Inspection of the 72nd Battalion, CEF in kilts and kilt aprons with Model 1905 Ross rifles Mk. II in Hastings Park by the Inspector-General for Western Canada, Brigadier John Hughes. The grandstand is behind the troops and snow is on the ground, Parade was on 16 January, 1916. From the 72nd Seaforth History: "After the Battalion had thus undergone seven months' severe training, Brig.-Gen. John Hughes conducted a final inspection prior to the departure of the Battalion for overseas on January 16th, 1916. As a last taste of the wintry conditions that had characterised the stay at Hastings Park this review was carried out in a blizzard." page 14