Christian life. In the course
of the year a million men will pass through these camps, or one-sixth
of the manhood of the nation now marshalled under arms. These are the
men who are to be made or marred by life in the army, and who will go
back to build the new empire in the great era of reconstruction that is
to follow the war.

[Illustrations: Wholesome and Entertaining; Home Refreshments in
London.]

To minister to these 60,000 men who daily crowd these thirty huts,
there are 167 workers sent over from England, 100 of them men and 67 of
them women. The latter are nearly all self-supporting and not only
receive no salary but pay all their own expenses. The self-sacrificing
toil of these helpers, who form part of a vast army of 30,000 heroic
women who are voluntarily serving without compensation in the
Associations of England and France, is beyond all praise. Their very
presence in the camps is the greatest single moral factor for the
creation of that indefinable atmosphere which pervades every hut. Even
rude and coarse men never think of swearing or speaking an indecent
word within these walls. Nor do they forget to be grateful for the
tireless service of these women, who stand for hours day and night
serving them and providing for their physical necessities. The women
workers are under the direction of Lady Rodney, who has had four sons
fighting at the front, one of whom has already fallen in action. The
men have been thrilled and moved to the depths as Lady Rodney has
addressed them on "What Are We Fighting For?" and by her message to the
men from the women at home. Several hundred of the choicest women of
America will be needed for service among our own troops. They should
be women who can stand for the whole principle of the red triangle.
They must be ready for tireless and exhausting physical service, able
to work with others without friction, prepared to meet the social needs
of the men and to give a sympathetic hearing to the tales that will be
poured into their ears, but above all they must be able to give a
definite Christian message to men fiercely tempted and beset by doubts
and difficulties. The soldier cannot live by bread alone, nor by the
tea and coffee of a Y M C A counter; he needs God, and the friendship
of good women, and the spirit of home which they carry with them.

The hundred men who are working in these thirty British huts are worthy
of note. A score of them are clergymen, who