Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Sep 1916, p. 9

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: ! ~ ARIO, TUESD. SECOND SECTION IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATION AT BARRIEFIELD CAMP came Charged §With Electricity From Lightning in: the District. "Col. Oglivie, Barriefield Campy-- Arrived 1 p.m.; troops in good con- dition. All settled in bivouac, (Sign- ed) General Hemming. Time 3 p.m. Friday." "Col. Oglivie, Barriefield Camp Left Camp 8 o'clock. - Expect to be in by 1 p.m. (Signed) General Hem- ming." : These two messages were two of the official communications sent over the wireless from Parrott's Bay to the camp when the troops were on the march and bivouac and they clearly show what a value may be put on the splendid equipment t the School of Signalitng sel in this way. / The Instruments uding a gaso- line power plant and dynamo were in the line of march, being loaded on a van that also carried some of the men. Capt. BE. W, Henderson and Lieut. Munsie were the officers with the outfit and the opgrating was car- ried on by Sergt. Inst. Hicks. At Barriefield Camp Sergt. Redding was in charge of the school while Sergt. Ferguson took the messages and sent others to the bivogac. When the w with the parade arrived at the pole was erected and the other end of the aerial was fastened to a cross plece that was tied on a tree. The _ motor and power plant were erected outside on the ground while the wire- less operators remained in the van with their telephone receivers. Capt, Henderson took charge of line motor, but had some the gi SUCCESSFUL EVENT HELD AT LAKE ONTARIO PARK Weather Was Ideal, Attendance Large and "Attractions Good-- Events and Winners, The Labor Day plenic held at Lake Ontario Park, Monday afternoon, was a decided success in every respect. The weather was ideal, the attend- ance large and the attractions most interesting. Some of the outstanding features were the ball game Batwaon the Athletics and the Victorias, the former being victorious by a score of nine to five; the baby contest, in which about twenty-five beantiful in- fants were exhibited and the walts- "ing: contest; which® brought forth some very dancers. . TI 2) No. Free Bulletin Service at Press Headquarters, trouble in getting it to work. He however, sent for his own automobile and used that engine. ~The rear wheel was jacked up and a belt run from the wheel to the dynamo. The power then furnished was then re- liable and regular. During the afternoon the skies be, to darken and crashes of light- ning could be heard in the wireless, receivers. This interfered for a short time with the receiving of the mes- sages but when the air cleared the instruments were working beauti- fully. Many messages could be heard from stations in the area .in which the instruments were able to receive. All day a large crowd of soldiers were gathered around the van and appéared immensely interested in- seeing the wireless system of com- munication in actual working order. PEEP P Pete ONLY PAPER AT BIVOUAC The fect that the Whig was the only local paper that the soldiers could read while on the bivouac is still the subject of many complimentary remarks at the camp. The men are still talking of the enterprise on the part of the Whig management in arranging for their daily paper in spite of the"act that they were thirteen miles from % camp. + +» Abad PEPE P PPP PSP PEEP iee Recruiters Visit Camp. Barriefield Camp'has quite a dele- gation of "recruiters" for an official visit on Saturday morning. Major W, Allan Stroud, who is doing admir- able work for the Mounted Rifles at Hamilton, was in the party, which included also Lieut. Walsh, 216th Bantams, Toronto, and Capt. Ken- nedy who went. to England on a 77th Battalion draft. a | plauded. The proud winners were: Mrs. W. R. Marchand (baby Glad, called after the late Glad Murphy); Mrs. Page (baby Dorothy) and Mrs. Charles Paradis (baby Charles). So graceful were the dancers that it took several processes of elinina- tion to decide upon the winnérs, The judges,- M.