While those raised and erected by towns and villages will be of interest and perhaps utility for the future, an even more striking group of war memorials will be those of the regiments of the army. They will be found generally to take the form of assistance to the disabled and fatherless, for undoubtedly those who have been through the mill are best able to appreciate the needs and, as a rule, most ready to minister to the wants of their fellows in distress. We fancy that a novel form of such memorial is that which the Black Watch is endeayouring to raise at the moment through subscriptions from its present and past members. It is to take the form of a holiday home by the sea, primarily for war widows and their families and orphans of tender years, and after them for the wives and children of those who fought during the war, preference being given to men who have been disabled. In course of time the num-hers conting into these categories will dwindle, and ultimately come to an end, and as soon as it becomes apparent that for this reason it is
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