30 JUNE 1917, Page 3

In the House of Commons on Friday week Mr. Asquith

supported a demand for inquiry into the working of the Military Service Act under which discharged or rejected men are called up for re-examina- tion. In face of much evidenee-as to the want of tact displayed by some recruiting officers and the carelessness or incompetence of some medical examinera, the Government offered to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into. the working of the Act, by which, Mr. Macpherson said, they hoped to raise six divisions. The inquiry, it was announced on Tuesday, will be widened so as to cover all medical examinations under all the Military Service Acts. It will no doubt probe the almost incredible stories, told about more than one Medical Board; which have disturbed the public.