For information and assistance my thanks are also due to: Colonel W. E. Thompson, Colonel Thos. Cantley, Lt.-Col. S. G. Robertson, C.B.E., Lt.-Col. H. Flowers, Lt.-Col. Joseph Hayes, D.S.O., Lt.-Col. D. H. Sutherland, Lt.-Col. R. B. Simmons, Lt.-Col. A. W. Duffus, Lt.-Col. T. M. Seeley, Lt.-Col. J. L. McKinnon, Lt.-Col. E. C. Dean, Major C. E. McLaughlin, Major G. B. Cutten, Acadia Univ., Major A. A. Sturley, Univ. of King’s College, Major J. F. Taylor, Major M. D. McKeigan, Major W. G. McRae, Major D. A. McKinnon, D.S.O., Major P. O. Soulis, Capt. G. C. McElhinney, M.C., Capt. Angus L. McDonald, Hon. Capt. Clarence McKinnon, Capt. B. M. Beckwith, Capt. F. G. Kingdon, Capt. G. T. Shaw, Lieut. W. H. Whidden, Dr. H. P. McPherson, St. Francis Xavier University, Professor Fraser Harris, Medical School, Dalhousie University, Principal F. H. Sexton, Nova Scotia Technical College, Mr. A. A. Campbell, Mr. F. A. Crowell, Mr. McI. Miller, Mr. Stuart McCawley, Mr. Wilfred Hearn, Mr. J. McL. Fraser, Mr. J. A. Walker.

M. S. Hunt,

Capt. R.O.

Halifax, N.S.

Armistice Day, 1920.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Nova Scotia’s Coat of Arms (Granted by Charles I)[i]
Portrait of His Honour the Honourable McCallum Grant, LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia[iv]
Dedication[vii]
Preface[ix]
Portrait of Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada, during the War[xiii]
Portrait of the Honourable George Henry Murray, Premier of Nova Scotia[xvi]
CHAPTER
I.Headquarters Military District No. 6[1]
II.6th Canadian Mounted Rifles[9]
III.9th Siege Battery[22]
IV.10th Siege Battery[28]
V.17th Field Battery[31]
VI.23rd and 24th Field Batteries[41]
VII.36th Field Battery[43]
VIII.14th Brigade, C.F.A.[56]
IX.Royal Canadian Regiment[58]
X.17th Battalion[65]
XI.25th Battalion[70]
XII.40th Battalion[92]
XIII.64th Battalion[95]
XIV.85th Battalion and Band[99]
XV.106th Battalion[116]
XVI.112th Battalion[119]
XVII.185th Battalion[122]
XVIII.193rd Battalion[130]
XIX.219th Battalion[133]
XX.246th Battalion[146]
XXI.2nd Construction Battalion[148]
XXII.Forestry Corps[154]
XXIII.No. 6 District Depot[157]
XXIV.Canadian Army Service Corps[161]
XXV.Canadian Ordnance Corps[173]
XXVI.Canadian Army Medical Corps[177]
XXVII.Canadian Army Dental Corps[226]
XXVIII.Canadian Army Pay Corps[231]
XXIX.Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery[236]
XXX.Canadian Engineers[242]
XXXI.Militia Units on Home Service[243]
XXXII.1st Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery[245]
XXXIII.11th Brigade, C.F.A., and Composite Artillery Company[250]
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]

SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN,
Premier of Canada during the Great War.