DISABLED MEN.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16212, 15 May 1918, Page 7

DISABLED MEN.

FITTING THKM Fill! C IVIL OCCUPATIONS.

(SPECIAL TO f; TUE IT.ESS.") WELLINGTON, May 14. The Minister of Dofcnco received by , h0 lnst mail from England some letter, tm offirors of 'he ><•* Zealand LxLiitionary Force from which lie has t)ie following extracts suitable lor "i i» The, a«l mostly with t!.e >" b "1 a.wiws.» sif f A Hen said that an Allied conJaiues - j u j |n j, om i on m if a ,nV Ncv Zealand would be rcrre6ent"d at tlu; conference by General Erdson and .Sir Thomas .Mackenzie (icjieral Richardson writes: Ui.r J<i for ' k,alinti w,th lunbk ' is so,_ lirrs his turned out a great _ s um*s. v' u would appieciate seeing 100 of our Vmhlr« men at work ev.-ry morning afternoon learning various trades rvninnds Park. The men are keen, a i°i rind .est of all, hopeful as father' future. 1 wish'l could do Irfflctfing f«r the many disabled eases than limbless, l.ut these must bo ii. ™»|.l« ill N«»however. do more, and I am now veiv !,ig scheme of education for the Now-Z-land Expeditionary Force, which will apply to men in ho,nitals as well as to ail lit men in units. Frhe object of it is to encourage tho « tn devote their spare time to improving their wind -uml making themselves letter <itizf*ns. c; r James Allen remarked that tho Defence niithoi-ties in New /on and ;.ue now holding men in hospital on „.h. nntil thev were discharged flora ftspitnl. and preparations werc bouiK made to carry on in New Zealand tlio work referred to by General Rtchaid-

The Minister recently wrote to I-ip'l- - I'nrke" rogiuding the steps that should bo taken to seen re co-ordinntion of treatment of the men returned to this country after being treated m hospitals in England. Colonel Parkes ha. replied: "Wo aro endeavouring its for as possible to secure co-ordination of treatment, and particulars o treatment and nlso recommendations are forwarded with the mon, especially in orthopedic ca?es, also tho woik fot which thev arc best suited. Sir Janies Allen said that the New Zealand orthoptic treatment rua was quite up-to-date Dr. H was a verv good man on this subject. Colonel Parkes has written as follows with regard to the manufacture of artificial limbs: -There will shortly ho despatched to New Zealand three mechanics under Sapper Cook, who have fcceivcd instruction in the best methods of artificial limb manufacture, loth in the United Kingdom and in France. 1 am sure they will l"ot® to ho highlv efficient, and I hono before Jottc to hear that not only the repair, hut the complete manufacture of artificial limbs is accomplished in tho L>ojninion."