Source: File: The
Military Service Act, 1916.jpg. [online]
Available at: <http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/28449> [Accessed: 10 February 2016]
Creeping methods of compulsory
Services, had moved on from Derby
Scheme - whose moral conscription
Was to become enforced liability.
1916 had opened with Asquith’s
Bill, setting out a March target
-
That, with certain exemptions,
Would call men to king’s colours.
9 February less than a month to
Go, 40,000 poster
proclamations
Were sent to all London
districts,
To affect all young single men.
Eleven classes numbered 2 to 12,
Would pull in men aged 19 to 30 -
To correspond to Earl of Derby’s
Scheme, who could still volunteer.
Working to intentions was
military
Authority, in order to train the
men
Of same ages - who might join
Voluntarily or be pressed to
service.
In importance, emphasised by red
Ink on white, formed a
proclamation
Title 'Army Reserve Military
Service
Act 1916 for King's entitlement.'
His majesty’s powers
substantiated
By Reserve Forces Act 1882, while
War declaration's actions in
1914, all
Led to prime minister being
ordered.
Official speak made out the right
To call all army reserves, for
period
Of war - men’s birth years would
Decide their class to be called
to.
With the words laid out in red
To be penned by Lord Kitchener;
For everyman of a certain age
Became a reservist by the act.
All males, apart from those who
Applied and granted exemption,
Would report to official offices,
For recruitment closest to home.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Men
Called Up Under Compulsion Act - Eleven Classes - Ages 19-30. The Daily
Telegraph, [online] 10 February
1916. P.9. Col.6. Available
at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12142586/Daily-Telegraph-February-10-1916.html
[Accessed: 10 February 2016].
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