Our Campaign Comforts Fund.
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Two More Promises of the £1120 Maximum. Further Extracts from Letters of Appreciation.
The Official Fund for the Mechanical Transport Columns and Units of the Army Service Corps.
President ; H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught.
Ladies Committee : Mrs. A. R. Crofton Attlans, Mrs. Shrapnell-Smith, Mrs. R. K. Bagnall-Wild, Mrs. H. E. Blain, Mrs. W. E. Donohue, Mrs. H. N. Foster.
Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: e. S. Shrapnell-Smith, 7-15, Rosebery 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 (Huddersfield); Commercars ; Crossley ; Daimler; Dennis ; Hoyt Metal ; Leyland; Thornycroft ; Wolseley, .E60 (October to March ) : Alley and MacLellan; Ferodo; Halley; Hans Renold; Scottish Commercial Cars. £10 Monthly: Foden; Four-Wheel-Drive Auto Co.; Pratt's and Taxibus Spirits.
Moneriy: Lucas ; Macintosh ; Maudslay; St. Helens Cable and Rubber ; Waif (Solex); Wood-Milne.
We are pleased to be able to announce that the directors of Belsize Motors, Ltd., Clayton, Manchester, and of DennisBros. (1913), Ltd., Guildford, have intimated to us that each of these companies will support the Fund to the extent of 2120 for the period October, 1916—March, 191'7.
We are pleased to observe the diversity of source to which our list of cash receipts for last week testifies. It may surprise readers to know that an average expenditure so low as 4d. per man per month represents no less than 21200 of outgo in that period. The position of the Fund, at the end of the third week of its third year, whilst it looks most promising, is aided to this point by the inclusion already of several large subscriptions which cover the six months OctoberMarch. More money is really needed, and we should like to record that the great majority of the M.T. A.S.C., contrary to the common impression, is paid only Is. 2d. per man per day, plus 1s. 2d. Corps pay. The men have no county or local associations to look after them. This journal's fund is the one to which they are entrusted, and a regular flow of letters, from which we quote periodically, shows how much the comforts are appreciated overseas.
Notes of Appreciation.
"I have to convey to you and your committee the sincere thanks of the men of this company for the case of gifts received. They were invaluable in. thi.s distant land and were received with hearty cheers." 0.0. — M.T. Co., Margil, Ind. Ex. Force. " Thank you for your last case of Comforts. The articles have all been distributed, and I can assure you that your efforts to add to the comfort of those serving their country in various lands are greatly appreciated by all."—O.C. — Field Ambulance Workshop Unit, Egypt. " On behalf of the officers and men of this unit, have to ask you to accept many thanks for the bathing slips and footballs which have been,. safely received, and also for your prompt compliance with our request for same. I assure you that these gifts have been highly appreciated by all the men." 0.0. — Army Aux. M.T. Co. "I have pleasure in informing you that the case of comforts arrived absolutely intact and in good condition. We have distributed the goods amongst the men by letting them draw for the articles. We are keeping a list of the names of the lucky ones, so that the remainder may have first chance when the next case is received. The men were loud in their praises of the organizers of the Fund, and I must thank you and your committee personally for a very useful and well-chosen assortment of gifts." 0.0. — Siege Battery Aram, Col.