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Conscription In Ww1

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I feel that the government is responsible for the care and well being of their soldiers to some extent. For a noticeable portion of those soldiers, conscription was used which alluded a selected portion to either join the army or spend time in jail. It a safe assumption that many chose to go to war overseas rather to rot in prison. Also, the Canadian soldiers fought proudly for their country during WWI. Even though they stood victorious at the end, all the soldiers endured extremely poor conditions through the duration of the war- lack of food, injury, a lack of hygiene and cleanliness, and the constant feeling of death surrounding them. The government should help these soldiers readjust back into normal society once they arrive back from

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