Page includes portion of book dust jacket; news clipping, "add new stanza to God save the king," 2 photographs of soldiers, caption "Lt.'s Holman - Miller - Langford; and inscription, "My chronicle of the war, Florence M. Westman, 52 First Ave. Ottawa Ont., beginning January 1916"
2nd image of page includes news clipping, "add new stanza to God save the king," 2 photographs of soldiers, caption "Lt.'s Holman - Miller - Langford; and inscription, "My chronicle of the war, Florence M. Westman, 52 First Ave. Ottawa Ont., beginning January 1916"
3rd image of Page includes news clipping, "add new stanza to God save the king," and inscription, "My chronicle of the war, Florence M. Westman, 52 First Ave. Ottawa Ont., beginning January 1916"
Page includes a theatre program, "the show of shows: in aid of returned soldiers' association and soldiers' service club in Russell Theatre, Ottawa, March fifteenth and sixteenth, nineteen-seventeen" and photograph of young man and woman in civilian clothing
Page includes 1 clipping: a posed photograph captioned, "a draft of 54 men recruited in Toronto, which has just left for Ottawa to join the engineer training depot. The 2nd field company Canadian engineers has already recruited 1450 men locally for overseas service.
Page includes 2 formal photographic portraits. Page is titled, "Canadian engineers," and photographs are captioned "Lt. J. A. Langford (s.p.s Toronto)" and "Lt. Clinton Miller (Calgary)"
Page includes 1 postcard addressed to Floss Westman in Ottawa Ont from Laurie Harrison, a soldier stationed in England. Photograph depicts Regent Street, Stotfold, England and is annotated "our house. (three of us board here)"
[upper left]3rd Div. Signal Corp. Stotfold, near Baldock, Herts. #502349 C.E.F.[upper left] [address block] Miss Floss Westman 52 First Ave Ottawa Ontario Can [address block] [running top to bottom] We landed in England on Sunday morning. Above is our present address. We were shunted off into this little place and at first were very much disappointed but now we think probably we have the best of the deal. We are all in billets and get our meals with the people in whose house we stay and it is "[gutte?] The flowers are just coming out micely and the songbirds are all around. We are 98 miles northeast of London. We had a fine trip across and I wasn't sick thank goodness. Hope you are making up some of your stolen sleep. My regards to all. yours Laurie Harrison
Page includes: 1 postcard addressed to Floss Westman from "Bill" in which he describes his crossing from New York to England, picture depicts RMS Baltic; and remnants of piece of heather captioned "Shorncliffe heather."
[left] Sat. Jan 14. 15. Dear Floss, After three days of misery I recovered and enjoyed last few day immensely. No rough weather. [Bu??ing] on deck without an over coat. Passing coast of Ireland this morning. Will make Liverpool tonight. Only had three hours in New York. Have fine orchestra on boat but as girls were scarce did not have any dancing. Bill. [right block]Miss Floss Westman 52 First Ave Ottawa Canada
Page includes 1 news clipping, "Ottawa troops safe in england: Metagama carried 1,000 men of engineers. 3rd divisional ammunition column, too"; lunch menu from the RMS Metagama; 4 photographs depicting the S. S. Metagama, an unnamed escort for the Metagama, soldiers and women in winter coats. Captions include: looking aft along deck - S.S. Metagama; Lt. Miller--Sapper Coulthard--Sapper Harrison; Jim; first escort for S.S. Metagama
Ottawa Troops
Safe in England
---
Metagama Carried 1,000
Men of Engineers
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3rd Divisional Ammunition
Column, Too.
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It was officially announed today
that the Engineers and Third Divisional
Ammunition column which left
Ottawa on March 9 had arrived safely
in England on the troopship Metagama.
The troops on board the Metagama
were practically all from Ottawa.
They were:--
Three engineering field companies,
18 officers, 676 men; three divisional
signalling companies, 5 officers, 198
men; 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column,
14 officers, 544 men; reinforcements,
engineers, 43 officers, 103 men;
signallers, 10 officers; medical, 3 officers,
5 men. The troopship Lapland, which
sailed from Canada on March 13th,
has also arrived safely in England.
She had on board the following
troops: 33rd Battalion, 40 officers,
946 men; 45th Battalion, 38 officers,
1,119 men; draft, Royal Canadian
Dragoons, 3 officers, 75 men; draft,
1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion, 3 officers,
100 men. One officer for R.A.M. C.
