§ 76. Major NEWMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to give an option to be passed into the Army Reserve of munition workers to men called up under the Military Service Act other than those who have claimed an objection to military service and who have obtained conditional exemption from a local or appeal tribunal?
§ Mr. FORSTERAll men who are called up under the Military Service Acts and are classified as B2, B3, C2, or C3, and can be spared from the Army, will be given the opportunity of being enrolled as Army Reserve munition workers, if they are suitable.
§ Major NEWMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the military authority who will be called on to decide what men in each training reserve or provisional battalion who are not fit for general service are surplus to the requirement of their unit and can be allowed to volunteer to leave their unit to undertake civil employment in the Army Reserve of munition workers; and is this option possible for all those not placed in Category A?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe selection of these men will be in the hands of officers commanding units and representatives of the Board of Trade. Only men in classes B2, B3, C2, and C3, who are surplus to the requirements of their units, will be eligible for transfer.