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REGISTRATION 



one man. To-day the size of a regiment varies 

 in the armies of different countries. 



In the United States army a cavalry regi- 

 ment consists of twelve troops organized into 

 three squadrons of four troops, each troop con- 

 sisting of about sixty-eight officers and men. 

 A captain commands such troops and squadrons 

 are commanded by a major; the regiment, 

 with total strength of 1,280, is commanded by 

 a colonel and lieutenant-colonel. 



Each regiment of infantry is divided into 

 twelve companies, organized into three bat- 

 talions of four companies each, with a maximum 

 of 3.755 men. A British regiment may have 

 two, three, or more battalions, each battalion 

 with full strength of 3,000 men, divided into 

 eight companies. Continental armies have 

 regiments of 1,000 or 1,100 men approximately, 

 divided into four or six companies. See ARMY, 

 page 380. 



REGINA, reji'na, SASKATCHEWAN, the capi- 

 tal of the province and one of the chief rail- 

 way and commercial centers of Western 

 Canada, is situated on the Canadian Pacific, 

 the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk 

 Pacific railways, and on Wascana Lake, 357 

 miles by rail west of Winnipeg and about 100 

 miles north of the United States boundary. 

 The streets are broad and well paved and the 

 city plan provides for residential and indus- 

 trial areas and for parks and playgrounds. 



Manufacturing and Wholesale District. Re- 

 gina possesses a unique feature seldom found 

 in large cities. When the city was laid out a 

 portion of the northern part of the site was 

 set aside for manufactories and warehouses. 

 The city has built and owns railway tracks 

 in this area, by means of which every factory 

 and warehouse can have freight cars brought 

 to its doors. This convenience has attracted 

 a number of large industrial firms to the city. 

 In this area are found grain elevators, flour 

 mills, foundries and machine shops, steel-wire 

 works, stockyards, agricultural implement ware- 

 houses and many other establishments. Regina 

 is one of the most important distributing cen- 

 ters in Canada and has the largest trade in 

 agricultural implements of any city in the Do- 

 minion. 



Public Buildings. The Parliament building 

 is by far the most imposing structure in the 

 city. It occupies a beautiful site of about 

 160 acres south of Wascana Lake. The build- 

 ing is of Tyndall stone, is 543 feet long and 

 227 feet wide and has a central dome 187 feet 

 high. No more dignified structure or one bet- 



ter adapted to legislative purposes can be 

 found in the Dominion. The municipal build- 

 ing is a beautiful and commodious structure 

 and an ornament to the city. Other buildings 

 worthy of note are the public library, the 

 union passenger station, the normal school, 

 the Collegiate Institute and the buildings of 

 the Anglican and Regina colleges. 



Parks and Playgrounds. Regina has over 250 

 acres of parks and a number of playgrounds 

 which contribute to the beauty of the city 

 and the pleasure of its inhabitants. Wascana 

 Park, with a frontage of about a quarter of a 

 mile on the lake, is the location of a large 

 boat club. The lake affords opportunity for 

 bathing and boating in summer and for skating 

 and hockey in winter. Victoria Park is at- 

 tractively laid out in walks, lawns and flower 

 beds. Dominion Park is used chiefly for ath- 

 letics, and Alexandra Park is fitted up for a 

 children's playground. Stanley Park forms an 

 appropriate frontage for the Union depot. 



Schools and Colleges. The public schools are 

 modern and of a high order of excellence. The 

 Provincial Normal School is devoted to the 

 training of teachers for the public schools. 

 The Anglican College, Regina College, the 

 Collegiate Institute and Anglican Ladies' Col- 

 lege are all located within the city and com- 

 bine to make Regina the educational center 

 of the province. 



Other Features. Regina is a city of beautiful 

 homes and substantial business blocks, and has 

 an extensive retail and wholesale trade. It is 

 the headquarters of the Royal Northwest 

 Mounted Police. It has large exposition 

 grounds where exhibitions are held annually, 

 and a winter Fair Building in which winter ex- 

 hibitions and sports are held. The public utili- 

 ties are owned and operated by the munici- 

 pality. 



History. The first settlement on the site of 

 the city was made in May, 1882, and the town 

 site was arranged jointly by the Canadian Pa- 

 cific Railway Company and the Dominion gov- 

 ernment. * The name Regina was conferred 

 upon the town site by Lord Lome when he was 

 Governor-General of Canada. Regina was in- 

 corporated as a city in 1903. Population, census 

 of 1916, 26,105. E.H.O. 



REGISTRATION (OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND 

 MARRIAGES). Nearly all countries require the 

 proper authorities to register all births, deaths 

 and marriages. Physicians are required to send 

 to the proper recording officer of the county 

 records of births and deaths, and clergymen 



