Show BRITISH RECRUITER SAW SAIN MONTHS OF I II I REAL WAR T Tells ell of Sacrifice Made by I Lad to Enable Him to Reach Front I I I NEW YORK Dec 22 The lh The a other day a mere lad Peter lad Peter Bains is his name name appeared appeared here at the British recruiting mission and applied for service in In France The medical of officer officer of- of ticer found foun he hc had a shattered hand and told him he must ha e an operation operation operation opera opera- tion before he could be accepted for service Bains had the the operation performed and is iR now on his way to the firing line for the fourth time The shattered hand was his third wound Brigadier General W. W A. A White ite head of the British and Canadian recruiting recruiting recruiting re- re mission in the United States told me this star story Id like every ery everyone everyone one of the British and Canadians of draft age in the United States to know V that story he said It should inspire them to come for for- ward General White Is willing to talk about Peter Bains but not about himself But his own awn story stary is even more remarkable An officer of th little British regI regular regular reg reg- I ular army anny at the outbreak of the war he went in command of one of af the units on that gray morning when the first British expeditionary force crossed the channel Reaching Bel- Bel glum ium August 6 he went into immediate immediate immediate imme imme- diate action and through the heart heartbreaking heartbreaking heartbreaking breaking retreat from Mons Mona to the Marne he was in command of af the rear guard actions which sought to delay the German invaders At the Marne White was stricken with appendicitis but refused to leave the the field After the battle he was ordered into hospital Three months after undergoing an operation he was was back at the front trant leading his men and distinguishing himself for bravery until July 1916 when a second secand operation Invalided him permanently I But invalidism for far General Genera White does daes not mean inactivity He has transferred his energies from fram the battlefront to the recruiting field and andis is hunting out aut and inviting every British subject in the United States to join jain the colors No can have failed to I note nate with satisfaction that the United States is standing shoulder to shoulder shoulder shout shout- der with Great Britain went on the veteran and the example of the great republic should In Inspire ire him to todo todo todo do his bit too tao for the the the-Mand land of his birth Already have enlisted at our recruiting depots But we want to hear at once ance from more mor in the United States If It all of I them cannot cannat enlist we want them to get into intimate touch with us and tell us why At home our aur people peaple are putting forth every effort The American people peaple now being called upon to tomake tomake tomake make sacrifices in the great cause in which we are engaged will not nat tolerate tol tal- to- to erate crate in their midst who shirk their duty |