Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-31
BRITISH PARTY
COMES HERE To
TAKE RECRUITS
Open headquarters e. Rock Island to
Obtain Aliens fer Eaeiish
armies.
THREE n OFFICIAL MISSION
Lieutenant Gunner Waite, Sergeant
Balger and Dr. Ernest Fitzpat-
rick See Service.

Three members ~ the official Brit
ISL recruiting mission established
headquarters g. ROCK Island today
All for tae Ee1. 80 days wIil con-
dae1 8 campaign ia eae tri-oitlaz to
secure euEstl1e.s for the British
army
TIE members RI tae party watch
arrived En ROCK island Today from
Der MoiHeH, are Lieutenant Gunner
Richard Waite Sergeant BuIger ard
DR.. Ernest r Egh Fitzpatrick
The activities II the British mission
ara ~ no way interfere with those Of
@Ia United States. The officers are
euIs.Iug only men who are not cit
1zens u this country
MAJOR MeCon5cbie today gave the
British officers permission to use the
building formerly occupied ~ the
Crown restaurant lii tae 100 block
as their headquarters. Since She
building was condemned q permit was
nanessary before the structure could
be used
Lieutenant Gunner Waite is . vel
eran o. the DardaneIIea campaign lie
was seven months aE GalIipol lie
was nu the British Irresistible when
she was sunk 6T q. mine IN the straits
and was one of the first to land at
GallpoE all # beach. F0rtE-oue Of
z58 on the ship landed Every one Of
them was wounded Waite was
wounded four times h the Darda-
ueiles campaign. Sergeant BuIger was
ltb Canadian regiment ia the
great battles on the west front He
IL cut OF the service in the field on
account Of wounds DR. Ernest Hugh
Fitzpatrick. examining physician for
the mission IS graduate oE the
Royal College of Surgeons Of Edlu-
burgh
Awakening lectures are given daily
by Lieutenant Gunner Waite VINO lis
capable of putting great amount of
FIRE and explosive material is his
speeches Tie guarantees 10 cure pro-
Germans in one treatment He has
the only LuaGauia medal ia the
United States. one He took from
German the .d5sd ia command on the
Cohen after r had been put o4e of
action hr taa British submarine Eli.
He displays many other war relics
THAT indicate the methods ol the fight
ers
Successful On Mission.
ga is the purpose or the mission to-
enlist men who are Hat citizens Of The +.
nited States. and they viii be taken F.
between The ages of Is and so years. .
In Milwaukee S. were enlisted in I
three days TFautE-t Germans /
tried 70 enlist with them but they
could not be accepted In Des No:nes .
during the last week they enlisted 96. I
with Is reflections Of applicants In I
the seven weeks they have been I'm .
abe field the mission has enlisted $50
men for the United States in addition
10 about five hundred for the British /
army
Enlist Aliens Only.
The British mission is enHstiuE
aliens only but all are accepted ex-
eept alien enemies BeIHians. Greeks.
Russians, Poles and citizens Of Brit
iah colonies ara all urged to enlist.
The compensation az these soldiers
if married is s33 per month OF this
It is stayed he can return s2$ 10 the
wife. 10 that the government adds
$50 and the Western Relief commits
sion, located ia Chicago. gives $40.
making sos. II there is a child under
40 years the family receives an addi-
tional s5. and for every child over 10
$3.50 is paid monthly fer support