MILITARY SERVICE
THE CLAUSE 35 MEN
GOVERNMENT POLICY EXPLAINED
It is reported that sonio of the families liable under Clause 35 of the Military Service Act are seeking to esca.po liability by getting one brother to enlist voluntarily. It should be understood, however, that if ono of several brothers of a family enlists this does not free all the other brothers from liability under this section. It is true that by sending one brother the others gain a respite, but it is onlv temporary. Tho clause runs as follows:— If the Minister of Defenco is satisfied _ with respect to any family that it consists of or includes two or more_ brothers who belong to the First Division pf the Reserve, and are not permanently unfit for military service, he may. at any time and from time to time after the enrolment of tho First Division of the lie servo has been proclaimed and 1 directed, give or cause to be given notice to all or any of those brothers to show oause before a Military Service Board why they should not be oalled up for service with tho Expeditionary Force.
As may be noted, the clause does not exempt from its operation a family of several brothers of Division I, because one of their number enlisted. .
The Defence Minister (the Hon. J. Allen) explained yesterday the course the Recruiting Board was following in administering Clause 35. "We decided toget the clause into operation," he said, "and we thought we hod better deal first of all with those families in which 110 son had enlisted, and 110 son had offered for service. When we have dealt with these cases we.i shall have more time in which to consider the others. It is possible that the clause will be made applicable to all families in which there are two or moro brothers still unenlisted, who are .in Division I of the Reserve. Tho extension of the operation of the clause requires some consideration, and we have held it over for the time being.. There can be 110 ndoubt about the cases to which' wo are applying the clause now'. If no son from' a family of eligible sons has onlisted, then we think all the'brothers ought to bo callcd before a Military Servicc Board." •
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2925, 10 November 1916, Page 6
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382MILITARY SERVICE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2925, 10 November 1916, Page 6
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