---------------- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916, ae SOLDIERS PREPARED THEIR NOON-DAY MEAL FRIDAY. Splendid Training Which Showed Them How Simple it Is to Cook One's Dinner in the Field--More Methods in Use Thin at School of Cookery. The soldiers cooked for them- selves on Friday at noch at the bivouae camp at Lemoine's Point. When the order came out that the men were to cook their own "grub" a howl" went up and down the lines, 'and on every side one heard the men saying that they could not cook- and that they 'en- listed to fight and were not paid to oil water and so on. Nevertheless, the order was carried out, and ° if you asked them now about it they will answer that it was the best meal since having joined the colors. People do not know what they can #o until' they try, andthe re- sult of the soldiers' efforts in cook- ing their own meals on Friday were to say the least rather surprising. Tha Whig representative had the opportunity .of walking through their lines at noon as they were pre- paring their dinner. The first impression was of a cloud of smoke that hung over where the men had spent the prev- fous night. The smoke was coming from hundreds of fires made in the most ingenious ways on the rocks and earth. On one side one man would be cooking by himself and this happened in many cases. He would pile two rows of stones about six inches apart and setting his mess tin on top of them would light the fire underneath. In a few minutes the smoke would be seen curling up from the blaze and it was interest. ing to watch the careful mursing given the food being cooked. Some of the men joined together and made fire-places of their mess 'tiis, using eight and eleven as the case might be. One man secured a thin slab of stone and boasted of the quality of hid roast meat. He had heated the stone and after lifting it a few inches from the ground and supporting it on other rocks over the fire had fried his meat on ft The meat certainly looked delicious. One of the favorite methods was to use a forked stick and roast the A A AA No. 1909 Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next Y.M.C.A. meat over the fire in this way. Roast potatoes were in order, in some cases a number of wen doing this in the one fire. Irish - stew, boiled, roasted and friend meat and many varieties of cooking were in use, in fact the Camp Commandant, who made an inspection with fhe General Staff officer, said that it was more than satisfactory. OTTAWA CITY EDITOR A THOROUGH MAN. Lieut. C. Askwith Made a Most Complete Report For Board. Newspapermen are able to adapt themselves to military work with surprising: thoroughness, as proven by the way that Lieut. C. Askwith, of the Army Service Corps, handled a matter a few days ago. Lieut. Ask- with wiis for two years before going into the service with the Ottawa Free Press as city editor. He don- ned the uniform, and after reporting at Barriefield was appointéd as camp | transport officer. He has charge of all transport matters, and for this season the recent accident which badly damaged a big military car came directly to him. When the board of officers met he was asked to make a report on the damage to the machine, The report that Lieut. Askwith turned in is said to be one of .the most complete ever attempted. He proved his knowledge "of automo- biles by going over the car and nam- ing every bolt and every nut and every other piece of he car that was injured in the accident. » MONTREAL MEN COMING Attend Barriefield School Of Bayonet Fighting The following six members gf the 1st Reinforcing Company of the ith Royal Highlanders, Montreal, have been detailed to attend the School of Physical Training - and Bayonet Fighting, under Capt. Nobbs, at Kingston, which opens on August 16th: Lance-Corporal King and Ptes. C. McGregor, N. Stanford, J. A. Hareness, J. Corhett and Gordon Fox. They will leave on Tuesday evening and report for. duty at Kingston Wednesday morning, the Yo rea 1 oR LIEUT.--COL. R- J. GARDINER, Who has received the appointment of medical officer of the Royal Military College. R. Wilson Jrown, head who were in ex- Lieut.-Col H, and 7 course lasting twenty-one days, clusive of Sundays Lieut.-Col Wo The idea of the school is to train quartermaster's Aff, non-coms and privates selected from] Ottawa on Thursday, arrived in the overseas battalions in bayonet fight-|city on Friday morning. They motor- ing and physical training, so that ed out to Lemoine's Point at noon on they ¢an return to their battalions, Friday. Col. G. H. Ogilvie, who was and take up the work with the var-'in command of the camp, 'motored to fous platoons as instructors. | the bivouac on Thursday evening and A was more than pleased with the ap- { pearance of the camp. a wuld! A hasty opinion is sometimes { wgith less than no opinion at all. He who keeps humanity jh mind lives for a good purpose, The mistakes of vesteflay sl be object lessons for to-day A rr A i Lor s,s A A im A | Even the "Morning Post," whose war | unlike Sir Sam, that the