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GENERAL INDEX 45Debartzch, Pierre Dominique. Favours Papineaus mission against union scheme, 15 110 ;withdraws his support, 3 312.DeBrisay, Thomas, lieutenant-governor ofPrince Edward Island (1769-84). Settlesimmigrants near Charlottetown, 13 358 ;taken prisoner by American privateers, 353.Decarie, Jeremie L. (b. 1870). Holds portfolios in Quebec provincial government, 15213 n.DeCelleS, Alfred D. (b. 1844). His monographs,12 460.Decelles, Maxime ( 1 849- 1 905 ).Roman Catholicbishop of St Hyacinthe (1901-5), 11 91.Declaration of London. Discussed and approved at Imperial Conference of 1911, 6194-6.DeCosmos, Amor (William Alexander Smith)(d. 1897), premier of British Columbia(1872-74). His first election contest, 21132 ;member of council of British Columbia,176 ;one of fathers of Confederation, 171 n. ;member of first legislative assembly, 180 ;and Sir James Douglas, 133 n. ; premier,183 ; resigns on abolition of dual representation, 184 ;and Island railway, 204-5 ;opposes Chinese immigration, 257, 258 ;his journalistic work and political services,130-1, 182-3.Deer Island, at eastern end of Lake Ontario.Fort Carleton constructed on, 4 532.Deer Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay. Grantof, made by authorities of Nova Scotia, 8769.Defence. Special Article :Defence (1812-1912), 7 379-468. French regime: difficulty of maintaining regular troops in colony,2 371 ;French regiments in Canada in 1756,1 248, 250 ;number of militia (1756), 248 ;strength at siege of Quebec, 282 ; troops tobe paid in specie, 2 522 ; duties and powersof capitaines de la milice, 573 ; position ofcaptains of militia after Capitulation ofMontreal, 4 428.British regime Relative rank of :regularsand militia, 1 239, 251, 271 ; ineffectivenessof British regulars in bush warfare, 241 ;French and British forces in 1756, 246-7 ;strength of British expedition againstQuebec, 278-9; mutiny at Quebec (1763),3 76 ; period of universal service, 7 379-86 ;menace of invasion, 379 ; stiffening of imperial troops, 379-80, 386 ;illustrated byWar of 1812, 380-6; provincial acts (1803,1808), 382-4 ; strength of regular garrison,382 ; strength and weakness of scheme of,385-7 ; number of imperial and Canadianregulars and militia in War of 1812, 3 209-210 ;militia s motives for fighting, 211-12 ;mobilizations during Rebellions of 1837, 7386-91 ; increasing population and stationarygarrison, 386-7 ;defects in organization andtraining, 387-8 ; unpopularity of musters,391 ; garrison kept on equality with UnitedStates standing army, 392 ; provincialrevenue and imperial military expenditures(1841-51), 392-3; troops in oversea possessions compared with total strength of army(1821, 1854, 1861), 393; withdrawal ofimperial troops and its results, 6 10, 7 423,427-8 ; commission of 1854, 396 ; act of1855, 396-8 ;cost of militia first undertakenby Canada, 5 135 ; growth of volunteerforce, 7 398-9 ; strength of militia (1857),399 ;reduced numbers of volunteers, 399 ;the Tache-Macdonald Minute (1861), 400;number of volunteers in 1862, 400 ; commission of 1862, 401-2 ;defects of volunteerforce, 400-1 ;defeat of Cartier-Macdonaldgovernment on, 403 ;acts of Macdonald-Sicotte ministry, 403-4 ; training of officers,404-5 ; military schools, 404-5 ;volunteermilitia, 405. During Fenian raids : mobilizations, 406-12 ;number of volunteersraised, 407 ; strategical points occupied,408 ;defects in distribution of forces duringattack on Fort Erie, 409-10 ;failure ofcommissariat and equipment services, 410-11,420. Of North Pacific during Crimean War,21 108 ;numbers in successive British expeditionary forces, 7 393-4 ; position atConfederation, 412-13, 421, 422 ; quota andenlistments in 1870, 422 ;annual campsestablished, 423 ; shrinkage in militia, 424-5 ;successive commanding officers, 425 ; opening of Kingston Royal Military College, 426 ;arsenal opened in Quebec, 426 ; permanentforce established, 426 ; infantry and cavalryschools, 426-7 ; associations, 427 ;defectsin arms a-nd deficiency in equipment, 428 ;Herbert s improvements, 428-9 ;militiare-armed, 429-30 ;in North-West Rebellion,430-5; Canada s attitude to, in 1887, 6 188;contingent at South African War, 7 436-42 ;Hutton s reforms, 436-7 ;detachment sentto Yukon, 437 ;increase in expenditureafter South African War, 442 ;Canadaassumes garrisoning of Halifax and Esquimalt,442 ;friction at headquarters, 443-4 ;subordination of military to civil authority,444; Militia Act of 1904, 444-5; Dundonald ssuppressed plan of, 445-7 ; reforms,447-8 ; system in 1912, 449-59 ; strength,organization, and distribution of forces(1912), 449-52; table showing war establishments (1902, 1912), 450-1 ;defects inequipment, 452-3 ; military stores required,454-6 ;lack of provision for reserve, 456-7 ;rifle clubs and their membership, 457 ;reserve of officers, 457 ; recent advancesmade, 458 ; problem of the recruit, 458 ;cadet system, 458-9 ; imperial organization,460-8 ;formation of Overseas Defence Committee, 460 ;colonial maintenance of forcesin imperial wars, 460-1 colonial ;representation on Committee of Imperial Defence, 462 ;Imperial General Staff, 462, 464-5, 467-8 ;Sir John French s report, 465-7 ; functionsof department of Militia and Defence, 6345-7.Nova Scotia : volunteer and militia enrolments (1861-65), 7 413-14 ; Mulgrave sreport and reorganization of militia, 413-17 ;a foreshadowing of Kitchener s scheme, 417-418 ; during Fenian alarms (I860), 420.New Brunswick :early militia acts and