At peace, the U. S. got ready last week to draft a first batch of 400,000 men for twelve months' military training. At war, Canada last week called to the colors and put in training camps 30,000 men for 30 days.
Officers in all Canadian camps were at pains to fraternize with the "trainees"-Minister of National Defense James Garfield ("Halfway") Gardiner ordered that they must not be called "draftees" or "conscripts," and that all heavy camp work must be done by Canadian regulars. Reason: in the short period of training no time could...
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