. Companies "A" Company (Manitoba) Source: "B" Company (Saskatchewan) This company was primarily composed of students from the University of Saskatchewan and Brandon College. After the President of the University of Saskatchewan approved the formation of "B" Company in January 1916, a recruiting office was opened in the student residence Qu'Appelle Hall. By 1 May 1916, the three platoons from the University of Saskatchewan were filled. Meanwhile, recruiting for Brandon College's platoon began in early March and was led by Lieutenant Evans, who was Principle of the school's academic department. Initial training took place on their respective school grounds, following a syllabus outlined by battalion headquarters staff in Winnipeg. In May 1916, the men of "B" Company were gathered in the University of Saskatchewan's Convocation Hall and informed that Sergeant Bateman, who was deployed "somewhere in France" with the 28th battalion, would return to Canada and be promoted to major to become their company's commanding officer. Bateman was previously a professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, but left his job in 1914 to enlist in the army. "B" Company arrived in Camp Hughes on 4 and 5 June 1916. "C" Company (Alberta) Recruiting for "C" Company began on 14 February 1916, when 20 men enlisted. Due to the school's small size, with less than 500 students and staff altogether as of 1914, the University of Alberta looked beyond its students and staff for potential recruits. Advertisements were placed in newspapers across Alberta advertising the chance for professionals to enlist in "C" Company; aside from students and staff from the university, it also attracted engineers, bank clerks, students from Camrose Normal School, and other educated professionals. Students in grade 12 could receive a full year's credit by enlisting, so long as their teacher recommended them. Soon before they left the University of Alberta in spring 1916, the men of "C" Company filled the school's Convocation Hall to see their captain, H.J. Macleod, who was formerly a member of the school's Physics Department, receive his Master's in Science. During this ceremony, they were given parting speeches from some school administrators. "C" Company arrived in Camp Hughes on 24 June 1916. Between 1917 and 1918, 240 former members of "C" Company were killed or wounded on the Western Front. "D" Company (British Columbia) The recruits for "D" Company were billeted at the University of British Columbia, in a building where the