- special plans and care, In order that] Extension of Waterworks Intake ~will give you ample warning, by-tele-Lrirriarion apparatus and report to . 8.8, Scandinavian at St. John lawt| novia The deceased was born at [n sband, Private J. Verrette, "in 10 CARE Fi DEPENDENTS = ten days time, and as most ' { likely i Il be there until he gets r RAN ir ga El | his disch I intend to live in that OF CANADIMMNSSOLIMERS NOW| ~~ ".. " ledseto beso very ARRIVING FROM OVERSEAS | king as to write and tell me if ft The Patriotic Fund Committee to] w be ea oF io find 3 furhished apart Undertake the Work--Soldiers') --.-1 21% Ira &. afk Srou Jung Wives Are Very Thankful. | You a great deal, but your ladies are The work of caring for and attend-| 50 £00d to tue Clg jugs reg ¥hat ing to the wants of the dependents x fool ai onte a8 ge of the Canadian soldiers mow arriv-| friends : ing from overseas i. giving the au- Needless 30 Duy S12 local Shetals thiorities' considergble thought. This| ©! the Patriotic Fund are = already work has Ben taken up by the Can- making arrangements to receive this adian Patriotic Fund, and James H.| Woman, and to make her . comfort- Macnee has received an interesting | #ble, létter in. this connection from the mm assistant secretary of the fund in Ot- R f ELLIOTT . iS ELECTED tawa. dt is as follows: - » o Be . "Dear Sir: The bringiig home of . ------ the dependents of Canadian soldiers{ AS CHAIRMAN OF THE UTILI- fxom Great Britain to Canada is our TIES COMMISSION. immediate work and one requiring this might be accomplished with Pipe Would be Very Costly----Re- some degree of satisfaction to the! 4. tion in the Price of Gas Oil. certain brah has made At the inaugural meeting of the time the womPn land on Canadian Public Utilities Commission on sojl until they reach their various) Monday afternoon the two new homes throughout the Dominion, [Members, Mayor H. W. Newman thete are three steps of tHe work af{and Thomas Hewitt, were sworn in, reception and welcome. First, 'theland Robert F. Elliott was unani- work at the ports of Halifax and St.[mously elected chairman. : Mr. John, which is under taken by local| Elliott. very courtédusly moved the committees supplemented by workers| re-election of G. Y. Chown, but from the local funds, Second; the{Mr. Chown declined the office in work on the trains. Here the Red] jis favor, Cross bas placed a nutse to give the 1. pesamber "account of tHe Women and children any attention Hydro-Electric Power Commission that may be required. The third, on and perhaps the biggest work, is that|®mounted to $2,956.33, and was of welcoming and 'caring for the de-|considered very satisfactory. pendents of our soldiers at dispersal] Much satisfaction was expressed points where they are obliged to stop|over the reduction in the prices of over and also when they arrive at/many of the staple articles; and in their final destination. anticipation of further fluctuations . "Realizing that the Canadian Pa-|the chairman 4nd the manager wers triotic Fund exists for the purpose authorized 46 purchase gas oil, in of caring for the wives and children| which there had been a reduction of our fighting men, the Canadian{from 13 to 101 cents a gallon. Government, through the 'repatria- The accountant promised to have tion committee, has asked the fund|a statement of the gas, water and to be responsible for this work, At Hans stanging ready for pei most J ng. @ sum 0 2,000 wai a meting of the Sessa hala In authorized for the purchase of ad- + . ditional switchboards that would sibility was taken, and ardngements|ananie the controller of the plant outlined whereby it can be effectively |to isolate any interruption. dischagged, -- The question of extending the "It igWeped that in your city a|gas service to Ongwanada Military special committee will be formed at|Hospital was discussed. The near- oncé which will be charged with this|©st point is at the corner of Union . i ' street and Kensington avenue, and special work, and: which will secure it was estimated that the cost of the co-operation, if desirable, and|currying it to the hospital would possible, of local 'branches of the Red | pe 7.950. * The er, from the L. Cross, Travellers' Aid of the Y.M.C.A.| hospital would not justify the ex- and other organizations, This com-|penditure; and the chairman and mittee should undertake to meet the|[the manager were directed to ne- trains bearing soldlers' dependents|gotiate for a ten per cent. advance and do everything in their power to by he Government toward the make their journey comfortable. It A statement w y as received from should be noted that it will only be{o "v. Bartels, city treasurer, re- very rarely, if ever, necessary to specting the salaries of civic em- make grants of money, as instruc-|ployees, but it was laid over until tions have been sent to the ports of {the next meeting. disembarkation that any money| The report on the electrical pump grants given there should be suf-[showed a net saving to the water- clent to carry the recipients to their ROLks bf 33300 ou Roa] Const ultimate destinations. was maintained. ° The manager was requested to The Red Cross nurse on the train take action respecting the proposed raph as tothe number of women |the next meeting. and children that will arrive in your A general discussion of thie water city, specifying (1) The number that|system followed. ' The removal of are passing through to other points, [the plant and the installation of a (2) the Rumber that have addresses [NeW systém at a point in the 'west to go to ih your city, (3) the number |end of the city would cost from that have no accommodation waiting. | $300:000 to $1,000,000, and a pro- per sewage disposal plant would She