Conscription in World War I

Answer 1

Canada began conscription in 1916-1917, since volunteers declined severely. This was unsucessful, since the French opposed this greatly and everyone else didn't want to be forced into it. the governemtn had no way to ensure all the registered men would actually go to the trainning so 20 000 instead of 400 000 men showed up.

Answer 2

Not at first. Alone among the nations of Europe Britain did not have compulsory military service when the war started, and tried for more than a year to prosecute the war with all volunteer forces. But as it became generally known how wretched service at the front truly was, and as no end seemed to be in sight, volunteering dried up. Conscription began in 1916 under the Military Service Act.

Answer 3

1917 The conscription act was carried out in 1917, which depicted that any man able to fight, was forced to join the war.