HC Deb 14 November 1917 vol 99 c402W
Mr. NIELD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the fact that under the Russian Convention and the Military Service (Convention with Allied States) Act, 1917, Russian subjects resident in the United Kingdom are now liable for service in the British Army, commandants of the Volunteer Force are entitled to refuse to, accept for service in the Volunteer Force Russians who may be ordered by tribunals to join that force, or who may wish of their own accord to do so?

Mr. MACPHERSON

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 21st May to a written question put to me by my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington South. As I then explained, there is a difference between the-Volunteer and the full-time soldier in that the former is only subject to military supervision during drill or training.