title: 'The Soldiers' Wives in the East', Times of London, 24 October 1854, P. 9.
abstract: Sir,—In several of the later letters published in The Times reference has been made to the possibility and propriety of employing the wives of soldiers as nurses to our sick and wounded at the seat of war. I am well acquainted with the habits of this class of society. I am well aware of what may be considered the difficulties of the case, and of the arguments likely to oppose themselves to the measure. Still I am its advocate, and I think it may be shown that this employment of the wives of sold