26 - Wednesday, September 10, 1986 ~ North Shore News Lifestyles Ceremony marks militia unit’s anniversary From Page 25 Estates and in 1905 was commis- sioned in the Canadian army. By the spring of 1912 his fledgl- ing unit had enrolled its first 30 sappers (the traditional name for army engineers) and in 1915 they completed the construction of the present armory. During the First World War, the building was used as a recruiting centre and over 4,000 men were mustered; 3,827 of them being