willNistribute among these wom-| oe; a very large sum. It was felt en vari-colored cards, Red to the first| that the city was not in a position class of women specified; white to the {financially to consider these works second class and blue to the third|at the present time. class. The women will be asked to}, The len issued against the city show these cards on arrival, so that|by the Kingston Construction Com- th pany was discussed, also the com- ¢ different classes can be quickly pany's failure to remove the pile separated from one another." of rock from the city property, and In. regard to thie policy, an inter-|¢he chairman was dtrected - con- esting letter from a woman who hat|sult _the city solicitor 'upon fthe wis- just returned to Canada with her sol- Hom of taking action against the dier husband, and who has never be-| company for damages. fore been in Canada, written to local] The mayor asked for a better branch of the Patriotic Fund, is also IE at the G.T.R. station, and ako interesting. It shows the gratitude| net an electric sign, "Welcome, of this woman for the treatment: she Rlaced at the station to be lght- ; "ted when soldiers are returning. received on ler arrival in a strange! Accounts to the amount of about | land. She writes: $26,000 were passed. i "Dear Madam: I am taking the ---------------- fibarty of writing to yo ie: the : Ita OF the Pe N etause he . The death occurred in Brockville kind to me when I landed from. the| 00 Saturday of Francis Hannan. He * had been ill for a few days of pneu- Friday. I am a stranger here, avd| Chambly, Que. in' 1834, have no friends in this country, If - True determination never shies at expect to come to Kingston with my' difficulties. : a STANDARD BANK du EAD ELENA SST 0 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, SR Rg | SOAR SSE TS AA BR sae EE TCE SO TERT SY EE EEE TE TE EO OR OT SR SSE ETT TT HI ns mg ~ Soldiers Home | Coming Campaign : a PARENT-TRACHERS AIMS Yoachers', dasorialiont sky Bogs Bach 49 bo Gained ined By: Exchange Of} bers informed as to the best ways of | ~ ot > i = LR 2 i "The aims of the Parent-Teachers have been all sorts of social experi- were 1919. le : 'fl Ihe Emergency Call Many organizations are willing to assist a deserving case. The Salvation Army is ready to assist in omy emergency, That is why the Salvation Army's need for funds at this time must meet with whole-hearted response. With the repatriation of 300,000 soldiers, notwithstanding all that the Government is planning to do to meet the needs of the men, countless problems will arise, problems of human need, problems that must be met and coped with AT ONCE. They are not things that can wait. © v That is why the Salvation Army Emergency Homes are centres of such steady activity. When an emergency 'rises in the home of a soldier who has done his bit, there must be prompt response, however difficult the individual problem. Here are a few ®ypical cases: Husband, a discharged soldier, goes to another town to work. Fails to send money home. Salpatien Army finds family helpless with hunger and cold. No coal in house. Family all removed to Emergency Home, where in tiny,-two-room suite, sufficiently furnished and warm, they can exist in something opprovching comfort until the breadwinner can help them. > » In an adjoining suite may be a mother and children on the way to rejoin father in another ity. A missed train connection or any one of a hundred mishaps leaves them stranded for the night. A room in a Salvation Army Emergency Home is seldom vacant for more than a few hours it a time, and. with the crisis arising from the difficulty of re-establishing so many soldiers into civilian life, there must be no cessation in the work for lack of funds. . J : Salvation Arm mn Dollar Fund And the Emergency Home work is just one small part of the work for which the fund is needed. The Salvation Army must provide comforts for the boys over there awaiting transportation home. The Salvation Army Hostels from France to Vancouver must be ready at all times to receive and entertain returned men. The soldier must be helped back to civil life; he needs a job; perhaps he returns to find his wife sick, and a friendly hand needed in the home now and then. The Salvation Army visitors find ample oppor- tunities for service, and they are instrumental in holding many a home together. > : The soldier's child has the right to be well born, and there will be many an ex-soldier heartily glad that his wife can benefit by the attention of doctors and trained nurses at the Salvation Array Maternity Home. . Many of the boys will' return to happy homes, homes well ed for. Difficult as it may be for even these men to accustom them- selves to the old ways of living, their problem is simplicity compared with that of the soldiers and their families that the Salva tion. Army will be called upon to help. 3 : : : And this help. MUST be forthcoming. Our returned men must sot be left'to drift. Tt is the personal problem of the nation to-day, and syery. thinking san and woman is Shoroughly sxateful that there is an Srganjaation equi to meet the crisis--an organization trained for very work----an organization whose work is founded on sacrificial service--wi evéry ministration is' prompted sich a love as that of the Good Samaritan. > ! 3 ae , by Let your offering on behalf of the Homecoming Soldier be a measure of your sense of obligation to those who died for you en the "It is. more [blessed Jto give than tc receive." | SALVATION ARMY MILLION DOLLAR PUND COMMITTEE a aohieye is that of keeping its mem-} 'meeting community needs. There ments, some of 'them failures, some them ined as in ET TY Hi SET RR 1A ! . OT -------- ---------- Hams . PAGE ELEVEN