§ 9. Major NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in any future adjustment of the option at present given to all men outside of Category A to be enrolled as Army Reserve munition workers, he will consider the desirability of excluding from the option men of under thirty years of age passed for garrison duty overseas, who, in the opinion of the medical board, might be expected after a period of military training to reach the standard required for general service?
§ Mr. PRETYMANThis point will no doubt be kept in mind by the War Office.
§ Major NEWMANDoes not the Board of Trade decide it?
§ Mr. PRETYMANNo; the War Office decides it.
§ 10. Major NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will instruct managers of employment bureaus that at the moment all men, other than skilled men, who are called up for service in the Army and who are not fit for general service in Category A are to be given an opportunity of enrolling as Army Reserve munition workers; and whether the manager of an employment bureau has authority to pick such men as he deems suitable for. munition work and to refuse permission to enrol and send back to military service the remainder?
§ Mr. PRETYMANMen enrolled as Army Reserve munition workers must be suitable for employment on munitions work, and it would therefore be most undesirable that all men should be enrolled irrespective of their physical and other qualifications. It rests with the military authorities and not with the Employment Exchange manager to decide whether men who are liable for military service and are not enrolled should go into the Army. In the case of any men not enrolled who are not required for the Army, the Exchanges are instructed to register full particulars of their qualifications in order that they may be placed on any work for which they. are suitable.