MARRIED MEN AND RECRUITING
DEPUTATION TO LORD DERBY GREAT RUSH TO THE ALTAR By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, April i. Delegates from the Attested Married. Mon's ' Union, recently formed, representing 750,000 men, interviewed Lord Derby, urged that the attestations of married men ought to cancelled' In view of the numbers of single men who. are not serving. The only remedy, they declared, was general compulsion. The remarkable disclosure was made that 100,000 marriages had taken place between the date of national registra> tion (August 15) and the extended date (November 2), after which date men marrying were regarded as unmarried for grouping purposes. Lord Derby approved the union's help in tracing unmarried slackers, and agreed that compulsion was essential in the national interests. The union has passed a resolution demanding Lord Derby's resignation, in the event of the Government failing to legislate. The King has given an audienco to Lord Derby.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2739, 6 April 1916, Page 5
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150MARRIED MEN AND RECRUITING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2739, 6 April 1916, Page 5
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