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Show CANADA SENDING MANY SOLDIERS Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 22. Announcement Announce-ment was made today by the military department that 145 Canadian infantry infan-try battalions with a total war strength of 160,000 men, exclusive of artillery, engineers and other branches branch-es of the service, have been authorized author-ized up to date. Of this number fifty-eight fifty-eight battalions have already been sent to England or Franco, and the other ninety are either now in training train-ing or organizing in Canada. Including artillery, engineers and the various branches with each Infantry Infan-try battalion, the total number of men in the 145 battalions will be more than 250,000. |