) MESS THE FEATURES OF 18 ONE OF i THE CAMP. The Kingston District Unit Is Better Served Than Any Other In Camp-- Col. Low Has Made a Great Hit. Lieut.-Col. ©. A. Low was kind en- ough to extend an invitation to lunch to the Whig represéntative on Thurs- day. . The invitation was accepted, and the acceptance brought with it the additional opportunity of getting a clearer insight into what is being done for the 146th men while under canvas, At noon the big tent recently erect- ed was In it were the long tables which were seated the men of the battalion. The rain came down In torrents, but they did not care. It was dry and warm in that tent, and the pleasing odors from the cook house were floating through. The plano was going, and the men +were talking an ughing, and ev- erywhere the very best of spirits pre- valled. There are eight messes to - each company, and the senior at each table or mess acts as "president." When the system is brought to a nicety "there will be two orderlies at each - On table for every meal. These will be appointed by the "president" of that mess, who will be responsible that every man gets all he wants to eat, very soldier is served in the same way as he would be at home, Compare this system with that which is now taking place all over Canada where troops are mobilized into battaliops! Every company has a cook and cook house where the rations for that company are prepared for consump- tion by the soldiers. At meal time by the old system the men formed long lines, and with a plate, knife, fork and spoon in ome hand and a mug in the other, followed the bread line to a window where the food is dished out. The greatest of pa- tience must be used by every man in that line in waiting for his turn at the window. Picture the average civilian in -the same position and what would his feelings be? Col. Low has found another ad. vantageous side to the plan that is completely offsetting any of the drawbacks that might be launc loss mistic commanders. o 3% is doing a rushing business, and not one cent has had.to be taken from the battalion funds or from the men for the big circus tent. It is paying for itself, or rather the sol- diers are paying for it by the in. creased business in the canteen. Col. Low insists that every cent made by the canteen be spent on the comforts IRISH NURSE KEPT DIARY Of What She Saw During the * Dublin & Baily British Whig KINGSTON, ee -------------------------- ¥ 1H HH TTT of the men, and this is one of the many uses that are found for the money. ; The tent is used for lectures, as a recreation room, and in fact it takes the place of an Armouries and eating quarters, It is one of the best in- vestments made by any unit, and the 146th Battalion deserves credit for its initiative in the matter. rawvr. ToL. T. C. D. BEDELL, Commanding the 156th Brockville Battalion, THE FIELD AMBULANCE Under Capt. BR. M. Filson 1s Doing Good Work. The Field Ambulance Corps at Barriefield is doing splendid work under the able command of Capt. R. M. Filson. There is a good staff on the work, and this important branch is being well taken care of. On Thursday twenty-four cases were received and dealt with in the Field Hospital or the Base Hospitals in {the city. Probably three times | that many patients called at the hos- | pital, but many of these are sent | back for light duty and given only {slight medical treatment. In the Field Hospital there is a {library that could easily be filled up | if citizens would donate their books | for the purpose. It is in a goed book-case that was built last year by gineérs. books are in constant. use by the patients, who are crying out for more, | There are at present five patients | In the Ongwanada Military Hospital, | and more will be taken in from now jon. The hospitals of the city are HHH HH) OF ATHLETIO SPORTS ON SATUR- DAY AFTERNOON. It is Expected that the Lacrosse Track and Field Work will be Commenced-<The Schedule, It hag been decided that the grand opening of athletic sports will be on Saturday at Barriefield camp in which haseball and football will be featured. It is expected that on Sat- urday following the lacrosse track and field work will be commenced. The schedule for the games on Sat- urday have been announced as fo lows: Soccer. 156th vs. 166th on 156th grounds. 154th vs, 146th on 146th grounds. 130th vs. 93rd on 93rd grounds -- Baseball, 93rd ve. 109th on diamond. 130th vs. 136th on.headquarters' diamond. 139th va. 146th on 139th diamond. 154th vs. 155th on 155th diamond. headquarters Big Field Day July 1st. Capt, James T. Sutherland, presi- dent, and Capt. "Nick" Bawlf, secre- tary, and Lieut. J. Bews are working on the plans for the big field day which will be held on July 1st at the camp. This is expected to be the attempted at Barriefield. There will be 10,000 troops taking part and with such an immense field from which to receive entries some close contests are expected. The pro- gramme will include military man- oeuvres and a concert by the massed bands of the camp. At night, at the suggestion of Col. T. D. R. Hem- held. The committee is co-operating with Lieut.