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e Field. To cope with this vast system of distribution an army of men is employed. It will help the reader to form an estimate of the labour involved in this eno

in supply and transport. They are ubiquitous, and without th

s important Department of the Army. It would be interesting to know how many hundreds of thousands of miles of barbed wire have passed through the hands of the A.O. during the war. Everything from a screw to a howitzer comes within their attention. A

tations is herein stored and ready to be dispatched in response to the indents which are daily pouring in; the requirements of the R.A.M.C., from a surgical bandage to an o

responsible for the maintenance of telegraphic and telephonic communications, within the are

ng to many thousands) much care must be exercised with regard to the ordinary hygienic conditions of

olves a large staff in keeping 'Tommy' well posted with news from home. The efficiency o

. This represents bread rations for 440,000 men. The labour involved in such a vast production is very great. Weekday and Sunday alike the Army Bakers are grandly proceeding with their monotonous but most necessary work. So complete is the system employed in the making and distributing of 'the

d from stevedores, dock labourers, etc. Their work consists, in t

whole, sick and injured horses. The saving in horse flesh represented by these carefully administered camps is of the utmost value to

pearance of men in public. Woe be to the man who is not properly dressed as he passes under the lynx-eye of one of these military custodians of the peace. Such supervision is not even altogether uncalled for among the officers of the new Army; one has been much struck

ront, they are usually placed in Convalescent Camps, or in what are called Base Details. Here th

o any hospital, but had placed in my care the greater part of what I may call the active men. The work was of the most interesting description, and following as it did

f England Chaplain to the Forces. This officer, who ranks as Colonel, has had many years of distinguished service in the Army, and is universally respected. Prior to his taking up the position which he occupied when I reported to him, he was in the retreat from Mons and the battle of the Aisne. The regard evinced for

t Base Regiment (employed on Guard duty), Firing parties at funeral

system of services; but these were at times exceedingly difficult to sustain, owing to the very heavy pressure of work with which the men had to

This solemn rite of our Church was taken on the one occasion by Bishop Bury, and on the

e greatest interest in the work of the British Expeditionary For

, just before Easter, on his way to the firing line,

s convictions than in the Army; and to the Christian soldier, one of the surest tests of the reality of his religious profession is the simple ma

a withdrawal from the locality. They had walked but a short distance, when a high explosive shell burst behind them, and a piece of the casing whizzed between their heads. 'That was a near shave,' said one; 'let's go back and see where it fell.' It had fallen on the precise spot where they had been standing but a minute or so before. The result of the condition of mind produced by this remarkable 'let off' was a visit to the chaplain's office. On asking what I could do for him the of

Some men at home will possibly be inclined to sneer at such a condition of mind, but those of us who have been through it know full well

owe to those in command for their invariable courtesy to me, in the prosecution of my work, and the splendid per

have formed the various Church Parades and voluntary gatherin

al Nurses and Orderlies, and responsible though the work was, we felt it to

of chaplains, drawn from various Divisions. Those were unique occasions, for one felt the tremendous responsibility of trying to help men engag

down to the lane some distance off, where the car was waiting. It did not take many minutes to hand out a big supply of smokes. While thus engaged, a sergeant made himself known to me as having heard me give an address down at the Base, and with considerable na?veté he said, 'Cannot you give us a talk here, sir?' Of course I could! and in less than five minutes there were hundreds of men most picturesquely grouped on the hillside. It was touching to see their faces as I spoke to them of 'the greatest thing in the world,' the Love of God in Christ Jesus; and as I built up my argument of the Divine love by means of the illustration of the love of home, ma