He Came Quickly to the Front-- Diligent Student of the Infantry _ Tactics--Sixty Years Old. Paris, March 6.--The defender of Verdun, who has defea the Kaiser himself, the Crown Prince, the vet- eran von Haesler and the best gen- erals of which Germany can boast, is General Henri Petain. Those on the inside have known this_for sev- eral days, but it was only to-day that the public has been allowed {o know the name of the general who' will rank in popular imagination with Denfert Rochereau, "the Lion of Belfort," of 1870. The official com- munication now lets it be known that General Joffre was present in person, but under him was General Petain in active charge of the Verdun ar- mies. General Petain is on thy verge of his sixtieth birthday. He was born at Cauchy a La Tour on April 24th, 1856, and was graduated it St, Cyr in 1878. He became a lieutenant in 18834, a captain In 1890, and major in 1900. He was detorated with the ribbon of the Legion of Honor in 1901. At the beginning of the war he was colonel of tifé 33rd Infantry, and was just about to retire voluntarily from active service. He has been constantly since, war was declared, in active command of various units ut the front, and has risen rapidly through the successive grades of bri- gadier-general, generdl of division and general of corps to the rank of army commander, In the Artois offensive, in May and June last year, he was named with his entire corps in the orders of the day. ~ General Petain represents the best traditions of the French army. During the Verdun defence his head- quarters have been an armored au- tomobile carrying 'mitrailleuses, and in it he has worked, eaten and taken such sleep as he has had, mostly while going. from one part of the bat- tlefield to the other. It is said of him that he, is constantly covering in persone line of command that he had fourteen automobile. drivers in two months, The General him- self. tells "the story of the last one, who said: }o "No, thank you! No more for me! I would rather take my chance of being killed by a boche than drive the General. Me for the first line trenches." The General added, sor rowfully, "The poor devil is dead in the trenches, while I am still here." He owes his great physic¢al vigor to the care he has always taken of his health. He had the habit of welghing his food and limiting him- self strictly to a certain ° amount, "Cavalry horses are kept in condi- tion by measuring their food," he would say, "why not do the same thing for officers? The physical strength of a commander is at least as important as that of a horse." Also he took regular exercise, and every morning before breakfast spent a certain time jumping the rope. This was the occasipd some years ago "Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a local dlsense, greatly In- fluenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Cire is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure was prescribed by one of the best physi- clang In this country for years. it is composed of some of the best tonles| known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect com- bination of the Ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Cure is what produces such wontlerful results dn ecatarrhal condi- tions. Send for testimonials, free. PEPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPE PEEP P ON? y to move. skipping rope is doubtless very good for Colonel Petain," said the neigh- bors, "but somewhat annoying for those who haye an apartpant be- neath him." The result 'was that Colonel Petain took a house with a garden, where he could jump the rope all he wanted to. . he and France are reaping the benefit of his diligence. = He is, however, as active at sixty as he was when he uated from St. Cyr. Recently in the Champagne he went five kilometres at double time at the head of a reconnaissance par- ty. He was never happier than when forced to spend the night with his men, without a blanket to cover him. This makes him specially loved by the soldiers because he knows how to share their life with a smile on his lips and a blague (pleas- antry) of tongue. Two of his sol- diers were recently in Paris on per- mission. They spent money with particularly lavish generosity, and when a friend remarked on it, "What do we care?' they sald. "We are Petain's men." A short time ago an officer asked to be atached to his staff, and Gen- eral Petain said: "As staff officers 1 can only use champion bicycle riders or foot racers." General Petain first made himself remarked during the retreat from Charleroi, when he was made.general of Yrigade, and it~ was after the Chal gne offensive of last Septem- ber that he was placed in command at Verdun, Infantry has alwasy been his fa- vorite arm. A few years ago he said to a young cavalry officer: "Lieutenant, you will regret some day that you are not an infantryman, for in the next war it will be the in- fantry which will do the work and have the honor." He always ob- jected to being photographed. 