-Col. S. A. Simpson for these events. After the meeting of the com- mittee the members interviewed Col. T. D. R. Hemming, commandant, who expressed himself as being more than pleased that the association had been formed and-that he would give every possible assistance. Saturday after- noons have been allotted for sports, and will be put on as part of the syllabus for the building up the men physically. The regimental fee from each bat- talion is to be $15, which will be us- ed in the purchasing of prizes for the {file and a few more soldiers can be received. { Quays, and, to my horror, saw a sol- {dier lying dead on the bridge. I | could hear the shots from the Four | Courts. I decided to wend my way +homewards, but when I got near Jacob's Factory I was told it was not safe to go by there as the Sinn Feiners had taken possession of that | building, so I went another way. | On arriving at Stephen's Green I | was greatly astonished to see the | Sinn Feiners in the Park, digging | trenches inside the railings, while others of them were ready with rifles | to fire on anyone in military or police I felt successful contestants in the various events, away. He was alive and conscious. A priest attended to him and then ac- companied him in the ambulance, We returned to our cold soup. Twice during the remainder-of the meal we were startled by shots and ran to the front windows, but, thank goodness we saw no more murder. A man in uniform, with a "G. R."" badge on his arm--we suppose him to be a veteran--was marched up and brought into the Park as pris- oner. On the pathway, a short way in from the gate, he was searched, his badge removed from his arm, and biggest and best military event ever | ming, commandant, a tattoo will be | ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1916, 1111 1 [HHI I QT FIVE TONS OF BREAD DAILY NEEDED TO FEED THE] E MACHINE SECTION OF 146TH BATTALION Now in Charge of Lieut. H. M. Snider--Those in Section. The machine gun section of the 146th Battalion is now in command of Lieut. H. M. Suider.. The men are working hard. There is still room for fifteen more men in the section, but rather than draft from companies the positions are being | held open as an inducement to re- cruits. Under the circumstances it is a splendid opportunity, and is not | expected to remain open for any | length of time. The men of the section have been | carefully chosen, and Lieut. Snider | has a good basis for the building up lof a highjy qualified body. The | names of | Lieut. HJ M. Snider, | Lieut. G/JA. R. Emery, Sergt, G. | Lashford\/Corpl. F. Clench, Privates { W. Ackland, H. R. Ashby, H. Cock-| burn, W. jEaston, A. Edwards, H. B. | ble of holding sixteen pans. { Ince, W./T. Marsh, A McKay, T. Poffley, J. Shea, R. Taylor, L. Cam- | {eron, Ef Geasa, E. Kenny, J. W. with Sergt | Moore, Reynolds, R. Lanos, R. | Stevens, \G. 8S. Walker, | Three 'more Lewis guns have ar- | rived and were issued on Thursday. In future more time will be devoted BARRIEFIELD CAMP. Bakers Are Kept Busy. bread daily are required. ers under Sergt. J. til late at night. while. The bakers commence four o'clock in the morning. ties found it necessary to erect prepared for the ovens, year the work was done in command; unsatisfactory, especially on days in this section are: McCammon; Bakers, G. | Philips, R. Bucknell and H. Pow- ers. | machine guns, and the only other | helping in the work. { work will be in a little squad drill, | bayonet fighting, and physical train- ing. oo MEN NOT DEJECTED 154th Lacrosse Team. The 154th Battalion claims to have {the makings of a splendid lacrosse | team in its ranks, and by the line- | up that follows it appears that when | the contests begin the battalion, will {make a satisfactory showingy/ Es- ? {mond (Capitals of Ottawa), i/goal; | Ceremonial drill was carried on | Mike Cummings, inside (n on | to some extent by some of the battal- | Cornwall line-up); Lorne Gpégray, ions on Thursday, but for the most | third; "Nick" Bawlf, centr® louis part all work was difficult to carry {Cook and John Brodwick, defense. |on with the constant rain. After | 10 o'clock the drill grounds were va- | | cated and lectures were carried on in | Owing to the fact that the Barrie-| the tents of the battalions. : | tiela Camp Athletic Association has| The grounds are muddy with the organized a system of sports for constant pouring down of so much | every man at the camp, the sports| "juice,"" and the prospects for a good | branch of the Y.M.C.A. is quiet as |appearance before the Minister of | yet. O. P. Pearson and J. 8. Whyte | Militia on Friday were not good: | are looking after this work and will| In the lines of the 154th Battal- | begin their plans as soon as it is ion, however, a typical-example of | ble fo do so without Mterfering | the spirit of the men wag shown. A |'with the work of the camp associa- | group had just been relieved