e in the day they fought all by dark, but as the fire of the bombards and the flames of the wild fire gavt:: light. And so after that the Turks were put out, with their grea t

October, 19 2 5 -FIRST

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Great Western Railway Centre.

PLYMouTH.-Members of the Plymouth Millbay Class received their examination awards recently at the hands of Sir Frederick. Winnicott at an enthusiastic gathuing presided over by Mr. E. H. nannatt (D:visional Supt.).

Sir Frederick said that the G.W.R. ambulance classes had been held for the past thirty years, by men inspired with the idea to serve and a gr e at debt of gratitude was due to them. He emphasised the impOi tance of first aid knowledge in the home.

During the proceedings Mr. J. F. Warren, late Divi sional S=cretary, Plymouth Division, was pres e nt t d with a clock on behalf of the Divisional S ecretaries on the G.W. R.

Dr. J. Stephens Ward (lecturer) was made the rEcipient of a silver-mounted gong.

PANT.-At a meeting at Pantscallog Hotel on the 25th ultim o, mem bers of th e Pant Class and a host offriends spent an enjoyable evening under the chairmanship of Mr. J. Tho mas a veteran first aid worker. Mr T. Price (Secretary) gave a resum e of tJ:.e session's activities, stating that this year as last the examination passes were 100 p e r CEnt. Mr. A. Lucas, one of the pioneers of ambulance work in the lucality, presented the examilJation awards.

Unfortunately the class Instructor Mr. J. G. Jones, was prevented owing to ill-?ealth from b.eing and, rece Iving a silver watch cham and medallion subscnbed for by members of the class.

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J e rusalem. Dr. T. P. Berry was again unanimously appointed to the post of class lecturer.

CARDIFF.- The L')rd Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. H Pethybridge distributed awards recently to members of the Cardiff Parade) Queen Street, Radyr, Roath Line and Cathays Classes at th e City Hall, Mr. F. W. Wainwright (Divisional Supt.) presiding The Lord Mayor Slid the ambulance movem ent was an admirabl e one and the G. W.R. was to be congratulated for the encouragement it gave.

The Penarth Juvenile Choir proviced an excellent programme for the occasion.

TEN BY.-The Mayor of Tenby (Mr. T. Hall) attended the annual distribution of awards in connection with the Tenby Class (of which he is president) at Hart's Cafe, Tudor Square, on the 23rd ultimo. He cJngratulated the class up:m its continued success and said how gratifying it was to know that so many m e n were efficient in ambulance work. It was one of the most nobl e studies that could be taken up by any individual.

The League of Mercy.

By MARK Y. SELF, Vz"ce President, Wanderers' Branch, League of Mercy.

THE King Edward Hospital Fund txercises indirect control over the voluntary hospitals through its dIstribution of monies collected from the general public, and receives annual reports from t he hospitals with properly audited accounts, whereby the average of (a ch bed is estimated. The Fund was established in 1897 at the suggestion of Edward, Prince of Wales, and is a noble memorial of public service rendeled by those who in their day recc gnised the pressing need of hospi tals for financial assistance and piDned their faith in voluntary efforts.

Theblast attack and the miraculous VI SIOn.

damage and harm and that the men of Rhodes had th e victory. A man might have seen three days following dead men of the Turks party ca'lt and lying in the bank of the sea towards Rhodes, which were found arrayed wit h gold and silver and precious clothing, and part of thei r array was seen floating in the sea. Which gear and array was tak e n up by the Christian mtn with great profit and winning.

_'\.nd in all so much more was this victory in gladness to the Rhodians, b:!cause that there were slain many nobl e Turks and in especial a cousin of the great Turk, * the deat h of which was a great sorrow to the great Turk and to all his people and his body was found on the bank spoiled by the Rhodians.

(To be continued.)

* Great Turk, more usually ca lled Grand Turk, that is the Sultan.

FELINFACH -Mr. Guest (Assistant Traffic Supt.) preside d at a dinner held at Felinfach Church Hall and pre sented awards to successful examinees in the Felinfach Cla ss. Mr. Guest spoke of the need for the ex tension of the ambulance movement to the farming industry where no wadays so much use was being made o.f mechanical app liances. He was glad to learn that two minIsters of the go spel had taken o! the course of Following th e dIstrIbutIOn of aWe-rds, Mr. Guest, ha nded Dr. Evan Evans (lecturer) a silver cigarette case on be half of the class.

SWINDON -At the annual meeting of the Swindon Class held at the Mechanics' Institute, Mr. W. A. Stanier (A ')sistant Mechanical occuyied the chair, and was supported by his fellow VIce-preSIdents the class, Messrs. E. T. Evans, C. T. Cuss, and W. R. BIrd; Mr. J. St amper (Treasurer) and Mr. L. G. Bretch (Secretary).

The annual report disclosed a record number of ex amination successes! ie, ISO, an increase of 13 on the p revious year. Swindon teams had with a considerable measure of success in the competItlOn arena A home nursing class had again been held. Three gold medals (IS years) and two gold bars (20 years) had awarded to members. Mr. J. Stamper (Treasurer) had been created an honorary serving brother of the Order of St. St. John of

The League of Mercy, which is a foundation of the Order of Mercy, was founded in 1899 to further the objects of the King Edward Fund, and has throughout its eXistence sought to excite the pel sonal interest of all earnest citizens and to stimulate them to generous (fforts on behalf of the voluntary hospitals Its guiding principle is that small sums collected systematically result in large totals, which bO far to meet the increased cost of beds in the hospitals. Results have proved the wisdom of the scheme; and The L'.!ague has since its foundation distributed some four hundred thousand pounds to the voluntary hospitals.

In a recently published statement the supeTlor officers of The League report that for the year [924 they have handed oVer to the King Edward Fund no less th an ;[ l4,Soo, towards which the Wanderers' Branch contributed its modest quota of seventy pounds. As readers of FIRST AID know, the Wanderers' Branch was founded in 1917 by Col. R. J. Blackham, and a numb e r of enthu siastic First-Aider.;, whose membershIp pledge only entails the promise that they will try to persuade twenty people to subscribe at least one shilling per annum to The League.

The PLUMBER & JOURNAL OF HEATING" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progressive tradesmen -Publishing Office ",6, Cannon Street, E.C

St. john J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc. SEPTEMBER, 1925

The Acting Chief Commissioner has following appointments, promotions, resignations ;-

TO BE LADY DISTRICT OFFICER.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

sanctioned the transfers and

Lady Supt. Miss Alice Maud Walker, Central Area, 21.9

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Alice Mabel Pickering, 1 1.9

TO BE CORPS OFFICER.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Supt. Harold Charles Ratcliffe, Nottingham Corps, 289 25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DISTRICT.

Archibal:i Glen, M RC.S., L.RC.P., No. 4-1- Acton Division, 25 9

Morris Frank Korn, M.RC.S, L.R.C P, Ho. 2S Homsey and Vlood Green Division, 25.925

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Robert Rowden Foote, M.R. C.S , L .R.C.P., Maidenhead Division, Co. of Berks, 23.9.25

NO.3 ( WESTERN) DISTRICT.

William l<.ussell Annesley Line, M.R .C.S,L.R.C .}'., L.M .S.S A., New Street ( L M.S.) Rly. Division, B rmingham Corps, 26 9 2 5

No. 4 DISTRICT.

Frank Leslie Heap, M.B, Ch.B , Ashton-under-Lyne Division, 99 2 5

Herbert Stratford Collins, M.D., M.B . B.Ch., B A O., L. !'.1., D.Ph , Barnton Division, 30.9.25

Terence O'Brien, M B., Ch.B., Lytham St. Ann es -on-Sea No 2 Nursing- Division, 2 9 25

WIlliam McKendrick, M.B., Ch.B., L yt ham St. Annes-on-Sea o. Nursing Division, 21 925

NO.5 DISTRICT.

William Fidler Mason, L.R.C.P., L R.C.S" L.R.C.P. & S , Birstall Division, Dewsbury and DIstri c t Corps, 39. 2 5

William Henry Gray, M.R.C.S., L.R C.P. ) Clipstone Colliery Division, 5.9 25

Thomas Charles Augustu s Sweetman, M.D., B.Ch., Hemsworth Divis ion, Pontefract and District Corps, 1 59 2 5

Ka thleen Nevill B lomfield, M.B., B S., L.R.C.P , M.R. C.S., Po ntefract Nursing Di yi sion, Po ntefra c t and District Corps, 239 25

NO.6 DI STR IC T

John R ose Garson, M.B., B.S., Charlaw and Sacriston ColIs. Co., Ltd. Divn., Mid Durham Corps, 18 9 2 5

NO 8 DISTRICT.

Henry G rier, M.R.C.P , L.R.F.P. &S ., Guildford R y. Division, Guildford Corps, 23.9.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Corker Vigtirs, M.D., Newquay Divis on, 29 9. 2 5

William J. Stephens, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Newquay Div ision, 24 9 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DIST RICT.

Ambul.ar: :::.e Officer William Henry Webb, No. 161\. New Cross DIVIsion, 2I.9. 2 5

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Ambulance Offi c er Percy Harman, No. 70 Royal Borough of K ensington D ivision, 25 9.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT: "

Albert Drake, Sutton Coldfield DIVIsIon, WarWickshire Corps, 2.10.25

NO.4 DISTlUCT.

Thomas Harold Tomlinson, Barnton Div ision, 30 9 Corporal Arthur Hollis, Reddish Div ision, 10 9 25

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Offirer Charles Jeffrey, "B" Division, Lincoln Corps, 12 9 25

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Ambulan c e Officer Clement De St. Croix, Brighton Di v ision, Brighton and Hove Corps, 23 925

Frederirk HeJ'lry Leonard Euden, Guddford Railway DIVIsion, Guildford Cor p", 23.925

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Wi lliam Lanyon, Redruth DIVISion, 24 925

No. IO DI"TRICT.

Frederick WIlliam H olden, Ranelagh Works Division, 1.1025

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mi ss Hilda Marie Smit h, Lytham St. Annes-on-Sea No.2

N urs in g Division, 2f.9 25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Doris Sophia Lee, Pontefract Nursing Divisir)ll, Pontefract and District Corps, 23.9

Lady Ambulance Offic er MISS Jessie Louise Per kin, Vic tori a Nursing Division, Leeds Corps, 23 9

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Lady Amb ulan c e Officer Miss Ethel Emily Mar y Trevenen, Newton Abb ot Nursing Division, Newton Abbot Corps, 21.9 25

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFlCER.

No. DISTRICT.

Staff Sergeant Arthur Edgar Augustus Amb ler, No. 15 East Ham Division, 28925

Staff Sergeant George Alb ert B urge5s, No. 37 (G.W.R.) Paddington Division, 28925

Sergeant H enry Chades Gordon, No. 84 Twi c kenham Div ision, 28925

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Sergeant Christy Gribble, Clifton Division, City of Bristol Corps, County of Gloucest er, 1.9 25 NO.4 DISTRICT.

William Hindle Gastall, Blackpool Division, 15.9 25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

William Henry T hom p30 n, Goole D ;vi sion, 2.10.25 NO 6 DISTRICT.

Sergeant James Swa p, Darl ington Division, 236.25 NO.8 DISTRICT.

Albert Barrow, Guildford Railway Div:sion, Guildford Corps, 239 2 5

Henry George Whibley, Tunbridge Wells Division. 2392 5 NO.9 DnTRI cT.

William Thomas Mills, Laun ces ton Division, 2.10.25

Thomas Henry Underhill , N ewq.u a y Division, 9.9. 25 No. 10 DISTRICT.

Corporal 'Wi lliam Pretty, Lowestoft Division, 1.10.25

TO BE LA.DY AMBULANCE OFFIOER.

NO.2 DISfRIC'l'.

Miss Margaret A. Po llard, Aylesbury N ursing Division 299 2 5

NO.4 DIS TRICT.

Miss Edna Brown, Lytham St. A nnes-on-Sea NO. 2 Nursin g Division,2T.9 2 5

Mrs. Ellen Mona G errard, Lytham St. Annes -on-Sea NO.2 Nursing Di v ision, 21.9. 25

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Mrs. Edith Fielding, Lytham St. Annes-on-Sea No.2 Nursing Division, 21925

No.6 DISTRICT.

Miss Auriel Margaret Smith, King-ston Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 10. 9 2 5

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Emily Morton, Aylesbury Nursing Division, 29 9 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mr s. Maud Mary Hamilton Byers, Lytham St. Annes-on-Sea

No_ 2 Nursing Division, 2 [ 92 5

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Mr s. Ethel Lllian Hessel, Pontefract Nursing- Division, Pontefract Corps, 23 925

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Mr s Evelyn Maud Bustin, Plymouth Co-operatIve Nursing DIvision, Borough of Plymouth Corps.

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFICER.

No .8 DI STRI CT.

S ergeant Walter Frederick Muffett, Tunbridge Wells Division, 239 2 S

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER FOR OADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

S ergeant James Edward Helme, Lancaster Division, 23.925

Sergea nt Walter Clement Denyer, Roche A mbulance Cadet Divis ion, 23-9.25

Corp oral Thomas Seed, Thornton-Ie-Fylde DI VISion, 9925

No. 9 DISTRICT.

Willi am Henry Burden, Newquay DIVISion, 9.9 2 5

T O BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFICER FOR CADETS.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Mi ss Gladys Kate Smith, Rothwell Nursing Division, Kettering Corps, 22.9 25

NO. 9 DISTRICT.

Mrs Annie Drew, Torquay NurSlllg D IVI Sion, 16.9 2 5

TRAN3FERRED.

NO.9 DISTRICT.

N ursing Officer F. A. Bayley, from Ford Nursing Di vision to De vo nport Nursing Division, 89. 2 5

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer C H. Allen, Keighley Division, 25 9. 2 5

NO.6 DISTRICT

Lady Supt. Mrs. Vincent-Davies, Gateshead Nurslllg Division, RESIGN ATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.4 DISTRICT. ., Ambulance Officer W. A. Handley, Altnncham DIVISion, JO ·9·2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Corps Officer Miss L. Bowler, Corps , 5.9::' 5

Lady Ambulance Officer E. Rutter, Conlsborough Nurslllg Division, 15.9.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Supt. T. Vincenr, Reckitts Divisi on, Hull Corps, 239 2 5.

Lady Mrs. Milton Simpson, Emma L.;olliery Nursing DIVISion, 239 2 5

Ambulance Officer for Cadets, R. Deanng, Western Division, Hull Corps, 28.2 2 5

No. 8 DI STR ICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer W. Gascoyne. Teynham Nursing Division, 5.10 25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

C ommissioner Colonel C I. Ellis, C.M.G, T.D., M.D., C.M., 30 .9 2 5 .

Lady District Supt. Mrs. C,. Ellis, 30 9. 2 5

Lady Ambulance Officer MISS H. Gee, Redruth Nurslllg DIVIsion, 21 9 2 5

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No. 10 D ISTRICT.

Lady Au .b ulance N. C. Smith, Haverhill Nursing Division, 5. TO .25

DEATH.

Ambulance Officer J. Jordan, Sunderland Eastern Division, 21.9 2 5

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Barnton Division, 8.9.25

No. 12 DISTRICT.

Brown and Nolan Nursing Division, City of Dubl n Corp s ,

CADET DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. I DI STRICT.

No. C4 Croydon Cadet Division, 149 23

NO.4 DISfRICT.

Victoria Hall (Bolton) Cadet Division, 23 .9. 23

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Scunthorpe Cadet Nursing Division, 21.523

NO.9 DI STRICT.

Torquay Cadet l\ursing Division, 16 925 Cadet Division, I.Io.25

No. 12 DISTRICT.

W. & R. Jacob & Co, Ltd., Cadet Di vi s on , 16 -+ 2-1-

OADET SECTIONS REGISTERED.

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Nelson Cadet Section, Devonport Cent r al Div ision , 30'J 25

Princes Street Cadet Nursing Section, De\ onport Nursing Div sion, 11.2.25

P. WILKIN SON (Major-General), Act ing Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distric.t COMMISSIONER; W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. NOVEMBER, 1925.

November 1st- No. -1-0 Division, Beckton. 8th -No. -1-1 " Royal Arsen a l. "lsth-i\o P Barnet. 22nd - No. 4-1- Acton.

" 29 th - No 45 N orth Camberwell.

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. FORMATI ON OF NEW CADET DIVISION.

The follo wing Cadet Division has now sanctioned :Croydon Cadet Division (Ambulance) With effect fr o m September 14th 19 2 5. CADETS.

The Commissioner would like to of Officers in charge of Ambulance and NurSing DIVISIOns the desirability of encoura ging. young people, are not el.lg.lble for membership in the Bngade OWing to age, to Jam a Cadet Division of the Brigade. help III the formation of such Division the Commissioner will be pleased to give.

OFFICERS ANNUAL DINNER.

Officers are reminded that the Annual Dinner of Officers takes place at the Ab ercorn Room5, Great Hotel, Li v erpool-street on Saturday, )Ist. 7 to " The Actin g Chief CommiSSioner, M Cl J?r .General W 7 Plk y m IT C M G C B will be present and It IS hoped I lOson , •.. , ,

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that other distinguished members of the Order will be able to attend. Dinner at 7.30 p.m.

The price of the tickets lOS. 6d. each, and the Commissioner hopes that Officers wIll make every effort to attend this function. Special arrangements have been made for dancing. ... . . ., I

The District Surgeon IS speCially anxIous that Surgeons should make a special effo;-t to attend the and the CJmmissioner hopes they wIll support the District Surgeon by their presence.

RE-EXAMI NATIONS.

Officers in charge of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions are reminded that the Brigade Year is drawing- to its close, an.d any member:; of their Divisions who have not yet taken their Brigade Re-examination for the year 1925, sho?ld do. so at an early date, otherwise they are likely to lose their effiCIency for the year

Bl{IGADE FLAG DAYS.

Divisional Officers are reminded that on no acconnt may Flag Days be held by their Divisions, without. pe;-mission is first obtained from Headquarters, and such applicatIOns should come through the Area Officer.

(SIgned) W. H. WINNY, Commt'ssz·oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publi. cation of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

N.C.O CL UB. - The usual meeting will be held on Thursday, No v ember 5th, at 7 30 p.m. at Vl. H. Smith Sons Club, II, Milford-lane, Strand, W C.2. Members <?f making the visit to Birmingham are requested to send m their names to the Secretary. N.C.O.'s of the Prince of \Vales' District are cordially invited to become members of the Club. Entrance Fee, 2 5.; subscription, 2S. per annum. Further particulars can be had from H. J. Palmer, hon. sec., 70, Newington Green -road, N. 1.

No. 2 District.

AYLE SE URY.-The annual inspe c tion of Voluntary Aid Detachments of the Order of St John for Mid Bucks was held at the Territorial Army Headquarters, Aylesbury, on Saturday, September 19th, when Col. F. G. Proudfoot, M.D., T.D., Assistant Director of Medical Services, 4 8th S. M. Division, accompanied by Captain and Adjutant 1. G. L. Dawson and Major P. G. Darvil-Smith, C.B.E., County Controller for Bucks V.A.D.'S, inspected the detachments on parade which consisted of NO.5 ( Aylesbury) in charge of Commandant P. Marshall; No. 6 (Aylesbury ), with a section of No. 8 (Buckingham) attached, in charge of Commandant Miss M. C. Bennett ; and No. 46 ( Chesham ), in charge of Commandant Mrs. H. K. Scott. Dr. S. J. C. Holden, M.D., Ch.B , D.P.H., Assistant County Controller, was in command of the parade. After the formal inspect ion practical first aid and work was carried out. On the conclusion of the inspection, the inspecting officer expressed his satisfaction on the smart turn out and the efficiency of the work performed.

No. 5 District.

NOTTINGH AM.-Over 240 members of the Corps were present at the Annual I nspection of the N ottinghamshire area, Debdale.Hall, near o.n July 19th. The Inspection was carned out by the Commissioner of NO.5 District (S. W. Malkin, Esq), and the Corps was under the command of Corps Surgeon and Supt. Major H. W. Spa:ght. This officer has recently resigned his appointment as Corps Supt., but

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retains his appointment as Corps Surgeon, whilst Corps Officer N. F. Baylis has succeeded him as Corps Supt.

An innovation, in the form of a Route March was recently made in the work of the Ambulance Divisions of the Nottingham Corps. The Corps, under the command of Corps Supt. N. F. Baylis, and headed by the band, marched by a circular route from Nottingham to Carlton, returning via Netherfield and Col wick. The Corps Surgeon (Major H. W. Spaight) footed it merrily with the rest, and rendered anmirable assistance-not medically this time I-in starting songs as the column swung along the road.

The march was a success, and it is hoped to repeat the dose from time to time.

The transport work of the Corps continues to grow rapidly. In 1923, the number of cases removed by Motor Ambulance was 26 in 1924, 47 ; for the six months ended June 30th, 1925,46, and since that date to September 21th, 101 cases.

A Comforts Depot is shortly to be established in connection with the Corps which will fill a long-felt want in Nottingham and district.

The Carrington Division of the Corps carried off the " Gibson" Shield this year, the runners-up being Central and Robin Hood Division.

The Flag Day Collection was a distinct success, and resulted iu the sum of £350 being- added to the Corps Funds. N a doubt, this was due In some measure to the address on the work of the Corps which was broadcast from the Nottingham Station by the Corps Supt. The address certainly dispelled the idea in the minds of a section of the public that members of the Brigade receive payment for their services. The public cannot be reminded too often that the work of the Brigade is done voluntarily.

A v ery interesting and instructive series of lectures to members of the Corps has recently been concluded. These lectures were given by well-known specialists.

The public duties carried out by the Corps-which are too numerous to mention - have been carried out in an exemplary manner.

No.6 District.

D1STRICT COMPETITIONS.-At the annual meeting of the District Competitions Committee held in September the various conditions were reviewed and dates fixed for the next tests. The arrangements and times of last years tests having proved satisfactory it was again agreed that all Preliminary tests should be worked off before the end of the second week in December, that County Finals should, if possible, be held in January, but must be over before the end of February, and that the District Finals be held in Durham on 20th March next. A large number of entries is anticipated, and competing teaws are asked to render all the help they can to the Area Competition Secretaries responsible for the arrangements.

NEWC ASTLE-ON-TYNE.--It is with profound regret that the N ewcastle-on- Tyne Corps announce the pending resignat;on of their Corps Surgeon, Dr. H. L Rutter, M.B.E, who is leaving the district to undertake a higher appointment under the Ministry of Pensions in Birmingham. Dr. Rutter's wide activities in s:-Jcial work are well known in the City, and his many voluntary services to the Ambulance movement are not the least of his works. His vigorous personality has done much to promote the present high standard of zeal and efficiency in the Corps.

Through the kindness of Mr. W. H. Bebby and the management of the Hippodrome Theatre, Newcastle, the City and the Armstrong-Whitworth Corps were permitted to make collections at the theatre on behalf of their funds during the second week of the perform2nce of Rose Marie. Public duty is performed daily at this theatre, and throughout their performances of this most charming production, first-aid calls were not infrequent. The public responded most encouragingly, and the collections totalled £r23 4S 5d. for the week.

Largely as a result of this effort, the Newcastle Corps hopes shortly to open a Medical Comforts Depot at Corps Headquarters, 2, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle-where medical

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and surgical appliances will be available for hire at a very small charge. The Depot wIll be open at certain hours daily, and members of the Corps will be in attendance. Other Medical Comforts Depots are springing up at different Divisional headquarters in the district, the Invalid Loan Depot run by the S1. Peter's Works Division being very well forward.

The Newcastle Corps is again arranging a series of interesting lectures during the winter months at headquarters for members of the brigade. The first will be given on October 22nd by Dr. upon" The Romance of the Discovery of the Scientific Treatment of Cancer." On Thursday, November 26th, Dr. W. Kerr Russell will lecture on "Artificial Sunlight." Other lectures are being arranged.

The Newcastle Corps has been invited by the vicar, the Rev. Power, to take part in the annual Hospital Sunday Parade at St. Mark's Church, Byker, and again on the evening of Anuistice Day the members are invited to take part in the service at the Westgate-road Baptist Church. On both occasions they extend a hearty invitation to neighbouring units to join them.

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commented upon the excellent public work performed by the members of the Brigade in Gateshead, and emphasised the desirability of everyone qualifying as a first-aider.

SCARBOROU GH -Some time ago arrangements were made between the Chief Constable of Scarborough and the local Ambulance Division as to the measures to be adopted in the event of any serious public accident, and these were put to a practical test in the recent tram smash where a tram car plunged into the aquarium ball-room. Within a few minutes of the occurrence Supt. and various other members of the Division were on the scene ready to render first aid where necessary. Fortunately only three people were slightly injured, and there was no serious call for first aid, but the promptness with which the members of the Brigade arri v ed on the scene received satisfactory comment on all sides.

W ALLSEND -It was a curious trick of fate that decreed a Church Parade at Rosehill, Wallsend, on Sunday, August 9 th A good number of Divisions in the North Tyneside and North Durham Corps were invited, and in response the following Divisions reported to Supt. Aitken, of the Wallsend Division.

CARRINGTON DIVISION, NO.5 DrSTRICT.-WINNER S OF THE GIBSON SHIELD, 19 2 5. Standing.-Sergeant W. Milns, Private Lows.ley, Private Brooks, Se:-geant W. J. Webster. Sitting -Ambulan( e Officer A. E. Whitworth (Instructor), Private H. Lucas.

with the various arrangements made by the Mayor and Corporation of Gateshead in connection with Week," and the Ambulance Nursing and Cadet DlVlSlOns paracled nearly 200 strong to' attend the Special Health vyeek at St. Mary's Church, on Sunday, October 4th, With whICh the proceedings commenced.

On the following Tuesday evenIng, the ManagIng Committee reserved about 100 seats for members of the Corps who wished to attend Sir Thomas Oliver's lecture on Health, and they were practic?lly. all Much activity prevailed in almost every organIsatIOn 1D the town the week in guiding and instructing the populace I.n the of Health and Well·Being, and the proceedmgs term mated on Saturday evening with of. First Aid work Home Nursing by teams from DIVISions m the tbe Res cue from a Burning House" by the Borough Police team 1D Firemen's Uniform being particularly appreciated, merely for its highly spectacular aspect,. but for the. practical and able manner in which it was carned out. Chief Constable Ogle

Percy Main and North Sh!elds Supt. Hunter and Watson, St. Hilda, South Shields DIVISion, under Au:bulance Officer Trotter, Jarrow Division under Supt. Hunting, and Hebburn I'ivision under Supt. G. Hagan.

The" Fall In" was at RosehilJ. at 10. I 5 a m , It was during the two hours preceding the parade that the trag IC news, the Edward Pit had fired and that there were a good number of men involved in the disaster down below. The number 'Y as not known at first. The permanent Rescue Teams were rushed to the pit, it was 8)0. 'Yhen the first team arnv.ed, meanwhile the Ambulance DIVISion were en r oute travelllDg from their home stations, and during transit the news reached them. I mmediately some of the men were c?mmandeered by the officials of the Colliery, Supt. 'Watson beIng early on the scene. He was closely followed by Ambulance Trotter, of South Shields, and an Offi::er belonging to Wallsend Division, Supt. Aitken bemg kept at tJ:e. place to receive the Divisions. W:hen the final DIVISion had reported to him, the men asked him to send them up to the

FIRST colliery and cancel the Church Parade. This he did, the "Main Body " took the shortest possible route to the Pit. The Advance Party had got to work under Supt. Watson aad Ambulance Officer Trotter, and Dr. Hepple and Dr. Gill, of Wallsend, dire c ting the operations, and soon had the unfortunate fellows who had been gassed and injured made comfortable. Some were sent home , and the worst cases sent by motor ambulances to N ewcastle Infirmary.

The" Main Body " now arrived at the Pit under Supt's. A tkin, Hunting and Hunter, together wIth the Jarrow Motor Ambulance, and work was found for all who wished to do something to help matters on

The first rush of casualties having been dealt with; a short breathin g space was acceptable and was taken advantage of, but the anxiety was great owing to rumours being spread that 50 men, then 40 men, were down below in the deadly after damp, and so on However, these rumours were cut short by the appearance of the first injured of the" Rescue Men." He was g assed besides the injury The St. John S men ,peedily took care of him, then carne the Manager, Mr. Nutley, fr om the pit, and told the news that 7 men were in the explosion area. Agai n the tens ion was high and at its hi g hest point Up c ame the first Rescue team from below with their apparatus on The Supt. ot Rescue Team soon told the sad news that 3 of their number were dead. The Rescue men h a ving seen them but would not bring them out yet as they were searchin g for men who may be alive but overcome with after-damp. This Rescue Supt. also brought the news that volunteers were wanted to help Dr. Gill who went down p it at 9 30 a.m., with the F irst AiJ arran g ements. He was feelin g the strain Immedia t ely Ambulance Officer Trotter, of St Hilda, South Shields, volunteered, and taking off hIS Sam Brown Belt, Tuni c and B rigade Cap, and borrowing a cloth cap from a workman about the colliery was soon ready to g-o below ground The example set by this Officer was soon followed by an offer from an ambulance man named Peter McKernon, of Wallsend, who was a member of the ,. stand by " Ambulance Officer Trotter handled all the dead men and all but 5 of the total number of the injured and g assed in the explosion. The number killed was 5, and gassed 5, and gassed 10, and about 4 other c ases. Pnvates Toms and Carlyle, of the Wallsend D ivis on, also volunteered for work down below and their duty was the very sad task of transporting the of the v ictims to the shaft bottom. This they d id very well. I should be said here that Trotter and M cKinon volunteered to form a Stretcher Squad to go for the last body. These men showed signs of their awful exper ien c es, and in the case one of the men was without food from 1.30 a.m. till 6 p.m and was gassed. At times like this there are always pleasmg lDndents noted or done at home. A particular item was the de v otion of the St. Hilda men to theIr offic ials who was below ground. Th is DI vi sion were told that this duty was ended about 2. 30 p.m., but the men flatly refused to leave the pit until their officer was safely up to bank. r t is efforts like these enumerated ab<?ve that the real spirit qf the St. John Ambulance Bngade III Its fulness and adds but another chapter in the annals of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

No. 10 District.

LO WESTO FT - The annual inspection of these units of the bng ade was held on. September 20th at their headquarters, Chr lst Church. P ansh Room in Whapload-road. The AssIstant for S.uffolk (Dr. S. O Eades ) motored over from .IpSWICh, accompanted by his staff (Distr ict Officers \ V C. SmIth and A H. \T M offat ) to carry out the inspection

The ambulance unit was in charge of Supt. E. Taylor was supported by Corpls. Pretty, Garrett and Rowlands Corpl. ,Dexter of the Transport Service. nursmg dIVISIon was m charge of Nursing Sister Miss F M G ill. the of the parade, the officers ceeded to the IDspectlOn of the motor ambulance wagon. The m?tor IS the property of the Home Service Ambulance CommIttee of the St. J ohn the British Red Cross Society the work of runnmg the transport ser v ice falls upon local Unlts. The of the members who volunteer for thIS duty makes It pOSSIble to maintain a perfect day and

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night service to any part of the town. The wagon is kept in excellent order entirely by v oluntary efforts on the part of the members. During the inspection the men showed great keenness in explaining every detail, and the greatest credit is reflected upon Supt. Taylor, who is responsible for the organisation, Corpl. Dexter, Corpl. Rowlands, Pte B. Parr and all those who undertake this valu a ble work. Owing to the smartness of the driver Mr Ch a s Marjoram, it is possible to answer a call in th r ee minutes. Since last January 267 calls have been reg istered w th a m ilea g e of 2, 11 8 miles, with 326 hours of voluntary service. At the close of the inspection Dr. Eades con g ratula t ed the d ivisions upon the high standard of their work. He w a s ve r y pleased to see so many nurses on parade as it was essenti a l that they should always be in readiness to a ssist the men upon c ertain occas ions. Both the district offi c ers also praised the work they had witnessed.

S AXMU NDHAM - On the return journey to Ipswich, a halt was made at Saxmundh a m to give a fillip to the new nursing division. A meet ng was beld at the Mount Pleasant hut in Fairfield -r oad presided over by the Lady Supt . ( Miss Bertha Cutting). She was supported by Dr. David Ryder Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Forsdyke, Mrs. Vesey, Mr. Mulley, and many of those interested in the work of St. John. The Assistant Comm issioner a nd his staff con g ratulated the nurses for entering for the competit ions w hi c h have been held in the d istrict durin g the year and wished them better luck in the future. It is hoped to form a n ambulan c e un it here before lon g and nursing classe s ar e b ei n g held in the villages around this winte r The nu r ses held a most successful whist drive on September 17t h i n the Mar k et Hall. About ISO people attended, and ne arly £ 16 was ra ised for the nursing division funds. Mr. J. Ke rr Grei g a c ted a s M.C Cl nd Mrs D. Ryder Ri c hardson prese nt ed the pri zes. The St. John cause owes much to the efforts of M r. Jas. for the work he does, and has done, m such an ostentatIous manner

CL ACTON- ON-SE A. - M r. E. K in g sman, of the Pier, called a meetmg on September 19 th at the PIer Pavil ion with a view to the formation of a unit to take over tbe ne w motor ambulance wh ich has jus re c ently been presented by him to the town .

Mr. D. Fenton Jones pres ided, and was supported by the District Commissioner (Major J. F. Hossack ) the Rev. \ V J. Stewart, Drs J C. Cook and H o uchin , Supt. A ndrews and a detachment of St. John from Colchester.

After .the had the aims and objects of the Bngade and gIven valuable adVIce as to tbe formation of classes and the holding of examinat ions, S upt. Andrews and the Rev. Stewart addressed the meeting It was decided to form a committee to consider the quest ion of forming a division, and Mr. E. V. James was elected as hon. secretary.

HOL BROOK. - The Gippeswyk Division of the Ipswich held a Church Parade at Holbrook Church on Sunday mornmg, September 27 th. Supt. F. E. Goddard was in command, supported by Ambulance Officer J. J. Bird and Corps Sergt. - MaJor J W. Sharman. The Ipswich Corps was represented by Corps Officer T. T. Pepper, Supts. Jennings and Holden, and Band Sergt. Aldridge. The District Commissioner ( Major J. F. C. Hossack) attended with Lady Supt. M lss !10ssack, and the Assist (Dr. S. O. Eades ) Dlstnct Surgeon W. F Fryer, D IstrIct Officers Captain F. A. Gooderham (Res. ), T. Damant, W C. SmIth and A. H. W. all motored over to give their support to the Rev. B. R. Neytlle, the Rector of the parish, who is most anx ious to form an tndependent di v ision of the Brigade.

Dr. Fryer read the lessons, and the Rector preached a most appropnate discourse on the work undertaken by the noble Order of St. John. Followmg the service District Officer ?r:nith, in addressing the parade, explained the object of VISIt, to a large assembly of the pariShioners, and hoped suffiCIent numbers would be forthcoming to give encouragement to the Rector and his untiring efforts for the cause of suffermg. Dr. Eades thanked the Rector and churchwardens

October, 1925. -FIRST for their kindness, and Dr. Hossack spoke a few words of encouragement.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

The Bricklayers' Arms Division have inaugurated another ser ies of dances for the autumn and winter, and on Thursday 19th November are holding their annual concert at the Bermondsey Town Hall. As the services of the" Roosters" Concert Party has been secured a successful evening is assured.

District Officer C. Mi1ton held the annual inspection of the Willesboro' South Ashford, Ashford Station and Ashford Works D ivisions on September 9th.

Very interesting reports were presented at the annual of and .awards for the Ramsgate District.

WIth the Mayor 1D the chaIr, supported by leading citizens and Railway 0fticia,ls? <;t most evening was spent.

Vl c tona DIVISIon agam had a splendid attendance for their a nnual \ ;y estminster Hall on September 19th.

At the mVltatlOn of No.8 DIstrict a combined Church Parade was held at All Saints, Maidstone, on September 20th . Despite trying weather conditions members were present from W il lesboro' South. Ashford, Chatham, Queenborough, Rye, Maldstone, WoolWIch, Battersea, Tonbridge, Chipstead and Bricklayers' Arms. The Mayor and Corporation attended in s tate. Tea was provided in the Corn Exchange, and an e xcellent address was delivered by the Vicar of the county t own- the Rev. T. K. Sopwith, M. A

Medical Comforts Depot at Ipswich.

CHIE F COMMISSIONER ' S VISIT.

ON Saturday S e pt e mber 26th, the acting Chief Commission e r (Maj o r-G e neral Sir P e rcival Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C. B.) paid a visit to. Ipswich for the purpose of inspecting he Ipswich Corps and Suffolk units of the Brigade. Through th e gen e rosity of th e Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O Ead f' s) a m e dical comforts schem e has been start e d in the town and th e Chief Commission e r formally op e n e d the Depot as his first duty. Accompanied by the Mayor of Ipswich (Li e ut. -Col. F. W. Turner), Brig.Gen. S. E. Massy Lloyd, C.B.E., and others, he was r e ceived at the Depot by the District Commissioner (Major J F. C. Hossack), the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Earles), District Surgeon W. F. Fryer, District Offic e rs Capt. F. H. Gooderham (Res.), W. C. Smith, A. H. W. Moffat (Secretary and Tr!f>asurer), Lady District Officer Miss Bohun Coulcher and Lady Supt. in charge (Miss Hart). Th e guard of honour was in charge of Corps Officer C E. Fiddy, whilst inside the Depot we re Mrs. Hossack and e x -Supt. Ramsey

In a brief but partIcularly interesting sp e ech th e Chief Commissioner spoke of the pl e asure it gave him to be associated with the Mayor in their n e w ventur e in the town. The Order of St. John was out to help mankind but that duty could only b e discharged with the help of its fellowc itizens. To have the Mayor associated with their work on that day and also as the vice ·president of the local centre was direct proof that he and th e citizens appreciated their e fforts and considered that they w e re doing real good and were a real help. H e alluded to the services rendered by Dr. Eades, Mr. Smith and Mr Moffat in starting up the new sch e me and said that, like th e rest of the work of the Brigad e , the value of this new scheme in the town would depend to a great degr e e on the medical staff whom they would ask to carry with them, in their pockets, a printed list of the things re quired in the sick room, and which were available at th e Depot. At a time of sickness, those in the

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poorer quart e rs. of the town needed mon e y for other things and not In a position to buy the m e dical nec.eSSItIes whIch wer e In reqmst. That wa s th e time for theIr Depot to step in and provid e th e a r ti cl e s whi ch wer e needed and although, wh e re circumsta nc e s wo u d a llow a small would b e m a d e for h ire in c a s e s o f h a rd s hip or d e stItutton, th e applianc e s wo uld be en t fr ee o f charge

He w e nt on to speak o f th e grant of £ I 5 which was forthcoming from h e adqu a rt e rs through th e ge n eros ty of a well-wish e r of the Ord e r of St. John and hop e d th a t wh e n fund was exhau s t e d h e might be abl e t o find oth e r fn e nds who would come for wa rd and h e lp this ph a s e of th e work of the Order.

Th e Mayor spok e in v e r y h ig h terms of t he wo rk of the St.. John Ambulance B r ig a d e r e mar king t ha t it was a r e al object lesson of p e rson a l s e rv c e r e nd e r e d b y m e n a nd women simply from th e d e sir e to r e nd e r g ood t o th e ir fe ll o w creatures without any p e rs o n a l r e ward , Si r P e r ci val th e n declared th e Depot op e n e xpress ng th e ho pe that it would always be availabl :! to me e t fully th e de mands mad e upon it.

Unfortunately, owin g to h e h ea vy r a in, w hich had fallen over night th e insp e cti o n , wh ich h ad bee n a rrang e d to b 7 on the a wn o f W e s wood H o u se , b y kind permIssIon of General Mas sy Llo yd , had to b e h e ld in the Woodbridge Road Drill Hal l. Th e r e was a full muster of members, who parad e d smartly und e r th e c o mmand of District Offic e r W C. Smi t h Aft er being re c ei ve d with the gen e ral salute, th e Chi e f C o mmission e r, accompanied by the District Comm ssi o ner, the Assistant Commission e r, District Surgeon W. Fry e r and Distr i c t Offic er A. Moffat proceeded to inspect closely all r a n k s .

Apart from those a lr ea dy mention e d , District Offic e rs T. Damant, T. R. P a r ki n g ton, A C. H ill, and District Sergt.-Major Lord were on parade. C orp s Supt. F. E. Nethercoat was in command of th e am bu lance units and Lady Corps Supt. Miss Hagg a r command e d th e nurses, and Lady Am bulance Office r Mrs Goss e l in th e Girl C Rd e ts. Band Sergt. Aldridg e was i n cha r ge of the Corps Bugl e Band, Aldeburgh Nurses att e nd e d und e r Lady Supt. Miss A. M. Parker and Saxmundham Nurs es, Miss B e rtha Cutting. Th e n e w R a n el agh Wo r ks D vi si o n was at full strength und er Supt. Ho d e n . Mr. and M rs . Jas. Forsd i ke motored up from S a xmundham with Mrs. V es e y Following the inspection, the Chi e f C o mmissioner presented Long S e rvic e m e dals to s e veral who had earned them and in a short sp ee ch congratulate d all t h o se on parade on th e ir smart turn out.

He went on to of th e V . A .D. sch e m e , prai s ing the local Nursing C o rps on th e ir re s ponse to the call fo r volunteers. It wa s now proposed to form a Military Hospital R e serv e but , just at th e mom e nt, d e t a ls h a d not yet been pubhshed With r e gard to th e cad e m o v e m e nt started som e two years ago, the succ ., ss achi e ved fully justified th e venture. He asked for the full e st co-operation of the memb " rs of th e Bri ga de with similar movements for boys and girls, such as th f' Scouts a nd the

In conclusion, Sir Percival prais e d their r ansp o rt s e rvice, which was evid e ntly appr e ciat e d by th e public , and said that, undoubted l y, th e ir excellent servic e was du e to their own initiativ e seeing that they now possessed two motors

Subsequ e ntly th e Corps marched past, and after a route march through t h e town, we r e dismissed at the am bulance station in Samu e l Road

The Assistant Commissioner and Mrs. E a d e s kindly entertained the Suffolk units attending th e insp e ction to t e a

October, 1925.

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas

LIST of appointments, promotions, and tions sanctioned by the Chief CommIsSIoner for the BrIgade O verseas, for t he month of September, 192 5 ;Australia.

N EW SOUT H W ALES DI STRIC T Mer r ylands-Cabramatta Divis ion-A. R. Hunt, to be D iv isional S urgeon, 30 6.2 5 ; J. E. Mondy to be DIVISIonal Supt., 30 6 2 5

S OUTH AUSTRA LI A DI ST RI CT .

Adela ide Central Di vi sion- A E. Carpenter to be D ivis io nal Supt., 9.6.2 5, vi ce A. E. Maeker promoted.

WEST AUSTRALIA COASTAL DIS TRI CT

N ortham Division -I<:. G. McKay Aberdeen, M.B , to be D iv is ional Surg eon, 1.1. 25 W a lter Scott to be officer In c h a rg e of the divis ion as Acting 1st A rr bulance Officer, I. 1 2 5 i W M u ir to be Actin g 2nd Ambulance O fficer, I.I 25

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OTAGO DISTRICT.

Assistant Commissioner Major W. Fleming, J.P., transferred to the reserve, 3· 8.2 5

WELLINGTON DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon Daisy E. Platts - Mills, M.B . Ch.B ., to be Lady District Supt., 20 7.25, vice Mrs Moorhome, deceased Palmerston North Nursing Division- J. Miller, F R.C S , to be Divifional Surgeon, 6. 825, vice R. Stowe, M.D , resigned, 20.7 25 South Africa.

TRAN SVA AL DISTRI CT.

1st Johannesburg Nursing Division-Miss R. Ryan, M.B. to be Lady Divisional Surgeon, 1.9. 2 5 Mrs. M. R. Brennan to be Lady Divisional Supt., I.9 .2 5

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED , DISBANDMENTS & c Australia.

NE W SO UTH \ VALE S DI STRIC T. Merrylands-Cabramatta Division formed, 30.6.2 5 Gordon Division disbanded, 17 7.25

WES T A US TR AL IA CO AS TAL DISTRICT.

Narrogin Division f0rmed, 1.1. 2 5 Northam Division formed, 1.1. 25 New Zealand.

C ANTER B'J'RY AN D WE ST CO AST DI STRICT

Ashburton A mbulance and N ursing Divi s ions to be transferred to the Christchurch Corps, WELLIN GTON DI STRICT.

Wainga wa- M asterton Division to be called Masterton Division, 24.7.25 South Africa.

NA TAL DI ST RICT.

Pietermaritzburg City Di v ision formed , 1.5 2 5 Durban

Fire Brigade D ivision formed, 1.7.25

TR ANS YAAL DI ST RI CT .

1st Johannesburg Nursing Division formed, 1. 9. 25

P hoto by ] [Ca1Jtpbel Gray , 88, E dgw are -roa d, W. India.

No 4 DI STR ICT

D stt ct Sergeant E. K. Gov indaswami, to be District O ffic er, 29.7 25 New Zealand.

A UCKLAND DISTRICT

Epsom N ursin g Division-R. D. Cramley. M.B to be Division a l Surgeon, 15 7 2 5, vice Dr. Hilda Northcroft promoted.

Au ckl a nd Division-Sergt. A. W. Potter to be 1st Ambulance Officer, vice J Dunn transferred to reserve, 9 7 2 5 CANTERB URY AN D W EST COAS T DI ST RICT.

B eckenham N ursing Divis ion-Lady Supt. Miss L E. Jones transferred to reserve, 15.7. 2 5

SOUTHEND ON -SEA'S NE W AMBU LANCE.-An in te resting ceremony recently took place at Southend -on -S e a wh e n a new motor ambulance was formally handed over to No. 75, Borough of Southend-on-Sea division of th e St John Ambulance Brigade by Major-Gen. F. F. Johnson, " B, C.B E, Essex County Director of the B.R.C.S. T oe Mayor (Councillor R. T weedy Smith) presided, by Supt. J. P. MJ.Y, Supt. H. Lan g l e y Jones, E squire of the Order, Transport Officer E. J. Hyland, E. C. Tones, Esq., M.C., and H. G. Walk e r, E sq., J.P. This ambulance has incorporated in it several unique facilities for the ease and comfort of patients, invented by Transport Officer E. J. Hyland, including a specially designed appliance which e nables the ambulance to be loaded and unloaded by only two bearers, one of which could be a nurse, without the stretcher being placed on the ground. After a demonstration by men of the Brigad e , the Mayor said that £200 towards its cost had been subscribed by the Essex H.S A. Committee, £ .100 by E. Cecil Jones, Esq., and the remainder by various la -:lies and gentlemen in the district. Southend-on-Sea Division had been in urgent need of a n e w ambulance for a long while, but th ey now had one that is second to none in the kingdom, from the point of view of comfort of the sick and injured, and that Southend-on-Sea is particularly fortunate in having such a man of public spirit as Transport Officer Hyland to give time and trouble in making such inventions and supervising its construction.

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Why Should Members of the Brigade Join the V.A.D. Organisation P

(Dmcluded from pag e 65. )

F ormation of D etaclzm ents.

13. OfficCfs-The following grades are considered O fficersControllers and A$sistants. Commandants and Assistants. Medical Officers.

Lady Superintendents Q uarterm asters.

14 Commandants and Assistant Commandants are ap pointed by the County Controller in agreement with the bo dy or bodies providing detachments in the area. The of such appointments are issued by the C ouncil and notices s e nt to all the bodies . Q uartermasters an d Lady Sup e rintendents are nominated by the Comma ndant and appointed by the County Controller. Nctice of s uch appointments are forwarded to all the local a uthorities conc e rned.

15. All appointm e nts of Officers are for a period of th re e years, which may be extended subject to conditions to be laid down later.

16. A R e serve of Officers may be formed under Tf g ulations to be formulated.

C ompo sition of D eta chm en ts.

17. A detachment shall consist of at least 2 and no t m ore than 4 sections of 12 members each, but may be reg istered wh e n it has reached a strength of 16 members. Men' s D etachments.

18 Men of military ag e enrolled in Voluntary Aid D etachments will not be held to b e exempt from military se rvice in accordance with any Military Service Act that m ay be in force.

19. Membe rs of men's detachments will be divided i n to two c1asses-

(a) Mobile.

(b) Immobile.

20 The Mobile members, b e tween the ages of 19 and 4 0, will be rEquired to enlist if callfd upon to do so, into t he Medical Services of th e Crown in the event of the e mbodiment of the 'l' e rritorial Army. The Immobile me m bers will und e rtake service within reach of their own h om e s and must not be under the age of 18

21. The establishment of a detachment will be-

I Commandant.

I Assistant Commandant.

I Medical Offi cer (if ava ilable ). Q uartermaster.

r Pharmacist (if a va ilable).

Se c tion Leaders ( 1 for each Se c tion of 12 members )

In the case of St. John Voluntary Aid Dctachmpnts

t he SuperintendEnt should be the Ccmmandant, an Officer of the Division the Assi&tant Commandant, and the Q uartermaster; where the Division is not strong enough to carry two Officers, the Q uartermaster should be selected from the se nior members joining the detachment and capable of undertaking the duties. The Divisional Surgeon should be invited to become the Medical Office r. Brigade R an k. Superintendent. A mbulance Officer. Divisional Surgeon. Sergeant.

AIDV. A.D R ank

Commandant

Assistant Commandant or Q ua rtermaster. Medical Offi cer.

Section Leader.

22. Where ther e are thr e e or more S ections, an additional S ection Leader may be appointed, a n d on e Section Leader may then be appointed Head Section L e ad e r, and shall wear a distinctive badg e

23· All candidates for men's Voluntary A i d D e tachments, with the exc e ption of Pharmacists, ex-soldiers Royal Army Medical Corp s (Regular Sp ecial R e se rve or Territorial ) ex-sick berth staff, Royal Navy, ex-airm e n of th e Medical Branch of th e Royal Air F u rc e must be in possession of a First Aid Certificat e.

As St. John Voluntary Aid D e tachm e nts ar e form e d from Brigade Units, all mem bers must be in poss e ss ion of the First Aid Certificate. The excep t ions nam Ed in th is paragraph need not howev e r attend a cours e of l e c t ures but will be given a First Aid Certificate by th e St John Ambulance Association on passing an Exa m ination conduct e d by an approved examiner .

24 Candidate s who do not possess a First Aid Certi ficate will be consid e r e d as "on probation Jl and a re no t entitl e d to wear uniform.

25. Men joining Voluntary Aid De tachments shall be enrolled for gen e ral Se rvice and m a y b e empl oyed on any of the following dutiesClerks.

Radio g raphers. Nurs in g O rderl ies.

Labnratory Assistant s M asseurs.

San i tary Orderl ies. or any other related duti e s.

The term "G e neral Service " in th e c ase of Imm o b ile members mean G eneral V .A.D. work in the are a in wh ich they live.

26. All m e mbers must be thoroughly trained as stretcher b earers, and a proportion must also hold c e rt ificates in Horn e Nursing, Hyg iene , and S anit at ion , but th e y may be call e d upon to perfor m a ny other dut ies in co nnection with the medical services.

As regards the Nursin g Certificate, attention is dr aw n to Brigade Regulations, para. 16 5 , page 32.

27. Every member of a Men s D e tach m ; nt must pass an annuai effici e ncy test, and all memb ers must a ttend the annual inspection unless exempt e d in wr i ting by t he C o mmandant. The A nnual Re-Examination of th e Divisi on c :mnts as the Annual Re-Examination for V A. D purposes.

The Annual Inspection is additional to the Br ig a de A nnual Inspection unleE's both Insp ections ar e corn bin e d This is rEcommended, and arrangements should be mad e with th e authoriti Es conc e rned.

28 Women 's D etachments - Me mbers of Women ' s Detachments will be divided into two cl a sses ;-

(a) Mobile.

(b ) Immob ile.

29. The Mob ile Members, who shall b e betwe en the ages of 21 and 40, must be prepar e d to With any portion of His Maj e sty's Forces mobI lI satIOn, either at home or abroad, in accordanc e With the Regulations which shall be in force.

The Immobile Members will undertake servic e within reach of their own homes, and must not be und e r the of 18.

3

0 The establishment of a detachment will ber Commandant.

1 Assistant Commandant.

1 Medical Officer (if available).

1 Trained Nurse (Lady Supt.).

I Quartermaster. Pharmacist (If available).

Section Leaders (1 for each Section of 12 Brigade Rank.

Lady Superintendent.

Lady Am bulance Officer.

Divisional Surgeon. Nursing Officer or Trained Nurse (T.N.). V.A.D. Rank. Commandant.

Assistant Commandant or Quartermaster. Medical Officer.

Lady Superintendent (T.N ).

3I. Where there are three or more sections, an additional S ection Leader may be appointed, and One Section L t adtr may then be appointed Head Section Leader: and shall wear a distinctive badge.

32. A Trained Nurse is one who has obtained a certificate of general training in a recognised Training School (See Brigad e Regulations, para. 16, p. 7).

33. Women joining Voluntary Aid Detachments will be e nrolled for service, and may be employed on any of the following duties ;Nursing Members. Pharmacists. Dispensers. Radiographers. Hospital Cooks. Hospital Clerks. Dental Mechanics. Masseuses. Laboratory Assistants. Optical Assistants. or other relat e d duties, and with tht: exception of Trained Nurses, Pharmacists, Qualified Dispensers and Hospital Cooks, they must all bave taken the Certificates in First Aid and Home Nursing.

34. Ev er member of a Women's Detachment must pass an annual efficiency test, and all members must attend the annual inspection, unless exempted in writing by the Commandant.

The Annual Re-examination of th e Division counts as the Annual Re-examination for V.A.D. purposes.

fhe Annual Inspection is additional to the Brigade Annual Inspection, unless both Inspections are combined. This is recommended, and arrangements should be made with the authorities concerned.

35· Candidates who do not possess the First Aid and Home Nursing Certificates will be considered as "on probation," and are not entitled to wear uniform. Qualtfyt"ng Certificates.

,6. C ;rtificates in First Aid and Home Nursing qualifying for enrolment in Voluntary Aid Detachments may accepted under conditions laid down by the regulatlOns.

37· The following bodies are approved by the War Office ;-

(a) The Sr. John Ambulance Association.

(b) The St. Andrew's Amb. Association.

(c) The British Red Cross Society.

(d) The National Fire Brigade Association.

(e) The London County Council.

The ab.ove list is provisional and subject to amendment from tlme to tlme.

At O. -=- October, 1925

For St. John Voluntary Aid Detachments the qualifications are laid down in Brigade Regulations, para. I I, page 6.

38. There will be a definite standard of efficiency reqUlred in the duties of the Men's and the Women's Detachments, and this standard will be laid down in the training regulations.

The Brigade standard of efficiency is accepted for V.A. D. purposes, i.e., the Brigade Drills count as V.A.D. drills (see Brigade Regulations, Section 5, page 17, for standard of efficiency).

.Regz'stration.

59. Voluntary Aid Detachments form part of the Voluntary R e serve to the Medical Services of the Crown. A list of Detachments with their Commandants will be published in Army Orders.

40. Before a Detachment can be recognised by an Assoclation it must be registered and numbered at the War Office through the Council. Existing D e tachments must also be re-registered.

4 I. Every officially recognised Volun tary Aid Detachment will be inspected annually by the Deputy-Director of Medical Services , Assistant Director of Medical S e rvices, or other officer of tbe Royal Army Medical Corps, detailed by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command in which the Detar.hment has its headquarters. An inspecting officer may be specially detailed by the War Office. On the result of such inspection it will be decided whether the Unit fulfils the conditions necessary if official recognition is to be continued. The inspection will be carried out before the 31St October, on such dates as may be mutually agreed between the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, or his repr e sentative, and the County Controller concerned.

To avoid a number of parades, the War Office, the Controllers and Brigade Annual Inspections should be arranged on the same day and combin e d.

This is done with success in the case of the Annual Naval Sick Berth Reserve and Annual Brigade Inspection. Appeals.

It must be understood that a right of appeal to the Council is reserved to all individual members of Voluntary Aid Detachments in respect of their duties and responsibilities as such members. Such appeals shall be forwarded to the County Controller, who shall endeavour to dispose of them in consultation with the body raising the Detachment of which the complainant is a member. The ultimate appeal shall be to the Council, whose decision shall be final.

Appeals in the first instance should be dealt with as laid down in Brigade Regulations, page 40, para. 200 Unz/orm.

43. In time of peace , th e: uniform of the body or bodies raising Detachments will be worn by officers and members, i.e., memb ers of St. John V.A.D.'s will wear their Brigade uniform. Members of Detachments raised by Territorial Army Associations may continue to wear any previously authorised uniform until it is worn out· any future uniform must be the service pattern to be word on mobilisation. On mobilisation, uniform of a service pattern, approved by the War Office} will be issued to each em mem ber under arrangements to be made by the Councll. All members are expecttd to provide themselves with indoor uniform on enrolment.

By joining a V.A.D. members do not (with exception of County Controller, and then only for the Annual

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Inspection) place themselves under military discipline or military orders, they simply signify their willingness to join up at home or for general s ervice in case of war, and further, enable the to know in peace the personnel available if and when re quired in time of war.

Except for mobile members, the liabilities under th e new scheme are the same as those which thousands of Brigade members willingly undertook prior to and during the Great War.

Visit of the Birmingham S.J .A. B. N.C.O.: s Club to London.

SATURDAY, Sept. 19th, will be remembered by Birmingham N.C.O.'s for many days to come. It had been felt jor some tim e that they should get into closer touch with their comrades in London. On the above date a party numbering 12 paid a visit to the N.C.O.'s Club (P.O.W. Corps). They were met by one of the London comrad es at Paddington, who conducted them to St. John's Gate, where they were shown over th e "Gate, Priory Church and Crypt by Mr. H. W. Fincham. Many of the visitors were surprised to se e so many antiques and historic treasures , which were all relating to the Order, and it was regre tted that so short a tim e was at their disposal for their inspection. After a vote of thanks had been tendered to the Librarian, a move was made to the N.C.O.'s Club, St. Paul's Cathedral being visited on the way. The sightseEi ng was somewhat curtailed owing to continual heavy rain which fell during the afternoon.

On arrival at the Club they were warmly welcomed by the chairman, Sergt. Bushn e ll, M.S.M., and the hun. SeC., CorpI. H. J. Palmer, and the party were soon made to feel "at home." A.fter a short talk a move was made to the dining-hall, where each N.C.O. was introduced to ar;td welcomed by Dr. N. Corb e t Fletcher, Assistant CommISsioner (Central Area), and Staff Officer T. McBride, who honoured th em by their presence at a capital tea.

Sergt. Bushnell ! as Chairman of London N.C.O .'s Club, in welcoming Birmingham comrades London, said he hoped that the good fe eling of fellowship that was shown that afternoon would continue. There was no doubt about Er;prz't de Corps of the present gathering, and hoped that the function would be a memorahle one.

Sergt.-Major Gr eg ory, Birmingham Club, replied, thanking Sergt. Bushnell for hlS kIDdly and brotherly welcome. He was very pleased to meet Dr. Corbet Fletcher. Though he had read a lot about him in FIRST AID. h e was pleased to find he was not the sort of gentleman he thought he was, and felt quite at ease now. After making a few more remarks, he called on Sergt. Lowe, Secretary, Birmingham N .C.O.'s Club, to say a few words.

Sergt. Lowe said that he was very with the welcome and hospitality shown th em, which was the true spirit of St. John's. He mentioned that a lot of spad e work had been don e to get their Club going, and various obstacl es had been overcome. But now h e was proud to say that the Birmingham staff, Divisional officers, and all ranks were in harmony for the good of the cause, and he was looking forward to the tim e when N.C.O.'s of all the towns could get into closer touch wIth one The message he had to give to the Staff, DIVISional Officers and members of the P.O.W. Corps was that we

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brought with us the" Best Wishes" from the Staff Office rs and members of the Birmingham Corps, who hoped that they would have the privil ege of welcoming the London N.C.O.'s Club to the headquarters at Birmingham.

Corpl. Palmer, Hon. Sec. London N.C.O.'s Club, spoke of the pleasure it had been to welcome the comrades from Birmingham, and was impr essed with the way their Club was progressing.

Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher was then asked to say a few words, and on rising was received with great applause. He thanked the assembl ed N.C.O.'s for their reception and th e privilege of being allowed to meet th e Birmingham N .C. O.'s at such a gathering, and was impressed with the success of movements such as our Clubs which tended to foster the brotherly feeliug and co-operation which is necessary to make the work a success. He thought he was correct in saying that this was the first occasion on which an organised Club from the Provinces belonging to the Order had been entertained by a similar Club in London, this going to show the good fellowship which txi st ed and which he hop e d would continue. Ther;l ar"! many difficulti e s to face, but never mind, "go on." We may not all be officers, but we all get th e same pay for our work in the Brigade, and he asked th e assem bled company not to be shy , but to writ e to him on any little d ifficul ty they had concerning "First Aid," and he would b e pl ea sed to answer it. Pl ea se exte nd, when you get back to Birmingham, the good fe el ing of comrad e and good fellowship not only to the N C. O. s but to staff officers, officers and men from their brothers in the noble Order in L'Jndon.

Sergt. Drew, Birmingham Corps, proposed that the best thanks b e giv e n to the N C.O.'s Club, London, for the way in which th ey had catered for the visitors. This was carried with acclamation.

This ended the discussions and speeches, so all adjourned to the Recreation Room, where an impromptu concert was arranged. On account of h eavy rain the outdoor programme had to be curtailed: A enjoyable tim e was spent, every N C.O. domg hlS best to amuse the company. Six o'clock saw the end of the concert, which ended with" Auld Lang Syne" and" The King."

Accompanied by Sergts. Bushn ell Kel IY, a tour was made of places of interest, respects belog pald tu our departed brothers by visiting the Cenotaph.

Divisional Supt. Dauler, of the Adderley Division was presented with a fram ed of himself, as a mark of appreciation from the committee and members of the Division.

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H.R H. the Prince of Wales insp ected the V: ryheid D · ., d' hl's tour in South Africa together With the VISIOn urIng -, h h Scouts Guides and B E.S.L., on June 12th, .a nd alt oug it was' evening' and hiS visit was (lnly a "fiymg" one, the m e mbers of the Division naturally feel very proud of occasion.

WHEN CORRESPONDING WITH ADVERTrSERt3 PLEASE MEN'1'10N "FIUST AlD."

J\mbulance.

METROPOLITAN RI\.ILWAY.- The 89th Division M. R. of the St. John Ambulance Brigade are promoting a senes of inter-division triendly contests, and one of these on 24th was a return encounter between them and the Aylesbury (Bucks) Division. This took place, in the pres : nce of a large gathering, at the Railway Athletic Club's Hall, near Wembley Park Station. It was arranged by Supt. G:avestock and Ambulance Officers H. Alder aDd H. R. Pitcher. The Aylesbury was Supt. Marshall. G'eat interest was taken in the display by prominent Metropolitan officials, and their intention to be present, if possible , had been expressed by Mr. W. M. Ballingall, the Company's accountant, Mr. F. W. Watkins, chief rolling stock inspector, & c.

There were 20 men from Aylesbury and 2S from the Metropolitan, and the judge, in the regretted absence of Dr. J. Connor·R')bertson, the Chief Surgeon of the Sr. John Ambulance Brigade, was Dr. D. L. Crow e, Divisional Surgeon to the Metropolitan Railway.

The idea of the contest was the misfortunes of a scenic artist, who had accidentally fallen into the orch e stra. He had injury to the arm and leg. Teams of e ach Division treated him successively, and the judge had much difficulty in adjudicating the winner.

The maximum marks obtainable was 100, and the result of the t e st was as follows :-Division 89 (Metrop:>litan Railway), 68; Aylesbury, 61. Dr. C. J. c. Horden, County Surgeon for Bucks, was present. T ne time allowed for the test was 17 minutes, M e tropolitan R1ilway taking this time, Aylesbury Division taking 20 minutes.

L. & N.E. RAILWAY.-On Sept. 30th, the H e aton Class held their annual concert and dance in the Railway Institute, Gateshead, when a large company attended, some excellent songs &c., were rendered, and at the interval, Supt. J. Rodg ers (District Chairman) presented the certificates, &c., to the successful members and spoke of the necessity of all railway employees joining the classes organised for them.

Mr. Geo. Jackson, General Secretary, in moving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, Dr. Harlan spoke of the wonderful session just completed and asked all to help in making a further record, for the current session. Dancing was then indulged in t o a late hour, to the strains of an excellent jazz band.

On Octob er 1st, the Plirk Lane Class held their annual concert and dance in the Railway Institute, Gateshead. This is looked upon as the women and childrens' night, and a large number attended.

At the interval, Mr. Geo. Murray presided and called upon Supt. Rodgers to distribute the awards, after which Mr. Geo. Jackson handed to the It cturer, Dr. L. L. Westrope the framed notification of his appointment as Honorary life member of the S.J.A.A. in appreciation of his long and faithful services to the ambulance cause in and around Gatesh ead, and sPQke of the excellent services he had rendered to the railway classes, and wished him long life and health to enjoy the honour. Dr. Westrope in reply said it had always been a real pleasure to render any assistance he could to the railwaymen and others.

Mr. C. M. Jenkin Jones. Mr. W. A. Fiddian and Mrs., Fiddian came in just before the interval, and Mr. J enkin Jones in moving a vote of thanks to Supt. Rodgers and Mr. Jackson, spoke of the value of ambulance work to

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all railway workers, and expresspd the pleasure it was for him to attend the meeting, and he hoped that a very good class would be form e d in the new session.

The Glteshead Works Class held their annual Concert on October 2nd, in the R1ilway Institute, G l.teshead, when Supt. Rodgers presided, and Mr. Ge orge Jackson presented the awards to the memb<;!rs, and wished them every success in their new class. Mr. Nightingale on benalf of the class presented Dr. Smallwood, the lecturer, with a very fine travelling rug and tobacco pouch, af1d spoke of th e valued services given. Dr. Smallwood in reply said it bad been a real pleasure to lecture in the class, and he should always very much prize the handsome presents they had given him.

On October 3rd the Tyne Dock Class held their annual tea, whist drive, concert and dance, when a very large crowd gathered together, which was also honoured by the attendance of the Mayor and Mayoress of South Shie lds, at th<3 interval. Inspector R. R')dgers presided. Mr. H. Bell, Loco. Supt. presented the awards gained by the competition teams during the f:eason. Mrs. R. R'ldgers prese nted the certificates, &c., to the memb ,f'rs. Mr. T. Prest on handed a very fine clock to the late Secretary, Mr. J. Allison, Sen., the late Treasurer. The Mayoress prese nted the priz es to the winners of the District Com petiti on, and the Mayor made a fiDe speech, on the amb ulance work, and the pleasure it had been to him and the Mayoress to attend the function. Supt. J. Rodgers and Mr. Ge orge Jackson were also called on to address the meeting, and urged all to take a further and deeper inter est in the work, and this was supplemented by a few wor ds from the District Secretary, Mr. J. Willis.

On October 14th, the Sunderland and Monkwearmouth Cla ss held their Whist Drive and Dance in the Railway Insti tute, Sunderland, at the interval, Mr. A. Elton, Asst. Sup t., in the absence of Mr. Lewis, presided, and presented the awards to the members, and addressed them upon the imp'.ntance of all railway workers being ambulance students, he also handed to Dr. J. D. Leigh a very fine penknife, and to Dr. Thorp a case of pipes given by the class as a toke n of appreciation of their services as lecturers, and the doc tors in spoke of the pleasure it was to assist the railway men in the ambulance work.

Mr. Elton alsl) handed out the whist drive prizes, and Mr. Wade. Class Chairman, and Mr. G Kay, the Secretary, an d Mr. G :!orge Jackson spok e of the work done by the Clas s, and urged them to still car ry on the good work, and to g et still more recruits to the Class.

Two Serious Motor Accidents.

DU RING September last a motor fr?m

Ma rgate to Maidstone capsized near Delhng HIll, pInDlng the occupants underneath, and unfortunately four of the pa rty lost their lives. A passing car from Sheerness for tunately had as passenger, Divisional Supt. Catt of the Sheerness Division, and Ambulances from Maldstone an d Sittingbourne made exceedingly smart tum·outs under Di visional Supt. Dunk and Divisional Supt. Dence.

At the inqu e st on the victims of the catastrophe the Co roner expressed high appreciation of. work of the me mbers of the Brigade. Dr. C. Ind of SIttIngbourne, who wa s also called to the scene of the accident, was very ge nerous with his praise, and in a letter to the press, stated " that all survivors were attended to by St. John Ambulance

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men only, and subsequentlv at the Hospital. That the Sittingbourne St. John Ambulance must have made an almost record turn out, and that the help given by Supt. Catt and Dence deserves the recognition of everyone."

On October 4th another accident occurred at Chalk near Gravestnd, when a bus ran down an embankment and overturned. Eighteen passengtrs had narrow escapes from death, and eleven of th e m were more or less seriousl y injured The Gravesend and Northfleet Ambulance turned out very promptly under Sergeant Black, with Privates Bones, St :' adman and Shaw, and gave very valuable and appreciated help.

J\mbulance the News euttings ft'om 3lt'ess.

The Editor invites readers to send newspaper cuttings on matters of g eneral interest for inclusion in this column

REW ARD OF A H ERo

A man was walking along the river side at Barton·onHumber when he saw a little girl struggl ing in the water. He plunged in, and wlt h difficul ty brou g ht her to the ban.k -to find to his great surprise and JOY that he had saved hiS nine-years·old daughter She is little the worse for her adventure.- Evenin,!;' News.

KILLED BY SHO CK.

Strange circumstances surround the death of George Carle, 57, who was found dead at a house in Brixton. The man was dead in bed, and a revolver lay on the counterpane. It was thought at first that the man had shot himself; but none of the cartridges had been dis charged.

There were no s ig ns of wounds; but a letter was found, addressed to the Coroner, stating that it was the writer's intention to commit suicide. It is thought that the exci tement produced by his preparations so affected the man that he died from Shock. -D aily Mat'!.

"First-Aid and Accident prevention ,,"ork, wil h its unselfish motive, is one of the finest and noblEst activities in the world. Down through the ages has ran g the praise of nations for those who have helped in the conservation of human lives. To·day, nearly every corner of the globe is vitally interested in this great drive for "universal

The straight-thinking man respects safety ; he knows its real value. Show us th e man who wants t o ea rn the principles and methods. used in preventing accidents and relieving physical sufferIng, and we'll show you the broadgauged man, one who .is not only a credit to with which he is assocIated but to the commuDlty 10 which he lives. By daily pra<,:ticing this most. humane of all activities he builds for himself the foundatIOn of a happy and life for, after all, real success is measured only by our ability and to help others.

There is no argum e nt agamst safety. No eVEr heard of safety filling hospitals. Howev e r, what It. does accomplish is to help us from needless a CCidents that rob us of or the abIhty to labour. It enables us to enjoy our work and to .become better It always has been and always be for our best mt e rests. -

Th e American R ed Cros s Co uner

" There is no Argument Against Safety."

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, SEPTEMBER, 1925.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Corps Surgeon.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

W. Bickerton Edwards, C.B.E., M.B., C.M., Neath Corps, 27-4. 2 5

To be Corps Superintendent.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. John Richards, Neath Corps, 27425

To be Corps Secretary.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. W. T. Richards, Neath Corps, 27 .+.25

To be Corps Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRL

Divisional Supt. David J. John, Neath Corps, 27425

To be Corps Inspector of Stores.

GLAMORG AN C<9UNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant J. Phillips, Neath Corps, 23 .9. 25

To be Ambulance Officer.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant Walter Henry Beard, L1anelly Town Division, 29.9 2 5

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Sergeant James Marston, Fernhill Division, 15.9. 2 5

To be Am bulance Officers for Cadets.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Th.omas John Jenkins, Glynneath Division, 21.9 25

Pnvate Benjamin Jones, Port Talbot Division, 24 .9 2 5

To be Corps Sergeant Major.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private \Vllliam John Lewis, Neath Corps, 27 4. 2 5

To be Sergeants.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Corporai David Evans, Aberdare Division, 8.9. 25

GLAMORGAN COUN TY CEN TRL

Private William Thomas, Ynvsbwl Division, 2£.9. 2 5

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRl1.

Private William Husband, Fernhill Division, 15 9 25

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private John Benjamin Davies, Cwm Colliery Division, 2 I.9. 25

" George Brooks, Ynysbwl Division, 2 I.9 25

" DaVid Thomas Lauder, Ynysbwl Division, 21.9. 25

BOROU GH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Private Albert Ernest Powell, Fernbill Division 15.9. 2 5

" Edward Irons, Fernhdl Division, 159. 2 5

To be Divisional Secretaries.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private E£?lyn Jones, Caerau Division, 5.9 25

" John Skyrne, Deri Division, 9.9 2 5

" Fredenck George Davies, Port Talbot Division, 24.9. 25

To be Divisional Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corporal Thomas John Morgan, Deri Division, 9.9. 2 5

Resignation Accepted with Regret.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant W. J. Harper, Port Talbot Division, 1.10 25 Division Registered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cwmgwrach Division, J 1.9.25

Cadet Divisions Registered.

GLAMORGAN C<DUNTY CENTRE.

Glynneath Cadet Division, 22.9.25

Kenfig Hill Cadet Division, 16.9.25 Port Talbot Cadet Division, 21.9.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDD A CENTRE.

Tylorstown Cadet Division, 19925

Ystrad Rhondda Cadet Division, 8.9.25 Cadet Division Re=named.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Pontypool North Cadet Di ision, to be "Pontypool Cadet Division, 24.9. 2 5

General Interest.

AMBULANCE WORKERS ENTERTATNED BY LORD TREDEGAR

Tredegar P (uk, the anc e stral home of the of Morgan, was, on Saturday, September zth, the rende zvous of over two hundred and fifty members and other s connected with the work of the Priory, who were entertain ed by Lord Tredegar at a garden party.

DUring the afternoon the annual competitions for th e Monmouth Boroughs Ambulance cup, presented by Mr. Joseph Lawrence for am bulance teams in Monmoutshire and the "J shield, presented by Mr. W. J man for nursing teams, were held in the Cricket Ground and watched by a number of guests from the shade of th e magnificent tr ees, which add considerably to the beauty of the park.

The m e n's contest, in which Dr. A. M. Robertson (Treherbert) and Dr. W. Irwin (Newport) adjudicated , resulted as follows :-

1st, Newport Corps (Capt., I. Cresswell) 159 points

2nd, Oakdale (Capt., H. J. Powell ) 156

3rd , North (Capt., W. Coleman ) 15 2

4th, Abertillery (Ca pt., F. Cockram) 15 Tk "

5th Abertysswg (Capt., T. Jones) J47

6t h, Pontypool (Capt, J. Meredith) 146

7 th, Talywain (Capt., H. Taylor)

Dr c. G Mackay judged the open competition fo r nurs es, In which four exceptionally well trained t eam s ente r ed Th e y were the Kenfig Hill Nursing team , by Mrs. M J. Sutton, [he Llanelly Nursing team With E. G. Harries as captain, the Merthyr team under MISS M. Jam es, and Abertillery captained by Mrs. O. Strickland. Success crown ed the Llanelly team, closely by Abertillery with 138, K enfig Hill gainIng 94 and Merthyr 89.

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tea, which was served in a big marquee, the CommlsslOner for Wales, accompani e d by Lord Tredegar conducted the annual inspection of the N ewpo rt (Mon.) Corps. His staff included the Dowager Countess of PlVmouth (Lady Supt. in-Chief for Wales), Lady Lewis, O.B.E. (D e puty L3.dy for Wales), Dr. B. J one s, C.B.E. (CommissIOner for Monmouthshire) Dr. Urban Marks (Commissioner for the Borough of Captain T. E. Rlchards (Commissioner for the Borough of Rhondda), Sub-Commissioner E. D. Jom:s (Carmarthensh ire Centre), Sub-Commissioner Lemuel Jones (Glamorgan County Centre), Sir Francis Rose Price (Sub-Commissi one r Glamorgan County Centre) , Dr. S. Glanville Morris (Centre Surg eon, Borough of Rhondda), and Mr. A. G. E. J. F udge (ex -Commissioner fur the Borough of Newport Centre) Staff Officer B. E. Maberly act ed as aide-decam p

Under the com mand of the Commissioner for the Borough of Newport Centre Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, assisted by Corps Officers Dr. S. McCormac, Mr. G. J. Rowlands , Mr. C. H. Hopkins, Mr. H. S. Lyne and Mr. G. Storey, the Corps with their fine bugl e band presented a mo st impressiv e appearance.

A ddressing the units, the Commission e r for Wal es stated New port was fortunate in having so fine a body of men. Their app earance was a great cre dit to the Officers and Com missioner , whom he knew took great personal interest in their training. Recounting its progress, th e Commissioner stated th e Newpor t Corps would be first in Wales to celebrate its majority, and h e was particularly pleased to se e so man y of its first mem bers still in the ranks.

The Dowager Countess of Plymouth presented the cup, shield and prizes to the successful competitors, and Lor d Tredegar presented service medals to Staff Officer J. H. Hill, Corps Officer G. Storey, Ambulance Officer G. Stri ckland, Corps S ergeant Major T. Marshall, Sergeant C. J. H. Brown and Corporal F. Breton. Lieut.-Col. Thomas Wa llace, M.D., proposed a vote of thanks to Lord Tredegar which was seconded by Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C.B.E., and , in reply hie.; lordship commented on the excellence of the efficiency and discipline of the organisation to which he belonged.

Centre Reports.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

A NOTHER MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT ESTABLISHED.

Th e Third Medical Comforts D e pot set up by the Abe rdar e Centre was opened at Aberaman on Tuesday, Se ptember 23rd. The Duffryn Aman Division are responsi ble for this latest venture. For some time they have be en busily pr e paring to form a depot at Abf.'raman, and were greatly assisted in their efforts by th e generosity of the local Institute Welfare Committee, who gave them a well appointed room for the purpos e

Mr. Joseph Wall, Chairman of the Welfare Institute

Co mmittee performed the opening ceremony, Major E. T. Da vid, M.I.E.E., pr e siding He was supported by Councillor Mrs. A. S. J e nkins, O B.E., Councillor W. Lawrence (C bairman of the Council), Corps Surgeon Dr. J. C. 05ilvie, Divisional Surgeon Dr. Farquhar, Supt. J. Granger, A m bulance Officer Emrys James, Staff Officer Gomer lJavie s, Mr. E. J. Jones, Mr. J. A. Morris, and Sir Herb ert an d Lady Lewis. Councillor Lawrence explained the

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great value the Depot would prove to sufferers in the area, thanked those responsible for its formatlOn. S econding this, Councillor Mrs. Jenkins a hope that th e women of the district would to attend the Classes and form a new Nursing Dl VlSlon of the Brigade.

Presenting certificates and medallions Lady Lewis O. B. made a special to those to the gtrls to take up first ald and become enrolled in a Cadet Division ready to supplem e nt the ranks of the Nursing Division in due course.

ABERDARE AM BULAN CE AND NURSING UNITS INSPECTED.

The Commissioner for Wales inspected the units in the Cynon Valley Corps at the Travellers Rest Field Abercynon, on Saturday, September 26th. Under command ?f Corps Supt. Henry Evans, the Corps included representatlv es from the A bercynon, Aberdare, Cwmanan, Duffryn Aman, Mountain Ash and Penrhiweiber Ambulance Divisions and the Aberdare, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, and Cwmaman Nursing Divisions. The Commissioner for the Aberdare Centre, Dr R. Baird Milne, and Corps ?urgeon Dr. J. C. Ogilvi e were present, and the proceedIngs watched by a large number of the public. 1 he Inspe cting Officer congratulated the Commissioner on the succe ss of the Corps, and e xpressed pl e asure at the general smartness and efficiency of the units.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

PRESENTATION AT ABERDULAI S

D. Howell, J.p. , presided over a presentatlOn meeting organised by the Aberdulais Divisional Class on Saturday, Se ptember 19th, at the Welsh Baptist Church Vp,stry, Aberdulais.

Lady Lewis, O.B.E., presented awards to the members of the local Division, who, trained by Dr. Coyne, had passed the recent examinati on by Dr. C. Armstrong, of Crynant.

Sir Herbert Lewis, K.B.E., in his remarks, paid tribute to th e Officer-in· charge, Supt. D. J. John, the Secretary, Mr. T J. Morris , and Sub -Commissioner Lemuel Jones, to whos e interest and en e rgy the success of the Division was due. Dealing with the growth and development of ambulance work generally he maintained there was still great n e ed for extension, particularly among women, and urged those present to remember that in ambulance work there was an ever-increasing scope for expansion.

DRAMATIC INCIDENT IN NELSON MEMBER'S PICNIC.

On returning from a day's trip to Barry Island on Saturday, 12th September, the Nelson Division received an un e xpect e d call to duty. Nearing Abercynon at g 20 p. m., their motor coach was held up and they were informed a cyclist had collided with a motor bus and was badly injured. The patient was found bleeding profusely from the right side of the head. Hremorrhage was imm e diately arrested by means of digital pressure on the temporal artery, a pad and bandage being afterwards applied to the wound. On examination his right ear was found to be lacerat e d and several ribs fractured. A dressing of clean note paper was made and secured by handk er chiefs and for the fractured ribs the patient's waistcoat was drawn together by safety pins and his coat turned up to give support to the arm. The first passing car was hailed and the patient taken to a doctor.

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cation, a salient point in the efficient treatment of this case, which might be added to the long record of incidents furnishing convincing proof of the vital importance of first aid.

LOUGHOR COMPETItION.

Dr. Sydney Williams, Llanelly, and Dr. D. B. Whippips, Loughor, acted as judges in the am bulance competition held in connection with the Loughor Horticultural Show on Saturday, 12th September. The Dr. D. Arwyn Davies shield and first prize were retained by last year's winners, Cross Hands team, with 199 marks. Graigola NO.2 team secured second prize with 178 marks, and Bynea G.W.R. team came third with 176. Miss B. F. Phillips of the Brynhyfryd ladies team was awarded a gold medal for the individual test.

VALE OF GLAl\fORGAN SHOW.

At the Vale of Glamorgan Show held at Cowbridge on Wednesday, 16th September, the ambulance arrangements were undertaken by the Priory. The show authorities provided an ambulance tent and the personnd were drawn from the Ogmore Vale Division. Under Am bulance Officer G . Barnett, eight men dealt efficiently WIth the few slight cases requiring attention.

ONLLWYN AND SEVEN SISTERS DIVISION.

Strenuous efforts have been made by the Onllwyn and Seven Sisters Division during the month of September to raise additional funds before embarking on its winter session. Saturday, the 19th, was a red letter day in its history. Under the auspices of this Division, which, officered by Divisional Supt. J. Richards, is one of the oldest in the Glynneath Corps, a carnival was held at Seven Sisters. Numerous attractions, including ambulance competitions, sports, and a fancy drEss parade were organised, followed by a physical culture display on Wednesday the 23rd. At this meeting, the Rev. W. H. Jones, B.A., presiding, certificates were presented to sixteen boys bv Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Cooper. Dr. W. H. Cooper handed to Mr. John Owen Williams a certificate of honorary membership of the Brigade, and Dr. C. Armstrong gave an inspiring address.

KEN FIG HILL COMPETITION.

A large crowd gathered at the Ambulance Hall, Kenfig to the open ambulance and nursing competltlOns orgaOlsed by the local Divisions for the purpose of encouraging efficiency in first aid. Twelve telms of men competed for the shield, and Dr. W. H. Cooper, assisted by Supt. Lewis Jones, Sergeant Eurfyl J ames, Mr. Jones (Rescue Station), and Mr. E. Howe made the following aWHds :-

1st, Ffaldau Institute and Garw 304 points

2nd, Treharris 299 "

yd, Llwynypia 293 "

Dr. Ghose and Dr. Rutman, assisted by Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Sutton and Miss M. Howells judged the nursing contest with the following result :-

1st, Merthyr Tydfil ... 18l points

2nd, Senghenydd 16J

Sub-Commissioner Lemuel Jones moved a vote of th.anks to the Judges, and spoke of his long connection With ambulance work. He was ably seconded by Mr. Ge?rge Knott, ,J.P. Supt. Lewis Jones thanked all for their c?-OperatlOn and Committee for its generosity; remarkmg that the financial loss on the competitions could not be met without the support of the public.

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SENGHENYDD PRESENTATION.

Presiding at a meeting organised by the Senghenydd Ambulance Nursing and Cadet Divisions on Thursday, September 24, the Rev. Thomas Jones paid a warm tribute to the services of the officers and mem bers of the local Divisions, particularly mentioning Divisional Surgeon Dr. Phillip James, Am bulance Officer D. L'.!wis, Corps Inspector of Stores C Hyatt, Sergeant J. Jones, Corporals J. Edwards, J. Burgoyne. 1. Surridge and W. Jenkins, who, by their whole-hearted devotion to the cause, had made the local Divisions a source of great public benefit.

The inspiring address given by Mr. J. A R')berts (Chairman of the Senghenydd Boys' School) in presenting certificates to twenty-nine 5uccessful cadds, was an indication of the esteem in which the educational authorities regard the training of boys and girls in ambulance work. Lady O. B E., who also presented awards to successful students, made an interest survey of St. John Am bu · lance work, making special reference to the great importance of women's interest in the movement.

Councillor John D.ivies and Alderman Hubert Jenkins remarked on the grtat value of first aid in industrial life, comparing the old-time treatment of the injured miner with modern first aid principles. A record number of 97 candidates received either certificates medallions or labels.

SUCCESSFUL VENTURE BY NELSON DIVISION.

Slturday, August 29th, was a red-letter day in the history of Nelson, A carnival was organised by the local Division at the Llancaiach Field, kindly lent by Mr. 'frevor Williams, Ystiad Mynach. Ideal weather prevailed and a variety of attractions drew large numbers of the public.

Thirteen teams for the" Gronow II challenge cup, and the exceptIOnally keen contest resulted in Treharris (Capt. T. A. Rees) coming first with 222 points, followed by Pontypool (Capt. W. Meredith) with only three less; Penallta came with 207 marks. The judges were Dr. Pennant (Bnthdlr) and Dr. Malpas (Liverpool) It was regretted that the donor of the challenge cup, the late Mr W D Gronow, could not present the trophy, and a touChlOg lOCldent was the performance of this ceremony by his two little children.

It is pleasing to note that the Nelson Division will considerably benefit by the financial result of their enterprise.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

WEST MONMOUTH CORPS INSPECTION

The interest shown by the West Monmouth Corps on Saturday, October 3rd, when they assembled in the Drill Grounds, Abertillery, for annual inspection was most gratifying to the Officers and all concerned. It was the first Inspection since the. reorganisation of the Corps. !here was a muster numbenng over one hundred, includmg Corps Surgeon, Dr. S. Simons, Corps Supt. J. Hooper, Corps Secretary, J. Gibbs, Corps Treasurer W Gardner, Corps Inspector of Stores, T. Matthews, Acting Divic;ional G. Sterry and A. J. Elkins, Vldy Supt. Mrs. O. Strickland Sergt. Frank Thomas.

The Inspection was carried out by Staff Officer S. T. Beard, O.B.E., who congratulated the Corps on its excellent turn out and. the work d?ne during the past year, afterwards presentlOg the serVIce medal to Private D. Matthews,. and warrants of appointment to Corps Officers Dr. S. SImons, J. Hooper, T. Gibbs, W. Gardner T. Matthews and Divisional Surgeon Dr. W. T. Mulvey.

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Headed by the Boys' Brigade Band, a short route concluded a fine exhibition of work.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

LORD KVLSANT ON AMBULANCE WORK.

There was a pleasant ceremony at the New Parish Hall, Llangennech, on Thursday, September 17th, when the Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G., presented certificateS in coonection with the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society work at Llangunnock. His Lordship, who was accompanied by Lady Kylsant, 0 B.E., gave a hearty welcome to all, and said they had met for the presentation of certificatf s gained as a result of classes held during the past winter in St. John and Red Cross work. The desirability of every man acquiring some knowledge of first aid and the need for each womlD to learn the principles of first aid and home nursing could not be too strongly emphasised. The fact that there was such a gratifying number of certificates for prEsentation

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first in arresting the and the patIent IS now recoverIng from what might easily have been a fatal injury.

BRECKNOCKSH IRE CENTRE.

AMBUI.ANCE WORK AT THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

F or the first tim e in the history of the Breconshire Agricultural Society an ambulance tent was erected in the grGunds of the Show on Saturday, September 12th. The call for this provision fully justified the innovation.

In charge of Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. A . B. Cresswell, the following members of the Buckland·Bwlch Nursing Division were on duty :-Nursing Officer Miss M. 1\ Davies, Ambulance Sisters Mrs. Dease, Mrs. Atkins, Mrs. Plattf:, Miss Eileen Berry, Miss Grant, Miss Picton, :\fiss Asprey, with Sergeant H. T. Evans and Private C Jones, of the Cardiff City Division, acting as stretcher bearers.

The nurses had arrived on the ground when a

AMBULANCE PERSONNEL AT THE BRECON SHOW.

Sitting.-Left to right.-Miss Eileen Berry, Mrs. A. B. Cresswell, Dr. T. P. Thomas, Mrs. Berry (Honorary Lady President), Nurse Davies, Mrs. Dease.

Standing.-Left to right.-Sergeant H. T. Evans (Cardiff City Division), Mrs. Atkin, Miss Grant, Mrs. Platts, Miss Picton, Pte. C. Jones (Cardiff City Division)

showed that the classes beld under the auspices of the Ordn of St. John and the British Red Cross Society were appreciated. His Lordship said the two Societies existed tor the purpose of lessening human suffering, and strove to obtain that noble object not only through the efficient ambulance and nursing services they were ever ready to render, but als'v by imparting scientific knowledge to those who naturally desired to be useful in their own home or immediate circle; and there was scope for greater extension of that good work throughout Wales.

LIFE SA 'IED BY FIRST AID.

A report proving the vital importance of first aid has been received from Ambulance Officer Thomas Davies, of the Penybank Division. It appears that Mr Davies found a man on the roadside suffering from hremorrhage. Had he been left unattended for many .ninutes he would have bled to death, but Mr. Davies, with his practical ability in

stockman was attacked by a boar and severely gashed in the thigh. He was taken to the tent and treated under the supervision of the honorary surgeon, Dr. T. P. Thomas. The casualties also included a boy whose head was badly cut by a kick, and, despite their very recent enrolment, this case, in common with the whole day's work, was dealt with in a manner characteristic of long and experienced members.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE V. A. D. SCHEl\IE.

Breconshire will soon be in a position to compete with all other Welsh Counties in ambulance work. Until quite recently the St. John Ambulance Brigadp. had no nurses in the County, but the development of the V.AID. scheme has whipped up interest considerably, and in each of the Petty Sessional Divisions the movement is well on foot. At Pen pont, Brecon, at the invitation of Miss Williams, fifty representatives from the parishes in the

Devynock Division attended a meeting on September 16th. The County Controller for Breconshire explained the objects and requirements of the new a?d an executive committee was formed to organIse first aid and home nurRing classes with a view to forming Detachments.

DENBIGH5HIRE CENTRE. CHIRK DIVISION.

One of the most interesting events in the history of the Chirk Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade took place on Monday, 31St August, wh e n the annual inspection and distribution of awards was held by the very gracious invitation of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden at Chirk Castle.

Among a dist inguished company were Mrs. (Dr.) Salt, Miss Darlington, Chairman of the Denbighshire Centre nf the Priory, and the County Commissioner, Dr. Charles E. Salt who carried out the inspection.

'Prior to the inspection the officers and men were entertained to tea by Lord and Lady Howard de Walden. The exhibition of stretcher and individual work, under the command of Supt. David Jones, was immensely appreciated by her ladyship and those present, and the report of the Commissioner was highly satisfactory. Mr. James Darlington ca)1ed. upon Lady Hov:ard ?e Walden, who is the Lady President of the Denblghshlre Centre, to make the presentation of awards. In doing so, her ladyship expressed sincere pleasure in the work carried out and warmly congratulated the recipients of service medals :-Supt. David Jones, Prlvate Stephen Breeze and Private George Williams. Tribute was also paid by Dr. Salt and Mr. Dadington to Supt. Jones for his continued loyalty and zeal in the work.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE. CHURCH PARADE.

A large contingent of am bulance men and nurses from the Cardiff Emergency AmbulanCe and Nursing Divisions attended divine service at St. Cadoc's Church, Canton, Cardiff, on Sunday, 6th September, at the invitation of the vicar, who extended an encouraging welcome.

The parade, under Divisional Supt. W. H. Johnson and Lady Supt Miss Ann Fletcher, was augmented by the voluntary services of he St. Saviour's Band. The offerings were devoted to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. PUBLIC DUTY.

The ample arrangements by the Priory to cope with any accidents occurring at the Cardiff and South Wales Horse Show on Wednesday and Thursday, the 9th and loth September, seemed to act as a means of prevention. Fortunately, tbere were no seriuus mishaps, and the members of the Cardiff Centre, under Staff-Officer B. B. Maberly, assisted by Lady Divisional Supt. Miss A. Fletcher, Lady Ambulance Officer Miss R. G. Nurton, and Sergts H. T. Evans and A. J. Evans, were only called upon to attend to minor injuries.

A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE.

Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberly and Sergt. H. T. Evans were on duty at the annual show of the Cardiff and District Agricultural Society held in Cardiff on Wednesday, 23rd September. Appreciation of the arrangements is expressed in the following extract of a letter from the authorities to the Priory ;-

"Please accept our apprecIation of the services rendered by the ofucers and men, kindly sent by you to the above show.

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I also personally thank you for the reminder of this necessary service, which I might otherwise have overlooked."

TRAINING THE JUVENILE UNEMPLOYED.

Splendid progress is being mad e by the junior students who by arrangement of the Cardiff Unemployment Training C"!ntre, have taken courses of lectures in first aid. numb e r of boys who had received lectures from S H. T. Evans and A. H Field, of the Cardiff City Division, were examined on Sept. 30th by Dr. Coulthard, when each one satisfied the examiner.

Similar instructions wer e arnwged for the girls by Lady Officer M. Kernick, Lady Divisional Secretary Mrs. L. M. Watkin and Miss J. Wheeler, of th e Cardiff Nursing Division, and the result of their examination by Dr. T. J. Hurley last month was a tribute to thei r thorough training.

It is to be hoped they will be uniformed and enrolled into cadet divisions of the Brigad e v e ry shortly.

News in Brief.

The Aber-Blrengwynfi Ambulance Division rend e red valuable assistance to the son of Councillor and Mrs. H Field, who, clim bing up the face of a quarry fell a distanc e of 40 feet and was badly injured. Efficient and prompt first aid treatment was administered, and the boy is progressing favourably.

Tht' smartness and general efficiency of members o f Southend Voluntt'lry Aiel Detachment won for them, on October 3rds the Rev. R. A. Jones' Perpetual Challenge Cup for comp e tition among representatives of the various voluntary First Aid Corps in the county.

The winter session, 1925-1926, of the No. Sl (Croydon ) District St. John Ambulance Brigad e was opened by a social at the Divisional Headquarters, Drummond Road, on October 5th. The occasion was made e specially interesting by the pres';ntation of a Shield to the by the President, which is to be known as the "Gaffney Division Championship Shield."

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-FIRST and J\nswets to eOtrespondents.

Queries UJill be aealt UJith N"der the ID lloUJi"C rNles;-

T ._Letters contain,"!, QNeries must be marked on tke top lelf kana corner 0/ the envelope "Query," and addressed-FlRsT Am, 46, Cannon·street, Lond4n, E. C. 4.

Queries must be accompanied by a Quer, Couton" cUI/ro". tke current issue 0/ the !our"al, or in case 0/ Querru from abroa( Irom a recent iHut.

Textbook, to UJhick reference may be made in these columns is tke 36tk (IQ20) Edition 01 S.I.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

THANKS TO THE

With this issue Dr. Corbet Fletcher completes 10 years voluntary service as honorary medical correspondent to FIRST AID ; and on behalf of our readers and ourselves we tender to hi m our most sincere thanks for all his kindness and willing efforts to assist First Aiders.

In 1905 the late Dr Heaton Howard stepped int() the breach and did what was necessary. In 1910 the Query column became a regular feature of the Journal, and passed under the jurisdiction of the late Dr. Frank Christian, to whom First Aiders owe more than they sometimes realise. With his lamented death in 1915 we were placed in serious difficulty and were most fortunate in securing the services of Dr. Corbet Fletcher, who to-day deals with a vastly augmented series of Queries and difficulties, and who has introduced several novelties into the Journal. Among those we need only mention " Practical Points" and" News Cuttings," wherein are hidden useful hints and suggestions for practical tests, while his monthly" Examination Howler" provides amusement amidst educational problems So for our readers and ourselves we offer our best thanks for many benefits received in the years that have gone and are before us.- THE EDITORS.

AUTHOR OF FIRST TEXTBOOK.

A. B. (Croydon).-We were discussing the various editions of the Textbook, and wondered who was the author of the first S.J.A.A. Manual of First Aid, which was, I believe, published in 1878. As we have no such copy, perhaps you will be good enough to supply the necessary information.

What do you require-the official or the authentic story?

If you want the truth, Dr. Peter Shepherd wrote a rough and incomplete draft and then went off to South Africa for the Zu lu War. He left his notes with his life-long friend, Dr. J. Mitchell Bruce, who summoned to his aid Dr. James Cantlie These two collaborated in the production of a excellent guide to lay folk; but they gave the credit to Dr. Shepherd. My story is not complete unless I add that three months later Dr. Shepherd was escaping from the route of Isandula when he saw a private (who was running for safety) cut down by the enemy. Immediately stopping his horse, he proceeded to the help of his fellow-soldier, and was promptly and fatally assegaied in his turn. His University (Aberdeen) commemorates his unselfish heroism in a "Peter Shepherd" prize for A.natomy.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAlI[lNATTON HOWLER.

M. R. (Cannon Street).-In a recent examination a member of our class, when asked what he would do for a man who had fainted, replied.-" Bring him to." "Good," said the Doctor, and "What next?" "lfring hz'7Il two 7Jtm-e.'"

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replied the candidate to our utter and complete astonhisment.

Good! Next, please! !- N.C.F.

SIGNS OF CEREBRAL H IEMO RRHAGE.

W. S. (Staveley Works).-In a recent competition we were asked how we would tell the difference between Poisoning by Alcohol, Poisoning by OpIUm, and Cerebral H ce morrhage. The first two conditions are given in the Textbook on which we were judged, but we want to know if the judge was right in asking questions about the signs and symptoms of cerebral h ce morrhage.

Of course he was! Look at Textbook, p 145.- N.C.F.

ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.

D. S. (Oxford).-(I) Will you kindly inform us the longest known period after which a patient, suffering from Asphyxia, has been revived by artificial respiration?

(2) Also, I note in September issue of FIRST AID that five members of the Brigade kept a patient ali v e fOT 12 hours by means of artificial respiration? Is this a record?

(I) The Third Resuscitation Commission which met in New York in 1918 reported (see August, 1920, issue of FIRST AID) that in cases of Electric Stock, life had been restored by artificial respiration after hours complete insensibility. Further, Dr. Silvester in his original instructions urged that in all cases of Asphyxia artificial respiration should be carried on for at least two hours.

(2) If you refer to November, 1922, issue of FIRST AID you will read how for 40 hours 40 members of the Brigade kept alive an unfortunate man whn bad broken his neck while playing in a football match for Keswick at Windermere.N.C.F

COMBINATI@NS e>F POISONS.

E. B. (Dawling). --In the July issue of FIRST AID the patient in Competition NO.2 was stated to have injected an overdose of morphia after swallowing whisky. Please state what effect the whisky would have on a patient suffering from overdose of morphia.

Whisky in excess being depressant, we may take it that in this case it increased the narcotic effects of the morphia.-N.C.F.

LIVING WITH FRACTURED SPINE

A. F. (Doncaster).-In a Yorkshire paper recently there was a report of a man who lived 12 years after his spine had been broken as result of a fall of stone in a mine. Though paralysed from knees down, the patient had been able to move about on crutches up to his death. Surely this is a record!

Such cases, though rare, are not unknown: but usually the patients are bedridden. In the September 1923 issue of FIRST AID you will find a report of a man who fractured his spine in a colliery accident and lived for 15 years after the accident.N.C.F.

STINGS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

C. B. (Manchester).-With reference to Stings of Plants and Animals (Textbook, p. 114 ), I do not know anyone who can give me a list of stinging animals. So I ask your kind assistance.

If you include insects among" animals," then here is a more or less complete list of animals which are capable of

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stinging and biting, and are more potent and active in tropical and sub-tropIcal countnes

Bees, wasps, ants, hornets, caterpillars, fish and. sea anemones may sting whereas snakes, fish, spiders mites bugs fleas, lice, goats, mosqU11ces, gad·f1les, caterpillars and beetles inflict painful (tho ugh not usually fatal) bites on human beIngs.

Stinging plants are limited to the Order U rticace ce of which the BritIsh nettle IS a well· known example and of which valious species occur throughout the world.N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL INJURY.

D. R. (Staftord).-In a recent competition ,:",e. had to a man who was supposed to have been I!lJured dunng. an explosion and to lying Inside a cuttmg. Patient was unconscIOus, not breath10g freely, and had. as his only injury a contused wound of abdommal wIth protrusion of intestines Please tell us how thIs case should be treated.

You present a card of instructions and expect me to supply a detailed marking sheet. Alas! I .am only a doctor. FIrst Aider and not a miracle-worker. So wIthout a complete pIcture of all the" Surroundings" I cannot set out the treatment, I will gladly help you if you set out any dIfficulty which is puzzling you.

The requirements of. the suggest that should be dressed quickly, especially m of the unconscIOus state and the feeble breathing, and patient removed at first moment and with all speed to medical aid: but, do not follow the Text· book instructions on p. 18 and apply a fomentation" every two or three minutes."-N.C.F.

DUTIES GF AMBULANCE MEN.

E. S. (Harlesden).- On a rrcent Brigade duty a young man in a state of collapse was taken to the ambulance station and handed over to the nursing sisters. Afterwards the member was informed that he should have stopped with the case and not have handed a male patient over to the ladies. Please comlT'ent.

Brigade (par. 166) decree on Publ'c Duty, while not less than two sIsters are to be appomted to an ambulance station the men as a rule shall be employed in patrollirg, :n rendering First Aid at a distance, and in transporting patients to and from the station. Further, the definitely states that the sisters are to be employed 10 attendmg to women and children brought to the station.

Under these circumstances it is optional and dependent on the number of men available for the special duty whether or no the men should hand over male patients to the care of nursing sisters. My personal view is that at all more or less permanent

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ambulance there should be two sections-one for male and the other for female patients. I f this is done, then First Aid work is provided for men and women.-N.C.F.

ANOTHER EXAMINATION HOWLER.

A. B. (P enalta ) -At a recent examination a candidate, asked to name the three kinds of bleeding, replied-" Good, bad, and indifferent.l" Not a bad howler, eh ?

On the contrary, quite good! Next, please! !-N,C.F.

T wo POISON QUERIES.

F. A. (N ew Southgate).-(I) How is a First Aider to weigh out ten grains of permanganate of potash, for a case of Opium Poisoning? (2) Why is Ipecacuanha Wme no longer named as an emetic in the latest edition of the Textbook? Please advise.

(I) With a pair of scales! If, howev,er, are available, and if practice has not been acquJred \0 measurIn g the stated quantity then the }< Irst Alder can add a .very small pinch of the crystals to the water and make a lIght claret coloured solution.

(2) I do not know! Perhaps the felt that I pecacuaoha Wine was not aval.lable JO an emergency, and so left it out of the reVIsed of Textbook Omission does not suggest any reason agalOst Its use, thou gh probably salt and mustard are better {or the purp )se becaus e they are not so depressant.-N.C. F.

PREPA RATIONS FOR SURGEONS

L. 'vV (New Southgate).-Ought not the instructions under " Preparations for Surgeon" to include, advice to send ,ro r ice, as part of treatment {or Ha;morrhage? In preparatIOn of bed for fractured leg oug ht not fracture boards to be placed across bed? Please comment.

Both suggestions, though not essentials, are useful and practicaL-N,C.F.

QUALIFICATIONS of AMBULANCE OF F ICER.

L. S. (C roydon ).-Is it a fact that an Ambulance Officer in the Brigade does not necessarily possess a nursing certificate? If so, then by what right does he supervise the work of a nursing sister, who does (and must) hold a nursin g certificate and is compelled by Brigade Regulations to requalify year after year in this subject?

Unfortunately your information is correct; and, now that

When treatment calls for a stimulant-give Bovril.

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First aid and best aid to note ...taking and reports

The o-reatest care must be taken to ensure accuracy and Ieo ibihty when makin o notes and reports. For future reference it is essential that they be both legIble and permanent. v\Taterman's Pen should always be used. It is invaluable when attending lectures, making reports, filling examination and for letter writing at all times, espeCIally when travellmg.

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you have m a de public your protest, perhaps steps will l?e. to modify Brigade Regulations and to remove .another Injustice to our friends, the ladies! I have heard that In some quarters g entle (b ut firm) pressure is exerted to ensure that candidates nominated for promotion to ambulance officers shall possess the nurs ing certificate of the Asso ci ation.-N.C.F.

TRTI:AT:\IENT OF CON VULSIONS

S. C. (Ullswater).-For treatment of convulsions due to funl;i or berries (Textbook, p. J 48) one tablespoonful of castor oil is suggested. Surely two tablespoonfuls is the correct dose for an adult. Also no mention is made of an emetic, though this is indicated on page 154·

Whatever may be the customary dose, the Textbook is correct when it names one tablespoonful, which is the official B.P. dose of castor oil. Further, teaches me that patients will often swallow one tablespoonful, whereas they will refuse two tablespoonfuls of this most useful remedy.

The failure to mention an emetic (which, if properly administered, m ight otherwise be good treatment) is probably intentional, because experience teaches me that it often takes time to make such patients vomi and because, unless action be accurately timed " between fits," some of the vomited matter might pass into laryn x. Hence the special need for "resourcefulness" and" discrimination. "-N .C.F.

T REATl\IEt\T OF FRACTURED SP1NE.

S. C. (Ullswa ter ).- For Fracture of Spine ( Textbook, p. 53), might it not injure patient if a number of bandages are passed beneath patient? Would it not be safer to pass a sheet or rug under him from above downwards. Please advise. -

Both methods might do harm if carelesdy carried out, and to me the method favoured by the Textbook is the righ t one because it only requ ir es that bandages should be folded round a splint which can be easily slipped, one at a time, beneath patient, and because it calls for less general disturbance of patient.-N.C.F.

WOUND IN SOLE OF FOOT.

L. W. (N ew Southgate). - If in the case of a wound of Sale of Foot with severe arterial bleeding due to cut glass (s ome of which may be in difficulty arise in applying pressure on Tibial Arteries, should tourniquet be put on Femoral Artery? It seems to me that pad and flexion to ompress Popliteal A rtery would prevent proper dressing of wound.

I disagree;. and I object to your tourniquet to Femoral Artery because It would cut off all the circulation of the limb and because it is less easy to control than flexion of popliteal space. the Textbook .( p. 81) requires that" nearest pressure pOint be chosen." Patient being on his back I cannot see any dlffi.culty in dressing wound of foot, even leg be flexed on thl g h. -N. C.F.

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ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL

IT is with fe elings of deep sorrow and regret, which will be felt throughout Registrar. our Order, that we have to record the sudden death of one of its Executive Offi cers, Mr. Charles Granville Kekewich, Knight of JU'iti ce and Registrar. He died at Hatfield on November 2n d, after a very short illness and was in his 66th year

The Late

He was the eldest son of the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Ke kewich, for many years a j IJ dge of the Chancery Di vision, and his mother wa s a sister of the late Dr. Ed win Freshfield, K 1ight of Justice, and for 39 years one of the Executive Office rs of our Order, first as its Librarian and afterwards as Gene ral. its ReceiverThe late Registra r was educated at Eton an d N e w College, Oxford, whe re he took honours in la w and was admitted a soli citor In 1885. For ma ny years he played a pr ominent put in the adm inistration of the City of London, and for twelve ye ars was a member of its Co rporation. He was one of His Majesty's Lieutena nts for the City, was Ward Clerk of Candle-

wick Ward, a great Master of the Merchant Taylors, Company, and a member of the Territorial Army Associations of the City of Vmdon and of the County of Hertford, He married in 1886 Mary Marion, eldest daught er of the late Aeneas Mackintosh of Daviot by whom he had two sons, of whom one was killed in the war, and the survivor C ommander Piers Keane Kekewich, R.N., was appointed an Esquire in our Order in 19 6.

Th e late Registrar was elected a Knight of Grace in 19 14, was promoted Knight of Justice in 1916, and had been an Executive Officer since 1922. He had long played a prominent part in the administration of our Ord er, he was for many years a mem ber of the Library Committee, in whose work he was always deeply interested, he had been Chairman of the S.:lection Committee, and as a member of theStatutes Revision Committee had rendered most valuable service i n the preparation of the new Statutes. In Charles G:-anvilleKekewich our Order has lost one of the most loyal and devoted of its br e thren, and one whom it could ill afford to spare. The funeral took place at E xmi nsttr, Devon, on November 5th, and on the same day a memorial service was held at St. Mary Abchurch, at which our Order was repres e nted by the Sub -Prior and Executive Officers

Proposed Excursion to the Old Homes of the Order in the East.

FOLLOWING on the brief notice which appeared in our July number, subject to an adequate response it is proposed to have a cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean confined to members and their friends for the purpose of visiting places connected with the history of the Order. The cruise will start from Venice on the s.s. "Asia," belonging to the Lloyd Triestine Company, 9890 tonnage, on 7th March, returning to Venice on 30th March, 19 26

Places to be visited include Palestine, Cyprus, Rhodes, Budrum and Malta. The price will be about 85 guineas inclusive of fare from London to Venice and back.

As it is not probable that such a splendid opportunity will occur again, the Sub-P(ior hopes that a sufficient number of members of the Order and their friends may be able to take advantage of it.

Co=operation with Juvenile Organisa= tions.

A SCHEME for closer co-operation with Juvenile Organisations such as Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, etc., has lately been approved by the Chapter General of the Order of St. John, and circulated to organisations likely to be interested, and there is every reason to hope that it may be taken up when b etter known.

The valuable work which these Juvenile Organisations are doing by the training in ambulance work and First Aid of a considerable number of young people has gr*:'atly int erested the Order of St. John, and it is to perpetuate and develope this excellent ground work, and to enable the youth of the country to use their knowledge of ambulance work for the benefit of humanity throughout their lives, that this scheme has been drawn up.

The greater number of Juvenile Organisations provide for the instruction of their members in First Aid, but not all of them ensure that this knowledge is maintained, and in many cases the knowledge is allowed to rust and is lost to the community, very often because the individual is not aware that he can turn it to better advantage.

This schem e is supplemental to the Cadet movement of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and to the scheme for the enrolment of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in the Brigade, (of which particulars appeared in our issue of December 1924). There is this difference, however; in its earlier stages this scheme is not connected with the Brigade, though to a limited extent it conforms to some of the underlying principles of the Brigade, in that those who take it up between the ages of and 18 are required to obtain the Preliminary or Adult certificate as the case may be, to pass re-examinations annually, to attend drills or practices, and to submit a return showing that they have fulfilled these requirements.

They wear their own uniform if they have one, with the badge of the St. John Ambulance Association, and they are encouraged where possible to associate closely with Divisions of the Brigade in order that they may become more efficient and avail themselves of the benefit of the teaching of its trained members. By close connection with the Brigade they would also learn to appreciate the value and satisfaction of service for others. It is hoped that

when they leave their own organisation, or even while they continue in it, they will, when they are of age to do so, join the Brigade.

The success of this scheme will greatly depend on our ability to convince Juvenile Organisations that far from trying to alienate their members, we are merely endeavouring to provide or suggest an avenue of activity for their members when they reach an at which business and inclination limits their earlier spheres of service.

The Great S'iege of Rhodes in I (Contznued

from page 78.)

And anon after this great fighting some Turks yielded them to the Christian people of Rhodes and said for truth that there were slain of the Turks three thousand and five hundred and that the Pasha by the space of three days for sorrow and thought spake with no man of his company nor with none other.

And anon advised the great Turk of this great mischief that was befallen to them and in so much more was wroth that with so great death of his people and mischievous harms, he had nothing profited against Rhodes against the aforesaid tower, but with his damage and shame was put off as not after with all that fellowship and might to overcome the city of Rhodes as he had purposed.

And so after that the Turks saw that they could not win the tower by strength and might, anon they turned their fantasy and studied with all their vertue and might to assault the city, and in especial they made great assault against the walls that were kept by the J L ws, and also against the walls that the nation of Italy kept and defend e d; and shortly the Turks made great damages and hurts all about the walls of the city with their great guns and bombards, in so much that they thought to come by wiles and subtile means nigh to the walls of the city.

And so they made certain ditches in divers places of the fields, and covered them with green boughs, and afterwards they put earth and turfs upon the same, and mined fast and privily, for they purposed to come to fight hand for hand with the Rhodians. Also they ordained certain logs which they covered with green boughs, because that they should not be known, and from thence they shot to the walls of Rhodes great bombards, guns and serpentin e s* in such a wise that no man durst look out of the wall of the city to their field and to their works.

And in this while the Turks filled a certain place of the ditch of the city with trees and stones and such other things, so that the ditch was made equal and planished unto the height of the broken wall, so that lightly they might come for to fight hand for hand with the Rhodians.

Then the Lord Master of Rhodes considering and seeing openly the great hardness of the Turks and also the great danger that the city of Rhodes stood in, he as a noble prince loving and defending his said city and lordship and his people, with great dilligence called all his famous knights and governors of his wa rs, and then he declared and shewed to them with prudence and eloquence the great dangers in the which by the fury and open boldness of the Turks, Rhodes the most christian city stood in.

Few days before the siege of Rhodes was come from the realm of France to Rhodes the mighty and exctllent

*A Cannon Serpentine had a bore of 7 ins. diameter, and fired a ball weighing 52 lbs.

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knight named Anthony Daubusson, which was brother to the Lord Master of Rhodes. This Anthony Daubus')on was lord in France of a place which is called Monteuil, a man of great wisdom and council, strong and hardy in wars and battles.

He departed from the realm of France with a company of cleanly and likely men, which were able to fight undt!r whatsoever banner that belonged to king or emperour. And his entent and purpose was to visit devoutly the blessed and holy sepulchre of our saviour Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.

But when he understood and perceived that the great Turk should come and lay siege to Rhodes, he purposed to help and defend the city of Rhodes, with jeopardy of his life and all his company, for the thought that in no meaner place nor in no meaner wise he might spend his blood bttter and more for the welfare of his soul than there where he should fight for the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ and for the rightful quarrel of all christian faith and to keep from captivity of the turks the noble city of Rhodes. And because that his holyness and his hearty love whiGh he h1.d to the faith of Jesus Christ, an d also that his manhood was well known to all the kn ights of Rhodes, the Lord Master his brother and all the council of Rhodes e lected and thol e d him captain and governor of all the men of war.

And so manly and wisely he ordained and disposed hi m to all such things that should say no to the purpose of t he Turks and that should help and strengthen Rhodes for th e worship, health and perpetual glory of all Christendom.

And anon after this he had a great host in which were m any gentle knights, bailiffs, priors, masters and brethr e n of the Order of Saint John. Of which the most manli e st m en were borne in England and in France and in other countries of the WeSt. There were also merchants and men of divers occupltions of the same Rhodes and of many places of Gr t'. ece, the which in wisdom and prudence of many wordly things had knowledge and experience.

All these together with one word, with one heart and with one faith purposed and swore to defend and ke e p th e ci ty of Rhodes or else to die gladly and kindly for Him t hat died for us all.

And so anon after a man of Gre e c e, wise and expert in sieges councilled the Lord Master and the Rhodians to make and ordain an engine called a Trebucher, like a sling, which was great, high and mighty, and cast great and many stones into the host of the Turks and so by this means the Turks were in great fear and jeopardy, for their lodgiogs and ce nts were brok e n and smitten to ground, with much and gren damage to their guns, bombards, se rpentin e s and all t heir ordnances of war, so that in a few days they received t hese hurts and damages without number.

