Daily British Whig (1850), 16 Jun 1916, p. 9

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| IEE REET IY SAAR THAT ANY BATTALIONS SHOULD HAVE TO MOVE. Officers Do Not Want to Transfer Now that the Camp is in Excellent Shape Training Has Wisely Start. ed, In consideration of the statement that some of the battalions will soon be leaving, there is a wave of regret from every quarter. .The units have come into the camp, and each has spent at least $1,000 from the bat- talion funds in putting in new tent floors and equipment for the can- teen. In some cases large and ex- pensive mess tents have been bought, and this means extra drains on the battalion's bank account. Hundreds of things have cropped up that would not have to be lost had the battalions been allowed to remain, and there is still the cry of forget any moving plans for a couple of months. The tent floors, etc., may, of course, be moved to other locations, but it means freightage, cartage-aund the cost of repairing those damaged In transit, The work of training has been hindered to some small extent by the number of men employed on fatigue work. Now the camp is in excellent shape and the training has nicely started. The "Practical Joke Department" that is deséribed in the widely read book, "The First Hundred Thou-| sand," seems to fit the case exactly. No sooner have these ten battalions been located and settled here than 4 change is ordered to some other place. The camp will be minus two- thirds of its present population, and this is only two weeks since it was opened. The arrangements that bave | been made at great trouble and ex- | pense will simply have to be made | with more trouble and more expense in some other place. Those plans | have been carried out to compleaon | here, but now they will be of no) value. The miles of surface drains that have been made, the leve'ling of parade grounds, burying of boulders, | erection of lighting equipment will | all be rendered valueless. It is cer-| tainly disheartening. . The Whig has been taking a cansus of opinion of the officers command- | ing units at Barrietield as to their ideas of changing. In every case, with one doubtful exception, noi one | man wanted to move. The doubtful | case brought out the suggestion that one battalion should not have been brought here If the change was in order. Sinee it is here and such un- expected progress is being made in training; the feeling against changing | is a very strong one. The reason given by the Minister of Militia was that the shortage of available grounds for training would so interfere with the education of | the soldiers into the mysteries of' military work that it was advisable | id their interests to change. | Officers here give the information | that hundreds of battalions have been | trained in England in spaces smaller | than that of a city block. The 2]et! Battalion, according to statements by officers who were with that unit in England, was fully training in an area smaller than that size, There are two and one-tenth miles | | | TWO SAD DEATHS REPORTED AT TWEED. The Late Mrs. James Marchand and Miss Ruth Ro- land. weed, June 12.--A peaceful denn seemed a fitting close to the life of Mrs. James Marchand who passed away at her late home on South Victoria Street, on Friday, the 9th inst. About a year ago she was stricken with a painful linger- bigs illness which she bore with her- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1916. The Baily British Whig - - PAGES 9-12 IN BIVOUAC AND BARRACKS | of grounds between the bridge and Cartwright's gate, and they extend at There would | | least a mile in width. seem to be on the same ratio a superabundance of room at Barr field, The proof that there is a amount of room and the very high- est type of training grounds is the fact that phenomenal progress has been made in the training of the un- its: while here. TO BE GIVEN A TRIAL. Pepsin To Be Used to Meet the Scar- | city of Rennet. | At the meeting of the Frontenac] Cheese Board held on Thursday af-| ternoon, a letter which had been re-| ceived from Mr. Burrell, Minister of | Agriculture at Ottawa, to W. F.