Daily British Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916, SECOND SECTION i -- - a eH -- -- ) WAR CAMP ; IN BIVOUAC AND BARRACKS | 0 SOON T0 BID GOODBYE WAR OF THE SPECIALISTS it is easy to see how'and where a Company ~ Commander has his ; troubles. « Every specialist in camp asks---even demands--that the best BUT THE WAR sPEOTALISTS | HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON men from each company be detailed to follow his pet line of work' and The New Russian Army In Its Uniform. TO THE 146TH BATTALION OF KINGSTON AND FRONTENAC They Like It Better Here Than in Gallipoli, The Australians and New Zealand- The People 'Sorry That This Local Unit Has Been Ordered to Finish Its Training at Valcartier Camp, The 146th Battalion, when it leaves the city at p.m., Mon- | day, should be given a great send- {off. The people ishould remember | that Col. Low's battalion is com- | posed of men who have been born If they don't specialize us out of | for the brilliant display of special- {and raised in this district and that | the popular colonel is taking away all semblance to what we used to|ties. The only thing to do is to oS | | think was an infantry regiment, it|keep a little faithful nucleus around d oy : 1000 residents. will not be the fault of the eager | you at the cost of being denounced As a compliment to the citizens, and enthusiastic officers who prowl|as a narrow-minded bigot. Even Low has decided that a short about our camp, preaching new gos-| then, your troubles are not ended. | route march will be held before go- ers know something of the best and the worst of this war on the Western front, apart from great offensives, so that they are not ignorant of the act- ual conditions when they say, as most of them do, that after trench life in France is "not so bad." They would rather be here even than in Egypt. told preference: "become, evep as he, a specialist in Danger of Specializing the Soldiers | this, that or the other thing. After Out of all Semblance of What Was | YOU have lived with a company for * six months, you canno ersuade un Infantry Regiment, 1 3 E> yourself, let aldne an absolute stran- The following from Brainshott ger with a suspicious mind and free vamp is certainly typical of the|of speech, that all 'the men are the whole of the Canadian Expedition-| best men, nor can you make him see ary force including Barriefield train- that some men must be left as simple ing camp: , ordinary soldiers if ror no other rea- Son than to serve as a background gr 2.30 A young Australian me the reason for this 2 "Here, for instance, we are cold--- coming straight from the Egyptian sun. By Jove! It's cold to the very marrow-bones when the wind blows down the trench at night! But on the Peninsula the endless glare, day pels of destruction with the fire and Zeal of the early Christian fathers. Each of them has his little band of converts--officers, N.C.0.'s and men | and arguments as to whether the Hun can be brought to see the light | better with the bayonet than with | the bomb frequently threaten to! shatter the harmony which has long | been our joy and pride. Saving the fact that infantry are expected to fight, our specialists have little in common. The Bayonet Man will not admit that the war can be ended in any other way than by "clearing 'em out" with cold steel. The bomber scorns such old- fashioned methods; clear 'em out by | all means, he says, but let Amonal | and - Trinitroluene do your work. | The Trench Mortar Visionary | dreams dreams and sees visiong of crumpled trenches and wholesale | destruction such as only a whole-| souled devotee of slaughter as a fine| art. would dare put into words. He and the Sniping Expert are our Kid- | glove enthusiasts. It the enemy! must be killed, as killed he must, let] Us do it without heat or jostling. | Keep the men cool, calm and col- lected, avoid the "rough stuff" and | "deliver the goods." 1 Then, of course, there is the ma- | chine-gun crank. He comes in two | varieties, the fixed position and the | portable, and when he is not trying | to pulverize his twin, he is proving | to his owh complete satisfaction | that all the rest of us are compara | tively worthless accessories to his| 'own particular specialty, Map-Reading Genius arises to remark that if we can't read maps, we can't win the war, but only the Scouts pay much attention to him and, as yet, we do not think any too highly of the Scouts as a class, although individually they are DENTAL When your company parade is call- ed, your machine-gun men are never there, The current rumor is that they sleep until the absurd hour of seven o'clock and then hie