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At long last it has been found possible to publish a Magazine for the Cadet Movement of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. This in itself is good news ; but it is not possible to print enough copies to cope with the demand owing to the restrictions on paper. Neither is it possible to publish every month. Consequently the St. John Cadet will appear once every quarter until such time as more paper becomes available.
As has been announced in Brigade Orders, only four copies are allowed for each Division, and these should be ordered by the Officer-in-Charge from his or her local newsagent. For District, County, and Area Cadet Officers there is a subscription rate of 2s. 6d. to cover cost of the first four issues, which will be sent by post. Should Officers find difficulty in obtaining the four copies, will they let the Editor know, giving name of Division and name and address of the newsagent.
The St. John Cadet is for the Cadet Movement as a whole. We want it to be of use to every Cadet Officer and every Cadet; but this can only be made possible with the co-operation of Officers and Cadets. In this issue will be found articles on numerous subjects together with items of general interest. There are also some items for amusement for the spare minute or two. Future issues will consist of articles which you request. Therefore, it is hoped that Officers and Cadets will send in their suggestions. Do you require more and varied articles Do you want reports on activities of the Cadet Movement throughout the Brigade Do you want more puzzles These questions can only be answered by readers themselves.
It will be possible to publish illustrations, and so a request is made for photographs (which should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope if they are to be returned). Do not hesitate to send to the Editor any items of interest. It might not be possible to publish them all, but the most interesting will certainly be used.
DEAR CADETS,
This brings you all our best wishes on the occasion of the first publication of the St. John Cadet. It is most fitting that the first number should be published during this year when we are celebrating Victory.
The Cadet Organization continues to make steady progress. Numbers are ever increasing, and Cadets are daily finding fresh opportunities for service. Up to now, however, there has not been a Cadet publication and, although a part of the St. John Ambulance Gazette has kindly been set aside for Cadet news, an ever-growing need has arisen for a magazine such as this.
We are confident that this publication will create increased interest in the various spheres of activity open to Cadets, and go far to foster good fellowship, co-operation, and efficien¢y three important factors upon which the success of the St. John Cadet Organization largely depends.
Good luck to the magazine! May it have a long and lively career.
As has already been announced, the 1945 winner of the Kerrison-Boult Cup is Mary Howett, of the Newtown (Montgomeryshire) Cadet Nursing Division. Mary chose for her entry a pianoforte piece entitled A Minuet , which the judges stated was A very pleasant work, which shows real signs of a gift for extended compositions, as well as good writing for the pianoforte .
On 13th March Sir Adrian Boult and Miss Jan Kerrison presented the championship award to Mary, and also prizes to Dorothy Ann Avery (Queen's School, Chester, C.N.D.) and Rosemary Sarjeant (Hillmorton, Warwickshire, C.N.D.). The presentations took place in the Chapter Hall, at St. John s Gate, London, the Chief Commissioner, General Sir Clive Liddell, presiding. After welcoming the visitors, Sir Clive remarked upon the fact that this was the first function to be held by Cadets in the Chapter Hall of the Order. On behalf of the Brigade he expressed thanks to the donors of the cup and to Mrs. Hugh McCorquodale (who presented an individual cup). Lady Dunbar-Nasmith also expressed thanks to the donors for their great assistance in making the training of the Cadets complete. No Cadet would regret the time spent on music. Miss Jan Kerrison stated that the entries had been most interesting. To-day people were getting lazy, just turning the knob and tuning in on the wireless for their musical programmes. It was to counter this that Sir Adrian and herself gave the cup. She asked that entrants should try to write not only for the pianoforte but also for other instruments.
Sir Adrian paid tribute to the work done by Miss Jan Kerrison and Mrs. McCorquodale and gave some very interesting and instructive facts on the composition of music. These were much appreciated by the competitors present.
After the presentations a musical programme followed, which opened with Knights of St. John rendered by a Cadet Choir under the direction of Jan Kerrison. In turn the winning entry and that of Rosemary Sarjeant was rendered by a trio, whilst the Carol by Dorothy Avery, which had been set to words by Cadet B. Ennion, was sung by the Choir. It is of interest to note that the Carol had been entered for the North Regional B.B.C. Competition, and had gained an award and broadcast.
Those present inincluded MajorGenoa jj, 18. iW. Younger (Secretary of the Order), Lieut.General Sir Henry Pownall (Deputy Chief Commissioner).
Miss V. Cunard (Chief Officer Nursing Cadets), together with other Headquarter Officers.
Major Darvil-Smith (Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets) was unable to be present owing to indisposition.
Mary Howey RECEIVING THE MusIcIAN S CUP FROM THE DONORS.
There are certain questions which necessarily arise when discussing the suitability of First Aid and Home Nursing training for Cadets, and they fall into the following categories.
(1) Are Cadets of an age when they can understand the subject
It is perhaps a pity that the training does not vary with the age of the Cadet, so that the younger Cadets receive a training somewhat less technical than the older ones: the idea being to start with more general youth movement training and then gradually add on the technical side.
This applies far more to the boys than to the girls, for it is a very natural instinct in girls to develop the nursing side of their characters.
There is no doubt that Cadet Officers can play a very important part here by encouraging this method of approach to First Aid training and allowing the subject to grow on the pupil rather than to drive them through the regular training curriculum.
It is obvious that the very young cadet will have difficulty in understanding many of the first aid subjects, but by becoming acquainted with the fringe of the subject it will gradually grow on them.
By encouraging games, physical training exercises, simple drill, etc., opportunities will arise from small accidents, tired muscles, etc., for explanation and demonstration of some of the uses of first aid, and having aroused their curiosity the Cadets will almost certainly show a desire for a little more information, and the clever Cadet Officer having inculcated this desire will play on it and encourage it until a whole chapter of the book has been absorbed.
The more I see of Cadet training, the more I realize how important is the choice of a Cadet Officer. They are not only teaching the child first aid or home nursing but developing and moulding the child s mind.
If the subject is approached from this angle rather than from the stipulated class angle I am quite sure that any child of Cadet age will understandingly absorb all the information in the Preliminary books.
Small doses well diluted over a long period will accomplish far more than concentrated doses at four-hourly intervals.
(2) If they are of an age when they can understand the subject is it a suitable subject for them
Much that I have said in the first part of this article applies here.
There are many who think that a subject incorporating a knowledge of the body and the injuries that can happen to it, is not a suitable one for children of Cadet age.
I am not in agreement with this, for children naturally want to know about their bodies and the reasons for many of the natural functions of the body.
They are notoriously in trouble at that age with all kinds of minor and major accidents and diseases, and an intelligent description of these will help them, not only to do something to help in their recovery, but to do something towards their prevention in the future.
