Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 64101-h.htm or 64101-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64101/64101-h/64101-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64101/64101-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/novascotia00huntuoft Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). [Illustration: ARMS GRANTED TO THE COLONY OF NOVA SCOTIA BY KING CHARLES I] [Illustration: HIS HONOUR THE HONOURABLE McCALLUM GRANT, LL.D. Lieut.-Governor of Nova Scotia.] NOVA SCOTIA’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR Compiled and Edited by M. S. HUNT (Captain R.O.) Illustrated from Half-Tones [Illustration] Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Nova Scotia Veteran Publishing Co., Limited 1920 All Rights Reserved Copyright, Canada, 1920, by M. S. Hunt. To The Immortal Memory of Our Fallen Comrades PREFACE Two years have passed since the last gun was fired in the Great War on the Western Front and hitherto no attempt has been made to place before the people of Nova Scotia a comprehensive history of the various Military Units and Patriotic Organizations which won for the Province imperishable fame. Anyone who makes an impartial investigation of Nova Scotia’s response to the call of duty will concede that the sturdy little Province by the sea achieved an enviable record. In some respects it surpassed the other Provinces of the Dominion in promoting the successful conclusion of the great conflict—not only by the number of splendid troops it supplied in proportion to its population, both for Overseas and Home Service, but also because it had in its capital city, Halifax, the Naval Base of the British Empire on the Atlantic Coast, and from its spacious harbor sent many hundreds of ships Overseas laden with Canadian and Allied troops and received them after the Armistice when they were employed in returning the victors to their homes. From Nova Scotia ports, chiefly Halifax and Sydney, were also shipped munitions, supplies and equipment required by the Army in the field. The appreciation of the troops and their dependants on their return from Overseas of the welcome given them by the representatives of the citizens of Halifax, and the comforts and kindnesses bestowed upon them, has been attested by many grateful letters received from homes scattered over the North American continent. The patriotic work of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Red Cross Society, with its country auxiliaries, was magnificent. All other patriotic societies and organizations gave equally valuable service. In fact, Nova Scotia played a role in the conduct of the war which will redound to her