correspond- | Sir Max admires so ents are plainly flabbérgasted. They | correspondent his "SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES frequently uses don't know what to make of it, but work im his own copy forthe Can- [Sir Sam does. He realizes ouly too adian newspapers--even the "Mor- | well that he cannot explain Camp ning Post, "we repeat, backs up when [Borden and its mutinous couse it comes (o acclaiming as a public quences, and that would be one of much that he Special Corresponden benefattor, the man who saddled the first questions the Colonel John Wesley Allison on the (would ask him. Besides the British British Empire. The best the "Post" (newspapers are fully informed of his can say is that if Sir Sam will guit {posthumous tributes from Lord Rob- appointing political, brigadier gen- |erts and Lord Kitchener ahd might ce by H. F. Gadsby. L Ottawa, Aug. 12.--Inspired cables from London announce that certain newspapers speak of public acclaim for Sir Sam, as one who has done much for the Empire. The papers mentioned are the '"'Mail"----not Lord Northcliffie's 'Daily. Mail," but. the | "Sunday Mail," a scabby little sheet : which trades on the shadow of ajproxy. Sir Max his committed mer-|jable intentions which were broken [insult which he flung at Quebec | talion or honorry colonels, drinking | e ----and the London "Pic- d the "Mirror," two pagers "great nam torial" an that will acclaim anything or body that will make a good photo- graph. 3 \ Sam Hughes ih London. jerals to the Canadian army, all will | be disposed to take with more than be forgiven, or words to that effect. [a grain of salt anything that falls As for the rest of the big London from the lips of one who does not | dailies of all shades of politics, the -| hesitate to call the greatest death {are' studiously silent.., Sam hus got |from their graves to turn him a cgm- |to show them. The Birmingham { pliment. In ghort, they have no more { "Post," which is the most influential | belief in Sir Sam than they have in Sir Sam's acclaiming thus seéms | Conservative' paper 'outside of Lon-|the sea serpent. {to be lingering on the outskirts of 'don, openly denounces him. Mean~| It is also reasonable to suppose | ounatiem, and if Sir Max Aitken | while the Constitutional Club, | that his colleagues tipped him off | cam't do better than his button-hol- | other head centre of the 'Conserva-| that the less he said in England the {ing the London press for Canada's | tive opinion in England, which w [Dexter they would like it, beeause | War Lord, he had better get back to|ghaping up to give Sir Sam a ban. |thelechoes get back to Canada and his job of eye-witnessing in Flanders. | quet the last time he was dyer ther edevil things generally. They pos- ibly told him, too, that the parting which rumor says he does largely BY} shows no signs of renewihg the am \ 1 | ger successfully several times, but| oJ by a cabled summary of the Kyte [in his speach at the opening of the this latest projection of his--a | charges. It's a safe guess that the|Lindsay Arsenal, would get them into Praise Merger of the London. press | Constitutional Club has not failed to [enough trouble with their | for Sir Sam---has gone wrong, He! read the Duff-Meredith report and alist Allies to last until* he came i hasn't interested - the right people. | draw its own conclusions. Moreover | bac n ; {the Duke of Connaught's withdrawel! have adopted a new poljcy he a8 can. {desire to quit a post which Xarried | long {with it the responsibility ing Sir Sam as bne of | [ine not caused the Constitutional lo be shattere | Club to feel any warmer toward the | Militia of Canada man whom it barely escaped making | dom, she knows that Sir Sam hay 'Hs guest of honor. ' > {a temper which ovefitepsy these All of which is to say that public] meticulous considerations -and that acclaim for Sir Sam' doesn't get very | he is liable to spill the heany almost far in London. The Heart of Eax- {any minute. vy pire refuses to beat one stroke more| Still, there is no reason why Sir or faster for Cdlomel John Wesley {Sam should - go without public ac- Allison's chief friend and boosier. {claim even in London. He can get Sir Sam Himself is quick to feel this! it from his honorary colonels, who, chill in the atmosphere. The cable according to all reports, are more reports all indicate that he has numerous there than Ford cars are ceased giving interviews which is so|in Detroit." There are honorary advisors, | fear that her best previous record is 1 by the Minister of i | Nation- | FINSH OF THC BOUAC SOLDIERS BROKE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE CAMP Marched to City, Arriving About 6 O'clock--All regret that it Did Not Last Longer and Are Still Talking About - Their Good Tjme. The bivouac of t¥e infantrymen of Barriefield Camp has finished and with one accord the boys express the feeling that "that is the life." On every side one hears the men talk- ing of the hundreds of little inci- dents: that made the time pass all too rapidly, and already the ques- tion of "when will it happen again" is beigg asked. When Lieut.