Desperate MoD offers soldiers £500 incentive to recruit mates
The Telegraph
"Soldiers who persuade friends to join the infantry will be paid a £500 bounty as part of an emergency campaign to halt a catastrophic decline in recruiting. The campaign will be launched during a six-week period over Christmas in an attempt to help to halt the growing recruitment crisis.
A Ministry of Defence document obtained by this newspaper has revealed that the infantry is facing one of its worst recruiting crises - less than half the number of recruits needed will join this year..........."