- to strength DAILY ROUTINE OF WORK Betore "Lights : Ont" 8 ounds There ~=Article Written by Soldier. The Ottawa Journal has an inter written by a soldier on the routine of the men of the ammunition column of the Depot Artillery , at Barriefield Camp. The reads as follows: While the Ammunition Column at Barriefield Camp is not yet nearly up ; & regular curriculum of drill, ete, is laid out. A great deal of attention 'is paid to physical drill, as Ii requires quite a good condition to do continual horse-back riding as _ steietly in J x oft y. brigade drill, : Camp po stop. . to do the f 'than the artillery. At 5.30 (reveille booms of tr work of other branches the big gun' ial for a blare then the various ng. For the early Aphes ar in fatigue - and sneaks; from there is physical training, Be Eo ma cous 5 4 ey are sor called, "Swed- 18k experiments," owing to their and strangeness, or foot drill. they break off and shave, I8aR up, etc. for breakfast at 7.30. At 8.30 there is another parade usually with physical training, such as sprinting, Jumping, etc., till 10; 10 to 10.45 instruction is given i Toot drill, or In the ordinary rifle requirgdt by guards. At 11 the usually return to tl lecture ; "where "chalk talks" are given by the officers on unlaying, ammuni- tion, section gun drill, use of instru- ments, ete, until 12. At 12.30 there unch. orderly officer visits during ein mon and asks if there are any complaints; there are seldom 'any, but ro complaints sup- by any namber of men are | as "a man marches on his stomach," and apart from all other considerations ex- pediency demands that attention be paid to the feeding of the men. Time for Baseball. From 1 to 2 the baseball 'and "athletic teams usually have time for a light workout, or the men read their mail, which comes three times a From 2 to 6 battery drill, : horse mastershin, map reading. harnessing, equipment are taken, with swimming during part WO afternoons per week. At 6 the men break off; dinner at 5.30, . Fiom then to 10 the men are free to go to town (while at Barriefield } Or to read or-to indulge in rts. They are also allowed, three passes tillery Baseball League plays games every evening: it is composed of the 72nd, 78rd, 74th, 75th, and the Ammunition Column. There is a fine hard clay diamond laid out beside the camp, with a wire back- Athletie sports are held every Thursday; A Fire td is kept of the winners, an he time an e : made; there is a hard clay : circular track. There will be a great eet around September 1 among all units of the Samp, intantsy and artillery. A swimming meet is being held on the 26th. | Provision is made for other recrea- fons. There is a recreation tent on & plano, magazines, etc; some it musical talent has neovered---singers, piano play- ' ts, violinists, mouth or: dedl of study is necessary, allowed in the tents 5 various technical 'are an "issue'---that is, are ow - ¢ Oatarch tn this section al other diseases it was sup- Yaga g Ares le, wii d by con @ Joual tremi- rable Whi No. 1909 Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, Next Y.M.C.A. Phone CAMP loahiéd frée to the men. One of the things peculiar to an artillery camp is the loud, long and vigorous dis- cussions which are continually going on concerning the work; wherever ten mep get together for a little con- versation the "shop-talk" will creep in, the discussion ranging from whether the King should salute the president of a court martial to the speed of an 18-pound shell 5-6 sec- onds after it is fired text books are produced and cases in point cited, till the question jis finaly decided either by hutu ent or by refer- ring it to officer. TWO MONTHS TRIP THROUGH THE COUNTIES, Will Trek From Town to Town, Hold. ing Meetings on the way--Col. Scobell's Innovation. The 235th Battalion now organiz- ing In Durham and Northumberland Counties Is about 500 strong, and to bring it mor on a Wo months' x i un- ties. Lieut.-Cel. Scobell is certainly a leader in organizing battalions. and has alréady a number of valuable in- novations to his credit. He conceive. ed the idea of small a camp for the recruits, and this has proven to be a drawing ecard to new men. The trek idea should be of value. Lieut. A. G. Sandford, recruiting staff, will accompany the battalion and go with it from place to place. Like a circus or any show' moving through the count, the 235th will go from one place to another. The longest stop will be a week. The start will be made on Septem- ber 1st and continue for possibly two months. Addresses will be given every evening, and the hardest re- cruiting campaigners will urge young men to join the gathering of khaki- clad boys. Jt will be remembered that the 164th Battalion while organizing took a trek for some days gathering recruits on the way. It proved a most successful venture, and doubt- less Col. Scobell will meet with simi- lar success in this trip. For the Listening Post. "Listening Post" (published in the trenches). . "Should this catch the eye of any Chicago bacon packers, they will hear of something to their advantage by communicating with "Farthing and Nobbler's Quick Lunch Counter, France." The amount of bacon fat consumed by the patrons of this re- staurant has not only made them water proof, but has also rendered them bullet proof. Should a German buHet be aimed at a transport driver it ricochettes off and kills a mule. New Cap-Badge of 235th, Lieut.