#P TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1025. ET . . By Miss A. M. Going. | FORT FRONTENAC | 3 Point Frederick, \ where today stand the granite limestone build- ings of the Royal Military Coi- lege of Canada, has a military his- | tory reaching back to the days when ! Count Frontenac built his fort st | the entrance to the Cataraqul River, which empties into Lake Ontario. On and around the site of that fort 'now gleam, in the settine sun, the | @pires of the garrison city of | Kingston. Point Frederick's low shores arn | protected by earthworks comstruct- | ed in the early days of the last cen- tury, and by a martello tower. | known ag Fort Frederick, the thick walls and masonry of which wore the werk of the Royal Engineers stationed at what is now Kingston, in 1842. The fort is situated in the square where stood the old block- house which was garrisoned by British troops during the war of 1812. Little used for many years, Fort Fredériok is now being converted, under the direction of Major-General Macdonnell, K.C.B, C.M.C., D.B.O., Commandant of the Royal Military College, inte a permanent Museurn: of the relics of the wars in which Canadian units have served. As a museum, it was first opened to the public in July, 19283, in which month Kingston celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniver- sary of the founding of the city. In- cidentally, it may be noted that General Macdonell, to whom tra- | tili we came out on the shore. | A shallow moat / THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG great oaken doors. The earthworks form three sides of the square in which the martello tower stands, snd our guide pointed out the foundation of the , old block-house, Lurned in 1820. The,earthworks are as they were during the war of 1812, save that the Royal Engineers cut passages leading to the lake. The sergt.-major, opening heavy oak doors, led us down stone steps | Re- tracing our steps,we found ourselves | once more in the square and stopped to\ watch for a moment a party of cadets practising bayonet fighting. surrouads Fort Frederick and a stairway leads tlic heavy steel walle. This door swings opea to let { us pass, our guide switcliing or the | | electricity, a sharp contrast to the | erick's guns mingle 'with artillery pine torch or tallow candle of the builders of the tower. Quaint, indeed, is the selting of this war collection. Stone walis, with heavy racks for equipment; old ovens, where the food for the garri- son was cooked, still as they wore when Royal Engineers or th: 46th Regiment of Foot of the. British Army, now known as the 2n¢ Berk- shires, were quartered here. One of the most curious relics of the methods of warfar> 'n use when the fort was bu.'t is a receptacle for heating shot to a rod-hot tempera- ture. The hot shot was fired from canacns whiea tii! have their plices un the embrasu:as. The receptacle is ccmmsed of sheet iron and stands on wheels. It cou'd be moved to ELV any gun rained on the enemy The shot, great bails of which red hot, would set on fire tlc invading vessels in the harbor, are displayed near by, and the iron contrivance for dition means niuc¢h, has kept befora the minds of the cadets of the | RM.C, and impressed on their | imaginations, the glories of Cana- disn prowess and bravery in arms and victories in war. Visitors from { Kingston, driving across La Salli Causeway, which spans the Catara- | qui river, pess through the gateway | where will be erectedsthe memorial arch to the men of the military coi-' lege who served in the Great War. Once through the gateway, visitors pass along the driveway, where thn c.088-roads are named Lundy's Lane, de Verchers, Chateaugay, and Ypres, linking thus the mem- | orles of the earlier struggles oi Canadians in their own land with their glorious record in the World War, The commandant of the Royal Military Ccllege. graciously con- sented tg let the "story" of Fort Frederick, as an historic centre of defensive and offensive warfare, and @S a musenm of Canadian war relics, De given to the public. Ac- cordingly he instructed a well-in- formed and affable Sergt.