London, March 13.
Large protest meetings of attested married men at Coventry, Leicester, Sheffield and Wigan yesterday passed resolutions demanding that all single men shall be called up before the married men are summoned.
It is understood that a Committee of the Cabinet is considering the 751 matter and that it has been decided to delete large batches of industries from the starred lists and to eliminate single men from other trades.
The Unionist and Liberal War Committee confer for the first time today in view of the forthcoming debate on the Army Estimated.
London, March 14.
In the House of Commons to-day Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under Seoretary of State for War, paid a tribute to the wonderful discipline of the men in the new armies considering the short term of training they had had.
He said that 1,000,000 recruits were enlisted in four days under the Derby scheme. Bachelors who were munition workers, the national industry, would be reduced to a minimum and the Government would see that the married men were not let down, Mr. Tennant dwelt on the enormous development of the Army, stating; as an instance, that the stores used since the outbreak of the war would have lasted 140 normal years. He emphasized the merits of the system of purchase on behalf of all the Allies.
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