London, March 15.
In the House of Lords to-day, in the course of a debate on recruiting, Lord Derby that it was obvious that there must be exceptions to the rule that single men go first, but he was convinced the new Cabinet Committee was doing its best to make available for the army all superfluous single men in the country. Munition workers were on a different footing because it would be fatal to disorganize the munition-works at the present time. Later. to married men has been postponed stated that the second call to a date not yet fixed.
In the House of Lords to-day Viscount Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, affirmed that even if all the anticipated bachelors enlisted, men must still be trained and many married men would still be required during the next few weeks. Therefore he appealed to the married men to place patriotism before personal considerations,
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