October 12, 191 6 
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PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE SONS OF OFFICERS 
WHO FALL IN THE V^MV— KITCHENER. 
AN APPEAL 
PRINCE ALEXANDER 
IN MEMORY OF LORD 
OF TECK 
KITCHENER. 
As representing the Council of the Imperial Service College. Windsor, 
I have the honour to appeal to the public, for its support of a scheme for 
the permanent endowment of the College in memory of the late LORD 
KITCHENER. 
The College, which is the only institution of its kind in England, was 
founded some years ago for the purpose of providing a public school 
education for the Sons of Officers of Uraited means belonging to the Navy, 
Army, and Higher Civil Services. 
The work of the College was highly appreciated by the late LORD 
KITCHENER, who took an active and sympathetic interest in its objects 
and welfare, and promised the Council to give his personal assistance at 
the end of the War toward; raising a large endowment fund, the sum 
aimed at being / 100,000 He commended the work of the College in 
the following letter : 
To the Council of the 
Imperial Serrire College, Windsof. 
I consider the work undertaken by the Imperial Service College to 
be mo^t valuable, and I sincerely hohe that funds will be available to 
develob that worn. AND PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION 
OF THE SONS OF OFFICERS WHO FALL IN THE WAR. 
KITCHENER. 
The Council consider that, owing (0 the concluding words of the letter 
of the sreat Field-Marshal, every effort should be made to develop the 
scheme so as to provide exceptional facilities for the education of the sons 
of Officers who have fallen in the war. At the same time they feel that 
the Permanent Endowment of the Colle.?e (thereafter to be called the 
Kitchener College), would be a fitting Memorial to the great and 
distinguished Public Servant whose loss we all mourn. 
The Lord Mayor of London has caused a letter to be written to the 
Council informing them that, whilst it is impossible to divert funds to the 
Imperial Service College from the Lord Kitchener National Memorial 
Fund he views with svmpathv their effort to provide good and economical 
education for the Sons of Officers, and would be glad to see the College 
placed on a sound permanent basis. 
I have also receued the following letters from Sir John Jellicoe and 
Viscount French heartily recommending this appeal to the public : 
H.M.S. " Iron Duke," 28/8 16. 
Dear Prince .Alexander of Teck, 
I have received your letter informing me that an appeal to the 
general public for funds for the permanent Endowmont of the Imperial 
Service College, Windsor, is about to be issued in memory of Lord 
Kitchener. , ■, 
I earnestly trust that your Appeal will meet with a wide response. 
I ord Kitchener had the interest of the College very much at heart, 
and no more worthy object for support could be found as a memorial 
to him 
Yours sincerely. 
JOHN JELLICOE. 
Horse Guards, S.W., 20th August, 1916. 
Sir 
i understand that you are asking the public for funds with which 
to endow a School for the Sons of Officers fallen in the War, to be 
named " The Kitchener College;' in memory of the great Field- 
Marshal whose loss we all deplore. I gather, too, that he had 
promised his active support and sympathy to this school when the 
War was terminated, and I am confident that no scheme would have 
been nearer his heart than the great undertaking for which you are 
seeking help, namely, the sound education at a reduced rate of Sons 
of Officers who have fallen lor their country's cause. ' 
Your scheme has my very heartiest support and sympathy, and I 
ivish every possible success to the noble cause for which you are 
appealing. 
Yours faithfully, 
FRENCH, F.M. 
Contributions may be addressed to the Treasurers. Imperial Service 
College Endowment Fund, 15 Dean's Yard, Westminster, S.W. 
(Signed) ALEXANDER OF TECK. 
About the College. 
The Imperial Service College is in no sense a charity. Th6 great 
majority of the boys pay the full fees, which are roughly ^80 a year 
and out of the interest on the money subscribed the Council is able to 
provide /30 each towards the fees of the other boys. From private sources 
comes another £25. leaving about I25 for the parent or P^;<^"ts ^o pay^ 
There is a long waiting list of boys, and there will be more as time 
goes on, so that^xtra dormitory accommodation at least wi 1 become 
necessary. All boys join the school O.T.C., but they are educated for all 
nrofessions not merely for the Services. . 
^ Not the least of the^sacrifices made by some of the officers in the new 
Army is that of their plans and hopes for the future of their sons^ It 
IS a reasonable supposition that the spns of «>ch officers «? ' ''f P^^^''* 
England at its finest ; and it is unthinkable that they should be placed 
at In educational disadvantage because their fathers were prepared to 
give up everything of material value for the sake °f tj^'^'^. <;"''" ^^ii^..^,. 
To those who think deeply about the problems of I'-mP'^c <• '^ 'L'™ 
to believe there can be anything which will appeal so ^^rongly as a work 
which has for its object the right upbringing and ?'l«'1"'^^«^,'^f '^^'°'^.,°^ 
those boys whose fathers are helping England t°-'Hy. and who n their 
turn It may justly be hoped, will carry on our country s traditions ot 
honour a^d^stralght dealing and freedom and justice whenever their own 
call comes. 
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