On the left is the order to report for duty, a form that would have been sent to a conscripted man. On the right is the certificate which would have been issued to a successful applicant for exemption. Approximately half of the men registered under the Military Service Act were granted exemptions, mostly for occupational reasons, including agricultural or other essential work.
Military Service Act, 1917, p.76-77
Hartland-Molson Library Collection
UB 345 C2 C36
Canada and the First World War
