The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters October November & December 1 1917

Special collections have been organized under the patronage of the Joint War Committee which co-ordinates the work of the two great Associations devoted to the care of the sick tend the wounded ; the British Red Cross Society and the St. [...] Here in India the Viceroy as the head of the Indian Branch of this Joint War Committee has set apart a date the r zth December 7as a public holiday to be known as "Our Day"—the culminating point of a great financial campaign in India to collect funds for the service of the sick and the wounded. [...] The supreme object in view is the raising of a sum sufficient to meet the needs of the Red Cross Society and the St. [...] 00' The cost of these services—quite apart from the cost of sending comforts to the troops—is estiinated at 2:y lakhs per annum and from th0 collections which are made by the Our Day" organization in Bengal a sum of 24 lakhs will first be paid for the maintenance of the Red Cross Work carried on by the Bengal Women's War Fund. [...] The organisation of the "Our Day" Campaign is under the Presdency of the Viceroy ; the Commander-in-qhief is the Chairman of"VOL.