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− | a.q.s. 4-25.
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− | 8. MARCHING OUT STATE
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− | It is absolutely imperative that a Marching Out State showing the number of Officers, Other Ranks, Animals, 4 wheeled vehicles, 2 wheeled vehicles and bicycles entraining with the unit be sent to the Station 1/2 hour before the advance portion of each unit and handed to the R.T.O.
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− | 9. WATER - Water carts will be filled before entrainment.
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− | 10. BREAST ROPES - Breast ropes for horse trucks are to be provided by units. Ropes for lashing vehicles on flat trucks are provided by the Railway. Heel ropes will serve as Breast ropes.
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− | 11. BRAKE VAN - No personnel or stores will be allowed in the Brake Van at the end of each train.
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− | 12. AUTHORITY OF RTO - Any instructions given by the RTO with regard to entraining or detraining must be obeyed by all ranks.
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− | 13. WORKING PARTIES - Entraining working parties of at least 50 men will be found as follow:
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− | At BOVES by 5th Battalion, Canadian Engineers.
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− | At LONGEAU by No. 2 Company, 2nd Batallion, C.N.G.C.
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− | Os. C. parties will report to the Entraining Staff Officer and RTO at time of arrival of first transport.
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− | Detraining parties, as required by RTOs will be found from units on the 2nd personnel train to arrive at the station and will remain until the station is cleared.
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− | 14. NEW AREA - It will be absolutely impossible to despatch billeting parties. At present no instructions can be given as to the concentration of the Division in the New Area.
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− | 15. ACKNOWLEDGE.
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− | R.J. Montague
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− | Lieut-Colonel.
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− | AS & QRO
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− | 2nd Canadian Division
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− | 19-8-18
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− | Marching out state
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− | BC Archives, MS-2879, Box 83, File 1
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− | CREASE FAMILY,
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− | "Diary of the War", diary and scrapbook of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915-1919.
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