26 SEPTEMBER 1914, page 14

Belgium : A Parallel From Spenser's " Faerie Queene."

[To THY EDITOR 07 THE "IsrEcrAzoz."] am not aware whether any of your readers have remarked the curiously interesting parallel between the present state of things in Belgium and......

Aids To Recruiting.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SAS,—I am having put up in our parish church a brass on which is inscribed the names of all parishioners who are serving in the present war.......

The Recruiting Problem.

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I venture to think that there is much more force in "Lambda's" letter which appears in your issue of the 12th inst. than your......

Compulsory Service Versus Volunteering, [to Thr Editor Or...

SIR,—My experience, after trying to recruit scores of young men unknown to me, is that they say that if compelled by law they will join at once and gladly; but they distrust......

The National Reserve.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "serceerea..a Sra,—One of my officers called my attention to the very able article in your issue of September 12th, relating to the National Reserve Force,......

A "five-footers" Regiment.

[To THY EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Devon recruiters are in despair at the raising of the standard of height to 5 ft. 6 in., for the average height of our West Country men......