Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XH Y.A.D. Wobk In Ireland IRELAND has not been behindhand in the matter of V.A.D. work, for long before the war broke out there were several St. John and B.R.C.S. Detachments scattered throughout the island. Under the energetic leadership of Dr. J. Lumsden, Director-in-Chief of the B.R.C.S. and St. John Ambulance in Ireland, a very large amount of good work has been done, both by men and women members of V.A. Detachments. In the neighbourhood of Dublin there have been six Auxiliary Military Hospitals established largely by voluntary efforts. Dublin Castle, the first to be equipped, is a very fine place, and of course Dublin University makes a magnificent Hospital. Then there are the Princess Patricia Hospital at Bray; Monktown Hospital; Temple Hill Hospital, Black Rock; and Glenmaroon, Chapel Izod. Dublin Castle Hospital has been entirely run by the City of Dublin Branch of the British Red Cross Society; but the other five have been staffed jointly by St. John and B.R.C.S. members; and it is delightful to know that this intermingling of the two societies has been entirely successful. The more the members work together the better must be the result, for now that we have a Joint Committee of representative men from the two Societies, every effort should be made to bring the members together in their work. Ireland seems to have done this particularly well, and as a matter of fact the Territorial Force Association members work in with the other two Societies without any kind of friction. It was arranged that all the Units when mobilised should come under the control of the Joint V.A.D. Committee for Ireland. It was not intended in any way to interfere with the old machinery of either of the Societies, but that when mobilisation took...