March 27th, 1916
Page includes clipping, "700 There," describing service held in the Library Bureau Depot; and photographs depicting scenes from soldiers' departures, including the crossing from Canada to England. Photo captions include: Sunset SS Metagama; Starboard Deck SS Metagama - Lts. Miller, Wood, Binns; Leaving Ottawa Mar. 9th 1916 - Lt. Langford; Easter 1916; and Harbor at St. John from SS Metagama
700 There
On Sunday evening services were
held in the Library Bureau depot.
About seven hundred of the Engineers
were in attendance. The musical programme
was directed by Dr. Saunders
and included, anthem: "Son of
My Soul," by Dominion Methodist
Church Choir; solos by Miss Pouget,
"Land of Hope and Glory," and "Some
Where a Voice is Calling;" solo by
Mr. Goad, "Let There be Light;" solo
by Mr. Merryweather, "Motherland;"
quartette, Messrs. Clarke, Snyder,
Merryweather and Goad. At the close
of the services, the Soldiers' Service
Club served light refreshments to the
men in khaki.
Page includes satirical newsletter, "The C.E. Afloat: Sea Organ of 3rd Divisional Engineers, C.E.F -- printed and published on board HMTS Metagama, March 22, 1916;" 1 news clipping, "Farewell Concert;" and 6 photographs depicting scenes on the ship, soldiers playing in the snow, posed soldiers and a fire in Halifax harbour. Captions include: Fire in Halifax Harbour from SS Metagama; SS Metagama March 11, 1916; En Route; After; Capt. Thompson - Mar. 10th - Col. Melville; Lt. Corbett - Lt. Biehl - Lt. Iler
Farewell Concert
Last evening the Soldiers' Service
Club entertained the 3rd Divisional
Engineers at a farewell concert and
supper held in the Library Bureau
Depot. Over twelve hundred soldiers
were present. Dr. Cavin and party
of nurses from St. Luke's Hospital
were also guests of the evening. Capt.
Basil W. Thompson, chaplain of the
Engineers, acted as chairman. Major
Ward and Captain Bamford gave short
addresses. The excellent musical
programme consisted of: String quartette,
Miss Orme, Miss Cook and the
Misses Baldwin; solo, "We Will Never
Let the Old Flag Fall," Corporal Master
Botten; solo, "Angels' Serenade,"
Miss Baldwin, accompanied by Mrs.
Baldwin, and 'cello obligato, Miss
Baldwin; solo, "Call of the Motherland,"
Master Botten; quartette,
"Sault D'Amour;" solo, "Mother Macree,"
Miss Baldwin; humorous sketch,
Sapper Birch.
Page includes 5 photographs depicting soldiers and young women in casual settings. Captions include: Sappers Laurie Harrison - Ted Marks - Guy Coulthard; Lansdowne Barracks - Sapper Guy Coulthard; "Why girls leave home;" Sgt-Major Wright - (now Lt. Wright, Received com on the Field); "Ted" (and Sir Wilfred Laurier).
Page includes: 4 news clippings concerning the numbers of Canadian recruits, the death of Nedo Korovitch, and poem about the disappearance of John Wesley Allison; 3 photographs depicting soldiers and the fire at Parliament in 1916; and a letter written by a prisoner held in Germany. Photograph captions include: Parliament fire - Sir R.L. Borden's office; Jack and 3 Belgiums; Lts. "Jim" Weldon - "Jack" Langford - "Clint" Miller -- Leaving Central Station March 9th, 1916.
THREE SCORE RECRUITS
FOR ENGINEERS' TRAINING
DEPOT COME FROM WEST
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Sixty-one recruits to the Canadian
Dvisional Engineers arrived this
morning from Winnipeg and marched
at once to the barracks at Landsdowne
Park for medical examination and to
be fitted out with uniforms. The embargo
recently laid upon the men leaving
their barracks was raised on
Wednesday and the men allowed their
former liberty to visit friends in the
city.
The total strength of the training
depot at present is over 1,400 and,
save for those who arrived this morning,
are all uniformed and fitted out.
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CAUSE OF WORLD WAR
DIES OF CONSUMPTION
Convicted Assassin of Archduke
Ferdinand Dies Same Death
as His Companions
Special Cable to The Journal.
