Whig Phone BARRIEFIELD CAMP No. 1909 Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next YMCA. the officers of the 154th, tea, coffee, lemonade and sandwiches were in readines in the big top waiting for the visitors, Lunch was served the little family gréups joining together in corners where conversation could be carried on freely and without in- terrupiton. Never before had such a thing occurred and it was certainly a sight worth while to watch the] scene, : After the lunch hour the bugles called the next parade and the sol- diers pulled themselve® away lo go into their companies on the paride ground again. Here for over an hour to the music of the battalion bands the boys marched and drilled to the intense delight of the excur- sionists, There was squad drill. Com- pany drill, and battalion drill. An exhibition of physical training by a selected company of sixty and finally |. through the kindness of Col. T. D R, Hemming, Camp Commandant, a march past the saluting base being in front of the pay tent. i After this parade had been dis- missed and the soldiers once more EXCURSIONSTS 10. 154TH LARGE CROWD FROM DUNDAS, STORMONT AND GLENGARRY' Relatives and Friends of Men in the 154th Battalion Visited the Camp on Saturday and Were Intensely Interested in What They Saw, Par- ticularly an Exhibition of Military Drill Put on by the Battalion. 'When 200 visitors from the coun- ties of Glengarry, Dundas and Stor- mont arrived in the city before noon Saturday they saw a waiting line of cars ready to take them to the ¢camp and inside fifteen minutes all were within the boundaries of the camp grounds eagerly investigating the mysteries of military life being led by their friends and relatives who have donned the khaki. It was undoubtedly one of the most interesting times that they ever had and not a small part of their { coration of the Military ped off the noon train from Montreal ; * Camp Notes. John MeCallum, R.A. N.C, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. McCallum, Smith's Falls, on whom the King personally bestowed the coveted de- Cross, step Capt returning after active service, and and in the thickest on Wednesday, a year spent in right at the front of the fighting Capt. J. R, Irwin, Cobourg, with the Army Medical Corps, has been recommended for the Military Cross, for valor displayed in rescuing and tending to wounded soldiers during a fierce bombardment, after they had been wounded in the explo- sion of a large mine, H. T. Noonan, for the past sixteen vears deputy collector of Inland rev- | ------ Puty | The 156th Battalion will co-oper- enue for the Perth district, has given entertainment was furnished only by strenuous effort on the part of the men themselves, Everything was in readiness for them when they arrived at the camp grounds. The soldiers were working as usual on their parade grounds to the music from thé pipers band andl immediately the visitors had some- thing to watch that they had never seen before. The drilling on the hard dry parade grounds at times be- | comes montonous but to the stranger | it is a matter of amusement and in-| terest. The soldiers as they drilled on Saturday morning knew that the visitors were watching their every movemeént and took more than a casual interest in what they were do- | ing. The words "form fours-right" and all the rest of the language of | the drill sergeant was not new to| them and they 'showed off' what! they have been learning since com- | | ing into the army. Lieut.-Col. A. G. F, MacDonald is constantly in touch with what is be- ing done by the men on the parads grounds and in his short-sleeve and forgetting everything but the work the allowed his visitors to line up the side of the grounds and watch if it interested them. After the parade was dismissed, however, things] changed. Regimental rules were for | gotten and there was a general mix- | ing of friends and relatives. Some of the scenes will not soon be for- gotten as the boys tried to make | thelr parents, friends or relatives feel at home under such strange cir- cumstances. The crowd then went to the big tent and got rid of their baskets and boxes. Through the generosity of Col. MacDonald and up his position for the present in or- der tq enlist for overseas service, Ernest Ball, who was to be man- ager of the new Princess moving picture theatre, Smith's Falls, enlisted in the 240th Battalion. is the third of the Ball brothers to give his services to Canada and the ! Empire, allowed to mingle with their. friends | Col. Hemming was introduced | to many of the visitors and gave; them the freedom of the camp grounds for their visit. Many were more than pleased to meet the genial | commandant and all were enthusias- tic in their congratulations of the appearance of the camp grounds and the soldiers of the 154th. The return excursion to Lancaster left at 6.30 p.m., although many back to their homes on the regular trains. Russell R, Watt, Perth, is giving to enlist as a private in the Battalion. His brother, Edward, the officer commanding the new bat- talion. GbbdddbPhbdddd debbdddd Phd SIGNALLERS' EXHIBITION. en The signallers of the 154th Battalion have become very pro- ficient as was demonstrated at the exhibition, for the visitors to the camp on Saturday. During the entertainment Mw. Gorley, Postmaster of Morrisburg wrote the message "Congratulations to the 154th, hope to see you all Fair Day," and handed it to a station near him. The mes- sage went from one station to another and was finally handed to Lieut.