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. A space will be left after each
name in which the fortune of the parishioner can be inserted at the end of the war. Of course it will take a little time to know who is serving or will serve and to make the brass, but the fact that such a brass is in contemplation has been announced in the hopes that it may be some little encourage- ment to recruiting. The inscription on the brass would be somewhat as follows :—
" THE GREAT WAR.. 1914 To - ROLL OF HONOUR. The under-mentioned parishioners have offered their lives to their King and Country. [Here follow the names of the Recruits.] &c., dm"
A space could be left at the bottom of the list of names for additional names, or, if there are none to be added, the space could be filled with " God Save the King." You may think it worth while to insert this letter in the hopes that others may be induced to pot up a somewhat similar brass in their own churches, not merely as an aid to recruiting, but as a recogni- tion to those who so freely offer their lives to their country and as a memorial to those who die for it.—I am, Sir, &c., N.
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