Our "Campaign Comforts " Fund.
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Unfaltering Progress Maintained—First Consignments Already in France— Total of Cash Donations to Saturday Last £666 —Third List of Gifts in Kind.
Ladies Committee: Mrs. Shraonell-Smith, Mrs. S. S. Long (wife of the Director of S. and Ti. Mrs. Bagnall-Wild (wife of a former Sec. M.T.C.), Mrs. W. B. Donohue (wife of the C.I.M.T.). Hon. Sec. and Treasurer to Fund : The Editor.
There have been no signs of faltering, nor occasion for change of policy on our part, since this journal started its "Campaign Comforts" Fund for the A.S.C., M.T., in October. The number of men has now increased by almost 5000, making a total of approximately 15,000 in the Mechanical Transport Columns, so we are proved to be strictly correct in leaving the Horse Transport to others. The committee of ladies, whose names have been given by us for a month past, continue to aid us by their valued co-operation. It was estimated by us that we might hope to reach a cash total of £1000 by February. Exactly how much sooner it will fall to the lot of the Hon. Auditors, Messrs. E. Bishop and Co., Chartered Accountants, of Jermyn Street, St, James's, W., to record that stage of events, depends upon our readers.
£480 Already Expended. Those all-important branches of activity which this Fund has called into being, which deal specifically with the careful purchase of suitable supplies, their reception and sorting, their packing, despatch and distribution, have been increasingly active during the past week.
Orders have now been placed for well over 3000 pairs of suitable driving gloves for early despatch, and numbers of cases have already been made up and sent out from the first deliveries Tobacco and cigarettes, all of the best quality, and in suitablesized packets for individual gifts, have for some week or two been on order, and it is anticipated that cases sufficient for 11,000 men will be on their way to the Front by the time this issue appears in print.
Undervests, Jerseys and Mufflers.
We wish to repeat our appeal for special gifts of warm undervests and jerseys (old ones suitably repaired are quite useful for the purpose). A lady has suggested to us the passibility of turning to account, for the comfort of the motor drivers, the old fur tip
pets or capes which used to be so popular as part of the uniform of a coachman in private service. She is collecting a number of these, which we shall despatch to the Front in due course. Others will be welcome.
Prompt Business Methods.
It cannot be over emphasized that every care has been taken from the first to insure, not only that there is efficiency of the organization which is collecting funds and gifts in kind for the men of the A.S.C., M.T., but that the subsequent employment of those gifts to the best passible advantage shall be dictated by prompt business considerations and administration. We think we have a right to claim that this has been carried out so far. Our gifts for the A.S.C., KT., will promptly and certainly reach the men for whom they are intended ; to this end the ready cooperation of our many military helpers and our carefully-schemed and now-completed organization will ensure satisfactory results. We are confining our attention to the wants of the men of the A.S.C., MT.— and there are 14,800 of such troops. Another fund is making adequate preparations to look after the many horsed units of the same branch of the Army ; their needs are, of course, of a different nature.
Gifts in Kind (24th-28th ult.).
Mrs. Angell, Leven (1 waistcoat, 2 scarves, 5 tins cigar. ettes, 3 tins and 1 packet sweets). W. Allcraft, Shipley (1 sweater). Miss Boyd, Greenock (3 body belts). Lt.-Col. T. P. Brome Giles, Chester (6 pairs gloves). British Bed Cross Society, Woodford Branch (1 case of gifts complete). Mrs, Copland, St. Anne's-on-Sea (14 helmets, 3 scarves, 3 pairs cuffs, 3 body belts, 12 pairs sacks, 4 doz. and 11.
handkerchiefs.) Mrs. C. de Bra, Eastbourne (2 pairs gloves). Mrs. Hitchens, Gravesend (1 sweater).
Mrs. P. Jeffery, Edinburgh (5 pairs gloves).
Mrs. Lyster, London (5 pairs gloves). Mrs. Mason, Swaffhairi (10 pairs gloves, 2 scarves, 1 body belt).
Mrs. Mayell, Woodford (1 sweater).
