Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 1, 1942, p. 6

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rryttt bar shoau titcnrndou enthusiasm tn ihi undrr- taxlng brrrto dub and all ipr of canadian r and prt- tate titlarn arr planning for a girst for the army entertaining bs tn their homes at thr clubs and us club mfrtlnca vldting campa and bringing to thr soldiers auurancr tnat canada u back of thrm and while these mm in canada arr bring booofrd the mm at thr out post tn jamaica and nrvfoundland and lavbrador and thr ton ol can- ada over lio000 at ran a who i-enrt- rot this country in england arm not br forgourn tnr endurance the fortitude thr industry and oouragv of thrse toldlrrs u worthy ol rcry act of interest and toucuudr ahlch can br shown canada is proud of them omrmlly when training la tatted about one thinks of rtlvs and brm guns and tommy gum and trench mortar and antitank rtflra and gas masks and universal earner and map reading and field worn and mus ketry and all these physical thing that have to be learned by a cana dian soldier there has been a tremendous in crease tn technical proficiency in the army there art ovr 40 different trades and not only do the mechanl aed units require tradesmen but the armored formations call tor about u per cent of iklllrd men r its highly hsjued on the technical and physical side if he really knar his ob the sol dier has to be about as highly skill ed as any member of the fujhung forcea and for allround qualifications he dorint uke his hat oh to anyone under army administration right no there are 36 basic training cen tres and 23 advanced training ccntrm including those for armorvd corn artillery engine ring mgnalllnff in fantry army service corps ordnance medical machine gun and mnall arms then there are three special trade school one of thrm teaching about 40 trades a mechanic a trade hchocu and a driving and maintenance school there is a junior leaders school and a school of army administration and the canadian datue drill train ing centre and that daetnt include the facilities for training officers there are two big officers training centres one at orockville out and one at oordon head in british col umbia with u combined present ca pacity of 1800 instruction and plann ed for expansion to 3000 and there art- t he junior wur stuff course the senior officers courte and the com pany commanders course operating in kingston igoooo men per year for the last few months cunudu hits been taking into training centres at least 15000 men a month which is at the rate of 180000 a y ar in muy citiiada put into truiniim cen tres counting those enlisting and tha e called up no lev than lltkh nun thoji men are taught more than the use of weapons they are tauuht use ful skills and trades and things of the mind and of the heart as well neatness orderliness pride tn than- aelvi idependcnoe lnluaure re sourcefulness the ability to mate something else do if they cant ctt thy exact thing they wont j they are taught leadership end above all they are taught reaponal- 1 blltty to others and that each man is hi brothers keeper i they arc men to be proud of these men of the canadian army and u lift fitting that an gaud tbatha hot- or them during army week zumr of general staff at 81 camp bobden open to public july lit on july lit 1043 camp borden 1 belns opened to tho publlb to htlq ceelbratc army week there will be field and track events beaut oonteat to select miss oamp borden 1043 and many other attrao tlons it is iully expected that one ol hollywoods most famous personalities mil be present on this day and tt would be greatly appreciated u you will be good enough to gtm this treat day your support the damp will be open mm 10 evtock in u moraine- until 0 owook at nujbt and every effort to bctaf fftade to make this tha greatest day tn the history of canadas largest camp luulotatnl knntu stuart at 91 yrara of tn u chlrt of the rrrorral ilsij canadian army llraaqviaxuri otuwa oowral buvart nu mtnt- 1- taarn umpcrary cxnmand of the paculc rut nrr be u ooniolklat- lug thr trut nrtaork of 0frnc fl cunadao rtrm omut look out alolf here he comes symbollilna the offensive ipliit nf tho canadian soldier this drawing by oront maodonald toronto arum shows an infantryman with n 8ten rnrtrine at the flbbttnir position the new stn nubmachine run now brlna manufactured in canada can be fir ed from the shoulder or the hip and ia well adapted for lifte by shock troops and paratroopa ten sugbtly underweight who loin tho canadian amy usual gain from astssn to ten pounds within the first few months of aerrtoe 4 obair a hi wmmaj ww wmnl vsw aassvb bhssi iswpasawmssi iwt a letter from cot the hon j l ralston h tit s fc v to tha citizens or canada 0tcuu zt fiaa baon deoldad to sark tha pariod faca june eotb to july 9tn ims aa afar vealc tna purpoaa la to glwa tba poplo of canada as opportunity of asp ra be ing tbalr prlda in tha canadian aray jmd nonourlna tba 0n- tlaoan in battladrasa tba buralng olatera and tba uaabara of tha canadian vosana aray oorpa our lag aray ak oltleana will baa an unusual opportunity of aaalng tba any at work eaeb day baa baan at aalde for aoaa apaelflo purpoaa monday juna 9tb for lnatanoa baa baan cada soldiers day wben tha publle will be invited to sand gift a and paroela to tba nan overseas and wben tbey oan entertain tbe sen at danoee and other apaolal entertalnmenta tba next day juna sotb la clvlllana day when olwlllana will be asked to prepare seals on a food ra tion eyatea and reataurants will sarre seals identical to tboae served to canadian soldiers on dominion day there will be garrison parades and apaolal allltary demonstrations tbe cnd 3rd and 4tb of july will eaually be devoted to enabling canadians to learn at flrat band various phases of aray ao- tlwltlaa any weak anil wind up on sunday july otn wdsd the publlo will be invited to attend oburob aarvloea in army earaps and barraoka and apaolal prayers will ba offered for tbe meabers of tbe aimed roreea on that day oaapa will be open to tbe publlo and demonstrations and dleplaye of barraoka and oaopa will be arranged aa ulnlater of rational dafenoe i aa intent ly proud of tbe man and woaen in khaki and of tbe woaer u nursing serrloa blue who are earring canada i as tur t ay fellow canadians feel juat as i do i extend a moa dial invitation to all of you to ezpreaa tbla well jeuoioj appreolatlon by joining in tbe eventa of urnj vovn tour a very truly jjl three valentine tanks put thru their paces cuvlng an impression of immense power these valentine tanks of the ryndin armoured corns are put through reallsuo pases at camp nor- in top photo a steel monster through a dense smoko screen ready u it were the real thing to pour a withering fire into the enemy bottom photo illus trates three valentines advancing across open terrain one tank has just fired its turret guns in an ac tual tank battle it would hardly ba ncccuory to use smoke bombs laiwi numbers of tanks create so mtttss smoke themselves that it is often ost- flcult to recognlre friend from foa me sth canadian tarmoured di vision now overseas contains power ful armoured brigades and a support- group of artillery infantry and csf the canadian startstry corps has established lumber mills throughout the symm fttgh and in many of them la turning out more than fifteen thousand board feet of lum ber per day at the beginning of the war canada had a permanent force consisting at only 4jj00 men prom this tiny fours- datjon the vast organisation that tt now the canadian active army wis built up

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