from | tion. | the work at the field, and were saun- ! On Wednesday evening P. Car-|tering into their tents. Suddenly riere, a former acrobat for Ringling | some one started to sing "0 Can- Bros., who is in the 139th Battalion, | ada, apd it Wag lots Salis Jinute very ainment | before the song was © gave 8 very Ficusing Eltertainingn! | ro.cund throats in the tents of the ed by entertainers of the highest | battalion lines. This in spite of class from battalions at the camp. the fact that the rain was cooling AAA AA AAA Fine Spirit Shown on Thurs- day in the Lines of the 154th Battalion. could not stop his life blood ebbing | hoy got out and were carrying the in a saxe-blue fur-lined coat over her) windows are being broken and the cans up the Green when a woman ran |uriform, giving orders to the men. out, pointed a bayonet at them and| Breakfast,~and out to our work compelled them to give her one of |as usual, but we are going to only a the cans, which she took into the|few important cases. The patients Park and returned it tp them empty, | were all surprised to see me, and when they were coming back. { prayed that I'd get 'safely home. The Nurse from the Rathmines! 1:30 am. There is great firing {district arrived home about four|round this neighborhood, probably {o'clock with the news that the sol-| military, as all the rebels are fleeing diers were guarding all the bridges| from the Green, but they -have enter- over the canal. She was walking | ed the College of Surgeons and taken ulong a street when a rifle appeared [shelter there. The women went | through a window of a public house | running in and out through the trees | just beside her, a shot was fired, and | carrying their blankets, and seeming an officer, who was driving by, on a|very frightened, and the Countess Twenty-seven Ovens in Constant Use ~--Sergt. J. McCammon And His To feed the overseas men now in camp at Barriefield over five tons of The bak- McCammon are kept on the jump from morning uns There are twenty- seven ovens in constant use all the at On acocunt of there being so many soldiers in camp the militia authori- a wooden building where the dough is Until this large tents, but the bakers found it very wet The bread is baked in oveng capa- Each pan contains eight pounds of bread. The following men are working | Stansford, A. Bennett, W. J. Harris, | W. Bushey, John Row; helpers, W. A number of bakers who have en- jlo the very interesting work on the 'listed for overseas. service are also OVER THE WET GROUNDS. | uniform who passed that way. thankful when I reached the Home in safety. . Two of the Nurses had gone to | Howth for their half-holiday, and an- {other did mot return from her dis- | trict, 'so there was only two of us in { tor dinner, with the two matrons, | Dinner! Such a meal! We were SHE HEARD THE SHOT FIRED BY COUNTESS MARKIE. VICZ AT POLICEMAN. the was marched across the fell dead a few yards from her. trampled on, and then his hands were | CaT, tied together, and he was blindfold- | The two Nurses returned from od. We fully, expected to see him | Howth at 8.30 p.m., having had tc shot, and we were so relieved when Walk the whole way owing to all ve- Park. | Micles being stopped, We retired ittl>-in | Shortly after this a young soldier about 11.30 p.m. and slept a litt walking along the road was ordered |SPite of the "enemy", being still in| to stop and give himself up. He lhe trenches opposite our door, but wag about to do so_when two girls| We Were awakened many times dur-| has gone too; in her blue fur-lined! coat. She is carrying a rifle now, smaller than the ordinary size. A great many of them have got on the roof of the College and have hoisted their flag--green, white and orange. ! We can see the Countess also. up there Just about to get into bed at 10.30 Countess was Dressed ih Green Uni- just seated and were taking our soup when we heard the most awful firing outside the house. We all jumped up immediately and rushed to the front room to see what was happening. What we saw was this:--All the men with their rifles fixed towards Har- form with Breeches--Nurse who Writes is Niece of Canon Fitzg- erald, Kingston, Canon Fitsgerald has received a copy of the Kings County Chronicle containing the published diary of his niece, Miss Geraldine , who is a nursing sister in St, Patrick's Nursing House, Stephens Green. St. Patrick's House is the residence of highly qualified nursing sisters, all protestants, who give their time and skill to district nursing among the is Dublin poor. Miss Fitzgerald daughter of the late J. R. Vesey ~~ Fitzgerald, inspector of the National Bank. Another in Dublin and is in part as folows: Monday, 24th April I went out on my district in the morning as usual, and nothing out of until I got to I noticed the ordinary High street at 12,30 p.m. groups of people standing and talk- ing excitedly. A patient told me there had been "terrible doings" all the morning the Sinn Feiners and Larkinites having fired on the mili- 'entered the Synod the direction of the brother is manager of the Bank of Ireland, Waterford. Her diary tells of the recent uprising court street. A lady, in green uni- form, the same as most of the men were wearing (breeches, slouch hat, with green feathers, etc.