| Nickle, M.P., relative to the scarcity | of rennet, was read by Secretary | William Pillar, In this letter the | Minister stated that he had been tak- | ing up the matter and had found that | the use of pepsin as a temporary | substitute is practicable. He had | secured an option on a considerable | amount of pepsin for this purpose 109TH BATTALION. CAPT. J, McCUL- LOUGH, Medcal Officer CAPT. D. ELLIOTT, Quartermaster CAMP NOTES. The appointment of supernumer- {ary officers to a unit of the C.E.F. does not give such supernumerary of- ficers any claim or right to go over- seas, A census of opinions from officers commanding units at Barriefield brought out the statement that in not one case is the change to another | camp wished for. A very large rock Incinerator has been built in the rear of the 154th Battalion lines. It consumes all the refuse from the battalion and en- ables the men of that battalion to conveniently keep . their lines in splendid condition. Pay Sergt. H., Ferguson has re- | turnel to duty with the 146th Bat-| talion after an extended sick leave. Arrangements are being made have a number of Kingston young ladies put on an entertainment for | the men of the 146th Battalion in} the big mess tent on Friday evening. Lieut. E. B. Manning, 45th Regi- ment, has been promoted to the rank of captain and appointed chief re- cruiting officer for military district No. 3 to | The 136th Battalion have been training across the road on Barrie- field since the heavy rain made the training grounds in front of the ba:- oic patience and resignation, Her faithfulness, cheerfulness and her readiness to make any sacrifice to 'help others endeared to her to all with whom she mingled. She is survived by a husband and four small children the eldest being a girl of twelve years, Besides these she leaves to mourn her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. A. Harrison, one sister and two brothers. On Sunday the funeral service wal conducted at her late home by Rev. Mr. Coon af- ter which a very lengthy procession of friends followed the remains to the family burial place Victoria | Saturday night at the military Y, M | National cemetery. The floral offerings were IA ST. ANDREW'S HIGHLAND CADETS In rear of the recent big military parade in Kingston, moving Along King to Princess street. WHAT BATTALIONS WILL MOVED FROM BARRIEFIELD, | The Men are Also Anxious ~ as carter or to Bordien Camp, The information published in Wed nesday's issue of the Whig that si =] | field camp within tén days arouse timation that the made so quickly. There is doubt and among the battalion as to gO, | ed and the announcement will not b move would b speculatio to | Grace Hotchkiss Street, What Units Will be Sent to Val. battalions would be leaving Barrie- | Breat interest, as it was the first in- | A JUNE WEDDING. [Alan Mara Bateman Takes a Bride | at New Haven, Conn. The Old Stone Church in East Ha- ven, Conn., was the scene of a rain- i bow wedding on June 3rd, when Miss Mrs. Frederick Burton Streeg, | united in marriage to Alan Mara | Bateman, son of G. A. Bateman, of | Kingston, by Rev, D. J. Clark. The { rainbow idea was carried out in the of the church and {gowns of the bride's attendants, and was both attractive and unusual. € | Miss Emeline Street, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. a | had six bridesmaids. : l.decorations which will Nothing official can be obtain- e made until published in camp orders. | | { In the meanwhile the soldiers ar ; | ly waiting for the word that up t | Thursday night had not come, The statement that six battalions | would be gone in less than ten days, | | which means that practically | unit would be moving every | came as a surprise | generally that the department woul by rather than have one big exodus. on make the transfer | | THERE ARE 5,000 MEN | AT PETAWAWA CAMP. | Flies in the Woods Like to Chew the Artillery=- men. One of the Petérboro. boys in the Petawawa i 52nd Battery now at writes home about their arrival i |camp as follows: We looking bunch, loaded down wit bottles, ete. It is a regular tente city, with fine roads We are camp ed near to the Ottawa river. id talion lines rather drilling purposes." The march to the new site also had a good effect on the men, as the battalion is parad- ed as a unit. unpleasat for The Long Sault Chapter, Daught- ers of the Empire, of Cornwall, is making the colors that will shortly be presented to the 154th Battalion. The new diamond for the 146th Battalion is now in splendid shape. It was first broken up and "rolled" by the men drilling on it for a few hours. It will be used for both foot- ball and baseball. The programme for Friday and C. A. will be of interest and profit to all. The letter writing in the Y. M. C. A. continues tobe in the thousands daily. Dr. Brown, supervisor of military Y.M.C.A,, and Mr. Bishop, of the Council, of Toronto, were visitors at the "Y" Thursday. Thomas, the Wesley Holburn, of St has arrived and will give, with the grandest ever seen in Tweed. One Thursday June 8th, at the home of her parents, there passed Sway WWth the bwelvebyearsold daughter of Samuel - Roland