PACES 8-12 The Baily British Whig [= | YEAR 82, NO. 232 What Am | Doin Pmt mi "ENLIST AS PRIVATES, "THANKFUL FOR IT" Every Mau of Military Age Must Give Account of Himself, His Country And His God of Why He Is Not Found in Khaki. mented with the mingled blood of nrany races, falling together on the field of honor, should stir the heart of every Britisher to fling himself at once into this conflict. By Rev. S. D. Chown, D.D., LL.D "The young men of Canada should wake up to the fact that we British- ers are living on the highest moun- tain peak of duty 35 Ipysshity he world has ever known. e , oo that tue light of this day will never The Two Bridges. fade from the vision of future gen An iron bridge is strongest $ erations. The magnificent demons- | day it is comple. A cemen tration of the unshakable and enthu- bridge gains increasingwpower of en- siastic unity of the far-flung portions durance with the passing of yenle, of the British Empire, which this The German Empire is an Moi war has revealed, which is being ce- | bridge. Its maximum streng s -------------- AAA At RY The Vacant Ranks (In a letter recently written to a friend in Ot- tawa, Sergeant Leonard Allen, of the 1st Field Com- pany, Engineers, C. E. F.,, sent a recruiting poem written by a corporal in his section. The poem, he states, was written in a couple of hours by the cor- poral, following an engagement.) On the road to Tipperary, } There's a place that's vacant still; Theye's a rifle lying silent, There's a uniform to fill. True, at home they'll hate to lose you, But the march will soon begin, On the road to Tipperary, It With the Army to Berlin. | | i HH 1h In the Morris chair of Clubland, Are you there content to stay ? While others guard your honor, While the Germans boast "the day." For your King and Country need vou, And we want to count vou in On the road to Tipperary, With the Army to Berlin. y Have you seen the lonely erosses-- Boys who'll never more come home, Will you idle while they're calling, Will you leave them there alone ? For they're calling, calling, calling, And they want to hear you sing On the road to Tipperary, With the Army to Berlin. When from Mons they fought each footstep, When their lips with pain were dumb, "Twas the hope which held their trenches - Never doubting vou would come. Through the frozen hell of winter, 'Midst the shrapnel's racking din, They have waited, never. fearing You would join them in Berlin. sos eT ee On teh rogd fo Tipperary, ios There's a erimson debt to pay, There's a land of awful darkness, the | || may prevail and bless i! world. {| 8 PA AAA 1 ! gone. It is being: rusted by the blood of many millions of its fallen! | soldiers. The British Empire, on the other hand, will prove to be a! cement bridge, if the overseas Dom | inions continue to respond to the call [of duty. Canada, India, Australia, | New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, | Newfoundland are: being cemented together by a sense of duty, liberty, | sympathy, and all those neble princi- { ples which make men, and constitute the soul of heroic nations. We fear { not that in their unity with the Mo- therland they will prove invincible. The soul of every good citizen in the Empire is just now haunted by an intense desire to do his utmost toi {end this war victoriously, that the AAA A AA An ! | I SEPP P PEPER ee MUST DO OUR Ald, hd teest H. O. Bell-Irving, Vancouver, !® who has four sous serving in % the forces, is himself doing | % good work in addressing meet- ® ings. At the annual meeting of the St. Andrews and Caledonian Society, Vancouver, he spoke, and in the course of his address said: "It is not enough that Canada shoud merely do its share; ve must do our all. Not + till we have 500,000 in the field # will Canada do justice to the stupendous tack before her--to her present or still greater' re- sponsibilities "of the future, commensurate with her future position as a responsible pact- ner in the British Empire. , . . Our cause is the cause of jus- tice and freedom. For such a cause no sacrifice can be tuo great. The khaki uniform is to-day the badge of man*ood throughout the Empire." CPO PRU P PEE LPB r bred Petts rrr estas PEEL L ERIE IAG N "ee r " A A Aa rs great principles for which we fight the whole Must Give Account. And so it comes to pass that ev- fil! ery man of military age with sound | | mental and physical health in this {|!| supreme hour must 'give account to himself, to his country, and to his God as to why he is found in civilian clothing and not in khaki. } Young men, enlist at once in grati- | tude for the libert the blood~of your: which has cost | thers! It has point to point, and-broddening down | from Driceaen 10 prescedent, at im- mes cost of life and treasure. But it can be destroyed with one feH stroke of German victory, and the | work of our noble fathers lost for | centuries, Then the bare possibility of Great Britain being ravaged - as Belgium | was, and even Canadian women be. ing outraged as the women of that noble little country were, should | stiffen 'every muscle and strengthen | every will, to make the last supreme | sacrifice of life itself, if need be, and | count that nothing to avoid such a! fate. If Canadian® grasped the appall- | ing tragedy that will take place if! our utmost de not done, they would ! multiply many times the number of | soldiers already sent forth. Young men, do not stand on the | order of your going! Do not wait | for commissions. Enlist as privates and be thankful for that honor! Go| to the front bravely and participate | in the proud glory that Canada has! already achieved, and blazon the] name of your country higher still in| the annals of the world! i -- i Montreal Man Ready to Serve As a Private At a recruiting meeting in St. James Methodist Church, Montreal, | the pastor, Rev. C. A. Williams, | spoke. 