London, March 31.--According to
a "Daily News" despatch, from
Milan, Nedo Korovitch, one of the
convicted assassins of the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
at Sarajevo, the overt act that
precipitated the European war is reported
by Vienna papers to have died
of tuberculosis in prison. Korovitch
is the third of the band found guilty
of the murder who is alleged to have
died in prison of the same disease.
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280,000 ENLISTED IN CANADA; ONTARIO
LEADS ALL THE PROVINCES WITH 118,000
The Ottawa and Kingston military
district has enlisted 29,865 men for
oversease service since the war began
and the showing compares favorably
with that of other divisions.
It is over six thousand ahead of the
London division, which covers a territory
of about equal size.
According to the latest figures
available Ontario has recruited nearly
118,000 men of all ranks. The
next best showing is made by the
combined district of Manitoba and
Saskatchewan with 55,000. The
Page includes: 1 dance card captioned, "Leap Year Dance", annotated in ink, "Lt. W. Biehl - Flos M. Westman", and printed on cover "B.G. - Thursday, Feb. 3rd 1916"; 1 red felt cupid silhouette captioned, "Merri Makers' Dance"; and 2 photographs depicting the fire in the House of Commons, Ottrawa, 1916. Captions include: Parliament Hill and Fire in House of Commons - Feb 3rd.
Page includes 5 news clippings discussing topics of local (Ottawa) interest - the appointment of officers, injuries sustained by local soldiers and an Easter concert featuring a solo by Miss F. Westman. Drawing is a cartoon head and is accompanied by the caption, "HRH Duke of Connaught."
SIX OTTAWA OFFICERS
IN THE NEXT REDRAFT
Militia Department Has Authorized
List of Officers to Command
Engineers' Draft
May[ink annotation]
Out of a list of 12 officers, who have
been authorized by the Militia Department
to command the two drafts
of Canadian Engineers, soon to leave
the training depot at Landsdowne Park,
six are Ottawa men. The list has
been approved of by the commanding
officer and the Militia Department has
just authorized their appointment.
The numbers of the draft have been
changed to "14" and "15." The list is:
Lieuts. J.M. Riddell, W.C. Murdie,
J.B. Latimer, G.C.S. Johnston, W.
B. Hutchinson and G.M. Taylor, Ottawa,
and Lieut. A.L. Robinson,
Hamilton; Lieut. T.D. Henderson,
Acton; Lieut. R. New, Hamilton;
Lieut. R.V. Heathcott, Edmontno[sic];
Lieut. J.K. McDonald, Toronto, and
Lieut. W.H. Hylie, St. Catharines.
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PREMIER PAYS TRIBUTE
TO CANADIAN BOYS
WHO FOUGHT AT YPRES
"Saturday, April 22, is the anniversary
of the Battle of Ypres, the
first important action in which the
first Canadian division was engaged.
In commemoration of the extraordinary
gallantry and determination
which they then displayed," announced
the premier last night,
"flags with be flown at masthead at
all government buildings, and it is
hoped that this decision will be adopted
by all persons and institutions
throughout the Dominion.
"Canadians will remember how,
in the face of an overwhelming attack
in which a horrible and unknown
method of warfare was used
against them, Canadian troops held
the line for days. They will remember
their thrill of pride when they
learned from the highest authorities
that their citizen soldiers had saved
the day for the Empire and the Allies.
No less in honor of those who
fell than in token of our unalterable
determination that their sacrifice
shall not have been in vain it is fitting
that this anniversary should be
recognized."
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207TH OTTAWA BATTALION
[photograph]
Page includes 6 photographs depicting soldiers in casual poses, some with young women - possibly Florence Westman, taken in Ottawa in the spring of 1916. Captions include: "Bentley's Debut - May 13, 1916; Lc. Cpl. 'Baz' Cornish; Three B.C. Beavers; Lts. 'Bud' Osborne - Bentley; Lc. Cpl. Briggs Cradock - Lt. Bentley C. Hilliam; Lc. Cpl. Briggs Cradock and Viola."
Page includes 5 photographs depicting soldiers likely in Ottawa, spring 1916. Captions include: "'Briggs;' 'Bud'; B.C. Hilliam - Major Ward; 'Baz'; and Lt. McLean. Clipping contains a poem, "A Word to The Slacker," by Gertrude Cornish Knight, May 14, 1916.
