CANADA'S ARMY

Evening Star, Issue 16824, 28 August 1918, Page 3

CANADA'S ARMY

SUCCESS OF MILITARY SERVICE. ACT. Up to June 1: t about 80,000 men had been enrolled and placed' on active service under the Canadian Military Service Act of 13th October, 1917. Of these (says the Toronto correspondent of the Melbourne ' Argni ) about 55,000 are between the ages of 20 and k'2 and r,he prospect is thai the full 100,000 provided for in th« Act will be in khaki within the next few weeks. I am glad to «av thai the Province of Quebec is still do"in» well. In the last few months it has contributed about 10,000 reoruits. Majorgeneral Mewbum (Minister of Militia) expresses himself as delitrhted with the new attitude of the French Canadians. The new troops arc being sent oversea a,s soon a.s they can be got* together and given a little preliicinarv training. The Union Government are," thus showing themselves highly successful in achieving the task for which they were returned to power by an overwhelming majority. The Canadian, army is receiving the drafts which it requires against the next German drive on the west front. The force actually at the front is stronger bv 35.000 than it was a year ago. "'l.e. Bulletin,' a French weekly newspaper tmblished in Montreal, has been suppressed for publishing matter likely to prejudice recruiting and the. successful prosecution of the war. The Dominion police seized the printing press and locked the doors of the uriiii:i.£-nou<=e.