COMPULSION IN CANADA.
MILITIA CALLED OUT. I FIFTY THOUSAND SINGLE MEN ; TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS. . A. aud N. Z. Cable. OTTAWA. March 6. ; It is semi-officially announced that . the Militia Act will be enforced in I April to call out 50,000 unmarried i. men between the ages of 20 and 47. ' i The apportionment proposed will 1 have regard to what the various provinces have contributed by i voluntary enlistment. , i The first 50,000 will be trained for , eighteen months, and are subject to service overseas if the war con- , tinues.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16483, 8 March 1917, Page 7
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