HC Deb 16 November 1914 vol 68 cc206-7
78. Mr. NEWMAN

asked whether, in view of the fact that the National Reserve was organised to increase the military resources of the country in the event of imminent national danger, it is the immediate intention of the War Office to mobilise for Home or Foreign service all men on the rolls of the National Reserve under fifty years of age?

Mr. TENNANT

The War Office has no power to mobilise the men under fifty whose names are on the National Reserve register, as members of the National Reserve are not required to undertake a definite liability.