Impression sketch
of Derby Scheme Armband - by Jamie. Taken from original at: http://www.photodetective.co.uk/Derby-scheme.html
Reactions started
to arrive at the feet
Of the Earl of Derby
Director General,
Regarding new
methods of recruitment -
Employers and 'unstarred'
men alike,
Posted him
letters in their hundreds.
All those with
issues over personal
Positions to be informed by news media,
The impossibility
to respond to each
Case - which would all be considered,
On merits by
local appeal committees.
With such panels
in process of being
Formed, would be
provided with those
Principles that
would guide decisions -
All men affected
would then need to go
Via tribunals to declare their own case.
Duty of all citizens of the British empire
Had to be aware
the scheme's success,
Became dependent
on those obligations -
By the youngest
unmarried men called
To serve the
country in their willingness.
The impartiality
of these tribunals would
Hear each man's
case and any difficulties;
The Parliamentary
and joint Labour
Recruiting
committee's tact and discreet
Methods, would ensure success of scheme.
From date of
Thursday 28 October 1915,
The recruit
groups would begin - those
Men who already
wanted to join colours
Would be taken - such was promises of
Earl of Derby, Recruiting Director General.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. New Campaign for Recruits - 'Unstarred' Men - Committees of Appeal. The
Daily Telegraph, [online] 27 October. P.10. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11946108/Daily-Telegraph-October-27-1915.html
[Accessed: 28 October 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 28 October 2015).
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