Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
T0IILD OSTRACTZE
BRITISH SLACKERS
,t.rv of Them Evaded Draft
nv Obtaining Work in
Munition Plants
mrL BE TRACED DOWN
call Percentage of Kings Subjects
Here offered for En-
listment
WILL BE TRACED down

announcing British subjects OF mili-
a.e who have taken refuge i'm mu-
- nlants TO avoid the draft, Lieu
r d. Newsom and Lieutenant
Ross. members of the British
n,.i,,rr mission, sixteenth and Chest
s,rsets have started vigorous cam
~. N have these persons, whom they
~ are not even ashamed TO be called
.,tsrs ostraclzed by their country
- and fellow workmen
rhsre are 10000 British subjects in
,,nodelphla alone, according to Lieu
AT Newsom Three thousand OF
s.1, have applied for enlistment since
M % %u,Isson was established here last
Ivly. he said.
i;rbe agreement Of Great Britain and
a, United states TO draft each others
s,A,ects within their jurisdiction will
~. INT little" Lieutenant Newsom
"A 1--WE figure a British subject who
Nets or Is drafted into the American
.,,, is a man lost. because he Is just
.,sine the place of some American who
amid be drafted to hll that place,
'ssrsas If he were 20 enlist in tho
p,l,lsb or Canadian army, 1t would be
ana more man, because it would mean
Az, another American would be needed
70 fll up quota.
Men without shame
'Tt docs no good TO call these men
,,rkers. They have long since reached
AL stage where they are not ashamed
y that term. But the worst is yet to
anna for these fellows. They must cer-
,,lnlv come in for bitter criticism when
No war Is over and the boys come back
lame and ask. Why weren't you there
we arc inaugurating a campaign to
have persons come in and tell us where
,he-e is a British subject Of military age
rbo is hiding from the draft. These
fellows who have taken refuge in
American munition plants, despite the
net that they are uushilied, are the
men we want to get We want their
names and addresses. and wo will make
4 warm for them unless they answer
the call Of their country
Lieutenant Newsom stated that cir
eular letters have been sent TO every
known British subject of military age
IN this section, appealing to their pa
triotsm, in hopes that ii may influence
them to enlist. A copy of the letter
follows:
Dear Sir--DurnE tho last few wccks.
no doubt, you have read i'm your ucws-
PAPER Of the battle raging at present
on the western front. You know that
tho armies OF Great Britain, facing trc-
nendous odds, are stcmminE tho tide,
are holding their own. Our volunteer
army Is fighting with the same logged
courage the same spirit as our first
rpeditionary force did in the days Of
Mons and the Marne.
Need Is Urgent
THE need for men is urgent II We
are to fll the gaps, If We are TO keep
our promise to our Allies, we must keep
our ranks at full strength. You are
British can you hold back at this time,
when your fcllow-Countrymcn. on the
battlefelds Of France are looking FOR
you, as they have a right to do-to
cone over and help? What will they
think of you here on tho other side if.
after the war. it is said that you pre-
terHd to live in comfort. making money,
safe behind a living wall, rather than
put your shoulder to the wheel in the
light for world freedom?
The draft convention is being re-
written, being made more drastic. When
u Is signed you Will he drafted into the
army II you have not yet volunteered
with the British or Canadian cNpcdi-
uOnary forces.
Nov is your time. Give the matter
your Immediate consideration and re-
port here without delay for medical cN-
animation and enlistment. II you live
out OF town, write to us and Tc will
send you transportation to come to this
once where We viii be only too glad to
give any information YOU may require.
Your mother country calls, she needs
you
-, BRUSH and Canadian Recruiting
MISSION, w. y. Powell. captain."