THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918. A -- suit Ee -- pis fo WITH THE SAMMIES AT THE FRONT (1) Members of field battery of the American Expeditionary Force cleaning their boots, (2) German crew and submarine which surrendered to the Americans, (3) Salvation Army girls making dough. nuts and pies for the men, Bl ' (4) General Pershing reading a telegram at an aviation camp in France. : (5) Stokes mortar going into action under heavy bombardment of smoke bombs, Bd 6) U. 5. transports and cenvoy at 86a. (7) An American avistion field. (8), General Peter Traub and French Sfficers at his headquarters in France. (9) Engines on the line in France. \, RITING from war correspon- |Slaugh a dents' headqaarters in France, Roland Hill says: "The men who drive the big engines of Canada's ocean-to-ocean are made of stern stuff, and have nerves as steady as the steel roads they travel. You may meet many of i them at the war" Under the most!ehemy, who trying circustances these men are ral « carrying op the most difficult work right up nd the firing lines. The train tracks are ofien broken and the rail beds damaged Ly enemy shell fire. Men less skilled would not risk running a train over them, but these along seem impassible. They. bring troops, food supplies, guns and. am-! munition, and they bring back' the (9.500 wounded to the hospitals. Nothing the Sxhuinairani , daunts them. Roland Hill tells of a everywhere & Ecia 3 drove the Impe-ial Limited. fronw/somie ars training at Zi mane J oe al ; Moose Jaw to the West; this mani/Bave risen go the highest official po- ll + oa = Sia. RRR backed up his engine to a shell dump sitions, are being promoted V oii oF A som) £7 of pr i EV COUR ; e ' ¢ where there were $200,000 worth ofyevery day. 4 3 35 'shells. Part of this dump wasion five! - Private Michael James O'Rourke, > bo 1 y rr --_. re and the Is were bursting a of New Westminster, British Oolum- cal ER ed i £)alnited States Com lc Informa! the brave t. Ho coolly connect-{ bia, was assisting in the boring of x rn . on ed a hose with his malwsteampipe Rogers Pass tunpel--where the C. P. for half an hour pumped steam intojR. passes twough the Rocky Moun- the burning mass, and finally over-/tains--when the war began. At Mo- came the fire' "His engine was quay won the tailitacy bored with shrapuel holes. The fly- hmedal. Ing fragments tore hig slates. war. his escape was miraculous. gal