Mrs. MeCreadie, Scotstoun (1 pair socks). Mrs. Neville Marriage, Warminster (4 pairs mittens, 1
pair gloves). R. D. F. Paul, London (large quantity of magazines). A. Pitcher, Litton Cheney (1 pair gloves).
Mrs. Pringle and household, Bournemouth (1 scarf, 2
helmets, 3 body belts).
Miss Parsons, Wroxham (1 sweater).
Mr. A. Purton, Wadebridge (1 pair gloves). Miss Shepherd, Gleghornie (1 body belt). H. Stephenson, Bradford (17 pairs gloves), Miss Tinne, Liverpool (6 helmets). W. Webb, London (6 pairs gloves).
Anonymous (11 pairs gloves, 6 scarves, 1 pair mittens, 1
sweater, 1 box cigarettes).
Appreciation from the Men on the Spot.
"I am certain the men will thoroughly appreciate what you are doing for them. "-0..C. , A.S.C., M.T.— --Divisional Supply Column.
"The gifts your Fund is so kindly sending to the men in my company will be much appreciated, especially gloves, which they are much in need of."— 0.0. — Am. Park.
"Many, many thanks for your very generous offer of gifts to the Mechanical Transport personnel. I feel sure they will be most gratefully accepted."—
Major , A.S.C. General Headquarters. " My 191 N.C.O.s and men will deeply appreciate what you send, as they have already appreciated on parade to-day the full-page picture of the troops in the bus, for this is our work in -Company, and 'From Railhead to Tiondyvoo."-0.0., — Co., A.S.C., "I beg to proffer my best thanks to you and all who are so kindly raising a fund for gifts for the personnel of the different M.T. formations now on active service. I shall be very pleased indeed to distribute any gifts which may be sent to me for the men of this park."-0.0., — Am. Park.
"It is very kind and thoughtful of all of you, and I am sure that all the different men employed in the Supply Columns will appreciate to the full all you propose to do for them. Please accept my sincere thanks on behalf of my own men."—O.C., Div. Sup. Col.
Donations in Cash (to the 28th ult.), £866.
450 each.—The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. (Proprietors of "Pratt's" Motor Spirit) ; The Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. (Proprietors of " Shell" Motor Spirit) ; Daimler Co., Ltd. ... 150 0 £25 each.—Fodens, Ltd. ; Leyland Motors, Ltd.... 50 0 • each..—Commeicial Cars, Ltd. ; Halley's In
dustrial Motors, Ltd. ... ...42 0
..e1.10 10s. each.—Belsize Motors, Ltd. ; Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd. ; Proprietors of THE CommsuciAr. MOTOR (first donation); Dennis Bros. (1913), Ltd. ; J. and E. Hall, Ltd. ; Lucre Motor Car Co., Ltd. ; Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd. ; McCord Lorry Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ; Star Engineering Co., Ltd. ; John I. Thornyeroft and
Co., Ltd. ; Walker Bros. (Wigan), Ltd. ... ... 115 10
.-..C7.0.—Durtlop Rubber Co., Ltd. ... 10 0 A5 Ss. each.—Aster Engineering Co. (1913), Ltd. ; British Automobile Traction Co., Ltd. ; The Editor Of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR; The Crosville Motor Co., Ltd., Chester ; Mrs. A. Freeman-Cowen, Chorleywood ; T. M. Fairclough and Sons, Ltd., London; E. Hyde, Croycle, N. Devon; Mann, Crossman and Paulin, Ltd., London; North British Rubber Co., Ltd. ; St. Helens
Cable and Rubber Co., Ltd. ; Thomas Tilling, Ltd. ; Valvoline Oil Co., Liverpool; W. H. Willcox and Co., Ltd.; S. Wolf and Co., Ltd. ;
John Yarwood, West Kensington ... ... 78 15
▪ each..—E. Beardsley, Glasgow; British Berna Motor Lorries, Ltd. ; Liverpool Vesta Cake Co. ; D. McNeil Sharp, Halley Works, Yoker, Glasgow; S. Stevenson and Co., Glasgow ; Wood s. d.
