ELEVENTH HOUR RUSH

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6

ELEVENTH HOUR RUSH

RECRUITING IN ENGLAND By Tolegranli-Fress Association-Copyright mi. i- London, December 10 iiiere has been a surprising rush of recruits throughout the country. This is largely attributed to the p-ocrasl illation of eligfbles until the eleventh hour, and, in a_ minor d'egree, to the serious outlook in the Balkan. The scenes at Birmingham u.'.'d Glasgow were unprecedented! A large proportion of those who have enlisted are munition workers. , Lord Derby states that li?s repwfc will be handed to Mr. Asquith ou Sunday jest. ALL RECORDS BEATEN. WHOLESALE RECRUITING. (Rec. December 12, 5.5 p.m.)' rm U t London, December 11. Hie rally of single men was an outstanding feature of the close of Lord Derby's recruiting, campaign. Some of the recruiting officers did not take off their clothes for four days. Many of the recruits have gone straight into the army. Several officers announco that they have beaten all records, apart from Lord Derby s group scheme. Ifchty per S. c ' lt ; 9* tho mcu who at tho »Into City were under 30 and apparentlj; unniarncd Nine hundred men on the night-shift at Woolwich Arsenal were sworn in on Friday night. There were left a thousand at Lambeth Town Hall at midnight waiting to sign on. There .KRHuauulaji msMiJßiamiiaLflsatMiu'