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may be examined, and,y if found correct, discharged.
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CENTRAL ASSOCIATION in AID of the
WIVES and FAMILIES, WIDOWS and ORPHANS, of
SOLDIERS Ordered on Active Service.
• 'Crider the Joint Patronage of
Her Majesty the QUEEN.
Field-Marshal 11.R.11. the PRICE ALBERT, K.G., and
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT.
VICE PATRONS.
His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY.
I.ieut.-Gen. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.
Chairman of General Committee—General the Earl of Beauchamp.
Vice•Chairmen—Viscount Ingestre, let Life Guards ; Lord Lilford.
Trustees—Sir John Kirkland, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, M.P., and
• Major the Hon. HL. Powys.
COMMITTEE.
The Lord Bishop of London John Lettm Elliot, Eq.
The Duke of Manchester ir Robrt Gerard, Bart.
The Marquis of Blaudford, M.P. lion.
A Kinnaird, M.P.
M.P.
The Earl of Annesley,
HLieut.-Col. Brownlow Knox,
The Earl of Cavan on. Capt. William Stuart Knox,
The Earl of Effingham
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The Earl of Shaftesbury Captain Laffan, M.P.
Viscount Hill Lieutol. Lawrenson
Viscount Mandeville, M.P. Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. Lindsay, M.P.
Lord Sondes Right Hon. Joseph Napier, M.P.
Lord Edward Howard, M.P. Cblonel t-idney North, M.P.
Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Henry Owe, R E.
Lord Charles Clinton, M.P. John Wilson Patten, E. M.P.
Lord Fev,erellam Melville Portal, Esq., M.P.
Caotat Archdall, M.P. Major the Hon. 11. L. Powys;
Colonel Beier 60th Royal Rifles
Colonel Madero, M,P. Andrew Sdottiswoode, F.sq:
Lieut.-Col. Hunter Blair, M.P. Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P.
Major Callan, Staff-Officer of Rev. F . Stainforth
Pensioners Lieut.-Col. Tit, lor, M.P.
Lieut.-LOl. Caulfield, X P. Capt. W. F. Vernon
J. C. Colquhoun, Esq. Sir William Vernon M.P.
Capt. J. Douglas,- 60th Royal shirley wo esq.
Rifles General Wyndham, M.P.
Colonel Dunne, M.P. . .
Auditors—George William Bell, Esq., Law Fire Office; and B. L.
Sowell, Ellq Bank of England. .
Treasurer—Sir John Kirkland, 80, Pail-mall:
Hon. Secretary—Major the Hon. Henry Littleton Powys, 60th Royal
• Assistant Secretary—Frederick Hayley Bell, Esq.
The following report was unanimously passed at a General Com-
mittee Meeting, on the 3d of October, 1854.
The Right lion. the Earl of EFFTNG,i AM in the chair:--
This Association •triginated at the National Chili, on tee 24th of
February, 1854; and was joined on the 25th of February by a depu-
tation from the Army and Navy Club.
It was for malty instituted at• a public meeting held in Willis's
Rooms, en the 7th of March, 18e4 (the late deeply lamented Gene-
ral. Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C.8., in the chair), and has nJW com-
pleted the first half year of its operations. .
The vast amount or undeservel misery. that this Association has
.been the means of alleviating during the past six months induces the
Committee to make a half-yearly report of their proceedings; and
this, not only to show that the noble effort made by the country en
behalf of the silent sufferers has not been a fruitless one ; but also to
ui~ect public attention to the urgent .and abso ute necessity for the
establishment,of some perrnaneat national provision .for the Veiv,s
and families, ssidows and orphans, of our soldiers.
Notwithstanding all that has been said and written on the siMect,
the fact still remelts in all its sadness, that for the wife and family,
widow and orphan, of our beat-behaved soldiers, whether non-com-
missioned officer or private, no provision whatever is made. _Nothing
but pi ivate charity keeps them from pauperism when their husbands
and fathers' are taken away. • • • ;
The marriage or these good
,men is fully permitted by military
authority; it is even granted as a rewar•l for good conduct, and yet,
should they be ordered.. to the, seat of war, or die in the service of
their country, their families are cast aside in utter destitution and
desolatiOn.
To prove that this is no over-statement, the Committee have se-
lected a few eases eut of hundreds, ;all of which are those of
.wives
of non-cociamssiotied officers and privatei, wit), having been mar-
ried with-Military sanction and approval, had been placed on the
strength of the regiment.
Case 490, Mrs. IL—Wife of a sergeant of the 38th. Married with
leave. Left destitute with six children after she had spent the small
sum her husband left for her. `,Five of her Children provided for ;
the sixth being an infant, aridlhe mother being NT,eakly,slie received
a weekly allowance" Of ss. until she obtained work as a Wa:slier-
woman, for which theAssOciation furnished the means, and he now
earns her own livelihood, assisted by her two boys, aged 12 and 13,
for whom situations as pages have been found.
Mrs. E. F., Bth Hussars —A most respectable person, married with
leave, in delicate health. Left destitute, wit
h six children. Earns a
little by washing, for which a donation of 2/. was granted. A weekly
allowance of 7s. .
Case 439, Mrs. W. H. R.—Wife of a private, 13th Light Dragoons.
Married with leave. Left destitute with four children, A most re-
spectable person. A. situation as cook-obtained for hdr, and all her
children provided, for.
Case 73, Mri S. J. 41.—Wile of a sergeant in the 21st Regiment.
Married with leave. Left destitute with four children, and expect-
ing her confinement. A. weekly allowance of bs., la addition to the
parish out-door relief of 33. a week and four loaves:
Case 460, Mrs. W.—Wife of a lance-sergeant in the 6th Dragoons.
Married with leave. Left destitute With three children, and expect-
ing her confinement. -A weekly abowan tilk she became a widow,
when she was granted 801., and one of her three children provided
for by the Birmingham Local Committee.
Case 193, Mrs. E. 11.—Wife. of a _private in the 38th Regiment.
Married with, leave. Lett destitute with four children. One child
provided for, and a weekly allowance Of 7s. a week. •
Case 384, Mrs. A. F.—Wife of a private in the 77th Regiment. Mar-
ried with leave. Left destitute with ftva children. A weekly allow-

