Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Jul 1916, p. 9

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3 h Baily Br ee ------------ No. Whig BARRIEFIELD CAMP Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next Y.M.C.A. Phone COL.T.D.R.HEMMING. 1909 ALL THE NEWS OF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE RusHB, Se SN N 9 RECRUITING ARTILLERYNENNUSKETRY VERY INPORTANT LIEUT. O'LEARY HAS SOURCE IN OTTAWA. | GOOD | PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID | mY HEADQUARTERS STAFF. Other Districts Doing Little or No- | Every Man Must Receive His Mus- thing, But This Condition Will| ketry Training--Cooks And An | Change -- Strenuous Recruiting | - Non-combatants Must to the Campaign to be Launched When | Ranges Until Conversant With the Camp is Put Into Shape, Rifle--Importance of Lieut, O'Leary, training in Ottawa | Good Marksmanship Against Huns. for the depot artillery brigade, w Musketry must be considered in camp on Wednesday, bringing [the first and most important branch down ten men. He was accompanied | of training soldiers for service at the by Lieut. Seymour. {front, and to bring this about Lieut.-| With hard work, Lieut. O'Leary, | Col. W. J. Brown, G.S.0., makes | who is a nephew of the deputy ward- | every available man £0 on the range en of the penitentiary, hopes to bring [until he has passed the efficiency ex-| the brigade up to full strength in amination to make him fit for the two months. The men of Ottawa are | front, { being chased hard by the recruiting | The ranges at the camp under the | officers of several different units, able direction of Capt. W. E. Swaine | and can be convinced of the superior- | and competent staff are in use| ity of the artillery. practically all of the time. Every| The brigade is now securing the | possible attempt is made to give the! best athletes in Qttawa, and already | soldiers of the camp the best instruc- | two full teams from the Ottawa City | tion in musketry that time will per- | Baseball League are at the camp. | mit. { Recruiting for this Brigade out-| The staff colonel has been paying side of Ottawa has not been Pro- | particular attention to those who go gressing very rapidly, due to the {to the ranges and has men even as- | amount of work that is being done | signed to light duty to get this branch! at the camp and the change of loca {of the training completed. Cooks | tion, ete., all 'of which were re-land every person that holds even an! spousible for this condition. It is non-combatant position in the bat- also to be regretted that the unfor {talion must become familiar with the | tunate shooting affair which caused rifle, and the staff officers are mak-| the death of Gunner Elliott should ing it as thorough as = inoculation; have hindered recruiting. Reports which, like death, seems never fail-| from thare, however, indicate that ing. | for a while at least this source of so| Ay present the 154th Battalion oe-| many excellent artillerymen fg cut cupies the ranges, the 109th having, off. been completed. The next will be! For some unknown resson Kings- | the 155th, which will commence next 'ton has been doing practically no- week. thing in filling up this brigade. Gan Muskefry has been given to all of anoque is sending only a very few men in these battalions, but | Go Recognized as | as | also in spite of the fact that the ranges at the camp not being first C.E.F. in Kingston was made up | available at the outlying points dur-! and commanded by residents of [ing the organization, prelimin-| Gananoque. ary training in this work could not | The attraction of the artillery can-|pe carried on when the instructional | not be denied, however, and as soon | gi, conducting the prelimin- | as the camp is put into shape and |, in the work during the! the time can be secured more strenu-| inter. | ous recruiting efforts will be made. | Horses may help, and there is the possibility that these will be secur- ed. were course Machine Gunners Decorated. The machine gunners of the 155th are praud of the fact that they have one of the prettiest uniforms in use | at the camp. Each man has a blue, gold trimmed sweater, This section is commanded by Lieut. McGie, now Capt. Gilmour, 156th Battalion, left on Thursday evening for Halifax on command. A muster parade of the 155th Bat- | talion was called for Thursday