1915. PAGE SIX THE DAILY BRIIISH WHIG, - TUESDAY, JUNE 8, INOT IN GOOD GRACES OF THOSE AT THE CAMP Board of Works "Fell Down" tH. A), 'W, Early, W. Varle#, V. Glen denning, R. Buller and H. L. Kenny have been accepted as members of "C" Battery Corp. Bolt has been promoted to Sergeant, vice Sergt. Hett. ! Sergt. Hett and Drs. Edwards and | Bradford leave on Thursday for 'HaH- | | fax, and will go overseas with the | reinforcements from the Garrison { » i i re ¥7| The O. C.'s parade on Monday after i Ae ali, Batiery were noon, although part of the day's | sed a an exercised ride om Tues work, showed the splendid. body of day morning > men under Lieut. A. C. Munroe. The . pipers' band and also the ~ves THE TENTED CITIES ' 'You Pay Less Here MENDELS bul om Money. A S i 1 pecia | | great amount of credit. The pipers ROAD NOT WATERED are true Scotchmen. The trum b | | @re very pleasing to hear and a wel. MADE VISIT R ARLD | @ ; f 2 TO 'BARRIKF ; . q joie change from the usual bugle | MILITARY CAMP, i} | AND THE CAMP WAS A TERRIBLY . "3 f iis i | HOT PLACE | Picturesque Location And Fveellent | Positively no gambling will be al. y 3 -------- lowed in the camp. Water Supply Features of Place | |'Wittle Drill' Was Done-- The 38th -- | Where Ottawa Soldiers .are Train- | Battalion Shaping Up Well--Major| Having been six months in train- | ing--More Than Three Thousand | Fhostgpmon, RM/C., To Tuke Chpige 02. a_niliber. ir ohh | Men Now Under Cavs, and ama | Ir " « M + 'WA |h0 By S | ) a i Of Tactical Work. uniforms. Up to the end of the first | Coming. With the thermometer registering six months worn uniforms must be J N. Grant, nearly ninety degrees in the shade, | paig for. e "The Boots that stood the Test" From the standpoint of the Shoe' Dealer. " 1 Shoes. They help me to win the confidence of my customers. "When a man or woman asks to sce 'Ames Holden' or 'McCready' Shoes I say to myself, here is a person who knows -values and 'appreciates quality. "By pleasing this customer, I make a permanent buyer--one who will always come to me for shoes, and in time, for many other articles in my store. "This is the way I feel about' Ames Holden' and 'McCready' Shoes. "They are a real asset to my business. True the margin is not large but the sales are large and the demand steady. "And there always seems to be a style and a shape to suit every buyer. "It is only natural that I should like to sell 'these Shoes, knowing that their reputation will add to my reputation, and will help to make my store known as The store where Quality is always First. 5 'Ames Holden McCready J Montreal.' / in Ottawa Journal. i Birriefield military eo { the men at Barriefield camp wer --- {over a thousand of nia. where ij | not made to work very hard Monday. In future a roll call will be taken {are now encamped, undergoing 4 | #1! The sun is bleaching the grass and of all men in the camp at 10 p.m. | training to defend the British Bm. . | the ground is as hard as a concrete dafly. * {pire on the European battlefield hus | [}| walk, The men, wearing little else -- . Ia very interesting history, having for than fatigue uniform and a straw Walter Ravenscroft was taken on [over fifty years been used as a regu- | hat, appreciate lying down quietly | | ) Mi ) 25 Doz. Ladies' & Misses / p # the strength of the Base Battalion on | lar milltary camp, and for seventeen {for a few minutes. It is absolutely Voiles, Crepes and Muslins; plain, floral, ! ) -- i years previous to that as tenting | impossible to make men work intelli-| gout. Anderson, 25th Battery, | ground for volunteer regiments. | gently in such hot weather. There striped and checked; long and short sleeves, low necks. All sizes, 34 to 44. while gatting on his horse, twisted | No more picturesque location could | was very little foot-ball or baseball | hig ankle and had to be removed to | be found for the camp, nestling as it | played 'until after supper. Everyone the General Hospital. | does betwen the Cataraqui and St | hopes that a good heavy rain will] -- | Lawrence Rivers, just back of the! come soon, A camp post-office for the distri. | bill on which is the little village of { bution of mail matter Is In opery-'| Barifefield, about a mile and a halr | |tion, a new one having been built | from Kingston, f opposite 'to the office of the A. D. of | Over three thousand soldiers ara | All the mail in the camp | BOW gathered together here, and it | Is received here and distributed to | is expected that shortly this number | the different units. { Will 'be increased ¢o forty-five hun. | dred, The camp has been in full | [Swing for nearly two weeks. Here ! M. Noble of the [the men learn the fundamentals of * war and to uphold tho honor of the! | flag that files over the whole of Brit. | ish North America. | and Major Burritt, Engineering