Mr. ROBINSONasked the Secretary of State for War if any lads under the age of 18 who have joined the Army irregularly have been prosecuted under the Fraudulent Enlistment Act; and, seeing that provision is made for the discharge from the Army of a man who enlists as single and is later found to be married, if he will issue regulations that any lad enlisting as 18 years and over who is found to be under 18 years of age shall be discharged?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI am not aware of the Act referred to in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, I am not prepared to alter the rule that a recruit who misstates his age on enlistment is held to serve, unless either he is found to be under 17 or there are special compassionate grounds for sanctioning his discharge.