10 
LAND & WATER 
NoA ember i, 1917 
TF you could see them — caked 
^ with Flanders mud, soaked 
through, tired out— you would 
understand why the men who 
bear the brimt of the fighting are 
anxious for more Y.M.C. A. Huts. 
Men are lying out in the 
"Crater Field" to-day thinking 
of the warmth, the refreshment, 
Before winter closes down on the 
Western Front — before the cruel cold 
comes — now is the time when the carpen-. 
ter should be at work, putting up those 
new Huts for which our brothers and sons 
are asking. 97 are needed for France, 
60 for the Home Camps, 28 for Salonika, 
and 8 for Italy. The demand is urgent. 
Will you give one ? Think of the 
deep satisfaction of knowing that 
a Y.M.CA. Hut bears your name; 
that every one of those splendid 
men who use it will be your guest. 
Will you help to 
give them shelter? 
homely 
never-failing 
comfort, the 
welcome that 
will he theirs once they can 
crawl back out of range of the 
machine-guns and make their 
way to the Hut with 
Triangle on its roof. 
Will you help 
what they want ? 
give 
£250,000 is urgently 
Some day you may be proud to 
remember that, though you could 
not share the hardship and the 
fighting yourself, you did your best 
to lighten the hardships so bravely 
borne by the men in the firing 
A Hut, fully equipped, costs £600, 
^750, ^1,000 or ^2,500 accorduig to size, 
ff you cannot give the wliole of that sum 
will you contribute what you can ? The 
men are waiting. The time is short. In a 
few weeks the first frosts will be here. 
Please send 
your cheque to-day 
Donations should be 
addressed to Major R. L. 
Barclay, Y.M.CA. 
National Headquarters, 
12, Russell Square, Lon- 
don, W.C.I. Cheques 
should be made payable 
to Major R.L. Barclay. 
and crossed "Barclay's 
Bank, Limited." 
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POST THIS TO-DAY. 
To Major K. L. Barclay, Y.M.CA, National 
Headquarters, 12, Russell Sq., London, W.Cl, 
I have pleasure in enclosing £ 
towards the Special Work of the Y.M.CA.' for 
the Troops. .3 
Name 
Address . 
