§ 96. Mr. WALTER ROCHasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the fact that at the military service tribunal at Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, the military representative stated that in the Regulations it was clearly stated that no appeal could be entertained by a local tribunal unless it was made by or in respect of an attested man, and that in consequence of this statement many men who had come 15 miles with aged relations to attend the Court were unable to have their applications heard; and whether, in view of this, he will see that the Regulations issued to recruiting officers are correctly amended?
§ Mr. TENNANTMy attention has not been called to the circumstances mentioned by my hon. Friend. I cannot understand why a man who has not attested and who is not subject to the Military Service Act should wish to attend before a tribunal. As regards men to whom the Military Service Act applies, full instructions have been given to local tribunals that under the Act applications were to be made before the 2nd March, i.e., before any man had been deemed to be enlisted under the Military Service Act.