IRISH IN THE ARMY
COMPLAINT OF COMPULSION
(REDTEk'S TELEGRAM.)
LONDON, 15th Aagust.
In the House of Commons one of the Irish members complained that Irishmen who had been temporarily resident in England had been 'forced to serve in> Urn Army.
Mr. Hugh Law (M.P. for Donega) declared that men had been arrested in droves and marched through the streets handcuffed.1,
Mr. H. W. Foi'ster (Financial Secretary to the War Office) said that if it could be proved that migratory lab■ourevs had been improperly taken into the Army they would no doubt be given an opportunity of obtaining their discharge.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 7
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99IRISH IN THE ARMY Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 7
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