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L A X I) & W A T E R 
June 22, 1916 
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The Club with Five Million Members 
Land & Water's Special Appeal for the Union Jack Club 
THE extension of the Union Jack Club is one of 
thr most urgent practical needs of the hour. 
Sailors and soldiers should be given a place in 
London where they may be certain not only of a 
welcome home, but also of a bed if they require it. ' This 
Club has strained its sleeping accoriimodation to the 
extremcst limit, and is unable to meet the demands 
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upon it. therefore it is endeavouring to obtain the funds 
without delay m order to extend its premises. It has 
purchased the buildings alongside, which as they stand 
are entirely unsuitable for the requirements of a Club 
I hey have to be pulled down, and a new edifice con- 
structed. The work can be put in hand directly the 
money is available, and for this money Land & Water 
presses this special appeal. 
It has been contrary to this journal's policy to be 
constantly makin? claims upon the purses of its readers 
nor would it do so now. did it not feel most strongly that 
here IS a cause which has special and peculiar claims and 
which might easily t)e overlooked amid the other nume- 
rous and more clamant demands. 
A fact that has also had its full influence is that the 
Union Jack Club, from the day when its doors were first 
open exactly nine years come Saturday week, has been 
run on thoroughly sound and efficient business Drinciplf>s 
Year after year Sir Edward Ward. President of its 
Council, has^ been able to present at the annual meeting 
a balance-sheet showing a small profit on the working 
lit' r due provision had been made for depreciation 
■ . unties written down to their market value and a 
reasonable amount added to reserves. 
Ihere is not a Club in the land which is run on better 
principles- than this one with its five million members 
It prides itself on being independent of outside help 
tor Its upkeep, aird of paying its way out of its own in- 
come. But naturally it has not the "funds at its disposal 
or .his new extension, the need of which is entirely due 
to the war. Nor would it be justified in utilising its 
-mall reserves m this manner. On the other hand if 
<ver there was an institution that had the right to look 
to the country and ask for assistance it is this Club with 
Its clean financial record combined with the splendid use 
It is to our fighting men on leave in London. 
Mention was made last week of the manner in which 
the Union Jack Club can 
petuating the memory' of brave men who have given 
their lives for their country. 
Said Colonel Clive. M.P., at the recent general meeting : 
" The sailor and soldier have shown themselves well able 
to run a good Club like this for themselves, but the help 
they do require is for its extension. Even in time of 
peace this Club was constantly over-crowded in week- 
ends, and how Major Wilkinson has been able to manage 
during the war, not only for the members who used it 
in peace time, but for the large number who were made 
honorary members, and also the Over-sea troops it is 
difficult to understand." Though he has done much 
Major Wilkinson cannot achieve impossibihties. 
The \Var Office, it should be mentioned, has been 
applied to for a grant from canteen funds. But it is the 
public that must supply the most of the money if work 
is to be put in hand at once. The Club Council displayed 
shrewd wisdom in asking Mr. H. E. Morgan to organise 
and manage this appeal, for he brings to his honorary 
but by no means light task exceptional energy and 
experience. The appeal in the end is bound to be 
successful, and we feel sure our readers will delight in 
making it so with as little delay as possible. Bear in 
mind that until this extension is complete the Club is 
continually compelled to refuse applications for bedrooms 
and members, so stranded, have to fend for sleeping 
quarters the best way they can. 
Owing to mechanical difficulties the section of Land 
& Water, in which this article appears, has to go to press 
the day after the publication of the previous issue ; there- 
fore it is not possible to pjblish to-day a list of contri- 
butions or yet to comment on the letters which had 
render equal service at 
t he same time to the dead 
and to the living. A gift 
of Aoo enables a bed- 
room to be built which 
can be dedicated to the 
meinor\- of any gallant 
gentleman. A 'donation 
of ^1,000 will construct 
a corridor of ten bed- 
rooms. To those who 
have the means this must 
appear a noble, simple 
and sensible way of per- 
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begun to reach this office as we went to press with this 
part of the paper. The subscriptions will be printed 
next week. It is evident from the tone of the letters 
we have already read, that the appeal has won cordial 
approval ; more than one writer thanking us for drawing 
attention to this need of the Union Jack Club. Its good 
work is. of course, widely known in naval and military 
circles, and officers and 
All Conlributtons for the Union Jack Club Exten- 
sion I'und should be immediately forwarded to : 
The Editor, 
"LAND & WATER," 
Empire House, Kingsway, 
London, W.C. 
Envelopes should be marked " U.J.C. Fuhd." 
Cheques should be drawn in favour of the U.J.C. 
Extension fund, and crossed " Coutts and Co. 
men concur in bestowing 
on it the highest praise. 
What the Club requires is 
further scope for its useful- 
ness, so that members. 
when they apply for rooms 
as shown in the photo- 
graph at the head of this 
rurticle. may not be turned 
away. The illustration 
of the dining-room gives 
a very good idea nf the 
spaciousness and airiness 
of the Club ••enerallv. 