- Nolan, -B. Rescorls, and T. Stanford, finally awarded the prizes as follows: Miss Hagen and Mr. Taylor, Migs Lloyd and Mr. Duffy and Mr. and Mrs. Feeney. Splendid music was provided by Salsbury's or- chestra, The baby and waltzing contests were held in hte pavilion, and were witnessed .by scores of interested spectators. Races for Scholars. The Standard cup, donated for competition in, racing amongst the scholars of public and separate schools, was. won by C. Meredith of St. Mary's school. The preliminaries for this trophy as follow! : Macdonald. school--Norris Tuttle, H. Hanson: . Ridean, school--Bruce Johnston, George » 5 . a == Albert Kelso, 1909 Next YMCA. JUST HOW TALL ARE 'YOU? IF UNDER FIVE FEET TWO THE BANTAMS WANT YOU. Licut. Wa is Recruiting Here For The 216th Battalion of Fighting Cocks at Camp Borden. : Lieut. Walsh, a little officer only five feet four inches in height, was at camp headquarters on Saturday. He is representing the 216th Bantam Battalion of Toronto which is 300 short of being up to full strength. This officer asked of headquarters if the privilege would be granted him to recruit men of under five feet two inche#" in height who could in no other way get overseas. Lieut. Walsh believes that there are many in this district who have been rgjected by the medical nature's handicap and here is an op- portunity for them to get into a short' suit of khaki which for the present is nly issued in Camp Borden dis- trict. : 'dn ~the Bantam Battalion about : seyenty-five per cent of the men are froth Yorkshire and Lancashire im |. England, where the intense heat has caused a district of dwarfs to appear. The men however are hardy and should certainly be great fighters the trenches. - A= Unique Emergency Case. - Lieut. Adams, who recently visit- ed his father, Lieut.-Col. Adams, at Barriefisld Camp, has brought back from the front a most unique emerg- ficers by the Imperial War Office. The case is about the size of the av- erage Canadian card case, and con- tains 4 number of small envelopes with the name of the drug printed plainly on the same." Inside the en- velope is a sheet of gelatine marked off in squares, and each square con- taining & regular dose of the drug Central school-- liam Clark. Frontenac school Norman Gage, Howard Sears. St. Mary's school--C. Meredith, W. Wilson. Victoria school--Kenneth Douglas, le McFadden. Sydney Fox, Wil- of, the finals were run off, and as already stated were won by C. Mere- dith, St. Mary's school: = «Other Events. Other events on the program were an 1 : Girls' race, ten years and under-- iné McKane, Roda Andrie, * Mcliroy. Girls" race, fourteen years and under---~Mary Bird, Minnie McKane, DesRocher. : race, sixteen and under--H. M ~C. Meredith, J.' Asniel. Girls' race--Mary Bird, Minnie Mc- Kane, Kathleen DesRocher.. ° F Throwing Meclntosh, G. Suddard. men's officers because of cer Comma A) Ss = -- % AM X oS le, named, The drug. is in concentrated form in the gelatine square. All that is necessary is to"cut off one of the squares and swallow the gelatine in a little water. The drug squares are called "Lamels" and it is tertainly a new and convenient form for carrying drugs on active service. The more dangerous drugs, such as opiates, have a red label on the corner of the container. ~~ DAILY BY OUR ALL THE NEWS OF ALL THE CAMP SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BG CONCERT ON TUESDAY WILL BE HELD IN Y.M.C.A. TENTS n AT THE CAMP It Is Being Given to Officers and Staff And Among the Speakers Will. Be Sir. Mackenzie Bowell and W. F. Nickle, M.P. There should be a very large crowd at the Y.M.C.A., on Tuesday evening for the concert and reception to the officers and staff of the camp. The | bands of the 155th, 156th, pipers of 154th and Salvation Army Women's Band will be present. Sir. Mackenzie Bowell of Belleville is to give an address and W. F. Nickle, M.P., who lately returned from the firing line will also give a talk on his work and | | experiences. The affair is under the patronage of Brig-Gen. T. D. R. Hemming, {Camp Commandant, and many other ency medicine case supplied to all of- |. preliminaries being disposed baseball, ladies--Mrs. F. | Cortigun. Miss DesRocher, Miss Stéw- soldiers' race--T. Fitzpat- race--C. Swaine, W. SIR MACKENZIE BOWELL , Wiho is to speak at Barriefield Camp tonight, The excellent band of the 155th Battalion played al headquarters