The Non-Permanent Active Militia ( NPAM ) was the military reserve force of Canada from 1855 to 1940. It was composed of several dozen infantry battalions (redesignated as regiments in 1900) and cavalry regiments. After the withdrawal of British forces from Canada during the turn of the 20th century, supporting corps were created in Canada as part of both the PAM and the NPAM.
6-739: The Irish Canadian Rangers were an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army ). In 1936, the regiment was disbanded as a result of a country wide reorganization of the Canadian Militia. First authorized on 29 August 1914 as the 55th Regiment in Montreal, Quebec . It recruited primarily from Montreal's Irish community where along with
12-690: A unique set of perpetuations, whereby the reorganized NPAM carried on the traditions of both the CEF and the prewar Militia in the Canadian Militia . On the eve of World War II , NPAM had 5,272 officers, and 41,249 soldiers of all other ranks. In 1940, the NPAM was redesignated the Canadian Army (Reserve); following World War II it was re-designated the Canadian Army Reserve Force, then the Canadian Army (Militia), and finally became
18-467: The 55th Regiment. On 1 April 1920, it was Redesignated as The Irish Canadian Rangers as part of the 1920 Canadian Militia Reorganization following the Otter Commission . On 1 February 1936, The Irish Canadian Rangers were disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia Reorganization . Non-Permanent Active Militia The NPAM was established in 1855 by
24-532: The Militia Act passed by the Province of Canada. After Confederation in 1867, militia units of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were given three months to re-enrol in the militia of the new federation. At the beginning of the 20th century, NPAM did not provide Canada a standing army ready for immediate action, although it did provide the country the ability to mobilize a force should the need arise. In
30-632: The decade prior to the start of World War I , the nominal strength of NPAM increased from 36,000 to 55,000 soldiers. The NPAM did not mobilize during the First World War , though large drafts of NPAM men went into the field force created in 1914 for that conflict, the Canadian Expeditionary Force . Some CEF units adopted regimental traditions from NPAM units. Following the war, the Otter Committee created
36-474: The rest of the local militia provided home defence in the Montreal area. In the summer of 1915, the regiment would recruit an entire company for service with the newly raised 60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), CEF . Later that same year, the regiment was the prime recruiter for the newly raised 199th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force , of which most of the men recruited primarily came from
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