Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-09 | Page 9 | Young Frenchmen Eager to Enlist

YOUNG FRENCHMEN EAGER TO ENLIST Volunteers Crowd Recruiting Offices Schoolboys Offices Schoolboys Offer Their Services Paris March 8 This The The willingness of ot the thus young men of ot Franco iw u ui tn ne arm army in what Is considered a 0 national crisis was indicated this week by the thousands of ot volunteers who applied at nt recruiting offices In oVer every part of ot the country countr to servo O a a. term of ot three years ears Eugene Etienne minister of ot war commenting on this thui fact said lId today that tho offers came from every een class of ot society l Lvery very pupil In the two upper classes of oC the hl high h at on sent a letter to M M. 1 Etienne as asserting asserting as- as readiness to stay In the ranks for three years The Tho recruits at Pon- Pon tol o cheered loudly when hen the tho prefect ct of the department referred 1 In a speech pech to tho the three years service Deputy Jacquier today brought forward forward for tor- ward a a. proposition In the a at of deputies to raise the asked for tor b by tho government Jo for tor additions to tho the French armaments b by Imposing an extra eNtra tax on incomes above 2000 he said aid should hould bo be taxed heavily when there were no children In the family Where herc there were children ho proposed that the ta tax should bould bo be do- do creased in p proportion to their number Deputy Paul ContI forward an n amendment to the bill bUl prop proposing pro pro- p posing to lay a tax of ot 26 on everz foreigner working In France