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Meanwhile other trials and tests v~ere taking place. ln order to maintain a five-day infantry exercise called Button, made in the Button Bay region, a supply point was established by tractor train in the area, and supplies and equipment were issued; the re-supply was carried out by tractor train from Fort Churchill. ln addition amIJlunition for field artillery trials was moved, and general transport commitments, such as transportation of pre-fabricated buildings and stores, were carried out by tractor train in the Fort Churchill area. The 1947-8 trials and exercises provided the Corps with a nucleus of trained personnel and proved that it was feasible to employ tractor trains in the establishment of a line of communication in northern winter operations. It was considered advisable to continue and advance the training of this specialist group and to expand tractor train operations during the winter of 1948-9. ln order to facilitate training and to permit the concentration of adequate tradesmen for larger exercises and operations, a new Arctic Platoon was added to 23 Transport Company R.C.A.S.C. and the company was given the responsibility of any R.C.A.S.C. northern operation. The AI'ctic Platoon is completely self-contained: welders, blacksmiths, carpenters, and diesel mechanics ensure repair and maintenance both at base and on the trail; cooks and clerks are also included, the latter to keep complete records and shipping vouchers for aIl stores and equipment transported. This platoon fitted in very weIl, as 23 Transport Company already had a standard transport platoon for the movement of stores and equipment from depots to railways or air terminaIs, and an air supply platoon for supply operations from rear or forward air heads and for the establishment of an emergency air supply unit at any base from which the tractor trains were operating. The reorganizing of the company was completed and aIl personnel of the 1947-8 trials team, with added R.C.A.S.C. and R.C.E.M.E. personnel who had been selected for 1948-9 winter operations, attended an extensive course on the maintenance and repair of tractors at the Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A. The R.C.A.S.C. Maintenance Detachment (tractor train) operating from Fort Churchill during the winter of 1948-9 was responsible for supply points for small exercises and the cross-country transport of stores and equipment such as had been carried out during the previous year. It also
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Total mileage of Algerine on passag
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The C.D. Howe arrived off Resolutio
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