Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-09
BY FREDERIC J.
HASKIN.
ENGLAND AT Caring for the Wounded

tlally every has some piece OF knitting
NAV be comforter pair of SOCKS or "ristoanos VI
mttens, but whatever II IS II IS always SOie 0Oi'
ton to the lighting men.
rho rordon marks quickly became of
relief work London dotted all over with squares OF
varying sizes about and with locked gates tna
are in a sense little community parks Like GranercY
park in NS tasc. they customar1ly reserved Tor
the use of the persons who live about tneIs' TINS
meant i'm effect. that they were not used at ALL NO"
they are full of wounded soldiers. One may see in
Belgrave square. in Grosvenor square, In Berkeley
square, in the famed old Physic garden IN chelsea
groups of wounded soldiers playing at games being
wheeled about in chairs. some poor fellows lying
stretchers who are simply getting the resh ar
and looking at the birds and flowers Late in the
tea parties and eager curious little
boys peer through the ratings These wounded SOL
ders are ncOrrigiblv their has trans
formed many quarters London One sees everywhere
parks I'd elsewhere benches or chairs with THIS
legend printed them: For wounded soldiers only
Even on the country outside of London one en-
counters groups soldiers in the familiar
robn's-egg hospital uniform with white facings
and brilliant neckties Always they have with them
two or comrades yet unable 10 walk and who
being wheeled about in chairs Sometimes the man
pushing chair has but one leg. Always they are
smoking cigarettes always they in high good
humor. Every stops to talk with them 1t Is the
common testimony that this has far to break
down the of and caste and class distnc
ton The returned soldier been of the
greatest solvents bringing about this situation. Ev
erywhere and everybody he is treated with the ut
consideration Place is made for him crowded
busses His comfort and welfare thought of in
a thousand little He is msde to feel that he is
person consequence and distinction. fe
where.
The number Of private and speciai organizations
gagged in another of relief work is be-
yond all counting. There societies for sending c
garettes the trenches; for providing NUT
fers mitens; for visiting soldiers in the hospitals
for meeting every providing every comfort
that circumstances demand ingenuity dictate.
The whole problem of the disabled is already be-
ginning to receive attention BY the end Of July 1915
than 100000 men had been discharged from the
British as physically unit for further service or
this estimated that about onehah returned
their old employment OF the remainder consider
section still undergoing medical treatment 1t
has the urgent need arises in the
of the partially disabled Here the problem has been
the mans confidence in himself and make
him realize that he is not wreck but still capable of
serving the community. An endeavor has been made
to interest the wounded in occupation while
they still convalescent and reduce the period
when they left to loaf about the parks the hos
pital grounds
Some attention has given experiments that
the French have made in meeting this problem In the
late autumn of 1914 the energetic mayor Lyon
founded PEcole Joffre. which has since
model for other and larger schools in Paris. Bordeaux
Havre and other French cites. LEcole Joffre
self modelled the training school at Charlero, which
founded to deal with disabled by Industrial
cdents and the guiding principle of its founders js
up in the word "re-education" aims at de-
velopng any latent capacities Of its pupils, 1t
starts on assumption that man whose incapacity
prevents him from returning to his old occupation
and ought to be taught one. The sacrifice
men have made has earned them the right to a fresh
IN life.
1t has suggested that certain occupants requir
ing good character habits of punctuaIity
might large extent be disabled
soldiers 1t is proposed reserve for disabled SOL
ders posts messengers doorkeepers elevator
tendants in government Offices 1t argued that if
the government sets example in the matter banks
insurance companies and other large offices fol-
low. movement has been started in Lancashire to
o rti0n of
lighter work for disabled Various schemes are
in contemplation for placing diabled on the land
Market gardening and poultry farming it is urged
should afford employment quite to many cases
Now that the actual taking wounded soldiers
while they under medical been organ
constructive relief looking to the care of
the after they have recovered is fore
for consideration