The progressive course of instrue- tion for the soldiers at Barriefield camp which is being planned by the General Stat Officers is certain to make the soldiers very highly quali- fied for the work that they will be called on to do at the front, From the plax®, it would appear that the soldiers are in future to be trained in Canada so that they will be ready with any further training in England to take thelr places on the firing line, Since the war started every Cana- dian soldier has been given several 'weeks course in the Old Country so that he could become acquainted with the actual conditions under which he would be working at the front. Gradually it has been made possible for more and more of this work to be done in Canada until it looks as if the battalions at Barrie field will be completely trained be- fore going overseas. This would be a great advantage to the British authorities in having all soldiers given to them !n a condi- tion that they could be placed dir- ectly oii the firing line. It would relieve the congestion of quarters in the: English training camps and greatly decrease the cost of training. INSTRUCTION PLANS ON BUSINESS BASIS The plans for the instructional work at Barriefield have never be- fore been put on such a businesslike basis. Everything speaks efficiency and thoroughriess and this is what the results will be if the hopes and ambitions of the headquarters staff are realized. The progressive sys- tema of training will start from the bottom with the most elementary 'work. All this elementary work should have been accomplished in the winter stations, but in cases where a great amount of time was devoted to recruiting this could not be expected. Some squads are ad- vanced more than others in some parts and backward in other branches of study. To make the training absoultely uhiform, this week will be devoted to an examination of the officers and soldiers. Bach will be watched care- fully so that an accurate estimate of their ability may be made. From now on the soldiers will be | uniform while in attendance at the schools. There are a great many drawbacks to the red uniform that will justify the change. In the first place the red in summer time is going to be unbearably hot. ™ This alone is enough to warrant the discarding of the present style and the authoriz- ing the continuance of the old plan. Officers who have made t 1ves acquainted with the sit n see absolutely no reason why the new uniform order should ever have been issued. There does not seem to be one advantage in making the pro- bationers wear uniform that has been condemned and discarded and now brought back into wear for them because they are trying to qualify themselves for something higher in the army. If the authority is-granted for the discarding of the red for the khaki there would be no additional ex- pense on the Militia Department. It would simply mean that the soldiers could continue to wear their batta- lion uniform while in attendance at the school instead of having to lay it aside for a few weekg and donning the red in its place, HALF OF OFFICERS MUS REMAIN IN CAMP "At least fifty per dent. of the of- ficers must remain within the camp at all times. To insure this all staff officers must obtain permission from the orderly room and all company of- ficers from their company command- ers before leaving camp. Attention is again called to the fact that all officers must register their names, where going and approximate hour of return in officers' leave book be- fore leaving camp."--orders 155th Battalion, Mrs. W. F. Jackson, Regent of General Brock Chapter, Daughters of | the Empire, Brockville, is receiving | contributions to a fund which will be | used for the purchase of colors to ithe 156th Battalion. ' No N.C.O., or man proceeding to town will be allowed to pass the bridge guard between the hours of « and 4.30 p.m., unless in pos- session of a pass signed by his com- 'manding officer, Capt. J. E. Risher, Sergt. E. J. | Waterman, Corpl. J. Hicks and nine led in a regular course of study as |, "0 0") CC detailed for recruit- would be a student at any school. The examiners and inspectors will be the headquarters staff, the in- structors will be the officers and the pupils will be the soldiers of the ranks. Week by week the results will be watched carefully and correc- tions made where required. By this | system it is hoped that in a few weeks time the more advanced work | ean be started. This will be by bat- talions. THE PROBATIONERS BRIGHT SCARLET COAT | The probationery officers and N. C.0.'s attending the School of In- fantry are still wearing the brilliant | scarlet coat that was unloaded on them when the reorganization of the school was ordered. It is understood that a movement is on foot in Ot-| tawa to give the men the privilege of continuing to wear their C.E.F. ing duty at Cobourg for the 139th Battalion, The attention of N.C.0.'s and men is called to the following rule: -- Trousers must be folded near the top of the puttee to a drop of three inches. Riding breeches may be worn by sergeants only as a walk- | ing out dress, not on parade. { NO INTOXICANTS ALLOWED IN BARRIEFIELD CAMP | All ranks are forbidden to bring intoxicants of any description into camp 'or to consume any intoxicant there. Civilian teamsters, motor-car drivers or any other person entering camp is forbidden to bring any in- toxicant. The commander of the main guard 'will to the best of his | ability ensure that this order is com- | plied with. He will if he deems such | !a step necessary search any vehicles | GERMANS FEARED TO FACE JELLICOE'S BATTLE FLEET Had the Engagement Been in British Waters Not a Single German Warship Wouid Have Reached Home -- Britain's Battle London, June 5.