14 NOVEMBER 1914, page 14

"they Also Serve . . ." [to The Editor Of

THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—It has occurred to me, whilst reading the criticisms and exhortations on recruiting in your issue of September Stle that it may be of interest and value......

The Mitcham Town Guard.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SNECTAT OR:* ] Sin,—At the moment when there are signs and tokens that the War Office are beginning to realize there are more English- men on earth......

Men, Men, Men.

[To THN EDITOR ON rHE " SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—What folly it seems, when we need more soldiers, with the example of Gurkhas and Japanese before us, not to raise regiments and army......

[to The Editor Or The "srscrs.ros."1 Sir, — Mr. Alfred...

find a reserve of veterans, generally about six hundred, were he to go to Wembley Park any week-end and ask for the Old Boys' Corps. They drill every afternoon at Baker Street......

[to The Editor O➢ The "spectator:1 Silt,—it Was Suggested In

last week's Spectator that it would be worth while for the London papers to publish statistics of recruiting. But the publication of statistics will not attract men who, for......

German Soldiers In 1870 And 1914. [to The Editor Or

Tax SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The atrocities committed by the Kaiser's troops in Belgium, which are awakening the indignation of the world, afford a startling contrast to the conduct of......