'My face is.too like Count Zeppelin's," he says, and many times he has destroy- ed the films of a soldier who has tried to snapshot him. PEIPPPRFPFPL HERR PPP EN CCHS ARE YOU IN IT? This is the splendid way in which the Rev. Arthur Foley Winington-Ingram, Bishop of London, expregsed himself in the "Recruiting Issue" of the London' Times recently. We are in the midst of the greatest fight ever made in this world for honor and freedom, and--1I will go further, and say --for the vital principles of the Christian religion. I agr with the Scotch preacher who said that it was a choice to-day between the Nailed Hand and the MaiJed Fist. I look "upon every mian who fights in this war for this cause as a hero, and if he dies in it, as a mar- tyr. . It will be a lifelong re- grét to every Briton if he has not done--I won't say his bit, but his utmost in this Day of God. % > Wolfe Island Resident Dies Suddenly The death occurred suddenly at his residence Saturday morning of John W. Spoor. He was a son of the late Morey Spoor, and was born on Wolfe Island sixty-three years ago, where he has lived ever since. was very widely known, having served the township for some time in the capacity of Reeeve. The funeral took place on Monday morning at the Church of the Sa- cred Heart, where a requiem high mass was sung by "Rev. Father Fleming, assisted by Rev. Father Staley, nephew of the deceased. He is survived by his wife, one son, and two daughters, Morey J. Spoor, of Wolfe Island; Miss Teresa A. Spoor, of Toronto, and Mrs. E. E. Cherry, now in London, England; also two sisters, Mrs. D. J. Dawson, of New York, and Mrs. R. Beaupry, of Kingston. The members of the' Wolfe Island Lodge of the A. 0. U. W., of which the deceased was a member, attend- ed the funeral in a body. Even in the amen corner of the church there is trouble when opin- ions begin to clash. In scattering kindness, it is a good plan to throw in a little money. F. 1. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, O. All Druggists, 75e. { , Hall's amily Pills for constipation.: If tolerated, jealousy will prove a complete destroyer of happiness. ROOPS PARADE IN TORONTO. | | | Staff-Sergt. . J. E. Harte, (separation allowance) | Serg*-Major T. D. Potter J. Edwards, instructor . . Instructional cadre, Lt.M. K. | Staff, Third Dvision, Ma- | Canadian School Musketry. } 1 | Green ... jor W. J, Brown .. | Capt. | Extra duty pay, N.C.O.'s | Differed | Wallace, RCH \ A. E. Bywater, Hi Pay, Bomb. T. A. Js. Supplies, A. Arthurs .... .. . | Bell Telephone Co. ..... Booth _& Co., .e R. J. Carson ... Dr. A. P. Chown .. .. .. Dr. J. C.Connell .. .. .. James Crawford' .. {W. J | Dominion Fish Co, .. \ taking the salute. Infantry. THE MONEY PAID 0UT TO KINGSTON PERMANENT FORCE TO MARCH 31ST, 1915. And Also to Merchants and Others in Kingston for Supplies to the Military. The following additional expendi- ture relating to Kingston is record ed in the report of the Auditor-Gen- eral for the year ending March %1st, 1915, in connection with the per- manent force: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Lieut. F. M. Benson.. ..$ 474.55 Ljeut. C. V. Bishop .. .. : Capt. H. E. Book .. .. .. Lieut. W. J. Cheverie Capt. C. F. Constantine .. Lieut, P. W. Cook . Major D. LI. V. Eaton . S A cup of hot OXO everydayis ff asplendid safe- guard inst colds and chills, Really, Eva, That's Asking Too Much of Us tale. ; Lieut - | Sergt TPay of N. C. O.'s and A AS Capt. W..H. P. Elkins .. Lieut. W. H. Gimblett .. Capt. W. G. Hagarty. . Major J. Hamilton "e Master Gunner W. Hird .. Sergt.-Major W. Hewgill, Lieut. L. M. Hughes .. .. Sergt Major 8 Jordan .. Lieut, P. H. Lafferty. . Major J. N. 8. Leslie Lieut, A. Light Seni Lieut. H. M. Macpherson, Sergt.-Major W. Mclutyre, Major J. E. Mills Lieut.-Col. H._A. Panet .. Sergt.-Major J. Pearson. . Lieut, T. 8. J. Ringwood, Lieut. J. H. Roberts Sergt.-Major J. Slade W. E. Steacy.. . Major T. Turner .. Sergt.-Major T. Worth Pay of N. C. O.8 apd men, sub. staff... ./., Pay of N.C. O.8 and "A" Battery men, men, "B" Battery Pay of N'C. O.'s and "C'" -Battery - Pay of Ne C. Os and "Details" Battery 'le 63 men, | | al 721 | men, : 14,259.16 Royal Canadian Engineers. Major €. J. Burrit 71.99 Lieut. J. B. P. Dunbar _, 866.14 | Major HH, T. Hughes 1,235.18 | Permanent Army Service Corps deut. J. H. Atkinson . Jdeut, D, Carrutherg deat. § i. Charleston 'apt. F. Craig .. ident: WH. Dewey © 130,74 | 287.40 442.15 | On Wednesday, Toronto saw the greatest military parade ever held in Canada. Eighteen thousand men passed in review before General Sir Sam Hughes, who is seen In the lower picture are seen officers from the Provincial Sehool of | | Lieut. G. E. Franklyn ... { Capt. can Sergt.-Major A. T. Hughes Lieut. L."B. Ross ... Majo Lieut Lieut. Lieut Pay « Lieut. Capt. Lieut Nurs Maedonald Pay of N. C. Lieut Lieut | Lieut 1G. C John Kingston City, "taxes water Crothers Wiliam Earson . Frontenac Humber Case Co., ...: vs. F. J. Hoag 'and Relly & Co., .. .. and rates, electric light H. C. Greer ... 