OUR LIMBLESS SAILORS AND SOLDIERS. [To to Eprzos or um
..Srserero..1 Sort,—A great number of sailors and soldiers serving in the war have already been disabled by loss of limbs, and there will
be many more before the war is ended. These men are now being discharged from hospitals and returning to their homes or friends with their wounds recently healed, and without adequate arrangements being made for their future care and comfort, and it is pitiable to hear some of them begging to be told how they are to make a fresh start in life. The country owes it to these gallant men that proper provision should be made for them, that they should be cared for until they have fully recovered their strength and nerve and learned how to use their new limbs, so as to become capable of taking up employment again in the form best suited to each This cannot be done in existing hospitals.
In order to deal with this pressing difficulty, and as the result of a letter we recently addressed to the Press, a Committee has been formed with the gracious approval of H.M. the Queen, and with the sanction of the Directors- General of the Navy and Army Medical Services, and steps will be taken immediately to establish one or more Con- valescent Auxiliary Hospitals (including an officers branch) where these poor fellows may be concentrated, and where they can get fitted and accustomed to their artificial limbs under the best possible conditions—with the advice and assist. ance of several orthopaedic surgeons, who hare generously offered their services in support of the scheme. Application is being made to the Committee of the Prince of Wales's Fund for a grant to assist us in carrying out this special work, and we feel sure that an ever-generous public will also readily respond to our appeal and contribute towards the Fund necessary to deal with this most urgent problem. All com- munications and donations should be addressed to C. H. Kenderdine, Esq., St. Stephen's House, Westminster, S.W. (marked "Auxiliary Hospital ").—We are, Sir, dm.,
KATHLEEN FALMOUTH.
2 St. Tames', Square, S.W.
22 Wilton Street, S.W.
M. E. GWTNNE HOLFORD.
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