The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Sir Samuel Hughes, Minister of Canadian Mili-tia, 1914 to 1916. 318 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada. fanus at Valcartier, 16 miles west of Que-bec city, and 33,000 men assembled fortransportation across the Atlantic. Likemagic, the crops on these farms werereaped, trees cut down, miles of drains andwaterworks and roadway constructed, andthe largest ritie butts in the world set rifle targets extended continuously fora distance of nearly four miles. In wasthe daily practice here
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Sir Samuel Hughes, Minister of Canadian Mili-tia, 1914 to 1916. 318 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada. fanus at Valcartier, 16 miles west of Que-bec city, and 33,000 men assembled fortransportation across the Atlantic. Likemagic, the crops on these farms werereaped, trees cut down, miles of drains andwaterworks and roadway constructed, andthe largest ritie butts in the world set rifle targets extended continuously fora distance of nearly four miles. In wasthe daily practice here that fitted the rawCanadian recruits from prairie and moun-tain regions and from office and factoryfor the great test that tliey endured in thespring of the next year. The camp wasready for occupancy two weeks after workbegan. Four days later, 6,000 soldierswere undergoing training, and one weeklater still 25,000 men from between the twooceans were preparing for the fray. Manyof them were so keen to do their bit thatthey feared that the stniggle would beover before they could take a hand. Theylittle knew the ordeal that they and theircountry would have to go through
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