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Pacific Coast Militia Rangers continued from page 1 13 members of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers in uniform - 0431 .WVA.PHO I was in command of Company No. 2 and became Lieutenant John R. Gillmore, No. K504,296. Each volunteer had to equip himself with a heavy shirt, a waterproof jacket, Sou-wester Hat with a side brim pinned on one side, waterproof pants and heavy boots. All the clothing was dyed green. A rifle was essential until such time as the government could supply an army issue. Most of the volunteers were too old for active service, but there were a a number of young men who had not been conscripted because they were in essential services. For some, their exemption necessitated their enrolment in a reserve unit so they could be trained if a home emergency should arise. The P.C.M.R. qualified recently for such young men. At our inception, our duties (as laid out by the regular army) were to train as guerrillas, to become familiar with our mountainous terrain and to be prepared in case of a surprise enemy attack to act as a diversionary holding force until the regular army arrived. Our territory was from Capilano River to Britannia Beach. Other units were quickly formed along the entire B.C. coast. Our training was on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and from 8:00 o'clock on Sunday mornings until our mission for that day was completed. On the week-day nights, we received training in machine guns, morse code, camouflage, commando tactics and forest survival. Sundays were for field manoeuvres, trail making, etc. At that time, Sentinel Hill was not populated, the British Properties were only a plan on a map and the only road above Mathers was an old rough logging trail halfway up Hollyburn Ridge from the top of 25th. We constructed trails at two levels across the entire ridge from Capilano to Horseshoe Bay. Our first major job was to build a rifle range. We did this in what is now Moyne Drive which was then reached over a rough road, Rabbit Lane. By May we had this range I, page 4