We have said before how the Turks filled a part of the ditch by the walls with stones and because that the Rhodians could not void it openly, they mad e a mine under the ground by the which privily they the stones into the city.

But the Turks anon perceived that th e height and the heap of the stones was less and that they could not creep up by that way, but if th e y hasted them and so they did. But before the Rhodians with great business found a rem e dy to the defaults of the walls, the which the Turks by t hat side of the city had cast down to the ground.

For they within the walls not far from the ditch made a front of a wall with stakes and earth in the midst, and with bulks thrust strongly together, and tempered it with water like as they make a mud wall, and upon this wall they

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put guns, culverins, wildfir e and barrells full of pitch and sulphur great heaps of stones and such things, that should hInder the Turks to climb up, so that it was a pleasure to se e their business against the b eginning of the Turks assault.

And for to have in this work council, was the other brought, the afor e said George, traitor, but he shewed no cunning in deft:nce of the city as he had promised, and as the Rhodlans trusted, for the false and wicked man was pleased to see so great ruin in the principal walls of Rhodes and hoped that lightly the Turk should overcome it.

Nevertheless to cover his mind and malice counselled the Rhodians to set a bombard, which should cast from thence to the host of the Turks for to break their bombards. But he well that thereof they should have great hurt, whether It had been a token and covenant between t he Turk and him, or of his own advise did it, thinking that the Turks should in so much more cast toward that part for to break the Rhodians shot tis.

But so as he councilled was done and anon great harm and damages came of it, for the Turks dressed all the shot thitherwards and gave greater hurt to the broken wall. And in this while were shot arrows into Rbodes with let t ers , which blamed George that h e did not his d e voir for tbe Turk in Rhodes, in so much as he gave them not certain tokens of the ruin and condition of the city.

But they knew not how George was kept for respect within Rhod e s, as a man guilty of treason. And wh e n it was told and shown to George, h e answered boldly and with shre wd language, wherefore the Rhodians had him in suspicion and was put in prison.

And anon by wise men was examined and found variable in his answers, wherefore with tokens suffici e nt was put to torment, where he confessed, how that the Turk had sent him thither to betray Rhodes ; if he might, as he had be trayed many other places in Greece, which confession he affirmed also after without torments. And said how the Turk had bid him if Rhodes might not then be gott en , to abide nevertheless in Rhodes all the siege time and longer, to espy all the conditions and manners of their defe nces, and that afterwards he should tell it to the Turk for to provid e stronger siege and more to th e purpose of victory

(To be continued.)

A special service for members of the medical and nursing profession was held at the Sheffi eld Cathedral on Octob er 18th. A large number of nurses and doctors from th e Sh e ffi e ld hospitals and many privat e medic a l practitioners att ended. The S t. John Ambulance Brigade was repr e Se nted by a party of about 70 nurs e s and ambulance men.

Good work has b een done during th e past season by the members of the Whitley Bay Division of the St. John Am bulance Brigade at the dressing station established in p ermanent headquarters on the Lower Prom e n a de. Th e station was opened on Jun e I st, and since then no fewer than 900 cases have been treated, and of thes e 178 we re lacerations of the feet, illustrating th e danger of brok en glass on the beach.

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AMBULANCE PAMPHLETS.

There has been a very gratifying response to the offer from Headquarters of free pamphlets for distribution.

Applications have been received from all parts of the country, and we have no doubt that much good work will be accomplished, and many recruits attracted to the Ambulance movement through this new method of propaganda. Suppli"!s of the pamphlets ;-" Why not learn First Aid?" " Join the Brigade, "How to Form an AmbulanceClass," and "Crusaders-Ancient and Modern" can still be obtained on application to the Chief Secretary, St. John Am bulance Association, St. John's Gate, London, KC.I.

FIRST AID DEMONSTRATIONS.

A few months ago, reference was made in this " Journal" to the ambulance attack on the North Western Area, especially in Carlisle. SInce then, attention has been directed to th e North-East Coast, and the Demonstrator of the Association visited Scarborough and Whitby district, and held some very successful meetings.

It is hoped, by means of these demonsrations, to revive interest in ambulance work all over the country, and to encourage ambulance units in their struggle against the apathy of the general public.

County of Buckingham Centre.

THE annual meeting of the Bucks County Centre S.J.A.A. was hdd at the GUlldhall, High Wycombe, on Thursday, 29 th October, Col. Francis W. Pixley , tbe County Representative of the Order presiding, supported on the platform by Alderman G. J. Thrasher, ChaIrman of the Executive Committee and Mrs. Coningsby Disraeli, O B.K

Alderman Thrasher, in submitting the re port of the EX t cutlve Committee, stated that the work of the Centre was progr essing very satisfactorily, and the number for certificates and other awards increasing year by year. Last year 379 attended the examinations of whom 346 were successful. The date of the Annual County Cumpetitions had been cbanged and would in future take pla ce between 15th March and I Sth April to enable tbe wIDner of the c. Dewar lJ County Shield to represent the County in the DIstrict Preliminary for the C D e war" Brigade Shield. He explain ed that as the competitions were established to encourage individual tfficicncy in each division, and there was a tendency t?wards .tbe same team competing each year, it was conSIdered Important that all members of a division should have an equal opportunity of qualifying for selection in a team to represent a division. It had therefore been decided that the composition of teams should as far as possible, be changed each year and the followin'g rule had

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been adopted ;-" That not more than two members, and the officer or n.c.o. in cbarge, of a team competing in tbe last competitions will be eligible to compete iu the following year." It had been decided to adopt the Medical Comforts Depot scheme and to start a depot at Aylesbury, a grant being made from Centre funds for the purpose. He emphasised th e importance of securing the co-operation of the various borough and district councils in the work of the centre and brigade. The borough council of Aylesbury and High Wycombe and the urban district council of Slough had afforded the greatest possible encouragement to the development of tbe work. An excellent example of mutual co-operation between councils and the brigade was found at Aylesbury and Slough where first aid posts had been provided by the councils and were being maintained by the local divisions. He hoped the councils in other places would make similar provision for an {ffici( nt first aid service through the brigade and in places where divisions did not exist the centre would with a council's support help to raise one. The" Scales Carter" Efficiency Cup had been awarded to the Aylesbury Division, and the" Pixley" Efficiency Cup to the Buckingham Nursing Division, as the most efficient divisions in the county for 1924. Arrangements had been .made for a lecture on "The Order of St. John, Past and Present," illustrated by lantern slides to be given by Mr. H. W. Fincham, in tbe Town Hall, Aylesbury, on the 15th December. The Lord Lieutenant, Lord Cottesloe, has consented to preside. In concluding his report he referred to the admirable work being carried out by superintendents of divisions.

The Report of the Executive ' Committee was unanimously adopted, and tbe thanks of the meeting conveyed to Alderman Thrasher and mem bers of the Executive for theIr services during the past year.

The Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year ending 30th September showed the finances of the Centre to be in a very bealthy condition.

The Assistant Commissioner reported that the brigade in the county continued to increase its strength and efficiency. The personnel in the county was now well over 300. He stated tbat six of the seven motor ambulances were maintained by divisions of the brigade, and that steps were being taken to secure the seventh. Since 1st January 420 cases had been carried over a total of 7,24 1 miles. The total expenditure during tbis period amounted to £239 3s. I d. including repairs, etc, and the total income from patients and other sources £ 2SS 161".1 ad. He spoke in the highest terms of the most efficient and expeditious manner in which the ambulance transport work was bein6 carried out which reflected most cred,itably upon the supts. and their members. He referred to the co-operation from the county police, and specially the services rendered by the voluntary drivers. The meeting passed a resolution conve}ing their grateful thanks to the supts , drivers, and attendants; also to firms and factories for permitting their employees to leave their employment when called upon for service with the motor ambulance.

On tbe motion of the chairman the Executive Committee was unanimously re-elected. This Committee consists of Alderman G. J. Thrasher, J. P., chairman; Dr. T_ F J.P ;. Col. J. Williams, M C., representing the Major P. J. Darvil-Smith (Assistant Commlssloner); Dr. S. J. C. Holden (County Surgeon), and Mrs. Scott (Lady District Officer representing th e Brigade,

November, 1925. -FIRST and Mr. A. Rose, representing the County Education Committee.

Major Darvil-Smith was re-elected Hon. County Treasurer and Secretary for the ensuing year, and Mr. H. Barnett, Hon. Auditor.

Vot '6 S of Thanks to the Mayor of High Wycombe for placing the Guildhall at the disposal of the meeting, and t o Col. Pixley for presiding, we re unanimously carried.

Great Western Railway.

ABERYSTWYTH.-At the Dining Room at Aberystwyth station, members of the Great Western Railway Ambulance cl ass recently met at dinner under the presidency of the M ayor, Ald e rman Rhys J when they received their X3. mination awards. Mr. T H. Collins, secretary, reported that of 47 who sat for examination, 4S were successful, and that the ages of the class members ranged from 17 to 70, The awards were distributed by Mr. R. J. R. Loxdale, J. P , who also handed Mr. Alfred Evans, class instructor, th e Compmy's gold bar in refpect of 20 years' first aid efficiency. Dr. Ernest Jones, the class lecturer, reC e ived a n attach e case at the hands of Mr. F. R. Guest, while M r. E E. Ellis , J.P., late class secretary, was the recipient o f a smoking outfit and Mr. Collins, as secretary, received a walking stick, all these gifts being subscribed for by the cla ss mem bers.

Mr. Gu e st paid fitting tribute to the s e rvic e s of the ve terans of the class in making the knowledge they had ac quired available for the younger m e mbers. The proceedings wer e interspersed by vocal and instrumental music, a nd an enjoyable gathering concluded with the usual votes o f thanks.

CAE HARRIs.-On the e vening of the ISth ult, members of the Cae Harris Class met at the Greyhound H otel under the Presidency of Mr. W. C. Taylor, support e d b y Mr. F. G. Wainwright, Divisional Supt .• among otbers.

In making tbe presentations, Mr. Wainwright cong ratulated the Clas') upon its success, and said they owed a debt of gratitude to Dr. Keown and Instructor Gre e n, a nd the S e cretary, Mr. R. H. Parker. The last-nam e d h ad d avoted some ')0 years to the study uf First Aid. He urged younger members of th e staff to come forward and acquire ambulanc e knowledge.

During the proceedings Mr. Parker presented Mr. Green with a gold -mounted fountain pen on behalf of the Class mem bers.

CHIP PING SO DB URY.- The annual supp e r of the Chipping Sodbury class was attend e d by about 40 members and visitors, when Dr. A. C. J ee, of Old Sod bury, distriexamination awards. The list of toasts honoured i ncluded that of the chairman, Mr. H. W. Carter, and the secretary, Mr. W. J. Edmonds, the latter having been associated with the class since its formation 1 3 years ago.

KIN GS BRID GE. - Members of the Kingsbridge Class re ceived their examin a tion awards at the station recently at the hands of Mr. C Harris Chairman of the Urban District Council, who said that in spite of all social disturbanc e s p e ople's hearts must be in the right place when they took up such a good work as First Aid. He co un-

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selled all those who had received awards to maintain their t fficiency.

MERTHYR -Members of the Merthyr class and their fnends met at supper at the Clive Arms Hot e l. when Mr. T. K Lewis, station master, presided over a large and animated gathering.

During the course of the eve ning the succ essful students received tok e ns of having satisfied the examiner, and amid considerable applause Mr. G e org e H. Rigsby was presented with the gold bar in re cognition of 20 yean:,' ambulance efficiency. Another pleaSing incident was the presentation of a set of pipes to the secretary, Mr. Albert Andrews.

NEWPORT -It was announced at a conferenc e of class secretaries in the Newport A. DiviSIOn h e ld at Mill Street Institute undtr the presidency of Mr. Trevor Rob e rts, Divisional Supt., that Lord Tredegar bad kindly offered a challenge shield for competition in connection with tbe annual contests organised by the Company. It was felt that his Lordship's kindness would be the means of still further stimulating interest in th e movement in the Newport Division.

STOKE GI FFORD.-An enjoyable function in connection with tbe Stoke Gifford class was a supper, conc e rt and dance arranged by the popular Secretary, Mr. H , G Kitley, and his Committee.

Among those pres e nt were Mr. George Couzens, President of the Class, Mr R. J. Armstrong, Divis ional Locomotive Supt., Mr. K G Matheson, Divisional Engineer, and Mr. F. W. Tyler, District Goods Manager.

WORCESTER.- The annual competition in connection with the Worcester station corps was recently decided in the presence of Mr. R , W. Higgins and other local officers of the Company.

Five teams participated, and after an interesting contest the result was declared as under ;Points.

Ist-N orman s team S9 2nd-Latharn s team 157 a fter a t ie. 3rd - Workman ' s team 15 7 -\.th-Hugbes'team 147 5th-Thomas team I 17

The pr iz e for the best individual work was awarded to W Norman after a tie with R. Russell.

Votes of thanks were accorded to Dr. evill C(owe, who adjudicated, and to Miss Corfield, who presented the priz es.

FOUND.- -'\. S.J A B. War S e rvice Medal (No 7s 0 3) was found in the street at Maidstone on October 22nd. It is !it present in the of. Mrs. Falwasse.r, Lady District Supt., No. 8 WarWick Hous e, Maldstone, and can be claimed by the nghtful owner.

Through the kindness of Mr W. H. Beb.by, the manager of the Newcastle Hippodromf', a was taken at every performance during the we e k e ndlDg Oct. 3 rd , on behalf of the Iocal funds of t he St. John Ambulance Brigade, and real1sed a sum of ;£ 23 4s . Sd.

St. John J\mbulance

Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

OCTOBER, 1925.

The Acting Chie f has sanctioned the following appointments, promotIOns, transfers and resignations ;-

TO BE DISTRIOT OFFIOER.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. Thomas Allen, Midland Area, West Riding of Yorks, 24.9.25

TO BE OORPS SUPT.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer James Howorth, Preston Corps, 4·10.25

TO BE OORPS OFFIOER.

NO.4 DI STRICT.

Sergt. Joseph Sharples, Nelson Corps, 14. 10 2 5

Supt. James Andrew Lendrum, Preston Corps, 3. 1 1. 2 5

No. DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Peter Robertson McNaught, 10.10.25

NQ. 8 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Charles Edward Chaplin, ]0.10.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON & SUPT.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Thomas Charles Augustus Sweetnam, M.D., B.Ch., HemsDivision, Pontefract and District Corp5, IS 10.25

TO "BE DIVIBIONAL SURGEON.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Peter Crawford Rankin, M.B., Ch.B., Ba rton Hill Division, Bristol Corps, 3I.1O.25

Thomas Flemmg, Temple Meads Division, Bristol Corps, 6.10.25

William Bain, M.RC.S, L.R.C.P., M.B., B.S., Minehead Division, 13.10.23

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Catherine Scott, 1\I.B., Ch.B., Leamington l\ ursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, 2 10.25

Henry Sinclair Mason, M.RC.S., L.RC. P., Sutton Coldfield Division, Warwickshire Corps, 2. 10.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Allen lredale, M.B., C.M., Blackpool Nursing Div iSIOn, 1. 102 5

Albert Edward Ainscow, M.B., Ch.B., Hindley Division, 15. 10 2 5

Frederick Bentley Eykyn, Northwich Division. ] 5 10 25

Rupert Conrad Hewitt, M.B., Ch.B, M. R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Nort hwich Division, 15.10.2 5

Alan .Percy Agnew, M.B, Ch.B., Read and Simonstown Division, 23.10.2,

Thomas Latham, M.RC.S., L.R.C.P Sandbach Division, 29. 10 2 5

Fred Schofield Rhodes, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Thornton-IeDiviSion, ]5.10.25

Helen Isobel WIOlfred Taylor, M.B., Ch.B., Wilmslow Nursing DiVision, 26 10.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Alan Benjamm Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., Batley Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 10 10.25

Horatio Nelson Middleton, M.B., Ch.B., B.A.O., North Division, Brighouse Corps, 30.9.25

W. S. MacDonald, M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H., Clay tons Division, Leeds Corps, 27.10.25

Arthur Le Touche Darley, L.R.C.S &P. I., Mansfield Borough Division, 2I.IO 25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

John Martin Johnson, M.B., B.S., West Pelton and Twizell Division, Mid-Durham Corps, 10.10.25

NO.8 DISTRICT.

William Davies Higson, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Maidstone Nursing Division, 1.11.25

No. I I DISTRICT.

Reginald Hastings Jones, M.B., B.A.O., B.Ch., South Ashford Division, 12.10.25

No. 12 (IRISH) DISTRICT.

John Francis O'Grady, M.B.,B.Ch., B.A.O., Morgan Mooney's Division, I. 10.25 .,. John Richard Waugh, M.B., City of DublIn 1.10.25

R ic hard Shaw, M. B., B.Ch., St. James Gate DIVISion, I.1O.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Herbert Dixon, Barrawford DIVISion 3· I I. 2 5

Reginald Loft Gulliver, Bramay Di v ision, Liverpool Corps, 9. 10 2 5

Ambulance Officer Henry Hamill, L.&M.S.R. Division, Bolton Corps, 19 .1 0 .25

Arthur William Willmore, Earlestown D;vision, Wan:ington Corps, 20.10.25

NO.6 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer Frederick Charles Sutton, North Division, Armstrong Whitworth Corps, 10.10.25

Ambulance Officer Benjamin Ferguson Tree, Scotswood DIVIsion, Armstrong Whitworth Corps,.IO.10.2S

Major Stephen Edward Davis, SynthetiC Ammoma DIVISion, 29. 10 2 5

John Gibson, West Pelton and Twizell Division, Mid-Durham Corps, 10.10.25

No. 10 DIC;TRICT.

Sergt. Alfred Robinson, L.N.E.R. No. Division, Ipsw :ch Corps, 12.10.25

No. 12 ( IRISH ) DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer John Leo Keogh, Morgan Mooney's Divisian, 1.10.25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Mabel Mary Masson, London Post Office Nursing Division, 25.10.25

NO.3 ( WESTERN ) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Nellie Gurney Callier, Leamington Nursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, 2.10 25

Miss Mildred Eli za beth Dyson, Oldbury I ursing Division, North Worcester Corps, 7.10.15

NO .3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer MISS Winifred Mary Clipson Rushden Nursmg Division, Wellingboro' Corps. 20.10.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Anme 1".1dler, Castleton Nursing Division, 13.10 .2 5 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Ivy .l£liza Corran, Mapperley Nursing Division, N ottingham Corps, 51025

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Isabel Hall, Elswick Works Nursing Division, Armstrong Whitworth Corps, 17.10.25 NO.8 DISTRICT.

Gertrude Hilda May, Maidstone Nursing Division, 1.11. 2 5

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Bertha Cutting, Saxmundham Nursing Division, 1.10 25

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

William Ferguson, No. 52 Barclay Perkins Division, 12.10.25

Sergt. Wm. A. Roust, No. 86 Horseferry Division, J4 10.25

November, 1925 -FIRST

Sergl. Wm. Gaffney, No. 37 G.W.R. Paddington Division, 7. 10 2 5

Sergt. Sydney St. John Gilbert, No 41 Royal Arsenal Division, 26. 102 5

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Alfred James Wallington, Barton Hill Division, Bristol Corps, Co. of Gloucester, 23 10.25

Sergt. Frank Nutbeem, Swindon Division, Co. of Wilts, 16 10.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Thomas Tucker, Sutton Coldfield Division, Warwickshire Corps, 20.1025

William Jones, West Smethwick Division, Birmingham Corps, 19

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Rob ert Roberts (SenL), Brymay Division, Liverpool Corps,

James Herbert Ackers, Great Lever Division, Bolton Corps,

James Haslam, L.M .&S R. I?iv isi on, Bolton. 16:10 2,

Cor pl. Louis Howard Smith, South DIVISIOn, Corps, 9.1025

Serg t. Harry Wilson, S.andbach D,iv ision, 26.10.25

Richar d B. Coyles, Whitehaven DIVISion, 16.10.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Cor pl. Samuel Ibbotson, Castleford Division, 27.1025

Staff Sergt. George Wm. Haldenby. Cleckheaton Division, S pen Valley Corps, 3 I. 10.25

Stac ey Crowenshaw, Pemstone Division,S 10.25

Wm. Edward Browl'l, Thorne Division, 21.10.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ra ymond Martin Gill, Synthetic A?1moni.a 29.10.25

John Collings, West Pelton and TWlzeli DIVISion, Mid-Durham Corps, 10 1025

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Sta ff Sergt. Arthur Norton, Guildford Division, Guildford Corps, 10 a 25

Sergt. Wm. Henry Walford Taylor, Rochester Division, 6.10 25

Mrs. Mary Wright, Teynham Nursmg DIVISion, 1.10.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

J3.m es Charles Cobbold, L.&N .E.R. Division, I psw ic h Corps, 13 10 25

TO BE LA.DY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT, Miss Mabel Jane Hillson, Leamington Nursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, 2.10 25

No. :3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Miss Dorothy Stringer, Rushden NurSing Division, Wellingborough Corps, 20.10.25

Miss Maud Priestley, RU3hden Nursing Division, Wellingborough Corps, 20 10 25 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Edith May Read, Altrincham Nursing Division, 15 10.25

Mrs. Jane Pendlebury, Headquarters Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 5 10 25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. May Thomas, Burley and Kirkstall Nursing Division, Leeds Corps, 30 9 25

Mrs. Ida Charlotte Williams, Mapperley Nursing Division, Hottingham Corps, 5.1025

Mi ss Elsie Simpson, Central NurSing DIVISion, Nottingham Corp'>,27· 10 2 5 NO. 6 DISfRICl'.

Mi ss Minnie Simpson, Elswick Works Nursing Division, Armstrong Whitworth Corps, I?IO 25

Miss Ada Mary Stephenson, Cramlmgton and Seaton Delavel Nursing Division, 24

No.8 DnTRICT.

Miss Ethel Hobbs, Maidstone Nursing Division: I. I L25

Miss Margaret Amy Camberley and Wmdlesham Nursing Division, Gutldford Corps, 10.10.25

AID.-

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DI STR IC T.

Miss Marian Edith Dykes, Leamington Nursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, 2 1025

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ylrs. Bessie Wilkinson, Nelson Nursing Division, Nelson Corps, 23 .10.25

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFICER.

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Albert Ernest Davy, Guildford Division, Guildford Corps, IO 1025

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Thomas Beech Goulden, Blackpool Division, 29. 10 2 5

John Bramley, Frenchwood Cadet Division, Preston Corps, 161025

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Watson Derby, Cleckheaton D ivi sion, Spen Valley Corps, 31.10.25

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS. No.8 DISTRICT.

Miss Emily Harriet Bigg, Maidstone Nursing D ivi sion, 1. II 25

No. IO DISTRICT.

Miss Florence Carter, Haverhill Nursing D iv sion, 1.10 2 5

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. Georg e Richard Gawthorpe, Pontefract Corps, 15. 102 5

No.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Thomas Bowler, Armstrong Whitworth Corps, ID ID.25

TRANBFERRED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. F. Grundy, from Tyldesley ,Division to Blackpool Div ision, supernumerary to establIshment, 2.11.25

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Colles, Hampstead Nursing Division, 10.10.21

NO.3 (EA STERN) DISTRICT.

Corps Officer F. Brise. Leicester Corps, 30 7.24

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Commissioner Colonel C. I. Ellis , 30 9. 2 5

Lady District Supt. Mrs. Ellis, 30.9.25

RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

No. I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Offi cer S panjer, No. 30 East London Division, 211. 2 5

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon J. Charnley, Burnley and Read and Simonstone Divisions, 27.10 25

NO.9 DISTRICT

Divisional Supt. E Toogood, Liskeard Di" ision, County of Cornwall, 2.11. 2 5

No. I I DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer J. Barker, Bricklayers Arms Di vi sion, 15 10 25

REVERTED TO THE RANKS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer S. F. Cullen, Southbourne Nursmg Division, County of Hants, reverted to Ambulance Sister at own request, Lady Supt. Mrs. Duff Dunbar, Bournernouth DlVlsion, Couunty of Hants, reverted to Ambulance Sister at own request, 27. 102 5

NO.4 DI STR ICT.

Nursing Officer Mrs. Boughey, Birkdale Nursing DIVISion, 22.10.25

DEATH.

No. DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon A. K. Kellett, Blackheath Nursing Division, 15.10.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Bricknell, Nuneaton Nursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, 10. I 0.2 5

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Bridg-water and District Division, County of Somerset, 17. 10 2 5

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Ansley Division, 2.11.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ardwick Nursing Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 23 9,25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Halifax Rover Scouts Division, 24.9.25

No. 12 DISTRICT.

Brown & Nolan Division, 13,10.25

CADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

No. I DISTRICT.

C.N.2 Wembley Nursing Cadet Division, 25.10.25

NO.4 DISl'RICT.

Frenchwood Cadet Division, 10.10.25

Stockport Nursing Cadet Division, 23.10.25

NO.8 DISTRICT

Maidstone Nursing Cadet Division, 2.11.25

DIVISIONS RENAMED.

NO.6 DISTRICT

Victoria Garesfield and Rowlands Gill Division to be "Victoria Garesfield Colliery Division," 16.10.25

P. (Major-General), Actmg Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's District COMMISSIONER: W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. DECEMBER, 1925.

December 6th-No. 46 Division, Ilford. 13 th - N o. 47 " L.B. & S.C.R. Willow Walk " 20th- N o. 49 Erith. " 27th- N 0, 5 I Croydon.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. OBITUARY.

It is with regret the Commissioner has to announce the death of D:. ,Divisional Surgeon to the NO.5 I, BlackNurslDg DIVISIOn, who passed away at his residence at Lewlsham on October 15th, 19 25.

NEW CADET DIVISION.

following new Cadet Division has now been sanctIOned : -Wembley Nursing Cadet Division with effect from October, 1925

DIVISIONAL OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE. of Divisio,ns are reminded that notices any meetmgs or functions in connection with the adVice should be sent by them to the Officer of the DIVISion on the Reserve.

November 1925

FIRST AID.

The Commissioner would like to congratulate Private Bodnant, of the NO.7, Toynbee Hall Division, on the excellent First Aid he rendered on September 17th to a man whose hand was severely injured in a circular saw. The hospital authorities reported that Private Hodnant had, by his prompt and efficient treatment undoubtedly saved life and limb of hiS patient. This member is only of two months standing in the Brigade.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

The following communication has been received from the Acting Chief Commissioner :Commissioner, No. District.

I desire to express my high appreciation of the splendid response made by members of your District to the call for duty at the Exhibition during the periods required, and of the efficient manner in which these duties were performed.

(Signed) P. S. Wilkinson. Major General. Acting Chief Commissioner. 7th November, 1925.

EASTERN AREA.

All communications from Superintendents and Officers in charge of Divisions, both Ambulance and Nursing, in the Eastern Area, should be directed temporarily, to I'istrict Officer W. D. Liddell, at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E. C. I.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commisst·one".

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending nev.spaper cuttings of thei! meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers.-EDITOR.

No. 2 District.

BUCKINGHAM.--On the 21St October at the Drill Hall Slough, the Slough Divisions were inspe( ted by the Chief Commissioner, Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson K:C.M.G., C.B. who was accompanied by Colonel Francis W: Pixley, V.D., J ,P. the county representative of the Order. The Chamnan and members of the District CounCil attended the inspection.

The parade was under the command of the County Commissioner al!d included the Slough Town DIVISion under Supt. H. Smith, Slough G.W.R. Division under Supt. C. J. W. Judd, Slough Cadet (Boys) Division under Cadet Officer W. Druce and the Slough Nursing Division under Lady Supt. Mrs. Hancocks. Lady District Officer Mrs. Scott was also present.

The Chief who.was received with a general first a of unit, asking many mdlvldual questIOns and dlsplaymg great mterest in the Cadets of whom there were forty on parade. The parade then marched past, the Chief Commissioner taking the salute. Then followed a practical demonstration by sections of each unit under Dr. Weaver Adams, the Divisional Surgeon.

In his remarks the Chief Commissioner stated that what he seen, .showed what a great effort they had all made to at their present of e!ficiency.. There was ample eVidence they were Imbued With the right spirit and were keen on their work. He congratulated Colonel Pixley on the activ:ity of the and expressed pleasure at the cordial co-operation which eXisted between the County Joint Committee and the Brigade.

. Colonel in a very hearty welcome to the Chief CommiSSioner on first visit to the county expressed the hope tha,t he would VISit other places in the county later. He was gratified to learn that Headquarters looked upon Bucks as a model county.

No. 3 District.

BIRMINGHAM.- The Annual Inspection of the Kynoch Division took place at Divisional Headquarters, Lion Works,

November, 1925.

-FIRST

Witton, on Sunday, October 11th, 1925. The Division paraded in charge of Divisional Supt. J. H. Baguley, and Corps Officer, J. was Inspecting Officer. Mr. F. Cooper representm.g the Firm, was present, the Inspecting Officer congratulatmg the Ofucers and Men on their smart appearance, and said that it was to such Divisions that the Staff looked forward to, to uphold the traditions of the Brigade. He also A. J. Woolams on the splendid way m which all records of the Division were kept, and that the prompt attentions to duties by the Division was a record to be proud of, and spoke volumes for the men and their Officer. Supt. .J. H. Baguley, who is one of the oldest of the Bmnmgham Bngade, having obtained the Medal a?d Bar. Mr. Cooper said it was very gratlfymg and encouraglDg to th,e remarks of the Inspecting Officer, he would do all III hiS power to aid the work the the Inspection, Corps Officer Matthews the First Aid and Rest Rooms that are provided by the Firm, and are staffed by the Nursing Sisters.

No. 4 District.

The 24th annual conference of the NO.4 DiStriCt, was held at the Public Hall, Preston on the I7.th .October C .J Trimble, O.B., C.M.G.', V.D., District CommiSSioner, preSided, and was supported on the

AID.- 1J3

support of all, for it was only by helping others that people could help themselves to greatness.

S.ir Percival Wilkinson, speaking as the semor executive officer of the Order, addressed the gathermg on the progress and future aims of the ambulance spoke. enthusiastically of the success achieved in thiS D.lctrlct, as eVInced by that gathering of representatIves, and by the uDlversal publiC appreciation of their and of love and loyalty they showed to their great chief, Col. The voluntary work of the St. John Brigade fmmed part of the great mass of voluntary actiVities that played so great a part in the social life of England, all of ,:"hich not .o?ly relieved taxation but played a great part 10 creatIng the SpIrIt of the nation.

He was pleased t.o announce, on official authority, that the War Office had sanctIOned the formation of:l Military Hospitals Reserve, and that the Treasury had also sanctioned the scheme the full details of which would shortly be made known in Ar.my Order. He was also authorised to talk to the conference privately abou,t th.e details of the proposals; they were not yet ready for publtcatlOn.

Speaking of his "pet scheme" for the establishment of Medical Comforts Depots in all centres, Sir Percival said the Order had a of £1,000 to further this object, and was prepared t? assist any corps who would raise £15 locally by forwardIng double the value in the shape of a consignment of B ir llli llgh am.]

KYNOCH DIVISION, CORPS, NO.3 DI STRIC T

platform by Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C.B" Secretary-General of the Order of St. John and Acting Chief Commissioner of the Brigade; Mrs. Tweedale, J.P., Lady District Supt.; Mrs. Howard, Lady Corps Supt.; Assistant Commissioners C. H. Fowler Jones, F. E. de Pim, W. S. Woodcock, and W. G. Smith; District Officers W. M. Reekie, W. C. Bentall, and Lieut.-Col. W. Baron Cockil; Mr. W. B. Brierley, hon secretary; Dr. Derham, Preston Corps surgeon; Capt. C. F. Millington, Corps Officer; and Mr. J. Howarth, Corps Supt.

Over a thousand representative officers and of the ambulance brigades and Voluntary Aid Detachments of Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland, and Westmorland were present. The conference was preceded by an inspection of the Voluntary Aid Detachments at the corps headquarters.

The Mayor (Alderman J. R. Hodgson), who was accompanied by the Mayoress, welcomed the conference to Preston, and spoke of the noble work done by the Brigade and their great record of voluntary service for the good of the community. An association of over 6,000 officers and members in this District devoting themselves to the welfare of the community was deservlDg of the heartfelt gratitude and loyal and generous

£30 worth of medical comforts. That would mean that in about 60 new centres dep o ts could be started from wh ich doctors and nurses in attendance in the homes of the poor could draw much-needed stores of material.

Dealing with the strength of the Ambulance Brigade the speaker said that last year recruiting had increased by over 4,000, but that increase scarcely kept pace with the enormously increasing demand for ambulance services, especially that arising from road accidents due to modern motor traffic developments. Recruiting must be pushed forward in every possible way, particularly by the personal efforts of members. The cadet branch of the movement was the most hopeful and most useful feature of recruiting. For many years their liasion with the Boy Scout movement had been helpful, and new schemes had been developed for affiliation for first aid, horne nursing, hygiene, and other subjects with the Boy Scouts, Boys Brigades, and similar organisations. The Boys' Brigade movement had some 89,000 members, about 4,000 passing out every year, and the formation of cadet branches for ambulance training would be greatly facilitated in the near future.

There was need in some of the smaller districts for closer association of the ambulance corps with the fire brigades

P hoto liy Nay &' CJ.]

which had been so pronounced a in large towns where definite arrangements for co-operation had been made. He also recommended V.A.D.'s in the district who could m ake good use of a motor am bulance to apply to the H 'Jme Services Ambulance Committee, as he understood that there were about 70 cars available for taking over.

District Officer Bentall, reportmg on the finances of the district said the deficit of £121 on the re venue account had been r'educed to about £35, and the account was flourishing so well that befpre long the distrIct would be selfsupporting so far as internal expenses were

In his address to the conference as Commissioner, Colonel Trimble said he had been associated with the organisation s ince 1895, and had attended every conference. He expressed sincere gratitude to every member of the staff the loyal help and the success they had ensured. Reportm g progress of the scheme for co-operation with the lifeboat Colonel Trimble said that the arrangements with the ltfeboat statIOns on the Lancashire and Cheshire coast were almost complete, the a im being to secure that ambulance corps should be on duty to await the of t he lifeb.oat, and for members of the brigade to go out with the lifeboat If necessary

Mrs . Tweedale District Supt. of V.A D. s, spoke of the success of the 27 detachments of the district, and said the report of the inspect ng officers was highly satisfactory.

A lady commandant of one of the detachments was cheered by the V.A.D. members when she su g gested. that quarters executive should cons ider the q uestIOn of ISSUIDg a new type of uniform hat.

Colonel Trimble said this questIOn was now bemg senously cons idered, and a new ha t w0uld be issued shortly.

Members of the Conference were entertained to tea at the close of the meeting, during which a programme of music was rendered by Kay's Orchestra. A whist drive was also held in the Ambulance Hall in the evening.

No. 6 District.

ASHIN GTON -The importance of ambulance knowledge b y those en g a g ed in the hazardous oc c upation of mining, and the stron g encouragement given to employees by the Ash ngton Coal Company were stressed on Saturday, October 31st, at Ash ington, when S ir Francis Priestman, cha irman of the directors, opened the new Headquarters of the Company s Ambulance Corps-a commodious building built by, and at the expense of, the Company.

The formal opening ceremony was attended by the full complement of members.

The Chairman, County Councillor H. Hall, agent of the Ashington Coal Company, traced the development of ambulance work in the Ashington dist r ict, remark ing that he himself had obtained a certificate in 1884 at the classes which were organised by the late Mr. Booth, of the Ashington Coal Company, father of the present manager.

Sir Francis Priestman said it was great pleasure to him on behalf of the huge concern of which he was chairman, to hand over the building, to the trustees for the corps to which it would be a valuable asset.

Corps Supt. A. E. Holl iday, replying on behalf of the corpi, said that he was voicing the opinions of all the ambulance and nursing members when he tendered a sincere expression of thanks to Mr. Priestman and those associated with the Ashington Coal Company.

The ambulance body was a voluntary body but the voluntary spirit as the years go by, seemed, unfortunately to be dying out. We were getting too commercialised, everything done now seemed to be a question of pay, and when we had a voluntary movement like this, everything should be done to help it forward.

Assistant COp1missioner Dr. James Anderson M.A., M.B., who has for many years officiated as examiner at ambulance competitions in the District, moved a vote of thanks to the donors for the building and site. He commented upon the new sphere of ,life upon which the Brigade in Ashington District was entenng

Supporting the vote of thanks, Assistant Commissioner

A ID.- November, 1925.

Stanley Em bleton said some time ago he was asked to state his opinion why interest taken in ambulance varied so considerably over the coalfields-some places showmg marked interest, while at other places, not far distant, the interest wa s practically nil. (( My answer to that, " he explained, "was that , so far as I was able to observe, where the management took an interest in and gave encouragement to the movement, it pro!'pered, and in other places, where the management took no interest and gave no encouragement, it was behind."

D URHAM -The Mid-Durham Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade paraded at Durham Cathedral last month and attended a deeply impressive service. Starting from the County Hospital, 154 strong, they were preceded by the band of the Charlaw and Sacristan Collieries Division under Bandmaster Hubber, and presented a smart and soldierly appearan ce as they passed through the main thoroughfares. Corps Supt T. G. Noble was in command and he was supported by numerous corps and divisional officers. Mr. Coroner Graham , D.L , who recently presented a magnificient trophy fo r competition amongst ambulance men in the county of Durham attended the Cathedral service.

Dr. J. H. Garson, of Sacristan, who has been appointe d Divisional Surgeon of the Charlaw and Sacriston Division o f the St. John Ambulance Brigade, commenced ambulance work as a private in this unit. His father, Dr. J. H R. Garson, has a long record of service with the brigade, and holds the posit ion of Corps Supt. to the M id-Durham Corps. The new D ivisiona l Surgeon has only recently taken his medical degrees, and it is fitting that he should have been promoted" from the r anks " to this high position in his old unit.

HULL.-On Hospital October 25th, offi cers o f the Hull Corps on the invitation of the Lord Mayor accompanied him and the corporation and public bodies to at the Parish Chur c h of Holy Trinity where a special serm on was preached by the v icar. After ser v ice the pro c ession returned to the Guildhall where speeches and toasts were g iv en.

In the afternoon the Hull Corps under the command of Distr ict Officer W. T. Atkinson (acting Corps Supt. ) attende d d ivine service at the Laa:bert-street Primitive Methodi st Church where an inspiring sermon was preached by the Rev H. F. Johnson, and collection taken on behalf of the Hospital Sunday Fund.

The West Hull band accompanied the parade of ambulance divisions and boy cadets which was a fairly large one , from the headquarters in the Anlaby-road to the church where the nursing division and girl cadets had assembled. The weather was beautifully fine and the proceedings a 'great success

On the return to headquarters the acting Corps Supt. presented I boy cadets with efficiency badges and told the corps there would be plenty of work for them in the near future on the occasion of Armistice Sunday, and the visit of the Prince of Wales, but he was confident the officers and members would be ready for each event.

The Hull corps again took duty at the annual fair from Sunday, Ith October to Sunday, 18th October, inclusive and staffed three stations from 9 a.m. to midnight each day.

Two hundred and seventy-four cases of first aid were attended to but fortunately none of a serious nature, and 52 lost children were taken care of until restored to their parents or friends. In connection with the latter work an amusing incident occurred, as told by a male member of the corps. He was standing near one of the entrances to the ground, when two women, obviously of the poorer class, came up dragging behind them a pair of boys. Suddenly one of the women turned to their offspring, and told them to cry as loud as they could. "'Owl as much as you can," she advised, c. and then a nice young man in uniform will come up and take you to a warm room. We will come back soon for you. " With this, the women turned to go away, but were speedily reminded by the ambulance man that they were leaving the r children behind them, and that the station was not a clinic, where children CQuld be left whilst their mothers had a good time !

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J ARROW.-A new motor ambulance van, which has been subscribed for in part by the townspeople to the extent of '£268, was accepted recently by the Mayor of Jarrow (rom Mr. J. T. W hitfield, Transport Officer, on behalf of the Order of St. John a nd the British Red Cross Society.

NEWCASTLE-E>N -TYNE.- The first of the series of Winter Lectures arranged by the N ewcastle-upon- Tyne Corps was giv en on September nnd, by Corps Surgeon Dr. R utter, M.B.E., on I'The Romance of DlscO\,:enes m the Treatment of Cancer." After a short mtroductlOn, lec turer ga v e an illuminating description of the recent diScov eries of Dr. Gye and Mr. Barnard. These tw o men by highly technical experiment based upo n scholarly had at last been able to dent ify what was belIeved to be the germ of canc er. Th is germ was so small as to be unaffec ted by light within the v isible spectrum, . and was made apparent only by means o( mIcrophot og raphs taken with ultra v iolet rays. The germ in harmless, but 10 the presence of a medIUm which had not yet been defined, produc ed the terrible scourge of cancer as we k,now it to -day. Local irritation .in cases proVided the med ium which made It pOSSible for the dorma nt cancer germ to become active.

This le c ture, which was one of the most inter esti n g Dr Rutter brou ght to a close his lo n g and enthusiastic serVice With the Newcast le -up o n -Tyne Corps. He .left on Nov ember 1st to take up a higher appolDtment wit h the Mi nistry of Pen si ons at Whil e thank in g h im for his services In the p a st h is m a ny ambulance fnends at Newcastle expre ss hope th a t will not be .long before Birmi ng h a m Corps Will find the of hIS pres en ce , and that the to T,Yneslde area may be t he ga in to the UDltS of

The ne xt lecture of the senes Will be given by D r. W . Kerr Russell on the subject of " Artificial S un lig ht. " Dr. Russell is a member of a com-

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Pipers, and attended Divine Service at 51. Mark s Church, Newcastle, with other parochial units, on the 25th ult., where the Vicar, the Rev. W. S. Power spoke encouragingly of the services rendered by the members of the Brigade.

On Armistice Night the Corps attended a Serv ce of Remembrance at the Westgate Road Baptist Church, Newcastle.

PERCY M AIN.- The heavy calls made upon ambulance transport facilities in this area have warranted a new motC!r ambulance van being provided for this neighbourhood and thiS was recently delivered to the Percy Main Division.

A group taken at a recent inspection of NO 5 D.i str ict. Vis countess Mountgarret (cen t re ) is the Lady Dlstnct Offi cer.

VOL UNTAR Y AID DETACH MENTS.-Vi ce-

Admiral W. F. Slayter, C.B , R. N ., who is a County Controller of Voluntary Aid Deta c hments for Northumberland, ac companied M ajor A M; Rose, D S O , the War Offi ce on his round of IDspect lon of Voluntary Aid Detachments Units, is do ing a great deal to advance interest in the work of the detachments which were re-org a n ised und!!r the new Territorial Army as well as ID he Br igade generally.

Colonel A. C.M G T D , who a cc ompan ied Major Rose on his similar of inspection in Durham, has also been responsible as County Controller for Durham for mu c h progress

Ch t A bulance and Nursing Di vision taken at the recent Royal Agricultural es er m Show.

and H ome Nursing. Inspections of eqUIpment were also included. f h B d . h

On November 25th the V.A.D. s ate rIga e In t e District are holding a Wh ist Driye and Dance 10 the I:Iutton T D II Hall Newcastle kmdly lent for the occasIOn by errace n, ' A All the N orthumberland TerrItonal ss?clatlon. members of the Brigade are mVlted With their fnends.

The inspections all been of com prehensi ve character and meluded vanous tests. Amongst these, the units were requ ired to plan out the Ambulance Hall Room as a hospital, prepare beds as for operation underg o tests in various roller also to answer on First-Aid m ittee of citizens promoting the establishment OI a local for the treatment of tuberculosis and , diseases whlc h r espond to sunlight treatment, and as It IS proposed that thiS cl inic should be staffed largely by voluntary from the B ' d t is hoped that a large number wIll attend .the +he lecturer's recently published book on the b rings into line its many and Wide scope for speculative reflectIOns In addition to practical help to the afflicted.

The Corps took part in the Annual Hospital Sunday P arade which was headed by the Band of the Local Highland

WHIT BY.-In its campaign for recruits and its efforts to encourage interest !n ambulance work, the Whitby Bay Division recently enlIsted the services of C. O. Hanmer who

lectured at the Empire Theatre some films dealing with various phases of first-aid work were displayed.

No. 10 District.

HALESWORTH.-On Saturday, October 31st, the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades) accompanied by District Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat visited Halesworth for the purpose of forming an ambulance unit of the brigade.

The chair was taken by the rector (the Rev. H. C. Newbury), who was supported by the Revs. O. L. Whitmee and E. Ramm, Mr. E. P. and the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, Dr. Melville Hocken and other influential residents. In his opening remarks the rector said thought an ambulance divi.sion was a necessity for a town lIke Halesworth, and especially considering the increasing number of accidents just recently.

The Hon. Mrs. Calvert presented certificates and labels to the successful candidates in a class which has recently been held by Dr. Hocken.

Dr. Eades expressed the pleasure it gave him to meet so many present, and he sincerely hoped that those who had been successful in passing their first aid examination would join the proposed division which he trusted would be the outcome of his visit that afternoon. He explained the objects of the brigade showing the distinction between the brig:lde and the association. Mr. Smith carefully detailed the inner workings connected with the formation of a division showing how it was possible, from a small beginning, to go through various stages until they might hope to become one of the best units in the district. Mr. Moffat having further elaborated upon the previous suggestions, the rector thanked the officers for the interesting information they had given, and offered to remove one obstacle by providing a room where the meetings could be held.

Dr. Hocken kindly volunteered his services to act as the han. surgeon to a division, if formed, and further he promised to give lectures, both for women and men, in order to gain recruits for the divisions. The Han. Mrs. Calvert promised to provide a stretcher for practices. Thanks were accorded the speakers, on the proposition of the Rev. O. L. Whitmee, seconded by Mr. Cal vert.

IpSWICH.- The competitions for the cups presented by the Recreation Committee of the Ipswich Corps have been held this month, that to the nurses being held at the Ambulance Hall, Samuel-road, on October 24th, when all three divisions, Moka, Beechholme, and Broadwater, entered a team. For the second year in succession, the Moka division, under Lady Supt. Miss Hossack in charge, were the winners with the Beechholme Division (under Mrs. Gosselin) securing place, and Broadwater Division (under Miss Button) thIrd. The other members of the winning team were Miss. Tebbit, Hunt and Miss J. King. It should be mentIOned that MISS Button)s team was made up of recruits. The judge was Dr: (Miss) Jolly, who set, as the test, a cottage case. of pneumonIa. Tea was afterwards provided by the nursmg corps.

The I pswich Corps cup was competed for on October 29th, and won by the Orwell Works No. I team. The Commissioner (Major J. Hossack) acted as judge, and set severe but excellent tests.

An setting was arranged, by Corps Supt. F. E. Nethercoat, m the shape of the hold of a ship into which a man. :vas have fallen from a height of 20 ft. recelvIDg severe mJunes to the head.

Only two divisions entered for this competition but both two teams, the Gippeswyk and Orwell Work. The wID;fimg team comprised Corp!. Markham, Privates Rust, Stamer, A. W . Bullard, and R. C. Bullard.

Mrs. Hossack presented the cup to the successful team and the Commissioner complimented all the competitors upon the high standard of their work.

. 9n Saturday afternoon, October 31St, the annual competItion for the Bree Cup was held at Ipswich, when the ambulan.ce hall was very tastefully decorated by Lady Corps Supt. MISS Haggar.

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A large company of visitors were present to witness the event consisting of supporters from Felixstowe and Harwich, and the surrounding districts The judges were Major McCombe, of Colchester, and the matron of the Felixstowe Convalescent Home, at Felixstowe.

Five teams entered representing Ipswich Nursing Corps (Moka, Beechholme, and Broadwater divisions), and Felixstowe division of the St. John, together with Essex 88, Harwich V.A.D. of the British Red Cross Society.

The result was declared in favour of the Moka division of the Ipswich Nursing Corps under Lady Supt. Miss Hossack with the Misses Tebbit, Hunt, J. King and Fox, Beechholme coming second, under Mrs. Gosselin, and the Essex team third. The Mayoress (Mr. F. Turner) handed the cup to the successful team at the contest. The company were afterwards entertained to tea.

The I pswich Medical Comforts Depot is making good progress since the official opening by the Chief Commissi?ner just over a month ago. Already several cases have received attention, many of them of a serious nature. The Oak Benefit Society, through the claims of their local representatives (Messrs. T. A. Pepper and S. Kerridge) have sent a generous donation, and the" Gate)) have made their grant of £T5 worth of goods. Mrs. Clive Kinnison of Bexley, Kent, who is the daughter of the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades), upon hearing of the scheme, has sent a most liberal contribution. This support, together with se v ual local additions, gives the Committee every encouragement.

No. II (S.E. &. C.R.) District.

District Officer C. Milton represented this District at a dinner arranged by the No.8 District Divisions in the Hastings area. A number of prominent medical ladies and gentlemen attended. Emphasis was laid on various ways in which the Order could advance locally the cause of health and hygiene.

An important feature of the organisation in this District is that regular meetings are held at different centres of the leaders of Divisions, when the opportunity is afforded of conferring with the District Officer as to forthcoming events and uniformity of action secured. The Secretary recently attended a meeting of this kind at Chatham when representatives of the Chatham, Maidstone, Faversham and Queenboro) Divisions came together for mutual consultation on the programme for the winter months.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Battersea were present at an interesting display of work given by the Battersea Ambulance and London Bridge Nursing Divisions on October 10th. Some very interesting tableaux were staged. At the conclusion, His Worship distributed awards, and subsequently took tea with the Officers of the Division. An enjoyable concert was given in the e.ening.

Battersea Division is also to be congratulated on a successful Dance in the Town Hall on October 14th.

A Competition at Dover Town Hall on October 20th between teams from the Deal, Dover and Ramsgate Divisions resulted in the first-named Division securing a place in the District Final to be held at Addiscom be in January.

A large audience assembled in the North End Hall, Croydon, on October 21st, when a Concert was given in aid of Addlscombe Motor Ambulance Funds.

A medallion No. 102901 has been found in Durham. If the owner will write to Mr. J. S. Mills, 148, Houghtonroad, Hetton Ie Hole, Durham, he will gladly return same.

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The annual officers dinner of the Prince of Wales' District was held at the Great Eastern Railway Hotel, London, on October 3 [st. The Commissioner Mr. W. H. Winny presided over ISO. A report will appear in our next issue.

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Our Ambulance Problem (No.3).

REPORT OF THE JUDGE.

PRACTICALLY all the papers have the same faults, namely want of method, the worst injury is immediately for and all other inj uries are left out. The best way IS to commence from without and work your way to the most serious injuries last. Thus there might be no injury! or merely a cut skin in one or both thighs, then there mIght be a deeper cut and then finally a wound of both arteries, or veins. As a matter of fact, actuallx 10 case both femoral arteries were severed. The patIent WIll have to help, as obviously a boy of 8 couldn't apply. digital pressure, but he could get the. necessary materIals for making tourniquets and dressmgs. The hcemorrhage must be controlled first and then the wound be properly exposed and dressed.

The winner has got the right method, also one lady

AID

13-Arterial, venus or capillary haemorrhage (hand)

14-Patient faints and falls forward from chair

IS-Patient faints and falls backward from chair

16-No injuries, falls from shock at thought of injury

17-Falls on to knife blades or blade

J8-Cut face, cut hand, or hands, cut arm or arms

19-Cut chest, cut abdomen, cut lower limb or limbs

20-Haemorrhage, arterial, venus or capillary

2 [-Fall causes fracture either, cranium, upper limbs

22-Ribs, sternum, thigh, legs or foot

23-Fall cause dislocation shoulder, elbow, wrist

24-Fall cause dislocation thigh (hip joint), ankle

25-Sprain wrist or ankle or both

26 -Fracture, pelVIS or spine caused by fall

27-FaU cause, concussion

28 -Fall cause, compression (fractured cranium)

29-Faints, DO other injuries

30-Fall on head cause fracture base of skull

3 [- Wounds may be poisoned by dirty knife How WOULD You T REAT CA SE?

I-Femoral artery severed

OPENING OF THE MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT AT I pSW ICH.

entrant, but he goes much too far; still better think of all the catastrophes that might happen rather than too few.

Winning test was submitted by MR. JAMES H. DUNNICLIFF, Police Sergeant, " A " 18, Central Police Office, Birmingham.

WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN ?

I-Knife blade stab one thigh

2-Knife blades stab both thighs

3-Punctured wound one thigh

4-Punctured wound both thighs

5-Femoral artery right limb severed

6-Femoral artery left limb severed

7-Both femoral arteries severed

8-Incised wound one thigh

9-Incised wound both sides

IO-Arterial, venus or capillary

[I-Wound to left hand, in endeavour to

12-Wound to right hand in endeavour to Withdraw kmfe

2-Lay patient in a recumbent position

3-Remove knife from wound

4-Digital pressure femoral artery at grolD, thumbs

5-Instruct man who knowledge of aid to tourniquet dressmgs and bandages, If necessary 1m provise from linen, etc.

6-Call lad, instruct him to telephone for If telephone in the house, if no phone man to message and send lad with it to doctor, send by SImilar means for ambulance

7- Lad to send in assistance If pOSSIble, person in street or neighbour

8-If boy excited, man to telephone for doctor

9- Man apply tourniquet

Io-Relax digital pressure, note If bleedmg controlled

J I-Tourniquet to be left in pos!tion. .'

W h ha ds paint with tmcture of IOdIDe wounds and

'7- as n, d h I dry and - surrounding parts, cover woun Wit . c ean, absorbent dressing, pad .over firmly bandage, relax tourniquet, see If bleedmg controlled

13- Do nat take off tourniquet

14-Treat shock, cover patient with blanket no stimulants until bleeding controlled

IS-Use to patient and to lad, particularly If signs of bemg exc ited or in condition of faint

I 6 -Take possess io n of knife for further reference

17-NIake preparation for doctor, kettle of water on fire bowl and water in room, clean cloths and utensils for dressing and cleaning wound

BOTH FEMORAL ARTERIE S SEVERED.

J - Digi tal pressure to femoral artery at groi n

2-Instruct man in room to apply pressure to the other side

3-Instruct patient how to relieve and apply pressure to artery

4-Prepare and apply tourniquet to both limbs, side the patient is applying pressure to first. I f patient cannot assist, maintain digital pressure

5-IPhone for doctor and ambulance, if Iphone in house

6-Send boy for help from neighbours, if no Iphone in the hOllse send written message by lad for doctor and ambulance. Boy may be of service to use 'phone and relieve man of so doing

7-Prepare dressings, iodine bandages, improvised is nece,;sary from sheets, etc.

8-Apply tourniquet attending to side patient is applying pressure to first, other side afterwards

9- R elax digital pressure, see if bleed ing controlled by tourniquet. Leave tourniquet in position

lO-Similar treatment to second limb

I -Treat patient for shock, cover with warm blankets, no stimulants till bleeding controlled

2-U se encouraging words to patient, sympathy towards boy if necessary

3-Take possession of kn ife for reference

I4-Preparations for doctor

VENUS BLEEDING ONE OR BOTH SIDES.

I-Digital pressure on wound or wounds

2 -Man in room to assist, if necessary, pressure

3-Call boy to prepare clean dressings, iodine, etc.

4- If knife left m wound, and can be seen, withdraw it ; keep knife for reference.

S-Paint hands with iodine, paint wound all over and surrounding parts with iodine, cover wound or wounds with clean, dry and absorbent dre <:sing, pad over dressings, bandage

6-Carry out as described in arterial h cemorrhage re sending for doctor and assistance

7-Use encouraging words to patient and lad if necessary

8 - Treat patient for shock, no stimulants until bleeding controlled

9 - Preparation for doctor

CAPILLARY HIEMORRH AGE ONE OR BOTH

I-Digital pressure as described above

2 -Man's assistance as above

3-Services of lad as above

4-As above

5-As above

6-As above

7-As above

8-As above

9-As above

PATIENT FAINTS, NO OTHER INJU RIES

I -Lay patient on his back, head low and turned on one side loosening all tight clothing round neck, chest and waist, provide for free circulation of air, fan the patient, assisted by man

2-Call boy to prepare couch or bed

3-Treat patient for sho c k, give stimulants when able to swallow, test ability to do so first by teaspoonful of water in gums

4- Use encouraging words to patient and if necessary to lad

5-Call in doctor or take patient to hospital

6 -U se ambulance if available

7- Take possession of knife for further reference

Wounds to face, limbs or body. Treatment as described for wounds of the thigh.

CONCU SS ION OR CO MPRESSION.

I-Lay patient in recumbent position, with head low and on one side (or concussion, loosen tight clothmg round chest and treat patient for shock. Stimulant!> after test, If no bleeding

2-Treatment as described above, viz., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7

3-A dvise patient not to resume physical or activity without the consent of a doctor

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COl\!PRES S ION.

[ Treatment as above, he ad s lightly raised. If fractured skull, use ring pad

3 -S end (or doctor, and instruction as descr ibed above FRACTURES.

I-Ex amine patient carefully for fractures

2-Fractured cranium, use ring pad, patient lying head slightly raised

3-Att end to fracture on the spot

4- Attend to haemorrhage first limbs fra c tured, steady and s upport, aSSisted by man and ) lad

6 -Cov er patient treating for shock, keep him warm

7-If fracture to lower l im b, man to extend limb whilst fracture attended to

8-Appl y splints and bandages, improvised if necessary

9-C arry out instruction reo sending for doctor and assistance as laid down in treatment for haemorrhage

lO- If fracture base of skull, wipe away blood or fluid as it issues, keep patient very quiet WOUNDS TO ABDOMEN.

1- Ver tical wound lay patient flat on back, treat as ordinary wound

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

LIST of appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations sanctioned by the Chief Commissioner for the Brigade Overseas, for the month of September, 192 5 Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALE S DI ST RIC T. Paddington Division-C. W. Fowler, M .B ., to be Divisonal Surgeon, 1.925 ; Corporal H. Dettmer to be Divis ional Supt., 1.9 2 5

WEST A USTRALIA COA STAL D ISTRICT.

Midland Junction Division - N. M. Cuthbert, M.B., to be Divisional Surgeon, 1.925; F. Arthurs to be Acting 1st Ambulance Officer in charge, 1.925; M_ J. H. Woods to be Act n g 2nd Ambulance Officer, 1.925

Freemantle Div isio n-C D. L. Kerr, M. B., to be Di visio nal Surgeon, 1.1 25 ; T E. Ryan to be Acting 1st Ambulan c e Officer in charge, 1.1.25; J. T. Knox-Peden to be Act ing 2nd Ambulance Officer, 1.125

H.R.H T he Prince of Wales inspecting the combined Durban and District Am bulance D ivi sions on the occasion of his recent vi !>it to South Africa

2-B end knees and raise shouloers if bowels protrude, apply lint, towel or co tton wool wrung out in boiling water to bowel con ti nuously

3- Tra nc;verse wound, raise shoulders and bend knees, treat as ordinary wound

4- Instructions as described in cases of haemorrhage SEPTIC WOUNDS.

I - Apply ligatures between wound and heart at intervals of limb. Treatment afterwards, etc as above

Up to the present time 460 women's voluntary aid deta chments, consisting of approximately 12,000 women, have been formed in connection with the new scheme for supp1e menting the medical services of Navy, Army and Air Force in tim e of war. ThiS IS conSidered satis factory, seeing that the scheme was formulated only two years ago, but recruiting is DOW going for:w ard vigo rously, and it is hoped that many women of leisure will e nrol.

New Zealand.

CANTER BU RY AND W EST COAST DI STRICT.

Corps Supt. J. Becconsall to be Dis trict Officer 1. 8 25 Christchurch Corps - Divis io nal Surgeon F. J Borne, M.R.C S., to be Corps Supt ., 1.8.25, vice J. Becconsall promoted.

Ashburton Nursing D vis ion-M iss H. Lockwood to be Lady Divisional Supt., 7 5 2 5

OTA.GO DI STRICT.

Marion K. B. Whyte, M.B., Ch.n, to be Lady District Supt., 27-7 2 5

Invercargill Nursin g Division- Mrs G: M. ChaPII?an to be Lady Divisional Supt , 20 .7 .25, \'ice Mrs_ Fmlayson reSigned. South Africa.

CAPE PROVINCE DISTRICT

Ob5ervatory Nursing T. R. F uller, M.B., to be Di v isional Surgeon, 284.25, vice Dr. T. Hams reSIgned.

NATAL DISTRICT.

Durban F ir e Brigade Di\'ision - W. R Wakeham to be Divisional Supt., 26.8.25

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NEW DIVISIONS FORMED, DIS BANDMEN TS &c. Australia.

NEW SOUTH \VALES DISTRICT.

Paddington Division formed, 1.9. 2 5

WEST A USTRALIA COASTAL DISTRICT.

Midland JUlJction Division formed, 1.9. 2 3

Ka tann ing Division formed, I.9 2 5

Fremantle Division formed, I.I. 2 5 South Africa.

NATAL DISTRICT.

Berelt Division re-formed, 30 6. 25

RESCUE WORK AT HONG KONG DISASTER.

IN the September edition of FIRST AID th e r e was a short reference to th e terrible disaster in Hong Kong on July 17 th and to the valuable rendered by the St. Ambulance Brigade Overseas In rescue and bfe saving work. A full r fport of the has si?ce been received, and many instances given of the and untiring manner in which the brigade members earned out their duties.

The disaster was caused by the collaps e of a retaining wall at the back of Po Hing Fong, one of h main thoroughfares in Hong Kong. Five. large h?uses, accommodating 95 people: collaps e d, the resIdents in the ruins. Within fiftEen minutes of the occurrence twenty Brigade men were on the .scene an.d an ho ur every member of the 10 was engaged in rescue work and In extncatJOg dead

As casualties we re discovered, they were dug out and, If alive, restoratives and first aid were administerGd, either amidst the ruins or in a dressing station which was established on the spot. Living ar: d dead were then conveyed to an adjacent hospital by the

Day and night thrGughout a perIod of DIne days, the work was carried 00, the mw working in r e lays so that no delay should occur. Added to the ordinary difficulties and dangers of rescue work, a tropical rainstorm continued thronghout the first day followed by an overpowering heat wave. The stench and effiuvium from the dead bodies made it necessary for gas masks to be worn during rescue operations.

Reports of individual heroism are not lacking-stories of rescue work carried out under terrible circumstances. Especially one case might be mentioned where a man forced himself into a narrow crevice below the ruins to reach a man imprisoned in the debris. He then administered restoratives and assisted in dragging the man to safety. Apart from the heat, the stench, and the confined position in which the work had to be accomplished, there was a danger that at any moment there might b e a further fall of debris, which would mean death or a living burial.

Only 20 people survived out of the 95 who were entombed. Seventy·three were already dead when extricated from the ruins and two succumbed after being rescued. The coroner and jury at the special enqui r y expressed their commendation of the way in which the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas and other organisations had carried out the rescue work.

The foregoing does but once illustrate what a world wide response is evoked by the call of pain and suffering and is a testimony to the work carried out by the far flung arms of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

AID. - November 1925 fetters to the &ciitor.

We are t" "0 way respfJ"stble tor tlu opi"to"r expressed, Dr tht r/a/eme,,/s made, b, Conespondents.-EDITOR.

R.A.M.C. ASSOCIATION.

DEI\.R SIR,-

May I, through the medium of your Journal, bring t? the notice of such memhers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Vlho have served in the RA.M.C. that an RA.M.C. Association has been formed.

The objects of the Association are to foster esprit de corps, to bring former comrades together by means of social fun ctions, to assist unemployed members to obtain employmen t, and to give financial assistance to members who are in temporary distress.

The rates of subscriptions are as follows :-

Life Membership.- Officers, £3; W.O 's Class I, £1 r6s.; all other ranks, £ 4s.

Annual Subscribers.-Officers, 5s.; W.O.'s Class I, 3s.; all other ranks, 2S.

I n addition there is a registration fee of IS., payable with the first subscription.

Men who served with the Home Hospital Reserve during the late war are eligible to become members of the Association.

I would be glad to answer any questions on the subject, and also to enrol members by post at any time, but must in fairness point out that subscriptions will be again due in January next.

Thanking you for your courtesy,-I am, dear sir, yours faithfully,

E. ROBINSON, S.M., R.A.M.C.

M llbank Barracks, S.W. I. Nov. 1st, 1925.

AMBULANCE

DEAR SrR,-

Han. Sec., Millbank Branch, RA.M.C. Association.

PROVISIONS ON CHARABANCS.

Referring to a letter in your issue of September last, I thought it would be of interest to your readers to know that at Gt. Yarmouth during the last two years all charabancs licensed for hire in the Borough are compelled to carry Firstaid appliances.

Since this order has been made many drivers are now learning First Aid.

I t is hoped that your remarks re the need of new legislation will soon be brought about, so that it is made compulsory for drivers or conductors to take up the course.

Wishing YO'lr Journal every success,-I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

F. WHALL, Han. Sec., Gt. Yarmouth Centre, S.J.A.A.

THE HUMOURS OF COMPETITIONS.

SIR,-I told you of my difficulties in getting an Examiner and now having got one I am going to tell you the result. The test was staged as usual, and consisted of a boy run over by a motor lorry with the usual crowd and Bobby, complete in uniform. The test started, and the captain of the team, a smart girl, got nettled with the Judge who kept on mumbling "Two Off for That, Three Off for That" and so on, lou d enough for her to hear. This upset her, so she turned to the " Bobby" and said" For heavens sake take that man awa y, and run hIm outside." To my horror the" Bobby" thinkin g it was part of the gam e, did it. The examiner fortunately sa w the joke, and it ended in roars of laughter, but it might have been awkward. The story is too good to miss.- Yours , etc., "UNO,l'

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PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, OCTOBER, 1925.

Appointm ents and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Staff Officer.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Corps Supt. Henry Evans, 12.10.25

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. Frederick Hortop, 24 10.25

Divisional Supt. John Isaac Pepperell, 24.10.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corps Supt. A. J. Esmond, 1.10.25

To be Corps Superintendent.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

DivisioQal Supt. James Ings, Pontiottyn, Brithdir, and Deri Corps, 26.10.25

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

D iv isional Supt. David Jones, Taff Valley Corps, 26.10.25

To be Corps Inspector of Stores.

CITY OF' CARDIFF CENTRE.

Staff-Sergeant Thomas Charles Noakes, Cardiff and District Corps, 26 10.25

To be Divisional Superintendents. ABERDARE CENTRE.

Sergeant David Williams, Hirwain Division, 26.10.25

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Charles Lennox, Barry Dock Diyision, 26.IO.25

Ambulance Officer William Moss, Cardiff City Division, 26.10.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Benjamin Ress, Gelligaer Division, 26.10.25

Ambulance Officer George Barnett, Ogmore Val e Division, 26.10.25

To be Lady Divisional Superintendent. CrTY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mabel Mary Kernick, Cardiff Nursing Division, 26.10.25

To be Ambulance Officers. CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Sergeant Albert John Jenkins, Cardiff Emergency Division, 14. 10.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant Thomas Henry Bennett, Ogmore Vale Division, 9· IO 2 5

To be Lady Ambulance Officer. ABERDARE CENTRE.

Ambulanc e Sister Hannah Hyde, Abercynon Nursing Division 9· 10. 2 5

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private George Jeans, Ogmore Vale Division, 9.H:).25

" Norman F. Pidler, Port Talbot Division, 2.10 25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal William James Greeves, Abertysswg Division, 12.10 25

" Harry Toyey Wathen, Blaenavon Division, 1.10.25

Private Edgar Huntley, Cross K eys Division, 5.10.25

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Arthur Bundy, Ogmore Vale Division, 9.10.25 " Charles Keen,,, "" Wintle " "

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Sydney Arthur Jones, Abertysswg Division, 12.10 25 Lewis Thomas Morgans,,, " " Thomas Davies, Blaenavon Division, 6.10.25 " Ernest Price, " " " " Job Jefferies, Cross Keys Division, 5· [0.25

To be Divisional Secretaries.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private John Ladd, Gelligaer Division, 26.10.25 " Thomas Glyn Evans, Ogmore Vale Division, 9 1025

MONlHOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William James Powell, Oakdale Division, 3.10 25

To be Divisional Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Albert Hopley, Gelligaer Division, 26 10 25

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

J8rivate William John Cox, Gelligaer Division, 26.1025 " George Phippen, Ogmore Vale Division, 9 10 25

MON.lIIOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William James Davies, Blaenavon Division, 6 10.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Private Peter \Villiams, Llwynypia Di v ision, I.1O.25

To be Lady Divisional Storekeeper.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Ada Wilkins, Abercynon Nuring Division, 9. 10 2 5

To be Cadet Corporal.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cadet William George Pritchard, Great Western Colliery Cadet Division, 9.10 25

Divisions Registered.

GLA:vIORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Gelligaer Division, 249. 2 5

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Tirdeunaw and District Division, 4 I 1. 2 5

Genera I Interest.

MONTHLY MEETINGS IN CA:RDIFF.

L·eut.-Col. Thomas Wallace, M.D., presided at meetings of the Ambulance and Executive Commitees held on Monday, 26th October 19 2 5

Over 100 appointments 10 the Brigade were. aprroved and confirmed, and it was agreed to make applIcatIOn for

the service medal of the Order on behalf of the following members, who had compl e ted 15 years service in the Brigade :-Corporal Anstee Purnell and Ambulance Officer John Jones (Rhymney D ivision), Staff Officer William Goddard (Glamorgan County Centre), Private F. W. Jones (Newport Town Division), Corps Supt. W. E. Abraham (Rhondda Fawr Corps), Ambulance Officer E. Webster ( Pontypool North Division), Corporal Arthur Curtis ( Blaina Di vision), Supt. John Thomas and A mbulance Officer W. J. Ledbury (Clmbrian Division), and S ir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K B.E., Commissioner for Wal e s. An application for the service medal bar, issu ed on completion of twenty years sen ice, was confirmed on b e half of Captain T. E. Richards

Dc. Isaac Crawford, of Glan Howy, Tredgear, was elect ed as Honorary L i fe Memb e r of the Priory in r ecognition of his long and gratuitous services in the inter est o f ambulance work. For several years Dr. Crawford had acted as Honorary Lecturer and Ex a miner, and has been mainly responsible for raising the L.M. & S. Railway A mbulance Class at Tredegar each year.

On the suggestion of the Sub-Prior, the R ight Hon. Lord K ylsant, G.c. M , G ., a vote of a ppreciation was accord e d to the Honorary Solicitor to the Priory, Mr. Hugh M. Ingl edew, for the able manner in which he had dealt with the many difficult probl e ms wh ich had been und e r consideration.

Th e Committee was strongly oppos e d to the disbanding of th e Welsh V.A. D. Committ ef' It was considf:red that for th e purPJse of operating the Voluntary Aid Detachment Scheme a Welsh C o mmitt e e would appeal to the people of Wales and e nlist th eir sympathy and support.

Wembley is now a memory, and to coming generations it will take its place among th e great events in history. The purpos:!s of t h e Exhibition are at presen. but faintly discernible; but on e of the lessons it has effectively taught is the value of the ambulanc e man.

A conting ent of ambulance men and nurses from the Priory did duty during the last week of the exhtb : k>n.

BRIGADE STAFF MEETING.

Over seventy Officers from all parts of Wal es attended the me e ting of the Brigade Staff in Cardiff on Saturday, 3 rd October, 1925, the Commissioner for Wales presiding. Those present iocluded Captain T E. Richards, Commissioner; Staff Officers J. H. Davies and George Payne, and Corps Officers W. E. A braham and 1. Davies of Rhondda Centre) : Sub Commiss ioners C. T. Hurry

R iches and Lemuel Jones, J. P. j Lady Staff Officer Mrs.

F. M Riches Corps Officers William Evans, L. J Woods,

A. Davies, R. J Carter and T D. Enright, G. H Benson

James, Richard Hewer, C. H H Vatt ( Gl amorgan County Centre ) : Staff Officer S T. Beard, O.B.E Corps Supt.

G. F. Tuckwell (Monmouthshire Centre): Staff Officer

B. E. Maberley (City of Cardiff C c:: ntre): Corps Officers

G. J. Rowlands and C. H. Hopkins (Borough of Newport Centre): Corps Officers David Evans and W, J. Morgan (Aberdare Centre): Corps Officers Daniel Jenkins and David Davies (Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre) and Lady Lewis, O.B.E., Deputy Lady Supt. for Wales.

S everal instances of what app eared to be undue hardShIpS borne by Am buiance men in the collieries were considered. It frequently happens that Ambulance men are called t? aid of their fellow workers by responSIble and .It IS felt such men should be paid for the loss of time so mcurred. The Commissioner for Wales asked that in future, cases of this kind should be

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reported to him, as he knew the colliery owners were proud of the large number of voluntary Ambulance workers in the coalfields and would not willingly allow grievences of this nature to continue.

The question of representation at Staff Meetings was discussed. It was thought each Division should be represented and it was finally agreed, Commissioners, Su bCommissioners, Staff Officers, Corps Officers and two representatives from each Division (not below the rank of Ambulance Officer) should be invited to attend futu re meetings.

It was decided to prepare a list of the names and addresses of the mem bers of the Brigade, willing to becom e blood donors, so that a copy might be sent to the respecti ve Medical Officers.

Centre Reports.

BRECKNOCKSHIRE CENTRE.

FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE V. A. D SCHEME.

A meeting of the represEntatives from th e parishes in the Devynock Petty Sessional Division was held at Senn ybridge on Octob er 24th, Miss Adelaide Williams of Penpo nt presiding It was agreed to form a class for women at S ennybridge which would meet on Tuesday of each we ek during the coming Session. The R e verend David Jon es, M A., Vicar of D e vynock, undertook to make the arrang ements and Dr. J e ffr ies Powell and Dr. James Pow ell volunteered to give the lectures

BRECON NURSES SERVICES

At the meeting of the Brecon Agricultural Society a n unan imous vot e of thanks was accorded to the Bucklan dBwlch Nursing Division recently formed by Mrs. Seymo ur Berry .

This was the first ye2.r in which Ambulance men an d Nurses were in att t' ndance at the Brecon Show, and th eir services were in great demand during the day, and wo n the appreciation of all.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

ApPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER.

The Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G C.M.G, nominate d Mr. Evan David Jones to succeed th e late Colonel Eva n Evans, M.D., as Commissioner for the County of Cama r · then. This appointment has been approved by the Su bPrior and Director of Ambulance. acting on behalf o f Chapter.

The new Commissioner has been long connected wit h the Brigade, and was the Chief Lieutenant of the lat e Commissioner. He did s plendid work at the Stebonheat h Hospital during the War, and has been responsible fo r raising the standard of ambulance work in the County.

The name of Mr. E. D. Jones was put forward as a representative of the Priory for appointment as Assistan t County Controller in connection with the new Voluntar y Aid Detachment Scheme, and was recommended for thi s position by the County Controller, Brig.-Gen. G. F. St.J ohn

PRESENTATION TO LLANELLY NURSES

Lady Divisional Surgeon Miss Jean Macintosh an d Lady Supt. Miss Bertha Price invited the rnem bers of th e Llanelly Nursing Division and others interested to a socia l gathering at the Priory Rooms, Inkerman Street, Llanelly on Friday, October 15th.

An excellent programme of music had heen arranged ,

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Miss B. Price presiding, and a presentation was made by Dr. Macintosh to Lady Ambulance Officer Mis.; Etty Rees for the efficiency and devotion which had characterised her work for many years.

HEROES OF THE PONTHENRY COLLIERY EXPLOSION

Tuesday, October 6th, 1925, will ever be remembered as a "Red Letter" day in the history of the village of Pon theDl y. The whole country side were gathered together in the Y. M c.A. Hall, to show their appreciation of the he roism of the eight men who after the explosion at the Gly nhir Colliery on September 23t'd, 1924, risked their lives in rescuing their comrades from the deadly fumes.

The Chair was taken by the Colliery Manager and Age nt, Mr. George Roblings, M.E., who spoke of the her oism displayed by these men in whose honour they were gather .: d together.

The Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbert D W. Lew is, K. B. E., accompanied by Mr. Evan David Jones, Sub -Commissioner for the Clrmarthenshire Centre, stated th at by their brave deeds they had set themselves a stan dard which he hoped they would maintain and help

LLYNFI

The Llynfi Valley Corps of the Glamorgan County Centre was inspect ed by Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberly on behalf of the C'Jmmissioner for Glamorgan on Saturday, 3rd October. A large number of assembled in the Maesteg Cricket Ground to watch the ceremony. Corps Supt. G. H Benson James was in command and Divisional Supt. W. H. Morris took charge of the parade which including sixteen smart boy cadets, numbered ninety-onE'. ' CWM COLLIER Y DI V ISIO N

Divisional Supt. W. H. Lewis pr esid ed at a social evening organised by th e Cwm Colliery Division on October th e 15th, wh e n he was supp orted by Corps Supt. W. Evans, Corps Inspector of Stores E. Floyd, and Ambulance om : e r L. Jones.

Mr. M. Harrison, th e local representative of the S outh Wales Miners' Federation, expressed great pleasure in being asked to present c ertificates of efficiency, s tating he was pr e pap ed at all times to do everything possible for ambulance work. One int e resting feature was the large

PONTHENRY COLLIERY E XPL OS ION.

Recipients of certificates of the Carnegie Hero Trust Fund :- Messrs Rhys and John Morgan, Henry Butterfield, David Walters, Rees and Stephen Charles, WIlfrid Hughes and William King.

oth ers to emulate, as such conduct proved tu the public th e spirit and purposes of th e Order.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CEI'IITRE.

BRIDGEND AND DISTRICT C0RPS ,

The Bridgend and District Corps was inspected by Sta ff Officer B. E. Maberly (Cardiff City Centre) on behalf of the Commissioner for the Glamorgan County Centre, at Br idgend on the 26th September, The Sub ·Commissioner of the Bridgend Sub-District, Major A. W. Anderson was in attendance also Staff Officer D. C. Williams, and Supt. E. Evans. The inspecting officer complimented the men on their smart appearance and the practical efficiency di splayed.

ABERTRILWR AMBULANCE DIVISION.

The ambulance awards were presented to the members of the Windsor Colliery ambulance class at Abertridwr by Al derman Hubert Jenkins, J.P" on Saturday, 3rd October. T he chair was taken by Councillor Thomas Bailey.

attendanc e of cadets, and it was announced that a Cadet class had commenc e d on the 21st October.

ANN UA L INSPECT ION OF THE A B ERA VO N CO RPS

Accompani ed by Lady Lewis, O.B E., the Commissioner for Wales, inspected the Ambulance and N urslOg Units in the Aberavon Corps , at the Memorial Park, on S:lturday, Octuber 3rd. Sub Commissioner Lemuel Jones was in command, and the following divisions were represented :- Bryn Ambulance Division, Ambu.laoce Division Port Talbot Ambulance Cadet DIVISion, Talbach Nursing 'Division and the Taibach N Cadet Division. MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

WEST MONMOUTH CORPS INSPECTION.

The first Inspection since the re-organisation of the West Monmouth Corps took place in the Drill Hall Grounds, Abertillery, on Saturday, Oct?ber 3rd. Th e C031missioner for MonmouthshlTe detaIled Staff Offictr S. T. Beard, O B.E. as Inspecting Officer. Over one

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hundred members were on parade, including Corps Surgeon Dr. S. Simons. Corps Supt. J. Hooper, Corps Secretary J. Gibbs, Corps Tr€'asurer W. Gardener, Corps Inspector of Stores, T. Matthews, Acting Divisional Supts. Sterry and A. J. Elkins, and Lldy Supt. O. Strickland and Sergeant Frank Thomas.

The Inspecting Officer congratulated the Corps .on the smartness of their mem bers and the work done dunng the past year, and rresented the Service Medal to Private D. Matthews, and warrants of appointments to Corps Officers Dr. S. Simons, J. Hooper, T. Gibbs, W. Gardener, T. Matthews, and Divisional Surgeon Dr. W. T. Mulvey. The Boys Brigade Band was in attendance, and a short route march concluded the fine inspection of work.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

DISTINCTION OF NEWPORT (MON.) CORPS.

The first Corps in Wales to attain its majority is the Newport (Mon.) Corps, and a dinner was held at the Drill Hall, Dock Street, Newport, to celebrate the event. Corps Supt. T. J. Rowlands presided, supported by Mr. G. Campbell Oliver (Commissioner for the Borough of Newport Centre).

Among those present were the Worshipful ex·Mayor of Newport (Councillar W. E. Rabertson), the ex·Mayaress (Mrs. F. Dyer), the Cammissianer for Wales, Lady Herbert Lewis, O.B E, the Officers and members af the Newport (Mon.) Carps; Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, CB.E. (Commissioner (or the Manmauthshire Centre); Mr. R. Wilson Bartlett (Sub-Commissioner far the Monmouthshire Centre); Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge (ex· Commissioner, Borough of Newport Centre); Mr. Charles Wilson, Mr. C. Greening, Mr. W. Mabon Abrdham, Mr. J. H. Swallow (dacks Supt.), Mr. E. G. Ireland (Locomotive Supt., G. W.R.), Mr. D. Lewis, Mr. George Boots, Mr. A. Murphy, Mrs. Johnstone, Miss G. Rowlands, Miss Young, and Supt. J. Marshall.

The Chairman read a lettpr from the Sub-Priar, the Right Han, Lard Kylsant, G.C.M.G., cangratulating the Corps an being the first in Wales to' attain its majority, and sa;d he was greatly interested in the Newport Carps and with pride referred to the fact that an average number af five hundred cases were dealt with by the members each year.

Mr. E G. Ireland proposed the toast of the" N ewpart (Mon.) Corps Pa:t and Present" and spoke of the wark dane by its members at the Newport Railway Station during the War, which in his opinion was magnifictnt. Referring to its place in the Competition warld, the Newport Corps team, he said, had succeeded in bringing to N ewpart many caveted trophies.

Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge the past Cam missioner referred to his aId calleagues, eight of whom were present, and reminded them of the glorious past and thaught this should urge them to maintain the high standard of efficiency.

Supt. J. Barber made a presentatian to Corparal S. Scanlon) an old member af the Division who had been transferred to' Plymouth recently.

The Mayor in proposing" The Welsh Priory" said he was proud to be Mayar af a town with Ambulance men whO' had such a fine record. He was keenly interested in the histary of the old Order of St. JOhn of which he had aften read, and wauld remember that evening as a happy one, during his year af office. The taast was respanded to by the Commissioner far Wales, and "The Officers and Members" was submitted by Supt. G. Storey, Dr. Racyn Jones reilpanding.

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CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE. BARRY UNITS INSPE.CTED.

The Cam missioner for Wales inspected the ambulance and nursiClg UQit, in Barry OQ SundiY, 2nd October.

The Commissioner, Lieut.-Cal. F. T. Rees, M.C., was present, and the parade was in command of Supt. F. R. Hortop. A large number of the general public were assembled in the Buttrills Field, and the Chairman af the Cauncil, Councillor T. Evans, presented the "Commissianer's Cup" to the Barry team, and an behalf of his Cauncil expre3sed their gratitude to the lacal brigade men and women for their splendid voluntary services. The Cam missioner for Wales presented service med3.1s to Ambulance Officers C. Lennox, E. Paul, Sergt. Thamas Morris, Corporal J. L. Collins, Private W. H. Adams, and J. Dally and the Centre Surgeon Dr. De Vere Hunt. He cangratulated the Commissianer and officers and members on the splendid body af men and women, and bays and girls, he had heard on all sides af the services rendered at the dacks, and in the works by the men, and at the Medical Comforts Depot by the nurses, and urg e d them to cantinue their goad work, and to train athers to follow their foatsteps.

SUCCESSFUL BARRY :CADETS.

Councillor W. M. Davies, of Barry, recently certificates to twenty girl cadets and twenty· ODe boy cadets at a social gathering held at the Brigade Headquarte rs, Barry Dock.

News in Brief.

Amang the messages of welcome despatched to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on returning from his Overseas Tour was the fallowing telegram from th e Priory for Wales:

"The Priory for Wales sends Greetings to its Priar an his safe return." In acknowledging this the P ri va t e Secretary conveyed the thanks of His Royal Highness.

The month of Octob e r marks the twenty-first birthday of six Divisians. The Treherbert Divisian reach e d its majority on October 14th. The Manmouthshire Cent re included two, Blaina registered October 2nd, 1904, and Abergavenny October 8th, 1904 the Borough of Newpa r t Centre takes credit for three af the oldest Divisions i n Wales; Newport Tawn, Alexandra Docks, and Newpart Railway, October 8th, 1904.

" Molloy" Police Ambulance Competition.

THIS competitIOn is an annual event organised by the Blackpool Divisian. The principal trophy being" Malloy" Police Ambulance Challenge Cup, presented by Dr. Molloy in 1898. The competitian is open to the Police of th e Na,4 District, comprising Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmoreland, and the Isle of Man, and the Municipal Police in the tawns af the district. The comp;!tition was held at the Ambulance Headquarters, Empress Chambers, Church Street. Seven teams entered, and Dr. L'ikin, of Mostyn, made his award as follows :-

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Kendal, Blackburn, Higher Division, Liverpool, and Blackpoa1.

The test cansisted af practical team wark, individual practical work, and individual viva-vace examinations.

The Isle of Man Team consisted of Police Constables G. D. Bridson, J. Bell, A. Kelly) and J. Quaylp..

The CUD and Medals.-each of the team received a silver medal-were presEnted by L'idy De Frece, who was accompanied by Sir WaltE'r De Frece, M.P., far Blackpoal. The cup was received by P.C. Bringson, whO' was in charge of the squad.

The cup was won an the last three accasions by the Blackburn Barough Pal ice ; the team that was third this year was s t cand last year.

Proposing a vate of thanks to Lady de Frece, Commissioner Colonel C J. Trimble, CB., CM.G, V.D., said he was pleased the Isle af Man had wan, as he hoped it wauld be the means af a Division being started there, and he considered it was a very useful adj unct to' any cammunity, as the members could always be relied on for assistanct'.

Our Ambulance P.oblem (No.4).

The Editors have pleasure in presenting another prablem in ambulance wark. Readers af FIRST AID are invited to send solutions, set out as detailed marking sh ee ts, BE FORE THE 10TH OF NEXT MONTH.

The Editars will then forward a copy af " History of the Order af St. John" to the candidate whO', in the opinian af the doctor-judge who set the problem, best merits such award; and they paint out that the continuance of this feature in the J aumal depends on the support wh;ch it receives fwm readers.

The Editors remind candidates that th e y must not write their namt s and addresses on their detailed solutions and that they must enclase these particulars on a separate sheet of paper. All entries should be marked" Problem" and addressed to' the Editars, FIRST AID, 46, Cannan-street, L'Jndon, E.C.4

THE PROBLEM.

First Aid man, accampanied by his wife-whO' has no knowledge of First Aid-finds a well-dressed man lying beside a seat in a public park.

He is in a state of Stupor, and by his side is a widestoppered Bottle on the Label of which the letters A L anly are discernible.

Detail action.

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There are many types and styles at varying priCeS from which to' make your selectian. There are slender p :ms and stout pens, pens of beautiful simplicity, pens richly chased in gold or silver, and pens with a plain gold

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Another ve ry charming gift is Waterman's cambinatian writing set, consisting af a pen and pencil to match. These sets can be with pen and pencil, plain or mattled, ar with 9 carat gold bands, also cave red in silver and gald. Prices (ram 20S. 6d. upwards, according to style and mounting.

Waterman's Pen is an article very easily and inexpensively sent thraugh the post-indeed it is as eaSily stnt as a Jetter. Thase readers who would like to knaw more about this pen and its wond e rful recard shauld send to Messrs. L. G. Sloan, Ltd., "The Pen Corner," Kingsway, Lcmdan, L')ndon, W.c., 2, for a copy of their interesting "Pen Baok." It is sent free an requ est ,

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TDID WORK.

The Lowestoft Division of St. John Ambulance Brigade is one of those splendid organisatians we could not do without. Qllietly and unostentatiously the members do a very excellent work of supreme importance. And it is to be said that during the war they carried out their duties under conditions th lot were dangerous. When there were warnings of air-raids they gathered with their equipment ready for emergency, and when bombs were falling they still kept on. During the bomb:udment there was enarmous risk, and it was here that the ambulance men were able to' render service in circumstances that deserved the high est recognit ion for bravery. Now, on a peace footing, they are also ever ready to give assistance in cases of accident and so on. They have a motor ambulance which is at service day and night, and the extent of its usefulness is shown by the fact reported at an official inspection this month, that since January there were 267 calls., miles had been covered, and 326 hours were. valuntanly given for. the public good. The value of all thiS can hardly IOto words, but it is to be sa id that it has been of mestlmable benefit. I t is certain that in many cases the presence of the ambulance with its skilled attendants rendering first-aid, has been the of saying life, and in minimising) Sf) far as was humanly possible the effects af accident. I n ather cases, too, ambulance have been able to give valuable aid. The Division is not only fortunate in hay ing skilled and enthusiastic male members but there is also a Nursing Division composed of devoted wo:nen who, when need requires, are able to their quota to the general record of IS, indeed, fortunate in posses£ing a comblOatlOn solely anlI!lated by a desire to help those whO' suffer or are broken by aCCident. -l.-o7.ve stojt journ al.

UNDER FLAJ'.lnr G PETROL.

How disaster occurred to a naval flying .boat at Calshot was tald at the inquest on Reginald Copsey, Wireless operator, aged 22. Three men were saved.

Flight-Lieut. S. Russell, whose head was swathed in bandages said he was in charge af the machine and was carrying out night-flying in the .Solent. He to Calshot at 12.10 a.m., and in descendmg the machtne hit the ,,:,ater suddenly bows first. He sank with the machtne,. but disentangled himself and rose .to the surface, the water belOg covered with lighted petroI.-Datif News.

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2. Prestan, 2 I 2! marks.

3. Salford, marks.

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- The Textbook, to fIIhieh rejere,.ce maJ' be made in these eolumnJ is the 36th (I920) Edttion ot S./.A.A. Manual OT First-Aid.

NEEDLE IN KNEE JOINT.

T. W. (Birmingham).-Please tell us how we should apply bandages to control a kneejoint in which a needle is embedded. I have been told that this injury should be treated as for Fracture of Patella; but I desire your decision.

The Tp.xtbook (p. 115 ) requires you to "keep joint at rest on a splint. " So you can, if you like, treat a kneejomt in which needle is embedded as for Fracture of Patella, although thele is no need to truss up the p'itella with figure-of-eight bandages as is most necessary when the knee cap is brokrn. So apply a back splint, fix knee to splint, and then keep splint in position with bandages round thigh and leg.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXA?lIINATION HOWLER.

J. M. ( Tufnell Park) At a recent examination a candidate waS asked how she would act if she had to treat patient for Fracture (1f Leg but had no orthodox splints and bandages. "I should use i mpoverished material," replied she with d ignity and composure! We laughed! !

Good! Next please! ! -N.C F.

CON TENT S OF BRI GADE POUCH.

F.M. ( New Cross).-At a recent important Public Duty the Inspecting Officer found serious fault with the pouches of some of my members. Please advise me as to regulation contents of pouches.

I f you keep in your mind the various steps necessary to treatment of a wound, you will find it easy to remember the regulation contents of a pouch, as laid down in Brigade Order No. 184 (December 21st, 1920). These are :-One triangular in waxed one l·in. grey calico roller bandage one 2-10. grey calICO roller bandage; one packet plain lint; one packet absorbent cotton wool; one pair scissors; six safety pins; three phials" Vaperole" Tincture Iodine; and one piece of strong cane for tightening improvised tourniquet. - N.C.F.

CO MPOUND, CO:\IPLICATED FRACTURED LEG.

J. C. ( Crewe ).-To-day I had to treat.a compound fracture of leg compltcated WIth severe artenal bleeding.

I at once applied digital pressure to femoral and was then told that I could have the assistance of an unskilled man. Whilst keeping up digital pressure, I told my mate to fetch the ambulance box; and I instructed him how to make and apply an improvised tourniquet. Then when he had placed tourniquet in position and tightened it, r .relaxed Next, I took charge of the straIghtened It without applying extension, and secured It between my legs so that my hands might be free for funher action. I shall be most grateful for your criticism and advice.

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Remembering the difficulty of controlling the Femoral Artery by digital pressure and the urgent danger to life associated with an injury to this vessel and its main branches I consider that you exercised your" discrimination" correctly' when, as the trained First Aider, you decided to this work yourself rather than hand it over to an untrained assistant.

On the other hand, I strongly disapprove your action in trying to control the flactured limb by placing the foot of injured limb between your own legs. You should rather have followed the instructions of Textbook (p. 64), since you were for all practical purposes" single-handed," and have tied foot of broken to foot of unbroken limb at the very first Opportunity.-N.C.F.

WOUND OF SOLE OF FOO T

J. B. (Carshalton).- Your correspondent, who in October issue asked advice concerning treatment of Wound of Sole of Foot, may be interested to know that some time ag o I had to treat a case identical with that described by hi m ; that I was able to control both Anterior and Poster io r Tibial Arteries at their pressure points with a triangular bandage in which I tied two knots; and that all bleedi n g promptly ceased when, the limb being raised, I tightened up my improvised tourniquet. May I add that a doct or, who was present at the accident, com mended my work ? Accept our commendation also, and with these our than ks for your report.-N.C.]:.

BLGOD FR O?l I EAR CHANNEL.

J. C. Crewe).-I have read your EjJi cz'en cy in F i rst Aid a n d find it jolly fine. You say that blood escaping from t h e ear channel does not necessarily or always indicate a Fractured Base of Skull. If it does not, then what may t indicate? Please advise.

One swallow does not make a summer. Neither does o n e sign or symptom usually clinch a diagnosis. Blood from e ar channel may be coming from within the skull as with Fractured Base, or from the wall of the ear channel itself as result of inflammation or injury.-N C.F.

STRETCHER EXER Cl SE.

F. B. (Middlewich) .- Under Stretcher Exercise No. 1 h e Textbook on p. 183 tells us to "take side-pace betwe en the handles" Does this mean that Bearers must st ep over handles of stretcher or should they take paces forward (or backward ), then s ideways, and then backwa r d (or forward) between handles of stretcher?

Bearers should step over handles of stretcher and sa ve themselves a weary journey to and fro !-N.C.F.

SCHAFER'S ARTIFICI AL RESPIRATION.

P. R. (Chester) --With Schafer's Artificial Respiration shou ld patient be placed in prone position with upper limbs fu lly extended above t.is head or should his head be rested o n an upper limb fiexed at elbow. Please advise on th is point and so settle for all time a differen c e between some of us in this district.

Upper limbs should be fully extended above head where b y expansion of chest to its fullest capacity is obtained. Flexi on of one limb at elbow will limit this expansion, as you will find if you measure the chest of a boy lying prone on floor with a n d without upper limbs fully extended.-N.C.F.

THREE ESSENTIALS OF FIRST Am.

G. H. (Millhouse).-In a recent examination a member of our class was a"iked to state the three Essentials of First Ai d. He promptly replied-" What's to do?" "How to get it done," and I, Get it done." How's that for an intelligent howler?

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howler. Your colleague put into his own words the three Essentials of First Aid detailed (a), (b), and (c) on pp. 17 and 18 of Textboolc.-N.C.F.

DILUTION OF IODINE.

E D (Southend).-Please state if Iodine is soluble in water.

I'n other words can a 2 per cent. solution be reduced to a 1 per cent. by addition of water?

Iodine granules are freely soluble in alcohol but are much less soluble in water (1 in 5,000). If, however,. you refer to Tincture of Iodine which is a 2 per cent. solution of Iodine, then you can dilute this solution by additIOn of water.N.C.F.

STRETCHER EXERCISE No. 1.

W. M. (Trealan).-With reference to Stretcher Exercise No.1 on the order ., Lift Stretcher" (Textbook p. 1 83), should the Bearers bE-nd their knees in order to grasp the handles of the stretcher or should they bend their backs without bending their knees? Please advise.

Bearers should bend their knees and so ensure a more easy lift for patient on stretcher.-N.C.F.

TRI!:ATMENT OF SYNCOPE.

E. D. (Southend).-At our ambulance station. we often get bad heart cases with which we sometimes have an anxious time while waiting for the doctor. We wonder, therefore if it would be advisable and permissible for us to allow' patients to inhale a 3 minim capsule of Amyl Nitrite in those cases in which patients do not react to treatment laid down in Textbook for such cases.

Personally, I consider. that it is nor "permissible" for First Alders to admIDlster .Amyl NitrIte by inhalation. I t is a dangerous drug and, If not used very cautiously, it may be given in dose which in certain cases might have a most serIOUS effect on the muscles of the heart. So be patient with your heart cases, which always take time to respond to treatment; and you will find that the treatment detailed in Textbook will give you good results.-N.C.F.

VAGARIES OF EPILEPSY.

W.B. (Liverpool).-Not long ago I treated man .in a,n Epileptic fit, and used my own handkerchief to wipe hiS mouth. When he recovered I asked for my handkerchief and was surprised to find that my patient claimed it as his own. Further, he assumed a pugilistic attitude, which, coupled with his gross ingratitude. so disgusted me that I left him forthwith, and made no further attempt to reclaim my personal property.

You clearly do not recognise that in Epilepsy, following the "fit" there is an irresponsible stage in which patient, without conscious knowledge, may act normally, or, on the contrary, may say and do silly things. Hence the Textbook instruction on page 129 that a patient who is or has been insensible should be ., placed in charge of a responsible person." .,

So it is pOSSible that In the case quoted your patient was not ungrateful or pugilistic and that, had you waited a few more minutes, he would have passed beyond the irresponsible stage, and' would have returned your handkerchief with his grateful compliments and thanks.-N.C.F.

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THE death of Her Majesty the QueenMother, full of years and of honour, Majesty Queen has been the occasion of many just and Alex andra. sincere appreciations of ber character and work. For more than sixty years, as Princess of as Queen Consort, as Queen·Mother, she had been secure in

the affe ction of the English people, an affection given her from the moment when she landed in England as the "Sea-King's daughter from over the sea," retained and increased by her through all those years by innumerable proofs of her lGve for the peop le whom she not only liveG among, but-fulfilling the prophecy of Tennyson 's Ode of Welcome-had made her own. To all the gifts which would have made her memorable in history as a serene and gracious Queen, she added that which endeared her to all,a profound sympathy with all who suffer.

To that which has already been so fitly written of her life and work we may be allowed to add our own tribute. The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England owes to Queen Alexandra a peculiar debt. She was the first member of the Royal House to be received into the revived Order of St. John. The Order had succeeded in establishing itself into England, it had revived some of its ancient dignities. It was seeking, in some uncertainty but with sincere purpose, for definite

ways of fulfilling the ancient service of the Hospitallers to the sick and suffering. It had recovered In 1874 a remnant of its old home, the noble Gate· way of the Priory, and was engaged in various charitable works. In 1876 the Princess of Wales, seeing the good work which the Order was quietly doing, was graciously pleased to become a Lady of Justice of the Order and her accession to its ranks was followed by that of many other mem bers of the Royal Family. So the way was prepared for the granting of the Charter in 1888, and the installation of H.R. H.

Her Lat e Majesty Queen Alexandra at th e time of her reception in the Order.

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the Prince of Wales as Grand Prior. At the tim e of h er death Her Majesty was the oldest L'ldy of Justice. She had seen her husband and her son in succession Grand Prior and Sovereign Head and Patron cf the Order. Her membership in the Order was of no m €' re tItular kind. The Order ow e s very much to her gracious and sustained interest in all its work for nearly half a ce ntury. We recall that during the South African war the "Princess of Wales" Hospital Ship was named after h e r. Within a or two of the outbreak cf the Gr eat War she paid a surprise visit to St. John's Gate, to see for herself the practical response of the Order to the immense strain which the war was imposing upon its resources. She saw th e re the work of the Ambulance Brigade, and of the two departments which the Ladies' Committee of the Order had immediately organised, the warehouse for clothing and comforts for the sick and wounded and the Trained NursEs'dtpartment. In July of the following year, when the organisation had proved itself tfficimt, and was rapidly expanding to meet the growing dtm:mds upon it, Queen Alexandra paid another visit to St. John's Gate, speaking to all the workers individually, and showing the ke t nest interest in their work. It was her last visit to the headquarters of the Order, and it remains a happy memory of incentive and encouragement, given at a critical moment, to those who were doing hospitaller work.

It has been said of the Order that kings have been its nursing fathers and their qu e ens its nursing·mothe rs. Many of royal birth have worn its eight·pointed and have shown themselves loyal to its motto. Queen AlExandra was in the true line of succession to them; and so long as the English tongue exists, so long will it gratefully keep the memory of one whose devotion to its objects was an inspiring example to all its m e mbers

THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD STAMFORDHAM, G.C.B , &c., BUCKINGHAM PALACE, S.W.

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The Members of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England desire to express their profound grief at the lamented death of Her Most Majesty The Mother, senior Lady of Ju stICe o.f the ?rder, and theIr heart-felt sympathy with HIS Majesty George V. and Her Majesty, Queen at the Irreparable loss which they have thereby sustamed.

The very lively interest taken by Her Late Majesty Queen Alexandra in the affairs of the Order has ensured that Her Majesty's name will be recorded on the Roll of the Order for all time as one of its revered benefactors.

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Majesty has sustained, conveyed on behalf of the Members of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in in your lette r of the yd inst. King greatly apprecIated your feelmg reference to the mterest whi ch Queen Alexandra ever took in the work of the Order. Yours, very truly,

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(ContInued from page I07.)

For the Turks intention was"finally to have the City of Rhodes, wherefore George had of him great gifts an d rewards. But anon after George was condemned to d eat h and in the sight of all the people of Rhodes, for his treason and mischievous counsels, was hang e d. And anon after every man of Rhodes returned again to keep their p la ce with !2r e at gladn e ss that George the false traitor of Chri st's faith and he that had studied to put to death so m an y noble and worshipful knights, and to defile and ravish so many good and honest women and holy virgins, had at last found an e nd according to his treawns and mischiev ous deeds.

Anon after this the Pasha, that is to say the gr eat Captain of the Turk caused other letters to be cast int o th e city of Rhodes in which lett e rs h e comforted and warned the burgesses of the said city and other merch an ts of Christendom which wer e within city, that thEY sho ul d find th e means tor to yi e ld th e m and d eli ver to him the city, and they should have their lands and their go od s safe, and their bodies free and harmless, for he would bu t only destroy the knights of men of war being wit hi n Rhodes, and if lhey did otherwise he menac e d to put th em all equally to d e ath.

And by these means and cavilti e s he imagined and thought to put division amongst the people of Rho des , but he could not speed his false purpose, for he fou n d them just and true to God and th e order of Rhod e s. And so when he saw and considered that this failed him, he yet by wittiness sent a man in the night time to the ditc he s of Rhodes, in that side of the city where stood a chur ch of Our Lady called Elemonitr e. * This man was a Gr ee k and late had forsaken Christ's faith and we nt to the Tur k. And so this Greek called and s aid to them that watch ed th e re, that the great captain of the Turk would send an am bassador to th e Lord Master, if the Rhodians would le t him go and corne sure. They answer e d and said to this man, that they wer e well content that the gre2.t captain of the Turk should send his ambassador unto the ditch and bulwark of that side of the city and that there should b e a noble man the which should give an answ e r for the Lord Maste r.

And so the next day following the Ambassador of the aforesaid captain came thither and said, how that he had great marvel that such a little city should withstand and resist against the great might and puissance of the drea dful Turk, which had conquer e d two empires and so many kingdoms. Theretore he exhorted them to have pity of themselves and not to be the cause that the city of Rhod es

* This church stood in th e suburbs outside the walls, nothi ng now remains of it.

D ecember, 19 3 5. -FIRST should be taken by th e assault of th e Turks and b)1, strong hand , for th e n the Turks should put to mischief and to violence both men and wom e n being in the city of Rhod t s.

An d furth ermore he said that if they of Rhodes would desire and of the Turks p ea ce th t y should hav e it, with possesslOn of th e self Rhodes and with all th e ir gO:Jds or else they should be put utt e rly to d e struction with all manner of cruelty and so he menaced it to be in short ti me to corn e and th e refore he bade them answu whether th ey would peace or war. ·

Then anon answered the noble and prudent knigOl* that there was for the Lord Master, and said, how that the Rhodians had great marvel that th e Turks with so gr e at navy and with so strong army ? against th e honour of all manly warriors, should exhort their enemies to p e ac e.

And said that the Rhodians understood and knew right we ll the feint and false colour of them, for they wist well, that they did it becaus e that th e. y should prove th e ir hur ts , ther e fore he said that neither by wil e s, neith e r by menaces they would do shame to Christendom and that within the city of Rhodes was a common accord among th e Gre eks and Latins and all th e p eo pl e of Rhodes, wh ic h would rather die for Christ's faith than to bp of am it y of the law of Mahom e t.

And if so were that the Tnrks would break up their and turn again to their country and aft e r s end am ba ssadors to Rhodes for p eace, the Rhodians should th ere of by counc il give th em an answer, but sinc e that th ey were as mighty in arms, th ey bade them us e and do th at they came for and that through the grace of J es us th ey should know that they had not to do nor to fight with men of Asia th e ir country, cowards and unh earty as women, but they should know we ll and that th e y sh ou ld fight 3.nd b e in hand with strong manly and Christian people of Rhodes.

After the which answ e r, the Turks with low cheer an d half shamely countenance d e parted from th e m and tu rne d again to their host and to their c aptai n, and so th e more that the Rhodians withstood the Turks with might and wisdow, the mor e wax e d th e Turks furious against Rhodes

And anon aft e r this with gre at bombards, guns, engines, and all other such of war, th e y vexed and grieved the Rhodians and purpos e d t o prov e if tile deeds of the Rhodians should accord with th e ir gr e at words.

Therefor e likewise as they had done a great and horrible assault against the tow e r of Saint Nicholas thirty sev en days past, ordained and dress e d all their born bards and guns of war, all their ordnanc e and their might against the principal str e ngth and most n e west walls of th e city of Rhodes. How be it that th e y we re large, new and fortified with mighty tow e rs and bulwarks, nev e rtheles s with cast : ng of three thousand and five hundred great bombard stones, they were horribly bruised and thrown down.

And many worshipful places and hous e s of the Rhodians by that side with the hurt and the ruin of that new wall were mischievously brok e n and destroyed all to pi eces.

The which miserabl e case and horrible ruin fear e d many of the Rhodians' hearts and put th e m to mor e thought and sorrow than ever they were since the coming of the Turks thither.

AlD.-

Bu t t.h e Lord ,Master as a st ea dfast prine .; trusting in J Chnst and hls sweet mother Mary and in Saint John Baptlst comforted all the people so that neither the knights, n e ither the prion, n either t'he bailiff; of the Order n ei ther merchants, neither peopl e in Rhodes wer e afear e d: but gladly as the c.a se stood were ready and content to fight hand for hand with the Turks at brok e n walls and plain pl a c es.

And so the Turks by two or three ev e nicgs following com e to the ditches with th e ir taber e ttes and m lde songs of mirth, hoping that within short days they should get Rhodes.

And the Rhodians from the other side of th e brok en walls th e m as merely again with trumpets and clanons! but th e Master knowlDg by his prudence that anon with great mlght and fury the Turks would come to assault th e city, the walls with knights of h1s Ord e r and most manl1 est warnors, and he himself by the brok en wall was full of business to teach, warn and comfort all the pe ::> p le about him and was ready and at all hours abode to give succour to the knights and warriors on the walls, and so were all his peopl e from the highest oegree unto the lowest dispos e d.

In this while the Turks mad e th e m r e ady in th e ir host for to come and give assault and made a common cry that the great Turk gave lhem all th e goods that we r e in Rhodes and that th e y should tak e all th e young children in Rhodes and cause to renounc e their faith , and th ey that were above ten years unto twenty should bave thEir throats cut, and all that were above that age if th ey we re taken alive should be pierced through the body and through the head with a long stake wherefore they bore with them to the assault eight thousand stakes and tbat th e Turk alone was cont e nt to b e victorious and lord of Rhodes.

Anon aft e r this cry all the Turks came towards Rhodes, but before that th e y gave assault, after their false belief called t o th 'd r belp M a homet and washed them all naked in running water in token of purgacion of their sins a nd aft e r t hat th e y arranged th e m everyone after their quality of war and brought sacks witb them to put in the goods of Rhodes and ti e d at their girdles ropes to bind th eir prisoners, for they hop ed in their God Mahom e t t hat they without fail should have victory of Rhodes.

The day afor e that th e great assault and battle was, th ey cast and shot against the walls great stone, of eigbt th e gr eat est hom bards th s t they had and cast down the r epa rations and d e fenc e s which the Rhodians had made in the broken walls, so that they struck and slew th e watches that were on the walls.

In the night following, for they ceased never throwing through all the d a y and the night and all th e morning of the day following, in the which th e great assault was made, so that th e re might no body surely stand upon the walls, nor might stop th e great ruin of the walls, for in a short spac e were cast three bundred great stones.

(To be continued.)

The r e fe rees of the Selby and District Football L eague are taking a in first aid in order to cope with any accid e nt which may occur on the footb;:.ll field.

The ,. PLUMBER. & JOUR.NAL OF HEATING" IS. monthly) is THE paper for all progressive tradesmen - Publishing Office 46, Cannon Street, E.C.4.

* fhe knighl wa s Anthony Gualtier, Casle:lan of rhodes, anc the Tur ki sh repres e nLativ e w as Soliman Bey, see Porter 1, 36 9.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

L. & N.E. Railway Centre. ( N.E. AREA ).

ON October 27th the members of the Leeds Ladies Class, held their annual whist drive, when a good number of players were present. At the close of Mr. Geo. J General Secretary, presented th e certIficates, etc., gamed I.n the recent class, and congratulated the members theIr success and wished them still greater successes In the coming' session, he also handed the prizes gained at the whist drive.

Mr. H. J. Dyson on behalf of the class handed to Dr. Henderson, the lecturer, a very fine biscuit barrel, with the sincere thanks of the ladies for his kindnesses to them.

Dr. Henderson in reply said it was a great pleasure to him to give any assistance he could to the class.

On October 28th, the North Shields Class, launched out with a very high class concert in the Smith's Dock Institute, when Mr. E. Laing, station master, presided. Some most excellent songs, recitations, etc., WEre rendered, and at the interval, Mr. W. A. Fiddian was call e d upon to present the awards gained at the recent examination.

He spoke of the essential necessity of all railwayrnen being qualified to render first aid, and advised all who had not already received a course of lectures to take advantage of the opportunity off ;! red at the class.

Dr. Yeates, the lecturer also offered some very good advice to intending members, and said he was very proud of his class.

Supt. J. Rodgers, District President, and Mr. G. J ackson, General Secretary, also spoke of tl;e necessity of railway employees b e coming ambulance quoted which had recently come under theIr notIce, of effiCIent help rcndered by L.N.E.R. men.

Messrs. Baines and Holt moved and seconded votes of thanks to Messrs. Fiddian, Rodgers and Jackson for their attendance and addresses.

On November 7th the Percy Main Class held a concert and c e lery supper at the Percy Arms Hotel, at which a large crowd gathered, and were well entertained by the excellent artistes who rendered very fine songs, etc.

At the interval Mr. G. Jackson presented the certificates, etc., gained at the recent examination and spoke of the good results of the past session, and predicted that this se9.son was going to be another record one.

The Chairman, Mr. W. Morley, Yardmaster, Mr. M. Harrison, Blyth and Dr. P. J. O'Connell also gave some most excellent advice to those who had not already joined the class, and offered a hearty welcome to all new

The L.N.E.R (N.E. Area Centre) are again going strong in the 1925 6 session, no less than 54 new classes having been formed already to which over soo books and bandages have been issued, and though last session with its 92 classes was a record one, there is every prospect of that

number being exceeded in the current s e ssion. Many entirely new classes have been formed, and there are prospects of several more being commenced early in the new year.

On November 6th the Malton Class held their annual social in the Co-Op. Hall, when Mr. M. Lupton, station master, presided.

At the interval Dr. Peebles Brown, in the absenc e of his partner, presented the awards of the last examination, and he and Mr. G. Jackson, gave addresses on the irn portance of the am bulance WOI k and invited the me n who had not already joined the class, to become mem bers in the class about to be formed.

Some most excellent 1\ turns" were given, especiall y by the junior members.

Metropolitan Railway Centre.

THE annual meeting of this Centre was held in the Sports Pavilion, Wembley Park, on Friday, November 6th, 1925, Mr. W. M. Ballingall, accountant to the Company, presiding, supported by Mr. F. W. Watkins ) Chief Roll ing Stock Inspector. Forty-seven members of the Ce ntre were present.

A report of the yeat ' s working was given by the s ecretary, Mr. J. A. Gravestock, who said that during the yea r 93 had been obtained as follows :-

Certificates, 26. Vouchers, 6. Medallions, 9. Lab els,

This showed an increase of 27 awards over the previous year, and he had every expectation that the century mark would be reached during the forthcomi ng year, provided the members maintained their interest n the work.

The Practice Classes had been well attended, the to ta number of attendances made being 1,411.

The Am bulance Hall, r e cently built, would soon be ready for the use of the Centre and Brigade members, and as soon as this was handed over, he would endeavour o arrange lectures on a variety of su bj ects that would be of interest to all the members.

4 6 0 cases of First Aid had been rendered by memb els of the Centre during the year.

Certificates of Merit for the furtherance of First Ai d were awarded to Messrs. E. C. Barker and A. Stokes.

Messrs. W. M. Ballingall and F. W. Watkins w er e again elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the C ommittee respectively, and the meeting closed with a h earty vote of thanks to those gentlemen for their services dur ing the past year.

At at inquest at Burslem last month relative to the death of a potter who received a scratch on the hand w hile at work. The coroner in summing up said in this case the accident was so slight that the man had evidently not thought th ere was any necessity to use the first- aid appliances provided. He would like to urge workmen, no matter how slight the accident, to make use of the first aid boxes. He would record a verdict that the deceased d ied from following accidental injury to the ind ex finger of his left hand.

St. John J\mbulance St'igade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

NOVEMBER, 1925

The following appointments have been sanctioned by the Sub -Pr ior (acting on behalf of the Grand Prior, who is absent abroad).

TO BE ASSISTANT COMlVlISSIONER.

District Officer Anthony John Connor, M.B.E. for No. 12 (Irish) District, 20 11.25

District Officer George Frederick Browne, for the County of Leic ester, NO.3 ( Eastern) District, 20 1125

District Officer Lieut.-Col. William Baron Cockill, T. D., M.D., for the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, NO.4 District, 20 11.25

T he following resignation has been accepted with re gret :-

S. Vilven as Assistant Commissioner, No (P rince of Wales) District, with effect from 20 L2S

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned tht fo llow ing appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE OORPS SURGEON.

NO.6 DI STR ICT.

Richard Henderson Owen Garbutt, L.R.C.S L.R C.P. & L.R.c.P.S., Newcastle-on-Tyne Corps, 10 IT 25

TO BE CORPS supr.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corps O ffi cer James Cotter) Birkenhead Corps, 11.11.25

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

NO .4 DI STRICT.

Georg e Richard Stephen Walles, M.B., Ch.B., Astley Bridge Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 23.11.25

Henry Burness Cook, M B , Ch B., HasllDgden Divis io n, Haslingden Corps, ] I I. 2 5

No. 5 DI STR I CT.

Thomas W. Crawford, M.B., Ch.B Heckmondwike Nursing Division, Spen Va lley Corps, 6 11.25

Henry James Dawson, M.A., M.B, Ch.B., Mirfield Nurs ing Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 12 1 I.25

Dona ld Lesl ie Tucker, M.R.C S., L.R.C.P., Welbeck Colliery Division, New Hucknall Collieries Corps, 12 11.25

NO.9 DIS TR ICT

Wilfr ed Graham Verniquet, M .B ., B.C, M.R C.S, L.R C.P., Kingsbridge Division, 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No . I DI STRICT.

Amb ulance Officer William Charles Pa ckham No. 38 ( Victoria L.B.&S.C.R.) Division, 25.1 I.2S

NO.4 DI STlUCT.

