XXXIV. 63rd Regiment 253 XXXV. 66th Regiment 259 XXXVI. 94th Regiment 263 XXXVII. Composite Battalion 268 XXXVIII. Depot Battalion 272 XXXIX. “B” Unit, M.H.C.C. 275 XL. University of Acadia College 280 XLI. University of Dalhousie College 282 XLII. University of King’s College 289 XLIII. University of St. Francis Xavier’s College 294 XLIV. Presbyterian College, Pine Hill 296 XLV. Recruiting in Nova Scotia 300 XLVI. Ocean Transport 305 XLVII. Munitions 311 XLVIII. Demobilization 322 XLIX. Vocational Training 330 L. Patriotic Fund 345 LI. Victory Loan 347 LII. Red Cross Society; and Willing War Workers, Green Feather Society and Catholic Ladies Society 350 LIII. Knights of Columbus 370 LIV. Young Men’s Christian Association 377 LV. Halifax Citizens’ Reception Committee 381 LVI. Creche at Pier 2 386 LVII. St. Matthew’s Church 394 SPECIAL SKETCHES, with Portraits 399 “FELT DAWN”—A Literary Appreciation of a phrase in McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields” 436 [Illustration: SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN, Premier of Canada during the Great War.] [Illustration: HON. G. H. MURRAY, Premier of Nova Scotia during the Great War.] Nova Scotia’s Part in the Great War CHAPTER I _HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DISTRICT No. 6._ Upon the opening of the World War the following were the principal Staff Officers at Halifax, the headquarters of Military District No. 6:— Col. R. W. Rutherford, G.O.C.; Col. W. W. Humphrey, A.O.C.; Major R. J. Hayter, G.S.O.; Major A. H. W. Powell, D.A.A. & Q.M.G.; Major W. Gibsone, D.A.A. & Q.M.G. Fortress. Military District No. 6 then embraced the Maritime Provinces, but later in the war, when Compulsory Service came into force, New Brunswick was made into a separate District, No. 7.