RECRUITING BOARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2688, 7 February 1916, Page 6

RECRUITING BOARD

—— ' CIRCULAR TO COMMITTEES In connection with tho work of the Recruiting Board, circular; embodying particulars of the new enlistment fcheme are being sent by the secretary of the board (Mr. J. D, Gray) to all members of the Legislature, Mayors, and chairmen of local bodies. These circulars are being accompanied by alphabetical lists, showing the men of military age in each district. In the course of a covering letter by the board it is stated:— "Our engagements with tho Imperial authorities necessitate the raising, training, equipment, and sending to the front every four weeks Reinforcements of 2350 men as long as the war lasts, in addition to the 34,000 troops already sent to the front and the 12,000 men now in training. While this ropresents a big effort on the part of a little more than a million people, the v National Register shows that the number required can bo maintained for .a considerable time without any_ undue strain .upon tho country or its industrial life. There is no reason to think we, shall be unable to enrol the men on the voluntary system, a determined! and systematic effort is made to bring home to ;mon of military age and fitness, and more especially to the single men with the minimum of responsibilities, tho vital necessity for their aotive co-opera-tion with their comrades already at the front." His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) stated last evening that ,he intends calling a meeting in a few days of members of Parliament, Mayors, and of those interested in the new recruiting scheme, to consi' l ?* ways of acting conjointly -with' fe- recruiting Board, in the marking out of filie new recruiting scheme about to he introduced. ============= "Thanks, guv'nor," said the seedy one, when given some coppers in reply to an appeal. "You're an able-bodied chap," remarked the giver. "Why don't you enlist?" "I'd go like a shot, sir, but I'vo an awful temper. Can't 'old moself .'in; when I read what them Germans 'ave done. No, sir. If I was at the front I'd bo doin' atrocities, so I'm best at 'omel" • O'Leary, V.C., is bright as well as brave. To a young fellow who begged him for one of his buttons as a keepsake, Michael said: "Is it one button only you're wantin' ? Sure, if ye'll just cross the road a. bit there's a finelokin' sergeant there who'll give you a coat full of buttons for the asking; and yoli'd look mighty, fine in khaki, my lad." Tho souvenir-hunter disappeared. - Tho water of the fountains in Trafalgar Square comes from artesian wells, which penetrate to a- depth of 400 ft. Seventeen years ago a plot to assassinate the Kaiser was discovered and frustrated by English officials at Cairo. Tho sarcophagus of the Prince Consort at Frogmore is made of the largest known block of granite without a flaw. There are 12 kings, three emperors, three presidents, -one queen, and one sultan of independent countries in Europe.