-Col. A. G. F. MacDon- ald who walked back and asked if the message he received was the same as the one sent It was correct in every particular. Following :the church parade on Sunday morning a march past before Col. T. D, R. Hemming, Camp Com- mandant, was held. The men looked sun and walked erect and regularly It was more than satislactory to headquarters, $ & * + + * + * + + * <* + 4 be broken up to reinforce two Mont- real regiments, the 73rd Highlanders | and the 87th, of the Fourth Division, | which is expected to go to the front + | shortly, {of W. G. Stoddart, Cornwall, | killed in action in the big battles in Fb Ribbbdbid dbbdbdd Pde | the early part of June. The only word Mr. Stoddart has received from Rev. Gordon S. Jury, Bowman-|the record office in Ottawa. was to ville, formerly pastor of Coburg Bap- | the effect that his son was missing tist Church, has donned the khaki,| between June 2nd and 3rd. Pte. W and has enlisted with Queen's Uni Is Stoddart, of the 29th Battalion, of versity Ambulance Corps Vancouver, B.C., a former Toronto Pred e bb bb ebb rrr de Now REMEMBER , WHE N WE GET TO THE CHICAGO CONVENTION, TO GET MYSELF NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT, We MUST STAMPEDE THE DELEGATES IN MV FAVOR AWE MUST CARRY THE "DELEGATES whTH A RUSH - CARRY THEM OFF THEIR FEET WHEN I MAKE Mv SPEECH. You Stary THE STAMPEDE AT THE FINISH a prisoner in Geissen, He is a brother of W. G. resident, is | Germany. { Stoddart Lieut.-Col, M. K. Adams, command- ing the 155th Battalion has received word about his son, Lieut, E A Adams, who was recently reported wounded The band of the 155 played at the headquarters Sunday evening. Corpl. Williams, Army Corps, is in the General { with typhoid fever. Mrs, Fish and daughter, Roches- i ter, Mrs. M. K. Adams and Mrs. Put- {'man, Picton, and Mrs. 'Dodds were ) guests at the officers' mess of the Battalion mess on th h Service Hospital | 155th Battalion for lunch on Sunday | ate | the has | He | | = The Bible Study Class wil] be con- {ducted by Dr. Smith at 3 p.m. in the | "Y" tent, subject, "Paul at Corinth." { to the fullest extent possible on occasion of the presentation of the vill on August 7th. TO MAKE A RECORD This is What a Student Tells About Queen's A paragraph in a letter from Pte Fulton Kendrick of Queen's Hospital up business as an implement dealer | 240th | is | | versity Corps to his cousin, Miss L. Crummy, Toledo, is interesting. "Let me say right here that have the pleasure of belonging to one the best corps of its kind in the army, 'Queen's Uni- Queen's has another of Canadian Hosp.' | leading corps in the artillery, in the | Those fellows have made a name 4 & | themselves ¢ the s here i splendid in spite of the broiling hot | themselves 'among the units here in | England for their splendid work and The 77th Battalion of Ottawa, re- | 07 cently sent across to England, is to | CO™INE i of Battery. for persone] Queen's 46th I feel safe in saying that they will write their name both individually and as a unit on those pages of his tory which will tell this and the generations of the almost superhuman struggle of Right against Might." ! Struck off Strength Pte. William Arthur Stoddart, som | was | Lieuts. D [NOW AY co TWEVE HAD "RCOSEVELT AND WE UE TRIED WILSON GEN TLE MEN YoU All XNOW THE RESULT Wwe WANT NEW BLOOD, SO WHO 1S THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF The following were struck off the strength of the 109th Battalion Capts. W. J. Thorn and E. C. Young; F. Bissonette, M. Broken- shire, J. D. Daniel, J. E. Halliday, W. H. Jordan, R. E. Lyon, F. E. Landry, T. J. Lowry, P. G. McPherson, N. McLean, J. A. McQuarrie, A Me- Eachern, G. H. Potts, W. H. Roe nigk, W. J. Rayner, A. M,. Scott, A G. Stewart, H. W. Elliott, R. P. Wil son colors to the battalion at Brock- | 'ALL THE NEWS OF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE (OVERCHARGE _ PASSENGERS { VISITORS MADE TO PAY HIGHER RATE TO THE CAMP em | Serious Charge Being Investigated by | Lieut.-Col. A. G. F. MacDonald, | 154th Battalion--Result May be That Some Cars Will be Put Out of Bounds---Policemen Using Their | Authority for Personal Gain, Lieut.-Col. A. G. F. MacDonald, commanding the 154th Battalion, is| making a complaint agaist ta | drivers who overcharged in convey-| ing passengers of the excursion on] Saturday to the camp from the train Regulation. Ng. 13 reads in part: | '""The charge for each passenger from | the.camp to the city, or city to the| camp, up to twelve midnight, is| twenty-five cents. After that hour| double the amount." | Taxi-drivers who have been issued | | with camp liccnses were accussed of | [charging from fifty cents to a dol-| lar each for carrying the visitors to| to the camp grounds. This matter | | will be taken up by Col. MacDonald | and the guilty parties will be refused! | the privilege of carrying soldier-pas-! | sengerg. Another matter which is receiving | the attention of the authorities is] the charge that military policemen | are using tthefr authority for person- | al benefit. The road from the bridge! to the camp is patrolled by military | policemen, soldiers detailed for that duty. These men coming