Recruitment leaflet encouraging business owners and their employees to join the 98th Battalion of Welland County, Ontario. While the title acknowledges the terrible nature of war, the leaflet states that to live in humiliation, to lose self-respect, and to refuse to fight for the "spirit of progress" was even worse. This leaflet appeals to pride and uses fear mongering to attract volunteers.
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George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19860131-050
Canada and the First World War
