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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 24 May 1917, p. 1

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FT /" \ M, A. JAMES & SONS, Publishers. Si-Sfa year in advance; y BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 24 1917 ADIEU TO 235th BATTALION Hon.-Colonel Hoskin Addresses A Letter of Farewell. We are still showing a fine stock of Ladies' Suits and Coats and have just received some elegant Silk Suits and Silk Dress . Also a fine collection of Misses and Ladies White and Colored Wash Dresses and a superb stock of White and Colored Voiles, Silk Marquisettes and-Sport Skirting just received direct from New York. Couch, Johnston & Cyrderman, Limited. BUGGIES Get your new Buggy at Brown à Bennett'», agents for Reliable Conboy Carriages. Brown & Bennett, Bowmanville. 21-2w bell piano FOR SALE At a great bargain Apply to D. P. COWAN Phone 270 - Bowmanville John J. Mason bowmanville Insurance and Real Estate Agency personal, careful and competent attention given to all business entrusted to us. Fire, life, Accident, Sickness, Automobile, Hail, Wind, Livestock, Livestock, or any other form of Insurance. '* XList your property with us for sale or to rent. We have a waiting list of prospective purchasers and tenante. Rents collected and properly looked looked after for non-resident owners. TIRE REPAIRING Ideal Tire Repair *' Company, Corner King and Silver Streets, Bowmanville, is now open for business. business. Steam vulcanizing services and guaranteed work at minimum prices. Auto Tire and Tube repairing repairing a specialty. Free Air Service. Service. Dealers in all popular Canadian Canadian made Tires. R. M. Jamieson, Mgr. Solly Solowitch 10 Brown St. Phone 285. Bowmanville Is opening a market in Bowmanville Bowmanville on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week when he will buy all kinds of Poultry. Eggs and Sweet Butter paying lc per dozen more on eggs and 2c per lb more on poultry than on other days. Market days he will pay 26c per lb for Poultry. He will pay the following prices for junk:-- Wrought Iron and Stove Plate per 100 lbs 60c Cast Iron " " 1v 7o C P » r Ï H Rubbers uv Copper, Brass and Lead, highest prices. Exécutive --John Baker, Solina, President; Rev. J. E. Beckel, Tyrone, Vice-do;R. Gilbert, Enniskillen, Treasurer; Treasurer; Rev. H. Wilkinson, Enniskillen, Secretary; along with the Capt. or Manager of each team interested. Schedule Thurs. May 24--Tyrone at Enniskillen Mon. " May 28--Enniskillen at Solina Tues. June 5--Tyrone at Solina Tues. June 12--Enniskillen at Tyrone Tues. June 19--Solina at Enniskillen Sat. June 23--Solina at Tyrone. Anniversary games called at 4 p. m. Other games at 6 p. m, H. Wilkinson, Secretary. The Northumberland and Durham Overseas Battalion O. E. F.--the^5th, Lieut. Col. S. B. Scobell, Officer Commanding, Commanding, having left Ottawa on Wednesday Wednesday April 25th, ultimo, for overseas overseas and having arrived in England sometime early last week, we libertv to publish information that was not permitted while the battalion was en rbute. From cables that have come to hand we infer that the 235th Bn. is located at Sandgate, England, Dr. John Hoskin, K. G., Toronto, the Honourary Colonel was invited to Visit Ottawa prior to the departure of this expeditionary force for the oyer- seas journey, but for reasons which he explains could not accept the invitation invitation but instead sent the Officer Commanding a very encouraging and courteous Farewell Address which was a very happy thought and his- words were splendidly suited to inspire the men on the eve of their departure to engage in the real activities of the present war. The address was posted in the orders for the day soon sJter its arrival at Ottawa and was as follows; Lieut.-Ool. SVB. Scobell, Officer Commanding Commanding the 235th OverseasBattalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Ottawa: Ottawa: My Dear Oolonel Scobell,--Last night I received your letter informing me that the 285th will shortly be sent overseas, and kindly inviting me to visit Ottawa to inspect the battalion before it leaves. I need scarcely say to you that it would afford me very great pleasure to comply with your request. Your letter has somewhat disturbed me, for in spite of my great difficulties I have been trying to overcome overcome the obstacles in the way, but 1 cannot succeed. Regard being had to my age (in a few days I shall have entered upon mv 82nd year) and other impediments into the. particulars of which it will serve no good purpose to enter, I most reluctantly forego the pleasure and great honor of visiting, and saying good-bye to, (let me say) my Battalion, and of addressing a few words to my fellow officers and the men, who are off, in response to the call of our King and