MANY HARD FIGHTS], ENGAGED IN BY KINGSTON MAY | : AT FRONT, Lance-Corporal J. Haunts With the Berkshire Regimeit -- Gained] Ground Lost by Other Regiments. "We have had a hot time, are now having a rest, training for the meet them again mere, but I am not allowed te." { Thus writes Lance-Corporal J Haunts, a Kingstonian, who is at the front, attached to %he ¥irst Royal Berkshire regiment, (o the Whig Lance-Corporal Haunts 's a reservist dnd resided at 256 Rideau street | during hig. residence in this city. The letter contained some véry in teresting newspaper clippings from old "country papers. regarding the work of his regiment, and also in cluded the address delivered by Sir Jolin Freneh to the Berkshire regi ment, No infantry unit has given # more brilliant account of itgell than - this' battalion. For = fou: months it. has been efigaged- in some, of the bardest fighting of the cam paign, stolidly keeping mass after mags of the. kaiser's soldiers at bay and helping to drive invading hordes slowly but surely back. "The battalion has suffered many casuali-| ties, but not one 'man -surrendered or ran out of his trench It is of interest to nate Berkehire regiment did Kingston in 1804 It was known as the. 40th of Fort regiment was on severai gent to stop up gaps regiments have given away and to regain lost ground. The members | invariably succeobded, although at! what cost, only the survivors can tell The regiment came in for high hon- | or at the hands of the general offi cers, "I appreciate the magnificent work yon have done in this caunipaign," sald Sir John French, to the Berk ghire regiment. "It is men like yon wha have enabled us to gain the guecesses which have been won." -- burt we | 1d in good | Germans I could tell you | ice that the duty ha then | The occgsions vinere . other George Edwards Minmaker, one of the oldest residents of Noiih Marys: hurgh died from apoplexy on De: 22nd. He was stricken by an ar tack some months ago and had in o measure recovered, but its recu- rence on the 21st ended fatality. DR. A. W. CHASE'S 9 he. CATARRH POWDER is sent direct to the diseased 'parts by un Improved Blower, Honk thev rind clears the air passages, stops drop. plogsi in the throat and nent. cures Catarrh and Hay Fever. a box ; blower free, Accept no substitute, All dealers or Bates & Oo., Limited, T when we | a 3:0 lor : : : months after the t "mination of the, tire «ides by their {left on the 1.46 am., INOW FoR 10S OF FUN Il Snowshoes, Fixtracts From Regulations of litian Department. The {following are. regulations issued {rom tne depo i nient of militia and defence: Men are enlisted as privates, may be granted higher ranks Lapabilities, private is $1. per. diem feed al is payable from dat their qualifications, The pay of a diem and 10e¢ nce. This ttesiation. The enlistment is duration of the. for war one and var, il services are required. In addition td .the pay, all diers will be ¢lathed, equipped ihsisted From the their home ives of time yolunteers until they return, married men, .- and vidowed mothers of . ingle me sobs are sole support, will ree monthly allowance of $20. , In case a man is permanently jured, a liberal pension will granted 40 him, tent. of the injury. In case a man is killed or of injuries received on service, wife and Mie children under cer azes 'will be given a substantial sion. > Godman-- Nicholson A pretty wedding took place Wednesday evening in 9t. cathedral, when Dean Starr in matrimony, 5 est daughter of Mrs. son, of fhis city, to James Godman, dainty -little bride; of Kingston. away by her bother, Corporal Nic son, looked sweet and girlish in bridal robe of ivory satin, wih. P ed tunic and pear! trimming: coronet of orange blossoms and 1 of. the valley held the tulle veil place The bride carried a bes ful bouquet of "white roses, lilie the valley and Raiden hair fern, wore 'the-gift of the groom, a wateh and fob. and spray of lil the valley. Mr. and Mrs. God N.Y., The bride's going away train for U extracts from art. but in | their respective unit according to| ete per low- e of year six #ol- and! leave the the, n if eive in- be according to the ex- dies | his } tain pén- Nuptials, last George's united arah-Katkteen, young- Walter Nichol formerly of Toronto, The ; who wis given hol- her lait- A ilies in auti- 3 of | and gold y of man ties suit was of hiue serge with hat of black and taango with wings. Godman = ding gifts, Mr. and Mrs. reside in Kingston Extended Greetings. The bride | Hudson Bay. received a beautiful collection of wed | huts were used will | The Kingston Board of Trade re- ceived a message of greeting from at Lon Mitchell, the Board of Trade Ont.,, of which E. C. don, for- nierly of Kingston, is the president. The Board also received from the Board of John, N.B, . greet Trade at Never give short-weight service. Third Contingent Overseas Service Pay and Subsistence From Date of Enlistment, Apply Major Dawson : Cor, Bagot and Barrack Sts. Artillery Park ings St. 4in this the prisoners may whittls 0 {bride was attended by her sister and | midnight train for Hamilton. | oNLY 1 Cores Cold in One oy, | LE THMANS AND A TURKS. > | CONSIST OF 125 G FEW {The Latter Will Soon le Removed Elsewhere -- The