THE R.A.M.C. AND " RED CROSS MEN." [To ism ED/TOR
or Ens " SPECTATOR."] Sus—In your issue of August 30th you have published a letter from "Non-Combatant Soldier " which I cannot allow to pass without criticism. It leads a casual reader to believe that the Red Cross. SoCiety meMbers were " conscientious objectore•" who did useful work behind the lines merely. I-do not know a great deal about the work of the Society, and there may have been conscientious objectors who had "cushy jobs" in France and elsewhere, but in all fairness to the Red Cross Society and its members, I place on record the following facts which .have come under my observation. Working with the French Army there were a number of Motor Ambulance Con-- Toys manned by members of the British Red Cross Society. The average age of the personnel seemed to be at least forty, and they were, without exception, men who had previously offered themselves to the Army. • These Convoys were attached to Divisions of the French Army, and worked right up to the front line. In one case, to my knowledge. their casualties in killed, wounded, and prisoners were almost as heavy as the infantry. I have been informed that in France and Italy there were similar Convoys .which were not attached to the Red Cross Society, but which were manned by the same type of men as described, and were attached to the French and Italian Armies in the same way as above, and like them were an integral part of the Divisions concerned.—I am, Sir, he., BRITISH OFFICER WHO LOVES FAIR PLAY.
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