2,000,000 Empire Men Under Arms
(Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, April 25. , The strength of manpower for the Imperial fighting services is already mounting high. Excluding those serving in the navy marine, mercantile marine and R.A.F. the British Empire already has 2,000.000 men under arms, although those following occupations vital to the war efforts have not been allowed to join the Colours, arid many who volunteered for service have been returned to industry. Conscription Welcomed. Despite compulsory army service being alien to British tradition, the National Service Act. which extended the scope of the pre-war Military Training Act and made liable for service all men between 18 and 41, was welcomed by the whole country as a necessary part of the campaign against Nazi aggression. Neither can the importance of the Military Training Act, which became law in May, 1939, and, for the first time in history introduced the principle of compulsory service in peacetime, be over-emphasised.
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Northern Advocate, 26 April 1940, Page 5
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