Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-16
BRITAIN IS BUSY
RECRUITING ARMY
!. OF MILLION MEN
Concerted and Vigorous Ap-
peaIs Being Made in COL
umns Of Every London Pa
per 10 Heed Call to Arms,
,,..oeIatea Pres Correspondence,

fheeoeiafed Press CorrespoDdence.)
tondon, Nov. 5.-There are mani
,cetlv concerted and vigorous appeals
~ eompieie the recruiting of Britain's
armv of 100000 men. Within the
,ast few days almost every paper in
pondon. In It's news columns and edi-
sorlally. has urged a prompt response
- the call, one or two OF them re-
,1lndlng ihcir readers that IL IL far
heller 10 have volunteer army than
ovan 10 consider the possibility of
nuring the first rush Of cnllstmenis
mo requirements were raised. a most
unusual thing in time OF war In any
co,lntry Now they have been re-
stored to what they were before. The
ace limit has been extended. all mem
helnr accepted now who are between
uInoteen and thirty-eight years old.
In the case OF former soldiers the linn
us forty-five years. The minimum
height Is now five feet, four inches.
except for former soldiers and GER
,ain units for which special standards
arc organlzcd one paper, comment
Inc on this change, remarks that ii is
now possible for men who are no
iallor than Napoleon 10 join the army.
Another Journal points out that a
very large proportion Of the men In
the Japanese and French armies
would even now be barred from SER
vice in Kitchenef's army. During the
first rush in early August men Of the
height of five feet. three inches were
accented and on one day there were
1000 men recruited in London. This
week the daily average of recruits AZ
New scotland Yard Is about 500. ris-
ing on Monday always the best re-
cruitng day. TO over 1000.
For Duration Of War.
In the war office advertisements II
"a stated that the term "enlisting for
the duration Of the war" means pre-
ciselv what II says and that men will
he discharged when the war IL over
with All convenient speed" II Is also
advertised that married men or Wild
overs with children will be accepted.
ana that IL nj the time of enlistment
a recruit signs the necessary form,
separation allowance under army con-
ditions Is issuable at once to the wife
and in certain circumstances TO other
dependents.
The advertising for recruits in
creases In volume and variety. Buses.
street-cars and almost every motor
car in London contain placards urg-
ing men to enlist. Posters appear on
bill-boards and in empty shop win
dOws Such landmarks as the Nelson
monument in Trafalgar square and
the Mansion house are decorated with
more imposing and artistic admoni-
tons with the same aim. Even hotels
and theaters are now making a brave
snow OF patriotism with printed no.
tees around the buildings at q height
where it is difficult to avoid reading
them, TO arms. Your country needs
you! Rally round the flag" and 9TH
er stirring messages in bold type in
vtihg diners and theater-goers TO put
away luxury and amusement and fol-
low the flag.
There Is no note of inability to
raise the million men in any OF the
editorial articles of this week, but
there are many suggestions of how
recruiting can be expedited and many
as to the comfort of the recruits. For
example. the Chronicle today suggests
that at the Christmas season arrange
ments should be made for recruits TO
visit their homes, Ito which some
number Of them may never pay an
other Christmas visit" ii suggests
that they should be promised free
railway transportation for the purpose,
since there are men in camp at Al
dershot whose homes are In Cornwall,
Wales, Scotland and Ireland and since
the government absolutely guarantees
the earnings Of the railways during
wartime, that there ought to be no
difficulty about arranging 1t.
England Needs Men.
eThe Country Needs Men, the
leader in the Times OF today, enumer-
atcs the terrible losses Germany has
endured without flinehing. expressing
1oubt whether the reproof of a Ger
man socialist paper for saying that
The total losses of the Germans
amounted to three-quarters of mil
lion men was Justified The paper
says that every call for recruits in
England has been met, that the war
office has all the recruits with which
it was able to deal and that the dif-
fculties attending early enlistment
have been to great extent overcome.
Concluding its appeal the Times says
Again the call for men and Off
GERS goes forth and no gentleman IN
England, not abed, who is able 70
bear arms should ignore ii. We are
glad to know that there is already
fresh rush to the recruiting office but
we still shall need more men, and yer
more, and more again, IL we are 70
crush the menace which has 100
long brooded over Europe, and to WIN
peace and happiness for those VINO
viii come after us. England mas
never asked for her sons in vain. we
do not think she will ask in vain TO- |
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