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Show CANADA TO SEND 15,000 IN NEXT CONTINGENT Ottawa. Ont., Nov. 2 Canada's next contingent of soldiers for service in Europe will consist of 15,000 men, in compliance with, a request received from the British war office, which has asked that the second expeditionary expedition-ary force from the dominton shall be organized to bring the extra men of the first contingent which went to England some weeks ago up to the strength of an army division. A present pres-ent Canada has in the mother country a full army division of between 21,-000 21,-000 and 22,000 men and four additional addi-tional battalions of infantry. The second contingent will consist of two brigades of infantry, or eight battalions, a complement of artillery, engineers, cyclist, signal and admin-ietrative admin-ietrative units, which include army service corps companies and fiald ambulances, and the following units for line of communication purposes: Divisional ammunition park, division al supply column, reserve park, field bakery', field butchery railway supply detachment and two depot units of supply. Enlistment will be continued to keep the two divisions up to strength. The army authorities estimate that once the units get into active service, yearly year-ly reinforcements will be required at the rate of 7 per cent of the total force engaged. |