With the Girl Cadet especially, who has a strongly developed natural nursing instinct, a gradual development of her knowledge will fascinate her and encourage instruction on the subject.
Natural instincts developed at this age will crystalize in adult life into a fuller and more advantageous information and adaptation of the whole subject.
(3) Having learnt the subject, is there scope for the Cadet to practise it sufficiently to keep his or her interest active
This is perhaps the weak link in the chain which binds the Cadet to the adult movement, but here again the value of the good Cadet Officer will help con°
siderably, and his ability to arrange for Cadets to be associated with senior members activities will keep the Cadets interested and whet their appetites.
Cadets should be encouraged wherever possible to be associated with the work of their senior Divisions, even though not actually practising it themselves.
I know it is a sore point with many senior Cadets that they cannot take an actual part in the real work, but they must remember that their time will come, and that the more they see and the more they absorb by watching adult members the better will their work be in the future.
(4) Taking all these things into account, is it possible to induce more Cadets to go forward into the Senior Divisions?
Yes it is possible! It is true that the call of the Forces training has been detrimental to this natural progress, but it can be overcome by careful progressive training, allowing the Cadet to become saturated with the subject rather than by a forced superficial cramming; holding his or her interest by varied and kindred subjects; keeping contact with them when they are in the Forces welcoming them when they return and in all ways and at all times keeping a happy liaison with the adult division.
The Chief Commissioner has appointed the following Regional Representatives to serve on the above Committee :
Region No. 1 County Cadet Officer W. Nixon (Northumberland /Durham).
Region No. Area Cadet Officer Mrs. Cumming-Bell (Yorkshire, W.R.).
Region No. County Cadet Officer Mrs. Shaw (Northamptonshire).
Region No. County Cadet Officer Miss Botwood (Suffolk).
Region No. District Staff Officer T. E. Walsby (London).
Region No. County Cadet Officer Mrs. Carden (Hampshire).
Region No. County Cadet Officer O. H. Thomas (Somerset).
Region No. Baroness de Rutzen (Chief Officer Nursing Cadets, Wales). Sir Michael Duff (Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets, Wales).
Region No. 9 County Cadet Officer Mrs. H. Robinson (Worcestershire)
Region No.10 Cadet Supt. R. Charlesworth (Lancashire).
Region No.1z2 County Cadet Officer C. W. L. Pile (Sussex).
Northern Ireland District Cadet Officer Mrs. Lockhart.
The 1946 competition for the Championship Cup presented by Miss Barbara Cartland (the well-known authoress and playwright) is now open, and Cadets are invited to compete. The Cup is awarded for the best Short Story or One-act Play, and the judges will be Miss Barbara Cartland and Mr. Peter Cheyney. An individual cup has been presented by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Luke, and this will be given to the winner to keep.
Amended Rules for the Competition are as follows :
(r) An Entry, if a story, must not be less than 1,500 words in length or exceed 2,500 words; if a play, must run for 15 minutes.
(2) A Cadet wishing to enter for the Competition must sign Form Ref. CAC/r obtainable through the usual channels from the Chief Cadet Officers. This form must also be signed by the Parent or Guardian and the Senior Officer of the Cadet Division, certifying that the Story or Play is the unaided work of the Cadet.
(3) Entries may. only be typewritten if typed unaided by the Cadet him/ herself and must bear a signed letter by the Parent or Guardian and the Senior Officer of the Cadet Division stating that this is the case. Handwritten entries must be clearly legible.
(4) All entries, together with Form CAC/z must reach County Cadet Officer Mrs. McCorquodale (Barbara Cartland), Hays Lodge, Chesterfield Hill, W.1, not later than the FIRST POST ON ist JUNE.
(5) Probationary Cadets may not enter for this Competition. 6
venture to claim that in my opinion Home Nursing is to every Cadet, whether Ambulance or Nursing, the most useful of the Proficiency Badge Subjects. After all, the home, with all it means our parents, sisters and brothers, our pets, our own bedroom, our books and our garden, is the most important thing in our lives to most of us, and sure enough, into that dear home one day, in spite of all our care and precautions, will inevitably stalk that phantom Sickness a grey forbidding ghost, arousing in the most intrepid of us all the uneasy emotions of fear, doubt, anxiety, and dread.
At a Training Course in Somerset in the early days of the War the padre, giving us a short service, asked us to recollect the story of Martha and Mary. He said we were the Marthas. We felt very proud to be the Marthas of this world, the home makers and the comforters, doing the simple but so necessary tasks of everyday home life. The sick person, suddenly rendered hors de combat, needs our comfort and help. They must trust the nurse who should they trust more than their own? They do this instinctively. But how greatly is their trust increased if they know that their mother or sister or brother is not only anxious to help them, but knows what to do and the best way to do it, having been properly trained in simple nursing methods. The clean, quiet room, the comfortable bed, the correct diet attractively served, the orderly routine of the patient s day, systematically carried out with due respect and care for all the whims and fancies of the sick mind.
The practical side of the training in Home Nursing, is to my mind very important, and must not be confused with Hospital Nursing. Home Nursing should be taught as such. The ordinary articles in use in the home should be used for the purpose of nursing. The enamel pie-dish can be used to hold instruments, the ordinary enamel bow] of the type used for washing up can be used for washing the patient, the kitchen chair can be used for a bed rest, roller bandages can be made of old stripped sheets, etc. Provided all these articles are scrupulously clean they serve admirably. Sure enough, one day we shall have to improvise. Either the shops are closed, it being Sunday or half day, or we are isolated in the country away from shops, unable to leave our patient or with no ready money. Indeed, it is a waste to time to rush off and spend a great deal of money on medical and surgical equipment, money which would be more wisely spent on special necessities of food.
When the Home Nursing Examination has been taken, it should be but the beginning of the practical side. The course is enough to get the Cadet through the examination but later she must have real practical experience. A session every week in hospital is of the greatest value. Practice is the secret of success, and makes easy what is at first a difficult task. Care should then be taken that a job which becomes a routine is not carried out in a slapdash way. A patient always needs infinite attention it is the little things that matter so much in nursing. Also a certain frame of mind has to be adopted in nursing. It must not be regarded as enough to follow implicitly the doctor s instructions although this is of the first importance it is not enough to make the patient comfortable and clean it is essential above all to make the patient feel that what you do for him or her is no trouble to you; and you do it with easy confidence and so inspire trust that the patient does not get the impression that he is a burden. Always, even in cases of chronic illness, one must preserve the impression that the illness is a temporary thing, and that soon the patient will be able to do everything for himself again.
