A German version of Lord Kitchener Wants You poster. 'You too should join the Reichswehr.'
With tradition of voluntary army service
Having waned, 1916 had seen the
Military Service Act come into force -
A pre curser had been the Derby Scheme,
To encourage type of 'moral conscription.'
To encourage type of 'moral conscription.'
From the spring
the act introduced
By law, the
liability of classes
Of men, aged
between 18 and 40 years -
Exempt were
religious ministers or
Widowers with
children as dependents.
Will Thorne,
union founder and Labour
Parliament member,
had volunteered
At the war's
start - As Lieutenant Colonel
General Secretary
of a union, Thorne
Remained to play a
part on home front.
By Thorne's
request, as to compulsory
Ages for military
service in other
Countries, the
information provided
Came from Mr
Tennant, Scottish MP
And
Under-Secretary of State for War.
The published
graph showed slight
Variations -
Service in Belgium began
On 18th birthday,
to end after reaching
33 (in peace) - in France it was after
19th year, to end
aged 28 in the October.
For Russia, a man
would be 20 years
Until reaching
43rd year; Montenrgro
Served from 18 to
62, while Serbia,
Starting aged 18,
ended on 50 birthday -
For Italy it was
20 until 39 year reached.
In the country of
Japan, a man could
Enlist between 17
and 20 years, until
End of service at
39 years - across
In Turkey was
only for five years from
March after 20 birthday;
to end 25 years.
From the side of opposition,
Austria
Called men on their
18th birthday - in
Times of
normality to end on 42 year;
For the war men
were called up to 55;
For active
service was 1/1 after 21st.
Germany, like
Japan, called for their
Men aged 17, for
military service
Until 45th
Birthday - while active
Service started
after their 20th year;
A clause was
added for time of war.
Harold Tennant
told how in war time
There was no claim
in final Discharge
Dates regarding
Austria, Germany
Or Russia, as well
as France; Austrian
And German conscripts
were called
After age of 17 - likely at any time.
After age of 17 - likely at any time.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916.
Foreign Armies - Ages Of Service. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 18 May 1916. P.10. Col.4. Available at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12210152/Daily-Telegraph-May-18-1916.html> [Accessed: 18 May 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie
Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 18 May 2016).
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