BRITISH RECRUITS FOR THE FIRING LINE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2310, 18 November 1914, Page 5

BRITISH RECRUITS FOR THE FIRING LINE

HUGE CLOTHING ORDERS. 11 (Reo. November 17, 5.15 p.m.) , London, November 10. Tho "Tribune" comments upon the fact* tbat_ "things are not going satisfactorily in the raising of recruits for tho salvation of tho British Empire." The orders for new Army clothing comprise 5,250,000 dress, jackets, 1,600,000 greatcoats, 7,000,000 pairs of pants, 6,500,000 pairs of boots, 5,000,000 pairs ' of trousers, 11,000,000 shirts, and ■ 11,000,000 pairs of socks. The khaki., ordered from the Yorkshire mills extends to ten thousand miles of material; •■ King George is visiting the\ recruiting camps. Ho advocates the transfer, of., the troops' canvas tents to wooden, - huts. VOLUNTEERS FROM FIJI. " :r ' (Reo. November 17, 7 p.m.) Suva, November 17. The Legislature has resolved to ask' the. Secretary of State for the Colonies" for permisison to raise a contingent of 100 men for service in Europe. 'ANOTHER MILLION MEN. (Reo. November 17, 715 p.m.)'' ''■•■ - London, November 16. The Houbo of Commons has agreed to war votes totalling 225 millions, and also to an extra million men for the Army. Mr. Asquith stated that.the "■'. actual cost of tho war' was between. £900,000 and £1,000,000 per day. j Speaking in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) de-'j nied that from thirty to forty per cent, of the soldiers were suffering from pre-, ventablo diseases, from drink,' and other '' causes. Careful inquiries showed thai from ten to. fifteen per cent, would cover all sickness.- He believed that they never had a body- of men comport themselves .so_ well, and show such regard for sobriety and .'deoehe'y'fn: cor-,"; duct. There were now 1,100.000 men" in the Regular Amy, 'from two' hundred thousand Territorials, but that was not enough ' p . ; ."' ''V.:2:c Mr. Asquith added that the daily cost' of the war was not likely to be diminished. The larger part of lie first hundred million had been spent on military operations, loans to Allies, disbursements for the purpose of securing British food supplies, and especially 6ugar and wheat, theoost to be" re--couped to the Exchequer when the con-' sumors paid. The greater "part of the loan_ of 225 millions sterling now au- ,- thorised would be spent on the Armyt. and Navy, all but £45,000,000 of the. loans, of which £30,250,000 go to Canada, South"Africa,^"Australia,"and New Zealand, obviating the necessity of their coming to the London market;:: A portion of the vote_would,be expended on commodities, which it was necessary • to exclude' from th'e'-use'of .'ourropponi cnts.