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Comforts
Service
in 'i
Because of the services
rendered by the people of
Australia, the - A.I.F. is
looked after better than any
other army in the war.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Goward,
Chief Commissioner for the Austra
lian Comforts Fund overseas, said
this today.
Lieutenant-Colonel Goward, who
returned from the Middle East re
cently, said that members of the
A.I.F. serving abroad spoke appreci
atively of the comforts issues made
possible by the generosity of the
people at home.
As the troops returned from
Greece and Crete, he said, they
were met on disembarkation and
supplied with light underwear,
socks, toothpaste and toothbrush,
tobacco, shaving soap and razor
blades.
On the long train journey from
Egypt to Palestine they were given
an extra food issue.
SYRIA
One of the last matters to which
Lieutenant-Colonel Goward attended
before he returned to Australia was
arranging for a supply of comforts
for Australians in Syria.
Although he reached Perth
only last night, he has learned
from a woman here that her son,
who was serving in Syria, had
written appreciatively of the ser
vice that the A.C.F. provided
there.
Headquarters of the fund organisa
tion were first established at Jeru
salem, then shifted to Alexandria.
When Lieutenant-Colonel Goward
left they were being moved back to
Palestine.
The organisation has commission&rs
based in the various war theatres in
the Middle East, each of them respon
sible for control in his area.
The commissioners act in an hon
orary capacity and the A.C.F. prides
itself on the fact that overhead
charges are kept to a minimum.
Three of the commissioners of
the fund had bought their own
cars in Palestine and ran them
for the benefit of the fund at
their own expense, Lieutenant
Colonel Goward said.
Overhead expenses for the first six
months of operations were less than
£150, which included the establish
ment of the first office opened.
MAXIMUM RETURN
''The public can rest assured that
the maximum return for their ef
forts reaches the troops,' Lieutenant
Colonel Goward said.
'The A.C.F. receives 100 per cent,
co-operation from the army and
Lieutenant-General Blarney has asked
me to convey to the people of Aus- ?
tralia his appreciation of the efforts
of the A.C.F.
'On all sides the men express
appreciation of what Australians
at home have done for them.
'They know that, although the
forces are growing and that the de
mands for the . future will be even
greater the Australian public will
cheerfully stand behind them so that
the A.I.F. will maintain the reputa
tion of being the best-looked-after
army in the war.' ?
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