Kent's Care for the Wounded

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It was well known that the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem had an efiicient and well-tested organization, that they were filled with enthusiastic, capable and skilful workers; but they were not organized for a war like the present. However, the same earnest, far-seeing souls who realized that a great European war might come, did something to prepare for the crisis and arrange a nucleus of purposed effort by establishing Voluntary Aid Detachments in connection with the Territorial Force.