e Y.M.C.A. is
doing here among the troops. In almost every large camp there is a
Y.M.C.A. hut, a veritable haven in the desert, not only for canteen, but
religious work also. I attended a service in the hut, and it made a good
impression on me. We sang the good old hymns, and I am sure we all felt
refreshed.'

As might be expected, the Dominions have done their full share of
pioneering, and have blazed the trail in many different directions. The
Canadians have done a great work at Shorncliffe, Sandling, Bramshott,
and Witley; in the Forestry camps at home and right up the line in
France. The Australians on Salisbury Plain, at Weymouth, and in many
other home centres have served their troops splendidly; whilst in
France, Egypt, the Dardanelles, and Palestine their pioneering work has
been great. The New Zealanders at Sling Plantation, Hornchurch, and
other centres at home, have done equally well, and their pioneering work
overseas has been most efficient. The South Africans have done valuable
work in the Military Expedition to Swakopmund and in East Africa. India
has made a great contribution to the Empire work of the Red Triangle,
first of all by catering for the needs of British troops quartered in
India itself, and also in Mesopotamia and East Africa, where the work
has been directed from India, as has that for the Indian troops in
France. Passing reference should also be made here to the great
programme of work undertaken and planned by the Y.M.C.A.'s of the United
States. In the United Kingdom, in France, Russia and Italy, as well as
in North America, they have projected work on an enormous scale, in
fact, all the Allied countries are closely co-operating in the work of
the Red Triangle. It has been the privilege of the British Associations
to provide huts for the exclusive use of Belgian, Serbian, and
Portuguese troops, and to cater for the needs of American and Colonial
soldiers in hundreds of centres. In London, for instance, special
facilities have been given to New Zealanders at the Shakespeare hut; we
were able to procure for the Canadian Y.M.C.A. the magnificent Tivoli
site on which their fine hostel now stands, and to hand over the group
of huts to the Americans which formed the nucleus of the Eagle Hut. The
Australians rented and furnished the Aldwych Theatre on their own
account. The New Zealand Y.M.C.A.'s made a handsome contribution towards
the cost of the Shakespeare Hut, and the whole of the cost of th