ABSTRACT
The fact of a large force being so suddenly ordered on active service has made the public more than usually solicitous for the fate of the wives and families of the soldiers thrown into a state of temporary destitution; and though there would be the greatest inconvenience in any association taking upon itself to act in such a manner as to contravene the somewhat stern though necessary regulations of the army, it is considered that the peculiar circumstances of the case will warrant some assistance being offered.
