OCR Text |
Show FORM ASSOCIATION OF BLIND SOLDIERS Special Cable to The Tribune. BERLIN", Sept. 30.The Society of Blind Soldiers lias just been oreanlired here. It consists of men who have lost their eyesight on the battlefields and already al-ready has more than 6no members. It was organized by Christian Tischen-doerfer, Tischen-doerfer, a former railroad official, with the aid of Privy Councilor SUex, who has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for- the blind veterans since the war began. be-gan. The society will try to make the blind warriors self-supporting by fitting them for trades or procuring homesteads for them. Kor this purpose a fund or J2.-500, J2.-500, 000 is to be rained, and the rei'-lis-tag will be asked to grant liberal pensions pen-sions to all blind veterans who have to support families. |