Legal Documents

The CEFSG Matrix project is pleased to be able to present a collection of legal documents related to the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the Great War.  In some instances there is a link to the document if it is large enough to have been posted by the CEFSG or others to the Internet Archives.  Where feasible, the document has been converted to text and posted as an HTML document so it can be read and searched on-line.

We will add to this list as information becomes available.  If you uncover legal or quasi-legal documents (Acts, Regulations or Guidelines) that are applicable to the Great War and Canada, we would welcome your submission.

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Acts and Regulations:

1. War Measures Act
2. Military Service Act

Regulations:

1. King's Orders and Regulations, 1917

Guidelines & Orders:

1. War Establishment  Instructions Governing Organization & Administration
2. Sanitation and Hygiene
3. Trench Standing Orders, 1916

Treaties:

1. Armistice
2. Versailles Peace Treaty