16 Patriotic talk and symbolism, but no surge in enlistments.
The landing at Anzac Cove subsequently resulted in a significant increase in enlistments, with 36,575 men being recruited in July 1915.
Although there was an increase in enlistments in September 9,3255) and October (11,520), in December they fell to the lowest total of the year (2,617).
The rise in enlistments comes just three days after President François Hollande opened his extraordinary address to both houses of parliament with the statement, "France is at war".
It's a much stronger word than "wounded" or "handicapped," and I imagine that, if we used it in the United States, enlistment in the volunteer Army would fall by at least half.
Nevertheless, we believe that the study population is a representative sample of the general male population of that age in Greece, since enlistment in the Hellenic Armed Forces is obligatory for all males above the age of 18 and all repatriated men under the age of 35.
Rookwood was a young man with recusant connections, whose stable of horses at Coldham Hall in Stanningfield, Suffolk was an important factor in his enlistment.
It is interesting to note, given the National Guard involvement in the program, that there were no significant differences in military enlistment between the two groups.
