FUND FOR OFFICERS' WIVES AND FAMILIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11275, 19 January 1900, Page 3

FUND FOR OFFICERS' WIVES AND FAMILIES.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l enclose an extract from a letter to (lie London Times of Deccmbor 1 from Lady ' j Lansdowue and Lady Wolwls), which ex- ! plains itself. 1 may add that by a letter from a lifelong friend of my wife's we learn that much distress has been caused among officers' families by the sudden departure of the breadwinner. Each officer going to tho war has to plank down £110, for war kit. and insurance. To a large number this may bo nothing, to more it may be an inconvenience, but also to a large number (and it is .for 'hese that Lady Lansdowno and Lady Wolsnley aro interesting themselves) the payment of this sum and tho instant vacation of tho quarters occupied by the husband as a residence must mean a sore perplexity. Lady A. Buller alone, retains her husband's quarters at Alderahot, and it was when calling upon her that our friend saw the arrival of a nmtloman from tho Daily Telegraph with £9000 as a progress payment \ from the Daily Telegraph shilling mibscrip- ' tion fund for Lady Bnller to apply for tho benefit of soldiers' families. 1 Believing that amongst your readers thero aro many who, liko myself, nover had quito enough to live upon while we were in the I army, and, having less now, may still be ablo , to send a trifle to Colonel Gildea.—l am, etc., Hi'Gii Stewart, ! Late Captain R.A. Extract from letter to the Times:—We are anxious to mako it known thnt contributions for this worthy object will be accepted 1 by us and applied with all possible care and ' delicacy. We propose to associate ourselves ; with tho Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' As- ' sociation, which has for some years had i an officers' branch for tho benefit of widows ■ and children of officers, and which will now [ open a s'lfcial branch for the wives and fami- , lies of officers. Contributions to bo made I I payable to tho treasurer, Colonel James Gil- . I dea, C.8., 23, Queen Anne's Gate, West- ' i minster, S.W., London, crossed " Coutts ' I and Co."—(Signed) M, S. Laxsdownk, i. ! WOLSELEY,