On June 11 the bill was presented to Parliament, with a speech by the premier explaining all its provisions. Administration was placed under the Department of Justice, and the term was for the duration of the war, including demobilization. All male British subjects in Canada were included, from the ages of twenty to forty-five. Those eligible were divided into six classes, according to their marital conditions and ages, and each class was to be called in succession. An amendment presented by the leader of the opposition would have submitted the bill to a referendum vote of the electorate, but this was rejected by a vote of 111 against 62. The bill finally passed the third reading by a vote of 102 against 44. At the end of the year 404,395 eligible men had registered. The number of men eventually drafted under this law amounted to 83,000, making the total number of enlistments up to the end of the war 611,741. The army thus raised was eventually represented in infantry and cavalry battalions, exclusive of engineers, forestry, railway construction, pioneer, and cyclist corps, or the Siberian expeditionary force of 4,000 men. The following list was issued by the Government at the close of the war: ORIGINAL OFFICERS OF INFANTRY BATTALIONS[TN1] ---------+------------------------------+-------------------------+------------- BATTALION| ORIGINAL OFFICER | MOBILIZED | SAILED | IN COMMAND | | ---------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------- 1st | Lt. Col. F. W. Hill |Valcartier |Oct. 3, 1914 2nd | " D. Watson | " | " 3, 1914 3rd | " R. Rennie | " | " 3, 1914 4th | " R. H. Labatt | " | " 3, 1914 5th | " G. S. Tuxford | " | " 3, 1914 6th | " R. W. Paterson | " | " 3, 1914 7th | " W. Hart-McHarg | " | " 3, 1914 8th | " L. J. Lipsett | " | " 3, 1914 9th | " S. M. Rogers | " | " 3, 1914 10th | " R. L. Boyle | " | " 3, 1914 11th | " R. Burritt | " | " 3, 1914 12th | " H. F. McLeod | " | " 3, 1914 13th | " F. O. W. Loomis | " | " 3, 1914 14th | " F. S. Meighen | " | " 3, 1914 15th | " J. A. Currie | " | " 3, 1914 16th | " R. G. E. Leckie | " | " 3, 1914 17th | " S. G. Robertson | " | " 3, 1914