MISS JEAN FORREST.
Miss Jean Forrest was appointed Superintendent of Supplies at the Technical College and distributed parcels of yarn and cut-out work at wholesale prices, to some one hundred and thirty branches who found it difficult to obtain supplies locally.
The cost of maintaining a prisoner of war at this time was $15 per month. The Nova Scotia Red Cross assumed the burden of two-thirds, or $10 per month for 270 men, the Canadian Red Cross paying the additional $5. The monthly sum required from Nova Scotia for the support of prisoners was therefore $2,700.
Receipts for the year ended October 31, 1918, amounted to $408,482.66, of which $334,176.40 was raised by a Provincial Red Cross drive for funds during the second week in July.
The Canadian Red Cross Society at their Annual Meeting, held in Toronto in 1917, decided to ask the different Provinces to raise certain sums of money during the year. Two hundred thousand dollars was named for Nova Scotia, but the Finance Committee knowing full well that the people of the Province would gladly contribute to the Red Cross War Fund raised the objective to $250,000, and then started to work under the able direction of Mr. J. L. Hetherington and Mr. H. E. Mahon. Committees of citizens were formed in all the counties, and a complete organization arranged, with the result that every county “went over the top,” and the total amount contributed was $343,701.77. From this was deducted $9,525.37 for expenses in connection with the campaign, leaving the net amount of $334,176.40 to the Red Cross Society. Never did men and women from one end of the Province to the other work more enthusiastically, and never did our people contribute more liberally than to this appeal from “the Greatest Mother in the World.”
The following amounts were raised in the several counties:
| Counties— | ||
| Annapolis | $9,713 54 | |
| Antigonish | 5,598 33 | |
| Cape Breton | 42,150 29 | |
| Colchester | 20,444 29 | |
| Cumberland | 20,196 46 | |
| Digby | 4,464 04 | |
| Guysboro | 5,521 24 | |
| Halifax (City) | 110,416 87 | |
| Halifax (County) | 15,425 31 | |
| Hants | 10,340 00 | |
| Inverness | 2,903 67 | |
| Kings | 10,650 00 | |
| Lunenburg | 14,446 47 | |
| Pictou | 40,235 27 | |
| Queens | 6,341 61 | |
| Richmond | 2,332 47 | |
| Shelburne | 7,500 00 | |
| Victoria | 2,463 38 | |
| Yarmouth | 11,510 36 | |
| Special | 1,048 17 | |
| Total | $343,701 77 | |
| Expenses | 9,525 37 | |
| Final Total | $334,176 46 | |
The expenditure for the year 1918 included:
| Purchase of materials, hospital supplies, etc | $38,700 04 |
| Sundry Supplies | 1,218 32 |
| Comforts to City Military Hospitals and Hospital Ships | 9,331 67 |
| Special objects designated by remitters | 4,158 53 |
| Remittances to Head Office, Toronto | 325,931 70 |
| Office Expenses and wages at Pier 2 | 2,746 49 |
During the year 1918 the public maintained their interest in the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross. The amount collected was $20,943.01, of which $19,013.00 was forwarded to headquarters in London, England, for the support of prisoners. The food rations of each prisoner of war were despatched regularly three times every fortnight, which, considering there were 270 men on the list, was no light undertaking. In addition to the food supply the prisoners received two complete outfits of clothing, including everything from shoes and socks to overcoats.