"* The decisfon and actus start on > ? EXTENSOELY REPAIRED * ROAD TO CAMP AT LAST TO RE. | CEIVE ATTENTION Orusher And Sifte¥ On Ground And Grader Is In Sight--Severe Criti- clsm For Present Condition Of Road--Repairs Are Useless. At last an organized effort is to be made for extensive repairs to the road to Barriefield camp, and it is hoped that the "extensive repairs" will really amount to a "complete rebuilding." As mentioned in previous articles in the Whig and In hundreds of of- ficial communications, the road to Barriefield camp is extremely bad | almost as bad as University avenue in fact. This is as bad as words can express, but the best proof is in once !riding over it in even an expensive a obile 8 re-construction is heralded with de- I; J regret is that the | & months ago. 'he Camp Engineer, Capt. Palmer, ' secured the use of . a stone crusher and a stone sifter, which ara now stationed along .the road op- 'posite tothe camp. It is hoped that 'a grader will be secured from R. H. Fair, county engineer, and as soon as that arri work will be started. 'The stone to bs used is in quarry on the Heights which was opened up when the filling in was being done at the bridge. . According to the Camp Engineer is now a portion of the work completed but the actus! evidence of a drive over it would not give a Jorson that opinion. The fact of THE RUSSIANS NEARING. LEMBERG Th ty 5 how Won Re of 3 ts southern Gates. SRY i . TEUTON STAND AT HALICZ ns ENCIRCLED BY THE VICTORI- OUS SLAV ARMIES. The Whole Tarnopol-Bulz Line Is Now Held by Brusiloff--Four More Important Towns Fall. London, Aug. 14.--The semicircle 'med by the Russian army chain in Galicia from the region south of Brody to the area south of Stanislau 'has been drawn an average of ten 8 closer to Lemberg during the twenty-four hours. Swiftly roll- ng up the armies of the Austrian "throne heir' in. the Sirection uf the Galician capital, the main goal o 'Gen. Brusiloff's drive in the south, 'the Muscovite forces drove the Teu- lenders from tHe greater part of on the four great 'streams which formed the main nat- ural a 'on the road to Lem- py 'the southeast: the Sereth, Koropice and Zlota Lipa. i fight desperate rear- 8, the Austro-German ly retreating on the BARRIEFIELD CAMP No. 1909 - Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next Y.M.C.A. the matter is that stone has been dumped in large quantities over the road from the top of the hill at the village to the bridge. This stone in some parts has been completely ground into dust and has disappear- ed ; With grading and a generous coat- ing of stone to bind the surface and probably a layer of oil to make a top, the road should be greatly im- proved. Efforts should, however, be made immediately to have the ap- propelation for the work -- a mere $3,000 enlarged by four or five times that ameunt so that a respect- able highway may be built. As it is, the highway is a disgrace to _the camp, thé eity of Kingston, the town- ship of Pittsburg, and the Militia Department. ; ré seems an excellent oppor- tu flow for certain politicans of this distrigt to "get busy." The Gov- ernment if shown 'the condition of affairs would doubtless enlarge its appropriation so that something per- manent could be built, As it is now, as proyen by what has happened on the hill, any repairs whether exten sive or slight, use is simply wasted. A newly-built road, with a slight maintenance cost, would last indefinitely. The Camp Commandant will likely grant W necessary permission to have a #0If links laid out on Barrie- field commons for the exercise ofsthe officers when off duty. "The lnks will be laid out 80 as not to interfere with parade areas. It should be of great benefit to officers confined to their offices all day. A small fire started in the order- ly tent of the special 'service bat- talion but was extinguished before doing much damage. | whole front from the headwaters of the Sereth down to the eastern and southern approaches of Halicz, the withdrawal having become neces- sary with the fall of Stanislan last Thursday. x *AS a result of Saturday's and Sun- day's fighting the two southern "gates" of Lemberg, Halicz and Brzezany, are now in the range of the Russian artillery, and their fall is near. Four Big Towns Fall. Four important towns fell to the Russians during the last twenty- four hours. The possession of each serves to tighten their grip on Lem- berg. They are: Ezerna (Jezierna), between ' the Stripa and Sereth Rivers, sixty- three miles southeast of Lemberg: Podgaicy (Phodhajce) on the Koropice, fhirty miles