HC Deb 22 June 1916 vol 83 cc339-40W
Mr. HOGGE

asked whether lads of eighteen years and one month, when called up, have the choice of regiments given them?

Mr. TENNANT

Recruits under nineteen years of age will be allotted to regiments in the same way as other recruits. Recruits called up in any area will be appointed to the regiment affiliated to that area unless no men are required at the moment for such regiment, in which case they would be sent to another area in which the number of recruits was insufficient to meet requirements?