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The Origin and Services of the Prince of Wales Regiment; Including a Brief History of the Militia of French Canada, and of the Canadian Militia Since Canada Became a British Colony

The Origin and Services of the Prince of Wales Regiment; Including a Brief History of the Militia of French Canada, and of the Canadian Militia Since Canada Became a British Colony


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...writer remarked: "When I arrived here in December, I found the Canadians in a great state of excitement about the Mason and Sliddell affair. They were volunteering and drilling all over the country, but at the same time they did not seem to be in the least afraid, although, had war broken out, the brunt of it would have fallen upon Canada. I think that the backing out of the Americans was all owing to the prompt measures adopted by the British government, and the determined stand taken by the Canadians. It is the opinion of every one here who knows anything of the Yankees, that Canada would have been invaded before this if any of the people had shown disloyalty to the British government at the present crisis; but I am proud to say that the Canadians of every class rallied round the ' Old Flag' like Britons. In Montreal alone we have 10,000 volunteers. I am drilling one of the regiments. We have here now two regiments of Guards and two regiments of the Line, so that our town looks like a regular camp; at every step you meet soldiers of some kind or other." A census taken in 1861 showed the population of the city and suburbs to be 101,600, so that the enrolled militia force must have comprised a very large proportion of the adult male population. The crowning glory, so to speak, of the military enthusiasm of the loyal citizens of Montreal in this historic year of 1862 was an imposing parade of the volunteer force on April 18th. The following extracts of the report of this event published in the "Witness" are interesting as giving some idea of the popular sentiment of the time, and at the same time enumerating the existing military organizations of the city: "If there be any among us who fancy that the people of this province would tam...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236094490
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 52
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236094492
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 109 gr


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