[To ram Emma or THE " Elpsorrroa."3
Sm,—Has it never occurred to " V.A.D. Commandant " that till quite recently the British Army was a " voluntary " Army ? Yet no one ever suggested that, being " voluntary," it should on that account receive no remuneration. On the contrary, it was the best-paid Army in Europe—did not our (conscripted) enemies jeer at our soldiers as " mercenaries " ? It seems to me that those who help to save life are at least as worthy of remuneration as those who help to destroy it. But while " Thomas Atkins" gets ls. 6d. a day the V.A.D. gets Is. id. My daughter, who has had three years' experience and is thought sufficiently trained and competent to replace the staff nurse, a "professional," (Hiring her absence on leave or otherwise, appears to me—but perhaps I am partial !—to be at least on a par with a lance-corporal! I think a debt of gratitude is due to you, Sir, for opening your columns to a ventilation of this distinctly important subject.—I am, Sir,
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