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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 84, 15 May 1914, Page 2

SAre pretty girls' the t best recruiters? Siir Arthur Griflith-Boscawen, in the discussion on the Army liStiniates iii .the House of Commons, told' of his own expejriemse. ■ He went into- Gaiup with the Special Reserve recently at .Folkestone. The Territorials ami the regulars had .smart tunics, and the' giirlk gave them their glances-a nd But the. Special Reserve were in "wretched frocks," ■made of old red cloth* th 6 Wai' Office to have in stock from the tithe when khaki 110 admiration from /the girls," Sir Arthur observed. Some members laughed, "They may laugh," he sa.id ? " but the admiration of the fair sex has a great deal to do .with-recruiting for the Army."