. The Varsity war supplement 1916. nded. Partly as a resultof this we have come to know of thedifficulty which is being experienced indistributing the war gifts which are beingsent out for the troops. We have there-fore got into touch with the head repre-sentatives of the Red Cross Society outhere and also the officer sent out fromBombay to superintend the distributionof gifts coming from India and offered tosend some of our men to the firing line toco-operate with them in the offer has been most heartily accepted,and four of our staff are now on their wayto the front for this
. The Varsity war supplement 1916. nded. Partly as a resultof this we have come to know of thedifficulty which is being experienced indistributing the war gifts which are beingsent out for the troops. We have there-fore got into touch with the head repre-sentatives of the Red Cross Society outhere and also the officer sent out fromBombay to superintend the distributionof gifts coming from India and offered tosend some of our men to the firing line toco-operate with them in the offer has been most heartily accepted,and four of our staff are now on their wayto the front for this special work. At thesame time we have received word from that he has given his consent toour establishing institutions in the advance 22 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT bases. We shall therefore be in a position to reach every manin the force from now on. Were we to record all the expressions of appreciation ofour work which have reached us we should need to charter theYoung Men of India for the next twelve months. They. A Regimental Baggage Train are as various as they are numerous and have come from menof all ranks, Indian and British. An anxious mother inEngland has written to thank us for looking after her boywhile in hospital. Several men of a Scotch regiment whowere stopping in one of the camps where we are working,have been most grateful to us for forwarding money for themto the wee wifie in Scotland. Quite recently a young chapjust out of hospital came to us to see if we could not give him apocket testament to replace his mothers Bible which had beenlost at Ctesiphon. When we gave him one he thanked usmost cordially, saying that he could now write and tell hismother that he was still keeping his promise to read a portionof Scripture daily. One day when visiting in the IndianHospital we took with us a bottle of Eau de Cologne, and puta drop on the sleeve of each mans shirt. May Allah blessyou, May you go straight to Heaven, May you soonbecome a colonel; were s
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