October 2, 1915. 
LAND AND WATER 
Officers' Famlies Fund. 
The Officers' Families Fund' was 'originated' by 
Lady. Lansdqwne and Lady Wolseiey at the out- 
break of the Boer War in 1899, and is intended 
to benefit the wives and dependent relatives of 
officers in the Navy and Army who, owing to the 
direct and unavoidable expenses that have resulted 
from the war, are in financial embarrassment, or 
in any other trouble. From the outbreak of the 
present war the aims of the Fund and its activities, 
under the able direction of Lady Hope, have 
been enormously enlarged; some of the main objects 
which it is furthering at . the present time are 
hospitality to officers' wives and families, medical 
assistance, education of officers' children, the provision 
of clothing in cases where this is needed, and the giving 
of free business and legal advice. 
In the provision of Hospitality to officers' families, 
the Fund, of which this especial department is under the 
sympathetic supervision of Mrs. Seymour Corkran, has 
had a multitude of offers of assistance — but at the same 
time it has been difficult to find places to fit all needs. 
This is in no way due to lack of generosity on the part of 
those interested in the Fund, but rather to a difficulty 
in comprehending the position in which the families of 
many officers have been placed by the war. What is 
needed at the present time is the use of small houses 
which would cost little to run, and, in cases where 
officers' wives are solely dependent on their husband's 
pay, would be within the means of those who use them. 
In the n?atter of Medical Assistance, which is also 
under the charge of Mrs. Seymour Corkran, medical 
men, dentists, and nurses have rendered invaluable ser- 
vices, giving time and labour to cases which, without the 
assistance afforded by the Fund, would have been in 
sore straits, while Nursing and Maternity homes have 
also assisted the work in. a manner beyond all praise. 
Tlje department of Education and Training, which 
is under the unremitting care of Miss Fardell, tlie 
Assistant Hon6rary Secretary to the F'und, is one of the 
most' important sections, in that it is concerned with 
the training up of officers' children to the point at which 
they afe able to begin life for themselves. Especially 
worthy of attention in this section is the offer made by 
the Council of the Association of Preparatory Schools, 
which is prepared to arrange, for the sons of officers 
serN-ing in the war, special and almost nominal terms 
at the greater number of schools included in the Associa- 
tion. Boys must be recommended by the Committee of 
the Fund, and Mr. E. H. Parry kindly charges himself 
with the arrangement of details between the relatives of 
the boys and the schools concerned. The Headmasters' 
Conference also considers sympathetically any cases of 
recommendation for entry to Public Schools. 
The department for the provision of ladies and 
children's clothing, managed by Lady Wilson, has 
proved a great success. H.M. the Queen, patroness of 
the Fund, has directed that some of the best articles sent 
in by Queen Mary's Needlework Guild should be given 
to the clothing department, which is housed, by Mrs. 
Albert Brassey's generosity, at 29, Berkeley Square; 
and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon has very kindly established a 
separate depot for men's clothing at 2, Albert Gate. 
A sub-committee has been formed to assist officers 
and their dependents gratuitously with advice in the busi- 
ness worries that arise from the call of the Service, and 
this kindly project, of which Mr. Philip H. Freeman is 
hon. secretary, has been of inestimable benefit. 
These are merely some of the activities of the Fund, 
which accomplishes one of the great duties incumbent 
on the nation in caring for the widows and children of 
those who have given life itself for their country. Such 
a work demands, in addition to the devoted work of 
those responsible for its organisation, heavy and con- 
tinuous expenditure, and subscriptions in aid of the 
Fund will be very gratefully received either by Lady 
Lansdowne, or by Lady Hope, Hon. Secretary, at Lans- 
downe House, Berkeley Square, W. 
WOMEN'S WORK is a 
NATIONAL NECESSITV 
WOMEN'S SERVICE 
(London Society for IVomen's Suffrage, N.LKW.S.S.) 
58 VICTORIA STREET, S.W., 
gives Help, Training and Advice to 
WOMEN MUMTION WORKERS 
and other 
VOLUNTARY AND PAID WOMEN WORKERS 
"For Government aiid other Work 
ALL HELP AND ALL ENQUIRIES WELCOME 
Royal National Lifeboat Institution 
Supported entirely by voluntary contributions. 
KILLED IN ACTION. 
Those who wish to perpetuate the memory of the gallant death on the 
field of honour of a Husband, a Son, or a Brother, may, by presenting 
or endowing and naming a Lifeboat, provide a noble 
MEMORIAL, MORE LASTING THAN BRONZE, 
a living instrument for the saving of valuable lives and the means of 
maintaining among our maritime population the qualities of courage, 
endurance, and humanity which are the best characteristics of our race. 
1,112 LIVES SAVED IN 19U. 
OVER 52,900 LIVES SAVED SINCE 1824. 
Three lifeboats were wrecked and 12 gallant lifeboatmen lost their 
lives in 1914. The lifeboats have saved 314 lives from H. M. Ships and 
other vessels torpedoed, mined, etc., since the outbreak of war. 
Partioplars of the cost of various Hypes of Lifeboats can be obtained 
from GEORGE F. SHEE, M.A., Se,3tetary, 22 Charing Cross-road, 
London, W C. 
LONDON ORPHAN SCHOOL 
1813. WATFORD. 
(Incorporated «.* the London Orphan As'/tuhi.) 
1915. 
Children of Commissioned or Warrant Officers who 
have lost their lives in the War will be received 
without election. 
£17,000 needed for the maiutcnanbe of the 500 orphan.s of 
the necessitous middle clas.s now in the School. 
The Managers earnestly appeal for help, as there is 
a serious deficiency in this year's income. 
ARTHUR P. BL.\TI1\VAYT, 
Trciusurer and Chaiiiuan. 
HENRY C. ARMIGER, Secretary. 
Office : 3 Crosby Square, Bishopsgate. . 
LADY (IAN) HAMILTON, wife of General Sir Ian 
Hamilton, Commander-- in =^Chief in the Dardanelles, 
writes as follows to Prebendary Carlile, D.D. : — 
"I DO HOPE PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT 
The Church Army, 
AS I HEAR FROM MY HUSBAND HOW MUCH GOOD 
YOU ARE DOING AT HOME AND ABROAD. 
" Yours gincerely, Jh'i -V UA MIL TON" 
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