Show BRITISH WILL ILL SHUN STUFFY OFFICES I DERBY SAYS Men Now in Trenches Plan to Seek See Outdoor Life After War By WILBUR S. S FORREST Unit United d' d Press Staff Correspondent LONDON March tarch 26 26 By Mail MaiI It It is is a question of stick sticking ing it out and well we'll stick it out outto lo to the e end d. d This war is today a t matter of army reserves and England can produce more reserves than tha that Germany which is country no now calling up her s seventeen and eighteen year olds England's supply of adequate adequate ade ade- quate qUale reserves is mathematical I a taint In this manner toda today in ln an Interview interview Inter Inter- view at the war office Lord Derby un the most human lord who whoever whoever ever woJ wore a title told why England will win her war Speaking unreservedly Britain's U- U recter general genera of recruiting made i it plain and flat that Derby Army with its allies allie- will make a peace when it comes a peace for our children and our childrens children's children For years th the name of oC Lord Derby has been magic in the north coun cou t try of or Engl England nd But since the peer from the north who bears both the titles of Lord and Earl led the way for Kitchener's armies to fill the gaps his name has become one commandIng command command- ing respect in every corner of the British empire Erect and six feet tall with ruddy cheeks under a pair of searching eyes ees eyes eyes' and brown hair which is hardly touched with gray despite his fifty years Lord Derby is of the strenuous type He speaks peaks with an air of finalIty finality final final- ity and makes you believe what he Is talking about He overwhelms yo you courteously He answers Interrogations right off ott the I bat Dat He doesn't Impress his title on you lIe He looks at you as though you were wert human human like like himself himself and and what he says says says' is not easy to- to pick to pieces Germanys Germany's argument that the Derby recruit picked from civil life Ufe will never be the traditional British sol dier that subdued d the Soudan and conQuered conquered conquered con con- Egypt brings comb combative Uve denials from Lord Derby He said The old armies the men who were trained before this war ar are gone But the recruits who have answered th the call of voluntary service the group system ar are just as brave As AB a rule rul they are b better educated The They will train quicker they will fight as well and stay as long They The are an admirable substitute for the regular British Tommy There is no doubt about the loyalty of British manhood The trouble has been that no one but Lord Kitchener Kitchen r thought this war would be a long war The men have held back but now the they are waking up It will be a negligible quantity that fails to report before conscription comes and th they'll ll be fetched Twelve groups of Derby recruits in including including in- in eluding married and single men are arenow arenow arenow now i in training at at- Folkestone Other groups have been called up Do you think that these men who have left office work and indoor pursuits pursuits pur pur- suits will r return turn to that life lire after atter th the war Lord Derby was asked I doubt It he responded Thousands Thousands Thousands Thou sands of them probably wm will flock to the open air of the colonies but we arent aren't worrying for a minute about that They'll come back That has al already already already al- al ready been illustrated They The have flocked to us In this war from all ail parts of the world I think you would call this wonderful patriot patriot- ism Only today I r received elved a letter from Crom froman Croman an Englishman n in California who in informed informed informed in- in formed me that he had closed out hi his business after atter saving enough mon money to return to England He will be In the army within a month Lord Derby was not a a. novice at en enlisting enlisting en en- listing and training army recruits eV even n before the war For years ears he has been beena a 0 leading officer in the Lanca Lancashire association a volunteer or organization organization organization or- or similar to the American mi ml- litia In this war pre-war training to use usa his lordships lordship's own words Ive trained four battalions in m my myown own backyard He didn't stop to to mention that his own back yard I is known to be quite considerable of an English country park in fact a comparatively comparatively com corn microscopic section of acres his lordship owns In Lancashire Military training for every man manIn ln In England would be an asset to the na nation nation nation na- na tion according to Lord Derby As a simple illustration he mentioned that battalions of recruits are at first quipped equipped with three sizes of uniforms small medium and larg large After three thre months training the large sizes become the medium the medium the small and even a a. a size larger than the largest must be substituted H Hadded re I-re added Military training gives men more inane height breadth of chest and weight It strengthens them and makes better men of them When will the war end was asked That is something I cannot and I think no one can eay say concluded Lord Derby But you ou may rest assured that no matter how long it lasts England I can outstrip Germany in the matter of army reserves Germanys long battle lines must b be b. betaking taking a terrible toll of ot her men Bugland England Eng Eng- land and is just beginning to get into th thame the game ame with a vigor |