I therefore commend Home Nursing to every Cadet, boy or girl. It is necessary to every home maker, and part of our daily life. The sound principles we learn when young, remain with us always as a basis for future knowledge. Medical Science and nursing are always advancing and we will all have to go on learning newer methods. But the old basic principles of nursing are bulwarks upon which to build our wider knowledge.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade has always been a source of comfort to the ordinary people of this world. There is no greater service or comfort we can render to our own than by caring for them when sickness has assailed them. It is a responsible job for the responsible young people of to-day.
To arouse public interest in the many forms of physical recreation which are available through membership of the various organizations represented on the above Council, a display is to be staged at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 6th July, which will be the most ambitious and comprehensive of its kind ever to be held in this country. Demonstrators will be drawn from all areas in England, as well as from Scotland and Wales.
The display will also give young people from all over the country an opportunity of taking part in a national event which will act as an additional incentive to local effort. Cadets of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, both boys and girls, will be present and take part in the great march past. The Council is very active in all parts of the country, and on many occasions has co-operated with the Brigade, more especially with the Cadet Movement. The Regional Representatives
of the Council have assisted at numerous Cadet Training Courses giving talks on various subjects. It cannot be too strongly stressed that the St. John Ambulance Brigade is affiliated with the C.C.P.R., and that the services of the Council can be obtained through the Regional County Cadet Officer.
Training for Leaders of Organized Camps for Young People are to be held during May to July. The time of application for the first three courses, which are open to men and women of 19 years or over, has now passed, but the last two, which will be held from 13th to 20th July at Matlock Camp site, can still accommodate persons. Applications should be made on Divisional paper addressed to the General Secretary, The Central Council of Physical Recreation, 58 Victoria Street, London, S.W. 1. Closing date for applications is 8th June. Fees for course being £3 5s.
This was held on Saturday, 6th April, at the Drapers Hall, London, the Chief Commissioner, Sir Clive Liddell, presiding. He was supported by Sir Henry Pownall (Deputy Chief Commissioner), the Hon. Mrs. Copland-Griffiths (Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, Brigade Overseas), Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputy Superintendent-in-Chief, Brigade At-Home), Major Darvil-Smith, and Miss V. Cunard (Chief Officers of Cadets), and Staff Officers.
Sir Clive, in opening the Conference, expressed thanks to the Master of the Drapers Company for the use of the Hall, and welcomed the officers already named. He referred to the reorganization of the Cadet Advisory Committee on a Regional basis, and stressed the importance of camps. During his inspections last year he was impressed by the appearance of the Cadets, and suggested that drill and marching should be included in the Cadet training. In conclusion, Sir Clive congratulated the Officers on the work they had carried out in the past, and hoped that the standard of efficiency would be maintained and increased wherever possible.
Major Darvil-Smith opened the reports
from the counties, and expressed the meeting s pleasure at the presence of Sir Clive. Last year 163 Grand Prior Cadet Badges were awarded. Competitions had been held by most counties, and it was hoped that the first national event would take place next year in London. Thanks were extended to the donors of the various trophies. He emphasized the importance of the Camp Commandant being fully trained before taking his members to camp.
Representatives of numerous Districts and Counties then gave a short report of their activities.
London. This District had 67 Ambulance and 94 Nursing Cadet Divisions, with approximately 4,000 personnel, in addition to 1,000 probationers. Many Divisions had lost their headquarters through enemy action competitions had been held in all the five Areas into which No. 1 District is divided. They had two bands, one of which was a brass band in which Ambulance and Nursing Cadets were the musicians.
Cornwall. tt was stated that out of the visit of London Cadets to Cornwall the endowment of a cot at the Truro Hospital came into being. A film had been made
( Cadets of the White Cross ) and had been the means of increasing interest and membership. A comforts fund provided presents for the children in the County Hospital. Cadets had collected over 30 tons of seaweed for penicillin on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
Buckinghamshire. This county had 561 Cadets and training courses had been held. On three occasions the enrolment ceremony had been carried out by a Knight of the Order in his mantle and regalia.
Norfolk. The largest number of Cadets in this county were to be found in Norwich, where there was over 600 Nursing Cadets. There was a splendid feeling between the Adult and the Cadet Divisions.
Hertfordshire Cadets found competitions a great stimulus. They had 17 Grand Prior Cadets, and members assisted at M.C.D.s of the Adult Division. The Cadet Advisory Council, formed two years ago, has proved very efficient.
Survey, This county was progressing and at the moment had 800 Cadets in some 40 Divisions. Camps were being held, and monthly meetings of Cadet Officers.
Bristol. Over 400 boys and girls were enrolled as Cadets in the 13 Divisions. They had a Boys bugle band. The Nursing Cadets were encouraged to prepare a local exhibition, and this was to be held soon. Close proximity of the divisions allowed for combined training.
Other counties taking part in these reports were N.R. Yorks, Dorset, Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, Worcestershire, Kent, Oxford, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire W.R. Yorks. In the latter county they had 1,500 Nursing and 800 Ambulance Cadets.
The Hon. Mrs. Copland-Griffiths then gave a short talk on the Cadets of the Brigade Overseas. The total membership was just over 16,000 (9,000 boys and 7,000 girls). In South Africa the Cadets had been able to do most efficient and splendid war service in the Convalescent Hospitals run by the Brigade. The meeting applauded the announcement that New Zealand had gained 997 Grand Prior Cadet Badges, this being more than those gained by the rest of the Cadet Movement.
After lunch Miss McLaren (Lady Supt.-in-Chief, Canada) addressed the Conference and brought with her the sincere greetings from the Brigade of Canada to the Cadets At-Home. In seven out of nine Provinces they had Cadet Divisions and Miss McLaren gave particulars of the work carried out by them, which was not so varied as that carried on by the
Cadets At-Home. She referred to the pen-friends formed by Cadets of Canada with those in England.
The Conference then had a talk by Major A. C. White Knox (Asst. Commissioner, No. District) who spoke on the training of Cadets and on competition work. He emphasized the necessity for standard of teaching and stressed the importance of teaching the Textbook and not one s own private views. Competitions were but another means of perfecting the work, but far too little use was made of the individual or dual practical tests. In his opinion these were by far the most important, although the team tests were more spectacular.
Miss Cunard opened the session of discussions and referred to the fact that a Painter s Cup Competition would soon be announced. The subjects discussed included Cadet Officers, Brigade Campers Licence, Revision of Cadet Regulations, re-examination question papers, status of Cadet Officers, and others.
Lady Dunbar-Nasmith gave a very impressive talk to the Officers present. She spoke of the great help received by members of the Brigade in Canada: some 300 members had worked in Civilian Relief and had done duty in France and India, and in E.M.S. Hospitals. She congratulated Miss Cunard on the award of the M.B.E. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith spoke on how the Cadet Movement fitted in with the future activities of the Brigade, and the development of Cadet Weekly training meetings. She emphasized the importance of taking advantage of newspaper and wireless reports to propound the teaching for Cadets. She felt that the Cadets knew too little about the pioneer work carried out initially by the voluntary organizations, and that it was important to hinge Cadet work with passing events. One item which Cadet Officers should watch was the good manners of their Cadets.
