The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-30
BRITISH SUBJECTS IN
THE U. S. MUST ENLIST
IN THE ARMY

Following the exchange of ratifica-
ton of conventions between the gov.
eminent of the United States and
the British and Canadian govern
ments, which is scheduled to take
place tomorrow, all British subjects
between the ages of 20 and 30, both
inclusive, have a sixty day-period in
which to enlist in the British or Can.
adian army. Those failing to enlist
by September %, they will be subject
to draft in the American army.
The same conventions provide that
all British subjects between the ages
of 81 and A, both inclusive, will be
required to register on a date to be
set by the president of the United
States, probably about August 30,
and will then have thirty days in
which to enlist in the British or Can
adian army. Failure to enlist will
render them liable to draft in the
American army.
MuckIow Gets Instructions
In connection with these pending
conventions, Walter Mucklow, Brit
ish vice CONSUL in Jacksonville, to-
gether with all other British consular
officers, has received the following
Geographic instructions from Briga-
der General w. A. White, of the Brit
ish army, who is in charge of the
Canadian and British recruiting in the
United States:
Exchange of ratification of re-
cruiting conventions will take place
in London on July 13. The sixty-day
period for all Britons and Canadians
between Fl and 81 and expire Sep
TENDER 2S Britons and Canadians of
twenty years of age and those be-
tween 81 and A inclusive will be re-
quired to register on a date to be
fixed by proclamation by president.
This date will probably be about
August 10 and thirty days after regis
tration men of these ages will be H.
able to service in United States
army. In short all Britons and Can
adams between ages of 20 and Al in
elusive in United States will be liza
BILE for draft on and after September
20 unless they have enlisted or been
medically rejected at one of recruit
ing depots of British and Canadian
recruiting mission before that date"
The vice consul has also received
printed instructions regarding the
enlistment of British subjects there
being two sets of such instructions,
one applying to those born in Great
Britain and the other to those born
in Canada.
Enlistment Instructions
These instructions may be briefly
summarized as follows:
Upon there being made the ex.
change of ratification of conventions
between the government of the Uni.
ted States and the British and Cana
dian government respectively, which
date is now set for July 80, there is
a period of sixty days during which
all British subjects between the ages
of 20 and 30, both inclusive, have the
opportunity of enlisting in the British
army or the Canadian army. Should
they fail to do this by September 2S,
they are subject to draft in the Am.
erican army.
British subjects between the ages
of 81 and A. both inclusive, will be
required to register on a date to be
set by the president of the United
States, probably about August 80 and
will then have thirty days in which
to enlist in the British or Canadian
army, and failure to so enlist will
render them liable to service in the
United States army.
British subject may, under certain
circumstances, obtain exemptions by
applying to the British embassy, but
the ground for such exemptions are
few and may be stated as follows.
| (a) Serious hardship to Deepen
dents.
Applications on this ground must
not be made to the embassy, but to
the United States local board, after
the expiration of the respective pc.
Rod of sixty or thirty days.
(b) Business hardship.
(c) Industrial necessity.
Applications on the ground of bus