THE Y.M.C.A. IN THE LINES.
HOW IT SERVES THE. FIGHTERS
FRANCE (or thereabouts). August 30tli, 1917. Dear Mr. Editor,: — In No. 25 of the “Chronicles” I notice a letter from “Waikanae” cracking up the Y.M.C.A. He puts it very mildly. I have seen the Y.M.C.A. supply whole battalions with tea, biscuits and cigarettes “free.” I have seen a Y.M.C.A. hut on the heavily shelled road handing out free tea and biscuits to fatigue parties with only one layer of sandbags between him and —the future. A few weeks ago four of us left a strong post, having been wet through, covered with mud all over, sleepless and foodless for- 36 hours, ‘and we had a six-mile walk ahead of us. In this condition you can imagine how our spirits revived when, we passed a Y.M.C.A. shanty, and got free tea, biscuits and chocolate. The hour was 2 a.m. There is no need to sav what the boys think of the Y.M.C.A., is there? —Yours truly, R. 0. McC., Ist W. 1.8.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4815, 12 March 1918, Page 6
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