Possible Clues:

• Compel to join group of journalists
• Group that forced civilians into the armed forces
• Detachment forcing civilians into the navy
• Bully in group of journalists?
• The newspapers joke about name for Shanghai
• The media group force others to do the fighting
• Journalists and friends, maybe they try to get you on board
• Group of journalists? They'll try to get you on board
• All the media discover joke over new push to get others into the services ages ago
• One could have made you serve old workers in Fleet Street