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BRITAIN’S CALL.

AIORE .MEN NEEDED,

LONDON, September 19. . Recent responsible visitors to the front, including Lord Northcliffe, are impressed with the necessity for more men to make np the losses and to enable us to continue a most vigorous offensive.

A public campaign has been initiated, asking the Government to immediately comb out the munition works and Government offices, where thousands of youn<* men are sheltering. 3 The 1 Daily Alail ’ urges as a preferable course a most searching combing out, including exempts in "civil occupations, because men of 45 are unsuitable and quoting Sir Douglas Haig’s statement that “ war is a young man's game.” Numerous letters endorse the ‘Daily Alail’s’ suggestion. A wounded Australian officer from France says that another million men are wanted before Germany can be beaten. The Government are appointing a committee to comb out the mil:tarv"e!i'*ibies employed m the Civil Service. " ° Amongst the wounded on the Somme there are persistent rumors of the probable raising of the age limit for military service to 45. The Director of Recruitin'* says he knows nothing of such a proposal

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Evening Star, Issue 16225, 21 September 1916, Page 3

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BRITAIN’S CALL. Evening Star, Issue 16225, 21 September 1916, Page 3

BRITAIN’S CALL. Evening Star, Issue 16225, 21 September 1916, Page 3

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