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LAND & VV A 1 h. K 
J uiic *y, 
Union Jack Club Extension 
Land & Water's Special Appeal to Its Readers 
WE publish on this page the lirst hst of sub- 
scriptions to the fund for the extension of the 
Union Jack Club. This list by the way is 
only made up to noon of last Friday. 
Mention has been made of the memorial bedrooms, 
and to-day an illustration is given of the one dedicatea 
to the memory of King Edward VII., and known as 
King Edward's Room. It will be noticed it is a very 
Cheerful bedchamber, simply furnished, and we may add 
Bedroom Presented by Kin< Edward VII 
scrupulously clean, for that cleanUness which is a dis- 
tinctive characteristic of the Services is very much in 
evidence throughout the Club. On the far wall hangs a 
photograph of King Edward, and above the bed is a 
small tablet mentioning that the room was given by His 
Majesty. All bedrooms presented as memorials, com- 
memorate in this fashion those in whose 'honour they 
have been erected. 
It is to provide more bedrooms of this character that 
this extension is specially needed. Each bedroom costs 
£100, and a donation of £i,ooo enables a corridor cf ten 
rooms to be constructed. Once a bedroom has been 
named, that name it bears in perpetuity ; and it is 
hoped that by the time the extension is complete, many 
of the bravest acts and noblest deeds of the war will be 
permanently recorded in this kindly fashion at the Club. 
The doubt has been expressed whether after the war 
the Club may not find itself with a house too large for its 
needs. There is no fear of this. Before the war began 
it found its accommodation becoming cramped owing to 
its increasing popularity. Once a man, be he in the . 
Navy or Army, has stopped at the Club, he always re- 
turns to it. This is a habit that has grown steadily during 
the last nine years. The Club will be none too large for 
its needs not even ten years hence, for the simple reason 
that more and more men will make use of it every year. 
The Bishop of London spoke the other day about 
drunkenness among firemen on a hospital ship. Before 
sitting in judgment on these men one would like to 
know what accommodation had been made for them 
when they went ashore for a little change and enjoyment. 
It is only human nature to kick up your heels when you 
are on a short holiday and to have a drop of sumthin' 
with a pal. But if it be only possible to indulge in this 
mild form of pleasure which is common to all humanity, 
rich and poor, educated and uneducated, priests and 
people, under conditions which make drunkenness almost 
inevitable, let us be honest and not blame the men but 
the conditions. 
Now at the Union Jack Club a man can order all the 
drink he wants, but he cannot get drunk. For this 
reason. The conditions do not permit of it ; his own sense 
All contributions should be forwarded to 
The Editor, " LAND & WATER," 
Empire House, Kingsway, 
London, W.C. 
Envelopes should be marked " U.J.C. Fund. 
of self-respect forbids it ; the atmosphere is fatal to excess. 
If he wants to get drunk he will avoid the Club ; if he 
wants to enjoy himself rationally he will seek it out. 
And it is because ninety-nine men out of a hundred want to 
enjoy themselves rationally when they are on a holiday 
that the Union Jack Club has grown too big for its clothes. 
It is for the public to provide it with the outfit it re- 
quires to continue and maintain this good work. 
Mrs. R. M. Foot ..' 
J. Mackillip Brown, Esq 
L. A. Lyall, Esq. . . • • • • \- ■ 
Mrs. W. Richardson 
Mr. and Mrs. Godlee . . 
Anonymous 
G. P. Dewhurst, Esq 
Mrs. Aymer 
Lady Mary Scott 
G. A. R. Fitzgerald, Esq., K.C 
Lt.-Col. D. G. Crawford 
Mrs. G. McLachlan 
Mrs. McQuhae . . 
Mrs. Arthur Jacob 
Major C. F. Baxter 
Mr. J. R. Droop 
Mrs. J. R. Droop 
" S.P." .. .. 
Anonj'mous 
J. D. Owen, Esq. 
Mrs. Cuthbert RedcUffe 
Capt. W. B. Birch 
L. B. Stephens, Esq. . . 
Commander J. Elias, R.N. . . 
The Rev. A. F. Pope 
John Grcenaway, Esq. . . 
Capt. B. A. K. VVoodd 
Sir Frank Hogg . . 
T. N. Toller, Esq 
G. W. Orr, Esq. 
T. C. Wilson, Esq 
Mrs. Connell . . .... 
G. Vowell, Esq. . . 
G. K. Mills, Esq 
T. Frank Wright, Esq 
" K.E.M." 
J. H. W. Fimcoe, Esq.. . 
H. T. Shawness, Esq. .. 
Capt. and Mrs. Huddart 
Frank M. Nairne, Esq. . . 
Wm. Thomsett, Esq. . . 
The Rev. T. W. Lee 
Mrs. F. D. Barnes 
Mrs. Gnosspelius 
R. Runge, Esq. . . 
Miss Bainbridge Bell . . 
Mrs. J. P. Bisset 
G. Wiles, Esq. . . 
W. K. Marriott, Esq 
Miss S. Maude . . 
R. B. Walmsley, Esq., 
Mrs. R. Butler 
Mrs. Arthur M. Bartlett 
Major S. Duff-Gillespie 
F. M. Whittle, Esq 
P. A. Barnett, Esq. 
Miss England . . . . 
Mr. Sporborg 
R. S. Asher, Esq. 
"•J.P.S." 
Miss M. Fowler . . 
Miss Ruby G. A. Upton 
Ellis Harrison, Esq. 
Miss D. Lee 
Miss Sharpe 
" One who has been invalided out of the Army' 
"V.E.C." 
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