Sir Samuel Hughes, teacher, solider, journalist and politician born on January, 8, 1853 represented Canada as a minister of militia and defence from 1911 to 1916. Sam was a man of great abilities and made very important contributions in the war. However, there were some things that Sam wasn’t responsible, organized, and a very inconsiderate person that cost him his position. Now these are the tree main reasons why Sir Borden’s decision to demote Hughes was the correct one
Hughes was responsible for providing his Canadian soldiers with the proper equipment in the battlefields. The most troubling weapon that Hughes contributed was the Ross rifle. This weapon was used by the Canadian soldiers in the beginning of the First World War. It was supposed