Daily British Whig (1850), 31 Aug 1916, p. 9

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_., that is taken account nl. BATTALION LEAVING CAMP ON FRIDAY MORNING EARLY. Return to Camp on Saturday After noon After Spending Friday Night Under the 'The announcement that - scheme would be carried out week was greeted with pleasure by the soldiers at the camp. It may seem rather strange, to the civilian that the boys should welcome a ten or fifteen-mile walk but nevertheless it is true. On the parade grounds every day prysical . training takes Over a great part of the time. Th marching to and fro would very like- ly total many miles at the end of each day. One the whole the men ' are in such splendid physical condi- tign and the weather is so pleasant that a change of training is well re- ceived. The march will be taken on the same pleasant way as béfore and the only regret over the last one, which was to LeMoine's Point, was the fact that it was too shoft, Perhaps the General Staff Officer may change the present plans and lot: the men stay until Sunday but there are many considerations to be made and all cai not be met if the personal feelings of the men are all There is on thing sure, however, it will be Just as pleasant for the length of tinie it does last as the last one and for this reason every man in khaki want te be there, Before the last .scheme was carried out some men ---and officers, too---thought they were "putting one over" by dodging out of the way for the time being. When the others returned they were told of the splendid time and the ex- cellent arrangements for the out- "ing they did not feel so happy. It is planned to have the three ~ battalions march out very early on Friday morning and headed by the band parade through the éity. if the Bath Road is chosen the rout m be straight up Princess street. some point between here and. Col- lin's Bay the School of Cookery will serve lunch. . ' On arrival at the place of bivouac the men will be allotted positions for the night's sleeping place and after a few hours' rest and an intermission of supper, "bed-time" without beds, will comé around. / There is some plan for night work a bivouac| very delightful one. this, a repetition of this and if not it will JAGGED STONES ON ROAD Headquarters, out-post duty only as a protection of the camp against an attack. The return to camp will be made Satur- day afternoon «shortly after the noon-day meal. ! ¥ The School of Cookery will accom- the parade and arrange to have fll meals cooked on the grounds and on the line of march. At LeMoine's Point one meal was cooked by the soldiers There may be not be because the soldier can't do it, at LeMoine's and they were good. BARRIEFIELD CAMP ROAD IS DISGRACE TO MILITIA DEPT. Filling "Holes With Coarse Sharp Pointed Stones That Cause Ex- _ tensive Damage to Tires. d The road to Barriefield is being fixed, but "fixed" seems to be the right word. It is a crime in the opinion of those who have daily travel over this short piece road to have it in its present condition. The patching. that is being done is useless, and while those in "chirge are doing the best possible under the circumstances, the Militia De- partment deserves the greatest cen- sure for allowing the present condi- tions to exist. A paltry sum of $2,- 000 has been appropriated "for re- pairing this roadway. From the top uf the hill to the end of the village the condition remains as ever, and from there to the headquarters road of the camp it is worse. There was oil once put on this road of holes and jagged rocks. Now there is a! complete coating of coarsely cruslied stones that simply "eats" automobile tires. There is on way to avoid them and no remedy "has yet been applied. Theré was some small stone spread, but it was lost in the wilderness of the coarser kind. Opposite the lines of the 154th Bat- talion the stone has been laid about four inches deep in the holes, and as these are numerous it is an im- possibility to get away over this piece without another lot of tire damage. The roller that was loaned by the city is being usgd on the camp roads, and it is doing good work. . Capt. Kyle, adutant 156th Bat- talion, is in Iroquois, and in the meariime Major Newman is dis- but it will probably be confined to : Special Corvespondence. by H. F. Gadsby. SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES | charging his duties. { 5 | Shaking Off the Shackles. Ottawa, Aug. 31.