CONSCRIPTION IN CANADA
VOLUNTARY SYSTEM TRIED AND FOUND WANTING
SELECTION BY CLASSES
Ottawa, May 20. Sir Robert Borden's conscription announcement caused no surprise in the country. The demand for some form of compulsion has been voiced by all representative bodies. Sir Robert Borden said it had become apparent that the voluntary system would not yield the substantial results hoped for. Hβ recognised that the responsibility of enforcing conscription was serious, but he did not shrink from it. To maintain 'the strength of Canada's fighting units not less than fifty thousand, and probably a hundred thousand, men were required,—Renter. The selection will be made ty classes, which are understood to be as follows:—
First, unmarried men, 18 to 25 years of age. Second, unmarried men, between 25 and
35. Third, married men, between 18 and 35 without dependants. Fourth, married men, with dependants. Exemption will be made in important industries, but there will Lβ no class exemption. Credit will bo given those districts which have already made large Tolnntary contributions.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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171CONSCRIPTION IN CANADA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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