LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 199, 11 May 1918, Page 2

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A FIRST WVISION CASE Sif;—-t huvej along with my brother, I'ei'ii milking 11 large, number of cows, with machines, for tho pus!; four yours. Hriefly, both of us are i'irsl Division men, and worn drawn in the ballot ill tlho usuul way. Hern i. might stale, that my brother was married since May, Jtll-'i, and now bus two children. We. hud our cases adjourned from time to time, until the last sitting of the Military Boardj when I was told that 1 was fl single man arid had no dependants; anil that I must find somo one to take my plaea within a mouth and step idto khaki. Inter alia; 1 might statu that I am years older than my brother, and infinitely more capable, of running the farm, having had experience; Also; .1 would have teen married luit preferred i to remain single, since the Hoii-. Hie. ] Minister of Defence assured as that all! first Division men not married on or '■ boforo May 15, 11)15, would bo classed j as single men. The position is practic- i ally this: that I am ordered to find a! man to tako my placo within a month, I and my young married brother gets a j sine dio adjournment. The .point is,! why should I be penalised becauso I! have remained single and loyal to tho I Government, and the taxpayer, as L will | lie leaving no burden behind in Hie shape of wife, and family? I shall bo 'glad if you, Mr. Editor, will give me a satisfactory answer, to the above query, j. am only working for a. square deal.— I am, etc, ' Justice. rpresnmabiy, ,our correspondent holds the view, that lie, a single man; should be permitted to remain on tho farm wliilo his brother, a married man with two children, should be sent away on activo service. His contention is that his brother, having married since May, 1915, is not entitled to rank as a married man. Tho military service boards arc presumed to treat all cases on their merits, and it seems to us that in choosing between two brothers, in the circumstances 6tated by our correspondent, the lward exercised a proper discrimination.]