--the feath- ers were the only feminine feature in her appearance), holding a re- volver in one hand and a cigarette in the other, was standing on the feotpath giving orders to the men. We recognized her as the Countess Markievicz--such a speciman of wo- manho 1! There were other wo- men (similarly attired) indide the Park, drinks of water to the men. We had only been looking out a few moments when we saw a policeman walking down the path from Harcourt street. He had only gone a short way when we heard a shot, and then saw him fall forward on his face. walking about and bringing: ran after him, stood between him and the rifles, put their arms round him and would not let him go. c¢itement was intense, but the girls carried the soldier successfully away, and the rebéls, much to our surprise, did not fire. Next thing we saw a milk eart stopped. The driver and | ing the night by the awful firing. p.m. wheliz--such a noise! It seems The ex-| Tuesday, April 25th. { It is only six a.m., but it is impos- | sible to sleep, s0 we are up at the windows to See Wuat is auppenog luc rebels are still in the trencehs as if every house in the Green must be tumbling down---volley after vobk ley without ceasing -- deafening noise! We all dressed again as wt guessed that the military were busy in this locality 'and did not know "I Got Him" said Countess The "Countess" ran triumphantly into the Green saying, "I got him," and some of the rebels shook her by the hand and congratulated her. In the meantime, a crowd gathered round the poor victim, and we couldn't decide whether to go to his assistance or not, until &« man came to the door and said they could not get a doctor and would we come. We rushed for bandages, etc., and all four of us walked across the road in front of the trenches where the re- bels had their rifles ready to fire, We were quite prepared 10 be shot at any moment, but we got to the poor vie- tim in safety. He was shot in the lung, close to his heart, and was bleeding profusely. A doctor arrived Just at same time as we did, and almost at the fame moment an am- Jbulance came along. The doctor the poor fellow, but we Brigadier- General vonicheavs setion. ah Zillibek. Mercer, who commanded the "Williams and Major-General Me and the "Countess" is walking about | what, might happen _ next. Many WOUNDED CANADIAN GENERALS. reer, who were woundéd in the re- Gen. Williams is reported a German prisoner, while General 3rd Canadian Divisign, is likely dead, | down in torrents. No person seem- {ed to worry, and that wonderful spirit that "it cannot rain forever," which has made Canada famous, is clearly demonstrated by the men in khaki at Barriefield. 3 LIEUT.-OOL. C. T. WILKINSON, Teg borg Second in Command of the 156th Brockville Battalion, SECOND SECTION {At The Morsing Sick Para | (From the Splint Record published at the Fromt.) . For the benefit of those who do not know a few definitions are given: Morning sick parade--What would look like heaven to a struggling young doctor but like something else to the M.O. M.O.--Medical officer a specialist in every disease except housemaid's knee and twins. Doetor--One who thinks he knows a little medicine. When he sheds clv- vies and dons khaki he becomes an M.O. (see M.O.) ° M. and D.--Medicine and duty. Medicine--Two No. 9's. Duty--Work. Light duty--More work. Excused Duty--Work in the kit- chen. dressing sta- boneyard Destination--Duty, tion, rest station, C.C.S., C.C.S.--The pivot between the col lecting zone and the exacuting sone. . Dressing Station -- Where the wounded are first dressed. Syn. Ruined house, cellar, ete. Flu.--Influenzs; when a& man' looks sick and has a temperature. N.Y.D.--Not yet Aianosed; when a tempera- | and base. Se FTE Y. M. C. A. WORK ( | | Nine Good Choirs Are Soon To Be In| Camp. | The Military Y. M. C. A. is keep-| ing up its reputation of putting on | entertainments for the soldiers, It| has been arranged that on Tuesday | and Thursday evenings religious ser- vices are to be held. Thursday evening Mr. Dunsted, Royal Military College, assisted with well-rendered solos. These meetings will be ad- dressed by the chaplains at the camp, and should soon become quite an im- portant feature of camp life. R. Hudson, a former organist and | choir leader of London, Ont., is tak- ing over the troubles and responsi- bilities of the musical éntertain- ments at the camp, and, assisted by Corpl. C. G. L. Rickwood, 126th Bat-| talion, is planning to have a choir in every battalion. Corpl. Rickwood has also had extensive experience in! the work, and in the near future there should be nine splendid choirs at Barriefield. Lieut.