BRrnISH Limbless Ex-Service Men SIR,-There are today 36,000 surviving ex-Service men who have lost limbs as the result of their service in the two world wars. Three-fourths of them are 1914-18 war veterans whose average age is now 60. Among them are 1,400 men who have lost two limbs. Despite their own handicaps, 12,000 limbless ex-Service men are united in true comradeship and service in 102 branches of their own association, B.L.E.S.M.A. (British Limb'ess Ex-Service Men's Association). Each branch has its own employment and welfare committees, with members serving on local disablement advisory commmttees and as voluntary visitors attached to wat pensions committees. Aim of all this voluntary Eervice is to ensure that no limbless ex-Service man ncedlessly suffers additional anxiety or hardship. Many badly wounded men have a great deal of pri2e and will not themselves divulge their troubles, and the purpose of this letter is to invite organizations, doctors, the clergy, and relatives to refer to B.L.E.S.M.A. the Cetails of all limbless ex-Service men who need a helping hand. B.L.E.S.M.A. also has a home

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