War Babies Trouble Sir Sam Otfawa, July 29.--The appoint- ment of F, B, McCurdy, M.P., as Under Secretary of Militia, is taken here to mean that Sir Sam is to be "eased out." The time has come for disappearing. All Sam's war babies have been left on his door- Step at once. It is expected that Sam's visit to England will give the public time to forget and that Un- der Secretary MoCurdy, who is as mild a mannered man as Sam is brusque, and as silent as Sam is loquacious, will not aggravate re- membrance. Mr. McCurdy has evidently been chosen because he openth not his mouth, Sam opened his mouth too much and every time he opened his mouth he put his foot in it. And 3am has no small foot at that. Under Secretary McCurdy has a atle and equable disposition. Sam a high explosive, and even more enemies. The three war babies that ar causing Sam the most trouble are the Bertram Shell Committee, Camp Borden and 'he Ross rifle. The two latter are already crying at his door and the latter will probably set up a howl by way of the Duff-Meredith report before this article sees print. Camp Borden is the first of the war babies to make a holler. As centralization camps go, Camp Borden is equal in size to the rest of Sam's pet schemes, It is high ground, sandy, dusty and a lot of other things which the soldiers have found out. The chief objection to it is the dust--but the dust is part of Sam's vain glory. The soldiers had to eat the dust because Sam wanted dangerous to his friends than to 0 hopes that those KEELEY Jr, M. 0. D. 0 OPTOMETRIST AND OPTCIAN, , "326 Princess Street. to boast over in England, that he took a wilderness and made it into a camp in two months, If Sam had left the soldiers where they were another month, the é¢oncrete road for heavy traffic, which will relieve the camp area of dust, would relieve the | finished, the ashes and dust where the brush was burned on the man- oeuvring ground would have settled down, the headquarters staff would have completed their organization, the camp ovens would have been pro- vided with bakers, the commissariat would have had things in shape and Camp Borden would have been liv- able. But that did not suit Sam's book. He was due in England and he want- ed to tell them all about it at the Savoy and the Ritz, swell his repu- tation as a hustler, which he couldn't do if there were no soldiers in Camp Borden, So all raw as it was, Camp Borden was filled with sol- diers to sweat in the sun and eat dirt to make Sam's holiday. The sol- diers signified their disapproval, some by rioting, others by taking French leave. At this writing there are more than one thousand illegal- ly absent and workers on the mov- ing picture theatres say that not a day passes that they don't get offers of thirty dollars and more for their working clothes from soldiers who want to get rid of the khaki and Camp Borden at the same time. | Not only was there rioting, but the Minister of Militia himself suffered the indignity of being booed by cers tain of the mutinous battalions and when he was leaving at the station he was surrounded by a crowd of kickers who frightened him with their baleful eyes. Brave though he is, Sir Sam retired to a prepared posi- tion on the observation platform of his private car from which he ad- dressed a jollying speech to his ' This speech was received mingled sentiments--cheers (ironical) and hisses unmistakable. After Sam got away the kickers took J A AA eA AAA ray COMMENTS BY ZACCHEUS, Who Gives Utterance to Some Splen- did Thoughts A--A man of words seldom is man of works. ' B--Bleak exile were made bright Had Terrible Pains in Kidneys and Back. it out on the ic® cream, and other dainties awaiting cartage on the station platform. That little speech of Sam's, guaged by its weight in ice cream cost $1,800, that being the damage assessed on the battalions which 'took part in the demonstra- tion. All the incidents related here were witnessed by this writer. A fortnight from now Camp Bor- den will be the same camp, but it will be with a new lot of soldiers, Sam's hurry to give himself and his friends a rare show has given the camp a black eye in the meantime and has done a lot to stop recruiting. The Government is solving the prob- lem Sam's impetuosity got them in- to by sending the present occupants of Camp Borden overseas in large drafts, ten units at a time, under Secretary McCurdy's policy is in full swing. He is getting rid of the kick by removing the kickers, He is