morn- | ing. | at the camp. | § nin. | | | This "ITWANTU" gas iron is easily attached to any gas fixture in the House. It heats easily . in 4 minutes and stays hot from heel to toe. | ion | drill 'and sports the visitors will be in charge of the machine gun school the days until the MClarys "wantu COMFORT GAS IRON z A BIG EXCURSION COMING TO THE 150TH BATTALION FROM GLENGARRY DISTRICT | > va | Capt. Norwell, headquarters staff, | Train Comes from Lancaster and Ar-| has returned from a trip through rives at 10.30 a.m. Saturday -- | Victoria and Haliburton counties, | & di Ne Je where he was engaged in business of | Over 500 Expected -- Lieut. oL | he 45th Regimeni. | A. G. F. MacDonald Making Ex- | 1 tensive Arrangements for Big Re-| The 154th, 155th and 156th Bat- |talions are arranging concerts for] {the men, each battalion furnishing | {talent for the other, | Camp Notes. Trouble for ception, On Saturday next the 154th Bat- talion will be honoree by having one of the biggest excursions visit them that ever ran out of the counties of the camp, Glengarry, Stormount and Dundas LO | Thursday. the city to see the soldiers at Barrie- | s-- field. As a motion of recognition | The twelve officers of Camp Bor- Lieut.-Col. A. G. F. MacDonald, com {den who have been qualifying manding the battalion is making 8pls | School of Cookery, returned thi | ering endid arrangements for their recep- week. On Wednesday next ten more | wrong tion. | will take the course. The train will arrive over the - Grand Trunk in the city at 10.30 a.m.| The camp dentists have completed Saturday, and if it can be arranged | the work on the teeth of the men of ing Made The Major King, Ottawa, who was at! have finally ery military letter states either retrac a in the camp the discharging of passengers will be [the 109th Battalion, and have com- The order at Tete de Pont Barracks.- Here a |menced with the 155th Battalion. Barriefield ¢ long line of automibiles will™ bel drawn up and the excursionists will The be conveyed directly to the camp- | 109th, grounds. the popular colone the battalions numbering 93rd, 36 a 39th, which for 136th and 139th, whic (or! nas been try near headquarters at Camp, have all gone. have come artillery. cessor, but the infantry have been| missed | 1. will throw open big reception tent of the battal- and all will be given carte blanche to make full use of it for their lunch, which in most cases will be brought with them. Tea, hot wa- | ter and probably-much more will be | served by the battalion to the visi- tors. The wives of the officers of the battalion who are in the city or! camping in this district will take | charge of this work and see that all are made comfortabie. At 1.30 p.m. the colonel will call a parade of the battalion complete, with pipe band and all the men pre- sent. The visitors will then be giv- en an hour's entertainment in squad, company and battalion arill with fea- tures such as machine gun work, | guard mounting, ete., by the men of the battalion. There may be some contests run off. After the programme of 'military been to kee The signallers of the 136th, 139th,| der, what t 146th and 207th Battalion are now attached to the 154th for rations. tthe C.E.F., RECRUITS ARE SECURED credit to For the Ammunition Column--It Is - An Interesting Branch. Lieut. R. T. Quain, of the Ammu- {nition Column of the Depot Artillery Brigade being mobilized in Kingston is at Lieut. O'Leary's recruiting office. {the 74th Ottawa, looking for recruits for the! ierson column, It is to be 150 strong, and Lieut : has just been organized. It has 14 tion: column men enlisted so far Many 'mechan- Tavior ics and particularly men accustomed y to horses are wanted. Lieut. Tay- lor, of Montreal, is in command of the | column The work of the Ammuni-| given the freedom of the lines and |tion Column is to supply the batter-| will entertain themselves until the|ies with ammunition while the latter train pulls out at 6.30 p.m. {are in action, and also replace from The soldiers of the 154th battalion | the ranks of the column any casual- are already anxiously waiting the | ties which occur in the batteries Ac coming of their friends and counting | cordingly the men of the column have { train will arrive. !t0 be trained in the battery work as | well as their own drill. 