on day af-| ter day get to know the drivers. In- tead of walking from one of their| beats to the other they jump in and | out of cars passing by. They use the | samé privilege in going to the city until the matter has reached such a| point that some of the drivers com-| plain of it being an injury to busi-| They are unable to take action, however, owing to the fact that it| would result in some '"framed-up"| charge going to headquarters and the possibility that the car would be| put on the list of cars out of bounds | On the Whole however, the traffic| | gystem working out splendidly, | {and the regulations, and the enforce- ment of them, are satisfactory, | H. R. Hamiltén, Civil Service, Ot-| tawa, is taking a course in the head- quarters' pay system This is the | fourth Mr. Hamilton to enter this) office for qualification as paymaster.| Capt. C. M. Finlayson, Queen's] Field Ambulance Corps, had the] misfortune to sprain his ankle on| Sunday morning and is now in the| General Hospital as a result The movies at the ty splendid form of eperation now ness is are in | the lines OTTAWA VISITORS Spent Sunday With Friends at the Camp There were a number of the ex- cursionists from Ottawa at the camp n Sunday. The train arrived on Sat- urday night at 6 o'clock and for this reason the soldier friends and re- latives went to the city and remain- ed for the evening there, In the morning and for the afternoon the camp grounds proved to be the Mecca of their interest and they were interested spectators of the many points of the camp. No special arrangements were made for them and for the most part they spent the day walking through in company with = their friends in khaki The 73rd Battery is practically the only Ottawa unit in camp, it having been recruited in Ottawa by Lieut O'Leary and his staff, VISITORS TO 154TH. Names of Some of Those Arriving Saturday The nates of some of the more prominent visitors op the excursion to the 154th Battalion on Saturday were Rev. J. J. MacDonald, Lancas- ter; Father Meehan, Morrisburg; Rev. Mt. Poole, Anglican Minister of Cornwall; Rev, Corbett McCrae, par- ish priest of Dickinson's Landing; Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Cavanagh, Corn- wall; Capt. J. A. B. McLellan, Wil- liamstown; Douglas J. MacDonald, manager of the Ottawa Bank at Co- VISITORS TO 156TH. Quite a number of friends and relatives of men in the 156th Battalion arrived on the excur- sion from Lancaster on Satur- day morning and visited with friends in khaki. They were given a hearty welcome to the camp and made tours of inspec- "s/tion watching everything with % interest, « CEP P PP PER FRPP RPP EF PPP Sherer rer Another Man In Khaki. Reginald Burroughs, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. G. Burroughs, Smith's Falls, has enlisted in the Queen's Ambulance Corps, at Barrie- field camp. About a year ago his father, R. E. G. Burroughs left for the front with the Borden Machine Gun Battery. The camp dentists are working on the men of the 155th Battalion, TT SES HEADOUARTERS 1S BUSY ATTACHED OFFICERS EVERY MORNING PARADE AT SIX. Mounting Guard Ceremony With Band Accompaniment -- Men of 156th Go Through Ceremony as Well as Most Experienced Veter- ans, "Mounting Guard" as is now be- ing done-at headquarters every af- ternoon at 5.30 p.m., and which sys- tem was commenced on Saturday af- ternoon is certainly an interesting ceremony. On Saturday the 156th Battalion furnisied the guard and band. a ¢ The men were drawn up in front of headquarters the new guard on one side and the old guard on the front. To music by the band the old guard saluted the new by presenting arms and with great formality turn- ed over the duties, It is very im- pressive and though the 185th has not been organized very long the men went through it splendidly and equally as good as the best veterans of the Imperial army, "Commencing Monday, the attach- ed officers of the camp staff parade at 6 a.m. in front of the Adminis- tration building. The roll will be called and the party turned over to Lieut. Bews for half an hours in- struction." These are in camp or- ders on Saturday. Lieut. Bews is certainly piling up his work when he takes over the duties of instructing the attached of- ficers of the headquarters' staff. It has been suggested that all con- templated changes in military drill and all innovations should be first tried out/6n this squad. z FARM HELP SCARCE Many Applications Being Received As Barriefield Camp. The scarcity of farm help through the country has béen very comspicu- ous by the number of applications for farm help that have been re- ceived at the camp. On Saturday when 80 many visitors arrived on dif- ferent excursions there was a veri- table flood of applications for men. In most cases it was impossible to grant the requests as the men are al- ready on furlough. In eastern On- tario very high wages are being paid the sum running as high as $60 to $75 a month with board and lodging. Lieut. Douglas Hughes is in Peter- boro and will enjoy leave of absence unt'l Oct. 18th. He speaks highly dri ara of the hospital treatment he received. on ------------------------------ AAA A A eed. SAA ttt Stet tet rat Jeff Didn't Have His Mind on His Work ! TECH WIL CLOG Tus THE UNITED STATES AND WHEN I Pull THAT Lung WHO \S THE NEXT PRESIDENT," WHAT DO You SHouT ? --] WILSO