§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a definite statement as to whether a soldier who joined the Army and was discharged therefrom previous to 1st January, 1916, and was called up again and joined the Army a second time after 1st January, 1916, is or is not eligible for demobilisation?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLMen who were rejected as unfit for military service prior to the 1st January, 1916, and were enlisted subsequent to that date whether voluntarily or under the Military Service Acts, 1916, or Review of Exceptions Act, 1917, are not eligible for demobilisation, unless they fall within certain specified categories set out in Army Order 55,i.e.:
Men who enlisted prior to the 1st of January, 1916, and who actually performed continuous service with the Colours and were discharged medically unfit on account of wounds or sickness prior to that date, and who were again enlisted after that date are eligible for demobilisation. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men serving under pre-war conditions of service who have not completed their terms of Colour service are not eligible for demobilisation.
- (a) Over thirty-seven years of age.
- (b) Entitled to wear three or more wound stripes.
- (c) Registered by the War Office as pivotal, demobiliser, or for special release before the 1st of February, 1919.
2058 - (d) Whose release may be ordered on extreme compassionate grounds.
- (e) Whose claims may be approved to return to their pre-war business or homes overseas.