DEFENCES OF CANADA
Complete Reorganisation Ottawa, May 20. The Minister of Defence, Mr. lan Mackenzie, announces that a complete reorganisation of Canada’s defence forces is to be undertaken. The militia will be reduced from 135.000 to 90.000 into a more compact body, and traditional regiments will be strengthened and given more adequate equipment. The naval personnel is to be increased, and the air force will be macle more of a fighting unit.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 201, 22 May 1936, Page 11
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