SOLDIERS STRANDED IN LONDON.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 17, 1 March 1918, Page 6

SOLDIERS STRANDED IN LONDON.

A Y.M.C.A. worker, who drives his own motorcar night after night for the. aid of soldiers stranded in London, has just brought up the total of those whom he has helped in this manner to 12,000. During the last six months 76,000 men have been motored by Y.M.C.A. workers across London at night who would otherwise have been stranded, and during one week, .16,744 men stayed at the-various London huts of the Association, whose work is proved by these statistics to' be more valuable than ever. When one thinks that one’s own boy is; possibly being taken care of away over there in London by Y.M.C.A. workers, it brings home to one the really valuable service this organisation is rendering to our soldiers. The Y.M.C.A. has so thoroughly proved itself that the Red Triangle Day appeal for war-work funds is bound to receive the generous support of everyone with relatives or friends at the front. The amount asked for is £IOO,OOO, which works out at about £1 per soldier for a year —little enough to give, in all conscience, to the men who are braving discomforts, and death itself, in the fight for civilisation.