LATE NIGHT FINAL
, No.
6
THURSDAY, AUGUS',T
6th,
PRICE
1953.
2d
I UST AS THOUGH ROYALTY WERE
PRESENT
Cadets attend,ing the Coronation Camp at Stubbers *AMONG - thetre se€med a determflirartio,n yesterd,ay not to let th€ deeply. regretted absence of Princess Ntrargaret spoi[ the whole shbw. The pa'rade, which took place under a lowerfurg sky, was canri€d
out iust as though royalty had beenr pr€sent. Impartial observers noticed the great irnprovement on the parade last Saturday, when ths camp was opened. It may be tlrat the Commissioner- | In the absence of Princess Marin-Chief, Lieut.-General Sir Otto I garet the salute was again *aken by Ldnd, had something to do with this. I the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, LieutAddressing the Cadets just before the I Colonel Sir Francis Whitmore. march past, he told them to hold I With him on the dais were the their heads high and especially to I Chancellor of the Order. Lieutobev the command "Eyes right." I General Sir Henry Pow,nall; the
P
rincess Morgoret's Messoge
'.1 atn so deepll* clistressed to hetrr of the case of meningiris that has L occrrred dt yotr Camp, and I cannot say how terribly disappointed I atn not to be able to be with you todaty. I had been so looking forward to seeing you all and to presenting the Gra,nd Pyior',s padges and thet specia'l service shields. lt pleased me so much to hear. that so many o yolt we,'e to receive them. "I set"td a special x,ord of congratulation to Cadet Tom Greenwood on his award of the merito'rious certificate for life saving. His coolness, presence ol mind ond proctical bhility were wotthy of the highest tradittons of the Brigade. "You who come from lhis area have particular reason to appreciate these qnalities, for I know how the C adets helped the adult Brigode in its great vork of rescue during the floods in the spring. 'I myself sa$, something of this when my mothet and I visited some ol the rest centres, and heard with pride of all that the Cadets had heen able to do. "I send all my.best wishes in thc days tha,t remain to you in your Camp, and continued sr/ccess in your work f or the Brigade in the learc to comc. C o nt nru nd an t - i n-C h i e 1."
Commissioner-in-Chief; th e Deputy Superintendent - in - Chief, Mrs. Beatrice Grosvenor and the Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets, Miss Virginia Cunard.
Others present included thg $ecretaiy-General of the Order, Mr. C. T. Evans, the Lady Principal
of the
St.
John Ambulance Association. Mrs. the St. John
Ronald Storrs.
aad
for
of
Essex, Sir
All who addressed the parade expressed profound regret that Her Royal- Highness was un*ble to be present and the message sent by Princess Margaret was greeted with loud
It
applause.
was read by the Chief Officer,
Nursing Cadets, Miss
Virginia
Cunard. (The full text is given
on
this pagp). Cadets from nine overseas countries read out formal messages of greeting
to
Princcss Margaret. and ha,nded
them over to Sir Francis Whitmore, who is to pass them on to Her Royal Highness.
Sir Otto Lund, in his
speech, men-
tioned that in addition to these, there
were Cadets present from
Wales,
Northern Ireland, Eire, Jersey, Guern-
sey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight ,and 37 English counties. Speaking on the progress made by the Cadet moYement in the past year,
the Commissioner-in-Chief said that
171 new divisions haVe been formed at homg and overseas. In his travels around the counties, he had been glad
to find that a good proportion of to the
Cadets were being transferred
adult divisions and that they were proving their worth. Sir Otto said: "We ars always in need of more recruits and I would
like to
see more and more CadEts
joining the senior raaks." Continue on Back
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