PAGE FOUR The British Whig TEE n LER hed Daily and Semi-Weeklly b THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED. . G. Eliott an A. Guild - and Bec.-Treas: President | . : i «ve .Managing Director | Seeding in the spring. a parade ground again, | Telephones: siness Office . {torial Rooms Office .... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city ...... $6.00 One year, if paid in advance ..... $6.00 One year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One year, to United States 3.00 and three months pro rata. (Semi-Weekly Edition) Year, by mall, cash @ year, if not pald in adva r, 10 United States . Xx and three months pro rata. 4 their garden Attached 1s one of the printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. BE. Smalipelce 32 Church St. U. 8. REPRPDSENTATIVES New York Office 226 Fifth Ave. % Frank R. Northrup, Manager Bia a ih R Northrup, Manne. - best THE REFORM IS NEEDED. Now that a "breeze" has occurred upon' the subject, that a controversy has been opened up in an abrupt and somewhat unpleasant way, it is hop- ed a parliamentary committee will look into wivil service and give iv the récognition it There is no doubt that Dr. has had his own time of it. interpret a statute as well reform, deserves. Shortt He can as any one, and he has made an honest and determined effort to7'elevate the vice, [to make additions to it, ser- and promotions in it, entirely upon mer- it. No one who knows him believes | that he has been 'a partizan. He was not a politician out of the govern- | ment's service, and he hag certainly not become one im the service. Lib- eral and Conservative ministers have | | pears the war grafter works at 'a dis- come 'into conflict with him in the discharge of his duty, and he has not flinched nor changed his course at the suggestion of any one. That the service needs reforming still, and that | its needs will never be satisfied until there is a tolerable agreemént of party men as to the necessity of it, | . goes without saying. | That necessity would be emphasized | if Dr. Shortt wee only invited to recite his experiences before com mittee. ~The result would be a bet- ter understanding as to, the situa: tion, and perhaps a mew desire on the part of the government to im- prove it. The occasion has arisen fay a definition of ideas and of du- ties, and it would be a pity--mnay, it would be a positive 'misfortune--if it | . passed without: wemio action heing taken. OUR SOLDIERS IN REVOLT The aver Canadian, who * has beén sei with the situation, ' must deplore the com- ditions 'that f hiive arisen in connec tion with' ; : recruited for active service abroad. - The per- centage' of native Canhdians is larger in the Second Contingent than in the First. Dut in both there fias been an h t--which--has--not--brought--ere- dit wpon'this country. The murmurings with regard to some of the, men while on Salisbury Plain were distinct enough. These , and it may be forgiven the seriousness of i , GOING INTO -GARDENING. A city market gardener sensibly the people to make the most garden patches. counsels of their witien of in Canada as in Germany, where ev- eryone who is not in the army, and not éngaged in some useful public way, i8 imterested in production, and on a scale not hitherto attained. There is some compulsion about the service. The Government has heen accustomed to command, and it in- in the | sisted, fall, that as much planting as possible be done, of fall! #heat, and it has directed that all | the land that is accessible or avail- { able be put this year in crops. | The idea jis to anticipate every .de- mand of the people and every device {of 'the eneniy 'to hamper it in the | matter of food supply. The govein- ment. leads itself in the plowing up of the great military parade grounds near Berlin and a of it for It may never | be used as { for the war over men, according to | prophecy, "shall beat their swords into plow shares and their spears into pruning hooks." This war will have revived a prac tice of the people which has been too long neglected, namely, of cultivating patches. gether from the sanitary effects gar- dening will prdduce, from the good it does those physically who indulge in job | it, there is the benefit in foods to the supply of which they gan contribute | in so large a measure. In Kingston there are many many acres of ground | that can be converted to profitable | den, 'or & back yard that is not oc- | cupied, should. till it' and make it of | service to himself and his family. | rr--p------ | GRAFT WITH WAR | According to newspaper stories many 'people are making crooked | money easily through commissions in CONTRACTS. selling war supplies or through use of inferior material. This will enrich a | few men for the time being. But black eye will be given permanently to efforts to sell American goods in Europe. * "Every the Oswego | Times, "brings its sordid trail of the 0 war," says { business camp followers who enrich | | themselves through such frauds. Bui in this way, the country will eventu ally lose ten by the damage dope to our reputation for commercial esty." There is one country where it ap- | advantage, it he works at all. This. { is Russia. One reads a great deal | about Grand Duke Nicholas, the com- mandpr. of the Russian army, the man who ig subduing the Germans in | Poland and East Prussia, and the | man who will eventually put to de | feat Von Hindenburg «and his aids. It is said" that at the outlook of | the war the contractors oalled upon | the grand duke, to pay their respects and, get in right with the Govern: ment with regard to supplies. The grand duke had had his experience. Who has not and essayed to pay even a casual visit to Russia ? Grafting, it is said, has heen open and flagrant It was a commoy thing with public { ollicials. In it they saw no sin. Russia, however, has been rising su- perior to her infirmities. The war has been a revelation with regard to her recuperative powers. Her army and comniisariat have been of the best. At a supreme crisis the im- {perial will of the czar was made manifest by a ukass which prohibited the manufactpre and sale of ' vodka. To cap the climax the grand duke contracts, "steal and 1 hang you." There have been no efecutions assumption is that there has been no grafting. 7 "The premier of Ontario believes in the zig-zag course upon the prohibi- Vion question. would seem to be inappropriate. necessity with the soldiers going into dctive service. It is insisted Jupon in England, and must be in- sisted © on in Canada. Rebellion Kingston nevds a Local Improve- ment Society, the purpose of which would be to educate the The neces war may not be so apparent | Apart alto- | use, and every man who has a gar-| for every dirty dollar brought home| hon- | says to the men who are given war Tha | Any other policy people on THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1915. i 4 {be aceesgible, and it would be mighty interesting. the not Appeals tg the patriotism of | working classes of Britain seeta to ealm them. going in 'millions . do War money is and the men feel that they 'arg not getting their share of it, The xgsult is strikes, and a { consequent' paralysis of business. i 26 YEARS ACD | At a meeting of the faculty of the Royal Medical College, arrangements for the summer session were made. | This session 8 now compulsoty on all students. Dr. Mundell was promoted to the new chair lof applied anatomy as lecturer, | This leaves the profess: | orship in practical anatomy vacant. The Waterworks committee has in structed T. Hewilt, superintendent, to collect all back water rates. John Ryan was appointed constable CANADA WILL WELCOME |ALL THE TOURISTS NEW YORK STATE CAN SEND, : An Oswego Paper Is Wrong In Say- ing That Canada Is Not In a Hos. pitable Mood This Year, The Oswego, N.¥., Times says : With ' the approach of the summer vacation season and no passenger steamer in sight, Syracusans who {like to make their trips "do the Thousand Islands by water are - be- gmnmg , to get a little nervous and want to get action before it is too ate. * Lachlan Macleay, secretary of the Syracuse Chamber of Comsreree, was in town Monday looking up the matter of having a regular passenger boat in the service' between this city and the Islands next summer. y It is known that last summer the Canada Steamship Company was an- xious lo run a Hoat between tms wy | and Kingston and the dslands, but at that time the local Chamber: of Commerce had closed vith the steam- er. Olcott to make these runs and oelieved that one hoat could fully take . care of the traffic, This year it is understood that there is little or no chance of the Olcott out of this port so it is about time to find a steamer to take her place. Mr. Macleay: seems to think that | there will be little difficalty. in get- ving the Canadian company to rum a boat out of here this summer which | will accommodate both the Oswego aud Syracuse trallic nicely. After | the war started last summer many {of the large Canadian liners were promptly pul into winter quarters as there was nét enough traffic alow, ithe Canadian pogts to keep up run { ning expenses. I. Those who have looked the situa- ition over believe that this JRre gh yihpy Thousand Islands = ane i Benson W the greatest im many that n boat running out of Oswego { would be better patronized than ever | before.' i | War or no war, the American peo- ple will isi on taking théir. vaca- {tions jmst the same, unless this coun- {try should become involved, and it is {a cinch that' #ouring Europe is -no {longer a popular outdoor sport. The | chances of being torpedoed en route {or havi.g a; sixty-pound aeroplane | bomb dropped on one's head © will {class a European trip as extra haz- | ardous. {go to Europe but vacatibns will be | enjoyed at home. Canada, also, is | going to be rather unpopular this | coming summer, pasticulasly to those | who{ have Germanic nding names, { The Canadians ave in deadly earnest | about this war proposition apd net lin a very hospitable mood. Ordinar- {ily they = welcome tourists with dol: {lars made in America, but right now | all strangers are under suspicion. | The Times is astray in its state {ment that Canada jis not in a hos. | pitable mood this year. She will welcome all tourists, whose salety { will be guaranteed so long as they | behave themselves and hand out mon: ey instead 'of bombs, Secret, Tariff Increases. | Grain "rowers Gude. 2 A striking example of \the 'way in | which the people are exploited under {the Protective Tariff system is ex- | posed to the light of day in a state- 'ada and the Western supporters of the Government made a great fuss about the "boon" which was being conferred upon the farmers of this country by reducing the duty on mowers and binders from 17% per = Inoculation for typhoid fever 88 Tent to 13 