-Col. Secobell, commanding the 235th Battalion, was in camp on Monday and - among ' other things proudly displayed the new cap badge of this unit. The badge is one of the prettiest yet made for the pur- pose and the designers should be giv- en credit for showing originality as well as an artistic sense in making it up. New Battalion for Scoich. Mayor Courville, of Alexandria, at the request of Major G. J. Campbell, C.R,0,, called a meeting for Monday evening to organize a system for re- cruiting a new battalion in Dundas, | Starmount and Glengarry. 154th Battalion still needs abou men. y t 150 school of signalling, states that occa- sionally men are sent to the' school for a course who have not.had a sufficiently complete education to make them expert signallers. These Col. Adams gave the first of a ser- ies of lectures to the officers of the battalion on Monday evening. They are being carried out three evenings y, is fh the the | rd | of each week, : Capt. N. Bawlf, paymaster 154th [Bateation, is spending { Ottawa. ¢ s-The} men have be returned to their units.| a few days in| Hl Sergt. Jimmy AGonrul, seems to be in TENTRANSFERTOPETAAWA NO REASON FOR THIS DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT, Will Stop AN Recruiting Chances And Set Back Work at Least a Week to Obtain Three or Four Weeks Training in the Northern * As announced in Monday's Whig the camp is soon to lose the Depot Artillery Brigade owing to its im- mediate transfer to Petawawa for the completion of its training. Officers at the camp are at a loss to understand the mysterious decis- iom. half strength, The men have been getting only preliminary Samp so that the conditions of tunity to recruit could be in one. These batteries are less than | They were taken from the city to the ] Rl Ni 'beca brig at Peta- Major D. F. Mundell, commandant |, ow use the Fades. at 3 TUESDAY, AUGUST THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. 7 "Regimunt, forard march!" deregimunt refuses ta march widout de mascot, an' de mascot ull retreat.--Montreal Standard. AAA be nothing to do but obey and smile. This is what the artillerymen are do- ing. MORE NURSING SISTERS TO BE SENT OVERSEAS Owing to Urgent Need Are Be- ing Sent Over in Small : Lots Eight more nursing «sisters, who have been mobilized here while be- ing outfitted for the front, will leave in the near future for overseas. 23, 1916. ALL THE OF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAY REPRESENTATIVE Tov eb 4* Pr ------ There is evidently a scarcity of nurs- ing sisters at the front, as several cables" asking for more have been sent from England. This district. through Lieut.<Col. R. J. Gardiner, |A.D.M.S.. is doing its share in hav- {ing all those from Canada brought {here for outfitting and despatched in [the shortest possible time The mext eight to go are mostly from British Columbia, The first draft was of fifteen and the next of nine. They would not be sent over in such small lots if there was not an urgent call for them. ------------ Camp Notes 135th Bat- Lieut. .C. 8. Taylor, | talion, has been 240th Battalion. Capt. Nobbs, adjutant of School of bayonet fighting and physical train- ing, is spending a few days at Barrie- field in consultation with Lieut. J. tothe Bews, commandant of thé school. The captain seems quite satisfied with the progress being made. PUINTED OUT AS AN IMPOSSIBIL- ITY BY OFFICERS, Would Mean Even More Restricted Districts to Units Now Author, And This Would Mean a "Howl" From C, O's, When the Chief Recruiting Officer was credited recently with the "an- houncement" that ten more battal- ions were to be authorized in the 3rd Division, he made a statement that cannot be verified in any other quar- ter. There is now recruiting in this Military District the 207th, 230th, 235th, 240 and 247th. A glance at the map will show one that these units are recruiting in all the counties' with the exception of the following: Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Prince