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Military Hospital. I THE FOOD CONSUMPTION*. In view of the limited supply of food in the country, tb Army Council urgently request oftic-er., in charge of military hospitals to exercise the close.t superviiion over food consumption. It is obvious, an instruction .state*, that no fixed ;eale can he laid down, but two scales are given which provide a limit within which the •consumption can be regulated. The tirfit icale provides approximately 2,700 calories' value per patient, and this is the minimum below which no hospital should go. In ;L number cf hospitals, de- pending on the class of patients and partly on good cooking, and good -service, the quantities detailed are ample. The -econd scale gives 3,250 calories' value per patient, and -should be regarded as the maximum except under special circumstances. The quantities shown are available vherf the patients require extra feeding. Tho two scales are applicable, to all military hos- pitals, both for officer patients and other ranks.

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i Died for His Country. I THE LATE Q.I.S. E. P. MORGAN', RHAYADER. I Hi. many fronds and comrades as well as his rela- tives. will be grieved to hear of the- death of Q.M.-Sergfc. E. P. Morgan, Rhayader. Ho died after a long and painful attack of enteric at a lia-pital near Cairo, Egypt. He was one of the first to volunteer in the ser- vice of liis country, and had been in Palestine nearly 3 years. He was an excellent marksman and had taken many first-class prizes. His strong and muscular frame might guarantee immunity from ailment-, but his -was a daring and brave spirit, a 1)01 by his courage was possibly led to take risks which other-i would avow. May he rest in peace after a life of great energy and activity. Much sympathy k felt with his family and especially Mrs Morgan, hi, widow, as well as hi", elderly mother..

County Tribunal. i Appeals in Breconshire. I CHAIRMAN AND THE GRADE 3 CATEGORY. I A MEDICAL EXAMINATION CASE. I The Breconshire Appeal Tribunal sat for the whole day at Breconcn Thursday, and disposed of a large number of cases. Members present were Messrs. n. T. Jeffreys (chairman), Edward Butler, W. F. Parry de Winton. and James Morgan (Brynmawr). with the clerk (Mr H. F. W. Harries) and the National Service j representatives, tye. At thf out?pt. Co!. King Hunter introduced Capt. Wi?on, the new National Service represent?tiYe, in the place of Mr Gwilym C. James, who had re?ign?A. Capt. Wibon. s'Iid Col. King Hunter, was a Carmarthenshire man, and t-poke Welsh. The chairman -"aid he hoped the proceedings under the new regime would be carried on as .satisfactorily as 1 the old. He took that opportunity of expressing h k, appreciation of the great services rendered to the court hy Mr Gwilym Janies. He had discharged his duties with great efficiency, and was cf considerate aid in carrying out their business. I Grade III. I In a case from Vaynor, the N.S.R. (Col..T. ,T. Jones) appealed against 'the exemption given to the 1st of May in respect to Wm. Lewi, (34). assistant branch insur- ance manager, whose category was Class C 3, married (5 children), twice rejected. The Chairman Are there any sub-divisions in Grade 3? If there are. I think we should see them. I Mr Best (X .S.R.) s.ù there were such sub-divisions known to the medical officers and military authorities, But their in-tructions were not to make them known. The chairman said he had noticed that the Chairman cf the House of Commons Appeal Tribunal was of opin- Ion that these sub-divisions of Grade 3 should be shown to the tribunals, .so that they might consider the cate- gory. He asked the military representatives whether I they refused to produce these sub-divisions? Mr Best: Those are the instructions we have. The Chairman I think in a case like this it would have been of very great assistance if we had those sub- divi.5ion.i. Having regard to the fact that this man has been twice rejected and placed in Class C 3 under the old regime and in Grade 3 under the new. we think it is waste of the country's money to send him to the j Army. (Some applause.) A Medical Examination. I Grade 3 again cropped up in another case, namely, that of David Lewis (32), single, miller's representative and flour salesmen, Builth Wells, who was an aprael- lant on the ground.? of national interest,4 and lll- health. He was in category Grade 3. Discussion principally centred on ground E. and Mr Careleis, who appeared for appellant, called Dr. Black Jooes, who, Mr Careless said, was a specialist in cases of heart, trouble. Dr. Black Jones said appellant having led a very ac- tive life fcr about IS months as commercial traveller and his work causing him to cycle against time in hilly countries ill order to catch trains, had brought about. degeneration of the heart. As a matter of faqt, men of 60 or 70 had healthier hearts than appellant at the present moment. He did not consider him capable of doinj? any work at all. He was having four hours rest in I)ed every day, which he (Dr. Jones) considered essential. He certainly did not consider him capable of doing Army work. He probably would get better in time, but would never be what he was a year ago. He considered his physical condition now serious and pre- carious. The Chairman: Then the four gentlemen who formed the. Medical Board have failed to ascertain what you have ascertained Dr. Black Jones, replying, said that might be so, for unless they had the complete details before them at the time of the examination they wculd not be able, to diagnose. There were many patients, lie added, who wera almost in imminent condition of death, yet a mere physical examination would "how that nothing was wrong- with them. Mr Careless As a matter of fact, did you semi a cer- tiflcate to the Medical lioard? Dr. Black Jones: No, I didn't. The Chairman Is it not rather a reflection upon the four gentlemen who form the Medical Board? Dr. Black Jones: No, not at all. I rather reflect upon myseif that I did not insist upon giving him a certificate- Mr C. G. Inglis (military representative): Do you suggest that four doctors would net have found out what was the matter with Iii., heart? Dr. Black Jone., said if they had cross-examined ap- pellant with regard to many symptoms that he had in- formed him of they might have done so, but from just a physical examination he maintained they could not. Mr Inglis I suppose he was capable of telling them? Dr. Black Jones: I don't know what took place, but I had to ac;k him many questions before I could diagnose what wa.s the matter with him. The Chairman: So it was in consequence of the answers that he gave you to your questions you diagnosed ? Dr. Blaek Jones Yes. The chairman hinted to Mr Carelet-s that his best cour.se would be to apply to go to the medical a 50.'<' ,01' Mr Careles-, after consultation with appellant, tiaid he would do so. He presumed he would take Dr. Jones' certificate with him. The Chairman: Should not al-o the sub-division of Grade 3 go as well Mr Careless: That will be before them. The Chairman: Then appellant will be medically re- examined by the medical assessors. Another Grade 3 Case. I I -1 1 I. fu the case or Evan .Morgan (*), marrieu, water- bailiff, discharged from Army unfit, rejected on re- examination, now placed in Grade 3.. an appeal was made by his. employers, the Board of Conservators, and the man himself against the decision of the Rural Dis- trict Council Tribunal, who refused to grant exemption. Mr Jones Willitim-i appeared for appellant, who -aid J 00 joined the forces voluntarily, was relegated to the I reserve as inedicallv unfit, and finally discharged in July, 1316. The Chairman: Here'.s a man who voluntarily joins the Army, served for a certain period and was dis- charged; submits himself for re-examination and was again rejected. He is now put in grae 3. Do you pres.* iicii a case as this? Mr Best: I am prepared to leave it in your hands. In response to your remark, there seems to he an im- pression abroad that men are not wanted- The Chairman: But you can discriminate between vnan anl man. I shall not say any more. Mr Best: If your remarks are meant, to he any re- flection upon us as pressing cases The Chairman No, certainly not. Mr Best: I must "ay that men are wanted and that there is :t feeling abroad that certain classes are not wanted. but they are. I agree in this, case the man has a good case as regards personal hardship, but as to national interests I should have to fight the case. The chairman intimated that as he was concerned with the e-tate upon which appellant lived lie would rather not adjudicate in the case, and he retired from the &air for the purpc.se. Mr Butler took the chair and after further hearing he announced the Tribunal had decided to give conditional exemption on the grounds of hard-ship. Ivor Evans, bootmaker and repairer. Grade 3. who had been twice rejected, was refused exemption by the Builth rural tribunal, against which he appealed on the grounds of ill-health. Mr George Tudor appeared for appellant. The, chairman asked if the man would he any use in the Army at all. He had been twice rejected, and wa- now relegated to the lowest grade. I suppose if the Army like to take him they must have him. The appeal was dismissed. Brewer's Appeal. 1 An application was made by his employers for further exemption in respect to Fred Trott (37), brewery work- ing foreman, Cefn-coed. He is a Class A man. Mr Edwards, on behalf of the Brewery Company, said the} had absolutely failed to get a substitute. He had been 14 years in their employ. Col. J. J. Jones said no doubt the man was of great .senice to the brewery company, but he would be of greater service in the Army since he was a CIa, man and cf good physique. The case had been before the courts sdnee 1916. Tlit- cliztirrniii said this was a Class A man. He would be given two months, exemption, which must be final Brecon Borough Cases. I lfr George Tudor asked for leave to appeal at the next conrt in respect to Mr Harold Elston, who was previously heforethe Appeal Trihunal and granted six