e of upwards of L90,000 per annum.

In two months one hundred and five tents were sent out to replace the
huts and tents lost in Picardy and Flanders.

In eighteen months, Triangle House, London, the Headquarters of our
Trading Department, sent out to the Y.M.C.A. overseas:--

875 Gramophones and 8386 Records.
322 Pianos and Organs.
572 Billiard and Bagatelle Tables.
1,341 Sets of Boxing Gloves.
108 Optical Lanterns.
10,188 Sets of Draughts.
1,335 Sets of Chess.
3,140 Sets of Dominoes.
4,263 Footballs.
1,080 Sets of Quoits.
657 Sets of Cricket.
4,992 Extra Balls.
1,540 Extra Bats.
1,798 Hockey Sticks.
520 Balls.
426 Golf Balls.
100 Tennis Sets.
330 Tennis Racquets.
2,364 Tennis Balls.
61 Sets Bowls.
358 Badminton Sets.
50 Baseball Sets.

It will be noted that the items in this list are not trading goods to be
sold at a profit, but excepting in the case of some of the billiard
tables, are non-remunerative, and provided absolutely free for the use
of the men serving overseas.

CHAPTER V

THE LADIES OF THE RED TRIANGLE

I have received Her Majesty's commands to convey
to you an expression of the Queen's sincere thanks
for the interesting information you have given
regarding the work which is being done by the
Young Men's Christian Association among the men of
the Army and Navy.

Her Majesty is much pleased with the specimens of
writing-papers and envelopes, and publications,
which you have sent for her acceptance.

Her Majesty feels sure that the useful work which
is being carried on by the Young Men's Christian
Association in so many different centres is highly
appreciated not only by the soldiers, but also by
the community.--HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

[Illustration: Y.M.C.A. IN A RUINED PARISH HALL IN FLANDERS, JUNE, 1916]

BEFORE the war it was one of our stock sayings that the Y.M.C.A. was a
work 'for young men by young men,' and one must recognise the fact that
the man who is a _man_--virile, strong, athletic--is the one to whose
leadership men will most readily respond. But in the early d