WANTED, A MILLION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2882, 21 September 1916, Page 5

WANTED, A MILLION

MORE MEN CRY RAISED '• :! AT HOME ,i (United Service.) - ' I (Bee. September 20, 9.15 p.m.) . ■, •, London, September 19. Recent responsible visitors at tha front, inclndiug ( Lord Northcliffe, are \ impressed by the necessity for more . '.] men to mako up the losses, and so en-. . '_■[ able us to contmne a most vigorous of- ] fensive. A public campaign baa been, initiate?!, asking the Government im- ;\i mediately to comb out the munition I works and Government offices, where ■! J thousands of young men are sheltering. ••! , The "Daily Mail" urges as a pre£er-> '....-■■) ablo course a most searching combin* ] out, including tlie "exempts! 1 in civil : occupations, oecause men of forty-five j are unsuitable. Sir Douglas Haig'S i opinion that "war is a young man's j game" is quoted. I ■ Numerous letters endorse the "Daily; j Mail's" attitude. A wouuded Austral . -\ lian officer from France says that '• other million men wall be wanted be* •■■] fore Germany is beaten. ■ '■'] There are persistent rumours as-W j the probable raising of the ago limit •' for military service to 45, but the Dw ; rector of Becruiting says he knows no-* j thing about it. : ; 1 GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION. ; 1 (Rec. September 20, 10.45 p.m.) ' ; London, September 20. , j The Government is appointing & committee to comb out the military eligibles who are employed in the ,Civil j Service. . : .1