months' exemption. He was a Grade 3 man, and had been called up for the 26th in"t. When he received calling up notice, said Mr Tudor, lie gave notice to Mr Allen, his supervisor. Mr El-ton was appointed en- gineer mechanic to the Focd Production Department. He gave Mr Allen the notice to put in the appeal for him. Mr Allen took it to Mr Prosser. who is in control of the Department, and he .said he would see that the appeal was entered. Through some misunderstanding between these two official* the appeal was not entered, and Mr Elston found that the time for making the ap- peal had run out. Mr Tudor added that Nfr Owen Price had a letter from the Board of Agriculture, strongly .supporting the application, and Mr David Jones (chairman of the War Agricultural Committee) was al-o ready to support it. Mr Best contended that the Court had no power to extend the time. The chairman, after further argument had been heard cllthb point, said they found that this man omitted to appeal owing to a misapprehension. The tribunal would grant leave to appeal, And if -Mr Ik-st liked, he could take the decision to a higher court, but he (the chairman) thought he would find that they were right. Jaosen Davies (21), clerk, employed by the Brecon- <iliire Insurance Committee, was granted conditional exemption. A War Agricultural Committee Appointment. I -His sub-employers (the War Agricultural hx?ci.uv? I CQmmitt) applied for further exemption in respect to I

RHAYADER OFFICER. THK LATE LIECT. HARRY LLOYD BACOS. I We regret to .say the wor-t has happened to the gal!ant officer, Lieut. Harry Lioid Ba-con. To the last his dear one, hoped for his escape and safety, especially being that he was known as a very strong Swirnmer. He went down with "H.M.S. Rattan,"which was sunk off the Dardanelles on the 20th ult. It is.threat com- fort to his family to knew that his body was discover- ed by one of the divers of "H.M.S. Edgar," and that ho was buried with honours at l'anagiiia. Isle of Thasos, on the 26th. He joined the Navy when only a boy of 13, and. through sheer merit, he worked his way to the oflioe of lieutenant. After .service with the Grand Fleet on the "C0I0.11S," he was placed on the staff of youths' establishment at Devonport, and the chaplain there states that his assistance to him was invaluable, of whom he could not speak too highly. He was a gal- lant officer, respected by youth and the senior service as well. Mrs Bason received from the King and Queen, Buck- ingham Palace, the following message of sympathy:— "The King and Oueen deeply regret the loss you and the Navy have sustained by the death of your husband in the "enice of his country. Their Majesties truly sympathise with you in your sorrow.—Sent by the Keeper of the Privy Seal." Many others sent expressions of sympathy to Nfri Bacon, as well as to Mr and Mrs Bacon (Warwick Hotel. Rhayader), the parents of the deceased officer. He is the third naval officer from Rhayader to sacrifice life "inee the war began. The others were Commander Williams, of the "Hawke," and Lieut. Lewis Lloyd. Xantgwillt. Of him and each it may be truly said:— "Fie' to >ave a world's morality. He died as only brave. men die: Fighting for God and right and liberty, And such a death is immortality."

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POPULAR APPOINTMENT. I MR. IVOR BOWEN, K.C. I MID-WALES COXTY COURT JUDGE. 1 It is officially announced that Mr Ivor Bowen, K.C., lia* been appointed Judge of the County Courts in Mid- IVale,, in place of His Honour Judge Evan.s deceased. Mr Ivor Bowen, who i-. the Recorder of Swnasea. is an old Volunteer officer. and since the war has given three years to military duty, commanding the 15th and 18th Battalions (1st and 2nd London Welsh) of the Royal Wekh Fusiliers, a vouth, training reserve battalion and a graduated battalion. The valuable services he lia-s rendered to recruiting for the Welsh Army Corps have been mentioned in dispatches by the Secretary of State for War. The new Judge has recommended over 300 v<)ims; Welshmen for commissions, many of whom have obtained distinction. The 1/lst London Welsh liattal- ion, which was originally commanded and rai.d by him. took a prominent part in the defeat of the German Cockchafers at Pilkem Ridge. In September last Lieut.- Vol. Bowen relinquished his temporary rank on vacating the command of an infantry training reserve battalion, and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel, retaining liis appointment as Judge Adcocate in the Western Command area. Colonel 15owen, who i* one of the le.,It known bar- risters in the South Wales district, is the eldest son of the late Dr. Bowen Jones, for many years pastor of the Plough Congregational Church, Brecon. He was called to the Bar in 1889 at Gray's Inn. In 1005 he was appointed a revising barrister, and in 1912 he took .silk. In September, 15)14, he followed Sir David Brynmor Jones. K.C., in the Recordership of Merthyr, being sub- sequently appointed to the Recordership of Swansea. Lieut.