THE CALL FOR RECRUITS
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
ENLISTMENTS.
(REUTERS TELEGRAM.) (Received April 19, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, 18th April. The Minister for War (Sir Worthington Evans), in the House of Commons, in moving the Supplementary Amiy Estimates, necessitated by defence force and other emergency arrangements, said the response to the appeal for recruits from the defence force waa most remarkable. Seventy-five thousand trained men had enlisted. Then recruiting was suspended, but a great many more offered. Some of this force was still held in readiness for eventualities. They would be demobilised as soon as precautions were no longer necessary.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 92, 19 April 1921, Page 8
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97THE CALL FOR RECRUITS Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 92, 19 April 1921, Page 8
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