HC Deb 11 April 1918 vol 104 cc1666-7W
Mr. OUTHWAITE

asked the Undersecretary of State for War whether he can state what classes of men are subject to Conscription in America?

Mr. MACPHERSON

All classes of men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one inclusive are subject to Conscription. Conscription is selective, and men are selected for any class of work for which they may be deemed most suitable.

Mr. OUTHWAITE

asked the Undersecretary of State for War whether he can state the number of men in America between the ages of eighteen and forty?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The. age of Conscription in the United States is twenty-one to thirty-one, and is estimated to produce 10,000,000 men. There are no statistics available here of the number of men in America between the ages of eighteen and forty.