ONLY SONS AND CONSCRIPTION
! Sir,— Surely our Government will see to it that only sons will be exempted 3 from military service abroad, or _ at 3 least will be placed in the Second Divi- , sion. Is it a wise thing that so many ! of-our families should run the* risk of being exterminated? Countries like I France, Russia, and, I believe, Germany, protect only sons, and in Australia's conscription proposals a clause was included exempting them from service abroad.—l am, etc., , ANOTHER. PAP EM. [The Military Service Act does not provide for the exemption of oulv sons i or of anv other class of men. The t Military 'Servico Boards have a wide
discretion in' tho determination of what constitutes "unduo hardship (one or the grounds on which; appeal may B9 made), and in certain circumstances escmptions have been already given to the only remaining son or a family. J
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 10
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149ONLY SONS AND CONSCRIPTION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 10
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