He was given the rank of Major in the American Army and raised a Company of Canadian Volunteers consisting of expatriate Canadians (mostly recent immigrants from the States) fighting on the American side.
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They also sponsored the publication of The Militant Tradition – Commemorating Canadian Volunteers of the International Brigades, a short text about North American involvement in the Spanish Civil War.