Sir Auckland Geddes was full of apologies, of _charts to
illumine the darkness of grading, and of assurances about medical safeguards. But Sir Donald Maclean brought the House back to the point, that men must be graded fairly, and according to Army requirements. That was doubtless kept in view on Wednesday when Sir Auckland Geddes met the seven Chairmen of Tribunals who are members of the House. Mr. Lloyd George, whose intervention was evidence that he viewed the recruiting tangle with some anxiety, promised that this conference should take place, and. that the older men would not be sent into the firing-line--which WAS quite away from the point at issue. He described the Man-Power emergency as " overwhelming," and explained that we were pledged to release, as soon as possible, American soldiers brigaded with British troops in France, so that they could form their own divisions.
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