She was a victim of typhoid fever and other complications had set in. He: death came as a shock to her many | friends, especially to her school | companions, amongst whom she w a general favoriie. On afterncon the funeral service was | tonducted at her late home by Rev. Mr. Ragrey assfited iy -Rev Mn | Coon after which the remains were | placed in the family plot, Victoria | cemetery, --- Target Practise Is Target Practise Anywhere You Get It have 28 batteries and about 5,00 physical director, Oscar Pearson, ex- hibitions in tumbling acts. coming lonesome. We are issue a rubber sheet and three blanket and we sleep on Mother Earth. Th days are very hot and the night cool, and the mosquitoes are in strength. I was sent out woods to cut some poles, flies nearly ate me. Major R. H. Anderson and Capt V. W. Lancaster, 109th Battalion, are attending the School of Musketry at Ottawa, th th to and Lieut.-Col. J. E. de Hertel, com- manding 130th Battalion, is spend- ing a few" days in Perth. gem 93rd Band Plays at Mess. The 93rd Battalion Band will play at the headquarters' mess on Sunday evening and will give, under Band- master W, Hughes' direction, the fol- lowing numbers: March, "Three Tones"; overture, "William Tell'; waltz, "Venus on Earth"; trombone solo, "Asleep in the Deep'; selection, from Verdi,; selection, patrol American march, "Ste Stripes"; finale, "QO Canada." ---------- off for 24 hours Most of the hair elipped thei the boys have had On one fellow native, I guess we will all that way before we leave here don't expect we will be given legv loo It would not getting off for would have only boro. be worth three our whil days, as 'w here, as the sand blows into every thing Minstrel Show in Napanee, The 146th Battalion minstrel show will be produced at Napanee on June drd 'at the celebration of Dominion Day, if arrangements can be made The citizens of Napanee since hear- ing of the success of the production in Kingston have been anxious to secure that entertainment and it is bound to be an unqualified success. The concert of the "Y" was agai gramme give by the Loader broth ers, 93rd Battalion, English concer soloists; Miss Ada Roseveer, solois and choir leader of Cook's Presby terian Church, was accompanist, last week. The four surviviug son of John Ball, John Bali, jr., Miller Simon Ball, Dunbigh; Charles Bal visited Rev. Fr. Ernsville on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs, C. "Cournea and Mr. and Mrs. E Trendo Stoco, were in town cn Sunday to be present at the funeral of the late Mrs. Mar- chand. Mr. and ville, spent Rev, Carcy, Fr. Quinn placed a fine monument in in the cemetery on Saturday in mem ory of their father who away two years ago. Mrs, Cregg and family are on list at present. has rented the residence on the Rad Mrs. JMaston, (Bellle, the week-end with NEWS FROM VENNACHAR, last week 2D. A. and A moved into principal of 8, same Appointments were Made to School S. No Board Fair--Porsonal Items Vennachar June 13. --R. W. Con-[on Monday last in which the fol uer made a business trip to Lavant) lowing pupils were elected as offi et a ata Atty Nr ttt. tts working along as usual, but anxious- day, - It was thought easy stages were a sorry- blankets, haversacks, kitbags, water men, so there is little chance of be- | great pay in Port left a bunch of hair on the top of | tho i a k ~ol in" his head and he looked like a rea}| MAR Who is making the colors in To- | Col one day in Peter- | We will sure eat our peck of dirt! taxed to its capacity to hear the pro- NAA AANA, TIAA AAA tienen and Wilbert Ball of this place have position passed Stanley the cick Mrs. James Jackson bury estate from Stauley Gregg and The reports a nomination and an election el os d n WOODCOCK 156th LIEUT. GEORGE Commanding Base ( Battalion ompany h d | )- e 0 PRESENTATION OF COLORS To the 136th Battalion at Port Hope | on July 1st. d| Lieut.-Col. R. W. Smart has ap- 8 | plied for permission for the presen- ® | tation of the colors to his 136th Bat- 8{ talion to take place on Dominion Hope. The colors are ©! being purchased by Cob. James L. ©! Hughes, : * walk, Our hours are very short here-- | Dattalion by Mrs. Henry, of DIUnO, just from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m, and lots| : . ot "ol | Overseas he would take up the mat- of times we do not have our clothes and Miss Percy, of Bowmanville. Col. daughter of General John | Smart will make arrangements for as rl many men of the battalion as possible | to be present for the ceremony. +! - It is rather a coincidence that the k | ronto, under Col. James' direction, | . is a Clarke township boy, which is e | the