§ 25. Mr. RENDALLasked the Minister of National Service whether men holding Army Form C 337 engaged regularly in the conveyance of wounded soldiers from railway stations to hospitals and in a lower category than Grade 2 are to be allowed to continue in this voluntary work; and will he state their position under the new Military Service Act?
§ Mr. BECKArmy Form C337 is understood to be a certificate of identity issued by the War Office to civilians wearing Red Cross brassards. It confers no exemption or protection from military service. Men certified as full time workers by the British Red Cross Society whose engagement has been sanctioned by the Director of National Service in the region are, however, not called to the Colours under present instructions if placed in Grade 3. It is intended that men now liable for Military Service by 1682 reason of the raising of the military age by the Military Service (No. 2) Act, 1918, should be afforded this protection if they fulfil the above conditions.