CANADA AT WAR.
FORMIDABLE FORCES.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8
The Foreign Policy Association, reporting on Canada’s war potentialities, noted that at July 24. the Air Force included 1765 officers and 17,688 airmen. Twenty-two schools were operating under the Empire scheme, under which 1216 officer's, 10,524 other ranks, .25(98 civilians and 2648 pupils were training, this being an increase of 79 per cent, in two months. The Army increased from 90,973 in June to 154,000 on August 21, of which number 40,000 were abroad. The Navy at the end of July had 113 vessels and nearly 9000 officers and men. The shipyards were constructing 18 minesweepers, 64 anti-submarine vessels and two destroyers, and three liners were being converted to armed cruisers. At New York 229 World War tanks are awaiting transfer to Canada, where they will be used for training purposes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 242, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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