Britain's civilian volunteers; . ere, throughout the country, and there is nodoubt but that the county of Devon may be prop-erly proud of having been one of the richest**veins which existed in England before the warbroke out. The preparations before the war were so wellthought out that few changes of any kind had tobe made. Some months before the outbreak ofwar a test mobilization was held on a large scalein order to see exactly what would happen in theunlikely event of England being invaded. Theplans which were utilised that day have requiredlittle or no modification for the war work whichhas
Britain's civilian volunteers; . ere, throughout the country, and there is nodoubt but that the county of Devon may be prop-erly proud of having been one of the richest**veins which existed in England before the warbroke out. The preparations before the war were so wellthought out that few changes of any kind had tobe made. Some months before the outbreak ofwar a test mobilization was held on a large scalein order to see exactly what would happen in theunlikely event of England being invaded. Theplans which were utilised that day have requiredlittle or no modification for the war work whichhas been carried on, though happily it has notbeen in the nature of dealing with the invasionof our island. Enough women had qualified nurses before the war to staff the presenttwenty-one Hospitals which exist in Devon (atthe time of writing) exclusive of the work inPlymouth. Two Objects. They realised in Devon a point which was over-looked by a good many Voluntary Aid Detach-ments. They knew that the object of work. St. John litter, which will take either the St. John or the army stretchers.
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