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1985.015.002.171

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1985.015

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Album: 5.75" x 4.75"

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FOUNDATIONS OF THE 72nd REGIMENT, 1910-1914

Fondation du 72e régiment, 1910-1914

5th Canadian Garrison Artillery (CGA) from Victoria at Camp Vernon, 1913-1914

The full-time 5th (British Columbia) Regiment of the Royal Canadian Garrison of Artillery [RCGA]) based at the Work Point Barracks based at the Work Point barracks, Victoria at Camp Vernon, 1913-1914. The photo shows horse-drawn artillery and men on horseback. From the Regimental History, page 11: "At the end of May, 1913, the Seaforths joined other regiments at the training camp at Vernon, B. C. This was said to be the largest military camp held in the province up to that time, there being about 1500 men present, including cavalry. Colonel Roy, D. O. S., was the inspecting officer, and some very good work was done." From The Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (https://vernonmuseum.ca/ex_dragoons.html): In 1912, a permanent annual district summer training camp for cavalry and infantry militia units was established in Vernon on Mission Hill. The camp that took place in Vernon during the first two weeks of June 1913 attracted about 800 soldiers. In addition to the 30th B.C. Horse taking part, there was also the 31st B.C. Horse (headquartered in Merritt), the Army Service Corps from Vancouver, the 102nd Regiment of Infantry [New Westminster], Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery, the Rocky Mountain Rangers, and other militia units [including the 72nd Regiment]. Four boxcar loads of equipment and supplies weighing in at over 60 tons were shipped to the camp from Victoria. The population of Vernon at this time was barely 3,000 individuals. Needless to say, the presence of hundreds of military men had a profound economic and social impact on the town. Concerts were often given by various regimental bands in the evenings at City Park and, at the end of the two-week training session, spectators from throughout the region would come to Vernon to see ceremonial parades and a "military sports day" held at the camp. Regiments would compete in tug-of-war matches, horse racing, obstacle races, horseback wrestling, and tent pegging.
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