1978, ISBN: 9781236727626

London: H.M.S.O., 1978 737pp, spine sl faded. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., H.M.S.O., 1978, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This i… More...

London: H.M.S.O., 1978 737pp, spine sl faded. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., H.M.S.O., 1978, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 190 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.4in.Excerpt: . . . system will not yield further substantial results. Only a little over fifty thousand men more were needed to supply the need at the front, and to complete Canadas full quota, but they were needed most imperatively. That this need was strongly impressed on the public mind became apparent during the month which intervened between these utterances by the premier and the first presentation of the Conscription Bill in Parliament. As a matter of fact, Australia and South Africa were the only belligerent countries besides Canada, at this time, which had not been compelled to adopt the principle of forcible enlistment. On June 11 the bill was presented to Parliament, with a speech by the premier explaining all its provisions. Administration was placed under the Department of Justice, and the term was for the duration of the war, including demobilization. All male British subjects in Canada were included, from the ages of twenty to forty-five. Those eligible were divided into six classes, according to their marital conditions and ages, and each class was to be called in succession. An amendment presented by the leader of the opposition would have submitted the bill to a referendum vote of the electorate, but this was rejected by a vote of 111 against 62. The bill finally passed the third reading by a vote of 102 against 44. At the end of the year 404, 395 eligible men had registered. The number of men eventually drafted under this law amounted to 83, 000, making the total number of enlistments up to the end of the war 611, 741. The army thus raised was eventually represented in infantry and cavalry battalions, exclusive of engineers, forestry, railway construction, pioneer, and cyclist corps, or the Siberian expeditionary force of 4, 000 men. The following list was issued by the Government at the close of the war: (p. 274) ORIGINAL OFFICERS OF INFANTRY BATTALIONS BATTALION ORIGINAL OFFICER IN COMMAND MOBILIZED SAILED First Lt. Col. F. W. Hill Valcartier. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<