Evening journal., 1915-04-10

employment on What may ne cdieu |
the ordinary plans Of industry. It's
men are drawn from the class which I
Is looking for work and which. if it is
does not go TO the army. will go into
one or other Of the trades. The mo-
ment war was declared an entirely |
different section OF the population was
tapped
"You must have read in newspapers
and seen jokes f. Punch about re-
cruits whose wives get separation al
lowanccs. but who actually have in
comes of several thousands year
end keep motor cars These stories
arc literally and absolutely true. The
new armies arc a cross section OF the
population. They contein the best
men from every stratum. from the
laborer to those who used TO ne called
tho idle rich.
81 hgd a man i'm here 60 sec me the
other day: he was homo on short
| leave from the trenches. He has TO
my knowledge private means Of l0,-
| GOO pounds year, yet his wife draws
/ her separation allowance each week.
like the wife Of any other private. All
| these men have gone in voluntarily,
/ ard because of that. because from
each layer Of the population we hayc
got educated men, and men who nave
enlisted because they are enthusiastic
! for the vindication of our cause. these
armies have been trained much moro
raridly than would otherwise have
been possible.
"And. you know. We give them the
benefit in their training of the oXpor-
icnce gained at the front There Is an
official issue to officers of the new
armies of notes from the front
pamphlets written describing the
characteristics of the warfare which
the troops will have to take part in.
warning them against mistakes, ana
giving them careful account of the
kind of things which the enemy is like
ly 10 do.
"These notes arc supplemented by
lectures which are given TO the bat
talions of the new armies by officers
at home on leave or wounded. They
are constantly sending over for few
days at q time officers who are train
ing in this country in order that they
may take a spell in the trenches and
go back and find fresh meaning for
their work.
Il had a young officer in here the
other day. a subaltorn of artillery
who had just come back from the
front where he had been for fort.
night He was enthusiastic over the
priceless value Of the lessons which
he had learned in that short time
He seemed to get the knack, he said
, Of lodging shells"
! asked MIR. Tenant about the ques
: tion of material to which Lord Kitch
/ ener referred in his recent speech.
: I'VE are now prepared" he replied
! "to take over factories and TO organ
ize the whole industry of the natioi
! for the manufacture of war mater
. ial. converting for that purpose fac
, tories which have machinery suitable
for the manufacture of shells. an'
guns out of their own industry int
y arsenals for the time being. But
. should like you to observe that th
: equipment of the troops in the tiell
so far has left nothing to be desired
and that if we can only go on a
! well as we have done I'm the last eigh
!. months we shall do very we'll"
= How about censorship ! asked.
1--WE are by nature" said Mr.. Ten
, nant. IAN OutspOken nation. and whel
+, at the beginning of the war we dc
!. cided We ought 10 keep silent, We be
q came perhaps more silent than wa
II always strictly necessary. Il IS wise
- however, TO be on the safe side. bu
] ava r1u frar in
N respect and you will have notice
'- that our reports of the recent battl
e of Neuye Chapelle we're both immedi
ate and full and in respect of losse
+ incurred a great deal fuller and NOR
n candid than the German report of Oh
f. same incident"