Canadian recruiters worked actively in the United States to solicit men for so-called "American" battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, ultimately raising five: the 97th, 211th, 212th, 218th, and 237th. None of these units actually made it to France; like most units raised after mid-1915, they were broken up and used as reinforcements. Close to 40,000 Americans served in the Canadian forces during the war, most of whom crossed into Canada to enlist.
George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19860131-086
Canada and the First World War
