Chapter III
The Expansion of the Army, 1939-1943

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Footnotes

1. W.Ds., various units. On Division's general state of training, C.G.S. to Minister, 17 Feb 40, H.Q.S. 20-1-2.

2. H.Q.S. 5199-S, vol. 2.

3. Documents on C.M.H.Q. files 1/IV Corps/1 and 1/Formations/1. Cf. Lord Gort's "Second Despatch" (Supplement to London Gazette, 17 Oct 41), 5906.

4. Canmilitry to Defensor, 10 and 13 Feb 40, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Formations/1.

5. External to Dominion, 14 Feb 40, ibid.

6. Same to same, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Formations/1/2.

7. Same to same, 27 Feb 40, ibid.

8. Canmilitry to Defensor (McNaughton for Rogers), 3 Mar 40; Massey to External, 3 Mar 40 (both in ibid.).

9. External to Dominion, 5 Apr 40, ibid.

10. Document on H.Q.S. 20-4-2.

11. D. Org. Strength Returns, Historical Section.

12. C.A.S.F. Routine Orders (Supplement), 422 and 548.

13. W.Ds. of formations and units.

14. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 2nd Div., July 1940, Appendix 3.

15. Canmilitry to Defensor, 10 Feb 40, above, note 4.

16. External to Dominion, 27 Feb. 40, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Formations/I/2.

17. "Notes on Conference held at Treasury, Whitehall, 1500 hours, 26 April 1940", by Maj.-Gen. H.D.G. Crerar in Visit of the Minister of National Defence to England, April-May 1940, M.S. Papers.

18. External to Dominion, 10 May 40, C.M.H.Q. file 1/2 Div/I.

19. H.S.Q. 20-1-3, vol. I.

20. Ibid.

21. Canada Year Book, 1942, 746.

22. Copy on C.M.H.Q. file 1/Co-Op/1/2.

23. External to Dominion, 23 May 40, H.Q.S. 20-1-3.

24. H.Q.S. 20-1-3-E.

25. Orders to mobilize various units, 24 and 30 May, H.Q.S. 20-40-3.

26. External Affairs to High Commissioner in Great Britain, 23 May 40, M.S. Papers, vol. 2.

27. High Commissioner in Great Britain to External Affairs 25 May 40, ibid., Vol. 1.

28. Statement of Mr. Rogers, Debates, House of Commons, Vol. I, 1940, 221.

29. Statement of Mr. Rogers, 23 May 40, ibid., 192-3.

30. "Intelligence SUmmary No. 26", to Defensor, 29 May 40, M.S. Papers, vol. I.

31. Statistics furnished by Director of War Service Records, D.V.A., November 1951.

32. C.A.S.F. Routine Order 795, 21 Nov 40.

33. W.Ds., H.Q. 11th Inf. Bde., 7th and 8th Inf. Bdes,. October 1940.

34. W.Ds., H.Q. 11th Inf. Bde., December 1940 (cf. C.A.S.F. Routine Order No. 901, 29 Jan 41); H.Q. 12th Inf. Bde., January 1941; H.Q. 10th Inf. Bde,. March 1941.

35. Canadian Army Routine Order 1195, 6 Aug 41.

36. Documents on H.Q.S. 22-4-4-E, vol. 1.

37. Copy of Telegram Org 503, 28 Jun 40, W.D., Royal Rifles of Canada, June 1940.

38. Documents on H.Q.S. 3498-12, vol. 1.

39. Statutes 4 George VI, Chaps. 1 and 21.

40. Mr. C.G. Power to the writer, 1 Apr 53.

41. Ibid.

42. P.C. 4737, 13 Sep 40. Power to the writer, 1 Apr 53.

43. Minister to C.G.S., 16 Sep 40; C.G.S. to Minister, 17 Oct 40, approved 18 Oct 40, H.Q.S. 8689-1.

44. 4 George VI, Chap. 13.

45. W.K. Hancock and M.M. Gowing, British War Economy (HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERIES) (London, 1949), 85.

46. Documents in H.Q.S. 5740, vol. 1.

47. Documents in H.Q.S. 8349.

48. H.Q.S. 20-1-17.

49. Ibid.

50. Ibid.

51. Canmilitry to Defensor, 16 Jun 40, ibid.

52. Ibid.

53. C.G.S. to Minister, 26 Jun 40; External to Dominion, 27 Jun 40, ibid.

54. Ibid.

55. Ibid.

56. Ibid.

57. Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War: Their Finest Hour (Toronto, 1949), 268. Cf. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., July 1940, Appendix XLIII.

58. Note by McNaughton on Canmilitry Tel. GS 707, 5 Jul 40. First Cdn Army file 1/175(G).

59. W.D., Royal Regiment of Canada, June 1940.

60. AALABASTER Force [Iceland] to War Office, 9 Jul 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/Iceland/1/3.

61. W.D., H.Q. "Z" Force, October 1940.

62. W.D., A.&Q., H.Q. 2nd Div., December, 1940.

63. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 1/Fin Can U.K./1 and 1 Fin Can U.K./1/2. Cf. memorandum 'Constitution of Canadian Corps" by Brig. M.A. Pope, W.D., G.S., C.M.H.Q., December 1940, Appendix "E".

