30 JANUARY 1915, Page 30

THE INDIAN TROOPS: AN APPEAL.

[To TRH EDITOR a/P THE ° SPECTATOR.") Stn,—I am encouraged by the generous response of the public to the appeals for supplying the King's Indian troops in France with "comforts," which are practically necessaries, to draw attention to the urgent and insistent requests that I have received for "water- proof hoods" to protect the Puggurees (turbans) of the men from getting soaked by rain and snow. The demand comes from so many quarters that I fear the few I am able to send will most but the barest fraction of the need. In addition to pants, vests, socks, gloves, and similar garments, which wear out quickly sand require constant renewal, there is a general request for condensed milk, brown sugar, cigarettes, sugar candy (for non-smoking castes like the Sikhs), spices, Ac. With tho balance of the money stand- ing to the credit of "The Indian Troops Comforts Account" with Messrs. H. S. King and Co., 9 Pall Mall, S.W., I shall, so far as it will reach, endeavour to comply with these requests. —I am,

Sir, dm., Anna 2 Cadogan Place, S.W.