-Major fo accompany the writer and party 'through the fort, and to relate its Eistory and to explain. the history and nature of the war relics con- tained in Fort Frederick. ~We crossed the brown grass of the coi- lege campus, stopping a moment to watch a squad of cadets drilling, and went on toward the thedireval-look- ing, loop-holed, fort-enclosure, and | oid, carrying them, glowing and terrible, to the guns. is ready for use as of Stacked on one side is a unique collection of rifles and old muskets, filnt-locks of the days of Waterloo, relies of the War of 1812, several Brunswick rifles used in 1840, the Snider of 1860, and the Martini- IMenry of 1875. Several old rifles of American make--a Peabody, 18€9, and a Spencer, 1867--are in the col- lection. The staff of the Royal Military College includes only men who have seen service overseas; so our guide, who had served overseas, was quali- fied to explain to us the curious de- vices of modern warfare, which ars here side by side with out-of-date weapons that had been hidden for years in this old Canadian fort. An interesting capture from the Ger- mans is one of the first models of a niinnewerfer, of wood, tightly bound with wire, the death-dealing '"Min- nie" in her early days contrasting cddly with the smaller and deadly gun of a later date, captured by Canadian troops, to be seen in the Sir Arthur Currie hall. Signs from the trenches, "Kingston Road" an: "Ottawa Street," tell their tale of homesick Canadian lads, and Boche "Rupprecht Farm" is significant of equally homesick German boys. Neat- ly executed in a sarcastic Boche sign, bearing this legend: "Footpath and bridle track to Goldfish Canteen." Periscopes of many kinds are near- through the arched gateway with its & F Es i i 2 ® Hy br iE by, with helmets, drinking bottles gl i : 18 8 iE £ ns seeslf You Want to Try Tt Free Before Buyinge esses if 3 woyrap Pepein," 34 Caldwell Bidg., EERE RT TE Not more than one free trial bottle to a family to ! door in the thick" | more | and: small arms, captured from the enemy. Descending the narrow stairway to the lowest floor, our guide point- ed out the well from which water was supplied to the garrison. Short- ly we entered one of the four capon- nieres, or small projecting chambers. at the base of the fort. Loopholes in the stone walls for the sharp-shoot- ere to pick off the leaders of the at- tacking party, a flagged floor and great docrs of barred steel give an | old world alr to these quaint celis ! for as such they were used in peace- | ful days. The emall rooms on this floor hold a strange 'collection of | warlike instruments, to be more gys- tematically arranged later. Curious | old 32-pound and 60-pound grape | shot ammunition for Fort Fred- | reiics from France and Flanders--a | camouflaged periscope, a German | range-finding device, furred pack- saddles 'of German make, shells, hombs, strange-looking flares, gas | masks and hundreds of the wonder- | ful contrivances and weapons of | modern warfare. A bell, rung in the trenches to give the gas alarm, sounds out loud and clear in the old Canadian fort; a sniper's armor is in one corner, and a fine specimen of an anti-tunk rifle, powerful and deadly, the one enemy to the armor of the fank, brings back the days when we first heard of this new and terrible instrument of war. 'And now we will go up to the tor," said the sergeant-major. "p winding stone steps in the thick wail | we climbed, stopping on the third floor, where the rééruit class of the college now have their recreation room, and where a stove, used by the rarrison in the forties is still in place. Up still another stone stairs, and we come out in a turret-chamber, where the big guns still stand in position. They are useless now, but their black muzzles point across the water, as they have done during the three-quarters of a century since the Royal Engineers set them in their lace to guard the entrance to King. ston's harbor. The wooden top, which is on'y a protection from the weather, opens at the side, and from this point of vantage we see Lake Ontario, blue-gray in a soft haze, meet the western sky-iine; the St. Lawrence, with its Thousand Islands clothed in fir, here begins her long journey to the sea. From the Rideau Lakes on the North comes the Cata- raqui river; and beyond Navy Bay Fort Henry crowns the hill top, where since 1813 soldiers nf the em- pire have guarded Ontario's garrison town. A fort of logs, with two sub- stantial! towers of rubble-work, stood on the ste of the present stone fort until 1826; when: work on Fort Heury was begun. Here, after the battle of the Windmill at Prescott, Col. Von Schultz was executed. The long four-storey building of cream-colored stones, facing Navy Tay, is called "The Old Stone Frig- ate" and was built in 1789 when Kingston was a naval depot. It was occupied by the Admiral of the dock- yard, who headed his reports "H.M.8. Stone Frigate." The story is told that the money granted for a frigate to guard the harbor was used for the construction of the' building which has always borne this pecnliar name. It is now used for dormitories. As we return through the for en- closure, we are shown the lanette, the stores house and last line of de- fence of the garrison, A brief visit is paid to the Sir Arthur Curie Hall, withisits many treasures, a splendid war mémerial to the men of the Canadian Corps. At