--The sheaf of ranging from Halifax to Vancouver, whica Hartley Dewart, K.C., received by way of congratu- lation on his victory 'romto, indicates that The Spectacle of men, who had been Tory workers for years, taking part in a demonstration for a Liberal victory windows of : a sight for on in South bewildering on of candidat- which fait accompli. ' By an arrangement wrong, except the such as South Toronto, Mr. Dewart appeals as a man of broad sympathies and. popular comvictions. He has blazed a path. Other Liberal mem- bers will follow. There are many explanations of : '8 yictory---they are. all one that he won wrong, except the one that he won on cated. The to Telegram broa- ches the theory that he won, because of his brilliant cross-examination of Sir Sam Hughes--that may ve helped some. The Toronto WE rather thinks that prohibition had something to do with it but that is the News' mistake. Mr. Dewart cid not discuss prohibition except as a between both parties it had placed 'on the statute book as a themselves and it proved af. They cooked their own meals | Next Y.M.C.A. { The Death of the Captain. He has fallen, is dead, As brave and as good A captain as ever Led men of the blood. He_whose honor-lit eyes, Whose unquenchable smile, Were the soul and the heart Otf:the rank and the file. Yet tho' his pierced body Lies there with the dead, He still is the captain, Who stands at our head. For he lives, yea, he lives, And we do not forget, His eyes are still on us, His smile's with us yet. And we hear at the close Of each battle we've won, The voice of our captain, Still crying well done!! 0, who' would not follow, A captain so brave? And who would not have died Such a captain to save? «J. C. M, Duncan. Attended Funeral. Capt. McLean and Capt. Hagar, 156th Battalion, on Wednesday, at- tended the funeral at Prescott of the late Mrs. Whitely, wife of the 'quar- termaster of the battalion. Much re- gret is felt on Capt. Whitely's be- reavement. Right Out After Recruits, Major "Allan Stroud is hot after the recruits for "C"" squadron of the Canadian Mounted Rifles. On Wed- nesday afternoon he had a large can- vas sign stretched across Princess street between Montreal and Bagot streets bearing the words, "Enlist in the Canadian Mounted Rifles, "The attention of all officers is again called to the serious .conse- quences that may result from the practice of some young officers ap- time within the limits of a neutral country. All ranks are forbidden to enter the«United States in Uniform." Lieut.-Col. G. H. Gillespie is presiding at a court of inqury with Major G. W. Elliott and Capt. C. A. Donaldson as members on clothing of men who have been in the 156th Battalion for six months. on the Hearst Government for selling them out. Why shouldn't they? If they throught that voting for Mr. Dewart,/a Liberal, was a direct slap in the face to the Conservative Gov- ernmen§ for betraying them, that was their own business. "But there is one thing sure, . Whiskey did not fight for Mr. Dewart. What it did was to refuse to fight for the: other fellow. In the language of the street "it laid down." And this discloses another fact. The boasted Tory organiza- tion in Toronto is a myth. There is no Tory organization in the Queen City when the dark lantern captains of the saloon brigade refuse to do their usual work at the polls. On the other hand prohibition voted strong- ly for Mr Dewart. One of his largest majorities was in South Parkdale, which is a prohibition stronghold. ~ The Conservative machine seeks to draw comforu from the fact that it was a small vote. That is also delusion. Considering the fact that there are (ive thousand votes a at the war and that the contest was held on a list two years old, it was a large vote. Where Liberal gains number of persons appeared who | were willing to give those votes ab- sent treatment in the Conservative pec Si pearing in uniform at the present; i also a | GEN.T.D.R. HEMMING BRINGING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY TO CAMP IN AUTOMOBILE. Two Soldiers Protect It With Rifles Ready and Bayonets Fixed Branch of Bank of Montreal. h the customary flourish of having two guards with fixed bayo- nets, the automobile carrying cash for the paying of the soldiers was in camp on Wednesday. The 'custom is to have the bat- talion paymaster issue cheques twice a month to the soldiers of their bat- tallions. These cheques are then cashed any place that the soldier wishes, but the Bank of Montreal does most of this work. It has es. tablished a branch on. the grounds that is opey for four days a month, and the only business transacted is the cashing - of the Government cheques. No deposits are accepted, and nothing else is handled. The money is brought up in an automobile, and beside the bank lerks are two soldiers with rifles ready with fixed bayonets. It is a most impressive sight. PROBATIONERS REPORTING \ TT i» To The Infantry School at The Camp This Week, R. E, Parson, 154th. Bn. F. W. Rogers, 56th Mil. A. Jardine, 154th Bn. H. 8. MacDonald, 154th Bn. C. Gardner, 207th Bn. P. J. Danby, 156th Bn. W. B. Sanderson, 207th Bn. 8. L. E. Danby, 207th Bn. P. D. Shaw, 207th Bn. . J. Connerty, 156th Bn. . J. Fizgerald, 156th Bn. . G. Wood, 154th Bn. . 