. The romance of the red triangle; the story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y. M. C. A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British empire. ere sent out to soldiersand sailors on active service, each onebearing a message of love and a reminder 175 176 SIDE LINES OF of home. Sir Evelyn Wood, , was oneof the first to recognise the significance ofthe letter-writing that is done on such alarge scale in the tents. Theveteran Field-Marshal pointed out that thebenefit was two-fold: first, it occupied thetime of the men ; and, secondly, it keptthem in tou
. The romance of the red triangle; the story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y. M. C. A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British empire. ere sent out to soldiersand sailors on active service, each onebearing a message of love and a reminder 175 176 SIDE LINES OF of home. Sir Evelyn Wood, , was oneof the first to recognise the significance ofthe letter-writing that is done on such alarge scale in the tents. Theveteran Field-Marshal pointed out that thebenefit was two-fold: first, it occupied thetime of the men ; and, secondly, it keptthem in touch with their homes, bothmatters of first importance. Thats whatmy Dad always puts on his letters toMummy/ said a little girl, pointing to theRed Triangle on the notepaper, when on avisit to the Crystal Palace. Fifteen totwenty million pieces of stationery aredistributed free of charge to the troopsmonthly by the , and in fouryears the total issued amounted to upwardsof nine hundred million pieces. Workersare often called upon to write letters forthe men, and the latter make all sorts ofmistakes with their they stamp their letters but. A SHAKEDOWN IX A LONDON HUT
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