• The Minister of Militia and Defence was the federal government minister in charge of the volunteer army units in Canada, the Canadian Militia. From 1855...
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  • The Department of Militia and Defence was the government department responsible for military land forces in Canada from 1868 to 1921. The Minister of Militia...
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  • National Defence was established by the National Defence Act, which merged the Department of Militia and Defence (which was created in 1906 when the British...
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  • and funding the military of Canada. The Act created the Department of National Defence, which merged the functions of the Department of Militia and Defence...
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    The Vietnam Militia and Self-Defence Force (VMSF or MASDF; Vietnamese: Dân quân tự vệ Việt Nam, lit. 'Self-defence Militia of Vietnam'), known simply...
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    form the Department of National Defence. The ministerial heads of the former departments, the minister of militia and defence, the minister of the naval...
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    Some of the topographical features in the training area still bear the names of these early settlers. By 1904 the Department of Militia and Defence purchased...
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    of the rebellion in the North-West Territories and matters in connection therewith, in 1885: Presented to Parliament., Ottawa: Department of Militia and...
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    MacAdam Shield Shovel (category World War I military equipment of Canada)
    Militia and Defence in 1913, combining function as a shovel and as a shield. Ena MacAdam, Hughes' personal secretary, had first suggested the idea of...
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    Parliament. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence. p. 20. Barkwell, Lawrence J. (2010). "Heroes of the 1885 Northwest Resistance. Summary of those Killed"...
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    Self-Defence Militia has two branches: Dân quân tự vệ nòng cốt (Core Self-Defence Militia) and Dân quân tự vệ rộng rãi (General Self-Defence Militia). The...
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    the Department of Militia and Defence, and split into the Permanent and Non-Permanent Active Militias—frequently shortened to simply The Militia. By 1923...
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  • the Militia Ordinance was passed into law. Twenty-six officers were appointed in Auckland, thereby forming the start of New Zealand's own defence force...
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  • Army through an Order in Council. The Department of National Defence absorbed the Department of Militia and Defence in 1921. The Canadian Expeditionary...
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    Thomas Bland Strange (category Canadian Militia officers)
    militia artillery of Canada for the federal Department of Militia and Defence (3 pts., Quebec, 1875–78). Colonial defensive organization: précis of information...
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    William Wilfred Campbell (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada)
    position in Ottawa. He received a permanent position in the Department of Militia and Defence two years later. Living in Ottawa, Campbell became acquainted...
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  • the National Defence Act came into effect and amalgamated the Department of Naval Services, the Department of Militia and Defence and the Air Board into...
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    Lake The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a flying column of North-West Mounted Police, Canadian militia, and Canadian regulars...
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  • suppression of the rebellion in the North-West Territories and matters in connection therewith, in 1885. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, Canada...
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  • hoped that the Department of Militia and Defence would be interested in buying the company's aircraft. Two staff officers at Militia Headquarters were...
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    preservation and commemoration of local landmarks. At the same time, the Department of Militia and Defence was anxious to transfer old forts, and the associated...
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    The Militia (Chinese: 民兵; pinyin: Mínbīng) or Militia of China (Chinese: 中国民兵; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínbīng) is the militia part of the armed forces of China...
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    Canadian Department of Militia and Defence erected a monument on the site. The battle site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1920 and a plaque...
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  • the creation of NSC in 1911. In 1921, the naval component was transferred to the Department of Militia and Defence and the Naval Service and reverted to...
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    Map Sheet 031G05, [ed. 1], 1906; Producer: Survey Division, Department of Militia and Defence; Date published: 1906-01-01 (publication), 2016-01-01 (publication)...
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    North-West Territories and matters in connection therewith, in 1885: Presented to Parliament., Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, archived from the...
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    Guelph Raid (category Catholicism and politics)
    responsibility of the police under the Ministry of Justice but that of the military police, which came under the Department of Militia and Defence. Many, such...
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    Benjamin Sulte (category Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada))
    the Department of Militia and Defence eventually becoming chief clerk in 1889. He retired in 1903. In 1871, he married Augustine Parent, daughter of Étienne...
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    1885 in Canada (category Years of the 19th century in Canada)
    Reminiscences of a Bungle (1887), pgs. 29-32 and Moses Bremner's Statement (1886) and Canada; Department of Militia and Defence, Report upon the Suppression of the...
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  • after 1904 when the British Army and later the Department of Militia and Defence expropriated a large tract of land north of the Cornwallis River for an army...
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