Show BRITAIN TO FORCE SERVICE five million men have been obtained through prodigious effort london premier asquith announce ed in the house of commons on tues day the intention of the government to introduce a bill providing tor for imme diate general compulsion for men of military age tho the premier reviewed the recent controversy over the question of re cruit lag tag and gave some figures showing what the british ariti empire has dono done ilace the outbreak of the war he le said the army which at the beginning at var ar consisted of twentysix twenty six divi lions IMIs now amounted to eighty three including Lc luding the naval division and the contributions of the dominions but ex c indal to obtain men tor for the army and navy which had beell done involved a prodigious enor aoth at homo home and throughout the em pire dire RL recruiting ler was still being main Lal talked tied with some occasional lapses |