CALL-UP FOR FORCES
CONSCRIPTION POLICY IN BRITAIN 190,000 MEN A YEAH (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, May 30. Details of.the call-up plan which is expected to yield 190,00 men for the forces in each of the two years, 1947-1948, were given by the Minister of National Service, Mr Isaacs, in the House of Commons to-day. He explained that it was a short-term conscription policy, as flexible as possible, to operate until the Government was ready to organise the post-war forces on a permanent basis.
The call-up affects young men aged 18. Those called up during 1947 are to serve two years and, if no unforeseen circumstances arise, this period will be progressively reduced for those called up during 1948. Thus, men whose service begins in January, 1948, will serve two. yeqrs, while those beginning in December, 1948, will serve 18 months. The Government aims at releasing during 1947 all men called up before January 1, 1944. The W.A.A.F.’s, Wrens, and A.T.S. organisations will continue on a voluntary basis as permanent features of the forces.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 May 1946, Page 7
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