Before judging the single men who are still hesitating to join the Army the public might well be aware of what a number of the men who hang back consider to be legitimate grievances (says the London “Daily News”)
One common complaint is that the spirit of Lord Derby’s original statement that single men with dependents would be placed in the same position as married men had not been carried out.
It appears that a number of single men with dependents did not attest under the group system because of the ruling that the tribunals could put such men back only ten groups at a time.
While the married man went automatically into his proper group, the single man with dependents had to apply to be put there, and not once only, but perhaps two or three times.
Another reason is the distinction drawn in the matter of pensions between a widowed mother and a wife.
