48th marching out of train station with 236 Bn for Recruiting Drive in New York, 1917.

48th Recruiting Drive in New York, USA – 1917

48th Highlanders March out train station in New York, with 236 Bn following, in 1917. A similar Recruiting Drive was held in Chicago in 1917 The drives invited US citizens to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force for overseas duty in WWI and were before the US formally joined in the war.

(Similar to P0389 #24. Accession No. P1191)

Classification
Images
Era
1914 – 1919 (WW 1)
Location of artifact
Binder 7, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
USA, New York
Associated event
Recruiting Drive, USA, 1917

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