Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1914 — Promises to the Recruits. [ARTICLE]

Promises to the Recruits.

A glance at the crowds at the recruiting office shows that there ip no need for the imaginative drawing up of advertisements of enticement to the colors, says the London Chronicle. By way of contrast one is reminded of earlier methods. Look at this appeal for young men for the light dragoons, which appeared in the Times of September, 1801: “Your pay and privileges equal two guineas a week; you are everywhere respected; your society is courted; you are admired by the fair, which, together with the chance of getting switched to a buxom widow, or brushing with a rich heiress, renders the situation truly enviable and delightful.” What young man could resist this I