in who take their places will find a camp ready to live \in and will be more amenable to dis- cipline. Whether the polity of centraliza- tion camps in the wilderness far from the maddening crowds and pleasurable distractions of big cities will be continued after the war is another problem. Canada does not intend to maintain a standing army. What then is the purpose of these great centralization camps holding anywhere from thirty thousand to fifty thousand men? Canada is not a military country, We have to give volunteers special inducements 'in times of peace to leave their ordin- ary occupations and do ten days' summering soldiering in camps con- veniently in touch with all. the re- sources of civilization. Are camps like Borden and Valcartier such an inducement---that is the question, The Ross rifle trouble has also come to a head. The weight of evi- dence is that the Ross rifle is a good target rifle but not strong enough for active service conditions. # The British War Office reported to this effect to"the Militia Department more than a year ago, but the report was pigeon-holed. Even General Alder-| son's famous letter failed to draw it] out. This report indicated among other things that the Ross rifle jam- med, that its barrel was over long, that its breach was weak, and that it heated up when in use like a red hot stove--but outside of that it was all right. The British War Office believed so thoroughly in its own report that Canadian soldiers were relieved of their Ross rifle in Eng- land and provided with Lee-Enfields before being sent to the front. In spite of all this the Ross rifle con- tinued to be the Canadian service arm and every fresh contingent safl- ed away with these useless weapons in their hands. When the war be- gan there were probably sixty thou- sand ' Ross rifles in stock. Since then three hundred thousand have been issued. This represents a sheer waste of nine million dollars. At all events the Minister of Militia did not act on the British War Office report, so there was only one thing left to do--the British War Office acted on its itself. The latest word is that the Canadian soldiers are being armed with the new type Lee-Enfield rifle. The Government lets itself down easy by making a statement to the effect that the new Lee-Enfield embodies many of the best features of the Ross rifle. This is a good excuse as far as it goes-- but it doesn't go far enough to ex- plain nine million dollars blown in on a rifle that had long ago demon- strated that it was not up to active service conditions, --H, F. 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Key, Wickett, Kennedy, Granv 1 Sinclair and Major Barrett. > sa . . ' Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, of 336 Prospect avenue, N.E,, Grand Rapids, informally entertained thirty-five of the graduate nurses of Butterworth Hospital, Tuesday, at her home in honor of Miss Cora Druce and Miss Janet Bickham, Kingston, Ont., who is visiting Miss Druce. Miss Druce will leave next week for Kingston, where she will be married to George Bickham early in September, her fut- ture home to be in Montreal, so says the Grand Rapids, Mich, Press. * * * A wedding of interest to Kings- tonians was recently celebrated in Folkestone, England, when Miss Annette Dunlop, Quebec, was united in marriage to Lieut. Robert Law- rence Smyth, C.F.A.,, of Montreal The groom is a graduate of the Royal Military College of the class of 1914. > - - - The students of the summer school entertained at a most enjoyable dance in the New Arts Building on Thursday evening. The patronesses were: Mrs, W. E. McNeill, Mrs. W. N. Sage, Mrs. W. T. MacClement and Mrs. J. K. Robertson. . . . * Mrs. Charles Livingston asked a few of Miss Gladys Burton's friends to tea on Friday afternoon. There was a dance at the Brock- ville Yacht Cldb last evening. . * * Mr. and Mrs. James Craig, Earl street, returned from Trenton on Friday. Miss Hazel Hufton, Clarence Holm, Alberta, is the guest of Miss Cora Elliott, Queen street, Canon Forneri and the Misses For- neri, Kingston, are visiting at Moo- die Cottage, Bridge street west, Belleville. . Miss Winnifred Cullen, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Cullen, Toronto, is visiting her friend, Miss Berna- dette Whitty, Barrie street. * . . . Master Van Mills, Kingston, is spending a few weeks at his uncle's, R. N. Sampson, "Orchard Cottage," Napanee, Miss M. McGuin, Kingston, has been spending a week in Napanee, the guest of Mrs, F.'C. McGuin, Mrs. R. Hetherington and family, Napanee, have moved to Kingston to reside. