Canada at War: Reinforcements

Charles Burrows, a carpenter in Brougham, Ont., got his second summons for military service, with a sharp reminder that, if he ignored this one, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would drop around. Burrows, a Boer War veteran, is 66. Charlie Morton, a glassworker in Vancouver, B.C., also got a summons. Said Morton, who is 72: "I've got flat feet, a bad right arm, and a stiff back, but if they need me, I'm willing."

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