2/182 ESSEX R.H.A. BATTERY—A LETTER OF THANKS.
[To roe EDITOR or TIM SFROTATO."1 Sift, —I write again to thank those of your readers who have so cordially responded to the appeal in the Spectator of January 9th for the men of this Reserve unit now called 2/1st Essex R.H.A. Battery. I have received gifts and loans of saddlery and harness which have been and are still of the greatest use and help. Presents have also been sent of money, books, magazines, a musical instrument, and games of all sorts, which have been most keenly appreciated. The following is the list of those who have so kindly contributed : Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., Miss Neve, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Peyton, Major Bell, Proctor Dilworth, Esq., Mrs. Clowes, E. Perronet Thomas, Esq., E. M. Angus, Esq., Captain McConnel, the Rev. H. Ker, Mrs. Palmer, Miss E. Dennis, Miss Long, and IL Nicholson, Esq. All these I wish to thank on behalf of the officers and men. Thanks to the response to the appeal for saddlery and supplies front other sources, I have now got sufficient. What are greatly needed still, till the official supplies are forthcoming, are shirts and socks, and also trace harness, and I should therefore be glad of any old double harness which could readily be adapted. I hope you may find room for this letter, as you were kind enough to put in my (Commanding East Essex E.H.A.).
Headquarters, 2/1st Essex R.H.A. Battery.
[We are delighted to hear of the battery's progress, but surely it cannot be beyond the resources of Essex, and the parts of London specially interested in Essex, to furnish some sound trace harness. In all probability it is only a question of making those who could satisfy the need realize that it exists.—En. Spectator.]
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