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The train from Halifax 
arrived in the North Toronto Station at 8 p.m. and George emerged with
his fellow soldiers. From there George's battalion, the 4th Canadian Mounted
Rifles, marched downtown for their final dismissal:
"Thousands of relatives crowded the station, throngs lined the streets
and swelled the Armouries, making one of the greatest ovations which the
city ever witnessed. The Battalion with difficulty formed up on Yonge Street,
wearing their steel helmets and war regalia and marched in column-of-route
to Bloor Street, through Queen's Park to the Armouries [above Queen St.
on University Ave.]. In front of the Parliament Buildings, Brigadier-General
J. Gunn, Commanding Military District No. 2, was waiting with his staff
and other officials on a saluting base and for the last time the battalion
gave 'eyes left.'"
Final march of the 4th
George was 'struck off strength' on March 26th, after exactly 13 months
spent with the 4th C.M.R., and 22 months total overseas. |
