Canada's Efforts Canadians of Both Sexes Between 16 and 60 Must Register; War Measure Ottawa, Aug. 20
From the Yukon to Cape Breton, Canadians are now placing their names on the government rolls and answering a list of questions. National registration applies to everyone—boy or girl, man or woman, above 16 years of age, and it has been estimated that there are about 6.500.000 Canadians between the ages of 16 and 60, All these will appear on the rolls as well as those still Older than 60, states the "Christian Science Monitor".
So far as can be judged from records available there are, about 4,700,000 citizens, male and female between 18 and 44 of which about 1,200,000 are single men. It is these single men of what may be considered potential military age, who form the basis of one of the main objectives of registration. If is men of 21 and a year or so older. who will be called for military training. In the first year it is considered probable, about 300.000 young men will receive a 30-day military training in 39 camps now being constructed across the Dominion.
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