--Developments today clearly showed that the entire £2 g Jellicoe, in supreme com- British naval forces, di- the British fight, with: Vice iral Scheer, Germany's supreme er on the seas, heading the Kais- er's armada, . Britons found satisfaction when it was learned that Jellicoe and his : E iil . commander iy but trapped by the ho cruiser squadron endeavored to cut Fleet Untouched. off what appeared to be only a Ger- man cruiser fleet, from its base. Battle-fleet in Mist But lurking behind the cruisers, and low-hanging mists was the Ger- man battle fleet of dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts. Beatty could only retreat, but not before the heavy German guns were able to do deadly execution. His cruisers and destroyers were shattered by the heavy fire, and with Beatty signal- ling for help, Sir John Jellicoe, Eng- land's guardian of the sea, headed his fleet of super-dreadnoughts to | the rescue, Then came the battle of the ages. With dreadnought against dread- nought, battleship against battie- ship, and cruiser against cruiser, the guns of the mighty sea forces belched forth their fire. Not a British dread- ih nought was lost, From mid-afternoon until dark- ness began to fall, the main battle ws ; -- i "| kindly handed over "poor bruin' for lows that Bruin would be just the thing for their mascot, and immedi- ately made known the fact that the | boys in Khaki whom they were about to 'leave behind. The latter. were | very reluctant to part with their pet, | but after due consideration, decided { it was their duty to make some such | sacrific. for their comrades who were | going to face the foe. So they very | a, consideration of $50--""And they | took the money." {| © "Bruin" was up a tree most ef | Sunday and attracted a large crowd | | before he could be coaxed down. | | CAPT. C. A. BOTSFORD : FORMERLY OF S0TH | Captain and Assistant Adjutant C. i | | | A. Botsford of the 264th Battalion at | Halifax, N.S., 1s a Brockville boy. He enlisted last fall in the 80th Bat- | talion and was at Barriefield, being employed in the orderly office. At Christmas time he was transferred to the 155th Battalion as Orderly Room Sergeant and shortly after- wardg he went to the 156th Leeds and Gdenville Battalion. Latterly he transferred to the Halifax Battalion. He has been a prominent schoolmas- ter. THE 156TH IN CAMP | Barriefield the training camp, | It 'may have been a little damp, But now it's quite dry, it's up quite high Above the river damp, The mud was deep We could not sleep Without gétting in the wet But we didn't shout, we cleaned it ! out | And we're in our own tents yet. | There is plenty of food, The late Lieut. Navarre (right), known as the killer," who was killed while bringing German aeroplane. mous French pugilist. around his neck his talisman, pentier is now a fully trained carrying troops or empty jitneys of vehicles conveying supplies to the camp and also the occupants of such vehicle to ascertain whether liquor is being brought into camp, A GORNELIL PROFFSSOR WITH THE 235TH Prof. B. T. Dickson, of Cornell | came. University, New York State, has been attached fo the 235th Durham and Northumberland battalion, with the the rank of lieutenant, according to an announcement given out by Lt.- Col. 8. B. Scobell, 0.C. Evan H. McLean, barrister, of Bowmanville, has received the appointment of pay- master of this battalion. Three of- ficers on active service in France SEA isa | raged. At 9.20 in the evening the finish of the encounter of-big ships All during the fight, torpedo boats and submarines had been used for small sallies, but with the fal] of darkness came the real struggle for the smaller craft. Little Boats Made BSallies Like infantrymen in\land-fighting, these small boats made charges against the lines of their enemy. Eight British destroyers were lost. The Germans lost six. It was declared at the Admiralty today that in the German torpedo boat charges, not one torpedo scored a hit.. Admiral Jellicoe arrived, and the torpedo attacks were completed and the Germans withdrew, Jellicoe remained-on the scene of battle during the remainder of the night. On Thursday morning, when there remained nothing to fire at, he returned to the British coast. "At the Admiralty it is considered ¢he British fleet fully showed its superiority to' the Germans. Empha- sis is laid on the fact that Jellicoe walted on the scene for many hours for further possible action, but that the Germans