HC Deb 03 August 1916 vol 85 c517W
Major WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for War what he has done or proposes to do respecting the alleged bullying of Frederick Crowsley?

Mr. FORSTER

What I am doing at present is to have inquiry made. What will be done later depends on the result of the inquiry.

Mr. RENDALL

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will see that T. B. Butcher, a private in the 14th Cheshire Regiment, Prees Heath, Whitchurch, Salop, a conscientious objector who has obeyed orders but desires non-combatant work, will be dealt with under the new scheme for conscientious objectors, or whether this applies only to men who decline to obey military orders?

Mr. FORSTER

No, Sir, unless a man has put forward, prior to enlistment, the plea of being a conscientious objector, he can not have his case considered as such.