The rush to the colours continued with the Albert hall Peter Street filled with potential recruits as it was announced that the Third City Battalion had now been filled with the required numbers.
Others battalions were quickly springing up. The Manchester Scottish were being put together by an old Gordon highlander, Bruce Henderson who was living on Market Street sand recruitment was still strong in the old boys battalion, the weekend had seen 160 new recruits join it just days after the call to arms.
Magistrates were even addressing spectators in the public gallery of the courts to enlist. Mr RA Armitage telling young men in the gallery that judging by their appearance,they would render a great service to their country at this time if they would enlist.
The first names of casualties were being given out by the Press Bureau in London, bureau, over eight thousand had been killed, wounded or were missing after the confrontation at Mons with the Gordon Highlanders suffering heavy losses.
Three men, who were charged with being drunk and disorderly in Rochdale were discharged when they told the magistrates that they had enlisted.
A Manchester recruit was injured in Scarborough when, along with other recruits while attempting to cross a pool, by means of covered drains, he slipped and fell into the sea.
One of the effects of the war was that the postal service in the central area of the city had been reduced, there were now to be five deliveries instead of the usual eight it was announced.