• Us.—Mrs. L. A. Guthrie, DavidSons Mains ... 3 3 0 ▪ each.—Mrs. Coward, Crowthorne, Berks.;
White and Co., Ltd., Southampton ... 6 0 0
each.—H. Ashworth and Sons, Tm.tor, Laura.; Avon India Rubber Co:, Ltd. ; Auburn and Heaviside, Ltd., Battersea ; James Bartle aud Co.; London ; Drummond Bros.. Ltd., Guildford; Eastern Motor Wagon Co., Ltd., London; East Surrey Traction Co., Ltd., Reigate ; "The Extractor," THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR ; Thomas Feast, London; French's Garage and Motor Works, Ltd., Balham ;, J. R. Herbertson and Co., Glasgow ; W. J. Iden, London; Loughborough Road Car Co., Ltd. ; National Steam Car Co., Ltd.; Pullar's Dye Works, Perth ; R. C. Reynolds, Manchester ; E .W. Rudd, Ltd., Pop
lar, ; Mrs. Tetley Shackleton, Bradford ; Mrs. Shrarinell Smith ; Southern Transport Co., Ltd., Brighton ; F. Thoresby (Managing Director, Car and General Insurance Corporation, Ltd.); 0. Vaux and Sons, Ltd., Sunderland ; G. W. Watson, London ; White and Poppe, Ltd. ; W. H. Wilkox, London . ... 52 10 0
• each..—G. W. Almond, Burnham; Barclay, Perkins and Co., Ltd. ; Mrs, G. B. Cadell, Edinburgh; A. Duckham and Co., Ltd., Millwall ; Hoyt Metal Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., London; Mrs. Liddon, Wimbledon; D. H. Simpson,
Bury, Lancs. ... 14 0 0
L i 4s.—Mrs. E. Hedges, Upper Slaughter, Glos. 1 4 0 £1 1s. each..—H. Andrew and Co., Ltd., Plymouth; R. Arnold, Cardiff ; "Anonymous," Edinburgh; Ashenhurst, Williams and Co., Ltd., Dublin ; Mrs. C. I. Bailey, Dundalk; Ben, netts (Nottingham), Ltd. ; R. D. Blackburn and Sons, Clitheroe ; Fredk. G. Bristow, London; Bryson Bros., Ltd., Glasgow ; Cleeve Bros., Ltd., Limerick ; John Colyer and Co.' Aldershot ; C. C. Cook, Bond Street, W.; Coxes Lock Milling Co., Ltd., Weybridge -, R. Crabtree, Lancaster ; Crane and Suns, Ltd., Liverpool; Cranfield Bros., Ltd., Ipswich; J. Dowding and Sons, Chippenham ; Downer and Co., Southampton; Edison Steam Rolling Co., Ltd.' Dorchester ; Joseph Elgey, Seaham Harbour ; Arthur Gamman, Ltd., Chatham ; H. Gosney, Stannington; Grace and Sutcliffe, Ltd., Keighley ; J. Greaves and Son, Birmingham; Mrs. Greaves, Harrogate ; Albert, Harness, London ; J. Haslam, Sheffield; J. I. Hewitt, Southport ; W. and J. Honey, Holsworthy; India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works, Ltd. ; Lanarkshire Motor Co., Glasgow ; S. W. Luxforcl, Surbiton; Miss B. Magill, Chester ; Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd. ; Midland Rubber Co., Ltd. ; James R. Randall, London ; John Sadd and Sons, Ltd., Malden; Mrs. L. C. Scot Skirving, Wokingham; Scotcher and Sons, Ltd., Birmingham; Stroud Brewery Co,, Ltd. ; Sutton and Co., London; Miss Timm' Liverpool ; James Toulmin, Ashby-cle-la-Zouch; Mrs. Noel Villiers, Woolir, Northumberland ; H. Viney and Co., Ltd., Preston ; Wearing and Co., Darwen ; Webb and Wilson, Andover ; J. Wild and Co. (Wigan), Ltd., Wigan ; 'Arthur W. Windsor, Assistant Editor, " C.M." ; W. H. Wrighton, New Bond Street, W. ; Youghal and Cork Brick Co., Ltd..., 53 11 0 L i cacA.