1 The 72nd commanded It will undoubtedly prove to be one of the most pleasant days spent by the men of the 154th battalion since coming into Barriefield. ------------ ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Wireless in Use. The class at the School of Signal-| ling -which is attending a course in wireless instruction by Sergt. Inst Hicks is progressing rapidly, and is | advanced enough to do actual field work with the instruments. On Thursday one station was taken to/ Grassy Creek, about four miles down the Gananoque road, and communi- cation with the station at Barriefield was made. There are about twenty | in the class. | Recruits for Battery. | The following Wrtillerymen recent- | ly enlisted at the Ottawa recruiting office, and left Thursday morning Yor Kingston, where they joined the 73rd Battery: C. B. Smyth, James Semple, F. H. Deeprose, Montreal: J. M. Cox, R. A. Rice. A. M. Matheson, R. D. Thebarge, H. E. Verdon, Westboro; W. A. Burnett, Britannia; R. R. La-| haise, Britannia; D. D. Morris. Lieut. | O'Leary went in charge of the de-| tachment. | { | Being Installed Through Lines at the Camp, The electric lights throughout the battalion lines are gradually being installed. Lieut, Wallace, who be- fore coming into the service, was in the electrical business in Belleville, has completed the installation of lights in the big tent of the 155th Battalion. Gradually the officers'| lines and the larger tents of each unit are being wired. The current is obtained from leads put through a short time ago by the camp engin- eers. The current is supplied by the city, which also permits of brilliant lights, which are of great value to the canip. -- INOCULATION AND FURLOUGHS. These are Principal Thoughts of 156th Battalion Just Now. Recru iting is Better "Look out for my arm." is rather 4 : | a universal cry in the lines of the! Recruiting has been better in Otta- 156th Battalion along with the|W¥8 this week, not only for the infan-| words, "Farm furloughs," Which try but also for the artillery and the mean so much trouble to Capt. Kyle, | Forestry Batation. The last two adjutant. The inoculation of every Weeks were very slow, only 510 men | Battalion being recruited in this entire division | [THE MILITARY REPORTERSNEW MACH AT CAMP BORDEN BRING TROU- {IT WAS START BLE AND A CIRCULAR Letter Giving Directions as to their Management --Barriefield Satisfied with newspapers at | have been sending out articles that returned to his home on|on all messages sent over the wires and a circular letter that effects ev at thel to pe allowed every facility for gath reliable reports { doing or the privileges of both news- | | getting or ¢ not commenti isfled with whit the Kingston press : ino i merly oceupi + infantry : : In honor of their coming 'Merly occupied the infantry Sines recrultiog and giving reliable infor- In their places] mation of the soldiers' movements to Not a bad suc-{ the people at home The policy of the Whig has always p j otic ideals and help rather than hin- | trying to do in making the ent as possible so that they will be a this when they go into the trenches Commanders of Batteries, 83rd is commanded by Major Barrett, commanded the Latornell, IE GUN COURSE AT TETE DE PONT BARRACHS D ON THURSDAY LD CAMP, DEPOT OF R.C.H.A. IS BEING CON- AT BARRIF DUCTED THERE, Many Recruits Being Sent Here From Montreal, Where an Office Has Been Opened on Peel Street--To- ronto Quiet a Recruiting Ground Twenty-five Men Left for Peta- wawa on Friday, Citizens should not forget that located at the historic Tete de Pont Is still a depot of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery that is doing in its uiet way an immense amount of work in preparing men for the front. The recruiting for the Royal Can- anadian Horse Artillery has al- | iost stopped in Toronto, but is pick- Ing up rapidly in Montreal. An of- fice has been opened on Peel street {in that city, and from that source | forty-five recruits of the finest type A came in last week. More are coming Now every day, and this office will soon the find that it is practically as valuable 181 for recruiting as the one at 20 Vie- | becoming more widely known. To | toria street, Toronto. There are now | make every officer commanding a {about seventy-five men at the bar- {machine gun section and a number | racks, with some 200 at Petawawa {Of other officers of every battalion {all of "C" Battery. Twenty-five more thoroughly acquainted with the | men left on Friday for the northern working this deadly machine these camp, and this opening should prove | courses are proving of great value {attractive to any Kingston men who | It is planned to have 'every officer fare considering the question of en- lqualified, and if this ean be -accom- listing, plished the battalion will be far ad- vanced for the firing line. the 15 Particular Attention Now Being Paid to This YJ Kandea- to OVE van Themselves and Circula Tustruction-- Thoughout Canada! 