'The most patriotic thing a g at Home : come to us slowly, creeping on from | im ) WE MUST PAY IF NOT FIGHT What R. B. Beanett Told 2 i "+ Toronto Audience. MUST DO OUR DUTY BY THE MEN WHO ARE FIGHT- | ING FOR US, Money Is Needed, And the People Should... Sacrifice Something--In Giving We Should Feel the Sacri- fice. R. B. Bennett, at the Toronto Arena voiced his imperialism in | many keen phrases: "1 want every man of military age | to go home to-night and ask himself | what he is going to do to preserve | democracy." i "If the British Empire were to crumple upon the plains of France and Belgium; if Autocracy wins this | war, it would mean the end of Dem- ocracy." - ; "Don't dare to say aye, ave What are you going to do to stop it?" A voice--"' Fight." "A black coat can't dull that man's | l i { ardor. For you who can't fight, what? Pay, pay, and pay." Wealth Must Pay. "How did you wealth? protection of the State, under make your great You made it under the the | | protection of the dear old flag. Now what are you going to. do for the | State? What are you going to do to | protect the flag that protected you?" ! "They talk to me about conserip- | tion and they say you 'can't have it | in democracy, and I admit it, but don't you think for one moment that universal service is not compatible with democracy." "When a man dies the State takes part of his money for succession du- ties.. The. Minister efultindnce does not want to see too many die, but he n the money. But the mo- ney ig'secured after the-man dies. I am not making an appeal to dead men, but I want the live ones to do the live thing and pay, pay." Women's Sacrifices. "Your women who are contemplaf- ing a new hat, do without it. You | men who smoke tobacco, do without and give the money to the wives and children of those who go to fight that they may be fed. Those of you who are inclined fo take a drink, take a drink less." "Don't run off and say the mana- ger will give for me. Don't expect the bank to give for you; don't ex- pect the firm to do it. Give yourself and in giving feel the sacrifice." "You who are too old to fight can't leave behind you memories of Vie- of a sick's cat's tail, drop also the PIP APP Strong Remarks Am | Able to Fi Helping the Cause? SECOND SECTION \ \ No et Nr neta EA Aura ar A a asi OP NR toria Crosses, but I tell vou what you can do. You can make it so that those who can fight and can win Vie toria Crosses will not be dependent on charity. wives and children are provided for. "Charity, what a hateful word. There ig no charity about it. It's a debt. You owe it, you've got to | 3 J pay, These nien are fighting vour ' ) # battle, they are fighting my battle. | , : You have got fo fight for them. You must do your duty by the men who are doing their duty by you. Ypur duty, if you can't fight, pay." FEPTP PEPE PPPPPEP PIPL ISP > Many Men Holding ASK A QUESTION, Let every young Canadian in city and country who is of mili- tary age and physique and has not paramount responsibilities that prevent it, ask himse.f: "What am [ doing at home, when weaker men than | are fighting for me?" The city of Major R. F. Masste;, officer com- Peterborough has a high re # manding 34th Battery at Barriefield cruiting record, but the young #% Camp, .and- known all over Ontario men of the city acknowledged their full and responsibility. This is the duty # cers, was asked for his opinion on # | recruiting, and gave the W hig an in- opportanily fer every young % teresting statement. Major Massie's # Canadian to show himself a | home is.at Cobourg, but he has been ® man and a worthy citizen of # doing most of his recruiting in Tor- ¥ the Dominion and of the Em- #/ onte. He has personally secured { ® pire. There is no use in cheer- ¢| hundreds of men for the service, His !% ing the deuds of other Canad- # statement is as follows: ® ians and doing nothing oneself. 4 "As my experience in recruiting # has been confined almost entirely to the City of Toronto, I can speak on ly from that standpoint and the re- sults obtained have been almost en- ms. ing, or who had decided to enlist. "It seems to me that a plan of classifying recruits could be worked out to 'the benefit of all concerned, and would result in a very large in- Made to Men . Not In Line crease in recruiting among a certain in class who have not yet responded to "Anglo Canadian" in the Toronto! any great extent. Mail and Empire writes: The newspapers throughout the That Lord Kitchener requires ev. Province could undoubtedly mater- | ery available man for finally settling iaHy aid in furthering the interests with the hosts of the greatest mur- | °f recruiting by paying particular at- derer of all history is known to all.' What are the men of Canadian birth R going to do about it? Those who | perpetual recounting of the great | have gone to the front have dome! deed done at Ypres if they do not well, as well as any other rt- of the | mean to follow it up themselves. Per- Empire's army, but those who do not | petual harping on an action, however promptly go to their aid must _ngt | great, and all admit the greatness, | expect to enshrine themselves umdericannet be but offensive to the brave their laurels, and the less if it be men who performéd it and who true, as has been frequently stated, would be the first to tell us that they that 50 to 75 per cent. of those who | did but their duty among those have enlisted are of British birth. | equ brave and self-sacrificing. This great. Dominigp stands. appar- | Canal s at es of the forces