Daily British Whig (1850), 18 May 1916, p. 6

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¥ 3 '3 = i HOW TO FIGAT WITH THE BAYO- NET. | Lieut. Bews In Charge of the Work Here--The Great Importance of Knowing How to Handle Bayonet. | "The great thing is to make men fight with a bayonet right here in| Canada, and now," sald Lieut. Frank | Purdy, one of the three local {nstrue- | tors of bayonet fighting and physical drill to the soldiers of the Kingston garrison, Lieut, James Bews, phys- tical director of Queen's University, has been appointed to the position in charge of al] of the physical training and bayonet fighting work for Barrie- field Camp. The needs of the 146th talion in. this direction are taken care of Lieut. Purdy, son. of the County Treasurer, and Lieut. W. H, Roberts. With a number of 146th Battalion N. C. Os Lieuts. Bews, Roberts and Purdy a few weeks ago attended the School of Bayonet Fighting and | Physical Drill at Montreal and for a month worked long hours at the handling of this all important weap- on of attack and defense. They returned to the city, in par- i LAPUT, JAMES BEWS | 1n charge of military physical train- ing and bayonet fighting at Kingston. | lance, "chuck full of the stuff." It! fairly vibrates from every one, and | the same spirit has taken hold of the men they are now instructing. There is something fascinating about this particular kind of work, aside from | the fact that it came just at the time | that the monotonous squad drill had become tiresome and the men were simply working along until the camp oe an A sn eee epi i art ii Ao ove Arp re _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1916 yston Soldiers Become Experts BE The New ! x Ba te Carri i ith Hi Instea of Horizonta I A opened with the promise of a change | from the kind of work they were do- ing. When a week ago the three offi- cers and the N, C, O's returned they were put to work at once. Every | morning for an hour and every af ternoon for an hour and a half, squads from every unit in the eity were started with this training, The) artillerymen are being instructed by Lieut. Bews in physical drill due on-| ly to the fact that a bayonet is an instrument not used by that branch of the service, pe > - - » a» § Lo = "Corps a Corps" ¥ At Close Quarters / The infantry men, however, get it good and often. The 146th Battal- ion is taken in companies, and every man receives at least two hours and a half of training in the work every day One of the things that has be- come impressed on the minds of headquarters is the fact that every man who is going into the trenches of France and Flanders must receive a thorough grounding in this, to him, virtually interesting and impor- tant part of the syllabus. a corps-a-corps combat, one man With characteristic initiative once | ing a short jab upwards at the necessity was apparent, the mili- | throat, gnd the other using wha tary headquarters decided that! known as the triger guard or mag: schools should be started. These | zine. This is a frequent occurren were opened at Montreal and London i; the trenches and in other as well as other places. The offi- | where room is circumscribed, cers and N. C. 0's who were in at- Another picture shows a corps-a tendance were given the instruction | corps combat with two men engaged, y men who had been at the front while one is trying to get the other and knew what is needed in the in-| gown by means of the trip. This is struction of common sense bayonet! where physical strength and quick-| fighting. That training was passed | ness tells. These men are at too on to instructors and now to the men close quarters for any other method in the ranks. of fighting. The subject has proved so interest- In another picture the method of ing and came up so often as a sub-| giving the kick is shown. This is ala | A ject of * secured the work as Field every day by conversa the above s¢ done For The In the illustrations this article the developments have taken place recently in bayonet work are shown very clearl One picture shows two men engaged in Pictures, accompany "Giving, the Kick." jiu ment, and, of only be given at close jit-su move the kick could quarters, Yet another known as the movement the ing the direct attack, his opponént a wallap on the head with the butt end of his rifle, Lastly, we the one overpow- { ering the other, course, But the made under out of the trenches, tack has to be and quickly following, a artillery fire. The bayonet more than justified itgelf in the the foe bayons cover heavy hi ce : of, picture shows what is "butt over." In this one man place attack, trenches that are already in process of capture, It is only with the help of the bayonet and of bombs that you can clear the trenches of the enemy. When the big drive comes to be made, and all positions have been taken after being broken up with the big guns, then will be the big op- see In Servive Practice. Bodies position attacking to dig of men who need the bayonet are Millinery Clearing Sale Commencing Saturday Morning--consisting of about oLPPED FROM THE WHIGS 4 doz. Ladies' Trimmed Hats ranging from $2.50 to $5 at All. this Pearsall's 228 Princess street. AA AAA A A ANA NNN NNN A PENI THE DISTRICT NEWS the service and inducted A A A A A AAA AAA ANNAN A reception was later | A -- and Mrs. Hamilton, } Died a Leper. I eterboro, May 16 Last charge of the minis tendered MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. I and other Skin Troubles We Guarantee Saxol Salve to stop the itching and begin healing with the first application or return your money. There are lots of skin reme- dies but Saxol is the only one we guar- antee like this, Why don't you try it? | MAHOOD DRUG CO., LIMITED Satur- | day the remains of Rev. John Davis | $1.25 to $2.50 in Brief Foriz the: Events fn The were buried not many miles from rangin in wice Peterhoro. He was a Baptist mis- se to $1 00 ay Avie Wine dre Tole jonary and contracted leprosy in In-| . --- of 0 ye dia. For years he has been an in- te of Roman Catholic Lazar- Corps, etto at Iracadie, N. B. The story of | hi ferings and his experiences in| tae season's stvles Millinery Kingston, Dr. Forbes Baird, Carleton Place, na has enlisted with the Dental 1 for overseas servic Carleton Plac the current year , an in crease of $80,000 1925 aretto and that of his trium death are fan of striking les due to the water works, an advance having been made in the values} along the line of the water mains. KINGSTON, Ont. A ---------------------------- TT ST -------- A Lady Lawyer. 