CANADA'S CALL FOR MEN
NATIONAL REGISTRATION-IRGED;.^ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Ottawa, April 17. A deputation representing' forty-two' Recruiting leagues in various provinces waited upon Cabinet urging national registration. It declared'that* men'are not coming forward in sufficient numbers, while a high proportion' ;bf.' mar?, lied men, each costing £8 more'a'month' than single men, is not desirable." ; '■■" Sir Robert Borden (Premier),' while promising consideration declined to commit himself to the abandonment of vol-. untarism. He admitted there were loopholes in the voluntary system for economic waste; still they were procuring the recruits required' at the Tate or a thousand daily.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2750, 19 April 1916, Page 5
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97CANADA'S CALL FOR MEN Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2750, 19 April 1916, Page 5
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