The conference closed with a vote of thanks to Sir Clive for his chairmanship and for the interest he takes in the Cadet Movement.
The second issue of the St. John Cadet will be dated 1st August, 1946. Reports of activities, notes of lectures, etc., should reach the Editor not later than 7th July.
Officers-in-Charge of Divisions are advised to place an order NOW for the four copies allotted to his or her Division.
To the uninitiated what a simple phrase this sounds! Those who have tried it out are thankful that Headquarters have made a ruling on the amount of experience required before an officer is allowed to runacamp. The success of a camp depends largely on the preparations made beforehand. The first essentials are obviously the knowledge and capability of the officer in charge and the co-operation she gets from her fellow officers and campers. It is quite impossible to deal fully with such a subject in a short article if the section in the Cadet Manual is studied in conjunction with Campcraft for Girl Guides a good theoretical knowledge should be gained.
Large and small camps both have their advantages; methods used in running the camp must be adapted to suit numbers.
Choosing the site is an important job. If it is varied from year to year it will give fresh ground for exploring. In these days transport is an expensive item, so this must be taken into account.
High ground gives better drainage, and there should be a certain amount of shelter from the prevailing wind.
Water must be near at hand, and this is especially important if there are a number of young Cadets. If there is any doubt about the purity of the supply the Medical Officer of Health, or the Sanitary Inspector, should be asked to analyse a sample. This can usually be arranged free of charge.
Wood is another essential item, and if it is not readily available a supply should be arranged for.
Camping is an ideal opportunity for officers and cadets to get to know each other really well, and each should prepare beforehand so that they may get the full advantage of open air life, and learn to: enjoy themselves in wet weather as much as when the sun is shining, without wanting to go to the nearest town for the cinema! The thrill of doing everything out of doors has to be tried to be believed and if the weather is suitable to be able to lie out of doors with only the sky above is an experience never to be forgotten, One important point to remember is that although in a tent it is just not done to sleep under a ground sheet, in the open an extra ground sheet must be provided sv that each person can have a ground sheet on top as well as underneath.
Whenever possible Officers should visit parents personally before camp, so that any details can be discussed. The first days of settling in will be very much eased if instruction in making gadgets is given beforehand, and makes life much more comfortable, as well as being essential to keep everything off the ground to prevent them getting damp.
Small personal gadgets, too, make all the difference: muslin bags made for toilet soap means that soap can be hung on the towel rail after use, and so dry off and prevent waste string tied on to the tooth brush means that this, too, can be hung up. Clothes packed in a haversack need not look like a rag bag remains if they are rolled carefully instead of folded. The camp list appended will serve as a guide to the personal equipment needed, but don t be tempted to take all the things which might be needed the lighter you camp the better. Personal equipment is very much eased if blankets can be provided.
The actual planning of the site depends on the shape, size, etc., of ground, also number of tents being used. The following are general rules :
(1) Tents should be pitched in the open so that they get dry quickly in the morning or after rain.
(2) The cooking fire should be to the leeward of camp with the wood pile near, and store tent, larder, and water to hand. Refuse and grease pits out of sight, if possible, but not too far away.
(3) Wash cubicles near the water supply and fire for hot water, but not too obvious to the visitor.
(4) Latrines should be at a distance of not less than fifty, and not more 10
than one hundred, yards from the camp, to the leeward side of camp, and below level of tents if this can be arranged.
This depends on the size of the camp and the equipment provided by those running the camp.
Personal Equipment. iIn addition to complete uniform, change of SHOE Rack. underclothing, an extra pair of GG Soares stout shoes, toilet requisites, sweater, overcoat, sleeping suits, and the like, it is as well for each individual to take 2 plates, knife, 2 forks, dessert and teaspoon, all marked and kept in a material bag. String, for tying up bedding, etc., is useful, also a good pocket or jack-knife. Do not forget a teacloth, dishcloth, mending materials, mirror, shoe cleaning material, washing and toilet soap, notebook, pencil, notepaper, and stamps. Bedding will depend on whether any is being provided by the camp, but it is a good idea to stitch one blanket up into a bag for sleeping purposes. Two extra blankets (making three in all), pillow case, and ground sheet (if owned) adds to comfort.
General Equipment. This depends on the size of the camp and the length of stay.
Tents. There should be one bell tent for every five or six Cadets, an officer s tent, a store tent (ridge preferred, with 6 ft. walls and 8 ft. long), a hospital tent, and equipment tent, and a marquee, if other shelter is not available.
Latrines and wash-houses should be provided one for each six persons; old tarpaulins utilized for fire and wood shelter whilst miscellaneous equipment should include extra blankets and ground sheets, washing bowls, pails, an incinerator, tin for grease pit, spare pegs and guy lines, lantern, spade, pickaxe, axe, rope, and string, one shovel for each latrine, toilet paper, notice board and drawing pins, adhesive plaster (for mending tents), flag and flag staff, etc. In addition there will be the usual dixies, frying pans and other cooking utensils, tins for keeping things in, jugs, muslin covers, catering equipment (not forgetting a good tin opener), CLOTHES HANGER. tea urn, and condiments.
To encourage Cadets to make the St. John Cadet their own Magazine, it is proposed to offer small prizes for puzzles, jokes, and the like. These should be addressed to The Editor, the St. John Cadet, St. John s Gate, London, E.C.1, and reach him by ist July for the next issue.
It is also decided that in each issue particulars of a certain competition will be given, and that a special prize will be awarded for the best entry
received from either an Ambulance or a Nursing Cadet.
The first competition will be a short story on Why I am a St. John Cadet . Entries must reach the Editor not later than 8th June, and must not exceed 500 words in length. All competitors must give full name, address, age, and the name of the Division to which they belong. It must be understood that no correspondence can be entered into, and that the Editor s decision is final.
Central Area. Some 150 Cadets of the Central Area were guests at a party held on 30th March, when the hosts were Area Cadet Officers P. Bettison and Miss E. F. Milne. The proceedings commenced with a tea, after which the Cadets were entertained for 24 hours. Area Cadet Officer Bettison welcomed the guests and called upon the Cadets to give a special welcome to Miss V. Cunard (Chief Officer Nursing Cadets). The party was made possible by the generosity of various officers and friends who had covered all expenses.
It was announced that District Officer Dunford had presented a shield for competition among the Ambulance Cadets, and District Officer Mrs. Tapply had donated a challenge cup for individual competitions among the Nursing Cadets. Both announcements were received with great ovation.
