HC Deb 10 May 1915 vol 71 cc1354-5
16. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he can see his way to meet the position of young men who have offered themselves for enlistment, but been rejected on the ground of medical unfitness, by allowing them to wear a special war badge, which will show to the public that these men are not to be numbered with the shirkers and the slackers?

Mr. TENNANT

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. and learned Member for York on the 24th February last.

Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this evil is becoming greater and greater, and that a great number of innocent men are very much inconvenienced by the fact that they are not allowed to wear this badge?

Mr. TENNANT

I doubt very much the suitability of the method suggested by the hon. Member. I should not wonder at all if it were capable of being utilised by those who have no right to use it.