MUTARY ENGINEERING NEW COURSE STARTED) AT BAR. RIEFIELD CAMP FOR Soba Lieut. (Prof.) T. Scott, No. 5\¥.C.C.E) Is Taking a Platoon of Men Each Day and Giving Instruction in Mili- tary Engineering. Recognizing the value of engineer- ing training for the soldier, who is going to the front to fight for his country, a class in this work has been started at Barriefield camp. One platoon is being taken each day in this part of the training. For some time back it has been the custom of the camp engineers to ask for a fatigue party of the nec- essary number of men from soms unit. This duty was always abhorred by the unit concerned and much un- pleasantness resulted. The Canadian soldier after reach- ing England and before proceeding | to the trenches must be instructed in the handling of the tools which are used in digging trenches at the front. There is also in this work the use of levels and how to keep the drains in proper condition. Every mornifig a platoon of thirty- five men report to Lieut. T. Scott, No. 65 PFleld Company, Canadian Engineers, who takes over this class for that day. Any practical work such as road building is taken up and the men are instructed In how to do this properly. The fatigue idea is lost sight of as actual instruction in how similyy conditions at the front would be met are carefully explained. During the rest period in the morning the professor takes the pla- toon to the shade of any convenient tree and for half an hour lectures them on various matters that are not only very interesting but valu- able to them as information that will always prove fits worth long after the war finishes. As an addition to the training in the military engineering the profes- or also deals with knotting and lash- ng. 3 The class has become an exceeding popular one and by this new method, in which the idea of fatigue work has been done away with the sold- fers enjoy the change of work and the platoons which have yet to come are looking forward to a pleasant day in the near future. Recruits Increasing For the last two weeks of July a total of 539 recruits were secured in Military District No. 3 for overseas service, which brings the total some- what higher than the average for the previous two weeks. » 'Mutt Ought to Get 8 Whig H CAMP No. 1909 Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next YMCA. Phone SOLDIER WRITES LINES, Pte. J. Hamilton Was a Patient in No, 7 Queen's Hospital. The following lines were written by Pte. A. J. Hamilton, of the First London Scottish Regiment, who was a patient in No. 7 Queen's Hospital, but who is now in France: Look here, you raving, cursing crew, Just listen while I talk to you Who's been the greatest pal you knew? The you Sister. Who soothed you when you were in pain? Who never thought of eaxthly gain? Who was it made you well Again? The Sister seem When up the line, and hell did andl To rant and rave and burst scream, Who made dream? The it seem like some bad Sister. Who is it "true blue" to the core? Who has the gratitude we pour? Who wifl we love for evermore? The Sister. WORK OF R. C. H, A. Recruits from Montreal to Tete de Pont Over sixty recruits for "C' Bat- tery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, have been secured in the last month from Montreal. The eastern city has been doing good work in supplying men for the R.C.H.A., and every day some three or four report and are after being examined by Capt. H. A. Boyce taken on the strength. On Saturday eight arrived and this num- ber was followed by fourteen on Tuesday morning. The men are given only elementary training and are held in readiness to be transferred to Petawawa on de- mand. Already two drafts have gone forward and more are expected. Many SIXTY RECRUITS Are Needed for Queen's Field Am- bulance Corps Queen's Field Ambulance Corps needs about sixty more men before it will be up to strength. Owing to the popularity of this branch of the service and the fact that it bears the name of Queen's University, there is small likelihood that there will be 'any difficulty in securing the desired number of men. An effort is now being made to bring the corps up to strength in a few days, and Capt. Kennedy is recruiting in Peterboro and Capt. Lumb left on Tuesday to carry on the same work at Melrose. 155TH FARM FURLOUGHS LIEUT-COL. M. K. ADAMS IS BEING BESIEGED BY FARMERS Sinee Presentation Ceremony in Bel- leville Farmers of That District are Making Anxious for Help--Only Small Percentage May Go. There was a regular raid on Lieut.