Evading Conscription
An extraordinary oa.se which v be-j ing heard in the Rhenish town of Eb,b erf eld (says a Home paper), throws a flood of light on ocr am aspects oil conscription which, the advocates oi compulsory militai'y service in England will do well to consider, Ovey 50 persons are on trial charged with attempts to deceive military authoritieregarding the stftto of health of certain young men liable to military service. Some time ago the militaiy authorities got wind to a widely spread practiccof taking- medicine to escape service with the colours,
It came to their knowledge that young men, the sons of wealthy parents, were paying large sums, in certain cases £1000, for pills and. other medicines whicJi, when taken three or four days before their examination by the military doctors, gave them the appearance of sufferers from jaundice or heart disease. Medical men lent themselves to this deception, and it is now tolerably certain that army surgeons were cognisant of the frauds^ and were bribed to keep silence. The affair has treated a tremendous sensation in Germany,'
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 24, 6 September 1901, Page 3
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180Evading Conscription Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 24, 6 September 1901, Page 3
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