-Col. Chames Sherwood Denniss, embarkation staff oflicer, and. for seven year", general manager of thi Cardiff Railway, who died on 8th December last, aged 57 years, left estate of the gross value of t'10,339, of which £ 4,536 is net personalty. Testator left the presentation portrait of his father to his son on attaining the age of 21 years, and the residue of his estate, in trust, for his wife for life, with remaining to his children, including his daughter, Violet, in equal shares. I Chas- Edwards gave extracts from the literatim* of Breconsh1 i.re at a meeting of Ystradgynlais Welsh I Society recently, when lie took a.s. hi.s book "Llew JJly. wel s (Rhys Dafydd) "Sketches in WaI0s." He passed i interesting comments on "Hel san." "Johnnv Jon?an? John Bull, "The Stonebreaker," "Ffynon y Brond? and the "Murder of Cwmdihesfa." Lf ?'as a road ?.,I,ri,ling from Brecon to Pen- "'Tilt: Hr r en a,{?nt ? 'N?tari ago, and was the father J of M.s-s HcweHa Davies, the well-known pianist

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COUNTY TRIBUNAL—Continued. I Wm. Evans, Class B 1 (Grade 2). clerk, Land Valu- ation Department (35), on the grounds of national in- terests. Mr David Jones (chairman of the committee) said he was asked by his committee to appear on behalf of Evans. He had been employed by his department fcr about ten months, and they were now advertising for a secretary, and he understood Mr Evans wa.s an appli- cant He was now doing very important work for them. All they had in the office was an accountant clerk, a boy of 16 and a girl of IG, and the lart time Mr John Owen visited them he said that the work con- ducted in that county was the cheapest in the whole of his district—that was for North and Mid-Wales—that was as regards the office staff and their general equip- ment. Evans was doing good service for them, and they all knew the difficulty of getting a man having a thorough knowledge of the work, which just at pre- sent was very important. The three coming months would be the most important time of the year they would have in the twelve months. Mr Owen Price said he had received a letter from the Board of Agriculture, asking him to support this appli- cation. Ift Evans, he said, had been rejected twice, and was in a low category. M» David Jones, renhing to Xfr Best, said in the event of Mr Evans appointed as secretary he did not think they would appoint anyone in his place. This was quite a new anointment, and, he thought, the work would be divided between the Executive Officer and XIr Evans. because they wanted Air Pros.ser outside, and with the appointment of a girl as typist and short- hand writer it would help them through. Ir Best: What is the alternative, supposing Mr Evans is not appointed secretary and somebody else is. why not the same arrangements then?. I cannot tell you exactly, but the duties of secretary. must be car- ried out by someone of experience in the work. It is we have a good man-that is the reason why we advertised for a man at a big salary. How many applications, have you had?—I cannot tell you. The chairman said the case would stand adjourned to the next ecurt to see who had the appointment. Other Borough Cases. I I Lewis Morgan Hopkins, a waggoner and piougnman, en:ployed h)' l r Phillips, Ghl<ly, was granted exemption until l:¡t 'lay. Fred Jones, superintendent, British Petroleum Co. hlbincss, Brccon, for whom Xfr Jone- Williams appear- nl, was ordered not to he called up for a month. No Lccus. I In the caSe of George Maitland, timber-feller, who was refused exemption by the Brecon rural tribunal, 1fr .fone- William;; appeared for the employer", The clerk said a letter was received from them saving the man was no longer in their employ. XIr Jones Williams The petition is this. The appeal i.; lj%. the t:mplovers. The man has fdnce left their em- ploy, and is now employed at Government work as managing fort-man at Castle Xladoc. The Chairman: Then what locus have you? XIr Jones Williams: I'm- afraid I'Vt not much. (Laughter.) The Chairman We dismiss this appeal. Builth Urban Cases. I John Cordon Simeock, Clas s A. IS, pit wood haulier, for whom an appeal by his Employer was entered on the grounds of iiational interests, was refused exemp- tion, was ordered not to be called up till 1st April.. The National Service representative (Mr Inglis) ap- pealed against the exemption given to James Xlaund Smiles (38), Grade 2, house painter, clerk and club steward. Builth Well?. In reply to Xfr Inglis, respondent said lie considered he was not tit for the Army medically, and was quite willing to do work of national importance if it were net considered he was doing that now. According to the Builth tribunal, they considered he was doing it. The groUlHb of his appeal were on nand D. He had been previously rejected, subsequently placed in C 3, and now II" was graded 2. The chairman said they would give exemption for three mcnths. hut respondent would have to come there again for leave to apply for further exemption. There were a number of other cases from various parts of the county, but they contained little of public interest.