'McKinney, 156th Bn. >. McLaughlin, 4th Hussars. Lieut. Sandford at Camp, Lieut. Sandford, chief recruiting officer's staff, was in camp on Wed- nesday, and left on leave for a visit to Belleville. He will accompany the 235th Battalion "on a trek through Durham and Northumber- land. The School of Cookery, officers' | course, closed on Wednesday. A fine Aldershot kitchen is being erected in the lines formerly used by the | 93rd Battalion. der and wiser man. This manoe- uvre naturally headed the pluggers off and deprived the boasted Tory organization of a great deal of its raw material. Outside the personal merits of the candidate the election was won on three positive issues--nickel, hydro- radial and the pernicious activities of Sir Sam Hughes. Mr. Dewart expos- ed. the operations of the nickel trust, its chief protagonist, the Hon. Frank Cochrane, his puppet premier Mr. Hearst, and his private lieutenants, Messrs. Ferguson and McGarry, The arguments are too recent to 'meed repeating. Suffice is to say that the International Nickel Company is tax- ed only $40,00 year on an output of thirty-sevenfmillion dollars worth of nickel matt§, which is handled by an American refinery and therefore leaves not a dollar resulting from one of our greatest natural resources in the country. What's more, the Inter- national selling our nickel for years 'to the Germans and has actually sent fifteen million pounds of it to>Germany since the war has®been on. There is a "gentleman's agreement" be- tween the Borden Government and fthe Nickel Trust that no nickel will 80 to Germany while the war is in progress, but how effective : that agreement is may be inferred from the fact that the submarine Deutch- land had no difficulty in getting all it could carry in "open market." sues, the manufacture of our own nickel. on our own coil, the control of the output so far as refusing to 'sell it to the 'enemies of the British Empire and adequate taxation of its side ot it. IS AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT 'Nickel Company "has been' That was one of Mr. Dewart's is- t oe ALL THE The rm Seis Core. { There is a handful of men in the army, | Who seldom shoulder a gun, | And it is little that is known about! them, When everything ts sald and done. ! | And they try to escape any notice, ! | As they quietly slip off to the war, | For they never expect any send-off, | In the Army Service Corps. Théy don't aim to capture prisoners, Or at taking the enemy's flag, But they serve in a humble vocation For the sake of the grand old rag. Amid the inferno of battle, In spite of the eannon roar, They keep on quietly working In the Army Service Corps. When the foeman's heavy gunfire Has shattered and smashed the supplies They take good grip on their upper i ps, And with a their eyes, They hustle around and square things up, | And put them in T gnce more, | For they do not know the meaning of quitting In the Army Service Corps, "never-say-die" in| Arde orae | When their fellow soldiers are rest- | ng, Awaiting a new day's dawn, | They are desperately heaving and| straining ! With muscle, sinew and brawn, | For they must deliver the ration | | Although they are weary and sore; | | They are ripping good men who stick | | t | In the Army Service Corps. And 'when the war is over And peace again doth reign, This handful of men silently turn Rack to their homes again, | And they try to eséape any notice | | As they quietly slip ashore, | For it's a way they have of doing] things i In tHe Army Service Corps. ve --Pte. Frederick Leaden, Dufferin street, Kingston, Mechani- | cal Transports, Army Service| Corps, Somewhere in. France: | "A" Company, 156th Battalion, was In the trenches on Wednesday, | and another\company was on the | ranges. - i nickel from Gerfan guns had even more force. The following anecdote illustrates how the people took it up. "Last year." said ap old man at one of Mr. Dewart"s meetings, "Lieut- cnant Blank went to the front. He weighed one hundred and twenty pounds whep he went away. He came home, the other day, dead of course, and be weighed one hunderd and nincty pounds. There ' was seventy pounds of Frank Cochrane's nickel in him." It was a parable of course, that the old man was relat- ing, but it states the case better than a much longer argument, Then there was Hydro-Radial. Mr. Dewart fell in behigd Sir Adam Beck on his great public \ywnership enter- prise. Sir Adam has to find his friends outside the party now because both the Borden Government and the Hearst Government are opposed to the project and do their best-to- clip his wings and curtail his power... The Hearst, Government incidentally seems to have caught a habit from the late, Roblin government--namely dating back orders-in-council, with a view to covering up their machina- tions against the public welfare. Messrs. Ferguson and Lucas also helped by their performance oh the platform. Mr. Lucas back-peddied on prohibition to the extent of asking the people to elect Mr. Norris as a wine-and-beer; case Mr. N That the-@imgncial The other side, the Mfamy of killing Canadian | | the officers. | goes overseas every officer will be | code | 2 { nishing evening entertainment --~ It is easy for a woman to k {secret that isn't ia ing. OF ALL THE CAMP DAILY BY