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RECRUITING AT LANGLEY MOOR
On Tuesday se[ven]n[ight]., a recruiting meeting was
held in the hall of the Social Club and Insti-
tute, Langley Moor, presided over by Mr
D.H. Pearson. – Lieut[enant]. Lisle said that re-
cruiting in the county of Durham had been
very brisk, but more men were needed, and
he trusted that many of the young men
present would consider it their duty to join
the colours. The 8th Reserve Battalion Dur-
ham Light Infantry, now stationed at Seaham
Harbour, needed more men to replace those
who had gone abroad, and they also needed
300 men to form the nucleus of a new battal-
ion. - Councillor Barron reviewed the events
that had led up to the war, and exhorted the
young men present to step forward at the close
of the meeting and give in their names to Mr
Guest Williams, who was duly authorised to
enlist them. Lord Kitchener’s Army was a
credit to the country, and had done all that
was expected of it. By the revised scheme
a married man joining the colours will be
entitled to 17s 6d per week, instead of 15s,
and when he came back from the war would be
entitled to 25s per week as long as he lived
if he was unable to work. The Government
would be under a moral obligation to look
after the interests of the men who had taken
up arms in the defence of their country. –
Councillor Brass also made a stirring address,
and said it would be a sad day for England
should Germany succeed in placing her iron
heel and mailed fist upon the people of this
country. The only way to prevent this, and
also a recurrence of the disgraceful things
that had happened in Belgium, was a strong
Army and an efficient Navy, and he trusted
the youth and manhood of the country would
come forward in sufficient numbers during
the present crisis. - Votes of thanks to the
speakers and chairman brought the proceed-
ings to a close. - Lieut[enant]. Lisle and Councillor
Brass also addressed an audience at the
Hippodrome Picture Hall, which Mr Bury
the manager, had most generously placed at
their disposal.
