THE BRITISH ARMY.
ILL-HEALTH RESTRICTS RECRUITING. WAR SECRETARY’S CONCERN. (Received 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 16.—1 n the House of Commons Sir L. Worthington Evans, Secretary for War, introducing the army estimates, expressed disquiet at the fact that 49,245 would-be recruits had been rejected on medical or physical grounds. Namely, five out of every eight were next to ill-health. Unemployment benefits were the most important obstacle to recruiting. As regards the supplementary reserve, the speaker emphasised the trade union’s opposition thereto, which was due completely to misapprehensions that the reserve was meant for the purposes of strike breaking. The War Office would proceed without the help of the unions.
Mr Stephen Walsh, late Minister of War, regretted the misapprehension in regard to the supplementary reserve which he attributed to crass stupidity on the part of the recruiting sergeants. The difficulty might be removed if it was made clear that the reserve would be only called out in war time. —(A. and N.Z. ) . Estimates Agreed. To. LONDON, Mar. 17.—The House of Commons agreed to the army estimates.—(Reuter.) •
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Wairarapa Age, 18 March 1925, Page 5
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