-Col. R. J. Stuart, inspector of contracts and supplies; is inspect- ing all the battalions at Barriefield, and is at present engaged with the 146th. The colonel looks r all the books and checks up the stock on hand. £ t a man looks sick and ture. Sergeant calls up first man:-- M.O.--"What's the matter with you?" § Private--'Chilblains, sir." M.O.--""Take off your boots." Ex- amines feet carefully. "What did you say yho had? Chilblains? The girls at home go to a dance with worse feet than those, then go home and cry themselves to sleep; they don't go to a doctor. Grease your feet and carry on." ~ Next man. M.O.--"What of?" Private--*Insomnia, sir." M.O.--"Insomnia, what's that?" Pte.--"That's- what our doctor says it is. When I hear a shell ex- plode at night I can't sleep." M.O.---"How long have you been out here?" Pte.--""Two weeks." M.0.--Pats him on. the back. That's all right, my 'boy, after a while you'll wake up on a quiet night do you complain | wonder what's wrong; run away and learn that song, 'Sing me to sleep Where the bombs explode.' It's great. Next!" rns Education there is no vir gence, is powerless where gin soil of {intell'- A tr any 1 | crashing of glass is dreadful | Wednesday, April 26th. "FIOW strange the eily seems' All the shops, banks, offices, and places of amusement are closed. We can now have a small idea of what war really means, and we get a taste of the feelings. of those living in France who hear the guns day and night, and are in hourly danger, but like them we get used to it and we hard- ly know what fear is. I was in a dangerous quarter when on my rounds this morning, as I had to visit Guinness' Dispensary. like all the other. dispensaries, fis closed, but I saw the doctor there and got my business done The mili- tary are in parts of Guinness' brew- ery and the other party are in Wat- kin's brewery in Marrowbone Lane, {80 there was a battle between the two all night, but it seems to have ceased this morning. I had an im- portant case to visit in Marrowbone Lane, and enquired from a few of my patients whether it would. be safe. to go there. "Oh, for God's sake, don't, or you'll be shot, nurse," was the warning from every one. 'But is it so very bad? I am very anx- {lous to see my patient who lives | there." "Well, if you must go, go, jand God protect you, it's a terrible | place." Things wer quieter than I | expected after all, and I was able to | see my patient. | The small shops in the suburbs | were filled with people buying up all | the food they could get. One lady told me a bullet whizzed | past her face; however, I had to get | home, so I decided to risk stopping a bullet. - Strange to say, I. was not {a bit afraid. I walked past the pub- | lic-house where the windows were | filled with rebels, and reached home in safety. Of coures neither party would shoot innocent people in the street, but stray bullets have struck many of them in mistake. 1 I went with a nurse this evening | to visit a case ia Molesworth street, {and then we wandered round io see | what was going on. I thought we : might get to the Royal City of Dublin ; Hospital, but it would be as easy to | get to the moon! | It, Thursday, April 27. Was wakened at four am. by the noise of guns quite close, but did | not get wp. Matron came our rooms as 5.30 and advised us td dress | immediately as the house round the corner in Harcourt street was on firé. We had breakfast at seven a.m. as we felt hungry being up so early. We are beginning to wonder what we shall do tor food. All the shops are and most of them have been 1." However, we have enough to do for a couple of days, flour to tor be cut off from everywhere and everybody like this, We miss letters more thah anything, and we are so anxious, wondering what news has gone to the provinces and whether our relatives are alright. The firing Is getting worse, and we expect hot work to-night, We have put a Red Cross flag out of one of our windows, and the matron telephoned to King George V. Hospital offering our ser- vices or emergency work ahd we have seven Seda ready for wounded if re- quired. Friday, April 28. The guns in the Green are active continuously this morning. The ex- plosions used to make my hand shake when writing, but now I do not notice them. Such tragedy! An old man was shot a few yards from our door, and some men who were passing car- ried Him'in ere. A lady wearing the (Continued on page 10.) A Man's i Worth depends up n his power to produce what the world re- cognizes as of value, And when you skirmish around you'll find that this power -- which is just power. of mind and body -- depends to a remarkable degree on the one eats. For highest accomplish-- ment one must have the best values in food--food which builds = well-balanced bodies and brains. . has that kind of value. It contains all the nutriment of whole wheat and barley. in cluding the important mineral elements so often lacking in the usual dietary. Grape-Nuts comes ready to eat, is easy to digest, nourish- ing. economical, wonderfully delicious -- a help in building men of worth. 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