64. Canadian Corps "Special Secret Routine Order", 25 Dec 40, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Formations/4/4.

65. Canadian Army Routine Order 593, 31 Jul 40. Tel. Massey to External, for Skelton from McNaughton, 29 Jun 40, in 1940 papers filed with personal W.D., Gen. McNaughton, January 1942.

66. Memorandum "Canadian Army Programme for 1941", 24 Sep. 40, and "Appreciation", 25 Sep 40.

67. "Appreciation", 25 Sep 40.

68. H.Q.S. 20-1-7, vol. 1.

69. W.D., H.Q. 1st Armd. Bde., October 1940.

70. "The Canadian Army", H.Q.S. 8675.

71. Various references in memoranda of 24 and 25 Sep 40, note 66 above.

72. "Appreciation", 25 Sep 40.

73. "Canadian Army Programme for 1941", 24 Sep 40.

74. P.C. 6645, Proclamations and Orders in Council, vol. 3, 148.

75. "Conclusions reached at meeting held at the War Office, on Tuesday, 17th December, 1940: (Annex I to "Note of Meeting held in the War Office . . . on Thursday, 2nd January, 1941", C.M.H.Q. file 1/Conf/10).

76. Churchill, Their Finest Hour, 462.

77. "Note of Meeting . . . 2nd January, 1941", note 75 above.

78. Ibid.

79. Ibid.

80. Cable Min. 40, Ralston to Prime Minister and Power, 5 Jan 41, copy on H.Q.S. 8675.

81. Crerar to McNaughton, 4 Mar 41, McNaughton file CC7/Crerar/6.

82. W.D., H.Q. 1st Army Tank Bde., February, March, June, 1941. Cf, "A Brief History of 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, February 1941-June 1943", prepared by the Brigade, 29 Jun 43.

83. Report No. 43 of Historical Officer, C.M.H.Q., 15 Aug 41. W.D., H.Q. 7th Inf. Bde., 1 Sep 41.

84. Canadian Army Routine Order 993, 22 Mar 41.

85. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 9/5 Armd Div/1.

86. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-1-4, vol. 1; H.Q.S. 20-1-7, vol. 1; H.Q.S. 20-4-7.

87. "Appreciation: The Nature of the Canadian Army Effort Mid-Summer 1941 to Spring 1942" by Maj.-Gen. Crerar, 18 May 41 (copy in Hist Sec). Ministerial authority for reconstitution of 4th Division, 10 May 41, H.Q.S. 20-1-4, vol. 1.

88. General Order 135/41.

89. Information from Directorate of Supplies and Transport, A.H.Q.

90. Report No. 54 of Historical Officer, C.M.H.Q., 30 Nov 41.

91. Statistics from A.G. (Stats), C.M.H.Q.

92. McNaughton Papers, file CC7/Crerar/6.

93. McNaughton to Crerar, 11 Sep 41, ibid.

94. Crerar to the Minister, 29 Sep 41, H.Q.S. 20-1, vol. 1.

95. Brig. E. L. M. Bums to Turner, 30 Jul 41, ibid.

96. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 42/Min N.D./1.

97. C.M.H.Q. file 1/Formations/4/6.

98. H.Q.S. 20-19, vol. 3.

99. Tel. No. 2496, Dominion to External, for Ralston from McNaughton, 27 Dec 41, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1. Cf. memorandum of conference on McNaughton file PA 5-3-2.

100. From Ralston to McNaughton, 30 Dec 41, H.Q.S. 20-1, vol. 1.

101. Brooke to McNaughton (handwritten), 7 Jan 42, McNaughton file PA 5-3-2.

102. Report of the Labour Supply Investigation Committee to the Labour Co-Ordination Committee, Ottawa, October, 1941, 157.

103. Memoranda of interviews, Lt.-Gen. McNaughton's personal War Diary, March 1942. See extracts in C. P. Stacey, The Canadian Army, 1939-1945 (Ottawa, 1948), 47.

104. Memorandum of meeting in Gen. McNaughton's office, 3 Apr 42, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1.

105. Notes of Conference with C.G.S. at C.M.H.Q., 3 Aug 42, C.M.H.Q. file 1/ Conf/ 10/3.

106. General Order 281/43. Canadian Army Overseas Routine Order 3035, 22 Jan 43.

107. W.Ds., Irish Regiment of Canada and Princess Louise Fusiliers, November 1942. Programme for conversion of Division to armour, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 4th Div., February 1942, Appendix 53. On Ram tanks, W.D., 21st Armd. Regt., 8 Apr 42.

