World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada; World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia
Coast Defence.
1st Regiment, C.G.A
3rd Regiment, C.G.A.
P.E.I., C.G.A.
Drafts from Toronto and B.C.
And 10 courses for officers and specialists lasting two months each.
Siege.
2nd Montreal H’y B’t’y.
McGill Siege B’t’y and Drafts.
3rd C.G.A. Siege B’t’y and Drafts.
Halifax (10th) B’t’y and Drafts.
And 9 courses for officers and specialists lasting two months each.
Total number trained by R.S.A., exclusive of Batteries:
Coast Defence. Siege
Officers. Men. Officers. Men.
190 301 122 258
SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL WHO WENT OVERSEAS.
R.C.G.A.
Officers. Other Ranks. Sphere of Operations.
13 288 Western Front.
60 To St. Lucia.
1 36 To C.E.F., Siberia.
8 British Mission, Siberia.
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Total 22 384
1st Regiment, C.G.A.
Officers. Other Ranks. Sphere of Operations.
48 625 Western Front and St. Lucia.
P.E.I. C.G.A.
Officers. Other Ranks. Sphere of Operations.
-3 110 Western Front.
On mobilization these units had:
Officers. O.R.
R.C.G.A. 17 336
1st Regt., C.G.A. 20 230
4 Coy., P.E.I. C.G.A. 3 72
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Total 40 638
Altogether about 80 officers and 1,500 N.C.O.’s and men of the Artillery
Units (including 10th Siege Battery) stationed in Halifax were sent
Overseas, and the majority of those mobilized in 1914 who did not go
were unable to do so either through being specialists, over age or low
category.
When it is realized that these Corps had great difficulty in obtaining
recruits, owing to the fear that men would be retained for Home Service,
the numbers shown are considered very creditable.
CHAPTER XXX.
_THE CANADIAN ENGINEERS._
The Corps of Canadian Engineers has no local connection with any
Province in the same way that Infantry Regiments and Battalions have. At
the end of the War in France it consisted of some twelve Battalions,
together with other small Engineering Units with Administrative Staffs,
etc., which Units were recruited from all parts of Canada, and no
particular Engineering Unit was sent from the Province of Nova Scotia.
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