A VOICE FROM THE CAMP.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 9

A VOICE FROM THE CAMP.

_ Sir, —May I crave a few lines to set right what appears to me to be an injustice (unintentional, I have no doubt). Ou • numerous occasions I have seen lengthy references to the good work being done in camp by the Y.M.C.A. and Salvation Army. I don't for one moment suggest that the praise bestowed is not fully deserved, for it most certainly is; but I have (-eon but tho barest references to this work of the halls maintained by the Church of England and Presbyterian Church. Yet these two hails are just as much used and every whit as much appreciated by the meu in camp. No doubt the men's iirimediate relatives know better, but it has come rather prominently under my notice on several occasions that the general public is quite unaware of the existence of tho two institutions to which I liavo referred. To show how the halls are used I may state that in the Church of England room, in which I am writing, I.hadto wait some: time this evening for a chance to get a place at the wrj/jing tables, though there is accommodation for 40. Throuj3iout the whole evening they are fully occupied and the supplying cf the paper, envelopes, pens, and ink (all free and in plenty) must involve the Church authorities in considerable expense. The hall is splendidly lit with acetylene gas, and an abundance of reading matter is provided, whilst the piano is seldom idle, and the whole of this evening a crowded room has enjoyed an excellent musical programme. In the Presbyterian hall, besides tho writing and. reading facilities, concerts of a more organised nature than tho one I have referred to are held several evenings a week. "Honour to whom honour is due" seems to me to apply here, and as tho Church authorities themselves appear reluctant to place themselves in the limelight, I am impelled to write these few lines in the hope that any misapprehension that the largo churches are neglecting the men may be removed.—l am, etc., m , ONE OF THE BOYS. Trentham Camp. January 20, 1915.