{"id":114,"date":"2014-07-15T16:29:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T16:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2015-03-02T17:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T17:58:57","slug":"training-at-valcartier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/history\/going-to-war\/canada-enters-the-war\/training-at-valcartier\/","title":{"rendered":"Training at Valcartier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Valcartier, Quebec was the primary training base for the First Canadian Contingent in 1914.<\/p>\n<h2>Sam Hughes and Valcartier<\/h2>\n<p>Minister of Militia and Defence Sam Hughes, a powerful and controversial figure, drove Canadian mobilization during the first three years of war.<\/p>\n<p>On 10 August 1914, the government established the strength of the First Canadian Contingent for overseas service at 25,000, the figure requested by London. Hughes, eager to lead and coordinate personally a speedy call-up, chose to forgo the established mobilization plan and issued a more direct call to arms. Men from all classes and ages rushed to enlist at armories and militia bases across the country. They all traveled to a single, hastily prepared camp at Valcartier for equipment, training, and preparation for war. Eventually, the camp held over 35,000 troops.<\/p>\n<h3>Keep exploring with these topics:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related\">\n<li><a href=\"\/firstworldwar\/history\/life-at-the-front\/military-structure\/the-canadian-expeditionary-force\/\">Canadian Expeditionary Force<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/firstworldwar\/history\/people\/canadian-leaders\/\">Sir Sam Hughes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/firstworldwar\/history\/battles-and-fighting\/air-war\/air-training-in-canada\/\">Air Training in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valcartier, Quebec was the primary training base for the First Canadian Contingent in 1914. Sam Hughes and Valcartier Minister of Militia and Defence Sam Hughes, a powerful and controversial figure, drove Canadian mobilization during the first three years of war. On 10 August 1914, the government established the strength of the First Canadian Contingent for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3125,"parent":103,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"single-history.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3256,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions\/3256"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}