Record Recruiting Figures For British Army
(Received 8.30 a.m.) RUGBY, July 20. /pHE HIGH LEVEL AT WHICH ARMY RECRUITING HAS BEEN PROGRESSING FOR SOME TIME HAS CREATED NEW RECORDS, WHICH ARE DISCLOSED IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE WAR OFFICE. The number of recruits enlisted into the regular . army during the quarter ended June 30 was 10,233, as compared with 5517 in the same quarter of last year, an increase of 4716, or 85.4 per cent. The total of 10.009 has never before been exceeded for this quarter. The quarter ending March 31 yielded 10,504, and therefore there have been two consecutive quarters yielding over 10,000 recruits, each of which constitutes another record. The total entry of recruits for the three-quarters of the current recruiting year was 27.584. This is 3314 more than for the whole of the recruiting year 1937, and 5609 greater for the whole of the recruiting year 1936.
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Northern Advocate, 22 July 1938, Page 5
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