§ 24. Mr. MORRELLasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that men who attained the age of forty-one before the second Military Service Act became law are still receiving notice calling them up for service under this Act; and whether, in view of the fact that these men are not legally liable for service, he will issue instructions to the recruiting officers to this effect?
§ Mr. FORSTERI must refer the hon. Member to the question he asked on the 7th instant, in which he referred to men of forty-one who were excepted under the first Military Service Act as having offered themselves for enlistment and been rejected and who attained the age of forty-one before the second Military Service Act became law. The answer then given to the hon. Member's question applied only to the men described in the question and was not a general statement. Single men are liable to be called up under the Military Service Acts if they had not attained the age of forty-one before the 2nd March, 1916. Married men are liable to be called up under the Military Service Acts if they had not attained the age of forty-one before the 24th June, 1916.
§ Mr. MORRELLWill my hon. Friend give instructions to the recruiting officers as to the records of the particular class of men mentioned in my previous question: they are still being called up?
§ Mr. FORSTERThat matter is being now looked into.