12-430: See also: Category:Conscription and Category:Conscription by country Possible Conscription Acts : United Kingdom [ edit ] Military Service Act (United Kingdom) United States [ edit ] Militia Act of 1792 Enrollment Act of 1863 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-502: A few weeks and six months) or conditional on their situation at work or home remaining serious enough to warrant their retention at home. In October 1.12 million men nationally held tribunal exemption or had cases pending, by May 1917 this had fallen to 780,000 exempt and 110,000 pending. At this point there were also 1.8 million men with exemptions granted by the government (for example, those working in war industries); combined these exemptions covered more men than were serving overseas with
36-680: A kind of moral conscription called the Derby Scheme . The conscription issue divided the Liberal Party including the Cabinet. Sir John Simon resigned as Home Secretary and attacked the government in his resignation speech in the House of Commons , where 35 Liberals voted against the bill, alongside 13 Labour MPs and 59 Irish Nationalists . The Act specified that men from 18 to 41 years old were liable to be called up for service in
48-856: A local Military Service Tribunal . These tribunals had powers to grant exemption from service, usually conditional or temporary, under the eligibility criteria which for the first time in history included conscientious objection. There was right of appeal to a County Appeal Tribunal , and finally to a Central Tribunal in Westminster in London . Due to political considerations, the Military Service Act of 1916 applied only to male British subjects ordinarily resident in Great Britain . It never extended to those living in Ireland , which
60-591: The army unless they were eligible for exemptions listed under this Act, including men who were married, widowed with children, serving in the Royal Navy , a minister of religion, or working in one of a number of reserved occupations, or for conscientious objection. A second Act in May 1916 extended liability for military service to married men, and a third Act in 1918 extended the upper age limit to 51. Men or employers who objected to an individual's call-up could apply to
72-536: The arrest of 73 Sinn Féin leaders. The outcome was greater public support for Sinn Féin. Central Tribunal Military Service Tribunals were bodies formed by borough , urban district and rural district councils to hear applications for exemption from conscription into the British Army during the First World War . Although not strictly recruiting bodies, they played an important part in
84-645: The discretion of the Appeals Tribunal, as the final court of appeal; it largely dealt with difficult cases that would stand as precedent for local tribunals. Although they are best known for their often heavy-handed attitude towards cases of conscientious objection , most of the tribunals' work dealt with domestic and business matters. Men could apply on the grounds of their doing work of national importance, business or domestic hardship, medical unfitness, or conscientious objection. Only around two per cent of applicants were conscientious objectors. The image of
96-530: The process of conscription. Tribunals were published as part of the Derby Scheme in 1915, but were continued on a statutory basis by the Military Service Act 1916 , which brought in conscription. There were 2,086 local Military Service Tribunals, with 83 County Appeal Tribunals (formed by county councils ) to hear appeals by applicants not happy with the local tribunal decision. A Central Tribunal at Westminster in London served, solely at
108-518: The title Conscription Act . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conscription_Act&oldid=495954798 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Military Service Act (United Kingdom) The Military Service Act 1916
120-476: The tribunals at the time was that they were soft on these cases and harsh on those relating to domestic hardship; after the war conscience cases became more prominent and tribunals are known for their (genuinely) harsh treatment of objectors. A very large number of men applied: by the end of June 1916, 748,587 men had applied to tribunals. Over the same period around 770,000 men joined the army . Most men were given some kind of exemption, usually temporary (between
132-809: Was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom during the First World War to impose conscription in Great Britain , but not in Ireland or any other British jurisdiction. The Bill which became the Act was introduced by Prime Minister H. H. Asquith in January 1916. It received royal assent on 27 January, and came into force on 2 March 1916. Previously the British Government had relied on voluntary enlistment, and latterly
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#1732766187565144-599: Was then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The Conscription Crisis of 1918 occurred when the British Government tried to impose conscription on Ireland. Sinn Féin was publicly perceived to be the key instigator of anti-conscription feeling, and on 17 May the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Lord French , claiming there was a treasonable plot between Sinn Féin and the Germans , ordered
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