- Col. M. K. Adams for farm help after the battalion returned from Belle- ville on Sunday evening. The thou- sands of farmers, who were. in Belle- ville for the presentation of colors to the 155th Battalion, seemed to think of nothing else but the possibil- ity of securing these finely built lads yto work on their farms. Almost every farmer who met the colonel had the same request to make and nothing could have stimu- lated the demand more than the ap- pearance of the 155th in Belleville at this critical time. As orders have been issued that only a small percentage of the men of the 154th and 155th Battalions may be granted faym furlough there is small likelihood Gf many leaving the battalion for{ this work. Col Adams, however, is ever ready to do everything possible to assist the farmers and where the conditions are satisfactory some of the men may be allowed the much--sought for pri- vilege. The wages being paid in the dis- trict of Belleville are very high for the soldiers running from $45 to $60 a month with board. This, however, is not exorbitant when one, considers that these soldiers are in the midst of training and the physical drill that they have been receiving to fit them for work on the firing line makes them highly desirable as farm help. Capt. lon Going Overseas. Capt. th brother of Rev. J. Fallon, OM.L, Bishop Fallon, and who for some time has been Roman Catholic chaplain - of the London camp, has been appointed to an over- seas chaplaincy, Capt. Fallon does not yet know whether he is to report for camp duty in England or is to see service at the front in France or Belgium. He expects to leave for overseas within the next two weeks. Capt. Fallon is a native of Kingston. Capt. Anglin Here Capt. D. Anglin, commanding the 50th (Queen's) Battery was in camp on Tuesday in conference with officers at headquarters. Good pro- gress, particularly in artillery work, is reported from the northern camp for this battery. GEN. T. D. R, HEMMING. Y.M.C.A. WORK Many Sent Overseas as Well as Those y Working Here While forty men have been sent overseas already by the Y. M. C. A. to serve Canadian soldiers in Flan- ders and in England, the heavy de mands of the camps in Canada are being met. At Borden Camp, while the equipment is not yet complete, fifty men are on hand, looking after the welfare of the 30,000 soldiers. There are two canteen tents, each 50 by 100 feet; a big meeting tent for entertainments and services, 50 by 150 feet; four correspondence tents, 40 by 80 feet, where writing paper and ink are supplied free of charge. At Valcartier there are thirty-two on the staff and the equipment in- cludes a canteen, 40 by 80 feet; two writing tents, 30 by 60 feet, and a concert hall, 54 by 100 feet. Plans for a branch in the Valcartier camp are also under way. At Niagara there are twenty-five men engaged, and a large number of ladies from Toronto, who give their services free in looking after the canteen. The refreshment tent is 50 by 100 feet; the auditorium, 50 by 100 feet, two writing tents, 40 by 80 feet, in which 500 soldiers have been sending letters at one time, and a smaller tent, 30 by 50 feet, where there are located a watch repair shop, barber shop, stocks of toilet articles, puttees, etc. At Barriefield, Petawawa and Lon- don, a number are at work, bringing the total to nearly 200 *Y"" men, specially set apart to give their whole time to the soldiers in training. Gold Stripe for Each Wound AH-offieers--and-men wounded in any campaign since August 4, 1914, are to wear a gold stripe according to an Army Order issued last evening. The following is the full text of the order: Stripes of gold Rugsian braid, No. 1, two inches in length, sewn per- pendicularly on the left sleeve of the jacket, to mark egch .occasion on which wounded. In the case of officers the lower end of' the first strip of gold braid will be immediately above the upper point of the flap on cuff. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men will wear the gold braid on the left sleevé, the lower edge of the braid to be three inches from bottom of the sleeve. Father Surely Would Hector: "What did your father say when you told him I was a war rorrespondent?"' Imogen: 'He said he would give you something to write about if you didn't leave early tonight." a Route Book Before He Goes Travelling the, yon OF ALL THE DAILY BY OUR ALL THE NEWS REPRESENTATIVE CAMP | SPECIAL) IPROBATIONERS AT 1S.. THOSE REPORTED ON SATURDAY AND OTHERS WHO LEFT List of Probationers Who Are Enter- ing or Have Concluded Their Qualifying Course for a Higher Rank. Probationers Discharged W. J. Franklin, 154th. . 1. J. Pitt, 154th. . F. Clarke, 235th. . H. Stewart, 235th. . L. C. Leitch, 154th. . W. Porteous, 154th. . H, Cameron, 57th Mil. Regt. /. J. Rayner, 46th Mil. Regt. . 'R. McKenna, 156th, . Cummings, 166th, Duffin, 166th. . T. Nugent, 155th. /. P. Allan, 155th, . C. McCuaig, 207th. . B. Veits, 207th. . M. Scefield, 235th. Marchall, 139th. 2. E. Brown, 207th. £. L. Sellwood, G.G.F.G. Probationers Reporting . W. Lynn, 166th. . 8. Melville, 166th. v. B. Ingram, 156th . J. Stack, 156th. . McStravikl, 156th. . T. Cooper, 156th. . J. Wilkinson, 156th. . J. Dickerson, 156th. . Fleury, 235th. . J. Aitchison, 235th. .T. Wheatley, 235th. . Lapointe, 236th, . K. Watson, 235th. . J. Mansfield; 285th: 3. Kent, 235th, J. 