Offi- | Year after year for over fifty years, cer, left at noon on Monday to in- | tented cities have appeared on Bar. | work on Monday. This unit is €om- | spect @ building in Hiawatha with | rieficld plains, but in all that time | ing around in fine shape. A healthy | the 'object of reporting on its suita | the camp has not been more than a | tan has come on the faces of the men, | bility 'as a home for convalescent sol- | training camp, while this year it is and when 'the thousand are in the diers. & purely war eamp. The men take line of parade they present a splen- | | the hard training with a smile, and ! did appearance. | Two homes of prominent citizens | hope for an early start to the } | have been offered for the use of the |trenchos, The camp covers an area | | soldiers, and at least one other in | Of about 900 acres, and here at one | | the vidinity will be offered as soon |time the "red man" had his wigwam | {as these officers return on Wednes- | hidden a gst the thickly wooded day. | area. WEth the passing of time the | | trees have all disappeared with the | surprised, with the way they have 's Univer. | exception of one on "One Tree Hil" | fallen into the work. The remain- { si oy late: i) en mars | The change to-day is a great one. In- der of the Base Battalion have Te | useless as & home for convalescent | Stead of wigwams in the bush'is a ceived more or less drill and of The eity officials are not in the | good graces of the officers and men of the edmp, "after making a grand- stand play by watering the roads on Sunday they are lying down on the | job when it is most needed." The 'r'he citizens do not and eannot appre; | ciate the wonderful effects of water- ing the roads which seems to change | the whole atmosphere of the camp. 'C. 8. M. J. Blake has been appoint: ed assistant to R, S. Base Battalion. = [Major R, J. Gardiner, A. DM, S., The 38th Battalion was given a| light drilling in squad and company "Are the oldest and largest Shoe Manufacturers in the Dominion.' a The fifty-one men who arrived in camp for the Base Battalion on Fri- day are showing up in a remarkable manner. Disinterested officers have | expressed themselves as pleasantly | QUALITY--"First, Last and Always. TE ------ EIGHT PRINCIPALS SPOKE V + every nerve. your mone; Exclusive Ladies' ' Readyo- oui 'Wear Sto 132-134 Princess Street. T. J. O'Connor, Mgr. Te. Phone 532 THIN, RUN "MEN AND WOMEN GAIN IN WEIGHT FROM TEN TO FORTY POUNDS & .Bargol, The Flesh Builder, Gives New Life, New Ne , And Puts Firm, Healthy, n People Wh ew Vitalit Flesh 'When I started' taking Sargol 1 weighed 120 pounds. Now I weigh 156, says J. G. Wilson. Tt put new i'fe in H. A. McCullars reports pounds and his health perfect, sleeps better and feels better than for -30 years. Miss Maud Smith 'reports a gain of 10 pounds and still gaining. Health Rreatly improv 'When these and 'hundreds of other once thin, underweight people write to Say that as soon as they began to make Sargol a part of their meals they be- Ean to get fat, don't you think that there must be something in this wide- ly advertised method. of flesh bullding after an? Don't you think you ought to try it, particularly as leading druggists everywhere sell it with the positive Sudfantes that unless 't makes an in. n he gained 25 was made ¥ Your weight you -cdn have |! back? ys y DOWN Stay-There o Are Underweight. It makes the flesh on your does aot dissolve it does not sweeten the coffee. (It iy the dMssolving, not the sugar, that makes 'the cof t. It is the same Unless it pro stomach, se nour nt o less the blood abso of the fat-making stay thin. 'Here is where Sargol p It acts on every mout) Promptly stops ts anly the ptits your food in a s its perfect assimilat @ food of your meals put body, It It it bl You may say, "I am natural thin. Nothing can make me Fat ohat until you have tried Sargol you @ cannot know that this th] . a Ww Thin Peonle stay thin because fats, ap patches, sugars And other flesh -mak "me food are mostly H at 0 not andy Your to you that if the fi you eat R : cent, ais 390 per cont : fg common sense must Beuva Tr course are ready for the most com- scene of great activity as the Brigade section gun drill and foot drill, the drivers being engaged in looking af- If the sugar you put In your coffee |) plicated work. The artillery lines are not 'the has been doing very little more than ter the horses. Plans are being made, however, and in a few days tactical schemes will be worked out. The 8th C.M.R., is down to busi- ness and working hard. This regi- ment was engaged in infantry drill on. Monday afternoon and its work would be a great credit to any fully trained infantry brigade. re ~The acting commandeant of the Royal Military college has permitted Major Thompson of the staff to as- sist Major Brown, G.8.0., in the | work at the camp. Major Thomp-| son will take charge 'of all tactical work and will lay out plans for the different units. { -- | Col. G. Hunter Ogilvie assumed command of Barriefield camp dur ing the absence of the commandant, Se. T. D. R. Hemming on duty at Ot- wa. The camp signallers were out in| force on Monday afternoon. The! work is very interesting, and though difficult is being mastered rapidly, | The officers in charge pleased with the way progressing. are highly the men are Seven cases were handied at the | Detention Hospital during the last twenty-four hours, : Through the efforts of Dr. R. B Richardson," Medical Officer, shower baths have been installed for the econ. venience vo patients in the Deten.