The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-12-28
ASK EXEMPTION
FROM WAR SERVICE
Queer Gases Come Before Lon
don Tribunals.
MUST SHOW GOOD CAUSE

Servants of Hunt Club, a Footman,
Valet and Many Others, Tell Why
They Cannot Serve In the British
Army-Some Placed In Noneombat-
ant Service.
At the house of commons appeal
tribunal recently Donald Maclean, M.
r., the chairman, read a statistical
summary Of the work Of the six COM
mittees forming the London appeal
tribunal in charge Of applications for
exemption from military service for
the period from March 6 to Sept. 16. |
SAYS the London Times. The appeals,
he said. were 1882. There were ia |
applications for renewal Of certificates |
and forty-three for variation and re-
hearing, making total Of 1889.
r. C. Hawkin applied at the tribunal
for exemption for the son of the as
SCISSOR to the chief rabbi on the ground
that it was imperative that he should
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the rules and ritual of his religion,
which would be impossible if be be-
came subject to military regulations.
The applicant said he had never
shaved.
The chairman declared, Il had IN
derstood that the chief rabbi had given
what l may call 'dispensation' to all
Jews who serve"
II don't think that is So
'"Then how is it you have a Jewish
chaplain and a rabbi serving with the
forces?'
The case was adjourned.
OF six AtherstOne Hunt servants ap-
piled for at Market Bosworth tribunal
five were allowed six months, and the
appeal for the second whip was dis
missed The solicitor stated that twen-
ty-one hunt servants had enlisted. The
war office had urged the Importance
Of maintaining hunting to encourage
horse breeding, and this hunt staff was
now at the irreducible minimum.
Case of Footman.
One of the applicants for exemption
at the New Maiden (Surrey) tribunal
was ]. Aldersey. forty, single man,
a footman in the service of Lord Dun
raven at his residence at Putney Vale.
He had been passed for sedentary
work at home. Lord Dunraven's Sec
rotary told the tribunal that the appli-
cant was the personal attendant OF
Lady Dunraven, who was confirmed
invalid. He was the only man Lord
Dunraven had applied to have exempt
ed and the only man employed in the
house. all the other servants having
enlisted. Lady Dunraven's illness was
such that she could not endure stran
gers, and her physician had stated that
it would be most detrimental if the
applicant were taken away. Exemp
ton till Dec. 81 was granted.
An applicant before the Southwark
tribunal said he was valet at thu
Savoy hotel, waiting on gentlemen
principally officers.
Mr.. Weaver remarked, "Combint
their hair after dinner, suppose"
Another member said, yours is :
gentleman's occupation for man VIII
should be in the army"
The applicant said if he joined VI
bis wife would have to starve, t
which the mayor retorted: 'You ar
talking nonsense. You know quite we
that provision will be made for you
wife" Two months final exemption
was granted.
Appealing to the Chatham tribune
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manager of the local tramways con
pany said he had trained sever;
wounded soldiers. but when the r
sponsibility of driving the cars W.
left to them they lost their nerve an
could not do the work. Conditions
exemption was granted with the a
sent of the military representative.
a dairy farmer pleaded at the coun
tribunal at Aldershot that he won
suffer financial loss if his cowms
were called up. The military rep1
sentative urged that the loss to t
man and not to the employer must
established to succeed in an appe
The tribunal agreed and dismissed t
appeal.
Importance of Pawnbroking.
A pawnbroker applied at the Es
Ham tribunal for his manager, W
also applied on domestic grounds.
behalf Of tue employer it was subn
ted by counsel that the pawnbroki
business was one of national imp
lance. It was the poor mans mortgs
business. There were many cases
cnrrjnp of soldiers wives being &C
PEELED to visit pawnbrokers by rea'
Of the delay in the issuing of their
lowances. The employers claim '
refused, but the manager was ALLOW
two months on domestic grounds.
An artist appealing at the Essex
peal court said he held that warf
was commercial and mercenary."
was an International Socialist
could not take part in the conflict
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