s was of a selective
character, that is, applying to all unmarried men and widowers without
children, between the ages of 19 and 39. The conscripts were to be
divided into four classes according to age, the youngest being called
up first. The Bill was passed, and the measure proved to be a
successful one.

After the conclusion of the Armistice in November, the Prime Minister,
the Right Hon. Sir William F. Lloyd, K.C.M.G., acted as the
representative of Newfoundland at the Paris Peace Conference (1919).

In concluding this chapter it will be of interest to give a few facts
and figures showing Newfoundland's effort and record in the war.[54]

(1) PERSONNEL

At the outbreak of war there was no military force in Newfoundland.
There was, however, a pre-war establishment of 580 Naval Reservists
besides local Boys' Brigades.

Newfoundland contributed to the fighting forces of the Empire 11,922
all ranks, consisting of 9,326 men for the Army, 2,053 men for the
Royal Naval Reserve, 500 men for the Newfoundland Forestry Corps, and
43 nurses.

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment furnished a battalion for the
Gallipoli campaign and sent 4,253 men to France and Belgium, suffering
the following casualties:

Killed in action and died of wounds 1,082
Died from other causes 95
Missing 18
Prisoners of War 152
Wounded 2,314
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Total 3,661

The following decorations were won by the Regiment:

1 V.C., 2 C.M.G., 4 D.S.O., 28 M.C., 6 Bars to M.C., 33 D.C.M., 1 Bar
to D.C.M., 105 M.M., 8 Bars to M.M., 1 O.B.E., 22 Mentions in
Despatches, 21 Allied Decorations, 3 other medals: Total, 234.

In the Royal Naval Reserve 167 men were killed in action and 124
invalided out of the Service.

3,000 Newfoundlanders enlisted in the Canadian and other forces
(outside Newfoundland), but there is no statistical record of
casualties regarding them, although it is known they were heavy.

(2) MONEY, ETC.

Total receipts, Cot Fund[55] $129,200
" " Aeroplane Fund 53,487
" " Red Cross Fund 151,500
" " Patriotic Fund 166,687

A War Loan of $6,000,000 was raised by Newfoundland.

A large quantity of Red Cross material,