LAND AND .WATER, 
October 2, 1915. 
EDUCATION Of SONS Of OFFICERS 
FiiLL EN in tlie WAR. 
Appeal to the Nation, 
Commended by 
LORD KITCHENER, 
SIR JOHN JELLICOE,, 
SIR JOHN FRENCH. 
THE Imperial Service College, the only one of 
its kind in England, controlled by a Council 
composed of Officers of the Navy and Army, carries 
on the excellent work of educating the sons of 
Officers of the two Services, both of Great Britain 
and of her Dominions, at a cost which meets, as far 
as possible, the circumstances of each individual 
case. The funds necessary for this purpose have 
been provided in the past, from time to time, by 
generous benefactors. 
The Council now appeal to the public for a sum of 
money to continue and develop their work, and to 
enable them to educate the sons and descendants of 
the many Officers of the Navy and Army who have 
been, or may be, killed in the War, and whose 
families are left in straitened circumstances. 
This appeal is supported by Field-Marshal Earl 
Kitchener, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and Field- 
Marshal Sir John French, who liave written to the 
Council as follows : 
War Office, Wtiiteball, S.W. 
29th December, 1914. 
To the Couacil of the 
Imperial Service College, Windsor. 
I consider the work undertaken by the Imperial 
Service College to be most valuable, and I sincerely hope 
that funds will be available to develop that work, and to 
provide for the education of the sons of officers who 
fall ia the War. KITCHENER. 
HM.S. Iron Duke, 
4th January, 1915. 
To the Council of the 
Imperial Service College, Windsor. 
I feel sure that there are few more worthy objects 
for our support at the present time than the Imperial 
Service College. The provision of funds for the work of 
this College affords a means of giving an education to 
the sons of officers who fall in the War, and I know of 
no better way of recognising the debt which the country 
owes to those who have given their lives for it. 
JOHN JELLICOE. 
Head Quarters, British Army, 
To the Council of the 
Imperial Service College, Windsor. 
The providing of funds for the education of the 
sons of officers who fall in the War is a work which 
has my wholehearted support. Having been so closely 
associated with so many of these officers, it would be 
my dearest wish that their children, in case of need 
should benefit by the education provided by the Imperial 
Service College. J, D. P. FRENCH, P.M. 
Donations large or small, may be sent to and will l,e gratefully 
acknowkdged U Mr. J. CHA™AN-U-.vtKKK. .5 Dover Stleet 
\v., Col, A. W. Mayo-Robson, C.V.O.. FRCS I inml, 
Hous., Basil Street, Knightsbridge, S.W. otIUIiTSt 
.. Deans lard, \\eslminster, the Joint Hon. Secretarii ' 
millions, and to distribute fiind.s to the greatest advant- 
age bv means of a general committee established in 
Switzerland. Acting in a neutral country, the committee 
has exceptional facilities for transmitting relief through 
Polish hands to all parts of the afflicted country. 
Ru.ssian charity is helping the relief committees of 
Poland in their great task of feeding homeless and 
starving refugees; but no help can pass from Russia 
to the country tiiat the invader occupies. Grateful 
for the help already received, the fund, through Miss 
Laura Alma Tadema, the hon. secretary, appeals 
fur more and yet more help, for the magnitude of 
its task is appalling; the li.st of the starving and 
homeless is without end. All gifts to the fund, large 
or small, are gratefully acknowledged by Miss .\lma 
Tadema at the offices of the fund, 11, Ilaymarket, 
London, S.W. 
Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary 
Hospitals. 
The scheme of the.se hospitals was originated by 
Mrs. Gwynne Ilolford and Mr. C. H. Kenderdine with 
the object of assisting men of both the Services who 
had lost limbs in the service of their country. At Queen 
Mary's Convalescent .Auxiliary Ho.spital a man can 
be fitted with an artificial limb and taught how to u.se it 
imder the best possible conditions and with the advice 
and a.ssistance of eminent orthopedic surgeons. Num- 
bers of sailors and .soldiers di.sabled by loss of limb are 
constantly being discharged from naval and military 
ho.spitals and returning to their homes with their 
wounds recently healed and without the neces.sary 
arrangements being made for their future care and 
comfort. Such a variety of sad ca.ses have come under 
notice that detailed mention of them is impo.ssible, but 
the country owes these men a .special debt of gratitude 
which must be recognised at once and to the full. 
Two hospitals, with accommodation for about 225 
cases, have been establislied, but the problem to be 
solved is far more grave than was at first anticipated, 
and temporary wards are being built to increase the 
accommodation to 400 beds. There are at the present 
time over 500 men waiting admission, and it is estimated 
that within the next few months over 1,000 sailors and 
.soldiers who have lost their limbs will receive the 
benefits for which the.se hospitals have been established. 
These numbers take no accoimt of ampiuation cases at 
home or abroad since June last. 
The object of these ho.spitals, which is to fit the men 
treated to earn their living in the future, is one which 
especially appeals to the nation as a whole, for the los.ses 
that these men have suffered have been incurred in the 
service of the nation, which thus is their debtor. Any 
contributions to the funds urgently needed for carrying 
on the work will be gratefully acknowledged by the 
hon. secretary, Mr. C. H. Kenderdine, at St. Stephen's 
House, Westminster, S.W. 
War Library for Hospitals. 
The War Library for Naval and Miliiary Ilospital.s, 
started by Mrs. Gaskell, with the assistance of a friend, 
immediately after the outbreak of the war, supplies 
books and periodicals to all the- naval and military 
hospitals as .soon as their wants are made known and 
to ships on active service in home waters. With the 
sums collected the Committee lias supplied at regular 
intervals more than 400 ho.spitals and hospital ships at 
home, eighty in France, and ninety in Malta and other 
places abroad, beside numerous smaller units. A'ohm- 
tary workers relieve tlic Librar}- of much cif the expense 
of working, but funds arc urgently needed in order to 
increase and caiiy on the work. Out of forty workers, 
only three are paid from tlie funds subscribetl, and th? 
Library is recognised by the War Oftice as a distribut- 
ing agent. Funds are needed in order that the work may- 
be maintained, and the.se will be acknowledged by the 
secretaries at Surrey House, Marble .\rch, London, W. 
