MEDICALLY UNFITS
TO SAVE THEM ■FROM ODIUM. "Will the names of men already holding certificates of permanent unfitness be gazetted under the Military Service Act ?" asked Mr. T. M. "Wilfortl in the House yesterday. He pointed out that such men, having volunteered, were entitled to avoid the cortain amount of odium which would attach to the publication of names in the Gazette..
The Hon. J. Allen replied that a volunteer who was permanently unfit could secure his exemption at once, so far as he knew, with the limitation that there might be cases where, it would be necessary to re-examine some of these moil who held local doctors' certificates. These men would be examined before a medical board. • ' •
Mr. Wilford: You have a list of these men now.
Mr. Allen: les; I have a list, but some of the men may have to ba re-examined. Mr. AVilford: They will go in ilie Gazette under the Bill j
Mr. Allen: I do hot think so.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2781, 27 May 1916, Page 8
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164MEDICALLY UNFITS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2781, 27 May 1916, Page 8
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