eemtributed to the | stand beside them, to share their | common cause by the several domin- | trials; their danger and 'their glory. | { ions. {| are contended to occupy? Is this a position' Canadians | 1 know large numbers are in train- Statis- | Ing besides those at the front, say, tics would appear to show that there | 150,000, but in Great Britain there are in Toronto alone some 40,000 yin- | are 3,000,000. The population of married men between the ages of 20 | the latter is. about 486,000,000 and and 40 years. How many of these | of the Dominion about 8,000,000. It have joined the army? One segs a | Seems to me 'up to' the young men lot of flag display on motor cars and | of Canada, if they desire to share in on houses. One bungalow nearby, | the final struggle, to bring these pro- occupied by some half a dozen stal- | portions a little nearer to one anoth wart young men, is covered thick | er. But while the duty of young with flags. If Canadian young men | men is clear, it would be unfair and do not mean to join, then drop alli unreasonable to forget their difficul- this stuff, which as Artemus Ward | ties, many of which employers can would say, is not worth the wiggle | largely remove or modify. Soldiers are fighting for freedom, not only PATIENTS HAVE QUIT E AN ARTISTIC TURN. have not yet #! as one of the best of recruiting offi! tirely due to personal contact with | men who were contemplating enlist- | the front ask all fit ently lowest in the list of percentag-| men in the Dominion to come and | Let them feel that their HOW RECRUI ING may ™ Major R. F. Massie Says That There Are Back Because They Do Not Know the Channels to Apply Through. tefition to the publication of military items from the camps and making a point of collecting news items from units recruited in the district where the papers have the largest circula- tion. Example has been a great thing in this war game, and many men now in the ranks have enlisted simply because their friends did so before. them, and the publication of news items, which in the majority of cases mention some person or un- it that has done something in the camp or at the front, undoubtedly | tends to draw into the ranks the Ijeuds of men in the unit mention- ed. "Material assistance can be and has been given by a number of the | large corporations circularizing their employees when a call . has been made for any arm of the service where a special knoWledge of any particulai line is required. This could undoubtedly be extended fur- ther and used as a means of getting men for other branches, as there are unquestionably many men willing to enlist who are holding back simply because they do not know the prop- er channels to apply through." 1 | A | Ar Aer AA at AA A iA ci oon nn ind | personal and national freedom, but commercial also. Employers' inter- ests are bound up with thé success of the war. The soldier fights and dies for them, their wives and child- j ren, their business and Iftérests, as | well as for his own and for the rest | of the community. I believe that in | Canada many employers. have fully | recognized their duty in this respect by keeping 'berths open, paying full wages, or a portion, during absence or in other ways. In Great Britain such arrangements are, 1 believe, practically universal, indeed public opinion would not tolerate the re- cruit losing his job Employers must do their part and by liberal ar | rangements with those of their em- | ployes who enlist make the path of the recruit as /easy as is possible. This is no more than a plain duty, especially on those who cannot from age or other valid reason take their | place in the fighting line. | There is a limit to human éndur- {ance. The friend who stands up for | you may tire in the course of time and proceed to sit down on you. - ght? Am I ; ahotocs iad cae Patiént faces, tired and grev, 'Sobbing women; ruined girlhood, Strew the train of Cultured Sin,-- Can't vou hear the call of vengeance ? Won't you join us in Berlin 1 | young man ean do," he said, "is to | | give his heart and life to Christ. No | man can be a true man or a true pa- | triot, or anything at all like a man unless his life is clean,and unless his | heart is pure béfore God. The best | and most noble thing &ny young man can do in these ble times is to of- | fer his and services, if | needs be - in the cause of | King and Country." He went on: | "The man who stands by and looks | on while others struggle for liberty ! theif lives for God, and | land has no right | ime might ask why did | pd he replied: "If the ch will release me, -- © EVEANDEAR PATIENTS + J -------- On the road to Tipperary, Sleep the bovs whose day is done; Don't vou. hear the voices calling To complete their work begun? There are ghostly fingers beck ning There are victories vet to win, On the road te Tipperary, : With the Army to Berlin. EE TE oo : 2 qr Ou the road to Tipperary, When the boys come home at last, Won't you wish that you had listened "Ere Old England's call-had passed? But the gate of manhood's open, You your part can still begin, On the road to Tipperary, With the Army to Berlin. DILLON GRAVEL) SH : ; ha © 7 GROUP GF CONVALESCENT | -- f ¥ A - . 5 » ~ Two pictures on the right give an idea of the way the patients in the: Canadian Hospital Le Troe away their time by making artistic designs with Debisles in the sand. Picture on the left shows the last 1 his hearers" that there | ing place of the heroes whe Have given their lives for the Empire. - in the upper picture is shown the gra: SSFSeania. in. . the | the late Major W. P. Dillon, of the hospital staff. The lower picture shows a service in. the ; leemetery. ; : : : Sug follow Christ | (pp,