. The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) : by Frederick J. Wood. ex-Artillerymen joined thedetachment. Under the able tuition of Sergeant-Major E. J. Harris the Snodland men have maderapid progress, and now compare favourably in everyway with their comrades at headquarters. A band hasbeen started in connection with the detachment underthe direction of Drum-Major A. Hart, of Rev. E. D. Finch-Smith, the Rector of Snodland,has taken the liveliest interest in the formation of thedetachment, and has since accepted a commission asActing-Chaplai
. The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) : by Frederick J. Wood. ex-Artillerymen joined thedetachment. Under the able tuition of Sergeant-Major E. J. Harris the Snodland men have maderapid progress, and now compare favourably in everyway with their comrades at headquarters. A band hasbeen started in connection with the detachment underthe direction of Drum-Major A. Hart, of Rev. E. D. Finch-Smith, the Rector of Snodland,has taken the liveliest interest in the formation of thedetachment, and has since accepted a commission asActing-Chaplain, transferring from the 1st VolunteerBattalion (The Queens Own) Royal West Kent W. Boardman has been appointed staff-sergeant in charge of the detachment. The Mayor of Maidstone, Alderman S. Britt, ,presented a silver cup to be competed for in the corpsduring 1905, which was won by Staff-sergeant The first event of importance in 1906 1906. was the opening of a branch of the Royal Army Temperance Association in connection with the Companies, in March, by the. Maidstone Companies, (Vols.) 47 Vicar of Maidstone, the Rev. E. H. Hardcastle, A. W. Cooper was the energetic pro-moter and first Hon. Secretary. In May, 1906, negotiations were opened The Canterbury by Dr. A. R. Henchley, of Canterbury, Detachment. with the Commanding Officer, the object being to form a detachment ofthe Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps(Volunteers) in that City. Dr. Henchley had givenmuch time and money in training members of the St. JohnAmbulance Brigade, which he founded there some threeyears previously, and as equipment, etc., could only beobtained by voluntary effort, and the membership wasfalling off, he felt that the interests could be extended,membership increased, and the usefulness of first aid amplified by running concurrently a military organisationwith requirements on similar lines, and in these he sawthe nucleus o
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