WWI Recruitment Review of Reading French Canada and Recruitment during the First World War Dispatches: Backgrounders in Canadian Military History Dr.

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WWI Recruitment Review of Reading French Canada and Recruitment during the First World War Dispatches: Backgrounders in Canadian Military History Dr. Serge Durflinger Recruitment messages Demographics of recruits Gender Age Marital status Ethnicity Initial surge of volunteers. Why? Drop off of volunteers, increase of need. Why? Conscription and the Conscription Crisis

WWI Recruitment Recruitment messages King and Country Borden Patriotism Anthem in Dawson City Unity Volunteering in Moose Jaw La Patrie Dissent Winnipeg labour paper

WWI Recruitment Demographics of recruits Gender Age Marital status Ethnicity

WWI Recruitment Initial surge of volunteers. Why? October , 000 troops departed , 000 troops departed Fall October , 000 recruited Drop off of volunteers, increase of need. Why? Independent battalions authorized Need 250, 000 then 500, 000 out of a population of 8 million Annual replacement: 75, 000 July 1916-Ocotber 1917: volunteers

Recruitment then…

Recruitment now…

Conscription Military Service Act (August ) 400, 000 eligible 94/98 % applied for exemption 87/91% exemptions approved 620, 000 served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force 108, 000 were conscripted 48, 000 went overseas and of those 24, 000 served at the front

Conscription Crisis… Articulate the reaction, views, beliefs of your identified group. Present them as a group. Write a summary of perspectives of two groups (other than your own), identifying underlying economic, socio-political and cultural issues that influence this perspective. Conclude with your own assessment of the decision to implement conscription Groups French Canadians British-born English Canadians Canadian-born English Canadians First Nations Labour rights activists Minister of Militia and Defense