to the north- east of Stanislau, and only fifteen miles south of Brzezany. From Podgaicy -a trunk railway runs northwest through Brzezany direct- ly to Lemberg, which is sixty-one miles away as the crow flies. Horozonka, west of the Ziota Lipa, ten miles north of Halicz. Mariam on the Dniester, sev- en miles to. the southeast of Halicz. Thus Halicz Is being encircled, and the 'Teuton lines there, menaced since' the. fall ot Stanislau, have be- come untenable, Buss Hold Winter Line. The Russians have occupied thé whole region of the main Austrian winter positions before _Tarnopol and Buczacz and the entire line of the River Stripa. Here they cap- tured six strongly fortified villages. The sector from Tarnopol to Buck acz is almost exactly in the centre * the eastern front, and here the slower p of the Russians, contrasted with their rapid gains to the north and south, had formed a salient held by the Teutons. The Joy id iage is oH substantial step n bringiig the centre even with the - This region was pressed on either flank by the Russian advances. to a point near Kovel, on the north, and the constant gai nislau, COLORS FOR 156TH BATTALION WILL BE GIVEN IN BROCKVILLE Brock Chapter, 1. O. D. E., Making Presentation Of Regimental Colors To Brockville Battalion On Thurs- day Next. Lieut-Col. T. C. D. Bedell, com- manding 156th Battalion, has issued an invitation to all staff officers to attend the presentation of the colors ceremony to the battalion which takes place on Thursday. The big event will be, as previous- ly announced, in Brockville on the exhibition grounds where there is seating accommodation for all who will attend. ° It is expected that hun- dreds from the camp will go to the eastern city to witness the ceremony which' with such a good battalion 'should be a model one. . The colors are being presented by the Brock Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire and were purchased by 'a subseription fund, A great. many of the men of the 156th who have been on farm fur- lough have returned and will be in shape for the trip. They are dril- ling constantly and rapidly picking up the training lost during their month or two. weeks on the harvest furlough. Sergt. William Bramah, the well known instructor of the R.C.H.A., is now on duty every afternoon at the camp glving valuable instruction to the artillerymen in training. Capty Maloney, medical officer 240th Perth Battalion, was in the Jot ver the week end. - miles from Lemberg, but the drive on the Galician capital is directed from the south, with Brody as the pivotal point of the giant swing. In the Carpathians, where a week ago the fortunes of battle showed inclinations to favor the Teutons, the Russian advance being tempor- arily checked, the Archduke Karl Franz Joset's right wing is now re- treating before a. renewed Russian offensive. Attempts by the Teutons to wrest the initiative from the Mus- covites and- prevent the gradual sep- aration from the Austro-German northern armies failed. ' Battle Near Suez Canal. London, Aug. 14.--Constantinople reports that the Turks east of the Suez Canal have turned to the at- tack against the British' and com- pelled them to retreat with heavy losses, The London War. Office, however, disputes this statement, as- serting that the British cavalry is still in pursuit of the Turkish rear guard, which Saturday evening had been driven back to a position, east of Birs Bl-Manca. i Died in Watertown, N.Y, Watertown, N.Y, Aug. 14.--Ed- ward E. Case, 68, for many years a prominent lumber merchant of the city, and a former commissioner fo the Board of Publi¢ Safety, died on Sunday. Mr. Case had been in poor health for some time, and had been seriously ill for the last few weeks. Canada's trade for the year ending with May totalled $1,663,250,513, ap increase of about half a million over the aggregate in 1913. ( An jeehouse on Tic Island, Rice Lake, was burned by an explosion of the sawdust through spontane- 'ous combustion, Y PRESENTATION _ THURSDAY GEN.T.D.R HEMMING field on § . L. H, McIntosh, 156th. R. J. Patterson, 166th. M. D. Millis, 156th. | C. D. O'Leary, 156th. i R. Davis, 156th; | D. M. McIntyre, 156th. W. L. Fredenburg, 156th, W. N. Robinson, 156th. W. Greenham, 156th. M. J. O'Brien, 207th. | M. J. Forbes, 207th. | J. A. Fletcher, 207th. { H. Crossley, 207th, A. W. S. Bennett, 136th. D. J. Casey, 154th. HII 000 0000s | H : .) il : +| + +* + + + + SECURED 2,000 MEN * -- LJ Lieut. O'Leary, 73rd Bat- # tery, recruiting for that unit in # Ottawa, has to date secured * over 2,000 civilians for service 4 in the = Bxpeditionary Force. + This wonderful recond 18 Tot 4 sany other officer in Canada. Lieut, O'Leary en- % listed as a sergeant under Capt. + + 4 Strothers in the Capital, but * # since last February has been | # in charge of the officer there. #| % He has been sending men to + # Kingston units since the war + % broke out. + | 1+ i The commandant of the camp ex- pressed Nimself as well pleased with the appearance of the line of the special service They are certainly nicely and well| kept. | battalion. arranged AAA A i FIVANCAL INFORMATION CONCERN HAS PAID ANOTHER | 100 PER CENT. DIVIDEND. | Montreal Alnmunition Has Now Dis-| bursed Total of 750 Per Cent.