RECRUITING IN LONDON.

West Coast Times, Issue 2848, 20 May 1878, Page 3

RECRUITING IN LONDON.

Within the last few days (says the Times) the military authorities have extended the operations of the recruiting sergeants to various parts of the metropolis. Restricted as these were to the headquarters of recruiting, King street, Westminster — sergeants, witb the well-known ribands flying from their caps, are now plying their business daily at the Elephant and Castle, the Borough, Bermondsey, aud Rotherhithe on the south side of the river, and at Whitechapel, Poplar, Hackney, Marylebone, Holloway, and even in Fleet street and the Strand on the Middlesex side. In point of fact, at most centres of a loitering population in the metropolis recruiting officers are holding out the usual inducements to young men to enter the service, but, from inquiries made, with no very great success. At the Easfend, where there is a great slackness in work, some young fellows have "joined" within the last few days; but on the Surrey side but few recruits have been added to the- army. At Westminster, amid nearly a score of recruiting sergeants, those of the Royal Marines, five in number, are the most busy ; but these of the cavalry regiments, including the 2nd Dragoon Guards, the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and a couple of light cavalry corps, have been lately more successful in obtaining

men than their brethren of the Marines The Royal Artillery and the Rifle Brigade are also represented at Westmineter, aad the latter favorite corps has had within the past week an accession of some smart young fellows. Altogether, recruiting for the army in the metropolis has not gone on so briskly since the Crimean war but the substantial bounty at that time offered to recruits has not yet been added to the inducements to enlist.