BRITAIN'S MEN.
LORD DERBY'S PROPOSAL
RECRUITING AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 26, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, July 25.
Many newspapers comment favourably on Lord Derby's proposal that recruiting should be entrusted to a civiliain department. Medical examination of recruits under "War Office control have proved 60 defective that the system is becoming dangerously unpopular. Civilian tribunals arc already largely responsible for the selection of recruits, so the reform is less revolutionary than itappears at first sight. When the War Cabinet approves of a number of men whom the War Office demands, civilian bodies will be called on to find the men, medically examine them, and send them to depots. A committee appointed to report on the medical examinations of recruits has already indicated tint it is in favour of entrusting the. recruiting to civilian departments, but. Lord Derby dramatically intervened and suggested the recommendation should be carried to its farthest limit.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12069, 26 July 1917, Page 5
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