--" Alpha " ; W. K. Benedict Broadbent, Lindley ; F. W. Brookman, Rochdale ; Miss Carter Slough ; T. Constantine, Leeds ; J. Fishwick, Leyland; Joseph G. Ford and Son, Wokingham ; Mrs. N. G. Hall, Harrogate ; Haynes Bros., Ltd., Maidstone ; G. King, Epsom; E. Longden, Long Eaton ; J. Ludlam, Fulham; Miss J. V. Mellor, London; Wm. Moore, Runcorn ; ditto, ditto (second donation) ; C. H. Perryman, London' R. H. Prior-Wanderforde, Castlecorner; Miss I. J, Strong, Perth ; R. Timson and Sons, Leicester; G. Toynbee' Hove... ... 20 0 0 10s. 6d. each.—Wm. Arnold and Sons, Paddock Wood ; A. G. Bailey, Ashford ; E. Percy Beavan, Peckham; J. and P. Bevan, Swansea ; J. L. Bowen and Son, Ltd., Swansea ; L. Brown and Sons, Newbury ; C. J. Chivers and Son, Newbury; A. Crane, London; James Geo. Day,
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Campaign Comforts : Donations in Cash con.—
London ; Henry T. Dew, Ashford; John East. hamand Sons, Bury, Lanes. ; J. Fisk and Son, Ltd., St. Albans ; Fleet Laundry,. HampsLead ; Gardner, Locket and Hinton, Ltd., London ; Gas Meter Co., Ltd., London ; Glen Rosa Laundry Co., Ltd., Leytonstone; John Humphries, Reading; W. G. H. Pelerin, Gold ace Green ; Western Motor Works, Chislehurst... ... 9 19 6
10s. each.—" Anonymous " ; Beales and Co., Newmarket ; A. T. Bourn, Harrogate ; Mrs. J. M. Brown, London ; H. Chapman, London; E. Cole, Tottenham; G. Re Dean, London ; Chas. J. Evers, Faversham ; G. R. Forfitt, Jarvis Brook; H. Hamp and Sons, Northampton ; Mrs. T. E. Harrison, Cowfold; A. H. Hazeldene, Cardiff ; Wm. Hird, Aberdeen ; James Hunt, Harwich; Allen Knight,. Linthwaite; G. F. Lovell and Co., Newport, Mon.; Mrs. H. J. Pearce, London ; R. Reed, Yarm; F. J. Smith, Shipston-onStour ; West Grinstead Motor Cycle Club; R. Stobbs and Son, West Hartlepool; G. and R. Walton, Hamsterley Colliery; Yalding Manufac
turing Co., Ltd. ; Miss Boyd, Greenock ... ... 12 0 0
Si. au:h.—Mrs. T. Adair, Belfast ; " AnonYmous," Brighton; Miss Aitken' Edinburgh; Samuel Barnes, Hayward's Heath; Thos. Bond, Chorley ; Boyer and Co., Leicester ; H. Bradshaw, Sandbach ; D. Cottingham and Sons, Horsham ; G. H. Cox, Old Bilton ; J. Evans, Stoke Newington; F. J. Field, Luton : Wm. Gerrett, East Links; F. Giltien, Folkestone; J. H. Hield, Highgate; W. H. Jones, Lyndhurst ; C. R. Miles, Andover ; "Nan," Belfast; G. W. Outhwaite, Horbury ; A. Valentine, Wellingborough; J. and A. Vogt, Liverpool; " Wellwisher," New Brighton,
Cheshire ; John B. Whyte, Alloa 5 10 0
Sums below 59. ... 1 19 6 Works and depot collections.—James Bartle and Co., London (to end November), £5 7s. 7d. ; Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd. (one month), £2 4s. ; The Motormen of J. Magee Marshall and Co., Ltd., Bolton, £1 4s. 6d.; A. H. Hazeldene, Cardiff (three collections from Argyll mates), 10s. 6d. ; "A Few Chauffeurs," Pavilion
Road, London, 8s. -.• ••• ••• •-• •-• 9 14 7
Total (to Saturday last) EGG5 1.6'