§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that a 1928W number of Irishmen working in Dumfries, Scotland, and sent there by the Irish Labour Exchanges to perform work of national importance, are now being served with forms requesting them to attend medical boards at the various works-where they are employed; whether there is any obligation on Irishmen to attend these boards; and, if not, why are they being served with forms requesting them to attend?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONInstructions were issued on the 9th March that Irishmen sent to Great Britain by the Labour Employment Exchanges to perform work of national importance were not to be called up for medical examination, as such men are considered to be only resident in Great Britain for a special purpose and excepted from the provisions of the Military Service Act, 1916. Inquiries are being made as to the men who were stated to have been called up in Dumfries.