LAND AND ^':ATER, 
October 2, 1915. 
QUEEN MARY'S CONVALESCENT 
AUXILIARY HOSPITALS 
(For Sailors and Soldiers who have Lost their Limbs in the War) 
ROEHAMPTON, S.W. 
Palrotiesses :'■ '^ - 
Her ^[AJESTY THE QUF.ES. 
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra. 
President^ : 
The Right Hon. A. J. Baifour, P.C, M.P. (First Lord of the 
- Admiralty). 
F.M. THE Rt. Hon. Eari. KiTcriFNgR OT I^jwrtoum, KG., K.P.; 
G.C.B., O.M., &c. (Secretary of State for War). 
, , ■ ,. Commitlee: ^ ., , 
Thb Duke OF Portland, K.G. 
The Right Hon. Lokd St. Davids.. 
Admirai, SfR James. UrucBi. K,C.M,^..». .^... ■ 
ScrckonGeneral Sir Arthi'k Wm.- Mav,B.G., It,G.B.,.F.R.C.S., 
K.Il.P.. K.N. -'a 
•! MajorOenerai. Sir Chari^s Crutchi.ey, K.C.V.0. 
i ■ •• ■ MAjoR-GssERAt Sir Francis Lloyd, K.C.B. 
i; Surgeon-General M. W. Russeil, U.D.G., A.M.S. 
Colonel J. MACtLL, C.B., Representing tlie BritiSIi Red Cross Society 
< ■ ■ and Order of St; John:'.' ■ ' 
G. J. WaUDLE, Esq., M.P., Representing -thft National Relief Fund. 
The Vlscountess Falmouth. Ladj Lloyd. . 
Lady Wantage.' ^ Mr.>. Lew|s,llARCOURT. 
Lady IL\milton. , Mrs:; C^vynne HoLfpRii^ ,. 
liADY Henderson. Mrs. 'Ken.nktu Wilson. 
Noil. Consulting. Orthofadic Surgeons: 
TiioM.\s Opbnshaw, Esq.,' C.^r.G., M.S., F.R.C.S., i6 Wimpole 
Street, W. 
ROBBRT J6NES, ESQ.; Ch.M., F.R.C.S.i'gCaVeiidish Street, W'., .ind . 
- ' II Ncl-son Street, Liverpool. 
R. C. Elmslie, Esq., .M.S., F.R.C.S., 15 Devonshire Place, W. 
■ A. S. B. Bankart, Esc}., FrR.C.Sy i^j Hailty Street, W. ' 
Ifon. Cons lilting Physicians: - .- • - 
Thos. J. HORDKR, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., 141 Harley Street, W. 
Theodorb Thompson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., 94 Portland tlace, W. 
fftn. Ongqiiisiiig Secretary and Treasurer ; - . . 
C. H. Kenderdine, ^;sq., St. Stephen's House, Westminster, S.W. 
y'rf it'ho}n alt contmuniccttions s^ioriltl he a<iiirfssed. 
Cheques should be made payable to Queen Mary's Convalescent 
Auxiliary Hospitals, and crossed " Lloyd's Bank, Ltd.," 
Law Courts Branch. 
The Hospitajs at Roehampton (fo/ Officers and men) 
have been recognised by tlie Directors General of the Navy 
and Army Medical Services as: Base -Convalesceiit Hospitals 
where Sailors and Soldiers (including men from our Overseas 
Dominions) are supplied with their artificial limbs and taught 
how to use them. 
Eight hundred cases are now awaiting admission, and 
funds are needed for the erection and equipment of new Wards, 
which will shortly be opened. ■ 
This National work can best be judged by the . results . 
achieved and by the gratitude and happiness of these brave 
men on realising, that >yith the aid of the wonderful artificial 
limbs of recent mvention, they will be able to obtain employ- 
ment and make a fresh start in life. 