Edward, Leeds, Grenville, Dundas, Stormount, Glengarry. The first three had dif- ficulty in making up enough men to form the 146th and that unit is still 'Below strength. Sand over one more battalion and the last three could probably do the same but as Col. MacDonald says: "It takes a smile off one's face." Now there are absolutely no counties left for the other seven battalions unless the districts for the ones now organ- izing are restricted. In view of the fact that commanding officers of battalions ery out for more district, owing to the depletion of mén who have answered the call, there would not appear to be much likelihood of this happening. It is almost an im- possibility to organize ten more bat- talions in this division, and further: more if they could be organized the Division would be giving 5,000 more men than its rightful share of the half-million promised by Canada. a -------- "D" Company, 156th Battalion. at present on the ranges. is BUSINESS FAILURES. July Made Best Exhibit in Past Three Years. Toronto, Aug. 21.--Messrs. R. G. Dun and Company draw attention to the fact that improvement in the business mortality is not confined to the United States, strictly com- mercial failures in Canada during July making the best exhibit for the period since 1913. Thus insolvencies numbered 113 and supplied liabilities of $2,515,098, against 210 for $3,- 265, 802 last year, 234/in 1914 for $1,843,851, and 113 three years ago, when, however the amount was only $684,652. Of the total, 27 defaults were in manufacturing lines, and the indebt- edness of these was $879,203, as com- pared with 62 for $1,282,897 in the prévious. year, 36 for $459,681 in 1914, and 31 in 1913 for $398,215. In the trading division, failures were comparatively light, numbering 77 and involvilng $736,794, against 137 last year for $1,835,402, and 186 in 1914 for $1,273,169. Three years ago thre were 78 similar sus pensions, and the amount was but $283,187. t Among agents, brokers and other concerns not properly included in either maunfacturing or trading the returns showed nine defaults, with Habilittes of $899,101. These contrasted with 11 reverses for $147 - 508 in July, 1915, and 12 in 1914 for S111.001. In 1913, however, -the number was only four, and the in: |debtedness reached the insignificant first RASING OF MORE UNTS The next two could |. Barometrical Outfit at Headquarters Showed the Highest Heat Record. ed in Fourteen Years, But Sol diers Kept on Drilling. J Just imagine 100 degrees in the shade and one can conceive what the soldiers at Barriefleld Camp stood from the Weatherman on. Mi s A most complete barometrical has lately been installed on the porch in front of headquarters. There is the maximum and miniunm ther- mometer, an Aneriod ba and a hygrometer.. The Hetie plese ot iron on the first named thermometer was pushed mp to. exactly 100 de- grees, and the fact was borne out by the register of the M: & M. in- . strument which indicated the same. The instruments are sheltered from the direct rays of the sun. The wind was hot and, he +Sfounds "peculiar that 'the' sol- diers drilling on the field do not. mind the excessive heat as much as those who have to stand und or walk through. It may seem rather strange, but 'nevertheless it is a fact that some of the soldiers perfer to drill wearing a heavy woolen under- shirt over their bodies. These men claim that it absorbs the perspira- tion. Other fellows who have been wearing almost next to nothing are all tanned. $ " There are but. few who | could do the work that the soldiers {at Barriefield do in the hot san | without wanting to be carried to the | nearest soda-water fountain or Ibrewery with the least delay. 'The {boys in khaki are in the pink of con- | dition, and though the heat is ob- | Jectionable, the century mark on the | thermometer js not the cause ; of 'much grumbling. wig { sum of $3, 250. Big Sugar Dividend. New York, Aug. 21.--Cuban Am erican Sugar Company has declared an extra cash dividend of 10 per cent. on the common stock and an "addi- tional 40 per cent dividend in com- mon stock, payable October 2 to stock of record September 15, J To Be Good Report. Montreal, Aug. 21.--Thrés of the big milling companies with' head- quarters here, Ogilvies, Lake of the Woods, anu St. Lawrence, close their fiscal year in a fortnight, a ac- cording to suthoritative statoments, the results will prove highly satis factory to the shareholders. s Steel's Large Cash Holdings. : New York. Aug. 21.---~The 'rise in U. 8. Steel tn the highest price in years has revived interest in the statement (made a few years ago) * that at the end of the cutrent quar- ter, the company's h of 3 would amount to $2 period and 12,233,7 half of i915. "wr