§ 5. Captain CLIVEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will extend the age for enlistment to forty-five years, seeing that enemy countries have already called up men of that age or even beyond?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Tennant)Power is reserved to extend the age limit when and to the extent which may be necessary. This is, of course, a matter within the discretion of the Government and its military advisers. For the present it is not considered necessary to extend the age limit.