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Author Holt, Richard, 1948 February 21- author.

Title Filling the ranks : manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 / Richard Holt
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Carleton Library series ; 239
Carleton library series ; 239.
Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary A groundbreaking work on the management of Canadian manpower in the First World War
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force -- Personnel management
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force.
SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force fast
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Canada
World War, 1914-1918.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Armed Forces -- Personnel management
Regimental histories
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773549104
0773549102
9780773549111
0773549110
9780773548770
0773548777