- . 1 Capt. 8. H. Simpson had seven cases to look after. This new. has proved itself to be very neces- sary. {nuisance in camp. soldiers, ws there would be alto- White-tented city whore men are be- gether too much noise, { Thirty-six N.C. O.'s are taking the | qualifying course being held in con- | nection with the Base Battalion. | Sergt.-Major Inst. Noble and Sergt. | Inst. Dow will be the instructors in a P. 8. G. which opens on June 17th. { The C. A. 8. C. exercised its new | 'horses on Monday. This corps have | now a fine lot of draft horses. i Major Hantilton is an advocate of | ot Fhibits to be found there | the "swat the fly" 'movement, and . { has started a campaign to keep these | Is reached by cPossing a i ; ; h { bridge over the Cataragu | he A. b pests from becoming too much of a | while 'an up-to-date 'bridge is undes | The Assembly on the whole is good Major Brown, &. 8 0, is in Lind- say on inspection duty. | Lieut..Col.' 'Arnoldi ,. of the Brig-| ade, is in Ottawa. | RY. f Lieut. K. Williamson, P.A.8.C,, was in camp on Monday, Retreat will 'be sounded at 8.50 pm. in future. a Sergt. Macgilliveay, who was se- varely bitten in trying to stop a dog fight a few days ago, is still bothered with a sore finger, which is receiv. ing medical treatment, A canteen which @id not "play 'the game," and was put out of bounds by the commandant, has been rein- stated on a promise of better beha- vior inthe future. A photograph of the Sth C. M. R. Was taken on Monday afternoon. Capt. Gibson, paymaster, 7th Brig- ade, has left Lethbridge for the city. Trooper Campbell, 8th C. M. R., Was removed to the Military Hospital suffering from rheumatism. R. 8. M. Noble, Base Battalion, Was in Picton over Sunday. : The programme of the day's work for the men of the Base Battalion is usually physical deill, "8 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. squad drill,' am. to 12 m,, and company drill from 2 pm. to 4.30 p.m, HR TRE Pg | have been attracted to 'th ing trained for war. A number of permanent buildings have been put up on the grounds from time to thme, and they form the nucleus of the camp. Tho camp has a rifle range of twenty-seven tar- gets, and one of the finest water sup- plies to be found anywhere in Can. ada, the water being taken from the limestgne bed that abounds throughout the section. 1 © western section 'of the 'camp fram all over on accou Phe eamp temporary i River, construction, Then the Barriefield Hill has to be climbed, and it is not 'the most pleasant hill 'in the coun. try to climb, being very ro J present the road from the ¢ily to the camp fis in a deplorable state owing 'to excessive dust, but the soldiers are living in the hope that the City | Council will carry out its promise of two weeks ago to oil the stretoh 'in question, Years ago when the old 'wooden bridge was in conimfssion e¢ivilians had to pay a tax of two cents to pass across. This was later 'abolishod, 'but the tax on vehicles remained un- til the Government took over 'the ownership of the bridge. Many stories of how the boys used 'to foil the bridge tenders are 'told y old residents, some of whom werd the boys in question themselves. They tell of hiding amongst the bodies of soldiers erossing the bridge, and then swmming back. Interesting History. The history of the camp is hi the | tensely interesting. In 1768 British army occupied the hill on which our boys are now encamped. They were sent from the eolony in the south to reduce and capture Fort Frontenac. It was on the 27th of August in the same year that after a few shots being fired the fort surren- dered and the flag of France was immediately taken down and 'Union Jack hoisted. Plea is within the present Tete De Pont Barracks, where the R. C. H. A, one of Cahada's permanent corps, is now stationed. : The shore line facing "Deadman's Bay," where tho 'soldiers enjoyed swimming for a , Was occupied in the early sixties by the Imperial rs... The old log cabin now owned by Lieut..Col. Galloway, was nt of the "Trentonian" ex- | THE KIRK IN COUNCIL pn i { (Continued from Page 1.) "I dissent from this vote