The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-26

The United States and British governments,
however, are working in harmony in this some
what complicated international matter because,
after all, so long as a man fights it does not make
a great deal of difference whether he goes lover
the top under the British flag or the Stars and
Stripes. The main proposition Is TO see that he
gets into the firing line in one army or the other
and does "his Bit against the Prusslan military
autocracy.
1t is an army axiom that three men are needed
behind the lines to keep one soldier In a front
line trench ready to go over the top. Men who
fight must be backed by men who work, and ex-
perts In all sorts of trades are needed. The Brit
ish and Canadian recruiting mission, for example.
is now in urgent need Of blacksmiths, boat build
ers, carpenters, caulkers, drillers, frame benders,
heavy t%imbermen, platers, platers' helpers, pile
drivers, qunrrymen, riggers, riveters and their
mates, seamen, shipwrights, shipyard machinists
and stevedores.
The average man of hfty-six thinks that no
one wants him for war purposes, but he is mis-
taken. Let 'old Doctor Osler' take notice that
the British government thinks that a man Of
fftysix, provided he knows his business, Is well
worth acquiring for its service in the Royal I'm
perial Engineers. This corps offers a special open
ing to men between ~ffty-one and ~hfty-six, and to
younger men who are highly skilled or medically
unfit for general service, but who are fit to carry
on their trade occupation. They are being en-
listed for the duration of the war, and rank from
privates to s~ergeants, a private receiving rs cents
per day, a lance corporal "a cents, a second cor
poral 81, a corporal $1.0S and a sergeant SIPS,
separation allowances being paid to dependents.
The Canadian patriotic fund also gives an al
lowance to dependents who reside in Canada.
Forty clerks are at work in the New York
offices of the British and Canadian recruiting
mission on a card index system covering the
names of every Britisher and Canadian of draft
age in the United States, and Brigadier General
White has already sent a strong letter to 100000
of them explaining why they should volunteer,
asking them to volunteer or tell him their reasons
why they do not do so, and ending with the per-
tinent query: VIII you not do your part, a mans
part, in this great cause?"
The most interesting war relic ever seen in
America will be used in General Whites great
recruiting campaign. This relic is none other than
the tank Britannia, which has, already been seen
In New York and Canada, but is still q decided
novelty to people all over the United States. The
Britannia is a genuine British tank, and has seen
service on the Flanders front. When 1t first ap-
peared upon the streets of New York, 1t caused
a great sensation as 1t numbered along Fifth ave-
nue., and later on was the biggest hit at the Hero
Land bazaar. An extensive itinerary has been
laid out for the tank and its crew of veterans,
several of whom bear wounds received In the
service. This novel land battleship carries six
machine guns, and is an awe-inspiring sight as II
moves over rough country and deep bitches with
the same ease and speed 1t shows when 1t attacks
the German trenches on the French front.