Those present included Asst. Commissioner Capt. Russell Steele, County Surgeon Basil Steele, District Supt. Miss Workman, District Staff Officer T. Walsby, District Officers T. McBride, Mrs. Tapply and Dunford.
The entertainment included a conjurer, ventriloquist, vocal items by the Cadets themselves, and also pianoforte solos by an Ambulance Cadet. A General Knowledge Quiz between Ambulance and Nursing Cadets was won by the Girls by two marks. The compere was Mr. Bryers, who was thanked by Mr. Bettison, who also extended thanks to Cadet Supt. Tribe and his Committee for making the arrangements.
A Record Presentation of Grand Prior Cadet Badges. To Wellingborough Headquarters No. 1 Cadet Nursing Division goes the record for the largest number of Grand Prior s Cadet Badges to be gained at one time.
On 21st February Miss V. Cunard (Chief Officer Nursing Cadets) presented 23 Cadets with the Badges and congratulated the recipients on this outstanding achievement. In conveying to the Officers and Cadets the congratulations of the Chief Commissioner and the Supt.-in-Chief, she urged the Cadets not to rest on their laurels, but to put into practice wherever possible the knowledge they had obtained in studying for the Badges, so that their work would be of greater use and help to others.
After the presentations Cadet Supt. Mrs. Gibson gave each Cadet an individual prize. A display of Folk Dancing and a short comedy entitled First Aid was given by the Cadets.
Those present included County Commissioner Dr. E. Shaw, County Supt. Mrs. I. Jennings, County Officers Miss Gainsford, and Miss Grant-Lawson, County Cadet Officer Mrs. Shaw, and Corps Supt. Mrs. Stephenson who, with Cadet Supt. Mrs. Gibson, was responsible for the arrangements.
Well done, Wellingborough Headquarters No.1! This is indeed an example which other Divisions could copy.
Mrs. G. E. Portal, of Blakeney, has been appointed County Officer of Nursing
Cadets for the County of Norfolk. Mrs. Portal, who is sister of the Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler (former Minister of Education), has had a distinguished record in the Brigade both at Home and Overseas in India. She has served in the Headquarters Division, where she was assistant to Lady Greenwood.
Corps Officer J. E. Potts officiated at the enrolment ceremony of the Carrington Ambulance Cadet Division and presented 18 new members with their preliminary First Aid Certificates, also service stripes to Acting Sergt. B. Sumner and Acting Corpl. J. E. Stones. County Supt. Miss Gibson spoke to the parents and to the Cadets whilst the three boys who gained the highest number of marks in the examination received prizes.
On 23rd March the final competitions for the Ambulance and Nursing Cadets in Sussex were held at Brighton. Two teams of boys and two of girls, winners of the East and West Sussex competitions, competed and some excellent work was displayed by them all. The results were announced by County
Commissioner D. Bryce as follows : Ambulance Cadets 1st Horsham, runnerup Brighton. Individual trophy, Horsham. Nursing Cadets 1st Brighton, runners-up Chichester. Individual pairs trophy, Brighton, Nos. and 4.
County Vice-President Lady Moyra Browne presented the trophies and individual prizes and congratulated all competitors on their good work. She referred to the importance of Cadet work and spoke of the example set to other Counties by Northamptonshire where 23 Grand Prior Cadet Badges had been presented on one occasion. She wished all the Cadets in the county the best of luck and hoped that they would prepare for the National Competitions to be held next year.
The judges were, Team Test: District Officers Stratton and Hipkins (No. 1 District) ; Individual Tests: District Officer Haines (No. District); County Cadet Officers Butt (Hampshire), Mrs. J. Charrington (Surrey), and County Officer Mrs. Henry (Surrey) Uniforms: District Staff Officer IT. Walsby (No. 1 District), and County Cadet Officer Miss Botwood (Suffolk).
Those present included County Supt. Miss Hubbard, Dr. Brown, County Cadet Officers Pile, Miss Trill, and Mrs. Brodie.
MEMBERS OF THE WELLINGBOROUGH HEADQUARTERS No. ADET NURSING DIVISIONMuch of the progress made in the past year or more is due in no small measure to the impetus created by the appointment by the Priory for Wales of a Cadet Training Officer in the person of Mrs. E. D. Hardie, M.A., formerly County Cadet Officer for the Rhondda and eminently well qualified for the post. The Priory had been fortunate in securing as Chief Cadet Officer, Col. D. G. Richards, M.C., B.Sc., M.E., who had not only a long and active connection as a Brigade Officer, but also a wide experience of the administration of Youth Organizations. The Chief Officer for Nursing Cadets, Mrs. M. Ingledew, had already rendered outstanding service as Lady County Superintendent for the Rhondda before accepting this Headquarter appointment, for which her work as an officer of high rank in the Girl Guide Movement added to her qualifications. It was to these two Chief Officers of Cadets in Wales that Mrs. Hardie first reported for direction in Organizing her work; but while she has become acquainted with Cadet Officers and members in many counties changes have followed inevitably in the higher offices. Mrs. Ingledew, having been obliged to relinquish all her work on health grounds, was succeeded last autumn by Baroness de Rutzen, who, alas! was also compelled to resign for a similar reason, the recently appointed holder of the office being Lady Twiston Davies, J.P., Lady County Supt. for Monmouthshire and wife of the Asst. Commissioner for Wales, who has a promising future in the Cadet sphere of activity. On the Ambulance side, the lead passed from Col. Richards, on his assumption of the responsibilities of Asst. Commissioner for the Rhondda, to Sir Michael Duff, Bt., Commissioner for Caernarvonshire, whose appointment with that of Lady Davies may be regarded as balancing the claims of North and South Wales.
After Ambulance and Nursing Cadets had each secured one or two Grand Prior s Badges, interest became again mainly centred on the fundamental work of First Aid and Home Nursing, the organization of Cadet competitions contributing to the attainment of a really high standard of efficiency in these subjects. By 1938 the level of competitive achievement in all the counties made it possible to inaugurate Welsh Final Competitions for Ambulance and Nursing Cadets in Wales, which will be resumed this year. These contests were arranged in two agegroups, the junior section (12 to 16 years) being judged on the Preliminary textbooks, and the seniors (16 to 18 years) on the official handbooks.
The National Eisteddfod of Wales also offers opportunities for Cadets to compete in national competitions. Last year the Isca trophy, open to teams of recognized juvenile organizations in Wales and Monmouthshire, was won by the Tredegar Cadet Ambulance Divisional team at the Eisteddfod held at Rhos Llanerchrugog. Entries are now invited from Ambulance and Nursing Cadet teams in Wales for the forthcoming Eisteddfod to be held in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, during August Bank Holiday week, application forms being obtainable from the Honorary Secretaries at 125 Brynmair Road, Godreaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan.
