"Men went to recruiting offices because they were eager to enlist. "
Yes they were - for a whole bunch of reasons - adventure, the uniform, regular meals, a job, emotional blackmail, a threat of dismissal by employers, per pressure, the idea that it would be an easy ride....and a landslide of propaganda which had little to do with reality.
Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament, was one of the main recruiters in the early days - he became a millionaire from persuading young men to go to their deaths on the basis that the war would be quick and easy - he was later jailed for issuing frauduleny 'Victory Bonds' - so countless young man were sent to their deaths by a crook.
Jim Carroll