§ 22. Mr. WADDINGTONasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Private Fred Goldsworthy, No. 46356, 78th Labour Company, Rhine, is now considered a conscript; if he is aware that Private Goldsworthy volunteered on 19th October, 1915, under the Derby scheme, but was medically rejected and was given khaki armlet No. 41365, issued by the Army Council, to prove he had volunteered, and that he was later called up under Army Form 3194, which was a notice to attested men, and passed B 1; and, in these circumstances, if he will have Private Goldsworthy treated as a volunteer?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am not acquainted with the individual case of Private Fred Goldsworthy, but I will make inquiries. It would seem from the details supplied by my hon. Friend that this soldier is situated similarly to those men referred to by my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham in his question on the 27th October. Under these circumstances the only difference involved in the latest date fixed for demobilisation is a matter of one month for men called up before 1st July, 1917, and six weeks for men called up before the 1st July, 1918.