BRITISH NURSES FOR OUR WOUNDED ALLIES.
TO Tux EtOTOR or TUN "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—In October last Miss Grace Ellison was entrusted by the French Government with the task of procuring three hundred fully trained British nurses, to work in the French military hospitals for the duration of the war. The organization was at once taken in hand by the following Committee : President, Lady Barclay; Vice-President and Chairman, Mrs. R. D. Murray ; Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Bedford Fenwick; Hon. Secretary, Miss Hutchinson; Dr. Murray Leslie, M.A., M.D. (Ellin.), (Loud.); Dr. Dundas Grant, M.A., F.R.C.S. Upwards of one hundred and sixty fully trained nurses have already been supplied, and to-day the value of the "French Flag Nursing Corps," which is under the direct control of the officers of the Medical Department of the French Ministry of War, is incon- testable.
Many letters and communications from the surgeons in charge speak in the highest terms of the courage and devotion of the nurses, which were specially marked during the bombard- ment of Bergues, when they themselves carried the wounded into the cellars under heavy fire. One surgeon writes: "May God bless those who have devoted themselves with so much nobility and unselfishness to the service of our dear French soldiers."
Such testimony speaks for itself, and the Committee feel sure that they have only to appeal to the generous public to assist them to carry on this work, as more funds are urgently needed. The public will readily realize the inevitable expenses incidental to the organization of such a Corps of Nurses in a foreign country,. The Committee hope soon to have the full complement of nurses at work in France if they can get sufficient financial support. Further information can bo obtained from the Hon. Secretary, French Flag Nursing Corps, 60 Nevern Square, S.W., and sub- scriptions will be most gratefully received and acknowledged by the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, 20 Upper Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, W.—I am, Sir, Ste., 31. M. MURRAY,
Chairman, on behalf of the Committee.
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