951. 371.29 r W. A Simson .. ., T. C. Urquhart . , F. P. Welch. . K. Williams > of N. C, O's and men 328 10,584.13 Army Medical Corps, E Col. C. W. Belton 3: H, A. Chisholm . Col. H.R, Duff .. ing Sister Miss F. 126.71 994.07 3,140.01 690.64 5,497.74 Stand O's and men i Kingston Genl. Hospital . ~~ Kingstop Laundry. ,. 708.73 | Kingston Milling Co., ... 17 | Kingston Penitentiary | Lemmon & Sons 1,402.54. C. 1eawis .. ,. .. ..... 37 A. McLean .... .. ... 1,232.96 | William P. Peters ... 6 | Porri* t Garage Co., .. 49 James Redden & Co. ... 9 | Spark & & Sparks .... I James Sowards Coal Co. J. Taylor xan Blake Thompson, .... H. Waddington ... .. .. Apprehension of deserter, James Chapman Freeman .. ard -.... All through life there are a lot 75.50 1,629.71 1,150.29 826.95 24.51 74. 538. 2 2. 966.40 233.47 294.00 600.00 118.23 87.00 4,826.44 3,437.63 28.08 282.50 600.00 1,604.29 62.95 5,469.38 51.10 643.39 463.54 180.00 78.38 89.18 26.66 7,764.02 30.00 580.72 26.00 8,638.17 25.00 750.00 5,181.58 20. 6. 13. 00 00 50 of | people making sacrifice hits who do Army Veterinary Corps. A. E. Frape . -Col. W_ J. Morgan. Col. W. J. Neill 167.78 1,507.95 795.16 An Canadian Ordnance Corps. Dupre, sub-conduct- or . A.M Capt. Lieut.-Col | Pay of-N, C, O's and men. 14,7 Majo Majo of cCully, conductor P. E. Prideaux F. Strange ... 1. Army Pay Corps, r A. O.Lambert..... 1, r 8. P. Layhorn .... { Sergt.-Major F. Pilley | Lieut. C . 769.150 | Miscellaneous 'details, pay Turner ... N.C. O'ssand men... 11,333.93 Military Staff Clerks. 115.7% | Sérgt.-Major W. G. Bailey A ENN at A Al MAAN AN MA AN | not play ball. Some people, unfortunately, the greatest economy with courtesy. use interesting listener is always } welcome to the interesting talker. ADE IN CANAD, > For making ap. For soften ing water. 'removing t. For disinfecting refrigerators me Fr ot. MAJOR ROBT. F. MASSIE WHO FORMED IT WAS A NOT- ABLE FIGURE, A Writer Says It Left Singing And He Hopes It Will Come Back Singing When the War Ends\ Coningsby Cobourg Star. We watched the boys march sing- ing through the ctreots of Kingston We dheered to them and waved to them as the train pulled out, When the smoke of the engine had van- ished up the line, the 34th Battery had 'ceased to exist; in going over | seas it had changed its name. and be come the Ammunition Column of the Sth Brigade, It was as though we had said good-bye not to a of men, but to a personality; that per sonality, composed of so in- dividual lives, was. the work and in- spiration of man, . To tell the story of the 34eh, which during the short period of its existence has set a standard keenness throughout eastern ada, is to tell 'the story of it's orig- inator, Major Massie. At the outbreak of the war, Rob- ert F. Massie was President of a large and influential Fire Insurance Company, in Toronto, and interested in half a dozen other large financial concerns. He was a man of little military experience, but well-known in Toronto sporting circles as an ex- oarsmam, rugby and cricket player. Possessed of a handsome physique, six foot four in height, he was = noticable figure anywhere. In Aug- ust of last year, at great personal sacrifices, he answered the call of the Empire, and organized a\ Dawson in listing during six months, or over 1,300 men. These 1,300 men were led to a decision in almost ew: in- stance by the magnetic of Major Massie himsell. Ow ong bost trip from Toronto to Kingston Ne persuaded almost every steward on board to join before the steamer came to her moorings. One I» - fllustrates the - Bee of his" Methods. A youhg fellow of good family arrived in Toronto from the woods where he had been man- aging a lumber camp. On the, ing of his arrival the news of sinking of the Lusitania had published. As hg walked down street he saw the prominent of the Major standing on the ou He was urging @ man to join. The young fellow stood behind listening to the Major's arguments; them he accosted him: "Sir; how long would "Two minutes." of hig questioner, can climb to be a 1, nothing is impossible to a real man." Composed of Real Men. It was from real men that the 34th Battery was recruited -- real men of all conditions and kinds. There was Bob Dibble amateur cham- pion oarsman of America. There was a moving picture actor, slight of framé, ratistic and refined. There was "Snuffy the Cabman," who stole rides under freight cars all the way from New York because he had heard of What Major Massie was doing. There were men from Toronto's best families, and so many athletes that the 34th came to be known as the "Sportsmen's Battery." When you saw a squad of men of the 34th go- ing down the street they were al- most always at the double-guick, lithe men who had no time to lose. (Continued -on page 10.) . By Bud Fisher with. 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