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SESSIONAL PAPER 1901,No. 35a, p.8-9.

It then marched to the docks amid great enthusiasm, embarked on the S.S. Sardinian
in a most creditable manner, and sailed at 3.30 p.m., the send off being one which the
citizens of Quebec as well as the departing troops will long remember with feelings of
pride.

Following is the marching out state:
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Authorized establishment .... 1,019
Troops embarked
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2nd (S.S.) Battalion R.C.R.:
Total officers: 41.
Warrant officers and staff sergeants 10
other ranks 988 = Total 1,039.

Excess 20

Attached for instructional purposes:
Lt.-Colonels 2
Majors 2
Captains 6
Lieutenant 1

Attached for passage-
Nurses 4
Special correspondents 4
Y. M.C.A. representative ... 1
Lt.-Col. S. Hughes 1
Capt. Todd, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. . . 1
Grand Total on board the S.S. Sardinian .....1,061



Total Rank and File during the War: 44 Officers, 1,106 NCO,’s and men, = 1150.
Excluding, 5 other ranks, transferred to 1st Batt. CMR, and 1 officer to RCFA.

APPENDIX A7. p.56: 2 SS Batt. RCRI Nominal Roll of NCO,’s and men DOD & AKIA, total 29.

APPENDIX A8. p.57-58: RCR, Officers, NCO,’s and men KIA, and DOW, total 39.

APPENDIX A9, p.59: RCR, List of Wounded, total 123.

Invalided back to Canada: 8 officers, 352, NCO,’s and men.
Total dead for RCR, 68 while in South Africa.

Appointed to commissions in Imperial Army; 2 Rank, and 7 file.
Non joined the Constabulary or Howard’s Scouts.
Discharged to join or to remain in SA: 4 Ranks, and 13 file.
On command in SA (sick, on leave and duty); 3 Ranks, and 15 file.
Returned home once time expired; 25 Rank, and 653 file.
Severally Wounded; 1 Rank, and 39 file.
Slightly Wounded; 4 Rank, and 69 file.
Total Wounded; 5 Rank, and 108 file.



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 35, appendix c.
CANADIAN MILITIA ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES—REPORT FOR 1900.

MEDICAL OFFICERS SELECTED.2.
The following Medical Officers were selected from about 110 applicants for service
with the Canadian Militia in South Africa :—

These medical officers, in addition to the three Medical Officers who accompanied the First Contingent.


Guess Georgia Pope's account was correct, 3 Doctors sailed with FC 2 RCRI, futuremore the list I have does provide two names.



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2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry--parade
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.


Duration: 3:12 at 16 fps.

Filmed October 30, 1899, in Quebec, Canada.


SUMMARY
From Edison films catalog: This picture shows the Canadian troops departing from Quebec for the war in the Transvaal. The scene opens with the soldiers clad in campaign uniform, marching under the triumphal arch, cheered by thousands of spectators who are waving English flags.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 7Nov1899; 72831.


Link as fallows:- memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edac.html

Scroll down to War (TOP)
--Boer War

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry--Parade Click and you'll be linked.



The Footage can be downloaded for free.

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Thank you for this link Spaniard. I found the film quite difficult to see but it is good that this event was preserved and you certainly have a feel for what their departure was like.

Best wishes
David

Must be something up with my computer cannot see but will keep on trying......

Mike

djb wrote: Thank you for this link Spaniard. I found the film quite difficult to see but it is good that this event was preserved and you certainly have a feel for what their departure was like.

Best wishes
David

Thank U Mr David, I got lucky was looking for other footage, saw 2 SS Bn. Cdn Inf., and batted an eyebrow,figured I create awareness on the footage existence.

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry—Parade.
On the bottom U see 3 still frames, U’ll see deference in shading, where U C, Part 1 of 1, on bottom U have 3 choices in format, I clicked on MPEG format…27 megabytes, goes to my W mediaplayer looked fine if U consider the age etc., and that it survived. Quick Time format and RealMedia I had issue with, If U know kindly disregard.

C.U.

QSAMIKE wrote: Must be something up with my computer cannot see but will keep on trying......

Mike

Bonjour monsieur Mike, I’ll try to guide U in, might not Be your Comp., after all.

Link as fallows:- memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edac.html

Scroll down near the bottom to “War”

--Boer War

Click on, 2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry—Parade.


Page opens, on the bottom U see 3 still frames, U’ll see deference in shading, where U C, Part 1 of 1, on bottom U have 3 choices in format, I clicked on MPEG format…27 megabytes, goes to my W mediaplayer. If that doesn't work U have two other formates too try.


C.U .