Amb ulance Officer Fred H. Fletcher, Cockermouth Divis on, 2 3 112 5 Staff Sergt. Albert Ramah Harrop, Tyldesley Division, 1

No 5 DI STR I CT

Ambulanc e Officer Herbert Lord, "A " Division, Lincoln Corp5, I!. 11 25

Hora tio Ritchie, L.R,C.P., Wharncliffe SIIkstone Division, Worsborough and District Corps, 6 11.25

NO.6 DI STR I CT

AID.-

No. 10 DISTRICT.

William Ramsey, attached to Suffolk County Staff, II. 9 2 5

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. 5 DISTRI CT

Miss .Gladys Maud Gertrude Oldroyd, Mirfield Nursing D iviSIOn, Dewsbury and District Corps, 12.11. 2

5

Miss Barbara WIlhelmina Skinner, South Sh ields N urs in g Division, 1211. 25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Miss Florence Mary Gill, Lowestoft Nursing D ivisio n 9.11 2 5

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO. 4 DISTRICT.

John Appleton, Cockermouth Di v ision, 23.II 2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Norman Hulley, Conisborough Division, Denaby 'Mai n Corps, 21.1 0.2 5

Sergt. Gray, Wakefield Division, 23. I 1. 2 5

Sergt. V, iliiam Dove, Welbeck Collieries D ivisi on New

H ucknall Collieri es Corps, 12. II 25

NO 6 DISTRICT.

Corps Serg t-Major Arthur Westerdale, Central Division , Hull Corps, 2 I. 10 25

Richard Watson, Percy Mai n Div isi on, North Ty nes id e Corps,5· II 2 5

Richard L ittledale Atkinson, Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Co. D iv ision, North Durham Corps, 10 I r. 2 5

Ralph Crook, Riverside Div sio f., Armstrong Whitworth Corps, 10 1. 2 5

Corpl. James McArthur, Middlesborougb Central Di vi sion, 12.11. 2 5

No. 8 DI STRICT

Sergt. George Thomas Robinson, Si tt ingbourne Division, 2 4 1 1. 2 5

NO.9 DI STRI CT.

William Artemus Ward, Barnstaple Divis ion, County of Devon, 26. 11.25

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

No. DISTRICT.

Miss Isabel Lily King, 1'-'0. 28 London Post Offic e Division, 25 · 25

NO ·3 ( WESTERN) DI STRICT.

Reserve Officer Mrs. Sidwell, Nuneaton Nurs in g Division, 16. 11.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Emily H ick, Victoria N ursin g D ivisio n, Leeds Corps, 12 .II.25 ·

M rs. Elsie W hitton, Vic tor ia Nursing Div is io n, Leeds Corps, 1211. 2 5

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

NO.4 DIST R IC T.

Miss M ary Helen Spivey, Bi rkdale (Southport ) Nursin(T Divi· sion, 13 r .25

NO.6 DISfRICT.

Miss Jean Allen, Sunderland Nursin g D ivisio n, 18. II 2 5

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. James Henry Ellis, Percy Main Division , North Tyn eside Corps, 5' 11. 2 5

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Muriel Wyatt McNaught, BootIe Nurs in g Di visi on, L iv erpool Corps, I I I1.2S

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE

NO.3 ( WE STER N ) DISTRICT.

Supt. J. Harris, Netherton DiviSIOn, 2.11.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer G. Harrison, Preston Corps, 26 10.25

NO. 9 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Swayne, Parkstone Nursing Di vi sion ) 24 11.25

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RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Di v isional Sur g eon Dr. Andrews, No. 16 N Hampstead Nursing Division, 12 11. 2 5

Lady Ambulance Offi cer Miss E. M. Rosher, East Croydon and Addiscombe Nurs ing Division, 24. I.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Di v isional Surgeon Costello, Darwen Nursing Division, 1.12 25

Lady Supt. M Proctor, Ramsbottom Nursing Division, 16.1 I.2 5

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Supt. H. Hoyle, Keighley "A" Division, Keighley Corps, 12.11. 2 5

NO.6 DI STRICT.

Hursing Officer M iss Burn, Sunderland Nursing Division, 3 12 z 5

Divisional Surgeon J. G. M Macauley, Blythe and District Nurs i ng Divis on, 10. 1.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

L a dy Supt. Mrs. Hugo, Bodmin Nursing Division, 1.12.25

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.5 DISTRICT

Allerton Nursing Division, I2.II.25

Skegness Div ision, 7. 11.25

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Oakengates Division, lO.r 1. 2 5

No 10 DI STRICT.

L.&N.E.R No. 2 Division, 23 II. 2 5

Fakenham Di v ision, 16. 11.25

Halesworth Division, 19 11.25

SECTION REGISTERED.

Kington Section, 2 I. I 1. 2 5

CADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

Kei g hley Cadet Division, 7.11.25

Haworth Cadet Di vi sion, 7.1 I. 2 5

Haworth Cadet Nursing Division, 7.11. 2 5

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's Distrkt COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

JANUARY, 1926.

January 3rd-No. 52 Division, Barclay Perkins. " 10th-No. 53 " Watford.

17th- N o. 54 " Brentford.

" 24 th - N o. 55 " Southall.

31st - No. 56 " Cricklewood

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

EASTE RN AREA.

Officers in char g e .of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions are now mstructed that m future all correspondence in connection with their Divisions, should be addressed as follows : __

Dr. G. W. Kendall, at St. John'S Gate, ClerkenwelI, E . C.I. Dr. Kendall will take over the charge of the Eastern Area and Divisions are asked to give him their hearty support.

PUBLIC DUTY.

The Commissioner would like to take this opportunity of tendering his thanks to Officers and all members of the rank and ftle, who volunteered for duty when their ser vi ces were required during the month of November.

A.-II) December 1925

The Lord Mayor s Day and Armistice Day duties were efficiently carried out, and it is hoped that the Commissioner's thanks will be conveyed to the members of Divisions by the Officer in charge.

The duty which was undertaken on November 27th, on the occasion of the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Alexandra was well responded to by all members of the District, and reflects great credit upon all.

A duty was arranged for on November 20th, when H.R. H The Prince of Wales was to have visited the City. As this dut y was cancelled all members of Ambulance and Nursing Division s who actually came on duty, will count this as a Public Duty to their credit.

PUBLIC AND LOCAL DUTY.

All returns, that is, parade states, attendance sheets an d report of cases treated forms, in connection with dutie s performed in 192 5, must be in the hands of the Public Du ty Officer, District Officer Captain G. Gerhold, not later th an ] anuary 7 th, 19 26, so that the necessary entries may be ma d e in the Headquarters Records. Will Officers in charge kind ly see that this is done without delay, and to send them dz'1-ect to the Public Duty Officer at St. John's Gate_ BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

Now that the British Empire Exhibition has come to a close, Captain G. Gerhold, who worked in direct touch with t he Brigade Office, for the Exhibition duty as Temporary Co m. missioner until 31st October 19 2 5, has now resumed his ra nk of District Officer, and undertaken his full duties as Pub lic Duty Officer, from the 1st November, 1925.

The work done at the Exhibition by members of t he Brigade, reflects great credit upon them. OBITUARY.

I t is with regret the Commissioner has to announce t he following death of one of our members:Mrs. Gwinnell, Ambulance Sister, No.2 St. John s Ga te, Nursing Division, who passed away on December 8 th last. COMPETITIONS.

The following district competitions will be held on Saturday, Apr il o th, 1926, at the Northampton Institute, Clerkenwell, commenc i ng at 3 o clock. Visitors are cordia lly invited ;- -

Sleath Gent Cup and Ma5sey Mainwaring Challenge Cu p.

The winning team in this competition will represent No I District in the final of the Dewar Shield.

Osborn Shield, Nursing Challenge Bowl and MacFadd en Cup.

The winning team in this competition will represe nt No I Distr ict in the Final for the Perrott Shield.

Preliminary examinations will be held at St. John s Ga te on the follow ing d3.tes :-

Sleath Gent Cup.-Written paper and v iva voce, Saturday, March 6th, at 3 o' clock.

Massey Mainwarin g Challenge Cup.- Viva voce an d Individual Practical, Saturday, March 20th, at 3 o'clock. Osborn Shield. -Individual Practical, Saturday, Mar ch 27th, at 3 o'clock.

MacFadden Cup.-Viva Voce and Individual Practic al, Saturday, March 13th, at 3 o'clock.

Nursing Challenge B owl.-Written Paper and Viva voc e, Tuesday, March 9 th, at 6 30 p.m.

Competitors in the Gent Cup and Nursing Bowl co mpetitions must obtain at least 50 per cent. of the marks in th e preliminary examinations to qualify for the finals on Ap ril 10th, 1926.

The Efficiency Competition will be held in May of whic h due notice will be given in DIstrict Orders.

Officers and members in charge are asked to enter for as many competitions as possible so as to stimulate the enthusias m ot their members for the practice of first aid, &c.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

N.C.O. 's CL UB. - The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 7th, 1926, at W H.S. & S. Club ,

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II, Milford-lane, Strand, W.C.2, 7.30 p.m. All members are requested to attend.

N.C.O.'s of Prince of Wales Corps were cordially invited to become members. It is hoped that the forthcoming visit to Birmingham will be a representative one of the P.O.W. Corps. Further particulars can be had from H. J. Palmer, Hon. Sec., 70, Newington Green-road, N.r.

C ENTRAL AR EA.-On November 18th there was a goodly ga thering in the Chapter Hall of members of ambulance and nursing divisions of Central Area to hear Divisional Surgeon Dr. G. W. Kendal give his most instructive and interesting le c ture, which was illustrated by lantern slides, on "The O r g an of Vision in Man and Animals." The Assistant Comm issioner introduced the lecturer; and Colonel E. A. Cameron, C. M.G., who presided over the meeting, vo iced at the close of th e lecture in well-chosen words the appreciation of all who had been privileged to listen to such an eloquent discourse so cl early and so simply expla i ned.

The officers of the Prince of Wales District spent a very ha ppy evening with their friends at the Abercorn Rooms, Li verpool -street Hotel, on October 31St, when over ISO guests were presided o ver by the Commissioner, W. H. Winny. Am ongst those present were :-The Chief Commissioner Gen. Si r Percival Wilkinson, the Secretary of the Order Col. E.

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of the Aid" material h a d to be i mpro vi sed from the scanty applIances at The" vill ag e " was a mile away even there the assistance wa s almost ne g l g ible. I n the field telephone wh ic h communicated with the added to perple xi t y of the teams r ather than be ing source of mformat lon. N e v ertheless, in spite of the difficulties, the standard of "F i rst Ai d " was h ig her than for the past year or two, and both com petit ors and appeared to appreciate the "s c ene " an d the task more than on some pre v ious occa s ions

The results were ;-

C HALLENGJC: S HIELD.

King Edward Buildin g C" A")

I nland Section...

466 t marks

Ca meron, Lady P errott, Mrs. B. H. Dent, Capt. A. Cahnsac, M aj or P. G. Darvil Smith, '_ Drs. C. J. R MacFadden and Corbet }< letcher.

After the loyal toasts Gen. Sir P. Wilkinson proposed the P rince of Wales District, and in the course of his remarks sa id that the work performed by its members was a credit to them all. He hoped the district in the near future would e stablish Medical Comfort Depots, which were pro v ing so us eful in the provinces.

The chairman and Lady Perrott briefly responded.

Thf> toast of the visitors was given by Dr. MacFadden a nd Col. Cameron in a humorous reply congratulated the B rigade on its work at Wembley where they were referred to ;\ s the" Black Saints. "

During the evening a splendid musical programme was gi ven by various artistes. This was followed by an enjoyable d ance at whi c h District Officer T. McBride acted as M C.

On Tuesday, November 10th, 1925, in the Great Hall of he Church House, Westminster, before the largest gathering of spectators since the war, four Male teams competed for the " London Postal Ambulance Challenge Shield," and three F emale teams competed for the" Women's TlOphy," the test being the same for both trophies.

The test was rather a severe one, as practically the whole

N orth- Western D istri c t O ffic e Western Distr ict Offi c e W Ol\IEN'S TROPHY.

4 42 ! " " " Savings Bank Department (" A") 403 m arks. Central Tele g raph Offi ce Savings Bank Depa r tment (" B ") 384 CO RPS T RO PHY ( Ind ivi dual Test )

Mr. G. E. Bates wi th marks. ( Mr. Bates also led the winn in g team in the Cha ll en g Shield Competition ).

At the conclusion of the Co m pet iti on E. R a ven, Esq (second Secretary of the Post Offi ce ) presented the trophies to the winners . H e e x pressed the re g ret of the R ig ht Hon. Sir William Mit c hell-Thomson, Bart. , K.B. E., M.P. ( H.M Postmaster-General ), at bein g pre v ented from attending to present the trophies as promised bu he h a d been called to Scotland on urgent business and wa s th us pre vented Mr. Raven spoke in hi g h pr ai se of the wo rk o f the teams in the Competition, and of the Co r ps g- enerall y ins ide and outs de the Post Offices of London. H e con g ra t ulated the winners on their splendid d ispla y and ho p ed th at the exper ience g ained would add to their usefulnes s as " F irs t A ide r s. " Mr. G. E. Bates (leader of winne r 5 o f C hallen g e Sh Ield ) proposed a hearty v ote r)f thanks to Mr. Raven for so kindly attending to present the Shields, and st a ted that the greatly appreciated the interest shown by the Department 10 the work of the Post Office Ambulance Corps. M iss M. M. Masson (leader of winners of'Vornen's T r oph y) se c onded the proposal, which was carried with appl a use. This c oncluded a very successful evening.

NO.4 District.

COLNE.-A Memor i al Serv ic e was held in the Ambulance Hall, Colne, on Sunday morning N ovember 7th, conducted by

The Annual Dinner of the Officers of the Prince of W ales's D istr ict.

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the Rev. F. E. Stafford, M.M., pastor of the Mount Zion United Methodist Church. The hall was crowded by members of the Colne Corps and friends, and .the Ma,Yor of Colne, J. W. Hird, Esq., was present. A very Impressive part of the service was the laying of a wreath at the foot of. the Roll of Honour, by Assistant Commissioner F. B. Plm, who was accompanied by Corps Surgeon J B. and C?rps Supt. W. Heap. After this act o.f memon.al, a perIod of slient lection was observed, the silence bemg broken by the soundmg of the Last Post by the Corps Buglers.

Tasteful floral tributes were placed around the Roll of Honour. The Parade was under the charge of Corps Officer H. Allllm, and the Nursing- Divisional Hon. Surgeon Jean Macaulay, and Corps Lady Supt. S. A. Hartley,

ROCHDALE.-On Sunday, November 15th, the Rochdale Corps and Castleton Divisions took part in the Mayor's Procession to the Parish Church. 60 Ambulance men, 59 Ambulance Sisters, 70 Cadets (Boys and Girls) and I Officers, making a total of 200 on Parade, headed by the Shawclough and Spotland Brass Band, who very kindly gave their services.

No.6 District.

The visit of the Acting Commissioner, Major A. Hammersley Johnston, O.B.E., to Tyneside, at the end of November was made the occasion of several divisional inspections.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Felling Colliery Division, a social evening was held in the St. John Ambulance Hall, Felling, on the Friday evening, and there was a good attendance of past and present members of the brigade. At this gathering, District Officer Handyside and Corps Officer Booth were each presented with the first bar to the Service Medal awarded for 20 years service in the brigade.

On the following day, which was marked by one of the most sev ere blizzards which this neighbourhood has experienced for many years, the Acting Commissioner reviewed the Armstrong Whitworth and Newcastle -on-Tyne corps and witnessed practical demonstations. He spoke encouraging of the nature and quality of the public duty performed and exhorted the members ever to strive to higher ideals of service. He afterwards met the Assistant Commissioners and various District Officers in conference, when numerous matters of moment were discussed.

A grand total of 90 teams are taking part in the Annual District Competitions this season. Of this number, thirty are entered for the new Coroner Graham trophy for ambulance men in the County of Durham. The preliminaries in each of the competitions have been arranged, and will be decided before the end of the year, whilst the county finals and the final for the Coroner Graham trophy will be determined before the end of February next.

Those who are acquainted with the organisaton of ambulance competitions will realise the obligation of the brigade in this district to those public spirited medical officers who so freely and voluntarily give their services as judges in these events.

NEWCASTLE-(')N-TYNE.-On the 26th November, Dr. W. Kerr Russell, specialist in electronology, lectured to the local Units of the Brigade upon Artific..ial Light.

Dr. Russell has had considerable experience it: this interesting branch of medical science, being for some time engaged upon that work at the Military Orthopcedic Hospital in Newcastle.

He first gave a brief account of the different kinds of waves of whi ch ordinary lig hts were composed, and indicated that the ordinary spectrum was only a very small interval on the gamut of Ether Waves, which were known to exist. On the one hand before the rays of red light appeared on the spectrum were other waves further down in the scale which had different effects, amongst which were the heat waves, and, further down still, the X-r ays and others associated with Rontgen. At the other end of the spectrum of light there were invisible

known as the Ultra-Violet or Actinic, and extending beyond these were many others with peculiar characteristics, until the waves used for wireless communications which might be of almost indefinite length. The beneficial effect of sunlight upon certain diseases had been suspected by many investigators, but it was to Finsen of Copenhagen that the world owed the first successful application. Finsen was a scientist of indifferent health and looking out of the window one day observed that his black cat, which was sleeping ill the sunshme, kept changing its position forward as the shadow crept on fr?m behind. From this he deduced that there must be somethIng beneficial to the cat in the sun's direct rays, which did not occur in the shadow. Subsequent investigation produced the famous Finsen Flame and the sucr.essful treatment of lupus and kindred complaints. It has now been more or less definitely established that these beneficial or Actinic rays are at the Violet end of the spectrum and it is the application of these to a vast number of different ailments that has produced many remarkable cures.

The lecturer outlined the probable course of future development in this direction and spoke enthusiastically of its possibilities. He spoke also of the local clinic, which he contemplated establishing, for the treatment of numerous complaints of children, and in which the local First Aid Units could render much valuable service.

A Medical Comforts Depot organised by the members of the nursing divisions of the Newcastle Corps been established at headquarters, 2, Osborne-terrace, and IS open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening: from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sick room requisites, as are not found in the average household, can be obtamed on loan at a nominal charge, and, as funds allow, it is proposed to add to the list of articles at present available.

Goods will only be issued to those presenting a notp. of recommendation from the doctor in attendance on the case, or from a clergyman, deaconess, health visitor, or other responsible person. It is hoped shortly to open a second depot in the east end of the city.

The Northumberland Voluntary Aid Detachments held their first annual whist drive and dance on Thursday, the 10th inst., in the Hutton-terrace Drill Hall, kindly lent for the occasion by the Northumberland Terri torial Association.

Admiral Slayter, c.B., the County Controller, in a terse little speech indicated the objects of the V.A.D. movement.

The prizes for whist were presented by Mrs. Stanley Embleton and dancing and social harmony prevailed until a late hour, and the function proved highly successful.

The officers and members of the Gosforth (Newcastle ) nursing division displayed much novel enterprise in promoting an " American Tea" at district headq larters on 4th December. The proceeds, amounting to about £ 17, were to augment the divisional funds. The attendance was excellent, both of brigade members and outside friends. Amongst the articles displayed for sale were collections of native hand made potter y and basket work, and a number of curios, given respecti vely by the directors of Uganda and Tanganyika pavilions at Wembley Exhibition. A" Treasure Hunt" and other side shows contributed materially to the general success. Several songs and recitations were also contributed.

WEST HARTLEPOOL.-On November 14th Assistant Commissioner F. P. Wilson, J.P., inspected various Divisions in the neighbourhood and in the course of his remarks he said the history of the Order of St John was founded on the highest form of religion. There were many different forms of religion amongst them, but all had different views, and quite rightly so. They had a certain high aim before them, and they knew that the highest form of religion was to love their neighbours as themselves and to give time and service to help their less fortunate brothers. When a man was prepared to do that, he was performing the very highest religious teaching. He then presented Supt. Martin with the vellum vote of

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thanks of the Order of St. John. Supt. Martin, he saId had put I?any yea:s of work. into the ambulance and It was fittmg that hiS services should be appreciated in that manner. He had, therefore, great pleasure in handing to Supt. Martin the vote of thanks sent by the Duke of Connaught as a proof of his service.

Supt. MartlD, m hiS reply, said It was 26 years since he started the work, which he did for the love of it, and because It was v ery necessary.

HULL.-At a meetinf5 of the Markets' Committee at Hull early in November a resolution was passed cordially thankIng the St. John Ambulance Brigade for the admirable manner in which they had attended to people who were injured or sick at the fair. The chairman stated that the work carried out by the members of the brigade relieved the Committee of a great responsibility.

A report (rom the secretary of the St. John Ambulance Brigade stated that during the fair the following casualties had be en attended to :-71 faints, 70 cuts, 48 wounds, 5 animal bites, 27 sprains, 10 bruises, fits, 7 burns and scalds, and IO other cases-a total of 274. In 13 instances the injured persons were sent to the Royal Infirmary There had been

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to few men to svch servi<;e to his generation, for m every a.venue of SOCial and domestic service he was to the fore. HIS funeral at Faversham Cemetery was largel attended. District Officer W. T. Hancox H S B Su t Y J d ' "" p s or an, Folkestone, Greenstreet, Queenborough Lusted South Ashford, Jackson, Willesborough, Henneker, Ashford,' Jones Dover, acted as pall bearers.

Wreaths were sent from Faversham Deal Walmer I?over, Ramsgate, Folkestone Divisions. 'A vice was held on the following Sunday at St. Catherines' Preston. '

Corporal A. Perry, Orpington Division, has been appointed l.P: for the Connty of Kent. He was recently sworn at Maldstone Quarter Sessions.

Abbey Hall, Reading, was the venue of an excellent concert on November 5th. During the interval the Divisional the recently-gained awards. Reading DIVISIOn IS wock. in a highly satisfactory workmtr IS mamtamed With other Social Brigade UDltS. ThIS was eVIdenced by the presence of a large number of from th7 Great Western Town, Nursing, and Cadet DIVISIOns. FrIends were also present from Feltham Redhill and Aldershot.

Carlisle Division, S.J.A. B.

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No. II (S.E. «C.R.) District.

At a meeting of the Croydon Post Office Benevolent Society in November warm praise was accorded the Addiscombe Division for services rendered by the motor ambulance.

Aldershot Division annual competition and concert was held in Victoria Hall, Ash, and Dr. Wright took the chair. The awards were distributed by his wife. A large Dumber of cadet certificates, first aid certificates, vouchers, medallions, and labels were presented. In the team test the positions were gained by Aldershot, North Camp, and Ash. For individual work, North Camp, Ash, and Aldershot were successful in the order g-iven. Stretcher test resulted in Aldershot, N ortb Camp, and Ash being placed with 203, 191, and 180 marks respectively.

A very enjoyable afternoon and evening ended with a splendid concert by the Wokingham Glee Class.

After a long illness, Ambulance Officer W. B. Richardson, Faversham division, passed away on Armistice day. It has

An area competition on November 18th resulted in Bricklayers' Arms Division again securing entrance to the District Final for the Dewar contest.

The "Roosters " Concert Party gave a wonderful programme from their famous repertoire at Bermonnsey Town Hall, on No v ember 19th. Bricklayers' Arms Division is to be warmly congratulated on the large audience that assembled.

An Area Competition at Chatham on November 28th resulted in Chatham Division securing a place in the District Final.

A well-attended meeting of London Divis ional leaders was held at Addiscombe on November 30th.

A splendid evening was spent by the members and friends of the Bargoed Division of the St. John's Am bulance Brigade on December 10th last at the Central Cafe, Bargoed, on the occasion of the First Annual Supper, Concert, and D is tr ibu tion of Certificates. Mrs. D. Turner presided at the supper, when about 60 sat down and were splendidly catered for by Mr. Berne.

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The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

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The Sub-Prior of the Order of St. John (acting on of H.R.H. The Grand Prior ) has the followmg resignations and appointments within the Bngade Oveseas. India.

Deputy Chief Commissioner S ir Frederick Whyte, K C.S.I., resigned 5th <?ctober,. 19 25.

Sir Henry Moncneff SmIth, C l:E., appomted Deputy Chief Commissioner for the Bngade Overseas, the Empire of India, as from the 20th N ovember, 19 25, v Ice Sir Frederick Whyte resigned. New Zealand.

Assistant Commissioner Major W. Fleming, Ota g o District Dominion of ew Zealand transferred to the Reserve List as from 3rd Au g ust, 19 25.

Col. W. J. Strong appointed Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Otago District, Dominion of New Zealand, as from the 14th September, 1925, vice Major Fleming transferred to the Reserve L ist. South Africa.

Major H. Tener Galbraith appointed Acting Assist!lnt Commissioner for the N atal District, U nion of South Afnca as from the 15th September, 1924.

The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, within the Brigade Overseas dur ing the month of No vember, 1925 :Australia.

NEW SOUTH W ALE S DISTRICT.

Darlinghurst Nursing Division-R F. Llewellyn be Di v isional Surgeon, 16.9 .2 5, vice Dr. T. G. Campbell resIgned

Mosman D ivision-Corporal G. H. B rown to be Divisional Supt ., 30 9. 25, vice F. Young resigned 16 9 2 5

St. George Division-Sergt. G. S impson to be DivisionCll Supt., 20.9.25, vice W. N. Jackel resigned, 6.5.25 Pte. J. Billington to be ambulance Officer, 20.9 25. District Officer N. Horsfall resigned 2 5.8 25. New Zealand.

CAN TER BU RY AN D W ES T CO AST DI ST RICT.

Selwyn Nursing D ivision - Ha zel R. Bryan, M.B., to be Divisional Surgeon, vice Dr. D. J. Borrie promoted OTA GO DI ST RICT.

Dunedin Nursing Division-A / S. A. Renshaw to be Lady Ambulance Officer, vice Miss J. Pollok promoted

St. John V.A.D.'s.

The following Detachments have been completed for registration at the War Office ( November-December) :-

Birmingham No. 6 ( Ed g baston ) " ,,10 (Ashton)

" ,,12 (Handsworth)

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Our Ambulance Problem (No·4).

The winning test in this Comp e tion has been award ed to :-

MR. JAMES DUNNICLI FF, Polic e Ser geant "A" 18 , N e wton Stre e t Polic e Station, Birmingham . The Winning Paper will be publish e d in our n ex t Issue.

The Care of the Outward Man.

B y A. T. SCHOFIELD

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No I. CARE OF THE S KIN.-On the c a re of t he skin not only our appearance but our very health d e pen ds. All skins are not however alik e ; and a good deal o f the health of the skin depends upon its quality, althou gh far more depends upon the care bestow e d upon it.

As a rule, a fine thin and perspiring skin is a sign of more delicat e health than a common and thick one, and is itself also more liable to injury and dis e ase. A skin th at r t: adily tans or freckl e s is g e n e rally a sound and healt hy one.

The first duty we ow e to the skin is to keep it clea n. N at only is it perpetually covt!red with fresh layers of d ead c e lls that are continually being pushed up from the deep er layers, but the deposit from the oil and sweat glands (or pores), together with the dirt and particles from our clot hing, form a layer of material that hinders to a very lar ge e xtent the use of the skin as an e xcreting organ. This is mostly the case amongst what may be t e rmed the low er middle class. The labouring man, in spite of infreque nt ablutions, excite S bV his active labours such an amount of profuse perspiration, that the pores, to a certain extent, ke ep themselves open by their vigorous action, though th e actio n of the dirt in other ways is still injurious.

It is the closing of the pores (spiral ducts which pa ss through the skin and open on to the surface) that is t he caus e of many skin eruptions, pimples and blotches; the refore every means should be taken to emure the pores of the first layer of skin, the Epidermiss, is kept open to enable the second layer of skin, the Dermis, and whic h cor..tains the capillarie s, to function properly.

It is curious to observe, in some instances, ho w cleanliness decreases as it approaches the body. Th e collar and cuffs are probably changed daily, the shirt twic e a week, the under-shirt once a week, and the body its elf washed perhaps only once a fortnight.

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B esides the "weekly wash" a d ai ly bath should b e tak e n to k ee p not only th e sk i n but t h e body in p e rfe ct health. It is a mistake to suppos e that a cold bath is always the best, or that a daily plunge into ice-cold water is a safe proceeding. In spite of enthusiastic letters from men who bathe in the Serp e ntine or sea or river all the year round with impunity , it is a risky feat for the majority of men and women engaged in ordinary home or business life , and still more so if only indulged in at times. Th f' cold water certainly acts as a most powerful stimulant, but it drives the blood in such a curr e nt into the internal organs -the heart, liver, stomach, &c.-as to produce often dangerous and sometimes fatal congestion of thes e organs _

For a p e rson unaccustom e d to the use of cold water, th e best plan is to get used to it gradually, standing in warm water and sponging with t e pid wat e r; th e n the next day with cooler, and at last with cold, the feet still being in hot water , which is a great safe guard to th e brain. Th e re is nothing better for children than standing thus in hot water, sponging them in tepid, and then giving them a d ash of cold water at the last in winter, the sp onging being all cold in summ e r. The mom e nt th e b ath is over, the blood should all rush back again to th e skin, making it gl ow as it is dri e d, ar:d this active circulation has . a bra cing and refreshmg e ffect, and, conduct e d With due precautions, is of the utmost valu e . Th e r e is no doubt th e daily cold sponge is an admirable prot e ction against cat ching cold. If the skin remain l e aden and blue after co m ing out, it is clear that the cold bath does not agre e , an d the temperatur e of it should at once b e raised.

In river and sea bathing the best time is half-way bet we en breakfast and lunch about I a.m when the s to mach is neither full nor empty, and the brain and boey ar e fr e sh. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that brine is g ood for all skins. Thos e that ar e white, pasty or incl ined to scurf or eruption, are sure to suffer from sea bat hing, and none with any known affection of any internal o rga n should (from reasons we have already giv e n) bathe wit hout medical advice.

While a cold or cool sponge bath or swim is thus like a stimulant or whip to all the energies of the body, and is m o st beneficial in the morning when fresh, th e hot bath (with or without soap) is a sedative and a help to the body whe n exhausted, and is best taken at night when tired. Afte r severe brain work or any exhausting entertainment, a hot bath before going to bed will often ensure a night's re st, and gr e atly refresh and soothe the tired body or mind. We cannot leav e the question of baths without one word in e arn e st protest against the instrument of positive torture t ha t bathing is made to childr e n in so many famili e s. Any b at hicg that causes t e rror to the child is fraught with d a nger, and the blood curdling screams that haunt our b athing resorts are not signs of benefits receiv e d but of positivt: injury inflicted.

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ill-fitting or too coars e or dirty garments, or by any poisonous dy e s, such as are oft e n found in stockings.

No 2 -S 0 I'llE DI SEASE S OF THE SKI N

Having given in article No. few hints on th e general care of the skin, we will consider some of the more common diseases. These may be divided into constitutional, or those that depend on the gen e ral stat e of the body, and local, or those that deptnd on the state of the skin itself. Amongs the former we class all rashes, boils, carbuncles, ecz e ma, herp e s, prurigo and psoriasis.

Cons t£tu tional Diseas es

Ra shes. It is a safe domestic rule that any rash accompanied by a t e mp e rature over 100 is probably infectious, and the person should at once be isolated till the doctor com e s.

The rash of scarlet fever is a fine red blush on the skin; that of measl e s is in patch e s, and more or less circular; chicken-pox is in d e tached pear-like pimples; small-pox the same, only each pimple is depressed or pitt e d in th e centre. Th e re are many rashes without any fe ve r; th e se are not infectious, but are g e n erally caused by indigestion. A r e dness in patch e s over the body is called e rythema ; a rash in white or red raised patch e s, as if stung with n e ttles , is called nettle-rash. Both of thes3 disapp ear after a good purge has carri e d off the offending cause

Boil s and Carbun cles. These are still more severe expressions of a bad state of the blood, particularly if there are more than one at a time. A carbuncle is a very larg e boil, with several openings instead of one. You nev e r can do any harm by poulticing thes e to bring them forward, and rubbing them gently over with belladonna ointment to r e li e ve the paIn No carbuncle, however, should be treat e d without medical advice Those on the back of the neck ar e most dangerous.

E czem a is a "breaking-out" on the skin in the form of r c d patches covered with little wat e r pimples, that burst and produce a sore that soon g e ts covered with a ye llow crust. Or , if of the dry variety, th e red patch may be cover e d with dry scales. It is principally due to disorders of digestion; the tendency to it is frequ e ntly inherit e d, and often depends on the quality of the skin, and local irritation often gives rise to it. It is vuy common on the face amongst poor and ill-fed children, especially during t e ething. The treatm e nt of it requir e s proper regulation of diet and suitabl e ap erient, r e moval of all scabs or crusts by warm oil or poultices, cove ring of the raw surface with some mild or simple ointment (wh ich the doctor will prescribe) until th e n e w skin is grown. If air is once allowed access, a scab forms again, and th e whole process has to be rep e ated.

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The following appointments have been approved by the County Controllers concerned :-

W.R. of Yorks

Mr. R. Reynolds (Skipton)

The body should be washed all over with soap in hot water at least once a week. The g e neral establishment o f public baths may lead many to take their weekly ba th th e re; but in this case there is always a risk of taking col d afterwards unless the bath be finished off with a cold douc he to close the pores of the skin. A valuable addition to th is weekly" tub" is a double handful of salt thrown into th e water at the close, and the body well sponged with it. It soaks into the skin and has a most beneficial stimulatin g effect upon it, especially if the liver be at all sluggish in i ts action. Either a flannel, a loofah, or a flesh brush or glov e should be used with the soap, but the skin should not be rubbed too hard, either with this or the towel, which shoul d be of a soft Turkey make.

When we have thus provided fo r the cl e anliness of the skin, our next point is to s ee that it is guard e d against su dden changes of temperature by proper clothing A ski n that perspires freely is much more susceptible than a dry skin, and should be more carefully prot e cted.

Food has a great effect on th e skin. Those with p o or unhealthy skins should sp e cially rem e mber this, and do their b e st to improve them by careful dieting. Plain di gestible food only should b e taken, all b e er, spirits , pork, ga m e, rich dish e s, pastri : s, pickles, &c , being avoid e d.

Most fatty food should be avoid e d; pl e nty of vegetables a nd fruit and white m e at be and above all pl e nty of milk, which is a wond e rful beautifier of th e skin.

The skin should not b e unduly irritate d or chafed by

Herp es, known sometim e s as "shingles," consists of a painful e ruption of a row. or cluster of pearl shaped pimples, usually round one slde of th e or every part of the face and head. It is caused by IrritatIOn of the nerves and the pimples on the skin follow the track of the n e rve If small, they disapp ear in a we ek with simple dieting ; if large , they apt .to form permanent and disfiguring scars, and m e dical adVice should b e early sought.

Pruri oo consists of an eruptIOn all over the body of small pimples that itch int e nsely. It is caused by some disturbanc e of the blood,. and once apart from medical advice, a low bland di e t and ap e rIent IS best, tog e th e r with sponging th e surface with diluted Goulard water or weak soda and water.

Psoriasis is a scaly erup t ion that principally affects

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the knees and elbows. It is strongly constitutional and appears in successive generations. No domestic remedies are likely to be of use, and even the most skilled physicians often find it difficult to cure, although much may be done to alleviate it.

Local Diseases.

The other class of skin affections are of local onglO, and include acne, molluscum and lupus, generally on the face; ringworm, in the hair; chilblains, on the face and hands; and scabies, warts and chloasma in any part of the body. We will only deal with the last three in this article, and will leave the others for a later article.

Scabies is an intense irritation usually called "the Itch." It generally begins in the hands or arms and spreads over the body, com bIDed with pimples and sores (largely caused by scratching), due to the presence under the skin of a small insect. It is common in grocers and amongst the great unwashed. It is very contagious; and, when suspected, medical advice should at once be sought, both to make sure of the disease and to remove it. Sulphur in some form is always used to kill the insect.

J,Varts of the skin occur in an erratic manner, :md are probably due to some local irritation, generally in the hands of young They are best removed by being touched with the glass stopper of a bottle of pure nitric acid, the yellow surface pared away, and the process. repeated until the wart is completely removed, care b elOg taken not to touch the sound skin.

is .the name given to a small brown fungus grows 10 erratIc patches on the chest or back, giving It the. appearance of a map. It is harmless, probably contagIOUS, and largely dependent on the want of proper cleanliness. Scrubbing with a brush and soap and water will often remove it.

(To be continued.)

Concussion of the Brain. *

By DR. N. R. BOND.

IN the severe forms of this injury unconsciousness of con.siderable duration .and, usually, the history of the aCCIdent shows so senous a hurt that medical aid is summoned and the pati e nt properly cared for.

In the less severe forms-that is those in which unconciou.sness is slight, lasting only a few seconds, or amountlOg. merely. to a. feeling of being bewildered or dazed, or, 1Odeed, 10 whIch the bewilderment is so that there may be no app uent interference with the mental facultIes at all-in these less severe forms of concussion very grave after effects may follow from failure to take necessary measures to prevent them.

The. degr:e o.f .unconsiousness depends largely upon the seventy of .he Injury. In severe cases the whole brain is more or less disturbed and jarred and possibly torn. In the les!) severe cases the jarring and possible tearing may be much less but stili sufficient to produce very grave and permanent results. The actual damage to the bra10 and its membranes, that is its coverings, may be only congestion,

" An article published by courtsey of the" First Aid Bulletin" of Canada. Dr. J. N. R. Bond is secretary of the Manitoba Centre.

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an abn?rmal of blood in some part or parts, or portIOns of the bram substances, varying in si z';! from points to patches an inch or more in diameter, may be dlslDtegrated.

The brain is a sem!flui.d mass confined within a tightly closed, absolutely unYIeldIng , box-the cranium. Th e cranium, of course, may be fractured by the blow in which case further complications and greater danger of injury to brain But we are not at present engaged WIth thIS complIcatIOn, but only with the concussion which may occur with or without fracture.

If a blancmange or other j like mass be disturbed by a tap or blow on the vessel in which it is made the whole substance is observed to shake. If the violenc e applied be sufficient a rupture or tear of part of the material may occur.

So if a direct injury be applied to the skull, as by a ?lowor fall on the hea.d, the brain substance may be mer ely Jarred or may rupture In some part according to the sever ity of the blow.

If the injury be indirect, as by falling heavily upon the seat or feet, the whole brain will be jarred more or less heavily against the unyielding bony substance of the base of the skull and the resultant effects will vary with the heaviness of the jar.

This n:;tay be rea!ised to some extent by lifting the gelatInOUS mass in th e mould contain ing It. and bnng10g I.t heavily upon a table. T 1e jelly WIll be see? to ImpInge with its whole weight upon the mould caus10g greater or less disturbance of its form even to tearing a part according to the force of the impact. Here also danger of fracture occurs.

In. cases of concussion, then, the condition of the IS such that a doctor is practically certain to be called 10 and proper care given. that to. which I wish especially to draw your attent.IOn and to Impress upon you, with all the earnestness of I. am capable, is the necessity for equal care by a phYSICIan m all the lesser forms of concussion as in th :l severe forms.

Allow me to give an instance or two to enforce my meaning firmly in your minds.

An infant, a few months old, was left asle ep on a bed whIle the mother was busy in some other part of the hous e. Presently she heard a bump followed soon by a cry. She rushed upstaIrs to find that baby had fallen to th e floor struck its head against it. Having soothed the ch ild It fell asleep and the mother returned to her work thinki ng that all well. The baby had hitherto been bright, had taken 1Ot.erest In what was going on around it, crow ed as babIes WIll, was happy and attractive. No alterati on was made in its daily habits-it was fed and cared for as before the fall. In a few days (this period may vary from f{ w hours t? a two) the mother noticed a chan ge In baby s dlSpOSltlOn. former bright, cheerful gave place to a sltghtly dull aspect, a slig ht of bewilderment. It had become restle ss, and was altogether different from the healt hy ChIld It had been afor.etime. T.he moth e r had forgott en a.ll abou.t the fall and dId not the altered dispo sitlOn to It greatly and 10 gr e at distress abo ut the In her chIld. No r:nedical advice was called in. The baby s chance of success In the struggle for existen ce had passed from an AI position in life to a lower grad e, po.sslbly a much lower grade, for the remainder of its eXIstence.

Take example, Johnny, a boy of school age, had been intellIgent, alert, cheerful, keeping to the top of

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

E-DITORIALHer Late Majesty Queen Alexandra

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480 Metropolitan Railway Centre

London and North-Eastern Centre

Brigade Appointments, &c

DISTRICT REPORTSPrince of Wales's NO.4

No.6

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The 5t. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas

St. John V.A. D's Our Ambulance Problem (No.4)

Care of the Outward Man

Concussion of the Brain

PRIORY FOR W ALESBrigade News

General Interest

Centre Reports

News in Brief

First Aid on the Road

Why Trouble to Learn First Aid?

Life of the Microbe

LETTERS TO THE EDITORCorbet Fletcher Testimonial

QUERIES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTSl\leaning of Ambulance

Examination Howler

Bandages for Fractured Femur

Waste of :v1aterial

Result of Injury to Femoral Artery

Asphyxiation and Fractured Ribs

Fractured Tibia and Burst Varicose Veins

Treatment of Fracture and Burst Vein

Phosphorus Poisoning

The Vagaries of Competltions

Scapula and Clavicle

Problem, No. I

AMBULANCE CUTTINGS FROM THE PRESSWalked with a Brok-en Neck

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what dull, blank expression and will obtain medical advice. Johnny had no.t said anything about the injury. Even ha? he done so lC would very possibly have been considered at any by this time, he had forgotten all about It. Even at th1S stage proper medical supervision effe.ct much improvement but not a complete cure. WIthout It the boy's mental status would be permanently lowered.

Again a young boy was hit on the head by a foreleg of a and knocked down upon the street. He was cared for In the usual way by his home folk but had no medical treatment by a physician. Before the accident his mental equilibrium was unstable. Afterwards he developed epilepti c fits and suffered from them for the remainder of his life.

Now what does mean? These children starting w1th normal mental ablhtIes were re duced in mental power permanently. In th e first two illustrations there seemed to be n? why they should not have had an equal chanc.e 10 llfe of making good in life with the average of mank1Od. Instead their grade of intelligence was lowered -they could not keep up with their fellows in the struggle. Probably neither of them would ever become an employer of others, or even an employer' s manager or foreman. They would in all probability remain underlings. In the third case the lowering of the intellectual capacity was very noticeable. There was a marked want of the power of judgment and of reasoning in the ordinary manner about the affairs of life.

N ow do not for a moment imagine that because the casES which I have mentioned were all in children that it is only they who suffer the results described. This is not by any m eans the case Adults of all ages will undergo the same deterioration of their faculties. They need the same strict medical supervision in order to make a complete recovery , In them also neglect to obtain and follow the advice of a physician until some days or a week or two has passed-in which case the advice is usually sought for rather indefinit e symptoms which they do not attribute to the head injury, but which are in reality caused by itsuch neglect, I say, will be followed by the same disastrous impairment of the mental powers as in children.

his vr nc:ar It. Returnlog home one day and playing with his companions on the way he struck his head against a telephone pole. He was daz ed for a few moments, seemed to recov er entirely, and went on as before. By an d bye gradually descends to the bottom of his class and stays there. His class reports were not so good as they used to be. Later a note comes from his teacher asking why he doesn't prepare his lesson as before and why he seems to have lost interest in them? May be Johnny himself suffers from slight headaches and dizziness. May be there is nothing of the kind. His parents have noticed a change in the boy's dispOSItion. His temperament has sluggish and irritable. If the parents are. quite Intelligent they may notice an altered facial aspect, a some-

What should be done in these injuries? It has been Gbs e rved that in head injuries complicated by free bleeding from wounds of the scalp less reaction follows. Therefore in these cases th e re should not be too great haste in stopping the bleeding. In all cases of concussion-severe or slight-there should be perfect rest in b t d from immediately afte r the injury. In slight cases this is often very difficult for the physician to obtain, the patient resents it because he does not feel ill enough. It should however be insisted upon for it is absolutely necessary if complete recovery is to be gained. The bedroom should be cooler not cold-and darkened and the patient should be shielded from all excitement. The bowels should be opened freely and the diet should be nourishing but quite light, preferably fluid. Alcohol must not be given. This is all the treatment that you need to consider for by this time the patient should be in the care of a physician.

I have entered thus fully into the subject of concussion because I wish, I repeat it again, I wish to impress upon you with all the earnestness of which I am capable the seriousness of these slighter cases of concussion. It is your duty, and you will without doubt have opportunities from time to time of fulfilling it, tactfully but firmly to make the relatives of those who are so injured tully acquainted with the evil results of underestimating these mishaps.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, NOVEMBER, 19 25.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Lady Staff Officer.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Lady Divisional Supt. Mary Ann Priscilla Tyndall, 19.11.25

To be Lady Corps Superintendent.

CITY OF CARDIF F CENTRE.

Lady Divisional Supt. Ann Fletcher, Cardiff and District Corps, 23.11.25

To be Divisional Surgeon.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Charles Frederick Swinton, M.B., Ch.B., Aberdare Nursing Division, 23.11.25

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Evan Parry, Bryn Division, 23.1 I.25

Ambulance Officer William Henry ,sinnett, Onllwyn Seven Sisters Division, 23.11.25

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

Staff Sergeant Albert James Elkins, Blaina Division, 23011.25

Ambulance Officer William Henry Styling, New Tredegar Division, 23 I1.25

Sergeant Charles Frederick Sterry, Six Bells Division, 23. 11. 25

To be Lady Divisional Superintendent.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Margaret Mary McLea, Cardiff Emergency Nursing Division, 2j.II.25

To be Ambulance Officers.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Corporal Stephen Stanford, Hirwain Division, 27. TO.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corporal James Dobbs, Great Western Colliery Division' 27. 10 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant James Rossiter, Blaina Division, 27. 1 0.25

To be Sergeants.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Private John Rees Jones, Hirwain Division, 27. IO.25

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corporal Hugh Henry Parry, Windsor Colliery Abertridwr Division, 4 11.25

Private Alfred Ernest Gordon, Windsor Colliery Abertridwr Division, 4 11.25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William J?h,n Blaina Division, 27. IO 2 5

" WIllIam WIlks, Risca Division, 27. 10.25

" DanIel Lacey, Six Bells Division, 27. 10 25

To be Corporals.

ABERDARE C E NTRE.

Private William Thomas, Hirwain Division, 27. 10.25

CARMARTHEN S HIRE CENTRE.

Private Stanley Antony, Penybank Division, 19. T I. 2 5

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private William Cavanagh, Windsor Colliery Abertridwr Division, 4.11.25

Private F. W. Huish, Windsor Colliery Abertndwr DIVISIon, 4. 1 I. 2 5

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Brinley Hale, Blaina Division, 27.IO.25

" Godfrey John Byard, Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd Division, 11.II.25

Private Herbert CharleS Evans, Risca Division, 27.10.25 Thomas Wilfred Osborne, Risca Division, 27. IO 2 5

" Joseph J. Slaughter, Six Bells Division, 27. 10 2 5

" Arthur Bobbett, Six Bells [livision, 27.10 25

To be Divisional Secretaries.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Corporal Henry Charles Worthy, Alexandra Docks Division, 31. TO.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Private Hubert Lewis Davies, Ystrad Rhondda Division, 11.11. 2 5

To be Divisional Treasurers.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Private John Lewis Davies, Cwmaman Division, 4. I 1.25

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Noah H. Morgan, Ystrad Rhondda Division,4· 1J. 2 5

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Private John Pritchard, Hirwain Division, 27.10 25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal William Goodland, Bedwas Di v ision, 27.10 25

To be Cadet Sergeant.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cadet John Islwyn Lewis, Senghenydd Cadet Division, 27.10.25

To be Cadet Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Cadet James Williams, Senghenydd Cadet Division, 27. IO.25

" Hugh Watts Morgan, Senghenydd Cadet Division, 27· 10.25

Cadet Thomas Davies, Senghenydd Cadet Division, 27. 102 5

Transferred to Brigade R.eserve.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Samuel Smith, Hirwain Division, 34. 2 5

Resignations Accepted with Regret.

ABERDARE CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. W. J. Meyler, Hirwain Division, 24.925

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corps Officer U. O. Nicholls, Avon LIwyd Corps, 21. 10.25

Sergeant W. Phipps, Six Bells Division, 16.11. 2 5 Reverted to the Ranks.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant A. G. Phipps, Six Bells Division, 12.11. 25 Death.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private John Hooper, Pontypool Division, I. 1 I. 2 5

December, 19 2 5

Corps Registered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE. Lindsay Corps, 18.11. 2 5 Cadet Division R.egistered.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE. Senghenydd Cadet Division, 27.IO.25

General Interest.

MEETINGS HELD IN CARDIFF.

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new contract was reported as having been made with the Lamb Colliery Employees, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, for the use of the cars, and it was expected other contracts would be completed shortly.

The Committee agreed, at the request of the SubPrior, the Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G., to give a donation of twenty-five pounds to the Ophthalmic Hospital of the Order at Jerusalem.

Centre Reports.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

INSPECTION OF AMMAN VALLEY CORPS.

Meetings of the Ambulance and Executive Committees of the Priory for Wales were held in the Law Courts, Cardiff, on Monday, 23rd November, 19'25. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Wallace presided and the members present, represented most of the South Wales counties.

It was reported that the Central Joint Voluntary Aid Detachment Council had agreed to disband the Welsh

The Commissioner for Wales insp : cted the Ambulance units of the Amman Valley Corps at the Drill Hall, Ammanford, on Saturday, I4th November.

The parade was in command of Corps Supt. T. D. Jenkins and included representatives from th e Ammanford, Glanaman, Nant-y-groes, Penybank, Saron, and Tybi f' Ambulance Divisions, and the Parcyrhun, Saron, and Tybie

V.A.D. Committee until such time as a proposal should be put forward for its reconstitution and that all communications from the Council in conuection with St. J ahn V. A.D. wo rk in Wales would in future be sent direct to the Priory Headquarters.

Applications for the service medal of the Order were confirmed on behalf of Corps Officer E. E. Grinham, Avon Llwyd Corps; Corps Supt. Albert Henry Williams, Rhymney Valley Corps, Monmouthshire Centre; and Ambulance Officer Samuel Atkins, Ynyshir Division, Borough of Rhondda Centre.

A new Corps, to be known as the" Lindsay" Corps in honour of the Chairman of the Glamorgan County CentreLieut.-Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, C.B.-was sanctioned. The Divisions included are Nelson, Bargoed, Penallta, and Gelligaer.

It was 'reported that over seven hundred cases had been carried in the am bulance cars of the Priory for the quarter ended 30th September, 1925, the cars having travelled thirteen thousand miles during this period. A

Nursing Divisions. The newly-appointed Commissioner of the Carmarthenshire Centre, Mr. E. D. Jones, was present together with Staff Officer George Roblings, Lady Staff Officer Miss Muriel Brodit::, Corps Secretary B. Richards, Corps Treasurer E. Bevan, and Corps Inspector of Stor e s D. Thomas.

The Commissioner for Wales congratulated Mr. Jones on his appointment and thanked him for his long and devoted services to the work of the Order in the County. He complimented the officers and member.s on the increased strength of the Divisions since their formatlOn and expressed a hope that they would take an interest the boys and girls in the ar e a and endeavour to raise new Cadet Divisions.

The Deputy Lady Supt. for Wales, Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O.B.E., inspected the Nurses, expressed herself pleased with their smartness and e!Ecier:cy and them for the work done in connection WIth the MedIcal Comforts Depots. She also referred with pleasure to their recent achievements in competition work.

Photo by] [Ca mjb ell- Gray Group of Ambulance Men and Ambulance Sisters 01 the Welsh Priory, photographed at Wembley.

-FIRST COUNTY CENTRE. OPENING OF AMBULANCE HALL.

The Ffaldau Institute and Garw Ambulance Division is to be congratulated on the success of its tfforts to provide an ambulance headquart ers. StartlDg with a grant of £75 0 from th e Miners Welfare Fund, the buildings were cumpleted at a cost of £1,350, the Ffaldau Colliery giving the stone and mortar and a grant of one hundr e d pounds. To reduc e the expenditure to a minimum the members of the Division themselves dug the foundations of the hall in th e ir spare time.

The official opening was performed on Wednesday afternoon, 18th November, by Mr. W. Johnson. The cere mony was followed by a conc e rt held ID the n e w hall.

Mr. W . Prosser, G e n eral Manager of the Ffaldau Colliery, was in the chair, supported by Major and Mrs. W. Anderson, Dr. W. Edmund Thomas, J.p., Dr. and Mrs. Vernon N e wton, Df. and Mrs. Rufus Bow c: n, Lady (Herbert)

O.B.E., Mr. W. J. Owen (H.M Inspector of MlDes), Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jones, Mrs. and Miss Thomas, Dr. Murphy (M edical Offic e r of Health), Mrs. Murphy, Staff Officer G eorg e Payn e and Miss Payne, Corps Secretary Gwilym Jones , the local councillors, mimsters of religion, th e officers and mem bers of the local Divisions, and the Commissioner for Wales who addressed th e crowded aud ience on the practical value of ambulance work.

P O NTARDULAIS DI V ISION IN S PECTED.

M e mb ers of the Pontardulais Division under the command of Divisional Supt. Dr. R. J Isaac paradtd for the annual inspection on Saturday, 21st Nov e mLer. There was a good mu ster, and Sub-Commission er Lemuel J ooes, who conducted th e inspection , expressed pleasure at both the attendanc e and the smartn e ss of th e m en.

NEATH CORPS REVIVAL.

N ea th Corps has becom e k eenly activ e since its recent r evival and much interest is tak e n in its progr e ss by the local pub lic. A lderman Damel Daniel, Chairman of th e G lamorgan County Council, pres ented a shield for competition by cadets ; Li e ut. -Colon el Bick erton Edwards, C.B.E., th e Corps Surgeon, gave a Corps challenge cup, a nd Divisional Surg e on Dr. C. Armstrong the . , Dulais Valley " challe nge cup The first competItions for these new trophi e s were h e ld on Saturday, the 9th N ovem ber at the Public M e morial Hall, Crynant. In the Cadet contest, Sev e n Sisters A t eam was successful Glynn eath Divisional team secur e d th e Corps cup and th e Aberdulais t e am won th e " Dulais Vall ey" cup.

Sub-Commissioner Lemu e l Jones proposed a vo t e of thanks to the donors which was seconded by Staff Officer A. J. Esmond. Colonel Bickerton Edwards responded and a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to th e judg es, Dr. W. J. L ewis (Ystalyfera) and Dr. John Jeffries Powell (Sennybridge).

INSPECTION AT CY MME R.

Sub -Commissioner L e mu e l Jones inspect ed the Glyncorrwg, Abercr egan and Abergwynfi Ambulance Divisions at the Workmens' Hall, Cymmer, on Friday th e 6th November. The DIvisions were under the command of Divisional Supts. A. J. Gr ee n, C. St e rry and Serg eant Nicholls. Th e was not as good as was expected, but those present carned out th e ir duties in an efficient manner and th e Inspectin6 Officer expressed satisfaction with the work.

PROPO S ED VOLUNTARY AID

A well attt'nd e d meeting was held at Llanharan on

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Tuesday, roth Nove mber, when it was unanimously decided to form a Voluntary Aid Detachment und er the new scheme. The Acting Commissioner, of the Glamorgan County Centre, Captain F. P. Robathan, M c., txplaiDld the regulations and the following wer e nominated for office subject to the constnt of the St. John Assistant Count; Controller, Lieut.-Colonel H. EM . . Lindsay, C.B. :Lady Supt , Mrs. S. A. Tucker, Commandant. Mrs. Maude Lord, Assistant Commandant. Corps Surgeon Dr. S. A. Tucker, Medical Offic e r. Divisional Surgeon Dr. R. Hall Reid, M e dical Offic er Miss Joan Owen, Trained Nurse.

Tw e nty -six mem bers were e nrolh3d and Mrs. Tuc ke r and Mrs. Gertrude Wood agre e d to act as Treasurer an d Secretary respectiv e ly. The enrolment forms are bein g filled in (or transmission to the County Controller, Col onel W. Murray Threipland, D.S.O.

ABERBLAEN G WYNFI AM BULANCE DI V1SION.

A flag day was. held at Abergwynfi on Wednesd ay 1 Ith October, to raIse funds to carryon the am bul anc e work of the local Division. The arrangements were made by Divisional Supt. C. Sterry, Divisional Secretary B. L ewi s and Divisional Treasurer William Turn er. In the even ing a dance was held at which Corporal D_ Evans was M e. and prizes were given for the best indiVidual dancers . A series of dances IS to be held during the wint t r and the n ext will be on th e 27th of January.

PONTYCLUN CORPS PARADE.

The Pontyclun Corps was insp ected by Staff Offi cer Bernard E. Maberly on behalf ot the Commissi o n er of the Glamorgan County Centre, Colon e l J. Arnallt J OGes, M. D. , K.H S' I V.D., at th e Institute, Pontyc1un, on Satur day , 7th Nov e mber.

The officers on parade wer e Corps Surgeon Dr. S Tucker, Corps Se cretary A r thur Davi e s and Corps Treas ure r W. M. Thomas, and a larg e muster, representing the Coedtly and Tonyrefail, Gilfach Goch and Brynna Am bulance Divisions, and the Pontyclun and Llanharan Nurs ing DIvisions made a fine show.

PRESENTATION TO CRYNANT MEMBER S

The inter est and enthusiasm evident at th e pres entation meeting held at Crynant on Nov e mber 28th wa s encouraging proof of the success of the efforts mad e to revive the Crynant Division, which, under Divisional Su pt. J. James, is rapidly gaining its former strength and efficiency . Alderman Dani e l Daniel presid e d, and was sup port e d by Dr. and Mrs. BIckerton Edwards, Dr. and M rs. Armstrong, Alderman Phillips, Briton Ferry, Sir Herb ert and L'l.dy Lewis, Sub -Commissioner Ltmuel Jones a nd Staff Officer A. J. Esmond.

Mls. Bickt;rton Edwards presente d c e rtificates a nd other effici :: ncy awards gained by members ot the Divisi on at the last examination, and the three new troph Ies first competed for on Nov e mber 7th were handed to t he winning teams by Lady (Herbert) Lewis, 0 B E.

KENFIG HILL UNITS INSPECTED.

Th e ambulance and nursing units at Kenfig Hill were inspect e d by Corps Supt. D Thomas, of the Aberav on Corps, on November 7th. These two Divisions, und er Lady Supt. Mrs. M: Sutton and Supt. Lewis Jones, hav e a fine re cord of effiCIency and have rendered most valuabl e help to the community.

-FIRST MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS AT PONTY P OOL.

Divisional Surgeon Dr. T. G. Jam e s pr e sided over a large attendance at the annual social and distribution of awards in connection with the Pontypool Corps recently held at the Ambulance Hall, Puntypool.

Mrs. J. P. J. Jenkins pre st'n ted efficiency a wards to a large numb er of members, and Staff Officer S. T. Beard, O B.E., handed warrants of appointment to n ewlyappointed offic e rs and a service medal to Corpl. T. K eenan. Corps Secre tary S. Mogford was pres e nted by Cadet Officer W. J. Meredith with a clock in r e cognition of his services as secretary and instructor. Presentations were also made to Divisional Surgeon Dr. J. P. Jenkins and the th re e girl Cadets who were most successful in th e flag day sal es The Corps Supt., Mr. G H. Nelms, in his r e port refe rred with pride to the progr ess made and strength of the Corps, which now had a membership of 326 He impre ssed upon all the importance of the Cadet movement

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the annual inspection of the Abercarn Division on November 17th. Th e parade in command of Supt. A Blandford, and the Insp e ctlng Officer was satisfied with the app earanc e and efficiency of th e men.

PONT YPOOL

In the E a stern V a lley of Monm o utshir e th e development of the cad et mov e me nt has !Lade r e markabl e progr ess. The Pontypool and D istrict Corp s and th e Avon realis i ng in this work the sp ledid possibilities for lDcreasmg the strength of th e senior Divisions have est a blished cadet un i ts at Pontypool, Ab e rspchan, 'Pontnewydd and U sk.

A V ON LL WYD C OR PS I NSPECT IO N _

The A vo n Llywd Corps was inspect e d on Octo ber roth by Staff Offic er C a p t ain S. T. Beard, O. B. E. R e pr esentativ es from th e Garndi ffit h, P e ntwyn, Blaenavon and Ab ersycan Divisions on par a d e wer e congratulated on the pr ogr ess mad e Gr eat sa t isfaction wa s e xpress e d with the smart appearance of th e Abersychan Cadet Divlsion.

The N ewport (Dock-street ) G.W.R. Ambulan ce Class Tableau awarded First Pri ze in the Royal Gwent Hospital Carn ival.

an d was glad that th e y now had over sixty Cadets enroll e d a nd in uniform.

A B ERGA'IENNY DIVISION.

1\ pleasing featur e of th e annual inspection of the A be rgavenny Division was the full attendance of memb e rs on parade. On behalf of the C'Jmmission e r fo r the Monmouthshire Centre, Staff Office r Captain S. T . B eard, O.B.E., conducted this inspection and expressed satisfaction with the drill and stretcher work.

Loss TO PONTYPOOL DIVISION.

The Pontypool Ambulanc e Division has sustained a sad loss in the death of one of its most e nthusiastic and loyal members, Private John Hoop er, who di e d as the result of an accident at the Tirp e ntwys Colliery on November lIth At the fun e ral on Novemb e r 16th ov e r o ne hundred officers and members of the Pontypool Corps paid tribute to his m e mory.

A BERCARN DI V ISION INSPE CT E D

Staff Officer Captain S. T. B eard, O B.E., conducted

CITY OF CAR.DIFF CENTRE.

CARDI FF UN EM PLO YM ENT TRAINING CENT RE.

" A kindly act of practical service to th e com.nun ity " was th e summing up of the Lady Mayor ess of Ca r diff, Miss Dorothy Francis, of the work don e by the Cardiff Memb e rs of th e Brigade, who taught First Aid and Home Nursing to th e Boys and Girls at the Juv e nil e U nemploym e nt Training Centre.

The occasion was th e pr esentation of certificates to those students who had pass ed the First \ ;d exa mination, held on N Jvember 25th, at the Gladstone Hall, Cardiff.

The Lady Mayoress was introduce d by S ir H erbert Lewis, who spoke on the importance of th e Tr.ai ning Centre at which some 1 800 unemployed boys and gIrls ea c h year we re taught variou s tr a d es in the C ity of Cardiff. He appeal ed for personal service and expr e ss e d a that those had leisure would come to th ese gathenngs to lLe e t the young people and encourage th e m in th eir work.

He was proud to think that Miss M. K ernick .the members of her Division had given so much of theIr time

to teaching the girls, and Sergeant H. T. Evans, Sergean A. Field and those connected with the Cardiff City Division in training the boys.

The chair was taken by Councillor G. Fred Evans, who was supported by Colonel F. T. Rees, M.C., Lady Lewis, O.B.E., Councillor Coombes, Captain J. Griffiths, Miss Mabel Howell, Councillor Barbara Foxley, Councillor Parker, Councillor O. C. Purnell, Miss E. A. Tovey, Miss E. C. Owen, Mr. Evan Jones, Mr. Ben Williams (the Juvenile Employment Education Officer), Sergeant H. T. Evans, Sergeant A. Field, Miss M. Kernick, Mrs. Watkins, Miss Wheeler and Miss Painter.

VISIT OF ROYAL PRIOR.

At the request of the Chief Constable of Cardiff, Mr. James A. Wilson, M.B.E., Ambulance and Nursing Members in the City of Cardiff Centre were responsible for the ambulance arrangements on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Llandaff for the laying up of the old colours of the Welsh Guards, on Thursday, November 19th. Over one hundred men and nurses were on in command of Staff Officer B. E. Maberly. The Centre Surgeon, Dr. D. de Vere Hunt was in attendance with L'idy Staff Officer, Miss M. Metcalf, R.R.c., Staff Officer F. R. Hortop, and Lady Supt. Mrs. Paul. Stretcher squads were stationed in the main thoroughfares and a contingent of nurses was also inside the Cathedral. The arrangements proved quite satisfactory. Several cases were dealt with, and one of the Priory ambulance cars was in attendance.

LORD MAYOR'S SUNDAY.

A letter has been received from the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Alderman W. B. Francis, expressing appreciation of the contingent of ambulance men and nurses who took part in the civic procession and accompanied him to Divine Service on Sunday, November 15th. Staff Officer B. E. Maberley represented the Commissioner of Cardiff and Lady Staff Officer Miss M. Metcalf, R.R.C. took charge of the nurses.

BARRY DOCK DIVISION.

A successful Concert was held at the Headquarters of the Brigade at Barry Dock on Saturday, November 21st, to raise funds for the upkeep of the Medical Comforts Depot. Mr. George Fidler presided, and a musical programme was provideri by the Methodist Ladies Glee Party under the direction of Miss Betty Howard.

News in Brief.

The Royal Automobile Association has generously given free of cost a badge and a set of "Get you Home II vouchers for each of the Home Service Ambulance cars of the Order and Society in Wales. These have been issued to the drivers and should prove of great value to this Service.

The Priory has now completed its Stores Department a?d has in stock stretchers, text books, bandages and every of .ambulance. equipment likely to be required for use 10 mlOes, factones and quarries in Wales. First Aid boxes dressing;s packed so as to comply with the regulattons of the MlOes Act and the requirements of the Factories Act. Arrangements have been made for a representati ve to call upon clients to ad vise on the fitting up of ambulance rooms and the equipment necessary to comply with the various regulations of the several acts. The regulation uniform for ambulance and nursing

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members will be supplied and measurement forms can be obtain ej on application, together with an official permit to wear the uniform.

A number of Divisions have already given effect to the arrangement at the Brigade Staff meeting that the ambulance and nursing Divisions in Wales should subscribe annually to the headquarters. Each Division is asked to make a payment at the rate of one penny per week per memher; the amount to be paid half-yearly. It is expected monies will be raised by means of flag days, whist drives, concerts or some similar functions, and Divisions will retain for their own purposes all sums raised above the amount of their quota.

A Priory Roll of Honour is being prepared. A form is being issued to enable Officers -in charge of Divisions to supply the details rt;quired to complete this Roll.

A number of Brigade members have volunteered to give their blood when required for cases of blood transfusion. In order that the fullest benefits may be derive d from these practical offers of help it has been decided to prepare a list of such volunteers and send the information to the Medical Authorities in the various districts.

First-Aid on the Road.

"ROADS strewn with dead and wounded"-" The loss of life on the road at present was apPllling." These we re two significant exerpts from remarks made by Mr. Justic e Shearman at Glamorgan Assizes in connection with a case which came before him recently in which a cyclist was run down and killed hy a motor car.

With pathetic monotony the Press reports its lists of road casualties day by day. With the increasing output of motor vehicles it looks as if the heavy toll of human life on our roads will increase rath e r than diminish.

For e ve ry person killed outright on the roads, many sustain injuries of a more Clr less serious character. In view of the many-all too many-opportunities which our modern road traffic provides for succouring the injured we are pleased to learn that some of the authorities responsibl e for the licencing of public vehicles now compel char -a- bancs plying for hire to carry first aid equipment.

For many years past, first aid es. uipment has been provided on railway trains and any argument in favour o f such provision se e ms to apply with greater force to a similar eq uipment of passenger carrying motor vehicles, particularly those which use the country roads and may meet with accident far from any medical assistance.

As pointed out ty a correspond e nt in our last issue, the Borough of Great Yarmouth has for two years past, required char-a-bancs to be equippeu with ambulanc e appliances. The writer also expressed the hope that the time was not far distant when it should be incumbent upon drivers and conductors of these vehicles to take a course of training in first aid.

We feel that class secretaries and all concern e d with the furtherance of the am bulance cause, will be working in the best interests of humanity in endeavouring to enrol in their classes the drivers and conductors of motor char-abancs. and 'buses. In this connection the pamphlets compded by the St. John Ambulance Association and available (on application to Headquarters) for fre e distribution, should be of material assistance.

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Why Trouble to Learn First Aid? *"

WHY should we bother about learning First Aid? Is it worth while?

Here is a little story that will supply an answer.

Once upon a time-it was as recent, in fact, as October 27th last-a bonny, sweet-faced, happy little boy,

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Wading in up to his neck, a Mr. Symons seized the boy and brought the limp form to the bank. Breathing had ceased-for how long one cannot say. The little one's mouth and windpipe were blocked with weeds gravel, and a stick about three inches long.

A Great Western ambulance man-Mr. Wallace Coombes, a shunter at Liskeard-was on the river- bank and swiftly put into op eration what he had learned at th First-Aid classes, of which he had been one of the keenest of the members. He had the presence of mind first of all to cl.ear the. ch.ild's mo.uth. and windpipe. Then he gently a.pplted artIfiCIal respuatlOn-Laborde's and Schafer' sfor about 12 minutes, and followed this by friction of the limbs.

The child commenced feebly to breathe, and Mr. Coombes treated him very skilfully tor his condition of extreme collapse. Afterwards the breathing became

thre e years of age, named Willie Rennie, living in a cottage at Morrswater, Liskeard, fell into the River Looe. Owing to recent heavy rains, the river was swollen and flowing ra pidly. The child was quickly carried down stream and in to a tunnell, from the entrance to the exit of which is a distance of fifty-two yards. The water, being so high, completely filled the tunnel, and the little boy was submerged all th e while he was being washed along through th is dark and terrible passage. It is said that 15 minutes went by after the child entered the tunnel before he was o bserved at the other end being carried along the bed of the river.

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stronger, and the little one was taken to a neighbouring house.'

Dr. J. G. Morgan, of Ingledene, Liskeard-a mile away-was summoned by telephone, and very quickly arrived. These are the words of the doctor's subsequent report :-

"I have no hesitation in stating most emphatically that Mr. Wallace Coombes saved this child's life

"If Mr. Coom bes had not had a very thCirough knowledge of First Aid, artificial respiration would have been no good alone. His after-treatment of the child for shock, &c., and his instructions to the parents) were all more than excellent. I could

Mr. W. Coombes with the Child whose life he saved.

Where the River Looe enters the Tunnel through which the Child was carried.

The White Arrows indicate where the River Looe flows Underground, a distance of 52 yards.

find nothing further to suggest 10 addition to his treatment."

It remains to be added that the little boy has made a wonderful recovery.

This happy result will surely be an lOsplratlOn and an encouragement to other students of am bulance

Mr. Coombes is a Great Western man. H1s. FIrst Aid knowledge and skill are npserving of the praise, and d honour to the Great. Westprn RaIlway Ambulance Movement. For men of hIS tvpe the MAGAZINE coined the term "super-citizens." There can be no question that he jmtifies it.

Dr. Morgan, too, is proud of the occurrence, for he has been for over five years the honorary lpcturer and surgeon instructor to the Liskpllrd ambulance class, to which Mr. Coombes belonged. This year the 49 members. The class secretary has recetved from the Genpral Manager, Sir Felix J. C. Pole, a conveving hi<; cordial congratulations on the exceptlOnally efficient assistance rendered by Mr. Coombes.

Life of the Microbe.

IN an article in the Graphic, Dr. Heiron has described the working of bacteria, those. midget animals wield such immense might, and whIch play such an part in the medical man's education: Floating to the air and ready to settle on anv SUItable spnt, he writes, are of invisible atoms of life known as bacteria, or more popularly as "microbes." It is a special one of these known as the Bacillus acidi lactici, which sours our milk; the previous boiling kills off any of them that may already have gained access to the ju.g, while a cool place makes it difficult for them to multIply and produce the acid neCEssary to curdle the milk.

All the more common members of this great family of microbes are composed of but one cell, which reproduces itself by the simple process of constantly dividing into two parts. Their shapes are equally simple, for they are either spheres, or rod3 which may be either straight or spirally twisted. Dpon these simple differences of shape depend the bacteria's name. Thus, if they are spheres they are called cocci; if straight rods, bacilli; while if twisted, spirilla. Prefixes may be placed in front of any of those words further to distinguish them; for example, diplococci mean that two cocci are always (ound close together, micrococci are cocci that are exceptionally small, while pneumococci are cocci that are found in or about the lungs. Some are named by adding a suffix; thus bacillus pyocyaneus is so called because it always appears green; bacillus prodigiosus, on account of its unusual size. Their size varies from 1-2t; 000 up to 1-5,000 of an inch , or, in oth e r words, 625 millions could be placed upon one square inch withont any undue crowding.

Certain varieties of hacilli which live in fluids possess the power of movement, which thp.y perform by m e ans 0f a flagellum or little tail, which works on exactly the same principle as the propeller of a ship When examined under a microscope they appear to be darting about at an immense speed. but when allowance has been made for the high magnification necessary to see them at all, their speed is probably little greater than that of a trotting horse.

Some bacteria appear more retiring than others, being found only in couples; some are usually in long" chains,

consisting of a dozen or more individuals; certain cocci group themselvec; in irregula: a bunch of grapes; while a few are found 10 lIttle famthes of fours. The various bacteria can be grouped by the way they behave when growing on different food materials. Solid gelatine is often used for this purpose, as it has been found that some bacteria will not only grow on this but at the same time liquidfy it. There are other members of th e family who resemble cannibals, for. they will thrive only when their food has been smeared WIth blood; some grow well on a slice of ordinary potato, and some require a comolicat e d diet of meat extract and glycerine. Milk forms a favourite medium (or growth; in this, some species will form bubbles of gac; and turn the milk acid; others form no gas but turn the milk alkaline. In most cases oxygen is necessary for the bacteria's existence, although there are sorts (of which the Tetanus bacillus, lock-jaw , is a wellknown example) that will die in the presence of oxygen.

In addition to their shape, a common method of identifying any particular species is to stain it with different coloured dyes. Some will retain one colour, some another ; while there are groups which, when stained, cannot be discoloured even when acids or bleaching solutions ar e applied.

Microbes are thus seen to dIffer from one another 1D appearance, and conduct just as surely as the individual s of the human race; and it is no more difficult for a skilled hacteriologist to identify any species than it is for us to distinguish an Englishman' from a Chinaman, or a negro from a Frenchman.

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We fJt't i" "0 way t'esfDfCsible fot' tile "#"io,,s 0,. tht _ane. h'fl Cort'esponcients -EDITOR.

CORBET FLETCHER TESTIl\10NIAL.

SIR,-May an ordinary reader prec;ume to support your 'Thanks to the Medical Correspondent" in the October issue of FIRST AID.

I am sure there are very many readers like myself, who , although not connected with Brigade work yet enjoy readin g your J ounal, and find much to interest and 'i nstruct in the section devoted to Queries, Problems, and difficulties. hope, Sir, that you will give us an opportunity of showing in some form our appreciation of Dr. Corbet Fletcher's kindness and helpfulness.

Might I suggest that a limited subscription from Interested readers (say, one shilling) would produce a sum that could be placed at his disposal as of "our best thanks for many benefits received in the years that have gone and are before us."

When I was learning "First Aid" it was usual for the Surgeon I nstructor to set the problems to test the pupils and , if possible, catch them" napping." Now, it seems the tables are turned and it is the pupil who sets the problem.

Long may we have the assistance of the Never Cornered First-aider! best wishes for an increased circulationYours, etc., A READER.

Islington, N.1.

[We are only too delil!hted to fall in line with our correspondent's suggestion. We are forming a small committee of Brigade members to administer the fund, in the meantime any contribution readers may care to send may be sent to the Eciitor of FIRST AID, who will acknowledge same in the pages of the Journal. -Ed. "F.A."J

December, 19 2 5.

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I._Letters containi,,!. Q"eries m"st be mfJrked 0" tke top lett kahQ corner ot tke enTJelope "Query," fJ"d addressed-FIRsT AID, Cannon.street, Londo", B. C. 4. Queries must be accompanied by a " Query Coupon" cut 11'011 tke (urrmt issue ot tke /our"al, or i" case 01 Q"e,.ies trom abroa( trom fJ reee"t issue.

Textbook, to fIIhich reference may be made in these columns is the 36tk (19 20 Edition 01 S./.A.A. Manual or First·Aid.

MEANING OF "AMBULANCE,"

M. D. (Canada).-If you want to appreciate some of our difficulties in advancing interest in First Aid out here, just rea d a Canadian paper and learn the meaning of the word " Ambulance" to the man in the street! I t signifies a four -wheeled, specially constructed motor-vehicle employed for conveyance of sick and injured. Hence it is thought in Canada that the S.J.A.A. are out to compete with the undertakers who in this country all operate up-to·date am bulances. The term conveys no idea of instruction in First Aid; and I wonder if Headquarters at home ap preciate this topical difficulty.

Thanks for letter and for pointing out difficulty. You know, of course, that on the Continent the difficulty of trans. lating our" Ambulance" was overcome by using the term "Samaritan." Prosit! -N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAMINATION HOWLER.

W. G. (Nottingham).-Herewith my contribution to your priceless column in FIRST AID At a recent meeting a member was asked to describe the correct way to exclude air from burns and scalds. Without hesitation, bp. replied :- -" Shut all doors and wz'ndows." Not so bad, eh ?

On the contrary it is a good one and merits full marks! Next, please! ! -N.C.F.

BANDAGES FOR FRACTURED FEMUR.

W. J. (Radfield).-Please tell me how many bandages are required for Fractured Fe;nur when patient is a woman, and if the figures ., 1 and 7" of Figure 29 of Textbook represents one or two bandages.

When patient is a woman (and when single-handed), the first step is to tie feet togeth er (bandage No. I), then to fix splint and fracture by applying bandages from above downwards, leaving the bandages round both knees (No. s ) until last. By this method bandage NO.7 (which controls lower end of splint) is placed on top of bandage No. 1.-N.C.F.

WASTE OF MATERIAL.

A. C. ( New South Wales).-I n some of our ambulance competitions out here the competing squads are sometimes told by the judge to treat their cases with actual material, such as boric lint, cotton wool, etc. Does this not appear to be quite unnecessary and indeed a sheer waste of good material? I welcome your opinion.

I disagree entirely with your views which favour economy at the expense of efficiency. I is better to waste a pound or

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two of cottonwool in a competition, if thereby more accurate treatment result later in the handling of an actual em erg· emergency. -N. C.F.

RESULT OF INJURY TO FEMORAL ARTERY.

A. C. (N ew South Wales).-If the femoral artery is completely severed, is the vessel able to perform its usual work after treatment, or is it rendered useless by the injury thus caused? Please advise.

If the Femoral Artery be completely severed the only possible treatment is to ligature the torn ends. Fortunatelv has a (or shall we say" a back door"?) Circulation through certam vessels which gradually enlarge and over the w.ork of. the destroyed main artery. This re·establlshment of circulatIOn takes many months for its completioD.-N.C.F.

ASPHYXIA AND FRACTURED RIBS.

T. W. (Birmingham) ·-In a recent competition the Judge penalised us for putting bandages round the chest of a man who was supposed to ha v e been brought out of a grave which he was digg-ing. He was suffering from Asphyxia due to earth falling on him, and had simple fractures of the yd, 4th and sth ribs on the right side.

The Judge said that the bandages would stop the breathing : yet the Textbook orders us to apply them! I s he right? Please judge between him and us!

Of course, he was right! Further, you are wrong in stating that the Textbook" orders" you to apply bandages is a case of Asphyxia cf)mp1icated by Fractured Ribs. You failed to apply your "Qualifications as a First-Aider" and to modify General Rules for Treatment of Fractures in accordance with special circumstances of case. Wake up, Birmingham! !-N.C.F.

FRACTURED TI BIA AND BURST VARICOSE VEIN.

A. C. (New South Wales).-In a recent competition we were asked to treat a man for "simple" fracture of leg complicated by burst varifose vein which was stated to be bleeding profusely "over end of broken shin-bone " Surely this should ha ve been called a "compound" fracture. We welcome and await your answer with much interest.

The fracture might be "compound" or it might not be Your card of instructions, however, was issued by a doctor, and to me it proves that fracture was "simple" and that, in other words, there was no track leading down to fracture whereby "disease-producing germs might obtain entry to seat of fracture" (Textbook p. 41), although a varicose vein (which happened to be placed" over end of broken shinbone") was torn as result of accident. We wish you well and welcome your letter as well as those received this month from our other colleagues in Australia, Canada and South Africa.-N.C. F.

TREATMENT O}< FRA.CTURE AND BURST VEIN.

M. G. ( Sydney, N.S W.).-In a recent competition we had to treat a Burst Varicose Vein complicated by simple Fracture of Tibia in middle of shaft. Most of us controlled bleeding by applying- pad and bandage above and below racture and dressed wOllnd with" light " dressing. This done, we treated fracture in usual way.

The doctor in his comments declared that the light dressing over wound was inefficient and that a graduated compress should have been placed over wound and finally fixed with a firm bandage. How does this coincide with the Texthook which teaches us not to bandage over fractures?

Unfortunately, the Textbook does not recognise a "graduated compress" useful as it may be. On the other

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point you misquote the Textbook which 85) advises to place pad over "unless there IS of caUSIng injury to fracture." So, If the doctor decIded that there was no such risk, then his v erdict holds; but I agree that from the standpoint of First Aid it is a difficult problem.-N.C.F.

PHOSPHORUS POISONING.

S. B. (N ew Cross). - The Textbook seems to make an undue fuss about Phosphorus Poisoning. Personally I have never heard of a case; and I wonder if there is any reason for the emphasis la id on this cause of poison ing. So in my perplexity I turn to you for help.

In the ea rl y days of the First Aid Movement cases of ac ute and c hronic Phosphorus Poisoning were frequent. Indeed they were quite common even 2 0 years ago among who worked in factories where white phosphorus was used; and they oc cu rred especially a mong the men who dipped the matches in the phosphorus paste and the women who filled the boxes.

The introduction of industrial legislation, and especially the abolition of white phosphorus ( which is now replaced by a "safe " compound of phosphorus ), explain the rarity of cases of P hosphorus P oisoning to-day among those who work in match fa ctor ies This compound was discovered by FreI:ch Chemists.-N.C. F.

FRACTURES OF SCAPULA AND C LAVICLE

W. R. (Syd ney, N.S. W.).-Some time ago I sent a "case' for your op inion, and I have been disappointed at not seeing its solution in your" Query " column. So I send along a ne ws-c utt n g of the a cci dent, from which you will see that pat ient, who was crushed against the side of the hold of a steamer by a roll of paper, sustained simple Fractures of Collarbone and right Shoulder-blade. As we differ in our treatment, we submit the point for your decision.

Y our query was answered in issue of August, 1925, under the nom-de-plume W. R. ( Dulwich ) instead of W. R. ( Dulwich -hil1, Sydney, N.S.W.). Having now read the newsc utt ing, I note that p3.tient was "badl y injured, " and have nothing further to add to treatment detailed in my previous answer.

AMBULANCE PRO BLEM No. I.

W.R. (Sydn ey : N.S.W.).-I enclose a news cutting from one of our daily papers which exactly fit in with the test which you set in "Ambulance Problem No.!." You will note that a woman d ied at the wheel probably as the result of a seizure consequent on cerebral Truly once again we have proof that 'I truth is stranger than fiction ."

I was much int erested in your news cutting; but 1 have to confess that 1 planned my test on a sim ilar case which was reported in our papers some few weeks previously. In this case also the woman driver was dead when found with arms clasped round the wheel of her car, and was afterwards proved to have died from cerebral h re morrhage.- N .C.F.

THE VAGARIES OF CO MPETITIONS

D T. (Kim berley, South Africa ) -I should much like your opin ion on the enclosed detailed marking sheet where in you will note many glaring omissions of marks for important steps in treatment. Further, all teams were allowed to exc eed the allotted time-limit.

1 am not accusing the Judge of being unfair in his mark ings, but I do not think that, in fairness to the competing teams, a little more attention might have been paid to the drafting of this marking shE':et. First Aiders in

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South Africa appreciate your very just and fair criticisms· and my team hopes that you will pass your usual unbiassed criticism on the case now submitted to you.

Lack of space will not allow me to criticise in detail the s ins of omission about most of which you complain with fai rness and justice. I would, however, point out that your detailed sheet is clearly only a rough summary of treatment required; that accurately and minutely detailed sheets are a product of these modern times and a tribute to the wonderful keenness of competitors. So perhaps some allowance must be made for doctor-judges who from lack of experience do not realise with what skill enthusiastic First-Ai de rs can cut up an inaccurate detailed sheet. By the way, hop e that I really merit your pretty compliments.-N.C.F.

J\mbulance the j\( ews euttings ft' om

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W ALKED WITH BROKEN NECK.

Charles Coates, aged 53, of Armley, walked into Leeds Infirmary yesterday with his neck broken. His head hun g on one side.

He said he had walked fran! the ra lway station and had come by train from Normanton, where he had fallen fr om a haystack. His neck was set in plaster.-D aily Mail.

RAN INTO LI VE WIRE.

Dr. Rigg, of Waterlooville, had a marvellous escape whil e motoring near his home.

He encountered a blinding flash and the glass of his wind-screen was shattered into a thousand pieces. He had run into a broken live wire of the Horndean Electric Li ght Ra ilway. The car was badly dama g ed, but the doctor was unhurt.- Weekly Dispatch.

ROUSED BY PIANO.

Five people were saved from death by burning by th e twang caused by snapping of piano str ings due to the he at of a fire in Liverpool to-day.

The sound roused one occupant, who awakened his wife and three other occupants of the home. One man was tra pped by the flames, and climbed on to the roof of the house. H e later fell over ft. to the ground, and was taken to hospit al.- · Eve nint; Standard'

We regret to record the death of Dr. Alex Maude who succombed to shock due to burns receive d while he Wc:l S motoring. Dr. Maude was hon. surgeon of the Winsford division, which was represented by a contigent at hi s funeral.

The first aid work at the British Empire Exhibit ion, which was carried out jointly by the British Red C ros s Society and the Order of St. John, dealt with 16,134 cases, of which 194 were serious. The day nurs e ry, for wh ic h the British Red Cro:ss Society was entirely responsi ble, cared for 5,125 children. In 1924 23 ,388 cases were treated, of which 400 were serious, while the day nurs ery cared for 11,091 children.

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V AGAR I RS OF B YSTA ND ERS

I rea d w ith interest the answer in No v ember issue on "Vagaries of Ep ilepsy " and from e x perience would rela te an instance of the vagaries of bystanders! On one occas Ion I w as treating a c a s e of Epileps y ; and, as tbe weather. was and the roadway muddy, sat on m>: whIle engaged in preventing: patIent fr?m bltmg: hIS tongue dUrIng the convuls ons A fnend of patIent, a saIlor man, would not a c cept my help, a nd insisted th a t brar,dy should be administered.

When I protested, he became ann?yed, told me t hat I knew nothin g , and persisted that , as pat Ient had only faInted, his head ought to be placed between h IS knees. I could reply, be backed h is opinion :vith vigorous ac tlOn and ga v e me a push which sent me rolllDg III the mud. Fortunately at this stage a police offi.cer carne alon g, took of affairs and asked me to contmue treatment of patIent who reco v e red cons c iousness a few minutes later. I will not retail the remarks of my wi fe when on re t urn home I assured her th a t I h a d only been on "ambulance duty. "-Q. T., Maitland Park.

A CASE OF L YS OL POI S ON I N G

Not long ago I was called to a youn g man who was deeply unconscious, his breathing being stertorous, his face very blue in c olour, and his pupils I could obta in no h story except that he was staymg wIth frIends who were disturbed by bud snorin g. So notin g that there was foam round nose, mouth, and lips, and more especially that h is Ii ps and mouth were ba d ly burned as though with some c orros iv e fl uid, I smelt his breath wh ch exhaled a strong odour of Carbol ic A c id. On these facts made a diagnosis of C arbol ic Acid Poison in g I at on c e t')ok steps to keep patient warm, and despatched a S O S for a do c tor who carne very quickly. He passed a stomach pump, washed out patient s stomach anti finally left w i th in the stomach a pint of warm water in which he had dissolved one ounce of Epsom Salts. He followed th is up with other treatment and w ithin two days patient was sufficiently recovered to be removed horne, mu c b to the relief of his fr ends.

Later, pat ient told me that he had swallowed two ounces of pure Lysol ; that i t only caused a sli g ht feeling of burning in his thro a t, and that he went off to sleep quickly. When I learned these facts, I remembered the query on Lysol Po soni n g whi c h the doctor answered in May, 1925 issue.-L. R., Charlton Park.

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FIRST AID extends cordial greetings and thanks to its readers, contributors, and advertisers for their assistance during the past year and trusts that the New Year may hold for each and all of them a full measure of health, happiness and prosperity.

EDITORIAL.

ON the threshold of aNew Year it is

A not unusual to review the activities of Retrospect. the past twelve months, and using the experience it has brought, to endeavour to plan as far as may be the year that is ahead.

ment gradually came into its own and many of those who had seen the value of first aid knowledge demonstrated on the various war fronts began to appreciate, as never before, its place in industry and in the daily life of the people.

The Government was no exception in this appreciation and legislation regarding the equipment of faclOrits, workshops, docks, and wharv l.: s followed in due course.

Th e compulsory provision of ambulance rooms and appliances for the good of the wor ker, enlightened him c o nsiderably as to the value of first aid treatments, particularly in the case of minor injuries, and to-day one can say with thankfulness that the work e rs have a fuller appreciation than ever befure of first aid knowledge.

War experience and legislation have both played a part 10 familiarISing the public with all that the ambulance movement stands for, and is doing, for the good of humanity j ann a movement which some years ago was pursuing a quiet and unostentatious way, may now be said to have become woven into the fabric of the life of the p e ople.

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We should, however, on this occasion like to become a little more r etrospective; to take a look at the Ambulance Movement since the cessation of hostilities in 19 18 and see how it stands to-day.

After four years of war and all it meant to am bulance worke rs it was not surprising that reaction set in. Men who had been mor e or less continuously employed in the grim business of breaking and repairing human bodies could hardly be to wax enthusiastic over voluntary ambula nce work for a time. Reaction was natural and in ev itable. We all stood too close to the horror of war to get a right perspectivt; of peace time activities and an interva l had to elapse before things, which had be t n dropped could b e taken up again.

As the years pass e d, however, the ambulance move-

The principal industries of the country have heir ambulance centres or Various associations foster th e acquisition of first aid knowledge to di ff , rent sections of the community

The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides organ is3 tions include first aid and nursing in their curr;cula, and there now (xist also the Cad et Companies of the St. John Ambulance Brigade for trainin g juveniles in first aid methods

In this year of grace, I9z6, we can truthfully say that the Ambulance Movement has taken a place in all Englishspeaking countries, and that the phrase "First Aid ," which cryst alli se s all that is meant by the various phases of ambulance work, is understood in that significance the world over.

To appreciate all this it is only necessary to go to any function where large numbers of the public congregate. The football match, royal procession, exhibition, music

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hall, or what not ; wherever their servIces are likely to be needed, you will find trained ambulance men or women ready to administer to the needs of humanity The " First-.\ider )J is now part of the scheme of things.

This j 'Jurnal exists for the purpose of furthering the Ambulance Movement, and to that end it will welcome construct ion.11 crit cism from its readers at all times, and sympath eti cally consider any suggestions having for their ob je ct the promotion of the work 'l'i"hich it essays to foster.

Jerusalem Hospital Notes.

THE X ray outfit is in working order and the first to benefit by it was a British officer who, whil e out shooting, got a pellet in his eye. photograph which was sent to the "Gate" shows very clearly the position of the pellet which was removed without inj ury to the e ye.

The financial year which ended on September 30th last shows that there has been an increase in the Jerusalem expenditure. This increase is unavoidable if it means, as it sur el y does to a great extent, increased efficiency. Some things are, of course, beyond one's control, sucb as tbe price of commodities.

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The Hospital is still understaffed which i s not really an economical state of affairs. It may mean that you are saving so many pounds in your establishment charges, but it also means that you are throwing an additional strain on your existing staff and tbeir work, as a consequence, must suffer, and at the same time the efficiency of tbe Hospital. * **

All of wbich is merely saying we must have more financial support, especially in annual subscriptions. It ca nno t be maintained that our subscription list is satisfactory as it st a nds at the present time.

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Lady Watson has coll e cted money for two cots for cbildr en These were much wanted and tbe Committee is most grateful to her for her untiring interest in the we lfare of our patients.

Drains are the next problem to be solved. Tile existing drainage is somewhat primitive and is carried no further tban the grounds of the Hospit.11 where it ends in two or three tanks.. Gove.rnment are considering a scheme. fO.r the distrIct 10 which the Hospital lies, and when thiS IS passed we shall be linked up with it as soon as possible.

Th e re-construction of our present system will however a .g?o d deal of money, estimated at £500 at least and addltlO? the H?spital badly needs re-conditioning in all Its lavatOrIes and lOternal pipe arrangements. These last can be tak.e? in hand at once if the money is forthcoming Without waiting for the Government's main drainage sch eme.

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Annexe We are still awaltlOg confirmation of the Patriarch's extended gift It is proposed to build on t he first floor accommodation for paying patients. This will, it is hoped, free beds in the Hospita l for poor patients. The Warden under present conditions finds it almost impossible to prevent patients who can hard ly be called poor and necessitous from making use of the Hos pital beds. Anyone wbO has had experience of the Eas t will appreciate his position.

It is confidently anticipated that the approaching visit of membl3rs of tbe Order to Jerusalem, will liven int erest in its well-being and lead to a wider support financiall y.

T·T.W P.

The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

Chancery of the Order, St. fohn's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E. G.I 2 2 nd December, I92 i

The King has been graciously pleased to sanction th e following promotions in, and appointments to, the Grand Pr io ry of the Order of tbe Hospital of St. Jobn of Jerusale m in England:-

As Knights 01 fltstice: Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, G.C.I.E , K.C.S.I.

Colonel The Earl of Powis

As Lady of fu stice : Lad y Hunter ·\Veston

As Knigh ts of Gra ce :

Colonel S ir George Hastings, V.D., M.D.

Surgeon-Captain Montague Henry Knapp, M.R.C.S., L.R.C .P., R.N.

Colonel George Francis Leverson, C B Vi ncent Burney Trapp

As Ladies 0/ Grace :

Mrs. Mildred King

Mrs. Effield Dorothy Cecil Hanbury

Lady Bower

The Marchioness of Zetiand

Mrs. Grace Eliza. Wood, M.B.E. As HO?lOrary Lady of Grace:

Lady Ho Tung

As Esquires:

Lieut.-Colonel Robert Frazer Standage, C.I.E., F.R.C.S ., M.l<..C S , LM.S.

Captain Hugh Falkenberg Powell, M.B.E., M.D., M. R.C 5., L.R.C.P.

George Pugin Meldon, M.D., F.R.C S.I.

Alexander Moffitt Fullerton, O.B.E.

Seton Sidney Pringle, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.I.

Eustace George Carter, O.B . E., L.R.C P., M.R.C .S.

Colonel Francis Darlow, T.D., M.B., R.A.M.C., T.A.

Evan David Jones

Russell Facey Wilkinson, M.V.O , M.R.C.S L.R.C.P.

Flying Officer Thomas Alan Kingston Shipwright, D.F .C., R.A.F.

Major Vincent Basil Ramsden, D.S.O , M.C.

Lieut.-Colonel William Bertram Joseph Osbaldeston-Mitford

Purcell Hunter-Weston

Gould Hunter-Weston

As H onora rv Servi7l o Brothers:

Bryce McCall Sm ith, il1. B.

Joseph Pawsey

Georg e Binley

Willia m J obn Turner lullins

Walter Tandy

Alfred Shuttleworth

John Becconsall

Gdb ert Sidney H ill

Graba m Stanley Rider

Georg e Leonard P itt

James \Vill iam D aniel

Berti e Wallace TibbIe, O.B.E.

Henry John Morris

Henry Rowe

David Jones

Thomas John Morris

Eug ene Herman Spencer J osty

Harry Hirons

Wilha m Alder

Charl es Edwin Cherry

Robert Scampton Mantle

Wdli am Arthur Smith

Georg e Sandys Britton

Thom as Samuel Appleton

As Honorary Serving Sisters:

Miss F rances Ethel Cherry

:'I iss Katharine Sykes

l\Iis s Louisa Augusta Hemsworth

M IS S Claire Agnes A ult

Mrs. Margaret Emmel in e Douglas, A.R.R.C.

1Iiss Ann ie Mary Da vi es

Miss Evelyn George Harries

Mr s. Jane Payne

illrs. Sarah Ann Watkins

Mr s. Ann Maria Amos

As H ono rary Associates:

R()b ert James Clark , M.B.

Ernest McIntyre, M.R.C.S., L.R.C P.

Joh n James Hu ey, L.M. & S ., L S.A

Geo rge La w Cawk well, lYl.B.

Cla ude Ernest Addison Coldicutt, M.D.

Cyn l Hocken Tewsley, M.D., F.R.C.S.

Ke nneth Neville Knox, C I.E. , I.C .S

Lieu t. -Colo nel Ellacott Leamon \Vard, C.B.E., I.M.S .

Aub rey Keatinge Halliday M ..

:\Iaj or Michael Balfour HutcbIDson Ritchie, D.S.O., R.A.M C.

Pro fessor Tbemistocles Zammi t, C.M G., M.[\.

Han n ibal Publius Scicluna

Phi llip James, M.R.C S., L.R .C .P Ed

Alfred \Vliliam Hayles

Sam pson Ge:)rge Victor Harris, M.D., M.R.C.S.

Cap tain James Lawson Russell, M.B., R.A.M .C.

Fr ederick Cecil N ic hols, M.C., :vr.R.C.S , L.R.C P.

Alf red Whitehead, L.R.c.P., L.R.C.S.E.

Willi am Somerville, M.D.

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Hugb Braga, Scout Master, Boy Scouts, Hon Kong. Patrick Shields, Pier Porter, Rothes ay.

Certificates of HOJ/our lzavc bun awarded to :-

G eor g e Grange, 11etropolltan \\"ater Board.

Frank Beaumont.

Edward Gisbourne, Railway Cart er

Frank \Vh iteman, Chauffeur.

\Yilliam

Alfred Crutchley, Postman.

Rhodes of To= Day.

By H. P [RIE-GO RDON

(K night of Grac e of Order of St. John ).

THE fact that for tbe las t two an d a half centuri e s of its existence as a political factor in the Mediterranean the Order of th e Hosp ital of St. John of Jerusalem enjoyed the sovereignty of Malta, and that its members were generally known as "Knights of Malta" in England, or the equivalent in France or Italy, and even in the usage of " die Mallese r" larg ely took the place of the older, and, indeed, more c orre ct " di e J ohaniter," has som ewhat tended to releg ate the connection of the Order with Rhodes into the background Yet time was when Christendom justifiably took pride in the galla nt deeds of the "Knights of Rbo des " and looked upon the great fortress of the Order of St. John in that island as one of its chief bulwarks against the Turks. Part of the modern forgetfulness as to the part played by Roodes in the history of the Order and of Christendom is doubtless due to the fact that the island, unlike Malta, lies off the main east and west trade route through the Mediterranean, and is, consequently, rarely visited by British or other Western travellers. Indeed, until rec e ntly , Rhodes was an obscure Ottoman provincial capital with only primitive accommodation for visitors, whil e Malta, its successor as the borne of the Order, bas for more than a century been the base of the British Mediterranean Fleet and has been occupied by a large garrison, in vir t ue of which it has becom e very well known to multitud e s of British and other European visitors. Rhodes under the Knights was very much what Malta is now, the base of a powerful fleet, the stron ghold of a formidable garrison. It was even more, it was an. ad vanced tradi?g station for Western merchants engaged 10 commerce WIth the Anatolian ports, and it was the market for the prizes and plunder brought in by the Knights from the.ir " caravans " by sea, or cru ises of armed gallt;ys engaged 10 patrollin g the seas against Moslem Corsairs and merchantmen betw ee n which, whe n opportun ity served for a suc· cessful piracy, there was often but little differenCe!.

December 2nd, I925·

ORDER OF ST. JOHN.

Life Saving lII edals of the Order of St..John of in England bee n to the for consp icuous gallantry in savIDg hfe at Immment personal nsk.

Szlver Medal. ,

Ed win Ralphs, Assi stant Commissioner, St. John s Ambulance Brig3.de , Hong Kong.

Bro nze Medal.

H enry Torn Brooke, Superi.ntendent, Hong Fire Brigade. Patric k J esse Condon, ASSistant, Hong Kong B ngade. G halam Hadi Hyder) St. John Ambulance Bngade, Hong Kong.

Do nald Burlingham, ASSistant Supenntendent of Pohce, Hong Kong.

R D. Gargin, H.M .A.S. "Brisbane."

The two great si ege s of 1480 and 1522 attracted universal attention to Rhod e s, and in preparatlOn for the second of theSE: King H enry V III., who was afterwards to sei ze all the property of the Ord er of St. John in England and expel, execut e, and in other ways harrass the Knights sent a present of 19 long guns to n ewly-elected Grand Master Era Villiers de l' Isle '..dam 10 1521. The Turks found these gUDS when th ey to o k Rhodt:s, and seem to have mounted some of them in the ships which were used against Bragadino and the Ve n e tian garrison of Famagusta half a century later. In the cours e of this siege, which almost as sanguinary as that of Rhod e s, one of shIps armed in this way was sunk, and a few ago ltS great gun was dredged up and, is now m of the British Governor of Cyprus Just outSide NICOSia. As by the capitulation of December 20, 15 22 th t:

Knights had to to evacuate Rhodes on January I, 1523 which thtoy did with more than all the honours of war, for the chroniclers relate that the victorious Ottoman Sultan Suleiman Kanun "usa d'une Grande modestie enuers Ie seigneur Grand maistre and enuers tous les habitants du lieu" and woulj not allow his Turks" de ne leur faire aucun empesche ny deplaisir" th e histories of the Order pay but little attention to what happened to its famous capital when the white Crescent, which the house of Ottoman had put on its r ed flag in commemoration of of the capture of Constantinople in 1453 took the place of the White Cross of St. John,

Although it was wint e r th e Turks had doubtless found it necessary to begin to bury their dead immediately after the capitulation This they did just where the corp5es Jay, in their ranks as th e y had fallen during the siege. The fio:d total is not exactly recorded but the Sultan is lmown to have lost some 5,000 men in one unsuccessful assault, aod ao English Knight, Fra Nicholas Roberts, told the Kul of Surr e y that the Turks had lost over 100,000 m en kill ed in th e whole siege. Turkish war cemetery therefore occupied a very considerable area and a wide zooe outsid e the whole of the landward walls was thus pres erved as an open space, and to this day has never been built upon. Many of th e original headstones of individual J anissaries and others are still in situ, ornamented in the Turkish fashion with carved representations of th e turbans of that period and some of the inscripti o ns still rcad. Among the graves that have b te n Id e ntIfied IS that of th e Sultan's BlJ,irakdar or persom,l Standard Bearer. Ac; thi:; is just outside the Glte of St.

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English Knights known to have taken part in the- deft!nce together with Fra John Buck, the Turcopolier of the Order; Fra William Weston, afterwards the last Grand Prior of England before the Dissolution; Fra Nicholas Fairfax, brother of the RecorJer (and st ep-son of the L or d Mayor) of York; Fra Thomas Sheffield, Commander of Beverley and brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons; and 14 others, one of whom was that Fra Nicholas Roberts, who afterwards wrote an account of the siege.

After the remnant of the Knights (for 703 had perished with over 6,000 of their men in the siege) had

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survival. Yet it was stili taken every night-certainly up to 1908 when the writer and his friend (who afterwards became, by a strange coincidence, British Commissioner of another famoUS fortress, also taken-and lost-by the Turks, Famagusta, and is now his confrere in the Order) ignominously hustled out of the Gate of St. Paul a mmute or two before sunset, because a long dead Sultan had given an ord er to that effect 386 years before and no. one had troubled to change it in the interval. We smIle at such an example of conservatism, worthy even of a the Medes and Persians, which not," 10 I?Olot of fact, it is precisely that Turkish conservatist;D which has saved Rhodes, undamaged and unchanged modErn tim es The Turks, never ceasing to regacd .It a first class fortress, ne7er thought it necessary to brmg It up to da te, therefore we see it to-day, but very little altered. from wh at it was when Sultan 8uleiman first set eyes on It and anxiously began to calculate how many thousands his best men it would cost him to capture it from the Kmghts.

Certain changes, however, did come about, apart

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priate than that a mem ber of the Order whose famIly had borne a crescent before the Ottoman Sultans adopt it in 1453 should have undone the conqueror's handiwol k and put an end to the domination of the Turkish Cresc e nt in the city which his predecessors had had to surr e nder to it. By a still more curious coincidence the shield of the King of Italy which is now carved above the inner gate of St. Athanac;ius is the same as that of the Order of St. John and thus harmonizes admirably with the armorial decorations put up before the siege-decoration<; which to their great credit the Turks pr t served during their four centuries of power.

and reopened by the Italians in 19 2 3. St. J ohn, was i.n the sector entrusted to th e Tongue of England, It,S possIble that he was killed by one of the English Knights.

indeed, would like to picture the gallant Turk as havlOg been struck down by Fra Henry Mansel, Standard Bear e r to the Grand Master, before he himself fell mortally o? 4th, 1522, in defending the breach 10 the B lstlo n of England, where a Bairakdar is recorded to hav;! perIShed. Fra Henry M'3.osel was one of

Th e restored bridge and drawbridge leading to the Gate of S. A hanasius ( re opened)-lhe oUle r moal and the ravelin in front of the walls of the sector of England appear behind.

gone, the victorious Sultan caused all the damage done to the gates, walls tow er " during the siege to be mad e good and carefully repair e d, but JD various places gre at stone caonon balls were left just as they had been driv en into the ramparts by the discharge of th e immense gu ns of which the Turks had made use, and in the moat io many places cannon balls both of stone and iron which ha d rebounded from the walls can be found some of th e form er being split or shattered by t:le force with which they ha d been struck. When this was finish ed , the Llwgiver, whic h is wllat the Turks used to call the Sultan, whom Weste rn Europe nicknam e d "The Magnificent," t xp e lled all Christians from the City and gave it over to the Turks, wit h the exception of the quarter of the J e ws, wh ich was left to them, as certain Jt.ws had rendered services to the Sultan which he rewarded in this waj; the Sultan also gave orders that, as the City was so important a fortress no Christian should ever remain within it during th e night, although he might be allowed insije by day. Thi s was a reasonable precau t ion wh e n Rhodes was a reall y first class fortr e ss and a most valuable Oltoman outpos t and defence against the Venetians, who held Crete for a century and a half after the departur e of the Knights. Bu t when Rhodes began to rank higher as an interestin g example of medireval architecture, which lllustratcs an important transitional period in defensive science, and lowe r as a place of arms, this precaution became merely a quain t

Sector of Italy-Acandia Bay to left-looking southwards

Carretto. (The r ad is modern).

from the repairs effected hy whic? have made the Citta Murata (or walled CIty) shghtly dIfferent from wh at it was when the gallant Fra Villiers de VIsie Adam to ok his last sad farewell. The Sultan, some y e ars later, ca used the Gate of 8t. Athanasius, at the point of junction bet ween the sectors of England and Aragon (for the whole en ceinte of the fortifications was divided among the Eight To ngues) through which he had made triu.mphal .e ntry int o the city to be built up, and a tradltlOn Immediately aro se that Rhodes would remain suoj cct to Islam so long as the gate remained The Itali a os their tri umphal entry into Rhodes 10 May, 1912, but Just, as the Su ltan did not immediately wall up th e gate, so did they not open it immediately but waited until January 1st, 19 23, the fourth centenary of the Sultan's triumphal f ntry, for the ceremony which was to make it plain to all the world tha t the power of Islam had come to, an end i? the Island. By a happy coincidence Count Bosdarl, the ItalIan at that moment was a Knight of St John, and bore on hiS sh ield a crescent. Nothing could have been more appro-

The other changes, although disastrous, were fortuitous, although in on e case, facilitated by neglect. Th e Tower of Naillac or of St. Michael which, with the Tow ; r of St. John in the Castle of Sant Angelo on the opposite Mole of the Windmills used to guard the entrance to larger harbour-the Porto del Commercio-was much shaken by the earthquake of 185 I, and so careless ly repaired that it fell entirely in consequenc e of furth er damage done by the more severe earthquake of 186 3 which fortunately failed to injure the more substantially built portions of the fortress. The destruction o f the Church of S1. John and of the upper part of the , Grand Master's Palace which used to tower above the Cannon Gate, the Gate of St. A nthony and the Gate of and dominat{ d the dangerous salient where th e SEctor of the Tongue of Germany abutted on that of the Tongue of France, was due to a remarkable accident. During a thunderst orm in 1856 a flash of lightning struck the Church of St. John and exploded a forg otten powder-magaz ine which had laid hidden in its crypt since the great siege 335 years before. Immense damage was done, the Church almost entirely disappeartd, the upper storeys of th t! adjaCent Palace and part of the wall which used to sepa rate the Collachio or Quarter of the Knights from the rest of the city, and a numbn of houses formerly inhabited, by the Knights were overthrown and have never been rebUilt.

Those who have read the story of the siege will rem e mber th.lt Fra Andrea de Amaral, High Chancellor of the Order and Pillar of the Tongue of Castile who had been disappointed of the Grand Magistracy when Fra Villiers de l'Isle Adam was elected Grand Master in 15 2f, was found guilty of high treason and t'xecuted after the Turkish assault of Sept. 24ch, 1522. Ooe of the preferre d against him was that he had made away With a great part of the ammunition e ntrusted to his care. It may reasonably be supposed that while storing t?e gunpowder the defence in various safe 2.nd convement places to aVOId the risk of its all being blown up at once by accid e nt or by th,e enemy, Fra Andrea was assisted by a staff of helpers, ,and It -is possible that the offiCEr who stored the supply 10 the crypt of the Church was killed b.efore he c?uld report to his supnior where he had placed It. The HIgh Chancellor could therefore hardly have been aware of and, as he died protesting his spIte of the torture to which he had been subjected, It IS preferable to believe that a great injustice was done by his Confle re s who were so weary, hard pressed and excited as to make calm judgment difficult, rather than to accept as a fact that thp chief of the Knights of Castile, and o,ne who lon g s erved the Order with distinction was gUIlty of d ellb.erately betraying his Confreres when in suc.h straIts If this theory be adopted thEn the llghtmog flash of 18 56 brought belated evidence to show that de A maral was not guilty and that he, no than his judges had bee,n the victim of circumstances 10 that the secret of the powder magazine had been lost at the moment when Its

Outer Gale in the Barbican of S t. A thanasius, This was closed by Sultan Suleiman

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contents were most urgently required both by him and by them.

Since the Italian occupation, careful repairs have been undertaken throughout the whole of the enceinte and the present Governor Mario Lago is fully justified in making the claim that the fortifications of Rhodes are in perfect condition to resist Sultan Suleiman once more, were he to emerge from his tom b and call his J anissaries from their graves to repeat the campaign of four centuries ago with the weapons of that period. For this reason it is possible to walk round the battlements and reconstruct the episodes of the siege, to note the character and relative defensibility of the fortifications in the sectors entrusted to the various Tongues, and to observe the manner in which the weak places in the enceinte as revealed by the siege of 1480 were made good before that of IS 2 2.

In this task of bringing their fortress up to date, the Gre.nd Masters erected these works which make Rhodes so interesting archreulogically, and so valuable to students as an example of the transition period in1he art of fortification when the introduction of artillery as a serious arm, was just beginning to upset the whole theory of the defensive architecture of the Middle Ages. To the layman, It IS the enormous volume of the mass of masonry, the depth of the moat cut in solid rock, the intricacy of the successive lines of defence which protect the gates, which appeal and make him wonder how the Knights can have got the labour, the money, and even the time necessary to quarry out so vast a quantity of stone and to erect such tremendous towers and bastions, curtains and ravelins in the comparatively period at their dic;posal, for blasting powder had not been Introduced, the machinery for lifting heavy stones was still very primitive, and the labour of slaves captured in war can hardly have been either very skilled or enthusiastic.

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A New German Film.

THE German Red Cross has recently produced a new popular film on First Aid in case of accidents. This film which is 11500 metres long and which takes 55 minutes show.

The film is in three parts, and shows in succession how to treat cuts, scratches and burns, what to do in cases of fractures or sprains, how to revive the apparently drowned and those fr ost-bite or exposure.

The German Red Cross IS wtlhng to let national Red Cross So.cieties make. use of this either by selling or by cedIng to them the nght of presentation. AddItIOnal Information may be obtained, on request, from the R Cross, Kolonnen-Kommissar,Corneliusstr. 4b, Berlm, W.IO.

THE TOUR OF THE ORDER OF ST. J OHN.- The arrangements for the proposed tour to the old homes of the Order in Pal.estine and the Mediterranean during the month ?f WIll very soon be completed with an intensely including an" official proces')ion of the m theIr robes into the Holy City. With the of a very few of the cheaper berths the bookings complete and we hope to print in our next Issue a ful.l ltmerary of the tour together with the names of those participating in it.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation. Head Office Notes.

AMBULANCE EXAMINATIONS.

AN example of th.e progress which has been made during the past season. In. am bulance work is afforded by the exammatlOns held by the St. John Ambulance ASsocIatIOn.

In Decem ber 1924, 437 examinations were arrang ed; Dec e mber I925 has exceeded this number by 68-an mcrease which augurs well for further developments in 1926.

ORDER OF ST. JOHN LANTERN LECTURE.

A new venture which should prove of interest to all ambulance workers is the provision of a series of lantern slides. illustrati?g. the history of the of St. John. By th.e kIr:d permlssIOn of Mr. H. W. FIncham, the Assistant Llbranan of tht Order, these slides and typed lecture are for the use of St. John Ambulance workers.

ThiS lecture traces the connection between the Ord er of .St. John and the St. John Ambulance Association and Bnga?e, it is certainly necessary that members of th ese orga n!SatIOns should know something about the history and tradItIOns of the cause they serve.

HOME l-i YGIENE AND SANITATION IN GOLD COAST.

Africa has hith e rto been one of the few places in the Bntlsh Empire wbere the St. John Am bulance Assoc iation has not been established. During the last few month s however, a large ::lUmber of at the Wesley and St. AugustIne College In Coomassie, Gold Coast Colony, have received instruction in First Hom e Hygiene and Sani.tat,ion, under the auspices of the 8t. Joh n Ambulance ASSOCiation. Four classes in each subject ha ve been very first attempt.

It IS partIcularly mterestIng to note thal in a dista nt part the such as the Gold Coast it is possible to org.aDlse classes 10 Home Hygiene and Sanitation-subjec ts whlch are almost neglected by ambulance workers in the Motherland.

Ipswich Centre.

THE annual meeting was held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall on pecember 7th, when the Mayor l Mr K. ). Badshah, preSIded, supported by the Commissioner , Major J. Hossack and Mrs. Hossack, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Park.ington,. Hon. Treasurers, Mr. T. Edgar Mayhew, Hon AudIto.r, A. Bohun Coulcher, Hon. Secretar, Assistan t CommIssIOner S. O. Eades and Mrs. Eades, together with staff officers.

All present stood for a few minutes in silence as a mark of respect for the late beloved Queen Alexandra, to whom the Order owes so much. The Mayor, in his open -

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iog remarks, traced the work of the Order back to the times of the First Cru')ade, and went on to speak of the noble work now being undertaken by those of the present day in the Association and the Brigade. He alluded to the work don.e in their own town both by the members Oi the Brigade and also by the ambulance motors. HE; pleaded for more financial assistance from th e in order to continue with the good work, giving as a the sum of £250 annually. In conclus!on he paId a trIbute to the new Medical Comforts Depots, and the benefits it conferred on the town. He then presented Certificates numbering about two hundred, and, subsequently, handed votes of thanks on vellum awarded by t!1e Order of St. John to Mrs. Damant, th e Misse s A. Bohun Coulcher, M. King, L. Haggar, and Messrs. A. C. Hill and W. C. Smith, Mr. J. Pawsey, and Miss Hemsworth. Hon. Serving Sister r e sp e ctively at L ')n don.

Major Hossack gave an account of the work performed during the year, and Mr. T . R. Parkington made an earnest appeal for more public support. Dr. S. O. Eades explained th e objects and working of the Medical Comforts Scheme paying eloquent tributes to those responsible for the running and organisation.