Page includes 6 news clippings. Subjects include: review of a military Vaudeville performance held at the Russell Theatre, Monday May 8, 1916, Ottawa and description of speech by Col. W.M. Melville of the Royal Canadian Engineers at Olympic Young Men's Club banquet.
MILITARY
ENTERTAINMENT
Under the distinguished patronage
of H.R.H. the Duke of
Connaught.
Canadian Engineers in
Original Vaudeville.
Featuring
"The Black and White Eyed
Minstrels."
and
"Fragments From France."
RUSSELL THEATRE
Monday, May 8th, 1916.
At 8.15.
Prices--35c to $1.00.
Seat sale now open at Theatre
and McKechnie's Music Store,
Sparks St.
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The royal box at the Engineers'
concert last evening at the Russell
Theatre was occupied by T.R.H. the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught and
the Princess Patricia, His Excellency
the Russian Ambassador and Madame
Bakhmeteff, Miss Dorothy Yorke, Miss
Adam, Colonel Stanton, Lord Richard
Nevill, Major Duff and Captain Mackintosh.
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Soldiers' Service.
On Sunday evening the church service
for the soldiers was held at
Landsdowne Park, training depot of
the Engineers. A splendidly arranged
musical programme was presented by
the choir of McLeod Street Methodist
church. At the close of the service
refreshments were served to the men
in khaki. The Soldiers' Service Club
takes this opportunity to thank the
Ladies' Aid Society of McLeod Street
Methodist church for their generosity
in providing the refreshments.
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Deserving of Praise.
Lieut.-Col. Melville and his officers
are to be congratulated upon the huge
success of the Engineers entertainment
in the Russell Theatre last
night. The concert was a success in
every way.
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COL. W.M. MELVILLE
TOLD HOW OUR BOYS
AT WAR HELD LINE
IN YPRES BATTLE
Capt. Robbins, in Eloquent Address,
Fires Enthusiasm of Men
at Olympic Young Men's Club
Banquet.
JOURNAL'S MANAGING EDITOR
SPEAKS ON PRESS METHODS
Many Interesting Moments at Second
Annual Banquet of Vigorous
Club in St. Paul's Methodist
Church--Toasts Proposed.
"There is only one thing Germans
on the seven seas have above the water,
and that is a periscope," said Col.
W.M. Melville, officer commanding
the Royal Canadian Engineers last
night at the second annual banquet of
the Olympic Young Men's club of St.
Paul's Methodist church.
Col. Melville, who was with the
Canadians in the great battle at
Ypres, told many thrilling stories of
that fearful conflict. He described
the appalling destruction if the German
17-inch shells, as tall as a man
and big around as a barrel, which
would obliterate everything on an acre
lot. It was in the face of overwhelming
artillery that the Canadians held
the line. Before returning to Canada
he saw in several ports 54 captured
German submarines. On one day the
patrols had captured two of three
enemy submarines that had been reported
in a certain locality. "Nothing
is said about it," he added. "It is a
case of the ship that never returns."
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SOLDIER PERFORMERS
AT RUSSELL THEATRE
Better far than the most professional
performers on the dramatic or
vaudeville stage, were the Canadian
Engineer actors, who delighted a
capacity audience in the Russell
Theatre last night. There was such a
rush for tickets that "S.R.O." was
placed over the doors early in the evening.
This, however, did not suffice and
the people gathered until fairly large
numbers were obliged to stand at the
back of the "house." T.R.H. the Duke
and Duchess of Connaught, the
Princess Patricia and their distinguished
visitors, M. Bakhmeteff and
Madame Bakhmeteff were present.
Nothing perhaps could have been
done in Ottawa to make the uniform
of the private so much respected.
Every man was a man of splendid
education and ability. Some were fine
musicians, others good orators, and all
who participated in the excellent entertainment,
seemed particularly fitted
for his or her part. This was in
a large measure due to Lance Corporal
B.C. Hilliam, the director.
The programme was divided into
nine parts, and each brought forth
much applause.