them- selves to the woods and meadows where machine-gunners are suppos- ed to train, and continue their sleep until hunger drives them back to camp for another meal, but I think this is untrue. At any rate, they are with us but not of us. Then the Bombers, more blithely, 80 off to throw jam-tins at a hole-in the ground, and the Snipers follow them--'"birds' nesting," the rest of us call it, although we really no not know what they do. The Trench Mortar squad, like the Machine- Gunners, are here today and gone to-morrow, but they don't affront us with their airs and graces, For the rest, it is a poor hour when there isn't a Bayonet Instructor around somewhere waiting to pounce on an unoccupied squad and put it through its lunges and parries until forcibly restrained. With it all, however, we are get- ting to feel that we are considerably nearer to being useful than we have been up to the present. If there are half-a-dozen things we need to know how to do and do well, we want to feel that, in our battalion, we have men who can do them at least as well as the other fellows. It may | not be true that any one "specialty' will win the war; probably it will not, but the working together of all the specialities is going to make a Even the| machine which we are quite willing occasionally | to match against anything Brother Hun has in hand or up his sleeve. WORK AT THE CAWP &ood company if inclined to exag-| THE TOOTH REPAIRERS ARE DO- ferate. Scouts, it'is generally be-| lieved, have a "snap." _Events may | prove otherwise, but that is, at the moment, our fixed conclusion, We | had a lecture the other day from thelr instructor who delved, for our benefit, a little distance into the! mysteries of map-reading. After lis-| ten'ng to him for an hour, we all found that, given a good, accurate | map, a clear night, and 'nothing to! distract us, we could, in all proba- | bility, tell whether a road on which | We were travelling was running up| or down hill and whether the curves | were to the right or left. Fascin-| ating sport, map-reading. 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Sold by all druggists, 7bc Hall's 'Family that tor constipation 1 ING SPLENDIDLY A Dental History Sheet With Every Man's Attestation Papeis--The System is Very Complete, The camp dentists are doing a splendid work by their inspection and operating on every .man at Bar- riefield. - During the last few weeks the dentists have been coming stead- lly to the front and the work is now Picture shows the equipmen tuseian armick of toda d stare. Tt win be Armies the recent big vict front TELEPHONES AT CAMP The Numbers of the System at Bar- riefield Ace telephones have been Given The camp lows: Headquarters Lt.-Col. W, J Field Hospital Lieut-Col. F No. 5 F.C "ai Lt.-Col. R. J. Gardiner Barriefield fol for arranged as (Booth) Brown Burritt recognized to such an extent that every man's attestation papers bears a "Dental History Sheet." This sheet bears the chart of a man's mouth full of teeth and in proper blanks below every alteration that has been madg by dentists is record- ed. It is possible for the camp den- tists to tell at any time just how many teeth and in what condition those teeth are in when asked about any man who has come into their office. It is a most complete system and though the Canadian Army Den- tal Corps is the youngest in Canada it is doing splendid work. The 93rd Battalion has almost been completed for the inspection of the teeth of the men although all cases that require further treatment will be coming in at appointed hours. Emergency cases are also being treated Since the clinic was started. 815 men have been exam- inéd and work has been don® on half that number Col. G. H. Ogilvie Major Prideaux Lt.-Col. H. R. Wilson Col. G. H. Gillespie Capt. J. M. Wilson D. E. Mundell and Lt.- Battalion Battalion Capt, Turner (Pay A.8.C. (Transport) Infantry School M Hamilton and 156th Battalion Battalion 93rd 109th Office) 154th Bombing Insiructor Capt. G. L. Dobbin, of Mont bombing officer, late of the 14th Montreals, after treatment at Mest cliffe Hospital for. deafness, has been appointed divisional bombing officer and trench mortar instructor of the { 4th Division, Bramshott real, There's Many a Slip Twixt the Cup and the Esophagus [| Listens PEON, T ANT TO Fool | MY FRIED, MUTT, YOU DID IT WRONG Ye STERDAY, TODAY YoU SNEAK UP WHEN I'M ON QUTRIST DUTY AND FIRE AT ME, | WITH A BLANK SHELL AND TC BRE mack AT You AND YOU Faw Ay IR = AND YL GE TEN DOLLARS x ( AN (eT AND KILLED THE EMNEMY THE BG ATHLETIC MEET A" Si at ir te Si to orites in the field and track events or m sp tr ib sh and | promises to be a huge