How well the work of the Association has been done has been told in the
organ of the S.C.A.--_News from the Front_.

'Eight tents, fully equipped and capable of seating two hundred and
fifty men, made of green rot-proof canvas, and ten smaller ones
made of the same material for sleeping purposes, besides four iron
buildings to take the place of tents in the colder districts, have
been sent out from the mother country The tents have been stationed
at Wynberg (No. 1 General Hospital), Orange River, Enslin Camp,
Sterkstroom, Dordrecht, Kimberley (after the siege), Bloemfontein,
Ladysmith (after the siege), Dewdrop Camp, Arcadia, Frere Camp, and
other places. It was Lord Roberts' special wish that two of the
iron buildings should be erected at Bloemfontein and one each at
Kimberley and Ladysmith.'[1]

Lord Roberts himself opened the first S.C.A. tent pitched in
Bloemfontein, and the late Earl of Airlie, whose death none more than
his gallant lads of the 12th Lancers mourn, opened the tent at Enslin.
These tents became the Soldiers' Homes, and are free to men of all
denominations. In them stationery, ink, and pens are all free; and there
are books to read and games to play.

Occasionally they have been put to other uses, such as hospital depôts,
shelters for refugees, and temporary hospitals. Generals and their
staffs have been quartered in them for the night, and, in fact, they
have accompanied the British soldier to the front as his 'home from
home' wherever he has gone.

But to return to the work of the S.C.A. at Capetown. When this work
began it was found that there was no post-office at the south arm or