Minstrel Show
One of the outstanding features was
the appearance of the "Black-and-
White-Eyed Ministrels." From start
to finish their funny antics and witty
sayings were side splitting. Miss
Grace Hiney was intedlocutor with
Lance Corporal B.C. Hilliam at the
piano. Each added very materially to
the general success. "Back to Dixie
Land" was sung very creditably by
Sapper E. Emmerson. Driver Jones
rendered "My Little Grey Home in
the Wesst," with a violin obligato by
Miss Grace Hiney. Sapper Cornish
singing "The Beautiful Yacht,"
brought down the house. "Water
Scenes," by Sapper Birch, was very
good. Sapper Cradock sang in a pleasing
voice. "The Dandy Colored Coon,"
by Sapper Brown was fine. A bones
and drum quartette was given by Sapper
Bryson and Scout Orville Hodgkin.
In the next two parts of the programme
Sapper Wagstaffe gave a demonstration
of club swinging and a
squad of men, under Sergt. Lindsay,
presented an exhibition of rifle drill.
Both were interesting.
Misses Dolly Goodeve, Marjorie
Jones, Marjorie Cook, Lillian Mank,
Freda Fripp and Katie McDougall,
looked charming as they went through
a dance drill with Capt. Ward and
Lieuts. Hay, Easton, Armstrong, Bennett
and Warner. Mrs. Elbert Soper
was responsible for the spledid arrangement
and Miss Hazel Payne
presided at the piano.
On Bridge Work.
Very few people would believe that
a barrel pier bridge could be built
in five minutes, but a bridge capable
of carrying tons, was completely built
in five minutes and 27 seconds. It was
pulled down and piled again in about
three minutes. About 20 men under
Sergt. H.G.J. Woods did the work.
The last and also one of the best
features which brought out both the
pleasant and at times the pathetic side
of life in the trenches was the playlet,
"Fragments from France."
Impersonating a Red Cross Nurse,
Miss Hiney delighted the audience
with violin solos. Also Miss Georgie
Ferguson in nurse's attire endeared
herself to the spectators by the rendition
of "keep the Home Fires Burning."
A stump speech "The Quack
Doctor," by Sapper Brown, was humorous
in the extreme. All other performers
were good.
The cyclone cartoons by Sapper E.
Emmerson with descriptive accompaniment
by Sapper W.C. Pike, was
very novel and pleasing.
Several aides to the Duke and members
of the headquarters staff were
present. Lt.-Col. W.M. Melville and
some of his officers occupied a number
of the boxes.
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The entertainment will be under the direction of
Lce.-Corporal B.C. Hilliam, who has produced
many plays and who has also toured
British Columbia with his own
company. "The Canadian Follies."
The proceeds of the concert will be
in aid of regimental funds.
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Page includes 2 photographs depicting: [Viola?] Westman with unnamed soldier, and "Sapper Parsons 'en route'". Clippings include: a poem, "The Man Who Hasn't Gone," by Frederic H. Bailey; photo of Lieut. A.P. Dowling, accompanied by report that he was severely injured; and a listing of the number of Canadian troops arrived in England in June of 1916.
An Ottawa Officer
Reported Wounded.
[PHOTOGRAPH]
Lieut. A. P. Dowling, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Dowling,
McLeod street, who is reported
severely wounded by gunshot in
the neck. He joined the army
as a private and left here as a
sergeant with the Sifton Gun
Battery. He was given his commission
about two months ago.
He is well known in Ottawa and
is a McGill University man.
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THE MAN WHO HASN'T GONE.
Frederic H. Bailey.
Don't you feel a little lonesome when you walk the city
street,
And read the sign that's really meant for you,
Don't you feel a little shameful when at every step you
meet
A lad that's dressed in khaki eyeing you;
Have you chosen to ignore them? Have you stopped to
count the cost?
In future years you'll figure up the toll.
You'll have earned the name of slacker and the chance
that you have lost
Will mark the desolation of your soul.
Don't you think 'twill be forgotten, no matter where
you are,
The question to be answered first of all
Will be "What was the battalion that you served with
at the war?"
Can you tell them that you never heard the call,
Why, there's some men who are longing to take
that trip to France
But are hampered, age or sickness foil the plan,
I can bring them by the dozens, who'll go with you on
the chance,
If 'tis only just to help you play the man.
You'll be first to do the shouting at the finish of the
war,
You'll be standing 'mid the women with a flag;
You'll be cheering for the Empire as you never cheered
before,
And forget the days your knees were on the sag.
Then you'll go back to the office, the workshop or the
store,
To find your pay cheque waiting with the "can."
The smiling boss with tell you "You're not wanted any
more,
"The job you held is handed to a man."
