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Show Rush irks the Last Days of Enlistment Recruiting Stations In England Besieged Be-sieged by Long Lines of 'Last Minute Men' London, Dec. 10. Tho rush of last minute men who desire to cscapo tho stigma of being forced to Join tho colors, if conscription should bo adopted, ad-opted, continued today, tho last .day but ono of tho trial period! for tho Earl of Derby's recruiting plan. i.iines lormeu nt me recruiting stations sta-tions ns enrly ns 5 o'clock (bis morji-lug morji-lug nnd romnlncd thero nil day. Announcement that thero would bo no extension of tho tlmo limit for the test of tho volunteer system apparency appar-ency convinced many men of military mili-tary fitness that tho Earl of Derby was in earnest and caused them to flock to tho stations. It is not n caso of inducing men to enlist as a result of appeals mndo by recruiting sergeants, serg-eants, but rather of handling the applicants, ap-plicants, who watt patiently In long lines; threo or four abreast In tho co'd blustery weather At Trafalgar squaro only a small crowd of Idlers stood around tho baso of tho monument monu-ment to hear tho fervid appeals on behalf of king and country mndo by spenkers. A collection of eldorly men, boys, soldiers, foreigners nnd men wearing khnkl armlets listened to tho band nt tho Horso Gunrds parade nt Whlto. hall, which with martini music wob attempting to nrouso patriotic enthusiasm, en-thusiasm, nut In tho central ro-crultlng ro-crultlng bureau of tho war office, closo nt hnnd, hundreds of applicants woro awaiting their turn to fnco tho examiners. Tho new recruits draw heavily on tho forces of tho banks and the Insurance In-surance nnd commerclnl houses, as well as upon government nnd municipal muni-cipal departments. Tho staffs of somo of tho banks enlisted In n body on tho gunrnntco thnt thoy would ro-gnln ro-gnln their o'd positions nftor tho wnr nnd rccclvo full pay during their absence Although tho mnjorlty of thoso In line woro youths and mon In tho twen tics-, thero was 11 consldorahlo pro portion of mlddlo nged mon nnd somo obviously pnst tho limit for forty years. |