Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-11
URGE BRITISH TO
ENLIST FOR ARMY
Drive" Opened With Patriotic
Massmeeting at Garrick
Theatre.

llf tttIltk tttstiit NhSs btai'Nt "'eH
the mingled flags of France, Italy. Bel
gum. England and the United States,
last night. in honor of the meeting of the
British and Canadian recruiting mission
for this section, having its headquarters
IN Philadelphia, at Seventeenth and
t'hCstnut streets.
\ large and enthusiastic audience hill
ed the house, and applauded the telling
points in the addresses OF the various
speakers.
Capt Schwab. late Royal Field Artil-
lcrv, presided. and, IN addition 70 the
Speakers. the local committec.on British
and Canadian registration occupied seats
IN the platform -Mcssrs. +. II. Ford.
I " Bacchus, t.. ;. Taltc and Edward
Ranks
Colonel st. George l.. Steele, c. B., a
veteran of five campaigns anc head OF
the mission. made comprehensive ad-
dress on the general work that is being
,cromplishrd. and appealed Tor the help oil
ali citizens IN the cndcavor To secure
enlistment OF all the British and anadlah
subjects in this locality III either the Eng
l.>h. the Canadian or the American
ranks
Two things Of vital Importance, he
polntcd out. are food supply and man
,ripplv Even IN time OF peace. the En-
tcntc nations draw 40 per cent OF their
food ,tlpplv from other countries, but now,
with workers gone 10 war or INTO NUM-
t.an factories. this proportion must he
er,,tl, increased Tie estimated that To
,Ictual one million men III Franco, 1t
VIII hc necessary 10 dispatch SIX TODD ships
rom tins side daily taking no account
+. franonoitS for men and freight ships
FIT m,uiton, Nhllr the allies have
tl, nulion men IN arms, thus number Is
lhtrt Is impairment on any gwen
IN, OWING to thu chacc5 of drive
ur rI.ti,, on some other front; 50 the
...,,i fer men IS pressing Many Britons
Fl, gone. mauv IRE still here, and II IS
IS, Nh, arc hcInC sought
Ttu- who cuil~t IN the English army
Fl, a,,enblcd IN \nyaNcotla and 90 thence
English training camps The Canadian
uutr.r> "a first q Toronto The
anaiau -grylcr is preferred hy mar
..l men a> ,hr Patriotic League grants
K month and looks after the tamIhcs
a, ulrn.
Thn-, whnarc outside he age for active
t.,r. l~-t5. .trc available for waterways
-,lc, il, ,4ndcrs, France and Belgium.
tc ha+t.lInuS 81 .icwS are now beng
>foi far service In Palestine, where II
f., 1r,cctcd many VIII remain after the war
thc naclcuS for colony to settle the
Intr1
Colonel steele appealed to employers
II labor for their assistance IN recruiting
rv and III men who arc horn British or
Canadian subjects and who have not Yet
.,,u.lrcd full American citizenship, and
referred to the convention which has been
er,cd upon between Secretary Lansing
md Lord Reading though not vet before
fhr senate for ratification, which viii
.arcc III such subjects % declare their
.haicc of one or the other service within
limit of sixty days He told OF one BIlt-
-h subject with whom he talked civil
ariSoncr. who said he would not care to
;..~t Il he might thereby be freed, but
rricrred 10 serve the country where he
adc his livelihood" and 50 will continue
DO this for four wears and SIX months.
In closing he quoted the saving oi Lloyd
George in i recent speech w 6 must 20
IN or 90 under and declared that we
shall. must and viii 90 on
Josiah Marvel made a stirring appeal
the patriotism oi our people - aid IN
the work. dwelling on the indignation
aroused hv the German atrocities which
STIR un our hatred saving, Il hate these
German deeds with every fiber ot my
soul and ! think X Is . righteous hatred
AK VuIT conscience II yOu are dong all
that YOU should or can do; not Is compar-
- with your ncighhor, but - compared
win what vou sought remembering that
IL, on. has don" his ii; TIL he has done
his hc~t
Ni- Marvel was heartily applauded. and
...-ri.d his hearers along with nm by ElS
mpa~~.on-i ana eloquent sneech
acting >,rc- Major Wells 18th Bat
ra.Ian. iI.-t Canadian Division. then gave
4. xc~y entertaining account OF ms per
-iual expcrlcLce~ ~ lie front beginning
uI-. January 1915 which included home
7. details ol trench experiences of himself
..uQ other~. and finally his being wound
nyaadel home, and SLOW conyalc>
e.nct IA hospital. and 1IterWard gave :;
running commentary on the moving pc
.FtS shown on tin screen, covering an
s,.i>li;.l range II subjects on land, with
ta u3yy the submarine and the avla-
t.Grl services
collection Ton the Rcd Cross was
l.a,ie by mcIutcs~ ol The local branch. IL
9cd { ross rrgalia Tie Misses Elizabeth
Dnvu- Elzabefh Pyle Alice Johnson,
Elizabeth Patterson Louise Lee, the
All>>.9 >pe.1kInar Mrs Holstcln Har-
srv and AIr~ Harvey stuart, who with
Mr. Wilson and Mis- Blanche Nwayue,
occupied . proscennun boX
The officers of the 50th Infantry, [
i ais, occupied & box, and there were
ttlmaroI, other army and navl C'Gccr,
trd lticr scattered through the audience
Music Va, furnished BY the Garrick
Theatre Orchestra: and William z. " hitc
led the singing of The Ntar-Spangled
Banner and America.