Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19

gifted orator and he became the chief
Voice Of movement that swept the
country.
\ vast hostelry-St Ermins-was
comma ndecrcd in the heart of London,
and il became the rallying point for the
big drive
Release IT man for the front" was
the slogan Of the crusade 1t was or
Sanized liko great selling campaign,
because the country, 10 use a familiar
American business expression. had to
be sold on the proposition OF divert
ing every possible man from the work
bench or the plow. putting him in khaki
and maintaining. at the same time the
highly stimulated wartime output of
munitions and materials to equip, feed
and clothe civilian and soldier
Lloyd George himself hred the open
ing gun. and his words viii soon be as
applicable to the United States as they
We're then 10 Great Britain He said.
among other things:
Let each man do what he can and
not be always trying to get something
he cannot get. If every one does that.
in his sphere. all can help the country
help il individually. help ii as part of
an organization. We must make up
our minds to place our services unre-
seryedly and frankly az the disposal or
the state and to do whatever the state
Of the nation, TO defend the great in
terests which depend upon the life of
the nation No man or woman
has 4 right TO look on while others are
struggling for what is equally impor-
tant to them. Every man-and the
same thing applies to the women
should do what lies in his power to
help. The mere exhibition of readiness
n do. 90 will holy M lar
your patriotism be less than that of
Germany. In Germany they made an
appeal and they had plenty of volun-
teers to place their services at the dis
posal of the. state for any work.
1t was not long before England's
manhood and manhood composed it
self into three great divisions; those
who fought. those who worked and
Stacker entirely out of consideration.
Before the campaign was over the spe-
cies was almost extinct.
What was this national serviceo It
meant the voluntary enlistment of ev-
cry man between the ages of eighteen
and sixty-one for the nations work. To
do this. he got a blank form from a
post Office, an employment exchange
or national service office and filed it
out. He was required to state the
usual census facts. and, in addition, to
give his average weekly earnings over
a given period. and also to state any
work for which he considered himself
especially qualified. Every one of Brit
aims $4,000 post offices and 1900 labor
exchanges became a base" recruiting
station for national service. In addi-
ton to these, independent headquar-
tiers for recruiting were established. At
these places MONDAY meetings We're
held and cinema shows given to bring
home the need of more fighting men
All the application forms We're sent to
81. Ermins. where they were card-in-
dexed- The cards were then dumped
into an American tabulating machine
and sorted out by occupations.
The volunteer received the standard
rate of pay for the job on which he was
put \ minimum wage OF 25 shiilines
S6-25) was established. If the stand
ard rate was higher the man was paid
at the higher rate. Piece workers got
their usual rate of pay. If a man vol
unteered for work away from his home
he was not only given free transporta-
ton, but a daily subsistence allowance.
which. in the case of manual workers
amounted to about 65 cents day.
The volunteers were especially want
ed for agriculture. aeroplane construc-
ton. building. coal mining. coke work
ers, docks. engineering, explosive fac
tories. -four millers. general laborers
iron and steel workers. motor mechan-
les. munition works. national shell fac
tories, national filing factories. ore
mining. quarry workers, shipbuilding.
transport service and other government
work. These are the so-called ''pri-
mary trades
Industries of less national Importance
were warned that a scheme for "ra-
tioning" them would be introduced-it
meant Industrial conscription-if they
did not permit their men and women
TO join the national service movement.
The country was combed out. Nor
was the only need for manual workers
An immense number of managers, or