The St. John Camp Cadet No. 6 (Thursday 6th August 1953)

IUST AS WERE THOUGH PRESENT

AMONG Cadets attend,ing the Coronation Camp at Stubbers

* - thetre se€med a determflirartio,n yesterd,ay not to let th€ deeply. regretted absence of Princess Ntrargaret spoi[ the whole shbw.

The pa'rade, which took place under a lowerfurg sky, was canri€d out iust as though royalty had beenr pr€sent.

Impartial observers noticed the great irnprovement on the parade last Saturday, when ths camp was opened.

It may be tlrat the Commissioner- | In the absence of Princess Marin-Chief, Lieut.-General Sir Otto I garet the salute was again *aken by Ldnd, had something to do with this. I the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, LieutAddressing the Cadets just before the I Colonel Sir Francis Whitmore. march past, he told them to hold I With him on the dais were the their heads high and especially to I Chancellor of the Order. Lieutobev the command "Eyes right." I General Sir Henry Pow,nall; the

P rincess Morgoret's Messoge

'.1 atn so deepll* clistressed to hetrr of the case of meningiris that has L occrrred dt yotr Camp, and I cannot say how terribly disappointed I atn not to be able to be with you todaty. I had been so looking forward to seeing you all and to presenting the Gra,nd Pyior',s padges and thet specia'l service shields. lt pleased me so much to hear. that so many o yolt we,'e to receive them.

"I set"td a special x,ord of congratulation to Cadet Tom Greenwood on his award of the merito'rious certificate for life saving. His coolness, presence ol mind ond proctical bhility were wotthy of the highest tradittons of the Brigade.

"You who come from lhis area have particular reason to appreciate these qnalities, for I know how the C adets helped the adult Brigode in its great vork of rescue during the floods in the spring. 'I myself sa$, something of this when my mothet and I visited some ol the rest centres, and heard with pride of all that the Cadets had heen able to do.

"I send all my.best wishes in thc days tha,t remain to you in your Camp, and continued sr/ccess in your work f or the Brigade in the learc to comc.

C o nt nrund an t - i n-C h ie1."

ROYALTY

Commissioner-in-Chief; th e Deputy Superintendent - in - Chief, Mrs. Beatrice Grosvenor and the Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets, Miss Virginia Cunard.

Others present included thg $ecretaiy-General of the Order, Mr. C. T. Evans, the Lady Principal of the St. John Ambulance Association. Mrs.

aad of the St. John for Essex, Sir Ronald Storrs. All who addressed the parade expressed profound regret that Her Royal- Highness was un*ble to be present and the message sent by Princess Margaret was greeted with loud applause. It was read by the Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets, Miss Virginia Cunard. (The full text is given on this pagp).

Cadets from nine overseas countries read out formal messages of greeting to Princcss Margaret. and ha,nded them over to Sir Francis Whitmore, who is to pass them on to Her Royal Highness.

Sir Otto Lund, in his speech, mentioned that in addition to these, there were Cadets present from Wales, Northern Ireland, Eire, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight ,and 37 English counties.

Speaking on the progress made by the Cadet moYement in the past year, the Commissioner-in-Chief said that 171 new divisions haVe been formed at homg and overseas. In his travels around the counties, he had been glad to find that a good proportion of Cadets were being transferred to the adult divisions and that they were proving their worth.

Sir Otto said: "We ars always in need of more recruits and I would like to see more and more CadEts joining the senior raaks."

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THURSDAY, AUGUS',T 6th, 1953.

PRICE 2d

ON LEADERSHIP

by Major-General H. H. RICH

('A Letader ts ,sonte-one who sayst vltat everyone is thinking in the loud?st voite".

There. are still people who consider that this is true. They could not be more wrong.

There are manl qualities necessary for a leader and the most important one is that he should be acknowledged by his surordinates as such. In fact,'we do nor choose ourselves, we are chosen. Why do people choose us?

We are chosen for a variety of reasons - among them are our thorough knowledge of first aid; our willingness to undertake cheerfully any duty, however unpleasant; and the fact that we do everything better than anyone else.

Thr's means a standard indeed; it means that a leader can never let up. He must put right everything he sees wrong. Too often,. Cadets are noticed behaving wrongly when a Leader close to them does not check them. This man is not a true leader as his standard is not high enough.

,Example is an impoltant factor in leadership. If we do not accept the highest. standard ln our own condudt and show rthat we accep't it, how ean we wilh any jusl,ice criticize the conduct of our rCadets.

The Bishop of Willesden in his address on Sunday toid us that we shoLrld not exp.ct a reward for our services; yet a true leader has his reward, in that he sees bis Cadets develop under his eyes in the spirit of the Code of Chivalry which is our guide through life.

Disappointments are a part of our normal life, a Leader must accept them with a spirit of fortitude. He should remember what Kipling wrote about being able to

, watch the things yoLt.'gore your life to, broken, and stooP and'huild thent up vtith h\orn-out tools."

OPPORTUI{ITY KNOCK$

L f ONDON seems rich with'exper- lr ie4cg ot practical first aid work for cddets lrom the Coronation Camp.

At lhe same time that Ambulance Cadets were rescuing an injured girl from the domo of St. Paul's Cathedral. another party of Caders-mainly f rom Dorset-were seized upon ai Ludgate Circus bv a distractad barber.