Page consists of 1 clipping titled, "A Three Days' Tussle on the Mountains," which includes a photograph depicting soldiers hauling a large gun through the snow up Grouse Mountain, British Columbia.
A THREE DAYS' TUSSLE ON THE MOUNTAINS
[PHOTOGRAPH]
Men of the Overseas draft of the Artillery Division of the
Vancouver Volunteer Reserve taking a 15-pounder gun to
the top of Grouse Mountain, overlooking Burrard Inlet.
The altitude reached with this 700-lb. weight--not
including
wheels, timber or shfts--was 4,000 feet. In some places the
snow was 12 feet deep. On some days there were blizzards.
There were huge boulders, standing timber and snowdrifts to
fight. But they did it, and they reckon there is nothing in
trench
life at the front that is very much harder. These men are
qualified
for such work as the italians are doing in the mountains.
Page consists of 7 news clippings and a photograph. Subjects include fund raising, church services and announcements of Ottawa soldiers killed in action, all dated June 1916. Photograph depicts soldiers and civilians posed in front of a house, captioned, "Lt. Cpl. B. C. Hilliam - Lt. McLean - Lc. Cpl. B. Cornish."
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The popular Red Cross Tea House and toboggan slide at
Rockliffe Park, Ottawa, established by Mrs. Charles Kingsmill,
where $1,400 was raised last
year for patriotic purposes, promises to be equally profitable
this season.
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Engineers Went to Church.
A large number of the Canadian
Divisional Engineers stationed at
Landsdowne Park, attended divine
service yesterday morning in churches
on the Glebe. A platoon attended St.
Matthew's, and another similar body
went to the Glebe Presbyterian
church.
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[annotation in ink]June 4th
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RIDEAU HALL'S
ROLL OF HONOR
The war has taken a heavy toll
from Rideau Hall. Following is
a list of its killed and wounded
since the outbreak of hostilities:
Col. Farquhar . . . . . . .Killed
Capt. Newton . . . . . . .Killed
Col. Buller . . . . . . . .Killed
Major Rivers-Bulkeley . . .Killed
Capt. Lord John Hamilton . Killed
Col. Lowther . . . . . . .Wounded
Capt. McIntosh . . . . . .Wounded
Major Duff . . . . . . . .Wounded
[annotation in ink]June 3, 1916
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Soldiers' Service.
Sunday evening church service was
held at the Landsdowne Park training
depot of the Engineers. The programme
included solos by Miss Atcheson,
Miss Gamble, and Mrs. Ryan.
Mr. House was chairman and in the
absence of the chaplain Mr. Kerslake
briefly addressed the soldiers. At the
close of the services the Soldiers; Service
Club served light refreshments
to the men in khaki.
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[annotation in ink]June 4th
[start of clipping]
Exactly three months ago today, on
February 20th., the terrific bombardment
which heralded the Battle of
Verdun began, and the first attack
was delivered early on the morning of
February 21st.
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SUMMARY OF LOSSES.
British German
BATTLESHIPS . . .0 . . . .3
Battle cruisers. 3 . . . .3
Light cruisers . 3 . . . .3
Destroyers . . . 8 . . . .6
Submarines . . . 0 . . . .1
Total . . . . . 14 . . . 16
**The British losses are tabulated
from the official admiralty
statement. Those of Germany
on the Berlin official and such
additional reports as have come
from London. German vessels
reported "seriously damaged" by
the British Admiralty have been
included in this list.
Page consists of 4 news clippings published in June 1916 covering topics that include: new recruits, the Queen Mary, promotions of officers, and the death of a Canadian M. P. in Europe. Page also includes two photographs depicting soldiers casually posed with young women and captioned: "Lc-Cpl Cornish - Lc. Cpl. Cradock" and "'Baz' - 'Emmy.'"
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MORE MOTORBOATMEN
GOING FROM CANADA
Second Party of Recruits For
British Auxiliary Patrol Will
Leave Soon.
The second party of Canadian recruits
for the auxiliary motor boat
patrol of the British navy will sail for
England shortly. They will include
sixteen sub-lieutenants and eight engineers,
and will be under the command
Louis Cory, son of the Deputy
Minister of the Interior. Sub-Lieut.
Cory a few years ago was a member
of the Toronto University football
team.
One of the party will be E. D. K.