-- | Commercial News. Montreal, Aug. 14.--The Mon- treal Ammunition Company paid another of its now famous 100 per cent. dividends, making a total of 750 per cent. that has been paid to shareholders, all within a space of considerably less than a year. As the minion Bridge Com- any is understood to own 61 per cent. of the "company's $300,000 capital stock, the parent company has already benefitted from subsi- diary dividends.to the extent of about $1,125,000. Within the .next month or so it is probable that the Ammunition Company's dividends will pass the 900 per cent, mark, in which event the dividends received by the parent Bridge Company will exceed the $1,300,000 which it is djstributing to its own shareholders this year in dividends and bonuses. That will leave the large earnings of the Bridge Company itself as a clear surplus. T The Ammunition Company was reported tq have been a large bu er of the Dominion war loan bonds' in the spring, and a considerable pro- portion of its dividend distributions has been in the form of these bonds instead of cash. The 100 per cent. dividend last week was paid in bonds. Dominien Copper Increases Capital. Montreal, Aug. 14.--The Domin- D5 STANDARD BANK 'OF CANADA MEAD OFFICE - TORONTO Efficient and Prompt Service 'in every Department SAVINGS BANK at all Branches. NGSTON fon Copper | Products Company has THE o" PROBATIONERS DISCHARGED CAN GET From: the Infantry School at Barrie- | YOUR HELP HERE OF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAL' REPRESENTATIVE Th FARMERS WOLD IN ADVERTISE- |$ MENTS TO GET SOLDIERS. Forget What the Soldiers Are Train. ing For and Put Them to Work on the Farms--Continue to Draw Government Money, - ' The Whig has been informed that the Hon. W. G. Ferguson, Minister of Agriculture for the Provincial Government, is putting official ad- vertisements over his signature to the effect that farmers wanting farm help may secure all they require by applying at the nearest military training depot. The proof that such a thing has been done has caused a wave of indignation to spread over the camp and the term usually ap- plied is "disgusting." , The advertisement proves con- clugively the objects of the Govern- ment is trying to use overseas sol- diers as farmers. Nothing could be more ridiculous. has bought a thousand' On- taro it would still be able to save More money than is now being lost through the practice of granting farm furlough with pay to overseas volunteers. Many farmers are using a privil- ege for the) advancement of ' their own ends, according to tHe officers at the camp. One case in point is that of a fath- er of five sons. "One enlisted some time ago, and the remaining four are helping him on his farm. He actual- ly sent in a demand for the release of his son for two months to help on the farm. That farmer, .it is claim- ed; deserves absolutely no considera- tion for his unpatriotic act, secured authority to dncrease its capital from $400,000 to $1,000,000. This concern is a subsidiary of the Dominion Bridge Company, and has beén exceedingly active on the manu- facture of certain Parts for munitions right along. Its earnings, like those of the other subsidiary, the Montreal Ammunition Company, have been phenomenal, " Extra Declared on Quaker Oats. Chicago, Aug. 14.--The Quaker Oats Company has declared the regu- lar quarterly dividend of 2% per cent on the common stock and an ex- tra dividend of 10 per cent. beth payable September 30th, to stock of record September 1st. Earnings at Rate of 100 P.C. 3 New York, Aug. 14.