A vote of thanks to the Mayor, for presiding, closed the meeting.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade.

Brigade Appointments, Etc.

DECEMBER, 1925.

The Acting Chi a f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and r esig nations :-

TO BE LADY DISTRICT OFFICER.

NO.3 (EA STERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Corps Supt. Miss Lil ia n Edith Mawby, County of Northampton, 17 .12 .25

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer James H. Potter, Shipley and District Corps, 9·12.25

TO BE LADY OORPS SUPT.

No. 3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

• Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. Elizabeth Helen Wills, Kettering Corps, 30.11.25

TO BE LADY OORPS OFFIOER.

NQ. 4 DISTRICT.

Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Pickles, Preston Corps, 10.I2.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Dorothy Radford, Nottingham Corps, 9. 12 2 5

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. DISTRICT.

Miss Flora Macdonald Hogg, l\1.B., Ch.B., No. 37N \Vest Ham Nursing Division, 15.I2.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Edward Eldridge B1omfield, M.B., Ch.B., Pontefract Division, Pontefract Corps, 16.I2.25

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Maurice v.. ilson, L.R.C.P., L.RC.S., Spofforth NurSing DIVision, 8.I2.25

RaymC?ll.d. Eustace Ford, B.S., Bradford City Nursing DIVISIOn, Bradford Corps, 29.12.25

NO.6 DI STR ICT.

Lawson L.RC.P., L.RC.S., Blyth and District NurSing DIVISion, 7.12.25

.Mackenzie Macdonald, M.B., Ch. B., Consett and Dlstnct Nursing Division, Derwent Valley Corps, 19. 12 25

Thomas Skene, M.B., Ch.B., Ellington Division, Asbington Coal Co. Corps, 27. I 1.25

Major Gavin Muir, M B., Ch.B., Friends Division) Newcastleon- Tyne Corps, 20.12.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Hugh Forster Chillingworth, M.RC.S., L.R.C.P., Bodmin Nursing D iVision, County of Cornwall, 21 12.25

Edgar Scott Bowes, 1\1.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Totnes Division County of Devon, 19.I2 25 '

r vor Ewart Harries, M.R.C.S., L.R.C P., Devonport Di\'iSian, Borough of Plymouth Corps, County of Devon, 22. 122 5

Ronald E. Williams, L.i\I.S.S.A., Torpoint Division, County of Devon, 2.1 26

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Dav id William Ryder Richardson, M.B.,B. Ch.,M.A.,M.RC.S., L.RC.P., Saxmundham Nursing Division, 1.10 25

Edward Pal in, M.B., M.D., M.R.C.S., L.RC.P., Fakenham DIVISIon, 10.12. 2 5

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Ambulance. John Taylor, Netherton Division, Dudley and DistrIct Corps, 12.12.25

Anthony Ambrose Sanderson, Bishop s tchington Division \Varwickshire Corps, 4.12.25 '

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer James Myers, Preston Headquarters Division, Preston Corps, 15.12.25

Ambulant:e Officer Herbert Goodwill Pearson Hunslet and Holbeck Division, Leeds Corps, 912.2S

FrederiCK \Vdson ilIoulds, Robin Hood Division, Nottingham Corps, 4.12.25

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer George Henry Doxford, Blackhall Colliery Division, 27.11.25

Lawrence Bell, Ellington Division, Ashington Coal Co. Corps, 5. 12 2 5

Ambulance Officer Edwin James Smith, Reckitts Division, Hull Corps, I. 12.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Rev. Henry Thomas Stealey, ilLA., Kingsbridge DiVision, County of Devon, 22.12.25

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Cl ifford Bernard Andrews, Fakenham D iv iSion, 10.12 25

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No .3 (EASTJtRN) DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Seb ina Phillips Nursing Division, Kettering Corps, 18.12.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss Mary Cecil ia Crabtree, Heckmondwike aJ:d Liversedge Nursing Division, Spen Vall ey Corps, 16 12.25

No.6 DISTRICT.

Nurse Emily Theresa Morgan, Ferryhill Nursing D ivisi on, 19. 12.2

Lady Ambulance Officer Laura \Vhitford, 'Western Nursing Division, Newcastle-on-Tyne Corps, 7.12.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

MISS Edna Marian Sharp, Parkstone Hursing Di vi s io n, County of Dorset, 12.12.25

No 12 (IRISH) DISTRICT.

Miss .Ag nes Florence Mary O'Conor, Hely's (Nursing Div iSIOn, q.12.25

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No.6 DISTRICT.

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TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER. No. 3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. Jesse Edward Jones, Bishops Itchington Division, Warwickshire Corps, 4.12.25

William Thomas Waterfield, Netherton Division, Dudley and District Corp", 12.12.23

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Corpl. William Wright, Rawtenstall Division, 7.12 2 5

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Sergt.-Major Edward West, Hunslet and Holbeck Division, Leeds Corps, 9.12.25

Sergt. Morris Feather, " A " Division, Keighley Corps, 9 12.25

Arthur Pilling, Old Roundwood Division, Dewsbury and District Corps, 16.12.25

Sergt. George F. Allen, Stapleford Division, Nottingham Corps, 23 1 I .25

David McCandlish, Tetleys Brewery Division, Leeds Corps, 9. 12 2 5

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Fred Theodore Minter, B O.C.M. Division, Hull Corps 3. 12 2 5

Sergt. Foster Leighton, Blackhall Colliery Division, 27.r 1.25

Sergt. Alfred Garland, Pier Division, Hull Corps, I.I2 25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Frank Harry Horn, Kingsbridge Division, County of Devon, 23· I2 2 S No. ro DISTRICT.

Robert Hipkin, Fakenham Division, 10.12.25

Edward James Lovell, Manningtree Division, 16.1225 No. r 1 DISTRICT.

Ser!!t. Henry Jacobs, Batt ersea Division, 4.1.26

Frank Butcher, Willesborough Division, 14.12.25

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Miss Amy Smith, Astley Bridge Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 26.1 I.25

Miss Mary Jane Crumbleholme, Gt. Lever Nursing Division, Bolton Corps, 18.17 25

Miss Annie Kenyon, Heywood Division, 10.12 25 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss pora Hooley, Stapleford and Sandiacre Nursing DivisIOn, 9.12.25

Mrs. Elsie Stanton, Mapperley Nursing Division, Nottingham Corps,9 J2 2 5

No.6 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Tamar Tweed, Consett and District Nursing Division Derwent Valley Corps, 19.12.25

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Gladys Whitwell, Church Stretton Nursing Division, 26.II. 2 5

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER FOR CA DETS. NO.6 DISTRICT.

Corporal Albert Brignell, Western Division, Hull Corps,

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFIOER FOR OADETS. NO.6 DISfRICT.

Mrs. Eliza. Seymour, North Shields Nursing Division, North Tyneslde Corps, 23.12.25

TO BE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR.

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Staff, Sergt. George Edwards, Hull Corps, 3I. 12 .25

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESER V'E. No. I DISTRICT.

Supt. A. Newton, NO.7 Toynbee Hall Division, 4.1.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

District Surgeon Major Molloy, 31.12.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Supt. Alfred E. Taylor, M.B. E., Sheffield Corps, I. J. :;6 DlYIslOnal Surgeon M. Beale, Retford Division, 5.1.26

Divisional Surgeon D. Metcalfe, Whitley Bay and Monkseaton Division, North Tyneside Corps, 1412.25

NO.8 DISTRICT

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Deveson, Ramsgate Nursing Division, 28.12.25

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Transport Officer Rider, Falmouth Division, 27. I 1.25

RESIGNATIONS AOCEPTED WITH REGRET.

Miss D. Bean as Staff Officer to Lady Supt.-in-Chief, and rejoined Kensington Nursing Division, 31.12.25

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss M. Waddington, Nelson Nursing Division, 8.12.25

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Supt. E. West, Goldthorpe Division, 5.1.26

Lady Supt. Mrs. T. E. Newsome, Heckmondwike and Liversedge Nursing Division, 6.1.26

Ambulance Officer T. W. Reeves, Hasland and Grassmoor Division, 10

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer S. Hadfield, Spennymoor Division, MidDurham Corps, 8.12.25

Lady Ambulance Officer for Cadets Mrs. Pope, North Shields Nursing Division, 19.12 .2 5

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Lady Corbet, Shrewsbury Nursing Divis ion, T. I. 26

No. 8 DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon and Supt. A. Stewart Macmillan Cambe rley and Frimley Division, 22.1221) ,

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon Dr. F. Hugo, Bodmin Nursing Division, 10.12.25

Ambulance Officer H. Worth reverted to ranks at own request Torpoint Division, 18.12.25

DEATH.

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Assistant Commissioner Brigadier-General E. A. T. Tud or County of Surrey, November, 1925

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. S DISTRICT.

Clifton ColLiery Division, 16 12.25

Spofforth Nursing Division, 28.1225

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Totnes Division, County of Devon, 21.12.25

OADET SEOTION REGISTERED.

No. Finsbury Section, Finsbury Cadet Nursing Divi slOn, 9 12.25

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Canute Nursing Division, Southampton Corps, 8.12.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Three Spires Nursing Division, 23 IZ 25

P. (Major-General), Actmg Chief Commissioner

The Individual Competition for the Levick Cup was held in the Boys' Coyncil School, Tamworth, on Dec. J 3 th , and was won by PrIvate F. Jones. Dr. Heaton Whit e Commissioner, Birmingham, was the examiner. This the second time Private F. Jones has won the Cup.

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Duty from 2.30 p .m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

ACTING LA.DY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.

Lady Perrott, R.R.C., the Lady Supt. in Chief of the Brigade, has kindly consented to carryon her duties as Acting Lady District Supt. until Easter, 1926.

WEMBLEY DUTY.

The Acting Chief Commissioner has asked the Commissioner to notify, in connection with a recent District Order on this subject, that, although the members of the Brigade ceased their services at Wembley when the Exhibition closed on October 3 I st last, Captain Gerhold still carried on certain supplementary duties, and his appointment as Temporary Assistant Commissioner was extended to January 31st, 1926.

DISTRICT COMPETITIONS, 1926.

Divisional Supts. and members in charge of divisions should make immediate entries for the various District Competitions as detailed in District Orders in December, 1925.

I t is hoped that a larger entry be received than last year. Entries should be sent direct to the Commissioner. INSPECTION OF VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS.

A rrangements are being made for the early inspection of Voluntary Aid Detachments. Communications on this matter are being sent out by Assistant Commissioners in charge of areas, and very prompt replies should be gi v en to these communications by supts. of Divisions.

PUBLIC DUTY RETURNS.

Ambulance Divisions are asked to send in their returns monthly in connection with public duty and local returns for the year 1926. This refers to parade states, attendance sheets, and report of cases treated forms. They should be addressed to the Public Duty Officer.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Di v isional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITOR.

N.C.O.'S CLUD.-The usual meeting will be held on Thursday, February 4th at W.H.S. & S. Club, I I, Milford-lane, Strand, W C.2, at 7.30 p.m. N.C.O.'s wishing to join the Club will be cordially welcomed.

It has been arranged that the Club shall visit Birmingham N.C.O.'s Club on Easter Saturday, April 3rd, 1926. Any N.C.O. wishing to join the party should write for particulars from the Hon. Sec., H. J. Palmer, 70, Newington Greenroad, N.r.

No. 6 District.

District Competitions. The Brigade competitions in the District are being carried out with a good deal of enthusiasm. The preliminaries ha v e practically all been completed, the

County finals for Durham and Yorkshire only awaiting decision for the finals for the District. In the final for the Northumberland Bronze Shield, which was judged by Dr. Smallwood of and Dr. Craig, of Dudley, the merits of the two teams takIng I?art were evenly balanced. and whilst St. Peters, Newcastle, gaIned an advantage of 2 marks in the stretcher test Carl team, Ashington, prove their superiority in the VIdual work. The marks awarded were :Stretcher test ( maximum 160), Carl team, 128 ; St. Peters, 13°·

Individual work (maximum 100), Carl team, 67: St. Peters,63·8

I t is hoped to hold the Durham County final in the Ambulance Institute, 2, Osborne-terrace. Newcastle on 27th February next, and the District finals in Durham on the 20th March.

The Graham Co. Durham Ambulance Shield. The magDlficent ambulance shield presented by Coroner John for the and the practice of first aid work In County IS beIng competed for by teams consisting of a captaIn and four me!1 who wage earners in the County and who hold a first aid certificate of the Association. The preliminary test have now nearly all been held, and the six teams taking part in the final, which is to be held in Durham City on February 13th, may well be said to represent the essence of ambulance experience in the north. Some very close scoring has been experience thus far.

GATESHEAD.-A contingent of the North Durham Corps ttended the Bensham Brotherhood Service some weeks ago together with the Mayor and representatives of other ch ic bodies. After the service the members paraded outside the hall, when Corps Supt. Payne, M.B.E., presented Corps Officer Booth with a bar to his long service medal. He congratulated him upon his persistent good work, and 011 behalf of the Corps wished him long life to wear it.

NEWCASTLE.-The St. Peters Works Division has now established itself in comfortable headquarters and has added a medical comforts depot to its activities. Much of the success of the venture has been d'le to the activities of Divisional Supt. Scott.

CRAl\ILINGTON.-This Division held its annual reunion and dinner a little while ago; when Divisional Supt. Bird and Ambulance Officer H. Batten were each presented with a bar to their long ser vic e medals.

No. 8 District.

MAIDSTG>NE.-At the First Aid Examination of the Nursing Division held in Maidstone, three members obtained medallions, one member a voucher and twelve recruits, First Aid certificates.

Twenty cadets belonging to the recently formed Cadet Division entered nineteen gained First Aid certifiates.

Christ Church Parish Hall, the Headquarters of the Nursing Division was converted into a minature hospital when an inspection was made by General Stopford, K.C. V.O., C.B., the County Controller and Major Casement , D.S.O., R.A.M.C., of the Eastern Command.

I n the hall a First Aid station, a dispensary and a massage clinic were arranged. There were beds for various medical and surgical cases. Bed making and sick room cookery were included in the tests given, and an emergency bed was shown ready prepared for an accident. .

Major Casement congratulated the De.tac hment on work and said that he thought great credit was due to theIr instructors and to the members.

The County Countroller also congratulated the Detachment on the excellent report that they had received, and that a challenge shield had been offered for competitIon amongst the Kent Deta< hment s.

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REDRUTH.-The photograph on page 171 the new Ambulance just purcDased by the Redruth DIvIsIon. !he Ambulance cost £810, which :aised by a Bazaar organised by the ladies of Redruth and dlstnc!.

Redruth is in the centre of the tIn mmmg area of Cornwall, and the Division serves the mines of the district, and the local hospital for invalid transport. T?e I?ivision the oldest in the west of England, having been m eXIstence

The Ambulance replaces one that has been m servIce SInce 19 18 the Division also runs a horse ambulance for short distance work which has been in use for 19 years.

The chassis is a 22 h. p. Austin special ambulance model. I t has extra long springs at the rear, shock absorbers, twin tyres on the rear specIal with small peep window that the dnver may. see In and fog, and a carefully worked out ge<l:r ratIO to every emergency for high speed or heavy pullIng on bad hIlls.

The body has been builtby Messrs. Memberr, of London, from the design of the Division. Ample protectIon. has been provided for the driver and attendants by an extens!on of body in front and removable screens, such protectIOn bemg necessary on the Cornish moors in bad weather. The outside has been made as smooth as possible with no sharp angles or panelling to catch the mud or dust.

The floor and the walls inside to a height of 2 ft. 6 in. are lined with sheet aluminium the corners are rounded. There is only a single door at the back which has desig:ned and cush ioned with rubber buffers that rattlIng IS ImpossIble. The windows, which all open, have the slides lined with velvet, and they, also, are fitted with rubber buffers. The fittings are the Talbot patent aluminium stretchers, Moseley "float on air" mattress and pillows, internal heating worked from the exhaust, and an electric fan. Electric light is provided.

The Ambulance is affiliated to the Home Service Ambulance Committee through the County Joint Committee of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the British Red Cross Society No. 10 District.

HA VERRILL. -A whist dri ve, in aid of the band and sports fund of these units, was held on December 3rd, in the Ambulance Hall in Camps-road. Supt. G. S. Scott officiated as M.C. and Miss E. Goodman, daughter of the County Surgeon, presented the pri zes to the winners at the close of the drive.

It has long been the aim of the County Surgeon (Dr. T. H. Goodman) to possess a band for Haverhill, attached to the Brigade, and he has expressed his preference for a bagp ipe band. I is to be hoped that the success of this drive will go far to see h is long cherished desire realised.

I pSWICH.- A concert in aid of the funds of the Corps took place at the Ambulance Hall, Samuel-road, on Wednesday even ing, Dec. 16th. The programme was arranged by the secretary of the L. & N E. Railway No. Division (Mr. E. S. Brown), with the assistance of the Excelsior Orchestra under the conductorship ofSupt. F. E. Goddard (Gippeswyk Division). The Mayoress (Miss Badshah), at the close, carried out a ballot for two cycles pro vi ded by the Co-operative Society. Thanks were accorded to the artists and the Mayoress, on the proposition of the Commissioner.

A concert, in aid of the Medical Comforts Depot, was held on December II th at the Garratt Memorial Hall, Bolton-lane, and was arranged by Sergeant J. E. Death (of the 1st Division) and Miss A. F. Child.

Sergeant Death is the headmaster of the St. Margaret's Council School and the concert was specially arranged at the ins tig ation of the Ass is tant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades), who had previously witnessed the smart performance of the scholars.

A sur ve y of the first quarter's work of the Medical Comforts Depot shows that 156 issues of articles have been made. The comforts which have been most in demand include such as bronch itis kettles, bed rests, bed pans, air cushions, aIr nngs, hot-water bottles, crutches, etc. Undoubtedly the r ecent spell of sharp weather is accoQntable for most of these

AI n:- January, calls and the resources of the Depot have been taxed severely but, thanks to the enthusiasm of the Lady Supt.-in-ch aro<e (Miss E. M. Hart). and the Inspector of Stores (Supt. W. Ramsey), the CommIttee have been able to respond to all calls. Pneumonia jackets have been made by Miss Hart and have pr'Jved a great boon to those in need. Mrs. A. C. Popplewell has been the means of adding a considerable sum to the income by the sale of cocoanut ice of her own making.

The winter session is being made an opportunity to arOuse enthusiasm in ambulance work, all over the county_

A nursing class, for women, is being conducted by the Commissioner (Major J. Hossack) at Ipswich. A class, in First Aid, in connection with the L. & N.E. Railway is being held by the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. E ades) in conjunction with District Officer W. C. Smith.

At Halesworth, Dr. M. Hocken, the Hon. Surge on to the newly-formed Division, has promised to lecture to classes of both men and women.

On December 2nd, Dr. Eades motored to Benhall, near Saxmundham, to examine a class of 25 women in first-aid, who had received lectures from Dr. David Ryder Richardson (Hon. Surgeon to the Saxmundham Nursing Division ) with the object of eventually forming a Division there in the near future

A class, in Home Nursing, has just started for men , at the Ipswich Ambulance Hall, where Dr. S. W. Hoyland is giving the lectures.

A meeting was held at Sa x mundham on January 13th for the purpose of starting classes in fiirst-aid for men, and Dr. David Ryder Richardson has once again promised to give the lectures.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

Saturday December 5th, was a busy day in this d istrict, At Tonbridge a competition for the District final was judged by District Surgeon T. Halliwell. In the result, Tonbridge secured the lead over Hastings after a keen contest.

The same afternoon at Ashford was de v oted to a similat competition between these of the local Divisions. Ass ist ant Commissioner Noble ( No.8 District ) and Dr. Robins (Folkestone) were the judges First place was secured by Ashford Station Divjsion, followed by South Ashford and Ashford Works DiviSions. The arrangements were supervised by District Officer C. Milton.

In the evening a very high class concert was given in aid of the funds of the Orpington Division. Commissioner E. A. Richards spoke on the work of the Order. His remarks were listened to with rapt attention and much good should result from the enterprise.

At Aldershot on December 8th Redhill secured entrance to the District final by beating teams from Aldershot :;tnd Reading.

As a result of these preliminary contests the follo wing Divisions will compete at Addiscombe in January:-Br icklayer's Arms, Sevenoaks, Deal and Walmer, Chatham, Tonbridge, Ashford Station and Redhil1.

The deaths of Pte. Palmer, Hither Green Division, and Pte. T. B. Corbett, Ashford Works Division, are reco rded with regret. The funeral of the latter was attended by members of the Ashford Works, Willes borough and South Ashford Divisions.

Although the complete figures are not available at the time of going to press, we are glad to learn that continued progress has been made in this District during 1925. The formation of the Southern Railway Centre and the increased interest in class work will bring a large number of rec ruits to the District, the full benefit of which will not be shown until the 1926 examinations are complete.

From a small nucleus, over a thousand members have been added to the roll of the Brigade in six years, and its usefulness has been largely extended in areas in which the aC tivities of the Brigade were hitherto almost unknown.

S.J.A.B. POSTERs.-The sale of these have been exceedingly heavy during the last month, and officers and divisional are advised to order their supplies as early as possible.

J:l.uuary, -F IRS T

The Care of the Outward Man.

By A. T. SCHOFIELD, M D.

(Continued from p age I44.)

CARE OF THE HAIR.

IT may be interesting to note the average number of hairs In a head. If it is black, which is the coarsest, there are about 72,000; if brown, 78,000; if 88,000. Round hairs are straight; it is oval hair that curls on it s flat side. A hair lives from 2 to 6 years. It grows more slowly after cutting. Incipient baldness can be detected by the 5hedding of short pointed (uncut) hair. This shows that the new growth is falling off, not the old hair. In sever e fevers it is better to cut the hair short. It will probably all fall off afterwards in any case.

There are many common errors respecting the care of the hair, and we will therefore say a few words on this subject.. It is the popular Idea that the more often a head IS bathe d and wash e d the better. This is a great error.

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which by careful brushing of the scalp can be drawn all its length, so as to give the hair polish and lustre. Should, however, anything else be needed, a drop or two of the finest olive oil carefully brushed in is the best addition to nature. After washing, the hair should always be dried in a honeycomb, never in a Turkey towl, which fills the hair with fluff. The cutting of the hair short, encourages the fresh young growth, and therefore is beneficial to the hair.

DISEASES OF THE HAIR.

The diseases of the hair are not numerous. We may say a word on ringworm, dandruff and baldness.

Ringworm is not a but, like "closma," it is due to a small fungus and tends to grow in circl es like the fairy rings in meadows It may be known by the presence of a circular patch covered with stumps of hair broken off short, and fine white scales. It also occurs in rings on the face and body, but while easily cured in thes places, it is most difficult to cure in the head, because it penetrates down to the roots of the hair, where it is very hard to reach. No one can successfully treat it but a medical man, whose advice should be sought at once. Remember that it is extremely contagious, and that the one who has it 8hould never use brush or comb, or towel, or cap, belong-

Wate r swells and rots the hair. Daily washing of the head is ver y bad. Men should wet and wash their heads w.eekly ; wome n once in three weeks unlESS bobbed or shmgled

Whe n the hair is washed, the best thing to use is a little quill ia bark and hot water; for fair hair a little carbonate of ammonia may be added; for dark hair the yolk of an egg and a little borax is very good. The cooler a head can be kept the better for the hair, hence the evil of the silk hat. All tight twisting or plaiting of the hair is injurious. Th e hair should therefore be undone each night.

Brushing and combing may be very injurious. The bru sh should have long bristles, and even then we must re member that we cannot blush the scalp too much or the hai r too little. Pointed combs are an abomination, and freq uently used are certain to irritate the skin and scur f; a small tooth comb is still more injurious to the haIr an d scalp. The brush should always be soft and the comb blun t. Anything that keeps the head hot the hai r, such as fretting or worry, or pads or The re is a natural oil supplied to the root of each haIr,

ing to another, for by these means it is constantly spread.

Dandruff or " Scur{," consists of a collection of scales that fly all about when the hair is ?ryshed. It is b.est cured by rubbing the scalp with a SpIrIt and water l?tlOn or a little Bay-rum. It must not be con.founded With a disease only found in neglected heads of dIrty caused by a small insect, the only cure WhICh IS shavmg the head , or in mild cases, the perseverIng use of a. smalltooth comb.

Baldness is largely constitutional, .though gr.eatly aggravated by careless treatment of the haIr. when occurring in ivory like circu.lar patches m a. strong head of hair it is caused by a tIDy fungus, and IS best cured by rubbing the places with a little tincture of cantharides or paraffin.

If the hair is generally weak and thID, two teaspoonfuls of Eau de Cologne, used as a lo.tion, well. rubbed into the roots of the hair, acts as an admIrable tODIC.

If the cause of the weakness or baldness in some illness, then tonics may be good; if it is constitutional, they will

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probably be useless. The habit ?f the head into cold water and vigorously scrubbmg It with a rough towel, common amongst men, may, however, in any such case be left off with advantage.

CARE OF THE FACE.

The texlure of the skin of the face varies very much, and each variety has its peculiar drawback. If .coarse and with open pores, pimples are very common; If .fine .and thin rashes of all sorts are frequent. A greasy skm shmes unpleasantly; a dry skin cracks and peels.

The first point about a face is to know how to wash It without injury, and the prime rule never to be broken by anyone who has the slightest care for personal appearance is never to lise hard 'Water.

Hard water combines with SOlP and forms an insoluble stearate of lime that can be floating on the surfacE', and is as injurious a thing as can possibly be applied to the skin. The face can never be properly clt aned, the texture is injured, and the skin becomes hard and prematurely old. The best water is rain water. If thIS cannot be produced, soften the water with Anti-Calcaire according to the directions on the tin. The water should be hot, and the face, unless the skin be tender or broken or out of health, washed with soap every day. But what soap? For common hard water, in which the hands may be washed, pure curd soap is the best; for the face, one of a well-known manufacture should be used. It is better to rub off a little in a jar of boiling water than to rub it on the face or flannel.

First of all an abundance of hot soft water being on hand, the soap being then prepared and a soft sponge or flannel ready, the face should be well bathed with the sponge in the clean hot water. Then the flannel, covered with the soapy lather should be persistently rubbed into every part of the face, and laid aside j the sponge should then be used for three or four minutes with the clean hot water to every part of the face, until the last trace of the soap has disappeared, thereby avoiding blockage of the pores by foreign matter. The toilet can then be advantageously concluded by having a mixture ready of equal parts of glycerine and lemon-juice or a face cream, the chief ingredients of which are obtained from vegetable matter, into which the fingers may be dipped and the least quantity rubbed into the wet face (partially contracting the too-widely opened pores), and the face then gently dried on a Turkish towel. A good substitute for the lemon-juice is cucumber juice, under the form known as milk of cucumber. If the skin be tender or chapped, or otherwise out of health, prepared oatmeal may be substituted for the soap. but as a rule too little soap is used. The evil of using soap is not in the soap but in the hard water. Of course, carbolic, tar, and all other common soaps must never be used to the face. Terrible rashes are produced by the misuse of scouring soaps.

Diet is of great importance to the complexion. As a rule all articles that flush the face when eaten are injurious. All kinds of salt, pickles, or greasy foods are bad. The more the diet is composed of milk and fruit, and farinaceous food, the better. Beer and spirits are very bad. A little claret is harmless. Pastry, rich dishes and heavy hot dinners are bad. A useful and tasteless aperient, beneficial to the skin, consists in two tablespoonfuls of flower of sulphur gently stirre.d in a cup of warm boiled milk, and taken an hour before breakfast.

DISEASES OF THE F ACR.

We will now consider some of the diseases of the skin of the face. Eczema which is very common, has

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already beer. spoken of, and the cure of every outbreak is certain if the treatment is thoroughly carried out. To keep the ointment, however, constantly applied, a mask is often necessary.

Acne are little pimples, formed very often by the blocking up of the sebaceous or oil glands. They have often black heads, and are erroneously supposed to contain little worms. This, in fact, is the pent-up secretion to which the shape of the gland gives a corkscrew appearance. They are very common on the side of the nose, and are very disfiguring. Here soap and good rubbing with a flesh brush (made of a piece of Turkey towel or flannel) every day, or twice a day, will speedily remove; them, Any large pimples can be pressed with the end of a watchkey first tu remove the contents. Sometimes these pimples are a good deal inflamed, and then the rubbing and scrubbing is of course not applicable, and medical advice IS required.

Acne Rosacea really consists in a chronic redness and roughness of some part of the face, very frequently the nose. Caused originally by alcohol, or by debility or formerly by tight-lacing, it is often very difficult to remove. The persistent use, however, of one drug has great power over it, but the only domestic remedy for it is powder to conceal it.

Molluscum is a form of acne in which the pimples are as large as hempseed, quite round and pearl-like. These, if pricked, are full of a white ointment. They are painless and harmless, but often corne in crops, and are best prevented by the proper care of the fa.ce.

Lujus is a serious disease of the face, as it tends to get worse unless promptly and skillfully treated. It begins as a persistent pimple, which gradually spreads forming a red patch, and lasts for years ,

Some faces are always very greasy, from an excess of the oily secretion. This condition if neglected, is sure to lead to acne. Careful dieting should be combined with local treatment to remove it. The best washes are white or red wine, according as the com plexion is fair or dark, such as claret or Rhine wine. If this is objected to, toilet vinegar is good, or equal parts of vinegar and rosewater. A few drops of sal volatile in a little water is excellent. Eosine, the essential part of red ink, is a harmless face pigment. Freckles and any hairs, which are often externally disfiguring can now be removed, but the process requires great skill and should be undertaken by a specialist.

THE CARE OF THE TEETH.

Teeth are composed internally of dental or hard bone, and covered with enamel-like porcelain, which again is by a very hard glass. The place where this is thinnest is the gums. The gums taper to a very fine thin edge where they join the teeth. There is nothing in a healthy mouth, however, that can eat away even this thin layer. Bad teeth generally arise-

(I) from indigestion, by which a powerful acid is formed that can penetrate this glaze.

(2) from the use of too hard brushes and gritty tooth powder that wears it away.

(3) the careless use of a tooth pick, an abrasive or strong antiseptic or astringent cream, all of which are capable of injuring the fine edge of the gum tissue at the point where the enamel is thinnest.

(4) or most commonly from food being allowed to lodge at the and between the teeth, when it produces various acids and soon leads to decay. The same process penetrating the surface of the double teeth through cracks

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in the enamel (the glaze already being worn away by use) sets up decay there.

The best preventive is to keep the mouth scrupulously clean by the use of a soft tooth-brush used well near the gums to the back and front .the teeth after each meal, if possible, with some fine percipitated or tooth paste or dental cream of which the principalmgredient is magna magnesie a product recognised as the standard gastric and antacid (tooth are. no good), and water contaimng 5 per cent. of carbolIc aCId. The not only disinfects the mouth, but the tooth brush WhICh IS of importance. If the taste of carbolic is objected to, a little Candy's fluid can be used in the water instead, only it must be remembered that it stains linen.

Toothache is best cured by a little pure carbolic acid on cotton wool.

Gumboils generally arise from inflamation at the root of some decayed tooth, and the best and immediate cure is to extract the tooth that causes the trou ble.

CARE OF HANDS AND FEET.

In washing the use of soft water is equally advantageous to the hands or and indeed the whole of the skin. To make the skIn soft and whIte, and to heal any chaps, cracks, or fissures, the .hands shoul.d. be well rubbed over when wet with a httle lemon-JUIce and glycerine, and at night, after rubbing this well in, a pair of well-fittinu silk or kid gloves should be worn. Rough and red are also greatly improved by being washed in oatmeal gruel, with a little starch.

The nails should be regularly cut to follow the outlIne of the finger. The skin at the bone and sides should be kept back by the towel. or ivory nail-cleaner after washing. No sharp or pOInted Instrument should ever be used to clean the nails.

In a general way tht:re are_ body women and men more carefui of the COndItIOn of their fingers and nails than ambulance men and women, realising as they do that a patient is nearly always in a hyper-sensitive state and often notices when in pain the state of the hands particularly the fingers and nails that may .be used In applying an antiseptic-a dressing or the of splInts to the seat of injury, further that I.t IS the easiest thing in the world to Introduce destructive germ life by lack of nail cleanliness.

Again, the very act of keepIng .the naIls .10 a bea.utlful condition automatically calls attentIOn to theIr cleanlmess, whilst the least observant of us must have noticed the wonderful improvement of late years .in the nails of people which desirable state of affaIrS has unquestIOnably been brought about by the clever ed.ucative of one of the largest makers of those mamcnre preparatlonscoupled with the inestimable by Welfare Centres, Clinics, Ambulance UnIts, GIrl GUIdes, and Boy Scouts Associations-whilst the first thm,gs taught a sick nurse and ambulance man IS the necessity of absolute cleanlmess of the person, with particular emphasis on the hands, fingers and nails.

If the hands or feet perspire too much, a lIttle powdered boracic acid the gloves or being dusted on is very good. If It be very perSIstent, the best cure is to rub a little of the extract of belladonna and glycerine (equal parts) on the palms and soles.

Chil blains on the hands or feet can be cured by aconite lIniment, bdladonna liniment, or painting them over with flexible collodin. Soaking in very hot water greatly relieves them and the avoidance of cold feet or hands by maintaining a brisk circulation prevents them.

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Bunions on the feet are generally caused by ill-fitting boots, which, instead of allowing the big toe to lie in a straight line with the inside of the foot, bend it backwards, and thereby a painful swelling is formed at thE:' joint. Rest and cold applications will reduce the inflammation, and a properly made boot will probably cure it. The boot should follow the shape of the foot. Some feet are more or less square at the end, and should have square toes. In others the toes are of more unequal length, and the boots are better pointed. This, however, matters little. The two great points in hygienic boots are that the tread of the boot (across the roots of the toes) is the full width of the foot, and that the inner edge of boot is nry nearly a straight line.

Corns are best treated with Russian paiLt (or corn solvent) which can be procured at any resp ectable chemist, and is applied with a small brush until the corn off.

The Surgeon in Battle at Sea.

IN the Mz'lz'tary Surgeon for October, Rear-Admiral E. R. Stitt, t:-:e well-known Surgeon-General of the U.S. N aVYl writes on the work of the naval surgeon in battle at sea. He opens with a story of the loblolly boy of in her famous action. The loblolly boy was, 10 the Bntish Service also precursor of the sick-berth staff, loblolly being vernacular {or the gruel he brought to the sick. After a glance at the medical preparations made by as he became, at Actium, Admiral Stitt remarks that Hadnan's triermes (with a complement of 200 men) had each a surgeon, who received twice an ordinary officer's pay and hence went by the name of duplz'sarz'zts. In the century barbers practised on board ship, and later Vemce put surgeons and physicians in her g..tlleys. In the wooden man-of-war the medical station was in a protected place below the water line. In those days British and Colonial ships-surgeons scalded their knives, by doing so to diminish the paIn of the cut, and so pated Lister. In the Chinese-Japanese War the medical station was single, and it is on record that the doctors and medical equipment of a ship were sometIm e s lost by a single shell explosion. Dressing stations wer e the,reafter divided and put behind armour. The first I S hospl,tal f?r battle" was provided in the plans of the Tsanvtlch m 19°3. Admiral Stitt recounts the horrors of at Tsushima when the ship Askold had one dreSSIng statIOn in the room, and two auxiliary forward and aft, in charge of "feldshars," a word whIch recalls "field shearer" or barber. Even at Jutland the ship s barber was among the ambulance party on Seydlstz After reviewing reports of many recent naval Admiral Stitt concludes that two or more statIOns must in future be available below the protectIve deck, and in the latest ships of the U S. Navy a third is plan?ed for the engine-room. Accessibility difficult to at.tam now that ships are so much cut up mto small sectIOns as .a protection against puis on gas. For the It must be possible to shut off the plenum ventIlatIOn a mcment's dtlay. A perfect stretcher fO,r naval use IS wanting Admiral Stitt mentions the Nell Robertson WIth approval, but in the future the wounded seaman may. be removed on an ambulance reroplane and,the naval hospltal ship come to resemble the reroplan8 carner.

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CONTENTS

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I-Examine head for h rem orrhage or fractures

12-Examine chest and ribs, upper limbs and lower limbs for h c:e morrhage or signs of fracture

13 -Examine hands for burns or stains

14-Feel patient's pulse

Is-Note if convulsions are present

I6-Note condition of patient's skin, viz., cold, hot or Covered with clammy perspiration

EXAi\IIN ATION WITH PROBABLE CAUSE.

I -Pale face, cold weak pulse, hurried and laboured breathmg, patient yawns and sigbs susp ect internal h c:emorr hage or faint

2-Pale face, signs of ,swelling, of the crani um, suspect concussion or compressIOn

3- P ale face, blood or sticky fluid issuing from patients ' ears blood -s hot eye, blood from eye, blood from nose' blood vomited, suspect, fracture base of skull

4-Face very flushed" pulse quick and, bounding, breat hing stertorous, skm dry and burnIDg, patient vomits suspect sunstroke or heatstroke

5-Face very 'Yhite, finger tips) nose and ears purple, suspect frost-bite

6-Face pale or li vid , every II?uscle body contracted, eyes roll, tongue probably bitten, unne passed convulsions foams at t,he mouth, patient exhausted confused' suspect epilepsy ,

7-Face .congested, red, blue or dusky, one side of body more limp than the other, one pup il larger than the other temperature raised, suspect patient is suffering apoplexy, particularly if elderly

8-Face lips li:rid, dilated, breath smells strongly vC?mlted, insensibility through dnnk, deCide patIent to be m dangerous condition even through drink (alcohol)

9- F ace dusky? eyeballs staring, prominent veins in neck, convulSIve of body, violent attempts to breath, suspect chokmg

Io-Face and.lip3 pale blue., .Stertorous breathin g, pmpomt p,upIls, delIrIum, suspect opium or a preparatIOn of opIUm

II-Body arched, state of convulsions, rests on head and, heels, liVid features .suspect strychnin e poisonin g

12-ConvulslOns and smell of bitter almonds from breath or mouth, suspect prussic acid

13- M outh and stained white and breath smells of carbolic, suspect carbolic acid

I 4-Patient purging, raised temperature, pulse quick, stams or burns, suspect bad food or fungi poisonmg

15- P atient's lip.s and mouth burnt and stnined, see paper on diagnOSIs

16-Note if lips, mouth or breath coincide with contents of bottle or what bottle contained

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Condy's fluid or yerr:nanganate of potash, Epsom salts Message will direct only those of above which first aider call as per diagnosis of case. Instruction will be to the doctor to say if patient will be removed when ambulance arrives, stating to where and by what route

Io-Search patient's pockets for name and address (g et witness i. possible for own safety)

II-M essage to friends or patient's home as soon as possible, tactful messenger

12-If breathing absent or failing do artificial respiration, Schafer's method, as soon as po ssib le, continue till breathing restored or until face congested, then change method to Dr. Silvesters' and do for 10 minutes, then back to Schafer,s, wife or person now present to be instructed to hold out tongue

13 -If patient's condition diagnosed to be any of the following, act as stated :-

Fainting.-Keep quiet, head low turned on one side, fan patient, smelling salts held to nose (first test)

Concussion or Comjression.-Keep quiet, no stimulants

Fractured Skull. ,- Treat fracture, by use of ring pad if hremoorhage

Fractured Base of Skull.-Wipe blood or fluid from ears as it issuesj

Sunstroke or Heatstroke.-Remove recumbent to shade (under tree or indoors) strip to waist, douse with cold water

Ejzlepsy.-Prevent patient hurting himself, remove seat out of way or remove patient fro:n seat

AjojJlexy.-Head to be slightly raised, ice or cold water dressing to head, warmth to body and feet

Alcohol.-Give emetic when patient able to swallow, tickle back of throat to make patient vomit if no emetic, or to assist. Keep warm

Cltoking-.-Dislodge obstruction by hooking out with thumb and finger, or push back into gullet

Internal H ce morrhaf{e.-Keep warm, sprinkle patient with water, smelling salts to nostrils, bandage limbs

Poisons :-

Opium or z'ts p 'rejaration.- -Try to wake patient, slapping face and hands, feet, &c" emetic when able to swallow (test ability first). Give 10 grs. of permanganate of potash in a pint of water, or three tablespoonful of Condy's fluid in pint of water, repeat in half-an· hour Strychnine.-Give emetic, if able to swallow. Do artificial respiration

Prussic Acid.-Give emetic if able to swallow. Do artificial respiration

Carbolic A dd.-Give Epsom salts, also milk, e ggs, &c. Bad food or fungi. -Give emet ic if able to swallow, after the emetIc has acted give castor oil.

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DIAGNOSIS OF PROBLEM.

NOTE.-The bottle may have no bearing on the cas e at all. !he bottle may have contained ALE. I suspect that it contal?ed ,\LKALIE, apparently ammonia, signs and symptoms m which <!:ase I should look for. Burns to mouth and throat look sore, patient may vomit and purge breath smell sour. I get, if possible, vinegar and or lemon or Ju:ce and water, after give plenty of milk, raw eggs bea,ten In milk, flour an,d wat,er, oil (olive or castor). Treat patient for shock, keepmg hIm warm, and comply with all General Rules.

The U Corbet Fletcher" Trophy.

WITH much pleasure We announce tr.at a committee has been appointed and kindly consented to act with reference to th e above Trophy. They are as follows :-

Lady Perrott, RRC., Lady Supt.-in-Chief, S.J.A.B. Major P. G. D,Hvel Smith, C.B.E., Secretary of Brigade. Lt.-Col. F. A. Brook s, M. D., Assistant Commissioner No. I District, S J.A.B. with District Officer McBride as secretary and treasurer, 73, Ollerton-road, New Southgate, N. II, to whom all future donations should be sent.

Since the letter appeared with our editorial columns in the last issue we have received numerous letters from all over the country testifying to the good work which Dr. has rendered to the ambulanc e cause during the last 18 years by promoting a higher standard both in comp etitions and first aid teaching.

Naturally when the subject of a fund was first mooted to the worthy Doctor he was very r e ticient about it being continued, and he has only consented on the condition that the proceeds of the fund be devoted to a Brigade purpose, and we think he has in mind a trophy for annua competition or some other good purpose.

We acknowledge the following donations which have b ee n handed to the secretary and treasurer ;-

Publi<;hers

Our Ambulance Prize P{oblem Paper. (No.

I -Take possessio? C?f preserve contents by covering up, pOSSIble what bottle contained

2-GIve to wife, asking her to help patient, careful of positi?n of patient o! patient, examme eye, note conditIOn, of pupIls, VIZ" If n?rmal size, if unequal, and react to lH!ht or touch, If pID-point if dilated or if bloodshot. "

5-Note if patient is breathing, if so its condition, viz., whether stertorous, shallow, hurried or normal

6-Smell breath, or and note if lips, mouth ur tongue are burned or stamed

7-Note condition of patient 's face, viz" colour whether pal dusky or blue e,

8-See the air passages are free from obstruction

9- Ex am,me note if bl,ood issuing or sticky fluid

Io-Note If patient has vomited, marks on clothing and sign of a struggle

ACTION.

I-Undo tight about patient's neck, chest and 'Y alst see that, air passages are free from obstruction, IIghtl}' tap. patient's face, speak to him

2-K eep patient 10 recumbent position, head turned on one SIde

3-Giv e nothing by the, mouth, warn wife not to do so

4-- A rr est hc:emorrhage If present

5 -Steady fracture, i! any, as soon as possible

6-Cover patIent extra clothmg from self or wife

7-Use ut?brella (If ID possession) to protect pati ent against ram or sun

8-Call to persons near at hand to help. Instruct helpers to keep back crowd, ask if patient known, how near doctor, ambulance station, police station, private house, park keeper, ask if refreshment room s 10 or park-keeper's hut

9-Send If if no one present send Wife With mstructlOns, if necessary for help, doctor, ambul,ance men, police, ask for appliances, 'Yater, mustard or salt, vinegar, WhltIDg or hme, milk, eggs, castor oil or olive oil,

Ascertain if poison taken is acid or alka line by smell or touch, acid rough feel. Alkaline slimy or smooth, if diagnose acid, give weak alkaline such as vi ne gar and water, lemon juice and water, milk, e gg s, demulcent drinks, &c., if diagnose alka line poison taken, give weak acid, lime and water (sips.), chalk, magnesia, milk, eggs, flour and water, cream oil (casto r or olive). &c.

q-Treat patient for shock, cover to keep warm TRANSPORT.

I-In struct persons present how best to help to load stretcher when ambulance arrives

2 -Send messenger to hospital or private house for preparations to be made for pat ients' reception

3-1£ arrived home before doctor arrives, ask occupier to prepare clean towels in room, bowl and bucket of water, ask for kettle to be put on fire, and a small fire to be put in patient's room

4-In struction to person left in charge of patient tbat he is not to resume mental or physical activity until advice from doctor

5-Pa tient not to be left for some time after doctor left, watch to see if patient again becomes unconscious

THANKS

In the kindness of your heart you have seen fit to publish a letter which we left in the Editorial basket. The decision between us now rests with your readers. If this project matures, I have the sanction of the Acting Chief Commissioner to devote the fund to the purchase of a Trophy which shall be handed over to the BrIgade as an additional pr ize in the Annual Competi tions.

At the same time, while I appreciate very much the kind thoughts which prompted the suggestion, yet I am not alone in giving time and leisure to promotmg knowledge for the benefit of the wonderful rank and file of the Ambulance Movement.Yours Sincerely N. CORBET FLETCHER.

-FIRST Review8.

FIRST AID READY REFERENCE.

By Joseph W. Walmsley.

London: Police Review Publishing Co.

Price s. net.

THE author, who is ambulance instructor to Blackburn Police Force, has recently revised his useful little book which has been compiled with the object of enabling certified .Filst Aiders to see at a glance the treatment of cases of accIdent and sudden illness The arrangement of the book is really clever, because on the left page we find details of the treatment under discussion, whilst on the right page we have set out briefly, but accurately, the necessary First Aid treatment. The author has wisely submitted his book for professional approval before publication and so protected himself for some errors commonly made by laymen; and he has improved bis second edition by a page for details as to local doctors, hospitals, &c.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN FIRST AID.

By Fred G. Harwood.

London :-John Bale Sons and Danielsson.

Price 6d. net.

The author has revised his little book which is offered as an epitomised companion to the Textbook, and is good value for a nimble It is neatly printed, well written, and can be slipped into the pocket for reading at odd moments. I nits 24 pages it contains some I SO questions with answers based on the Textbook together with some practical hints on examinations and competitions.

NURSING MIRROR ENCYCLOPJEDIA (I926)

London: The Scientific Press, Ltd.

Price 1 s. 6d. net.

THE present issue of this Pocket Encyc1opcedia, which is a compact volume of some 300 odd pag-es, has been thoroughly revised, and several new subjects have been introduced. To many of our members who act as probationary nurses in hospitals, it has been a real boon, as it contains references to so many subjects with which a nurse should be conversant. I t is alphabetically arranged and profusely illustrated; and not the least useful. part of it i.s the Diary at its end. We would, however, pomt out that Fig. of Schafer's Artificial Respiration is grossly inaccurate because it shows operator performing compression with bent elbows.

FIRST AID FOR FOOTBALLERS.

By Fred G. Harwood. London ;- J ahn Bale Sons and Danielsson. Price 3d. net.

In a neat I2-paged folder the author endeavours to set out in a few words of injuries to football players and spectators. It IS certamly a useful little index of the various conditions which may call for treatment· but like Trost lay productions, it contains points open criticism. Thus, we note reference to "dislocation of knee" which fortunately is a most accident, and suspect that the author really refers to dislocation of cartilage of knee joint" which unfortunately is a most common occurrence among footballers.

January, 1926.

FIRST AID IN COLOURS.

By Sir James Cantlie, KB.E., F.R.C.S. London ;- John Bale Sons and Danielsson. Price 6d. net.

One of the last contributions to First Aid made by Sir James Cantlie-to whose genius the Ambulance Movement will for all time be indebted- was a series of 50 diagrams of First Aid illustrated in colours and accompanied by explanatory letterpress. The series has now been reproduced in the form of a small booklet which will be preserved by many of llS as a pleas,\Ot memento of a Great Master.

The Value of Competitions.

By N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.B., M.R.C.S., &c.

THF. N ew Year opens another Brigade Year and heralds the coming of the competition season which in May culminates in the Brigade (and Inter-Railway) Finals. This fact, combined with the great enthusiasm which th ey create, turns our thoughts to competitions and gives cause for thought as to their intrinsic value.

The one objection which we have heard is that competition enthusiasts are" pot hunters." This is the more unjust, in that, in return for an occasional "pot" (of doubtful value and won after many trials), each member has given much time and leisure in acquiring special and necessary knowledge and in that the success of the team reflects honour and glory, not on the individual members, but on their Division, whereby the team-spirit, so necessary to the Brigade) is fostered.

On the contrary, then, study of competition requir ements brings definite ad vantages to all three parties concerned-competitors, judges and spectators.

To competitors (I) it brings more thorough and com· plete knowledge of the Textbook, and consequently more exact appreciation of the principles and practice of First Aid. Further, (2) it n e cessitates actual dem onstration of methods which, being subj ect to correction, often disclose strange misconceptions) and consequently it creates a more practical grasp of methods required. Finally (3) it r:::sults in better and more competent work being done in actual emergencies through stimulation of personal rivalry and of the spirit n e c e ssary for team work.

Again, to those who enter for St. John competitions these points are intensified, because our Textbook lays down" General Rules" only for the various conditions and because these must be modified in actual practice of First Aid on certain named "General Principles" by the exercise of stated "Qualifications." In short, the systematic St. John schedult: requires and cultivates proper exercise of brain and intell e ct.

The complaint is sometimes made that doctors, who alone act as judges, often fail to recognise the requirements of their task. Yet those surgeons who take up this special work are quick to acknowledge that (I), thanks to it, they appreciate more fully the scope of First-Aid and the many difficulties experienced by First Aiders in its practical application, wh e reby thei r sympathy towards competitors is bxcited. Further (2) they acquire knowledge of emergency wurk which was not included in their curriculum as medical student:;. Finally, (3) they learn sooner or later that their detailed markmg sheets require close attention, and that enthusiastic competitors can, with skill and justice, pull to

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pi e ces such when they are inaccurately or carelessly compiled.

In conclusion, competitions are of value to spectators who, from motives of modesty or inexperience hesitate to take up the work or from pressure of tht:!ir daily dutie$ cannot spare time for training and taking part in such tests. They can reap advantages similar to those gained by the competitors themselves) and moreover, SlDce the onlooker is said to see most of the game, they can learn valuable lessons from observation of the opportunities and mistakes of those who with courage and enthusiasm attempt to solve ambulance problems within the competition arena.

The Brigade in Ceylon.

No page in the history of the Brigade is more interesting than that which records the progress of the Ceylon Police Corps of which the report for 1924 is now before us. In 1912 the total strength of the Corps was I32; in 1923, it was 797 ) and in 1924 it had risen to 1,082.

Numerical strength, however, is not the whole proof of efficiency; and what pleases us most is the story of enthusiasm for the cause which has inculcated Christian principles among its adherents in a land where the native religion, while preaching against taking life, takes no steps to teach the importance of saving life, and where vendettas are common.

Indeed, a knowledge of First Aid has not only had a practical but also a moral effect by intimating to police of all ranks th e ir "duty towards their neighbours"; and it has completely altered the relationship between villagers and police who are now regarded as friends. Yet, before this unit of the Brigade was formed in 1912 the injured frequently died on the scene of stabbing or accident, or on the long cart journey to hospital, for lack of proper attention which was withheld from motives of fear or superstition.

In the Ceylon Police Corps progress IS strll bem.g made; and now that all officers and sergeants hold First Aid certificates steps are being taken to ensure that each recruit, passing through the Police School, sha}l in his turn be qualified to render Fust AId before he IS passed for duty. Further, a knowledge of First Aid is particularly useful in criminal districts. where so many tases of serious injury from personal VIOlence occur at places far distant from hospital. Thus, in the .19 1 4 there were 294 cases of homicide and attempted 877 cases of grievous hurt and 1,101 cases of hurt WIth dangerous weapons committed in the

Another interesting proof of advanCIng effiCIency IS that in the Annual Competitions the Judges to·day only give history, signs and symptoms upon .which must form their own conclusions and dIagnoses. SpeCIal attention is paid to instruction in artificial respiration.' a very necessary precaution in a country bemg surrounded by sea, liable to floods and many rivers, lakes and wells, provides many opportunttles for practical experience.

Much of the credit for this pleasing state of affaas belongs to Mr. H. L. Dowbiggin, the Inspector-General of Police who bas this year been promoted to rank. of Honorary Serving Brother in The Order, and who, WIth 35 other members, has been awarded the Service Medal of The Order for conspicuous services rendered.

Under these circumstances, we know that all readers

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of FIR ST AID will join with us in congratulating our colleagues across the seas most cordially on good work well done and on honours fully merited.

3\'actical 3lointso

The Editor invites Notes on actual Cases-with speciat reference to good and bad tJoints in 1 reatment-for inclusion in this Column.

SUFFOCATED IN GARAGE.

A young man went, with two friends, to his garage early one morning to overhaul his car. The friends left 3.t lunch time; but, on reaching home, they became so faint that they could not return to the garage. A messenger was, therefore, sent to warn the other man; and, failing to get any reply to his knocking, though the engine was running, he broke open the door of garage.

He found the man dead leaning over engine with his head fast between shaft and exhaust pipe. His face was burned by exhaust pipe and the back of his head had been torn away by the shaft. The dead man had been working with garage door and window closed; and at the inquest it was suggested that the fumes which had affected his friends, ev entually overcame him so that he fell forward.--D.M., Bradford.

A CASE OF STRYCHNINE POI SO, lN G

Recently I had to treat a young woman who accidentally took a poisonous dose of Nux Vomica in mistake for medicine. Fortunately she came to me immediately afterwarc1s, and I must have given her quite fiv e pints of salt and water before (ten minutes later, though these minutes seemed hours to me !) she commenced to vomit.

The convulsions did not affect patient s back muscles, though there were spasms of arms and hands. Patient was livid in face and neck, very terrified, and clutched me very tightly. Afterwards patient complained that her knees !elt like cotton wool; and altogether she had three relapses durmg the four hours which lapsed before we could with safety remove her to her home. The doctor who saw patient during convulsions congratulated me on saving her life, told me that I had all that was possible and prescribed a sedative mixture. Subsequently patient made a complete recovery without any after e'ffects.-L.A W., West Hampstead.

Development of the Home Ambulance Service.

THE Horne AmbulanCe Service set up by th e Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society has now 3 8 4 ambulance stations in the country, and the number of patients carried amounts to some 1,500 a week. The work, as the latest report of the committee shows is well distributed throughout the country. The demand for the cars is naturally greater in the thickly populated areas, but the returns from the more rural areas which it is specially intended to assist show that the ambulances are showing a very useful purpose. The i.ncreasing demand. on the service to deal with road aCCIdents has e mphaSIsed the need for skill in First Aid on the part of the attendants serving with the ambulances. The of patients in the course of their removal from theIr homes to the hospitals, and vice versa, calls for skill, but. doctors or nurses are generally at hand to supervise thIS wo:k. In road accidents, involving perhaps several pers.ons, It often falls to the lot of the attendants to handle dIfficult cases without professional supervision.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, DECEMBER, 19 2 5.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Sub=Commissioner.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Staff Officer George Roblings, 26. 11. 2 5

To be Staff Officer.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE.

Corps Supt. Arthur Lucas, 7. 12 2 5

To be Divisional Surgeon.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CEN TRE

Richard Eric Bowen-Rees, M.B., Ch.B., Treharris Division, 16.12.25

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY

Ambulance Officer Charles Edward Chamberlin Palmer, Llanbradach Division, 16.12.25

Ambulance Officer John 'W oodbury Arscott, Brynna Division, 19. 12 2 5

Private Thomas Jones Richards, Caerau Division, 1<).12.25

To be Ambulance Officers.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal David Edgar Davies, Berry Port and Pembrey Town Division, 30.11.25

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Evan Jenkin Prothero, Oakdale (Biackwood) Division, 17. 12.25

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COU NTY CENTRE.

Corporal William John O 'G orman, Garth (M"esteg) Division, 11.12.25

MONl\IOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Frank Craddock Dix, Oakdale (B lackwood ) Division, 17. 12 2 5

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Corporal Samuel J. Wren, Newport Town Division, 24.1I.25

To be Corporals.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT C ENTJ'{E

Private Alfred Arthur Parsons, Newport High Street Railway Division, 4 .12.25

Private William Francis Powell, Newport High Street Railway Division, 4.12.25

To be Divisional Secretary.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Frank Jones, Tumble Division, 28.1I.25

To be Lady Divisional Secretary.

BORGtJGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Mary Elizabeth Jones, Cambrian Nursing Division, 27.11.25

To be Lady Divisional Treasurer.

BeROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Marion Bent, Cambrian Nursing Division' 27. 1 1. 2 5

To be Divisional Storekeeper.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Corporal Stanley Holland, Six Bells Division, 24 1 25

Resignations Accepted with Regret.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant G. A. Delabay, Brithdir Division, 1.12.25

BOROUGH OF MERTH YR TY DF IL CENT RE

Lady Ambulance Officer A. Hodges, Merthyr Nursing Division, 21.10.25

Reverted to the Ranks.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant J. Blount, Oakdale Division, 21.I2 ·::! 5 Death.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE

Private William Jones, Naval Collier es and Penygraig District Division, 2 -1- .12.25

Divisions Registered.

BOROUGH OF SWAN SEA CENTRE.

Clydach Merthyr Colliery, 30.II.25

Great Western Railway, 10.12.25

Divisions Re-named.

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENT RE

Tredegar NO.1 D;vision to be Tredegar Di visio n, 21.1225

Transferred to Brigade Reserve.

CARNARVONSHIRE C E NTRE.

Ambulance Officer W. Jones, Llandudno Division, r. 11.25

MONMO UTHSHlRE CENTR E

Ambulance Officer W. Morgan, Tredegar Division, 21.12.25 Service Medals.

Ser v ice Medals ha ve been awarded to the following '-

Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E., Commissioner for Wales

Staff Officer William Goddard

Ambulance Officer Edward Webster (P ontypool Division )

Ambulance Officer John Jones (R hymney D ivision)

Corporal Anstee Purnell ( Rhymney Division)

Corporal Arthur Curtis (Blaina Division)

Private Frank W. Jones (Newport Town DlVlslOn)

Corps Supt. William E. Abraham CC?rps)

Divisional Supt. fohn Thomas (Cambnan Colliery DIVIsion )

Ambulance Officer William John Ledbury (C ambrian Colli ery Division)

Ambulance Officer William Morgan (Ferndale Di vi sion)

A Bar to the Ser v ice Medal has been awarded to ;-

Corps Supt. George J. Rowlands Newport, (Mon.) Corps

Commissioner Capt. Taliesin E. Richards

Genera I Interest.

ApPRECIATION OF ROYAL WELSH A GRI CULTURAL SOCIETY.

THE Priory organised the ambulance arrangements and competitions last year in connection with the Royal Agricultural Soci e ty's Show at Carmarthen. One of Its motor ambulance cars was in attendance, and a large numb;r: of local ambulance men and nurses in comma nd

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of the County Commissioner, Mr. E. D Jones, were on duty. The effi-::iency displayed by the ambulan:e personnel in their treatment of the 149 cases d e alt with was th e subj ect of special lett e rs of appreciation frum the President of the Society, Major D3.vid Davies, M.P. and Mr. W. H. Evans, the Chief Constable of the Carmarthen Borough police. It is further gratifying to learn from a letter received from the S c: cretary, Mr. Walt e r Williams, that at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society held at Shrewsbury on Tuesday, December 22nd, it was unanimously agr ee d to make a monetary grant to the Priory.

DONATION FROM ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD AUTHORITIES.

In appreciation of the as s istance given by the Priory to the Authorities of the Royal National Eisteddfod at Pwllheli this year in organising ambulance competitions and providing ambulance facilities in the grounds, the

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mendation of Sir Felix J. C. Pole (General Manager), has sent a subscription to the Priory for th e year 1925. The Priory is closely associated with th e ambulance work of the Great Western Railway Company During the past year over one hundred and fifty Railway Ambulance Classes were held in Wales, attended by 3,354 students, and awards were gained by 3.077.

BRIGADE C ONTR IBUTIONS TO HEA DQUARTERS.

Th e Priory desires to convey Its thanks to the officers and members of the following Divisions for the quota payable as agreed to Headquarters :-Pontypool, Pontypool Nursing, Pontnewynydd, Nelson, Nantymoel, Uanelly, G.W.R., Tonyrefail and Coedeley, Saron Nursing, Llanbradach, 06more Vale, Puntardulais, Nursing, Welshpool l Chirk, Great Western Colliery Nursing,Cwmbran Colliery and Pontnewydd, Penarth Nursing, Aber, laengwynfi, Onllwyn Seven Sisters, Trimsaran, Abersycban

P RESENTATION OF SERVICE MEDALS TO O FF ICER S OF TH E CI TY OF CARDIFF CE NTRE

From left to right :-Ambulance Sister 1\1. Harrison, Lady Supt. M:s. McLea (receiving Woman's Cup from Mrs. de Vere Hunt), the Commissioner for Wales ( SIr D. W. LeWIS, K.B E.) pinning the medal on to the tunic of Centre Surgeon Dr. de Vere Hunt, Lieut.-Col. F. T. Rees, M.C. (Commissioner for Cardiff), Staff-Officer B. E. Maberly, Lady Staff-Officer Mrs. A. P. Ambulance Sister O. Jones, Lady Staff-Officer Miss M. Metcalf, R.R.C., Ambulance Sister M. Maldment and Lady Ambulance Officer R. Nurton.

Secret ary has sent the following letter to the Principal Sec retary.

"DEAR SIR HERBERT LEWIS,-

The Executive Committee of the National Eisteddfod at its meeting on Saturday, requested me to convey to you its appreciation of the good work done, and assistance given by the Priory of Wales in :connection with the ambulance work and competitions at thE" National Eisteddfod. The Committee further requested the Treasurer to forward you the enclosed cheque towards the expenses of the Priory.

Yours, faithfully, (Signed) D. CARADO G EVANS."

December 9th, 1925.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

The Great Western Railway Company, on the recom-

Blaenavon, Pentwyn, Oakdale (Blackwood), Aberdulais District, and Monmouth.

It is understood a large number of DIViSions have collected the quota which will be paid shortly.

Centre Reports.

CARNARVONSHIRE CENTRE. LLANDUDNO DIVISION.

The Ambulance Division at Llandudno was inspected on Thursday, December loth, by Divisional Surgeon, Dr. F: Caldecott, and the Parade was under the command of Divisional Supt. C. St. John Day.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

AMBULANCE AWARDS PRESENTED AT SKEWEN, Mr. A, O. O'Brien, General Manager National Oil Refineries, Ltd., presided at a well attended meeting ht'ld in connection with the Skewen Division and G W. R. Ambulance Class at the Tabernacle Hall, Skewen, on Thursday, December loth. Ambulance Officer E. J. B. Trott was responsible for the arrangements, and among those present were Mrs. O'Brien, Sir Herbert and Lady Lewis, Divisional Surgeon Dr, D. Samuel, Dr. T. F. Reason, Dr. Pritchard, Mr. E. Esmond, Mr. F. G. Way, and Captain B. S. Wrench.

The Chairman said that proficiency in First Aid was in his opinion an acquirement essential to everyone, and he thought th:lt ambulance work should be compulsory.

Sir Herbert Lewis presented efficiency awards to Members of the Skewen Division and the G.W.R. Ambulance Class, and asked the local public to assist in developing the work and so enable the Members to continue to maintain the Ambulance Hall which they had built, at great sacrifice, and open a Medical Comforts Depot in that hall where all kinds of sick -room comforts and medical requisites could be obtained on loan at a nominal cost.

A presentation was made to Mr, H. B. Gardner by Mrs, O'Brien on behalf of the G. W.R. Class in appr e ciation of his services as Instructor.

LLANHARAN

VOLUNTARY Am DETACHME NT,

The Brynna Ambulance Division has decided to reorganise the Old V oluntary Aid at Llanharan for registration under the new scheme. Officers have been elected, and the following nominations sent forward for appointment ;-

Honorary Surgeon.-Dr. Hall Reid.

Commandant.-Mr. J. W. Arscott (Officer-in-Charge Brynna Division).

Assistant Commandant, Mr. C. H. Lord.

Secretary,-Mr. J, W. Arscott.

MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT FO R PORT TALBOT.

Fletcher, of Margam Castle, presided at a public meetlOg held at the Carnegie Library, Taibach, Port Talbot, on December 7th. The Commissioner for explaine d. that the object of the meeting was to consider the settmg up of a Medical Comforts Depot and asked for the support of the town It was unanimously on the proposition of the Mayor (Alderman Jones), seconded by Mrs. (Dr.) Phillips, to make Immediate for the opening of such a Depot, and the followlOg committee was appoint e d to und e rtake the wor.k ;-Sub-Commissioher Lemuel Jones, Alderman H. DaVies, Alderman E. Dummer, Councillor J. Brown, Mr: Davies, The Mayoress (Mrs. Jones), Mrs. Hubert PhillIpS, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. H. Davies, Mrs. F. Jones and Mrs .. J. Brown. Mrs. Fletcher reariily agreed to act as PreSI?ent, the of the local Ambulance and N ursmg DIVISIOns Will be responsible for the working of the Depot.

NEW SUB COMMISSIONER FOR NEATH.

Mr. David Martin Bevan, Cad oxton House Neath has consented to accept nomination as of the Neath Corps. The Commissioner for the Glamorgan County Centre! Colo.nel J. Arnallt Jones, M.D"

K:H S" V.D" and hiS Chairman, Lieut. -Colonel H. E. M. have ap p r OVed the nomination , and the appomtment IS heralde,d as a. great impetus to the further development of the Brtgade LD this district.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE. MONMOUTH DIVISION.

Divisional Supt. H. W, Alvis was congratulated by Staff Officer Capt. S. T. Beard, O.B.E., at the annual inspection of the Monmouth Division on December 9 t h on th t! smartness of hiS men. No member was absent without leave, and the Inspecting Offic e r wa s pleased with the drill work and satisfied with the efficiency of those on parade,

AMBULANCE PROVISIONS IN TREDEGAR.

Council appointed a Special Committee to consider wlth the Brigade men in the town th e placing of ambulance boxes at convenient centres This met. at Bedwellty Hous e , Tred eg ar, and the (ollowmg deputatIOn from the Brigade was in attendance :- Mr. F. J. Whitcombe, Mr. W. A. Towns e nd Mr George Evans and Mr. Bowe n. It was t; recommend the Council to 5x boxes at three centres, and the names and addresses of the St. John ambulance men living in the district, are to be painted on the boxes. The equipment will be replaced by the Council as and wh en required.

USK Al\l BULANCE UNITS IN SPECTED

Th e U sk Cadet Am bulance Division und er Cadet Officer J. Davies paraded for its first annual inspection on December 8th. The inspection was carried out by Staff Offic e r Capt. S. T. Beard, O.B E., who at the same tim e inspected the ambulance section at Usk, which is attached t.o t.h e Ambulance Division. There is every ltkehhood 10 the near future of an U sk Ambulance Division being formed.

PONTLOTTYN DRAMATIC SOCIETY.

The Pontlottyn Dramatic Society gave a performance of "Sweet Lavender" at Pontlottyn on D ecem ber 8th and 9th. The Commissioner for Wales was President on the first and took an. opportunity of explaining to a large audience that the object of the event was to rais e funds t? carry work of the Pontlottyn Division, and enable ?t to mamtam the Medical Comforts Depot, which was domg such a great work in the town INS PECTIO N OF MARINE COLLIERY DIVISION.

Staff Officer Capt. S. T. Beard, O. B.E., conduct ed the an!lual inspection of the Marine Colliery Am bulanc e Division on December 16th . Under the command of Divisional Supt. D. R. Davies there was a good attendance of bers to complete efficiency for 1925, and a gratlfylOg report of the drIll and first aid work has bee n from Capt. Beard, who congratulated the Divisio n on Its work.

OAKDALE DI VIS ION.

The Oakdale Division under Divisional Supt. W. l Little paraded for its annual inspection on December 5th. btaff Officer Capt. S. T. Beard, O B.E, carried out thi s inspection and was satisfied with the drill and first aid work of the members.

PEMBROKESHIRE CENTRE.

There are many G,W.R. men in Pembrokeshire qualified in ambulance work, and a movem e nt is now on foot in several districts in the County to form Divisions of the Brigade.

A public meeting was held at Picton Hall, Clarbestonroad, on December 19th) at which Councillor D. Lewis presided, and m the unavoidable absence of the

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commissioner for Wales an address was given by Staff Officer B E. Maberly on th e work of the Order.

On December 20th a church parade was held at the Congregational Church Neyland. A numbtr of railwayruen came from Pembroke Dock, Haverfordwest and Neyland and marched to the church under the command of Sta ff Officer B. E. Maberly, who was accompanied by Major C. W. M. Price, YI.P. The lesson was read by Staff Officer Maberlv, who in the afternoon met the local ambulance men and discuss ed the formation of a Division.

On December 21St a lant ern lecture was given in the Congregational School Room, and everyone was interested 1D the beautiful slides showing the past history of the Order, and the personal slides of the Commissioner for Wales illustrating the work of the ambulance men during th e war at horne and abroad. The chairman, Mr. S. James, proposed that a Division be formed at Neyland. This was unanimously agreed to, and it was also thought a Cadet Division might be raised,

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

The Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in the Cardiff Centre paraded at the Police Drill Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff, on December 13th, for inspection by the Commissioner for The parade was under the commg,nd of the Commissioner for Cardiff, Lieut.·Colonel F. T. Rees, M.C., assisted by Staff Officer B. E. Maberly, who was responsible for the arrangements.

Service medals for fifteen years' efficient service were presented by the Commissioner for Wales to Dr. de Vere Hunt (Ctntre Surgeon), Mrs. M, A. P. Tyndall (Lady Staff Officer), Miss M. Metcalf, RR C. (Lady Staff Officer) , and Miss R. Nurton (L'ldy Ambulance Officer).

CARDIFF NURSING COl\IPETlTlON.

The cup presented by Dr. De Vere Hunt, the Centre Surgeo n, for competition by nursing teams, was competed for at the Drill Hall, Newport-road, Cardiff, on Saturday, D ;.' cember 5th. Dr. D. R. Thomas, Taffs Well, adjudicated, and the highest muks were obtained by Cardiff Emergen cy Nursing team; Penarth nurses came second. Amo ng those present were the Com missioner Lieut.·Col.

F. T. Rees, M.C., Dr. De Vere Hunt, Lady Corps SuPt. Miss A. Fletcher, Ambulance Officer and Ambulance Sister Cotter, Lady Supt. Miss M. Williams, Penarth, and Staff Officer B. E. Maberly, who carried out the arrangemen ts.

The cup was presented to the winning team by Mrs de Vere Hunt after the inspection of the Cardiff division on December 13 th

TRANSFER OF MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT.

For the past four years the Priory has been indebted to the Cardiff Libraries Committee for free accommodation at the Grangetown and Roath Free Libraries. These room s s.re now required by the Library Committee, and the Roath Medical Comforts Depot has been taken over by the Cardiff Emergency Nursing Division. By the kin dness of the vicar of Roath, the Rev. D. J. Jones, and his Committee, accommodation has been provided at the St. Agnes Mission Church Room, Bertram-street, and Lady Corps Supt. Miss A. Fletcher and Nursing Officer Mi ss E. Laird are responsible for this work, and have arranged for nurses to be in attendance on Tuesday and Friday evenings in each week between 6 and 7 o'clock.

AID.BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE. CH URCH PARADE.

The Ambulance Divisions in the Newport (Mon.) Co rps att e nded Divine Service at St. Luke's Chur ch, Bridge-street, N e wport, on December 13th.

Under the command of the Commissioner of Newport, Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, the units assembled at the Ambulance Drill Hall, Dock·street, where they were inspected by the Commissioner for Wales, who presented a service medal bar to Corps Supt. G. J. Rowlands for 20 years' efficient service ie the Brigade.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

NAVAL COLLIERIES AND PENYCRAIG DISTRICT DIVISlON,

The death occurred on Christmas eve of Pte. William J ones, a loyal m ember of the above Division. Mr. Jones took his first aid certificate in his 73td year, and was an earnest and keen supporter of ambulance work. He will b e sadly missed by hiS fellow workers.

At the funeral on December 22th the coffin was borne from the residence to the cemetery on an ambulance litter, and th e cort ege included over forty ambulance men and sisters, who paraded under the command of Staff Officer George Payne, Notwithstanding the heavy rain, representatives from all Divisions in the district were present. Ambulance Officer R L. Taylor was in charge of the members of the Division to which the late Mr. Jones belonged, and members of the Llwynypia Division paraded under Ambulanc e Officer W. R. Matthews. Lady Mrs. Payne was in comm and of a large number of nurses representing the Llwynypia Nursing Division.

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News in Brief.

WORKMEN'S Lodges throughout the coalfield continue to su bscri be to the P {iory's Motor Ambulance Transport Service. Th e Emlym Colliery Workmen, Llandebie, and the New Cwmmawr Colliery Lodge, Tumble, have now entered into a contract with the Priory for the use of its am bulances in case of accident or sickness.

The demand for am bulance requirements is increasing tremendously, and the Priory has now re-organised its Department to cope with the requirements of the Coal Mines and Factories Acts. During the months of October and November over 2,000 text books in First Aid and Home Nursing were despatched to class secretaries in WaJes.

Corbett Ambul ance Competition.

THE Corb et t Hospital Amhulance Cup Competition open to members of ambulance organisations within a five miles radius of Town Clock, was held at the Town Hall on December 17th, and there was a good atteJdance of the public, ..'

The competition was hIghly It comprIsed three sections. A stretcher display (Judges, Dr. F. P. Fisher, Brierley Hill, and Corps Supt. C. Ollis CR,), Dudley), individual practical work (Judge, Dr. J. R Dallow, Kinver), and viva voce (Dr. G. J. Dudley, O.B.E Stourbridge), Dr. Dudley announced the result of the th e figures being ; 1. Stourbridge G,W.R. team, 4 15 pO.mts; 2. Lye, 354; 3, Stourbridge No, I, 34 8 ; ?tourbnd.ge, NO.2, 305; 5 Rowley Regis, 213 IndiVidual Pme, J, Stacey (G,W. R. T el m ).

2utries fDiJI be aealt fDiti ""der tie 101lofDi"g "Nles :-

I.-Letteys containin!, QNeries mNst be mayked on the top lell kana coyner oj the tnfJe/ope and addyessed-FIRsT AID, 1-6, Cannon-styeet, Lo"dt;n, E_ C. 4.

:l. -A II QueYies must be accompanied a " Coupon" CNt /1'011 the cuyyent issue oj fke lournal, or i" case 01 Queries Irom abro(J( IYom a yecent issue.

Te x tbook, to wkick rejerence may be made in tkese columns is the 36th (I920) Edition oj S.I.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

C OND UC T OF CmI PE TITIONS.

V. E. (M arket Drayton ) - I wonder if you will be good enough to tell us what is the usual practice in Competitions on these three points ;-

( I ) I n treatment of wounds, a r e competitors expected actually to apply Iodine to supposed wo unds and their fingers?

sweep removed a wig! The blood really came from a wound which the other lady had received! ! Good! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

FRACTURE S OF PELVIS AND THIGH.

F. H. ( ChorIey ). -Owing. t? d ifference of opinion aJ?long us, we welcome your oplDlOn as whether or no With co mbined Simple Fractures of Pelvis and Thigh the long outside splint should be omitted from risk of pressure On broken pelvis.

Most certainly not! Further, as splint extends from armpit to beyond foot, there would be little or no ris k of undue pressure being exerted on pelvis. Omission or lon g outside splint would cause unfair risks of a g grav ation of th e fractured thigh, which from the First Aid standpoint is th e more serious fracture.-N.C. F

BANDA GES FOR FR AC TURED FEl\I UR.

J. P. ( Boston).-I desire to point out a misprint in y our answer given under the above heading in your Decem ber issue The bandage round knees is N o 8 and not N O. 5, as stated.

Thanks for drawing attention to: misprint. Now, shall we sack the EditQr ?-l\'.C.F.

January, 1926 -FittSi' AlD.-=41 Years using one for first Pen, one Nib, ---.a=Jlno need ai d there I

Four years ago Mr. Andrew Gourley, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, sent a testimonial stating that his Waterman's Pen had been in use for 37 years without a single change of nib. He now informs us that the pen is still going strong, and that the mb ,. writes like a piece of velvet-after 41 years' use." "

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2 ) When it s necessary to slit the trouser to expose a wound, should competitors actually do this ? Otherwise how is wound expo s ed? In las year's Dewar Fina! the patient wore an old pair of trouse r s, torn and taped.

(3 ) Is t he leader of competing team expected to do all the exam i n a ion of patient for supposed injuries and to ask necessary questions, or may any of the other mem bers do th s ?

There is no "usual practice" to which we can refer; and I can only answer your three questions on facts with in my own experience and observation.

( I ) I have seen Iodine actually appl ied, and I have heard the b Itter complaints of the supposed injured patients. Personally, only ask to bottle (or capsule ) of Iodine; and I forbId Its actual applicatIOn to patient, espec!ally when he is doing duty for se v '! r al teams _

(2 ) !he Rules most Competitions definitely forb id any destructIon of clothlDg. Personally, I instruct competitors who dec ide to "slit up trouser " to pull up trouser leg as high as pOSSIble to expose wound The weakness of supplying patient with "torn and taped " trouser is that all teams get a hint that wound must be e x posed.

(3) The of team is not usually expected to do all examl natlOns of pat Ie n t. If he did, he would waste much v aluable tIme, a most Important factor in modern compet i tion.s.. Further, I have su g gested in my Ambula n ce T,ests , N o l! , th,!-t two members can easily and rapIdly e.xarnme SIdes of body simultaneously. Under Bngade RegulatIons the officer -in-charge must not do any actual work and can only supervise work done by members of team -N C OB LET F LETCHER

H U:lIOU RS OF FI RS T AID.

T. M. ( New know t hat y ou enjoy a good joke and wonder If pers<;mal experience will merit your approval and pubhc.atlOn 1D FIR ST AID During the War I spent many hours 1D the Casualty Department of a certain London Hospital.

One Saturday night a lady (who was well-dressed and who had clearly taken more l ;quid refreshment than was good for her ) b r ought in by a police-officer. Her hair matted With blood. Each of us in Casualty in turn tned unsuccessfully to persuade the lady to allow us to locate and dress the supposed wound. After two hours thus spent, we appealed to the police officer who was more successful than a ny of us-first-aider, dresser, nurse, sister and Under his persuasive eloquence the lady ImmedIately put up her hand and with a theatrical

E XAM IN 'l.TION HOWLER.

E. W. ( Victoria ).-The annual re-examination of the St. J oh n Boy Cadets was pro g ressing favourably until the las t of them was asked :-" For which patients would you perform artificial respiration?" "Dead U1ZS, " said he, to our irrepressible amusement!

Good! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

GREETIN GS FRO M SOUTH A F RICA.

H. L. ( South Africa).-On behalf of the East London Rai lwa y Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of South Afric a, I send Xmas greetings and all good wishes for the com ing year

Your kind wishes are much appreciated and cord iall y reciprocated. N.C.F.

O XYGEN FOR PRODUC E R G AS.

W. B. treatment of Poison ing by Producer Ga s would First Aiders be justified in administering oxy gen, provided that message had been dec;patched for med ica l aid and proper attention given to performance of artifi cial respiration, &c. Please give your decision and accept ou r thanks for still another discussion which will have b ee n settled.

The administration of oxygen by First Aiders is qu it e correct and, as the Textbook (p. 133) teaches, also "necessa ry" for such a case, prov ided always, that, as you ri g htly emphas ise the other steps in treatment are not neglected.-N .C F

WOUND OF A BDO l\I IN AL WALL.

G. E. (Leicester). - Please tell us why hot fomentations are required for Wound of Abdominal Wall with protrusion of intestines. Also, should we be in order if we applied a sterile dressing to wound and covered same with war m flannels?

Hot fomentations are indicated because protrudin g intestines will suffer incalculable injury if warmth and moisture are not applied forthwith. Hence the Textbook sugges t s " lint, towel or cotton wool wrapped in soft linen" applied a s hot fomentation-that is, wrung" dry" out of boiling wate r , whereby risk of sepsis, &c., is to some extent minimised. If opportunity did not allow these nursing facilities, then you r " sterile dressing covered with warm flannels" would be good First Aid; but owing to lack of moisture of your covering th e

Why do DOCTORS say "8ovril', ?

From early childhood on through life, Bovril increases vitality and builds up resi s tance to cold and illness. I t has the unique property of making oth e r fo o ds more nourish ing.

The nutrient a nd body- building p o wer s o f B ovril have been conclusively prov e d b y ind e p e ndent scientific tests to be from 10 to ·20 tim e s the amount taken.

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A I D.need for rapid transport to hospital or doctor becomes more urgent. - N.C.F.

ANOTHltR E XAMINATION HOWLER.

E. W. (Vic tor ia) - The exami?er was and somewhat gruff. The candidate was also tired (of waltmg her turn ). Then, at the last moment someone impressed on her that" the broad bandage is the small arm-sling." So perhaps there was som e ex c use for the ca ndidate when, asked what bandage was necessary for treatment of Fractured Pelvis, she out: -" The broad small arnz -sl£ng."

Good! Next, please ! !·-N.C.F.

ETHICS OF FIRST A ID

H. B. (Smethwic k ).- If a First- :\ id er witnesses an accident at a cr oss ro ad where a police offic er is on point duty, what is position o f First Aider with regard to treatment and transport of patient ? We submit thiS oft-disputed problem for your decision which we accept in advance as final.

T he pol ic e officer, as <?f la w, at takes charge. The Fi r st-Aider maY,.lf he offer assistance and should specifically name hIS quahficatlOns for such task, being" tactful" and" d iscrimi nating " lest he gIve offence to the police officer who may be the more efficient ambulance man.-N.C.F.

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BURIED BY A 3-ToN DOOR.

An iron door, weighing three tons, was being placed in p osition at North Weald Aerodrome when the ho istin g tackle gav e way and the door fell, bury ing William Matt beneath Mott's death was regarded as c ertain, but when the door was raised it was discov ered that it had fallen and rested on some sleepers. Mott, when examined, was pronounced to be suffer in g only from shock and bruises.-Sunday Express

DAN GER OF BOILED-OVER KETTLE.

At a Lambeth inq uest on James Coleman, 64, of Kennington, who was found dead in bed, t was stated that on the table there was a gas ring with a kettle on it.

The police theory was that the water had boiled over and extinguish ed the j et, as th e gas was st ill escap in g. A gas com p any e xp ert maintain ed that if the gas were at full pressure water would not e xting uish the j et.-Evenint; News.

CHIMNEY NESTS AND THEIR P ERILS.

Birds which built ne s ts in a chimney at Stallin g borough Vicarage, almost caus ed a double tragedy. When the vicar and his wife failed to appear for b r eakfast, investigat ion was made, and they v. ere found un c onscious in their bedroom. After treatment they regained co nsciousness.

It appears that on retiring for the night the v icar lit the gas fire, unaw are that the flue was choked with birds' nests. The fume s, unable to es ca pe, caused the gas flame to die out, a nd the gas then escaped, filling the room .-Daz"ly Maz"l.

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'FIRST AID 'JfuJournal of the Order of theJIosPita! of S! JolmofJerusa1em in England

Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

IT is just ninety-s;x yeus since the T he Pilgrimage Ord er of S t John of Jerusalem wa'5 of the Order. revived in England, and now for the first tim e a deputation of the Order, ur.d er th e leadership of its Sub-Priors is about to visit the scen e s of its h e roic ptst in the Holy Land, and its ancient home s in Rhodes and Malta. The deputation will consist of 8 members of Chapter ' General, including the Sub-Pri or, Secret ary ·Ge neral, Librarian and Registrar, and will compri se 24 Knights and 20 L':ldies of Justice or of Grace, 3 E squi res, and 10 Honorary Serving Brothers and Sisterf', wit h 8 Officers of the St. Joho Ambulan ce Brigad e , who ar e no t members of the Orde r, and one representat lve from ov erse as.

visit to fo r mal possession will be taktn of a part of the Muristan, the original Conv e nt of the Ord e r, and a r e ce ption will be held by the Sub-Prior and ChapterGeneral in the Ophthalmic Hospital.

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By Col. R J BLACKHAM. C.B .: C.LE 0.5 0. M.D <T) POIso mng, (2) (3) In sens lb.t1lt y, (4) Asphyxi a Suspen ded Breath· lI1g), (5) Fract,:res, and Sprallls, (6) W ounds, Bites, Burns, S calds,

The d e putation will leave England on March 4th, re ach ing Ven i ce the following E.vening, and on the 7th will embar k on board th e ss. "Asia,'} an Italian vessel of 10, 00 0 tons belonging to the Lloyd Triestino Company, chartered for the purpose. Corfu will be r eached on the 9th, and after a visit to the town, the deputation will re·embark the same evening for Jaffa, arriving on the 13th. Proceeding at once to J erusalem, the deputation will re main there four days, being received by the Governor of Pal estine, Field-Marshal Lord Plumer, a Knight of Grace of the Order. On the Sunday the members of the Order will atten d Holy Communion in the crypt of the ancient church of St. John the Baptist in the Muristan, the church of th e Convent of the Knights Hospitalle rs, and now known as Mar Hanna. It is owing to the courtesy of the Gr ee k Patriarch that our Order enj oys the privilege of using this church. Later in the day the Sub-Prior, Ch apter. General and members of the Ord e r will attend a spE ci al service in the Anglican Cathedral. During the

From Jerusal e m the deputation will proceed to Haifa on March 17th, and after visiting Acre, the last house of our Order in the Holy Land, will ern bar k for Famagusta in Cyprus. A rriving here on the 18th it will leav e the following day for Rhodes, which will be reached on the 2 st. Here the deputation will be form erly receiV Ed by the Governor, who will be invested by the Sub -Prior with the insignia of a Knight of Gracr. A short visit will be paid to Budrum and Fdtmos on the nnd, and on the 25 th the deputation will reach Malta. The Gov e rnor, General Sir Walter Con greve, V.C., will receive the members of the Order in the ancient Palace of the Grar.d and arrange for them to visit the chi e f places of inl e r€st. On the following day the deputation will re·emba rk, reaching Venice on the 30th and London on thf! 3 1St.

Such in briefest outline is the programme of what will no doubt be always known in the history of our Order as Pilgrimage of I926.1I Nothing could be more calculat t d to bring home to all members of our Order, its glorious and heroic past, the real inspiration of all our mod ern work for the relief of human suffering. We may well hope to see as th e result of this Pilgrimage such an outburst of zeal and e nthusiasm, as our Order has never before.

The members of the deputation are as follows :-

Knights OJ J1 t stice: Earl of Scarborough, G.B.E., K.C.B., Sub Prior Viscount Galway, C.B.

Lt. -Col. J. T. W. Perowne, Registrar l\Iajor Colin MacRae, C.B.E.

Ladies of fitS tice :

Lady Margaret MacRae, O.B.E. Robinia) Viscountess Monntgarret O.B.E.

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K nigh ts of Grace :

Col. G S to vell Dav id Don

Lt. -Col. F. A. Brook s Col. E. J. King, C.M.G.,

S ir Herbert Ames F S.A., Librarian.

Maj or- General Sir Thomas Yarr, K. C. M. G. C B.

L. M. yn c h, C.B E. W. E. A udland, M.B.E.

Col. C. W E. Duncombe, C.B E. Lt. - Col. H. F. Barclay

S ir Herbert B rown, K. B.E. Col. C. 1. Ellis, C.M.G.

S ir Ernest Williams, C V O.

Col. Sir Wi ll ia m Sm ith Col. C. W. Crookshank

Maj or-General Sir Percival W ilkinson, K.C M.G. C.B.,

Secretary-General

H. W. Fin cham, F.S.A H. Pi rie-Gordon, D.S.C.

Col. S ir Thomas Ol iver, L. L.D Evan Roberts, M. B .E. Ladies 0 / Gra ce :

M rs. Man Stuart The Countess Ha ig

AID.- February, 1926 --

Rhodes of To .. Day.

By H. P[RIE-GORDON

( Knight of Grace of Order of St. John )

(CaJlclude d fr om p age I 66 )

February, 19 26

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barbican outside the Gate of St. has Then cleared of the Turkish houses which almost bee I d it and the iiS grateful to the Itahans g 'opened a new entrance to the walled city for ahvlDa bit of the curtain inst e ad of spoiling an old, lhrou g ' d' ue and very interesting Gate by trylDg to WI e n It. plctur esq The salient of the north-west corner of the walls IS a d ble defensive position even now, and must have forro l a preciably stronger when the towers of the Grand been Palace still rose above the whol e o f it. It is h e re Mast er s . f h C II h' at th e outer defences merge In thos e 0 tea ac 10 or Q uarter of the Knights and the battl e ments of the loner

Searles ""

:: St. John Atk inson M rs. G raham of Cromer

Mi ss E. M. R ideout

Mrs M cN eile " M. Cudworth

" Warde -Aldam , M.B E. Lady Newnes

Perowne

E. T. Campbell

" E. J Ki ng

" Smith M rs. Birkbe ck " H. Barclay

E squ ires:

Col. E. A. Cameron , C. M.G. D.S.O., secretary

Capt. E. W Goldsworthy

S er ving Bro thers :

F F. Le Souef S impson N orman Burton

Serving Sis ters :

Mi ss F M. Pochin Mrs. Waller

" M. Bates Miss A. N \ Valker

D. L. Bean 1\1 rs. Dunbar

Mrs Gi rard, O.B E.

Inter Railway Ambulance Competition, 1926.

T HE entries for t his Competition are as follows :_

Cheshire Lines Committ e e London , Midland & Scottish and Great Western Joint R ailway (Shrewsbury)

M e tropolitan

Midland & G re a t Northern Joint Railway

S outhern and L o ndon, Midland & S cottish Joint R \iilway (Somerset & Dorset) .. .

Gr e at W e st e rn Railway

London & North Eastern Railway

London, Midland & Scottish Railway

South e rn R ailway

team

IN the division of the enciente into sectors th e senior Tongue, that of Provence, under the Grande Com ma nder of the Order, took the sector from the Gate of S t. John (which was entrusted to the Ton g ue of to th e Bastion of Carretto. Along the whole length of thI S se ctor which lies on the south front of the city the earlier wa ll is dominated by an enormous inner rampart of terrep lei n in comparison with which the first wall, which with stood Sultan Mohamed Fatih in 1415 has shrunk to the pro por. tions of an exterior chemin -de-ronde. To the east of the sector t o Provence came that of Italy which includ ed th e immense bastion of C arretto which has completely sw allo we d up the Tower of Italy, and is further strength e ned by th e interposition of a r a velin t?e ramp arts and. the ta r side of the outer moat, as It nses like an Island with per pendicular cliffs to the level of the glacis and divi des the moat into an inner and outer channel. Th e s ecto r of Italy also included th e eastern sea wall along th e s hor e of Acandia Bay. The visitor should recognise that th e ro ad which now runs betw e en the walls and the sea is mo dern and should try to visualise the defences as having ari sen straight out of a shallow sea thick with rock'i plac ed t here to prevent galleys from approaching too closely.

2 teams " "

Th e Pr e liminary Competition for ungrouped railways will be held at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E.C.I, on Friday, 23rd A pril.

The Ji'inal Competition will be held on T3th and 14th the individual tests being judged in private at St. John's Gate on the first day, and the team test in public at the Cannon Street Hotel on the second day.

The judges for the Competition will be :_

For the Preliminary-J , Stanl e y Davies, M B., of London.

For the Final-W. Gray, M.D., of West Hartlepool, and W. Meredith Young, M. D., of Chester.

D. G. MONTEITH, Comp etit£on S ecretary.

At the end of the Mole of the Windmills tb e Ita lian sector ended, and that of Castile began. A s this T ong ue , of which the Bailiff or Pillar was High Chancellor of the Order, was the smallest in point of numbers, it was gi ven the least exposed ramparts to guard, those rising fr om th e wat e rs of the Inner Hubour. A t their foot us ed to ru n a very narrow quay, but now there is a reasonably wid e road and the Turks filled in part of the harbour just o ut side the Porta della Marina (sometimes improperly call ed the Gate of SL C atherin e) to accommodate some sho ps and warehouses. The e ntrance to the Inner Harbo ur was guarded by the Tower of St. John (or" of the Wind mills ") which rises above th e Castle of Sant' Angelo at the no rthern end of the Mole of th e Windmills and by the Tower of Naillac or of St. Michael at the eastern extremity of the Mole of the Arabs Th e se towers like tb a t of St. N icho las on the Mole which forms the Outer, or Mandraki Ha rbo ur, were not ent r usted to any Tongue, but were guard ed by Knights drawn from all the Tongues under the com ma nd of the Captain of the Port who worked in conjunctio n with the High Admiral of the Order who was always the Pi llar or Chief of th e Tongue of Italy.

The imponant sector from the foot of the To wer of Naillac to the Gate of Amboise, which includes the Bastion of St. Paul and the exposed salient for me rly dominated by the Palace of the Grand Master, was entrusted to the Knights of the Tongue of France un der the Grand Hospitaller of the Order, the Pillar of t heir Tongue. The great ravelin which used to lie in fr on t of the Bastion of St. Peter and the Barbican and G ate of St. Paul, dominated by the Tower of Trebuc, in this sector has been rath e r lost to sight owing to some ch an ges made at the end of the Turkish occupation, and th e n ew gate which has been piuced to relieve the traffic th ro ugh the Gate of St. Paul, which was wholly inadequate to give it passage, is between the Towers of Heredia and St. P aul.

B astio n of Carretto, sector of I taly from the so u th-w es showi ng hJW t he l ate r wo r k d o minates a n d cove rs t h e o ri gin al wa ll and the T owe r of It a ly.

Pal ace above those of the Callachio w h ich are pierced by the Ca non Gate, dominate the approach from the G ate of St. Ant hony which was the outer before new outer walls the Gate of Am bOIse were bUIlt to stre ngt hen this exposed corner.

Fr om the Gate of Amboise to th e Tower of St. G eorge was th e sector of the Tongue of Ge rmany under the com ma nd of the Grand Baili ff of the Order. The of St G eorge is now only the kernel of the vast Bas\lon f S . G the defence of which was shared between o t. eorgc, Th' the Ge rmans and the Knights of Auvergne IS was 'd d e of the weakest parts of the enceIDte and COOS I ere on h gre at p ains were taken between the to en the defence at this point. The BastIOn Its.elf IS a formid ab le work, and it is here that the moat IS Wid e st T he Knights of Auvergne, under the command of the M h I f th o Order had charge of the Sector between ar s a 0 h' h I t ng St G d the Tower of SpaID w IC IS a so s ree orge an . . b the then ed by an outer bastion. At thiS pomt egan sect or of the Tongue of Aragon, commanded by the Con ser vator which extended as far as :rower 0 t. Mar which rises above the bastion and b.arblcan guardmg the In ner and outer Gates of St. of Auv ergne throughout its whole length provided with a ra ve lin formed by cutting a new and Wide moat dista n ce beyond the original and. rather narrow fosse WhICh was its sole defence during the siege of 145 0

F rom the Tower of St. M ary to th e G at e of St. John, now often called the C 06chino Gate as the road to that village, passes through it, was the se ctor defe nd e d by the Knights of the Tongue of under the cornman? the Turcopolier of th e O r der. LIke that of Aragon It IS provided with a ravelin probably made in the same way, and as in the case of b o th its n eighbours-the sectors o f Aragon and is by the imm e nse terreplem bUIlt ImmedIat el y behmd It and g iving the fame effe ct of makin g it app e ar an ch e minde·rond. The inner moat, betw ee n the rav ehn ln d the ramparts is here wider than that in front of th e sec t or of Aragon and is unusually ?eep, and the sI ze. and str e n g th of the basti o n and barblcan outs Ide the lOner ga te of St. John are an indication of th e care taken by the Grand Mast e r Fra Pierre d'Aubusson ( 1476-1503 ) to render this, the c e ntral point of the southern i mpregnable. A narrow tunnel leads under the rav l: hn from the inner to the outer moat and this was probably used by the garrison to enable them to clear away night thrown into the outer moat by the Turks 10 hopes of fillmg it up. A similar man ce uvre was us e d with by the Knights during the first si ege, but on that occasIOn a tunne l had to be specially for the purpos e af.ter th e e nemy had begun to fill in the mGat, and t h e eXlstlDg tunnel wa s probably made as a precautionary m e asure.

The successive Grand Mast ers usually carved their shields on the portions of the fortificat ions built. or repaired by them, and i n this wa y in and n ear th e En g l:sh sector Fra Pier R aymondo ( I4 6 [-1467 ) claims

T owe r in the se ctor of P rovence looking. N .E. A ston e ca n no n ba ll ca n b e seen lodged 111 the fa ce of the oute r wal l.

authorship for the inner gate of St. J o hn, Fra Pierro d' Au busson for the outer gate of St. John, for a remarkably fine piece of the curtain of the Enghsh sector, a?d also for the outer gate of St. Athanasius, th e same which Sultan Suleiman caused to be built up. The Grand Fra Fabrizzio del Carretto (r 5 I 5 Z I ) thus Bastion of his name in the Itahan sector, .an IS Sf d ears also in that of E ngland. The tmctures 0 IS shreld made it possible for the Fra Jean. de Lastic (r437-1454) to reproduce It In colour by uSlDf

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porphyry for the field and white marbl e for the fess, an example follOwed by his successor Fra Jacques de Milly (I454-q6r), who also had a shield of gules and argent. Both these shields as well as that of the Grand Master Fra Batista Orsini (r467-1476 ) are to be seen in the English sector.

When the Order evacuated Rhod e s the Latin cl ergy and inhabitants went with it, and the Archbishop's last view of his Cathedral was as th e Turks were converting it into a Mosque for it was now "in partibus infidelium. " The Archbishop in course of time followed the Knights to Malt.t and became B ishop of that island, but up to the present his successors have continu e d to cal! themselves Archbishops of Rhodes as well as Bishops of Malta

Now, however, although the former Cathedral Church of Our Lady at Rhodes opposite the former Hospital of the Knights is still left as a Mosque in the hands of the Turks the L a tin Archbishopric is about to return from Malta to Rhod e s, and th e r e stored see will have as its Cath e dral the new church of St. John which the present governor has just built. It is an exact reprod uction of the old Conventual Church of the Knights which used to stand in the Collachio until it was blown up in 18 56 The new church is not on the site of th e old but it is built in a much more prominent and accessible position in the new Italian garden city has grown up overlooking the Mandraki Harbour and the ex tr e m e north point of the island. The south end of the Church which is not

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mole runs out eastward to protect th e e ntrance of Mandraki, corresponding with a similar mole which pr ojects westward from the Castle of St. Nicholas. At th e of these two little moles will arise twin columns, one supporting a bron ze group of the famous she-wolf of R o me suckling Romulus and Remus , the other supporting t he ?tag of Rhodes, for Stag, of which there are still ma ny In the Island, shares With the Rose the honour of bein g its immemorial badge.

To the north of the Church, and connected wit h it by a covfred gall e ry is the new Archiepiscopal Pala ce which also fronts on the sea and to the north of th at is plann t: d a large block of government offices. Thes e will

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out of the fortress. On the seaward side of th ese lies the Dew Orphanage, founded by the present Grand Master of th e Order of John, G.l.leazz) von Thun und H ohenstein wh e re a number of Armenian orphans, who are refug ees in the Island, are being trained in agriculture on an estate which was, during the later years of tge Turkish rul e, an important traming centre for French missionaries in the Near East.

By constructing nearly all the buildings they require in the G a rden City, the Italians are able to get far mor e sp a ce than would be available inside the Citta Murata and at a muc:1 cheaper ratp, and at the same time they are thus able to avoid making unnecessary changes and alteratio ns am )ng the picturesque and historic streets of the old city. Here, for the most put, they have confined t he ir energy to the acquisition of public buildings formerly th e property of the Order which had passed into private ha nds or had been unduly pent in by Turkish houses.

T he famous Hospital long whitewashed by the Turks and us e d as a barracks has been very carefully cleansed and re paired and even excavated, where rubbish had b e en all owed to fill up a Courtyard and cloister, and is now use d to accommodate a very interesting collection of local an t iquities which becomes more valuable daily as fresh fin ds are constantly being added to it. The Street of the Kn ights in which we re situated the Auberges, or residential he adquarters , of the Tongues of Prc,vence, Aragon, France an d Italy, and the Chapel of the Knights (separate from the Conventual Church of St. John) and the residence of th eir Chaplain has been almost entirely cleared of the T urkish llalconies and oth e r excresc cnc :: s which used so to mar its appearance The graceful Castellania which u se d to the Ordinal offic er who administrated the L'J wer City to which there was access from the Callachio, or Upp e r Q uarter of the Knights through the Gat e of St.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation. Head Office Notes.

A s record e d in last mocth s editi un of this J CURNAL, there was an increase of over sixty (xa minations in December, 1925, compar e d with Ig24 ' Th e fi g ur e s for January of this year ar e not so startling, but th e y ar e non e th e less indica tl ve of st eady progress in a m bul a nc e work throughout the country ;-January, 19 2 4, 1 86 19 25 , 1 94 1926, 20 7.

A dditional facilities for obtaining ambulanc e knowledge are now availabl e for those res i d ent in or around London. A cectre of instruction in Sr. John Ambu la nce work formerly existed at the Polytechnic, R eg e nt -str e et , but for some time past this instruction h a s b em discontinued. A centre Gf th e St. John Am bu lance A ssociation has now again b een e st a blished, and it shou l d prov e a us eful training ground for recruits in t he S t. Jo h n move ment.

l oner Moat-secto r of Eng a nd t ak en fro m the b ottom of th e malt, ook in g eastwa rd s towa rds t h e Bastio n of St. J ohn. Stone cannon-ba lls used by he Tu rk s in the si ege of 1522 ca n be se en in the righ l foregrou nd.

in course of time supersed e those at prese nt in use a t tbe Konak which is immediately to the west of the churc h of St. John across a wide street. The Kanak will the n become the General Post Office.

A rnold, has b ee n acquired and restored very cleverly by the Government and the happy accident of a fire, which de stroyed some houses in the B3Z1ar, has enabled the Go vernor to form an open space in front of the huilding. T he beauty of its architecture and proportions are thus pr optrly visible for the first time for several centuries.

The lantern lecture illustrating the history of th e O r der of St. John and the work of the St. John Ambu la nce mov e ment to which reference was made last month is now availab1 9 for th e us e of ambulance workers S e ts of slid e s together with a typed lecture are available fo r h ir e, and full particulars as to charg e s, et c can b e had on a ppl ication to the Chief Secretary, Ambulanc e St. John's Gat e Clerkenwell, Lond o n E.C. 1.

forms the no! th e rn side of the big Pia zz a on the west Side of Mandrakl, the west side of the Pia zza being formed. by new Treasury, the Law Courts, the exceedmgly Plctur sque Italian Club with its vaulted terrace, the of the Captain of the Port, some private houses an.d. the Immense gateway and Eastern face of the new provI,slOn market with its dome and cool ori ental bazaar-clOisters.

On the rn, or seaward face of the Church of St. John Will be, a dE.tachment Campanile and a cloister 10 which heraldically decorated cenotaphs will commemorate r 9 G rand Masters of the Order of St. John who ruled 10 Rhodes. From the cloister a small stone

Farthe.r to the north beyond the new G overn men t Offic e s, which are on of the spacious ne w for the IS nsmg an immense h ote l m the of the famous bathing hotel on the LIdo at Vemce, dIrectly on the beach so that visitors wi ll be able to bathe from the hotel. This will be run on the mmt modern lin e s by a ComJ?any which already man age s a number of hotels 10 Italy, and the tourist wh o been weanly becom.ing ?ardened to the rath e r p rim itive accommodation m the Near East will find th at bathmg hotel at Rhodes is .m?st Euro pea n Its comfort. Many other bUlldmgs have arisen or are In progress, in the Garden City to the north of the Cit ta Murata, the new Hospital, the new schools for girls a nd boys, houses f?r Government officials, and the fine barrac ks for, the battahon of the 9th Queen's Own Piedmon te s e which forms the garrison This last building is we ll to the south of the Garden CIty almost opposite to the Ga te of St. Athanasius,

To south of th e Citta Murata lie the suburb s of and St. George, to which the Gre e k inhabitan ts Withdrew 10 1523 wh e n the Turks turned all the Christ ia ns

T he Governor also hopes to rescue the Admiralty Building fr om private hands and one or two oth er fine examples of d omestic architecture of the Knigh1s have b e en, or are b eing clelned, repaired and generally rehabilitated. In (v ery case the restorations carried out by the Italians, whether to fortifications or have b ::: en most carefully done, and the results of the work, which was, in many c ases, personally supervised by the late Professor Maiuri, whose affe ction and e nthusiasm for every relic of the O rder was only surpassed by that of the present G:>vernor o f Rhodes, is emi[lently satisfactory.

The annual competition of the Parkhill Colliery A m bulance Class will be held on August 28th. Hon. S ecretary, S. Mason, care of Th e V ictoria Coal and Coke C o , Ltd., Southgate House, Wakefi eld.

:3 E A WONDER FUL GIFT charmingly dressed d oll and a handsome leather shopping bag ar e being given by Oxo Ltd , free, in exchange for 480 and 240 Ox o Cube Outside Wrappers r e spectively. More than 7 00 ,000 grocers are exhibiting these gifts in their shop wind?ws. A feature of this scheme is that these gifts can be obtalOed a t once.

Great Western Railway Centre.

TH E preliminary rounds of the G. W R. annua comp e t i ti o ns are now in progress in each of the Divisions of the railway. For the third year th e are bting organised, subj ect to rul e s and regul a ti on s issu e d from Headquarters, by the Divisional Committe e s who ar e engaging local adjudicators. It is und erstood t h at the entry is again an exceptionally heavy on e A feature of this year's competitions is the inclus ion of teams of women em p lo ye f.s for the first t ime in t he history of the movement on the Great West e rn Railw a y Valuable pri z es in kind are awarded in th e D ivisional com petitions.

The winning t e ams in both Advanr. e d and B egi nners Classes in each Division (H teams in all ) will comp e te in the semi-final round. This is purely an elimin a ting contest to find the best eight teams to mEet in the final competit i on for the G. W. R. Directors Chall e ng e Sh ield and pr ize s which is held at Paddington.

It is understood that th e semi final comp e titions will be held on March 18th, 23rd and 20 th. T he pl a c es of competition have not yet been decided on.

M oa t - of Engl and show ing rave li n to rIght. L ooktng eastwa rd s towa rds Bastion of S t. Joh n.

L. &. N.E. Railway Centre. (N.E. AREA).

ON the 1St February, Dr. E. P. Pickersgill of Sherburn-inElmet passed away, after 17 weeks serious illness, and thus severed an association with the railway ambulance centre, which has lasted (or over 30 years, he was always ready and willing, at all timts, to give of his best to the railway and miners am bulance mem bers by either lectures, judging competitions or in examinations, and there are a large number of ambulance men to-day spread over the North Eastern Area, who have the happiest and most pleasant recollections of him and his methods in judging or examining them. He also acted as judge of the team work in the Inter-Railway Competition in LODdon in May 1924, and was thus known to rail way am bulance men all over the country, he also on more than one oceasion judged the old L. & Y. Railway competition.

He was a typical Yorkshireman, and one of natures gentlemen, ever ready to assist in any way that lay in his power, and the heartfe lt sympathy of hundreds of railway men will go out tv his widow and family in their hour of bereavement.

He was a lire member of the S.J.A.A. and was appointed an Honorary Associate of the Order of St. John in April 1909, has examined and judged classes and competitions in every district of the N.E. Railway Centre, and {or many years was judge of the miners competitions in the West Riding cf Yorkshire, and also for the" Donald :Bain" Ambulance Shield for the Durham minfrs.

He was laid to rest in the pretty churchyard of Sherburn, on the 4th February, when at his own request he was carried to the church by his ambulance men from the neighbourhood, the church was crowded to its utmost capacity, many being unable to get inside, of all creeds and professions wele present, medical men from all around, solicitors, J.P.'s, a Supt. of Police, with an Inspector and four constables, and villagers from Sherburn and surrounding villages, all anxious to pay their last token of to one who was always the friend of all, and the em·my of none. Mr. Geo. Jackson, General Secretary reprt.sented the N.E. Area Cwtr f'

He was the donor of the" Pickers gill " Cup to further encourage the am bulance work amongst the railwaymen of York, and he judged the annual competition for the cup in April last in the Rowntl'ee Park, York.

On the 14th January, at the meeting of the Hull District Council at Hull, Mr. Geo. J acksoo, General Secretary presented to the Chairman, Mr. R. W. Fussey, the framed vellum Vote of Thanks for his long valued services in connecti')n with the Centre, awarded by the Order of St. John, and wished him long life to enjoy the honour conferred upon him. Mr. lfussey thanked one and all for their efforts in getting him the recognition.

The annual competitions are now arranged for the N. E. Area Centre and will take place as follows :_

Hull, 27th; Leeds, February 28th; York, March 6th; Middlesbrougb, March 7 th ; Darlington, March 13 th ; N ew castle, March 20th· final at Hull April loth; L.N E.R. group in London, date not yet fixed:

The annual dinner of the Glouc e ster Wagon Works Corps was held at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucester on January 21St. Mr. A. Glyn Watkins occupied the chair.

A Year's Am bulance

Great Western

February, [Y26 Work on Railway. the

PROGRESS in first aid instruction on the G. W. R. was more than maintained for the year 1925. In (act, for the fifth year in succession a record was again set up in the matter of examination awards gained by members of the G.W.R. Ambulance Centre. The table given below shows the results achieved during the past decade, and the accompanying chart covers a period of eight years.

Number of first aid awards gained in examination by members of the staff from 1916 to 1925 inclusive:-

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made to the Order of 8t. John of Jerusalem by the Central Ambulance Committee of the recognition of service s to the movement by members of the Centre resulted in the following honours being granted :Honorary Serving B,others.

Mr. H. Hirons, Locomotive Department, Oswestry.

H. S. J osty, Locomotive Department, Cardiff.

" W. Alder, Traffic Department, Fishguard Harbour.

" F. J. Smith, Signal Department, Maidenhead

" G. H. Brown, Locomotive Department, Stourbridge.

" Mr. H. Baker, Traffic Department, Stourbridge. EIonorary Serving Sister.

Miss C. A. Ault, General Manager's Office (Assistant Ambulanc e Centre Secretary).

Vellum Vote of Thanks

Mr. A. E. Scott, Engineering Department, Bristol.

" G. L. James, Carriage Department, Neyland.

0:1 the occasion of their garden party at Buckingham Palace their Maj : sties the King and Queen again included

St. John J\mbulance Brigade Appointments, Etc.

JANUARY, 1926.

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICER.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. ·Wllliam James Verrier, 11.1.26

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Corps Officer William Andrew Hirons, Warwickshire Corps, II.I.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lieut.-Col. George Charles Edward Simpson, O.B.E., B.A., M.B., B.Ch., B.Sc., F.R.C.S , L iv erpool Corps, 2.2 26

As was to be expectt;d, with little or no recrUItin g into the railway service, there was some falling off in th e number of certificates gained, but it is reassuring to se e the way in which the older men in the movemen t (medallion awards and onwards) are undergoing annual re-examination. It will be seen that since 19 9 this figur e has steadily advanced from IIS2 to 334I.

A large number of cases in which first aid rendered by mem bers of the G. W. R. staff was regarded as exceptionally efficient and in which the treatment afforded had bten commended by the medical profession, were received during the year. These are now under scrutiny by the G.W,R. Co.'s Chief Consulting Surgeon in connection with the annual issue of gold, silver, and bronze medals and special certificates. The awards in of the year 19 2 5 will be distri buted to the selected recipients on the occasion of the forthcoming competition at Paddingten.

The entry for the 1925 Competitions was another record. No fewer than 30I teams participating. The contests were again organised divisionally, and it was understood that the experience gained has confirmed the desirability of adopting this course in the future. In the final round of the competitie-ns held at Paddington on May 1st, the Newport, Dock Street, team secured the Directors' Challenge Shield for the sixth time, Whilst their local rivals, Alexandra Dock, Newport (five time:i winners of the Inter-Railway Shield before the railway amalgamations), were runners-up, and awarded the" Carvell Cup."

The adjudicators in the semi-final and final rounds were Lt.-Col. F. A. Brooke for team work, and Dr. R. Connon Robertson for individual work. An interesting feature of the competitions was the qualification of two beginners' teams to compete in the final contest. One of these Cardiff Newtown, was awarded the If Butt Bowl" as best beginners' team on the railway.

During the year 77 gold medals (15 years' L fficiency) and 34 bars (20 years' efficiency) were awarded to members of the staff. It will be recalled that this medal was instituted to commemorate in 192 I the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the G. W R. Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association. The total number of medals and bars awarded to the end of the year 1925 were 442 and 126 respectively.

This Chart shows the rema;kable progress of the First-Aid Movement among the Great Western Railway staff.

in the list of invitations several G.W.R. ambulacce workers who were also members of the Order of 8t. John.

The movement continues to flourish on the Great Western Railway, thanks to the team and the harmonious relations which prevaIl. The credItable resul ts achieved are due to the voluntary efforts and untiring energy alike of class SE cretaries instructors, lect urers and the various divisional commItteemen and and to the support which is always readily for thcoming from Headquarters.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Supt. Robert Smith, Biddulph and District Corps, 6.1.26

Corps Officer William Marcroft, Leeds Corps, 29 1.26

Supt. John Smith, Sheffield Corps, 2 I. 1.26

TO BE OORPS OFFIOER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Staff Serg-t. John Alexander Wyllie, Accrington Corps, 8.1.26

Supt. James Wilfrid Lowe, Bolton Corps, 32.26

TO 13E DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Frank Fouracre Bond, :\'LR.C S., L.R.C.P., Usher's Brewery Division, Co. of \Vilts, LI 26

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Major Gerald Gibbons, O B.E., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P., Rushton Division, Kettering Corps, 26 L26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Harriet Rowland Louise Reid , Ch.B., North Manchester Nursing Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 8.1.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Arnold Ashford Pomfret, l\1.B., Ch.B , Retford Division, 5.1.26 Redvers George Melvin, i\'I.A., M.B, Ch.B., Burley and Kirkstall Nursing Division, Leeds Corps, 2.:>..26

Agnes Gladys Bruce, M.B., Ch.B ., Scunthorpe Nursing DiviSIOn, Scunthorpe and Distr ic t Corps, 27.1.26

No.6 DISTRICT.

John Johnston, M.B., Ch.B., East Cleveland Division, 19 .126

James A. Hislop, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Jarrow Division, 7.1.26

No.8 DISTRICT.

William Rhys Davies, M.B., Ch.B., Guild{ord Division, GuildCorps, 31.I.26

No. 10 · DISTRICT.

Douglas Loughlin, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Ranelagh Works, 31.12.25

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs Eli zabeth Louisa Brunton, No. 46N Enfield Nursing Division, 13·I.26

Ambulance Officer Edward William Fearn, NO.7 Toynbee Hall Division, 22.1.26

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer George Henry Hockey, Reading G.W.R. Pivision, County of Berks, 3- 2 26

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February, 1926

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Frank Holgate-Smith, M.B.E., Ushers Brewery Division, County of Wilts, 1. 1.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. Arthur Edward Dixon, Clitheroe Division, 25-1. 26

NO.5 DISTRICT. .'

Pte. Walter Jenico Preston, Rufford Colliery DIVISion} 22.1. 2 5

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. 4 DISTRICT. ., Amelia Mahoney Port Sunltght 1 ursmg DlVlslOn, 3 2 26

Lady Officer Mrs. Christine Makinson, Preston Nursing Division, Preston Corps, 2I.1.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Emma Riley, Bulwell Nursmg DIVISion, Nottingham Corps, 29. 12 2 5

Lady Ambulance Officer London, Shipley Nursing Division, Shipley and Dlstnr.t Corps, 2.2.26

Mrs. Marjorie Cecily Ingilby, Spofforth Nursmg Division, 18.1.26

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Helen Amy Corser, Shrewsbury Nursing Division, Shrewsbury Corps, 30 .1.26

No.8 DISTRICT.