mica of 109.
Case 433, 38th Regiment—ftlo.. A., the will) of a sergeant. Mar-
ried with leave.. Left destitute with four children. • Has been pro-
vided with a situation of 141. a year, and either children taken care
of by the Association. •
Mr. 3. E. F., 63d RegiMent.—Married with leave. 1G years wile of
a private. Left destitute with five children. A weekly alloWance'

of 7s.
Mrs. E. T., 46th Regiment. —Married with leave. Left destitute
with five children under 10 years of age, unable to leave her infant.
A weekly allowanCe of 7s.
Mrs. T. L., 28th Regiment:—Matlied with leave. Wife of a
Se4teant. . Left with flee children. Tier husband left her some little
money and his watch, to pert with in case of need. The watch had
been parted with .whet' this Association helped her out of all her
troubles, and she regularly receives money from her husband.
rs. E. B. case 321.—Wife of a pr.vate, B'ith Regiment. "Married
with leave. 'Left perfectly destitute- with-five children. The two
youngest twins born since her husband left. In very bad heaith
since her confinement. A weekly allowance of 12s.
Cases Nos. 40';',, 407, 408.—The wives of privates of the 55th. All
'Berried with leave. Left destitute with ten children. • A weekly
allowance to each.
ewe No. 961, Mrs C. B.—Wife of a private, Royal Artillery.
Married with leave. Left destitute wall six children in great dis-
tress. A weekly allowance granted.
Case 971, Mrs. A. o. Wife of a sergeant of the 38th Regiment.
Married with leave. Left destitute with six children. A weekly
allowance of 12s.
Case 592, Mrs. T.—Wife of a`sergeant of the ilth Hussars. Mar-
ried with leave. Left with six children. Eldest daughter provided
with a situation, and a weekly allowance of lust to her mother.
This dreary catalogue of destitution might be continued almost to
an endless extent; and all the harrowing details accompanying each
case might be given ; but the Committee are satisfied that a simple
statement of these facts is more than sufficient to prove the need for,
anii the reality of, their werk. It is true tatfamil y; the peri
but the Corn
sh of the sol-
dier may be compelled to support his wife ahnd.
mittee would ask whether the workhouse is a fitting place for the
families of men who can write such letters as the Ica. owing :
" Camp, near Varna, August 30, 1854. •
" Sir, —I sincerely trust that I may not offend you by the liberty
I take in addressing you; but, having heard of your k
lanndess
into the
e
wives end children of ecldiers now serving
Turkey, m
to request your kind assistance on behalf of my little daughter. By
the last mail from En; .land I received the melancholy intelligence of
my Wile's death, which occurred en the 9th of August, leaving my
little gii I entirely unprovided for. Set. I therefore humbly hope that
you will kindly cerise inquiries to be made, so that my child may not
be lefe entirely unprotected or uncared for. I will most gladly con-
tribute, as far es my means wilt admit, to defray any expense which
may arise In placing her in any establishment which you select.
We expect to embark far Sebastopol to-morrow, consequently I feel
very anxious that seine steps may be immediately takeu to provide
f,,r her,

•
" I remain, sir, most respectfully,
G. IL, Sergeant.
" To Major the Hon. H. L. Powys, 601 h Reg. Rifles, lion. Sec."
The Rife and child cf this non-commissioned officer were entirely
supported by the Association until his wife died of cholera, in London.
Ills daughter is now comfortably settled at the Industrial School at
Birthingharn, at the expense of the Association, and when thoroughly
trained and Educated will be provided with a situation by the mane•
g r_ of the Industrial SchOol.

" Devno, in Turkey,. July, 104.
Dearest Mary,—l know you w ill be glad to have this letter
troiri your dear father. I hopo aria pray Almighty Ocd that you slid