British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Proclamation Drill Hall Day - September 30, 2001 (O.C. 839/2001)

O.C. 839/2001

British Columbia — Orders in Council

Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations p 1 •in Execu em the e Council PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council-No. 839 , Approved and Ordered SEP 1 Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

WHEREAS the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) is the senior Regiment of the Province, having originated on October 12, 1883; and

WHEREAS the Beatty Street Drill Hall in Vancouver has been the home and headquarters of the British Columbia Regiment since 1901, when the building was opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York on September th of that year; and

WHEREAS the Drill Flail is the oldest building in Vancouver still engaged in its original purpose, as the training centre for 35,000 young British Columbia volunteers who served either at home or overseas from the Boer War to Kosovo; and

WHEREAS the other great regiments of British Columbia, like the Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment) and the Sea forth Ifighlanders of Canada, were founded in the Drill Hall, and

WHEREAS the Drill Hall reflects the history and the life and times of Vancouver and British Columbia, and is in constant use for non-military as well as military purposes within the community, and WHER EAS the Drill Hall is a key security centre in support of civil authorities and in the event of a natural disaster, and

WHEREAS the Province recognizes and supports the role of the Reserve Force and the contributions that reservists make to Canada's defence and to their communities, and wishes in particular to salute the Beatty Street Drill Hall on its centennial; A Proclamation he issued designating September 30, 2001, as "Drill Hall Day" in British Columbia. (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Other (specify): Prerogative

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 839/2001
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0839 2001
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	7e15c51d24668d6db3bc4e9a129cc8741de1a353

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