Country. I still take every interest in the 235th, and am very pleased to know that your numbers have exceeded your expect ations. . On former occasions, when I visited I the battalion, I was much impressed I with the appearance, physique, and soldierly bearing of the Officers and men, and felt proud o| being your Honourary Colonel, and m the few remarks remarks I then made, I gave utterance to that I now again express, and 1 have much pleasure in congratulating you personally upon the state of efficiency to which you have brought the battalion. I am sure you are all keenly desirous of joining our Brave fellows who are now taking part in our Country's battles; and who have so gallantly distinguished themselves, to Canada's great delight and honor,- so much so, that the papers, not only of our own, but of other Nations, are ringing with praises of their pluck, valour, exploits and indescribable successes. May you have a safe and speedy passage overseas, and when called upon I am sure you will all uphold uphold the honor of Canada and our Empire; and may the God of nations keep and protect you all, and bring you safely back to the Homes you are leaving for the defence of our Nation and Humanity. If you fc bink fit, I shall be obliged if you will read this to my fellow officers, and the non-commissioned non-commissioned officers and men. With my best wishes and.kind goodbye goodbye to you all, I am, My dear Colonel Scobell, Most Sincerely Yours, JOHN HOSKIN. Toronto, April 14, 1917. h may read a little like ancient history now to give account of the journey of the 235th ■ boys eastward to the point of embarkation, but. we may publish some incidents of interest as written by a Bowmanville boy to his parents here, never suspecting that it would be published. He heads bis letter "On Active Service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force for God and for King and for Country. Somewhere in Khaki on Thursday 7.30 p.m., April 26, 1917. Dear Folks,--We are speeding (?) (at rate of 15 miles per hour) along toward toward the East. At present we are about 40 miles from Campbellton, N. B. The reason we make such poorj time Is that we are side-tracked so often for other trains We had a wonderful send off from Ottawa, lhe streets were crowded from the barracks barracks to the station and the station was crowded withpeople. I bade farewell farewell to Mrs. W. H Pearn at station the only Bowmanville person I saw. Citizens of places where we have been located have had only words of praise for the men of the 235th Bn. and regret regret their departure. There was no delay in our leaving the Central Station, Ottawa,. pulling out promptly at 2.15 p.m. amid cheers and waving of handkfs and hats. W e travel G. T. R, and the Can. Govt. Ky. The appointments and service are splendid for men and officers--no complaints complaints so far. Our train consists of 15 coaches--10 colonist cars for men, 3 diners, a baggage car and a pullman for officers. ( Just now while I am writing this the band is serenading serenading the officers' quarters.) Little stunts like this relieve the monotony of such a trip. At one station the boys had a snow ball fight--lots of snow here. The band is imitating bag pipes just now and doing it well. You may wonder how men are fed m transit. Commissaairat cars run by colored porters, cooks and then we have a Sergt. and five orderlies from each car to draw the rations and serve the men. The men use their mess tins and own knife, forks and spoons. Hot water is supplied afterwards to wash the tins. Service so fat is very complete complete and satisfactory and meals first- class. Officers are fed one hour after the men getting the regular dining I car service. Meal hours are 7 a.m. 13 noon, 5.80 p.m. Boys put in their time playing games, cards, singing, reading, writing, etc. A representative representative of the Y. M. C. A. from Ottawa accompanies us as far as Halifax. Mis services are much appreciated by the men which includes a of supply reading material, paper and envelopes, song sheets and games. The "Y certainly is doing a wonderful work with the soldiers and should meet the hearty support of all the people at home. Testaments were given to each man and officers on leaving Ottawa by Bible Society. At Montreal we saw Mr. Albert Couch and family and Mrs. O. W, E. Meath. All the men are happy and cheerful at prospects of going overseas after such a long siege of training. Volume. LXIIÏ. No. 21 TEA ROOM MENU Last day Tea Room is open this Season. Everybody Come. Saturday, May 26th Dressed Pork Y Potato Salad 125c French Peas & Celery Salad l Bread and Butter J Chocolate Pudding with Whipped Cream 10c . Raisin or Lemon Pie 5c Cake 5c Tea or Coffee 5c. WSkmiji it-? DR. JOHN HOSKIN, K. C., Honourary Colonel 235th Batfc. CANADIANS ATVIMY RIDGE Lieut. Elton R. Hughes Tells