The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-08
THOUSAND
AUSTRALIANS NOW
UNDER AR MS
Splendid Qualities of Colonial
Recruit Make Demand for
Him Urgent and Vigorous
Enlistment Follows.

Melbourne, Australia. aug. iS.-
Everything possible Is now being done
TO get more recruits In Australia
everything short OF CONSUMPTION itself
There are. after n year of the war,
30. GOO Australians under arms, either
on the firing line az the Dardunciies
or in training camps. but instead OF
there being any lct-up In the chl for
men the demand for them grows more
and more l%nsistent.
Although the ministry of defense
denies that u looks To CONSUMPTION. a
census Of unmarried men has just
been taken by the police of the vari-
Gus states 10 determine the fighting
strength, The result OF this has not
been made public. The campaign to.
enlist volunteers, however. takes on
new vigor each day. There are
speeches By civil and military author
tiles; there are newspaper appeals;
there are huge advertising posters
there are parades. and there Is even
the display OF wounded soldicrs-ali
TO the same end. In this state (Vic-
toria) a recruiting campaign covering
the last three wrecks OF July resulted
In more than $4,000 enlistmentsi a
number which, u IL pointed out,
equals the strength OF the entire Aus
traIlan force which was sent To Egypt
last November. The fact that New
South Wales Is In virtually all things
a rival Of Victorin--in some ways
jealousy so-hgurcs 10 a certain ex-
tent in a recruiting campaign which
Is now In progress there.
Business houses an owe Australia
are making II easier for young men in
their employ to enlist by either keep
ing up their pay or promising them
their old places II they return; and
10 induce men-even with dependents
Ito join the %colors, the press is By
request OF the military authorities
printing almost daily the liberal rates
of pay for Australians In active serv-
ice and the pensions which will be
paid the disabled and the relatives OF
such officers and priyates as may be
killed.
But the chief appeal II TO patriot
ism. and never have the Antipodes
seen such "a widespread and ardent
use of the union jack Of the empire
and the southern cross of the young
Australian federation. The govern-
ment will have comparatively little
trouble Ia ci0thing the greatly aug
mentcd number of volunteers, but Il
will have considerable |difnculty in
arming them u b. not improbable
hat Il will a to have the assistance
Of The imperial government In t.is re-
spCct.
Meanwhile wounded men are begin
ming To be brought back all the way
from the Gallipoli peninsula in fair
numbers By November Il Is likely
that with cooler weather In the Rcd
sea many more Will be returned
home. Elaborate preparations have
been made Tor the care and treatment
Of these soldiers. In order to raise
funds for this July sc was chosen as
Australian day. and every concciy-
able method of obtaining and solicit
ing contributions was employed ON
that date from ono end of The COM
monwealth 20 the other. Melbourne
and sydney rcscmblcd nothing so
much as huge country fairs. The re-
suit OF the patriotic charity was a
sum which at this writing with the
returns not yet la from many sections
10 nearly 81. 900, 600.