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Title: Training Camps
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The system of militia training camps did not work well as it perpetuated the problem of paying units that arrived for training without a full complement of men. There was a high turnover of men as they left for better jobs, leaving units in a continuous cycle of training new members to replace those who left.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: HMS Monarch, iron screwship with turrets, Royal Navy
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: This Royal Navy warship, launched in May 1868, was one of the first iron-built battleships fitted with turrets enclosing and rotating its four 25-ton (25.4 mt) 12-inch (30.4 cm.) guns. One of the largest and fastest battleships of its day, HMS Monarch had a displacement of 8820 tons (8962 mt), armour six to seven inches (15-18 cm) thick and a top speed of 15 knots (27.8 kph).
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Volunteer with an 40-pounder RBL Armstrong gun on a pivot mount, Royal...
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: This volunteer wears a loose blue jumper with white-trimmed blue collar, blue bellbottom trousers and a straw 'Sennet' hat - the standard clothing for ratings in the Royal Navy from 1857. The left arm of this man's shirt displays rank and ratings badges in white, officially replaced by red in 1860. He sits on the carriage of an Armstrong gun - a rifled breech loader firing a 40-pound shell adopted by the Royal Navy in 1859 and declared obsolete in the 1870s.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Undefended Coastlines
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: A number of proposals to improve naval defence were made, including the development of a naval reserve with torpedo boats. However, the efforts were focused on improving shore artillery batteries to protect navy bases from which the Royal Navy operated.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Royal Navy officers and midshipmen, 1830s-1890s
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: The two officers at left wear the scarlet collar and cuffs introduced by King William IV in 1830. The traditional white facings were restored in 1843. (Library of the Canadian Department of National Defence)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Command of the Militia
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: From 1867 to 1904, the militia system was commanded by British General Officers who were often in conflict with Canadian Defence Ministers over matters of appointments, budgets, and the role played by Canada's forces in the Empire. During this period small improvements were made in the staff system and the training of officers.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: A Commemorative History of Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military
 
Type: Document
Description: This history on our Aboriginal Peoples and their contribution to Canada's rich military heritage is the latest in a series of books prepared by the Director of History and Heritage commemorating especial military experience. Authors : P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Ph.D., R. Scott Sheffield, Ph.D., John Moses, Maxime Gohier
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Office of the Deputy Minister in the Departments Responsible for Canad...
 
Type: Document
Description: This report outlines the changing responsibilities and significance of the positions of Deputy Minister of National Defence and Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence since 1867. Includes a list of the individuals who have held these positions.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Organization in North American Waters
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The Royal Navy had several squadrons based in North America throughout the 19th century. The Newfoundland Squadron was a small detachment responsible for protecting the fisheries. The North American Squadron, based in Halifax, patrolled the American coastline.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canada's First Professional Soldiers
 
Type: Document
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Description: The Canadian public was initially opposed to full-time professional soldiers, but when the British withdrew their regular troops, Canada was forced to establish regular units of artillery at the fortresses of Kingston and Quebec. These units became the foundation of the Royal Canadian Artillery.
Site: National Defence
 
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