-Col. S. A."Thompson, General Staff Officer, consulted headquar> ters about the bivouac scheme, it was generally accepted as a -splendid idea, but none thought for one mo- ment that it would be as succesfful as was the case. Not a single mo- ment of the time was wasted. The return to camp was inevent- ful, except that a sprinkling of rain fell to keep the road dust in place. No one cared, however, and through- out the march the shouts of "Are We Downhearted--No' were con- | tinualy running down the line be- | tween the words of the many songs | of all kinds that were chorused. | There was a decided decrease in | the number of men who fell out as wick or tired, and when the troops | marched through the city along King street abouf 6 o'clock they ap- peared as fresh if not quite as dry as when they marched through on the way out Thursday morning. | --_-- / J Had "Corn Roast." Vv The headquarters staff are still re- membering and talking about the "corn roast" that was held on the point near the camp at Lemoiné's Point on Thursday evening Corn and marshmallows were secured from the city by Capt. Kidd, A.D.C., and the staff was surprised by an in- vitation to. what proved to be a very pleasant event. During the evening Lieut.<Col. McCammon, Major Ham- ilton and others made speeches, As long as his money held out, the prodigal's idea of home-going was extremely vague. The successful leader is also one of ready-at-band diplomacy. colonels in London that Canada {never suspected she had about her. | Distinguished citizens, -like Baron Shaughnessy and Sir Frederick *Tay- lor, come back from Lonodn- with stories of vast herds of Canadian honorary colonels who have never reporters | heard a shot fired in anger, and who | {are still so tame that they will eat out of any hand that will lead them to the Savoy grill. They are much tamer and far more numerous than the buffalo at Wain- | wright. Many of my readers who have seen the Buffalo at Wainwroght will remember-haw like honorary colon- | els they looked, with their imposing | fronts, their glittering eyes and their | sweetly domestic disposition, which | prompts them to fight nothing more hostile than a bale of hay, If Sir Sam's yearning for public {aéclaim overpowers him, all he has | to do is to drop in at the American bar in the Savoy. Almost any heur of 'the day or night, up té closing time, he will find.¢fiere a thirsty bat- { Manhattan and "Martini cocktails as {compounded on the banks of the Thames----that is to say, with the | hair -oil left in. More like most 'of his conquered the Demon Rum {down utterly. And in | as Boswell has related. | Although there are many tea | rooms between the Bank of England | to any extent. | onels do not go abroad to drink tea. No sir. Their object is to prove that Kentucky is not the last word in | Colonels, either for numbers or al- ALL THE NEWS | QF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE Jo PRESENTATION OF COLORS, Efforts to Have Cornwall Battalion : Go Home, The date for the presentation of the colors to the 154th Battalion has been changed from August 18th to August 24th. Efforts are still being made to have the battalion go to Cornwall for the presentation. The battalion being a local one is recruit- ed to a large extent from residents of that district, and it is hoped the militia authorities will acceed to the request. DR-D. A. BLACK THANKED FOR GENER- FARM. GRATEFUL IN LOANING STAFF OSITY Lemoine's Point Admirably Suited For the Purpose of Bivouac--Left in Good Uondition--Soldiers Re- gret Leaving and Hope for Re- turn. After the soldiers marched out on Friday a visitor to the grounds would have had a difficult matter to see where the camp hdd been laid. Before leaving Gen. T. D. R. Hem- ming, camp commandant, insisted that it be properly cleaned up, and when the soldiers marched out there was not a. piece of paper and only a few blackened stones to show where 2,000 soldiers had spent twenty-four hours. When the soldiers left they did 80 sincerely regretting the fact that their pleasant outing had to come to an end and that they had to leave for "home" at Barriefield Camp so soon after their first taste of real active service, An aveérage of five men a day have enlisted with the artillery .. from Ottawa since the first of thé inonth, and at the present rate the 73rd Bat- tery, C.F.A., will be ut full styength before the end of the month. Thirty- five men have listed in all since August 1st, and ¥6 out of that num- ber are civil servants: Credit is due to Capt. Hyman and Capt. Bawlf, who aoted as quarter- masters respectively for the 155th and 154th Battalions. Capt. Hyman is transport officer of his battalion, REGULAR SHLLABUS DRILL CARRIED OUT BY THE SOLDIERS ON THE BIVOUAC. Unique Sight on Field Overlooking Water When Soldiers' Did Bayonet Fighting, Squad Drill, Etc. The militia authorities are sincere- ly grateful for the kindness of Dr, D. A. Black in allowing them:to camp on 'his propery on Thursday and Friday. The doctor has a splendi place that is admirably suited to th purpose, and in giving the troops permission to do everything but kill his sheep he showed that he was will- ing to give practical assistance to the officers who are trying to train the soldiers of Barriefield camp for their work at the front. 