To MEMBERS and SUBSCRIBERS,
The American Hospital in Florence, to which your
help has been generously and repeatedly given, has com-
pleted its third year of service to wounded Italian soldiers.
The American Committee for War Relief in Florence was
organized five days after Italy's declaration of war on
May 24th, 1915; and the hospital, which has been the
Committee's chief, though not its only work, was opened
for patients upon August 15th of the same year.
-As the Committ ws the   first gaii4zL bh iirTcaiXs
in Italy for the relief of ltilians in the wvar, so to-ddhv.
after three years, it is still the only organization which main-
tains an American Hospital for Italian wounded.
From the opening of the Hospital until July :31st, of the
present year, 2031 patients have been received, with a total
of 78288 (lays of residence; 1931 have been discharged,
and most of these have returned to the army, while 30 have
been declared unfit for further military service and sent
back to civil life. 250 major operations have been perform-
ed, and there have been 7 deaths. During the month
of July, 1918, the daily average of patients was 161.
All expenses of the Hospital, including equipment and
nstallation, have been met by the American Committee, with
iLle exception of those pertaining to the Military Admini-