'YF Have More Than Harviefio! Instructed Efforts Be. | Operation of the Machis: » in A machine gun co Kingston Press. weeks' duration has Camp Borden | 1iefiel:} Cai Young and Mcuie brought down a censor! tye 'a a report, The vane of t Vat P& Licu:arly {fare, has heen hound Every at Oicers in the Honest Gun, urge of three started at, Lieuts will be when all by 0 unaer I'ncere tendance macuine of tro gun in wat by leaps tie good W. J. Brown, much attention ravch of tie wark Before this war the wa hin: gun was a novelty, and few men had ever {Seen it-let alone gperate it. guns 'are conunon, and | knowledge of their mechanism camp in Canada The that newspapermen are re, increa he V4 | 2nd and it shows information, but any published must be : 3 i SO ted by the newspaper sol pa is irculating of that paper may be cancelled. r cannot possibly affect 'amp and officials, while ,» Seem more than sat- these ing to do.in assisting the the highest of patri- Was His Sister, - {| Young Lady Visitor (at private h Battalion, hospital): "Can I see Lieut. Barker, returned from Brockville after play-| please?" Ing at a garden party given by the Matron: Women's Emergency Corps there for ary vi ng patriotic purposes, | relative?" Visitor (boldly): "Oh yes, I'm his sister." Matron: "Dear me. I'm very glad you, I'm his mother." Ryden, R.C.HA., who © sick list, is recover- pects soon te return to "4 he officers in charge are men of in their hands as eflici The band of part of the country 5 "We do not allow ordin- May I ask if you're a Battery at the camp by Captain Lawson, the Mrs. Baker, wife of Capt. Baker, 154th Battalion, has arrived from Chesterville to take up a cottage on!to meet by Captain | the St. Lawrence near the camp 756th commanded by grounds. | and the ammuni- Lieut. Hyndman, who commanded by Lieut. here with the R.C.H.A,, + | Petawawa. Q.M. Sergt. has been | has been on th has gone to ing, and ex Petawawa, . TO OUR PRINTING EFFICIENCY IN MANAGEMENT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE AND THE POWER TO BUY RAW MATERIALS IN LARGE QUAN- TITIES, ENABLE THE BRITISH WHIG TO GIVE THE PATRONS OF ITS JOBBING DEPARTMENT THE ADVANTAGES OF HIGH- CLASS WORK AT MODERATE PRICES. THE WHIG PRIDES ITSELF UPON THE HIGH CHARACTER OF ITS PRINTING OUTPUT. THIS SUPERIORITY HAS BROUGHT ORDERS FROM THE BIGGEST HOUSES IN TORONTO, MONT- "REAL AND OTHER CITIES. THE SAME GOOD SERVICE IS AT THE COMMAND OF EVERY PERSON IN KINGSTON. Send for Booklet: "A New Man and A New {man from the colonel down is a ne- {cessary nuisance. The last dose for {the Brockville Battalion was given by the medical officer on Thursday, {and every person excepting those on as compared with the previous aver- | age of about a battalion of 1,100 men | each half month. This indicates| that Ottawa is not the only centre in which July showed a falling off. is safe, easily operated and very economical to use for all kinds of household ironing. It oper- |guard or away were given their ates "shot." ' ------ : i 3 | The raid on the battalion forwarm | Recruiting Team Returns. | or {help has somewhat abated, although| The recruiting team of the 73fd| 3 . . {applications are still coming in. Battery, which has been in Ottawa | A demonstration gladly, given, -- - | for the last week. returned to Kings-| | Capt. Ringwood, adjutant of the - DAVID HALL, | ton Thursday morning. Its stay | 15th Brigade, was in the city on 66 Brock Street. = there was very successful, and the! Thursday from Petawawa on busi-| battery is now almost 99 strong. The | ness. . He spent his last leave in the strength when complete will be 143] city before going overseas. . |and Ottawa is expected to furnish all The band of the 155th Battalion is! the men needed to bring the unit up | on leave in Belleville. to establishment. ; 3

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