§ 18. Mr. KEATINGasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Joseph Whelan, an employé of the London and North Western Railway Company, was exempted from military service on the application of his employers; that he has been called up by the recruiting officer at Finsbury Park without the consent of his employers; and what step will he take in the matter?
§ Mr. FORSTERInquiries are being made and I will let my hon. Friend know the result.
§ Mr. KEATINGIs the hon. Gentleman aware that this man was called upon by the military recruiting officer on a Thursday, and that he was immediately sent away to his regiment, and is he also aware that fourteen days' notice is required, and that the Regulations seem to have been infringed in this case?
§ Mr. FORSTERNo, Sir; I am not aware of that, but I will make inquiry into the circumstances.