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Advertisements.
The Incorporated Soldiers'
and Sailors 8 Help Society,
PATSONf
Field-Marshal H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, K.G., &c.
THE COUNCIL]
President —
Field-Marshal HR.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, K.G., &c.
Vice-Presidents— H.R.H. THE PRINCESS BEATRICE.
H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT.
THE EXECUTIVE OOMMITTEEl
Chairman— THE COUNTESS ROBERTS, D.B.E.
Vice-Ghairman— Sir HARRY GREER,
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE :—
(1) To help Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen by providing them with the name and address of a "Friend"
in each parish or ward throughout the Kingdom, to whom they may be commended on discharge
from the Navy, Army or Air Force for aid in obtaining employment or other forms of help
suited to their needs.
(2) In time of War to arrange for accommodation of Sick and Wounded Convalescent Sailors.
Soldiers and Airmen in Temporary Convalescent Homes and Private Houses.
(3) To establish and maintain Convalescent Homes and Homes of Rest for discharged Sailors, Soldiers
and Airmen who are disabled and necessitous, and to contribute to the support of such cases
in their own homes, ff considered necessary.
(4) To teach useful trades to men discharged as medically unfit, who, by reason of their disability
consequent on their service, are unable to take ordinary employment, and to make such oases
as far as possible self-supporting by disposing of the work they turn out.
Assistance of various kinds has been rendered to 3,137 men of the Air Service at a total cost of
£5,738. Employment was found during 1903-32 for 106,033 discharged Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen,
while 518,260 were assisted with money or clothing. 21,089 Sick and Wounded Convalescents have
been sent to temporary Convalescent Homes, and 468,333 have been dealt with in other ways. The
Society's Permanent Home at Portsmouth accommodates from 20 to 25 disabled men ; 3,017 men
disabled on active service have been admitted, to 31st December, 1932, to the Lord Roberts Memorial
Workshops In London and Provinces since the beginning of the European War.
Secretary—- Major-General SIR BERTRAM BOYCE, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
D.S.O.
122, Bromptcn Road, London, 8.W.3.
Telegrams: "PEACEFUL, KN1QKT8, LONDON." Telephone: 8LOANE 2144.
Subscriptions and gifts of clothing, &o., will ba gratefully received by the Chairman of the
Committee, or by the Secretary.