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Show EARL OF DERBY ISDISAPPOINTED H His Plan For Raising a Great H Army Fails to H Work Out. H London, March 3, 3:04 a. m. A H proclamation will be issued Sunday H calling up on April 7 married men H between 19 and 27 years of age. H London, March 2, 8:13 p. m Keen H disappointment as to the results of re- H crulting tinder the voluntary scheme Hj proposed by him was expressed in the H house of lords today by the Earl of H Derby, former chief of the recruiting H service. H The earl laid the chief blame 'for the H failure to achieve the full results at H which ho had aimed to the easy ex- B emptions of single men, belonging es- H pecially to the reserved trades men j required for work on necessities re- H quired by the government and agri- H culturists. He made an emphatic plea H to the government to prevent badhel- ors of military age from evading mill- H tary service by transferring them- H selves to specialized occupations, and fl declared that, a strong effort was nec- H essary to obtain a requisite number 1 of fighting men, without whom the B empire might fall. H Agriculturists, the Earl of Derby j said, were the principal class to avail 1 themselves of exemption, under the plea that they were indispensable for the production of foodstuffs, and that such exemptions should be watched. No Single Meen Needed. Baron Harris, who has large farm Interests, expressed the opinion that no single men was necessary on a 1 farm. No figures on the result of the . recruiting campaign wore given, but i was said 140,000 married mon had attested under the Earl of Derby's scheme since the beginning of the year. The government promises to ro- vise the list of reserved trades, with a view of releasing more men for the army. The Earl of Derby in his speech scathingly attacked Sir John A Simon, ex-aecretary for home affairs, and tboBe associated with him, for their efforts to defeat the military service act. Concluding, he said he remained in charge of the recruiting despite his appointmont In connection with the air service. He appealed to the government gov-ernment to act quickly and with a strong hand, saying it would find the country would support it in any effort to obtain the requisite number of fighting men, and without which the country might fall. Will Revise List. The government reply was given by the Marquis of Lansdowno, who declared de-clared that it was the government's Intention carefully to revise tho list of special occupations. All the suggestions sug-gestions would be taken into consideration consid-eration by a conference of the department depart-ment heads This statement brought the Earl of Derby to his feet again with his emphatic declaration- "Don't let us flatter ourselves that it Ib only the earlier groups who will disappoint: later groups will be thf same. Don't let us think either that smal proposals for a reduction in the number of reserved trades Is likely to give us the men we want. It must be done on a much bigger scale, and I hope the government will decide to do it on a bigger scale." no |