141, as the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC), on November 1, 1901.

Initially, the CASC consisted of four companies to support the Active Militia units (No.

The Permanent Component of the CASC was created under General Order 21 of December 1903[5] and the corps grew quickly, doubling the number of units by 1903, and growing by another three companies by 1905.

[6] At the same time the Non-permanent CASC was increased with additional companies being formed at No.

Motorized transportation also resulted in expanded responsibilities such as driving ambulances and engineer pontoon vehicles, carrying all natures of ammunition, and mobile repair and recovery.

In recognition of the services rendered during the Great War, His Majesty King George V authorized the designator “Royal” in 1919.

[6] The RCASC, along with the rest of the Army, underwent a rapid expansion as Canada mobilized for the Second World War.

In addition to maintaining transport for the army on land, the RCASC also commanded and maintained a ship-borne freight and patrol company, the Pacific Command Water Transport Company, during World War II.

They did so with a variety of vehicles ranging from three- to ten-ton trucks, and forty-ton tank transporters.

The following is a list featuring the organization of RCASC bands in the past:[11] The Calgary units of the RCASC formed a band in 1932, with its first public performance was being on 12 March 1933 at Strand theatre.

The latter was dissolved at the end of the war and a new RCASC band was organized by George Bealing in 1948.

[13] On 2 September 1939, the RCASC Trumpet Band marched through the streets of Ottawa with accompanying placards that were designed to recruit Canadian volunteers following the declaration of war on Nazi Germany.

In 1955, the army forbade the band from performing at a civilian function in Toronto.

As a result, the band made the decision to remove itself from the army order of battle and become a civilian group.