The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-07
NOT ,0OO,00O
 BUT 100000

 tHow Lord Kitchener Hos aecrct,
 Raised for England an Army Foul
 Times os Bib as Has Been Admlt
 ln ihe duly American niagazipe there is nn article entitled "Lord Klt choners Great Blu1' It Is Q report Of how England has secretly raised Ian army four dimes as bis oa She has admitted The details oi the story in clude an interesting accoun, Of Che i tremendous part that advertising played in persuading men to enlist
 The author of the article Is ]. Her bert DucSworth, of whom the editors of the American Magazine say ln 9 note:
 "Alr Duckworih is an Englishmau belonging Go Q family of we'll known London and Liverpool journalists. but flor tho past DO years, with the excep tlon of two years In London he has Lived. most of the time, in New York where he has been connected with newspapers At the outbreak of the war he went to England, where he has remained most of the time Dur ing the winter because of his unusual opportunities 5or getting inside infor nation pertaining to England's part in the war. he came confidentiaiiy in possossion of tho facts in this article On account of th cstrict censorship imposed by Lord Kitchener, mo Eng fish journal has published them, and in truth. few Englishmeu have known tho real iOcts. Indeed, Mr. Duck worth himself has been unwilling, un tii now. to communicate publicly what he has learned"
 Following is a brie} extract from Mr. Duckworth's article
 Flow kitchener's army was secret ily increased from 100000 to l.000. 900 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 waa concocted by Lord Kitchener himsolf He communicated the services Of the press to assist him to carry out the great bun
 sWhen the British secretary Of state for war irst conceived the idea Of putting into the feld 100000 men, he realized that it would be grave strategic blunder to allow the enemy to know what was really afoot Rath- CT the game should be to call for a million men. and then press-ageni the world with stories lamenting the fact that at last. the British empire was about to crumble up because the men of England had not the pluck 10 defend it The scheme worked out admirably
 ''rhe campaign Of silence was con. ducted on strictly scientific lines The newspaper editors were first warned that any indiscretion would mean a courtmartial. under the defense of the realm act. on charges of having spread reports likely to interfere with tbe success Of his Maiesty's forces. They were instructed to publish only the recruiting returns sent out by the war office Independent census-taking was s,rlclkly forbidden An articles on the new army. and even pictures of soldiers. had first to be submitted to the censor A permit was required even to own Q camera
 "One London editor refused 10 stay put He published picture of some soldiers without the permission of the censor Lord Kitchener sent for the offender
 "A second indiscretlon. he eXplain ed. will mean courtmartial and jail On what charges@ siultered Che aeionished editor
 Never mind answered Lord Kit chener: "we win clap you into pris on first, and find the charges after the war is over
 When it came Co moving the new troops to France extraordinary pre- cautions were taken to mislead th, spies The regiments were not all transported from Southampton tc ! Boulogne or Havre Instead they were shipped from what were really out ofthe-way and inconvenient ports Bristol. Avonmouth Cardin swanse' and Barrow. for example-to French ports as far from the firing line as st Malo, Brest. and even Bordeaux or the west coast and Narseilles on the Mediterranean.
 Troop treins were invariably mcv ed at night with drawn blinds Oft times they were run half way round the country before being sneaket alongside transport Not even th. officers were aware of their ultimate destination whether it was to bl France, Egypt India, or the Dardan clles
 "The engine drivers were changed every 20 miles or so and the captains of the troop ships received their aua instructions by wireless after they has put to sea"
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