urged upon the Dominion Government the placing of the Intercolonial Railway under the Railway Commission; objected to the Federal Bills re Co-operation and the 8-Hour Day; protested against the Provincial legislation providing for the printing of contracts by Public Utility Companies in French and English; joined in various efforts for beautifying the City or improving Civic conditions. The following were the most active Boards in Canada-out of a total of 180-and the officers given are those elected for the year 1910:

President.
W. J. Gage.

C. A. McPherson.

S. R. Rudd.

Peter Whelan.

J. A. Scellen.

A. O. Beatty.

A. T. McMahon.

E. S. Anderson.
W. O. Boyd.

H. T. Bush.

H L. Frost.
Thomas Doherty.

. John Parker.
Stewart Scott.
G. A. Coslett.

J. R. McDonald.
W. B. Deacon.
A. B. Colville.
James Boxall.
Joseph Ruddy.
W. J. Bell.

R. G. Conolly.

George A. Toole.
M. Ryan.

H. O. Bell.

J. E. Rebstock.

J. G. Gibson.

Oscar Zyrd.

Dr. A. T. Morrow.

A. J. Wells.

Sault Ste. Marie...J. D. H. Brown.

Grimsby

Maxville

Coldwater

Edmonton

Lethbridge
Killam
Provost

Red Deer
Calgary

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British Columbia.
Victoria
Vancouver

Grand Forks.
Nelson

Eburne

Langley

Ladysmith

Alberni

Prince Rupert

President.

James McGeorge.

. C. J. K. Nourse.

.Jos. A. Dobery.

G. A. King.

G. M. Green.
William Georgeson.

President.
H. G. Wilson.
.Ewing Buchan.
A. B. Hood.
F. A. Starkey.
J. C. Gibson.
D. Rawlinson.
J. A. Blair.

C. F. Bishop.

...A. J. Morris.

South Vancouver.. R. C. Hodgson.

Kaslo

Fernie

Summerland

Ladner

Fort George.
Keremeos

Kamloops

Point Grey

Richmond

Creston

Vernon

Moyie

.H. Glegerich.
J. R. Lawry.
R. H. Agur.
..W. J. Lanning.
A. G. Hamilton.
George Kirby.
Dr. M. S. Wade.

and

.J. C. Gibson.
C. O. Rodgers.

M. J. O'Brien.
R. Campbell.

New Westminster..L. B. Lusby.

Militia Conditions and Affairs during the Year

XL-THE CANADIAN MILITIA.

During 1910 the Militia continued its slow course toward improvement and greater efficiency. Arrangements for clothing, equipping, feeding and training the Force were slowly bettered and all the more so for the greater discussion given in the press to conditions and faults as a result of the visit of Sir John French. A very sensible statement appeared in the Toronto Globe on Feb. 10: "One man who is trained and disciplined is worth a score who are not trained, no matter how excellent the equipment that may be put in their hands. Moreover, to make the Canadian forces effective they must be capable of acting in large units and must be led by officers who can handle a considerable number of men with intelligence and skill. To bring this about means still more careful organization and wider training."

In the Commons on Apl. 25 the 1909 Report of Sir Percy Lake, Inspector-General, was presented and its chief point was the declaration that very few active Militia corps were even moderately supplied with qualified officers. His last Report before leaving Canada was dated Oct. 26, 1910, and dealt with a rapidly growing Force-owing largely to Western development; with the difficulties of an insufficient number of instructors and too few and too brief periods of combined training and manoeuvres. The training Camps of 1910 had all shown a falling-off in numbers and this condition he attributed largely to the demand for labour and the continued migration to the West. The weakness in qualified officers, the large number who absented themselves, from Camp without leave, the necessity of at least 16 days' training a year for all branches of the Militia, were again urged. Clothing and equipment were, in general, thought satisfactory and reference was made to the success of the Military training course at McGill University. Finally: "The best hope for the future efficiency of the Militia Force, the army of the Dominion, lies in the success of the Cadet movement, an increased period of annual training and, above all, in the adoption of suitable measures for increasing the supply of qualified officers and non-commissioned officers."

The Report of the Militia Council for the year ending Mch. 31, 1910, showed an increase of instructors at the Royal Military College, Kingston, where there was an attendance of 105-only limited by accommodation; the formation of a Mobilization Com

mittee at Head-quarters; the change in the name of the Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles, with His Majesty's permission and in special honour of Lord Strathcona, to that of Strathcona's Horse; the creditable work done by 546 troops of the Halifax Permanent Force during the Glace Bay strike and of 111 troops at Inverness; an authorized Establishment of 235 officers and 2,673 men on this Permanent Force with an actual strength on Mch. 31, 1910, of 192 officers and 2,652 men; the steady growth of the Cadet Corps to a gazetted force, on the above date, of 215 corps embracing 362 companies and numbering 15,000 boys; the presentation of a Trophy for Cadet competition by H. E. Earl Grey and the invitation of the Lord Roberts' Corps in London for a Canadian team to compete at Bisley-accepted by two boys; the holding of courses for instruction of school teachers under the terms of the Strathcona Trust in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario with the subsequent adhesion of Saskatchewan and British Columbia to the terms of the Trust; a total expenditure for the Militia on capital account of $1,299,970 including Ross rifles, reserved clothing, waggons and small arms; a general yearly expenditure excluding capital account of $4,791,550 of which $860,000 was for annual drill, $300,000 on Dominion Arsenal, $1,646,000 on pay and allowances; $375,000 on Clothing and necessaries, $335,000 for warlike stores; a total number of 3,261 Officers, in the Active Militia, trained during the annual Camps, with 40,521 N. C. O.'s and Men. The following were the Camp Commandants and Brigade Commanders of the Year.

In connection with the Bisley meet of this year there was an announcement on Feb. 7 that no Service rifle would be admitted