success. oO. te urer Capt. Nick. Bawlf, Captain J. 1 bers of the Military Athletic Assoc- fation have organized and issued or ders busy he Sprints, ing ra football th mi th be th lacrosse matches, th an Jor Saxol Salve to stop the itching and begin healing with the first application or return your | m di ar MAHOOD DRUG CO., LIMITED - { be up Brock street and down ing aboard the train. The route will Prin- cess street Owing to the fact that the battalion will be wearing heavy marching order equipment the march has been made as short as possible with the idea of giving the people the chance of 'a farewell look before the unit leaves for the Que- pec camp, Kingston is losing a fine battalion in the 146th. Though many previ- ous calls have been made and hun- | dreds of men from this district have sharp are to be finished five o'clock. | The committee in charge has de-! cided that this first athletic meet is to be a real athletic meet in every sense .of the word The event will be run off without delay beginning at one thirty sharp. The officers and committess have been chosen. A committee has been named to inter- view the merchants of the city to obtain prizes for the different events and they do not anticipate any diffi- culty in getting a splendid set, An invitation will be extended to the citizens of the city of Kingston to attend the games and see the sol- diers now encamped at Barriefield at play. Many "famous Canadian athletes are in the different bat- | talions and those attending are sure | to see spirited contests, The officials of the programme of events low. by CAMP NEXT ERNOON T BARRIEFINLD MONDAY A x Thousand Soldiers Take 'art--Final Preparations Being Made--The Programme of Events Perhaps the largest and best hletic meet to be held in this dis ict will be run off on Monday af rnoon next at Barriefield camp. X thousand soldiers will be present take part in or cheer their fav- to the baseball, football and lacrosse atches It will be the biggest orts contests ever staged on the aining grounds and with the cal- re of athletes that have already owed their prowess in battalion inter-battalion competition it and the | given be-| day are The Programme | 100 yards in three heats: 220! yards in three heats; 1 mile race; ! high jump; running broad jump; obstacle race; 14 mile walk; relay race(battalion 4-man team); 16 1b. shot put; 2 Ib. hammer; football, | 93rd vs. 154th; baseball, 100th vs. 155th; lacrosse, 154th 156th; tug-of-war, 8 men Lieut.-Col. 8. A, Thompson, G. S.| president of the sports commit-| together with Seecretary-Treas-| e, Sutherland, and the other mem- and are now preparations. will be grounds throw for the big meet carrying on final track and field sports the 139th parade runs, jumps, weight relay races, obstacle and lacrosse, . baseball and matches will be included ir e programme The grounds ttee has already begun work e track which will be put into the possihie condition. The-gatives 4 the baseball, football and will be staged on e 146th and 154th parade grounds d will comménce at three o'clock v8 ld on mad The Officials . Judges Col..T. D, R. Hemming, Camp Commandant; -Col.-G: Hunter Oglivie, A.A.G.; Li -Col Ss A Thompson, G.S.0, and Lieut.-Col, W 0. Brown, G.5.0 Starter--Lieut J Clerk of Course 154th. Timekeepers----Capt. T Major R.-D. Ponton Scorer Lieut.-Col. C. T contests, ces com Bews Capt, "N ol Bawif, at is Kidd and] Wilkin- | son ' En Route to Kingston IL.eo Kavanagh, Kingston; Angrove, Kingston; Lance- Gunn, Peterboro; Lance- Ellgott, Bowmanville; Martinette; Pte. D H. Macdonald, Ottawa; E. Rutten, Picton and J. Cary Picton, have ar rived in Canada from the front, and on, Saturday will Quebec for Kingston ._ for. convalescent home treatment Sapper Driver H Corpl. D. Corpl. C. P Pte. S. Antoine, and other Skin Troubles We Guarantee leave oney. There are lots of skin reme- | es but Saxol is the only one we guar: tee like this. Why don't you try it? Anglin Coming Home Col. W G. Anglin, chief of No. 7 General Hospital, (Queen's,) Le Trepot, sails for Can ada this week on ck leave, being replaced by Lieut.