'W. Lancaster, 235th. . F. Windsor, 235th. /. P. Plunkett, 235th, /. H. Leaves, 156th. Wanted---Pair of Boots. . H. Worsley, of the 15th Bat- talion, who is a prisoner of war at Gottingen, Germany, writes that he needs a pair of boots, No. 7. He ex- plains that he is working sn an out- side job, and his footwear figésnt last very long. He acknowledges receipt of a parcel from Kingston, for which he 'expresses gratitude. He states that he expects to be in Kingston in 1920. Either he is a pessimistic fellow or he mentioned this far-dist- ant date in order to mislead the Ger- mans, Lieut. T. H. Renton, 146th Bat- talion, has been transferred to the C. A. Dental Corps and detailed to Peta- wawa Camp. ~ RECRUITING RETURN . SHOWS 539 INCREASE. That Number Enlisted In the 'Third Division In Past Two Weeks. The recruiting return for the two weeks ending July 31st for Military District No. 3, is as follows: "C" R.C. H. A., 46; strength .. 72nd Battery, 4; strength 73rd Battery, 12; strength .. 74th Battery, 5; strength .. ... 75th Battery, 10; strength A. Column, 2; strength ... . Cobourg Battery, 7; strength .. 154th Battalion, 5; strength ... 155th Battalion, 4; strength . 156th Battalion, 12; strength. . 207th Battalion, 39; strength. . 230th Battalion, 39; strength. . 235th Battalion, 52; strength. . 238th Battalion, 228; strength. 240th Battalion, 15; strength . . S. 8. Battalion,--; strength ... Div. Signallers, 6; strength .... Queen's F. A. 15; strength C.A.DC.; --; strength ... Unattached, 25; strength 410 59 93 55 ime Compliment to the Press A delicate compliment to the Kingston press comes in the Barrie- field notes of the Alexandria News. It reads as follows: "A circular following the reports from camp Borden, has been sent out advising all officers to De courteous to press representatives, and to facilitate the collection of legitimate news, B#t newspaper representatives willfully misrepresenting facts con- nected withthe training of troops will be deprived of all privileges and compelled to leave camps immediate- ly. It is pleasant to know that the transgressors which have called forth this circular, are not in Kingston or Barriefield." The Special Service Battalion is now getting on its proper footing and the best men are being kept in its ranks while those who have prov- en to be unfit for further service are weing discharged. The battalion ex- pects to receive the medically unfits from the battalions at Barriefield and also those from the 130th, 136th, 139th and 146th now in training at Valcartier. As the battalions at Valcartier have all been warned for immediate overseas--fervice it js al- together likely thatthe final medical examination is mow going on." The men who fail to pass this final and most severe test will be put in to the Special Service Battalion, which ought to increase considerably the strength of the Camp. SECOND SECTION REGULATIONS ON THE SUBJECT ISSUED IN ORDERS Many Cases Have Been Reported and Immigration Department is to As- sist Recruiting Officers to Securing Arrest of Suspected Cases. A number of cases have occurred where "Enemy Aliens" have enlisted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force by means of misrepresenting themselves, that is, as Serbian or Roumanian subjects., This is un- doubtedly a source of danger to the Force, and must be prevented. The Department of Immigration has offered to place all the infor- mation which is in its possession at the disposal qf Recruiting Officers in order to enable them to prevent en- listment of "Enemy Aliens." All Recruiting Officers, will, there- fore; submit any doubtful cases for enlistment, with regard to national- ity, to the Department of Im ion, for investigation and and in dog so will furnish following information for the guild- ance of that Department: Exact name,age, date of arrival in Canada, name of port of arrival, whether Canadian or. American, name of steamship, and date, If pos- sible, of its arrival or date and port of its sailing. It is pointed out, as a matter of information with reference .to the question of alien nationality, that the Department of Immigration keeps a record of every im- migrant entering Canada legally, showing name, age, - © country of birth and address of fel- atives. Furthermore, that Department states that there will be practically no delay in furnishing any such in- formation. CAPT. WOTHERSPOON TO R. M. CO. Popular I. 8. 8., Officer New Work. Capt. H. C. Wotherspoon, adju- tant and quartermaster of the in- fantry School, left Barriefield camp on Tuesday morning to report to the Royal Military College for staff work there. While in camp the popular captain has done a valuable amount of work and his many friends are well pleased with his deserved pro- motion. . Lieut. Johnston, 207th Battalion, has been appointed for this work and will from now carry on the work of the position vacated by Capt. Wother- spoon... Left for [ Nou POOR SMP, THERE'S No USE STANDING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK ARGUING ! THAT WON'T GET Us To . CHICAE0 PASSES HERE ONE FIFTEEN DON'T BE FoorisH! THE SUNSET UMITED AT AND = Nouse! Wek Been KICKED OFF BUT WEVE GoT To GET To CHICAGO AND THE SUNSET UMITED PASSES HERE INS MINUTES. WE CAN'T GET YO CHICAGO STANDING HERE