AID FOR DISABLED MEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16850, 15 May 1918, Page 7

AID FOR DISABLED MEN.

! THE WORK IN ENGLAND. U-l. [BY TELEGBAPH.— OWN , 9OBBKSPOKDBNT J} ; ■ WELLINGTON. :'iixeadiy.V The Minister for Defence IfiS^MK^e^jy,' the last mail from England-letters 1 officers of the New Zealand ; Expefitiftnary Force, from which he has vmaoe extracts' for publication. They deal mostly with the ' treatment of soldiers ; , m hospital. Sir' James Allen 3aid that an allied conference was to be held in. London in May, when New Zealand, would be, represented by General Richardson and Sir Thomas* Mackenzie. : ~. ■',-. ■ -.; .-\, 'ii' ~.r"*viVi: ;: ' General Richardson t' •writes :—-" Our' scheme for dealing with Bmbiess soldiers ; has tamed ont a great success. Yon would'!. appreciate seeing .150 of Our limbless men jS at work every morning, and ;afternoon' • learning various trades at OatlahdsjParkThe men . are ; keen, cheerful, and, best of ;* all hopeful as to their future, I wish I: - could do something for the many disabled cases other than limbless men, but these must _be left,to the people in New, Ze,a-! ; land. "We can, however, do more; arid 1 I •. am now organising a very large scheme" of .-'■• education for Vthe'i New'; Zealand ■ Expeditionary Force which will apply 'tomen'iri, hospitals as well-, as to * all fit men ~in , unite.'. The object, of; it is vid encouraije the men to devote''their. spare lime to" improving their, minds' and" making them-, selves ..citizens." '-:-- '■- '•— —;.--;: : Sir James Allen remarked, that the Dpfence authorities, New: Zealand now holding men in hospital on pay until they were discharged from fcosjatal, arid preparation? were being made to carry on in New Zealand the Wo referred tatty . General Richardson,* <■' The: Minister ".recently wrote, to Lieutenant-Colonel Parkes, Director of Medical ; Services,; regarding the <3teps that should -bo taken to secure co-ordination of treatment of the s men--re-turned to this country.after being treated in hospitals in England. "'CMorieT-Parkes has replied:—" are ■ endeavouring, as far as possible, to secure co-ordination'.; of treatment and particulars of past treatment, and also recommendations, are "forwarded with the men, as to the work f for which they are best suited.'- • -Sir James Allen said that the New Zealand orthopedic treatment at Rotorua was quite rip to date, Dr. Herbert, the officer in. charge, being a very good man on this subject* With regard to th« manufacture of artificial limbs Colonel Parkes writes: "There will shortly bo despatched to New Zealand three mechanics under Sapper Cook. They have received instruction in ..the best ! methods of artificial • limb ' manufacture, both in the United Kingdom find in I France, and J am sure,, they• will prove I to be hirrblv efficient.. I hope before long j tn lienr that not only the repair, but the I rnmp'eto vnrii'fnrtnre, of artificial -l?mbn { i-; accomplisbfiil in the Dominion." ','.'•'