Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Canada's Position in Military and Naval Defence, 1913: An Outline of Important Events (Prepared With a View of Illustrating Past Conditions and Considerations in Their Bearing Upon the Present Question of Canada's Duty in National and Imperial Defence)
Canada's position in defence falls naturally for purposes of con sideration under two heads, (1) Military defence, or defence by land, and (2) Naval defence, or defence by sea; and as respects both military and naval defence should be viewed with reference to (1) her own defence, and (2) assistance or co-operation in the defence of other parts of the Empire. Previous to Confederation the defence of what now constitutes the Dominion of Canada was entirely ln the hands of the Imperial Govern ment, who for that purpose maintained troops ln each Province supported by various local Volunteer Militia Corps. After Confederation, the Imperial troops were gradually with drawn from this country and at present none remain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