did not again offer bat- tle when the English offered their full strength, English Do Not. Boast The sum total of the English claims at the Admiralty is that a por- tion of the British fleet met a portion of the German fleet and forced it to rétire, and also that the Germans were in their own waters while the British were nearly 500 miles from home, If the engagement had been fought in h waters, not a single Ger- man would have reached home was one unofficial tement at the Ad- miralty, A story in circulation that Prince Albert, King George's sailor son, was in the engagement, was denied, Phases of the Fight There/were four fight phases: first Admiralls Beatty's attempt to cut off ns; second, his forced re- desperate | "Fokker down his seventeenth On the left is Georges Carpentier, fa- Picture taken before Navarre's death shows them standing before his own machine pepular idol of the French people, . He was a and in the picture has tied a lady's silk stocking. Car- aviator and a skilful pilot. have been recalled and will be at- tached to the 235th Battalion. THE 156TH BATTALION HAS A BROWN BEAR "Bruin," the brown bear, which for more than a year had been do- ing guard duty, enlisted with the 156th Battalion a few moments prior to its departure from Morrisburg for Barriefield on Wednesday last. This brown bear was purchased from some boatmen by a number of canal guards who contributed 50 cents each, making a total of $10, with a view, we presume of furtaer safe- guarding the canal, or perhaps them- selves. However, it occurred to the four Sergeants of the Overseas fel- retirement of .the German forces in the face of the British attack. Portsmouth is in Mourning With the first announcement of casualties from Portsmouth agoniz- ing scenes were to be witnessed there and at other port towns. On some rasan REAR ADMIRAL BEATTY, 'Who fought off wSole German fleet with three ships. streets in Portsmouth hardly a household was without its victims, Wounded were beginning to be brought in Sunday. Some were car- ried, in on stretchers, others were able to hobble to hospitals with the assistance of less seriously injured companions: Many were suffering from te lacerations, torn by shells. Others were suffering acutely from long exposuré in the water, | Its pretty good { There's meat and bread and butter | And if the coffee we don't like | There is lots of milk and water, i By Pte. William Carl, 156th. | RANCHER FROM PENSE, SASK., ENLISTS IN R.C.HA. i A young rancher, J. A, M. Whaley, | recently came all the way from Pense, Saskatchewan, to Toronto, his former home ¢ity, to enlist with "C" Battery, R.C.H.A., Kingston. Among other recruits lately secur- ed through the Toronto office of the R.C.H.A. are H. G. Baxter and Sam- | | uel Aimers. Both of these men | { have been connected with artillery | corps in the Old Country in past years and each has had the advan- tage of considerable military train- ing, with the 1st Aberdeenshire R. G.A., and 5th Scots Guards, respec- tively. DID MURDERERS ENTAST IN CANADIAN FORCES? Believing that they might attempt | to enlist in the C.E.F. to escape the| United States police authorities, | Chief of Police William Young of St. Louis, Missouri, is making inquiries here in connection with three auto bandits, wanted for the murder of two St. Louis policemen. A full description of the men and details of their crime hgs been given A reward of $1,800 i<offered for the arrest and delivery to the St. Louis départment, for some word from relatives among the crews of the ships engaged. { Fly in Proud Honor Above the Admiralty buildings and at the First Sea Lord's House, West- minster Abbey, the Houses of Par- liament, and every Government building, flags fly half-mast high be- neath the blue sky in proud honor of the British seamen who have paid the final price of their loyalty. England's battle fleet is untouch- ed, and nothing material is changed in the naval situation, British Sailors Optimistic London, June 5.--"The outstand- ing impression gained from a visit to the east coast ports, to which some ships engaged in the Jutland battle returned, is that the result was mueh more satisfactory than the first official announcement led ode to ex- pect," says The Glasgow Herald's correspondent. It is an interesting experience to get in touch with men who have been through the fighting. They are not pessimistic there, They are firmly convinced that the British | ships gave as good as and better than | they got, nay, that if the full tale of ithe German losses were told by the ; enemy the battle would be hailed as one of the finest naval actions in British history. .. Whatever the enemy's mission was' 'during the enterprise is not known. | It may Nave to break out into } antic, or to carry out another (raid on British coasts. It failed. 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They say they speak of | what they saw in the battle, which ranged from 12,000 yards. Bight capital ships went down like tin cans: filled ;with water, Smaller ar What Beatty | through' during those ho no one but themselves realize, ;