SOLDIERS FOR THE LAND
Interesting information on the question whether the life of coldiering will woo men from town life to tho country i& furnished by official inquiries which have been made among British soldiers in France. Of 97,000 men who were asked', 17,000 expressed themselves as desirous of settling on tho land either in tho United Kingdom or in the Dominions. The percentage varied from nil in one battalion of the Rifle Brigade to 46 per cent, in a battalion of tho Suffolk Regiment. In two battalions mainly composed of townsmen, the per* centage was 5, in two battalions mainly composed of miners it was 9, and in two battalions drawn from rural areas it was 28.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2861, 28 August 1916, Page 6
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118SOLDIERS FOR THE LAND Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2861, 28 August 1916, Page 6
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