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Office of Deputy Adjutant General, Canada West [textual record]
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Record information Office of Deputy Adjutant General, Canada West [textual record]
Date:1846-1868Reference:R1024-26-2-E, RG9-IType of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:184832Date(s):1846-1868Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:12.18 m of textual recordsLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Series consists of records created and maintained by the Office of the Deputy Adjutant General, Canada West for the period 1846-1868. These records include both numbered and unnumbered correspondence, letter registers and letter books, returns, records on pensions and land grants, registers of officers and maps indicating the limits of regimental divisions in Canada West.Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Canada West. Office of Deputy Adjutant General : The first Militia Act for United Canada (9 Vict. Cap. 28), passed in 1846, provided for the appointment of a Deputy Adjutant General in Canada West who was to assist the Adjutant General. The Deputy Adjutant General in Upper Canada (the old provincial name was retained within the militia) had the power to issue Militia General Orders, to grant commissions, as well as the responsibility for the organization, training, management and discipline of the militia. The Deputy Adjutants General in Lower Canada and Upper Canada, and their small staffs, were the only full-time officers in United Canada. As the office of the Adjutant General of Militia was often vacant for lengthy periods, the Deputy Adjutants General were frequently responsible for looking after militia matters in their respective halves of the Province.Additional information:Source of title:Title is based on the contents of the series.Accruals:No further accruals are expected.Source:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG9-I -
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