War Prisoners| Are Well Contented, | The prisoners of war confined 'in' Fort' Henry are given the whole of {the lower court yard in which to.cx- ercize: and they are not interfered with as long as they stay in tha: | yard. The yard is surrounded cnj own quarters and on fhe fourth side by a wall with a gate in the centre. On this gaiz! is "always one guard, and "on each | | end of the wall is always a guard, In the meat around the outside of the fort in three places, are sentry boxes and the three guards at-all times on | duty thére, see that no person at- tempts to come close to the fort. In' the moat has been strung barbed! wire and on this wire are numerous tin eans so thai anyone attempting {to climb down the. inside wall with a view of escaping by climbing up the | iother side when they eroszed the bot- tom af the moat, would make enougn noise to "wake the dead." In the courtyard arethe policemen, | and for this purpose husky members| of the guard walk around the pris-| oners to maintain order and dsei-| pline. It was found after the Turks be-| gan to bd collected in tite fort that there seemed -to be a ceatinuous con- Iroversy going on berween- the three nationalities, which could enly stopped by the interference of one or two of the burly policemen. it w learned that the cause of thigfroun were the arguments that took place between the three nationalities as to which was doing thé most in fighting i the allies and each nationality' was jalwa '8 blaming the other for start ing the war, which led to. their ¢on- finement, As this same efféct had been noticed all through Canada, in the concentration camps, orders were issued (0 gradually separate the three nationalities. A new camp was made at Petawawa and an other about sixty miles from Hearst, on the G.T.P,, within In the former ea and these were wires carrying electricity to pre- { vent escape, At Hearst, old rail- ! road "construction camps were used and ag thé men are sixty miles In the bush ffom Hearst, and the train only runs on Thursday's, escape was high ly improbable. The men were put in charge of a guard-from a Montreal regiment and at one time fiftv-si prisoners were takengfrom Kin there, This was th#& second hatch tbat arrived, but since then there ha¢ been ' collected about 150° prisoners in this out of the way place. Only Austrians are.in camp*near' Hearst aud only Turks confined at Petaw- awa, - -In Fort Henry ve p. Eur rounddd hy live heavy voltage of there are about {25 Germans, and a few Turks, the latter will be taken to Petawaws in the near future, THe Turks spond their time sitting "tailor fashion' ou ihe. floor reading andi talking quietly to themselves. The Germans pias cards and play. musgie on mouth-or- gans, that they have, . beside their 'talking and reading. In one part of their quarters is a work shop and pags. the timer In this work zhop many fine examples of woodwork have been turned out by the pricon- ers, Four Germans made as many different types of airships. One man has been working since he came, over two months ago, on a model of the fort itself and has it nearly com- pleted, He has each room and the contents distinCtly marked. The men are fed well, the same tfopd in the same quantities as is supplied to soldiers. They are con- 'tented, and althoukh the confine- ment was at. first very frying, they EeeNi 10 "humvee "gOr used to it and do not object. It is surprising the amouat of moe- ney that the foreigners own. When each mau ig brought in, he is search (ed and everything is taken from hin: He is given credit for the amount of money he has and from this he may buy tobaceo or other luxuries. for] hims&elr at the canteen: Married Sixty Years. A short time ago a diamond wed- ding was celebrated at the home of the principals' 'eldest son, W. WH. Fleming, of Chaffey's - Locks,"of Ca tain William and Mrs. Fleming, The ages of the couple are respectively eighty-one and eighty- two years and their wedding of sixty years ago has been blessed with eight children; fiity grandchildren and eight great- Boi Oue of the children is fr Fleming, . Ordnance street, After the dinner that was served to commemorate the occasion, a purse of money was mted to each of the elderly . cou by their sons and also a diamond ring and tie-pin from Hee, J, O'Brien and family, of Mon- treal. Married In Toronto. A tty wedding was solenmized at 12 eMurrich street, Toronto, when Miss Mary Jane Ellen, daughter of Mr. Davidvon, Kingston, was uflited in marriage "Alex" Smith, of Toronto, by Rev. Mr. McTaggart. Fhe the groom by his brother, both of Toronto. Many ts were hestow- od upon_the bride from her friends, showing the high esteem in which she is held, The happy otiple lett oh the bride wore a navy blue mit with hat fo mateh, "their, return Mr. and dence "Mrs. Harriet M. Stedman, Cape Vincent, aged eighty-feven years, died suddenly Sunday at'the home of her daughter, Mrs. Morris Powell, St. Lawrence. ep" a | Street i dian. { (ronted by an Indian 200 miles of | + MISSION ARY FROM BRITISH COLL MBIA PREACHED "In Sydenham Street 'Methodist Charch ---He Told About the Indians and The Japanese, The tesk of christianiz'. the In: dians in British Columbia will nev- er be accomplished satisfactorily so lopz as the white man is allowed io manufacture and sell intoxicating ¥quors throughout this p.ovince, as serted Dir. -Earge; missionary among these inhabitants, in | Sydenham Methodist Church on Sunday evening. The. spedker took up the ubject of the good government law which - forbids the sale of in- toxicants in any form to the . In- The Indian is no fool, stated Mr. Large, ahd he is none too slow to reckdn the 'importance of 'his be- ing. Upon many an occasion the peaker said that he has been. ¢on- wanting-_1o0 iow why the white man is allow- ed to make a fool of himself with | Pquor, and ybt his tribesmen are deprived -of 'handling it. 