Visitors were always on hand on the arrival of hospital ships and the departure of hospital trains to welcome the returning men and to see that they had every comfort necessary for the remainder of their journey. A room was given to the Red Cross Society for the storing of supplies at Pier 2. This was found most useful, as boats and trains were despatched as soon as possible—only a few hours’ notice being given for the filling of requisitions, which work, however, was speedily and ably done by Mrs. Sexton and her committee, Mrs. F. B. McCurdy and Mrs. W. T. Allen, the latter of whom carried on the work to the termination. Many returned men were detained for days at Pier 2 until they went before their medical board. For these, concerts and entertainments were provided every evening by the Y.M.C.A., the Red Cross Society and the Churches. A special Y.M.C.A. Musical Club was formed in this connection which gave entertainments at a few hours’ notice. Two exhibitions of Red Cross work were held during the year, one at the Nova Scotia Provincial Fair, and another at the Exhibit of War Trophies, held in the Armories. A Committee on Sphagnum Surgical Dressings, under the able supervision of the Secretary, Miss Margaret Brown, was appointed. Dalhousie University very kindly gave the use of a fine laboratory, where boxes of sphagnum, collected from various points along the sea coast of the Province were prepared for use. [Illustration: MISS MARGARET BROWN.] [Illustration: 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.