INDIAN TROOPS COMFORTS.
[To THIN EOM's or THE •• SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Will you allow me through the medium of your columns to make known to the generous donors of gifts in kind and money for the benefit of the King's Indian troops how these have been applied P Care has been taken to send out such articles as were specially needed or were asked for. Among these the following aro the principal items Waterproof hoods, 2,600; woollen pagris, 480; socks, 4,000; pants, 1,328; vests, 1,200; mittens and gloves, 1,000; mufflers, 200; cigarettes, 28,000; brown sugar, 30 hundredweights ; sugar candy, 10 hundred- weights ; spices, 4 cases ; hose-tops, about 1,350; waistcoats, cardigans, sweaters, shirts, &c.; satchels for the personal effects of the wounded soldiers, 216; condensed milk, 1,202 tins ; carbotio soap ; indiarubber boots for officers ; peroxide of hydrogen; thermogene wool and capsicum vaseline. All these have been gratefully acknowledged on behalf of the regiments to which they have been sent. I regret that with the money at my disposal I Gould not meet all needs. Waterproof hoods are most required, as the men suffer great discomfort from their pogris getting soaked in rain and snow.
A statement of moneys received and disbursements will be sent to the Press when the balance standing to the credit of "The Indian Troops Comforts Account" with Messrs. II. S. King and CO., 9 Pall Mall, KW., is exhausted. To those kind donors who have not given their names or addresses I bog to tender my sincere thanks for their gifts and their appreciation of the devotion of the Indian troops to the King and the Empire.—I am, Sir, de.,
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