BRITISH ARMY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1939, Page 7

BRITISH ARMY

TRANSPORTATION TO FRANCE A GREAT FEAT RECRUITING CONDITIONS. POSITION OF RESIDENT ALIENS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY, October 13. The Secretary for War (Mr L. HoreBelisha) revealed that a French military expert described the transportation of the British Expeditionary Force to France without a single accident as one of the greatest military feats and the first victory for the Allies in the war. Mr Hore-Belisha said: "It was an achievement about which not only the Germans, but the French were ignorant.” ' Regarding the question of many aliens in Britain who are anxious to join the British Army, . Mr HoreBelisha said: “Aliens in the United Kingdom can join the British Army. Any person resident in the United Kingdom could volunteer for service in the Army. When classes are called up, we shall be glad to see in those classes any foreign resident in Britain who desires to be called up. if he is within the age limits. In that respect they will be treated exactly the same as British subjects. The door is open to all subjects, naturally subject to the control of the Home Office. While wo impose no restrictions on nationality, wo are not contemplating forming any foreign legion, such are exists in France, for Poles and Czechs. In this war we have abolished all distinctions in the Army. It is now one army.”