Edith Margaret Colson, Redhill and Reigate Nursing Division, Borough of Reigate Corps, 31. I.26

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Herbert Edward Mason, Ardwick Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 30.1.26

Sergt. Walter James Foster, Headquarters Division, Preston Corps, 29 1.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Wilfrid Willis Wheatley, Rufford Colliery DIVISIOn, 22.I.26

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Ralph Meadows Price, Sunderland Eastern Division 20. I.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Charles Ernest Pidgen, Torpoint Division, Co. of Devon, 20.1.26

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Ida May Linnitt, Headquarters Nu rsing DiVision, Kettering Corps, 26. I.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Elsie Hodgson, Burley :lOd Kirkstall Nursing Division_ Leeds Corps, 13 1. 26

Edith Emily Wtlliams, Saltaire Mills Nursing Division, Shipand District Corps, 2.2.26

No. 8 DISTRICT.

Kate Laura Sutton, Isle of Sheppey Nursing Division, 1.2.26

TO BE NURSING OFFICER.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Annie Simpson, No. 30N Thomey Island Nursing Division, 27.1.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs Elizabeth Irwin, Denton Nursing Division, 3.2.26

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT_

Alfred Edmondson, Mor ecambe Division, 28. I.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Richard Joseph Broad, J Tce School Cadet, Plymouth Corps} 14.1.26

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER FOR CADETS.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Olivia Hutchence, Morecambe Nursing Division, 28.I.26

TO BE OORPS SERGEANT MAJOR.

NO.4 DISl'RICT.

Sergt. Richard Anelay Brown, Accring ton Corps, 8. I.26

TRANSFERRED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Offic er Hopewell, from Liverpool South Div ision to Hasland Grassmoor Division, 1.1.26

No.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. J. Horncastle, from the Peel House Division, to Bridlington Nursing Division, supernumerary to establishment, 1 I. 1.26

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. DISTRICT.

District Officer W. D. Liddell, 28.2.26

Supt. E. E. Wallis, VV. H. Smith & Sons Division, 29.12.25

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Supt. H. Banks, Reading G.\V.R. Division, 10.1.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer M. Flook, Nottingham Corps, 16. J. 26

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.3 (EASTEl'{.N) DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. A Walker, Leicester Corps} 29.1.26

No.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer H. Mole, Sunderland Nursing DiviSiOn,II.I.26

Lady Ambulance Officer Helen Robinson, Scarborough Nursing Division, 9226.

REVERTED TO RANKS AT OWN REGUEST.

NO.6 DIsrRICT.

Am bulance Officer for Cadets J. McCallum, Eston Divis ion, 9. 2 26

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Ushers Brewery Division, County of Wilts, 1.1.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Kippax Nursing DiVision, 26.625 Rufford Colliery Division, 22.1.26

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Clacton-on-Sea Division, 2.2.26

CADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

No. 2 DISTRICT.

High Wycombe Cadet Division, County of Bucks, 5.5. 2 5

NO .4 DISTRICT.

Morecambe Cadet Division, 26.1.26

Morecambe Cadet Nursing Division, 13.10.25

Keighley Cadet Nursing Division, 29.12.25

DIVISION RENAMED

No. S DISTRICT.

Penistone Division to be re-named" Penistone and Distr ict Division, 11.1.26

DIVISIONS DISBANDED.

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Melton Division, Denaby Main Corp5, 29.1.26

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Members of Tottenham and Edmonton Ambulance and Nursing Divisions their annual dinner on Januar y 9 th Supt. H. G. Cottrell presiding over a compan y numbering about 80. E

A re-unior;t dinner will be held on Saturday, Apri l 3 rd , at the Mldland Hotel, Peter-street, Manchester, for all who during the late war with the Roya l Naval Auxlllary Slck Berth Reserve. Tickets for dinner , lOS. 6d. each (exclusive of wines). Any member wishin g to be present kindly communicate with the hon. secretary, H. Hulmt, 8, Portugal road, Prestwich, Manchester, no later than March 1 st.

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Prince of Wales's District COMMISSIONER: W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. MARCH, 1926

Marc h 7th-No. 67 Division, Boro' of St. Pancras.

" 14th-No. 68 City of London.

" 21st-No. 70 Royal Boro' of Kensington.

" 28th-No.7 Tottenham.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. Jobn's Gate at 2 p.m.

PUBLIC DUTY.

The District Surgeon desires to point out that Sal Volatile is som etimes given stronger than it should be to patients on public duty.

Although not req'lired by the Regulations, Divisions should be encouraged in the cold weather to provide themselves with thermos flasks containing either coffee, milk or meat extract.

THE LADY MARGARET MACRAE CUP.

This Cup has been presented to No. r District by Lady Margar et MacRae of Feoirlinn, O.B.E., Lady Justice of the Order of St. John for <!:omp etition among Cadet Nursing Divisions in No. I Prince of Wales District.

The competition for this Cup will be held at the Northampto n Institute on Saturday, April loth, at 3 p.m.

ANNUAL MEETI G OF OFFICERS.

The Annual General Meeting of Officers and members in charge of Divisions in the NO.1 (Prince of Wales ) District will be held on Saturday, February 27th, in the Chapter Hall, St. John's Gate, ClerKenwell, at 330 p.m. prompt.

ANNUAL. RETUR S AND DIVISIONAL BOOKS.

Forms B.F.I and B.F.3, together with B.F.I2 in triplicate, should be sent to the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Area to which the Division belongs. The Divisional Books should also be sent to him. They must not be addressed to the Commissioner at Headquarters, as much unnecessary expens e is involved and time delayed.

EFFICIENCY CUP COMPETITION.

It is proposed to hold this Competition on Saturday, May 15th at 3 p.m. Divisional Superintendents who have not yet enter ed, should make application by April 17th to the Competition Secretary, No. I Distrkt, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell. E.C.I. ANNUAL IHSPECTION.

His Royal Highness Prince Henry will inspect the No. I (Princ e of Wales) District in Hyde Park on June 5th. Further partic ulars will be issued later.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commisst·oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cuttings of their meetings, etc ., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITOR.

CEN fRAL AREA.-On January 22nd the members of Central Area and their friends spent a most delightful evering at Shoreditch Town Hall, the occasion being the third annual Social and Dance. All previous records were beaten, the fun being fast and furious, and the company numbenng 540 Amo ngst the latter were Assistant Commissioner F. A. Brooks, Lady District Officer Miss Rideout and other memben; of District Headquarters Staff; and not the least welcome

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were the number of Divisional Surgeons who join ed the merry throng.

During ths .evening two brief concerts (each lasting half an hour) were given and much appreciated; and this arrangement was greeted with approbation because it afforded a break in the dancing and provided interest for those who did not dance. A hearty vote of thanks to committee and artists was (arried by acclamation on the proposal of Assistant Commissioner Dr. Corbet Fletcher.

The committee, to whose efforts the success of the evening was mainly due, consisted D vision1l Supt. N. Burton Lady District Officer Miss Walker, Ambulance Office; Halley and Ambulance Officer A. O. Stallard, the last named being responsible for the arrangement and conduct of the conc erts.

No. 2 District.

l\T essrs. Oxo Ltd., have offered to the Chief Commissioner a Silver Challenge Cup to encourage proficiency in fin:t aid and to be competed for annually by Ambulance Divisions of the Brigade in NO.2 District. The Chief Commissioner has been pleased to accept this generous offer.

The Cup will be awarded to the team gaining highest marks in the No. 2 District Preliminary for the" Dewal )) Challenge Shield Competition, which will be held at Cheltenham on the 17th April next.

No. 4 District.

At the Competitions for Ambulance and Nursing Units In Cheshire, held at Stockport on the 21st November the" Laird)) Trophy was carried off by the Dukinfield Nursing Division.

On the r6th January Lady District Supt. Mrs. Tweedale, A.R.R.C., J P., gave a lecture on "The Story of the Knights of St. John of J erusalem,n arranged for by the Rochdale Educational Guild. The lecture was exceedingly interesting, and very much appreciated, and 1\1rs. Tweedale dealt with the matter in a very comprehensive manner tracking the Order from its early days at Amalfi down to the pres-ent day. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.-The District Competitions for Nursing Divisions in o. of District in "First Aid } ' was held at the Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne, on Saturday, Jan. 31st, I926. Nine teams entered for the" C. J. Trimble JI Shield, and nine teams for the" A. Howard JI Rose Bowl. The Judges were Dr. Corns, oral, Dr. Flddian, team work, and Dr. Heap, Individual.

1st Blackpool 273

2nd Liverpool 268

3rd Preston 257

The S. Howard Rose Bowl was won byst Preston 81

2nd Heaton Park 77

3rd Blackpool 7 1

After the Competition the Mayor of Ashton, J. A. Wild, Esq., presided and welcomed the competitors,. and the M<l:yoress (Councillor Mrs. Wild) presented to the Col. Trimble, C.B., C.M.G., Commissioner for the Dlstnct, thanked the Mayor and Mayoress for their kindness, which was seconded by Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Fowler Jones. Thanks to the Judges was proposed by .McCabe, seconded by Miss Turnbull, and to the Ashton DIVISions for hosp itality and local arrangements by Mrs_ Tweedale, Lady District Supt., which was responded to by Supt. D. Hall and Division Lady Supt. Miss Hully.

BURY.-The Mayor and Mayoress of Bury, to. their interest in the work done by the Bury NurslDg Dms:on, paid a visit to the Headquarters of this Unit on the 18th January. They were welcomed by Mrs. Kerr the Lady Supt. and had the

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February, 6 opportunity of witnessing the Nursing Division at practice. At the end the Mayor expressed the pleasure be and the Mayoress had in visiting the Nursing Headquarters. He was by the usefulness of the work the St. John women were dOIng and be thanked them on behalf of the townspeople.

CHE SHIRE.- The annual dinner of the officers of the above Association took pl ac e at Crossley's Cafe, Stockport, on Saturday, 30th January.

Amon g those present we:e Col. C? J. Trimble,.C.,s., C.M G. Commissioner of NO.4 Dlstnct, Assistant Commissioner C. H. Fowler Jones and Mrs. Fowler Jones, District Officer Lt. -Col. Chaloner and M r. Chaloner, Divisional Surgeon Allen of Whaley Bridge, and members from Bollington, Crewe, Stockport, Dukinfield, Reddish, and Stalybndge.

After d inner the proceed in g s took the form ?f a evening, consisting of songs,. pianoforte re c itals, whist and dancing The vo cal and IDstrument a lltems were rende:ed by members of the various and friends whose ance in making the evening enjoyable was much apprecia ted by those present.

The hours passed ()DIy too Cj uickl y , and at 10 30 the entertainment came to an end, but a very happy evening had again strengthened that feeling of and sisterhood whi c h is the secret of the success of.the bngade.

No. 5 District.

NO 5 District Ca mp for 1926 will be at the Castle Hill, Scarborou g h, from 27 th June to 4 th July inclusive.

M ILLHOUSE .-On Saturday February 6th a Whist Drive and Dance was held in the Millhouse Council Schools, when the Divisirm a l Sur g eon Dr. Masser was in c harge of dancing and Corporal M achen and Pr ivate Hitchins in ch a rge of the W hist Drive.

P ENI STON E. -On M onday February 8th a Social Evenin g was held in the D ivis ional Headquarters, when members, with wives and friends had a very enjoyable e vening. Games, etc., were indul ged in and son g s were rendered by the Divisional Surgeon Dr. Masser, Sergeant W. Thompson and Privates J. W. Cartwright and J. W. Dixon, Divis ional Treasurer, also by Mr. C Sykes. Duets were gi ven also by Private Cartwright and Mr. C. Syke s. The D ivisional Surgeon Dr. gave a n in t erest in g item in Thought Reading. Mr. J Hinchliffe proved a very able ac companist. The Division a l Supt. the Rev. Edward B. C arleton was present, and a very enjoyable e vening closed with the s in g ing of " Auld Lan g Syne" and the N ation a l Anthem

No. 6 District.

A close observer of the local press Interested in ambulance notes for the past three months mi g ht perhaps be pardoned for supposing that an epidemic of competitions in first aid work was ra g in g i n th is district, and indeed the suggest on is not an unfa ir comment upon the spirit that prevails.

The positions is. of course, highly commendable but this very enthus iasm carries with it a dange r which there is a tendency in some quarters to overlook. The spirit of meritor ious competition promotes a desire for, and inculcates the need of, thorough knowledge and expert skill in first aid work throughout the di v isions that are interested in ambulance but the idea sometimes becomes prevalent that competitIOns are only for teams highly trained in competition work, and unfortunately such teams are often prone to regard amb';llance as medal-collecting and trophy. huntmg expedlt ons only.

It is, of course, realised that whatever the main object or fundamental urge is that prompts a team forward .in competiti?n work, the knowledge and experience ga ined by each man IS beneficial not only to himself, but to the community but the idea that competitions are held merely to select a team to cOliect somt: truphy is to be deprecated.

The gift of health is without doubt the blessi ng with which man can be endowed and he has It In hiS power t o cultivate it, not only for his own welfare, but for that of th e community.

Greater appreciation of life is obtained by the practice a nd development of hobbies apart from one's daily routine ta sk. Hobbies are of varied character, and mostly praiseworthy, bu t it only requires a little comparative reflection to be convin ced that the knowledge and practice of First Aid work can easily be classed as the most audible, noble, and beneficial of all spare time occupations.

The Nursing Competitions for the Northumberland and for the Durham Trophies were held during January. Th e team from the "Armstrong Whitworth" Division a gai n acquired the "Potter Cup " for Northumberland, and the Darlington team hold the "Palmer Cup " for another ye ar. Formerly each of these events have been judged by a Med ica l who usually took the individual work, and the Matron from a local hospital who supervised the team test. It has been observed that different matrons regald cer tain unessential nursing details with varying de g rees of importa nce, rendering it difficult t? adhere to practice. An innovation was tried thiS year With surpnsmgly happy res ults. I t was felt that a fully-qualified medical lady would be mor e concerned v,ith the essential treatment of the case in the t eam test than a Matron who favoured her own ideas on nurs ing Two lady doctors were, therefore, invited to act as judges at each test, and all the com petitors expressed themselves as being exceedingly pleased With the change, although the t ests were of a more detailed and highly-skilled character.

GATESHEAD - The team from the Gateshead Po lice Di vision that already has so many triumphs to its crec.it, a gain won the Final of the Corps Competitions held last month and thus secured the "Ravensworth " Shield The rival t eam Whickham Colliery" A " acquired the" Liddell " Cup

HULL.- The Drill Hall of the Hull Corps Headquar ters presented quite a appearance on 1st February whe n a Concert and Social Re -Union was held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Corps. M'ljor A. Hammersley Johnston O.B E. (Actin g .Commissioner N o.6 District ) presided over a large gathenn g of members and ex-members of the Corps and was supported by the Sheri ff of Hull (Councillor G H. Jefferson) and members of the Co rps Staff.

During the e venin g Mr. Marshall Hopper (the first Chief Supt. of the Corps ) and Mr. E. F. ( first Supt. Secret ary) gave interesting speeches of the formatIOn of the Corps on the 1st February 18 86 and spoke of the early diffi c ulties and how they were surmounted.

District Officer W . T. Atkmson (Actmg Corps Supt. ) said when the Corps was first formed there were two Divisions, on e Ambulance and one Nursing with a total strength of 4 5 Offi cer s and members. The present strength was 12 Ambul anc e Divisions,8 N ursing Di v isions and 6 Cadet D!visions wit h a membership of 614 Officers and members, an Increase of 24 Divisions and 569 members. He also spoke of the work of th e Corps in the City and specially of the duty undertaken by th e members on the roads near Hull each week-end in case of motor accidents.

An interesting feature during the evening was the prese ntation by the Sheriff to Corps Officers H. Bartrop and G Hampson of the" Vellum Vote of Thanks" of the Orde r of St. John for special services rendered to the Ambulance mo vement over a period of many years. He also Su pt. Thurloe and Ambulance Sister Varley With Service Bars, 2nd Medal Ribbons to Corporal Layfield and Ambulance Si ste r

Bea!.

During the evening musical items were given by Co rp s Officer Hampson, Mr. Coulson, Mrs. Mrs. J. Hampso n and two recitals by Miss Coburn. The smgmg of the NatIO na l Anthem brought a very enjoyable evening to a close.

JARRow.-A Whist Drive and Dance was also organi sed

F ebruary, 19 2 6. -FIRST by the J arrow. Division on the 10th instant, and proved a most enjoyable affair.

N EWCASTLE.- The Coroner Graham (County Durham) Ambulance Shield.

" The competitors have been asked to come to the assi stance of a young man who has made unavailing efforts to get his brother (who is an Epiletic) to open his workroom door. T hey agree to help and on breaking open the door they are me t by overwhelming coal-gas fumes, and they see the man ly ing with his head in a pool of blood proceed ing from wound in he back of his head."

The spectators were warned of the following details of tr ea tment that should be demonstrated ;-

I-Drag man out, keeping very low

2- Artificial respiration (2 kinds necessary)

3 -Attention to arterial h ;:e morrhage of head

4-Correct preparation of stretcher, a nd consequent stretcher work

S-Attention to Epileptic fit that patient has on the way to the hospital

This was the stretcher team test for the Finalists in the abo ve competition which was held in the Town Hall, Durham, on the 13th instant, before a numerous body of distinguished peo ple and a large assembly of first-aid enthusiasts and their frie nds.

The six teams privileged to compete in the Final had each

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public duties he had frequently been called upon to enquire into the cause of deplorable and ofttimes preventable accidents. He had many times asked the managements of different employing bodies concerned in such accidents what proportion of their employees were trained in first-aid work and he regretted to say that he seldom got a reply wh ic h showed that there were more than four or five per cent. so tra ined.

He had therefore determined to place this sh ield for competition amongst the wage-earners in the county, in order to encourage the workers to devote some part of the ir le isure to fit themsel ves to be of some very real service to their fellowcreatures in the hour of their distress when misfortune fell upon them. He was well aware that the colliery men were already well encoura g ed in this direction but he wished to see a far larger number of general workers so interested and an altogether wider i nterest taken in the movement.

The M ayoress of the c ity then p resente d sil ver medals to the members of the winning team and in happ ily chosen wor d s con g ratulated them upon their prowess.

1\1 r. A E. Johnstone, representin g the N ew castle Chron icle and North M ail, Ltd then awarded the s ilver sh ield wh ich has been kindly presented by that body for the " R unner s U p " in the Coroner Grah a m compet it ion, the te a m from Tyne Do ck L. N .E.R. becomin g the fi rst holders.

Mr Stanley Embleton, Ass istant Commi s sioner, then moved a hearty vote of th anks to the donor, and expressed his satisfaction that the Coroner was a ble to be present in person to present the mag nificent Trophy which he b a d so

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tri umphed in one of the six preliminary tests held in various par ts of the county of Durham in which thirty altogether ha d entered, and the marks allotted In the Fmal were as foll ows:Stre cher Team Test Individual Total

B randon Colliery 14 1 184t kLNER I 09! 175

Tyne DocDean and Chapter Colliery 95 I 7 1y

Gateshead Police 1422

B lackhall Colliery 107 154 261

Boldon Colliery 155 25 8!

The veteran coroner who carried his 9 3 years with surpri sing vigour both of body and mind presented the tr ophy to the winning which of Kenneth C. Mc Vean ( in charge ) Jos. Lister, Ed. Warrm.er, H. Bowes, a!1 d W. Hall; and in recounting the prompted him to furnish the shield for competl!IOn he reviewed the growt h of first-aid work in the county dunng the pagt years hiS coronership vividly describing the rather appallm g conditions an d primitive methods that prevailed in of acci dents in the old days. Although the of am bulance knowledge had wonderfully wlthm the last 25 years with particularly gratifYing when the W ar the nation, he said that 1D the course of hiS

generously placed in t he Trusteeship of three members o f the Order of St John of Jerusalem in En g land. He a lso thanked the Mayoress for presenting the medals to the wi nn ing team, and the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillo r s of the City of Durham for their support.

The Jud g es, Dr. James Anderson, of Seaton Delaval, and Dr. Pallett, of Newcastle , were also a vote of thanks. In re p lyin g , they both emphaS ised 1D varylDg the exceedingly h igh standard of work shown by the competm g teams, as the comparat ive closeness of the marks of the last four teams ind icate.

On rising to reply the was recel ved by mu cb cheering on the part of the competitors. He pOInted out that the teams could not all win the pr iz e, and he was of the opinion that the teams most deserving of con g rat ulation those that had not been successful, but had up their minds on going home to come ba ck next and wm.

A word of appreciation should also be g lven to the patien t in the stretcher team test who went thro ugh no li g ht m under g oin g the treatment so many times over H IS wellpl a nned "ep ileptic fit " On the wa y to the hosp ta l wa s a startlin g demonstratIOn to the onlookers an d pro b a bly to some of the competin g teams also. O ne of the humourousl y remarked that he had seen many competlt lo ns where the services of the Coroner m ig ht ha ve re q Ulred, each of the teams competing that day had aVOlded that contmgency.

Group of t he Birmingham Corps Offi cers

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After the tests the Coroner generously entertained the competitors and their friends to a substantial tea.

SOUTH SHIELDS.-On the 20th ultimo the South Shields Nursing Division held a Whist Drive and Cabaret Ball, in the Casino. The Mayor, with the Mayoress and several of the local councillors were present, and the Mayor's good lady presented the prizes.

Assistant Commissioner Stanley Embleton and Mrs. Embleton District and other Officers of the Brigade, were also present, a happy was spent. The evening however was not free from first-aId calls, a sad and very severe case of alcoholic poisoning in a neighbouring building making a sudden call upon some of the more expert members.

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ha v e resulted. It appears that an electric wire had fused and set fire to some match boarding. The police constable at once informed the fire brigade who quickly answered the call, and Supt. Galloway, having forced the door, drew out the two motor ambulances but not before considerable damage had been done to the body work of the Ruston Car. The promptness with which the fire was under control is only further evidence of the good feeling which exists between the police fire brigade, and members of the St. John Am bulance Brigade: Thanks to the chairman of the local centre (Major Hossack) arrangements were at once made to keep the transport service running and the damaged car removed to garage for repairs.

LOWESTOFT.-This division has lost a valuable member through the lamented death of Mr. Eric J. Hunt who died from the result of a motor cycle accident. The funeral which took place on December 28th, was attended by some of the officers and members of the unit by whom he was held in v ery high

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and the object of the meeting was to endeavour to start classes for men in their town.

A welcome was extended to the Aldeburgh contingents and thanks offered to Dr. Richardson, who had kindly offered his services to conduct the classes.

Dr. Eades gave an entertaining address on the history and work of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem traring their efforts, in the cause of suffering humanity, from the Crusades down to the period of the Great War.

Mr. Moffatt confined his remarks to the need for a knowledge of ambulance work amongst the members of the community. Mr. Smith explained the organisation necessary for the formation of a unit of the Brigade and made an earnest appeal, to those present, to become qualified to join such a unit if formed.

Miss Long presented awards g1ined by the Aldeburgh Division to the successful candidates, and MISS Parker thanked the meeting for the welcome given to those present from her town.

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admirably conceived concert in aid of the Chipstead Valley Division funds was held at Coulsdon on January lotb. During the evening the Centre's 2 -year Gold Medal was presented to Divisional Supt. J. Sharpe, and a Certificate of Merit to Private Reed.

Addiscombe Division Annual Meeting presented the officers with an enthusiastic send-off for the ensuing year. The report is an altogether admirable one, and we regret that reasons of space forbid us giving a complete copy.

The Chatham Division Annual Meeting listened to a report dealing with another year's steady progress over an area including Sittingbourne and Gravesend. Close working has been maintained with No.8 District.

CORRECTION.

RAMSGATE.- The paragraph referring to the Inspection 01 the Voluntary Aid Detachment in FIRST AID of January should have been placed under Ramsgate.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS - The Tunbridge Wells Nursing Division, whose Headquarters are at RusthalI, is responsible for the staffing of the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, which is run by the Medical Officer of Tunbridge Wells, and the Health Visitor. Three or four members of the Division are on duty every week, at the Clinic, which is held in the Brigade Room. Other members help at the Tunbridge Wells Centre. They all find the work most interesting, and are keen to render this service. They are pleased to have received a letter from the Medical Officer, expressing his thanks, and those of the Tunbridge Wells Corporation, for starting the Infant Welfare work at RusthaII, and carrying it on since 1920.

During the summer of the last three years, members have gone in the St. John Ambulance, with Orderlies, to Hever Castle, when Major the Hon. J. J. Astor has entertained the staff of the Times. The WOl k there was to run a CI eche, and so relieve many mothers, and enable them to have a really restful day.

No. 10 District.

CLACTON.- The visit of the District Commissioner (Major J. F. C. Hossack) to this seaside town last September, has resulted in the formation of a unit of the Brigade. A meeting was held in the Blue Lagoon, on January 12th, for the purpose of in.auguration when. Mr. F. Lock, the. han. secretary, explamed the rules whIch governed the Brigade. A list of suggested officers was laid before the meeting and presentations made to Messrs. Lock and Porter, for the enthusiasm which they had shown in arranging classes. On January 20th, the awards were presented to those who had been successful in these classes, during an interval in a dance which had been organised by Mr. B. Kingsman at the l<.oyal Hotel. Mrs. Fenton- Jones, wife of Urban District Council chairman made the presentations and highly complimented each the recipients. Jones took the opportunity thus offered of handing to the Illstructor classes (Dr. Houchin) an engraved tobacco pouch and pipe, as a mark of their appreciation of his services.

HALESWORTH. - Owing to the enthusiasm which was aroused by a meeting which was addressed here last Octob er by the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk and his staff: from !he formation of a new Division, a class of 40 IS no",: bemg held by Dr. Melville Hocken with Mr. J. Hembhng, J.P., as class secretary.

I PSWICH.-At 4 o'clock on. Sunday morning, January 17th, smoke o.bserved comlDg from the garage at the Ambulance StatIon 10 Samuel-road, and had it not have been for the prompt action of P.-c. Ireland, a serious fire would

Orwell Works (Ipswich Corps) Team, Winners of the Recreation Committee Cup.

Standing; Privates A. Rust, A. Bullard, C. R. Bullard, C. Stainer.

Sitting; Supt. Last (Res.), Corporal Markham, Supt. Jennings.

esteem. A beautiful floral tribute was also sent from the division.

The rep.ort the motor tram port service, for the year Just ended, IS of mterest, seeing that 4,000 miles have been covered and 395 calls answered. Two records were established in D.ecember in .that were 46 calls, and 7 of these were on Chnstmas eve, when the ambulance went to places as far distant as Beccles and Norwich, among other places.

enthusiastic meeting, in order to revive an mterest 10 ambulance work amongst men was held in the OddfelJows' Hall at Saxmundham on Wednesday January 13th. The Chair was taken by Mr. W. E. Long, of Hurts Hall, who was supported by Mrs. Rivis, Miss Long the Assis.tant for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. of IpswIch), Dlstnct Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffatt, of Lady Supt. .Miss A. M. Parker, of Aldeburgh, Lady MISS Bertha CuttlOg, of Saxmundham, Mr. David Ryder Richardson, Mr. Sam Dale, Lieut. Day, R.N., Major H. T. Argent, Mr. C. Wray and Mr. James Forsdyke (Hon Sec.).

The members of the Aldeburgh and Saxmundham Nursing Div!sions together with Sea Scouts, from Aldeburgh, turned out m good numbers to add to the enthusiasm. The ChairILan in his introductory remarks, alluded to the fact that classes had already been held in Aldeburgh, Benhall and Farnham,

Further addresses were given by Dr. Richardson and Mr. Mulley, and of thanks to the speakers closed the meeting.

The result, shown by the number of those enrolling at the close, will mean the formation of a class of 50, and will include members of the East Suffolk Police, A.A., and R.A.C. Scouts, and should certainly foster the formation of a new unit of the Brigad e.

No. 1 I (S.E. &. C.R.) District.

Queenborough Division held a remarkably successful dance on the 30th December. A very large number of residents in the neighbourhood gave their patronage, resulting in a substantial gain to the DIVIsional funds. Commissioner and Mrs. E. A. Richards were given a cordial reception from their Sheppey friends. Following this effort, Divisional Surgeon Madwar organised a whist drive in the early days of the New Year-this also proved a great financial success.

New Year's eve was selected by two of the LondJn Divisions as a suitable occasion for dances. In each instance the ventures were well justified. Woolwich DiviSion was able to fill the Town Hall with frienJs who spent an exceptionally enjoyable evening.

At Ladywell baths, Hither Green Division had to refuse admission to many would-be patrons, owing to the cr<?wded condition of the floor. The ::v1ayor and Mayoress of Lewlsham were accompanied by and Councillor and Mrs. Mc.Cubbm and other leadmg cItIzens.

The annual meeting of the London Bridge Nursing Division was graced by the presence of. Lady qheatle (President) and Miss Phyllis Broughton Both ladies expressed their at the .success III the Perrott competition, its contmued partIcIpatIOn the London Hospital duties, and the help rendered to the various Lourdes Pilgrimages.

Orpington Division annual meeting presided .O\·er by District Officer E. J. Prew, H.S.B. In additIOn to the Impetus given to the work socially through the act!ve inter«?st of the President it is anticipated that the inauguration of an electric train service will be the means of conSIderably strengthening the Divisional personnel, owing to the additional staff concentrated at this depot.

Bricklayers Arms Division was also able to s«?cure District Officer Prew as Chairman for its annual meetmg. A new Secretary has been for the present position held by thIS Dlvls.lOn 10 Dewar CompetItIOn IS a very enviable one. Great mterest IS also taken m the Naval Reserv e.

Thanks to the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins an

Queenborough Division Annual Meeting bore witness to the practical interest taken in its affairs locally. I t is pleasing to record that several members have been closely associated with the Order for twenty years and more.

At Hither Green Annual Meeting a Certificate of Merit was presented to Sergeant Palmer for his exceptional work in connection with an accident at Metropolitan Junction.

Tonbridge Division Annual Meeting provided conclusive evidence of much good work performed in the past year, including the removal by road to Woolwich of an Army Officer injured at the point-to-point races.

District Officer E. }. Prew, H.S.B., supported by the District Storekeeper, F. Drinkwater, H.S.B., presided at the Battersea DiVision's Annual Meeting. Like other locomotive depots, the change from steam to electric motive power is leading to numerous changes being under review.

The District Final Competition for the Dewar and Symon Eccles Contest was judged by Assistant Commissioner N. Corbet Fletcher, and District Surgeon .A. Connon Roberts,?n at Addiscom be on January 29th. First place was agaID secured by Bricklayers' Arms DIvision, followed by teams from Ashford Station, Deal, Walmer, Chatham, Redhlll and Tonbridge Divisions, in the order given.

Before Mrs. E. A. Richards presented the prizes, the judges briefly commented on the It. clear that the high standard assOCIated WIth the dlstnct IS being well maintained. Arrangements for the afternoon were in the capable hands of District Office.r E. J. Prew, H.S.B., assisted by District Officers F. E. DrInkwater, H.S.B., and W. T. Hancox, H.S.B.

Mrs. Prew, Mrs. Drake, ' and Miss kindly provided tea, thus ensuring the comfort of competItors and fnends.

Amongst many gratifying features of the past the continued support given to the IS noteworthy. The kind to thl.s .dlstrIct 10 the annual report of the Acting Chief CommIssIoner has been much appreciated.

Redhill Division has again had a very succe.ssful year. Ashford station division is also steadily increasing 10 number, whilst its efficiency secured second place in the district final.

Deal and Walmer Division continues to render great service with its motor ambulance. Some interesting developments are expected is this part of East Ken·,

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NO.3 DISTRICT.

Jewi!:.h Division.-Ambulance Officer M. E. Solomon to be Di visional Supt., 5 5.25; Sergt. S. Judah to be Ambulance Offic er, vic e M. E. Solomon promoted, 5.5 25. Canada.

ONTARIO DISTRICT.

St. Thomas Central Nursing Division.-Lady Ambulan ce Officer J. P. Bailey resigned, 5.1.26 New Zealand.

WELLI NGTON DISTRICT.

Wanganui Central Nursing Division.-Ambulanc e Siste r E P oynter to be L ady Ambulance Officer, 249.25, vice Mrs Ellen Kind er resigned.

The ., Corbet Fletcher" Trophy.

WE are sorry to see that the response to this fund duri ng the last month has not come up to our anticipations, a n d we hope that our readers will without delay forward to t he Hon. Sec. their contri butions.

When the testimonial first suggested by one of our r e aders, Dr. Corbet Fletcher immediat e ly proposed it should be devoted to a trophy for annual competiti on amongst am bulance units. During th e past 18 y ears Dr. Fletcher has been resp::msible for the competition t ests of o.f the important comp etitions h e ld in this count ry , and It IS In a great measure due to his untiring e fforts th at comp e titions in first aid hav e reached their pre sent hi gh standard.

We acknowledge the following donations during t he past month ;-

Dr. Con on Robertson

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Our Ambulance Problem (No.5).

The Editors have pleasure in presentmg another problem in ambulance work. Readers of FIRST AID are invited to send solutions, set out as detailed marking sheets, BEFORE THE 10TH OF NEXT MONTH.

The Editors will thtn forward a copy of " History of the Order of St. Tohn " to the candidate who, in the opinion of the doctor-judge who set tha problem, best merits such awar d; and they point out that the continuance of this feat ure in the J oumal on the support which it recei ves from readers.

The Editors remind candidates that they must not write their names and addresses on their detailed solutions and that they must e nclos e these particulars on a separate sheet of pap e r. All entries should be marked" Problem"

The Order of St. John in the Dominion of New Zealand.

THE St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas was inaugurated within the Do.ninion of N ew on the 21St December, 189 2, when the first Overseas ambulance division was form ed in Dunedin. Twelve months later (11th DeC e mber, J 893) an ambulanc e division was organis ed at Au ck land, and on the 30th April, 1895, the first nursing division was formed, namel} the Dunedin Nursin g Division. The Oamaru Ambulance Division was formed on the 18th October, 1899, followed by Wellingt o n on the 18th January, 1900. The Christchurch Ambulance Division cam e into existtnce in 1904, and from that time onward progres') was rapid for quite a number of years.

In the early stag es, the units worked directly under

Ea c h ambulance in Queensland has to carry a breakdown g-ear, including an apparatus called a " Grubber )) which consists of a small windlass and a lon g length of steel wire, to draw the car through rough country.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

JANUARY, 1926.

!he Chief ComI?issioner has sanctioned the following appOintments? promotIOns, and resignations, within the Brigade Overseas durmg the month of January, 1926 ;_ Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALE S DISTRICT.

Marrick ville Nursing Division .--Ambulance Sister Mrs. J S'. Crou.ch to be Lady Ambulance Officer v ice Miss I C WalliS resigned, 31.10.25.

Randwick Nu.rsing- Division.-Ambulance Sister E Mellish to be Divisional Supt., 16.12.25 Mrs. Mawer left the dlstnct. ' India.

NO 2 DI STR ICT.

Shamba za r (8 th ) D il'i sion. - Sergt. P. N. Dhose to be Ambulance Officer, 14 11.25

Contributions should be sent to the HOD. Sec. of t he fund, District Office r McBrid e , 73 , Oller ton-road, N ew Southgate, N. II. ---._.---

The annual dinner of the Southend Division S.J.A. B. was held on January 23rd at Garon's Restaurant, South e n d Alderman Sir J. Francis, J.P., presided, he was support e d by Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson (Chief Co mmissioner).

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It is pleasing to record, that the c e ntre which no w e mbraces the Plymouth and District Ambulance Service, has made rapid strides during the past year, no fewp.r th an 1,5 II pupils instruction in First Aid, quite apa rt from thos e att e nding the regular classes for the train e d personn e l of th e S.J.A. B.

When corresponding with Advert·lse.rs please men " tlon "First Ald."

and addressed to th e Editors, FIRST AID, 46, Cannon-street, Lo ndon, E.C.4.

You are a passenger in an ex press corridor dining train, with next stop in two hours.

You go to the lavatory and find the door locked, and the" occupied" signal on the door.

You notice the floor is slippery, and when you look dow n you see the cause to b e blood, which has oozed from un d e r the door.

When the door was forced an elderl V man was found hu ddled on th e floor with a wound in his throat and a razo r by his side. He was not dead. Carryon.

Sergeant E. L. Dargu e of the Charlaw 2.nd Sacriston Collie ri es A mbulanc e Division has be e n pr e sented with a Gol d Albert by the residents of Sacriston in recognition of hi s 13 years service to the Ambulance cause.

St. John's G lte , but the necessity for organisation and local administration become apparent, and the present Deputy Cbief Commissioner (C ol. Geo. .who was then the Divisional Supt. of the Dunedm Dlvlslon, appoint e d to the po sition of District Supt. and pla.ced 10 charge of all the units in New Z::aland He appomted a small staff to assist him, and after carr YlDg on for some years, it was found that the in.crease in the. str.ength of the Brigade warrant e d the creatIOn of several dlstncts. These were made to correspond with the four centres of the association -A uckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago. Col. Barclay, who previously appointed Assistant Commissioner, was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commission er for N Zealand, and an Assistant Commissioner was placed In charge of each district the first to hold these positions b eing Mr. C. J. Tunks '( A uckland ), Mr. H. H. Seed (Wellington), Major W. W. McKinn e y (Canterbury), and. Capt. J. E. Bone (Otago). The progress made by the Bngade numb er of years was quite remarkabl e- many new dIVISIons were

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formed, and the organisation attained to great P?pularity. It, however, received a considerable set-back In 1912, when the system of defence was altered by the G:>vernment. The old volunteer f('rce was abolished, and its place taken by the army, with its accompanying compulsory mlhtary traInIng.

It was found that man V young men were unable to devote sufficient time to their military duties, and also retain their connection with the Brigade, and the result was a decided falling off in the recrUiting of the ambulance units. Then two years later came the Great War, New Zealand, like other portions of the Empire, felt the strair;t. The ambulance divisions were practically depleted of their members. A good many failed to return to the country, others came back broken in health and unable to resume their former connection with the Brigade, and it has only been within the last year or so that a renewed interest in the work has been manifest.

A reference to the war work would be incomplete without mention of the part played by the mem bers of the Nursing Divisions. Large numbers offered their services as V.A.D.'s, but the difficulty of transport prevented the Government from sending them to Egypt, England, &c., but nevertheless quite a number found their way there at their own expense, and rendered excellent service . Those in N ew found many ways in which they could work for the cause of humanity. They took duty in the

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PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

To be Corporals.

GLAMORG AN COUNTY CENTRE.

of the

igade have received the Service Medal of the Order, while the following show the admissions which have been made to the Order in recognition of services rendered, viz., Knights of Grace 2, Ladies of Grace 2, Esquire I, Honorary Servi ng Brothers 23, Honorary Serving Sisters 2 I, Honor ary Associates 18, Donat I.

fetters to the t;ciitot'.

We are til liD way res/(JIIsible IDr tAe Dpt"iDliS expresse;', Dr tht statemellts made, b, Conespondents.-EDITOR.

BRIGADE RETURNS.

SIR,-

Our Brigade Annnal Returns request that a " Remark " be made against the names of those members who speak a fore ign language. The value of this is more likely to be apparent in

photograph shows a motor ambulance from the Gayndish Ambulance Bngade, Queensland, negotiating one of the important roads in the backwoods. various military hospitals which were opened in the Dominion, gave their labour in the sewing and other Guilds, and in many ways set an example which had a most stimulating effect on their fellow country-women. In recognition of their war work, 200 members of the Brigade received the War Service Badge. As indicating the activity of the Brigade, the following summary of work carried out will be of interest :-

the new Army Reserve schemes, but I feel sure there must be very many members eligible for such distinctions whos e qualifications are not recorded. There must be hundreds of members who are not quite sure whether they speak a foreig n language or not up to the standard required, simply because that standard is not defined.

The method of a member qualifying as a Signaller by passing a test is excellent, and in the same wayan appropriate language test could be conducted. There are men in every city and town who could conduct a little examination each year -and who no doubt would do so quite voluntarily.

I hope this may catch the eye of someone in a position to represent it in the proper quarters, and try to get some standard defined, and its achievement recognised by some distinctive badge on our uniforms. Either that, or delete the point altogether from Brigade Records as being vague.- Yours faithfully, " LINGUA."

APPOINTMENTS, JANUARY, 1926.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Corps Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTR E

Supt. Daniel Roberts, Rhondda Fach Corps, 25.1. 26

To be Corps Inspector of Stores.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRTf.

Supt. William David Thomas, Rhondda Fach Corps, 25.1.26

To be Divisional Surgeons.

CENTR&

Alle n Bathurst Brown, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., (Lond.), BankffJsfelen Division, 25 1. 26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

T. C. Ghose, M R.C S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (L ond. ) Cefn Cribbwr Division, 25. [,26

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFI L CENTRE.

Tho mas Haydn Stephens, M. B, Ch B. ( Edin. ), Merthyr Nursing Di vi sion, 25 1.26

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CIl:NTRK

Ambu lance Officer Thomas James l\1') rris, Aberdulais District Division, 25.I.26

Priva te Wdl ia m Browning, Cefn Cribbwr Division, 25. I. 26 ;\10NMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Amb ulance Officer \VJlliam Penberthy, Tredegar DI vi sion, 25·[,26

To be Ambulance Officers.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant Richard James Giddings, Aberdulais District Division, 8 .1.2 6

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Sergeant Evan Edwards, Ferndale Di vi sion, 21.1.26

" John Samuel Jones, Tylerstown Division, 30.9.25

To be Lady Ambulance Officer.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Am bulance Sister Gwladys Richards, Cardiff Emergency Nursing, 20.1.26

To be Ambulance Officer for Cadets.

BOROUGH OF CENTRE.

Pri vate Edward Facey, Tylorstown Di vi sion, 30.9.25

To be Nursing Officer.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Catherine Jones, Merthyr Nursing Division, 26 .1.26

To be Sergeants.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Co rporal Edgar Manual, 1\berdulais I?i:,ision, 8.1.26

Pri vate Rees Thomas DaVIes, Cefo Cnbbwr DIVIsIon, 26 1.2 6

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Corpora l David Owen Harries, Tylorstown Division, 30.9.25

" Walter Isaac Davies,,, ,. " " William Davies, Ynyshir Division, 21.1 .26

Private Griffith John Rees, Aberdulais District D ivisi on, 9 1.26

" John Williams, " " "S. 1.26

" George Watkins, Cefn Cribbwr Division, 26. T.26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE

Private Lionel George Powell, Hafodyr y nys Di vi sion, 21. 1.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDD A CENTRE.

Pri va te WIlliam Foxwell, Ynyshir Division, 2I.1 26 " " Da vi d Wilmot, Ynyshir DiVIsion, 21. 1,26

To be Divisional Secretaries.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private Ed win Haydn Griffiths, Bankffosfelen Division, 19.1.26

GLAMORGAN COUN fY CENTRE.

Private Frank Robert Clark, Taibach Division, 8.1.26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Thomas Cummins, Hafodyrynys Division, 28.1.26 Leonard Chambler Dedman, Monmouth Division, "4.1.2 6

To be Divisional Treasurers.

CARMARTHEl\ SHIR E CENTRE

Corporal David John J one!:>, Bankffosfelen Division, 19·1.26

GLA:\lORGAN CO UNTY C ENTRE.

Private Robert Bryant, Cefn Cribbwi D ivi sion, 26.1.26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Frederick Randle, Hafodyrynys Division, 28.1.26

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

CARI\1ARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private Edwin Jones, BankffLlsfelen Div ision , 19·1.26 , " Dl vi d Clifford Williams, Llanelly Town D IVIS IOn, 1. I. 26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Ralph Jones, Cefn Cribbwr Division, 26.1.26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private David John Jones, Hafodyrynys Div ision, 28.1.26

To be Cadet Sergeants.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Cadet Patrick John Burgoyne, Newport Town Cadet Division, 26.1.26

BOROUGH OF RHON DDA CENTRE.

Cadet Thomas John James, Tylorstown Cadet, 9 12 2 5 , Geraint Wyn Rhydderch Tylorstown Cadet DIVISion, 9 12 2 5

Cadet Emlyn Edwards, Tylorstown Cadet DIVISion, 9· 12.25

To be Cadet Corporals.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT

Cadet George Ernest Wilkes, Newport Town Cadet Division, 26.1.26 d D"

Cadet Edward Thomas Chivers, Newport Town Ca et lVIsion, 26.1.26

BOROUGH OF RH ONDDA CENTRE.

Cadet John Idris Ja mes, Tylorsto wn Cadet 9. 12 2 5

Cadet William BelvlO, Tylorstown Cadet 9. 12 2 5

Cadet Luther Jenkins, Tylorstown Cadet Dmslon, 9·12

Cadet Haydn Glanville Price, Tylorstown Cadet DIVISIon, 9. 12 2 5

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Cadet Evans Daniels, Tylorstown Cadet Division, 9 12,25

Cadet Trev?r Hughes,,, " " "

Cadet \Vdllam John Wells " "

Divisions Registered.

CARXARVONSHIRE CENTRE, Llandudno Junction Division, 16.1.26

CAR:'IIARTHENSHIRE CEXTRE, Llanelly Nursing Cadet Division, 21. 1.26

GLAi\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE, Bryn Cadet Division, 18 1.26 CENTRE, Cross Keys Cadet Divis ion , 28,I.26

Death.

CAR:'IIARTHIl:KSHIRE CENTRE.

Lady I? Supt. Rebecca Jenkins, Parcyrhun l\ursing DIVISion, 12, I.26

General Interest.

A:\IBULANCE AWARDS ISS UED IN 1925.

The. report. of the. carried out during the year 19 25 agalD provides stnklDg evidence of the development of the ambulance movement in Wales. The educational ?ranch of the Priory's work is regarded as the most Important of its mission and every effort is din:cted towards. brIDgIng ambulance knowledge within ca sy reach of all sections of the people of Wale '. Ern bracing as this programme may the annual rtturns show that each y)car fulfilment, of ambitious aim is brought n e arer.

Roughly. sp ta kJ[)g SlOce the of the Priory an average IDcr ease of two thousand IS recorded in the num ber ?t ambulance a,:ards lSSsued by its Ambulance D , partment In each year. During the twelve months now under rev,lew a, of 9,922 students have passed the exammers In FIrst Aid and Horne Nursing. Over ten men and women in Wales attended courses of lDstructlOn arranged ,by Priory in 1925 and presented for examIDatlOn. A pleasing feature of tbe percentage of Home Nursing awards. In thiS directIOn lDcreas ed pressure is continually being brought to bear upon women of all classes.

MONTHLY MEETINGS.

Lieut. Col?nel Thomas Wallace, M,D., presided at the January meetmgs of the Ambulance and Executive Committees.

, given to the formation of four new and It was agreed to recommend the followin applicatIOns for the service medal of the Order issued b; mand of the Sovereign for fifteen years' ser'vice in the Bngade :-

Commis,sioner G. Oliv e r , Borough of Newport Centre) Sub·Commlssloner MaJ'or A WAd Glamo C C . n erson, rgan cntre; Divisional Supt. W. H. Jones, Centre; Corporal William DaVIes, Yoyshlr DIVision, Borough of Rhondda Centr e

An application for a bar to the service medal of C Inspector of Stores T. Thomas, Dowlais Corps' who complet <: d twenty. years' was approved. '

, ,The CO,mmlttee unanimously recommended Dr Wilham Watkm Jones of Merthyr and Dr. Horace

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Binks, re,sidf'nt in ,"Y as Honorary Life:: Memb ers of the Pnory 10 recogmtlOn of their services.

It was reported that the Right Hon, Thomas Richards had been elected .Chairman of the Welsh Home Servic e Ambulance Committee and F. ,p, Robathan, M.C., The report of tbiS Committee was considered and .It was agreed .t hat the Priory take over as and when the followmg a!'l1bulance stations , at which Hom e Service Ambulance cars are stationed :-

Cardiff, Cross Keys, Llandovery, Llanelly, N ;;wtown Maesteg, and Ystradgynlais. '

The Committee passed a vote of thanks to Colonel J. Jones, M. D" K, H.S., V. D., for the shield he IS for annual competition by teams of St. John Cadets 10 Wales: In most of the Centn s, Cadet DIvisions have been raised and a Welsh championship shield will {ncourage the members to increase their efficiency.

, It was reported that the Principal Secretary had been to take as the Honorary Director of Ambulance 10 connectIOn with the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales at .Swansea ye ar. Authority was given him to thIS offic.c and It was agreed that the Priory do all in power to assist the Committee in making the comp etitIOns a success.

LLANDUDNO WELLS SPA TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENT

A ,report has been received from the Secretary of th e Llan?nndod Wells Spa Treatment Establishment on th p worklOg ?f this during 19 2 5

An lOcreasmg number of patients are each year takin g advantage of this establishment where form of tr eatment usually found at a Spa is obtained at a minimu m cost. In each case great benefit has been duived. Th e average, length of. stay is three weeks. The beneficial results I,n some mstancf s are r emar kable, aud chron ic rheumatic cases have been greatly improv e d. Many large employers have adopted the subscription scheme whic h enables m e mbers and their staffs to obtain tr e atment at greatly reduced fees.

No restrictions undermine the resources of this Inst itutlOn. The free to prescribe what he consider s best for patient. A most convincin g IS the fact that many of the patients who VISIted the Spa 10 1924 were anxious to return last year.

Centre Reports.

CARMARTHEN5HIRE CENTRE.

ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.

George Roblings conducted the Annual InspectIOn of the Pembreyand Burry Port G.W.R. a.nd Bankffosfelen Ambulance Divisions on December 3 0t h and January. loth .. In both cases the Inspecting Office r reported satisfactorIly on the appearance and e fficiency of the members.

BURIAL OF MISS REBECCA JENKINS

A large contingent of Ambulance and Nursing M fmbers of the Amman Vallty Corps in charge of Corp s Officer Brinley Richards, Di v. Surgeon Dr. L. E. L, Lewis , Supt. T. Davies, and Supt. Mrs. W. Rees, att e nded th e of the late Lady Supt. of the Parcyrhun Nursin g DIvIsIOn, on Saturday, January 16th. The impressive scenes wltnessed, and the large gathering of repre3eotatives of all branches of the local public life bore testimony to

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the esteem her great interest in all mattus connected with the welfare of others had won. To all in the locality her death has meant a distinct luss.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE. TESTIMONItI_L TO

STAFF OF FICER.

At the Grey.hound Hotel, Pontypridd, on Jan. 21St, Staff Officer Wtlham G)ddard was the recipient of a testimonial from the Pontypridd Corps, Officers and members attended the ceremony over which Dr. Washington Evans (D: v. Surg€o n Cwm Colli':!ry Division) presided, supported by C3ptain F. P. Robathan, M.C., D-. J. N. MacDJnald, Corps Supt. Williams Evans, Corps Treasurer W. Towns· end, and Corps Secretary R H ,: wer.

Dr. Washington Evans and Corps Supt. Evans on behalf of the Pontypridd Corps, presented a gold watch and chain and illuminated address to their staff officer, exp ressing gratitude and appreciation of his lcng and devoted services. Mr . Goddard has an c-xcellent ambulance record; he holds the suvice medal of the Order, awarded for fifteen years efficient service in the Brigade, and last year his "ork was further recognised by election as an Honorary Serving Brother of the Order.

CWMGWRA CH MEM BERS RECEIVE AWARDS.

Tbe Cwmgwrach Ambulance Division organised a concert at the Welfare Pavilion, Cwmgwrach Park, on Thursday, January 21St. Mr. W, Evans, M.E., presided, an d during the interval Divisional Surgeon Dr. T. McClure

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entitled "Sweet Lavender" given by the local school children under the direction of Mr. E::nrys L Evans, to a crowded audience at the Pd.rk Hall, Senghenydd, on Wednesday, 13th J a nuary. Lady Staff Officer Mrs. C. T. Hurry Riches was present.

The officer-in· charge of the Scnghenydd Ambulance Division, Supt. Evan Morgan, introduced th e Commissioner and presented warrants of appointment to the ::adet officers. He thanked the children and instructors not only for their delightful acting but also for their kindness in giving the performance to raise funds to equip the Smghenydd Cadtt Ambulance D;vi,ion which was registered in October last. The Commissioner also took this opportunity of thanking the local colliery workmen for their voluntary levy of one halfpenny per man per month towards the upkeep of the ambulance and nursing divisions in SE.nghenydd.

At the close of the performance the joint Ambulance Officer David Lewis and Mr. Edward Thomas, were heartily congratulat ed ou the excellent evening thty had successfully organised, A cordial vote of thanks was r as '5ed to the Commissioner, on proposition of Mrs. Evans, one of the lady guardians.

SUPPORT FOR THE BRYN CADET

A whist drive and dance was held at the Church Hall, Bryn, on Thursday, 7th January, for the purpose of raising funds to equip the Bryn Cariet Ambulance Division which has recently been registered. The cadets have been trained by Corps Treasur er D. Pugh. Sub·Commissioner Lemuel Jones distributed ptiz?s aQd appealed to those prec;ent to give their assistance and support to Mr. E. Parry, who had been nominat'!d as Superintendent of th e new Cadet Division, and to further develop the am nnvement by becoming members of the ap-d nursif1g divisions ,

W[NNERS OF NEATH CORPS CuP,

The cup presented by Colonel Bickerton Edwards for competition among,t members of the Neath Corps was won by the Onllwyn Seven Sistus Division, captained by Divisi ( nll SJPt. W. H , Sinne tt. It o;,ac; stat e d in a previous issue that Gl} n Neath s =curc::d this trophy, and Priory regrets any trouble this error has caused.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

PONTLLANFRAI TH RAILWAY Ai\IBULA TCE DlnSION IN SPECTED.

FFALDAU AND GARW TE Al\I.

Back row, left to right.-W. F. Jones (No.4), T, Anstey (1 0.2), c. S, Parris (r eserve), R. Lovell (reserve).

Front row (l eft to right),-Ambulance Officer J. Lewis (Ca ptain ), Dr. V. A. Newton (Divisional Surgeon and Instructor), Police Sergeant E. Evans (Divisional Supt. ) Sergeant E. G. Howells (No. I), Inset.-\V, H. Matthews (N o.3),

The trophies won by this efficient team include five shields, two cups, five cases of cutlery and twenty-two gold and silver medals; and during the period from March to September, 1925, £30 was won in monetary prizes.

presented first aid certificates and vouchers to the successful mtmbers. An interesting feature of the programme was a presentation by Mr. Gumos Jones on behalf of the Division to Corps Secretary W. T. Richards in appreciation of his able services as instructor.

SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT SENGHENYDD.

The Commissioner for Wales presided !l,t a cantata

The Pontllanfraith Railway Ambulance Division under the Acting Officer in charg E', COl poral J. Fox, paraded for annual insp e ction on the 11th D_cember. The inspection was carried out by Staff Officer Cap'ain S . T. Beard, O.B.E., on behalf of the Commissioner for Monmouthshire, who reported that the drill and first aid work were well done.

PONTLOTTYN DRAlIIATIC PARTY.

The Pontlottyn Am buh:.nce Division has organised a Dramatic Party. Two performanc es were given in Pontlottyn last month with great succ(.ss, and th e Divisi,on announces these Dramatic Players are prepared to give concerts to help raise funds fur other Divisions of th,e Brigade. Those who desire to take advantage of thiS generous offer are invited to app'y to Ambulance Officer J. Lloyd Greening, 10, Queen-street! Pontlottyn.

ANNUAL INSPECTION AT EBBW VALE.

Officers and m e mbers of the Ebbw Vale Ambulance Division paraded under Divisional Supt. W H. Charles for annual inspection hy Staff Offic e r Captalll S. T. Beard

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O.B.E, on Monday, 28th December. The parade represented the full strength of the Division with the exception of two members who were absent with leave. Captain Beard reports this Di vision, which was form e d in February of last year, is ve ry promising.

AM BUL ANCE CO MP ETI TIO NS AT FORT HCO MIN G PON1Y POOL EI STE DDFOD.

The eighteenth annual meeting of the Pontypool and District A nnual Easter E isteddfod has been organised by a joint Committee of the P ontypool Ambulance Corps and the Pontypool Town Silver Band. Four attractive ambulance competitions have been arranged for nurses, ambulance teams, and tear;ns of boy and girl cadets, and handsome trophies and monetary prizes are offered. Programmes be obtained from the Secretary, Mr. Jones Bees, 17, Nicholas-street, Pontypool, post free 3d.

TRE DEGAR AMB ULANCE DIVISION.

On behalf of the Commissioner for Monmouthshire, Staff Officer Captain S. T. Beard, O.B.E., conducted the annual inspection of the Tredegar No. I Ambulance Division, recently re·named TredegG.r Division, on the 30th December This Division has been revived and in cbarg e of A mbulance Officer W. Penberthy, now has a strength of fifty five. Captain Beard expressed great satisfaction on the standard of efficiency and the progress made.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

SOCI AL GATHERING AT Y NY SHIR.

Supt. and Mrs. J. Moore entertain e d a large gathering of ambulance and nursing members at a social function held at St. Annt. s Churcb, Ynyshir, on January 23rd. The chair was taken by the R ev. Thomas Williams, who was supported by Staff Surgeon Dr. M. C. O. Hurley, Staff Officer J H. Davies, Corps Sec. C. Gronow, Corps Treasurer Daniel Roberts, Corps Inspector of Storp.s, W. D Thomas,. Ambul a nce Officfrs William Morgan, S. AtklDs, T Richards, S e rgeanLs Gwilym Thomas and William Roberts, and Mr. George Cross Staff Officer J. Ii. Davies, on behalf of the Commissioner of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, Captain T. E. Richards, pres ent f' d warrants of appointment to Lady Supt. Miss E. G. Davies, Sergt. W. Davies and Corporals Foxwell. and w,. D. Wilmo t t. Congratulating the reCIpIents on theIr appoIntment , Staff Officer Davies referred with pride to the pre -war strength of the Rhondda Fach Corps, which was one of the foremost strongholds of ambulance, and remarked that although they had experienced periods of great hardship since then he felt confident that the Corps would regain its high standard by the unity and co-op Eration of all ranks.

The Saron Young People's Glee Party gave an excellent programme of music under the directi o n of Mr. David P. Evans, which was greatly appreciated, and after hearty votes of thanks had been accorded to those who had contributed in. ways to the success of the evening, the company JOIned A mbulance Officer T. Richards in the singing of "Hen Wlad Fy Nhaddau."

ARRAN

GEMENTS FOR OPEN CO MPETITION.

At the annual meeting of Llwynppia Division held on January 8 h! it was decided .to organise an open ambulance competItion at Llwynypla some time in the month September The obj ect of this proposed contest IS to create an Impetus to ambulance workers and the D ivision, l!nder the direction of Div. Supt. David Morgan, M.E, IS to be commendej on its enterprise. The Divisional Secretary, Ambulance Officer W. R Matthews,

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2, Royal Terrace, Trealaw, desires to select a date co nvenient to all ambulance workers, and to enable him to do this, competition secretaries who are arranging for events to be held during Septem ber are asked to kind ly send him the dates.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

CARDIF F CITY NURSES' FINE REC ORD.

Over one hundred and fifty guests were present at the Secondary School, Canton, Wednesd ay, Janua.ry 13th, at a DriVe and SOCIal Eveni ng, organIzed by the Cardiff CIty Ambulance and Nurs ing Divisions. L"l.dy Staff Officer Miss M. Metcalf, RR. C. who presided, presented prizes which had been given by local helpers, and in her remarks stated that over six hundred duties had been voluntarily performed by the Cardiff CIty Nursing Division during the year 19 2 5. Among the Officers present were Lady Divl Miss M. Kernick, Lady Ambulance Officer Miss W. R ees Ladv Ambulance Officer Miss J. Painter, and H. T. Evans. A musical programme contributed to a most c:njoyable evening

AMBULANCE ARRAN GEMENTS AT THE INTERNATION AL RU GB Y MAT CH

Staff Officer Bernard E. Maberley was in command of the ambulance arrangements made in conjunction with the Chief Constable, Mr. J a mes E. Wilson, M.B.E., for the International Rugby Match, England versus Wales, play ed in the Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, 16th January. T he ambulance workers had a busy time and carried cut th eir duties to the general satisfact ion.

SOCIAL GA THERIN G AT BARRY DO CK.

Expression was given to the social side of the activit ies of the St. John men and nurst's in Barry Dock on Saturd ay, 9'h January, when Officers and members of the Barry Do ck Ambulance and Nursing Divisions att e nded a social gath ering held at the )iedical Comforts Depot, Barry. Staff Officer F. R Hortop presided and was supported by Su pt. Charles Lennc x and Lady Supt. Mrs. A. Paul. O ne hundred and fifty members and their friends were ent ertained to supper, -which was followed by an entertainme nt given by Leighton assisted by Madam Sylv ia. Corporal F. Burnell, Mr. Edwin Sanderson, Miss D. Fidl er, and Messrs. S. Morgan and S. Manley contributed to an enjoyable musical programme, and games and danci ng concluded a very happy evening.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

INTERESTIN G SLIDES SHOWN AT NEWPORT.

Mr. G. Campbell Oliver, Commissioner of Newpo rt, on the J2th January gave a Lantern Lecture on the Ord er of St. John to the members of the Newport High-street Railway Class, of which Mr. Elms is secretary T he attendance far exceeded expectation and visitors came fro m Newport and many of the surrounding districts.

The meeting was such a success that Mr. Elms pr oposes to arrange for a further lecture this month.

This series of slides and typed lecture are available t o ambulance workers and may be obtained on application t o the Priory Headquarters.

News in Brief.

Notification has been to Commissioners that th e Am bulance and Nursing Competitions for the" Llandinam "

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Shield and" Arthur Griffiths Memorial" Cup will be held in Cardiff on the 1st of May next. The winning teams in th e se contests will represent Wal €. s in the international competitions for the" Dewar" Shield and" Perrott" Cup to be held in London on the 7th May next, when Her Ro yal Highness, Princess Arthur of Connaught will present the Competition Secretaries in th e various Counties in Wa les are now making their arrangements for 1926. To avoid overlapping and give everyone an opportunity of competing, the Commissioner for Wales is preparing a tab le showing the dates on which each Centre proposes to arr ange its Contests during the present year, and Officers in charge are req uested to kindly send particulars of their fort hcoming events to Headquarters as early as possible.

An interesting announcement in the New Year Ho nours list WJ.S the Baron e tcy conferred upon MajorGe neral Sir Robert Jon es, K.B.E, C.B., F.RC.S. S;r Ro bert Jones, whose wide interests and important appointme nts in connection with the Surgical and medical pro fe ssions have brought him into great prominence, is ver y closely associated with th e Priory. Since its inception he has held th e office of Surgeon -in -Chief for Wales

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SCOPE OF FIRST-AID.

O. J. (Tooting ).-With certain d iseases patients suffer a!?'onies of pain, as result of distension of bladder. Please explain this condition and tell us what is the correct First-Aid treatment.

Such cases are beyond the scope of F irst-Aid, because th ey do not fall within our category of "sudden accident and illn ess. " Therefore, we have nothing to say except to advise tha t a doctor be consulted without delay and that proper att ention be given to his advice.-N. COR BET FL ETC HER

E XAM IN AT ION HO WLER.

H. P. (Monmouth ).- In a recent examination a candidate was asked to describe the position of the epiglottis. With commendable promptitude, he replied :-" On h ea d oJ ; e11ZUY! " Results of exam ination are not yet to hand ! Good 1 Next, please ! !-N.C.F.

VA GA RiE S OF L ECTURERS

D. D. (V lctoria ) - I hear that a certain course of lectures is now being condu cted in this fashion. The doctor sits in

chair reading the evening newspaper while the superinreads. through the Textbook, word for word, occaSIOnally pausmg to offer some explanation. The doctor on occasions ,makes remarks ; and once concluded these by saymg that, If he had to be examined on the Textbook, he would fail.

Do you not th ink su ch treatment would damp the keenest enthusiasm ?

I agree; and I s.u g gest that your Superintendent should look elsewhere next time for a lecturer who realises that F irstAid. work is not conducted for perso.1al profit, e ven by the medical correspondent of an 'lmbulan c e j ournal. - N C. F

TR EATMENT OF PA RTIAL ASPHYXiA.

A. B. (West Hampstead ).- Sometimes when we are dr inking some of the flu id "goes the wrong way " and causes and d istressin g attack of part ial Asphyxia due to chokmg. Please tell us how you would deal with this condition.

Treatment Of part ial Asphyxia falls with in the section which deals with Chokin g (Textbook, p. 132 ) So you can follow the treatment there sug g ested; and further, you will find that the attack passes more quickly if you ra ise both hands of patient above h is head as is su gg ested for Bleeding from Nose (p 105 ) -N .C.F.

F RACTURE OF B OTH L EGS

W. S. ( Wakefield ).-In a recent compet it ion a man was supposed to have fra ctured both legs s ix inches below knees Some te a ms placed a well padded splint between both limbs and spl ints on outs ide of each limb. All bandages were placed round both limbs. Do you consider th is modification prefe rable to the more usual plan of treating each fractured lim b separately ?

No, I do not ! Wh il e I a gree that patient, thus treated, c ould probably be re moved with safety , yet I ant ic ipate waste of time when pat ient reaches med ical a id be cause for exam inat ion of one limb, both mus t be temporar ily released from control of splints and banda g es. Fu r ther, effic ient First Aid seeks to ass ist and not to h inder the doct or who takes cbarge later.-N.C.F

FR ACTURE OF WIT H DI SLOCATION OF E LBOW.

F. T. ( Maitland Park ).-To settle a d iscuss ion will you please tell us if it is poss ib le for a pat ient to susta in fracture of humerus in upper third with d islocation of elbo w as the result of a fall on elbow ?

Yes.-N.C F.

CO LLE S AND CHAFFEU RS F RACTUR ES.

F. T. (Maitland Park ).-Please tell us the differen ce between a Chaffeur's fracture of forearm and a Colles Fracture. Roth fractures involve lower end of rad ius : but, whereas colles fracture is usually obl ique and due to indirect violence (fall on palm of han d) , a Cha ff eur s fracture is usually transverse, due to direct violence and s ituated a little h igher than the Colles.-N.C.F.

A i\IBULA NCE P ROBL EM N O. 4.

A. B. (Boston ).-I desire to direct your a ttention to the howlers in the paper which was awarded the pr iz e for solving A mbulance Problem NO. 4 in the January issue FIRST AID (p. 17 5) May I ask since vi ne,g-ar and water and lemon juice water have been alkal ies lJ and s ince when limewater, c halk and magnesia have been "weak acids" ?

Last month you asked if the Editor should be " sacked " on account of a misprint. This month I ask who is responsible for pass ing such glar ing howlersthe Editor, the Candidate or the Examiner?

-PIRST

As r was not the examiner, I give up the solution of your query! ! -N.C.F.

FRACTURED SPINE.

A. T. ( Hampstead).-For lifting patient with Fractured Spine, especially when doubt exists as to strength of coat, please tell us if you would advise passing bandages (used for lifting patient) inside or outside the coat.

Outs ide; and so save some unnecessary manipulations of patient.-N.C.F.

MEDICAL OFFICERS IN BRIGADE.

D. T. ( Monmouth).-I am a fully qualified chemist and druggist and hold rank as private m the Brigade. r am tOld, however, that, in view of my qualification, I should hold an officer's position next to that of Divisional Surgeon-namely, as Assistant Surgeon. Please tell me if this is true.

Your information is incorrect. All surgeons in the Brigade must be "registered and qualified medical practitioners."N.C F.

E FF ECTS OF SCALP WOUND.

T. F. (Hull ).-I read with much interest the articles on Can 01 the Outward Man which have recently appeared in FIRST AID. I now write to ask your advice about a bald patch on my scalp which followed an accident to head three years ago and has persisted ever since.

Our advice is that you consult your own doctor, as treatment of bald patches of scalp does not fall within scope of First Aid.-N.C.F

CAUSE OF BLoOD PRESSURE.

F. E. ( Oldham ).-I would like to suggest that you should tell us something about" Blood Pressure," a subject which is not included in I ask this because, though I been a FIrst Alder for 24 years, I know nothing about It, and the other day had to confess that I did not understand what was meant by the term-"" A blood pressure of 2 00."

A knowledge of what" Blood Pressure" means and what causes give rise to the condition is not necessary to treatment of cases of" sudden illness and accident." Therefore we must turn down. your suggestion, because it falls outside scope of First Ald.-N.C.F.

A SPHYXIA AND FRACTURED . RIBS.

A. G. (Walwall ).-With reference to query of above title with which you dealt with in December, 1925, issue of FIRST AID, r presume tblt it would be correct to apply bandages tu ribs, to support upper limb in large arm-sling after breathing had been restored by artificial respiration. Perhaps it would, perhaps it would not be correct to act as you suggest. In any case the patient who has been restored to life by artificial respiration must be removed recumbent on a stretcher. Under such circumstances the ribs run little risk of further injury and might justifiably be left to look after themselves ( though there can be no objection to armsling ) more particularly because there is always a risk of Asphyxia recurring and necessitating renewal of active treatment.-N.C.F.

FRACTURES OF RIBS AND CLAVICLE.

S.n. (Willesden ).-Please tell us how you would treat a man who had sustained simple Fracture of Ribs and simple Fracture of Clavicle, both injuries being on same side.

r would apply bandages to ribs as is laid down in Textbook (p. 54); and, this done, I would treat the fractured collar-bone in the ordinary way (p.

AID - February, 1926.

TREATl\IENT OF CHOKING.

J.B. (Cardiff).-Recently a boy tried to swallow a lump of sugar, which became fixed in his throat so that he could not breathe and became red in the face. I at once placed his head well forward and thumped his back between the shoulder-blades with the result that the piece of su gar was expelled. I have since been told that my treatment was wrong, and I submit the point for your decision. The correctness of your action is proven by its pro mpt success. So tell your critic to "go to Halifax."-N.C.F.

STINGS OF BEES AND WASPS.

C. T. (Acton) -At a recent lecture the doctor stated tha t t h e nature of a bee-sting is " distinctly acid" whereas that of a is "distinctly alkaline." Such being the case, would I.t not be better treatment for wa.sp stings to a pp ly weak VInegar and water rather than dilute ammoni a as recommended in the Textbook for all stings.

Little is really known of the nature of poisons injecte d by bees and wasps; and it was for long accepted that the chi ef t?xic agent was. formic acid an? that, the.refore, prompt appl ica tlOn of an alkah would neutrahse the aCid and so avoid seriou s consequences.

An article in the L':lncet (Sept. 6th, 1919) supports the tr ut h of the ?f a wasp-sting is dist in ctly alkalme, an mterestmg fact In view of the old-time ho me remedy of rubbing a wasp-sting with onion juice which is a cid Among gardeners there is the belief that wasps draw t hei r venof!l from !,oun.g laurel leaves which are rightly supposed o contam pruSSIC aCid. Further, wasps are known to be vorac iou s flesheaters, which may further explain the alkaline natur e of their poison.-N.C.F.

HUMOURS OF FIRST AID.

W. G. (York).-During a football match recently, sev era l players met with slight accidents; and in two instance s th e official-in-charge gave attention as far as his perso na l knowledge would carry him. After the game one of th e trainers asked him why he placed a wet sponge in the player's mouth. He replied that he had seen someone e lse place a sponge between the to g u a r d agaz'1ZSt L ockjaw,l,l Not a bad howler, eh ?

Yea. Very good! Next, please! !- -N.C.F.

J. E. D. (East Croydon) asks :-(1 ) Does a water bottle fo rm part of a Cadet's equipment?

(2) Is there a special button hole badge for Cad ets when not in uniform?

(3) Who appoints Cadet N.C.O.'s?

(I) No. (2) No.

(3) A cadet officer nominates Cadets for appointment a s N.C.O.'s, such nominations being signed by the officer in charge of the parent Division to which the Cadet Division is attached.

The appointments are officially made by the Commissio ner with the approval of the Chief Commissioner.

W. D. (Haslingden -Chevrons are worn both on th e Jacket and the Great Coa tmid way between point of should er and elbow on the right arm.

G. C. (Durham).- We suggest that you apply to th e manager of the local colliery regarding qualifications a nd enrolment in a Rescue Brigade. We believe that each Colliery Brigade is a self-contained unit and more or less under the colliery management.

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DAN G ERS O F IN F LAMMABLE HAIR COM B S.

Some months ago I was called to see a young woman whose scalp had been severely burnt. Her relations stated that she had been standing near a fire whilst rubbing into her hair an alcohol ic lotion. She then fixed into her cair some celluloid comb:;, which almost immediately burst into flame. Her hair and scalp were severely damaged before the relatives could remove the combs.

The has n?w but there remains a large adherent painful scar, In which nearly all the hair follicles are destroyed, and on which, consequently, very little hair is likely to grow. The increasing number of such accidents serves to accen,tuate th,e danger of wearing inflammable hair combs, and, lD my View, the manufacture of such articles should be strictly prohibited. - Bri tish Medica l Tournat

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EDITORIAL.

THE long awaited particulars regardA New Reserve. ing the re-formation of the Military Hospitals Reserve have now been is sued. On e x amination, the conditions appear to b e far su per ior to those which existed for the pre-war Reserve T hey are definite and explic i t, and the Ch ief Commissione r is to be congratulated on the success of his efforts to se cure the best terms possible for the m e mbers of the 8t. John A mbulance Brigade who, in time of peac e, desir e to fit themselves for service in tim e of war In a work with which many have for years p ast been connect ed.

Whereas the old Reserve recruited men for Home Hosp itals only, this new R e serve, re-namEd "Military Hos pitals Reserve ," recruits for se rvice at home or abro ad, and all entrants mu:st accept the dual service.

First A iders, in the event of mobilisation doubtless ende avour to enter one of the medical services, while some woul d be successful in obtaining their desire, the majority woul d be unable to do so, and those who did succeed woul d probabJy have to join at the ordinary rates of pay.

Pay for the new R e serve is based on T radesmen's rate s for the Army, Group C, and pay and allowances ar e give n while a Reservist is on training, as well as on mobilis ati on. The allowances are the same as those for serving sold iers and re-arranged annually in accordanc e with the inde x figure for the cost of living as published by the Min istry of Labour.

Reservists are entitled to compensation In the same way as members of the Territorial Army.

From the procedure of recruiting set out In the Brig ade Order, it is apparent that Headquarters have decided to model its administration on the lines of that of

the Royal Naval Au x iliary Sick Berth R e se rve, which has proved such a great success, and it only to be hoped that the War Office will give the same measure of support as that afforded by the Admiralty.

Having obtained the terms of servic "' , which should be very popuhr, th e Chief Commissioner may look forward to much support from the rank and file, and so prove that the St. John Ambulance B rigade is j ust as read y now as in the past to maintain in times of peac e R e serves for the Medical .Forces of the Crown which are re q u ired in times of war

Home Service Ambulance.

THERE are now 348 Home S ervice Ambulance Stations in the country, and 37 affiliated stations, making a total of 385 The number of pat i ents carried during the last thr e e months of 1925 was 1 9, 7 19 , bringin g the total number of cases carried to 31st D ec e mber, 19 2 5, to 35 1,5 28

The numb er of cases carr ied by the ambulances during the quarter ended 3 [st D ecemb er, 1925, was 4 1 1 mor e t h a n that carried in the Sept e m ber quarter, and is in excess of the number carried in any previous quarter since th e S e rvice began. These figures show how great is the call for invalid transport in the country. Av eraging ove r 200 cases a day, the numbers are far in e xcess of any esti mat e that was formed when the Service was first set up

During the past quarter a d e cision of the Hom e Service Ambulance Comm itt e e has been announced which will, it is hoped, have far-reac h ing e ffe cts in inspirin g fresh effo r t in the formation of a ctive units of the Ord e r of St. John and British Red Cross Society. Two years ago it was decided that no new am b ulance stations would be considered unless they were to be under the control of members of one or other body. The very satisfactory results ensuing from this decision have en c ouraged the Committee to go a step further. Henceforth , no renewals of old ambulances will be granted unless the ambulances are to be in charge of members of the Order or the Society. To carry this into effect without detriment to the interests of th e community will call for a great effo rt on the p art of those organising the work of the two bodIes In the country.

The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

Chancery of the Order, St. fohn's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E. C.I, Februan I9 2 5',

ORDER OF ST. JOHN.

of Renour of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England have been awarded to the following for conspicuous gallantry in saving life at imminent personal risk.

Thomas Race, Trolleywayman, Houghton Pit.

Samuel Waterfall, Railway Station Foreman, Gloucester.

William Henry Owen, Colliery Drawer, Golborne Colliery, Torn Brown, Private, St. John Amhulance Brigade, Wallsend.

The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480.

(Contmued from page I35.)

After that the Turks had finished th e ir shot of bombards, the fifth before th e kalends of the month of August, about the clock in the mornillg they came togethc:r with grt.at multitude and number and anon they passed ov er the ditch, which was then fulfilled with the ruin of the broken walls of the city, and so anon they climbed lightly upon the walls and more lightly than the Rhodians could in t!:leir side with ladd e rs and stairs.

Anon after that th e se Turks were upon the walls they slew all the Christian men that there were in defence, and set up there their standards b3.nners· afore that the Rhodians might climb up with ladders the walls.

But anon the Rhodians were th e re at th e ir hands and was given of one party and other a great and horrible cry, for all the party of Rhodes cried on J - sus Christ and the Turks cri e d Mahomet. An d the Rhodians fighting manly and h eart ily resisted and wichstood the great press of the Turks,

Th e re was the worshipful lord, the Lord of Monteuil captain of the men of war of Rhodes and broth e r to the Lord Master and there were with him many manly knights of the Or?t'r ?f Rhod e s, and many other men of the city, of the WhICh In that assault and battle some were slain and many were wounded.

There were in that side of the assault four grf'it ladders in divers places for to go up and down to the walls of the which one was toward the J e ws street and by that laddn and place the Turks carne down into the city,

But auoo the Lord Master commanded that it should be cut andn olled down, and he himself in another place by, went uppn t?e walls wi,th, his .company and there they fought the enemIes of Chnst s fallh as manly as ever did the Romans for th e ir empire, and slew many Turks and finally beat them off.

But the Lord Master had five wounds, of the which one was jeopardy of his life, but through the grace of God and help of le(ch es and surgeons he was helped. And he for his great manhood and noble heart to God and to his

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Order, through a!l Rhodes was the very father and defender of the CIty and of the faIth of Tesus Christ.

And what great glory and laud he and his company with all the fighling men of Rhodes that same day deserved the noble and manly act showed it, for upon the walls of Rhodes and in the places that we have said were two. thousand and hundred Turks in clean harness, and behmd them followmg by and by, as after was said an d known, was the number of eleven thousand Turks.

They that had gotten the walls fought for to thrust down and cast off the walls the Christian fighting men which manly resisted their fury, and so the fighting end ure d by the space of two hours that it was in doubt, who should have the victory; for other whiles a man should have deemed that the Rhodians should have had the victory, and anon the fortune changed, EO that no man should have thought the contrary, but that the Turks should h3.v e hld the victory of the Rhodians and th e ir intent of the cit y, for fortune was so marvellously unstable, after t.he space of two hours, through the grac e and pIty of almIghty God and through the virtue and manhood of the worship(ul and triumphant the Lord Mas ter of Rhodes and of his p =ople, the Turks were put uttEr ly to the worse.

They were smitten down and beat out off the wall s witb so great might and manly fighting of the Rhod ian s which so stf'adfastly carne upon them, that the Turks With great fear and hastiness turned their backs and in so great number that in fleeing one hurt and wounded the otber.

But of ,the fairest and m,anliest deeds and worthy to be had m mmd, that the Chnstian people did in that assault ag ainst the Turks, was, when a great number of the Turks were upon the walls in the ward where the Jews hotf the k e eping and ther e the said Turks stoutly fought droa thrown down off the. walls, the Christian fighting people for to have entry to the city.

But the Christian people with great manhood and fury thr f' w down off toe walls to the city three of them and more, which were slain, some with the horrible falls beside the walls, for th e highness of the walls was forty feet, to that the Rhodians climb ed up with ladders, and oft e n might not for the shot of the engines of the Turks come upon the walls, but by a c ertain token of the ringing of a bell at the watch plac e of the walls. Some were bun e d and afterwarcis slain with the Rhodi:ms weapons, so that all the street call ed the Jury by the walls was full of their blood and carrion and thither afterwards carne all the p e ople of Rhodes to SEe and to wonder the mischief of the Turks.

Also aft :: r that the Turks so mischieviouslyand sh amefully were put off of their assault and fled to their host the Lord Mon,teuil, br?ther to the worshipful Lord Master: pursued them mto thel,r tents and lodgings where they sle w many of them and spOiled them of their j and ha rnes s of war, of there harness and standards, the which they brought WIth them to Rhodes, crying merrily and ma king great joy, and entered again into Rhodes through the broken walls, for a pf.rpetual memory.

In that assault for certain were slain thre thou san d and five hundred Turks! for their carrion and bodies were found and seen and numbered by the Rhodians of th e which bodies and carrion, some were found within the city, some upon the walls, and many in the ditches an d ma:lY by the sea side.

And because that all Rhodes stank of their carrion , both within and without, they put them on a heap out

March, 19 26 , -FIRST of the town, where they ordained great fire, with the which anon taey were burnt and consumed to ashes.

But they that afterward yielded them to the faith of Jp.sus, and forsook their, false belief, because of certam mlTacle5 that followed, saId for truth that since the Turks carne to lay siege to Rhod e s, there were of them slain nine thousand, eighteen thousand sore wounded and gri evo usly hurt.

And thiS they knew in so much as the great Pasha of the Turks made after this great assault, counts and reckonings of all hiS me:) of war, and so the Pasha with all his hos t was full of sorrow and confused.

But always God Almighty for to deliver finally Rhod e s his Christian city, and for to put the Turks 10 great-cr confusion, showed suddenly in this asnalt hiS love and his sw eet grace to his Christian people. For by the Commandment of the Lord Master, a banner of J Christ, anotber of Our L'ldy, and another of St. John Riptist, patron of th e Order of Rhodes, were set up on th e walls, when the ba ttle was on both sides most sharpFSt.

And anon after the Turks saw prop e rly in the midst of the clean and bright air, a CT03S all of shining gold, and also saw a bright virgin, which had in hEr tlands against th e host of the Turks a spear and a shitld, and in that sight also appeared a man clothed in poor and vile array , whic h was accompani ed with great number of fair and well-be-seen men in arms, as if he would come down to th e help of Rhodes.

By the cr o ss of gold we may justly und er stand, our Savio ur Jesus Christ, and by the V rglO we may understand O tlr Lady Blessed Marie, and by the man poorly clothed we m3.Y undtrstand the H )ly Saint John Baptist, Patron and avenger of the Order of Rhod e s, which was accompanied with saints and angels of God for to help the Rbodians. The which Godly and heavenly sight put plainly the Turks in so great wonder and fear, that in no manner after they took council among them to leave their int e nt an d turn again to their country, so that through the grace an d miracles of almighty God and through the prudence an d ddigpnce of the Lord Master, and faith and manhood of the knights of Rhodes and obeisance of all the people, Rhodes was and is preserved and kept from the Turks captiv ity,

These miracles in so much more are in confirmation and devotion to our Christian faith, because that the first k nowl edge of them came by vision and right of the Turks, enemie s to our Christian faith, for afterward many of hem forook their false belief and w " re christened within th (:; city of Rhodts. Where as tbey openly and constantly to all the men of Rhodes, with one accord and with great courage made faith and knowledge of the godly and h eav enly vision which they had seen, ( 10 oe concluded.)

AID.-

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Great Western Railway Centre.

During the past month the preliminary rounds of the G W.R. competitions have been d e cided in each of the ambulance divisions, and those teams wh ich have reached prf'mier position in th ese cuntests in both and Advanced) are in training for the SE m l- fio<J.I round, which selects the eight best teams for the final contest.

It is interesting to learn that in the London B. Division, a team of wom en employees were succ e ssful in obtaining the third in the BEginners' s ection in an eleven teams contest. Another womens' team in another D.vision was placed fifth among the seven teams corn· p e ting.

The Divisional Cont ests attracted a good deal of attenti o n and were rep orted at some length in the various local papers. The at Birmingham were also broadcast from 5 1. T. on the evening of the Comp etitio n day.

L')rd Tred egar attenderi the c ontes ts on th e second day of the N 3wp ort A Divisional comp3tition and evinced a keen intereat in the work of the competitors. During an interval in the proceedings he addressed the company assembled, and the competing teams, and formally handed over to the Gr e at Western Railway Company a handsome silv e r shield for competition among the advanced workers. Me Trevor Roberts (Divisional Supt. ) acc e pted the trophy on behalf of the company and the ambulance men in the Division. He said it would be an incentive for the acquisition and maint e nance of a still higher standard of first aid efficiency in th e Division.

Members ;l,nd fri pnds of the Ambulance Movement in the Birmingham Division (No, 12 ) m e t at the Grosvenor Rooms, G:and Hot e l, Birmingham, on the evening of the 9 th inst., under the Presidency of Mr. A. Brook, J.P , ), (Divisional when gold efficiency medals and exatllination awards were distributed by Mr. R. H. Nicholls! C.B.E. (Supt, of the Lin e)

A Course of First Aid for Women will be given on Fridays, commencing April 16th, at 5.30 p , m" Hon. L ec turer: Miss Dorothy Shepherd, M. B. The firEt two lect ures (April 16th and 23rd), will be held at St. Peter's Mission House, Hudson Place, Wilton Road, opposite Victoria Station. The last four Ltctures (April 3 0th , 7th, 4th and 21St May) at the Francis Holland School (side entrance), Graham Street, near Sloane Square Statien. Fee for the Course of Six Lectures, including enminati on and tut book. All applications to be made to Miss A. Hansley Smith, M.B E., The Hollies, 87, Park Hill, Clapham, S W 4,

The company number e d about 600 and included the G e neral Manager of th e Gr eat Westun Railway, Sir Felix J. C. Pole and Sir William Bowater, President of th e St. Ambu la nce Brigade , Birmingham. The latter in a brief addr e ss said he had a word of sympathy for the ambulance men of the G , W.R. "Your Company," declar e d Sir William jocularly, so seldom provides an accident. I really don't know what you find to do.

The "DECORATORS' & PAINTERS' MAGAZINE" (8d. monthly) is THE trade paper for all intereste tiPublishing Office: 46, Cannon Street, E.C·4·

AID.- March. 1926

TO BE A MBULANOE OFFICER.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

March, 1926. -FIRST

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Supt. Kilgour, Lancaster Division, 17. 2 2 6 Ambu lance Officer Cunliffe, Lancaster Division, 17.2.26

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entries for this year these Competitions should prove of very great interest. Visitors will be very welcome.

St.

John J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

FEBUARY, 1926

Major General The Earl of Scarbrough, Sub-Prior, acting on behalf of the Grand Prior (w ho is absent abroad ), has approved of the following appointments ;-

TO BE ASSISTANT SUREON-IN-CHIEF.

Colonel Clarence Isidore Ellis, C.M.G., T.D., M.D. C.M ., A.M.S.(T.A), 19.2 .2 6

TO BE ASSISTANT COM1Y1ISSIONER.

No. 10 DI<;TRICT.

Herbert Langley Jones, County of Essex (No. IO District), 19 2.26

TO BE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.

NO. I DISTRICT.

George William Kendall) M.D., B.Ch E:l?tern Area, No. I (Princ e of Wales) Distr ict, 192.26

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations ;-

TO BE LADY OORPS SUPT.

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. MISS Kate Eli zab eth Bradford, Northampton Corps, 25:2.26

TO "BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. I DI STRICT.

John Hollings, L.M.S.S.A., No. 19 / 5 Rotherhithe Division, South Metropolitan Gas Co. Corps, 18.2.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Cyril Meredith V\ illmott, L.R.C P. &S.E Leyland Division, Preston Corps, 24.2.26

NO.6 DI STRICT.

Patrick William Robertson Petrie, M.B., Ch.B., Pelton Colliery Division, Mid-Durham Corps, 132.26

Max Gershon Lucas, M.B., Ch.B., Earles Shipyard Division, Hull Corps, 5 2.26

No.8 DISTRICT.

Miss Sara Caressa Sharpe, M. R.C.S., L R.C.P., M_P.S, Ramsgate Nursing Division, Isle of Thanet Corps, I.2.26

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.5 DI STRICT .

Ambulanr.e William Albert I:Iammersley, Meir and Longton DIVISion, Longton and District Corps, 8.2.26

NO.8 DISTRICT

Bernard Thomas Beaumont, Doddington Division, 12.2.26

No. IO DI STRICT.

Officer Edward Robert Sawyer, First Division, I pswlch Corps, 6.2.76

\Villiam David Porter, Clacton-on-Sea Division, I8.2.26

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.2 DI STRICT

Lady Miss J,ulia Emily Swanston, Bristol NursIDg DIVISIOn, City of Bnstol Corps, 92.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Annie Ward, Wilmslow Nursing Division, 5. 2 2 6

NO.7 DI STRICT

Lady Charlotte Heath Yate, Madeley Nursing Division, Ironbridge Corps, J 3 2.26

Sergt. Walter Pleasant, Chadderton Division, 26226

Sergt. James Cocker, Victoria Hall Division, Bolton Corps, I2.2.26

Robert Edward Lewis, Farnworth Division, Bolton Corps, 12.2.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Howard Bacon, Sutton Portland Division, 26.2.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Charles Clifton Pellowe, Redruth Di v ision, Cou nty of Cornwall, 22.2.26

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Frederick Lock, Clacton-on-Sea Division, I8.2 26

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFICER.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Kate Rebecca Wilson, Southbourne Nursing Di vision, I4. 2 2 6

NO 3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

MISS Ethel Black, Rugby Nursing Division, Warwickshire Corps, I7.2.26

NO.4 DI STR ICT.

Mrs. Florence Harrison, Preston Nursing Di vi sion, Preston Corps, 9 2.26

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Emma Spencer, Darlington Nursing Division, 32.2 6

NO.7 DISTRICT.

Miss Sarah Elizabeth Downes, Shrewsbury Nursing Div isi on, Shrews b ury C?rps, 22.2.26

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Miss Violet Isobel Wotton, Ramsgate Nursing Divisio n, Isle of Thanet Corps, I I.2.26

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Mrs. Ada Gibson, Rugby Nursing Division, \Varwick shi re Corps, I7.2.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Miss Flora Constance McKay, Southport Nursing Div isi on, 12.2.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Jessie Clough, Aberford Nursing Divis ion, 16 .2.26

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Mi ss Gladys Seager, Sittingbourne and Milton Regis Nu rsi ng Division, 12.226 TRANSFERRED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lady. S upt. Mrs. M. Warneford, from Liverpool Nu rsi ng DIVISIOn to Torquay Nursing Division, NO.9 Dist ric t, 2.3 26

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt. W. J. Dobson from Herne Bay Divis ion to Ealing Division, No. I Dis'trict, I5.2.26

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

No. I DISTRICT.

Supt. E. Perry, Horseferry Division, 3I.I2.25

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. G. N. Raybould, Dudley and District Corps, 22.2.26

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt. A. Knox, First Division, Ipswich Corps, 3.3. 26

No. 12 ( IRI SH) DI STRICT

Ambulance Officer C. C. Hughes, Broadstone G.S.R. D ivision, 22.2.2 6

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.2 DI STRICT

Ambulance Officer F. East, West Oxford Di vi sion County of Oxford, 5.3.26

Nursing Officer Mrs. Bateman, Oxford City Nursing Divi sio n County of Oxford, 5.326

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Lady Supt. A. Tatham, Saltaire Nursing Division, 12.2.26

Lady E. Newell, Shipley Nursing Division, Shipley and Dlstnct Corps, I2.2.26

No.6 DI STRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss A. E. Cheape, Kingston Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 25.2 26

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Nursi ng O fficer N. Menter, Teynham Nursing Division, 12.2.26

Divisio nal Surgeon A. Pimm, Guildford Division, Guildford Corps, 12.2.26

DEATH.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisio nal Surgeon J. A. Sutherland, Cleckheaton Division, 19 2 26

Supt Major Mor eton, Belp er Division, 17.2.26

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. DISTRICT.

No. 58N Plum stead Nursing Division, 102.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ba rnborough Division, 26.2.26

CA DET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

NO.3 (WESTERN ) DISTRICT.

Nu neaton Cadet Division, 22.2.26

NO 4 DISTRICT.

Salford Nursing Cadet Division, 27.2.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Cam borne Cadet Division, 8.2.26

DIVISION BEN AMED

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Su tton-in-Ashfield and Portland Divisions amalgamated, and re-named Sutton Portland Division, 23.2.26

DIV ISIONS DISBANDED.

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Boy ey Tracey Cadet Nursing Division, 31.12.2j

No. II DI STRICT.

Hi ther Green Cadet Division, 16.2.26

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

Prince of Wales's District. COMMISSIONER:

W. H. WINNY, O.B.E.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. APRIL, 1926.

Ap ril 4th-No. 72 D ivisio n, Barking.

" I rth-No. 68 " City of London.

" 18th - No. 74 " London City Mission.

" 25th -N o. 76 Limehouse.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

DISTRICT COMPETITI0 1\S.

The finals for the District Competitions will be held at the Northampton In stit ute, Clerkenwell, on Saturday, April loth, commencing at 3 p.m.

[t is hoped that members of divisions will make an effort to be present on this occasion. Owing to the large number of

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

As alrea?y been announced, the annual inspection of No. I Dlstnct wIll take place on the Exhibition Ground, in Park, on Sat.urday, June 5th. His Royal Highness, Pnnce Henry, has kmdly consented to inspect at 4 p.m.

The Commissionet is desirous that this function should be very successful, and he hopes therefore, that all officers will put forward every effort beforehand, and arrange for as many as possible of all ranks to be on parade. Full partIculars of arrangements for the day will be issned at a later date.

ASSISTA N T COMMISSIONER FOR EASTER:\' AREA.

The Acting Chi ef Commissioner has approyed of the appointment of Dr. G. W. Kendall, as Acting Assistant Commissioner to the Eastern Area with effect from February 19th, ]9 26

The Commissioner hopes that all officers in the Eastern Ar ea will give Dr. Kendall every support, and by so doin g they will help to bring the ir Area up to a higher state of e fficiency.

NEW DIVISIONS.

The follow ing new Division has been sanctioned by the Acting Chief Commissioner :No. 38, Plum stead Nursing Division with effect from the 10th F ebruary, rq26.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commt'sst'oner.

JMPORTANT NOTICE.

Di vi sional Secretaries ar e requested, when sending newspaper cut tings of their m eetings, etc ., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITOR.

N.C.O. 'S CLUB.-A special meeting will be held on Thursday, March 25th, at 7.30 p.m. at W. H. Smith & Son's Club, I I, Milford-lan e, Strand, W.C:2! for of making final arrangements for the VISit to BlrmlDgham on Easter Saturday, April yd. It is desirous that all members will attend. The Commissioner ha5 granted permission that uniform may be worn on this occasion. Any N.C O. who would care to join the party are requested to be present at the meeting, or communicate with H. J. Palm er, hon. sec., 70 , Newington Green-road, .1.

No. 2 District.

The Cup presented by M essrs. Oxo, Ltd., has now been received by the Chief Commissioner.

The design is quite unique, and it is a trophy well worth comp et ing for.

The inscription on the Cup IS as follows :Presented by OXO, LTD. to the St. John Ambulance for Annual CompetitIOn To Promote Proficiency in First Aid.

The winning team will have the of securing the first D is tr ict Troph y.

No. 3 District.

BIRl\IINGH.DI.- On Sunday, February 28th, the first of a series of Cor ps Drills was held in Chamberlain a large number of men parading. hour s dnll the Assistant Commissioner presented to DIVISional Supt. F G. Shaw of Headquarters Division, a Uar to the Long ServICe Medal; he c ongratulated Mr. Shaw an:id the applause of all present. He then gave a demonstratIon on the method of

administering oxygen gas for Producer Gas poisoning. The lecture was listened to with very lively interest, and was much appreciated by all present. It has been arranged. to hold these drills on the last Sunday in each month untIl further notice.

LAWLEY STREET ( L.M.S.) Dr VISION.- The.

Officers of this Birmingham Division are great belIevers m self help. The First Aid Class they organise each year brmgs a few new men into the Di vI sion, and uDlform has to be provided. The funds for this purpose are mainly obtained by means of an Annual Concert, the third of which was held on March 2nd, when a large audience listened with evident enjoyment to an excellent programme.

The Corps Staff was represented by Corps Surgeon 1\ H. Mackie, M.D., and Corps Officer E. Elliott. The faces of Div. Supt. J. Ross and Ambulance Officer A. J. SImpson were good evidence that things were going well and that the function was a financial success. It is interesting to note that, believing in the principle of encouraging those most who do most for themselves, the Birmingham Corps Staff allocates to each Division, from Corps Funds, a sum equal to I 5 cent. of what the Division itself raises and spends on eqUlpment each year. This arrangement works well, and Lawley Street always earns a substantIal allocation.

No. 4 District.

On February 18th a Route March took place start ing (rom Accrington. The Parade was under the command of Asst. Commissioner Pim, and comprised details from Accrington, Oxo Cup for No.2 Distr ict.

Great Harwood, Haslingden and Blackburn. There were a total on parade of 7 Officers, 9 Sergeants, I I Corporals and 94 Privates.

These parades are often associated with First Aid

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practices, so that there is a double advantage in the turn out These functions are to be held frequently in Spring and Summer months.

The District Nursing Competitions in Home Nursing took place on Saturday, February 13th, 1926 at Lytham.

Nine teams competed for the Cballenge Shield and "Bessie Trimble" Cup. Thirty individuals competed fo r the Lytham Vase, and eight Officers for the Officers "Peace" Trophy. This CompetitIOn is for individual officers only in both First Aid and Home Nursing. The Judges were Dr. Warner, Lytham Dr. Horrocks, Kirkham; Dr. Mary Chalmers Ainscow, Hindley and Dr. Margaret Melv in, Rochdale.

The Challenge Shield was won by Liverpool, 287 marks. The Bessie Trimble Cup by Blackpool, 282 marks. Third, Todmorden, I70k marks. Preston and St. Annes were equal fourth, 170.

For the Lylham Vase four individuals tied, the final result was .-Ist, Miss \Vdliams, Liverpool, 67 : 2nd, Miss Pickles, Todmorden, 65. jrd, MISS Lyons, Chorley, 63; 4th, Mrs. Jackson, Liverpool, 62.

The result of the Competition (or Officers was: -Jst, Miss McCabe, Liverpool, J06 marks; "Peace" Trophy ; 2 nd MISS Clegg, Manchester, 10-1- ; 3rd, Miss Braithwaite, Blackpool, ]02.

The Mayor of Lytham St. Annes (Ald erman E. Llghtb') wn) presided after the Competition and presented the Trophies to the winners, speaking very highly of the work of the BrIgade.

Colonel Trimble thanked the Mayor for his presence and support. The Judges were thanked very heartily, this be ing proposed by Mrs. Howard, Preston, and seconded by MISS Sutcliffe, Todmorden, and Mrs. Tweedale thanked the Lyth am Nursing D ivision for their hospitality and for making lo cal arrangements.

MANCHESTER.-For a long time past the Manchester and Salford Corps have slJPplied Ambulance details at the Manchester City Football Ground when football matches are played there. On January 30th during the Manchester Cit yHuddersfield Match in an English Cup Round, there was a particularly large crowd, which finally reached 72,000. Dur ing the first half of the game, several cases of syncope and min or injuries were attended to, and in the second half when the home team were pressing towards the goal, a section of the crowd, apparently to get a better view of the play, swa yed forward and broke an iron crush barrier. At this point the crowd was very dense, and no doubt the enormous weight put too great a strain on the barrier. For a few moments great excitement prevailed. Several members of the S J.A.B quic kly forced their way to this spot, from whence 12 spectators were carried out of the crowd. Fortunately a large portion of the inj Jries were slight, but two were apparently severely injured, and it was considered advisable to remove them to the 1\1anchester Royal Infirmary. It was thought that one case was suffering- from fracture of the leg and the other from crush ed ribs. The Manchester Police Ambulance was stationed in close proximity and W1S immediately taken into use. The total number of cases dealt wilh during the afternoon were 39, a great number of these due to heart failure through the pressure of the crowd. The above instance proves the valuable and useful work at present being performed for the public by members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

MORECA;\IBE.- On Friday, February 26t h, at Morecambe Lt -Col. Sir James Barr, C.B.E., D.L., &c., attended at the Morecambe Drill Hall to present a new Motor Ambulan ce supplied by the Order of St. John and British Red Cross SocIety. This Ambulance is to be in charge of the Morecam be Divis io n and to be looked after and cared for by them. Sir J ames Barr was accompanied by Lady Barr. The Mayor and Mayoress of Morecambe were also present, together with Divisional Surgeon Dr. Oldham and Mrs. Oldham. Sup t. WIllis and the other Ambulance Officers were on parade together with Miss Lupton, Lady Div. Supt. and 2 La dy Ambulance Officers. There was a fairly strong- muster of the Am bulance and Nursing Divisions. The chair was occupied by Col. C. J. Trimble, Commissioner for the Distri ct, who

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introduced Sir James Barr. Sir James was received with great warmth on arising. sp?ke of the g-reat work done by the Motor Ser.vlce m London, and pointed out that West LancashIre m partIcular was very active. Sir James went on to the necessity of forming V.A. Detachments, and partIcularly pressed for members willing to join the mobile section of this org-anisation. The Mayor accepted the Ambulance on behalf of the town, and Dr. Oldham on behalf of the Ambulance Division. The Y1 ayor, in his address spoke most encouragingly to the Officers of both Ambulance and Nursing DiVIsions, assuring them of any assistance the Corporation could give.

In proposing- a vote of thanks, Dr. Oldham told the meeting that the Order of SI. J oho had decided to take over the mortg-lge on the Drill H;j,1l by advancing £2,600 In expr essing his pleasure in knowing that the Ambulance Hall would now be under the care and flag of the Order. Supt. Willis proposed a vote of thanks to Sir James and Lady Barr and all concerned. This terminated the meeting.

No. 5 District.

On February 12 th, the Acting Chief Commissioner, Major General Sir Percival WIlkinson, K.C. M.G., C.B., at the invitation of Sheffield Joint Hospitals Council, attended as principal speaker at the fi rst meeting of Lommittee of the CouncIl. Pnor to the meetIng the ACtlDg Chief Commissione.r inspected t wo of the eight motor ambulances now run by the Sheffield Hospitals Council. They are Daimler cars, and Sir Percival expressed his satisfaction especially with the .interior a patented device for quickly convertlllg the SIde seats mto stretcher support and vice versa.

The meeting was held in the Victoria Hall, and the Acting Chief Commissioner the support of No S D.istrict Commissioner M r S. W. Malkm, and ASSIstant ComrTllSSlOners :\lr. H. C. Else, Mr. H. C. Chambers, and Capt. O. F. Buxto n.

In his remarks Sir Percival WIlkinson said, one of Sheffield's ambulance problems was how to deal effictlvely and economically with to 4,000 patients from areas within an aoproximate radius of thIrty mIles from Sheffield It to him that the best way would be for the outSide dIstrIcts to ha ve their own ambulances and co·ordinate with Sheffield, and as this side of the Joint Hospitals Council's work exte'nded he hoped the services of more of the St. John Ambulance Brigade men and women would be forthcoming and accepted. He felt sure that this would be so.

Sheffield's motor ambulance service has grown from two ambulances in 1923 to eight ambulan c es and a motor bus at the present time. In the year 1925, 19,048 patients were carri ed 99,242 mIles

DER BY.- The death took place on February 17th of Major WillIa m HIlhngton Moreton, T.D., who lIved at _p, Fordstreet, Derby.

Major Moreton commenced hIS servIces as a member of the St. John Ambulance ASSOCIatIon in the year 8S 5, and on the formatIon of the Derby and Belper Division in 1899 he was appomted supt. Major MoretOn has s.een much service with the old Volunteers and later the Terntonals. He commenced his service With the Chaddesden R ifles in 1873. In 1902 he was attached as instructor to the Sherwood Foresters' Bear er Company and when the terntorial scheme came into operation and the was founded he became Serjeant-Major of thls new umt, and receIved a commission. He receIved the rank of Major m 1910, and was mobIlIsed With the 1/2 nd North Midland Field Ambulance in August 19 14, and served m France from February 1915 to Ju ly 1919. He retired in 1920 WIth per mlsslon to retam the ra nk of major, and was tWIce mentIOned m despatches.

In 1923 Major Moreton was enrolled as an Honorary Serving Brother of the Order of St. John.

The funeral was attended by representatives of the many aS SOC IatIOns with whIch the deceased had been connected, includmg detachments of S.J.A.B. from Derby and Belper under the command of Ambulance Officer P. \\1. Short, M.M., of Belper.

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MANSFIELD - The sixth annual dinner of NO.5 District officers mess was held on February 13th at the Swan Hotel, There was sa tisfactory attendance, as, m addItIon to the DIstrIct CommIssIoner there were nine members of the district staff, and all areas were well repre. sented. Assistant Commissioner Mr. H. C. Else, president of the mess, was in the chair. After the toast of "The King," the toast of the "Order of St. John of Jerusalem " was proposed by the Mayor of Mansfield ( Councillor E. B. Hibbert) and responded to by District Commissioner Mr. Sydney W. Malkin, who, in a few well chosen remarks, thanked the Mayor for his official recognition of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and trusted that the present relationship that always existed

ThIS Shield, whIch is for competItion on the Southern and L. M. & S. Toint Railways, was carved by one of the workmen employed at the Locomoti ve Works at Highbridge-Mr. E. G. Baker-wh.o learnt the .A rt at a Bath cabinet works before entenng the servIces of the Railway Company.

between the Brigade and civic authorities would long continue. Musical items interspersed between the ab()ve and the remaining toasts greatly added to the success of this annual event.

The arrangements were made by the Mess Secretary, Corps Officer W. Still ( Denaby )

ROTHERH AM.- On Yebruary 27 th, the preliminarry competitIOn for the Perrott Shield for the Southern Area of 5 district was held in the DrIll Hall, Rotherham. ASSIstant Commissioner Capt. O. F. Buxton preSIded, and teams Sheffit'ld and district, Rotherham, and Worsboro and dlstnct competed.

The judo-es were DlVlslOnal Surgeons O H. Hudson, J. Blyth, and M;'s. Core, late sister of Birmingham hospItal. There was some very good work shown, and eventually

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the team from Rotherham Nursing Division winning team. This team will now compete the dIstrict final for the Perrott Shield which will be held III Sheffield on April 17th.

Arrangements were ·made by Lady Dlstnct Officer MISS G. Ashberry who also kindly provided tea.

No. 6 District.

Following up their success in the Coroner Graham Trophy Competition at Durham, the Brandon Colliery" A " team on Saturday, the 27t h ult. Bronze i.n the competition open to ambulance dIvIsIons of the brigade 10 the County of Durham, which was held at the Amb.ulance Institute 2 Osb orne-terra c e, Newcastle. ThIS team will now represent the county in. the pistrict. Fi nal Tests for the Challenge ChampionshIp ShIeld, whIch are to take place ID the Neville'S Cross Schools on March

Dr. Pall ett (N ewcastle ) and Dr. O 'K elly (B oldon Colliery ) were tbe judges, and their awards were as follows: Brandon Colliery' A" team (Messrs. E. Warnner, T. Wood, H. Bowes, W. Hall and McVean) 274 marks out of a

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1926

NEW CASTLE-ON -TYNE.-Mr. J T. Batey, the Director of Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.? paId hIgh tribute to the influence of ambulance tralDlOg upon me n engaged in industrial work, when addressing (as Chairm an) the Annual Meeting of the local Centre of the St. J lance Association. He said he could always IdentIfy an ambulance man in his shipbuilding yards by the general intelligence the man displayed in his work, and frequently he could also identify the homes of such men by the outstand ing care that was obviously bestowed upon them.

The necessity for, and the advantages of, sun-ray clinics were emphasised in addresses delivered recently in Newc astl e by Professor David Burns, M_A., D Sc., and Dr. W. Kerr Russell, M.D., B.S. Professor Burns, dealing with the natural physiolo gical effects of ultra violet radiation, pointed out that in our to wns people d id not get a suffiCIency of moving air and sunshine. The movement of air, by stimulating- the nerve endings of the skin, had a definite physiological effect that was necessar y for healthy l ife. Fresh air and sunshine together made an almost complete cure of such diseases as rickets The white light

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tbe fresh air and sunshine of Swit zerland It had been stated that in a year or two the taking of arc light baths would become general as a winter pick me-up. The condition of rickets could be absolutely cured in one month by the mercury va pour lamp. Easier than cure was prevention, and if children were exposed to these rays in early life they would never get rickets. The speaker expressed the view that operations for tuberculous ",lands in the reck were now unjustifiable in most cases. Cures could be effected by the sunshine lamps. Tubercular laryngitis, certain skin diseases, boils, ancemia, whooping- cougb, hav fever-these were among other complaints which could be 'succ essfully treated in the same way. Dr. Russell said it was hoped soon to start a sun-ray clinic in Newcastle where treatment could be given free of chat ge to children in need of it an d it is anticipated that the local members of the Bligade Y}ill be afforded opportunities for further service in this conn ection.

NEWCASTLE ON·TYNE CORPs -Dr. T. M. Allison recently lectured in the Ambulance Institute to the local units of the Brigad e upon tuberculosis. He described in an interesting manner the various eatures and characteristics of this scourge stressed its

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cerned, in that it included amongst those present such names as Dr. R. J. and Mrs. Mills, Dr. Rutledge, Dr. and Mrs. Bulman, J Whiteside (H. M. Inspector of Factories), Mrs. \Vhiteside, Mr. W. Everett, Mr. and Mr s. W. Lefevre, Mr. H. O. Clark, Mr. W. Bradborn (Supt.), Sister D. Hawes i:\ orfolk and No rwich Hospital), Mr. S. Scott (S ecret ary), Mr. Pennymore, Mr. Kenny, Mr. Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. Armes, :\lr. Love, and Inspector Thompson. The musical part of the programme was provided by the Rafters Concert Party.

The Supt. (Mr W. Bradborn) gave a brief report of the work clone by the Division during the past year. This included the running of two male classes, two female classes, and a cadet class. The classes were attended by members of the County police force, scouts of the R.A.C. and tbe A.A. and M.U. The whole of the City police and railway servants in the eastern area are St. John's men. Classes were still being held and more would follow.

The Pr esident, in the course of his remarks, alluded to the enthusiasm shown by Mr. Bradbom and Mr. Scott, the former at the Carrow vVorks of Messrs. Colman, had spick and span and indeed, his department was one of the show places of the city. He said their valuable friend Dr. Mills had solved the mystery of perennial youth in that he had been an

360; St. Hilda Colliiery, 27 I; Blackhall Colliery, 26St; Gateshead Police, 262.

who gained 308 marks out of a total of 360, will represent the county in the District Final Competitions the Gibbon bowl on March 20t h. The winning team consIsted of Messrs. T. Nicholson, Lowery, M. Fife, Armstro.ng and and the other teams competing were placed ID the followlDg order of merit :--Brandon Colliery "B" team, 293; St. Hilda, 28 9 ; Emma Colliery, 196 Dr. Pallett and Dr. Rodgers ( Sunderland) were the adjudIcators.

The team to represent in the Palmer trophy final on the same date:-a competition open only to efficient members of the. brigade engaged in mining-will again be Houghton-le-Spnng, who were awarded 301 out of a possible 360 marks, :rhe other competing teams with their marks :-St. 28 4 ; Pelton Colliery, 27S. The judges for thIS competItIOn were Dr. Greave and Dr. McKellar (Chester-Ie-Street).

coming from the sun, he explained, was a mixture of light waves of different lengths, and in a moist atmosphere we got formation of a rainbow. But there were wave lengths sho rter than the 400 we could see with the human eye, and it was the invisible, ultra- vi olet rays that had the biological action. If we wanted a healthy city, we must give the sunshine a cha nce to get right down into the streets where the children played Dr. Russell, speaking of the use of ultra-violet radiat ion in the prevention and cure of disease, said that in the absen ce of sufficient sunshine it was necessary to fall back on a socalled artificial substitute Fortunately, the electric arc out a lalge quantity of ultra-violet rays. The lamps were now being sold apart for medical purposes, in testing pearls, in the production of dye-stuffs, patent leather, in examining old manuscripts, &c. The cause of cancer had been discovered by the use of the ultra-microscope with ultra-violet rays. In the treatment of hberculosis, Dr. Russell declared, the res ults of artificial sunshine lamps were as good as had been secured in

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se ious prevalence. He sketched out the vario us wa)'s. in which members of the Brigade might promote public op InIon in th e prevention of the disease, and. of the ultimate disappeara.lce of the complamt 1D Its man.lfold forms, if th e general public would only cultivate the deS ir e for fresh air and sunshine.

SUNDERLAND.- On the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. Princess Mary to Sunderland to lay the foundation stope of a new wing of the Infimary, a guard of honour was prOVided by the County of Durham V.A.D.'s.

N o. 10 District.

NORWICH.-A social and concert was held by this Division at th e Central Cafe ')n Feb. 3rd when an address was given by th e chairman (Dr. Pope) who is also the president of he local movement, on "The Aims and Objects of First.Aid. " The meeting was a representative one, so far as the cIty was con-

examiner for 45 years. Dr. Rutledge had undertaken the duties of Surgeon Instructor, thanks to the activities of Mr. Scott. At the close a wards were presented to successful members of the class, a handbag to Sister Hawes for her valued help at these classes during the past two years, silver cigarette cases to 1\1r. S. Scott and Mr. \V. Emms as gIfts from the members of the ladies' classes.

Dr. R. J. Mills congratulated those who had been successful and alluded to ambulance work as hard, and unselfish which was done for the good of others. TIme after time he had known of iv es being saved by people who knew how to act promptly.

Mr. Whiteside recogDlsed amongst those present. many old friends in city workshop.s and factories. mentIOned the Acts which were passed 10 1915 and J 923 WIth regard t? first aid in factories, and sa id that ambulance work per!ormed m the factory was not so appare.nt as that p erformed 10 the street. The introduction of first aId treatment 10 factory had been wonderful in reducing the number of sepllc cases and consequently suffering and loss of time. Many members present

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[Sluffie1d Dail" Telrg1'aplt. Lieut.-Colonel W S. Kerr planting the memorial tree in Weston Park, Sheffield, to the fallen of the 2/3 West Riding Field Ambulance. possible

coltrtes)'J [S14fidd Daily Telegraplt. Rev. C. Cole Hamilton, M.C., ded ica ting the memorial tree to tallen comrades.

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were employed in city and the value of even one trained person in a factory was mvaluable. He was the nucleus of first aid training in that fac.tory. He. spoke of the danger of poisoning in certain factones and Impressed upon those possessing the knowledge the necessity of e.ndeavounng to get those who took risks to resort to all precautIOns .

FELI XSTOWE.-Four members of this Nursing Division (Mrs. Woodhead the Misses Sibley, Snell, and Cross ) took part in a useful" First Aid" demonstration whi.ch was gi:-r en at the Womens' Institute, at their monthly meetmg .at Tnmley. The cases treated included a gra ze, a cut, a spram, a a varicose vein rupture, and an insect bite. Songs and recItations were interspersed during the treatment of the cases.

IpS WICH. - The Nursing Corps has lost an enthusiastic supporter through the death of Mrs. C. Senton, wife of Councillor G. W. Senton. For many years she had displayed the keenest interest in the work of the Brigade, having only recently been awarded the long service medal. The funeral

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Officer of Health for the Borough who has expresse d his sympathy with the scheme ane has given valuable assist ance in sterilising articles necessary. The .East County T.B. After-Care CommIttee has recently been supplJed wi th a water bed, by the Dep o t, for the use of aIle of its patien ts.

