The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-20
NOT 100000 BUT 100000.
How Lord Kitchener Has Raised fol
England a Big Army.

England a Big Army.
In the July American Magazine ap
pears an exceedingly important article
entitled Lord Kitchener's Great Bluff.
IT is the report OF how England has
secretly raised an army four times as
big as she has admitted. The details
OF the story include an interesting ac-
count OF the tremendous part that adj
vertisng played in persuading men to
enlist.
The author Of the article is j. Her
bert Duckworth, of whom the editors
OF The American Magazine say in
note:
MIR. Duckworth is an Englishman
belonging TO family Of well.known
London and Liverpool journalists, but
for the past ten years, with the excep-
ton OF two years in London, he has
lived, most of the time, in New York,
where he has been connected with news
papers. At the outbreak of the war
he went to England, where he has
remained most of the time. During
the winter, because Of his unusual OPP
portunities for getting inside informa-
ton pertaining to England's part in
the war, he came confdentially into
possession of the facts in this article.
On account of the strict censorship i'm
posed by Lord Kitchener, no English
journal has published them, and in
truth, few Englishmen have known the
real facts. Indeed Mr.. Duckworth
himself has been unwilling, until now,
to communicate publicly what he has
learned"
Following is brief extract from Mr.
Duckworth's article:
"How Kitcheners army was secretly
increased from one million to four mil
lion men right under the very noses of
the ubiquitous German spies is one of
the most amazing stories Of the war.
This grim joke on the Kaiser was
concocted by Lord Kitchener himself. |
He commandeered the services of the |
press to assist him to carry out the
great bluff.
"When the British secretary of state |
for war first conceived the idea of put |
ting into the field four million men. he |
realized that il would be grave
strategic blunder to allow the enemy |
to know what really was afoot.
Rather, the game should be to call for
n million men, and then press-agent the
world with stories lamenting the fact
that, at last, the English empire was
about to crumble up because the men
of England had not the pluck to de-
fend il. The SCENE worked out adj
The campaign of silence was con-
Quoted on strictly scientific lines. The
newspaper editors were first warned
that any indiscretion would mean
court martial under the defense of the
realm act, on charges of having
spread reports OF His Msjesty's Forces.
They were instructed TO publish only
the recruiting returns sent out by the
war office. Independent census. taking
was strictly forbidden. All articles on
The new army, and even pictures of
soldiers. had first TO be submitted TO
The censor. A permit was required
wen TO own a camera.
"0ne London editor refused To stay
,ut.' He published a picture of some
soldiers without permission of the
ensor. Lord Kitchener sent for the
offender.
"A second indiscretion,' he ex-
,lained, will mean a court-martial and
ALL
"'on what chargesP suffered the
stonished editor.
"'Neyer mind. answered Lord Kitch-
ner we will clap you into prison first,
nd find the charges after the war is
ver' ]
"When il came 90 moving the new !
roops 20 France extraordinary pre-
autions were taken 10 mislead the {
pies. The regiments were not all I
from southampton TO q
'oulogne or Harve Instead they were !
hipped from what were really out-of- ,
he.way and inconveniont ports Bris- !
81, Ayohmouth, Cardiff, Swansea and /,
arrow. for e1ample.-to French ports !.
; far from the firing line AS St. Malo, :
rest, and even Bordeaux on the west !
,ast and Marselles on the Mediter- =
mean. c
Troop trains were invariably moved v
night with drawn blinds. Often
mes they were run half way around
he country before being sneaked along
De transport Not even the officers
ere aware Of their ultimate destina !,
IL was 20 be France, !.
gypt. India, or the Dardanelles.
The engine drivers we're changed =.
cry twenty miles or 80, and the cap =
ins Of the troop ships received their .
isl instructions by wireless after they II
ID put to sea-" n