“D” Company. Major J. R. Maxwell O.C. Capt. T. C. King Second in Command. Lieut. W. J. Brothers Lieut. M. J. Dryden Lieut. W. A. Livingstone Lieut. G. C. McDermid The Battalion left Canada July 15, 1916, and encamped at Lower Dibgate, Shorncliffe, England. There it met the fate of many other Canadian Units, by being broken up into drafts to reinforce Battalions in the Field. CHAPTER XVI. _112th BATTALION, C.E.F._ Authority for the recruiting of the 112th Battalion, with headquarters in the historic town of Windsor, N.S., was granted in November, 1915. Its personnel was composed of officers and men drawn chiefly from the western part of Nova Scotia, embracing the counties of Halifax, Hants, Kings, Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg. Recruiting progressed with unique rapidity and by the middle of April, 1916, the Battalion was at full strength. Over 1,500 men applied for enlistment, and of these about 300 were found medically unfit. The significance of this achievement will be seen when it is considered that it was accomplished without the aid of any extensive recruiting campaign, but by the united effort of each officer and man. In the early days of the Unit each county was allowed to keep a detachment, providing it numbered fifty men or more, who trained in their own locality until finally mobilized in Windsor in May, 1916. There the Battalion encamped on the hill of Fort Edward, where it was subjected to a rigorous training, and the progress made elicited much praise from Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, then Minister of Militia, who inspected the Unit about the beginning of July, 1916. The period of training at Windsor was one of keen enjoyment to all concerned. Its discipline was stern, its experience was at times hard, but the life was altogether wholesome and profitable, which was evidenced by the improvement in the bearing and appearance of the Unit during its short stay at Windsor.