No. II (S.E. «C.R.) District.

RAMSGAT E.-The annual meeting on February 2nd had the advantage of the President ( Sir Cecil Hertslet ) in th e chair He was supported by District Officer W. T. Hancox, H.S .B.' Mr. Jar v is, Station Master, Margate, Mr. J. T. Gol dsmi th' Goods Agent, Ramsgate. A feature of the ev ening was presentatIon of 2I-year Gold medals awarded by the South ern Railway Centre.

SE VENOA KS.-At the annual meeting particular at tenti on was drawn to the work bein g performed in adjacent villag es Fully equipped first aid posts are prov ided, proving a great boon to the local residents

MAID STONE.-Dr. J Stanley Davies, M.B , jud ged the Spender Clay Competition between four teams draw n fr om Tonbridge (lnd Maidstone Divisions, on February 6 th. Mai dstone No. I team secured first place.

CHI PS TEAD.-An encouragin g report was presente d at the annual meeting on February 9 th. District Officer E. J. Pr ew H.S.B., presided over an enthusistic meet ing.

VICTORIA.- The business settled at the annual meeti nv was of a routine character but a n energetic secretary h as appointed to succeed Ambulance Offi cer Stratton, and alrea dy signs of increased activity are apparent.

H ASTIN GS -The meeting was held at Ore Stati on. Steady progress continues to be reported Th is divisio n has again showed its a cc ustomed liberal ity to the B en evol en t Fund.

WOOL WICH .-A crowded gathering l is tened to a n exc el· lent report at the annual meeting. All liab il ities have be en discharged and increased interest is being dIspla yed by members of the railway staff. The Divisional Supt. h as met with a serious accident, but is makin g good progress.

ADDI SC OM BE. -A well attended meetin g of D ivisio nal Officers was held on February 22nd. Closer workin g is bei ng secured with No. I Distri c t, whilst a lar g e number of recrui ts are being received from the Centre cl a sses.

RYE.-Some 250 friends assembled at the Mona s tery for the Whist Drive and Dance organised by the local d ivision. The pri zes were presented by Mrs. Deacon, wife of the President.

During the evening, Divisional Supt. G Ramsd en received the Meritorious Service Certificate of the Centr e.

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tor y of the Order; Brigade and District Regulations; and Ambulance Ethics.

There was a good attendance, and 37 qualified for the certificate, ten of them passing in all subjects. The Commissio ner s Gold Medal for the best answerer in the Class was wo n by Cadet A. J. Wilson, of the City of Dublin Ambulance Divi s ion.

The second session of the School started this month.

A somewhat similar course for senior members of Nurs ing Divisions, has been held durin g February and March of th is year, when lectures on-The Structure of the Body; Th e Head; The Heart and Circulation; Children; Fevers; T he History of Nursing; and Ethics: have been given. For th is course no examinat ion is being held.

In both Schools the lectures ha ve been given by leading mem bers of the medical and nurs ing professions in Dublin and by Brigade officers.

Military Hospitals Reserve.

T HE r e organisation of the Hom e Hospitals Reserve under t he designation of the" Military Hospitals Res e rv e " has been approved and the qualifications for enrolment are state d in an Army Order issued last month. The personnel will be provided by the St John Ambulanc e Brigade for Eng land, Wal e s and Northern Ireland, and the St. Andrews Am bulance Association for Scotland. Th e R eserve will con sist of warrant and non -commissioned officers and priv ates with an authorised es t ablishment of about 2,000. T he functions of the Re serve will be (a) To staff the milit ary hospitals and oth e r establishments maintained by t he r egular medical s e rvices upon the mobilisation and with drawal of the r e gular R. A.M C. for duty in the field; and (b) To provide r e inforcements for the medical units of t he ex p e ditionary force overseas after mobilisation. Th e age limits for enrolment will b e from 19 to 40 years of a ge, and no member wi ll be permitted to r e main in the Rese rve after he has reach e d the ag e of 45 years. Every appl icant must be in possession of the first-aid certificate recog nised or granted by the St. John Ambulance Association or St. Andrew's A mbulanc e Association, and, in addit ion, obtain a nursing certificate recognised by those bodie s within a pe riod of twelve months after enrolment.

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T HE following subscriptions have been received during th e month

B y cou r tesy] [No t h Mai an d N ewca stle Clz ron ide. Brandon Colliery Ambulance Team.

Winners of the "Coroner Graham" (County Durham) Ambulance Shield.

was held on Feb. 9th at All Saints' Church and a guard of was formed by officers and members of the Corps. A beautIful floral tribute was sent.

The Medical Comforts Depot is doing most useful work as IS shown by the fact that daily calls are now being received from those in need of the articles stocked. The success of such a is dependent upon those who volunteer their everYAe,,:enlDg to take charge, and in this respect the Ipsw.lch Depot IS fortunate in its choice. A party of candIdates, who are takmg a course of lectures in Nursing was recently shown over the Depot by Lady Supt. Miss Hart' and Stores Supt W. Ramsey and m.uch valuable information given on the various uses of the applIances whIch are used in a sick room. The Depot is in constant touch with the Medical

DOVER.-A v ery satisfactory condition of affai rs wa s reported at the annual meeting. There was a keene ss di splayed that augurs well for the coming year.

REDHILL.-Another heartening report was presen ted at the annual meeting, at which the Commissioner pre sid ed, steady progress and a good financial position was reveal ed

No. 12 (Irish) District.

The Irish District formed a "School of Instructio n" for the Ambulance Di v isions last year, and the first cou rse of lectures was gi ven in the early summer months. The obj ect of the School was to give higher instruction to thos e who already held their First Aid Certificates, and the s ubjec ts dealt with were :-First Aid (advanced); Compan y and Stretcher Drill ; Elementary Physiolo g y and A natom y; H is·

A proportion of the total e st a blishment of each rank in the Reserve will, in annual rotation, r e ceive training for eigh t days. The r e quisite tra i ning will be und e rg one in a milita ry hospital or other med ic a l establ i shment, and as far as po ssi ble a m em b e r will b e d e tailed for this purpose to t he hosp ital to which he would b e post e d on mobilisation. Whe n und e r g oing training, a member of the R e s erve will wear th e unifo rm of the S.J. A. B. or the S. A.A. A. with the badge of th e M .H R. A member of th e R e se rv e will receiv e, both during t ra i nin g and on com in g up for duty in repla c e ment of a m e mb e r of the R. A. M.C., pay and allow ances at th e rat e s lai d down for a man of the correspon din g Army rank and trade group ( if qualified) when he has b e en detailed to r eplace on mobilisation; and promotion to fill th e authoris e d e stablishment of ranks during serv ice in the R e serve will be given according to s e rvice, mer it, and qualifications.

Th e Brig a de Ord e r and form s of enrolment r e lating to t he R e serve can be obt 3. ined from the Brigad e Secretary, St. J ohn ' s G a te, Clerk e nwell, RC.I.

When corresponding with Advertisers please men· t1 0n "First Ald."

Mrs. Jetten

As the subscription list will close in May, the Hon. Sec. will be pleased to rec e iv e all contributions by an early date, which should be s e nt t o District O ffi cer McBrid e, 73, Oller ton-road, New Southgat e , N. II.

RE. CORBET FLETCHE R " TESTIMONI A L. "

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I was exceed in gly p eased when I read the ar t icle on the above in your issue of December las t. Allow me please (as an Austral ian re a der of F IRST A ID) to "fa ll in l ne" with such a worthy obj ect. For many years I ha ve been a reader of F IRST A ID and can s tron g ly a pprec iate the kindly help and valuable ass istan ce of wh ich Dr. Flet cher has a lways been ready to ass ist us with many of our dI ffic ult problems.

I feel sure that many of our interested colon ial rea d ers will be only too pleased t o read of su ch an ex cellent " Testimonial " as su g gested ; so "Goo d Luck " to the Doctor, and every success to the Journal.-Yours etc. ,

P J. CLARK

7 Chur ch-street, Wa ver le y, Sydney, N ew South Wales.

February 8th , 1926.

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1) I am d elighted to see that you are g etting up a Fund to commemorate Dr. Corbett Fletcher s great services to First A id ; and I enclose a sm a ll contr ibut ion of £r towards it

(2) Speakin g from the layman s point of view I th ink that Dr Corbet Fletcher has do n e more to make F irst A id simple and First Ai d instru c t ion pra c t ical for benefit of lay men than anyone else H is books and h is a ids to memory (such as the words" M ishaps ," Red Wh ite and Blue, &c., &c.) make all the di fference in help ing the layman to keep effic ent in First A id and to ass ist h im in read y d iagnos is even when he may have only one c a::.e a year t o deal with

(3) We laymen owe a very great debt of g r atit ude to Dr. Corbet Flet cher f()r all that he h a s done to ma de F rst A id as simple as possible for us. It must have taken h im an enormous amount of hi s time ; and he must ha ve ma de g re at sacr ifi ces to give so mu ch of h is ime for the benefi t of Fi rstAi ders . G ood lu ck to h im alw a ys ; and I trust that the Fund will do well.-Y ours sincerely, H L. DO WBIGG IN Colombo, Ce ylon.

T he annual m ee ting of the Maidstone Division was h el d on March 1st, Colonel Cornwallis. pre sided. During the year 2,17 5 cases have been dealt With.

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Accident Prevention.*

OR GA NISIN G A FIRST-AID SERVI CIl'.

ACCIDENTS will happen in spite of the most promising safety campaigns, and an efficient first aid service should be regarded as an essential ?djunct to accident prevention work in particular and welfare schemes generally. There is often a tendency, especially in smaller works and for the management to content itself with complying statutory This is a short-sighted polley which should be remedied [1.S soon as opportunity arises. Not only should the management encourage the use of the first aid appliances provided, but it will be found well worth while to encourage the formation of an am bular:ce corps. This places at the disposal of the firm a number of people properly qualified to administer first aid, a most desirable state of affairs in any works. A little practical encouragement in the shape of competitions and possibly a few small special privileges will soon make the am bulance corps something of which the management will be proud. S ervice of this kind may be efficiently conducted at littl e expense.

While environment and the character of the employment will always to a certain degree determine the frequency of accidt nts, th e severity of these injuries can always be reduced by prompt and skilful treatment. The failure properly to administer first aid and the subsequent lac k of efficient attention has in the past added heavily to th e list of casualties ( many of them fatalities which might have be en avoided) and has steadily recruited the army of the maimed and crippled which is a burden paid for by all concerned in industry.

Efficiency in surgical attention is the keynote. It stlOuld be emphasised that the fate of the injured frequentlv depends wholly upon the individu a l applying the first aid dressing. It is obvious, therefore, that to get the best results there should exi st in every works of reasonable siz e a complete ambulance organisation working, of cours e , in co-operation with all.

When we consider the national accident statistics covering only the more se rious casualties, it will be obvious how much good can be wrought by the systematic application of first aid. In earlier days when the necessity for immediate scientific aid was rarely realised, we believe, the percentage of infected wounds ranged from ten to seventy-five per cent. It has been , however, ou r fortune during years, especially since the war period, to observe this particular phase of the subject, and our experi e nce of the methods of to-day obtaining has been highly gratifying. A prominent industrial medIcal authority of international r e pute sta te d recently that he felt no hesitancy in saying that infection is entirely unnecessary and is du e altogether to ignorance or to failure to have at hand proper equipment for rendering the essential treatment. In a series of more than 40,000 cases that had com e to his attention during the previous two years, the great majority of which were minor iDjuri e s, infections averaged one one-hundredth of one per cent., and even this figure he declared to be too high During the same period there were also brought under his observation 5, 500 cases of the removal o[ -ioreign substances from the eye by qualified first aid attendants_

*Reprint ed by kind permission of the Ed ito r of Indus t ? at Weifare _

Formerly these operations had ueen performed by unskilled fellow workers under the most unfavour able circumstances and the result was many cases of corn ea l ulcer not unfrequently followed by d e fective vision and in some cases entire loss of sight. These complicat ion s were declared to be unnecessary, and he further intim ate d that an infected wound takes three times as long to heal a s the non -infected wound. The time rtquired there fore for healing an infected wound involves a direct mat erial loss to the injured and to the employer.

The primary object of a factory first aid service is to provide the antiseptic dressing preventing infec tion. Further responsibilities include the sup ervision of th e removal of the injured to an ambulance rcom, hom e, or to hospItal as necessary, rendering the essential guidance an d assistance. First aid equipment should at course be located at the most convenient and accessible point s in large shops. A separate building, if practical, and if no t, a separate room, should he provided for ambul ance purposes, and it should be here that the injured empl oyee is treated or prepared for transfer to hospital. Much h ar m has been done by attempts on the part of ambulance me n to diagnose and treat injuries at the scene of the accid en t, where surroundings are not conducive to the esse ntial cleanlin e ss. The immediate ind ications should be m et of course promptly, but further treatm e nt should be defe rred until more favourable surroundings are reached.

The pion eer work in this direction is being left fo r the present in th e hands of the larger commercial un dertakings, but the stupendous benefits derivable from qualified first aid treatm e nt in factories is rapidly b eing appreciat e d by the smaller companies. In the near fut ure in view of the application of the recent act, gr eater improvements can be ant ic ipated, and this work will htlp considerably not only in relief of much suffering, but will tend to the reduction of accident costs. The organisa tion of an e fficient ambulance service assists greatly to e ncour age reciprocal sympathy, help3 to allay distrust, suspicion and prejudice, and will contribute its share to prev e nt the introduction of hast y drastic and ill-advised legislation

St. John Cameos - Past and Prese nt.

"ST. JOHN CA MEo s -Past and Pcesent "- the new film depicting scen es in the history of the order of S1. J oh nis now completed, and alr e ady it has attracted la rge audiences in many parts of the country. This film is the most r e cent addition to the repertoire of the Demonstrator of the St. John A mbulance Association, and for the benefit of those who would like to secure his services in their district, we give a brief account of the film.

The story consists of twelve "cameos "-principa lly episodes in the history of the Order of St. J ohr., and all the resourses of trick photography aT; utilised to comb ine interest in the film with propaganda for the am bula nc e movem -; nt. The first few cameos include an interest ing tableau setting of The Good Samaritan, the title part being taken by the well-known character impersona tor, Mr. Bransby Williams, and another splendid impersonat ion by the same actor portraying the first Grand Mast er of the Order- Raymond du Puy. Cameo 5 contains a vi ew of the procession of membEls of the Order from St. J a nn's Gate to the Priory Church, Cl e rkenwelI, on S1. Joh n' s Day, by a fine portrait of H R H. The Duk e of Connaught, the present Grand Plior of the Order. The

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seventh cameo transports us to th e days of the Crimean War, and a tableau of Florence Nightingale-the heroin e 01 the Crimea - is revealed.

Cameo 8 is a very interesting story entitled "Teddy -A Child's Sacrifice_" It is staged amidst natural surroundings, in the heart of a coal mining area, and it contains the first and only film scenes actually taken in a coal mine-a thousand yards below the earth's surface. The last four cameos illustrate ambulance work in the Ci ty of London, in Dublin, and in Wales, closing with a pi cture of S1. John's Gate, Clerk en well, now the headqu arters of the Order of St. John in England. This concl udes an exceedingly attractive film which should help to cre lte interest in the Order and its work in all parts of th e country.

It is interesting to note that this film is very largely th e work of District Officer C. Hanm e r, the Official De monstrator of the St. John Am bulance Association, and he is to be congratulated upon the splendid results ac hieved.

Ambulance workers who would like an exhibition of th is film in their district would be we ll advised to make arra ngements as early as possible for a visit from the De monstrator. It might be mentioned that applications fro m the South of England would be given preference, as the re are still some vacant dates in tours already fixed in th at part of the country.

Our Ambulance Problem (No.5).

J U DGE'S RE PO RT.

DR. J. H OSSACK, who ad j udicated this cump e tltlOn, has ki ndly sent us the follJwing report on the result :-

I have received the answers to the probl e m I set in la st month s FIR ST AID I here emphatically state I will n ot set another, for the simple reason that I hive had the gr eatest difficulty in making up my mind which was the be st plper - to award the pri ze. As a matt e r of fa ct, I got down to three exc e llent papers, I I, IS and 19. I got two colleagues to help me-one a doctor and ex" Dewar" Examiner, and the other a most efficient gentlem an on the District Staff-to give me the benefit of their op ini0n on these three pipers. We have come to the c onclusion that two, I I and 15, are equally good and we c annot separate them. There are six other excell e nt p apers, fourteen really good, and the rest I think are be ginners, who have made a splendid showing and have no thing to be ashamed of. The amount of First Aid k nowledge astonishes us, and all the writers are to be congr atulated on their work, which shows care, thought, and n o little time taken. But as far as I am concerned, nev e r ag ain will I set a test pap3r.

My colleagues who have helped me to settle this very k notty question desire to associate themselve with me in c ongratulating all the competitors. The case was plain e nough: a cut throat, a locked compntment, and a razor. M a'ly competitors wandered and found all sorts of other i njuries-fractured femur, concussion, !l.poplexy, fractured ri bs, pOlson, and I don't know what all. Surely the old m an had enough with a cut throat. What I wanted was t o find oue how you would deal with it, because the case

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a ctually happ =ned wh e n I was a passeng er on a train, and, b ei ng a doctor, I was called by a 81. John's man to assist. If this meets his eye, let me congratulate him on his practical work. He we nt on by train and I stood by the old man. We thus parted company without knowing who each other was. Congratulations, therefore, to the winners and all competitors and to the unknown St. John's man whom I met, for we met and pissed ships in the night.

Pap er No. submitted by-

MR. W. B RETT, 5, The Pino;s, Sheerness, East Kent. P op r K). IS-

MR. W. A. ROE, 13, Boot Hi il, R ': ctory Road, Sutton Coalfield, n : ar B irmi ngham

MR. W. BR ETT'S PAPER.

What may have happened.

- Jugular vein severed

2 -Carotid artery and jugular vein both severe d

3 -S e vere capillary haemorrhage only

4 -Patient may have fa inte d from shock due to any or all of above injuri es

S-Patient may have collapsed from loss of blood

6 - [n falling may ha ve sustained fractur es or dislocat io ns Immediate action.

I- Do not stop the train

2-Apply d igi tal pressure by thumbs, one on ea ch side of wound. Be low to close ca rot id a rter y, above to close jugular vein

3 - Shout for assistance from passengers in adjacent compartments, if no one was wit h you when door was forced open

4 -Send to en qui re if a doctor is on the train

5 - Enquire if any of sta ff on tra in or any passengers are first-aiders

6- Send to enquire if there is a first aid outfit on the train, in order to supplement the pocket outfit which each first aider should carry

7- Deta il someone to keep the c orridor cl ear (i) To ensure easy approach to patient, (ii) To maintain free ci rcul ation of fresh aIr

g -Select necessary qelpers from those offering assistanc e, choosing a minimum number for the case and selecting first aiders if any come fo rward

9 -Ask a helper to remo ve patient's collar and tie (if any ) helper to maintain d igi tal pressure, while you look for, and attend to, fractures or dislocat ions etc. (i f any )

I I- If helper is a first aider, let h im attend to fractures or dislocations

1f a doctor is on train_

I-Hand patient over to doctor

2 -Follow his directions and assist him as necessary

-With assistance, remov "; ent to an empty compartment; haye one cleared if ,sary, choOSIng the nearest to the case, and maint c.. .1g digital pressure the whole time

2-Place p.a.tient along seat, facing window, in a sitting pOSitIOn and knees flexed

3-0btain a to.wel,or something suitable to pass round back of s head and under knees and tie, thus depreSSIng head and closing wound

4-If patient is in o.f collapse, obtain bandages, if a v ailable, otherwise Improvise them from table cloths towels .0: anything suitable and bandage limbs extremIties upwards

5-Cover patient with rugs or anything suitable to maintain warmth

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6-Enquire of staff if hot water bottles are available if not whether any can be improvised. Apply these'

7 -Arrange. belpers in relays maintain digital compression, havIDg first washed their hands and painted them with iodine

8-Give no stimulents until h ze morrhage has been ccntrolled

9-Examine patient for any minor injuries

ro-If b cem orrhage is controlled and patient is conscious g iv e stimulents. SmellIDg salts to nose, sips of cold bot tea, etc.

II-Applr iodine to wound and cover with dressings or clean IlDen

12-Prevent pati ent undoing what has been done, or doing any further IDJury

13-Speak sympathetically and encouragingly to patient Other action.

I-See that window is open

2-Pull down blinds on corridor side of compartment and on other side when necessary

3 - 0 btain possession of razor

4-Have lavatory locked to pre, ent anything being touche d

5-Searcb patient purposes of obtaining identification, als\l ma.ke enqumes as to whether he has any relatives on tram

6-Enquire of guard, if speed of train can be increased

7-Ask if train. is passing through any town where hosp ita l or medical treatment could be obtained

8-Ask if train could be stopped at such town

9 -Ask if a .written could be dropped at any them to telephone to station at which tram IS due to stop, stating nature of case, and thus arrangements to be made to receive case on arrn'al

Io-Enquire if hospital treatment is available at town at which tram Will stop

I I-Also en quire as to what transport facilities are availa ble there

On arrival at station

-Obtain station staff, such as a stretcher and help ID carrying and transporting patient

2-Ask if a doctor can be found among those in the statio n

3-Send for police

To inform them of affair, if necessary (II) To control crowd

4-1 nform station master, in case it is considered necessa ry to remove coach from train

s-Arrange best available transport, if not already" done so as a result of suggested dropping of message

6 -1£ possible accompany patient to hospital or doctor

7-If is a of the town, arrange to inform hiS relatlons (If none on train) in a suitable manner If man is dead on arrival at station.

I-Inform station master for purpose of remo v al of coa ch from train

2-Send for police and hand over body to them, also razor

3 -Give police full particulars .of the affair, also name and address of self and obtam same of witnesses

THE NEW REGULATION HATS.-In an advertisem ent in this issue is shown a photograph of the new Regu lation Hat for L-idv Ambulance Officers and Ambulance Sisters, of the Brigade, In view of the pattern of hat at present being worn by ladies in mufti, the new uniform hat should prove to be popular, and those responsible for the chan.ge are to be congratulated. It is certainly far smarter 10 appearance and shoul prove to be more serviceable as a uniform hat. _ •

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PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News,

APPOINTMENTS, JANUARY, 1926.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned ;-

To be Sub=Cowmissioners.

GLAhlORGAN COUNTY CENTR&

Sir Rose Price, Bart., Pontypridd Sub-District, 19.2.25

Mr. DaVid Evans Bevan, Neath Sub-District, 6 .2.26

To be Centre Surgeon.

CARi\IARTHE SHIRE CENTRE.

Sydney Williams, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 28.1.26

To be Staff Officer.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Corps Secretary Thomas John Williams, 28.1.26

Co rps Supt. Thomas Davies Jenkins, 28.1.26

fo be Ambulance Officers.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Sta ff Sergt. George Clemett, Barry Dock Di,-i sion, 2 2.26

S ergt. Thomas Barry Dock Division, 2.2 :26

Se rgt. Henry Thomas Evans, Cardiff City Division, 29.1.26

GLA COUNTY CENTRE.

P rivate Herbert Spiller, Penallta Colliery Divis ion, 3.3.26

Sergt. John Jones, Senghenydd Di,-ision, 26.2_26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CEKTR&

Corporal William Merritt, Naval Collieries and Pengraig District Division, 25 .2. 26

S ergt. Frederick Morgan, Ynysfeio Division, I 6. 2.2 6

T o be Ambulance Officer for Cadets.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergt. \Villiam J. Hole, Bryn Division, 4·:2.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

P rivate David John Lewis, Naval Collieries and Penygraig District Division, 25 2.26

To be Lady Ambulance Officer for Cadets.

CARhlARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

A mbulance Sister Mary Sophia Griffiths, Llanelly Nursing Division, :28.1.26

To be Centre Se.gea')t Major.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CEKTRE.

Corp;; Sergeant Major John \Vooding, To be Corps Sergeant Major.

GLAi\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Sergeant Morgan John Hammond, Llynfi Valley Corps, 22 2.26

To be Staff Sergeant (Supernumerary).

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Corporal George Washington Miller, Cardiff City Division, 29·1.26

To be Sergeants.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Corporal Harold Thomas A !cock, Cardift City Division, 29·1.26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CE.NTRE.

Privat e Lewis S. Hunt, Nelson Division, 4. 2 26

Privat e Ivor Surridge, Senghenydd Division, 26.2.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Pr!vate \Vdliam J obn Higgon, Cwrnparc Division, 30 I.I6 Rees, Naval Collieries and Penygraig District DIVISion, 25 2 26

Private David \Vqliams, Ynysfeio Di yi sion, 16.2.26

To be Corporals.

CITY OF CARDI FF CENTRE.

Private Ernest Edward Johnson, Card iff City Division, 29.1.26 GLAlIIORGAX COU),"TY CENTRE.

1-'r.ivate Reginalcl James Pincott, Coytrahen Division, 22.::!.:26

Private John DaVies, elson Divis ion, -+.2.26 \Yilliam Jenkins, Senghenydd Division :36.2.26

Private John Burgoyne, " Private John Edwards, " " " BOROUGH OF NEW PO RT CENTRE.

Private Frederick Charles Temple, Alexandra Docks Division' 12.2.26

Private Stanley l\Iorrish, Newport Railway Division, I::!.2.26 BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CEX TRE

Private Thomas Hopkin, 'aval Collieries and P enygraig District Division,

Private J oho Wrefo rd, aval Collieries and Penygraig District Division, 25 .2. 26

Private \\-lIliam Walker, YnysfeiC' Division, 16.2.26

To be Divisional Secretaries. COUNTY CENTRE.

Private James Gwyn, Cwmgwracn Division, 3.2.26

Private William Henry Murphy, Loughor Division, 3.3.26 BOROU GH OF RHONDD _\ CENTRE.

Private Thomas Rees, Naval Collieries and Penygrai g District Division, 25.2.26

To be Divisional Treasurers. CO U TY C ENTRE.

Private John William Evans, Cwmgwracb Division, 3-2.2 6

Private Edgar Morgan, Nelson Division, .p.26

Private John Edwards, Senghenydd DiviSIOn, 26.2.:36

Private Victor Clifton, Taibach Division, -1- 2.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Sergeant Frederick Morgan, Ynysfeio Division, 16.2.26

To be Lady Divisional Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Nursing Sister Violet W illiams,Cwm Colliery D ivi sion, -1-,2.26

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

GU.i\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private \Vllliam Steward Davies, Cwmgwrach Division ) 3 226

BOROU GH OF RHON DDA CENTRE.

Private \Villiam Samuel Hughes, Ynysfeio Division, 16 .2.26

Transferred to Brigade R.eserve.

BOROUGH OF NE\UORT CENTRE.

Corporal H. Moth, Newport Railway Division, 19·1.26

Transferred.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. S. Blundred from Naval Collieries and Penygraig District Division to l\Ieir and Longton Division, NO.5 District, 5 2 26

R.esignation Accepted with Regret.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA C ENTRE.

Lady Supt. Mrs. N. White, Fernhill Nursing Division 122.26

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Deaths.

CITY 0 1" CARDII'[<, CENTl{[.

Centre Surgeon Dr. de Vere Hunt,S 3. 26

GL AM ORGAN COU NTY CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. R. Thomas, Nelson D ivision, 2 3 26 Cadet Division R.egistered.

DOROUGH OF RH uNDDA C ENT RE.

Penygraig Cadet D iv ision, 1. 8.25

Award of Service Medals.

MONMOUTHSHlRE C E NTRE.

Corps Supt. Albert H. Williams, Rhymney Valley Corps.

Corps Officer E. E. G rinham, Avon Llwyn Corps. DIvIsional Supt. W. H. Pentwyn Division.

BOROUGH OF NEWPORT CENTRE.

Commissioner G. Campbell Oliver.

BOROUGH OF R HO N DDA C E N TRE.

Ambulance Officer Samuel Atkins, Ynyshir Division.

Corporal William Dav ies, Ynyshir Division.

Service Medal Bar.

BOROUG H OF MERTH YR TY DF I L CENTRE.

Corp3 Inspe ct or of Stores T. Thomas, Dowlais Corps.

General Interest.

ST. DA VID'S DAY PRO CEE DIN GS

A generous spirit of co-operation was demonstrated at the annual gatherings of Chapter and Grand Committee on St. David 's Day, Ist March, at Cardiff.

The Sub·Prior, the Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G C. M.G., presided over the proceedings which were open.ed at noon, when the following Members of Chapter, wearing the mantles of the Order, assembled in the Council Chamber ;-

The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of St. David's (Chaplain for Wales).

Lt.-Col. Thomas Wallace, M. D. (Treasurer for Wales)

Sir Leolin Forestiec-Walker, K.B.E., M.P., ( Honorary D irector of Am bulan ce ).

The Right. Hon. Thomas R ic hards, P.C. ( Director of Ambulance).

Col. J, Amallt Jones, M.D , K.H.S., V.D. (Almoner).

Mr. Hugh M. In g ledew (Ho norary Solicitor).

Lt .-Co l. H. E. M. L indsay, C.B.

Dr. S. G lanv ille Morris

The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth

" " " Lord Tredegar, C B.E.

Sir John W. Beynon, Bart, C.B.E.

;'1r. A. G. E. J Fudge.

Lt.-Col. W. Bickerton Edwards, C.B.E.

Mr. T. C. A. Hodson.

Dr. D Rocyn Jones, C.B.E.

Mr Arthur Lucas

Captain T. E. R ic hards.

Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K. B.E (Pr incipal Secretary and Commissioner for Wales ).

Prayers read by the Chaplain, and the following le tter was recelved from the Plior His Royal Highness

Prince of Wales :-

D EAR LOR D KYLSANT, am afraid it is impossible for me to be at the of the Chapter and Grand Committee of the Priory for of the Order of St. John, which are to be held ID Cardiff on St. David s Day, but I have read with

intr.rest the reports of the work of the Priory during the past year, and congratulate you on the progress made in all departments. The ambulance men and women are maintaining the standard of the Brigade, and there appears every chance of the units increasing in strength and there· fore in usefulness.

I am impressed by the fact that nearly e very collie ry company in the South Wales coalfield has its Ambulan ce Brigade Division, which Divisions are generally nam ed after the towns or collieries in which they are raised, and I would urge upon all the responsibility of maintaining this wonderful body of v oluntary workers.

I am glad the Med ical Comforts Depots are prov ing such a success. The object we all have in mind is to relieve, to the best of our ability, sickness in the ho me and to place within easy reach of everyone the necessary for affording such amelioration of suffering.

As Prior, I look forward on a future occasion to bei ng able to attend Chapter in person so as to encourage the Executive Officers and members of the Priory in th e:r efforts to carryon the work of this Welsh Natio nal Organisation, to which I wish continued success. Believe me, Yours very truly, EDWARD P.

The Honorary Solicitor, Mr. Hugh M. Ingled ew, su bmitted the report of the registrar, the Right Hon. Lo rd Kenyon, K.C.V.O., who was unable to attend. He stat ed th e Priory was preparing a roll of honour to include the names of all members who had paid the supreme during the Great War, and reported on the Awards of the Order conferred by th e Grand Prior during I925.

Presenting the report of the Honorary Almon er, Col. J. Arnallt Jones, M.D., K.H.S., V.D, the Almon er, referred to the splendid services which th e St John Orth opedic Clinic at Swansea had rendered to ex-service men in W est Wales Well over 93,000 treatments were given at this clinic, which was closed in July last.

The resignation of the Earl of Lisburne, who he ld office as President of the Cardiganshire Centre, wa s accepted with regret and the following appointmen ts unanimously confirmed:-

Aberdare Centre-The Hon. J. H. Bruce, as President. Carmarthenshire Centre-Mr. Evan Da v id Jones, as Co mmissioner.

Flintshire Centre- Mr. Waiter Baldwyn Yates, as Co mmissioner.

At the close of Chapter the Sub-Prior entertained a party to luncheon at the Park Hotel. In addition to t he above-named Members of Chapter his lordship's gues ts included the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. B. Francis), Sir William Davies (Cardiff), Sir Amos Ki rk (Cardiff), Mr. Lewis Lougher, M.P. (Cardiff), Mr. Jam es A. Wilson. M.B.E. (Cardiff). Mr. John Grimes, M.B. E. (Cardiff), Mr. E. D. (Carmarthen), Lt. -Col. F. T. Rees, M.e. (Radyr), Mr. Finlay A. Gibson (Cardiff), th e Rev. Dr. Jones Powell (Cudiff), Mr. G. F. Forsdik e (Cardiff), Mr. T. E. Smith (Cardiff), Mr. J. J. Dunlo p (Cardiff), Mr. R. Wehber (Cardiff), and Mr. A. H. M ilbourne (London).

The Lord Mayor officially welcomed the rtpresent atives, expressing gratitude on behalf of the ci of Cardiff for the great work being carried on by the Prior y for the benefit of suffering humanity.

In the afternoon a meeting of the Grand Committe e was held under the presidency of the Sub -Prior, who was supported by the members present at Chapter and th e following :-Mr. Henry J. Jack (President, Carnarvonshi re Centre), Mr. Tudor (President, Borough of Merth yr Tydfil Centrt), Alderman H. Macdonnel (Chairman, Swa nsea Centre), Dr. Urban Marks (Commissioner, Swans ea

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Mr. Walter Baldwyn Yates (Commissioner' Fhntshire Centre), Mr. E. D. Jones (Commissioner, Carmarthenshire. Lady (Herbert) Lewis, O .B.E ( RepresentatIve, CIty of Cardiff Centre), Dr. W. Edmund Thomas Glamorg a n County Centre), and the.followmg members of Standing Committees ;-Dr. R. J. SmIth (CardIff). Mr. G. F. Forsdike (Cardiff), Dr. Jones Powell (Cardiff), Professor Knox (Treforest), Mr. J. J. Dunlop (C.ardiff ). Mr. Lemuel Jones (Aberavon), Mr. J- H. DaVIes (Ferndale), Mr. H emy W. Martin ( Cardllf), Mr. F. R. Hortop (Barry), Major A W. Anderson (Ogmore Vale), Mr. H. Spence Thomas (Cardiff), Mrs. E. Edwards (Crynant), M. C. T. Hurry Riches (CaerphIlly), Mr. C. E. Mason (Cardiff), Mr. T. E. Smith Mrs F. M. Riches (Glerphilly ), Dr. Cornelius Gn ffiths (CardIff), Mr. R Wilson Bartl et t ( Newport)

Th:3 Sub-Prior thanked the Lord Mayor and Corpora-

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was an ever-present dlfficulty. M easur e s had been tak e n to r e duce expenditure as far as possible without curtailing the good work of the Priory, and had it not been for the g e nerous sum bequeathed to the Ord er by the late Countess of Dundonald th e financial outlook would have been satisfactory. His Lordship expressed a hope that other pIOUS donors and benefactors would follow the set by the late Lady Dundonald ac:; there was mcreasme: scope and ne ed for the beneficent activities of As an organisation serving the public without distInctton between party, class or cr ee d it was not unreasonable that each Welshman and Welsh woman should contri?ute their shar e towards its support, and contributions mVIted from commercial Companies and mdlViduals so that the work should not suffer through want of more general and generous financial assistance. H is Lordship concluded with an expression of gratitude to the

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tion of Cardiff for their welcome and nev er-failing sympathy and practical help in th e work of the Priory. In a comprehensive statement his Lordship reviewed the activities of the past year He stated it was eight years since the Grand Prior of the Order authorised the formation of the Welsh Priory and throughout this period the Priory had been carrying on the work of the Order in Wales as efficiently and extensively as possible. The reports of the Executi\e Officers made it abundantly cltar that the Priory was a very active organisation, fulfilling a daily need in the lives of the Welsh p e ople, and increasingly vi1luable work had been accomplished by the various departments, particularly the Brigade, Ambulance, Motor Transport and Medical Comforts Depots.

Everyone realised that to carry on any great work for ameliorating the conditions of the life of the people involved the provision of adequate funds and this

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members of the various Standing Committees for their unselfish work for the Priory Lieut. ·Colonel Thomas Wallace (Treasurer for Wales) on behalf of the Honorary Treasurer, Colonel Sir Watkin Williams-WynD, Bart, C.B , presented the balance sheet for I915, which showed an excess of expenditur e over income of £3,850. OD e cause for this deficit was the industrial depression and cons eq uent decrease in Transport levies. It was also accounted for by the {act that a substantial grant which was confidently expected had not yet been received

Mr. G. F. Forsdike seconded the adoption of the balance sheet, which was unanimously car.ried A report on the am bulance activities during th e past year was submitted by the Honorary Director of Ambulance, Sir Lrolin Forestier- Walker. It was shown that over ten thousand men and women had attended class es of in-

St. David's Day , 1926.-M ember5 of Grand Com:nittee outs ide City Hall, Cardiff.

ig ht to left-Mr: Hug-h M. In g\ edew, Mr. Henry .W. Martin, Col o nel Sir J.

Bradney, C.B., T.D .,

Sir Leolio Forestler-Walker, K.B.E, M.P., the Hon. the Earl of Plymou th, the Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, .• Dr. Urban Ma rks, Sir. John W. Bey non, Bart., C.B E., Dr. S. Gfanville Morris, Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudgt", Mr. G. F. Forsdlke, L ieut.-Colonel W. Bickerton Edwards, C. B. E., Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Wallace, M D., and Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, K.B.E.

struction in First Aid and Horne Nursing, and 9,9 22 efficiency awards had been issued during 192 5-an increase of 649 on the previous year. The. lectures given ?y Brigade Members to the boys and gIrlS of the Juv.emle Training Centre were greatly appreciated by the Authorities, who had made a grant for the purpose. Over 800 recruits were enrolled into the Brigade in Wales in 1925 and twenty-three nzw Divisions raised, seventeen of these being Cadet units. Satisfactory progress was also recorded io connection with the Motor Ambulance Transport Service. During the twelve months nearly four thousand cases were carried and an increasing number of the public were subscribing. Lack of funds prevented the Priory embarking on new enterprises, but development and expansion in its present activities were continually being made.

The Right Hon. Thomas Richards, Director of Am bulance, seconding the adoption of the report, bore testimony to the voluntary work of the vast army of men and women who were qualified to render FIrSt Aid, and to the services generously given by the doctors.

In the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Mackintosh, of Mackintosh (Lady President, Glamorgan County Centre), the Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth presented a statement on the Medical Comforts of the PrIory. His Lorcship outlined the progress made by this Department, and gave particulars of new Depots established at New Tredegar, Merthyr, Bridgend and Aberamam. Satisfactory references were also made to those at Cardiff, Barry, Penarth, Pontyclun, Crynant, Llanharan, Tumble, St. Athans, Pontylottyn, Bryn, Pontpool, Aber cynon, Aberdare, Griffithstown, Pontnewynydd, Abersychan, Sennybridge and Ten by.

Supported by Sir John W. Beynon, the report was unanimously adopted.

Presenting the annual report of the Principal Secretary ann Commissioner for Wales, Sir Herbert D. W. Lewi'1 briefly summarised the work of the various Departments during 1925, concluding with a reference to the financial position, which was acting as a serious deterrent to further progress.

Mr. Henry J. Jack (Representative, Carnarvon shire Centre), and Mr. Walter Baldwyn Yates (Commissioner, Flintshire Centre) suggested the publication ot a pamphlet setting out the objects and work of the Priory, whose operations were not sufficiently known in North Wales, and the Sub·Priur said the proposal should be seriously considered.

A vote of thanks was accorded to the Sub-Prior for presiding, on the proposition of Colonel Sir J oSf'ph Bradney, seconded by Mr. Henry J. Jack, and supported by Mr. G. F. Forsdike and Li e ut.-Colonel Thomas Wallace. Lord Kylsant, in acknowledgment said whatever he did for the Priory was a labour of love he was following in the footsteps of the first Sub-Prior, the late Earl of Plymouth, who had taken so great interest in its commencement.

FORTHCOMING AMBULANCE COMPETITIONS.

OPEN CONTESTS IN CARMARTHENSHIRE.

On Saturday, loth April the Carmarthenshire Centre Ambulance Championship competitions will be held at the Drill Hall, Llanelly. The programme of events includes : _

I. Championship competition for the "Lady Kylsant" shield, open to teams of five men in the St. John Ambulance Br.igade. First prIZe, five guineas; second prize, £2; third prIZe, £1.

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2. Competition for" Ladies" Cup, open to teams of four Nursing members of the Brigade. First prize, £4; second prize, £2; third prize, £ I.

3. Competition for the" Studt Shield" open to teams of four men or women who have not won a prize in any ambulance competition. First prize, £2; second prize, ,£r.

4. Com peti tion for teams of four boys under 16 years of age. First and second prizes, silver medals.

5. Competition for teams of four girls under 16 years of age. First and second prizes, brooches.

The conditions are similar to those governing all Priory comp e titions. No entrance (t,e will be charged Entries must be sent to Corps Secretary T. J. Williams, 2, Nevill-street, Llanelly, before April, 7th, 1926.

The Amman Valley Corps Competitions will be held at Ammanford on Saturday, 17th April next.

There will be an open contest for the "Duffryn" shield, presented by Colonel W. N. Jones for teams of Ambulance and Nursing members of the Priory in the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, P e m broke, Glamorgan, Monmouth and Brecon a competition open to teams of Ambulance mem bers of the Brigade in Carmarthenshire for the" Stepney Gulston II shield the" L ldies II cup com petition, open to turns of Nursing members in the county ; and a competition for the "Dynevor" shi e id, open to teams of men and women in the Amman Valley Corps.

Full particulars may be obtained from Corps Secretary B. Richards, the Poplars, Llandebie, Carm.

Centre Reports.

GLAMOROAN COUNTY CENTRE.

REVIVAL OF BRYNNA DIVISION.

The Commissioner for Wales, accompanied by Staff Officer B. E. Maberly, paid a visit to Llanharan on Saturday, 30th January, and inspected the Brynna Am bulance Division. Divisional Supt. J. W. Arscott was in charge of the Parade and the Commissioner expressed pleasure at the smart appearance of the men and the work carried out. The inspection was followed by a social evening, at which Mr. Jam e s Lewis, M.E. presided, and the Commissioner for Wales explained the Voluntary Aid Detachments Scheme and urged those present to enrol without delay. He expressed a hope that the Council would provide suitable accommodation for the ambulance men and nurses, and Mr. John Lewis very kindly undertook to see what could be done in this direction.

ABERAVON CORPS PRO GRESS.

At a pres en tation meeting organised by the Cefn Cribbwr Ambulance Division on the 17th February, SubCommissioner Lemuel Jones presented warrants of appointment to Divisional Surgeon Dr. T. C. Ghose, DiVIsional Supt. W. Browning, Divisional Treasurer R. Bryant, Sergeant R. T. Davies and Corporal G. Watkins and expressed great satisfaction with the revival of interest in this Division, which, after a long period of inactivity, had become most enthusiastic. He advocated the n e cessity of forming a Nursing D ivision in the district and was glad to see a large numb e r of boys at this meeting who wer e qualifying for enrolment into a Cad e t Division.

At Bryn, also, ambulance inter e st has considerably increased and bers of the local Division are voluntarily assisting in the erection of a Divisional headquarters. Th e Bryn Cadet Division which was recently sanctioned is

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making splendid progress and classes are now being held with a view to a Nursing Division being raised.

SUCCE SSFUL CONCERT AT GIL FACH GOCR. Officers and Members of the Gilfach Goch .\mbulance Division are to be congratulated on the excellent concert held at the Workmen's Hall, Gilfach Goch, on January 27 th

Mr. D. Davies g Agent of the Britannic Merthyr c'oal Co., Ltd., presidtd over a crowded audience , and pre sented a long service medal to Corps Officer W. M. Thomas, of whose excellent work in connection with the Britannic Collidries he expressed appreciation, and commended him on his long Brigade service.

The Division is grateful to Major P. H. Linthune, Secretary of the Talyg;arn Conval e scent Horne and the Taly garn Concert Palty, who gave services and voluntarily carried out a programme whIch was greatly appreciated.

MONTGOMERY SHIRE CENTRE.

The Commissioner for Wales was present at a social evening organis e d by the Welshpool Division ?n Friday, January 29th. Lady Supt. MISS. L. Helher presided at a supper .se:ved by NurslDg In his address the CommiSSioner pomt e d out the VItal need for first aid knowledge in the rural districts.

Dr. R. D. Thomas, Divisional Surgeon, proposed a vot e of thanks to th e Commissioner, which was seconded by Mrs. Honora rones and heartily carried.

The Venerable Archdeacon E. H. Griffith bore testimony to the valuable servic e s of the Welshp?ol and Nursing Members and to the splendId spmt whIch animated their work.

A vote of thanks was accorded to Archdeacon Griffiths by Dr. E. W. Ashworth, Welshpool, and certificates presented to the Division by Mrs. R. D. Thomas and Mrs. Ashworth.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

"GEORGE OLI VE R II CUP COMPETITION.

Arrangements are bzing made for the for the" George Oliver II Cup at Llwynypia on May This contest is confined to teams from the Cam bnan, Britannic Glamorgan, Naval, and Bla en clydach Combine), and full particulars may be obtained from the Competition Secretary, Ambulance Officer W. R. Matthews, 2, Royal Terrace, Trealaw.

FERNDALE DI VISION'S RECORD.

In the grounds of "Brynderwen ," the residence of the Presid ent of the Borough of Rhondda Centre, Mr. F. Llewellyn J aco b, on January 3 1St, mem b e rs of the Ferndale Division proudly displayed a brilliant array of trophies won by them during the past year. They included the "Lady Lewis" Cup, which was successfully con.t l:' sted at the Royal National Eisteddfod held at PwllhelI the "Hurl ey-Davifs" Cup; the " Pete r Haig Shield,; the" D Davis & Sons" ShIeld, and the II Mountam Ash Silver Cup. Mr. F. L. Jacob warmly congratulated t.he members on their success. He presented the service medal of the Order to Supt. William Morgan and a warrant cf appointm ent to Ambulance Offic er Evan Edwards. Illness prevented. St -l ff ?ergeant F. S eale from receiving his warrant on thIS occasIOn.

Thp President W3.S supported bv the CommISSIOner, Captain T. E. Richards, Dr. S. Glanville Morris, the Centre Surgeon, Staff Officer J. Ii. Davies, Corps Supt.

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T. J. Evans, Corps Secretary C. Gronow, Corps Treasurer D. Roberts, and Corps Inspector of Stores, W. D. Thomas After the presentation those pr e sent were photographed and the trophies were included in the group.

CITY OF CAR.DIFF CENTRE.

DR. D. DE VERE HUNT.

Loss TO Al\JBULAN CE WORK IN WALE S.

Dr. Daniel De Vere Hunt of Cathedral-road, Cardiff, died on Friday, March 5th, at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary where he had been taken five weeks previously suffering from head injuries following a fall.

A native of Ireland, Dr. De Vere Hunt, hold in g the degrees of L RC.S. (Ireland), and L R.C.P. (Ed.) in Cardiff over thirty years ago. His ac;sociation with ambulance work goes back to J895, when he taught first aid to the boys of the Church Lads' Brigade.

Ambulance work was his hobby and pride, and in recognition of his valuable services he was elected an Honorary Associate and an Honorary Life Mem ber of the Order. Enrolled in the Cardiff G.W R Division of the Brigade in 1910, Dr. Hunt was appointed Corps Surgeon on th e 28th November, 1912, promoted to Staff Offic e r on th e 25th August, 1919, which offic e he held un1il July last, when he became Centre Surgeon. In 1925 he was awarded the service medal of th e Order .

In F e bruary, 1924, he pr e sented a cup to the Priory for annual competition by nurses in the City of Cardiff Centre and the Crerphilly Sub ·District.

Officers and rfpresenting all the ambulance and nursing units in the City of CardIff Centre an d representatives of the Priory from many of the surrounding districts attended the funeral service held in St. Catherine's Church, Card ff, on Tursrday, 11th March.

The coffin was with the flag of the Order and members of the Brigade acte(i as pall bearers. The Commissioner for Wales was unavoidably absent and was representtd by the Secretary of the Brigade D epa rtment, Mr. W. Mabon Abraham.

News in Brief.

The Emyln Anthracite Colliery Company, Penygro f s, Ammanford, has decided to join the Priory'S Motor Ambulance Transport Scheme which has been approved by the Horne Office as an efficie.nt me3ns of complying with the regulations of the Coal Mmes Act, 19 11. For a small contribution, Colliery own e rs who have contracts with the Priory are able to obtain the free use of an ambulance to conv e y an injured workman to home or hospital at any time of the day or night.

Notification has been received from the Admiralty that Private E. Rees (Brynmawr Division) was confirmed in the rank of Sick Berth Attendant with effect on and from January 26th.

The Commissioner for Wales has agreed to accept office, at the request of the authorities of t he Royal National Eisteddfod to be held at Swansea year, Honorary Director of Am IJulance. In this he wI!1 assist in organising the ambulance and competItions and the ambulance arrangements m the grounds during the Eisteddfod week.

and J\nswet's to eot't'espondents.

.2ueries rJJiIl be aealt rJJitll N"der tlle jDIlDrJJ;"C "Nles :-

r. -Leiters cDntaini,,[, QNeries mNst be marked Dn tlse tfJP lett Isana CDrner Dt tlse enfJelfJpe tn,d addressed-FIRST Am, <16, Can"D,,·street, LDndIJn, .E. C. 4.

-A 1/ Queries mNst be accompanied a " QNer1 CoupDn" cut 11'0" the curre"t issue Dt tlu lournal, Dr in case ot QNeries from abroa( trom a recent iSSNe.

1. - Tke Textbook, to wlzich reference ma1 be made in tkese colum ns is the 36th (I920) Edition of S.I.A.A. Manual or First-Aid.

TR EAT ME IT OF DI SLOCA TED HI P.

H. B. (Montreal, Canada ).-We disa g ree amongst oursel v es and ask you kindly to give a ruling as to whether or no the long outside splint should be applied for Dislocated H ip when accident occurs outdoors and patient has to be transported some considerable d istan c e.

I do not know how a lon g outs ide splint could be of ser vi ce wi th a D islocated H ip for wh ch, as with all d slocated jo ints, steps must be taken to support limb-e g , with padding, &c.-so that strain on dislocated joint is min imised as far as poss ible.-N CO RBET F LET CHER.

E XAMINA TION HO WLE R.

H D . ( Ceylon, Ind ia ) - A nat iv e constable in our B rigade ree x am inat ion this ye a r was asked to state how many kinds of poisons there were. "Tw o kinds ," said he, "Cob r a a n d Scorpz'o n " Needless to add, the examiner did not pass h i m.

Good ! Next, please ! !-N.C .F.

A l\1BULANCE PRO BLEl\I No -t.

H.B. ( Montreal ) - May I ask what you said when in solution of A mbulance Problem N O.4 , as set out in January issue o f FI RST AID you read that v inegar and water were " weak alkalies " and l i me water, &c., " weak acids ? " Y ou may ask ; b ut I am not telling !- N .C.F.

ASP HYX IA AND DI SLOC AT IO N OF N ECK

F R. ( Gill ingham ) - In a recent competit ion we had to deal with a man whose condition was complicated by dislocatIOn of neck and fra c tures of both bones of right leg. For treatment I adopted Silvester ' s Method and informed Judge that I d id not feel j u ,tified in turning man on to his face. On being told that patient' s face was becoming blue, I realised that something more was e x pected; and I reverted to Laborde, although I realised that it would be of little use in these circumstances.

L a ter I discovered from the marking sheet that Schafer was the method required; and I submit the point for your decision , although I fancy that --had you been the Judge and had you seen us turning patient on to his face-you woul d have g iven a short and sharp decision:" Pa tient dead. T eam disq u alified."

"fan c y ". is fa c t. ; and on your statement of facts my sympathies entirely wlth you. Moreover, Professor Sharpey Schafer has himself decreed that with an asphyxiated patient

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".signs ?f in fa.ce .are of returnin g circulatIOn, which IS the object of artIficial respiratIOn and (i n spite of Textbook instruction to contrary ) indication t o persevere with method which produced this change. On th is showing, then, the Judge really signalled to you that you were doing well with Silvester's Method ! Further, the site of the dislocated neck was such that a slight slip during turning might have caused sudden dea th quite apart from effects of Asphyxia. Finally, I am not amon g thoo;e Judges who consider that trained squads of ambulan ce men can with perfect safety turn pat ients suffering fro m Fracture-Dislocation of Sp ine; and I maintain that from th e First - Aid standpoint they should not be encouraged to ma ke the attempt, because such action tends to favour Meddlesom e First-Aid. In this case, one turning of patient would not ha ve sufficed, and apparently Silvester was giving good results.N C.F.

CO NT ROL OF E MER GEN CIES.

F. R. ( Gill ingham ).-I am surprised to have seen no comme nt in FIR ST AID on a statement made recently before a London coroner The police, it appears, have instru ctions to pre v ent "amateurs " from interfering with an ybody who meets with an accident in the street until he arrival of a doctor. In the case before the Coroner, it w as stated that timely treatment might saved patient s life. If such is the case, surely a serious position is establishe d, especially of the term "amateur " is intended to inclu de certificated First Aid men and women.

I believe that the police have instructions to exer c se discretion as you state, 2nd that such instru c tions are base d on anticipation of prompt arrival of L.C.C. ambulan ce with trained attendants. First Aiders sometimes forget th at the pol ice officer is in c harge and have been known to pus h themselves forward w ithout of their" Q ualification s as First Aiders, " especially" tact" and" discrimination. " F or this reason, doctors passing by street accidents do not inte rfere, unless perhaps, they see c ause. Personally, I have on ly once interfered in a street emergency where a police offi c e r was in charge; and I still remember the promptness an d courtesy with wh ich he obeyed my instructions when he learne d that I was a qualified medical man So under similar circu mstances I cannot imagine a London policeman refusing th e help of any lay person who by statement and conduct pro v e s himself (or herself) as .1 no amateur" but a (I qualIfied Fir st Ai der. " - N .C.F

W ith regard to this query we are informed by th e Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police that offi c ers of th is force are instru c ted to accept aid when it is offered by a certified pupil of an ambulance class unless circumstances of the case render such a course inadvisable.-ED. ]

U SE OF I OD IN E.

W D. ( Newport, S. Wales. )-I enclose a news cutting wi th reference to death of an ambulance man who cut h is finger and subsequently died from blood poisonin g although he had at once dressed his finger with Iodine The doctor in his ev idence at the inquest urged the necessity of applying Iodine to a dry surface becaus e moisture made it less penetrati v e, and stated that wipin g the wound with a handkerchief should be avoided because it created moisture. I thought you might liKe to dire ct attention to the incident for benefit of others.

You must be a recent subscriber to FIR ST AID. Other· w se you would know that we have emphasised the point in thest! columns again and again. - N.C.F

A NOT HER E x \ MINATION H OW LER.

E. W. (Victoria).- In a recent examination a candidate, bein g examined as to her knowledge of the arterial bloo d

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supply, correctly named the Palm a r Arches as source of arterial blood to h :l.Dd. When, however, she was asked to name the supply to the foot, she gave rise to a pretty howler because she replied : - S ola r P lex u s. Good! Next, please.-N.C.F.

C OND UCT OF C OM PETITl ONS

F. R. ( Gillingham ).-I beg the hospitality of y our columns to give expression to a suggestion that in all competitions the composers of the tests should also be the judges ? It has often been admitted that trained first-aiders may be equal to, or even better than, medical men in that particular sphere. I ha v e before me at the present moment a set of marking sheets used in a recent competition which omit marks for several important points, e.g , encouraging words, covering patient, &c. For a judge to be tied to a marking sheet drawn up by another person would appear to be somewhat unjust to any team or competitor who may sug g est points not allowed for or introduce some ingenious method of treatment, thus displaying resourcefulness. Granted two or three" extras" may be allowed, but these may be totally inadequate to cover a number of points introduced by a quick - w tted team or competitor.

I agree that composers of tests should also be the judges an d that no judge should adjudicate on a marking sheet which he had not prepared or criticised ; but I disagree wholehe artedly with your claim that tests of trained First Atders are " equal to or better tha!l" those of doctors who take interest in c ompetition work.

As a fact, no detailed sheet can anticipate all possibilities, a nd personally I ne v er know how a test will go until I see a te am of First Aiders deal with it. Further, strange things do h appen and call for ex c eptional treatment. Thus, I once saw a team of expert F irst Aiders com m ence actio n on an asphyxiat ed patient by sweeping him into a ricketty shed. My m arking sheet allowed no penalty for such abnormal treatment, a nd I had to do some quick thinking. Entry within the shed b eing the signal for another accident I promptly selected the te am captain as patient and so penalised the team whereas w ith teams the bearer fetching material (a les: important m ember ) automati c ally became the second patient. Personally, I have no use for" extras " which are a confe ssion of incomplete solution of test; and, finally, I remind y ou that marking- sheets co mplete t o las t deta il are an innovati on of these present times rendered necessary by advanc ing e fficiency of competitors and that time must lapse before they ca n be universally appreciated and adopted. -

N.C F.

CO NTROL OF FE MORA L A RTERY.

A 1\1. ( Cambridge ).-In 3. recent competition I had to arrest bleeding from Femoral Artery with pad and bandage as tourniquet; and I applied pad as hi g h up in upper third of thigh as it was possible to get it. The examiner told me that my tourniquet was useless and that pad must be in groin. I quoted Textbook as to difficulty in controlling this artery; and the t:xaminer then emphasised his point by saying that pad and banda g e applied anywhere bebw g roin might as well be tied round nearest lamp-post. Please comment.

If, as you say, you followed Textbook instructions and p laced pad as high as possible, then, provided that pad was in ri ght position, you could have tightened your tourn iquet m omentarily and proven at once whether or no artery was c ontrolled. Personally, I cannot see how a tourniquet can be a pplied to the groin itself, in which position d igital pressure a lone is possible Further, if you acted up to Textbook in structions, you should have been given credit for so doing; b ut, alas! some examiners do not realise that competitors are t o be examined on instructions of Textbook and not on pet fads of examiners. -N.C. F.

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FRACT URE S OF RIBS AND CLA VICLE.

L. G. (Swansea).-In your answer to query of above title given in February issue you suggest that each should be treated as laid down in Textbook. As a First Aider I should be afraid to do this because, if I followed Textbook instructions in treatment of Fractured Clavicle and "tightly secured limb to side," I might drive broken ribs into lungs by pressure of bandage round elbow and trunk.

From the First Aiders' point of v iew, therefore, suggest that it would be safer to treat Fractured Ribs and then to brace back the shoulders as recommended in Textbook for Fractures of both Clavicles.

Your criticism fails because you translate "tightly" as " forcibl y " and make no allowance for patient's feelings, which will regulate" tightness " of bandage round limb and trunk, and because you concentrate on the elbow , whereas Textbook instructs you to ., secure limb to side, " whereby pressure is spread over side of chest wall. Fnrther, if you have ever suffered from Fractured Ribs you will more rearlily appreciate the comfort of a tight bandage round chest. I have; and know ! Consequently as instructor and as patient I ha ve some knowledge of Fractured Ribs !

Your suggested alternative treatment fail.s, you would put patient to much unnecessary paID and IDconventence and more particularly because you would thereby actually exert tension on the muscles which link up limbs and c hest, and so drag on Fractured Ribs, a complication which we seek to avoid with Fractured Ribs by placing upper limb in large arm-sl ing.-N.C F.

A Dinner and Social evening was held at Pinoli's Restaurant, W on February 25th by the No. 1 Division, wh e n Divisional Surgeon Dr. F. M. Moseley was in the chair.

The purpose of instruction in First Aid is to administer intelligent and competent tr eatment wh e n emergencies arise, with a view to saving human life minim Izing pain, and doing those essential things that will aid in the patient's recovery.-DR. H. M. FI SHER. ;:, e

It is interesting to learn from the r e port recently issued by the London, Midland and Scot tish Railway Company on the ambulance work in conn ection with its Western Division for the past year that there is an increase of 197 successful first year candidates compared with the figur e s for previous years.

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FAT AL SPARK F RO llI FIRE.

] ames Tomlinson, aged 3, who died at Hull, was playin g in front of the fire while hiS mother went to buy presents when his clothing was set on fire by a spark H is brother, aged I I, extinguished the flames.-DaiLy klait.

POISON BOTTLE MI STAKE.

Albert Probert, aged 6, thinking that a bottle he h ad found in a field contained scent, gave it to his sister, ag ed 2, who put it to her lips and d ed immed ia tely. The bottle contained Strychnine.- W eekty Disp atch

GAs -RIN G PERIL.

Over-boiling of a kettle on a gas ring is thou g ht to h av e led to a mother and two daughters being poisoned by gas at their home at Kentish TOWIl. Patients were taken to Hampstead Hospital in a grave c ondition after they were found unconscious by a neighbour.-Daity 11'firror

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Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

Now that the Pilgrimage of our Order

The End of is over, and we can look back on the t h e Pilgrimage. events of the past month, their full significance and import3.nce begin to bec ome apparent. The Pilgrimage of 1926 will rank amongst the greatest events in the modern history of the Ord er of St. John in England, th e complete results of whi ch will only gradually be realised. The whole tour in th e East was a veritabl e triumphal progress, and everywhe re our Order was received officially and with all due cere mony in a manner befitting its dignity and status as the mos t a ncient ord er of chivalry in the world.

The first stage of the pilgrimage was the Holy City it se lf, and on March 13th the deputation of our Order di se mbarked at Jaffa. There, as soon as their feet touch e d hol y soil, the Sub-Prior gathered his Executive Officers aro und him, and all dropping to their knees recited the Lor d's Prayer. On reaching Jerusalem the pilgrims moto red to the Jaffa Gate, and from there went on foot to th e Church of the Holy Sepulchre to offer up prayers for the pro sperity of our Order in the tomb of Our Saviour. The fo ll owing day b eing Sunday the pilgrims attended Holy Comm union in the ancient Conventual Church of the Knig hts of St. John, now known as Mar Hanna, which was most courteously placed at then- disposal by the Ort hodox Patriarch. Nothing could have been more impressive than this historic service in the ancient church of our Order, where the Blessed Gerard, our founder, and the Blessed Raymond du Puy, our first Grand Master, must so often have worshipped. For the pilgrims that must ever remain one of their most sacred memories. The parade se rvice later was held in the Anglican Cathedral, the Knights of our Order wearing their mantles

and insignia, going m procession from St. George's Hall, the High Commissioner Field-Marshal Lord Plumer, himself a of Grac e, taking his place in the procession. As a special mark of favour to our Order, of which he is an Honorary Chaplain, His Beatitude the Orthodox Patriarch attended the service. On March 15th His Excellency the High Commissioner formally received the pilgrims at Governm e nt House, and an investiture of the Order was afterwards held with great state in the presence of the chief dignitaries of the Holy Land

Leaving Jerusalem on th e 17th, the pilgrims motored through N ablus and N azueth to Acre, afterwards embarking at Haifa for Cyprus, where two days were spent. They were formally received at Nicosia, the capital, by th e Governor, Sir Malcolm Stevenson, who gave a garden party in honour of the Order. Disembarking at Rhodes on the nnd, they were receiv e d in the most cordial and impressive manner, the Gov e rnor, Signor Mario Lago, being on the quay in pe rson, with his staff, to welcome the Sub-P rior on landing . An investiture held in the great hall of the ancient Hospital of the Knights, where the Governor and two of his staff were invested, the Knights of our Order wearing levee dr ess and their mantles, passing in procession from the Auberge of England along a route lined by the Carabini eri. His Excellency afterwards gav e a luncheon in honour of the Order to 150 persons , and during the afternoon a reception was held at the Residency, at which the Corps Consulaire and all th e leading officials and residents of the island were present. His Excellency per sonally conducted the pilgrims round the sights of Rhodes, and the main stree ts were decorat ed and hung with flags, and nothing could exceed the warmth and dignity of the reception.

Malta was reached on March 25 t h, two days being spent there, and once more our Order received a welcome such as is never likely to be forgotten Immediately on

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arrival the representatives of His Excellency the Governor and of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet came on board to welcome the Sub-Prior and the pilgrims. That evening His Excellency gave a state banquet in honour of our Order, after which an investiture was held in the old Throne Room of the Grand Masters of the Order, the Governor himself being invested as a Knight of Grace , in the presence of the leading officials and residents of the island. On the following day the Sub-Prior and senior members of the Order were entertained to dinner by the Commanderin-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. No account of the visit to Malta would be complete which failed to mention the hospitable welcome of the Maltese at the reception given at the Casino Maltese in honour of our Order.

From Malta the pilgrims proceeded to Venice, reaching London again on March 3 Ist, after such an experience as none of them are ever likely to forget. An official history of the pilgrimage is to be published at an early date, and those requiring copies should make application at St. John's Gate, as only a limited edition will be printed.

Jerusalem Hospital Notes.

PRESSURE of work kept our over busy-January and February both show records m attendances. Time was when January was almost a blank among the months-the Department being entirely closed to allow of hOhd.ays for the staff and to permit of painting and colourwashmg. The Waden manages to arrange the holidays so th.at the re?uced work goes on uninterruptedly, and the hospItal certamly does not suffer in the way of cleanliness, as of the Order who visited it in March will readtly testlfy.

We congratulate the Warden on being promoted to KDlght of Grace, and Mrs. Stratheoven on being admitted a of Grace. They were both invested by the Subat the Chapter-General held in Government House m )erusa.lem on March 15th. At the same time the two B.ntlsh given the Badges of Hon. Serving SIster, to dlstmgUlsh them from the Palestonian Nurses who wear the metal brassed of Serving Sisters.

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All who visited the Hospital at the reception held there on March 14th. by the Sub-Prior and Chapter-G eneral were very pleased WIth all they saw, and is gratifying to report that several new subscriptions and donations were announced, and one lady, who wishes to remain anonymous mo.st generously endowed the two children's whIch have just been bought by Lady Watson-with the sum of £500.

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and cut in pieces as beasts and finally were put from their intent.

The is asked to provide a Matron, or ASSIstant and a Doorkeeper and though these appomtments m.ay sound a luxury as we have done .wIthout so long, It must not be forgotten that the wor k IS constantly Increasing and that it is false economy to o ve rwork good staff, from every point of view. So it is with that the Committee agrees to this demand for an mcrease of staff.

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Other urgent improvements are new lavatories an d bathrooms and a recasting of the whole of our drain age system.

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The Warde,n leaves Jerusalem while this is in the pr es s HIS four month s leave of absence will be spent on a p es tin Ophthalmology at Oxford. When o ur SeD:lOr Medical Officer can thus spend his hard-ea rne d holIday the Order the friends of the Hospital n ee d have no a,Pprehen.slOn that the (ame and prestige of th e HospItal of St. John are likely to suffer or fall away 10 the smallest degree from its present very h ig h standard.

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The Great Siege of Rhodes in 1480

( OJncluded from pag e I 3 5. )

And for certain every wise man may know that with ou t God's hand to serve, Christian men might not h ave resisted and withstood so great Dumber of Turks and in especial when that they were upon .the for then t hey thou&ht to have merely and WIth ltttle pam the victory of the CIty of Rhodes.

who let them to come down from the walls to the City, before that the Rhodians climbed with ladders to fight with them and drive them from the walls.

Certainly it was none other but Gon.

Who was he that blinded their wit, so that an on, after the first assault, they ordained not anot her against our Christian men, which by the first assa ul t had been piteously burt and wounded and were all we ary of fighting.

It was none other but God. was the cause of the death of so many of them In the space of two hours in the great and las t but God and his angels that were seen in th e hnght au.

Who ,,:as sho rtly.put from the victory of Rhon es , 30 httle a CIty In companson of others and Constantinop le, N egropont and many more strong and mighty' the T ur k strong and full of pride. )

Well may every man know that it was more Go d' s act than man's.

all we men meekly and wit h hearty devotion ought to YIeld graces and lovings to God which had preserved Rhodes, the key of a ll ChrIstendom, .from the foul and unrightful subjection of the Turks, WhICh had been for their evil purpose smit te n

But for to come to the conclusion of the of the Turks. Anon after that they were put to flight they went backward a large mile and there they made new tents to abide there, while they charged their ships and galleys with all their ordnance of war, aod in this while they charged in little galleys, day by day and hour by hour, th eir men thlt were sore hurt and wounded, with all their array.

And brought them again to the country of Lycia, where they had received them when they came toward the si eg e of Rhodes and there they abode until they were wh olt::, and might turn again to Turkey their country.

T h at same Lycia was to them a great commode and to all th e ir intent, for from thence to Rhodes was but a narrow sea , called Lycian.

And not far from the bank of the said Lycia was a gr eat and old town called Physcum, where first they abode, the navy that came from Constantinople, and now als o were there with their wounds diligently refreshed.

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against so few they never made token of fear but resisted so manly and vertuously that in the space of 'three hours that the battle endured, they slew four times greater number of Turks than they were themselves, so that they had the better hand and were victorious and in that fighting was slain the chief captain of said galleys. this harm and shame returned the galleys to thea party, the of the Christian men the day followmg, With full sail and standards of victory and triumph, entered into the port of Rhodes.

These two ships brought to Rhodes merry tidings, for they brought the Pope's letters which were read and

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And so anon after this, it was concluded among the T ur ks that all the host should depart from Rhodes, therefore they made a great waste and destroyed all manne:r of gar dens and vines and all other things, the which they sup posed that might do else to the Rhodians. Also they bu rned many houses and spoiled fields of their cattle, and cha rged their ships with great num ber of the beasts of the I sl e of Rhodes, which might not before the siege be bro ught into the city nor into the holds of the Isle. And in the meanwhile that the Turks made them ready to ret urn to theIr country; were spied and seen from Rhodes, two great ships in the sea sailing from the west towards R h odes, and anon the Rhodians had deeming that they wer e ships of Christendom and of their friends.

And as they supposed it was, for they were sent t hit her by the most Christian king and most devout Prince Ferrand, of Arragon, King of Naples, to help and succour the Rhodians against the Turks, for the ships were charged wit h the most manliest men of war of his kingdom, and of all stuff necessary for them.

These two mighty and strong ships entered friendly tow ard the port of Rhodes about one the clock after midd ay in the beholding and sight of the Rhodians, which t herefore made great joy and mirth and yielded great gra ces and lovings to Almighty God

But when they should enter into the haven the Turks s h ot great stones of bombards to them, so that one of them was sore hurt in the mast, and in the other eschewed and esc aped the shot without hurt, and so they cast their an chors and abode the tide that they might enter into the h aven. But toward the night the sea waxed so rough that t he y durst no longer abide there at anchor.

Therefore the ship that had not been hurt took the bro ad sea, and the other ship because that her mast was in great danger, doubting to sail, abode the tide all p er il and jeopardy. But through the grace of God Almighty at that tidp. entered surely into the haven of Rhodes.

The next day following the other ship which had taken th e broad sea, returned again to enter into the port, but a mile and a half from the port, the wind failed her and might sail no farther.

Wherefore the Turks sent thither twenty galleys of t he ir navy arrayed and armed for to fight and t h e ship and bring her to the Turks, but the Christian me n of Naples and of Sicily that were in the ship, bare t h em, quited so manly, that neither for the shot of the galleys nor for the might of so manY , men that there were

The two large ship s fn m Nap les attacke d by the Turkish galleys. declared openly before all them of Rhodes that would give audience thereto.

In the which letters our holy father the Pope comforted and desired of the Lord Master and of all the Christian people that was within Rhodes, that for the love of Jesus Christ they would with all their heart and manhood withstand the fury of the Turks, and that in all haste they should have succours from Italy both by sea and land in so great number and strength, that they should be lightly delivered of the travails and pains, which both day and night the Turks with all business and wrought against them, for the host of the ChrIStian

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people should come, so mighty, that with the grace and help of God, they should be able to give battle to all the puisanc e of the Turks and have the better of it.

Wherefore the Rhodians all with on e voice thanked God and magnified with great praisings our holy father the Pope Sixtus the Fourth, the which tidings went anon to the host of the Turks, and feared them sore, wherefore they the sooner departed from Rhodes, where they had been at the siege thre e months save a day and turned again to the country of Lycia, and arrived at the great town Physcum, where they tarried and refreshed them, near hand, eleven days, and afterwards turned to their country, with their great shame, their hurt and great mischief. Deo gracias.

The Pilgrimage ..

A COLLECTION of th e photographs taken during the recent tour to the East is now in the Library at St. John's Gate where they can be inspected and orders placed for copies of them. The prices are :-6 in, by 4 in, size, 2S. each, and 8 in. by 6 in., 2S. 6d. each, unmounted. There is also a spEcimen album containing all the photographs tastefully mounted and bound, which can be supplied to order for the price of 7 guineas.

St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Southern Railway Ambulance Centre.

THE final competItIOn of this group was held at the Cannon Street Hotel, London, on April 9th, and a large concourse of railway enthusiasts gathered to witness th e six teams compete for the Directors' trophy and other prizes. The scene of the accident in the stretcher test was well arranged by Mr. E. A. Richards and Miss W. Grindley, is representing a goods siding and a shunters' cabin this facilitating the work of the teams, which on the wh ol; was of a high standard, but the Wimbledon Team who were de.elared the winners, was of outstanding merit, much of thIs was due to the Captain of the team, who handled his men very and we that this team will go a long way 10 the Inter Rallway Final. The Individual tests were conducted in private.

The Judges were Dr. A. S. Larkin (Manchester) and Dr. J. Mansfield (Sevenoaks), who declared their results as follows :-

2 3 4 5 6

Wimbledon Red HIll " Hith er Green Maidstone ,. Redbridge

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movem e nt at heart. Sir Herbert, in replying, said he hoped the number of ambulance men would increase as it was a most useful training.

The captain of the winning team proposed a vote of thanks to the judges, and all those who assisted in the administration of the competition, and in reply, Dr. Lakin who gave the teams some useful advice, said he was dis. appointed with the individual work, pointing out that some of the men were nerVOll::i, and while they suffered with nerves they would never do justice to the work he told them not to bother about the judges but" carry as if they were dealing with an actual case.

PART I.-STRETCHER TEST.

Card I (handed to No. 4.- With a number of other railway men you are sheltering from the rain in the Shunters' Lobby when a colieague (N o.2 of your team) rushes in and Shouts' " Jack has been knocked down by an engine in No. 3 Sidings."

Act as you would.

Preliminary Precautions.

Call to the team

Instructions-Ambulance materials (2) Care in approach

of approach (2) Other men to prepare cabin (3)

Card 2.-Man unconscious, lying as you find him on his right side across rail. blue in the face, breat hi ng short and shallow, pulse feeble. He is coughing up frothy bright blood.

I mtDediate protection from rain

Gently loosen clothing 2

Card 3.-As you are beginning to exam me him , his breathing fails.

Laborde's Artificial RespirationClear mouth, remove false teeth (if any )

Seize tongue wlth clean handkerchief

Depress lower jaw

Tongue pulled forward for two seconds

Allowed to recede into mouth

Fifteen times a minute

When natural breathing is restored, regulate movements to it

Patient slightly incl ined to injured side, but not pressing hand on injured ribs 3

(Judge: Patient is breathing now, but is still unconsc ious.)

Treatment of Shock

Keep patient as dry and warm as possible

Something dry underneath him

Smelling salts

Friction to limbs

Not applying frict ion to right upper limb}(The omission of Nothing to drink these 4 points

No sprinkling with cold water (raining) must be intention ·

Not waiting for hot water bottles al to score marks )

Exquiries as to availability of medical men (non available )

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Treatment of complicated fracture of ribs.

No tight bandage or clothing

Arm on injured side in large arm sling

Keep inclined to injured side

If long pad used extra marks

Cold compress to injured side (no waiting for it)

Treatment of fractured femur. Extension (method)

No applying splints

Prompt decision-bandages round both limbs

Security ( provisional) to admit prompt removal

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St. john J\mbulance St'igade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

MARCH, 1926.

The Acting Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRICT OFFICER.

No. I DISTRICT.

Supt. Capt. William Goodley, Eastern Area, 15.3.26

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Supt. Arthur Whyman, North Leicestershire, 15.3.26

Supt. Charles Obadiah Dixon, South Leicestershire, 15.3.26

TO BE CORPS OFFICER.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Supt. Arthur Abbott, Leeds Corps, 10.3.26

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

George Cromie, B.A., M.B.Ch.B" Bridgewater and Disirict Division, 13.3.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

George Robb, M.B Ch.B., 24 3.26

No. 10 DISTRICT.

Melville Hocken, M.B., B.S., Haleswo'(th D iv ision, 24 .2 .26

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. I DI STR IC T

Ambulance Officer William A. Roust, No. 86 Horseferry Division, 12 .3.26

Ambulance Officer David Cross, No. 63 W. H. Smith & Sons Division, 17.3 26

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Frederick Charles Tarr, Minehead Division, 1.1.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer James Warburton, Bolton Headquarters Division, Uolton Corps, 22.3 26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Oscar Hartley, Goldthorpe Division, Dearne Valley Corps, 1.3. 26

Thomas Hayes, Scunthorpe Division Scunthorpe and District Corps, 1.3.26

Ambulance Officer Frank Shelley, Cresswell and Blythe Bridge Division, 1 orth Staffs Railway Corps, 19.3. 26

No.6 DISTRICT

The Southern Railway .LJlrectors' Challenge Shield.

Something dry for patient to lie on

on stretcher

Position on stretcher

No waiting to adjust slmgs (intentional)

step-bent

242 182t 137

162

13 0 i 8zi

Maximum 325

At the conclusion of the contest Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B., presented the prizes and awards to nine men had performed acts of bravery or meritorious first aid.

Mr. E. Cox proposed a vote of thanks to Sir H. Walker and said h ; had the interest of the staff and the ambulance

Judge will indicate injuries according to value of examination made

(a) Complicated fracture of right ribs

(b) Simple fracture of left femur

The annual concert of Bristol C e ntre of the L.M. & S.R. was held on 27th March! when W. G. Peet Esq" D lstrict

Loco. Supt., pr e sided. Awards to 63 .men were and the class Instructor, Mr. E. J. Stiles was the recIpIent of a barometer from the members.

Ambulance Officer Harry Wilkinson, Whitley Bay and Monkseaton Division, North Tyneside Corps, 12.3. 26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Thomas James, Liskeard Division, County of Cornwall, 4 1.26

Arnold Wheatley, Totnes Divison, County of Devon, 8.2.26

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No. DISTRICT.

Miss Lilla Amy Murray, o. 59N W. H. Smith & Sons Nurs· ing Division, 10·3,26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

1\1rs. Laura Tennant, Allerton Nursing Division, Bradford Corps, 5.3. 26

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. r-.:rary Colbeck, Batley Nursmg Division, Dewsbury and Dlstnct Corps, 1.3.26

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Gilbert Harry Hawkins, Minehead Division, County of Somerset, 1. 1.26

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

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Edgar Meredith Mears, Walsall (L.M.S.) Division, 26.3.26

Edward J. J oberns, Aldridge Division, 27.3. 26

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Thomas Edward Pope, Irthlingboro' Division ( Finedon Section), Wellingborough Corps, 27 3.26

Claude Nash, Loughborough Di vi sion, 23.326

NO.5 DISTRICT.

George Edward Jackson, Cresswell Division, 12.3.26

Frederick James Naylor, Keadby and Althorpe Division, Scunthorpe and District Corps, 1.3.26

NO.6 DI STRICT

Thomas Armstrong, Spennymoor Division, Mid Durham Corps, 27.3.26

Cuthbert Alexander Middlemiss, Whitley Bay and Monkseaton Division, North Tyneside Corps, 12.326

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Thomas Claude Tressider, Totnes Division County of Devon 8.2.26 "

Richard Charles Solomon, Liskeard Division, 4 1.2 6 No. IO DI STRICT.

Frank Walter Fish, Letchworth Division, 14.3. 26

No. II DISTRICT. Frederick Brazier, Reading Division (F eltham SectIOn), 30.3.26

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER. No. 1 DISTRICT.

Miss V, inifred Mary Mead No. 59 1\' W. H. Smith & Son Nursing Division, 12.3 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Miss Lily Turner, Openshaw Nursing Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 22.3. 26 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Mary Wilkimon, Allerton Nursing Division, Bradford Corps, 5.3.26

Miss Edith Ha:roJ?, Ravensthorpe Nursing Division, Dewsbury Dlstnct Corps, 1.3. 26

MISS Manon Stow, Kingston Nursing Di vi sion Hull Corps 4.3. 2 6 "

TO .BE NURSING OFFIOER. NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Mary Ann Sendall, Lincoln Nursing Division, 5.3. 26

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS. NO.1 DISTRICT.

John Ernest Dane, No. SIN Croydon Nursing D . 17.3. 26 IVlsion, NO.2 DISTRICT.

William J. Lunnon, High Wycombe Di vi sion, 5.5. 2 5 NO.4 DISfRICT.

Eldred Casterton, Chadderton Division, 13.3. 2 6 NO·9 DISTRICT.

James Frederick Soady, Torpoint Division, 26.3 2 6

TO BE LADY AMBULA.NOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS. NO·3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT. Stevenson, Kettering Headquarters Nursing IV lSI on, 19. 2.26

NO·4 DISTRICT

Miss Constance M.· Swann, Openshaw Nursing Division Manchester and Salford Corps, 22 3.3 6

MISS Ruth Greenwood, Todmorden Nursing Division, 8.3. 26 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Doris Blades, Lincoln Nursing Division

TRANSFERRED. 10.3. 26

DIVisional Surgeon A. A. G. Dickey, M. D., from the Colne Corps to the Headquarters Divis ion, Bolton Corps 17 1 24

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERV'E

No. 1 DISTRICT

Corps Offi 6 cer A. G: Haywood, London Post Office Corps 10.22

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Lady Supt. Mrs. Adams, Wimbledon Nursing Di 18.3. 26 VISion, Lady.Ambulance Officer Miss May, Blackheath Nursing D' sIOn, 18.3 26 IVI-

Divisional Supt. J. Lowe, Hagg-erston Division, 19.3.26

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss E. Paine, Gosport Nursing Division, 11.3. 26

NO.4 DI STRI CT.

Divisional Supt. L. Lancaster Division, 94.26

Ambulance Officer J. Cunliffe, Lancaster Division, 9.4.26

N o. DISTRICT.

District Officer G. Severn, 15.2.26

NO.6 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Miss E. Hirstle, Peel House Nursing Divisi on, Hull Corps, 11.3.26

RESIGNATIONS ACOEPTED WITH REGRET.

NO.2 DI STRICT

Supt. Dr. W. Fisher, Southampton Corps, 11.3.3 6 DIVISional Supt. W. H. Sale, Bishops Waltham Divisio n 11.3. 26 '

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer R. A. Mar.kwell, Nelson Nursing Division, 26.3.26

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. S. Smith, Atherton Nurs ing Division, 26.3.26

NO.5 DI STRICT

Lady Supt. Mrs. Collingham, Carrington Nursing Divisio n 18.3 26

Lady Officer Miss Woodyate, Carrington Nursi n DIVISIOn, 18 3.26 g

No.6 DISTRICT.

Ambulan.ce for J . W. Fowler, Charlaw and SacrIston Colliery DIVISion, Mid Durham Corps, 25.3. 26 NO.7 DISTRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. C. B. E va ns, Oswestry Nursing Divisio D, 18·3,26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Supt. J. Thomas, St. rves Divis ion, 11.3. 26

DEATH.

No. I DISTRIC T

Lady Ambulance Officer Mrs. Fenton, No. 34N Barkin g Division, -3.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Reserve Supt. J. Jowett, Hunslet and Holbeck Division , 1.3. 2 5

NO.7 DISTRICT

Assistant Commissioner Dr. J. Woodward R l 6 6 ley, .4.2

FORMATION OF CORPS.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Dearne Valley Corps, to comprise Wath-on-Dearne an d Goldthorpe Divisions, 1.1.26

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. 1 DISTRICT.

No 59N W. H. Smith & Sons Nursing Division, 27.2.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Helens Division, 14. 26

Liverpool South Nursing Division 8.3. 26 Egremont Division, 18,3.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

( Brittains ) Cheddleton Division, 6.3,26

No. 12 ( IRI SH) DISTRICT.

Band Division, 3.12 25

SECTION REGISTERED.

NO·3 ( E ASTERN) DISTRICT.

FInedon Section, Irthlingboro' Division, 19.3.26

OADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

Nc:> 3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Foleshlll and Longford Cadet Division, 2 3 26

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NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Irthli ngborou gh Cadet Division, 19.3. 26

No 4 DISTRICT.

Chester Cadet Division, 11.3 26

Todmord en Cadet Nursing Division, 8.3.26

DIVISION BEN AMED

NO.2 DISTRICT.

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acted as judges. The thanks of the Commissioner and the Committee are tendered to the large number of officers and of all who co· operated to make these 1926 competitions pOSSible, and also to the Grays Cadet Division for acting as patients.

MASSEY MANWARING CUP.

Stoke Gifford Division re-named" Stoke Gifford and Filton Division, 3 T.3· 26

DIV ISIONS DISBANDED

No. 5 DISTRICT.

Peakdale Nursing Division, 9.4.26

Shirebrook Nursing Division, 9.4.26

P WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Cblef Commissioner

'Cbe ClrdnO prior\) of '!tbc OrOer of tbe 1)osj)ttnl of 51. Jobn of Jerusalem In £nglsntl.

-crbc St. John Rmuulance

PRINCE OF W1.:.£5'S

TlISTRICT

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

MAY, 1926.

May 2nd -N o. 78 Enfield Division.

" 9th-No. 80 Stoke Newington Division. 16th-N o. 82 Gorringe Park Division. 23rd-No. 83 Northern Heights Di vi sion.

" 30th -N o. 84 Twickenham Division.

Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. Duty from 2.30 p.m., till 8 p. m.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. J obn's Gate at 2 p.m.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

Officers and members in charge of Ambulance and Nursing Divisions are reminded thal the Annual Inspection takes place on the Exhibition Ground in Hyde Park, on Saturday,June 5th by H.R .H Prince at 4 p.m.

The Commissioner desires that every effort should be made by all ranks to make this event a success, and that every member will make an effort to be present.

Officers are reminded that any member who cannot attend the Annual Inspection, must send a written application to his or her Divisional Supt. asking for leave of absence. This letter must be sent to the Area Assistant Commissioner, who will forward it to the Commissioner for his ruling. Unless this is done members not attending the Inspection are likely to lose their efficiency for the year.

DISTRICT COMPETITIONS.

The!>e Competitions were preceded by a of Competitions held as Preliminaries to the Final, at which Dr.. R. Connon Robertson and District Officer S. J. Warren carried out the arrangements. They .assisted by Mrs. Horton, who provided the tea those assls.tl!lg.

The District FInal CompetitIons were held. at the Northampton Institute on April The and certificates were presented to the wmnmg competitors by the Lady Margaret MacIZae of Feoirlinn, O.B.E., who very kindly attended on this occasion.

The event passed off very and the misser would like to take this opportuntty of congratulatIng the members on their smartness and efficiency. He would also like to extend his thanks to the District Surgeon, Dr. R. Connon Robertson for the excellent i.n which these competitions were arranged, and also to District Offic er S. J. Warren who has devoted so much time and to .the secretar'ial work, without which it would have been Impossible for the to have pas.sed off so satisfactory.

The CommiSSIOner also deSires to thank the doctors who

Fourteen teams entered and ele ven competed. Judges :-Vive voce Drs. Hammer, Camrass, and H. Fleetwood Walker. Individual Practical:- Lt.-Col. H. G. G. Mackenzie 3.nd Drs. Korn and Clein. Team test :-Assistant Commissioner Dr. E. McIntyre, M.D.

I-No. 19 (South Metropolitan Gas Corps), Old Kent-road Division

No. 41 Royal Arsenal

2-No. 46 Ilford

3-No. Iy- 6 South Metropolitan Gas Corps (Lee Green) 22[

A further viva voce test was given to the leaders of the teams tied for the first place, and the No. 19 South Metropolitan Gas Corps (Old Kent-road) Division, secured the lead, and will represent this district in the Brigade Fmal on May 7th in the Dewar Shield Competition.

MACFADDEN CUP.

Eight teams entered and seven cumpeted.

Judges : -Viva voce, Dr. C. Dorothy Shepherd. Individual Practical :-Corps Surgeon K. S. Lund. Team:Assistant Commissioner Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher.

I-N o. 16 Hampstead Nursing Division

2-No. 19 Royal Borough of Kensington

3-No. 31 Southend Nursing Division

The Hampstead division will again represent Brigade Final for the Perrott Shield on May 7th.

THE OSBORN SHIELD.

302 259 224 us in the

Nineteen teams entered and fourteen teams competed.

Judges :- Individual Practical, Dr. Glen. Team Test, Assistant Commander Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden, O.B.E.

I-No. 37 G.vV.R. Paddington J..t.2t

2 -No. 89 Metropolitan R. Diviaion 14'2

3- NO.4 Ley ton and Leytonstone Division qIt SLEATH GENT CUP.

Twenty-nine competitors entered and all sat for the Preliminary examination. Of this number 12 were sele cted to enter for the Final.

Judges: -Written Paper, Dr R. Mai n. Viva Voce, Dr. M. S. Korn. Practical, Dr. E. A. Chill.

I-No. 87 Shoreditch D iVI sion , Corporal F, T. Cole 245

2-No. 89 Metropoliten R. Division, Private Freeman 243

3- No 46 Ilford Division, Corporal Branner 217 NURSING CHALLENGE BowL.

Nineteen candidates entered, and eighteen competed in the PrelIminary. Eight of these were selected to compete in the Final.

Judges :-Written Paper, Dr. Lina Potter. Viva Voce Dr. Fleetwood Walker. Practical, Dr. Seccombe.

I-No. 36 East Croydon and.Addiscombe N ursmg Division, Miss O. Llvmgston ", 17 8

2 -No. 9 Royal Borollgh Kensington Nursing DiV Isio n, Miss H. E. ". .'" 175

3- N o. 9 Royal Borough Kensmgton I urslng Division, Miss R. Thompson 166 MACRAE CHALLENGE TROPHY.

Five teams entered and competed.

Judges :-Captain A. Brook. District Surgeon Dr. R. Connon Robertson.

Finsbury Cadets (A Team ) Onslow Street 133 (B Team ) Ald ersgate 13 1 ",'.

At the conclusion of the CompetitIons and the declarations of the results, the Trophies and Certificates were presented to the successful candidates.

A Second Service Bar was presented to District Officer

S. B. Piers, and a Service Medal to Lady District Officer Miss B. Twiss, O.B.E.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

J MPORTANT NOTICE.

are. requested, when sending newspapoc cuttlDgS of theIr rneetlDgs, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITGR.

N.C.O.'s CLUB. -The meeting will be held as usual on Thursday May 6th, 7.30 p m. at W.H.S. & S. Club, II, Milfordlane, Stra.nd, W.C.2. All N.C.O.'s are heartily welcome to join us. PartIculars can be had at the meeting or from the Hon Sec., H. J. Palmer, 70, Newington Green road, N.!.

VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.-Saturday, April 3rd, 1926 will be remembered a6 one of the happiest days since the formation of the N.C.O.'s Club, for the London Club was entertained by the Birmingham N.C.O.'s Club on that day. Members of the London Club were met at Snow Hill Station by a number of members of the Birmingham Club

On e way to Headquarters of the Brigade, which is also the meetmg place of the N.C.O.'s Club they were taken to the of .Memory, respects being paid to their fallen comrades of Blrmmgham. Several other places of interest were pointed out en route.

On arrival at Headquarters they were cordially met by Lowe, Hon. Sec. of the BirminghJlm Club, and after a few friendly exchanges they.all adjourned to the Main Hall whe.re each was receIved by Captain Henton White, ASSIstant CommIssIoner of the Birmingham Corps who warml welcomed them on behalf of the Commissioner who was unable to be present owing to illness. y

All sat down to an excellent luncheon, after which several were made. Gregory, Chairman of the BIrmIngham Club, s.ald. he was very glad to welcome the London comrades to Blrmmgham; it was a grand thing to see a body of men brought together from one city to another, all of one g:reat noble Order, and all out for the one good cause Continuing he said he would never forget the VISIt he paId to London, as it was the first time he seen Dr. N. Corbet Fletcher whom he had read a lot about In 1< AID, he thought he was going to meet a lion, h.e found hIm only a lamb. He urged any member of the BIrm.lDgha.m Corps who ha.d any di.fficulties or questions to ut on FIrst AId not to be afraId to wnte to him, but he impresfed upon them not to try to funny, as they might get a set back CaptaIn Henton WhIte, who had kindly consented to ChaIrman at luncheon, although his professional duties were hea,":y, wa.s asked to say a few words, and on rising receIved wIth loud applause. was

He said he very pleased to take the chair at such a gathenn.g of N.C.O.'s and thought that the movement whIch was beIng pushed forward should be d b II N C 0 h . encourage y a s w erever the BrIgade exists' he tho ht' fi h · 'f k ug It was a ne t mg I war ed on the rIght lines such h existing clubs were being run. as t e two that the eight points of the St. John C were carned out that day by the mem bers prese t thought It would be a fine thing if meetings of such n . e could take place between N.C.O.'s Clubs from v a nature and cities the country. anous towns

Concludmg he that he hoped they would all thorou hI enJOY themselves whIch, needless to say, they did. g Y

Sergeant Bushnell, M S.M., Chairman of the London CI b thanke? them all the cordiality shown towards the N.C.O. s Club on thIS memorable day He sa'd th doubt that the Birmingham N.c'O.'s Club was lin London Club as far as the c;ocial side of th e d I h e movement was concerne , a so t at the BIrmIngham Club h d much more than the London Club owing perha;s t area r.overed by the London Club which mad 't dO'ffie arge N C 0 b bl e I I cult for many . s to e a e to meet, but he said he still ho d get a lot more members, even though it might take pe. to some time.

He hoped he see in the near future, an N.C.O.'s Club in every large town In the country. He concluded by ag ai thanking them for all their kindness. n

Sergeant Lowe, Hon. Sec. of the Birmingham Club spok the great it gave him in seeing the com: rades. agaIn; he never thought that a meeting of this descnptlOn would take place, when his club was first forme d He read a letter from .a!l n.c.O. of Bristol, asking about for VISit there, this showing the possib le format.lOn of a club In that for which thanks were due to the editor. of FIRST AID for gIVIng the clubs pUblicity which is so essential to the movement. He also read a letter fro Colombo wishing the gathering a success. m

Corporal Palmer, Han. Sec. of the London Club thanke d them for shown them as they had gone beyond their expectatIOns, everyone was being treated like a brother, what more they for them? After a few r.emarks the chaIrman If h.e. would kindly accept a httle sou venIr In memory of the VISIt. Presentations we al?o made to members of the n.c.o.'s club mlttee, which proved qUite novelty m the shape of cigarette cases and match boxes bearing the badge of the Brigade Sergt. Rowles of Birmingham proposed the toast th PrInce of Wales District supported by Corporal Drew, thi: was ably to by Staff-Sergeant Wells who expre'3 sed greetIngs on behalf uf the Commissioner of N o Dlstnct.

were taken by. the Press outside the headquarters arter. the gathering split up IDtO for the purpose of VI SItIng places of interest. The agaIn at headquarters when they were provid ed WIth a splendId tea, by Mrs. Porter O.B.E. B R C S Commandant of the V.A.D. some' of he; st aff She a detaIled account of the ambulance transpo rt :nark carned out by. therI? in and all present were by the sIncenty WIth which she spoke. She said what dId matter what movement we belong to as long as we were helpIng someone.

Sergeant Bushnell, M.S.M., thanked her on behalf of the vISJtors for the splendid way that she and her staff had catered them, and she hoped that Mrs. Porter would live long to gIve to others the benefit of her experience, afterwards conducted the party over the buildi ng explammg all the rooms in detail.

An concert was held in the hall conc1udin

With the Kmg and Auld Lang Syne, after which the return !t the three Lond()D members to London was arranged for an d arranger,nents made for those who were staying till Everythmg that could be done for the comfort of the was done .

On Sunday, officers of the Birmingham club gave the London members a hearty send-off, thus end ing a most enjoyand memorable visit of the London N.C.O.'s Club BtrmlDgham. a

The Second Dinner and Dance of the London Post Office Corps, was held at the Circus Restaurant Oxford-street on March 27th. Corps Surgeon K. F. Lund was in the chai r supported by Dr. Fletcher (Assistant Commissione: Central Area), Dlstnct Officer McBride W S Findla E (Postmaster Paddington District) W. G. Es s1 master District), and Dr.' Divisional No. 58 2 DIVISIOn, and a number of Corps and Division a Officers.

Mr. Findlay in replying to the toast of" The Visitors" sai d how he, as Postmaster of a large London District the work .done. by the members of the Corps an d that It was a great satIsfactIon to him to know that there wer e alway? men duty who were capable of attending to any cases of aCCident or Illness that occur amongst the staff.

C.orbett Fletcher m proposing the toast of "The saId that he regarded the Post Office Corps as th e star of the Central Area, on who they could always rel y m any case of sudden for for Public Duty.

Corps Supt. Hall m replymg, gave a brief account of the work of the Corps. It was started in 191I with 19 members and was now over 270 strong, and another Division was

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cours e of startin g at the Central Telegraph Office. During the year 8,9 I4 cases had been treated by the members, showing that they were really do ing good work.

NO.3 District.

BIRMINGHAM.-In a large town like Birmingham anything whic h will brin g the members of the various Divisions into close r touch with one another is helpful in increasing the good feeling in the Corps as a whole.

For this reason the Corps Staff organise Corps Whist Driv es and Competitions in the winter months: Corps Drills, Outi ngs, and Field-days in the summer.

A popular Competition is the Inter Divi sional which is run on knock-out lines ltke the En g lish Cup-tie.

This year the Competition was espec ially attractive, as a larg e and handsome silver c up for the winners had been given hy Colonel J. M. Wilkinson anfl a smaller one for the second team by an anonymous donor.

T he final round which was witnessed by a large number of spec tators, took pla c e on Saturday, March 20t h, the Judges being :-County Surgeon E. W. Parsey, M.A., M.B., Corps

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nursing divisions, and is very useful in bringing into prominence the knowledge possessed by individuals

Very great credit is due to Corps Supt. Cotter (w ho-is Chairman of the Committee), the Han. Secretary Mr. V. M. Griffiths, and the Hon Treasurer Mr. M S. Mumby.

KENDA L.- The death occurred of Am bulance Officer James Leighton of the Kendal Division S .J.A.B on 3rd March. Mr. Lei g hton was always a keen worker in the cause of ambulance, and his death removes from the locality a personality of gr e at force and character. He was a member of the team which won the" Dewar" Shield for the first time for NO.4 District. He served as a St. John man in the Boer War, and in the Great War he was Sergeant-Major of the 34th (West Lancs ) Casualty Clearing Station, and was the recipient of the French Croix de Guerre.

FLEETWOOD.-Ambulance Officer A. E. Callund of the Fleetwood Corps S.J.A.B., died suddenly on the 21st March at his address, 88, London-street, Fleetwood. Mr. Callund' s death is a great blow to the Fleetwood corps, of which he had been a member for many years. He was loved by all the

The Maidston e Cadet Division.

Surg eon A. M. Mackie, M.A., M.D., and Divisional Surgeon D. M. Burn, M D. The result of a keenly fought contest was as :.---:T Mit.:hell and Butlers D ivision; 2, Headquarters DIvIsIon; 3, M edical Mission Division.

An interesting feature of the round was tl:at the qua rters Division won on both the an? I ndlV1dual tes ts and it was solely due to supenonty In the viva voc e test tha t Mitchell and Butlers Division took first place.

In present ing the awards, County Surgeon Parsey gra tulated all three teams on the work they had done and said it had been a real pleasure to examine them.

l'Io. 4 District-

BIRKENHEAD.-The Open Ambulance Competition, which was inaugurated three or four years ago, is a test open to all first aid teams, and is very in demonstratIng the efficient first aid work developed by railway teams, teams from large works, and those drawn from St. John Ambulance Brigade. It also embraces comp etitIve work by

members, was a great worker in ever y way, and he never wearied in doing all that lay in his power to further the cause he had at heart.

No. 5 District.

SOUTHERN AREA WEST RIDIN G OF YORK.-On Saturday, the 13th March, the Area Competitions for the Dewar Shield took place in Sheffidd. Teams from Sheffield, Worsboro', Barnsley, Tankersley, and Eisecar compe te d! and the winners proved to be the team from vyorsboro DIVISIon of t?e Worsboro and District Corps. Captam O. F. Buxton, ASSIStant Commissioner for the Area, preS id ed. The Judge was Diy. Surgeon and Supt. Forrest-Hamilton, Mexborough, in acknowledging a vote of thanks, remarked on th.e hIgh standard of the work that had been done at the Competition.

LEEDS - The Leeds Corps with the idea ot Increasing efficiency have obtained two Shields to be competed for by teams from all Di visions of the Corps, annually. The first Competition was held at the Y.M.C.A., on March 6t h. The

Nursing Divisions were judged by Dr. Macdonald, Leeds, assisted by Sister Eachmo, Leeds I nfirmary, and the Ambulance Divisions by Dr. C. Exley and Dr. Walsh. There were four nursing team) and ten ambulance teams entered. Corps Supt , Marcroft after announcing the results and cOQllratulating the winners proposed a vote of thanks from all concerned to the judges for their kindness in undertaking this competition. Dr. Exley replying on behalf of the judges said how delighted they were with the work done by all the competing teams which showed that the Brigade work in was in a high state of effi ci ency.

The team of Ambulance Sisters from the Victoria Nursing Division won the Nursing Divisions Shield, and the team from the Hunslet and Holbeck Division won the Ambulance Competition Shield .

No. 6 District.

DURH AM .-The Final Ambulance and Nursing Competit ions for the Brigade Units in this D istrict took place at the Neville 's Cross Council School, Durham, on Saturday, March 20th, the Judges being Dr. Dougall, Dr. Greave, Dr. Anderson, Dr. Pallett, Dr. Gray and Dr. Forster, Their awards were as followsSilver Challenge Shield.-(r) Carl Team (Ashington) 31 points out of a possib le 400; (2) Middlesbrough 307 (3) B randon, 267, ,Colonel Palmer Bowl.-( I) Carl, 311 ; (2) Houghton-leSpnng, 274.

Colonel Gibbon Bowl.-(r ) Houghton-Ie-Spring, 342 ; ( 2) Scarborough, 330, Nursing Competitions : Burdon Challenge Cup. - ( I) Young People s Institute, Hull 278 marks. WlDners of the Ladies Yorkshire Cup for t.he North and East Riciings. (2) Darlmgton 270 marks. WInners of the Palmer Cup for CO,unty Durham. (3) Elswick Works, Newcastle, 263 marks. Wmners of the Potter Cup for Northumberland.

The Ritchie, Atkinson and Bevan Cups, awarded to the hi g hest in each team, were won by Mrs. ElSWick Works, l\IISS Freeman, Darlington, and Miss Milner, Hull.

The Trophies and Medals were presented by the Dean of Durham, Bishop Welldon.

Mr. J, T. Batey, Managing Director of Messrs, Hawthorn Leslie. & Co.' s Shipbuilding Works, said he had had a lot do With work, particularly in the shipyards, Amongst hiS workpeople he had found that the most intelligent men and women were those who devoted their leisure time to the study of am bulance work.

a vote o,f thanks to Bishop Welldon, Assistant F. P. Wilson observed that he could not help thlOkmg the stretcher-bearers were thankful that the Dean was there to present the prizes and not as a patient.

"I do not think the stretcher bearers are such puny creatures that t?,ey could not c,arr):, a suffering Dean," replied Dr. W,elldon . , I feel almost IncImed to recommend a extensl.on of their work-that they should practise a little more than hlthert.o the art of saving those who are thrown into the water." ,This was an echo of the somewhat alarming misfortune which befel the worthy Dean on the occasion of the Miners Regatta at Durham last summer.

Mr. Birtley, Corps Mid-Durham Corps, v ery ably, offi,c lated as Secretary at exceedingly short notIce, In the unaVOidable absence of Captain Nicholas.

I t was unfortunate that the accommodation on this occa.slon was ,so small. Steps have, however, already been to obtalO larger rooms when District Finals are next held III Durham.

No. 7 District.

, SHREWS BURY.- The Annual Competition for the District Shield took 10 Trinity Schools, Shrewsbury, on March 6 th, the Judges were Major A. R. Exham, M,D" Market Drayton, and Dr. George Mackie Wellington seven teams entered for the Competition.

Amongst those present were Sir Gerald and Lady Corbet

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and letters were received from Sir Charles and Lady Y,ite and others expressing regret that owing to engagements they were unable to attend,

The results were as follows : I Oswestry (No. I ) ; 2 Market Drayton; 3 Worfield ( No. r); 4 Shrewsbury · 5 Church .Stretton;,6,Oswestry(No, 2); 7 Worfield (No,' 2)

The ASSISt. Commissioner, Dr, J, Woodward-Riley announ ced the results,and introduced General Sir John. Headlam, K.B.E., who had klOdly consented to present the Shield to the winnin g team. Sir John Headlam in the C0urse of bis remarks referre d to a good work he had seen done in his own village by he S,t. John Ambula,nce Brig ade members, and also the help h e hlm,self had received when wounded in the war. The Shiel d havlOg been presented the members and friends sat down to an excellent tea,

In his remarks Dr. Riley spoke of the great debt the y were under to General Sir J obn Headlam for his kindness a nd courtesy in presenting the Shield, and they all v ery mu ch appreciated the real service he had been good enough to rende r them! the words he had spoken would have much weight in the dlstnct. He then very warmly thanked the judges for th eir excellent work. They would be interested to hear that wor k 10 the district was progresive. A new Ambulance Division h ad been started at Oaken gates, a strong section of a division at Kington (Herefordshire), the Much Wenlock Ambula nce Divisio?, had been fro,m, and there was ev ery probability of a NurslOg DIVISIon beIDg shortly establi s hed there They would all regret that for unavoidable reas ons Lady Corbet had tendered her resignation as Lady Supt. of the Shrewsbury Nursing Division, but hoped much for t he future success the DiVision under the new Lady Supt., Miss Helen Corder, aided by her most capable Lieut. Miss Down es, recently promoted to Lndy Ambulance Officer.

No. 8 District.

GRAVESEND,- The Gravesend and Northfleet Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held their Annual Dinner on February 27th when a company of one hundred were prese nt at the Clarendon Royal Hotel. Alderman J, A, Axcell J. P Chairman of the Division presided, supported by tbe May o; and Mayoress of Gravesend-Mrs. AxceIl, Counc illors Haynes, J.P., Huntley, J.P" Moires, Ramsay. The Town Clerk Dr. Napier, The Lady District Supt. Mrs. Falwasser and Secretary Mr. H. B. Evershed, Lady Supt. Miss UUing an d the members of the newly-formed Nursing Division we re present. Dr. Vernon Davies, O.B E .. M.P ., the Commission er was unable to attend, A dance followed the dinner and an enjoyable even was spent.

This Division of the St. John Amb ulance Brigade has been successful in winning the Coun ty Cup, and has qualIfied to compete for the Three Count ies Shield, There were three teams competing - Hastin gs Brighton and Littlehampton Divisions consisting of an offi ce; and 4 men.

The Nursing Divisions were represented by Hastin gs. At the conclus,ion oi the the County Surgeon, D r. Lock, of Hastings, took the chair 10 the unavoidable absenc e of the Commissi<;lOer, Dr. A, Vernon Davies, O , B, E, M. P" who had been obbged to leave early on account of his Parl iamentary duties.

The Cup and Shield were presented by Lady All an Williams.

REIGATIt,- The Annual Meeting of the Corps was held a the Friends' Meeting House, Reigate. Corps Supt. E. E. Heesom, J.P., presided. The District Surgeon Dr, Porte r was present, Dr. James the Divisional Surgeon, the officer s and members of b,oth Ambulance and Nursing Di v isions, The of the meeting was the launchin g of a campaign for the raisIng of funds to pro v; de a new mot or ambulance.

The work of the Ambulance during the past five year s had earned the appreciation of everyone in the Borough as well over 1,000 patients had been carried and 12000 miles covered,

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The Chairman wished to acknowledge the enormous work that Corps Officer Banbury had put in in connection with the Ambulance, and it was the wish of the Corps that tang ible expression should be given to the appreciation of his ser VIces, On behalf of the Brigade he asked Corps Officer Banbury to accept a teaI;>0t expressing hope tha t he used it it would remlOd him of the appreCiatIOn and affectIon of the Brigade.

Corps Officer Banbury acknowledged the gift in appropriate terms. "

During the the ChaIrman mentIOned t,hat, 10 the past year the Brigade m general and the Corps In Its proportion had suffered a great loss by the unexpected death of B rigadier General E. A, Ludor, C.M.G " who had served as A ssistant Commissioner for Surrey for the past few years, after a brilliant career in the Army. He had endeared himself t o all ranks and the Corps recorded its great sense of loss and sincere sym'pathY with the relatives.

No. 10 District.

HAVERHrLL.-A carn ival dance, which was attended by over one hundred guests, was held in March at the Town Hall a t Haverhill the proceeds from which were devoted to the local a mbulance Mr S. Robinson acted M,'C, and excell,ent music was rendered by Mr Arthur Whltmg s Band. Pri zes were given by of the D ,ivision for a spot dance competition and ,a? Iced cake was gIven by Mr. Pannell for a g uessing competitIon. At the close, the pnzes were presented by Lady Cadet Officer F, Carter and a vote of thanks vyas a ccorded to all who had g iven their support, on the prOpositIOn of Cadet Officer A. Shipp,

I pSW ICH.-A social evening, followed by a dance, held a t the Am bulance H all, Samuel-road, on , March lIth 10 or?er to raise funds for better the NurSIng Divisions and Cadets. Each NurslOg DIVISion was m<!-de responsible for an item of Broadwater arrangmg the musical items, Moka the and Beecholme the refreshments. The prizes for the competitIOns and the refreshments were all given by supporters of the cause. '

Mr Caley kindly supplied the dance musIc on a, plano loaned by Mr. Daniels, and Miss Hug-hes was responsible for the decoratIOns. The Officers and members are grateful to all who contributed to make such a ,successful even mg.

At a meeting of the Town Council, held at the Town Hall on March roth, under Section 50 of the .Public Health Acts

A mendment Act, 1 90 7, the CounCil authOrised the payment of £ 50 a year to the lo cal branch of St. John Association for the purpose of mamtammg an effiCient servIce of ambulances for the borough. The report was presented by Alderman F. E. Rands, a staunch s.upporter of t?e cause, who in his remarks said that the thought It far to support a service which was effiCient and economIcal to maintain.

SAX l\IUNDHAM.- The result of the examination of the class in First Aid which has recently been conducted here, by Dr. David Ryder Richards )n, the Hon. Surgeon to the Division is just to hand and reflects the greate:;,t credIt upon the lectu'rer, Mr, Jas Forsdike, who organised c,lass, Messrs. Wm. Mulley and E. E . Devereux for their pamstakmg efforts to make the class such a success.

It is confidently hoped, that With so many men m possessIOn of their First Aid Certificates, Saxmundham WIll now be a?le to form an ambulance unit, which has long ,been the cherished desire of the Suffolk County Staff of the Brigade

No. (( (S.E. & C.R.) District. "

LONDON BRIDGE.-By kind their PreSIdent ( Lady Cheatle) a very enjoyable SOCial evenmg was at Slaters' Restaurant, Victoria·street, recently. Commissioner and 1\1rs, Richards attended. Warm that;lks were accorded the President for her continued interest m the work of the nursing division.

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HITHER GREEN,-By permIssIon of Col. Eton, D,S.O, T.D" the division held a highly successful dance at Ennersdale Drill Hall. Batty Sergt.-Major Regan was a most efficient M.C. A large number of friends, including Divisional Surgeon Maling, V.C., Major and Mrs. Cowan, Major and Mrs, Preston, Capt. Frew, Lieut. Hammett and Lieut. Fai:clo,ugh were present. Sergt. Dixon has been awarded a merltonous first aid certificate for work in connect ion with the serious accident at Metropolitan Junction. The conclud ing dance of the season took place at Ladywell Baths on ;, Iarch 25th The function was honoured by the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress of Lewisham (Councillor and Mrs. Hayes ), Alderman and Harry Cheeseman, and other prominent leaders civil life, together with several friends from the P.O,vV, Dlstnct.

TONBRID GE.-The high esteem in which this division is held locally was ev ident at the annual dinner on rth, The chairman of the urban district coun c il ( Councillor Dann j presided, supported by the clerk to the lo cal c oun,ci l (M r. Peach ), the medical officer of health (Dr, Galbralt,h ), the inspector of police and other local Dunn g the ev ening the divisional surge?n (Dr. H: J. .Watts ) was the recipient of an arm chair, a practi cal recogDltlOn of many years'devoted service. Others present included 11 r Blackwell station master, and Mr. Russell, goods agent.

DEAL AND WAL MER -EquaUy gratifying was the public expression of leading Citi zens at the annual dinner of thiS diVISIOn. HIS Worship the Mayor (Councillor H. Montgomery) was in the cbair, supported by Messrs. A. White ( Di v isional Operatmg Supt., Dover), W A. Brown ( Divisional Commerci,al DO\-er), Hunt (Station Master, Deal ), Hams ( Station Mast er, W almer ), Bourner (Station Master, SandWich ), Apps ( Poli,ce Inspector, K.C.C. ), Ward (Ramsgate Division ), and other fnends, Divisional Surgeon and Supt. F. M. Hughes made speC ial reference to the motor ambulance service. M rs. Tucke r acknowledged the toast of" The Ladies. "

VI CTORIA,-Mr. H. E. O. Wheeler (Assistant Supt. of train operation ), presided at the annual dinner on M arch l Ith , held at Pinoli's Restaurant, He was s,upported by Mr, W. Dunning ( Indoor CommerCial Manage: s Office ), Mr. Jury (Station ,Master, Balham ), and other fnends. A very enjoyable eveDlng resulted,

CHATH AM. - Th;;) Annual Report of the Di ,:, ision sho ws that steady progress, has ,been maintained both 1.0 ,the horne town and in conr..ectlOn With the Gravesend and Slttmg bourne sections,

LONDON DI VISI ONS.-The Annual was a g a in held at the Horns, Kennington, this year. Dlstnct O ffi cer E. J. PHS B had made most satIsfactory arrangements, party under the di:ec tion of W ill Dell,er. Brief speeches were made by CommisSioner ( Chair), District Surgeon T. Halliwell, Ma or P G Sm ith, C, B.E. (Brigade Secretary ), Dr. Corbet Fletcher, Dlstnct Officer F. E Drinkwater, H.S.B., Surgeon H. Carson Smythe (Victoria) Assistant CommiSSIOner B. Hemphrey, i\f.B. E., H.S.B, Mr. w. G, Pape Assistant to General Manager ) and Private W, Wakeley ( Addlscombe ) , Every London Division was by a substantIal number of Officers and men. Included m the larg,e M RI'chards Mrs, Darvil Smith, Mrs, H alliwell, MISS were rs., D'" 1 S ) Helen Keiller (London Bridge Nursmg urge on , M M E J Missenden Mr. and Mrs, Wngglesworth, rand rs. 'I H S B d Drinkwater, District Officers C , MI ton, C' lf n Flavin Corporal and Mrs, W. G, Butcher, M r, E: D. 0 ms Addiscombe), .NIL Woods ( StatIOn Master, Tadworth) and numerous other friends. d Telegrams expressing regret o-.ying to illness were rece Iv e from Lad Cheatle and Miss Phyllis , L d YD .' I Supt W Grindley received a great ovatIOn a y IVlSlona .,

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

End of Our Pilgrimage

Hospital Notes The Great Siege of Rhodes in J 480

Alf).-

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

MARCH, 1926

The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the fOllowin g appointm ents, promotions, and resignations, within the Brigade Overseas during the month of March, 1926 :Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.

Sydney Central Divis !on.-Acting Supt. R. Gibson to be Divisional Supt., 8.2.26

Gen eral Post Office Division-Disbanded as from 15.2.26 St. George Nursing Division- " ""

WE ST A UST RALIA COA STAL DI STR I CT "

Perth Railway Division-Formed, LI G::!5 South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS DISTRICT.

