PPT-THE CONSCRIPTION DEBATE

Australias involvement in World War I As the news came from Gallipoli that more troops were needed on the Front the call for recruits was sent out across the Empire Britain passed laws to introduce conscription in January 1916 Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes wanted to follow suite and held the first referendum to poll the Australian population in October 1916 The voting was close a NO vote was passed. with special attention to. Military Manpower Conscription. by Casey B. Mulligan. Taxation in Kind. examples. conscription of manpower by the military or civil service. conscription of materials and factories by the military. Conscription- . A plan created by the government to force citizens to join the armed forces.. The Beginning of WWI. Recall – At the start of WW1, many people volunteered to fight in the Canadian army.. Conscientious Objectors. Why When. National Division. End of the War. 1914 Prime Minister Borden. Promised there would be no conscription or compulsory enlistment. BUT......... Needed more men for the war effort. Isolationism. Best understood from King’s diary . “[N]. othing. is to be gained by creating an internal problem in an effort to meet an international one… We… must seek to keep this part of the Continent free from unrest”. How Canada handled the problem of dwindling enlistments. Conscription. For the first three years of the war, the Canadian government relied on volunteers to fight. At the start of the war, most able bodied men rushed to volunteer to fight so that they could have the opportunity to travel overseas. Some Background. Regulation 17 – Ontario Ministry of Education, French language instruction limited to the first two years of instruction (1912/1913). Quebec had no particular loyalty to either France or Britain. the War. Conscription. :. . compulsory enrolment into the armed services (forced national service). Su. pporters. : . young men had a duty, above all else, to defend their country. When the voluntary rate started to fall the calls to introduce conscription became louder. Reported that recruitment rate fell from . Central Planning . PM King’s cabinet included C.D. Howe, a former businessperson who could get factories running. Industry leaders were picked to turn Canada into an industrial war machine. Paying for War. Conscription Crisis. King. . promised= . no . conscription. Germany quickly occupied much of Europe. 1940- National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA). Government could mobilize. =. . conscription (home . Miscellaneous. Camp X. British, Canadians, and Americans . Farmhouse on the shores of Lake Ontario near Oshawa. 1941-1944. Special Training Camp #103. One of the most secret projects of the war. First wartime spy training camp in North America. 2. Canada Emerges in . the 20th . Century. The War at Home. A Brief Review. Sam Hughes. Poor administrator. Awarded expensive military contracts to friends.. Responsible for Ross Rifle fiasco, poor quality shells that exploded in artillery. 1917. C. onscription. . (compulsory military service). Britain and New Zealand had both already enacted conscription measures. So too did the United States when they entered the war in April 1917. . 1914-1918. Problems?. The Conscription Crisis. In the first two years of the war, over 350,000 Canadians enlisted in the war. Canada’s population was just over 8 million in 1914. Prior to 1917, the Canadian army relied on volunteers to fight. However, by 1917 the number of casualties far exceeded the number of men enlisting. . The . Homefront. War Measures Act. Censorship & Propaganda. Conscription Crisis . “Enemy Alien” internment. Role of Women . War Measures Act. August 22, 1914: War Measures Act. Canada passed the War Measures Act in order to provide the government with new and intrusive powers to prosecute the war. .