Scottish Central Council Branch minutes of council meetings
Production date
1916
Description
Minutes of meetings from 4 January 1916 until 27 December 1916. The volume contains the minutes of Council, Finance Committee, Executive Committee, Transport Committee, Springburn and Woodside Hospital Committee, Scottish National Red Cross Hospital Construction Committee, Scottish National Red Cross Hospital Committee, Central Store Committee, Stores and Despatch Committee, Joint Committee, Joint Consultative Committee, Interim Standing Voluntary Aid Detachment Committee.
Matters discussed included: subscriptions; accounts; motor ambulance launches; uniform and badges for Voluntary Aid Detachment members; hospital ships; insurances; French Motor Unit; Gaelic-speaking at Woodside Hospital; establishment of a tobacco depot at Aberdeen; qualification of Scottish masseuses; establishment of the Central Store for Surgical Dressings; sick personnel; National Egg Collection; Red Cross Sunday; appeal for funds for Alnwick Military Convalescent Hospital; hospital accommodation at Thurso; radiant heat installation at Woodside; fire precautions; offer of Broomlands as an auxiliary hospital; increase in Convoy; further accommodation for Transport Offices; Gartshore Auxiliary Hospital; contribution from Easter Star to name two hospital beds; box collections; depots for duty-free tea; dismissal of Mr Dobbie; offers of accommodation for use as hospitals and convalescent homes; salaries; contraol of Voluntary Aid Detachments for the duration of war; admission of children to wards of the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital; Women of England's Fund; accommodation for patients who have lost limbs; clothing for disabled soldiers; period of service for Voluntary Aid Detachment members posted to hospitals; proposed scheme for contributions from coal owners and workers; formation of a Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Scottish Branch and St Andrew's Ambulance Association; St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the supply of personnel to Home Military Hospitals; appointments to Home Military Hospitals; despatchment of cars for service at home and abroad; petrol supplies; aid to the naval sick and wounded; constitution of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Central Selection Board; France's Day; the office and duties of County Directors of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Scotland; requisitions; provision of orthopaedic treatment for patients; massage facilities; urgent need for Voluntary Aid Detachment nursing members in military hospitals; mobile x-ray outfits; registration of the Scottish Branch under the War Charities Act 1916; proposed gift of motor ambulances to the Serbian and Rumanian Governments; Red Cross Sales; curative workshops; training of Voluntary Aid Detachment members living in the country; duties of County Directors; sugar supply to hospitals; religious services at hospitals.
Matters discussed included: subscriptions; accounts; motor ambulance launches; uniform and badges for Voluntary Aid Detachment members; hospital ships; insurances; French Motor Unit; Gaelic-speaking at Woodside Hospital; establishment of a tobacco depot at Aberdeen; qualification of Scottish masseuses; establishment of the Central Store for Surgical Dressings; sick personnel; National Egg Collection; Red Cross Sunday; appeal for funds for Alnwick Military Convalescent Hospital; hospital accommodation at Thurso; radiant heat installation at Woodside; fire precautions; offer of Broomlands as an auxiliary hospital; increase in Convoy; further accommodation for Transport Offices; Gartshore Auxiliary Hospital; contribution from Easter Star to name two hospital beds; box collections; depots for duty-free tea; dismissal of Mr Dobbie; offers of accommodation for use as hospitals and convalescent homes; salaries; contraol of Voluntary Aid Detachments for the duration of war; admission of children to wards of the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital; Women of England's Fund; accommodation for patients who have lost limbs; clothing for disabled soldiers; period of service for Voluntary Aid Detachment members posted to hospitals; proposed scheme for contributions from coal owners and workers; formation of a Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Scottish Branch and St Andrew's Ambulance Association; St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the supply of personnel to Home Military Hospitals; appointments to Home Military Hospitals; despatchment of cars for service at home and abroad; petrol supplies; aid to the naval sick and wounded; constitution of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Central Selection Board; France's Day; the office and duties of County Directors of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Scotland; requisitions; provision of orthopaedic treatment for patients; massage facilities; urgent need for Voluntary Aid Detachment nursing members in military hospitals; mobile x-ray outfits; registration of the Scottish Branch under the War Charities Act 1916; proposed gift of motor ambulances to the Serbian and Rumanian Governments; Red Cross Sales; curative workshops; training of Voluntary Aid Detachment members living in the country; duties of County Directors; sugar supply to hospitals; religious services at hospitals.
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
file
Catalogue Number
RCB/2/38/36/4