'On Friday morning the soldfers who were on the bivouac carried on regular syllabus drill in a field near the camp of headquarters. A passer- by remarked on the unique sight of khaki-clad soldiers ge en~ selves in readiness for the fighting in France by practising bayonet- fighting, etc, in the peaceful country around Colling' Bay, It was certain- ly a sight that has never been seen before in' that district, and many farmers were present and proved themselves interested spectators. This was the only parade for re- gular work while the men were on the bivouac. It took Thursday morn- ing to reach the point. Thursday afternoon was occupied as a half day of rest and Friday afternoon was taken up bythe march to the eity. By the energy exhibited by the men at their work on the field overlook- ing the waters of Lake Ontario one could not help but realize the value of the change of training grounds, No-officer at the bivouac was more popular than Brig.-Gen. T. D., R. Hemming, camp commandant. He was in constant attendance, and took a personal interest in the welfare of the men, and he was cheered on more than one occasion as he walked amohg them watching: their move- ments, Certain merchants of the city showed their enterprise while the goldiers were at Lemoine's Point by rushing out ice cream and fruit in and Capt. Bawlf is a paymaster, but both proved their ability to ably dis- charge their new duties, | coholic prowess. With them on the | worm dieth not, and the fire is not | quenched, no matter how much they pour on it. Sir Sam is justly cele- brated as a dry canteener, but if he | wants to get public acclaim out of | his honorary colonels, he must needs seek the wet spots in London. The Cecil, the Savoy, the Carlton, the Piccadilly, the Ritz, Frascatis, the Troc, he will find his honorary col- | onels there, and if he-tmkes my tip he will make his rounds about Seven | Honorary col-| o'clock at night. The public acclaim onels are keyed up to it.! | is at its best then. Public acclaim being the thing Sir| Sam seeks in his business, public ac- | clfim that Major John Bassett, his| press agent, can wire over to Canada, | may I suggest that he draws his hon- | orary colonels out of their pleasant, | but more or less private retreats and | post them at strategic points where the British public can see them. A thousand honorary colonglg, strate- getically posted where Sam¥could re- | ceive - their salutes when he walks or motors or rides abroad, would have a great effect on the London newspapers, No historic the spot. between honorary | At all events, Sam seems tohcolonels can be found at the Ches-| Monument on the East He is hire Cheese, consulting the shade of | Marble Arch on the West should lack {from Canada, under pressure of a|going to keep his month shut--as|Dr. Samuel Johnston, who when he!its honorary colonels. We understand, | wag in good form, took strong liquor should be at least a dozen honorary of accept-| however, that the Splinx is in no|every fifteen minutes. Dr. Johnson, colonels permanently stationed on contemporaries, the top of the Monument and twice in the as many draped about the Marble In "her all-wis-| most agreeable way---by putting it| Arch to distribute copies of the Hut- his "more | ton' correspondence to the tourists |penitent moods he filled up on tea, and thus let the world know what | | and Hyde Park, Sam will not find | Queen our honorary colonels infesting them | Clive's Statue, the Nelson column in Our honorary col-; Trafalgar Square, the Horse Guards i i and the In fact, there a great man Sir Sam is. Other hon- orary colonels might be stationed at the Duke of York's monument, the Victoria Fountain, Lord and other show places--star-scatter them, as it were, through London- town, sp that,Sam can't miss his pub- lic acclaim no matter where he goes, automobiles. Their initiative was rewarded by the large sales to the men, ro A AAA A A Plt A tA Queen Boadicea's Statue on West- minster Bridge is another fine back- ground for a festoon of honorary colonels, also the House of Commons Terrace, and Westminster Abby. Of course the honorary colonels can't be expected to pose all day long. When they are not busy saluting Sir Sam they should be kept employed circulating campaign literature for the Major General. A neat little pamplet explaining how Lord Kitch- ener and Lord Roberts canie to ad- mit that Sam was the greatest driv- ing force in history from Semiramus down, would be good business. The way to get public acclaim is to go out and get it. To a good woman a lover's jea- usy is a homage, but to a good wife husband's jealousy is an insult.' Even'a first class phonograph may be ashamed of its record. a -- A ------------ iy CAMP NOTICE | lo a