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Britain's Conscientious Objectors
Peet, Hubert W. | November 13, 1929 issue

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The British Military Service Acts of 1916 may be considered to be finally dead and buried by the announcement that the Government has decided to remove the disabilities imposed on civil servants who during the war were conscientious objectors. These disabilities have varied. In a few cases civil servants, availing themselves as they had every right legally to do of the exemption clause of the Conscription Acts, were allowed to continue in their positions at special rates of payment, as their form of "alternative service." Others who worked on the land, in ambulance, or civilian relief work during the war were put at certain disadvantages on their return to the service, either in the matter of pay or promotion.

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CIVIL service; LAW -- Great Britain; GOVERNMENT policy; DISABILITIES; WAR; GREAT Britain
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