--Earnings of the Pittsburgh Steel are now run- ning at the rate of well over $100 a share on the common stock after reg- ular preferred dividends. For the five months ended with June they were around $36, or at the rate of more than $86 a share for a year. In the fiscal. year ended June 30th, gross sales of the company were ap- proximately twice what they were in the previous year, and net available for dividends and special deprecia- tion charges was aprpoximately $4,- If the. | where Another man was granted leave and was found working as an assist- ant in a blacksmith shop not a thous- and miles from Kingston. Many are known to have used part of the time at least in spending a quiet holiday with their relatives af- ter working for a few days while the 'rush of harvest is on. One officer in, command who knows what he is talking about says that the average farm can be run by one man and two boys. The binders in use now cut down the labor needs 80 niuch that soldiers as farm help are not a necessity, It should be remembered that the Department pays full pay to the sol- diers who are granted these fur- loughs. They receive their $30 from the Government and probably $50 more from the employer. No one can critize them for taking a chance 'at $80 a month for a while. The criticism comes in, in the Govern- ment allowing their pay to continue while they are doing this work. There wotlld then be few if any cases men. would bd pulled out of traiging to fight the Huns and put at Jol wing a hay rake around a eld. The farmers of this country and the Government as well seem to have forgotten the seriousness of the pres- ent conflict. Canada has spent and is spending thousamds of dollars in put- ting a well-trained and well-equip- ped force into the field. It is Can- ada's contribution which saved Calais and is now holding a very important part of the line in the district of Ypres. Why should men in training to take their places guarding aypart of the parapet which keeps the r- mans in their places, be pulled away to harvest under the present circum- stances? No one' ean-say-that it is DOMINION a the greater necessity, but still the ridiculous condition continues. en ---------- TRANNG RTRLERYMEN VARIOUS COURSES INCLUDING BAYONET FIGHTING IN LIST ° ------ Syllabus Enlarged To Take In B.F., And P.T., And Also First Ald Lec- tures, Signalling, BEte.~~Good Pro- gress Reportéd. Artillery officers are to receive bayonet fighting practice, according to a recent order. Much importance is attached in artillery circles to this novel announcement, but it fs ex- plained that the bayonet fighting and physical training are in one class. One officer and five N.C.0's of eath battéry of the Depot Brigade have been detailed by Major E. C, Barrett to take the course of Bayonet Fight- ing and Physical Training which opens at the camp on August 16th under Lieut. James G. Two office of each bat-- tery will a the School of Signal- ling which opened on Tuesday for a course in signalling. Three lectures are being given on First Aid work _ by Sergt. Looker, Army Medical Corps. Physical training from 8.30 o'clock every morning has also been introduced into the syllabus. The artillerymen are certainly be- ing trained every available minute. The various courses and the subjects on the artillery syllabus are well covered and already great improve- ment is being shown. - Major Barrett has already secured dummy guns for battery manoeuvres and hopes for horses and guns 80. that more advanced. training may be carried on. WAR: LOAN TO BE ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER. 940,000, as compar with only $858,160, the year before. The fol- lowing figures show the rapid im- provement in net available for divi- dends in recent months: "April, | $405,240; May, $569,768; and June, | approximately $690,000. | | THOUSANDS OF CASES. Day's Paralysis Record Shows De. | crease in. Cases, { New York, Aug. 14.--The Depart-| ment of Health reported Sunday 4 decrease of twenty deaths from in- fantilé paralysis compared with the! preceding twenty-four hours' period, | and also a drop of two per cent. in| the number of new cases, The day's! | fatalities were twenty-two and there | were 141 new cases of the is | ease. Phe total deaths simce the) |epidemic started have reached 1,393 / and the mumbér of cases which have! béen brought to the attention of the department 6,281, Serb Capital Still at Corfu Athens, Aug. 14. -- The Serbian capital will remain at Corfu until Serbia issreconguered, Serbian offi- cials stated today, denying BRANC Hj E: of interest. By purchasing a bond you will help to WIN THE WAR and obtain for yourself an investment of the highest class yielding a most attractive rate 2 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ; "- OTTAWA. HOWARD S. FOLGER, will be authorized to receive the ; : WAR LOAN BONDS bonds to subscribers with- 5 for and will deliver = ; out Broker, Street : I ipth :