Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . g efficient. These were Windsor,Tatamagouche, Shubenacadie, Shelburne, and Somerset. The total military expenditure for the year was $114,460,of which $44,334 was due to the threatened Fenian issue of arms, accoutrements, uniforms and stores was on amuch more general and business-like scale than in previousyears. Interest in musketry practice was carefully nursedand the number of competitors at the provincial rifle matchesat Bedford again showed an encouraging increase. No lessthan 341 military officers were trained during the ye
Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . g efficient. These were Windsor,Tatamagouche, Shubenacadie, Shelburne, and Somerset. The total military expenditure for the year was $114,460,of which $44,334 was due to the threatened Fenian issue of arms, accoutrements, uniforms and stores was on amuch more general and business-like scale than in previousyears. Interest in musketry practice was carefully nursedand the number of competitors at the provincial rifle matchesat Bedford again showed an encouraging increase. No lessthan 341 military officers were trained during the year under thepermanent staff at head quarters. A Naval Brigade was or-ganized under Lieut. Col. Wier, which, by the following spring,contained two companies comprising 554 men fully enrolled,and 16 other companies in process of organization. Two drillsheds for this brigade—one in Halifax and one at Liverpool—had been erected. Militia legislation this year (1866), was of importance onlyas reflecting public sentiment regarding Fenians and Fenian-.
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