§ Mr. PROTHEROasked the Secretary of State for War whether there is any limit of age after which non-commissioned officers and men are not liable for service at the front?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe answer is in the negative. The whole question depends on a man's fitness for general service.
§ Mr. PROTHEROasked the Secretary of State for War whether ex-soldiers who enlisted at the outbreak of war for service at home in answer to Lord Kitchener's appeal for Army instructors, and who are over the age of forty-five, are now liable for service abroad under the Military Service Act, whereas men with previous service, and over the age of forty-one, who did not come forward in answer to Lord Kitchener's appeal are not liable to any form of service under the Military Service Act?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe answer is in the negative.