Many Nova Scotians, as well as returned men, do not appreciate the magnitude of the task accomplished by the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Red Cross, and it is only possible here to give a brief outline of its activities. The women of every city, town and village in the Province gave the best of their thought, substance and action in order that the citizen soldier of Nova Scotia, whether in the fighting line or in hospital convalescing from wounds might have every possible comfort. At the end of 1915 the Province had thirty-one chartered and two hundred and sixty-eight auxiliary branches of the Red Cross. Every village and hamlet had its workers who contributed a steady stream of supplies and an enormous amount of labor devolved upon the Provincial Branch at Halifax, which acted as a Clearing House for all branches throughout the Province. The officers of the Provincial Branch during the War, with slight changes of office but not of personnel, were as follows: _Patrons._ His Honor Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Grant. _President._ Mrs. William Dennis. [Illustration: MRS. DENNIS.] [Illustration: MRS. CHARLES ARCHIBALD.] _Vice-Presidents._ Mrs. F. H. Sexton. Mrs. F. B. McCurdy. Mrs. Chas. Archibald. Mrs. Hector McInnis. Mrs. M. A. Curry (Hon.) _Hon. Secretary._ Miss Margaret Brown. _Hon. Treasurer._ H. E. Mahon, Ess. _Executive Committee._