14 OCTOBER 1916, Page 14

CHURCH ARMY RECREATION HUTS AND CLUBS.. [To rim Boma or

TUE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Church Army have been requested by the responsible authorities to provide eighty more recreation huts and clubs for the troops close behind the Western Front before Christmas. This, in addition to the several hundreds which we already have in various parts of the world, will mean a heavy drain upon our resouroes ; but with the assistance of friends we have no doubt of being able to fulfil the request. The question of manning the huts, he., when provided is, however, a most serious one. We are not receiving applications for service in anything like the requisite number, and we ask your powerful help in what is a most necessary effort for the temporal and moral welfare of our incomparable soldiers.—Thanking you hi anticipation,