108. General Order 132/42.

109. Tel. GS 1998, Canmilitry to Defensor, 12 Jun 42, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1.

110. Memorandum by McNaughton, 26 Oct 42, McNaughton personal War Diary, October 1942.

111. "D.S.D.'s Notes regarding Proposed Composition of Canadian Forces", C.M.H.Q. file l/Cdn Army/ 1.

112. C.M.H.Q. letter 1/Cdn Army/2 (S.D. 1), 15 Aug 42.

113. Memorandum by McNaughton, 20 Nov 42, McNaughton personal War Diary, November 1942.

114. Tel. CGS 615, Defensor to Canmilitry, H.Q.S. 201, vol. 5.

115. Tels. GS 3941, Canmilitry to Defensor, 21 Nov 42, and CGS 643, Defensor to Canmilitry, 25 Nov 42, C.M.H.Q. file 1/ Cdn Army/1/2.

116. Tel. GS 3890, Canmilitry to Defensor, 17 Nov 42, ibid.

117. Tel. GS 3941, note 115 above. Cf. memorandum 20 Nov 42, note 113 above.

118. Tel. GS 4182, Canmilitry to Defensor, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1/2.

119. Tel. GS 4221, same to same, ibid.

120. Note 118, above.

121. Tel. CGS 697, Defensor to Canmilitry, 26 Dec 42, ibid.

122. Tel. GS 4221, note 119, above.

123. Rodger to Senior Combatant Officer, Cdn Army Overseas, 27 Mar 43, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1/3; Memorandum by Personal Assistant to G.O.C.-in-C., First Cdn Army, 6 Apr 43, ibid.

124. H.Q.S. 20-1, vol. 16.

125. C.G.S. letter to A.G., Q.M.G., and M.G.O., 7 Jan 43, ibid.

126. C.G.S. to C.M.H.Q., 7 Aug 44, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/1/5.

127. Documents on C.M.H.Q. files 1/Cdn Army/1/3 and 1/Org C.A.C./1.

128. Tel. GS 1502, Canmilitry to Defensor, 26 Jun 43, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Cdn Army/ 1/3.

129. Documents on C.M.H.Q. files 1/Para Tps/1 and 6/1 Para Bn/1. H.Q.S. 8846-1, vols. 5 and 11.

130. 130. W.D., 1st Parachute Bn., July, August, 1943.

131. Lt.-Col. R. D. Burhans, The First Special Service Force, A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944 (Washington, 1947), Chap. I. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-1-32, vol. 1.

132. J. de N. Kennedy, History of the Department of Munitions and Supply (2 vols., Ottawa, 1950), pp, 60-61; W. Eggleston, Scientists at War (Toronto, 1950), 97100; G. M. Barnes, Weapons of World War II (N.Y., 1947), 288-9.

133. "Memorandum-For File" by Col. Ralston, 27 Jun 42, and Minute by Ralston, 14 Jul 42, on C.G.S. to Minister, 11 Jul 42, H.Q.S. 20-4-32, vol. 1.

134. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-4-32, vol. 1.

135. Table of organization, 5 Jul 42, ibid.

136. Burhans, First Special Service Force, 15n.

137. Maj.-Gen. R. T. Frederick to Deputy Director Historical Section, May 1946, H.Q.C. 1453-11.

138. Military Attaché, Washington, to Defensor, 6 Aug 42, H.Q.S. 20-4-32, vol. 1.

139. Ralston to C.G.S., 14 Apr 43, H.Q.S. 20 1-32, vol. 1.

140. Approved submission, C.G.S. to Minister, 28 May 43, ibid.

141. Burhans, 22.

142. McQueen to C.G.S., 8 Oct 42, H.Q.S. 20-4-32, vol. 1. Cf. Burhans, 35-7.

143. McNarney to Pope, 13 Nov 42, H.Q.S. 20-2-32.

144. Treasury Board minute P.C. 76/3711, 5 May 43, H.Q.S. 20-1-32, vol. 1.

145. W.D., 1st Cdn Special Service Bn., 30 Oct 42. Calculations, 5 Sep 42, on office file B.D.F. S.D. 3-5-6, N.D.H.Q.

146. Frederick to Pope, 19 Jan 43, H.Q.S. 201-32, vol. 1.

147. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-4-32, vol. 1. Ralston to C.G.S., 28 Oct 42, H.Q.S. 201-32, vol. 1.

148. "Activities of the First Canadian Special Service Battalion C.A.(A). from 1 November 44 to 9 January 45", H.Q.S. 2016-32, vol. 5.

149. "Note for File" by Lt. Col. W. A. B. Anderson, S.D. 1, 23 Jul 42, H.Q.S. 204-32, vol. 1.

150. P.C. 629, 26 Jan 43, H.Q.S. 20-1-32, vol. 1.

151. Sec. 49 (Manual of Military Law, 1929, 476-7). See, e.g., "Activities of The First Canadian Special Service Battalion from 1 October 44 to 31 October 44", H.Q.S. 20-16-32, vol. 5.

152. Canadian Army Overseas Routine Order 5941, 4 Jul 45.

153. Ibid.