North Bay
North Bay was a sectoin point for three different railways, the Temiscaming and Northern Ontario Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the Canadian Pacific Railway. There was a proportionally large number of railway employees in the recruiting area. It has been suggested that the 228th was converted to a railway battalion because of the large proportion of railway men in the unit. It has also been suggested that the officer cadre of the 228th was drawn from railway professionals, for example civil engineers, managers, etc. This may have been the reason that the 228th was converted to railway troops. The sailing roll indicates that a large number of the officer's were 34th Ontario Regiment of the Canadian militia.
Lt-Col Earchman had some connection with both areas.
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