League competitions have been introduced into certain county Cadet activities with great success, particularly in the Rhondda, where each Corps runs its own contest, the finalists competing in InterCorps competitions held at the annual Cadet Rally, for which trophies have been recently presented.
Cadets in Wales are now receiving more encouragement to qualify in the variety of subjects included in the Cadet Manual; and the Pentwynmawr Cadet Ambulance Division situated in a mining village of Monmouthshire can boast the largest number of Grand Prior s Cadets. Welsh Cadets have given a good account of themselves in the two Special Competitions organized by Headquarters, the Musician s Cup being won this year by Cadet Mary Howell, a member of Newtown Cadet Nursing Division, while in the Author s Cup competition Cadet David Orwig Jones, Cynfi Cadet Division, was awarded a special cup for the essay showing the most journalistic promise.
The subject of Camping is uppermost at the moment in the minds of many Cadet units. Opportunities are being explored for permanent camping sites, but the prospects for this year are not very promising and Divisions will be well advised to make their own arrangements, as was done last year, when a number of very successful instructional and holiday camps were held.
A week-end Training Course at Pencoed in September was attended by 27 County and Cadet Officers, the occasion affording a good opportunity for introducing the Baroness de Rutzen as Chief Nursing Cadet Officer. The subjects included in the programme were Cadet Efficiency, Proficiency, Planning a Cadet Evening, Student Divisions, Drill, History of the Order, Leadership, useful discussions following each of the Lectures. Day Training Courses have been held in many centres, and special talks on suitable
subjects are arranged for combined meetings of Ambulance and Nursing Cadets.
Exhibitions of Cadet handicraft always afford public interest. The Clydach Town Cadet Nursing Division (Glamorgan) organized a display of Cadet work which was subsequently sold for charities at Christmas. This Division, with a record of only one year s service, merits special mention more particularly for the fine contribution it is making to the Nursing Profession, five members having already left to take up Nursing Careers, thus illustrating the valuable part Nursing Cadet Units can play in the encouragement and preparation of recruits for the Nursing profession. Many would-be Nursing trainees drift away from an early desire to enter hospital between leaving school and reaching the age of 18 and association with the Brigade helps to keep enthusiasm keen until aspirants are old enough to commence training.
Another Cadet Ambulance Division which has earned commendation is the Ebbw Vale Unit, on the production of an attractive magazine, which it is intended to make an annual publication. The booklet records the varied activities of the Division, showing the photographs of the entire membership, successful competitive teams, the bugle band, etc., and explains the aims and objects of the work. An unofficial innovation which appears to be proving its worth in certain areas is the formation of the Parents Association. To quote from the experience of
the Ebbw Vale Unit, as recorded in its magazine: The formation of the Parents Association was without doubt one of the finest things achieved. We have much to thank our parents for, and they may rest assured that all ranks are deeply grateful for all their assistance. It seems now that the family circle is complete in the true sense of the word and the family spirit certainly prevails. We feel that all parents should become members of the Association, thus adding strength to an already strong arm of our movement.
Swindon. County Cadet Officer Mrs. Moss enrolled 13 members in the Swindon No. Nursing Cadet Division; whilst Canon Harman conducted a service and gave an address on the word Knights . Three members, Sergts. Joyce Stevens and Janet Haines and Corpls. Jean Foulds and Barbara Sims, were presented Grand Prior s Cadet Badges gained last November but which had not been presented before owing to difficulty in obtaining a suitable hall. Iwo cups were awarded for the best Cadets of the Year , the winners being Sergt. Joyce Stevens (Seniors) and Cadet Florence Hedges (Juniors). Books were presented to Corpl. Elsie Sutton and Cadet Mary Bishop as the runners-up. Those present included County Commissioner A. Towerzey and Mrs. Towerzey, Corps. Supt. Mrs. Lane and other Officers.
* This story won for Sylvia the Cadet Author s Cup in the 1945 competition.
The Alsatian Sultan yawned, stretched, and made an ineffectual dab at the flies settling on his flank. From the fields he could hear his brother playing and romping with his sister, but he didn t feel the least inclination to join them, he was comfortable in a forbidden corner of the old stable. The world up to now had been kind, and his relations annoyed him. He knew nothing about the outside world and cared still less; as he was six months old he was very grownup. The farm people disliked him, but then he returned their dislike. He was, and always had been, the biggest of the puppies, and he lorded it over the others quite to his own satisfaction. He stretched out his black and tan body again, closed his eyes, and went to sleep to dream of what ?
The farmyard gate clicked while he slept, and two people invaded the barn; one was George, the farmer, the other a stranger, and the sound of their voices woke: Sultan to present-day affairs. He didn t move, he was far too wise and contemptuous for that, he just lay sleepily regarding the intruders. George came and knelt by him, and of all the insults opened his mouth. He growled warningly, and received a smack on the nose for his trouble. For about a quarter of an hour the two-legged Gods handled and regarded him, talking in that language of theirs all the time. At last Sultan got really cross. The afternoon was, he considered, being wasted and his time frittered away, so with a jerk of his head, he released himself from George s hold, came to his feet in the same movement, and was gone like a streak of light past the two men. The stranger watched him go, and then arranged with George to fetch him in three months time. George agreed rather disappointedly, he wanted to get rid of Sultan, who made him feel small and miserable, not a bit like a superior male human. However, the stranger wished to wait three months, and three months George had to agree to.
Three months later the stranger, whose name was Bob Johnson, came up the yard to fetch Sultan, now a beautiful dog, and to lead him away to a new home. After walking a mile or two, Bob slipped the lead and sat down, Sultan waiting patiently beside him. Bob began to absent-mindedly fondle the dog s ear, and despite himself Sultan liked it. After a little while he invited Bob to play with him, rolling on the ground and rubbing his head against the man. Bob took the hint
and they had a glorious rough-andtumble, so that when Bob led the way to a small cottage Sultan was his sworn slave, and followed him willingly. He was kept in the house the first night, but on succeeding ones was left in an empty wood-shed, which had the door ajar, and a nice bed, specially raised in a corner. The first night Sultan was left alone in the kitchen he went to sleep by the fire.
As he slept he seemed to hear the padding of feet all round him, vague shapes loomed out of a green twilight, jaws dripped with foam, and eyes rolled in the tense excitement of the hunt. Sultan knew he was running with these other followers, he joyed in the easy, powerful, rhythmetic stride that carried him effortlessly over the ground on into the primeval forest. As he began to realize his position and to accept this savage, delirious feeling of absolute freedom his surroundings cleared. He was in a dim forest running, running, and round him ran the ancestors of wolves huge, shaggy, pitiless brutes united by one common pang, the fear of the wild, hunger. Gradually the realization came to Sultan that the wolves were behind him, not in front; indeed, as one huge animal drew level with his flank Sultan turned and slashed savagely at his follower s side. The beast fell back, and the joy, the pride of the leader, came to Sultan, the acknowledged leader of that most united yet divided, beautiful but cruel and savage, most touching, primeval outcome, the pack. As he ran, he sensed the packs running through the ages, gradually splitting into groups and finally almost losing the comradeship and loneliness of the days before the advent of men. He realized the bondage into which they had sold themselves in their submission to the two-legged masters, the losing of the grim intensity of the animal soul in the inevitable merging of the instinctive into the intellectual. The forest dulled, darkness fell on the panting back, and Sultan woke to the dying light of a kitchen fire in the year of man 1939.
