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Show P1' RI VTE C II A It L E S I FARMER 78 jears of age, who fought In Crimean war md is again in uniform VETERAN OF CRIMEA ENLISTS liS PRIVATE Fires With Enthusiasm When He Hears Speech of Emissary Spec al Cable to The Tr bune LONDON Dec 11 Lord Derby s recruiting campa gn has not only in duced the backward to come forward and enl at but has also given hope to many patr ot c but supposedly inel gible Englishmen that after all they may be allowed to f ght for their country When a man is 8 years old for in stance he would scarcely cons der h m self f t for a sold er s dut es yet a man that age has enlisted He is Charles Farmer a hero of the Cr mean war who has been out ot the array for forty four years He 1 stened to one of Lord Derby s em ssaries mak ng a speech and, fired w th enthus asm en listed and was accepted He s now a member of the king s Shropsh re light infantry He is a native of Shrews bury a joiner by trade The doctors who examined h m declared him phys cally sonnd |