Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society (1880) (14594208477)

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Title: Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Nova Scotia Historical Society. cn
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Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia Historical Society
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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LT.-COLONEL JOHN WIMBURN LAURIE, (1835-1912).Deputy Adjutant-General of Militia.
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LT. COLONEL THOMAS MILSOM .Born in Bath 1819, Died in Halifax 1888. THE MILITIA OF NOVA SCOTIA, 1749-1867. 101 local defences of the country. The Legislature, besides con-tinuing to grant £5,000 voted last year, have further sanctioneda small payment being made to the adjutants of the differentmilitia regiments; they have also voted £1,000 for the erec-tion of an armoury in the city of Halifax, and the payment outof the provincial treasury of one-third of the cost of the erec-tion of drill rooms whenever the remaining two-thirds areraised by local contributions. That the residents themselveshave shown an eager readiness to qualify for their militia du-ties, and that a very large proportion of the officers have al-ready attended or are at present attending drill. In 1864 the committee on the militia (consisting of sevenmembers of the Legislative Assembly), recommended expendi-ture on a liberal scale for the efficient maintenance and im-provement of the force, and expressed their grat