HC Deb 24 May 1916 vol 82 cc2091-2
29. Mr. HOGGE

asked the nature of the instructions which the Government propose to send to recruiting officers regarding rejected men; and whether he can give any indication of the kind of certificate which is recorded in the military register as exempting from re-examination?

Mr. TENNANT

The following classes of men will not be summoned for reexamination medically:—

  1. (a) Those who are recorded in the military register as having been rejected at the primary military examination.
  2. (b) Those who are recorded in the military register as having been rejected by a medical board.
  3. (c) Those who now willingly present themselves for re-examination medically and are found by a medical board to be unfit for any service.
  4. (d) Those concerning whom the recruiting officer is satisfied that there is no possible doubt.
The aim of the Army Council is to eliminate only the improperly "rejected" men, i.e., men holding certificates which have been granted to others than themselves and transferred to them, and men holding certificates saying they were unfit because of some transient and now long past disability.