Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard - Warwick and Country Edition page 6/col 3-6

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Subject

Military and Naval - Recruitment: public attitude towards

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Leamington Town Council. Election of Mayor". Councillor Donald's 3rd Year. A Word to Young Men". Col 4 "A Lasting Disgrace". Mayor referred to young men of the town capable of bearing arms and who have not yet joined the Forces. Their "bounden duty to prepare themselves to relieve their brothers at the Front". "It will be a lasting disgrace to them if His Majesty's government has to resort to conscription"