It appeared that a. customer had fallen ill in his shop and he eagerly sought the aid of the first uniformed people he met. As so often happens these were members of the St. John Amhulance Brigade.

I hey ..vcre led down a maze of side streets to the barber's shop. where they found a man who was obviously a hospital case. They at once telephoned for an

lntroducing

MR. VIVIAN GOULD who prints the Comp Caclet.

M r. Could is responsible lor a couple of weekly papers, but this is the only daily he runs.

He produces this daily nightly.

ambulance and one soon arrived from Bartholonrew's Hospital.

The in charge-a man of it upon .himself to Bari's the Cadets to pay a visit to and they all tumbled into the ambulance.

The hospital receptionist's face was a picture, when, as the ambulance drew up. not onl)i the patient bui eleven Cadels and two officers.

These iucky Cadets from Stubbers were shown all ar.ound Bart's and even entered the operating theatre, uhere thei found a patient awaiting attention.

In charge County Cadet Dorset, and Hilton.

so lrs GOODBYE

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\frlE were very sorry ro say "CoodVV bye" last iright io the'southern Rhodesia contingent.

They have had such a press of invilations to visit other parts of the couniry that they had 1o leave us early beforg it was all over.

We are sorry, too, that Pat Lewis has had such a sad stay so far, but we hope that she will have some time at least to enjoy herself in Eng- land befor:e she goes. home.

You will all be pleased to know ihat Pat has had another good night and was again sitting up today, asking for books and pap.ers.

We are sending her copies of the "Camp Cadet." sq she will be reading this and v,,ill know that we all send her our best wishes.

BIRTHDAY BOY

Af ANY happy returns lo our popu- rvr lar Camp Commandant, - Dr. F. R. B. H. Kennedy.

Fancy having a birthday at o tinle like thisl

A public subscription wiil be opened '[f and when we all recover financially. But, joking aside, good luck and many happy returns, Dr. Kennedy. You have done a fine job here, and we are all aware of it.

Bush Ranger

IfAS anvbodv noticed i short- l[ trouser-ed man walk ing about the camp with a ten-gallon hat on?

You have? Well, guess who he is. None .other than Mr. Jim Bush, Warden of Stubbers.

Mr. Bush looks after a 200-acre estate and this mar seem a big j.ob to town-dwellers. But, as it happens, he is most fortunately placed.

There is nobody on hls stafi of two over the age of 67.

lVarden Bush, who in spite of his charms, has so far escaped matrimony, lives alone in the great mansion house which none of us-barring the W.V.S.-ever seems able to get into.

of this party were Officer Alldridge, from Cadet Superintendent .,

We asked him if, by any chance, the, place was haunted. "Get away!" he said, "what sort of ghost do you suppose would want to live with me?"

NIGHT BOYS MEET

.[n the absence of Mr. Could. who wrlh hrs stafl have worked dav and plght 1o produce the '.Camp C'"OIi.: rvrrss Lunard was introduced to the !1m;- rubliciry manager. nar. b. -b. -V. Edwards.

third was earlier. but the fourth 1 Co-od deal later ana the fft-tr- the latest of all.

]u:fJ June was Division was is also and her

The Editor and his assistant. have to keep the Camo have been cheerltask by the splen- that Mr. Gould

All through rhe warches of the nrgnt._ when tempers are normallv trayed and vitality ar its lowest eb[, lnere has been fun and laughter in the pnnt shop and no back unr*"ra.

^ It .has 'been Les and Bob ancl DennisDennis who has ;lw;;; stayed on ^to rnind tte mactrine wtr,in rne re-st.ol us have gone home_and not "When are we -going to finish.: but "What about anot"her iup of tea?..

June and both here at are

Sheppard) E. o. go^ne without sleep rnlormed and thev fully joined in thii did tream of men has got together.

-Although foriy years divide rheir ages..they are Iike sisters: t.hey do everyth.ing togerher and are enjoying themselves hugely.

We doing asked June what she intended she left school next mid- when summer.

"Take up nursins replied. of course," she were much offer

€olne and of "turn the to

A SCE TE FROM THE

aopies the paper are run off.

. -In facr rhe press on u hich rhe ";!amn.fadet" is prinred ;, , Wt rrI.l oate_ cylJnder machine. operated by a Inrer-horse power electnc molor. Ii takes aboul an hour and a nati ro run ofi rwo-t}lousand copies.

Miss Cunard,s visit was much ap_ l,::r,:-d b1 rhg prinrers ano rrriy were specrallv pleased to nreet Mi. rtarrrs. who had been identified lo lhem .as o-ne of the hardest *orkl ers rn the ( amp and the smarTest rnan on parade.

,.,The Ed.iror of rhis paper *ould I Irke -ro add his own rri'buie ,o "il'r] I Could and his staff. N",f,ii,- iri I Deen too much trouble for th6m: ,l summary ol the working hours wiii I show to whar lengths tt.-V Li".""or" I {o ensure publication- - I

91i:i TL,'i;';.0:LJXi", s3*: I Ihar, it was safelv. imposed ";lh; I machrne -ar _ five o.ciock in ii;; I rnorn,ng. lhe_next issue was nol oDl .rne press untjl half past six. Th;

II{SPECTION

Tlte Lord Licurenattt clruts with D,r. Hundiekttr lrortr lnrlia, who ltas proved a uselul mentber of ,n, inrii:s ,medical staff