mess on Sunday evening. Twenty men have been transferred from the 155th to the Special Service Company. P. Doyle and E. J. Liddle have en- listed in the 155th Battalion. Egg and spoon race--Mrs. Follwell, Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Hutchins. McGowan's .special--W. . Albert, T. Lawler, S. Bearance. man's race--Sergt. Hollister, N. Lowry, R. Cousins. et : Young men's race, 200 yards--T. Lawler, J. Ingram, C. Swaine. Running broad jump--G. Clavk, 8. Bearance, C. Reynolds. Standinig hop, step and jump--A. Casterson, B. Cummings, C. Reynolds. Imperial Tobacco Co's special--J, Ingrand, T. Lawler, H. McNeil. Policemen's race--M. E. Jenkins, W. A. Nicholson and James Cotter. Little girls' race--Florence Me- Ilroy, G. Ferguson, Little boys' race--Bert Finley and A. Mitchell. : : Baseball players' race--H. Nichol- . Tolknd. | friends. prominent officers have promised to resent. ¥ SE Pp -- :~ Invitations uted among now being distrib- e officers and their ~ Capt. Carman was thoroughly in- itated into the arduous duties of "| quartermaster of the 155th Battalion on the bivouac and came through splendidly. poem from the pen of Pte. Leonard Fortier, 156th Battalion, which cer- tainly deserves honorable mention. Capt. -Ferguson, quartermaster of the 240th Battalion was in camp last week. jo The Whig has received splendid' HOW COULD, THEY SLEEP? | v Civilians Are Puzzle® Over An Inci- dent in the Bivouac. Many inquiries have prompted an answer - to the question, "How did the men sleep -during the rain on Friday night at the bivouac?™ Every man was issued with blank- ets and rubber sheets- and these proved - quite ample {or protection against the elements, "boudoir" of Gen." Hemming was typical of all the saldiers on the tramp. Ii HIE usual way, Gen. Hemming built his own and usesl only the igsue accorded any of the soldiers His two rubber 'sheets were laced together and tied tent shaped over a branch, The coyer- ing which was probably two feet 'above the earth allowed the general to crawl in and sleep in comfort. There are many other ways, but the Generil's was equal to any. Some men hunched in pairs and other com- binations gave satisfactory results but there were many who followed the plan of the camp commandant. b PROBATIONERS DISCHARGED Fron The Infantry School at Barrie- fleld on Saturday. A. V. Browne, 43rd Regt.; C. F. Johnstone, 183rd; H. A. Urquhart, 43rd Regt.; J. A. Ryan, 154th; GO. Turner, 154th; G. L. Stroud, 45th Regt.; J. F. Strickland, 57th Regt.; W. J. Tobin, 207th; H. J." Clarke, 207th; W. J. Cole, 156th; R. N. Kidd, 207th; C. R. Lockyer, 155th; G. A Gould, 156th; F. G. Moore, Hutton, Div. Sig.; R. 156th; G. C. O'Shea, 156th. A tp NN cate flavor, is found on thousands of ~ Every Day-- Grape-Nuts food, with its wonderfully crisp, deli- > 155th; 8. M. Scrobie, 207th; L. A. B.! L.. Anderson, now and tables the ee CAR DRNERS. ARE BERAVIC CAMP OFFICER ENFORCING REG ULATIONS DRIVERS MADE Little Scorching, Overloading or Rw» ning Without Displayed License Due to Closé Check by Military Police. ~ Cape. J. C. Norwell, who is respon- sible for the conduct of the military police and incidental management of the motor traffic on the road between the city and the camp, is doling = good work. The cars are being driven sensibly and without any" accidents through reckless driving as was the case at first. Every car driver has signed a de- claration to abide by certain regu- lations and automaticdlly the brea) ing of the rules cancels his lHcens: Rather than display thé®large mi! tary license many of the drivers v carrying them under the seat. Ti: police received orders that-this pra tice should be broken and it was Every car carrying soldiers which did not display a military license was stopped at the bridge and the soldiers in it had to get out. This stopped this little game. The speeding has been pretty well cut down and a constant watch is kept by the police on "scorchers." The overloading habit has also been broken by thd simple method that was used on drivers not carrying their license so that it could be easily read. The "'jits" are behaving themselves Capt. Norwell deserves credit for his work

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