OUR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE THE INTATIE OF 154TH TEM THROUGH BATTALION. | Should be Useful in Giving Experi: | ence to Officers in Telegraph Code | --Movies Are Great Success, : The 154th Battalion has the most | ingenious - method of intercommuni- cation between the various offices and tents of the battalion. A com-| plete buzzer system has been instal led 'with the battalion ordarly room| as a base. may communicate with cach other without regard to heir location. | Its practical value lies in its in- creased efficiency element and the | splendid signalling. training it gives | When the | thoroughly familiar with the and be able to use it under all cir- cumstances, The Stormont, garry Battalion deserves credit for initiative in many other ways as well. The moving - picture outfit is work- ing splendid and the boys are im- mensely pleased at the performance given, on Tuesday, evening. This should be continued regularly, fur- for the men of the 154th unit. In this and many other ways the Scotchmen have shown their ability | to '"do it better" than the other fel- lows and with these two excellent in- stitutions the 154th is madng what should prove to be a valued prece- dent, } gp---- Aa Shoulder Badges for 136th. The 156th Battalion deserves the | credit for showing the initiative of | | being the first battalion at the camp | {to have shoulder badges made for | the officers and men. The officers | have sets in gold. The shoulder badges plain 'gold. figures "156th" in a| small border and under them is the] word "Canada." have the | Fair Military Events, Lieut. James G. Bews js making| - extensive plans for the military] There will be displays of bayonet fighting, bomb throwing, physical | training, and among the features will | be selections by the 154th Battalion | pipe band. i _ wr country lawyers that had tried to play smart with him by voting him out of the premiership, walk into the pits he had dug for them. How- ard Ferguson, otherwise known as Howard the Horrible, pulled most of the bone-head plays, but then How- ard is a bush legguer and naturally one expects that rt of stuff from him. Howard tried to make bilingual schools the issue but the people yéll- ed "old stuff" and he had to drop it. Next night he made a few delicate remarks---about Roman Catholic priests which fixed the Irish vote up good and plenty---for Mr. Dewart. Since the election he has been busy getting, rid of what little of the Jew- ish vote the Conservative party had left by sneering at Mr. Dgwart's propaganda in favor of the restor- ation of Palestine to the Chosen Peo- ple. 'This is not such a joke as Busher Ferguson and his pale, the wW { 2nd. Officers in tls manner | battalion | » t Dundas and Glen- * ne ee rp A rm mA pAEsO12 | 2 SEC OND 'SECTION THE SIGNALLING RESUS 4 HAVE COMPLETE BUZZER SYS-| GRADUATES OF SCHOOL OF SIG. NALLING ARE ANNOUNCED. List of Graduates Issued in District Orders--Two Grades of Certifi- cates, Gr. P. A. Boyce, -T2nd A Carson, 7 Battery, ¥ 2 - Gr. I nd Battery, XK.' 72nd 72nd 72 ia Gr. 0. Battery, 9 Cowdy, . H. Howe, Battery, . E. Howe; nd Battery, McDonald, 72nd Battery, . T. Tubman, T2nd Battery, . W. Simpson, 73rd Battery, . Q , 2nd. Ww. D. M, Fulton, 73rd Bat- A. Miles, 73rd Battery, . J. C. Samis, 136th, 1st. . ~A86th, 1st. . L. A, HamgltuN, 186th, 1st. . J. A. Sheppard, 136th, 2nd. . L. H. Buck, 130th, 2nd. . G. Mundell, 14th Regt, 2nd. . 8. Buckley, 154th, 2nd. . E. Legare, 164th, 2nd. . H. Lennox; 154th, 2nd. ..J. Pasley, 154th, 2nd. . R. G. Jones, 155th, 2nd, . G. F. Wellman, 166th, 2nd. Sergt. W. F. Ferguson, 156th, 2nd. Pte. A. J. Allen, 156th, 2nd. Pte. 8. R. Harvey, 156th, 2nd. Sergt. W. B. Tuck, 207th, 1st. Corp. E. V. Lackey, 207th, 2nd. . Corp. L. G. Gibbs, 207th, 1st. Pte. 8. Battle, 207th, 2nd. Pte. J. BE. Duggan, 207th, 2nd. Pte. ALT. Grimes, 207th, 2nd. Pte. W. Hands, 207th, 1st. - Pte. J. A. Humphreys, 207th, lst. Pte. C, H. James, 207th, 1st, Pte. W. E. E. Neelin, 207th, 2nd. Gr. 'C. L. Arnold, 73th Battery, 1st. " Capt. Doyle Progressing. Capt. Carman, 156th" Battalion, is ably discBarging the duties as pay j events at the Industrial Exhibition. | quartermaster, relieving Capt. Doyle, who ig in the Hotel Dieu. Capt. Doyle was thrown from a horse some time ago, and an operati~n followed as a result. He is progressing satis- { factory, however. Toronto News-and-the- Toronto Tete: grem, seem to think. On the con- trary it is a very serious matter with the Hebrew people, who, ever since Turkey got into the war, have their chance of rescuing the Holy Land from the Turk's clutch ai placing it under the protection ofl. Great Britain. The election in South West Toronto was the writing'on the wall for the Hearst Governm¢nt and the Hon. G. Mene, fthene, tekel Youferguson'!! HH. F. GADSBY. music hath charms to incite & man to start a rough cep a nd hustler to In 3,1 and 2 pound cans. also Fine Ground for Percoe lators. :

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