The

Transvaal Corps-Waterval Boven N ursing Divisi on, formed 2I.IO 25 ; Breyton Division, formed 23 .9 2 3

Natal Corps-Greyville Division, formed 1. 8.23

Cape Corps-Transportation Division, formed I.C).24

fetters to the t;"Uor.

We are", 110 way rest"'lIible to" tile oj)'Hio'J] expresstrl., Dr tht rtatemeHts made. b, Conespondents.-EDITOR.

BRIGADE RETURNS

SIR-

, The suggestion put forward by "Lingua" in your last issue that linguists who are members of the S.J.A.B., and who pass the neressar Y. tes.t should their .achievement recognised by a dlstmctlve badge IS ?ne that IS worthy of every consideration. I t is an excellent Idea.

I have not the slightest doubt that examiners could be found in the S.J.A.B. who would only be too pleased to condu ct the examination voluntarily.

The presence of linguists in the Brigade is a great asset, and strengthens the power for to no small .d egree

April, 1926 FIRST A I D.-

THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN.

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on Commissioner Richards announcing that she had been appointed Honorary Serving Sister 0f Order. This of one who has worked so aSSiduously fnr the Asso-ciation and the Brigade has gi v en the utmost satisfaction throughout the Southern Railway system.

Brigade Final Competition.

THE Final Competitions for the" Dewar" and" Perrott" Challenge Shields will be held at Rooms, Hotel Great Central, on Friday, May 7th. H. R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught has kindly consented to present the Shit.lds, Cup and Prizes.

ApplicNion for Tickets should be made to Chief Commissioner, St. John's Gate.

The writer who spends a very conSiderable portIOn of hiS daily life in Liverpool has observed i? recent that one person in ten in Li verpool is a f<;>relgner or. of foreign extr.action. Accidents occur to the foreign populatIOn, either fioatmg or resident, quite as often as with the home born. As far. as the colonies and dependencies are concerned, I should thlD k the value in the presence of a linguist in the ranks of th e Brigade is only too apparent and no upon.

I trust this most worchy suggestion of recognitIOn as pu t forward by " Lingua)) will meet with the approval of those in authority, and that something will be done in the matter. --

Yours faithfully,

" HSIONG. "

Ov er 50 were present at the closing dance of th e Bootle Nursing DIvision on March 13th, when Lady Sup t. McNaught was presented with an illuminated address and silver t eapot by the members.

f h Order on the 5.5. " Asia ."

A group of the members 0 t e

Pilgrims at Library Valletta.

Handing over and hauling to the masthead of the Pilgrim ship, the flag of the Order , which had not been seen flying on the Mediterranean Sea since 1798. On the right can be seen officials and leading members of the Order .

Group of members of the Order, including Earl of Scarborough, Lord Plumer and Knights , at Jerusalem ,

The Pilgrims procession to the Anglican Cathedral (St. George s) , Jerusalem , for Divine Service, Sunday, 14th March 1926.

H.E. Signor Mario Lago (Governor of Rhodes ) together with the the Earl of Scarborough, in the procession after the investiture of the Governor of Rhodes , March 22nd, 1926.

Lord Plumer (Governor of Palestine) and the Earl of Scarborough.

The procession leaving the Anglican Cathedral , Jerusalem , after the service.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, MARCH, 1926.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned ;-

To be Corps Surgeon.

GLAMOR GAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corps Supt. Dr. Robert Charles Robertson, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasg.), O.B.E., Caerphilly and District Corps, 22.3.26

To be Corps Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. Evan M organ, Caerphilly and District Corps, 22.3. 26

Divisional Supt. Richard J. Edwards, Lindsay Corps, 22.3.26

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD F I L CENTRE.

Corps Secretary Samuel Jones, Dowlais Corps, 223.26

To be Corps Secretary.

GLA:\10RGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Secretary William Davies, Lindsay Corp3, 22 ,.26

To be Corps Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CEN TRE.

Private Owen John Hughes, Lindsay Corps, 22.3.26

To be Corps Inspector of Stores.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Michael Donovan, Lindsay Corps, 22.3. 26

To be Divisional Surgeons.

GLAMORGAN COUN fY CENTRE.

John Joseph Fitzgerald, M.B., B.Ch., N.D .I., Coytrahen Division, 22.3.26

Daniel Jenkin Thomas, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D .P .H., Gelligaer Division, 22.3-26

MONMOUTHSHlRE CENTRE.

Michael Ryan, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. ( Dub.), Hafodyrynys Division, 22.3.26

F. 1. Maunsell, L.R.C.P. and S.!., New Tredegar Division, 22.3 26

Edwin Thomas Harries Davies, M.D. (Lon d.), M.S. (Lend.)

F.R.C.S. ( Eng. ), Tredegar Division, 22.J26

Ernest Leon Hackett, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. ( Edin.), Pontypool DIVIsIOn, 22.3.26

B8ROUGH OF SWANSEA C E NTRE.

Peter lcRitchie, M.B., C.M., Tirdeunaw and District Division 22.3. 26

To be Divisional Superintendents.

ABE RDAR E CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer Emrys James, Duffryn Aman Division, 2 2.3 26

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Ambulance Officer William George Thomas, Penygroes Division, 22.3.26

Private Charles Young, Pontyberem Division, 22.3. 26

GLAMORGAN CQ UNTY C ENTRE.

Private Walter Arthur Osborne, Division, 22.3,26

Sergeant Thomas James Thomas, Gllfach Goch Division 22.3 26

Sergeant Evan Emlyn Jones, Colliery Division, 22 .3 26

Ambulance Officer DavId LewIs, Senghenydd Di visi on, 22.J26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Francis Harold Jayne, Hafodyrynys Division, 22.3.26 BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Sergeant Lemuel Powell, Merthyr Borough Division, 22.3.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Private David John George, Cwmparc Division, 22.3.26

Ambulance Officer William Morgan, Ferndale DivisIOn, 22.3.26 " " Rees Llewellyn Taylor, Naval Collieries and Penygrnig District Division, 223.26

Ambulance Officer David Georg e Williams, Tylorstow n Division, 22.3.26

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

John Robert Wood, Clydach Merthyr Colliery Division, 22.3.26

Ambulance Officer Charles Passey, London Midland an d Scottish Railway (Swansea) Di"ision, 22 3.26 George Walters, Tirdeunaw and District DiVISIon, 22.326

To be Lady Divisional Superintendent.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Mary Ann Morgan, Senghenydd Nursin g Division, 223.26 fo be Ambulance Officers.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Sergeant David Jones Thomas, Penygroes Division, 22 .3 .26

Private Joseph Thomas, Pontyberem Division, 223 .26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Corporal John Parry, Gilfach Goch Division, 22. 3. 26

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Private Gildas Llewellyn, Clydach M erthyr Colliery Di vi sion 22.3 26

Private AnhUl Price, London Midland and Scottish Railwa y (Swans ea ) Division, 22 326

Private William John Smith, Tlrdeunaw and District Division , 22.3. 26

To be Sergeants.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Herbert Mandry, Pontyberem Division, 22.3.16 GLAMORGAN CO UNTY CENTRE.

Private David William James, Gilfach Goch Division, 22.3.::!6

Corporal David John Williams, Penallta Colliery Division , 22.3. 26

MONTGOMERYSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Sydney Croxton, Welsh pool Division, 22.J26

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Private Elias Thomas, Clydach Merthyr Colliery Division 22.3. 26

Private John James Ingerson, London Midland and Scottis h Railway (Swansea) Division, 22326

Private David Lewis, Tirdeunaw and District Division, 22 326

To be Divisional Secretary and Sergeant.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Joseph Robinson Johnson, L1anbradach D ivi5ion 22.3 26

To be Corporals.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private William David Morgan, Burry Port and Pembre y Town Division, 22.3.26

Private Joseph Price Jones, Burry Port and Pembrey Town Division, 22.3 .26

Private Richard Ellis, Pontyberem Divis ion, 22.326

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GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private William Short, Gilfach Goch Divi!'ion, 22 ,3 .26

" William James Bartlett, Gilfach Goch Di vis ion, 22.3.26

" Alpert Edward Cook, Penallta Colliery Di visi on, 22. 3-26

MONTGOMERYSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Robert Northerd Margraves, Welsh pool Division 22.3. 26

BOROUGH OF SWANSl!:A CENTRE.

Private Elwyn Lewis, Clydach Merthyr Colliery Division, 22.3. 26

Private Jenkin Jones, Clydach Merthyr, Colliery Division, 22.j.26

Private Arthur Herbert Havard, London Midland and Scottish Railway (Swansea) Division, 22.3.2 6

Private William John Henry Thomas, Tirdeunaw and District Division, 22.326

Private George Victor John Morris, Tirdeunawand District Division, 22.326

To be Divisional Secretaries.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Privat e Cyrus Rees, Pontyber em Division, 22.3.26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CRNTRE.

Privat e Thomas Roberts, Gilfach Goch Division, 22. 3 .2 6

BOROUGH OF SWANSE A CENTRE.

Private ·WIlliam Smith, Clydach Merthyr Colliery Division, 223 ::!6

Sergeant John J ames Ingerson, London Midland and Scottish Railway (Swansea) Division, 22326

Corporal George Victor John Morns, Tirdeunaw and District Division, 22 326

To be Divisional Treasurers.

CARMARTHEN SHIRE CENTRE.

Private Herbert J. Williams, Pontyberem Division, 223 26

GLAi\I9RGAN COUNTY CENTR E.

Private William Griffiths, Gilfach Goch Division, 22.326

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Private David Evans, Clydach Merthyr Colliery Division, 223. 26

To be Divisional Storekeepers.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Edwin J. Griffiths, Pontyberem Division, 22.3 26

GLA ;\IO RGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Emlyn James, Gilfach Goch Division, 22:3. 26 '" " Harry Arthur Bennett, Penallta Colliery DIVISIon, 223 26

BOROU GH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Private David John Grove, Clydach M erthyr Colliery Division, 22.3. 26

Resignations Accepted with Regret.

ABERDARE C E NTRE.

Divisional Supt. J. Granger, Duffryn Aman Di v ision, 1 2 3 26

GLAi\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRK

Ambulance Officer S. G. Bassett, Deri Division, IS 2.2 6 Reverted to the Ranks.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Corporal Stanley West, Barry Dock Division, 28 226 Death.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD F IL CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. D. W. Jones, Abercanaid Division, 10 3. 26

Cadet Division Registered.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Rhymney Cadet Divis ion, 2 5.3 26

Aib.General Interest.

LADY KYLSANT'S GIFT.

A cope has been presented by Lady Kylsant, O.B.E., to the Priory for the use of its chaplains.

This is a magnificent vestment and will be worn by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's, the present chaplain for Wales and his successors in office on ceremonial occasions.

The cope was made at the Royal School of Needle· work. It took over twelve months to complete and is a masterpiece of its kind.

COM P ETITION ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DATE FOR" INCE" SHIELD COM P ETITION.

The open competition for the "Inc e" challenge

The LOld Bishop of Sc. David s, Chapla n of the Priory for Wales, wearing the cope presented by Lady Kylsant.

shield for teams of men each holding a St. John ce:tificate will take place this year on the 25th May, at Abertlliery.

The trophy was presented ?y Mr. Ince to the Abertillery Division to stImulate the mterest of ambulance workers. Last year seventeen teams for this shield, and it was won by and Garw. Full particulars may ?btamed from DlvlSlonal Secretary A. O. Gibbs, I, VictOrIa-street, Blaenau Gwent, A bertillery.

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O P EN CONTEST AT KENFIG HILL

The Kenfig Hill Am bulance Division is arranging for ambulance and nursing competitions to be held in the Ambulance Hall, Kenfig Hill, on Saturday, 4th September.

A handsome shield will be awarded to the successful comp e titors in the ambulance contest, which is open to e ams consisting of fiv e men each holding a first aid certificate ; and for the nursing contest, in which teams of tour la dies each holding a first aid and home nursing certific a te may corn p e te , a rose bowl is offered. Monetary pri ze s will al so be g iven in b o th competitions. Divisional S e cretary N. E. Hopkins, 3, Picton-street, Bridgend, will b e pleased tu supply particulars to those wishing to enter.

Centre Reports.

CARMARTHENSHIRE CENTRE.

AMBULANCE D UTY AT ORIENTAL E X HIBITIO N

Am b ulanc e an d nursing members of the brigade in C armarth e nshir e , b y th e ir att e ndance at assemblies of all kinds and r e ady r e sp o ns e to the increasing calls for duty, h a ve become a n int e gral part o f local public life. The Commissioner, Mr E van David Jones, was requested by th e R e v. Thomas E. Jones to arrange for the attendance of ambulanc e p e rsonnel at the Oriental Missionary E xhibition which the North Carmarthen Presbytery h e ld at Ammanfo r d during Easter week. Over twenty thousand p e opl e visited th e Exhibition, and the ambulance arrangements, of Officer .T. D. Jenkins and Corps Secre tary Bnnl e y Richards we r e 10 charge, were appreciated by all.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

PONT YP R ID D C ORP S PRESENTATIONS.

on e hundred and tWtnty o fficers, members and t h e Ir frI e nds we r e pre s e nt at the first annual social of th e P onty p ridd C o rps he.ld at Pontypridd on Saturday , Fe bru a ry 27th. C aptaIn F. P. Robathan M C., presided. support e d by Mr A. G Brown ( Agent Gr e at Western Colliery , Pontypridd ) Mr. John W. Davison, M.B E., Corps Supt. W. E vans, Corps S e cretary, R. Hewer, Corps Insp e ctor of Store s e. Floyd and the Divisional Officers.

In appr e ciati o n of the generous support of Mr. and ,Mrs. A. G. Brown, a .frame.d photograph of a group taken In th e grounds o f th e Ir reSid e nce on the occasion of the compe tition fo r the "Goronwy /I shield was presented to Mr. by Captain on behalf of the Corps. C e rtificate s and medallIOns were handed to members of th e W e st e rn Colli t ry Nursing Division, and the L a dy D IvIsIOnal Supt. Mrs. E. Robinson, a handbag from h7r nurses as a mark of thtir appreciation. Mr. J W present t d awards. He drew attention to th e obll.ga tJon on all A mbulance and NurslDg Divisions to p a y th e Ir quota. to . H e adquarters, and exprt ss e d a hope a ll the ':lOltS In the Pontypridd Corps would play thelT p a rt dunng the current year.

A pr e sentation was made to Corps Secretary R. Hewer by W . on behalf of the members of the MarItIme An excellent concert by local artists was much apprecIated.

FORT H CO M ING CO MP ETITIONS AT ABERTRID W R.

. A n. op e n. cOILpeti.tion for men holding St. John F ast Aid CertIficates be held at Abertridwr on Whit Monday, May 24th, In connection with the Abertridw

AID.- April 1926.

Juvenile Choir Annual Sports and Carnival. Particulars may obtained from Mr. Rees Phillips, 19, Church Road , Abertndwr.

•I\.n ambulance competition will also be held at Abertridwr during the third we e k of August in conjunctio n with the Windsor Collieries Silver Band Contest an d SP.or.ts. The Secretary is Mr. Morgan L Jer e miah, 5, WIlham Street, Abertridwr.

CAERPHILLY G W. R A MBULAN C E DI VISION.

The Commission e r for Wales presided at a Concer given by the Caerphilly G. W R. Male Voice Choir in ai d of the funds of th e Caerphilly G W.R. Division at th e Workmen's Hall, Caerphilly, on Wednesday, March 17th.

During the interval the Commissioner for Wal es of th.e value of the work done by the Caerphill y which was in charge of Divisional Supt G H Rlgshy, and thanked the Male Voic e C hoir for its services

Lo s s T O NEL SON DI VISION.

Divisional Supt. Robert J. T homas, who held office in the Nelson Division since its formation in March 19 2 5 died on Tuesday, March 2nd. Th e high esteem whic h he was held by his ambulance was demonstrate d at the funeral took place on Saturday, March 6 th

Stan: Officer WIlham Hares, Brithdir, was in char ge of a contlDg t nt of over seventy Officers and memb e rs of th e Brigad t' The following Officers of the Lindsay C or ps act e d as b arers : Corps Supt. Richard Edwards (Bargoed)

Corps D Meredith (Pontlottyn), Supt. T. A. Rees (Treharns), Ambulance Officer Herbert Spill er (Ystrad Mynach), Sergeant Lewis S. Hunt (Nelson), and Sergeant W. e. Bray (Treharris )

SE V EN SI STER S CO MP ETITION.

Members of th e Onllwyn Seven Sister s Division ar e informed that the competition for the Seven Sister s Divisional cup and thc cup recently presented by Dr. e. Armstrong will b e held on June 29th

MONMOUTH SHIRE CENTRE.

NEW C OMMIS S IONER ApPOINT ED

Th.e Sub-Prior, the Rt. Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C M.G., and DlTector of Ambulance, the Rt. Hon Thomas Richards? P.C" acting on b e half of Chapter, have approv e d the appoIntment of Mr. Richard Wilson Bartlett as Commissioner of the Monmouthshire Centre in succession to Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, C. B.E, whose resignation was rec e ntly acceptcd with regret.

Mr. Bartlett is an Honorary Serving Brother of th e qrder and has be f' n intimately connected with the Brigade when he.enrolled in th e N ; wport Railway I?l vIsion. The follOWIng ye ar he was appointed a Di viSIonal Officer and served as Divisional Supt. from 1916 o 19 18 , when h e was promoted Supt. of the Newport (Mon .) Corps.

PONTNE WV DD AM BULAN C E A WA RDS.

A public me e ting was held at the Central Hall Pontnewyrid, on March 13th, at which the vicar, the Rev. w.

D. L. MackIntosh, presided, and in his address paid tribute to ambulance men with whom he had been closely aSSOCiated for the past twenty years.

The Commissioner for Wales handed to Divisional Surge?n Dr. A. W. Hayles the insignia of an Honorary ASSOCIate of th.e Order? thanking him for the pioneer work he had done In the Interest of ambulance work in that Valley. and his goodness during the last tw e nty-three ye.ars 10 traInIng the St. John men and women in First Aid and Home Nursing.

April,

1926

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A touching little ceremony was the presentation by the Commissioner for Wales of the service medal of the Order to Cadet Lippiatt in place of his father, the late Corps Secr e tary E. E Lippiatt, who joined the Brigade in 1906 and did honourable service until the time of his death in 1924. Service medals were presented by the Commissioner to Divisional Supt. I. Tibbs and Ambulance Officer W. J. Miles.

C e rtificates were handed by Mrs Hayles to members of the Division and the ladies in the nursing class. Lady (H e rbert) Lewis, O. B.E., in presenting medallions and labels, made an appeal for the formation of a nursing divisio::! and e xpressed a hope that when this was registered she might be asked to present the first awards.

CONCERT AT EB BW VALE.

The Ebbw Vale Male Voice Party, under the conductorship of Mr. T. Davies, gave an excellent conc e rt at the Palace Theatre, Ebbw Vale, on Sunday, 21St February, in aid of the funds of the Ebbw Vale Division.

Councillor W G. Bull presided, and explained to those present the work which was being done by the ambulance men in the Ebbw Vale district and appealed for their support.

DISTRI BUTION O F AWARDS AT OA K D ALE.

The Oakdal e Ambulance Division held its annual presentation of awards on Saturday, March 6th. Mr. G Campbell Oliver, Commissioner of th e Borough of Newport Centre, was present, and made some e ncouragiug remarks to the members, showing how they could increase their usefulness and give the best of their knowledge and efficiency to the local public.

Staff Officer Captain S T Beard, O. B. E. presented warrants of appointment to Ambulanc e Officer E. J. Prothero and Sergeant F Dix. A vote of thanks was passed to YIr. David Morgan for presiding, and Supt. W J. Little J on behalf of the Division, presented a fountain pen to Mr. William Edwards, who had rendered v a luable services as Divisional Treasur e r.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

CARDI FF NUR S ES' WHI ST DRI VE

The Cardiff City Nursing Division organis e d a mos t successful Whist Driv e on behalf of its funds on February 12th.

Ambulance Officer W. Cotter of the Cardiff Emergency Division acted as M.e. Prizes, which had be e n generously given by many supporters of the Division, were presented by Lady Staff Officer Mrs. M . A P. Tyndall, who referred to the excellent record of this Division, which, since it was formed in 1909, had done splendid work in the City.

EF F ICIENCY O F BARRY DOC K TEAM.

Members of the Barry Dock Division displayed a splendid standard of efficiency at the annual competitions of th e Great W e st e rn Railway A r e port r e ceived from Staff Officer F. R Hortop of Barry states that the Cup present e d by Mr. E. Lowtuer, O.B.E., the Chief Docks Manager, was competed for at Newport by teams from each of the Docks of the Great Western Railway, and won by a Barry Dock team consisting of J. Evans (Captain), J. Stevens, Thomas Griffiths and George Clissold. A Barry t e am, composed of Robert Smith (Captain), Tudor Edwards, Fred Purnell, and W. W. Warren, with A G # Williams (Reserve) was also successful in the Cardiff and Valleys competition held in Cardiff for the" Glanely II shield.

AID.BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

FERNHILL A M BU LAN C E DI V SION

A 'l excellent concert was held in the Beth a ny Chapel, Treherbert, on Wednesday, February 24th. in aid of the funds of the Fernhill Ambulance Division. Sir John W. Beynon, Bart., C.B E., presided. of the F e rnhill Division were assisted in organ ising the conc e rt by Mr. T L Davies, M E., an e x-superint e nd e nt of th e D ivis i on.

RHOND D A A M BULA NC E CG> MP ETITIONS. May 8th has been sel e cted as the dat e for the ,. George Oliver" Cup Competition . This ev e nt will tak e place at Llwynypi 1 and is confin e d to team s conn ec t e d with the Cambrian, Britannic, Glamorgan, Naval and Blaenclydach Collieries (Cam b rian Combin e)

The" Pet e r-Haig Thomas" Shield, op e n to members connected with the Consolidated C a. mbrian, Limited , Me s ,rs. D. Davis & Sons, Limited, and th e Welsh N a vigation (Coedely ) Collieries, will b e h e ld at Fe rndale on June 26th.

SOCIAL G ATHERIN G AT BL A ENC LYDA CH

Th e Cam brian Colliery Ambulanc e and Nursin g Divisions held their annual social and distribut ion of awards at the St. Thomas Church Sch o ol Room, Blaenclydach, on Saturday, February 20tn.

Staff Officer George Payne pr e sid e d, supp o rt e d by Lady Supt Mrs. J Payne, C o rps S e c re a ry Id r is Davies, Lady Supt. W. D a vies, L 2. dy Su pt. M. M Jenkins, Supt. John Thomas, A mbulanc e Offi cer W J. Ledbury and Sergeant Gordon Edw a rds

First Aid C e ltificates and Vouchers wer e hand e d to the successful members by Mrs. Meredith Morr is ; and Lady Supt. Miss M. M. Jenkins was pr e s en t e d wit h a silver cake stand by Mrs. M. B e nt on behalf of h e Me mb e rs of the Cambrian Colliery N ursing D iv is io n

ABERDARE CENTRE.

ARR AN GE M EN TS F OR C OMPET TIONS

The Aberdare Centre has b e en request e d to un de rt a k e the ambulance arrangements at se veral public functions during the coming months. Theseinc1ud e twoope':l c om p e titions in cunnection with t he A be rdar e Flower ShoWIn A u gus t, when the" Sir D. R. Llewellyn" shield and "H a rry B a nks " shield will be competed for by ambulanc e and nurs in g teams respectively Ambulanc e nursin g comp e tit ions for teams in the Aberdare Vall e y WIll b e h eld on h e 4th o f August and in conjunction with the Cro wn Eisteddfod on the 20th S e ptember, the C e ntre IS arr a ng In g a competition for male teams. Full p a rticul a rs of th e se events may be obtained from Corps S e cr eta ry W. J Mo rga n , 20, Gadlys Gardens, Aberdare.

FUNERAL OF N UR SIN G O FF IC ER

A large contingent of am bulanc e and nursin g m e mb e rs of the Brigade in the Aberdare Centre fun era l on Friday, March 13th , of Mrs. ClaudJa D re w, th e la te Lady Ambulance Officer who h e ld office i n th e Abe rd a r e Nursing Division since August, 19 23, a s Insp e ctor o f Stores. Brigade members acted as be ar e rs, and wre a hs were sent by all the local Divisions, among whom Mrs. Drew was a much respected colleagu e News in

Brief.

Seventeen teams entered for the a nnu a l c o mp e titions for the Staff attached to the S o uth Wa les . A mbu.l anc e District of the London, Midland and Scottis h which took place at Hereford on March 1S t. The pnnclpal

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event was the contest for the "Sir Thomas Williams Challenge Shield" which was won by Abersychan; Abergavenny Junction carne second. Mr. e. H. Tait, District Traffic Supt., Abergavenny, who presided, made a presentation to Mr. E. W. T. Morris, Honorary District Am bula!lce Secretary, whom he described as the finest ambulance !;ecretary on the system.

The Commissioner for Wales spent a very busy Easter week. On Wednesday, 4tH April, he attended a meeting at Blaenau Festiniog, presenting certificates and awards to successful students; on Thursday he addressed a public meeting at Holyhead and met the Officials of the Royal National Eisteddfod Committee in reference to the ambulance arrangements; on Friday, 9th April he travelled to Bangor where he discussed with the Director the ambulance arrangements for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show; went on to Carnarvon to decide upon a station for a Home Service Ambulance car, and arrived at LIanelly on Saturday, loth April, for the competitions at which the Sub-Prior, the Right Han. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G., prest'Dted the trophies.

A unani mous vote of thanks was passed at the last meeting of the Executive Committee to the Lady Mayoress Miss Dorothy Francis, who was President of the Day" held in Cardiff on Saturday, 13th March, and to the Ward PresidEnts and helpers. The total amount of the collections was £285.

Commissioners are informed that teams entering for the" Llandinam " shield competition must consist of one Divisional Supt., Ambulance Officer, Warrant Officer or N.C.O., and four In no circumstances will 'the inclusion of an additional N e.0. be permitted.

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CONTROL OF EMERGENCIES.

F. T. (Strand).-Summoned to a street accident recently I arrived at same moment as the police. When I commenced to loosen patient's clothing at neck, the policeman told me to leave patient alone. Then, because I persisted he warned me that, if I interfered, he would arrest " for interfering with the police in execution of their duty. " Shortly after the ambulance arrived. Perhaps I should have said that was an ambulance man; but I was thinking of patient, and I wear the Brigade badge I welcome your comments and assistance.

The last sentence of your letter is your condemnation and I regard you !n this convic:ted of neglec; of your "QualIficatIons as First Alder." Next time you meet with a street emergency of which a police officer is in charge, then commence action by stating your qualifications and offering your assistance. If this is refused, then you will have done your duty and you will not feel hurt "in a professional respect."-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

EXAl\IIKATIGN HOWLER.

E. R. (Waterloo).-In a recent examination a candidate was asked to describe treatment of a woman whose dress was on fire. He replied that he would place woman flat and cover her with a rug. Asked by doctor what he would do next, candidate Ie brought down the house" because he blurted out: "Stamp on rug and so put out flames."

Good! Next, please! !-N.C.F.

FRACTURES OF CLAVICLE AND STERNUM.

J. E. (Liverpool}.-Please tell me how you would treat a fractured clavicle associated with a fractured sternum. Your query is far too for a useful answer, since it lacks details as to variety of fractures and to surroundings which will materially affect treatment. I n most cases, ever, a fractured sternum is complicated by severe injury to l,!ngs, whit!h would call. for priority in treatment, more espeas a fractured can be easily controlled if patient IS m recumbent posItIon. So send further particulars if you wish.-N.C.F.

CRAMP AND ITS TREATMENT.

P. V. (Leeds).-Please tell us what cramp is and what is its treatment.

Remember your definition of "convulsions" (Textbook, p. 147) and you will more easily remember that of cramp which is " an involunt3.ryand painful contraction of a voluntary muscle or group of muscles."

The cause of cramp resides in the nervous system and operates either directly from the nerve centres or, as is more usual, by reflex action, as (for examples) some peculIar pOSItIOn assumed by (or movement of) limb during sleep or some derangement of internal organs.

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Cramp most frequently affects the limbs (especially calf of leg .or back of thIgh), is usually one-sided, often comes on during sleep, and is always accompanied by agonising pain. The muscle fibres are up into a hard knot; and the spasm usually lasts a few seconds only. More rarely the attack may last for minutes and even hours; and relief may be all too slow in coming.

Relief ( and possibly cure) may sometimes be effected by grasping firmly and rubbing affected muscles briskly with the hand; sometimes by application of heat or cold; and sometimes by a viJorous movement of limb.-N.C.F.

TREATMENT OF FRACTURED FEMUR.

G.H. (Sheffield) -In treatment of Fractured Femur we have always applied an inner splint reaching from fork to beyond heel; and, since it is impossible to secure the joint above fracture with inner splint, we endeavour to secure the joint below fracture (knee). The Textbook advises a splint from fork to just below knee. Please tell us which method you recommend.

The old Textbook recommended that the inner splint should reach from fork to heel; the revised edition substituted a short inner splint from fork to just above knee. The latter is perhaps more correct and perfectly satisfactory from the surgeon's point of view but from that of all First Aiders the former is safer and wiser. I for one much regret "the improved instruction."

I n other words, therefore, you will be wise if you use a short inner splint in a competition and a long inner splint in a street emergency.-N.C.F.

USE OF IODINE.

B. P. (Tredegar).-Further to your answer given to query of above title in March issue, I would ask if Iodine is actually harmful when applied to wound from which blood is issuing, and if it would be wise. to wipe away blood first or simply to cover with dry dress.mg..

I regret that owing to prom.m.ence gwen to thIS ca se, some of our patients are unwlllmg to be treated WIth Iodine. I may add that our practice has been to apply Iodine to wounds whether dry or wet wit/zout any washing, and to cover with dry dressing; and that, until we hear your decision, we ,hall continue to do so

The whole point of this unfortunate case is that an ambulance man died from Blood POIsoning, although his wound had been treated with an antiseptic. I wonder how often surgeons lose limb or life from .same cau.se.

Unfortunately, therefore, thIS IS not an case; but nevertheless it is a wonderful tribute to antiseptIC treatment of wounds that such cases are rare, and that when they occur they create a stir. Iodine, if is not harII?ful and is certainly not poisonous, v.:htle It IS usua.lly efiectlve. Wiping a wound ble.edll!g ; and washl,ng a in an emergency carnes WIth It nsk of added mfectlOn, m spite of Textbook suggestion that "obviously dirty" wounds may be washed. Further, Iodine. acts with a dry wound and previous washing of wound WIll make It wet.

So carryon your treatment of Dry If you like by first applying a clean dressmg but aVOid Wlptng or washing it.-N.C.F.

Nine teams competed in the Bristol and Gloucester District Ambulance Competition held at Bristol on March 27th, Bristol Loco. No. declared the winners and the Individual CompetItIOn was won by Mr. W. E. Gregory of Fishponds. The prizes were distributed by Mr. W. G. Fox.

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Three spe c ial prizes will be awarded to the md lv,dual c<?mpetitor gaining the hig:hest number of marks outside the prI zewinning teams. EntrIes close July 7th. Open to all teams, Association or Brigade. Entry fornls on applIcatIOn to H. Townsend, 21, Plains-lane, EIland, Yorks. N.B.-The EIland Brigade will not compete.

RULLO ! Have you been to the Gittus Competition. If you ha ven' t, then go ! You mIss a treat ! Worsbro' District, St. John A mbulance Division. Gittus Shield Competition, Saturday, Tuly 3 1st, Iqz6. Entrance fee 63. Gittus Shield valued at Leo, and Pri zes valued at £12 for I, 2 3 -Schedules apply J. W. Smith, 3 , Clarkson-street, Worsbro ' Dale, Barnsley.

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On the way to join his battalion Sergeant Knight, who was motor-cycling, swerved into a ditch late at night and broke his leg in two places. He was unable to get out, and for a long time sounded his horn to attract help. None was forthcoming. So he got into sidecar of machine and slept the night. Help came in morning and he was taken to hospital.Daily Mail.

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Artificial respiration was tried; and the boy recovered consciousness and was taken to the infirmary, where yesterday it was stated that he would probably be allowed to return home to-day. He said that he got into difficulties while swimming in the canaL-Evening News.

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FIRST AID "jh.eJournal of the Order of th£JIosPita! of S1JolmofJerusa1em btEnglaild

EDITORIAL.

THOSE who have seen ambulance men

"Pro Utilitate and sisters of the St. John Ambulance Hominum." Brigade carrying out their voluntary duti e s at the many functions connected with our social life are acquainted with their uniform and appreciate their services.

Mem bers of the Brigade are usually seen in or in small parties and very few people have any idea of the txtent or the organisation of the Brigade. In London there is annually a Review in Hyde Park of some 2 000 of its members and in parts of Lancashire and other districts parades for annual inspection may number from 500 to 2,000, but it is only on occasions like the late General Strike that the full strength of the Brigade is mobilised and comes on general duty,

The necessity for this general mobilisation becomes evident when it is remembered that there is no civil organisation for dealing with the injured during riots, beyond the local ambulance service that these local ambulance services are in many carried out by the voluntary work of the Brigade, and that before moving the injured it is usually necessary to render first aid.

inform'ition is to hand to show that it has been much of the same nature and has been carried out on much the same lines as the work in the Metropolitan area. A short account of the work in the latter is given to show the general scope and nature of its efforts.

The first step was the arranging by the Assistant Commissioners of the five London districts of temporary headquarters for those of the 70 Ambulance Divisions which had no permanent building of their own. Thes e were found in Town Halls, Clinics, Factories, and other suitable buildings in divisional areas. They were staffed by local members who remained ready day or night to turn out if required \ the members in quiet areas volunteering for service with those in th e more unsettled parts of L')ndon.

A pool was formed at No. P {ince of Wales' District Headquarters from men who could be spared from these Divisions, some of whom remained at Headquarters ready for any emergency, and others were detailed for duty at new posts which it was found necessary to provide.

One such post was formed at Hyde Park and was typical of others. It consisted of a Commandant assisted by one of the Corps or Divisional Surgeons, a Divisional Supt., an n.c.C'. and six ambulance men, one permanent orderly, two ambulance sisters and an ambulance. The whole of the sanitation of the Hyde Park Camp was placed under the Commandant, as well as the medical arrangements for the personnel.

A camp was pitched near the Reformers' Tree to accommodate !his post, and all necessary assistance was given by th e authorities concerned. It remained on duty for sixteen days.

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It is a rule of the that it has no politics and renders its help without any distinction of "race, class, or creed." To enable it to do this under all circumstances it must playa lone hand and receive orders only through its own officers. By observing these rules it has been enabled to comply with all calls on its services, :lOd it has been possible for all its members, who were free from other more direct demands on their services, to assist their divisions without comment

The full returns of the work done by the Brigade in the Districts have not yet been r,eceived, but sufficient

The case of another post established in an Infant Welfare Centre in one of the congested areas in London may be d e scribed as typical of many of these temporary divisional Headquarters. Two rooms and a hall were handed over for the use of the division, which usually kept

about 12 m e n on duty. On one occ a sio n th e y brou g ht in about twenty cases, som e of th e m serious, and rfceiv e d ev e ry assistanc e b oth from th e police and the crowd in carrying out th e ir wo rk, the rioting usually being su s p e nd e d until the c a se s had be en safe ly r e moved.

The re spect shown fo r th e Brigad e uniform was g e n e ral throughout th e ccuntry and e xtended to th e motor c ars e mp !o ye d on Brig a d e work, non e o f which were interfer e d with, and whos e passag e through th e streets was assisted by b o th the police and t he crowd. The n e c e ssity for wearing Bri ga d e un iform on duty was d e monstrat e d on one occa si on whtre a m e mb e r in mufti wearing an arml e t wa s mist a ken for a rioter as sa ulting a man who was d o wn who got q uickly and forc i bly r e m o ve d.

Th e th a nks o f the O rd e r a re c u e to those who sent th e ir cars fo r th e us e of th e Brigad e, usually driving themselv e s a nd Ep ending long hours on this voluntary duty. Th e ir h e lp greatly fac ili t a te d th e ra pid m o bilisation of units , the moving o f re li efs and th e insp <; ction of pos t s by th e se ni or offi c e rs of th e No Di s tr i ct.

Th e full s t ory o f t he pa r t pl a y e d by th e St. J o hn Amhulanc e B ri gad e thr o u g hout E ng la nd a nd Wal :! s durin g th e la te Ge n e ral Strike wh e n written should prove inte re sting to thos e who took part in it and an inspiration to the ge n e ration to com e.

The Hospitallers' Club.

M EMB ER S of th e Hospitall e rs' Club on April 24th h e ld th e ir seve nth annual dinner at th e Connaught Rooms, under the chairmansh p of Mr. N Burt o n, when a record company of about 130 ladiE s and ge nt le m e n were pre sent.

Col. G. A Moor e , pro p osing "The Hospitallen)' Club," comm e nted on th e ass e t that such clubs prov e d in fostering closer touch b e tw ee n offic e rs of th e va rious Divisions of the Ord e r. It was, he said , extraordinary in the y ear 1926 to h e ar of anything voluntary.

The Ch a irman, in r e ply, ex pr e ss e d particular appr e ciation of the work of the old m e mb e rs who, he said, had b ee n of gr e at assistanc e in carrying on th e club.

Li e ut.-Col. J. T. Woolrych P e rrown e, replying to the toast of "The Visitors, " proposed by Mr. S C. Knight, r e ferred to th e rec ent pilgrimage of members of th e Order of St. John to the H o ly Land, and said he hoped that the result would be a quickening of inter e st in their hospital work th e re The hospital in Jerusalem now stood at th e highest pinnacle of its fame. The valu e attached to th ;! work of the Order could be r ealised from the fact that at the request of the Palestine Gov e rnment they had undertaken to run ophthalmic clinics throughout th e length and br e adth of the land, as the Government could not do the work owing to financial stringency.

Mrs. Lancelot D e nt, superintend e nt of the Brigade Ov erseas, also respond e d.

The toast of "The Chairman" was pl e dged on the call of Captain J. Calvin Lines.

Among thos e present we re Colonel A. E. Cam e ron, Commission e r E. A.

Richards, Commissioner Major Hossacks, Assistant Commission e r H. L'lnglty Jon e s, Mr. F. E. Stallard (hon treasure!), Mr. J. J. Cha')e (hon. Mr. T. M Bride, Mr. E. W Fearn. Mr. C. F. Fitch, Mr. S. C. Knight, Captain G. T. Coop !T, Mr. E. E. Perry, and Captain G. W. Butcher.

Brigade Competitions.

I N consequ e nce of the General Strike, th e Fin a l Competitions a rranged to be h e ld o n M a y 7th las t w e re po s tponed.

They will now b e he ld o n the th Jun e and H.R.H. Princess Arthur o f Conn a u g h t has kindly con s ent e d to pres e llt th e pri ze s.

Ambulance Work National on the Canadian Railways.

THE following is an e xtract from the annual repGrt of th e D e partment of Safety and First Aid of th e Canadian National Railways and clearly indicat e s the: gen e ral purpos e of this special organisation, which is affiliat e d with the Canadian Branch of th e S ' John Ambulance Association which hrs Headquart e rs at Ottowa :-

"The Canadim National Ra;lways Safe ty and First Aid organisatic n , as its name implies has the dual obj ect of removing the causes of avoidable accidents and promoting t fficient knowledge in the tr e atment and car e of the injured. All emplOY Ee:; are expect e d at all times to avoid practices e ntailing needless ri sk of injury to th e mselv e s or o t hers and to e xercise dilig e nt care in the d ev e lopment of a maximum degree of safety. Equally desirable is the possession of first aid knowledge, e specially by employees engaged in transportation, motive power, car, stores, and other departments. Indeed ev e ry employee irrespective of the nature of his work to th e Company should not n e glect the splendid opportunities offered by th e Company to become a very efficient first -aider."

During the past year 234 n e w class e s were organised With a total membership of 3,255 students. The Company have a special certificate award for meritorious first aid.

Among competition trophies gained in open contests ar e the Montezambert Cup-th e mens' championship of Canada, the Wall a ce Nesbitt Rose Bowl-th e railway championship of Canada, the Lady Drummond Cup-th e womens' championship of Canada, and the Ontario PlOvincial Shield-th e mens' trophy.

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St. John J\mbulance J\ssociation.

Great Western Railway Centre.

THE thirty-four teams qualified for the se mi -fir a l round of the G.W . R. 1926 comp etitions competed at Birmingham (March 18tb)and Weston-super-Mare(March 23rdand 26th) with the result that the following t e ams are now left in for the final round :Newport Dock Stre e t Taunton

Al e xandra D ock, N e wport Gloucester Barry L'Jco.

L. & N.E. Railway Centre. ( C.E. SECTION ).

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It will be observ e d that there ar e only I t marks betw e en the first three teams which include th e winners

THE final stage of th e compet it ions for th e Gr eat E 3.stern Section was held at the M e chanics ' Institution, Strat:ord, on April 15th, wh e n 7 teams, chos e n from 22 t e ams which comp e t e d in th e pr eliminary tests, took part The r e sult of the competition was that Harwich a nd P arkeston A team, the holders, retain e d the cup. Th e placings we re as follows: I, Harwich and P a rkeston A, 307 points ; 2, Kings Lynn, 288 ! points ; 3, Cambridg e, 26 6 t poin t s ; 4 , Ipswich, No.2, 26 0 po ints ; 5, H a rwich and P ark e ston B, 258 points; 6, Bishops St ortford , 244! po in t s 7, Colch ester, 227 t point'). T he total marks obta in a bl e was 47 5 All the finalists re ce ived pri ze s gi ven b y the L.N . E.R. Th e highest individual res ult was obta in ed by the le ader of the Kings L ynn te a m, Mr. W. Raby, who scored 40 marks out of 55 a nd reCe iv e d a medal.

There was an i nt e resting a nd appropri at e pr e se ntation mad e at th e gath e ring afte r th e comp e tition. Mr. W. Clow, Traffic Supt. So uth e rn Ar e a, L.N E.R., who presided and pres e nt e d the cup and pri ze s, handin g to Mr. Alb e rt E. Mill er, an employ ee in th e St ratfo rd W orks a gold watch from a Mr. S incl a ir, in Ab erd e en , i n ap pr e ci ation of the valuab le first -a id se rvic e he re nd e r e d to his son.

Mr. W. Clow, b e for e pres e nting th e cup and pri ze s, said it was gratifyin g to r e c o rd that th e c en tr e was car r ying on its work as succ e ssfully as e ve r. Th e re we re n o w 48 divisions, and e very ye ar S3.W an appr e c iable inc re as e.

The Jud ge s for t he Co mp e tition wer e Drs . N . Co rbet F le tch e r and R. Connon Rob ertson, and on th e motion of Mr. C. W L. Gl a ze ( chief m e ch a nic a l e ngin ee r, Str a tford), second e d by Mr W. Ma g nus, a vot e of th a nks was passed to them.

L.M.S. Railway Final Ambulance Competition. 1926.

The London ambulance service received 8 ,479 calls during the first thr e e months of this year, an increase of 1,208, or 17 per cent., over the total for th e co r responding period of 1925.

B y Cottr tesyJ [C. vV.R. J1Jago::Jm.

Th e Dir ec lors Challenge Shield. G.W R. (Newport, Dock Street) and "runn e rs up" (A lexandra Dock) of the Directors' Challenge Shi e ld last year. The Purton team entered the comp e titions in the Beginners' Class and as the team in class to survive the semi-final round, It becomes entItled to the "Butt" Bowl.

Drs. S. Mc.Cormac and J. Connon-Robertson adjudicated in the semi-final competitions

THE Final Am bul a nc e Comp e tition for th e Ch a ll e n ge Shi e lds and pr e se nt e d h y th e C o mp a ny wa s hel d i n th e Midl a nd Gr a nd H otel, S t. P an cras, on Fr iday, A pril 23 rrl. Un d e r th e r e or ga nis e d sy st e m of c onduct in g the ambulance work on th e railw a y the whol e line in England and Wal e s h a s b e e n di i nt? 23 districts, and in each distr ict a loc al comp e t it IOn IS h e ld Th e leading t eams ( in ratIO to t h e num ?e r of t eam s e nt.e r i n g) in the District Comp e titions q uallfy to tak e part lD the Preliminary Comp e t ition th t: first e ig ht t e ams in which ent e r ioto the last stage. Alto ge ther 309 teams took part in the District Competitions , and 5 " qualified to compe te in the Preliminary Comp etiti on which was judged by J. Mandall Coates ( Horwich ) , and Dr G. D. E. Tuills (Hereford). when th e following in ord e r of m e rit g a ined th e opportunity of appeanng m the Fmal Comp etition :-

1. Stockport.

2. Wolv e rhamptoD.

3. F e ath e rston e

4 North Docks (Liverp o ol).

5. Bolton No. 1 te am.

6. Broad Street ( London).

7. Horwich.

8. Whit e haven.

These eight t e ams we re judged on April 23rd by

Dr. Frederick H. Maberl ey ( Birm ingham). Dr.S McCormac (Newport, Mon.) and Dr. James G. Copland ( Huddersfield) with the following result :-

1. Stcckport

2. W hit ehav en

3 Wolverhampton

4. North Docks ( Liv erpou l)

5. Broad Street

6 Bolton No. 1 team

7 Horwich Boiler Shop

8 Featherstone

Possible ma rks obtainable

The pri ze s were nistributed to the successful competitors by Mi ss Burgess, the Right Hon. H. G. :Burgess presiding over the gath e ring', Mrs. Burgess, Miss Anna Burgess, Mrs G. S. Hill, MISS Mervyn , and Messrs R. C. Ir win, W. E. C. Lazenby, G L. Darbyshire, J F Br a dfo rd, G. S. Hussey and G S. Hill (Gen e ral Am bulance; S ecr e tary )

Th e Gener al Manager referred to the fact that this was the first m eeting of its kind und er the n e w organisation of the ambulance work on the L.M . S. Whilst h e desired to point out how well the old organiZ1tions had worked he felt that t he amalgamation of the whol e of the am bulance work on the syst e m would give be tter results in the future as it was now possibl e for stand a rd practices to be adopted in connection with cl a ss work, examinations, class equipm e nt, and to work in closer re lationship with the St. John Assoc ia tion in England and the Priory in Wales.

Mr. Burgess briefly outlined the n ew arrang e ments for the division of the line in England and Wales into districts, and the election uf district committees in each.

He expressed the thanks of the Directors and Officers of the Company for th e interest taken voluntarily by th e members of t he ambulance mov e m ent, a nd for the great work they were doing, and said that from his o wn experience and observation he could not speak too highly of the extraordinary work performed by thes e sk ill e d workers , and the promptitude shown in the execution of th e ir work when the necessity arose.

Recognising the importance of the am bulance movement, Mr. Burgess st a ted that it ha d been decided to award a Long Service Gold Medal to all m e mbers of the staff who hav e passed or shall pass in th e future 15 " First Aid II examinations, with a bar for each additional five years' examinations. It was hoped that this would be an encouragement to the staff to tak e up and continu e their interest in ambulance work. H e felt sure they would all agree with him that the ambulance movement on the L.M.S. should be a much larger one; that the work was only at the beginning: and it was up to the districts to progress year by year.

The number of st aff on the L.M S., Mr. Burgess said was about 270,000, and so far as could be ascertained about 3 0,000 of these were fully qualified ambulance men, a number which he hoped would be substantially augmented in the future.

Mr. Burgess referred to the splendid achi e vement of thp. North Dock (Liverpool ) team in securing first place amongst all Raiiway Ambulance teams in th e Inter-Railway Competition last year, and mid that in recognition of th e ir performanc e on that occasion it had been decided to present to each mem ber of the team a gold watch, inscribed, and chain, and to the team secretary and two instructors, two piec es of silver plate.

The General Manager referred to the Competition

side of the mov e ment, and was glad to say that the numbe r of men taking pa r t had increased from last year, 309 teams competing in the District Competitions as compared wit h 25 0 a year ago. This was no doubt accounted for, to a larg e extent, by the extension of the Competition arrangements to the former Midland Division, and he hoped tha t the competition side of the work would continue to grow.

At this stage, Mr. Burgess announced the result of the competition, and in congratulating the Stockport and Whitehaven teams on their success, expressed the hop e that one of them would bring, for the second year in succession, the Inter-Railway Shield to the L.M S. Railway.

Mr. Burgess conveyed the thanks of the Company to the three Judges at the Competition, and also to the man y members of the Medical profession who were continuall y showing their int erest in Railway Ambulance Classes b y their gratuitous service. He also thanked the Distric t Secr e taries, memb e rs of District Committees, Class S "cretaries and Instructors for the very considerable amount of wor k they had all performed for the advancement of th e Movement during th e past twelve months

The shields and pri zes were then charmingly distribut ed by Miss Burgess to the teams according to the position s they obtained in the Competition.

Mr. R. C. Irwin proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the General Manager and bis daughter. Pleased as h e was to hear what the GeTleral Mana g er had said wit h regard to the Ambulance Movement, be was more tha n delighted with the admirable and personal manner in which Miss Burgess had distributed the prizes.

Miss Burg ess expr essed her at having bee n asked to present the pri zes and boped that a simila r opportunity would be given her in the future.

Mr. J. A . Gaukrodger, Secretary of the North Dock s team, thanked the railway company for th e ir ge nera l rp.cognition of the work of the N oIth Docks team in th e Int e r-Railway Comp e tition last year, and although hi s team had not qualified to represent the Company in th e competition this year he congratulated the Stockport an d Whitehaven teams and wished them every success.

Dr. Maberlr, on behalf of the judges, thanked M r. Burg ess for his kind remarks in regard to their wor k during the day and expressed his appreciation of th e arrangements made for the competition.

Birmingham Police Ambulance Work

T H.I£ Competition for the Rowland Mason Challenge Cu p was held in the Central Hall, Corporation ·street, on April 28th, the Judges being the Assistant Commissione r for Birmingham Captain Henton White and Cuunty Surgeon E. W. Parsey, M.A .• M.B.

The Team Case was the following which was competed for by a team from each of the Divisions of the Birmingham Police and witnfss e d by a large number of sptctators including the Lord Mayor.

You are returning with your squad from an Ambulanc e Competition along a country lane at 8.0 p m. : when approaching a railway bridge you meet a boy-scout who tell s you that there has been an accident and asks your help. His story is as follows :-

"A trap in charge of one man was cr:>ssing the bridg e when an express train passed beneath, the horse took fright an d

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ran away : a man left in charge of a traction eng ine tried to stop the horse, but the shaft struck him i? the chest and knocked him down : the trap went on out of Sight round a bend in the road: the man seems in great pa in and says h is left leg hurts h im. "

Time limit 14 minutes.

Approa c h

Lower stretcher

P repare stretcher

Not us ing and 3 too soon

Action re o trap (no damage )

H re morrhage (none seen )

Breathing (laboured and sighin g)

Consc ious (yes)

Pupils (equal, rea ct, insensitive surface)

Examine arms (no injury )

Lower limbs (simple fracture left le g)

Body (fracture 9 th rib ) ...

No other injuries (after ex a minat io n )

P ul5e (fee b le )

Face (pale )

Skin (cold clammy )

P aralysis (none )..

Position of patient (sup ine, head to side )

Loosen clothe,

F resh air .. .

Cold affusion

Keep head low

Treat fractured le g

Treat fra c tured r ib (sl ing)

N oth ing ti ght round chest (r ib pierces liv er ) (i f so dead in

5 minutes )

Do ctor and hosp ital

Consider transport (o nly stret cher )

Weather (fine )

Shock

Load stretcher

March ing (head lo w over br idg e )

Care en route

U nloadin g ... ...

E xpl icit account to do cto r at hospit a l

Correct d ia gnosis (intern al hc.e morrh a ge )

Good use on men and scout

Initiative of team leader

Care of tra c tion en gine (light &c.) Time

The results were as follows :-

"A" Division (J H. Duonicli ffe, captain ) 283 i

2: " E" Division ( A. Harding, 268

3, "B " Division (H . Hickman, captam) 266

4, "D" Division (J. Austin, capta.ln) 24S i

5, "C" Division (J. Wilkie, captaIn ) 2

The Assistant Commissioner congratulat e d the teams on the excellence of their work and suggested that a National Police Ambulance Shield might be provided, to be competed for by the Police Teams throughout the couotryon similar lines to the Dewar and Inter-RaIlway Competitions

The many friends of Mr. D. D. Robertson will. regret to hear of his death on March 7th after an operatlOn for appendicitis. Mr. Robertson was a member of the firm of Holmes & Son, Chartered Accountants, 33, Paternoster Row, E.C 4 , and has since 1916 been t?e. Honorary Auditor of the No. (Peioce of Wales) DIstrIct, of the St. Joho Ambulance Brigade.

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St. John J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

AP RIL, 192 6.

The Acting Chie f Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions. transfers and resignations :-

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO.5 DI ST RI CT Divisional Sur geon and Supt. D r. John !< orre st H am ilto n, Dearne Valley Corp s, 28-4- 26

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

NO .2 DIST RIC T Miss Mad g e Ed ith Goldin g, M. B., Ch S., City of Bristol Nursing D ivisi on , 26326

TO BE DIVISIONAL SUPT.

No I DI STR I CT

Ambulan ce Offi cer Frederic k John Wai te , N o. 90, E ri th Oil Works D ivisi on, 26.2.26

NO.3 ( WE STERN) D IST R ICT.

Di vis ional Surg eon Nor ma n John Lan celot Ro ll ason The Holbrooks D ivi sion, \Va rwlc kshlre Corp s, T3 p 6

NO. 4 DISTRICT.

Ambulan ce Offi cer Lle wellyn U nsworth, Thorn to n-le F yld e D ivision, 234- 26

NO.5 DI STR I CT

] oh n Goodman, Clipstone Colliery Dlv lslon, 13-+ 26

A mbulance O ffi cer John Thomas Edwards , F ent on DIVISi on , Lon gton a nd D istr ict Corps, 13426

Ambulance Offi cer Ebene zer Gel d ar t, H eeley D ivisio n, Sh effield Corps, 31.3. 26

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT

No. I DIST R IC T

Mrs. Nellie Geor gi na Honey Gilbert, N o. S8N Boro ugh of Woolwich Nursin g D ivi sion, 26 326

NO.2 DI ST R ICT.

Lady Ambulance Offi cer Mrs. Kathleen Alic e R ochfor t In gl es, Gosport Nurs ing Di vi sion, 44 .26

N O. 3 ( W ESTE R N) DI ST RICT

Mrs. Am y Lovatt, Three Spires N urSIng D ivi sio n, Wa rw ickshire Corps, 12 4.26

NO. 4 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Mary Cook Warrin gton Head q uarters NurSin g D IVISi on . Warrin gton Corps, 264.26

NO.5 DI STR IC T

Lady Ambulance Offi cer Mrs. Lily P ick les E ar by N urs ing Division 21426

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER.

NO 2 DIS TR IC T.

Corporal Sidney Wm. East , West Oxfo rd D ivision, Oxfor d Corps, I 2. -/. 26

NO. 4 DISTRICT. 6 6

Ser g t. Vernon Royde ThonJ,Pson, D IVI SIOn, 2 2

Serg t. Robert Fielden , Falls worth DIVISIOn, Oldh a m Corps , 264 26

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Captain Horace Gethin g, Annesley Colliery D IVI SIOn , New Hucknell Colliery Corps, 2J .4· 26

Geor o e Johnson Ripley Di vis ion, 21 4. 26 Abel Fowler Else car Div ision, Wo rsborough and District Corps, 3 £.3 26

Staff Sergt. John Henry Thorpe, Sh irebrook Divis ion, 284 26

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Randolph Shardlow, Clifwn Colliery Division, Nottingham Corps, 30-4 26

TO BE LADY AMBULANOE OFFIOER.

No. 1 DISTRICT.

Miss Constance Elsie Fj 'z jerald, No. 57N W<!st Ham Nursing Division, 25 .3 26

NO.4 DI STlUCT.

M iss Emily Hil on, Radc!iff<! Nursing Div is ion, r 34 .26

Mrs Mary Ackroyd, Gorton Nursing D iv.sio:], Manchester and Salford Corps, 13 A. 26

Mrs. Ada Berry, Salford N ursing Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 264. 26

Miss Mary Al ice Oliver, S :llfurd Nursing D iv:s ion, Manchester and Salford Corps, :-64 26

Miss Lilian Gladys Ridgway, Chesham Bury Nursin g Division, 303.26

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Mr s. S a rah Curtis, Conisborou g h Nursinfi Division, Denaby Main Corps, 31.426

No.6 DI STR ICT.

Miss Linda Marion Robs on. Durham City Nursing Division, i\[id Durham Corps, 21-4-26

Mrs. Margaret Ann Bennett, Sunderland Nursing Division, 30 .3 26

Miss Mar ga ret Jane Joyce, Western NUr5ing Divis on, Newcastle Corps, 27 326

No. 1 2 DI STRICT.

Miss Francis Mary Burroughs, Dublin Headquarters Nursin g Division, I,3.26

TO BE NURSING OFFIOER.

NO. 2 DISTRICT.

Miss Amelia Rose Webster, City of Bristol Nursing Division, 27 3 26

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFIOER FOR OADETS.

NO· 3 (WESTERN) DI STR ICT.

William Allen Jennings, Foiesh ill and Longford Cadet Division, Warwickshire Corps, 27-4 26

TRANSFERRED.

N O·5 DISTRICT.

Supt. N. J. M us c hamp transferred from Welbeck Division to Annesley Colliery Division, 2 426

TRANSFERRED TO THE BRIGADE RESERVE.

NO.4 DI STR IC T

Lady Am b llance Officer A. Sanderson, Preston Co -operative Nurs ing D ivi sion, Prest o n Corp>, 3 LI2 2 5

RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

No .3 (EASTI£RN) DI ST RICT

Supt. G. Green, Market Harborol1gh Division, 23A 26

NO.4 DI STR ICT.

Su pt. H Fenton, Thornton-Ie-Fylde Div ision, 21.4 26

Lady Officer Miss E. Jaundrell, Kendal N ursing D IVIsi on, 30A.26

No. 5 D [STRICT

Divis io nal Surgeon D Tu c ker, Welbeck Colliery Divis on, 30 4 2 6

No. 6 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon J. A. SteIlhou3e, Durham City Nursing Division, 264 26

Lady Supt. Mrs. Mitchell, Blyth and District Nursing DiviSion, 26426

Offi cer A. D. Blakey, Percy Main Division, North Tyneslde Corps, IS 4 26

NO·9 DI STR ICT.

Ambulance Offi cer for Cadets G. How.ud Plymouth Central C ad et Divis ion, 15 4 26 '

DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

No. 2 DI STRICT City of GlOU Cest er N ursin'5 Division, 134.26

NO·5 DI STR ICT.

Crowle Division, 84 26

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Doncaster Nursing Division, 28-4.26

Yorkshire Copper Works Division, 1.4.26 Annesley Colliery Division, 21.4.26

SECTION REGISTERED.

No. 12 ( IRISH ) DISTRICT.

Court Laundry Section, 3 I.3 ·26

OADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED.

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Hulme ( West Manchester ) C3.det Division, 14426

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Stapleford Cadet Division, 13.4.26

CORREOTION.

No. 51 Croydon, not Croydon Nursing Division.-Juh n Ernest Dane to be Cadet Officer, 17.326

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner . of

St. 3-oon Bmbulance :fJ3rigabe.

PRINC[ OF WA.LES S DISTRICT.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL MAY, 1926.

June 8 5 Ealing Division.

" 13 th - N o. 86 Horse(erry Division.

" 20 th-No. 87 Shoreditch Division.

" 27th-No. 88 West Ham Division.

Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m. Duty from 2.3 0 p .m., till 8 p m.

Duty from 2.30 p m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

BANK HOLIDAY DUTY.

Provided that the present N ational Emergency will n ot interfere, duty on Whit Monday, May 2 4th, will be carried out as on former occasions.

ST. JOHN ' S DVY.

The Offi cers of No. 1 Distri c will be pleased if tho se officers from other Districts, both Ambula!1ce and Nursin g, who are coming to St. John's Gate on June 24th wi)) join us at the Manchester Hotel at 5 p.m., after the General Assembly District Offi cer S. B. Piers will be glad if anyone who can accept an invitation will send their name and address to hi m at St. John's Gate, E.C.I.

CADET DIVISIONS.

The Commissioner desires to remind all Offi c ers, both Amb ulan :: e and Nursing, that the formation of Cadet Divisions in No. I District should be encouraged as much as possible t is to be hoped that all Offi : ers will do their utmO!lt to hav e a Cadet Division attached to their D ivisions as soon as p:>ssible.

GE N ERAL STRIKE.

At the time of going to press, the Commissioner is unabl e to give a report on the work of the Brigade during the recen t National Emergency.

He wishes, however, to congratulate members of all rank s on the splendid services they have rendered and are st ill rendering.

The Brigade has been put to a severe test, and our members have answered the call in a very loyal manner, and th e Commissioner hopes that one and all will continue to suppor t the Order to which we are attached by giving that help when and where they may be wanted.

The Commissioner hopes to send out a report on the work

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of the District as soon as possible after the pressure of the present emergen.:y passed. Emergency stations ar.e still being- held by our DIVISions and Headquarters at the tIme of going to press.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commisst·oner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Divisional Secretaries are requested, when sending newspaper cutting-s of their meetings, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITOR.

CORRECTION.-In the results of the Nursing Challenge Bowl Competition reported in our last issue, we omitted to state that the No. 28 London Post Office Nursing- Division tied for third place with No 9 Royal Borough of Kensington Nursing Division with 166 marks.

No. 2 District.

The District Competition for the "Oxo " Cup, the winner of which will represent the District in "Dewar" Competition in Londot,1; and the for the " Perrott" Challenge ShIeld, were held m the presence of a

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Tandy, Supt. Staff-Sergt. Gardner, and members of tbe Cheltenham Corps were excellent.

The admirable way in which these competitions were conducted was responsible for the high state of efficiency which existed, and they are to be highly praised for their work

The judges, Capt. H. Powell, Dr. F. Bottomley, Dr. S. Hebblethwaite, Dr. Grace Billings, Dr. Stro v er, and Dr. Andrews thoroughly earned the appreciation of the competitors.

-Sunday, April 25th, was a red-letter day in the history of the Birmingham Corps, when the Binningham Corps Band, for tile first time, took part in a Corps Drill which was held by kind permission at the Great Br ook Street Barracks.

in congratulating the band on their playin g, Corps Supt. W. E. Ballard said that although the band had been formed no more than six months, from the progress already made, he had no doubt it would prove a real asset to the Corps.

Mr. E. Lewis Smith ( Conductor ) was also congratul:lted by the Assistant Commissioner and by County Surgeon E. W. Parsey on achieving such good results in so short a time.

The Band Secretary ( Ambulance Officer W. Teffs) will be glad to exchange information with 8.ny other Corps B:l.nd with a view to increasing effi ci ency in this new venture.

Review

of Nos. 2, 8 and II Districts.-The March Past.

large gathering in the Town Hall, Cheltenham, on Saturday April 17th.

The results were as follows:Wol v erton Packers, Bristol Swindon West Oxford Bournemouth

"OXO" CUP. "PERROTT " PRELIMINARY. Bournemouth Cheltenham Oxford City Chesham

NO.4-District.

MANCHESTER.-A re-un ion d inner was held on Saturday, April 3rd, in connection with the members of .t he R?yal Navy Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve who ser v ed With thls Reserve during the war.

341 330 29 0 23 1t 181 26 51 200t 194

Countess Beauchamp, Lady of. Justice of the Order, prented the" Oxo" Cup to the wmmng team.

se The Mayor of Cheltenham in h is speech heartily welcomed the competitors to the town of Cheltenham.

The arrangements made by Corps Supt: Cousens Petch, Corps Officer W, Mullens, Lady Supt. MISS Faber, Supt.

The dinner was served at the M idland Hotel, M anchester, about 60 being present. guest of the was the Commissioner, Col. C. J. Tnmble. the dm?er about 30 minutes was spent reneVl ing old acquamtances With members, and a good and social feeling prevailed.

Mr S. Croasdale addressed the membe rs and explamed the reason the re - union was brought into bemg. He ga.ve a very clear statement regarding the workings of !he committee, and asked if it was intended to make the re-unlOn an annual event. d d

A number of gentlemen made goo suggestIOns, an it was decided to hold an annual re-umon.

A committee was then elected to. carry on for the next meeting. If any member who served WIth du.ring the late war, wishing for any further informatIOn, will communicate with the Hon. Sec., Mr. H. Hulme, 8, Portugalroad, Prestwich, Manchester, he will be pleased to keep them in touch with any future arrangements.

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It is intended that during the month of September a reunion of the old and pre5ent members of the Sick Reserve in England should be held Those who desire to attend this function should at onre put themselves in communication with Me. H. Hulme, address as above.

BIRKENHEAD.-T he Birkenhead M edical Comforts Dep o t was officially opened by Col. Trimble on Saturday, April 24th, in St. Paul's Inst itu te, Argyle-street. Amon g those pre sent were :-Col. Trimble (Commissio ner ), Dr. Ri chard Wyse (Cor ps Surgeon of the Birkenhead Corps) in the chair, Mr. Cotter (C orps Supt. ), Mrs. Williams (Lady Corps Supt.), Mr. Shipman (Corps Secretary), Mrs. Blair ( Lady Corps Secretary ), Miss F. Kaberry ( D ivi sional Supt.), Rev. Arthur T. WIse, members of the Birkenhead Nursing Division and Hamilton Memorial D ivision. Also members of Claughton Division.

The room h as been lent for a very small charge by the vicar of St. Paul's Church (R ev. A T. WIse), and will be opened Mondays and Thursdays from 7.30 p.m. until 8. 30 p .m. for the loan of si c k room appliances.

As the Depot be comes known, will be opened more nights per week as required. Any person wishing to. h.ire any article must produce a note from a doctor or mmlster of religion.

MANCHE STER. - Seven teams assembled to compete for the honour of representing- NO.4 Distri ct in the Fmal Competition for the Dewar Trophy in London. The attending teams were Brierfield, Nelson, CaIne, Chorley, Horwich, Crewe and Kendal.

A very excellent display of high class ambulance work was witnessed, and aftcr a keen struggle Brierfield wrestled the honour of representing NO.4 District in London from Nelson. The last-named team took part in the Final Competition last year, and were second in this years' Preliminary Competition

Mrs. Tweedale, R.R.C., J .P., Lad y District Supt , presented the shield (of which she is the donor) associated with this contest, to the winning team together with medallions to each member. She also handed to the Nelson team very similar prizes. The team from Chorley took third place.

The judging was undertaken by Assistant Commissioner F. E. de B. Pim, and Corps Supt. Capt. R D. Cran, Manchester and Salford Corps

The Commissioner (Col. C. J. Trimble ), Assistant Commissioner and Mrs. Fowler-Jones, District Officer Reekie, O.B.E. and Miss Reekie very kindly and thoughtfully attended the competition Su pt. Ell iso n made the necessary arrangements for the test, and the accommodation required was kindly provided by the Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., Peter-street, Manchester.

PRESTON.- The death occurred on Friday ; t he 2 3rd of April, of D ivisional Surgeon R Wilkins, M. B., Ch. B., F. R.C .S.(E.) , Pr eston Nursing Division. Dr. Wilkins served for many years as Divisional Surgeon being appointed in 19 1 I and contuing until 19 22, when he was placed on the Brigade Reserve. Dr. Wilkins was held in high esteem by all who knew him, and his death will be a loss, not only to the Brigade, but to the town and the infirmary.

No. 5 District.

The Annual District Competition to select a team from the Ambulance Divisions of NO.5 District to compete in the Final for. the Dewar Shield, was held in Sheffield on Saturday, 24th Apnl.

The competing teams were from Worsboro' Wath, Nottingham, and Stoke. Assistant Commissione; O. F. Buxton presided and the judge was County Surgeon H. W. Horan (Ma nsfield ).

Assistant Commissioner H. C Chambers were also present.

The team from \iVath-on-Dearae were declared the winners and in addition to representing NO.5 District at the

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final for the Dewar Shield, also received the Montague Shield which was kindly given to the district by the family of the District Surgeon Helm-Montague for annual competition.

The annual District Final for the Perrott Shield open to teams from all nursing divisions in No. S District was held in Sheffield on Saturday, 17th April ,and Lady District Sup t. Mrs. Birkbeck (Settle) presided.

The uniforms were judged by Lady District Office r Viscountess Mountgarrett, first-aid by Assistant-Commisstone r Lt.-Col. F. S. Lambert, M.R.C.S.. L.RC. P., RA.M.C. ( Lincoln ) and the nursing by Miss Hill ( Sister Tutor) and Sister Russell, both of Sheffield.

Teams from Leeds, Rotherham, Denaby, Nottingham , Osset and Staveley competed.

Leeds Victoria team were declared the winner, and in addition to representing NO.5 District at the final competition for the Perrott Shield in London, are also the winners of th e Birkbeck Bowl, kindly presented some years a go by the Lad y District Supt., who on this occasion also presented a thermos flask to each member of the winn ing team

The arrangements were made by Lady District Officer Miss G. Ashberry ( She ffi eld) who also kindly provided tea.

The visitors included Assistant-Commissioners H. C. Else and Capt. O. F. Buxton. Also Lady District Officers :\l rs. Wood and Mrs. Pickering.

SHEFFlELD_ - The annual meeting of the Sheffield Nursing Division was held at their headquarters on the 23n d April Lady Divisional Supt. Mrs M. Waller being in the chair.

The report showed that there had been a large increase in the number of duties and cases treated dur in g the year 19 25, the recorded attendances for duty being 1,326 as compared with 463 fo r 192 4 , and the number of cas es treated 403 , as against 2 r 3.

Assistant Commissioner Captain O. F. Buxton who was invited to the meeting, in his remarks congratulated the Division on their general efficiency and trusted that all members would see that this was maintained, and also ho w please:i he was to note from the balance sheet, that the largest subscription received for 192 5 was one from the members themselves. With such enthus asm he felt c ertain that the continued efficiency of the Division was assured

No. 10 District.

I pSWICH .·-The annual competItIOns for the "East Anglian" and "Elliston II Challenge Cups took place at th e Boys Municipal School, Tower Ramparts, on Saturdayafternoon, Apr il 17th_

Eleven teams entered for the" East Anglian " c up, representing respectively Hitchin ( Herts), March and Cambrid ge ( Cambs. ), Manningtree (Essex), Cromer (No rfolk ), Ranelagh Works, L.&N.E.R, Haverhill, Gippeswyk, and two team s from Orwell Works (Suffolk). Five entries were received fo r the" Elliston" Cup, all from respectively, Aldeburgh, Saxmundham, Felixstowe, Ipswich Nursing Corp s ( Beechholme and Moka Divisions).

Dr. R. Connon Robertson ( District Surgeon of No. District), Dr. David Ryder of Saxmundham, and Dr. A. H. T Andrew, of Lelston, were the examiners for the men's tests (East Anglian), whilst Dr. S. Bla ckman ( Divisional Surgeon of Hackney NO·5 division ) Dr. S. Bree of Mannin gtree, and County Surgeon Dr_ T. H Goodman, of Haverhill and Miss M. E. Cartwright, from the Ipswich Nurses took the women's tests ( Elliston).

A special feature of this year's competitions was the large number of visit0rs who attended to witness, and which included the Mayor and 1'1ayoress (Mr. and Miss Badshah ), Mr. and Mrs. Rowley Elliston, Mr. and Mrs. T. R_ Partington, Lady District Officer Miss A. Bohun Coulcher and Mrs. Coulcher, Mr. Langley Jones of Southend (Asst. Commissioner for Essex ) ; Mr. J. Maitland Wilson, County Director of Suffolk, B. R.C.S. Major J. F_ C Hossack (District Commissioner) and Mrs. Hossack, Dr. S. O. Eades (Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk and Mrs. Eades, Mr. Porter (Wood-

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bridge), Mr. Jas. Forsdike, Mrs. Ryder Richardson, Mr. W. Mulley and Mr. E. E. Oevc!reux (Saxmundham), Lady Supt. Miss Lloyd, Miss Drummond (Felixstowe), Lady Supt. MISS A. M. Parker and Miss Richards (Aldeburgh), Supt. E. Taylor and Lady Supt. Miss Gill and Ambulance Officer G. Pretty (Lowestoft), Ambulance Officer H. W. Lee and Sergt. J. Smith ( Colchester), Sergt. Dodson (Halesworth). Those responsible for checking the marking sheets were District Supt. Gooderham ( reserve), District Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat, and DIstrict Sergt.-Major A. Lord. The officer in command of the parade was District Officer A. C. Hill whilst the orderly officer was Corps Supt. F. E. Nethercoat with Lady Corps Supt. Miss Haggar in charge of refresh men ts.

Good work was done by all the teams and a great deal of ingenuity displayed in deal ing with emergencies. Owing to large number of entries, it was nearly 7 p.m. before the results were all known The maximum marks obtainable for " Elliston" Cup was 28 0, and the placings were as follows: -

I, Moka, 2 [ 2; 2, Aldeburg h, 19 7 3, F elixstowe, r 4, Beechholme, 153; 5, Sa:xmundham, L.p For the East Anglian " Cup, with a maximum of 387, the were:

I, Cambridge, 308; 2, March, 3, Ipswich No. 2

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of marking were handed to each respective team after the competition. Supt. W. Ramsey provided all the ne c essary apparatus for the tests from the I pswich Medical Comforts Dep o t in Grimwade-street.

The coming of age of the Gippeswyk Divis io n ( IpSW ich Corps) was celebrated on April 26 th with a social which was held in the Ambulance Hall, Samuel-road, when a large number of past and present members with their friends attended. During its 2 I years of existence this Division has made much history in the annals of first·aid in the borough.

The chair was taken by the present Supt (F . E Goddard ), who was supported by the DistrIct CommiSSIOner (Major J F. C. Hossack ), the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. o. Eades ) the first Hon. Surgeon ( Dr. A W. Paterson) and :Yrrs. Paterson), the present Hon. Surgeon ( Dr. A. Cloudesley Smith), the founder of the Division ( District Supt. Captain F. H. Gooderham, Res. ) District Secretary A. C. Hill, District Officers VV. C Smith and A. H. W. Moffat, (all past Officers of the Division ), District Officer T. Damant, District SergeantMajor A. Lord, Corps Supt. F. E. NetherLoat, Corps Officers C. E Fiddyand W. E. Powell, Corps Sergeant-Major J. W. Sharman, Ambulance Officer J. J. Bird. A souvenir programme

Review of Nos. 2, 8 and II Districts at on 25th p,pril.-Commissioner Richards presenting long service awards.

L.&N.E.R., 278; 4, Hitchin, 5, Orwell Works NO.1, 6, Gippeswyk, 240; 7, Orwell Works, No. 3, 236 ; 8, 23I ; 9. Manningtree, 225 ; IO, Ranelagh Works, 18 9 ; r, Haverhill, 156. The Mayoress the cups to the winners and MISS A Bohun Coulcher graCIOusly presented each member of the successful nursing team with a mother-o'pearl necklace, Obtained on her recent tour with the Order of St John. The Mayoress also decorated Sergt W. G. Garrett, of Lowestoft, with a long service medal.

Major Hossack, in congratulating the wInnmg. teams, spoke of the pleasure it gave him to see so many entnes, and he was particula,ly pleased to see the Ranelagh Works co.mpeting for the first time and trnsted that With practice, they would be able to see the frUIts of theIr efforts. With regard 10 the of the Moka the credit is reflected upon MISS B. Hossack, their supt. thIS beIng the fourth cup won by her team this year, the other being the Bree Cup (open to St. John and B.RC.S. unIts), the 1pswich Corps Recreation Cup, and the Corps' Bowl -:- a wonderful record indeed. The actual test papers WIth details

was presented by District Officer A. H. W. Moffat who, during the course of the evening, gave a detailed account of the activities undertaken by the Division s ince its formation III 190 5. Presentations were made to Supt. Gooderham, Sergeant Kennell and District Officer Moffat for their efforts in the interests of ambulance work. Speeches by all the Officers present were interspersed by musical items which had been arranRed by Supt. Goddard and included a solo by Miss \\ alters songs by Master F. Fulcher, a VlOllll solo by Mr. F. Parke:, part songs by the Party,and a recitation by Mrs. F. Goddard. DUrIng the Illter va l In the proceedings, refreshments were hand.ed round. by members of the Ipswich Nursing C;orps, for was by the I pswich Co-operatIve SOCIety, which has, fro,fj ItS format ion, always been a liberal supporter towards the funds of the Division. h

On Friday, April 23 rd the annual competItIon for t e " Gippeswyk" Challenge Cup took place at the Ambulance Hall, when four teams competed for the trophy under the

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leadership of Corporals F. Curtis, G. Lucas, C. Clarke, and F. Squirrel!. The judging was undertaken by the Di v isional Surgeon (Dr A Cloudesley Smith, F.RC.S (E. )) and, after a very severe test, the result was declared in favour of Corporal F. Curtis.

SAX MUNDHAM.-The first fruits of [he spread of first aid knowledge in this Suffolk town were realised on April 21st when an unfortunate accident occurred owing to a collision between a horse and cart and a motor-car. A merrber of the Nursing Division (Mrs. H. W int ) was upstairs at the time and, hearing the crash, rushed down to find the driver of the horse lying in the road with the motorist bending over bim. She immediately sent for medical aid and further assistance from an enthusiastic memberofthelo c al unit of men ( Mr , W. Mulley) and, between them, they were able to wash and dress the unfortunate sufferer's wounds and to c onvey him, on their stretcher, to the doctor's surgery. Another first aider ( Mr. I. J ones ) was successful in stopp ing the runaway horse. This be ing one of the first serious accidents which has to be recorded, since the formation of an ambulance unit here, shows tbe necessity of a knowledge of first aid and is likely to act as a stimulus to recruiting for the ranks of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

LO WES TOFT.- The annual meeting of this Committee was held at their headquarters, Christ Church Parish Room, on April 28 th when Dr Mead presided The Supt. ( Mr. E. Taylor) who is also the se c retary of the transport work, presented the 6th annual report of the Nursing and Ambulance Divis ons, together with the help and co -operation of the L. & N.E. Railway Division, in connection with the motor-ambulance.

During the year they hfld received 407 calls, an increase of against last y,ear. 1 he car had travelled 3,907 miles, an mcrease of 779 mIles. The total hours of voluntary duty was 52 9 with an increase of 75 over the previous year. The numher of patients carried was 5 3 showing an increase of 98 The greate,;, port ion of the calls was received by telephone, which necessIta ted the member on duty leaving his daIly work at a moment s notice This spoke highly for the organisation. The month of the year was December when 4 5 calls were receIved a record w!is made on Christmas Eve when 7 calls were and carned out on the day. During the year, had been made to the car by the members I? their spare tIme. Great credit was due to the Transport Sergeant ( Mr. Dexter ), to Mr. Hamby, and to the driver Mr. Marjoram for this excellent result, not forgetting the individual work, of a purely voluntary nature, wh ich had been done by the members of the three D ivisions.

Dr. Mead, in commenting upon the work of tht; year on behalf of the Committee thanked the ambulance workers' for their seryice to the town, and for the prom pt and efficient manner ID whIch they had carried out their good work. A vote of thanks to Mr. Taylor was carried on the proposition of Ambulance Officer G. Pretty, who referred to the long period ID whIch he had so ably filled his post.

No. II (S.E. & C.R.) District.

Assistant D Hemphrey, M.B E., Station Supt.., Aldershot, has receIved many con g ratulat ions on his appolDtment as Honorary Serving Brother of the Order his railway career Mr. Hemphrey has been a supporter of. the am bU lance movement and holds the unique record of bemg, we believe, the only station master on the Southern sy,stem who has received the Centre's Gold Me.dCl:I for passmg 21 annual examinations in succession. ThIS IS all the noteworthy throug hout this period he has always held hIS present rank ID the railway service.

At Sevenoaks Mr. Hemphrey, with Dr. Mansfield, laid the fOundatIOns .of.a class which has resulted in the present flOUrishIn g DI VISIon of the Br ig ade. His transfer to Alde,rshot gave great encoura g ement to the Centre work locally and ID all some 200 men have become keen members of movement as a result of his activities.

Mr. Hemphrey joined the Brigade in 1920, becoming District Officer in 1921 and Assistant Commissioner in 19 23 The present satisfactory condition of the Redhill, Aldershot and Reading Divisions is very largely due to his SUpport. A special feature of his Brigade leadership has been the annual parade in the grounds of the Military College at Sandhurst.

District Officer C. Milton has also been similarly hon. oured. Attracted by the high ideals of the movement, he secured his FIrst Aid Certificate in 1909, and quickly throwing himself into its many-sided activitIes he became one of the Centre Committeemen in 1913. He joined No.8 District of the Brigade in 1909, and on the formation No. II District became Supt. of the Hastings Division. On appointment to the District Staff in 19 22 he took a prominent part in the formation of the Rye Division and now supervises the Tonbridge, Rye and Hastings Division.

Mr. Milton acted as Chairman of the Southern Railway re-organisation Sub-Committee in 1925, and is a member of the new Centre Committee. He is responsible for No.8 Disstrict of the Centre comprising Winchelsea, Falmer, High Brooms, Keymer, Penshurst, Nutfield and Ox ted. This wide area he works from Hastings and is rapidly making good.

Both of these gentlemen have rendered yeomen service as Class Secretaries.

Dr. Percival A. Mansfield, Divisional Surgeon, Seven · oaks, has also been appointed Honorary Serving Brother. Fo r some twenty years this popular medical man has been the indefatigable lecturer to the Seven oaks Class. He has trained the members for competitions and has also proved himself an admirable judge. On the formation of the local Division h e was approached to act as Divisional Surgeon, a position he still retains

A gratifying proof of his talent as a lecturer is the fac t that not one of the pupils attending the annual examination s has been unsuccessful. The doctor rendered great service during the war in hospitals at home and abroad. Ur. Mansfield is Medical Officer for No 2 Distri c t of the Seven oaks union, also Certifying Factory Surgeon, serves on , the medical st,aft of the Holmesdale Cottage Hospital, and is connected WIth many local philanthropic movements.

Some very complimentary remarks respect ng the effi ciency of the Brigade were made at an inquest conducted b y Dr. Hardman at Deal HospItal last month. M r. E. J. Cro w was found unconscious on some public steps at 10-45 p.m. Sergeant HInds, Deal and almer DIvision was summoned and after rendering assistance he secured help of othe ; members, obtained the motor ambulance, remo v ed the man to hospital, and was back in the garage by 11.25 p m. Unfortunately, the speedy work was unavailing, but the smartness shown earned h igh commendation. The coroner closed his summing-ul? by saying "I think this is a very valuable institutIOn, and It seems to me very well managed and the assistthe members can give is very easily and quickly available ID case of need."

We are glad to learn that the local Division is so much apll>reciated During one fortnight seven accidents were dealt with in five cases were removed to hospital and a long dIstance Journey undertaken. Divisional Supt. and Surgeon F. M. Hughes may well be proud of the men he has so carefully tra ined.

Bricklayer'S Arms Division mourns the sudden death of Pte. L. Rice. He passed examination as recently as March 23rd 2.nd attended the dmner of the London Division on March 24th. A consistent and valued member of the his u.nexpected has evoked deep sympathy With hIS relatIves. Pte. RIce was keenly IDterested in the Church Lad's Brigade, gaining the C.L.B. ambulance trophy for All-England and took a prominent part in sports events. The funeral at Christ Church, Greenwich was attended by a large number of the Brigade and C.L. B. f;iends.

The Annual Dinner ofthe Sevenoaks Division on April 13 th was made _ the occasion for the presentation of awards gained

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in connection with the winter class In addition to the large number of certificates, vouchers, medallions and label,>, three of the members received the 2 [ year's gold medals of the Centre. Special reference was made to the services of Divisional Surgeon P. A. Mansfield HSB. Divisional Supt. A. Waters and Ambulance C?£:ficer H. Sharp have given a cup for individual quarterly.competltlon. The first holder is Sergeant J. Kent. A medal IS also awarded the runner-up Several local friends contributed to the musical A tribute was paid to the support so freely forthcomlDg from local residents and rail way officials.

Sir G. Lenthal Cheatle, Assistant Commissioner No. II District, was one of the pall bearers at the funeral of S ir Squire Bancroft.

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accompanied by Assistant Commissioner A. G. Osborne

H .S.B., No.2 District, Assis tan t Commissioner B. Hemphrey; M B.E., M.S.B" N o, I DIstrict, and Lieut.-Col. Lickman, Royal M ilitary College

Ri.chards, after inspecting, took up his pOSItIOn at the salutIng base and re viewed the Divisions as t.hey marched past, receivin g the salute of each in passing. In a short address to the Divisions o ver the tables, he expressed his s incere g rat ification at the e':T]nence of such harmonious workin g between the men of hIS command and those of Nos. 2 and 8 D istricts and expressed his desire that this should go on and,' if it were pOSSIble, be extended. These sentiments were loudly cheered by all the offi cers and men from the three districts represented.

fly courtesy Ea st .-1 ng lt'wt Daily Tim es

Th e Moko Nur sing Team of th e Ip swi ch Corps Lady Supt. Mi ss H ossac k.

A very successful review, preceded by a route mar ch, took place 3t the Royal. Military. C?llege, C afI!berley, on Sunday, April 25th, by kmd perrrJlsslon of Major General Corkoran, C.B., C.M G., who l-llaced. the at the disposal of the St. John Ambulance Brigade for thIS purpose for the whole afternoon. Lieut.-Col. Lickman, O B.E., also rendered generous and kindly help by having the parade ground prepared as for a .military the college dining hall at the dIsposal of the DIVISIons and fnends for an excellent tea, which was provided at the conclusion of the review. The column, which marched in about 400 strong was commanded by District Officer J H. P. Batt, H.S.B:, No.2 District.

The Inspection the ground by Commissioner E. A. RIchards, KnIght Grace, 1'''0. I DlstTlct,

This is the fo u rth function of the k ind, and the arrangements made and carried out by Assistant Comm issioner Hemphrey and Supt. E. C. Feu g gle, of Reading (N o. r ) DiviSIOn, were much appreciated, especial thanks be ing due to the latter for his unsparing efforts to make the re v iew a success.

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The annuai meeting of the Preston Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was held on A pril 28th, Major T. H. C. Derham (Corps surgeon) presiding-, The chairman rderred to the untimely d e ath of Dr. R Wilkins, one of the surgeons of th e Corps since 1908. His death was a very great loss, not only to th e Brigade, but to the town and the Infirmary.

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Mobilisation Test at Colne.

A VERY interesting and novel event in Ambulance training was carried out in Colne on Slturday, March 20th, in the form of a surprise mobilisation of the local and neighbouring Divisions for a supposed serious railway disaster on th e London, Midland, and Scottish Railway. This year owing to the lack of a suitable and available piece of ground, the largest school in the borough was requisitioned, and the large boys' and girls' playgrounds formed the scene of the "accident," while the school-buildings made suitable dressing- and clearing-stations, the weather being rather inclement.

The mobilisation test was worked in the following manner. " Sealed Orders " were sent to the headquarters of the various Divisions, there to be opened by appointed persons at a scheduled time, in most cases 3 p.m. The Divisions then had to reach the scene of the" accident" as quickly as possible, not an easy task on a busy Saturday afternoon.

The "cases " were arranged in appropriate style by Corps Supt. W. Heap (Colne), Corps Supt. BannIster (Nelson), Reserve·Supt. EScott (CoI n e), Nursing Supt. Har.tley and Corp s Officer H Allum (Colne), the patzents' .being by local troops of Boy ?co.uts and G:rl GUide s, and their "injuries" being 10dlcated by wntten labels attached to them Their was an excellen t respome to the test, and first-aid trEatment was quickly, carefully, and efficiently rendered.

The numbers mobilised, and particulars taken by the recorders, as follow:-

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then examined by the Surgeons of the various Divisions the whole event never losing the atmosphere of a railway disaster.

The test mobilisation was under the inspection of Maxwell Reekie, Esq., O.B.E. (Manchester) District Officer in place of Colonel Trimble, who was unable to be present : There were also present J. B. Aitken (Colne), Corps Surgeon R. Clegg (Nelson), Dl'Vlsional-Surgeon Arnott (Barooldswick), Divisional-Surgeon G. Skeen (Trawden), Dr. Todd (Barnoldswick), and Dr. (Mrs.) Third (Nelson ). Among the interested spectators were the Mayor of Colne, Councillor J. W. Hird, J.P , Alderman J. E Keighley, J ,p , Chairman of the Centre Committee.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

APRIL, 1926

Chief Commissioner ha.s .the followin g apPolDtments! promotIOns, and resignatIOns, wlthlD the Brigade Overseas dUring the month of April, 1926 :Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.

Leichardt Divis lo n-S. U. Gentile M.B. Ch.M. to be Divisional Surgeon, vice F C. Herhily :esigned, 2022'6 Ceylon.

CEYLON POLICE CORPS.

H. E Schokman, LR.C.P, to be Corps Surgeon, 20.10.2 5 New Zealand.

CANTERBURY AND WEST COAST DI STRICT. Nursing D!vision-Miss A. L. Donohue to be Lady DIVISIonal Supt., vIce Mrs A. Middleton promoted 30 7 2 5 '

Nursing Division ·-Mrs. Peek to be Divisional Supt., Mrs. A. J trans,te.rred to resel ve, 3 3 25 Christchurch DIVIsIOn-DI vIsio nal Supt. W. G. 1:1. Wallis transferred to reserve, 3 12.25

OTAGO DI STR ICT.

Dunedin Corps-Lady Corps Supt. Miss J. Pollok transferred to reserve, 22 2 26

I?unedin DiviSIOn-Ambulance Officer J. C. White to be DIVIS Ional Supt., 27.10.25 W. A. Craig to be Ambulance Officer, 27.10.25

Dunedin Nursing Division -Lady Divisional Supt. Miss

J. Dippie transferred to reserve, 22226 South Africa.

H EADQU AR TERS.

District Officer C. G. Dowthwaite to be District Supt. attached to South African Headquarters, 13 .3. 26

CAPE PROVINCE DI STRICT

EI!zabeth Y. W.C.A. Division-Ambulance Sister

K. D. Gllchnst, to be Lady Ambulance Officer 2 122 5 qity Division-l!. O. Hofmeyer, B.A.,' M.B., to be DI VI sIOnal Surgeon, vice Dr. Charnock resigned, 16 .2 .25 East. London ( Town) Nursing DiVision -M rs F. L. to be Lady Divisional Supt., 1.12.25, vice Mrs. Hamill resigned.

NEW DIVISIONS FORMED, DISBANDMENTS &c. South Africa.

NAT AL DISTRICT.

Durban Cadet Nursing Division, formed J 3 2 2 6

CAPE PRO VINCE DIST RICT.

Loveday Smith Nursing Di vi sion, disbanded 16.2.25 New Zealand.

Correspondence Sovereigns and between Grand

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By the REV. E. HERMITAGE DAY, D. D, F S A. etc., a Chaplain of the Order of St. John.

To the first series of Notes and Queries Mr. William Winthrop, then residing at Valetta, contributed a series of translations of letters remaining in the Library at Malta, addressed by sovereigns of England to Grand Masters of the Order. Their length forbids them to be transcribed in full and the student may easily consult them in the files of Notes and Queries. But a summary of the more interesting points c ontained in the correspond ence will not be without value.

The series includes letters from Henry VIII to Grand Masters de L'Isle Adam and Pierre du Ponte; from Charles II to Grand Master Nicholas Cotoner; from James II to Grand Master Gregory Caraffa; from Anne to Grand Master Raymond Perellos; from George I to Grand Master Anthony Manoel de Vlllena; from James III (the Old Pretender (to Grand Master Anthony Manoel de Vilenna;

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!he next let.ter is addressed by Henry to Grand Master de L Isle Adam 10 December, 1526, recommending Master Peter Vanes, his Latin secretary, to the good offices of the Master. The king mentions that the excellent and Peter has an ardent wish to be in some way Invested WIth honour in his own country, and Henry therethat a_ c ertain Dominus Livius, possessed of a priory the coll egIate church of St. John and St. Riparata m the city of Lucca, should be indUCed to resign in favour of Master Peter Vanes, receiving as compensation a comrnandery of equal or greater value. When occasion offers Henry concludes, he will make a return for the twofold favour, in a matter of like or greater moment.

In 1530 Henry is again writing to de L'Isle Adam congratulating him that in place of Rhodes he has for his Ordtr Mal.ta, Gozo and Tripoli, places which the kIng erroneously ImaglOed to be "most strongly fortified by nature, and most excellently adapted for repelling the attacks of the Infidels." There the Order could assemble in all safety, recover its strength and confirm its position. There follow assurances of respect and affection, and those empty assurances of future friendly offices which none knew so well as Henry how to express with encouraging grace.

" Treatment l/ was rend.ered e.xpeditiously and the patients removed to the cleanng-statIOns. The cases were

WELLINGTON DIST RICT.

Wellington Suburban Nursing Division, formed 30 11 2 5

and from George II to Grand Master Emanuel Pinto d e Fonseca.

The first and second letters in this serie s from Henry VIII to Grand Master de L'Isie Adam, relate to Sir William Weston's good qualities, and express desir e to see so worthy a knight advanced in the Order.

The next letter is dated 1526, and fol.lIs within the period between December, 1525, and October, 1530, during which th e Order was without a horne, having been ariven out of Rl-todes, and when the Grand Master was wandering about Italy asking the Christian powers to aid him in recovering Rhodes, or begging the Emperor Charles to give him Malta for th e headquarters of th e Order. H e nry had r e c eived the Grand Master's letter of entreaty he replies to the effect that h e und e rstands that a general Chapterof the Order will shortly be h el d, at which h e does not doubt that an agreement will be corne to as to a place of settlem e nt for the illustrious Order. When therefore he hears that a place has bee n definit ely selected, he professes that be will be found no less prompt and r ea dy than any other Christian prince in all things which can serve to the advantage and support of the said Order.

In 1534 Henry had occasion to write to a new Grand Master. Pbilip de UIsie Adam was dead, and the Order had chosen in his place Pierre du Ponte. To him Henry sends the expression of his grief at his predecessor's death. He had hoped that the business and affairs of the Order, which had hitherto been of no slight assistance to our most holy Faith and to the Christian name, would, as far as was needful, have been and s ettled most quietly and effectually with God and His holy religion. But since de L'Isle Adam is dead, Henrv is glad that so worthy a person has been elected in his place. He will especially r e j oi ce if by du Pont's eminent virtues it shall be effected that only such matters shall be and presided over by the strength and counsels of the Order of Jerusalem as are most in accordance with the true religion of Christ our Red ee mer, and best adapted to the propagation of His doctrine and Faith. If this should prove to b:! the case, Henry adds, with a bold assertion, "we shall by no means repent of the favours which we have bestowed neither seldom nor secretly upon this your Order. And it will not be found that this guardianship and protection of your Ord e r , assumed by us, has been borne for so long a

Sydney Central Nursing Division, who have won the" Douglas Shi eld for 3 years in succession, and the "Benjamin" Shield, 2 years for Horne Nursing.

period by us without fruit." The rderence to favours is more than a little obscure. They had not been of a substantial kind. But the king had certainly mlde much use of Priors and knights of the English Tongue upon diplomatic missions, and had accorded them the privilege of close attendance upon the royal person on important ceremonial occasion!O, as at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. That, in all probability, Henry accounted sufficient manifestation of favour and protection. In a few years even that bestowal of favours was to cease; he was himself to decree the dissolution of the Eoglish Tongue, to execute some of its knights, and to convert to his own uses the possessions of the Order of England.

After the dissolution of the English Tongue it was natural that there should be a suspension ot correspondence between the sovereigns of England and the Grand Masters. But it was also inevitable that it should ultimately be resumed. For both were sovereigns of sea-

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powers, and were therefore bound to have relations of some kind. The duty of policing the Mediterranean, of restraining the Turk, and of combatting the activity of the Algerine corsairs devolved largely upor. the Order; and with the expansion of English commerce the ships of England were to be found in increasing numbers in the Mediterranean. Charles II was no little sollcitous for the extension of English commerce, and for the defence of commerce he sent a small fleet into the Mediterranean. He apprises the Grand Master of its coming in a letter dated January 17th, 1667 8.

He addresses the most illustrious and most high prince, the Lord Nicholas Cotoner, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, as his well-beloved cousin and friend. He announces that he has deemed it fitting to despatch a squadron of ships under the command of Slr Thomas Allen, Knight, for the protection of the freedom of navigation and commerce of his subjects in the Mediterranean sea, which is never too secure, and sometimes becomes endangered. He therefore reque:its the Grand Master, by light of amity, to permit Allen and the ships under his command, as friends, to touch in case of need at any of the coasts of the Grand Master's dominions, and to allow them to make use of his harbours to refit and revictual, at reasonable prices, and to experience such other offices of friendship and humanity as may be needful, offering to reciprocate such services, upon opportunity, with equal readiness and benevolence.

A few months later, on April 29th, 1668, Charles had occasiou to write in another strain. Some years, he says, have elapsed since he had written letters concerning goods and merchandise to the value of 4,500 pieces of eight which had been unjustly seized by the Grand Master's ships cruising against the Turks in the neighbourhood of Cyprus, from one Roger Fowke, a person for many reasons beloved by the King, and hIS consul in the island of Cyprus; and concerning the judicial sentence which after many delays had been given against Roger Fowke in the matter. It was painful to hear such injustice related of the Knights of Malta; and the King had referred the complaint of his subject to his advocate in the High Court of Admiralty, Sir Robert Wyseman, Knight, who had p-o · nounced his opinion, which is cited in full in the King':> letter. Sir Robert states that he has considered all the letters which had passed, and has concluded that the Grand Master's answer was very unsatisfactory, in that it might be concluded that reparation was refused, though not in express terms. He is of opinion that nothing in the law of nations could militate against the lawfulness of his Maj esty s granting letters of reprisal. But taking into account the lamentable state of Christendom, and the daily augmentation of the large empire of the common enemy the Turk, and the distinguished valour of the Knights of Malta, always exposing themselves as a bulwark to so pertinacious an enemy, it would b e very painful to him to have recourse to reprisals for the reparation of Roger Fowke's loss. He therefore thinks it proper seriously to request hls highntss the Grand Master, by that justice which is the duty of princes, and of the dtfenders of Christianity, to deign to procure without delay full compensation for all his so that the king may not have cause to regret having abstained from reprisals, and so that henceforth the Knights of Malta may be recognised as being not less just valiant. So, in conclusion, he recommends his highness and all his knights to the most good and most great God.

(To be continued).

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THE many friends of Dr. J. Woodward Riley, M R.C.S., L.R c.p, (Assistant Commissioner No. 7 District) will regrtt to hear of his death which took place at his reSidence on A pril 6th after a very brief illness. The deceased gt ntleman, who had passed the allotted span of three score years and teo, had been in failing health for some little time. He had a somewhat serious illness about three years ago from which he never really recovered, and a week before his death he was taken ill. For upward of half a century Dr. Riley practised in Pontes bury and was highly esteemed. He was exceedingly kind to the poor and most generous in his donations to any desen iog cause, and will be much missed in the district. For many years he was churchwarden of the Parish Church, during which time many improvements were carried out under his direction, some at his own expense. He was an accomplished singer, and was always ready to give his

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from all parIs of the surrounding district. The rector (Rev. E. Eubank) officiated. As the cortege entered the church" 0 Rest in the L':lrd " was played and the hymns " On the Resurrection Morning" and" There is a land of pure delight" and the 90th Psalm were beautifully sung by the surpliced choir. At the close of the service the" Dead March" was played by the Olganist, Mr. Geo. Elcock .

The interment took place in the cemetery and the Rev. F. J. Cannon, a very close friend of the deceased gentleman for many yeats, read the committal service.

Amongst the mourners were-Dr. Riley's son, brother and sister, Col. E. Cureton, V.D , Knight of Grace of the Order represented Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson, Chief Commissioner of the SL John Ambulance Brigade. Others pn sent were-General SIr John Headlam, K.B.E , Mrs. Swire (L'Jndon Manor), Mrs. Taylor (Cruckton Hall), Mr. W. Parry, JP , Dr. J. R. Bulman (representing Hcrefordshire Ambulance Association), Major Exham,

Cape Town Nursing Division.

Back Row: G. Good, P. Fowkes, S. Hoodless, B. A. Hudson, ,c. George.

Second Row: D. Moss, C. Amyot, G. Moss, M. Tomlin, D. Biggs, M. Steward, Mrs. V. Sterne. r Srr:ith Sitting: Mrs. J. Anderson, Mrs. T. Saphra (2nd Officer ), L. Woof, H.S.S.(Supt.),A. I\I. Reed ( 1st Officer & Hon. Sec. ), H.Jaspe services for charitable objects. One of his grtat M. D. (Oswestry), Dr. W. Edmond, Dr. & Mr!O Murphy, in life was the St. John Ambulance Brigade, of D(. Weston, Dr. W. Jameson, Dr. & Mrs. Wllhams. Rev. had been an untinng membtr for many years, actlDg 10 the capacity of lecturer and examiner, and as a Mr. W. Baker-Yates, District Ofticer. A detachment from recognition of his services two years ago he was d S T 11 assistant commissioner for NO.7 District (Shropshne and Shrewsbury Ambulance Division un er upt. answe; Hanwood Division under Supt. George; Shrewsbury Hereford). He possessed the long service medal and was Nursing Di vision under Lady Cor. bet and Miss Hughesalso a mem ber of the Grand Priory of the Order of I 0 d also representatives from Ironbndge, ey, swestry, Hospital of St. John of J t;rusaJem in , and Church Stretton, and a posse of pollce under Supt. the latter distinction at the hands ot HIS Majesty the . II I ber of h Morris (Pontes bury). An exceptlOna y arge num King. His wife pre-deceased him ten years ago, ana e floral tributes were sent, and the bearers were leaves an only son, to whom much symp athy is exten.ded. C S C ttl P t Beaman, Supt. George, S=rg.t. arter, ergt. a e, Clva e The funeral took place at Pontesbury on Apnl d h t W. Thomas, Pei vate E. Lewls. .

The service was in the Parish Church an t e congrega At night a muffled peal was rung, and on the followlDg was a striking testimony of the great esteem in whIch Sunday at the Sung Eucharist, the Rector remarked on deceased gentleman was held. Both sides of the great the loss sustalllcd by the Church through the death nave ot the church were filled by those who followed from l'"\ the house, while the two aisles were crowded with people of Dr. Riley.

PRIORY FOR WALES.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, A P RIL, 1926.

Appointments and promotions sanctioned :-

To be Centre Surgeon.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFII. CENTRE.

Corps Surgeon Richard S. Ryce, M.B., B.S., M.D., M.S ., F.R.C.S., Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre, 223.26

To be Corps Surgeon.

GLAl\IORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Surgeon Prosser Da vi es, lVl. B., B.S.(Lond.), Lindsay Corps, 26 -J. 26

To be Corps Sergeant Major.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYD FIL CENTRE.

Sergeant John Griffiths Jones, Dowlais Corps, 8 426

To be Corps Secretary.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFlL CENTRE.

Corps Treasurer Daniel Jenkins, Dowlais Corps, 26 •p6

To be Corps Treasurer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Tseasurer Thomas Ivor Evans, Bridgend and District Corps, 26426

To be Corps Inspector of Stores.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Divisional Supt. William Williams, Bridgend and District Cor tJs, 26426

To be Divisional Surgeons.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

E. L. Phillips, M.D., Penallta Colliery Division, 26.4.26

James Patterson, M.B, Ch.B., Raglan-Heolycyw Division 26-4 26 '

To be Divisional Superintendents.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE

CarpI. Henry :Vebb, Division, 26-426

Se rgt. Alfred Gordon, Wmdsor Colliery Abertridwr Division 26 -J. 26

Ambu lance Offict!r Leonard Williams, Nelson Division, 26 4. 26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Am bulance Officer William Padfield, Abertillery Division, 26 4. 26

Private Wyndham Samuel Harris, Celynen Colliery Division 264.26

CO rpl. John Fox, Pontllanfraith Railway Division, 26-4- 26

Pnvate Henry Bevan, Great Western Railway (Swansea ) DIVISion, 22 3.26

fo be Ambulance Officers.

GLAMOR GAN C0UNTY CENTRE.

Thomas John Jones, Deri Division, 24.4. 26

PrIvate Edward Wheeler, Raglan-Heolycyw Division, 10-4. 26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Frank Abertdlery Division, 22.4 26

Sergt. John Jenkins, Ystrad Rhondda Division, 24-4.26

To be Lady Ambulance Officer.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Ambulance Sister Edith Elliman, Senghenydd Nursing Div i. sion, 223.26

To be Sergeants.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

Corporal Ivor Chivers, Barry Dock Division, 2I.4.26

" Dan L. J?nes, Barry Dock Division, 21.4 26 John LewIs CollInS, Barry Dock Division, 2I.4.26

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Co.rporal Archie Bates, Deri Division, 24-4.26

PrIvate Sydney Jones, Raglan- Heolycyw Division, 10-426 MONMOUTH SH IRE CENTRE.

Private \Villiam Edward Coleman, Celynen Colliery Division, 12-4. 26

B8ROUGH OF SWANSEA C ENT RE.

Private Charles Alfred Hardy, G.W.R. (Swansea) Division , 22226

To be Corporals.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Ed wards, Deri Division, 244. 26

" Bnnley R. LeWIS, Raglan-Heolycyw Division, 10 -J..26

M ONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

Private William England, Abertillery Division, 22-4-26

" H Broom, Abertillery Division, 22-46

" Wdll<lm Taylor, Celynen Colliery Division, 12 4.26

BORLJUGH OF NEWPORT Cb.NTRE.

Private Bertrand EdWIn Storey, Newport Town Division 12 4 26

BOROUGH OF SWANSl:!:A CENTRE.

Private William Albert Miners, G.vV R. (Swansea ) Division 22 2 26

Private E. S. Lane, G.W.R. (Swansea) Division, 22.2.26

To be Divisional Secretaries.

BRIiCKNO CKSHIRE CENTRE.

Private Oswald Price, Brynmawr Division, 7-4 26

· GLAMORGAN COUNTY CB.NTRE.

PrIvate John Henry Williams, Raglan-Heolycyw Division IO 426

Private DaVid John Williams, Penallta Colliery Division 1.4 26

" Charles Aubrey Jam es, Brithdir Division, 1.4.26'

" Arth1!r. Williams, Windsor Colliery AbertrIdwr DIVISIon, 23.3.26

BOR01!GH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Sergt. DaVid W. Jones, Merthyr Borough Division, 26.3 26

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE

PrIvate RIchard Hodge, Celynen Colliery Division, [2.4.26

To be Lady Divisional Secretary.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRlf. Sister Ellen Mary Morg-an, Llwynpia Nursin o DIVISIon, 17.4.26 0

Ambulance Sister Blodwen Davies, Fernhill Nursing D 21.4 26 IVISIOD,

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To be Di visional Storekeepers.

GLA l\lO RGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

Private Cyril Euston Mobley, Caerphilly (G.W.R.) Division, 8.4. 26

Private AIcwyn Williams, Raglan Heolycyw Division, IO 4.26

Private Henry Oliver Davies, Deri Division, 24.4.26

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Private David E. Davie), Ystrad Rhondda Division, 244.26

Change of Title of Oivision.

BoROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Great Western Railway Division to Great Western Railway (Swansea) Division, 9426

Formation of Ambulance Division.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY C ENTRE

Raglan-Heolycyw Division, IO 426 General Interest.

AMBULANCE CO V[PETITlO NS AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD

Ambulance competitions are an important feature at the Rf)yal National Eisteddfod of Wales to be held at Swansea in August next. On Monde.y, August 2nd, th e

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the property of the winner, and medals will be given to the second and third competitors.

On Tuesday, August 3td, the following trophies will be competed for :-

(I) The "Trevethin" Sbield, open to teams of five men resident in Wales and Monmouthshire. Monetary prizes of '£5, £3 , and £ [ and a medal to each member of the winOlug team.

(2) The "Silurian" Shield, open to teams of four women resident in Wales and Monmouthshire. Monetary prizes of £5, £3 , and £1, and a medaJ to each member of the winnIDg tc::am.

(3) The" lsca" Tropb y, open to teams of five boys under eIghteen years of ag e, reside nt in Wales and mouthshire. Monetary prizes of £3, £2 and £ ( and a medal to each member of the winnIDg t e am.

(4) The II Gwent" trophy open to teams of four girls under 18 years of age, resident in Wales and shire. Monetary prizes of .:£ 3, £2, and £1, and a medal to each member of the winnIng team.

Entry forms may be obtained from the General Secretary, Mr. W. Talog Williams, Hearne Lodge, De la Bech e Street, or from the Competition Secretary, Priory House, 4 , Cathedral Road, Cardiff.

Dr. Urban .Marks, of the Borough of Swan:Jea Centre, IS the repr e sentattve of the Priory on the

ABERTILLERY NURSING T EAl\I.

The successful competitors in the" Arthur Griffiths Memorial" cup contest, who will compete in London for the" Perrott" Shield.

Welsh national ambulance cups will be competed for. These trophi e s are housed in the National Mus (:' um of Wales, and were gi ven the Priory for national purposes.

«() The" Lady Lewis" Cup with mondary prizes of £ 10, £5, and £ open to teams of five men holding certificates of a recognised Society.

Damel Celynel1 Colliery Division, 6

P t F d k J 12.4. 2

nva e re eriC ohn Whitcombe, Tredegar DiviSIOn, 24.4. 26

Private John Wilcox, Tredegar Divi:;ion, 24426

, BOROUGH OF SWANSEA CENTRE.

Sergt. John Legg, Great 'W estern Railway (Swansea) Di is' 22.2.26 v lon,

To be Ambulance Officer for Cadets.

GLAM<?RGAN COUNTY CENTRE.

CarpI. DaV id Thomas Jenkins, Kenfig Hill Division, 20.4. 26

To be Divisional Treasurers.

GLAM@RGAN COLINTY CENTRE, Private Phillip Evans, Raglan-Heolycyw Division, 10 -J. 26

· BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TVDFIL CENTRE

Pnvate John Lewis, Merthyr Borough Division,' 26 J,26

To be Lady Divisional Treasurer.

OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

Beatrice Maud Culverhouse Fernhill N r _ 109 DlvlslOn, 21.4.26 ,u s

(2) The" Lady Bute" Cup with medals bearing the arms of the Marchioness of Bute on one side, and the badge of the Order on the other. Monetary prizes of £ 10, £5 and £ { are also to be given. Teams composed of four women holding First Aid and Home Nursing Certificates of a recognised society are eligible to compete.

(3) The "Pattie Folland" Cup; an open individual Home Nursing competition for women. The trophy will become the property of the winner, and a special medal will be given to the second and third competitors.

(4) The Silver Cup; an open individual advanced First Aid competition for men. The tropby will become

Eisteddfod Ambulance Committee. The Judges elected for the ambulance competitions are Dr. D Harries (Carmarthen), Miss F. M. Hodgins, G.B.E., RR c., Matronin-Cbief, War Office, Dr. R. J Isaac (Pontardulais), Col. J. Arnallt J ones M D , K.H.S , V. D. (Cardiff), Lieut. Col. F. T. Rees, M.e., M,RC S. (Cardiff), Miss Scovell, Matron of Swansea Hospital, Dr. Alwyn Smith , D S O. (Ca rdiff) , Dr. T. Wallace (Cardiff), Dr. J. D. Watkins, ns 0 , M.C. (Clydach), Dr. Llewellyn Williams, M.e. (Cardiff). Assistant Judges-Sub-Commissioner Hugh S. Cann and Staff Officers W. H. Fisher and John Evans, Borough of Swansea Centre.

BRIGADE ST AFF MEETING IN CARDIFF.

Tbe Commissioner for Wales presided at a me e ting of the Brigade at the Law Cardiff, on Saturday, April 17th, at which over one hundr e d and fifty representatives of the Brigade from Centres in South Wal e s and Monmouthshire were present.

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The qualifications for enrolment and conditions of service in the new Military Hospitals Reserve were explained, and the Commissioner hoped that would be proportionately represented in this Reserve. whIch was composed only of St. John men. He had in Charge of Divisions to read the to. members and send him the names of any wtlhng to JOIn at an early date.

The new regulation hat authorised by the English Headquarters for Nursing Corps and Divisions was shown to those present. The Ambulance Committee has now approved this hat for the Welsfl Brigade and the Stores Department at Priory House is arranging for them to be supplied to Nursing members.

It was reported that a lecture on the history of the Order had been prepared and that a copy of the lecture and a set of corresponding slides could be obtained on loan for use by Brigad e Officers and others from Priory House.

Officers-in-charge of Divisions were again reminded that annual returns in respect of several Divisions for 1925 had not been received and the Commissioner asked those respomible to forward them without further delay.

The senior Officers present included: Sub Commissioner Lemuel J onts (Glamorgan Counly Centre), Staff Officers Arthur Lucas (Borough of Merthyr Tydfil Centre), J. H. Hill (Borvugh of Newport Centre), G. Payne (Borough of RhonddaCentre), William Goddard (Glamorgan County Centre), Corps Officers 1. Davies, W. E. Abraham, J. M. J one!'; (Rhondda Fawr Corps), Dr. S. Simons, J. Hooper (Dowlais Corps), John Richards (Neath Corps), L. J. Woods (Rhymnev Valley Corps), O. J. Hughes (Lindsay Corps), G. J. Rowlands (Newport (Mon.) Corps),

G. H. Benson James (Llynfi Val!ey R. J. Carter,

T. D. Enright (Caerphilly and District Corps), W. Evans, R. Hewer (Pontypridd Corps) and Lady Corps Supt. Miss

A. Fletcher (Cardiff and District Corps).

RESULT OF WELSH NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.

Th::: annual ambulance competitions organised by the Priory for the "Llandinam" ship.ld and the "Arthur Griffiths Memorial" cup at Cardiff on the 1st May were watched by a numerous company, including the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Lady Lewis, O.B.E, Deputy LadySupt. for Wales, Commisfioner R. Wilson and Mrs. Bartlett, Commissioner G. Campbell Oliver, Sub-Commissioner

C. T. Hurry Riches, Lady Staff Officer Mrs. Riches, Staff Officers Captain S. T. Beard, O.B. E., B. E. Maberly, T. J. Williams, Lady Corps: Supt. Miss A. Fletcher, Corps Supts.

G J. Rowlands, W. E. Abraaam, Corps Secretary I Davies. Lady Divisional Surgeon J. Mackintosh, Lady Supts. Mrs. Davies, Mrs. A. Paul, Miss M. M. Kernick, Divisional Supt. W. H. Johnson, Lady Ambulance Officer G. Ri:hards, Ambulance Officers W. R. Matthews, H. T. Evans and E. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dyer Lewis and the Commissioner for Wales.

For the "Llandinam" shield contest, in which each Centre of the Priory is entitled to enter one team, there were entries from the following Centres :_

Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire.

Llanbradach, Glamorgan County. Pontypool, Monmouthshire.

Cardiff Emergency, City of Cardiff.

Treharris, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Newport High Street Railway, Borough of Newport. Llwynypia, Borough of Rhondda.

Duffryn Aman, Aberdare.

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The Judges, Dr. Edgar L1ewtllyn (Cardiff), Major A. W. Anderson (Ogmore Vale) and Dr. A. M. Robertson (Cwmparc). announced the first three teams as under :-

1st, Llwynypia Divisional team 2641

2nd, Cardiff Emerg e ncy Divisional team 256

3rd, Treharris Divisional team ". 2 Possible marks, 320

The following Nurlling teams had been selected by their respective Centres to compete in the contest for the " Arthur Griffiths Memorial" cup ;-

Llanelly Nursing, Carmarthenshire.

Senghenydd Nursing, Glamorgan County. Abertillery, Monmouthshire.

Cardiff Emergency Nursing, City of Cardiff.

Ystrad Rhondda, Borough of Rhondda.

The adjudication was carried out by Dr. Edgar Llewellyn and Dr. S. McCormac (Newport), who made th e following awards ;-

1st, Abertillery Nursing Divisional team 247

2nd, Cardiff Emergency Nursing Divisional team

3rd, L1anelly Nursmg Divisional team... 221 ! Possible marks, 300.

