OUR WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2921, 6 November 1916, Page 4

OUR WOUNDED

The natural • axicty of friends and relatives of our wounded soldiers to learn something moro definite concerning the state' of the wounded men than is supplied in the bald reports now forwarded from England may lead at times to demands which it is impossible to meet. But that-thcre is ample room for improvement on existing conditions is apparent, and is admitted by tho Acting Prime Minister himself. Mr. Allen is now giving the matter of obtaining fuller information bis personal attention, and it may be hoped that he will not permit tho objections which are certain to bo raised in England to deflect him from his purpose. It will bn a difficult matter, and it will involve a good deal of extra work to supply promptly the information desired regarding the condition of our

woiiQrletl; buL it, should , not lie. an insuperable- (ask to supply a report showing in the ease of each casualty whether iho wound is slight, serious, or clangorous. A simple ,classi : fication of this nature wbiild incei; the needs of HiO occasion to a reasonable extent} and thin list could bo supplemented with progress reports concerning the dangerously wounded and tlio names of thoso discharged from hospital. As Mb. Alien has pointed out, it is preferable that this information should come through the ordinary official channels rather than that the authorities in London should bo deluged with private cablegrams from anxious friends and relatives. A special staff should, if necessary, bo appointed in London to deal with this matter. It surely is important. enough.