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I express my appreciation of their continued loyalty and labours on behalf of the Brigade Overseas and for suffering humanity in far-off quarters of the globe of every colour, creed, and kind. It again gives me great pleasure to refer to the kind ho pitality always offered by Colonel Brook and members of the No.1 (London) Di trict of the Brigade-at-~ome t.o visitors from the Brigade Overseas. During the year under reVIew, owmg to the number of overseas vi itors in London, I had to make many demands upon No.1 District, and I know that in all in t,:nces the members of the Brigade Overseas \\. re most grateful for the serVIces that were rendered them. The invitation i ued by this Di trict to overseas visitors to witness the annual inspection in Hyde Park on 20th June by the ub-Prior was taken full advantage of and members were thu able to become familiar with the place and method of the review to be held on the 27th. To Captain Cahu ac, M.C., whose mo t loyal and valuable help i always extended to the Chief Commis ioner for Over eas, I extend my deepe t thanks. It i~ with much regret that I refer to the death on the 12th May, 1931, of MaJor-General Dalton. General Dalton was in charge of the Brigade O.verseas from 1911 until 1920, a period which included the exceptionally difficult year~ of the War, and hi intere t and devotion to the 1 rigade Overseas durmg the whole of his connection with it are well known.
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PRIORY FOR WALES.
REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL
Ambulance Awards formerly issued, may be recorded as a feature of special importance, as it has not only secured to the students generally awards of the premier Ambulance Authority, which are universally recognized and accepted, but also assisted the Brigade Units in Glamorgan financially by avoiding the necessary expense of separate examinations for fir t-year recruits. Another satisfactory feature of the year under review is the development in the junior section. The seventy-nine classes were attended by 1,705 students, 1,468 qualifying for Preliminary Certificates. The majority of these classes were held in outh Wales; but it is anticipated that the adoption of Ambulance work by Yr Urdd, the Welsh League of Youth, as a useful channel for future activity among its 25,000 members will give a welcome impetus to our work, particularly among the \Velsh-speaking boy and girl of orth and Mid-Wales, who may now study the vVelsh tran lation of the text-book and receive Certificates in \Velsh. The mbulance Committee of the Priory set up a ub-Committee in the autumn to advi e the Principal ecretary on the appointment of examiners and the regulations governing examinations and re-examination ; and the i ue should not only tend to maintain with due rigidity the high standard of the Association, but al 0 bring the procedure in \'"ale more into line with that of Headquarters. BRIGADE STREKGTH.
SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE ORDER. PRIORY FOR VVALES. ASSOCIATIO
DEPARTME)iT.
The Priory is again in a position to record an increa e in the number of awards gained, the total shown in the County result below being 1,217 greater than that for 1930. The Classes were attended by 11,3()9 students, as against 13,401 in 1930, of whom 3,331 were member ' of G.W.R. and 717 of L. 1. & S. Railway Classes, a compared with 3,398 ~nd 742 for the previous year. The increase therefore r pre ent an mfiux of the general pUblic, with possibly one special contributorthe classes for omnibus workers which have become more numerous since the provision of first aid equipment on public service vehicles has been a statutory obligation. The Priory is arranging about 500 examination and 300 re-examinations annually, and a summary of the results for the years ~918 to 1931 inclusive gives a total of 60,917 first-year certificates Issued m the fourteen years. An arrangement mad~ with the Glamorgan County Council in the autumn, whereby the Pnory conducts all the examinations in connection with the County Council Ambulance Classes and the students receive the. awards of the. Order of St. John of British Red Cross Society, towards whIch the Council makes a grant equivalent to the value of their own
\Vhil t the trength of the Brigade hows a satisfactory increase of 622 on the total for 1930, the pa t year ha been characterized less by expan ion in this direction than by stabilization of existing units; and the acce ion of new member hip on the formation of eight Ambulance, three Nursing, ten Cadet Ambulance, and two Cadet Nursing Divisions i' om what nullified in the numerical return shown hereunder by the eliminalion of five mbulance, five Nur ing, five Cadet Ambulance and one adet ~ Tursing Divi.ions, which were struck off the Roll after long continued inacli\·ity. Units .
PersoJlllel. ::'lIen . \'"o men
Boy Tirls
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6,07( 1,119 1, 09
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Corps . . . Ambulance Divisions. Nursing Divisions Cadet Ambulance Cadet J:\ursing
30 206 5 84 13
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CADETS.
A grant of £2,000 wa allocated to the Priory by the Pilgrim Tru t for the e tabli hment and equipment of Cadet Units for boys and girls in the mining areas of outh 'l\ ales, where there are thousands of boys living in idl nes and falling into mischief from very boredom; and it may be con idered a tribute to the value of the Cadet Movement that the Tru tee incorporated in their First Annual Report the view embodied in the Priory' application, viz. "The advantages of a training in First
