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directly the Committee hear which camp he is at they arrange to send him. three food parcels a fortnight and a supply of bread. This is provided out of the funds, and is another reason why donations are needed. There are 40 non-commissioned officers and air-mechanics known to the Committee to be in Germany at present, which is a small number compared to the officers, but this is because very few of the former fly. As well as the regular parcels the men receive extra ones from their relations, and the Committee forward parcels sent for them from home; all parcels for non-commissioned officers or air-mechanics must pass through the Committee's office. Lady Henderson said she was told that this rule will be made to apply to officers in August, also that the amount that may be sent to officers weekly will probably be restricted ; at present there is no rule about this, though a private may not receive more than 30 lb. of food each week. When parcels are arriving regularly this should be an ample supply. Several officers have written lately asking the Committee to send less. She was afraid most prisoners suffered from hunger for the first few weeks, before any parcels reach them, unless they were sent to a large camp where they could share with the others. The Committee had on their books 387 officers, prisoners in Germany, and the majority of these are receiving parcels from us. Last week 645 parcels left Surrey House. Nearly all were food parcels, though a few contained clothes for the men. <$> <$>Air Raid Warnings. THE Lord Mayor has received the following letter from the Home Secretary :— Home Office, June 29th, 1917. • Dear Lord Mayor,—With reference to the interview which "" We had on the subject of public warnings of air raids in London, and the subsequent conference with yourself an^ some of the mayors, I think it right to inform you that the •".'. whole question has been brought before the Cabinet, and, JULY 5, 1917. Clothes are supplied to the Committee to issue to the men. They have to wear a special uniform of black piped with yellow, which she supposed was to make it more difficult for them to escape. So far no R.F.C. man has succeeded in getting away, though a corporal was recaptured 2 miles from the frontier after travelling 18 days in Germany. Altogether 5 R.F.C. officers have escaped and reached England. Seriously wounded officers have been sent to- Switzerland, one of whom, Lieut. Goode, recovered so com- pletely that he got married. Except for three or four officers who died of their wounds- soon after being captured, none of them had died in Germany, which shows that they were well looked after in hospital. As to the prisoners in Turkey, there were 24 officers and seven men ; 21 men were taken at the fall of Kut, but very few of these had survived. Several officers are at Afion Kara Hissar, and were heard from occasionally. They seemed to get parcels fairly regularly when they were allowed to send them. At present they were prevented doing so by the Austrians, who would not allow prisoners' parcels to pass- through their country. The officers at Afion Kara Hissar ask particularly for tea and saccharine ; they were able to buy a certain amount of food, but they say the price of tea in Constantinople is 18s. for % lb. There are four officers in Bulgaria to whom parcels are being sent, but no acknowledgments from them had yet been received. <$> <$> after very careful consideration of the advantages and dis- advantages of the proposal, the Cabinet decided that it is not desirable in the public interest, in present circum- stances, that public warnings of air raids should be given in London. As you were good enough to inform me that vou were willing to leave the matter to the decision of the Government, and to abide by their decision, I thought you would like to learn from me the conclusion at which thev have arrived.—Yours truly, GEORGE CAVE. Two views of the "D.N. 1," the American Navy's first non-rigid airship, built by the ConnecticutAircraft Co., and which successfully passed its test flights recently at Pensacola. 670
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