of the | Assembly for reasons which I shall | give at a later stage." So spoke, | feelingly, the heroic clerk at his | desk. The court had just decided, | axainst his protest, to limit the time { of the debate when Presbyterianism Is on trial. Dr. Sedgwick rose and | added his protest. Thus at a later | sederunt we may expeet to read a {long Hst of "fathers and brethren" | Who 'have dissented from the order | of the Assembly.to close the debate in three and one-half hours. | humored. It is by no means up to {the average in bright moments of {| wit and story, There is a sober | mood upon everybody. And that is well. How .could it otherwise be | this very moment, when an army { chaplain in hls King's. uniform is presiding? Dr. Herridge has just | relieved the Moderator for a few | moments in the chair. 'Here'a good | test of the spirit of the house may be described ©. Dr. D. 'D. MeLeod's splendid 'Scottish voice is rolling his | Words around the walls of this great | hall, He says there is a tendency | in 'certain quarters to hold 'the small | congregation in scorn. = "No! no!" {came in reply, "Yes, that word | ought to be recalled' "Not scorn, | but to deprecate 'their real worth." | he amended the phrase, 'amid ap | plause and still further opposition. | "At any rate," he tried for a third | time 'to be Tair as the doctor always | endeavors to be, and translated the offensive 'word "seorn" into the posi- tive charge that the humble congre- gation is not held in as high estima- tion as it ought to be. Then every- body applauded, and settled down to hear him say that we should not be ashamed of minorities. What does a majority count for in science or in morals, and it means nothing at all in the subject under discussion. He goes on to 'explain the attitude of anti-unionists towards other denomi. "We are friendly. They are my brethren, whom I honor and fove. But it is an altogether differ. ent thing to ask me to give up my convictions. I am asked to come under a new administration which 1 have never seen tried, which they have never tried, under the pretext that that would be union. Brethren, we believe in a higher Christian unity than this (Applause) - Tn clos- ing, he got ome of Wis heavy shells into the camp at Toronto. whereathe church offices exert such execuljve power. He said: Dr. Fullerton followed on the same side. He halls from "the Island." | At Queen's Alumni Dinner Monday | Night, The Queen's Alutfini present at tha { General Assembly gathered together | for dinner at 6 o'clock Monday even- ing. Over one hundred and twenty five, including a large number of la- | dies, sat down, a few late-comers be ing crowded out of the main room. | Messrs. Reid and Hambrook served a {first-class dinner, which was greatly | enjoyed. | 'Dr. D. Strachan, of Toronto, was |-asked-by Rev] JT H. "Turnbull, of Ot- {tawa, vice-president of the Theologi- cal Alumni Association, to act as chairman. which he did in his own inimitable fashion. After a few words of greeting from the Moderator, Rev. Dr. Mac ghlivray, the chairman said he had eight Principals to speak. Princi- pal Gordom, Principal Forrest, of Dalhousie; Principal McKay, of Westminster Hall, Vancouver; Prin cipal McKinnon, of Halifax; Prip- elpal Oliver, of Saskatoon; Principal Ross, and Principal Dyde, of Robert- son College. Bach spoke in a happy vein, and conveyed heartiest greet iigs to Queen's. Rev. Dr. Drum mond, of Hamilton, was charged by the chairman to convey the greetings of Queen's to the Montreal College men dining in another part fo the building. The gathering was a great success, and one of the bright Spots in the Assembly for all the Queen's graduates present. - THE BOARD OF WORKS. Awaits Decision As To Merits Of a Cheap Asphalt. _ A special session of the Boamd of Works was held on Monday after- Doon for the purpose of awarding tenders for aspha"t, Two samples submitted by different compan ies, and both looked quite similar, al- thougn one company offered to take the contract-at half the price quoted by the other. Decision was held oy- er until the City Engineer has Chem- ist B. Dlackhall anslyze the two samples. The engineer was also in- structed to write to the City Ea- gingers of Toronto and Ottawa, which: places are said to be using the cheaper asphaitic pavement, und deriving good results. Three coal merchants had placed tenders Tor supplying coal necessary for use #a the steam-rollers. teader of W. Drury was accepted. Those 'present at the meetin were Alds.' Grabdm (chairman), Couper, Peters and Richardson, ------------ Are On the Move. James McDermott, Johnson street, has recelved the following letter from his son, BE. C. McDermott, in nee: * to-day (May 15th) for the trenches. They dre again quite up to strength, as reififorcements have arrived. The French have won some big victories