per cent. A good many farniers pi ply wondered why the price uced ragainet it will be of no avail. ~~ [duty KINGSTON EVENTS! plying | coming | Busi y for to | { USmeRS may darcy SHS bo | part of the establishment to be or-| ment Winnipeg's leading business men. In "the Finance Mintster--of ~Can= SOON T0 SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF i THE 218T, Who Have Been In Kingston Four Months-- This Overseas Battalion Is Composed Of a Fine Lot Of Men. About Qetober 15th last year the opder was' issued to recruit a batial- ion of infantry in thisdivisional area for the second contingent of Canad<{ fans for the front. A few days af-| terwards, workmen were put at the buildings, that had been chosen as! quarters, to get them in shape. The! Cereal Works, that was later re-| i christened the "Porridge Factory", and the stables on Artillery park! were completely remodelled - with about 600 bunks in each. Shower! baths, kitchens and in the Cereal] Works a recreation roem were éon-| structed. Meanwhile the order had! been issued to every regiment from | Lindsay to Ottawa to enlist men for overseas service with the 2}st Bat talion. The officers were all chosen, | with Lieut.-Col. W. 8. Hughes com- | manding. } On November 3rd, the mwobiliza- tion commenced and over 900 men | reached the city on that day. . From | t ~ Plain Grey Suits at $15.00. that time, the citizens have realized | that the 21st Battalion is composed | of as fine a lot of men as could pos! sibly be brought together. Less than seven per cent. of the men who arrived in the city were sent home for being medically unfit, and since then in the weeding out process seventy-nine have been dis-| charged. Uniforms was issued in| | less than a week after the medical fexfminations had heen conducted, and each man was sworn in to fight for Britain in the. war, The , liquor restrictions were put into effect by an order_ prohibiting a soldier going into a bar before six o'clock in the evening. This order has proved its worth by the men not indulging even after that hour. The {number of sentences for drunken- ness has continually decreased since that order was issued, and now for | day at a time not a man will be brought in by the militia police. The most efficient men in the battalion | were picked out for militia police, work, and they were instructed to | see that every soldier on the street! | was properly dresred and was be- having himself. Occasionally, a soldier with the police designation on his arm (M.P. or G.M.P.) will! stop a private and quietly tell him | | to straighten his belt or button all the huons on his coat. i The first trial that the reeruit was put through was inoculation and us- ually for a day the man was laid up | with a sore arm, There has been a | | great deal of 'eriticism as to whether inoculation was of any value or not | but it is generally conceded that wt prevents diseases. Old soldiers' say §0 anyway. By. November 11th, eight days af- | | ter mobilization, the full strength' of 1,130 men all ranks had been at- tained: The City Couneil gave the! use of Ontario hall and the Cricket | Field, and in a few days the old Sal- | | vation Army barracks at' the: cornet | of Bagot and Queen streets, has been | accepted for the use of the soldiers. | { Ontario hall was given to the use of | | the 'militia branch of the Y.M.C.A., | { and has almost every night since put | {on some kind of an 'entertainment. | | The recreation hall was one of the | best ideas, soldiers of all ranks mak- | {ing this place their headquarters. A' | plano, billiard table and refreshment |'booth have made this place a Mecca { for the soldiers and there are always | large crowds here at all times. | The depot company was the next | ganized when the full strength of | the battalion had been reached. This | company is kept to supply men to! | other companies. ! {| The non-commissioned officers | were chosen soon after the battal-! {ion was mobilized. The organiza- | ition of a bugle band and a pipe band was the final part of the establishing} the 21st Battalion and since then | aoe PA A TRY OUR © $4.00 SH OES. TRY OUR $4.00 SHOES, May We Show You Our Beautiful Spring Suits? -_r There are handsome new fabries; the most expert and artistic tailoring; garments of ex ceptional worth, SEE OUR Nobby Blue Suits at $15.00. New Tartan Plaid Suits at $15.00. We Fit Stouts, Sims and Regulars"™ New Wolthausen Hats New King Hats New Sackvil ille Hats co. 82. Try Our $1.00 Street Glove. Try Ou r Nifty . {Pure Marmalade Orosse and Blackwell Chivers and Son's In 7 1b. tins 841-3 Princess St. D. COUPER Phone 76. 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The | Governor-General, Minister of Mili-} i tia, the Cpl. J. S. Denison, brigade | commander, Hon. W. T, White, Min- {ster of Finance and many others have seen the 21st and in not one in- | stance hfs adverse critism been | made. . | On the afternoon parades the long line of khaki-clad soldiers brings forth the good opinion that the peo- they leave for the front Hs loss | ile ety Will hé severe one. Wh here the men in a social way have met many Kingstonians, Anytime, now, the citizens can be ready to say good-bye to ithe most popular lot of soldiers that has ever been:.in the rdisappear K 20 pounds of solid, healthy flesh. Sar. gol is Absolutely harmless, inexpe sive, din 0 il builders. 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