s I T E D U S FROM THE E! ITOR'S CHAIR. LONDON MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. AN INFORMAL GATHERING Edited by E. M. CHANNING-RENTON. The Ypres Times. 159 As we promised in our last number, we have consecrated the present one to the Second Battle of Ypres. This year is the tenth anniversary of the introduction, in defiance of solemn agreements, of poison into civilised warfare by the Germans. We trust that our readers will not consider that we have entirely failed to commemorate in a worthy manner the event, and the heroism that it evoked. OUR PRESIDENT. We have all heard with sorrow and anxiety that our President, Lord Ypres, has had to undergo a severe operation. We are relieved to know, as we go to press, that he is progressing favourably, and we voice the feelings of the whole League when we wish him a speedy and complete recovery. We had hoped to have held a dinner in London to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres, with our President in the chair. As it is now impossible that he should be well enough to be with us, the dinner will be postponed till later in the year. LORD RAWLINSON. As we go to press comes the sad news of the death of General Lord Rawlinson. He was one of the Foundation Members of the League and Chairman of its first Committee. We hope to publish an adequate notice of him in our next issue. BACK NUMBERS OF THE YPRES TIMES. We frequently receive applications for a com- plete set of The Ypres Times, of which the October (1921), April and October (1923) numbers are now out of print. Will any member willing to part with one or all of these specified numbers kindly post them to the Secretary, who will be very grateful. With the Forty-Fourths. Being a Record of the Doings of the 44th Field Ambulance (14th Division). Spottiswoode, Ballantyne Co., Ltd. Fortunate is the unit which possesses a chronicler equal to the writer of this book. The picture which he gives of four years' foreign service in a Field Ambulance is so true to life that any member of any Ambulance will recognise there much of his own experience. The book is a valuable record of one corner of the modern war machine, for it describes admirably the peculiar functions of a front line medical unit. In a marked degree its duties fluctuate from grave to gav a few weeks of grim work, collecting wounded and treating them by hundreds every nightthen a week or so of rest," with wearied, myasthenic old men of 35 to be restored to youth with tinned chicken and bottled stoutand the others to be cheered up by the unit's admirable comedians. Every fighting man knows that a Field Ambu lance is a combination of the untiring, unselfish family doctor with some of the welcome qualities of a rich uncle. Those whose men served in such a unit, and those whose men passed through its care, cannot do better than read the book and keep it as a true record of the facts. will be held at 36. EATON PLACE, S.W.I, on MAY 7th, 1925. From 6.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Please make this meeting known io all interested in the League and do not forget to come and bring a friend. A finely printed and illustrated Monthly Review, edited by a Life-Member of the Ypres League, find circulated throughout the Bnglish-speaking world. It is devoted to short studies in Literature, Art, History (including episodes of the Great War), Photography, Poetry, Travel, etc., but its chief aim is to provide a medium whereby the average person who writes is enabled not only to publish his work, but to secure adequate remuneration. To budding pen men and women, STUDIES offers exceptional facilities for introducing their names to a world-wide market. Specimen copies, at Is. each, may be obtained from Messrs. Weatherhead Son, 16, Peas Hill, Cambridge. Subscriptions (12/6 post free, per annum) are received at Near Bast Studies," P.O. Box 1682, Alexandria, Bgypt.

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