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bishop, Kingston, are guests at the Algon- quin, Stanley Island. * » * Mr, and Mrs. Hiram Calvin and Miss Hilda Hague, King street, have been spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Calvin, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart and Miss Bessie Stewart, Collingwood street, have returned from visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hillyard Stewart at their summer house on the Rideau. Miss Dorothea Bidwell and Miss Frances Fraser are spending this week at Mrs. Bidwell's camp at Cartwright's Point. Mrs. Buxton Smith is the guest of Miss Machar at "Ferncliffe" for a few days, Mrs. J. Harris Pierce, Brockton, Mass., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. F, Price, Sydenham street. * - Cammon and Miss Gladys Ashley are the guests of the Misses MacCam- mon, William street. Mrs. R. W. Segsworth, Toronto, was hostess at a delightful dinner at the Country Club on Tuesday even- ing. Pa Miss M. E. McDonnell, BA. Lan- caster, is visiting friends in Kings- ton, Miss Helen Way and Miss M. Sine, Picton, are visiting friends in Kingston for a week. Miss Dealtry Parlow, Ottawa, is in the city on a visit to Miss Vera Shaw, Johnson street. Mr. Leadbeater, Wallaceburg, is visiting Prof. and Mrs. W. G. Jordan, Barrie street. > . - . G. W. Shannon announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Kate M. Shannon, to J. A. Fletcher, son of Prof. and Mrs. J. Fletcher, of Toronto, formerly of Kingston. The marriage will take place quietly at Valleyfield, Que., in August. Mr. Fletcher is a nephew Mrs. {of Mrs. T. D. R. Hemming, Kingston. Mrs. T. Russell Millar, Toronto, and Miss Hazael Millar, Gore street, are the guests of the former's par- Chesterville. Miss Eva Conway, Cornwall, is the guest of Mrs. E, A. Collins, Johnson street. Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Craig, Ottawa, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Craig, Barrie street. from Petawawa for the week end. guest of Mrs. Alexander Richardson, Johnson street. . * » * Mrs. A. M. 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Morrison, Toronto, is spending the week end mother, Mrs. Marrison, Clergy street. ! . * - Frederick Suther-| family are in town | Mrs. Ostrom and Miss Robin Dick- | son, Toronto, are the guests of Mrs. | W, E. Macpherson, who entertained at the tea hour in their honor yes- { terday afternoon. | Mrs. T. G. McGinnis and little Miss { Norah, Philipsburg, Que., are vistt- {ing Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Richardson, | "Alwington." Miss Alige Macnee has taken Mr. James Macparland's cottage at Tre- mont Park for the month of August, and will leave on Tuesday, accom- panied by Mrs. C. 8. Kirkpatrick and Master Claire, who will be her guests, Mrs, McLelland, Mrs, White, Miss Shields and Mrs. Clarke Taylor, sr., were in town 'from Gananoque on Friday, . on Mrs: N. Wilmot, Clergy street, has returned after two months' visit with OLD BOYS' HOMECOMING TREAT THEM TO THE BEST Spring Lam Legs, Loin, Chops, Stewing cuts. Prime Beef Roasts Prime Beef Steaks Select Veal Roasts. Young Pork Roasts. 600 lbs Unsmoked Picnic Hams, per |b. . 500 lbs; Smoked Hams, per lb. . 20c 23¢c Picnic The Wm. Davies' Co, Ltd. Phone 597 THE LIGHTS OF 65 YEARS AGO are still doing duty in the shape of EDDY'S iMATCHES Sixty-five years ago the first Canadian made Matches were made at Huli by Eddy, and since that time for materials and acknowledged striking qualities, Eddy's have been the best. WHEN BUYING MATCHES SPECIFY EDDYS Low Shoe Sale ~ Sale Price $3.49 vith her TANS, BLACKS AND PATENTS. THE REGULAR PRICE8M0 . i ia TRI Vi 70 Brock 'Mrs. James Kirke, her daughter, . They were rusticat- Brooklyn, N.Y. . Walkem left on Friday to spend his holidays at a Gulf of St Lawrence resort. Miss Bessie Higgerty, Ottawa, is the guet osf Miss Phyllis Devlin for a few. w Miss helthina Gordon left this Week for Englapd. --- {Confinvgd on page 14.) Dead Millionaire From Provinces, Charlottetown, P-E.L, July 20. John Francis Campion, who died re- cently in Denvér, Colorado, was born near Souris, P.E.L ¢ He was worth ten million dollars, and was' largely interested in mining, besides indus- trial enterprises, .banks, ete. Foun- dation of his fortune was laid by, Colorado, Nevada mining ventures In Zend California,