WWI volunteers outnumbered conscripts in Britain during the early war.

Evidence

The total number of volunteers enlisted in the army between August 1914 and the end of 1915 was higher than the total number of men enlisted by conscription in 1916 and 1917 combined. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1197

Categorization

• QUESTION: This suggests voluntary appeal was more effective than legal coercion at mobilizing Britons — worth chasing the causal story behind the volunteer surge.
• XREF: connects to: WWI conscripted over a third of Britain’s male workforce — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 165