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Both English and French recruitment posters (like this one, circa 1914) played on feelings of guilt that non-enlisted men felt for not serving while many of their peers were overseas risking their lives for their country. Please find transcription below.

Illustrated poster, colour. French. Two soldiers, dressed in colours traditional to the English and French, stand with their arms around each other in a show of camaraderie. — (Arthur H. Hider, Canadian War Museum, No. 19750046-009.)

*The full text of the poster is transcribed.*

French Canadians, Enlist!

England, the bulwark of our liberties, is threatened.

WILL WE STAY INDIFFERENT?

Will we prefer Prussian militarism to the regime that has preserved our faith, our language, our institutions, and our laws.

The Heart of France is bleeding. Its voice speaks.

Do not forget, French Canadians, that you are descendants of Dollard's companions, the soldiers of Montcalm and Lévis; the sons of the winners of Châteauguay and the brothers of the heroes of St. Julien and Festubert.

REFORM THE REGIMENT OF SALABERRY VOLTIGEURS.

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