Show I I 1 i s v aks C I y r. r rw 3 f fuN N t w f l uN t r. r r H a r rr y f j j A D d fro A f G D x S A a u r a w a y 3 M S YAR 3 f v ri sy t i o n Li Mar KAM ila 4 y y fys AA i Jw w i R 4 By EARLE HOOKER EATON F P A MAN MArf wants to fight nowadays S I there Is no reason reason why he should not be accommodated The United United United Unit Unit- ed States Is not only a vast recruiting recruiting re re- re- re camp for Its own armies s but Great Britain Is engaged in a 1 strenuous campaign to get every and Canadian In the United States to t volunteer for service under the the British flag This work is b being done pending pending pending pend pend- ing the outcome of International negotiations at Washington which It if nadian c consummated will permit the British and Canadian Ca nadian n recruiting mission under the leaders leadership lp of Brig Gen W. W A A. White C. C M M. G. G to draft every and Canadian now residing In the United States and the toe United States to draft every one of Its citizens who lives In Great Britain or Canada I This Is a very Important matter particularly for the and Canadians because there are at least of them over Whom Old Glor Glory waves and the names and addresses of at least of them are known to General White and his staff because they have been taken from the draft draft records of the United States Many of these are coming forward every day of their own accord but the recruiting mission wants every everyman everyman everyman man of them who Is physically fit to volunteer for forthe forthe forthe the British or Canadian armies About have bave already gone Into these arm armies armies esl and In one month recently over half of the recruits secured for the Canadian expeditionary forces came from the United States When Brigadier General White asks a man to fight he doesn't ask him to do any more than he has done himself He Is an officer In the regular army of Great Britain and that he lost no no notIme time himself In getting Into the fray Is shown by the fact that he reached Belgium about August 0 1014 1914 a few days after the war was declared and got into into action almost Immediately He had general gennera gen genn era eral charge harge of the rear guard actions from Monto Mons Mon to the Marne In which a small British army ma b 9 f v 0 41 Z C AT TOOT OR Oc aided the French in holding back the German hordes und under r General Von Yon Kluck and made possible the great victory a at the Marne l planned by General Joffre After fighting In France and Belgium for tor or almost two years General White was taken severely ill with appendicitis and after two operations was Invalided to America America Amer Amer- ica lea on his present recruiting mission Anyone who Is familiar with the rear rearguard d actions actions ac ac- ac- ac lions fought by the British between en Mons and the Marne heart breaking heart breaking actions In which the brave men Involved although vastly outnumbered by the army array Germany had been getting ready for years were practically called upon to sacrifice themselves so that Joffre could have time to fully prepare for his wonderful and successful blow against Von Yon Kluck's mucks flank knows flank knows that every Brit Brit- Isher from general to private did the full measure measure meas meas- u ure e of his duty to his country and to civilization and that thousands of them paid for that duty with their blood or with their lives Inspired by such experiences it Is no won wonder er that General White is a bit Impatient with the or Canadian who has been under the protection of the British flag for years who has enjoyed the liberty and the various advantages claimed by those living or claiming the rights of ot those th tho se e living under that flag and yet who declines to come forward of his own volition and help Great Britain France and the United States win wina a war the object of which Is to make the world safe for fors democracy y Several months no doubt will pass before the conventions providing reciprocal draft privileges are d. d by the United States senate and arrangements are perfected for making the draft f effective The reason the United States senate II j must first first pass on the conventions Is because ex ex ex- listing treaties s between the United States and Great Britain are to be changed somewhat by them ilia One odd phase of the situation and one that causes some confusion Is the different age period of the draft in the United States Great Britain and Canada from eighteen to forty- forty one one m may y be drafted Canadians between twenty and thirty-four thirty and citizens of the United States between twenty one and thirty Still another odd phase Is the first papers proposition The United States draft authorities claim every Brit Brit- isher and Canadian who has taken out first naturalization naturalization papers but these men are all aU regarded as British subjects by the British government andas andas and andas as such not only nt liberty to volunteer but subject subject sub j ct to the British and Canadian draft provisions as fiS soon as they become effective In the United States i. i r tf 0 I r t f Sj t. t Jj The United States and British governments however are working in harmony in n this somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what complicated International matter because after all so long as a man fights it does not make a great deal deai of difference whether he goes over the top under the British flag or the Stars and Stripes The main proposition is to see that he gets Into the firing line Une in one one army or the other and does his against the Pruss Prussian Ian military autocracy It Is an army axiom that three men are needed behind the lines to keep one soldier In a front frontlIne frontline frontline line trench ready to go over ver the top Men who fight must be backed by men who work and experts ex ex- experts In all sorts of ot trades trades' are needed The British British Brit Brit- ish and Canadian recruiting mission f for r example is now in urgent need of blacksmiths boat builders builders build build- ers carpenters caulkers drillers frame bend benders rs heavy helpers pile drivers quarrymen quarrymen riggers rs riveters rivet rs nn and 1 their mates seamen shipwrights shipyard machinists and stevedores Y 1 The average man of six fifty-six tl thinks that noone no noo noone o one e wants him for tor war war- purposes but ut he is mis mis- taken Let old Doctor Osler Osier take take notice that the British government thinks that n a man man of six fifty-six provided he knows his business is well worth acquiring for Its service In the Royal Imperial Imperial Im Im- Engineers This corps offers a special opening openIng openIng open- open Ing to men between one fifty-one and six fifty-six and to younger men who are highly skilled or medically unfit for general service but who are fit to carry carryon on their trade occupation occupation- Th They are being enlisted enlIsted enlisted en en- listed for the duration of the war and rank from privates to sergeants a private receiving 76 cents per day a lance corporal 84 cents a second corporal corporal cor cor- 1 a a. corporal and a sergeant separation allowances being paid to dependents The Canadian fund also g gives gives ves an allowance al lowance to dependents who reside in Canada Forty clerks are at work In the New York offices of the British and Canadian recruiting mission on a card Index system covering the names of every and Canadian of draft age In the United States and Brigadier General White has already sent a strong letter to of of- them explaining why they should volunteer asking them to volunteer or tell him their reasons why they do not do so and ending with the pertinent pertinent pertinent per per- query Will you not do your part a mans man's part In this great cause The most Interesting war relic ever seen In America will be us used d in General Whites White's great recruiting campaign This relic Is none other than the tank Britannia which has already been seen In New York and Canada but Is still n a decided novelty to to people all over the United St States tes The Britannia Is a genuine British tank and has seen service on the Flanders front When It first appear appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap pear d upon the streets of New York It t caused a great sens sensation as It lu lumbered along Fifth avenue avenue ave ave- nue and later on was the biggest hit at the Herb Land bazaar An extensive itinerary has been laid out for the tank and Its crew of veterans several of whom bear wounds received in the service This novel land battleship carries six machine guns and is an awe Inspiring awe inspiring sight as It moves mores over rou rough h country and deep ditches with the same ease and speed peed It shows when It attacks the German trenches on the French front 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