The Lord Mavor of Cardiff (Alderman W. B. Francis) at the invitation of the Commissioner for Wales, presented the "Llandinam" shield to the Llwynypia team and cheques to the first, second and third teams. The "Arthur Griffiths Memorial" cup was handed to the Abertillery nurses and cheques to the first and second teams by the L'3.dy Mayoress (Miss Dorothy Francis).

The members of the Abertillery team, whose success has secured for them the honour of representing the Priory in the nursing competition in London for the " Perrott" challenge shield, are Am bulance Sisters S. Flemmings (Captain), B. Jones, H. Smith and M. Hopkins.

Sergt. D. O. Williams captains the L1wynypia team, composed of Privates J. Griffiths, E. Jones, J. Jayne, M. McTiffin, which has been entered for the great annual contest for the" Dewar" challenge shield.

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CARMARTHEN5HIRE CENTRE.

LORD KYLSANT AT AMBULANCE COMPETITIONS.

The Carmarthenshire Centre was honoured by the presence of 1he Right Hon. Lord Kylsant, G.C.M.G , Sub-Prior of the Priory and President of the County, at the annual competitions held on Saturday, loth April, at Llanelly.

The principal contest was that for the "Lady Kylsant" shield, which was won by the Kenfig Hill team, Cross Hands was second and Pontardulais third. The " Ladies" cup, open to nursing members of the Priory, was won by the Llanelly nursing team, and the Saron nursing team was second. The Bankffosfelen team secured the highest marks in the competition for the " Studt" shield for those who bad not previously been successful in any ambulance competition. Kenng Hill was and Burry Port third. In the open contests for junior teams the Llanelly Ambulance Cadets and the L1anelly No. I Girl C:ldets were victorious.

Lord Kylsant, who was accompanied by the Hon.

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Honor Philipps, congratulated the Officials on the smartness of the Brigade and said the work of the Order of St. John was apt to be taken for granted by the general public, who rested content with the knowledge that the services of the Priory would be forthcoming in any emergency. They had witnessed exhibitions of the kind of public service that was unobtrusively being rendered by the Priory every day. It was an essential service which should be more widely and more generously supported.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE. " COMMISSIONER'S" CUP WINNERS

The annual ambulance competition took place at the Drill Hall, Barry Dock, on Saturday, 24th April. Teams from each of the Ambulance Divisions competed for the I( Commissioner's" cup and for the privilege accompanying success in this competition of representing the Centre in the contest for the" L1andina," shi e ld. Dr. A. M. Robinson (Treorchy) was the judge and announced the winn ers to be the Cardiff Emergency team with Barry second.

The Competitors were all entertained to tea by the Barry Ambulance and Nursing Divisions at their Divisional

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C hairman of the Council for the ensuing year. All local public organisations were represented in the parade. The Brigade units were in command of the Borough Co mmissioner, T. E. Richards, who was supported bv Staff Officer G, Payne, Corps Surgeon D. C Williams, C orps Supt. W. E. Abraham and C orps Treasurer J. M. Jones.

BOROUGH OF SWANSEA.

CLY DACH MERTHYR COL LIERY DIVISION.

Sub C ommissioner Hugh S. C ann presided at a concert organised by the Cl ydach Merthyr C olliery Division held at the Globe Theatre, Clydach, on April 21St. During the interval Mr, e mn took an ooportunity of thanking the Gwaun-Cae·Gurwen Dramatic S') ciety for their excellent performance and expressed his appreciation on behalf of the Division of the generous assistance of Mr. Vaughan Price, Agent to the Cl ydach Merthy Colliery, who had provided the new members with equipment. Warrants of appointment were presented to Divisional S upt. J. R. Wood, Ambulance Officer Gildas Llewellyn, Sergeant Elias Thomas, Co rporals E\wyn and T. Jones,

L LWYNYPIA TE AM.

Winners of the (I L1andinam" Shield, who will represent Wales in the competition for the" Dewar" Shield.

Headquarters Staff Officer B. E. Maberly and Staff Officer F. R. Hortop superintended the arrangements.

BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL CENTRE.

Loss TO ABERCANAID DIvIsroN.

The death occurred on March loth of Divisional Supt. D. W. Jones, Abercanaid Division, Taff Valley Corps. As Officer-in-Charge of the Division, Mr. Tones won the confidence of all his members, and the r espect of his colleagues was demonstrated at the funeral which took place on March 15th, when a parade of over sixty Ambulance and Nursing Members were in attenrance. Staff Officer W. H. Jones was in command and deputised the Commissioner, Mr. D. M. Davies, who was unable to be present.

BOROUGH OF RHONDDA CENTRE.

CHURCH PARADE AT TREHERBERT.

At the invitation of the Rhondda Urban District Council, one hundred and thirty Officers and Members of the Brigade attended a religious service at C armel C. hapel, Treherbert, on Sunday, April 25th, on the occaSlOn of the appointment of C ')uncillor Rhys M. Rees, J.P. as

Divisional Secretary, W. S mith, Divisional Treasurer David Evans and Divisional Storekeeper D. J. G rove.

News in Brief.

At the meeting of Chapter it was decided to send to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Swansea a vote of thanks for so generously placing at the disposal of the Priory a site in Victoria Swansea, on which to f rect a building for an clinic for disabled ex-service men in West Wales. ThIS clinic was opened by the late Lord Plymouth, then SubPrior, in October I (P I, and during years of successful working! 93! '[48 were admlDIstered. The resolution of Chapter is inSCrIbed on vellum, and emb.lazone.d with the arms of the Order. It is signed by. Pno r, HIS Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and of the Priory, and it has been accepte? by HIS the Mayor and is to be framed and hung 10 the GUIldhall.

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Sixt ee n teams comp e ted in the open ambulance competition held in connection with the P Jntypool Eisteddfod on Easter Tuesday. The results we re most gratifying to th e London, Midland and S cottish Railway Ambulance Centr e Tred egar Loco. L. M.S. won the Eisteddfod shield and Ab e rsychan L. M.S. was s e cond in order o f merit.

At the requ e st of the Organis e rs, the Priory arranged for one of its motor ambul a nce cars to be in attendance at the Miners' Road Rac e which took place in Cardiff on Tuesday, 6th A pril. Mr D. F. Pr ice, DIvisional Supt. of th e Tonyrefail Division, accompani e d the Driver, who was also a qualifi ed ambulance man. The provisions proved most useful; s e veral competitors fell out of the race and we re grat e ful for firs t aid assistance.

The Officials of th e St. Peter s Church, Roath, Cardiff, kindly ar rang ed for a retiring collection to be taken on Sunday, 18 th April, io aid of the funds of the Priory. Staff O ffic e r B. E. Maberly and memb ers of the Cardiff Divisions wer e in att e ndanc e

Messrs. The Pow e ll Duffryo Ste am Coal Company has e nt e red into a con t ract with t he Priory for the us e of its ambulanc e cars in resp ect of its Windsor and Ynysmardy Collieries. The H o me Office has agreed that any colliery co mpany affiliat e d t o th e Prior)' s Motor A mbulance Transpo rt S e rvi Ce is d ee m e d as complying with the r e gulations o f the M i nes Act. An incr e asing numb e r of companies a re su bscri bing

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-Letters co"ta;,,'''!. Quertes must be marked 0" tke lett "ali a corner 0/ the e"fJelope "Query," and addressed-FiRST A ID, 46, Canno,,-s/'I"ut, Londo" E C.4.

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FRAC TU RE OF Bow L EG.

F M. ( Norwo o d ).- Please tell us how we should put up a fractured bow le g in splints. A re splints appl ied in ord inary way or is there a special method ?

Bow leg signifies a leg crooked like a bow with whi ch arrows are shot; and so much depends on the s iz e of th e bow. Treatment of su c h a case will call for a display of ., resourcefulness " as keen as that which sugg este d t he query. Perhaps you can pad your splint to fit the le g and control joints above and below fracture; perhap s it will be necessary to insert a pillow between knees and the n to bind both legs together as is done when First-A ider is single·handed. Who knows ? In any c a s e we must bow to the bow! !-N. COR BET F LETCHER.

S IG NS AND S YMPTOMS OF A pOPLEXY .

H.W. ( Bristol ). --In a recent le c ture it wa s st a ted t h a bod y temperature is always normal in Apoplexy. As th is st a t ement controverts the te ac hin g of Textbook I a sk you r assistance. Also , please tell me if I am corre c in a ssu ming that Compress ion of Brain and Apople xy are ident ical except in cause and that, in other word s C o mpres s IOn is present with Apoplexy.

Mu c h depends on exact lo c at on of bleedin g within c raniu m as to whether or no with Apoplexy the temperature of body is raised; and the Te x tbook is corre c t when it st a tes th at temperature "is generally raised. " W ith all bra in lesion s there is often an initial depression which is su cc eeded by a r ise to point above normal.

Compression of Brain and Apo p1 exy a re the s ame e xc ep as to cause ; and indeed we dia g nose Apoplexy by presen ce of signs of Compression and absence of head in j ury .- N. C.F.

IN JURY OF KN EE JOIN

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W.C. ( Holbrook ).- Re cently I treated a man who , jumpin g to head the ball in a football match fell and afterwards c omplained of pain in his knee. On examining the knee, I lound no locking of joint or other deformity, no discolouration and no tenderness except over muscles at b ack of knee. Further, I was able to flex the knee completel y without causing pain though, when I extended joint to it s full extent, I did elicit pain at back of joint. On thes e signs and symptoms I diagnosed strain of muscles.

Asked to give way to the trainer of a football team, I did so, and I was staggered to find that after flexing an d then extending knee joint this man cla imed to have replaced a dislocated cartilage of the knee I subm it correspondence on the matter and await yOUT de c is ion which I ask you to give without fear or favour.

On your statement of facts, I am happy to in for m you "without fear or favour" that, in my opinion, there

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was no dislocation of ca rtila ge of knee in this case. Now why should you worry ? -N .C. F.

COND UCT OF CO MPET[TION

H. B ..( Montreal ).- In. a c ompetition B earer NO. 4 was given a card of mstructlOns which required treatment of c?mpound, complicated fr ac ture of le g a nd statement of signs. and symptons of this injury Later we learned with surpnse that our No 4105t all marks for his ind ividual test d id not g ive signs and symptoms first Your oplDlon wIll be much appre ciated.

On your statement of facts a grave injustice wa s done to your NO. 4 ; believe your statement, and I am. of ?pmlon that a satisfa c to ry expla n at on would be forth coming If you m de enqu ir ies in the proper quarters.N C.F

S TAN DAR D OF MARKS IN C mIPET IT lO NS

C. M. a Compet ition J nd g e I suggest that the time has c ome whe n there sh o uld be a recognised stand -ud of m a rk s allot ted to the different sections of a Te a m Competition. Re cen tly I a llo wed 250 marks for a Team Test and was surpr sed t o find on day of competition that 5 00 marks were bein g given for Indi v id ua1 Tests and 200 for Q uest ion With su c h p ro port ions of marks where does the test in g o f a te am re st?

I. agree yo ur most heart ly ; but the deCISIOn must he WIth ho se m c h a r ge of Competition and not with us who j ud g e it In view of th is fa ct I alwa ys ask the secretary thereof how many possible marks are allowed for each sec t ion of c ompetition _ In the Inter-Railway Final it is well known that more marks are g iven for ndividu a l than for Team Tests' and therefore, thiE c ompet ion s usuall y won or lost n Individual room. In 1 925 I pe r su a ded the offi cer-in- c har g e to redu ce the differen ce in marks below the usual standard: but even so the Indiv idual tests c a rr ied a po ssible 2 50 marks aga inst 2 2 0 for St ret c her

In my opini on, the on ly fa ir way of exa min in g a team of competitiors is to allow as many marks for te a m (o r stretcher ) work as for the remaining por ti on of the com pet iti o n With a standard 100 would be allotted for quest ions, I SO for mdlvldu als a nd 2 5 0 for stret c her, whi c h seems to me to be a fai r and ju s t prop or ti on .-H.C.F.

U SE OF T OU RNI QUET

D.J . ( K i mberly, S. Afr ce ).-I g athe r fr om your writ ings th a t you do not love the tourn iquet and that you regard its use as a last resource in First Aid. Unfortunately our jndges out here have a perfect man ia for it ; but of Course it is not in our province to di c tate to our jud g es. accept our best th a nks {o r all your helpful answers and art icles wh ich we appreciate beyond measure.

As you say, I have always preached ag a inst use 0 Tourniquet which with bandag in g limbs for Collapse and stimulation with brandy makes up "the three last resources " of First Aid So I note with interest that one of the triumphs of the late 'vV ar was the removal of tourniquet at first possible moment and the substitution of special forceps to the torn arterie3 before pat ents were sent back down the lines. I am glad that you get some benefit from my epistolary efforts.N.F C.

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FIRST AID "lh.eJournal of the Order of theIfosPita! of mEnglaild

Edited by ARTHUR B. DALE.

EDITORIAL.

THE insp e ction of No (Prince of Inspection by Wales') District took place in Hyde N.R.H. Prince Park on June 5th , The work of the Henry. St. John Ambulance Brigade is well known to the man in the street who sees its members carrying out their voluntary work at all times, and in all places, where it may be needed, but it is sometimes surprising and disappointing to find many people who still have no idea of the Brigade and its work.

This is partly due to the method in which the work is carried out by small detachments with their aid stations in quiet streets, and at wide intervals in the line of a procession or in a quiet corner of some football ground or exhibition exclosure.

It is seldom that its units are formed into large bodies and such occasions are limited to yearly inspections and church parades.

There was one historic eve nt in the life of the Brigade when H.M. the King in June, 1912, reviewed 14,000 members of the Brigade in Windsor Park under Sir James Clark. This parade was a triumph of orgJ.nization and showed the world that the Brigade was a strong and disciplined body of great potential value to the state as was proved two years later in the Great War.

The headquarters of most great institutions are in London, and it is the home of our premier district and one of our strongest. For many ye ars it has been the custom of No. District to hold the yearly inspection in Hyde Park, and to invite a member of the Royal house or some distinguished person to carry out the inspection.

The event is one which always draws a large gathering of spectators, and the sight of massed units of the Brigade in uniform is very impressive.

This year the Inspecting Officer was H.R.H. Prince Henry and the parade was worthy of the occasion. In the absence through illness of Mr, Winny , Commissioner, No. 1 District. the parad e was commanded by Colonel Brooks. Th e right of the line was formed by a company of Corps and Divisional Surgeons, which included three lady doctors, under the command of Dr Connon Robertson.

Next cam e two battalions of Nursing Divisions und e r Miss Rideout, the Acting Lady District Superintendent. On their left came the band of the Southern Railw a y, the bugle band of the district, and the pipers of the Walthamstow Corps, with the cadets drawn up in rear , after which came the five battalions of the ambulanc e divisions.

The parade state show ed 233 ambulance sisters a n d 2070 ambulance men j this was a fine muster, in sp it e of the fact that 300 ambulance sisters we r e pr e vented from att ending by other duties.

The Prince inspected each Comp a ny and sh()wed a keen int e rest in th e personnel, and their work Tr. e inspection ended with a march past, H.R.H. taking the salute. After the parade he sent a messa g e to the Brigade expressing his interest in all he had se en and his congratulations on the smartness of the turn-out and steadiness of the march past.

The day was perfect both from the point of view of the spectators and of those on parade, and the se t ting of the scene with its background of trees in full foliage was worthy of the occasion.

Some of the inspections 10 other districts, notably NO.4 and NO.5, are nearly equal to this inspection of No. I District is strength, and ar e held amidst surroundings equally attractive, but in most districts units are too scattered and distances too great to allow of large con· centrations.

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Malta Earth, a Specific for SnakeBite.

THE pharmacopoes of the Middle Ages contain many curious prescriptions for various diseases which to-day can only he received with ridicule, but which were firmly believed in by our forefathers. The Apostle Paul on his journey to Rome was shipwrecked on the Island of Malta. "And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita, and the barbarous people showed us no littl e kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us everyone because of th e prtsent rain and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, then came a viper out of the heat and fastened on his hand.

And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand they said among themselves. No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escape d the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the b ea st into the fire and felt no harm. Howbeit they look when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly; but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a G')d "

And so it came about that the earth from St. Pa.ul's have in he bay of the shipwreck was regarded as a specific for snake bite and was prescribed in many old It was prepared by washing and moulding the earth into small lumps, so many grains of which taken in water was a dose.

These lumps were about the size of a large hazel nut and were stamped with an eight pointed cross and packed in a wrapper bearing the seal of the Grand Master of the Order of St. John, for which no doubt a fee was charged, just in the same manner as a Government Patent Medicine Stamp of to-day. There are several specimens of these lumps of Malta Earth preserved in that wonderful collection of historic medicine, the Wellcome Medical Museum, WeI beck Street, London, and one in the Museum of the Order of St. John's Gate.

General Strike.

COPIES of letters rec e ived from the BOlrd of Trade and City of London Police Reserve.

SIR,- The following is an extract from a letter received from the City of London Police Reserve Office, Guildhall, dated May 25th, 1926.

"I am directed to convey the thanks of the Commandant of the City of London Police Reserve to the Chapter General of the Order of St. John of J erusaloem for the services of St. John Ambulance Brigade rendered in manning and equipping ambulance stations in the City during the recent emergency.

" Fortunately the of the personnel were not called upon to any extent, but the promptitude with which the stations were established was most creditable, and it was a source of great satisfaction to the police authorities to know that suitable equipment and trained men were at hand to deal with any medical emergency."

The special recommendations for individual services rendered will be laid before the next meeting of Council.

I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Sig ned ) EWEN A. CAMERON, The Acting Chief Commissioner S.JA.B. Secetary.

SIR,- The following is an extract from a letter received from the Board of Trade, dated May 24th, 1926 :-

" I a.m directed by the Board of Trade to refer to the services rendered to the Board by the Detachment of the St. John Ambulance Brigade which the Order were good enough to detail for duty in Hyde Park during the recent national emergency.

"The Board desire me to convey to the Order their thanks for the great services rendered by the Detachment) and to ask that you will be good enough to pass tu the Officers of the Brigade concerned their appreciation of the ex c ellent work performed by all ranks. The Board feel that the Ambulance Station in the Park rendered great public service on this occasion, as the record of casualties treated will show."

The special recommendations for individual services rendered will be laid before the next meeting of Council.

I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signtd) EWEN A. CAMERON, Secretary

The Textbook Revision Committee will shortly be engaged in revising the manual First Aid to the Injured and would be pleased to consid e r any suggestions from those interested in the subject. Letters should be addr e ssed to the Textbook Revision Committee, c o tile Chief Secretary, Am bulance Department, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.!.

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HYGIENE LECTURES.-Dr. Lina M. Potter will give a course of Lectures to No. 20 Nursing Division at the Northern Polytechnic Institute, Holloway Road, N.7, commencing June 3rd, at 7 p.m. A hearty welcome will be given to members of other divisions. Further particulars can be obtained from Vldy Superintendent Miss G. K. Saunders, 108, Stapleton Hall Road, N+

June, Iga6.

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Obituary

SIR J AMES CANTLIE K.B.E.

COLONEL SIR JAMES CANTLIE, K.C.B, V.D., Knight of Grace of the Ocder of St. John of Jerusalem, member of the Imperial Ord e r of 03manieh F.R C.S (Eng ), D.P.H. (Lond.), was born in 18? in Ban ffshire of an old Scots family highly respecttd In the North. A hardy ?oy, was soundly educated in local schools and ,tram,ed ID the native sports of the country. In the Umverslty of Aberdeen he took the DegreES of M A., M.B. and c;.M. with Honours' where also he was afterwards to he given the Honorary Degree of LL D , which he priz.ed as much as any of his otber Of a bright, active adventurous spmt, h e followed the tradltlOnal course of the Scot-came South, even before he was qualified tu practice, and completed his educati on at Charing Cross Huspital. and popular with his fellow-students, and recognis e d by hIS teachers as naturally able and thoroughly qualified, he pres ntly secured the post of in thei?,ospital and that of Demunstrator of Anatomy In Its Medical School ,; a.nd in due course h e was promoted to the Honorary VISItmg Staff. From the first he proved his aptitud e to teach, guide and control his ,st udents, to qU,alify the. best of them for high posts 1D the pubhc Medical Services. It was Anatomy that introduc d him to us and to our Service by a no less important event than a request to assist in the production of the first edition of aUf Jiirst Aid textbook. This work and its practical application and bearings appealAd so strongly to the young teacher that he assoc ;ated himself directly with 8t. John, and in due course was a Divisional Surgeon.

Under the influence, and of equal moment, he asked himself why ambulance drill should not be introduced into the Volunteer Medical Service. With Cantlie to ask such a question meant to act. Criticism, want of means, jealousies, disappointmen.ts and other obstacles ID his way did not discourage him; and thus, inspired by thp, example of the Order of St.John, and to his lasting credit and honour, he laid the foundation-at Charing Cross Hospital in his student days - of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps, which was to de vel 0 pinto the

R.A M.C.(T,F.). This was in 883 Afler our rr,ore years active work in the Hospital and Medical School, varied with a spell in Egypt as one of the Cholera Commission-bis first acquaintance with the East, and abundance of literary work, his "spirit of high advc.nture," which Mr. Baldwin calls one of the characteristics of the Scot, again him-this time to lead him to join Sir Patrick Manson of malarial (arne in practice at Hong Kong. There he laboured for years not only in routine hospital and fam ily Medicine and Surgery but. in allied social and national interests and-an outstandlOg the foundation of a College of Medicine for the Chinese the first Faculty of ,the modern University of Hong Kong'; a movement enough of itself to e arn for him 1he gratit ude of his country.

Nine years work in China and in Japan, Siberia and India undermined his h -: alth, and 10 1896 he was back in London now as an authority, second only to Manson, in Tropical Medicine. An public me: nts in connection with tropical lhseases and theIr prevention and treatm.ent in bearing on commerce and int e rnatlOnal relatlOns, and the foundation of The Society of Tropical ani of. Tlze four,na! of Medlcine and Hygime, dld not satIsfy thiS tir eless labourer, whose day c om men ced at half P3.st !n the morn 'ng and O[lt'n euded but a few hours earher 10 the twenty-four.

Again he threw himself

with all his heart into our Service. He re,wrote our First Aid tt xt-book, and rose to fill the honourable C.ffiC LS uf District Surgeon of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Assistant Commission er, and Knight of Grace of the Ordr:r, The valu e as well as the need of our training, in which he took an active part personally, as well as the val u e of the diffusion of public interest in the movement by our literature, were test ed and proved VHy soon in th e War. In those days a large portion of his lime had to be given to th e Rtd Cross, for which he wrote three differ€O t manuals and it shaH d with us, and with the general population at his College of Ambulanc e, for the rest of his life the invaluable benefit of his servicts as a teacher. His success in this (ffice was complete. He was the gr ea test and mos.t P?PUlar lecturer of hIS tIm e His incisive phrases, his fplo:asing, amusing manner, and withal the

The late SIR JAMES CANTLIE, K B.E ,

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obvious truth and valut: ot his instruction carried his pupils along with real enjoyment and satisfaction both to them and to him.

Sir James Cantlie's personal which e.ndeared him to a circle of friends all over the kIDgdom, his happy domestic life with his devoted wife and four sons-one and all now successful in their several professions, the story of his slowly failing health, due solely to wear-and tear? and the peaceful ending of a life of which all of us may envy, are told 10 other pubhshed records which his professional and public eminence have called for.

J. MITCHELL BRU CB:, M.D., F R c. P , M .A. , &c. .--.

An Appreciation.

J AMES CANTLIE has gone to his rest; bu t th e Am bu lance Movement which he loved and in great part created, still on. Further, as the history of First-Aid is the history of the world, so the history of the rise of the modern Ambulance Movement must for all time be linked with the life story of James Cantlie.

Moreover, he carri ed out his purpose in those early days in face of the most strenuous opposition of the medical profession, m e mbers of which, slow at first to recognise the benefic en t purpose of his ideals, are to-day most active in their support.

Of his many achievements the one which see ms to us most noteworthy, and which most helped to convert First Aid into an exact science, allied to and yet in its essentials so different from Medicine, was the textbook which he prepared for the St. John Ambulance Association and which has always been accepted as the standard work on thl! subject.

It is, therefore, appropriate that in this present year Dr. Mitchell Bruce should have told us that James Cantlie played a large part in the writing of th e first edition, and that Cantlie and h e were the "kind and able coadjutOl s who have given their knowledge and expe rience" to whom Peter Shepherd refers in his introduction to the first edition.

If we analyse the various editions compiled by Peter S ?epherd ( 18 78), by Robert Bruce (1887), by James Cantlie himself (19 01 ), and by a Committ ee (1917) we can trace in remarkable fash.i on the way in which Cantlie gradually changed FIrSt Aid into a sfecial science which is exact in its definition, objects, principles, scope and general rules for section and which provides a happy hunting-ground wherem expert and layman can work the benefit of sick and injured. Fu(ther, wenote that, where the influence of James Cantlie was withdrawn as in the second and fourth compilations, either retrogression took place or errors appeared. Under such circumstances future revisors of this history -making manual will be bold and foolish if they remove the landmarks of James C9.ntlie.

Such are th.e facts; and we, who under the influence of J CantlIe became willing victims of his intense enthUSiasm and learned to love the work which he loved sad indeed when on June 1st we paid our last at hIS Service in St. Peter's Church. Indeed, some us were 10 te ars as we sain our long farewell to the pIOneer to hiS last day was always seeking fresh paths along WhICh for benefit of humanity his life's hobby might and to the man whose personal charm and char.acter had during the best years of our liv es constantly directed our efforts to humanitarian work. -N.C.F.

Correspondence Sovereigns and between Grand English Masters.

By the RhV. E. HERMITAGE DAY, D.D ., F .S A. etc., a Cnaplain of the Order of St. John.

(Contmued from page I35.)

ON February 18ch, 1699, the Grand Master repltes to the most serene and invincible Ki[Jg to the effect that he had received the royal letter not without great disturbance of mind and with grief, which was neverthele5s assuaged by His M jesty's continued benignant protection of his Order. He endeavours, with all due respect, to demonstrate the real state of the case to His Majesty, hoping to convince him that an equal distribution of justice is observed in Malta both to inhabitants and foreigners with incorruptible honesty. He asserts that not only the subjects of Christian princes, but Greeks and Armenians and other persons subject to the rule of the Turks, continually resort to the Maltese courts, and they have never complained that justice has been refused or deniecl. Foreigners even have a lawyer assigned to them for their defence at a third part of the fee usually d e manded of the inhabitants, and even of the Knights

The Grand Master then reviews the case of Roger Fowke, ass.erting that he had not prosecuted the appeal which was open to him to make, and that he had in fact neglected the forms of law. In conclusion, the Grand Master grants Roger Fowke once more the right to prosecute the appeal which he had hitherto neglected, before the Court of Audience, hoping that this concession will satisfy the advocate of the admiralty and the King himself, and he trusts that the King will dir ect the said Roger to prosecute his appeal according to the forms of law. The Grand Master says that he is shortly sending a Nuncio with the documents necessary to prove the truth of his statements.

Charles answers on June 7th in the same year. He says that he has caused Roger Fowke to be summoned before him, and has told him that h e had no other remedy than that which the Grand Master had offered. The letter concludes with many amicable expressions from the Grand Master's good cousin and friend, Charles Fox, and the incident, out of which th e Order had come with credit, was closed. It had shown, on the one hand, the farreaching care of Charles for the commercial and judicial interests of his people and, on other, the justice of the Order.

The next letter from Charles is dated November 28th, 167° · His Majesty's ship Sapphire had gone ashore some months before on the coast of Sicily, and had been so much damaged as to become entirely unseaworthy. Some guns which b elonged to the said ship had been taken to Malta, and were there preserved. The King had therefore ordered Rudolf Montague, Master of the Horse of his most serene consort, to send some fitting person to enquire after any remains of the said wreck, and to dispose of them advantageously; and he asks of the Grand Master that the persons sent may receive all favour and due aid from each and every chief of the arsenal, posts and customs.

Charles is again writing to the Grand Master, Nicholas Cotoner on February 12th, 1673. I t had appeared not only to him but to the whole Christian world a matter of

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interest that he should keep in the Mediterranean Sea a certain num btl of galleys to afford prompt aid to his neighbours and allies against the frequent Insults of the barbarians and Turks. The King had therefore caused to be constructed, at Genoa and Leghorn, two galleys, and in ord e r to man them he had sent to other plac e s a person well acquainted such affalTs 10 to buy slaves and other necessanes. The agent havIDg accordingly purchased some slaves, the Grand M.aster's collector of customs had demanded, under the tItle of toll, five pieces of gold of Malta money before slaves be allowed to embark. The King is astoDlshed at thiS, SInce it appears to him a new procee ding, one contrary to custom, for the kings of France and Spam had never been

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be considered and treated as friends al.li es, and that they may be allowed to WIth their and at just prices, and to ex port prOVISI?nS and mUDltlOns of war, and whatever else they may require.

The correspondence which followed dealt With the relations of the fleet under Sir John NaT borougb with the Order of Malta. In 5 there was. a slight friction Charles represented in the MedIterranean by Sir John and the sovereign Order In a letter from the admiral to the Grand Master, dated June 2 I, 1675, Sir John he did, and does, expect a salute to be given by hIS hIghness to the flag of corre spondent to the salutes which were to the flags of the kings of France SpaID, It the expectation of the Kmg my Master. By a coincidence it was on tth e selfsame day that Charles himself was inditing from Whitehall a lett e r to the Grand Master, in which he fess e s that he cannot understand how Sir John N ar borough had refused a sal u te to he city, unless perhaps he thought that sornethIDg had been omitted on the part of the Maltese which he thought due to his dignity and the flag of the royal fl ee t. that it is his fixed and established mtenhon to do everything to show how much he esteems the person of the Grand Mast er and the Order of Malta, and that he has the admiral to accord all the sam e sIgns of fnendship and goodwill toward his Eminence's ports and citadels as towards those of the most Christian and Catholic kings.

Prince Henry inspecting the Division of No f, Prince of Wales'S, District.

accustomed to pay anything under the titl e of toll for th e slaves which they caused yearly to be transported from Malta. Charles therefore begs th e Grand Master, by the good and long friendship eXIstIng b e: tw ee n them, to grant him the same privileg e in r e gard to this kind of .commerce which was enjoyed by the other kIngs.

The foregoing letter witnesses to th e fact that the Order maintained a regular trade in slaves, those, namely, whom they had taken prisoner. Som e sold to the wealthy inhabitants of the. were employed upon the bmldmgs fortifications of the Order, others agam-as those in question-were sold to the galleys of foreign powe rs.

On November 30, 1674, Charles writes to the Grand Master to signify that he has sent to the Mediterranean a squadron of the royal fleet, with Sir John Knight, as admiral. that If the admiral or any of hIS ships sh?uld arrive at any of the ports or statIOns subject to the Order of Malta ,they may

Incidents of the kind wer e perhaps to be expected when a new naval power itself felt for the first time in wat er s for so long a time had known none but famIliar flags. The matter of the salute se ems to have been put right at once, for .in Aug.ust of the year his Maj esty's ship Ass zsta nce put Into Malta, and salutes were ship and city, as the chaplam of the Asszsta nce,

[PIIO/opr_ss.

PllOto by] [Plw/ojn·ess.

P · Pj; to bYy\nspect ing the Nursing Divisions of No. J, P rince of Wales ' s, nnce em District in Hyde Park.

the Rev. Henry Tounge, conveniently records in his diary. Sir John N arborough, following hi m in Feb ruary of the following year, was saluted with :no fewer than 45 guns, which salute wa s punctiliously returned.

By the following January, 1675.6, relations of a cordial kind were re·eitablished. Charl es writes to the Grand Master to infurm him t hat he has heard both from Sir John Narborough and from other sources how benignantly the Grand Mast"'r himself and all the sacred Order of Malta had treated the commanders of the other ships, Sl) much so that they could not have been better treated at home and in the king's dockyards than in the port of Malta. This is a sign of great friendship, and the more so that the kingdom and seas of England are far distant from the usual navigation of the sacred Order of Malta, so that few occasions can be expected to offer themselves of reciprocating the Grand Master's friendship. Charles therefore professes himself anxious to find some other mode of testifying his gratitude and affc.ction, to do which he will willingly em brace and studiously search after every opportunity that may offer.

A Jetter of cordial thanks, containing many expressions of amity, is dated by Charles from Whitehall on Octobtr 28, 1678. Sir John Narborough has sent Grand Master Cot?ner's of April 7, letters full of amity and gratltude, whIch the King has p;!cused with satisfaction. He rtturns similar thanks to the Grand Master and the whole of his sacred Order, for all these offices ot humanity and courtesy with which he has assisted the admiral and the king's sbips stationed in those seas. It has been to Charles a source of pleasure that his arms also had been o.f help to his eminence and the Order, and if the expeditIOn had of no othtr benefit, he considered it ampla compensatIOn to have restored to their homes so many persons celebrated through the whole ChristIan and inficl world who were recovered from the power and claims of the barbarians. "May your Eminence II he concludes to desire that we should freely divide the glory of rendenng peaceful the Mediterranean sea with the illustrious of Malta! May the most guod and great sustaIn and preserve your Eminence, with all your relIgIOus Order! "

( 10 oe concluded.)

annual inspection of the No. I (Pri nce of Wales ) Dlstnct of the St.John Ambulance Brigade, by H.R.H. Prince Henry, was held on Satu-day, June 5th, at Hyde Park. The parade was formed up in fi ve battalions of am bulance officers and men, two battalions of nursing officers and nurses, a company of doctors under the D is trict Surgeon, Dr R. Connon and of boy and girl cadets, the wbole beIng under the dlrectlOn of the Senior Assistant Commissioner Lt.·Col. F. A. Bro oks, M.D., assisted by District Officer Capt' G. Gerhold, S. B. Pi.ers, J Capt. L. L. Franks; N. Hamburger, HIS Royal Higbness was by Lord WIlham Cecil and Major General Sir Percival the Royal Salute was given and" flags were HIS Highness then proceeded to the inspectIon, commencmg wltb r:ursing battal ions. Amongst those present were :-Lady WIlliam Cecil, Lady Wilkinson, Lady Newnes, W. H Winny, Col. and Mrs. Cameron, Col. Peronne, SIr Wyndham Murray, Sir Leslie and Lady Rundel, Lord Leigh, Lady Ma rgaret McCrae, Lad; J ephson, Sir Challes and Lady Y.ate, Lady Mountgarret, Sir Lees Knowles, Col: Vernon Trapp, Major McCrae. The Asslst'lnt Commissioners m charge of battal ions were _ Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden, O.B E., Dr. E. McIntyre Dr ·N Corbet Fletcher, and Dr. G. W. Kendall. ,.

St. John J\mbulance Srigade. Brigade Appointments, Etc.

MAY, 1926.

The Acting Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the foHowing appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations :-

TO BE DISTRIOT OFFIOER.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Supt. Harry Hulley, Denaby Main Corps, 26.5 26

TO BE CORPS SUPT.

NO·3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

Reserve Corps Supt. Charles Ollis, Dudley and District Corps, 3526

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Officer William Still, Denaby Main Corps, 26. 5 26

TO BE CORPS OFFIOER.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Divisional Supt. Joseph E. Blakeley, Morley and District Corps, 135 26

TO 'BE DIVISIONAL SURGEON.

No. 1 DISTRICT.

Burnet, M.B., Ch.B., N o. 92 House of Dickinson DiviSIOn, 21 5 26

NO.4 DISfRICT.

Miss Helen Campbell, .M.B.,. D.P.H ., Warrington Headquarters Nursmg DlvlslOn, Warrin gto n Corps 2604 26

J Celestine Rowan, L.& L. M .R. C S. &P.I., Central DiviSIOn, Oldham Corps, J 8. 5.:--6

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Small, IVI.B., RCb., B.A.O., Anne.;ley Colliery .DIVISion, New Hucknell Colliery Corps, 26.) 26

Chnst?r h er Robert Cecil Moon, L.R.C.P Dtrby Nursing DIVISion, 26.

Ian Spark, M B, Ch. R, Clifton Colliery Division Nottmgbam Corps, 30 426

Jobn Robert BiJ!:n :\1:.8., B Ch., L.R.C .P., M.R.C S., H,ebden Bndge DlVIslon, Hebden Bridge Corps, 13.5. 2 6 FranCIS J?seph Dowdall, M. B., B Ch., B.A.O., Hebden Bridge DIVISion, Hebden Bridge Corps, 135. 26 No.6 DISTRICT

Thomas M. R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Durham City NursIDg DIVISIOn, Mid-Durham Corps, 19526 NO·9 DISTRICT.

J ohn Rinder Glennie, M B., C. Moo D. P. H., Launceston DI VISion, 27.5 26

TO BE DIVISION AL SUPT. NO.1 DISTRICT.

Ernest Thomas Milburn, No 2 Haggerston DIVISIOn, 21.5.26

John Philip Norman, No 72 Barking Division, 27.5. 26 No. 4 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Wm. Wright, Rawtenstall Division 4.5. 26 Harold Baron, Waterloo Division, 3 6 26

Sergt. Herbert Evenngton, Crompton Division, 3 6 26

Transport Officer Albert Leigh, "A" Division Colne Corps 18 5 26 "

NO.5 DISTRICT.

John William Cousins, The Clayton Works Division, Leeds Corps, 13. 5.26

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Ambulance Officer James William Clough, M orlp.y Divis on, Morley and District Corps, 13 5.26

Ambulance Officer Harold Naylor, Hebden Bridge Division, Hebden Bridge Corps, 13.526

Eric Percival Wm. Mushamp, Wei beck Colliery Division, New Hucknell Collieries Corps, 265.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Ambulance Officer Wm. Henry Care, St. Ive's Division, 10.5. 26

TO BE LADY DIVISIONAL SUPT.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

Mrs. Annie Hardiman, N O.7 Wimbledon and Merton Nursing Division, 12.5.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Miss Etbel Rogers, Ramsbottom Nursing Div ision, 22 5 :6

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Emma Reid, Morley Division, Morley and District Corps, 26.5.26

NO.6 DISTRICT

Mrs. Edith March, Blyth and District Nursing Division, 19.5. 26

Miss Auriel Margarette Smith, Kingston Nursing Division, Hull Corps, 28-4.26

TO BE AMBULANCE OFFICER.

No. 1 DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. George Harris, No. 54 Brentford Di vi sion, 76.26

Sergt. Harry Bertrand Phillips, No. 54 Brentford Division, 7.6.26

Sergt. Arthur Speller, No. 44 Acton Division, 315 26

Alfred George Ash, No. 88 West Ham Division, 27.5.26

Staff Sergt. Harry Miles Sydney Francis, No. 33 Bermondsey and Walworth Division, 26.5.26

No 2 DISTRICT

Wm. Arthur Ronald White, Bedminster Division, City of B.listol Corps, 18.5.26

NO.3 (WESTERN) DISTRICT.

CarpI. John Francis Bennett, Lou g hborough Division, 13. 26

Sergt. George Evans, Handsworth Division, Birmingham Corps, 10.5.26

Sergt. Wilfrid Cbarles Skinner, Tbe Holbrooks Division, Warwickshire Corps, 31.5.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Sergt. Edwin Colin Fairfoot, Altrincham Division, 31.5.26

Corpl. Abraham Hankinson, Headquarters Division, Warrington Corps, 27.5.26

Sergt. William Alfred Foden, "B" Division, Colne Corps, 13.5. 26

Clifford Farrar, Kippax Division, Leeds Corps, 13 .5 .26

William Gill, The Clayton Works Division, Leeds Corps, 13.5. 26

Sergt. Ernest Alfred Dando, Thurcroft Division, Corps, 26.5.26

Frank Rimes, Scunthorpe and Frodingham DIVISIOn, Scunthorpe and District Corps, 18 5.26

Joseph Tbeaker, Scunthorpe and Frodingham Division, Scunthorpe and District Corps, 28.5.26

NO.9 DISTRICT.

Sergt. John Lugg, St. I ve's Division, 10.5.26

TO BE LADY AMBULANCE OFFICER. No. I DISTRICT.

Mrs. Margaret A. Fish, No. 5IN Blackheatb Nursing Division, 4.5 26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Miss Mary Allsop, Kendal Nursing Division, 13.5.26

Miss Emily Dodd, Kendal Nursing Division, 13.5.26 NO.5 DISTRICT.

Miss Francis A. Simpson, Aberford Nursing Division, 26.5. 26

Miss Stella Gomersall, Morley Nursing Division, Morley and District Corps, 26.5.26

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NO.6 DI STR ICT.

Mrs. Emma Mary Sanderson, South Shields NursingDivision, 195. 2 6

M iss Alice Burt Jeffrey, Scarborou g h Nursing Division, 11.5. 26

TO BE AMBULANOE OFFICER FOR CADETS

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Staff Sergt. Arthur Maitland, Hulme (W est Manchester) Division, Manchester and Salford Corps, 14.5.26

Thomas Henry Uren, St. Ives Di visi on, 10.5.26

TO BE TRANSPORT OFFIOER.

NO.6 DI STRICT.

E. B. Stephenson, De La Pole D ivisio n, Hull Corps, 14.5.26 TRANSFERRED.

NO.3 ( E ASTERN) DISTRICT ,

Lady Ambulance Offic er Miss M. E. Field from the Arthur Faire Nursing Division to Vaughan College Nursing Division, 3°04 26

NO.5 DISTRICT

Divisional Surgeon Young from the Sutton Portland Division to the Sutton -i n-Ashfield Nursing Division, 20.5.26

NO.8 DI STRICT.

Lady Supt. Mrs. Evans from the Oswestry N·using Division (No.7 District ) to Isle of Sheppey Nursing Division, supernumerary to establi s hment, 25.5.26

REVERTED TO THE RANKS.

NO.2 DISTRICT.

Am bulance Officer for Cadets J. Gardner, reverted to the ranks at own request, Maidenhead Division, 10.5 26 RESIGNATIONS AOOEPTED WITH REGRET.

No. I DISTRICT.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss M Davies, West Ham Nursing Division, 8.626

NO.4 DISTRIC T.

Lady Ambulance Officer Miss M. Jones, Stockport Nursing Div ision, 17.5.26

Divisional Supt. C. Wright, Rawtenstall Division, 10.5.26

NO.5 DI STRICT.

Divisional Surgeon and Supt. S. Pollard, Hebden BrIdge Division, Hebden Bridge Corps, 25.5.26

Lady Supt. I. Curran, Ma pperley Nursing Div:is.ion, 29.5 26

Divisional Surgeon A. B. Stewart, Batley DIVISIOn, Dewsbury and Distric Corps, 8.6.26

No.6 DISTRICT

Di vi sional Supt. M. Watkin, Murton Colliery Division, 86.26

Supt. Stephenson, De La Pole Division, Hull Corps, 14· 5 26

NO.8 DISTRICT.

Division Surgeon Dr. Milner, Reigate Di vision, 6.5.26

Lady Supt. Mis s Deane, Guildford Nursing Division, 135 26

NO.9 DI STRICT.

Ambulance Officer Clarke, Saltash Division, County of Devon, 1.6 .26

Divisional Surgeon, S. Wellesley Comb;, Parkstone Nursing Division , County of DO"set, 8.6.26 DEATH.

NO.5 DISTRICT.

Corps Surgeon W. Somerville, Brighouse Corps, 27.5.26

NO.4 DISTRICT.

Divisional Surgeon R. Wilkins, Preston Corps, 23.4. 26 DIVISIONS REGISTERED.

NO.1 DISTRICT.

No. 92 House of Dickinson Division, 9.5. 26

NO.3 (EASTERN) DISTRICT.

Burton Latimer Di visi on, 13.5. 26

No. DISTRICT.

Churwell Division, Morley and District Corp>, 13-5. 26

NO.9 DISTRICT

Exmouth Town Division, II·5·26

Exmouth Police and Fire Brigade, 11.5 26

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CADET DIVISIONS .REGISTERED. NO.2 DISTRICT.

Totterdown Cadet Division, County of Gloucester, 6.5. 26

Shirley Cadet Division, County of Hants, 28.5. 26 NO.4 DISTRICT.

Kendal Cadet Nursing- Division, 3.6.26

Prestwich Cadet Nursing Division, 5.6.26 NO.5 DISTRICT.

LJerby Cadet Nursing Division, 13.5. 26

DIVISIONS DISBANDED. NO.5 DISTRICT.

Queensbury Cadet Division, 25 5. 26

P. WILKINSON (Major-General), Acting Chief Commissioner.

\IDe Grano Imon> of

'!Ibe IIIrber of Ibe llospltal of SI Jobn ot Jerusalem In .En\JtllnD.

Uhe $t. John Bmbulance

PRINCE OF WAlES'S OISTRICf.

SUNDAY DUTY AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

JULY, 1926.

July 4th No. 89 Division, Metro. Railway.

" Ith No. 90 " Erith Oil Works.

" 18th No. 91 " Tottenham Gas Works.

" 25 th No. " St. John's Gate.

Duty from 2.30 p.m. to 8. p.m. Key from St. John's Gate at 2 p.m.

BRIGADE COMPETITIONS.

The would to congratulate the Hampstead Dlv.lslon on wmnlllg the Perrott Shield, the CompetitIOn for WhiCh, was held at the Wharncliffe Rooms on Friday, June I !th.

The Team under Lady Supt. Mrs. MacFadden did extremely well, having gained 42 marks ahead of the second Thi.s reflects great credit upon the Hampstead Nnrsmg DIVISIOn and to the District to which they are attached.

OFFICERS' ANNUAL DINNER.

The Officers' Annual Dinner has been arranged to take place on Saturday, 25th September next.

Will all Officers of No.1 District kindly arrange to keep this date open for this function.

NEW TITLE OF THE ORDER.

Will a.nd Members in charge of both Ambulance and Nursmg DIVIsions please note that in future the new title of the Order is as follows :-

" The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem."

When re-ordering new stationary this change should be made on the new notepaper used by the Divisions.

RAILWAY VOUCHERS.

The has been notified that owing to the present coal cnsls the concession granted to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade travelling on duty has necessarily been suspended for the time being.

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

The to place on record his apprecia)n of the splendid manner 10 which Officers and members of (anks paraded for ,the Annual Inspection which wa5 conQULced by H R.H. Pnnce Henry, on Saturday June 5th in Hyde Park.

The of the members on parade was very satlsfac.tory the March Past" being particularly good.

The success of the parade was due largely to the

enthusiastic co-operation which Officers of all ranks showed in conjunction with the Headquarters Staff in carrying out these duties.

Photographs of the Inspection may be seen at Headquarters and orders can be given if copies are desired.

(Signed) W. H. WINNY, Commissioner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. are. requested, when sending newspaper cuttmgs of their meetmgs, etc., to give the date of publication of the newspapers. -EDITOR.

WIMBLEDON AND MERTON.-- Mrs. E. H. Adams, until recently the Lady Supt. of No. 7 Nursing Division was on May 15th presented publicly at the Technical Institute with a handsome amethyst and pearl and cham, m acknowledgement of her 28 years' service in the cause of in the The gift, which was by former pupils and friends, was presented by who bnefly sketched the history of the local ?IVISIOn, and Mrs. Adams' part in forming and mainand u.rg-ed the younger members of the community to assist m carrymg on the good work she had initiated. The apart the Brigade, Mrs. Adams having wme time prevIOusly received an attache writing-case from the Ambulance Sisters on retiring from the post.

No. 2 District.

BRI STO L. An interesting presentation took place at Castle Green on Th.ursday May 13th when the Lady Ambulance Officers Sisters of the Division presented Mrs. S. G. Gnffiths, ? B:E., their Lady Supt., with a handsome cut-glass frUit dish, mounted m silver as a mark of their appreciation of her services to the Mrs. S. G. Griffiths was appointed Lady Supt. when the Division was formed 10 1908 and resigned last December.

The presentation was made by the Lady Supt. Miss J. E. Swanston.

No. 6 District.

DURHAM.-Brandon Colliery Division, the first winners of the Coroner Graham Co. Durham Ambulance Shield have shown their appreciation of the event in the following letter to the donor:-

St. Tohn Ambulance Brigade, Brandon Colliery Division,

"To Coroner J. Graham, D.L "DEAR SIR,April 12th, 1926.

"On .behalf of above we should be pleased if you will accept thiS J?h?tograph of Winning Tearr and Officials, as an appreciation memento of it having been won by members of our DIVISion the first time it was competed for.

"We are confident that your magnificent Shield will be the encouraging Ambulance work for years to come. First, m the attempts that will be made year after year by Ambulance Teams, keen and eager to win the Honour of holding it for a twelve-month. Secondly, by the good that all members of teams will be able to do in rendering First Aid to their less fortunate Brothers' who may need them in cases of accident and illness. '

"The stimulus you have given to the cause, will last for years and we are .doubly pround and honoured by havmg won It the first time it was competed for.

"With every good wish for your health and hoping that you may be spared for years to see the Shield competed and won by different teams, is the sincere wish of Yours, sincerely,

G. R. DO BSON , Chairman.

W. ANDERSON, .lIon. Secretary . Committee.-K. G. McVean, M. Robinson, E. Warriner, G. Lee.

GAT ESHEAD FELL .-We regret to have to report the death of Serge1.nt 1. Errington of this Division who died on May 5th 192 6. The late Sergeant had been a member of this Division since 1914 He was promoted Sergeant in 1921 and was efficient each year during his service. He was a very able instructor and took a great ir..terest in training the younger members of his Division. During the Great War, Sergeant Errington served with the R.O.D. in France.

The internment took place on May 8th, at Gateshead East Cemetery and was attended by twenty-five members of his Division under the command of Ambulance Officer J. Butler, and four of his late comrades were underbearers.

HULL. - The Annual Inspection of the Hull Corps was held at the Corps Headquarters on June yd, the I nspecting Officer being Acting Com missioner Major A. Hammersley Johnston, O.B.E.

On parade were: District Ofiker W. T. Atkinson (Acting Corps Supt.), Corps Officers Bartrop, Hampson, Lamb and Lord, Lady Corps Supt. Mrs. Harrison, Lady Corps Officer Mrs. Johnson, O.B.E Div Surgeons Jeffcoat and Milligan, Lady District Officer A. J. Atkinson, R.R.C.

The 12 Ambulance Divisions were represented by 241 Officers and members.

Eight Nursing Divisions were represented by 95 members.

is that of Dr. J, A. Hislop, who has been made a Divisional Jarrow Division, after served as a private In that 19 16 The new DIVIsIOnal Surgeon, who is an enthusiasti c ambulance worker, has only recentlY qualified in the medical profession.

WHITBY -A very successful entertainment was organised by the Whitby division under the patronage of the Rev. MarsUls Normanby, and other distinguished supportors, in April of thiS year, to augment the local divisional funds which had been somewhat sorely depleted n the re cent replenishment of working equipment, etc This division renders excellent service over a large area, often under adverse co nditions to transpurt difficulties, and its steady growth, keen enthUSiasm, and record of work, are ind icati ons of the zeal and efficiency with which its members maintain the traditions of the Order. During the summer months and particularly at the recognised holiday times the services of first aid men were unfortunately too frequently required, but the members were ever ready for the call and no emergency duty called in vain.

During the evening Di vi sional Supt. Knaggs, on behalf of the members, expressed sincere thanks for the support extended to a band of men comprising all shades of pol itics, sects and creeds, in different stations of life, who were united

The team of East Walthamstow Division, winners of the Inter-Divisional Shield.

Six Cadet Divisions were represented by 87 Boy and Girl Guides.

Total 423 on parade.

After the ranks had been I nspected and the March Past, the members of the Ambulance and Boy Cadet Divisions were put through various movements, including Stretcher Drill, Hand Seat Drill and Bandage Work which was examined by the Medical Staff.

The members of the Nursing and Girl Cadet Divisions were put through roller bandage work.

The Parade was again formed up and addressed by the Acting Commissioner, who spoke well of the Inspection and work done, and also thanked them for the puhlic duty undertaken during the recent General Strike.

The Acting Corps Supt. called for three cheers for the Inspecting Officer, which brought a strenuous evening to a close.

J ARRow.-An interesting appointment recently sanctioned

in one common bond-minic;tering to the needs of the suffer ing -which he maintained was the main tenet of real Christianity.

Under the chairmanship of the Divis ional Surgeon Dr. H. H. Raw, J.P., the annual business meetin g of the division was held in May when Mr. W. J. T. Pinning in his annual report described some of the various activities of the division and emphasised its steady progress. Divisional Supt. Knaggs acknowledged the sympathetic encouragement the division had received from the various authorities, and he was especially grateful to the members' employers for the consideration they had shown.

No. 9 District.

Colonel C. 1. Ellis, C.M .G., T.D , M.D., and Mrs. Ellis, of Torquay, on relinquishing, the command of, and Lady District Supt. of NO. 9 District St. John Ambulance Brigade have been presented, by the Officer!:', N .C.O.'s and other of the Counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset,

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with a solid silver salver, suitably inscribed and a 2 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. photograph framed in oak of all officers and other members present at the preliminary Dewar Shield Competition held at Liskeard on April 24 th last.

No. 10 District.

CLACTON-ON-SEA.-A red-letter day, both of church pararles in Clacton and of the Clacton Division, was held on a Sunday recently when the Division officially attended the morning service at St. John's Church, Great Clacton. The members looked very smart in their n':!w uniforms and paraded, at full strenbth, under Supt. W. D .Porter those present were Councillor D. W. Fenton-Jones, and Mrs. FentonJones, Mrs P. Coleman, J. P., Mr. A. W. Kerry, and Mr. F. Lock. Previous to his sermon, the Rev. A. H. Morris, M.A., LL.B., extended a cordial welcome to the Di v ision offering, at the same time, to give financial assistance to the cause as soon as the finances of the church would allow. After the service, Dr. H. K. Houchin held an inspection, accompanied by Councillor Fenton-Jones.

COLCHESTER.-The annual inspection of this Division with the Dedham detachment, took place at the St. John's Green School, Colchester, on June 1st the inspecting officer being the Assistant Commissioner for Essex (M r. Langley Jones). About thirty were on parade under the command of Supt. E. H. Andrews with Major E. N. Herrington (Hon. and Ambuhnce Officer H. W. Lee, the Dedham detachment being in charge of Sergeant Barrell.

After the inspection and practice work, M r. Langley T:mes complimented the-m upon their smartnes'5 and referred to the great loss which the Brigade had suffered through the death of Sir James Cantlie, one of the pioneers of the St. John Ambulance movement.

HAVERHILL.-On Thursday evening-, May 20th, a route march of forty members of this Division, all in uniform, accompanted by the recently-formed bugle band, was held. The route taken was by way of Withersfield-road to Hanchett End, and back. The band has been tra ined by Mr. J. D. Mansfield, and the officers in attendance were Supt. G. S. Scott, Ambulance Officer W. Scrivener, Cadet Officer W. Shipp, and Lady Cadet Officer Miss F. Carter. Considerable interest was shown by the public as the procession made its way through the town.

IpSWICH.-An afternoon performance was given at the Hippodrome of the comedy of "TIlly of Bloomsbury," hy Ian Hay, on May 1st, by members of the Ipswich Dramatic Club for the benefit of the local ambulance funds

The part of the title .role was taken by Miss Mollie Hilsden, whIlst that of the Shenff's Officer was played by Mr. Leslie Barefoot, both of whom played with a naturalness which delighted everyone With regard to the remainder of the company, the verdict of the audience was one of universal approbation.

At the .conclusion, the stage was occupied for a few mmutes by SIr John Ganzoni, M.P., President of the Dramatic Club, Mr. T. R. Parkington, Chairman of the Club and Major J. F. C. Hossack, Chairman of the local of the Association and District Commissioner of the Brigade. The latter expressed the thanks of the members of the Ipswich Corps for the efforts which had been made that afternoon to add to the funds which were necessary for the upkeep of the He took the opportunity of giving a few particulars concerntng the work undertaken in Ipswich and stated that the ambulance had travelled as many as I I 000 miles and moved a thousand patients during the past' year. Having thanked the members of the Ipswich Dramatic Club he concluded. by to. Mr. Bostock for lending f:ee,. gratis and for nothing." Sir John Ganzonl, 10 reply,. said It h.ad. afforded him pleasure in being present to show hiS appreCIatIOn of their work Thanks were due to Mr. and Mrs. Parkington for all they had done" behind the scenes" to bring about that effort.

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The Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades) acted as the judge when the handsome challenge cup, which was presented by the late Captain W. A. Gibb, was competed for by squads of the Boy Scouts troops at their annual competition on Saturday afternoon, May 29th at the Lacey Street (by the kind permission of Mrs. Coulcher). 1'9-i s cup was first offered for annual competition in 1911 and was given by the late Dr. Gibb to promote an interest in ambulance amongst scouts. I n announcing the result, Dr. Eades congratulated all those competing, on the excellence of their bandaging. He urged upon them the necessity of continuing knowledge by joining up with the St. John ArI]bulance , Bngade when the time came tor them to leave the scoqts. The Mayoress (M iss Badshah) presented the cup at the close of the competition, and the boys were afterwards entertained. to -tea in the Ambulance Hall through the kindness of Miss A. Bohun Coulcher.

MANNINGTREE. -A successful partner whist drive was recently held at Mistley Institute under the auspices of the Manningtree and District branch of the Brigade. The prizes were presented by Mrs. Bree to the successful players. An enjoyable dance followed the whist. The duties of M.C. were carried out by Mr. P. Bloom for whist, and Mr. V. W. Ransom for the dance. Music was provided by Mrs. V. W. Ransom at the piano, and Mr. M. Emeny jazz drummer.

SAXlVIUN DHAM. - A meeting was held at the Council Schools, on Monday evening, May 3rd, for the purpose of starting an ambulance division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. E. Long, of Hurts Hall, and addresses were given by the District Commissioner (Major J Hossack ), the Assistant Commissioner for Suffolk (Dr. S. O. Eades ), and District Officers W. C. Smith and A. H. W. Moffat upon the work undertaken by the Brigade. The awards gained by the successful candidates at the examination held on March 1 Ith were presented by Miss Long. The Officers appointed, subject to the approval of the Chief Commissioner, were :-Hon. Surgeon, Dr. David Ryder Richardson; Supt., Mr. W. Mulley; Ambulance Officer, E. Devereaux; Sergeant Mr. A. Pendle and Hon. Secretary, Mr. James Forsdike. About thirty members haye been enrolled, already, and it is expected that this number will very soon be considerably increased.

The opportunity was taken to present a handsome tea service to Dr. David Ryder Richardson who acted as hon. lecturer to the class ar:d who has done so much to further the a:nbulance cause at S :lXmundham. lp connection with the successful results which have been achieved in this town the greatest credit is due to Mr. James Forsdike. who has been ably supported by Ivir. William Mulley and Mr. E. Devereaux.

No. II (5.E. «C.R.) District.

The annual football match for the Clevedon Charity Cup again took place on Mlllwall ground" The Den," New Cross, on April 29th. In the result, a joint team from Bricklayers Arms and Willow Walk defeated Nine Elms by 3-2. Part of the proceeds accrued to the funds of the Brigade Divisions at Bricklayers Arms and Willow Walk.

Sir Charles L. Morgan, C.B.E., and Mr. Charles Sheath (Directors, Southern RaIlway) attended, and the trophy was presented by the former, who also" kicked off."

Faversham Division annual meeting was well attended. Tributes were paid to the services of the late Am}mlance Officer W. B. Richardson, and the loss which his death in the prime of life had involved the Brigade. Centre 2 I -year gold medals were presented, and Sergt. J. Marsh who was also the recipient of a silver cigarette case in recognition of his services as Divisional Secretary.

A pleasing feature in connection with the awards presented

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at Addiscombe on May 25th was the high proportion of first and second year successes. The steady flow ot recruits thus indicated will ensure that the Division will maintain its present high standard With a number of young and alert members. Centre medals for passing 7, 14, and 21 years consecutively were also obtained during the past winter.

The charming grounds of Dover College were again kindly lent for the inspection of the Deal, Dover, Folkestone, and Divisions on May 26th. Each Division presented a smart and workmanl ike appearance that has earned high commendation from the inspecting officer.

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SOUTH AUSTRALI A DI STR ICT.

Adelaide Central Division-Corporal W Appleton to be Ambulance Officer, 22.925

WEST AU STRALIA COASTAL DI STRICT.

Bunbury Railway DiVision-A. E. Cullen, M.B., B.C., to be Divisional Surgeon, I. 1.26; A. E. Orchard to be 1st Ambulance Officer (on probation) 1. 1.26 R. Oates to be 2nd Ambulance Officer (on probation), 1. I.26 India.

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Colonel J. K. S. Fleming, O.B.E., l.M.S., to be Divisional Surgeon, 304.26 vice Colonel Needham promoted.

By courtesy 0/ ".Suflolk CJtr01ucle and ,}fercury. The Annual Inspection of the Colchester DIvision.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

MAY, 1926 ,

The Chief Commissioner has sanctioned the following appointments, promotions, and resignations, within the Brigade Overseas dUring the month of May, 1926 ;Australia.

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.

Darlinghurst Nursing Division-Miss O. Hinton to be Lady Ambulance Officer, 2-4.26

Glebe Nursing Division-Dr. E. Richards to be Divisional Surgeon, 12.2.26

Glebe Cadet Division-Sergeant G. Goodrich to be Cadet Officer (on probation), 9.12.25

No. 2 DISTRICT.

Calcutta Nursing Division- Lady Ambulance Officer M.rs.

A. D. Haskell, M.B.E., to be Lady Supt., 1.1.26 VlCe Mrs. Gibb resigned.

Calcutta Nursing Di v ision ( Indian York to be Lady D visional Supt., 1. 1.26 vIce Mrs. Ewmg deceased.

New Zealand.

AUCKLAND DI STRICT.

Al1ckland Corps-Private V. Hitcnon to be Corps Officer (on probation ), 3. 2 26

OTAGO DI STRI CT.

Dunedin Nursing Division-Divisional Surgeon Dr. Stuart Moore resigned, 16.11. 2 5

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WELLI NGTO N DI STR IC T.

Well ing ton Corps-Lady Corps Offi cer M iss M. S Fossette to be Lady Corps Supt., 27.3 26

W ellin g ton Suburb a n N ursing Division- S. R. Cattell, M B , to be Div is ional Sur g eon, 30 11. 25 ; M iss E. M Osborn to be Lady D ivis ional Supt., 30.1 1. 25 ; Mrs. M C. McWhannell to be L ady Am bulan ee Offi cer, 30.11. 25 South Africa.

Du rban Cadet Nur s in g Division - Ambulance Sister D. Crui cksh ank to be Lady Cadet Officer, 132. 26

Durb a n F ire B rigade Divis ion - Acting Divisional Supt.

W. R. Wak eham to be D ivisional Supt., 19-4.2 6

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1st Joh a nne sbur g Di vision- L. H Cl ifford to be Ambula nce Offi cer (on probation), 16. 4. 26; F. La zarus to be A mb ula nce Officer (on probation), 17 426

N E W DIVISIONS FORMED, DISBANDMENTS &c. Australia.

NEW SOUTH W ALES DI STR ICT

G lebe Ca det D ivi s ion formed, 9. 12.2 5

SOUTH AUH RAL IA DI STRI CT.

Mannu m D ivisi m formed, 1.1. 26

P ort Adel ai de d is banded, 84.26

Northern (Q uom ) disb a. nded, 8 4. 26

WEST AUSTRALIA COASTAL Di STR ICT

Bunbu r y Ra ilway D ivi sion formed, 1. 1. 26 York Railwa y D iv ision, 1.1.2 6 India.

NO 3 DI STRICT

Pa rs i Ca det Division formed, 1.10 25

P ars i Cadet Nurs ing Divis ion fornH: J, 25 10 2 5 New Zealand.

AUCKLA ND DI STR ICT

Gi sborne D ivis ion formed, 11. 9 25

W ELL IN GTO N DI ST RIGT

P atea Nu r sing Division formed, 29.1. 26 South Africa.

T RANSVAAL D ISTR ICT

1s Joh a nne s burg D ivision formed, 16-4 26

St. John Ambulance Brigade in Ireland.

T HE fin a ls o f the Annual Competitions of the Irish District took plac e in M e rrion Square, Dublin, on 5th June. In prevIOus years th e Competitions and Inspection usu-:tlly to ok plac e on the same a fternoon, but this year there was a from. that proc e dure. Th e Annual Inspection WIll be h e ld In the grounds of the Royal Hospital K ilmainham, on 19th June.

Th e Commissi?ner, Sir John Lumsden, K.B.E., a ccompaOled by ASSIstant Commissioners Sir Robert Tat e K.B.E., a nd A J M.B.E., we re pres e nt during O ffic e r A J. MacWiliiam was 10 charge, With L'ldy District Officer Miss Blandford In charge of the Women's Competitions.

The res ults we re as follows :_

D ublin Ambula nce Clzal lenge C up ( M en).-Won by J a co b's. Am b ulance. Divisions (A. Team), 266 i marks; 2nd, City of Dubl10 Ambulance Division, 211 J marks' 3rd , Jacob:s Ambulance Division (B.) Team, 19 ;! Judge-MIss M. M. Merrick, M.B.

Irislz Womens' Clzallenge Cup.-Won by Harcourt Nursing Division, 201 marks; 2nd, Headquarters Nursing Division No. Team , marks; 3rd, Headquarters Nursing Division No.2 Team, I74! marks. JudgesFirst Aid, Dr R. de Courey Wheeler; Home Nursing, Miss M. A. Young, M.B ; Uniform, Lady District Officer Miss Or e rend Dr. W ebb's Ch a lle nge C up (Wom en).-Won by Jacob s Nurs ,ng Division\ marks; 2nd, CI ty of Dublin Nursing Division, 18J! marks; 3rd, Harcourt Nursing Division, 174 i marks. Judges-First Aid, Dr. W. G . Harvey ; Home Nursing, Sister Patterson; Uniform, L'ldy D istrict Officer Mrs. Sbanks. ·

M £ddleto1z C u rtis Drill Co mpeti#o n (Wom en).Winners, City of Dublin Nursing Division, 162 marks ; Runners-up,Jacob's Nursing Division, marks. Judg e s -Drill, Corps Officer Jas. H. Webb; Uniform, Lady District Officer Miss Blandford.

I n dividu al Ch a llenge C up (Women) -Won by Miss Agnes R. Gr<l.Y, City of Dublin Nursing Division ; Runner· up, Miss E. Summers, Harcourt Nursing Division.

R etu rns C up ( W om en ).-Won by St. Steph e n 's Green Nursing Division (Lady Supt. Mrs Eager).

Returns C up (Men) .-Won by St. Jam e 's Gat e A mbulance Division (Supt. P. J. Tyrrell).

The results were announced by Assistant Commissioner Sir Robert Tate, who congratulated the C ')mpetitors on their display and thanked th e Doctors and olhers who acted as Judges.

Brigade Competitions, 1926.

"He that is satisfied with what he has done will pro g ress no more."

THE organisers, although last year's finals were a great success, were evidently not satisfied with what was done, and in consequence further progress in the conduct of th e Competitions has been made.

The Competitions organised to a detail commenced at 9 IS a.m. from which time ambulance men and women from all parts of the country continued to arrive.

The tests were drawn up by th e judges CommitteeCol. G. A. Moore, Lt.·Col. C. 1. Ellis Lt. -Col. F. A. Brooks, Dr. N Corbet -Fl e tcher, and Dr. Audland.

The judges being-" Dewar" test: Capt. J. Henton White, Dr. W. C. BentaH, Dr. J J. Huey, Dr. H. G Webster, Capt. W. H. B ennett and Dr. Corbet·FletchtL " Perrott" test: Dr. W. A. Rees, Miss K. Ray (matron, St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Chih.lren), Capt. H. Pow e ll, Dr. H. Percival, Major W. H. F. Noble, Miss M. Cochrane, R.R C. (matron, Charing Cross Hospital) .

A visit to the waiting room to see the teams enabled one tv observe the keen, but yJt anxious look on the faces of the competitors, all mentally trying to surmise what they would have to do. It is, however, felt sure that none of them were able to anticipate a correct solution. The waiting room steward ordered team "A" to prepare to compete, and the team leader marched them off to th e team test.

The Judge II Lights Out" "Fetch in th e Team," followed by another order "Man the Litter" then look in front of you."

A second after a whistle blasts out, and the team watching 1he white screen read "After a Public Duty you are walking (with litte r and full equipment) towards Divisional lieadquarters in a Provincial town, and from a

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distance of 30 yards you witness the following followed by a film showing-Two old men stand chattmg on pavement of a busy street and parting company w.ith shake of hands. One proceeds to cross road, and passmg thoughtlessly behind a tramcar is down by. an open touring car which over hiS ch est; the arnval of a policeman and collectIOn of a crowd.

Two blasts on the Judges' whistle away went the screen and curtains, and up went th e lights to reveal to the onlookers scenery identical to that last seen on the film, including the policeman, crowd and fri e nd of old man, all on a platform with a slope to th e to be wheeled on to it. The t eam advanced WIth the litter from the back of the hall, mounted th e platform and explained to the policeman they we re ambulance m e n and offt> red assistance

Th e test for th e " Perrott " Shield was similarlysta g :. d. The teams we re b r ought in and told to walch the scre e n, a flash o f a torch and th e nurses ready " You four ar e walking along the bank of a swiftly ·flowing river

Above you is a weir and some 100 yards b elow ar e a cottage and a St. John Cadet Camp. You have no ambulance material. T his was follow e d by a picture of a yo ung girl paddling a canoe on a swiftlyfl owing riv e r a nd is swept over .a we ir into th e wat e r. S!J.e IS struggling, is waving h e r arms freely and is b e ing carried down riv e r,' furth e r down which are a cottage and an encampm e nt of St. J ohn At this the girl is qUIt e close to nver bank. Two flashes of the torch and up went the lights, and away went th e scre e n and ther e was the river, Cad e t Camp and Cottage.

A t p m., the J u?ges, Teams and Orderlies went mto luncheon as guests of th e Order.

The care shown for the comfort of the teams which had not comp eted b e fore lunch, was. very prais e worthy and much appreCIated by the m e n and conc erned At z. I 5 th e CompetItIOns re-com -

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the platform, the order rang out--" By the right, quick march," ic came the men's teams, followed by the Boy Cad e ts, Wom e n's teams and Girl Cadets; "Eyes left" on passing Her Royal Highness, and back to the starting position to take their place for the re mits and the presentation of priz es.

Major-General S ir Percival Wilkinson read the results as follows :- "DEWAR."

B ricklayer'S Arms

Pnncess Arthur

rop y menced , d fill'

The teams finished just before 4 an to 10 the time b e fore the arrival of H.R.H. Arthur. of ConnauJht the Southern Railway Musical SOCIety's S tnng Band sel ected pieces of music.

On arrival, Her Royal Highness witn esse d the :ream Test by the women, and exhibition test by the men 10 the (I Dewar," after which H.R H. to tea.

By this tim e teams and VISitorS were marvelling the arrangements made, but the organisers had. still another surprise in store The band could agam be heard playing, but where?

The sound of the music was follow ed and found to be in the Winter Garden of the Great Central H?tel, where the stage was set for the distri?ution of the prIzes.. The platform was a picture, the cham arranged to of a goo'd view by everybody, and the havmg fimshed their work in Competitions, were 10 theIr places for the direction of the visitors to their seats.

At 445 Her Royal Highn ess had taken her place on

" P EIt ROT T." 67 0 !

Hampstead 68z}; Liverpool 594; Bournemouth 577

London Bridge 561

G uildford 3 57

Abertillery 537

Leeds Victoria ... ... 5rot

Young People's I n:.tl tu te, Hull Corps 5ro Wellingborough 506

Oswestry 493t Plymouth Co-op.

This was followed by a Vtly touching. lIltl e Dr Corbet Fletcher, not the one seen 10 a competItIOn , .' but a human man overcome arena or exammation room, h h t by the tremendous applause which sounded t the hall, came forward and. in a few words to t Chief Commissioner explamed that ambulance d . t h t had expressed a eSlre 0 women throughout t e coun ry. f 11 h had show their appreciation in a practIcal way or a e

the wmnmg team.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL-

The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital John of Jerusalem in England

Obituary-Sir

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I D.- June. 1926.

last year's Competition arrangements were good, but this year they were still better.

With" God S:l.ve the King" ended the Final Competition Day, which can only bring credit upon the organisers (Col. E A. Cameron, Major Darvil Smith and Mr. and those who to make the day one of which the Order has every right to be proud.

"DEWAR CHALLENGE SHIELD" AND "SYMONS

ECCLES CUP " COMPETITION.

TEA M TEST.

T€J TEST.-A,fter a Public Duty you are walkmg (With lItter and full eqUipment) towards Divisional Headquartels in a Provincial Town, and from a distance of 30 yards you witness the following accident.

FI LM OF AC CIDENT.- Two old men stand chatting on pavement of a busy street and part company with shake of han?s. One to cross road and, passing thoughtlessly a ,tramcar IS, knocked down by an open touring car which passes over hIS chest. A police officer is in charge of case when ambulance men arrive.

NOTE FOR team reaches patient, crowd has collected and patient IS bemg supported in semi-recumbent

P?sition. Officer patient on right and patient's fnend h.lm on lert SIde . are two bystanders supportmg ?olIce Officer I,S mstru c ted to raise objectIOns, and patient s fnend to make hImself a nuisance.

Litter with cranked axle provided and team required to proceed round arena before reaching patient.

I mmediate action.

Mode of action taken and of approach '"

Halt close to patient : await officel s

For present do not interfere with patient '"

Offi c er approaches policeman and offers help

Explains ambulance men willIng to assist "

Tact and resourcefulness in managing policeman

Offi cer orders N O.2 and 4 proceed to patien t

done f?r ambulance movement, and that their token of he had acceP.ted in the form of a silver cup

WhICh offered to Brigade for annual competition.

Major General SIr Percival Wilkinson stated that he had much pleasure in acc e pting the cup which would in future be second trophy to the Perrott Challenge Shield

Dr. Corbet Fletcher was then presented with a mInIature of the" Corbet Fletcher 11 Trophy and amidst loud applause returned to his seat.

The presentation o f the "Dewar" Challen g e Shield and "Symons. Eccles" Cup to m e n, and the "Perrott II Challenge ShIeld and "Corbet Fletcher" Trophy to women, and. the "Lady Margaret MacRae" Challenge Cup to the gIrl cadets followed.

N cam e time for the speeches. Major General SIr WIlkInson thanked the judges and medical professIOn g e nerally for the k een interest which they took In the work of the Order and for the services they had that He also referred to the ste wards and orderlies t e n.denng to them the Order's thanks for all their help and aSSIstance.

Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson thanked Mr J. Grossm&.n, G e neral Manag e r of Stolls Production Co' Ltd w.ho had taken up and developed the n e w idea and made It the success that it was. The statewas met WIth tremendous applause. Mr. Grossman IS to be congratulated on having enabled the first venture to be so successful.

Sir Alymer Hunter Weston thanked Her Royal Highness for presenting the priz e s and in his speech stated that he had been with all he had seen. He further stated that the Order thought

Nos. I and 3 to dismount stretcher and later to assist Officer orders patient to be placed on ground

M ode of lowering patient to the ground

Keep head and snoulders low. head to one side

Offi c er asks policeman if doctor near (no)

If hospital near yards ) : if ambulance (00;

1f patIent 's address IS known (2 miles away)

If motor has been detained for later help (yes)

I f steps have been taken to keep back crowd

And to protect patient from further njury

Deal tactfully but firmly with patient s friend

Examination of patient.

Test cons c iousness (c ons c ious but dazed )

Loosen clothes freely: cover warmly forthwith

Meanwh ile take steps to reassure patient

Ask if visible bleeding (blood on left hand) •.•

A'll{ colour of blood (red ) : flow (general ooze)

A k if wound dirty (yes ) ; if foreign bodies (no)

Exam ine for fracture ( all metacarpals broken)

Decide patient suffering from crushed hand

Ask if other visible deformity ( none)

Ask b.reathing (shallow and difficult)

Ask If III pam (hand placed on right ribs)

If made worse on deep breathing (yes )

If patient has coughed up blood (yes, just now )

If scarlet and frothy (yes ) ; If much (mere trace) ches.t for presence of wound (none )

DeCide complIcated fracture of right ribs

Rapidly examine for any other injuries

face, spine, pelvis, and other limbs (none)

EffiCIency of methods of examination

Treatment of patient.

Incl ine patient slightly towards right side

Ask if ice available ( no ) ; cold water ( plenty)

Do not apply bandages round the chest '"

Fill squad water bottle with cold water

Apply to ribs, edge resting on ground

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Apply large arm sling; keep patient warm

Provide fresh air freely; do not crowd round

Fan patient; sprinkle cold water on face

Smelling salts to nostrils; no other stimulants

Do not waste much time on this treatment

Ask if alteration in face, pulse, etc. (no)

Decide no indication for bandaging limbs

Give sips of cold water; watch carefully

To dress wound support hand carefully

Sterilise fingers thoroughly with tinct. iodine

Ask for warm boiled water (none available )

Iodine to skin and surrounding parts; allow dry

Clean dry dressing; large pad cotton wool

Keep hand extended on well padded splint

Well above wrist to beyond tipS of fingers

Secure splint with narrow bandage

Crossed as figure-eight and knotted on wri s t

Omit second sling; pldce hand in rib sling

And pin sleeve ot injured hand to coat Transport and care of patient.

Ask again if any further change (better)

Ask if patient's friend still all right (yes )

Advise policeman necessary take tohospital

Send message in advance (written details )

Use motor only to carry meso senger and Later, to take patient s friend to relatives

Officer g ves order to "load " stretcher

To "lift" patient and to "lower " pati'!nt

To "incline slightly " to injured right side

To "cover" warmly and to "watch carefully"

Officer gives order to I, stand to stretcher :'

To "apply hood and apron " to stretcher

To" lift II stret cher and to " ad· vance " on litter

B earers approach near end of undercarriage

Bearer at foot passes between sides of litter

Steps over cranked axle and halts

When bearer at head gives necessary orders

On order" lower" bearers plac e stretcher

See that four rollers fit four s des of litter

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some roo yards below are a cottage and a St. John Cadet Camp , You have no ambulance mater ial.

You are warned that the Judge will only answer questions as to facts which correct use of your senses may discover and that you will see an accident occur in river.

FILM o f AC CIDENT. - A youn g girl is paddlin g a canoe on a sw,ftly flowing river and is swept over a weir into tbe water She is struggling, is waving her arms freely, and is being carried down river, further down which are a cottage and an encampment of St. John Cadets. At this moment the girl is quite close to river bank.

NOT E FOR J UDGE. - A c cident bappens 5 m iles from a town with which communication can only be established by road and 100 yards from cottage and camp which are quite close to each other. Messengers sent from place of accident to cottage or camp will take 2 minutes for return journey.

Cadets are sitting in marquee, round s ides of which are 3 forms. Cadets sleep on ground sheets wrapped in b lankets They have a first aid haversac without stretcher, but ha ve two poles and a rug in addition to blankets They have one push cycle.

Tenants of cottage will lend anything required ; but owing

3 P llOto bv] [Keys tone P ress , 2

First at foot and then at head of H.R. H. Pr incess A rthur of Connaught presenting the .1 Perrott II Trophy to the winnin g team litter J 3

While bearer at head retains control

Method of loading stretcher and litter

Care and observation of patient in trans it

On arrival, secure litter by lowering legs

First at head, then at feet; stand to attention Report of case and conduct of team.

Report to doctor (cause, injuries, treatment)

General smartness and co·operation of team

Competence of officer who gives orders only Regulation penalties.

Unnecessary verbal explanations (up to 20 marks )

Use of uniform as covering, etc. (up to 10 marks)

Other deductions (if any) •

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to serious illness they refuse to admit pat ient within. A doctor arrives ( whether summoned or not ; at end of t ime lim It and takes charge of ca3e. I nstruct pat ient ( when pulled out of river ) to roll on bac k if not so placed ; and pa int abras ion of right leg w th red ink.

Immediate act on.

Prompt decisions with prompt action

Give loud calls to ( no response )

Officer orders prompt advance on patients

And sends messenger on foot for Cadets

With instructions to ask if they have materials

And, if so, to bring material at once

Method of dragging girl out of river

And of placing her flat on her back

Ask Cadets where nearest coctor (in town )

"PERROTT CHALLENGE SHIELD CO M PETITION.

TE AM TE ST.

INTROD UCTION TO TE ST,-You four are walking along the bank of a swiftly flowing river. Above you is a weir and

Where ambulance ( in town; 5 miles off )

If other motor vehicle (no ) ; or telephone ( no )

Ask Cadets how reach town (on push cycle ) Further action.

Quickly test degrees of unconsciousness

-FIRST

By speech, touch, p up ils (comp lete unconsciou5IJe:>s )

A sk as to fa c e ( blu ish ) ; breathlD g (c eased ) ..

Feel pulse ( not felt at wr ist ) heart ( pa pable )

Ask if any vi s ib le b leedlO g or deformity ( no )

Rapidly exclude pa lpab le i nj ury to..

Head, r bs , and lower limbs (none apparent )

Dec ide on art ifi ci al respiration forthwith

Stanel on s ide of patient ; place leg on leg

B rin g arms to s ide of body protect cheek

Grasp clothes at h ip ; pull o v e r smartly

E x tend arms a b ove hea d; turn head to Side

K neel a c ross (or at one side of) patient

Plac e hands on lo ins, thumb s parallel

K eep arms q u ite stra ig ht ; lean forward

Slowly ap p ly firm (not violent ) down

Draw body ba c k somewh a t rapidly

Rhythm ie s wa ying of body 12 times a mmute

P ers isten c e wi th arti fi c ial resp irat ion

A sk if si g ns of c on g est on in g irl's fac e ( no )

Effi ci ency of art fida l resp irat ion ;,

Jud g e (5 m inu tes la ter ) says" Pa ti ent be g ms to breatbe, and (2 m inutes ) " P at ient conscious. "

Re g ul a te movements a s breath ing re·starts

Watch for later c essat ion of breathing (no )

Plac e pat ent c omfortabl y on back

Routine e xam ination of patient.

Loosen clothes freely ; cov er girl warmly

Speak to pat ent (c onsol in g words )

Ask f in p ai n (r ig ht sh n and left knee JOInt )

Commence e xa m i nat ion at these parts

Exam ne r ig ht stock in g (some blood present )

E x pose freely and lo cate abrasion of le g

Ask colour of blood ( red ) ; flow (general OO z e

S te and si ze of wound (ext. to Tib a ; 4 by 3 in. )

E x clude further injury to th is l imb (none )

J'\ e xt examine left knee for wound (none )

Ask if able to ift left le g (qu ite helpless )

Exam ine Pate ll a (transverse g ap felt )

Dec de on S i mple Fra c ture of Patella

Exclude otht r nj ury to left leg ( none )

Exam ne c arefully for nj ury elsewhere

Fa c e, sp ine , pelv is, and upper imbs (none )

E ffi c iency of methods of examination

Further treatment of patient.

Ask if further change (g irl seems very ill )

Face ( pale ) ; pulse (feeble ; ; breathing (shallow)

Discuss how best deal with case now

Dec ide remove first to cottage or camp

Despatch two s iste r s to make preparations

Dress wound; pa int freely with iodine

Allow dry; clean absorbent dressing

Pad of c oston wool; bandage up firmly

Ask if a ll bleedin g c 0ntrolled ( yes )

For patella do n o t r ai se head and shoulders

Straighten and ra ise the left lower limb

Spl nt to ba c k of limb ( buttock to heel )

Fix fracture with two narrow bandages

Fix spl int with banda g es at thigh and leg

Support foot off g round apply cold to knee

A s k if pa in n knee is rel ieved (yes )

Transport of Patient.

Ask if further c hange (no i mpro v ement )

Despatch cadet on cycle to town for doctor .. .

G ive written message with complete details

I mpro v ise stretcher wi th 2 poles and rug

Test c arefully before us ing stretcher

I nstruct cadet in deta as to dut ies

1 wo bearers at least stand on each side

Grasp middle of pole with one hand

Bearers proceed to walk sideways

Care and observation of g rl during transport

Report of case and conduct of team.

Report to d o c tor (cause, injuries, treatment )

Tact and resourcefulness in manag ing cadets

Smartness and co-operation of team

Competence of officer who does no actual wvlk

After-care of Patient.

AID.-

Two Sisters precede others to cottage

Explain case and ask that girl be admitted ( no )

Tact and resourcefulness w th cottagers

Ask for mattress, mackintosh, sheets

Bolster, pillow, quilt, hot water bottles

Improvise bed with forms in marquee

Lash legs together firmly test if safe

Place mattress then sack ing on mattress

Under blanket and over this an under sheet

Tuck neatly all round under mattress

Bolster in case placed close to head of bed

Mackintosh draw sheet from bolster to knees

Cotton draw sheet folded len g thwise

One end tucked in on one s de

Other end tucked in or hang n g as p inned roll

Pillow in slip projecting beyond bolster

Top sheet with upper end turned down

And lower end tucked under mattress

Two blankets brought to edge of pillow

Bottom ends loosened for freedom of feet

Foot end of upper blanket fo lded ba c k

Cover all with light and porous q ui lt

Method of tucking in ; keep hands down

Extend fingers, hand po int ing to hand

Move hands sideways and so pla c e bedclothe :;

Fill, test and pla c e hot water bottles in bed

Fold back bed clothes for reception of g irl

Protec t bed with extra blanket

On wh ich patient is laid fully clOthed

A fter stretcher is unloaded by Cadets

Remove pillow and bolster from bed

Keep head and shoulders low because o f sho c k

Remove clothing; wrap warmly n blankets

Ask if further change in condition ( no )

Triumph of the Brigade Finals.

THE Brigad e Finals of Jun e lith, 19 26 , c onst itut e d a triumph, and a big forward strid e in the history of competitions by reason of the film introduction. To m e they were particularly interesting b e cause last year I foretold that the summit of realism in competition work was not reached, while I confessed that I could not see how furth er advance could take place.

It is right, therefor e, that public acknowledgmfnt should be made of the fact that the introduction of the film was essentially due to foresight on the part of the lay members of the Competition Committee, especially of Major P. Darvil Smith and Mr. Herb ert Wrigglesworth, and that its successful working was brought about by the keen and enthusiastic p e rsonal efforts of Mr. J. Grossman (who in his early days was a member of the Brigad e) and his equally enthusiastic assistants, not l east among which I include the actors and actress who helped so splendidly and realistically. The selection of the team tests was allotted to myself as a member of the Judges Committee.

Looking back now at the successful issu e of our combined efforts, 1 smile as I remember the way in which we -lay, technical and profession3.1 r e presentatives on Competition Committee-hammered at each other and criticised the suggestions of each other unmercifully, striving always and only for success which might merit the thanks of competitors and spectators. That we succeeded is evidenced by the chorus of praise which we amicably shared amongst ourselves at the end of our labours!

As for the actual team tests I strove to introduce practical novelties into both "Dewar " and "Perrott " Competitions. For the "Dewar "I installed a police officer who, as repres e ntative of law and ord er, at once took charge of the emergency, and with whose consent Continued on page 324.

-lI'IRST AID. -

PRIORY FOR WALES. Brigade News.

APPOINTMENTS, l\I A Y , 192 6

Appoin t ments and promotions sancti o ned :-

To be M O N MOU THS HI RE C E NTR E.

Sta ff O ffic er Samuel Trevor B eard, O. B. E., 17 5.26

To be Divisional Superintendents.

MONMOUTHSH I RE C E N TRE.

Pr ivate John Alfred Da vi es Ga rndi ffai th D ivi s ion, 29 5 26

C ARNA R VO N SH I RE C E KTRE.

Ambulance Offi c er Will iam Jones, L1andudno Jun c tion Division, 29 .5 ::6

GL A MOR GA N CO U N TY C E N T R E

Private James Godsall Cwm g wr ac h D v ision, 29 ) .2 6

To be Ambulance Officers.

GL AMO R GAN CO UNTY C ENTRE

Priv a te Ja m es John Jones, Cwm g wra c h Divi s io n , 1. 5.2 6

Cadet O ffi c er Charles C avi ll, Nantyffyllon D vis on , 7.5.2 6

BOROUG H OF l\1ERTH VR T VDF I L C ENTRE

Divisional Se c ret a ry John Rees , Cefn Coed D ivision , 20 ).26

To be Lady Ambulance Officer.

A BER DA R E C ENTRE

Ambulance Sister Mar ga ret Jane M lls, Cw ma man N urs in g Divis ion , 264 26

To be Sergeants.

GL AM OR GAN CO U N TY C E N T R E

Pr ivate Sydney Eciward s Cwmgwrac h Div si o n , 1. 5.26

Corporal B r i nley G eor g e Coll ins, Nanty ffyllon D iVis ion 7.5,2 6

SH IR E C ENTRE.

Private Thomas John Hughes, Llandudno Jun c tion D ivision , 6 .5 26

BO ROUGH OF M ERTHYR T YD FI L C E N TRE

Corporal Ylo r gan Powell Jones, Cefn Coed D iv is ion 2 0 .5 26

To be Corporals.

GL A MOR GA N COU N TY

Private Mackenzie I' a vies, Cwm g wrach DivIs ion, 15 26

" Ernest C oombes, "

C AR N ARVON SHIRE C E N T R E

P rivate John Bryndall, Ll a ndudno Jun c t ion D vis ion, 6 5 26

CI T Y OF C ARDIFF CEN T R E

Private Edwin Walter Sanderson, Barry Do c k Division, 8 5 26

" William H. Warren, " Evan Griffiths,

BORO UG H O F MER T HYR T YDFlL CEN T RE.

Private Cadwaladr Morton Jones, Troedyrhiw D ivision, 25.5 26

" Alfred Gething Barnes Morrell, "

" Robert George Hancock, "

" Leslie P er c ival Bottin g Cefn C oed 2 0'5 26 David Lewis Morgan,

To be Divisional Secretaries.

C ARN AR VONS HI RE C l:!:N T RE.

Private Thomas John Hughes, Llandudno Junction Division, 6 5. 26

General

The Celynen Colliery D ivisional team won a signdl victory in the open ambulance competition held at Ab e rtill ery on Whit Tuesday for the •. Ince IJ challenge shield.

Thirteen teams from the Glamorgan and Monmouth. shire Centres compet ed, and the standard of the test was particularly keen. The J Dr. S. Simons, Abertillery, Dr. W. L. Mulv e y, Abertill ery, and D r. R. Burns, Abertillery, referred to the g e neral skill displayed and declared the first three teams as under :-

1st, Cel yn e n Colliery 2 13 t marks. 2nd, Pontypool B 2 II 3rd, Kenfig Hill 210 (Possible marks 340 )

A n interesting note ab o ut the wi nning team is that it is com posed of fi ve brothers , The trophy and the prizes were distributed by Mr. G eorge Barker, M.P., who is himself an old ambulance man and knows th e great value of ambulance work in the coalfield.

The Commissioner for Wales, who was accompanied by Lady Lewis, O.B.E., complimented the winners and addressed encouraging remarks to all competitors.

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RESPON S E TO CIVIL COMMISSIONER'S ApPEAL.

The Ambulance Committee at its iast meeting expressed keen appreciation of the loyal and spontaneous manner in which ambulance and nursing members of the Brigade in all parts of Wales responded to the call for volunteers for ambulance duty during the general strike.

The Commissioner for Wales presented a report showing that from the first day of the industrial crisis, when the Priory, at the request of the Civil Commissioner, the Right. Han. the Earl of Clarendon, undertook to give the Police Authorities throughout Wales particulars of the ambulance personnel available in the respective districts, its headquarters was a hive of industry, enrolling volunt e ers whose names were continually submitted, and doing everything possible to cop e with any emergency.

It is inspiring to know that practically the whole of the seven thousand rank and file of the Brigade i.n Wales we re prepared to do ambulance work if required.

The Motor Am bulance Transpm t Service has been a great blessing during the industrial disturbance. The Committee realised the maint e nance of this service would me a n a serious loss as all subscriptions from the Workmen's Lodg e s had stopp ed, but it was felt ev e ry endeavour sh o uld b e m a de to contlDue all am bulanc e facilities.

FORT H COM IN G O PE N CO M PETITION AT BREC O N.

Ambulance teams are invited to compete in the open ambulance comp e tit ion at the Fete to be held on July 28th and 29th in the beautiful grounds of "Buckland," Br e conshire, the r e sid e nce of Mr. Seymour B e rry.

A number of fntries have already b et n received and as this is the first occasion on which public ambulance contests have be e n h e ld in this County it is hoped a large number of teams will tak e part. Full particulars and entry m a y be obtained fr o m the Competition Se cretary, Pnory House . 4, Cathedral -road, Cardiff,

The. fe te is being arrang e d to raise funds to complete the erectIOn of the Br Ec o n Hospital, which is the County War Memorial.

R OYAL WE LSH AG RIC UL TURAL S OCI E TY.

Ambulance c o mp e titions, organised by the Priory at the requ est of the authorities of the Royal Welsh Agricultural So ci e ty, .will be held at th e Bangor Show on Thursday and Fnday, August 5th and 6th. Conditions may be obtain e d. from the A cting Secr e tary, Royal Welsh Agncult.u!al Society, 10, Egerton-street, Wrexham, or the Sfcretary, Priory House, 4, Cathedral-road, C ar?lff, and loth July is the latest date for r e ceiving entnes

The trophi e s to be competed for include :_

I. Silv e r challenge shield, op e n to teams of men in Wales and Monmouthshir e , the memb e rs of which must hold a aid c e rtificate of a recognis e d society.

2. Silver challenge cup, op e n to t e ams of ladies in Wales and Monmouthshire, the members of which must hoI? a first aid and home nursing certificate of a recognised society

3· L , Buckley" cup, open to teams of men reSid e nt 10 Fhntshire, Denbighshire Carnarvon shire Anglesey, Mer ionethshire and Mon'tgo.lleryshire, members of which must hold a first aid certificate of a recognised socie t y.

4 · "Skinner ) shield, open to teams of ladies in North Wales .and Shropshire, the members of which must hold a aid and home nursing c e rtificate of a SOCIety.

Monetary pri zes will be awarded to the 6r5t and second teams in each of the above competitions

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GLAMOI{OAN COUNTY CE"TRE.

GI F T TO MEDICAL COMFORTS D E POT.

SplenOId progress has bt:en made in connection with the Medical Comforts Depot to serve Port Talbot and the surrounding districts.

This movement was originated only a short time ago when Mrs. Fletcher of Margam Castle, supported by the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. Hopkin J ones) presided at a public meeting held at the Carnegie Library, Taibach, to consider the establishment of a depot The local brigade divisions, under the command of SubCommission e r Lemuel Jones, undertook to be rt sponslble tor its wOlking, and Mrs. Fletcher agn e d to act as Presid mt.

CADET COMPETITION AT POR'! TAL B OT.

Every endeavour is being made to maintain the interest of the Cadet Members in the Port Talbot area.

To the training of these bo}s and girls the Sub-Commissioner Mr. Lemuel Jones, and the of the Aberavon Curps are devoting much of their tim e and recently presented a cup for competition among junior teams. There were several entries from th e four Cadet D i visions attached to this Corps. Dr. Percy Jones, Surg,eon to ' the Port Talbot Ambulance Division, acted as Judge and awarded first place to the Salem Section Boys, who the Cup from the Sub-Commissioner. The Taibach Girls Team was s e cond.

FURTHER PROGRESS AT CRFN CRIB BWR.

Th e Cefn Cribbwr Division, under Divl. Supt. W Browning, has made splendid progress since the recent resuscitation. The members are now anxious to obtain an ambuluce headquarters where they may meet for practice and instruction, and are txerting every effort towards this purpose. Through th e kindness of E. U. David, Agent to the Margam Estate, who is greatly interested in their work, it is p o ssible a site may be obtained shortly from the Margam Estate for the erection of this building.

WINDSOR COLLIER Y DI V S ION.

A public meeting was organised by Div. Supt. A. Gordon on behalf of the Windsor Colliery Division on Wedn e sday, May 12th, at the Workmen's Hall, Abertridwr, when a lecture on the history of the Order was given by Am bulance Officer A. E. Robbins and Divisional Secr e tary A. H. Williams. A set of lantern slides illustrating the lecture was greatly appreciated by all present, and the Aber Valley Silver Band contributed to the success of the evening by their voluntary services.

CHURCH PARADE AT PONTYPRIDD.

There was a good attendance at the annual Church Parade of the Pontypridd Corps, on Sunday, May 9 th , when representatives of all sections of the local pu blic attended Divine Service at St. Catherine's Church, Pontypridd. The parade was headed by the Trefores.ti. Silver Band and the Brigade contingent was in command of Corps Supt. William Evans. Other officers - present included Corps Secr e tary R. Hewer, Corps Officer Charles Floyd, Div. Supts. William Masters and J. H Slade, Ambulance Officers Levi Parker, J. Hunt, G. Kill, J. Vaughan, J. Dobbs ; and Lady Supt. Mrs. Browning was in charge of the Nursing Mem bers.

June, 1926 -FIRST NEW G OOD START.

A street accident on Saturday, May 15th, gave th e members of the newly formed Raglan.Heolycyw Division an early opportunity of giving a practical demonstration of their work. The crutches of a man recov e ring from a broken leg slipped, and in falling his thigh was fractured.

First Aid was at once rendered by Police Constable J. Jones a Membtr of the Division, and the patient was removed, to the Cardiff Infirmary.

The nearest Doctor lives three miles away and the people realise the value of the am bulance men and nurses

The workmen of the Raglan Colliery have already shown their appreciation, an,d, at the request of the local Miners' Representative, Mr. Charles Roberts, made a substantial donation towards {he funds, which has enabled the Division to start its work on a firm basis.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CENTRE.

PONTY PC OL BRI G ADE ME MB ERS C L U B

The Pontypool Corps rectntly established a Club with the idea of increasing spirit of comradeship and unity among its members and obtainif1g fresh r e cruits. From both points of view the Club has been successful, and it has now been decided to increase its usefulness by setting up a circulating library. The memb e rs are e ach contributing towards this library, and gifts of books from any who interested will be gratefully received by the Club Secretary , Mr. I vor Gregory, Myrtle Dent>, Freehold Land, Pontnewyndd, Mon.

FIRST AID ROA D B OXE S

The Priory has designed and e quipped special First Aid Road Boxes to comply with an ordt r from the Tredegar Urban District Council for ambulance bo x es to be placed at suitable centres in the town, available (o r uSe in case of accident.

The local Brigade m e mbers are co-operating with th e Council in its end e avour to provide an am bulance service for the public, and the names and addresses of officers of the Tredegar Division will be posted on the boxes so that it may be possible to summon a train e d ambulance man in case of accident without delay.

CITY OF CARDIFF CENTRE.

CARDI FF CITY DI VI S ION.

The large attendance at the concert organised by the Cardiff City Ambul a nce Divis ion at the Olympia, Q ue e nstreet, Cardiff, on May 2nd, was expressive o.f th e appreciation of the Cardiff public of the work belDg done by the Brigade mem bers.

fhe Whitchurch Gleemen and Prize Quartette from the Mellingriffith Prize Band gave their voluntarily, and programme was much appr e cIated.

The Commissioner for Wales presided, and took an opportunity of explaining that the members of the Br;gade were volunteers in the strictest sense of the word.

ABERDARE CENTRE,

The Abercynon Medical Comforts Depot has set a splendid example _ in whi.ch it is. the sick and suffenng m the distrIct dunng the mdustrIal crisis.

The depot was opened in 19'4 dIstnbutlOn of invalid comforts and sick room rtqulSltf s, such as water bottles, bed rests, bath chairs, spinal carriages, crutch.es, air cushions, etc., and it has be e n the means of lessenmg untold suffering.

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News in Brief.

The Joint Committee of the of Trade and the PontarduJais Ambulance DIvIsIOn decIded to postpone the carnival it was proposed to hold on the 26th June. The competition for the" W. N. Jones " challenge shield, which was a special feature of. this carnival is also postpone and the amended date wIll be announced later.

The A uthorities of the Royal National Eisteddfod to be held at Holyhead next year are already proceeding with arrangements for ambulance competitions, and have invited the Commissioner for Wales to accept office as Honorary Director of Am bulance.

At the request of the Promoters. the Priory sent one of its ambulance cars for duty at the Road Race organis ed by the" Evening Express /I on Saturday, 8th May. Two officers and four members of the Cardiff Emergency Division were also in attendance to render first aid.

The names of Sir L eolin Forestier-Walker, K.B.E., M.P., and Sir Herbert D. W. Lewis, KB. E., wer e unanimously approved by the Executive Committee at its last meeting as the Priory' representatives on the Joint Council of the Order of The Hospital of St. John and the British Red Cross Society.

At the meeting of the Almonry Committe e held in Cardiff on the 3rd Tune, a vote of sympathy, proposed by Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, was passed with Col. J. Arnallt Jones, M.D., KH S., V.D ., in his illness.

A record number of teams will compete in the competitions at the Royal National Eisteddfod to be held at Swansea this year. Twtnty·e ight entries have been accepted for the open ambulanc e comp e tition for the " Lady Lewis" cup.

The Ambulance Committee has agreed to the issue of certificates to members of the winning teams in the national ambulance competitions organised by the Priory.

11 A Medical Comforts Depot.

SUGGE STIONS FOR STARTING.

THE following notes are the results obtained from experience gained in starting a Depot in a provincial centre, and are here detailed in the hope of affording assistance to other centr e s who contemplate this new venture of the Brigade.

Perhaps the briefest manner in which to state the main facts will be to give a short history of our own example. We were most fortunate in having a nucleus of articles which had been collected together during many years for a similar purpose and which were generously handed over to the Brigade immediat ely their scheme was made known, and in the second place, we received assistance from our commanding officer, by his promIse of payment of the first year's rent on the D e pot

The absolute success of the scheme depends upon making the object known to the public, and our first move was to get an appeal inserted in the local press columns. This appeal brought forth some fruit in the way of a fe w subscriptions togeth e r with some further articles which were not in use by the donors. Search was then made {or a suitable home, and this, for some time, caused us considerable embarrasment but was eventually got over by the doctor hearing of a shop which was not a financial success to the owner, and, being situated in a poor part of the town, was applicable to our needs. We had, on the strength of our officers, a master builder who was only too eager to enter into the spirit of the movement and, after a few hours labour, was able to convert what was once a general stores into an hygienic white painted Depot. Our doctor, who by the way is a Briton, then made a whip round among his various friends until, what with the few articles which we already possessed and the subscriptions, we were able to muster nearly fifteen pounds in kind and money. This is the sum, stipulated by the Gate, which must be collected locally and then a5:sistance, to the same amount, is offered from a fund raised at headquart e rs the kind interest of the Acting Chief CommiSSlOner.

The unpacking of this valuable hamper from the Gate reminds one of the rec eipt of an unlooked·for Christmas hamper, for it contains all the articles which we have not been able to obtain locally. We received a water bed, india-rubber air rings, hot·water bottles, bronchitis ktttlfs, bed pans ! urinals, nasal syringe s, and an elaborate enam e lled sign plate which can be hung outside the premises.

For the official opening ceremony we are again most · fortunate in being able to se cure the services of the Acting Chief Commissioner, th e Mayor of the town accompanying him.

Everv doctor and district nurs e in the town is supplied with a book of vouchers which is carried with them on their rounds, and (or every necessitous case a voucher is issued which c e rtifies that the patient is in need of certain articl es. A voucher is filled up, at th e Depot, by the borrow e r upon receiving the article, and this holds him responsible for the safe return of the article after it is finished with and no longer required. Books of all these vouchers are obtainable from the Gate at a very small cost. Much of the succe ss of the scheme depends upon those selected for daily duty at the Depot, and in this choice we have much to feel grateful, for we hav e a most enthusiastic lady superintendent who never misses a night in her hourly attendance and the Inspector of Stores is " second to none" for his experience gained as a non· commissioned officer in the R.A. M e. volunt eer s is just what is required for this job.

The Lady Supt. is responsible for all the issues of articles and the Inspector of Stor e s sees that all articles returned are properly cleaned and sterilised before being reissued to the next patient. In this we are assisted by th e local Health Department since they keep us supplied with Lysol (or that purpose and if there is any article too large for us to deal with they take it from us and return it cleaned. Too much importance cannot be put upon the necessity of having everything thoroughly cleansed b efore reissuing to another patient, when such cases are dealt with, as tuberculosis and cancer.

One of the duties of the Inspector is to look up outstanding loans, and tact is here most necessary. On a certain day three visits are to be made with the idea of obtaining information r egarding articles not returned. In

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the first case, the house is found locked up and the borrower out. In the second, the patient has died and those at the house have just rtturned from the funeral. In the third, as the officer approaches the street he observes a funeral cortege stop at the door of the house for which he is bound.

Human nature can be studied at any time from a visit to one of these Depots. for some there are who will never feel grateful for anything one may do for them whilst, on the other side, there are many who realise the value of the work of the Order of St. John and can never show too much appreciation. The sole aim should be to render help irrespective of financial remuneration in return. By this it is meant that in necessitous cases articles should be loaned without charge. In one case, we loaned a bed rest to an old lady who was too poor to give anything to the Depot but a neighbour, who had called for the rest, willingly gave a small contribution out of her own pocket instead. In some towns the scheme is run by volunteers from the Nursing Units. In our own town we felt that some officer should alone be held r e sponsible for all issues and the matter of finding substitutes for relief should be left entirely in her hands. By this means it is easier to account for all articles borrowed.

I expect that all those who give themselves up to the work of good causes, like ambulance work, realise that to make a success of it at all, they must be prepared to come into touch with all sorts and conditions of men, and meet with rebuffs and petty jealousies. I once heard a very good remark from an old inveterate work e r in the cause, to the effect that to be sussessful one must have a hide like an elephant, 'and that is only too true. We have received some of our bronchitis kettles returned just as they were tak e n off the fin:, even to the water being left in them. Points such as this must not be allowed to damp the enthusiasm of a sound worker in the cause.

We have raised a large sum of money for the use of the Dep o t by the sale of cocoanut ice which has been made by enthusiastic ladies. One evening I was pleased to find that this novel method was so well known that a poorly clad man, who evidently had a warm corner in his heart for our cause, came into the Derot on purpose to purchase some to give us assistance rather than buy at an ordinary shop.

Another outstanding charitable act was that of a party of Boy Scouts who borrowed our bath chair to convey invalid friends to a Christmas party.

It should be the object of all units, wherever poss.ible, to start a Dep ot for this new scheme, not only. IS a very wide experience gained of others troubl.es, which lD itself should be the aim of all those who slDcerely love their work, but it also gives ambulance workers an excellent opportunity of bearing others burdens.

Finally, when starting up a Der o t, ?o not ?e lD a hurry to spend much capital upon articles WhICh may not be required, but only buy as demands are. It is quite an easy matter t.o say !he Will be forthcoming on the followlDg evelllng if a cal! .IS made. We found that such articles as bedpans, bronchItiS kettles, air cushions hotwater bottles, bed rests, and bed cradles were in demand whilst for clinical therm?meters, feeding cups, syringes and eye baths, we had practically no call whatever.

Indiaru bber articles should be purchased with care since they are liabl e to perish and will be a drain upon the finances to replace, although a certalD number are a necessity

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AMBULANCE and Nursing Competitions (teams of 4' under the auspices Ot the Bradford Hospital and Con valescent Fund, will be held in Lister Park, ManninghMn, Bradford, on Saturday, July 17th, 1926, commencing 2.30 p.m. For further particulars and entry forms, apply Mr. James Bateman, hon. sec., 44, Horton-lane, Bradford.

ELLAND DEMONSTRATION AND CARNIVAL.Ambulance competition for the "Dempster" Ambulance Shield will take place on Saturday, July loth. First three prizes to the value ot £ 10; if more than 20 teams, four prize s. Three special prizes will be awarded to the ind.ividual petitor gaining the highest number of marks outSIde the prIZewinning teams. Entries close July 7th. Open to all teams, Association or Brigade. Entry forms on application to H. Townsend, 21, Plains-lane, Eiland, Yorks. N.B.-The Eiland Brigade wHl not comoete.

RULLO! Have you been to the Gittus Competition. If you haven't, then go ! You mIss a treat ! Worsbro' District, St. John Ambulance Divis ion. Gittus Shield Competition, Saturday, July 3Ist,. rq26. Entrance fee 6s. Gittus Shield valued at £60, and Pnzes valued at £12 for I, 2, 3.-Schedules apply J. W. Smith, 3, Clarkson-street, Worsbro' Dale, Barnsley.

NOTICE to Ambulance Secretaries, Markham Main, St. John Ambulance Nc. 5 Distr.ic t, to hold the First Annual CompetItIOn for the Cnddle ShIeld, at Armthorpe, near Doncaster, on Saturday, 7th August, I 926. Further particulars and entry forms from Ambulance Officer O. Boyce, 39, Charles-crescent, Armthorpe, Doncastf!r.

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R AVENSTHORPE. - AnnUal Compet ition for Cup and prizes on Saturday, September 4th, 19 26.-Entry forms on application to Corps Officer W. Ledgard, Alma House, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury.

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INCISED WOUND OF SCALP.

S.D. (Stratford).-Please tell me if I am correct in diagnosing a wound of scalp, presumably caused by chopper, as "deep incised wound."

Violence applied to head and face is apt to cause incised wounds as result of impact on subjacent bone. A chopper, therefore, might cause an " incised" scalp wound which would be as " deep)) as tissues in that region allow.-N. CORBET FLETCHER.

E XAM INATION HOWLER.

A.L. (Manchester).-I was examining a class recently and asked one candidate why he had not applied bandages round chest for Fractured Ribs involving lungs. He replied, "because tJtey would do more damage than I have already done!)) I collapsed with laughing ! !

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DILUTE SOLU TIONS.

P.C. (Sy dney, N.S.W.).-Please explain what is meant by "dilute ammonia)) named in Textbook (p. I £4) for Stings of Plants, &c., and by "vinegar and warm water)) (p. 117) for Lime in Eye.

It is difficult to lay down definite quantities because much depends on individual reaction; but in any case the effects of a brisk reaction to these remedies could be m inimised by bathing at once with warm boiled water.

Recent experiments on my own person prove that the official" ammonia solution ') produces only a feeling of warmth when applied without dilution to SKin and that pure vinegar may be applied to angles of eye without causing much irritation. On these grounds, therefore, I would accept "dilute ammonia)) for Stings as ammonia solution diluted with two parts of warm boiled water, and the same strength for" vinegar and warm water)) for Lime in Eye.-N.C.F.

PRAIRIE FLOWER.

H. B. (Salford).-I do not wish to put you to any inconvenience whatever: but I would like you to supply particulars of a medicinal flower which is used by Canadian Indians for medicinal purposes and is called by them "Prairie Flower" because it grows wild in the prairies. I once bought some; and I have experienced difficulty in getting further supplies. Consequently, I ask for your kindly help.

There is no medicinal flower called" Prairie Flower." As a matter of fact, this was the name given to an embrocation which was the" best-seller 11 of a famous "unqualified practitioner" who flourished some twenty to thirty years ago and who

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called himself" Dr. Sequah,l' I cannot v?uch the parts of the embrocation: but a chemist expe.nence 10 Canada and U.S.A. tells me that it said,;? consist .of liver oil and turpentine. By the way, It IS no 1Ocon vemence to me to answer queries.-N.C.F.

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J. H ( Ipswich) .- I was conducting Nursing recently and asked one lady If she could read a thermometer. She assured me that she could. So I handed her a thermometer at wh ich she gazed wIth thoughtful brow for several min.utes At last, was the reading. To my surpnse, she promptly rephed ."Joh n and John son, Che mists .''' I t took some effort to prevent me trom bursting into loud laughter ! ! Good ! l,ext, please ! !-N C.F.

T R AN SP ORT O F FR ACTU RED BASE.

S. F ( Brayton ).-At a recent competition we had to treat a case of Fractured Base of Skull complicated by Compression of Brain and accompanied by Impacted Fracture of Thigh in middle of shaft. We removed as for Fractured Spine but the Judge told us that he preferred removal by ord inary method

1 agree with your Judge, and can see no benefit to patient frOill remo val as for Fractured Spine On the contrary, I consider that in this case the latter method was quite wrong because it delayed unnecessar ily removal of patient to medical a id.-N.C F

Fletcher" Testimonial Trophy.

THl£ following is the final list of contributions to the fund received last month, and we should like to take occasion to thank our readers who have given it support. A financial statement of the fund will be published In our n xt issue.

N o 28 (P.O. ) Nursing Division

E. A. Richards

N O.9 (K ensington ) N ursing Division

MIss Blye Bourke

" Edith ,_ HIther G reen Division

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Captain L. L. Franks

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It is decided that the final round of the InterRailway Challenge Shield Competition of the St. John Ambulance Association, which was to have tak en place on May 13th and 14th, and was postponed on account of the industrial crisis, will be held on June 29th and 30th. On the former date the individual tests will be taken at St. John's Gate, and on the latter the more spectacular side of the competition, the team tests, will be judged at Cannon Street Hotel. The proceedings on the second day will be open to the public.

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1936

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Continued from page 3 1 6. and approval all ambulance work bad to be performed. The film was a clever one because it kept the competing teams in suspense as to whether their case would be the result of push cycle, motor-bus, or oth e r vehicle accident.

Then came the approach on patient; and here the fun began especially with those team leaders who tried to push the police officer on one side. My police assistant was as great in his dignified of such unwarranted behaviour as he was court eous 10 accepting assistance rendered in due and proper fashion.

Next there came my second assistant who was superb as the old man anxious to know if his old friend would live or die, and who persisted in his interference until his anxiety, natural under the circumstanc e s, hll.d be e n allevi · ated. These difficulties overcome, examination of case followed; and I was surprISed to find that some team leaders still ask for definite diagnosis inst ead of establishing signs and symptoms on which th e y could arrive at their own conclusiom. Perhaps some realis e now why I was so ignorant about H fractures," "arterial bleeding," "cavicl es, " &c., and yet so prompt in supplying facts which corre ct use of senses might have discovered in actual e m e rg e ncy.

To conclude this test, I introduced a litter as the only means of transport to "Darvil Hospital " and I regret to report that in litter drill the dis pia y of ignoranc e was remarkable. In one instanc e th e te am loaded the litter without bothering to dismount the stretch er :Jr to r e move the hood and apron Perhaps this team was not surprised when patient (who throughout acted his part sup erbly and groaned so realistically) asked if he were b eing placed in his coffin.

Neverthel e ss, in fac e of all this criticism I am happy indeed to report that I was more than we ll satisfied with the handling of the case by all teams and that in this my fourth consecutiv e appearance in "The Finals" I find a steady and progr e ssive improvement in the work, which reflects credit on The Brigade as well as on the teams and those who train the teams and which r e pays the e fforts of those in command to present the tests as n e ar to actual conditions as is possible in a comp e tition.

For tbe "Perrott" team test I introduced the novelty of a girl patient, which part was splendidly acted alternately by two m e mbers ofNo.47 (Finsbury) Nursing Cadet Division, and by placing the sc e n e of my e m e rgency near a river bank "fiv e miles from anywh e re." That the competing ladies were at this place in their indoor uniforms is e xplained by the facts t hat the accident happened on e bright June day and that the Competition Regulations require such dr e ss! For this test also Mr. Grossman prepared a most realistic film, which enabled all teams to realise the situation and its rEquirements.

Tbe special lesson of this t e st, which was so e xc ellently judg e d by Major W. H. F. Noble, was the importance of the correct performance of Schafe r and of the afte r care of a patient who had been restored to life by m e thods of artificial respiration and who r equired r e moval on improvised stretch er. I overcame the difficulty of varying the Nursing Section of this Competition, the judging of which was in the capabl e hands of Miss M. Cochran e by closing the cottage to all outsid ers by reason of " serious illn e ss within" and thus compelled competitors to improvis e and prepare a bed within the tent of the St. John Cadets from material obtainable from the cottag e by permission of the daughter of the house! I was thankful to le arn that nO lady fell into the "swiftly flowing" river. Otherwise, she would have found herself swept out of the competition!

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