Conscription In Britain
(2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 12. Under the National Service Bill, published today, British youths will serve seven years in the Army, Navy or Air Force—--18 months whole time, and 66 months in the reserve. Conscripts during the latter period must give 60 days’ service. The normal call-up age will be 18, but it can be varied to suit students and apprentices. The estimated intake for 1949 is 204.000 wholetime conscripts, and about the same number will be called in annually during the following four years, giving Britain a standing conscript army of 300,000 men at any given time.
Miners will be the only exempt class, but they must stay in the mines between the ages of 18 and 26. Conscientious objectors may be directed into industry for 18 months, plus 60 days. Men whose employment is terminated because of part-time training will be entitled to compensation from their employers not exceeding a month's pay.
The bill will not continue after 1954 unless Parliament decides otherwise.
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Northern Advocate, 13 March 1947, Page 5
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