Soon after this war between the civilized nations of man was declared, a war of pitiless, iron machinery against the quivering flesh of frail human bodies. A war of women and children, a war that cut like a knife into the heart of the world slashing the bleeding souls of the innocent with the ruthlessness of robotism. Well might the God en High shudder as he looked down at the blood-saturated, terror-
stricken desolated globe that hid the remnants of an earthly Paradise behind the black pall of death and torture.
Bob, driven by the desire to destroy for ever all rules of the mighty despots, joined up, in a fierce despairing endeavour to save for himself and his descendants some sacred corner of the ravaged beauty and freedom of the stricken earth, whose mutilated surface was an eloquent testimony of the ruin and horror Man, her most advanced offspring, had brought upon her.
Bob took Sultan with him to an Army training school, and that was where the two of them were trained in the arts of modern war. Sultan was quick and willing, and with Bob beside him to help him on, soon knew all that was necessary for an Alsatian war dog to know. He learned to take cover by himself, to locate mines and soldiers, to deal quick death to an enemy, to distinguish an enemy, to carry messages backwards and forwards, and to jump higher, run faster, and to bite deeper than he had ever done in his life. He learned the discipline and implicit obedience essential in a task such as his, and ever in his dreams the pack grew clearer and more definite, accompanying him down the ages.
His master was also trained toa T , and because of his skill with animals was made a Captain. He spent his embarkation leave at home and sailed with Sultan and the Regiment to France on D Day. There followed a nightmare of illness, cold, and fighting as bit by bit the boys from Blighty crept up on the savagely determined Herrenvolk. The only time when Bob and Sultan seemed to live was in the rare evenings when, by the light of a flickering miserable fire the Britishers struck tunes of home. Then Bob drew Sultan near him and in the warmth of his embrace Sultan s phantom pack howled away into the limberlost of forgetfulness. One night Sultan dreamt about the pack again, but this time as he was running all was indistinct, and a fog gathered all round. In vain did he try to pierce it; it grew darker and darker, and he woke feeling that the pack was waiting for him to get through the enshrouding darkness and join them for ever.
A few days afterwards orders came down, and Bob s detachment with Sultan was sent ahead of the main assault to spy out the ground. They crept up in darkness and lay mapping out the outline of the lane and the enemy positions. When the planned report was ready, Sultan was called to carry it back to the troops waiting behind them, giving them the word to advance.
It was a beautiful night, with the pale moon shining in infinite peace and
spaciousness, and as Sultan crept slinkingly through the undergrowth, quivering with eagerness, he seemed to hear the pack as it used to howl at those same silvery rays aeons ago. Suddenly he paused, ahead was danger in the shape of a lone German sentry. Cautiously he crept up and prepared to spring on his foe. The German, however, turned, and seeing something in the shadow, put his hand to his knife. With a snarl Sultan sprang, hearing the mad screams and howls of the hunting pack as it dragged down its prey, and he joyed viciously in the taste of warm blood. The German went down, but before he fell he managed to drive his knife into the dog s side before he died on the ground his countrymen and associates had done so much to despoil. Sultan drew off, the knife hilt in his side gleaming in the moonlight. He saw vague shapes loom up, and knew the pack was joining him. But first he had a job to do, he the savage beast the ages were calling, had to perform his duty to his present master, man. He dragged himself to his feet, and staggered on to the British lines. The pack grew nearer and louder, the placid moon veiled her peerless light behind imaginary tangled vegetation, and he longed to be for ever a soulless hunter. From the far distance, however, he saw dimly strange forms, something said he knew them, that they were friends, he staggered on. It grew foggy and dense, in his ears was the cry of the pack, and their call grew louder. He could go no further, but his mission was done. He had reached camp. Friendly British hands took his message, and Sultan lay dying on tired Mother Earth.
It seemed as if he was running, the fog lifted, the pack appeared, big shaggy beautiful brutes, and he was the leader. The murk grew clearer and clearer, and then as Sultan drew his last quivering painful breath, his nameless soul leaped forward with intense joy into the evertunning ageless pack.
The ST. JOHN CADET will be published once a quarter the next issue being dated Ist August, 1946. Single copies 6d. each subscription for the first four copies being 2s. 6d. post free.
The Editor will be pleased to receive reports, photographs, and particulars of outstanding events. These should be addressed to The Editor, The St. John Cadet, St. John s Gate, London, E.C. 1.
Subscriptions and advertisements should be forwarded to British Periodical, Ltd., 46-47 Chancery Lane, London, W.C. 2.
The St. John Cadet movement is as popular in the Dominions as it is in Britain, and the only thing that hampers expansion at present is the shortage of officers due to the war. However, as more and more men and women return from the Services and from wartime industry it is to be hoped that they will wish to turn their energies to the training of their younger fellow citizens in first aid and home nursing, and in all the kindred subjects covered by the Cadet programme.
In the Colonies, too, the same difficulty is found, but in this case it existed before the war, because in most instances the populations are smaller and are scattered.
We look with pride to New Zealand, where the number of Grand Prior s Badges awarded since 1927, when the first Cadet Ambulance Division was formed, totals 997, or more than have been awarded to the whole of the rest of the Brigade at Home and Overseas put together. In this small Dominion there are both Cadet Ambulance and Cadet Nursing Divisions in practically every town and village, while in the great educational centres such as Invercargill, there appears to be a Cadet Division in every school. There is no need to describe their system of training, for it is the same as is carried out everywhere.
South Africa has reason to be proud of its Cadets, and especially of the number of War Service Badges awarded to Nursing Cadets, who have been allowed and encouraged to help in the Hospitals during the week-ends, besides finding many other ways of helping the adult Divisions in every aspect of war work. A pleasing feature is the formation of more and more Divisions among non-European and African boys and girls.
Canada shows signs of considerable development, even during the war, and the number of Cadets now is more than quadruple what it was in 1940. Australia, lying within the Pacific battle zone, and in constant danger of invasion for so long, has perhaps suffered more than any other Dominion from the lack of officers, for every able-bodied man and woman was called upon to serve full-time in some essential capacity or another. There is, we are glad to say, every sign that Cadets are going to be as popular in the Commonwealth as elsewhere.