the entrance is an old ship's gun of brass, éf 1810 life in casting, used in the War of 1812, and a British pom-pom from the South African war. ---------------------- | WHY THE WEATHER? | Secretary, American Met Sooloty, Tells saralagioa) -------- America is Rainier than The densely inhabited parts of North America receive much more precipitation than those of Europe. Yet we hardly think we have more than we need nor do western Europ- eans generally find that they have 00 little. The western Europe rain- fall generally goes farther inch for inch than does that of eastern North America, for western Europe, gen- erally, has its reins in smaller: and more frequent falls and receives ap- preclably less sunshine than middle eastern North America. Less of Europe's rainfall runs off quickly in streams and less is 1bst by evapora- tiop soon after it falls. The same rdvantage is held by places in west- Norway (73 inches) and hag | been in use for over | eve Me es . Lycerne | (46 inches) are there corresponding rainfalls. ------ CANADIANS WELCOMED, Ammonia Sulphate Producers Join British Federation. London, Nov. 20.--At the annual meeting of the British Sulphate of Ammonia Federation here it was an- nounced by the chairman that the "Canadian producers of sulphate of ammonia, representing a pro- portion of the total output of that country, have joined the federation. I am proud to be able to amiounce this mark of appreciation of our aims from makers whose production forms no small part of the total pro- ductive activity in the greatest of our sister nations. That is a very practical Hak of the Empire." discontinue the policy that not back of it. i Mother! years to re- Babies and Chron oF Come. Flatulency, Wind Colic and Uheretrom. aad. by regulating as- "Life insuran reove and councillor of the town- surance. Setves as it waits AR " ServingYou and Canada In view of the close and strict inspection and supervision of life insurance com- panies by the Government, the public today are realizing that among the safest and surest investments they have is their "When your life insurance premiums are received by the com- panies, they become trust funds and are invested in Govern- ment and municipal securities, mortgages, agriculture, transporta- tion and such stable enterprises as have proven to be the backbone of our country. Thus, while life insurance is an absolute security and enables you to carry out your life's program, it is aiding Canada's industrial and commercial prosperity. LIFE INSURANCE SERVICE Noted Farmer and Marksman. Marmora, Nov. 20:--The funeral took place here of William Hilton. one of the oldest citizens of Mar- mora. Deceased was born ir Raw- don township eightythree yea»s ago. Besides being a successful farmer of Marmora township, he was also ship for many years. He also held the office of president of the Mar- mora cheese factory. Mr. Hilton was one of the best rifie shots in the country, having been a member of the Dominion Rifle Association, and was twice selected for the Wimble. con and [Bisley teams sent to Eng. land tp compete in empire matches. ---- Seven Sentence Sermon. If heaven had looked upen riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoup drel.--Switt. 3 ------ I speak as a man of the world to raen of the world: and 1 say to you, "Search the Scriptures." -- John Quincy Adams. "Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempron- ius, -- we'll deserve it. --Addison. ------ If God were not a necessary Being {I is a primary law of friendship that we expect from our {riends only what is honorable and that we do oaly what is honorable, There is 'No grief which time does hot lessen and soften, A Harmless Substitute for Castor Oi, Paregots, Drops ~~ and Soothing Syrups -- No Narcotics! ~~ Fletcher's Castorla has| sicep without opiates, bears signature of of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and bemefit of men.--Tillotson, ms - It thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be- Heve in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. --Romans 10:9. inn Who does the best his circum- stance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could do no more.--Young. Religion ...... will glide by de- grees out of the mind unless it be in- vigorated and reimpressed by ex: ternal ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of' example. --S8amuel Johnson. on a Hampstead Don't read in a poor light. Don't read facing the light. Don't read when your eyes are tired. Don't read without glasses, if reads Our glasses will enable you to read in solid comfort. R. ARTHEY, RO. 148 PRINCESS STRERT ' CWB An Indian's spider's web pierng . {x inches in width was found to tombstone is chiseled in shorthand. tain over 41,000 meshes.