How the Victory Was Won. A concert will be held Thursday May 3ist at 8 p.m. in the Opera House, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, for the benefit' of the wounded soldiers of Whitby Military Hospital. Entire program by the returned soldiers. Admission 25 c. Mrs. Richard Hughes has very kindly kindly placed at our disposal a letter from her son Lieut. Elton R. Hughes dated "Somewhere in France" April 14, 1917, written On paper got from a German office. Lieut. Hughes writes, in part, as follows: Since my last letter which I posted this morning, we have seen a great deal of fighting--the hardest since the war started, in which the. Canadians played a great part at Vimy Ridge. Just the night before going into the line I wrote you a letter but could not find a place to post it, so had to put it into my pocket. It remained there throughout the big push, at least our share of it. Talk about fire works I never in my life saw such a beautiful sight. At what we call the Zero point every gun' was quiet' when one little fellow fired the signal, then from every direction, guns opened up, the whole ground was alive. This was very early in the morning, when the old Boche was quite sleepy. The shells were bursting most beautifully over his trenches. Itwas a wonderful sight to see our boys just marching along with fixed bayonets as though they were on parade. Here and there big shells bursting among them, but never for a second did our lines waver one steady march onward. We had about 800 yards to march before our first scrap in his first line of trenches. This took only a few minutes when my bombers corné in contact, and -1 nA V.ÎTV1 nr* In OTfiftt shaUB. W6 have been taking part in small raids every few nights, and when, starting this time, the Germans just thought it a small thing. We who have been through it can quite imagine how he would be up in the air, to look ahead of him and see thousands upon thousands thousands of Canadians marching straight at him with gleaming bayonets. In some parts of the line he put up a very stiff fight, but our boys just walked through him and captured thousands of prisoners, I would like very much to give you full details oi the scrap but under certain restrictions restrictions will have to hold it all for a later date. This is the greatest surprise the old Kaiser has . ever had from us Canadians. I had the great pleasure of going through the Somme fight where the Canadians took such a brave stand, but it was only a small show along side of the Vimy Ridge conflict . We broke through line after line making making a good clean-up as we advanced. Our nerves were strung up to such a pitch that all we could think of was to fight, fight, fight. We soon broke their spirit when, they took to flight, and made a very poor stand further back. Large numbers would start to run away, when they would look behind behind and see the steady tramp, tramp of our troops on their trail. This was quite enough for large numbers, as they would drop every fighting article and stretch their arms in the air, mak- a run into our own lines. After this everything went along fine one man could point his bayonet at about ten when all hands would go "sky high in the air, asking for mercy. We met some of the dirty class who would try and escape but very few--they had quite enough, and never want to see fight again. I had one with me for some hours who was quite ready to do anything in his power for my comfort. When we started off in the morning it was quite cold but later in the day it grew warm and the old Hun took my coat and carted it around for me, but later on in the day I turned him OTe r to an escort who took him along to a cage. When night came other battalions came through our lines and went straight ahead The marching ahead was quite nice but the homeward homeward trail was bad--everyone of us was quite tired. It was early next morning wh.6n wg r6£Lcli6cl our old starting point. This morning I went out and had a look over the line and as far as the eye could see there was no sign of the enemy. , The papers have good news today, stating that we advanced five miles and still going ahead. From all reports reports this is the beginning of the end. I can just picture the big headlines of all the Canadian papers, giving us all kinds of praise; and believe me, the way the bogs fougnt--like veterans-- they are quite deserving of every word of praise that can be spoken. English papers give us great write-ups, calhng us all kinds of beautiful names. The section we captured is what the French troups lost and paid such heavy toll trying to recapture--but failed. 1ms leaves me well and without a -scratch. Elton., i£- Spend the. Summer Months In Li-IOTT John J. Mason Insurance and Real Estate Successor to the late Harry Gann. 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