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title: Canadiens-Français, enrolez-vous! Reformez les régiments de Voltigeurs de Salaberry (Canada)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canadiens-francais-enrolez-vous-salaberry-1915/
description: A Canadian soldier in khaki, hat raised, stands with his arm around a French infantryman in kepi and blue coat, with rifles stacked between them and…
section: Collection
---

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# Canadiens-Français, enrolez-vous! Reformez les régiments de Voltigeurs de Salaberry (Canada)

A Canadian soldier in khaki, hat raised, stands with his arm around a French infantryman in kepi and blue coat, with rifles stacked between them and marching silhouettes behind. The French-language text addresses French Canadians alone and invokes Dollard, Montcalm, Lévis and Chateauguay (transfer: the prestige of ancestors and of France attached to enlisting) while stating that England, 'bulwark of our liberties', is threatened and 'the heart of France bleeds' (fear-appeal).

- **Date:** 1915
- **Period:** [First World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwi)
- **Made by:** Canadian recruiting for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (issuing body and artist not identified on the sheet)
- **Region:** [North America](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=north-america)
- **Country:** [Canada](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=canada)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [Mixed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=mixed)
- **Regime:** [Borden Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=borden-government)
- **Leader:** [Robert Laird Borden](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=robert-laird-borden)
- **Audience:** [Diaspora or minority](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=diaspora-minority)
- **Purpose:** [Recruit](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=recruit)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Race and ethnicity](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=race-ethnicity)
- **Event:** [World War I](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-i)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005695751/), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (published c. 1915, before 1931; LOC: no known restrictions on publication) Anonymous, Canada. [1915]. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-12727 (call no. POS - Can .H5, no. 1).

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Canadiens-Français
Enrolez-vous !

L'Angleterre, rempart de nos libertés, est menacée.
RESTERONS-NOUS INDIFFÉRENTS ?
Préférerons-nous le capitalisme Prussien au regime qui nous a conservé notre Foi, notre Langue nos Institutions et nos Lois.
Le Coeur de la France saigne.
La voix du sang parle.

N'oubliez pas, Canadiens-Français, que vous êtes descendants des compagnons de Dollard, des soldats de Montcalm & de Lévis; les fils des vainqueurs de Chateauguay et les frères des héros de St. Julien & de Festubert.

REFORMEZ LES RÉGIMENTS DE VOLTIGEURS DE SALABERRY

[artist's signature, lower right, illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
French Canadians, enlist! England, bulwark of our liberties, is threatened. Shall we remain indifferent? Would we prefer Prussian capitalism to the regime that has preserved for us our Faith, our Language, our Institutions and our Laws? The heart of France bleeds. The voice of blood speaks. Do not forget, French Canadians, that you are descended from the companions of Dollard, the soldiers of Montcalm and Lévis; the sons of the victors of Chateauguay and the brothers of the heroes of St. Julien and Festubert. Re-form the regiments of the Voltigeurs de Salaberry.
```

The photographed copy is bordered by Kodak colour and gray-scale calibration strips added for archival photography, not part of the original poster.

[← Can I Afford to Pay for Freedom (Canadian Patriotic Fund)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/can-i-afford-canadian-patriotic-fund-1915/) [Cold-Blooded Murder! Remember Germany's Crowning Infamy →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cold-blooded-murder-1915/)

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