township that the colonel came before we are ready to go overseas | (rom. LB e| 93rd Mess Tent Erected. The large tent presented by the tDaughters-of the Empire to the 93rd Battalion arrived on the grounds on 4 Thursday and was immediately erect ed. . It will be a great advantage to the men in their dining and recrea- n | tion bours. ------ a -------- - Inter-battalion t| have commenced. The 146th Bat- t] talion defeated the 154th team by <1 18 to 2 and the 139th defeated the 130th by, 1-to 0: baseball games Sjcers of the School Fair Board of this section Miss Nora Hughes, 1 | chairman and school representative, Wallace Gilmour and Miss Nina JHugleg, school represennialvey -|{ Zara Snider has his residence fair- ly well under construction. Mr. Woodcock commercial traveller mot- ored through here on Friday last. Algernon Holmes visited his-home - | here from Ardoch, where he had been engaged with a lumber company dur ing the past season, spending Sun- - {day and returning to his work on Monday. Master Russell Ball, Dan- - | bigh, spent Sunday evening last with Miss Gilmour here and returned WHILE WERE WAITING TO CROSS THE BOROER 1 MIGHT AS WELL HAVE ALITTLE TARGEY PRACTICE AS A MATTER . TA \ } ~ rE Pal FOR THE LOVE CF | MuTY. BE {| ReasonA Ser { daughter of was The bride and will be handed to the @nd also for an extension of HAVE Si ns) 8 w "p = Sy / 0 OFFCALS ARE WORDERING BE | PAYING OF THE SOLDIERS RAIN OF MONEY FELT EVERY. WHERE AT CAMP, The Y.M.C.A. Took In $500 in Ome Day as the Result of the Pay Dis. tribution. The pay departments of the differ- ent battalions were at their big task of paying the men this week. The Lank of Montreal branch at head- quarters cashed the cheques, and the rain of money was felt everywhere. The rush of money went into the different canteens and the Y.M.CA. tGok in some $500. 'The average at this canteen every day is about $300. The taxi drivers feit the flood and benefited to a varying extent, It is mystifying to think of where all the oney goes to. Every two weeks at | least $200,000 in cold hard cash goes over under guard to the camp. That is divided into some 10,000 lots. Every person gets one or more $6 | bills. Change is hard to procure, but | the money, nevertheless, goes back | into circulation pretty quickly, | Tt can well be said that the sol- | diers at Barriefield camp when they | do have money are no pikers. It | comes and goes almost as quickly. | Some, no doubt, is sent to families or to the bank, but a'great many | spend it freely in getting the most out of life that it will bring. | -------- "GLAD" MURPHY'S BROTHER. Lieut. J. H. R. Mursh Suffering ~----From-Rupture of re Word has been received that Lieut. J. H. R. Murphy is in hospital, suffering from a rupture of the ear drums The wounded soldier fs a son of Mrs. J. B. Murphy, of Chat- ham, formerly of Kingston. An- other brother, L. 8. H. Murphy, has also enlisted with a Winnipeg regi- ment To Take Up Matter. Reeve James Halliday of Ports- mouth had a conference on Thurs- day with W. F.Nickle, M.P., relative to further improvements on the breakwater at Portsmouth. The reeve is asking for a concrete wall the Mr. Nickle stated that just | a8 soon as he returned from his trip ter at Ottawa. -------- 154th Band to Play, Through the kindness of Lieut.- A. G. F, MacDonald, command- ing 154th Battalion, the pipe band of the battalion will play at the City Baseball League match on Saturday. This will enable the citizens to hear a Scotch band 'that fakes second place not even to the finest that Scotland can produce, and this at- traction alone should call. every genuine Scotchman in Kingston to see the game, Capt McManus, instructional cadre, gave a lecture to the officers of the 156th Battalion on Wednes- day "evenihig on "Company Drill." Capt. McManus was with the Royal School at Halifax, and is an excellent lecturer and a man who thoroughly understands every branch of the work, A A A A A AA A Ata A home early Monday morning. = Miss Grace Ball Miller visited at Wilbert Ball's the past week. James Grant returned to his home here the latter part of last week from Ardoch, where he has been if the employment of & lumber company for some time; he left on Monday to resume his work. Miss Gwenith Gilmour was a week end visitor at Simon Ball's, Denbigh; George Hughes, at Mrs. N. J. Ball's Monday evening; L. Gendron at Stanley Gregg's Monday evening; Mrs. John Ball, daughter Grace Mil- ler and Mrs. Wilbert Ball spent Sat- urday afternoon at Mrs, John Gil- mour's. S------------------------------, Trimk TLL A LITTLE PGET PRACTICE MYSELF

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