SOCKS AND MUFFLERS FOR THE COUNTY REGIMENT.
An appeal has been made to the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men to assist in promptly providing a supply of socks and mufflers for the men of our county regiments, viz.:—“The Buffs” and Queen's Own Royal West Kents now at the front. It is found that a very frequent change of dry warm socks is a preventive of the effects of frost-bite. The County Association is confident that the want of our brave men has only to be known, for every woman in and connected with Kent to do her best to meet it.A special appeal is made to principals and mistresses of all girls' colleges and schools to assist. Where it is not possible to raise funds locally for the purchase of wool, application should be made to the Secretary.
Parcels for the county regiments should be addressed as per the directions at foot of this appeal. All correspondence on the matter to be addressed to Mr. Henry Thompson, Secretary of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, 7, Victoria-street, Westminster S.W. Contributions towards the purchase of wool, etc., will be gratefully received and allocated.
Ladies are invited to form working parties in their respective districts, and are asked to communicate with Mr. Thompson, who will forward them any instructions and printed matter necessary. Suggested sizes of socks, of which several thousand pairs are required at once, are 10 to 12 inches, and mufflers about 60 inches by 10. Balaclava caps are also required.
[The Men of Kent/Kentish Men names reflect a division of the county of Kent into East Kent and West Kent. (Don't ask me why.)
Clearly the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men wanted to supply comforts to local men, and I doubt that they would be happy with the general pool of comforts that Sir Edward Ward was setting up. And whereas Sir Edward was asking at this time only for mufflers and mittens, the Association thinks (probably correctly) that socks are more needed.]
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