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

I hfnk OF all the foul things tho Ger
mans have done. Think VIVA. they
they get the chance.
The very bread you eat Is bought
with sacrifice; think of that when you
take your next meal Enroll today and
would be an enduring stigma life
long shame for you. Give them the
knockout bloW-go straight to the
post Office or national service office
and send in your enrolment at once.
Another showed man looking at
himself in the mirror. Under it was
the caption:
when You Look in the Glass Ask
Yourself These Questions:
Am doing all can for the nation
or am I content as long as my home is
intact. as long as my skin is safe?
Am l deliberately weakening the
army by keeping a man at home who
might be fighting if ! take his place
by enrolling for national service?
Am I letting another man risk his
life for me-and doing nothing my
Did I boast how 7 would Join the
army II 1 were a young man-and
now. when my turn has come. am
Sinking it,
dener. chauffeur. a clerk. who might
be working for his country?
What can I say to wounded sol
der if he asks me if l have enrolled
for national service
Put these questions honestly to
yourself. Others are watching for
your reply. Look yourself straight in
the eyes-and enroll at once for ma
tional service. To excuse yourseif Is
to condemn yourself. You will not be
taken from your present work If you
are really useful to the nation where
you are
A third popular appeal was entitled.
Put Your Weight Into the Push" and
showed a group of men in shirt sleeves
pushing forward a huge bowlder la
beled Victory" 1t read:
THE fate of Britain is trembling in
the balance. Every ship that goes
down brings you nearer starvation.
Every ship that goes down puts US in
peril of defeat. If all help now, we can
win quickly: but unless we crush the
Germans, they will crush US. That is
sober fact.
1T is up to you to enroll at once for
national service. Those who say I will
see about it presently may be signing
the death warrant of men a the front,
and of men who are bringing, by peril
Gus seas. the food that you might grow
at home
Neutrality-suspicious. the Germans
finish the war. You may save life or
you may sacrifice it: let the state have
the first call upon your service.
Enroll today for national service
and release a fit man for the front"
Still another striking advertisement,
which was not only showed on bill
boards and in the press. but which was
hickered on thousands of cinema
screens. showed picture of soldier in
trench kit making an appeal to civil
ians in multi. He is saying:
Are you going to let US down?
You urged me to enliSt-what are
you doing?' You were keen enough to
talk of duty and sacrifice-what have
you sacrificed?
IT'S your turn now. We are watch
ing-we shall ask you-those of US who
come home-what answer you made to
the call of national service. It's bust
ness as usual with you-it's business
of blood for me. Are you going to let
me down? Can you sleep easily in
your bed tonight with the cries of the
wounded, cut off by barrage. ringing in
your ears, and you lifting not a finger
to help?
"Or with your coat. man. We are
asked to go over the top'-you are only
asked to go to the national service
Office and do something for us when
we are going through hell for you.
Enroll today in the industrial army.
You are wanted to release fit men
for the front"
The huge part that engineering skill
plays in the great war and the need
for its mobilization are strikingly put
forth in the following poster. typical
of the kind of appeal to specific trades:
This is an engineers war.
Every man who can be of use. as an
engineer motor mechanic is needed
to offer his services to the State
This is engineers war. Machin-
cry wins battles. Every man at the
front, every cartridge. every tin of ra
lions is brought there by machinery
Ship and rail and motor services are
the arteries through which flows the
very life-blood of our armies. If they
failed. the arm of Britain would be
paralyzed. Disaster and defeat would
be certain.
why are YOU wanted?
1T may be to build engines and boil
ers for our ships and railways to
make the traction engines that draw
the guns. the motors that drive the
tanks. armored cars. and ammunition
lorries 1t may be for electrical en-