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Mary McCulloch, a daughter the late William MeCulloch. | The population is about the same a last year, 3,860, After an illnes Be || rtm tere {{ Excess Alkali in Soap | Bad For the Hair | of C. h Soap should be used very care- { fully, if you want to keep your hair {looking its best. Don't use soaps Hand prepared -shampoes-- that This dries the hair brittle, and Lightning Bums Ban + Napanee, May 18.--This section |t " : was visited on Monday evening by a y, makes the Induction' at Brockville very heavy thunderstorm. Te ofa, it. Brockville, May 18 Before a | Milling's barn, two miles out, was | The best thing for steady use is large congregation, Rev. R. W. Ham- | struck and: destroyed, with its con- | just ordinary mulsified cocoanut ofl ilton, BA. Toronto, was inducted | tants. Gretna Church was also dam- Viwhich is pure and greaseless), and into the ministry of the First Pres- aged considerably. | better than the most expe byterian Church. Rev, Mr. Hattie, soap or anything else you can use Bishop's Mills, preached the indue-! Owing to the meeting of the Utill- | One or "two 2 teaspoonfuls will tion sermon, Rev. Hugh Cameron, [ties Commission to-night, the civic! j.apee the hair and scalp thorough- Morrisburg, addressed the minister, | Finance Committee session has been |, Rte ria s and Rev. D. H, Currie, Cardinal, the postponed till Friday night. The 3 people. Rev, Mr. McLeod, Lyn, had | Mayor is a member of both. | of ---- NTRS ifi too mueh alkali. lis Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in, It makes an abundance of rich, ereamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing ev- ery particle of dust, dirt, dandruff antl excessive oil. The hair dries iquackly and evenly, and it leaves the {scalp soft, and the hair fine and isllky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and {easy to manage. i You ean get mulsified cocoanut oil | lat any pharmacy it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every {member of the family for months. | > Ann | THOMAS COPLEY { Telephone 987. Drop a card to 19 Pine street when | wanting anything done in the carpen~ j tery line. Estimates given on all kinds {or repairs and new work; also hard- { wood floors of all kinds. All orders will receive prompt attention. Shop| 40 Queen street. | | portunity will rave to go forward. ject is to make good the gains of the | | onet COR big guns. ing more taking the "It may for the clear that » place of the bullet. sound a cold-blooded kind * Sveraiierod AQverpovered - payonets --- they Every day it is becom- the bayonef is of thing to say, but the gist of an training with the bayonet should be to teach a man how to get his bay- into his enemy's body. is the gist of the training which is being given in. Kingston to-day. There are few branches of warfare in which men take greater For, after all, the bayonet is a very vital thing. war, alike in repulse and in | individually and collectively. and in driving the foe out of | ------ You must get you man | or he gets you, and that applies both If he Their ob- | That interest. , happens to get you, then the man { next you must get him." | "There is no movement with the { rifie or with the bayonet which is too | insignificant for a manto accustom | himself to. The great thing is to make men fit with the bayonet right { here and now. Our earlier men | were made fit in England, but now they are being made fit here. All | the instructinos here are going the | right way about everything, inclad~ | ing bayonet fighting. The 'throw peint,' that is to say, | the throwing of the point of the bay- | onet with the one hand, is being elim- | inated. To secure such effective- { ness, a man must be strong enough | to hold, to control, and to re-cover, [his rifle. And not all men are this. | This has been eliminated because of {the danger of the man being dis- | armed, The first thing in bayonet fighting | is to learn how to back up the point | of the bayonet. The butt must fol- | low the point, and the foot the butt. | Men find bayonet fight extremely at- { tractive in the learning, because they now realize all that the bayonet { means, 'Teach a man the use of the | bayonet and you give him supreme confidence. The British are the best bayonet fighters in the whole wide world. The Russians are good bayonet fighters, too. The French are improving. The Germans hate the bayonet more than anything. It may be that their hatred of it is due to their ponderous training, or it may be that they have an actual fear of cold steal. The fact remains that they are not good bayonet fighters. "In the ultimate it will be the bay- onét--the British bayenet--that will win this war," is the opinion of the 11 instructors. a A Mendels Friday ig Corset and Whitewear Bargains Wi rth up to $1.75, on sale ... See w All our Suits, Coats and Hats will be cleared at astonishingly low prices at EN Corsets worth $1.25 on sale Corsets worth $1.75 on sale Corset Covers, Drawers, Combinations and Slips, indow for snaps and Raincoats DELS Opposite Grand Opera House 217 Princess Street Kingston's Ladies' and Children's Exclusive Ready- to-We: ee re Wr Store. roveew THE MANAGEMENT OF The Lindsay Piano Co., ARE PLEASED BEEN MOST 0 ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE FORTUNATE IN PROCURING THE SERVICES OF Mr. Yorke Sleeth FOREMOST CANADIAN ~ SOCIETY DANCING This is a rare opportunity for the dancing devotees of, Kingston to learn the new dances correctly, as Mr. Sleeth has just returned to town after spending the past three weeks in New York securing the latest steps preparatory on going to his usual summer engagement at the Royal Muskoka Hotel, Canada's foremost soeial summer home. Mr, Sléeth will begin his engage- ment Monday, May 22nd, continuing for two weeks. For farther information phone or call ah EXPONENT OF MODERN PIANO CO., To Street 3 3 ITD. bd Way

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