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comforts Fund.
H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught Pays a Visit. Total Cash Receipts are now in Excess of .£16,000.
The OT trial Fund /or the Mechanical Transport C:Olumns and Units of the Army Service Corps. Betrisierca under the War Ciwrities Act, 1976.
President: H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught.
Ladies Committee : Mrs. A. R. Crofton Atkins, Mrs. Shrapriell-Smith, Mrs. R. H. Bagnall-Wild, Mrs. H. E. Blain Mrs. W. E. Donohue, Mrs. H. N. Foster.
Remittances to the Hon. See. and Treasurer, E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, 7-15. Rosekery Avenue. London, E.C.
THE MONEY FOR OUR MOTOR MEN AND HOW IT COMES.
PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS FOR 1916-1917.
£120 (October to March) Albion ; Associated Equipment ; Belsize ; Car and General Insurance; Clayton f Huddersfield} ; Commercars; Crossley ; Daimler ; Dennis ; Hoyt Metal ; Leyland; Thornycroft ; Wolseley. £60 (October to March ) : Alley and MacLellan; Ferodo; Halley; Hans Renold; Scottish Commercial Cars. £10 Monthly: Foden ; Four-Wheel-Drive Auto Co. ; Hallford; Pratt's and Taxibus Spirits. £5 Monthly: Lucas; Macintosh ; Maudslay ; Spencer-Moulton ; St. Helens Cable and Rubber; Shrewsbury-Challiner ; Wolf (Solex); Wood-Milne. Lump Sums : A.S.C. (Corps) Fund, £960 (four grants); Dunlop, 1100; Gaston, Williams and Wigrnore, £100; Holt (Caterpillar), £100; M.T. Sergeants' Mess, Bulford Depot, £40.
, The President and Patroness of our Fund, H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught, honoured us with a -visit .on-the aftmmoorrof -the• 7th: inst., for the purpose of inspecting the stores, packing system, and general organization. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Evelyn Farquhar, And was received, on behalf of the Ladies Committee, by the Hon.
and Treas., Mrs. A. R. Crofton Atkins and Mrs. E. S. Shrapnell-Smith. A preliminary examination of specimen comfortir Was Made in Mr. Dangerfield's office, after which the :pArty proceeded to the stores, packing-rooms and record and filing department. With 90,000 officers and men, divided between some 430 M.T. units, all overseas, on the books of the Fund, the last-named branch is alone one which calls for the exercise of constant watchfulness and revision, in
order to ensure that the effect of each change of strength or designation shall be observed.
Princess Arthur was, good enough to express herself as very much pleased with all that we were able to show her. The visit lasted nearly one hour.
Next Cash List After Easter.
We shalt not be able to spare any space to refer again to the Fund for three or four weeks.It affords us pleasure to record that the close of March will see our estimate of £16,000 of cash receipts by that date duly realized—in fact, exceeded.. The winter demands upon us have, despite pressnre of working conditions in the house generally, been met satisfactorily, as the great volume of correspondence with 0.0. a at the various Fronts testifies. A few more extracts from typical letters of appreciation are now included.
We take this opportunity, at the virtual end of the six heavy months of the third year of the Fund's
c5B activities, again heartily to thank bothfinancial supporters and voluntary workers.
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Some AppreCiations,
" I beg to convey on behalf of the unit under my command my sincere thanks and appreciation for the case.containing the very generous assortment of gifts from your Fund. It will give me great pleasure to supervise personally the equitable distribution of the gifts amongst the officers and men of this unit, and you can rest assured that this will be judiciously carried out. The 'ease you have consigned contains so varied and useful a selection of articles."—O.C., Anzac Corps -Troops Supply Column, B.E.F.
" I have again the pleasure of thanking you for a most splendid box of comforts which arrived a, few days ago. This box arrived at a time when we had been having a pretty hard time, and I can assure you that your_ kind present was highly appreciated by officers and men of this unit. I hope on my next' leave to take the pleasure of calling at your offices and to thank you personally for the kindness you have
shown to this unit."—O.C., Motor Ambulance Convoy, B.E.F.
"Enclosed please find two postcards acknowledging receipt of cases of comforts. The whiskey was distributed amongst the N.C.O.s and a draw amongst the men was held for the other gifts, so that every man had something. I should like to express an behalf of those under my command their gratitude to your Fund for these most welcome and useful gifts. Such kind thought for their welfare from those at home has been greatly aopreciate.A."—O. C., RIM Divisional Supply Column, Egyptian Ex. Force.