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---------_' _ A. i U- _.' _ du",. gm 'il: IL" SATURDAY; FEBRUAg. (lf,! 1915. f. - ._. _ -V L' '"dEa.SiiiiErir5"-',s" -"----. q twp? v.,,tl\.',"i.- a 'ii' f "A i V i "1' Legislature Sends Message to l the Ontario Brigade i 'Reclprocity in Medical Registration l Wins otttr-Amendrnent to Mort- gage Aet-Seope of Seed Grain Bill to be Widened. Before adjournment yesterday at- ternoon the Ontario Legislature took time to record on the journals of the House its recognition of the fact that' the Ontario brigade with the first overseas contingent had been in ac- tion for the first time recently and discharged themselves with credit to this country. The matter was brought to the attention of the House by Mr.' N. W. Rowen, who pointed out iii) .according to the press despatchesI there was no doubt that the brigade had been in action. It was the first instance when troops had gone ont from Canada and the Province tof take part in a conflict on the contin- l ent ot Europe, particularly a conflict' of such worldrwide significance as this. " submit, Mr. Speaker, it is a matter of great historic interest, and we would do well to recognize it on the floor of this Legislature. I would therefore suggest, with the ap- proval ot the Prime Minister, that we ' should recognize this important his- toric event by putting some minute on the Journals of this Home. and that, further, either his Honor the Lieu- tenant-Governor or you, as Speaker of the House, be asked to converter Col. Mercer, Commandant of the On- tario Brigade, the congratulations of this Assembly for the manner in which the Ontario Brigade acquitted itself in its first engagement." Extend Sympathy to Bereaved. Mr. Rowen concluded by saying that the sympathies of all would go out to those who were wounded, and it there were any fatalities. "we sym- pathize with the relatives of those who have fallen on the field, who are freely giving themselves in the high- eat and greatest cause in which armies have ever been engaged." The Premier said: "It gives me great pleasure, sir, to move that we extend to the Colonel in charge of the Ontario Brigade our appreciation of their gallant action under fire and our general apprecia- tion of what they are dmg for us in the present great struggle. I am sure that they have acted as every honor- able member of this House expected they would. I.have never had any doubt in my mind that the men. from Canada would prove themselves worthy of the best traditions of the British Empire, worthy of what Brit- ish soldiers have. .stood for in days gone by. worthy of/this blessed'land 'of the Maple Leaf which gave them birth. My honor1urlecfriend has well said it is a great,historical event in. the history of Canada and in the his- tory of the Empire.", , _ The Historifc"!!es'olution. . . The resolution was: "That Mr. Speaker be authorized . and requested to cable the officer in command ot the Ontario Brigade ot the First .Overseas Expeditionary Force in the following terms: . " 'The Legislative Assembly of On- tario congratulates the officers and men of the Ontario Brigade on their steadiness and valor when under fire 1 for the first time in the present war, __- and gratefully recognises the sacri- Aces they-zero making- forhoul' Aber-