India, having started both Ambulance and Nursing Cadets before any other part of the Brigade Overseas, continues to make steady progress. These Divisions, composed of boys and girls of many races and religions, and speaking diverse languages, have the support of leaders of all shades of political thought.
Among the Colonies where Cadet Divisions exist may be named: Ceylon, Fiji, Kenya, Tanganyika while it is hoped shortly to start them in Bermuda, Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus.
It has been difficult to obtain up-to-date news during the war years; but we hope that, now mails are speeding up, to be able to tell you of items of interest from time to time.
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one or other or all of the three races of germs, Streptococci, Staphylococci and B.pyocyaneus are found in every skin infection common to this country, and ANTIPEOL OINTMENT contains the antibodies (antivirus) of these germs. Healing is expedited by the proved ingredients of the ointment, and septic development is stopped or prevented by its antivirus sterile vaccine filtrates. ANTIPEOL OINTMENT is unsurpassed for BURNS and SCALDS, for it is microbicide and non-adhesive, and dressings do not require to be changed every day.
affords rapid relief of COMMON COLDS, INFLUENZA AND CATARRH. Containing the antibodies of the germs common to infections of the nose and pharynx (Staphylococci streptococci, B.pyocyaneus, pneumococci, pneumobacilli, enterococci, M.catarrhalis, B.Pfeiffer), Rhino-Antipeol is not just a palliative, but is a remover of the cause of the infection. During epidemics it is the ideal preventative of microbic development.
From time to time inquiries are received from Cadets regarding the Textbooks 1, available for training purposes, and so the Catechism of Home Nursing (Senior following list is given so that all members Course), 1s. may be fully informed.
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The small rings above represent one 3d. each the larger rings represent pennies. It will thus be seen that adding them together across or down the total is 3d. By moving the coins you can make the totals read 3$d. and 24d. Try it.
The work and history of the Order of St. John is commemorated on several postage stamps, mostly those of Malta G.C. One of the most interesting stamps is the current 24d. violet (first issued in 1938 in blue), as it shows one of the most famous Grand Masters of the Order, Philip Villiers de l'Isle Adam entering Mdina and being received by the Maltese citizens.
De l Isle Adam had defended Rhodes during the second siege by the Turks, and only surrendered after six months resistance to save the civil population from massacre. The Knights of St. John then were granted Malta, Gozo, and Tripoli by the Emperor of Spain, Charles V. At first the Maltese challenged the grant as a breach of their charter from Spain, and the picture on the stamp shows the Grand Master entering the ancient capital of Malta (then called Notabile, now Mdina). On this day de l 'Isle Adam took an oath binding himself and his successors in the Order, to maintain the rights and liberties of the Maltese. Such pages from history are frequently commemorated on postage stamps.
THAT the first official public duty undertaken by members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was on 21st June, 1887, at the celebration of Queen Victoria s Jubilee
THAT the first Juvenile unit of the Brigade At-Home was formed in September, 1902, at Sutton-in-Ashfield (Notts)
THAT the first Brigade At-Home member to be awarded the George Medal during the last war was Cadet Corporal Betty Quinn of Coventry
THAT Cadets in New Zealand, Brigade Overseas, have gained more Grand Prior Cadet Badges than any other part of the British Empire
THAT during the 1914-1918 War the St. John Ambulance Brigade established a Hospital at Etaples, France, and that it was destroyed by enemy air attack ?
THAT St. John s Gate, London the home of the Order of St. John was destroyed by Wat Tyler in 1381, and rebuilt in its present form in the year 1504
THAT it is possible to arrange visits to St. John s Gate to view the building and visit the Museum and Library
THAT if you gain the Grand Prior s Cadet Badge you can wear it on your uinform when you transfer to the Adult Division ?
THAT no one is allowed to wear the uniform of the St. John Ambulance Brigade until he or she has obtained a first aid certificate
THAT Cadet Betty Boulton, of Oxford City C.N.D., is the only Cadet to teceive the 4th War Service Badge? Well done, Betty!
THAT the highest number of Grand Prior s Cadet Badges presented at any one time to Cadets At-Home is 23
THAT a great number of vests have been knitted by Cadets from all over England for Civilian Relief in Europe and sent to Central Hospital Supply Service for distribution
Overheard at a Cadet Examination: Question: What is shock?
Answey: A person who thinks they have fainted and they have not
Although the innovation of the Ebbw Vale Cadets instituting a Parents Association is unofficial, the idea is one which may appeal to other Cadet Divisions; and therefore the following is given on the purpose and constitution of the Parents Association :
1. The general body should select a committee which will be responsible for the social life of the Division and the organizing of these events. (This will be of great value to Cadet Officers who organize competitions, presentations, etc. The Officers look after the technical side, the parents the catering and general arrangements.)
2. Allow the parents to pick their own officers for their committee. (They usually ask the Cadet Officers to accept these positions.) In any case all Cadet Officers should be members of the Committee.
3. Have regular meetings, and keep everyone informed of the objects and activities of the Division and Association.
4. Explain importance of regular attendance of Cadets at classes and also study at home. Seek their co-operation in these matters.
5. Always allow the parents to put forward their points of view. It will be found that these are most helpful to a Cadet Supt., who should bear in mind, however, that he is responsible for the administration of the Division within the scope of Cadet Regulations. Under no circumstances should a Parents Association be allowed to interfere in any way with the administration of a Cadet Division.
6. Do not allow the fact that a Cadet s mother or father is a member of the Association to interfere in any way with discipline within the Division.
7. Many parents will want to pay a monthly contribution to a fund. Such a fund may be used for social amenities for the boys. Parents Associations may be used also to raise funds for Cadet purposes. Discretion should be used in such cases, however, always remembering that the Adult Division is responsible for the upkeep of its Cadet Divisions.
It is hoped that all readers of the St. John Cadet will share their copy with other members who have been unable to obtain their own copy. When it is possible to print more copies a notice will appear in Brigade Orders and in a suitable issue of the St. John Cadet.
The following account has been received describing the assistance given by two members of the Queen s School, Chester, Cadet Nursing Division, when a fire broke out in a house in Boughton on 2nd January, 1946 :
Cadets Vennie Gilchrist and Barbara Sarson, together with a friend, went into the house on hearing a call for help. They went upstairs and, seeing the room full of smoke, immediately went for the fire brigade. Meanwhile, Vennie tied a handkerchief over her mouth and tried to crawl into the room, but was forced back by the smoke.
They helped to form a bucket-chain to throw water into the room in which there were children. On arrival of the firemen the children were brought out and the Cadets wrapped them in warm blankets which they had ready to receive them. They also looked after a small girl until the arrival of the ambulance.
Well done, Vennie and Barbara.
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