-Col. J. ¥. Kidd, of Ottawa, who was Bramshott. A ee ee et et ett a eg tot sat sso Ay a aa Col. Lieut irgeon KINGSTON, Ont. at NK YOU. UNRE GUN WAY A GAME AND niin | good body of soldiers | Col. Low has done everything pos- | sible, for their comfort and welfare. | will go by G.T.R | on Saturday the battalion colors will | the LITTLE already gone Col. Low was success- ful in gathering 1,000 good men to- gether. He has a battalion of care- fully selected men who have shown their value as soldiers and who have proved good enough for him to take match against any that is brought to Quebec and other battalion there. Kingstonians can the feeling of the the camp that their good enough to make them the lead- ers when in the eastern camping grovnds. They have done splendidly and too many compliments cannot be showered on Col. Low and his battalion for the wonderful work that has been done. Although there are talions at Barriefield it if any others can show sheet in regard to the the men. It has been and realizing the fact that he has a under him, assured by nilitary men at field work is be be eight bat- is doubtful as clear a conduct of His work is appreciated and when the 146th makes its last parade through the streets on Monday af- ternoon immense crowds should gather to give the boys a royal send- off, Another puncture in the line of infantry battalions at the camp has been made by the leaving of the 139th. Until the batteries come from the city this part of the grounds will look rather deserted. « The 136th Battalion commanded by Lieut=Col. RR. W. Smart leaves for Port Hope on Friday while the advance party of directly. to Valcartier to Part The battalion Hope and be presented On morning 136th entrains Sunday for the that are that it; will arrive ning by HEADS WON--JOIN ALLIES Secures Four Soldiers Flip of the Coin Four former members of the United States Army flipped a coin at Windsor, Ont., to decide an argu- ment as to which country they would fight for, England or/the Uni- ted States, Heads was for Europe and. tails for Mexico Heads won, and an -hour later the four had signed with the Canadian Mounted Rifles and departed for Hamilton. England by Thursday night is the farewell ad- dress of Rev. H. H, Bingham at the Y.M.C.A. and will be of an evangelis- tic. order "after which he return for | daty im London. -- il fy wonderful, | the battalion goes" eastern | ! training camp-and fhe arrangements eve 1A | after day, was hateful, and much {harder to bear. Then we were parched for water, and thirst is the | most agonizing thing. "Here there's too much water, and the wet trenches are devilish uncom- fortable--how it rains in this part of the world!--but it's a thousand times better to have too much than too little. "The shell fire here is more in- tense than anything we had to en- dure from the old Turk--and not pleasant, you bet--but at least one can get away from it here for a spell when the battalion is relieved, which was never so in the other place." It was in such a wood that Shakes- peare would have loved, because of | the shimmer among the beech leaves and the long vistas of tall straight trunks, that some of the Australians came across a party of French wood- cutters--soldiers of the Territorial class, and very crafty with the axe, The Australians looked on while a tree was polled, and then one of them put a friendly challenge to the biggest and brawniest Frenchman. "I guess I can beat you at that game, old son." The "poilu" laughed understand- ing the signs if not the speech, of the tall brown lad in the slouch hat. He laughed with self-confidence, for he had a reputation as a wood-cutter not {disputed by his comrades. "Essayez done, mon vieux! couper trois, vous savez." Each man was to cut down three trees, and the quickest would win. | The Australian took off his tunie {and rolled up his shirt-sleeves, show- {ing the muscles of his big brown {arms, so that the French soldiers whistled with admiration. He cut th clean, strong strokes, and so skilfully that the French champion {looked anxious. Nom d'un pipe, id"an pipe! but this boy is formid- able i But one of 1th Il faul tw the trees fell across re was a shout of de- ¢nchmen, That was s not good style. ould now show his d. It » Frenchman Il est fort, le bon- homme, la. Th nch giant, for he was a big follow, with the neek and shoulders : Roman gladiator," 'swung his 1dled axe so that it was like 1 of lightning among the trees. he won with four minutes to and with superb style-- which was very helpful to the entente rdiale nare, The illustrated lecture "A Trip Through Sunny Colorado" was en- joyed by the usual capacity audience in the "Y' tent. Rev. Mr. Bingham gave a strong appeal at the close of of an inspiring appeal when thirty- five professed to lead a new life. QMS Woung and the guartermas- ters' staff of the 146th Battalion, to- gether with the pay staff, orderly room and messing staffs will leave as the advance party of the 146th | Battglion for Valcartier on Friday. It is costing the Militia Depart- ment $800,000 to maintain Barrie- field camp for thirty days. About { half of this amount is paid directly to the men. By Bud Fisher Come on! GIMME THE TEN Bucks! | | We ant NN SEER,