'The In- rans have also noted the fact that Japanese can secure it by the iy the Chinamen by the barrel and tne whiteman as much as he wants. ri1em such incidents as these the Indian, although 'he knows a pen- ally hangs over his head secures the'liquer and gets on the outside of "it. None remains around. his person for Jear of an arrest. How- in _a_ short time the devilish overage plays its part and i. the ladian is not rounded up by an ar- rest he creates some harm yery of- ten resudting in his death. Many a good faithful Indian boy has been cut off from this life in" such ways, said Dr. Large who expressed the hope that. the day will come when fighor will not hé manufactured. The Indian land question was also discussed hy the speaker. Dr. Large spoke briefly on the Jopanese question He asserted that it is going to he a long. time before British Columbia will be a white man's country Japanese ore quite plentiful and after ' the war over the numbérs wil be ill greater. The our faithful allies, and some ig- teresting elories were told about them by the speaker as to the:loy- ally to Britain. The Japanese will always repay a debt, and through the kindnesses shown them by the British during. the Russo-Japanese war different Japs have told Mr. Larger that their assistance will be given to Britain, as graciously, as did the latter render help when thefr nation Was in peril, The Japs in British Columbia declare that if British*soldiers have to be recalled home for duty in Europe their places will be filled by Jap- anese who Will safely guard the property from attacks. The same will also fulfil Britain naval neces- sities in the east should the lat- ter's warships be called home. even 1 is Bishop Mills In St. Paul's. The Bishop of Ontario preached in St. Paul's Church on Sunday ev- ening. His lordship chose as his subject: "Thé Blood of Jesus Christ,'" and discussed in a very interesting manner the justification of - murder, indirectly referring to the present war. He quoted the titles. of several hymns, 'Though your sins: be: red as scarlet, they will be washed as White as snow," the first verse of 'Rock: of Ages," aud also quoted "The Blood of Jes us« Christ cleanseth us from all sin." In referring to the intercession services and prayers tliat are being conducted all over the empire, his tordship asked vhat all in their Jomes, as well as in ¢hureh, pray for peace. Prayed For Success Two companies of the' 21st bat: talion attended service : in Queen -Streét Methodist Church, on Sunday morning, and joined heartily in it. Rev. .G. 1. Campbell, pastor, read the proclamation of the king for in- tercessory prayer for the sifecess of the allies, and wéll thought out prayers were offered by Judge Li- vell, Dr. Coleman, Captain R. Craw- ferd and -R. Meek. Mrs, Coleman splendidly rendered Kipling's Reces- sional and Rev, My. Campbell spoke for a Tew 'minutes giving reasons why he regarded the War as a righteous one for. liberty, justice and freedom. Following this the communion service was participated in. In the evening intercessory prayers were offered by Dr. R.. 1. Sparks 'and W. G. Anderson. The avlendance was very large, at both morning and evening. Spoke On Th The War. Archdeacon Dobbs predched in St. James' Chureh on Sunday night, and made reference to the war, and the re- sponsibility for J it. He said that the responsibility "not rest on the shoulders of x ie Germany and Austria were responsible the coallict. tion bt be ask- ed as to why tea ey this _terri- ble outr to go on. - God had some pu to Him. The speaker declared that 'the war should be the means of making the vhristian church realize her responsi- hiflity. an the evening service the choir ren: dered a special anthem entitled ""The Birthday of the King," in which Mr. Tomkins took the solo part. ------ At Brock Street Hall, A good number gathéted in Broek street on Sunday evening to hear simp Getnite gospel messages. F ver spoke from the Passover, The | dwdlling upon_the Apostle Peter's comment: © "¥e know ye were not redepmen with stortaptible things as er Japs have been | in view to 'bring men closer ' 1 field lined moccasins, ete. Moccasins and Hockey Boots WARM CLOTH SHOES FOR THOSE DRIVING Enjoy Canadian winter weather by. being prepared with warm overshoes, "Ankle Supports 25¢. | Abernethy's | : Hockey Laces 10¢. We're offering big reductions and ask you td give our stock the most eritical comparison with anything you may see anywhere at any time. - : Come in and see our bargains. 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