A SMALL SOLDIER
QUESTION OF SIZE AND WEIGHT. A ioke was im.de in the House of Hepresentatires the other day abou: a very email recrujt said to fee four feet «v a in height and less than five stone in "Ik James Alien said that he had had . report about this boy. Iff name Thorns Metcalfe, Ho was ■*•« third ballot, Md classed 02 °aotot 22. He was re-examined by the Ul reexamination Board, and olassed CI .and sent to the CI Camp, He jasjft. Sjm. in height, not *ft. 7m., as stated. Mr. Wilford: That must be in his Alien: And his weight is Bst. 51b., and not Sst. Mr Wilford: Tou cant tell me thai! An hon. member: He mast be growing. Kr James Allen said that the medical boards were allowed a wide discretion in M r r Cg WiHord 6 Sd that he could not understand how this boy could weigh Bst. 51b. when Tie could ride at fast. /18. Sir James Allen: I vail have him neighed again, and if this is not his proper weight I will have him weighed out.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 29, 29 October 1917, Page 4
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186A SMALL SOLDIER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 29, 29 October 1917, Page 4
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