CARE OF THE WOUNDED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 45, 23 June 1915, Page 8

CARE OF THE WOUNDED.

SALVATION ARMY WORK

Teh Press Association. Wellington, June 'l'l

Lieutenant-Colonel Powle.v G'hiei secretary of the Salvation Army) lias received a must interesting letter trum Adjutant Greene. late ot Wellington, wiio is. acting' as the Salvation Aimy Chaplain in Fgypt- In his letter the adjutant says: '“I am beiijg appointed to meet the hospital khips and do what I can for the wounded as they come to hand, until the base is established further forward. In the meantime my post will be at Alexandria and running between there and Cairo as occasion requires, and by this moans I will get into touch with vast numbers of troops, and probably be more useful than at a post with a battalion. Many wounded have come back, and, having visited them, much ot interest has been gathered in the way of individual incident. Those who have come hack are slightly wounded, and will he fit to return in a week or two. “Our people take great care of those who fall with wounds. The hospital trains are beautifully equipped and the best buildings are taken and fitted US hospitals, the attendance being all that can he desired. Our nation is one worthy of our best service, for the best consideration, is shown to those m need.”

Later, he says: “I have just returned to my tout after a very busyhut interesting day. It is now 10 p-m. Part of my duty has been looking up the wounded officers and men of my regiment/ who have returned. They got it hot. Many of the boys whom 1 knew intimately are gone. The wounded men are in great glee, and are all looking forward to getting hack. “Monday morning; 1 have attended any first funeral from the front this afternoon —Private Piper, of the Otago Regiment.”

NEW MEDICAL SERVICE. Wellington, June The Minister of Defence states that new arrangements have been made in connection with the medical hi and., t the defence service. Dr. Valmtine, the present Inspector-General of ‘ lie Health, becomes Director oi Military Hospitals, with full 'control over all matters connected with the Heatment of sick and wounded soldiers within the Dominion. Colonel i nrdy., the present Director of Medical Services, will confine his attention mainly to the Territorials, the troopships, and the examination of recruits. The two officers will be associated in the appointment of medical men to tin? defence service. In order that the public health point of view may he considered as well as the purely military one, it is necessary toward against the depletion of the medical service within the Dominion.