Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-01
SOLDIERS AND SAIL ORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service.
Visited Y. N. c. A. Hut.

Writing from on board the U. s. $. Wyoming, to General Secretary Ed win Hill, of the Y. M. C. A., Andrew w. Galley of this city describes one of the wooden huts of the Y. M C. A., in. England, which he has visited. He writes as follows:
 U. s. $. Wyoming,
 Box G, Care Postmaster, N. Y.
 My Dear MT. Hill: You will wonder who l am, but that doesn't make any difference for I know you will be in- terested to know that it was my good fortune to visit one of the so-called huts which is kept up by the. Y. M. c. A. in England But this particular one is purely an American institution.
 This being my first leave since. I have been in the navy and being a number of months since I have been where could enjoy many pleasures, l looked forward to this one and thanks to the Y. M. c. A. sure did have a good time.
 There is a wooden building which has several wings. The number Of beds run as high as the six hun 1 dreds maybe higher. I can't remem- Der. There is a large dining room where meals can be had very reason ably. The beds are nine pence, that is eighteen cents in our money, if 1 have it savied out right. I don't know much about this English money, l but do know I don't like the system. Sort of hold out your hand and take what you want idea and they ask for it in such way that that for slang they have Provincetown fisherman ! showed under.
 We arrived about eleven thirty and no sooner stepped off the train, when a gentleman dressed in the Y. M. c. l A. service uniform stepped up and l asked us where we intended to stay l told him we did not have any special l place so he said, Right this way, l and put us all in a buss." I remember there was a woman driver and believe me she drove it was her middle name. l Forty knots and no smoke. I wasn't l over burdened with King Georges money and was wondering what it was going to set me back. But she | unloaued us and beat it back ] presume for another load Another
 man met us and we walked into the l building.
 l Believe me, MT. Hill, there was some cosmopolitan crowd, Australians
 New Zealand, Canadians and Ameri- l cans predominating. Most all being
 on sick leave from the different hos pitals. There is a food room, wasf room, theatre, three pianos, grapha- phone and all busy. He asked us i
 we had had supper and we said no
 and we sat down to fried potatoes I two fried eggs, bread, butter and cof-
 fee, for one and two. Which is on,
 shilling and two pence about the sig, 1 of a bunker plate. Maybe that is ns
 news to you but it won't hurt to tel
 you anyhow.
 I set 'F'n most of the night listening to the m ~-ho had been in tn
 trenches ;Y:> ey are long wa.
 from licked fine fellows all o them and tell their different storie
 without bragging the same way yol
 would tell of going to business, am
 what you expected to do tomorrow
 if you happened to be sick today. } The I has huts all over the cit
 and give away all kinds of theatr tickets, anything to keep a fellow
 mind ln healthy channels. I tell syol
 it is great and we fellows all unani mously agree that the Y. M. c.
 and the Red Cross can't be beaten an
 we could not get along without then Hoping I have not bored you an } feeling sure being a secretary of Y. M. c. A. you would be intereste ] in knowing only I, but everybod in the service feel towards the Y. N c. A, I am respectfully yours, } ANDREW w. GALLEY.