AN APPEAL FOR WORKERS.
(To THE EDITING or THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sra,---The demands upon us are increasing. Wo are now told that, upon the Somme front alone, we must provide one hundred more huts forthwith. Through the kindness of friends we can probably build the huts, but how are we to man them? Why is it that Churchmen are hanging back from this most necessary and inter- esting service? Must we refuse to erect the huts, and leave our gallant soldiers without these means of comfort and recreation? Surely not. Surely Churchmen, ineligible for military service, can be found in sufficient numbers to avert such a catastrophe as this. Is the spirit of adventure dead among us—or the spirit of common gratitude to the men who are facing such peril and hard- ship for us? If any one is moved by this appeal, will he please write me at the Church Army, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London, W., for full particulars? We should also be glad to hear from ladies who would volunteer for similar service at home or in base camps, so as to set free a number of men for the zone under shell-fire.----I am, Sir, Sic.,
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