ARMY RECRUITS
A FALLING OFF
i United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] LONDON, July 30.
In the House of Commons there was a long discussion on the decline of Army: recruiting. Several members urged the Right Hon T. Shaw (Secretary for War) to give a lead in the advocating of recruiting from the platform. Right Hon Mr Shaw commented on the heavy percentage .of rejections pii. account of. -physical' deficiencies. -He pointed out that most of the young men who were now oll'erilVg' were war children. It seemed to be presumed, lie said, -that'only"'the Working classes should be joining the infantry. He had ; recently visited Winchester, Oxford, Rugby, Harrow and Eton, and he saw there hundreds and thousands of young men who are free from any economic anxieties, and who would be inestimably 'benefited by a few years in the army. Why, he asked, did they lint ioin up and repair the infantry shortage? Here there were Labour cheers and cries of “They should go into the ranks I”
Major Glyn (Conservative): “Remember, they did so in war time!” This remark evoked opposition.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1930, Page 3
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