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Auteur(s) : Holt, Richard (1948-2017 ; historien militaire)
Titre(s) : Filling the ranks [Texte imprimé] : manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 / Richard Holt
Publication : Montreal (Québec) : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xvi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Carleton Library series ; 239
Lien à la collection : Carleton library series
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-342) and index
Manpower is the lifeblood of armies regardless of time or place. In the First World
War, much of Canada's military effort went toward sustaining the Canadian Expeditionary
Force, especially in France and Belgium. The job was not easy. The government and
Department of Militia and Defence were tasked with recruiting and training hundreds
of thousands of men, shipping them to England, and creating organizations on the continent
meant to forward these men to their units. The first book to explore the issue of
manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Filling the Ranks examines the administrative
and organizational changes that fostered efficiency and sustained the army. Richard
Holt describes national civilian and military recruitment policies and criteria both
inside and outside of Canada; efforts to recruit women, convicts, and members of First
Nations, African Canadian, Asian, and Slavic communities; the conduct of entry-level
training; and the development of a coherent reinforcement structure. Canada's ability
to fill the ranks with trained soldiers ultimately helped make the Corps an elite
formation within the British Expeditionary Force. Based on extensive research in British
and Canadian archives, Filling the Ranks provides a wealth of new information on Canada's
role in the Great War.
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Histoire des unités -- Canada
Canada. Armée canadienne. Corps expéditionnaire -- Direction du personnel
Canada. Armée canadienne. Corps expéditionnaire -- Recrutement et engagement
Indice(s) Dewey :
355.6 (23e éd.) = Administration militaire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773548770. - ISBN 0773548777. - ISBN 9780773549104 (erroné). - ISBN 9780773549111
(erroné). - ISBN 0773549102 (erroné). - ISBN 0773549110 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46578737t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46578737
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; 1. Militia Roots ; 2. Regulating Manpower: Government and Military
Policies 1914-18 ; 3. Enlistment Criteria ; 4. Alternative Sources of Manpower
; 5. The Recruiting Structure 1914-18 ; 6. Infantry Training ; 7. Reinforcements:
Policy, Management, and Wastage ; 8. Reinforcements: Canada to England ; 9. The
Overseas Via Dolorosa: Reinforcements in England and France ; Conclusion.