With a view to their future employment and to provide 
useful occupation for the men while in Hospital, workshops 
fitted with model motor chassis, electrical appliances, lathes, 
&c., are being organised, with competent instructors. An Em- 
ployment Biireau working in conjunction with existing Societies 
and empjoyers of labour has.also been established. Already a 
number of the men have secured good situations through its 
medium, and from the numerous offers received, it is hoped to 
find suitable employment for every man on his leaving the 
Hospital. ■ 
£50 will maintain for a year a bed to be named after 
the Donor, and it is hoped that donations of this amount will 
be forthcoming from many quarters— including Industrial Firms 
—to secure the provision of County Beds, beds for Naval, 
Military and Aircraft units, and also for men from our Over- 
seas Dominions. Donations of smaller amounts will be grate- 
fully acknowledged. 
Donations and Offers of Employment should be addressed 
to — 
C. H. KENDERDINE, Esq., 
Hon. Secretary and.Treasurer, 
St. Stephen's House, 
Westminster, S.W. 
from whom forms of admission to the Hospitals can be 
obtained. 
NEEDS OF THE NATIONS 
By E.Charles Vivian, 
Author of "The Way of the Red Cross," &c. 
THERE is, probably, no more striking instance 
in history of the way in wliich-the people of a 
nation liave responded to a national a'^peal 
. than tiie .success of the Prince of Wales's 
Fund, to which all classes corftilbuted in such 
a wav as to raise a record total in a record time— and 
this at a point of commercial and political anxiety, of 
crisis in private as well as in public affairs. But the 
fund, great as was its conception and usefulness, has not 
by any means' covered the lield of national obligations. 
To the needv and suffering of our own country we must 
pay heed ; it' is a primary duty. At^the same time, there 
are other needs and obligations not less imperative, and 
it is the object, of this article to. draw attention to some 
of tiiese—^volumies, would not suffice even for mention 
of all— and to point tlie need for carrying . on works 
which can scarcely be described as " charitable," since 
thev are so much more than tiiat. 
'instances are iiot far to seek. Incontestably, 
Britain is richest of the Allies from the monetary point 
of view, and thus financially should give most. France 
lias given her iitmost in rrieans and men, and-, relatTvely 
to her resources, lias suffered most among tiie Allied 
Great F<3V'ers set to des^ror the menace to civilisation. 
In' niere numbers of men, Kiissia has given most of all; 
lacking the means to transmitte the vast resources of the' 
country into actualities, Russia, giving least of material 
goods, has yet given all. It is for Britain, highly in- 
du.strialised, wealthy, and untouched by such invasion-; 
as has befallen our -Vliies with land frontiers, to make 
good, as far as lies in the power of the British people, 
the material needs of nations on whom the full burden 
of war has fallen, and to whom the phrase " horrors of 
war " has such meaning as the people of an uninvaded 
-island can only remotely conceive. And this is no 
matter of charity, but of duty; to the.se le.ss fortunate 
people.s we owe, in .some mea,sure, .the fact, that our 
shores are still inviolate; .our obligation to th.ese peoples 
is ontylto'be measifred" by 6"ur' sectirity— =-it is .absolute 
and unquestionable. ..-'--■ 
Yet, in surveying these great and pressing needs, 
we mu.st not lose sight of the poor whom we have always 
with us^the needs of our own country must not be 
neglected in the fulfilment of abnormal requirements. 
The first year of war has proved that the wealth of this 
coutitry is abundantly sufficient to rneet the claims of 
war and at the same time to maintain the normal works' 
that must go on either in war or in peace. All that is 
wanted is that the people of the country should realise 
what is required of tliem ; that they should be made 
cognisant of the works being accomplished at the 
present time, and of what is required pf themselves in 
carrying on the care of the wounded, the support .which 
is due from Britain to Allied countries, ancl the main- 
tenance of permanent national organisations. While 
making no attempt to cover tiie whole field, the follow- 
ing pages are intended" to convey some idea of the 
energies and needs of enterprises richly deserving of 
unqualified and constant support. 
Polish Victims' Relief Fund. 
While, in a general way, the sufferings of Belgium 
have been impressed on British people by reason of the 
proximity of Belgium and the opportunities of learning 
the story of Belgium at first hand, the fact that the 
devastation of Poland has been an even greater and 
more complete calamity is as yet hardly appreciated. 
In order to alleviate the suffering of Poland, nearly all 
of which is now occupied by a ruthle.ss enemy, the 
Polish Victims' Relief Fund came into existence 
through the initiative Of Mr. Paderewski. Its objects are 
to raise money for the relief of Poland's stricken 
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