Mathews, son of Mrs. Mathews, of 82
Somerset street, Ottawa. He goes as
a sub-lieutenant. He is in the Electrical
Standards Laboratory of the Inland
Revenue Department. He is one
of the best known and most capable
of the younger school of motorboatmen
in Ottawa, and is secretary of the
Motor Boat Association of the Capital.
Until He Returns.
His launch is at the Rideau Aquatic
Club and is of a similar type to the
smaller class of launches that are now
being built for the auxiliary patrol
service of the navy. It has been
raised out of the water and laid up
until his return.
Mr. Mathews has cruised extensively
on local waters, and on the St. Lawrence
and Lake Ontario. He is regarded
as one of the most capable
motorboatmen in this part of the
country.
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YOUNG OTTAWAN
FIRED "QUEEN MARY"
Gunner P. R. Odell, son of Mrs.W.
s. Odell, of 67 Powell ave., having had
the distinction of being one of the
first Canadian soldiers to be entertained
and shown over the now ill-fated
cruiser Queen Mary, following his experience,
wrote home to his mother a
graphic description of this ocean
monster.
It was in last February that Gunner
Odell was on furlough in Scotland,
and while visiting some friends at a
sea port town, he saw several war
vessels lying in the harbor. Having
expressed a wish to see them he was
invited to go on board with his friends
and was treated right royally by the
officers.
Writing home to his mother he said
that a modern battleship is a wonder
and the Queen Mary which sank a
German cruiser off the Falkland Islands,
sank two gunboats in an engagement
off Heligoland and chased
a German cruiser to port, carried
about 1,000 men, making the complement
slightly over sstrength. "She
had," he said, "turbine engines, four
propellers and every modern device
known to modern naval warfare and
her 1,000 horse power gave her greater
power than the Lusitania." He
fired the boilers, shovelling about half
a ton of coal. In the torpedo room he
was very interested looking at the
tnbes, about22 inches in diameter and
some 20 feet long. Being a gunner
himself, the writer took a special delight
in inspecting the large 13-inch
gun, which he describes as being 60
feet long and about five feet at the
breach. Although he understands
them, he says that the machinery is
too delicate and too complicated to
explain. The shells stand about five
feeet high and weigh about a ton.
After a general inspection of the
battleship, he and his friends had tea
with the officers.
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FOUR 207TH OFFICERS
ARE RAISED IN RANK
Capt. Stewart and Lieuts. Plante,
Gallagher and Owens Have Done
Good Work For Battalion.
Four more promotions of 207th officers
are announced to-day. Capt.
Stewart now takes the rank of major
and Lieuts. Plante, Gallagher and
Owens are raised to the rank of captain.
These men have taken a keen
and hearty interest in recruiting Ottawa's
new battalion, and each have
played a conspicuous part in gathering
capable men from all parts of the
Capital to fill the ranks of "MacLean's
Athletes."
This morning the 207th Battalion
relieved the 77th Battalion guard doing
duty in Hull.
Lieut. Adams left on Saturday for
Kingston, where he will take a signalling
course.
On Saturday night Sergt. Pritchard
made a fine recruiting speech in the
Regent Theatre, urging young men to
come forward and serve their country.
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FIRST CANADIAN M. P.
KILLED AT THE FRONT
Col. "Harry" Baker, Who Represented
Brome, Dies of Wounds
Received in the Heavy Fighting
on Friday---Popular
With Both Parties.
Col. G. H. Baker, whose death
through wounds received in Friday's
terrific attack on the Canadians, is
announced this morning, is the first
Canadian member of parliament to be
killed at the front.
"Harry" Baker, as he was affectionately
known in the House of Commons,
was beloved alike by Liberals
and Conservatives. He was one of
the younger group of men who came
into parliament in 1911 as a supporter
of Sir Robert Borden, defeating the
Hon. Sydney Fisher in Brome. Although
he came of a family whose
name had long been one to conjure
with in Canadian politics, he was modest
and unassuming and rarely took
part in the debates. But he was
studious, painstaking and conscientious
and was looked upon as one of
the bright young members of the rank
and file on the Conservative side.
Previous to the war, he was Major
of the 13th Scottish Light Dragoons.
He went to the front as Colonel of
the Canadian Mounted Rifles, and
was probably the very finest example
of that splendid type summed up in
the phrase "an officer and a gentleman."
[photograph in right column]
COL. "HARRY" BAKER, M. P.
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[annotation in ink]June 5 - 1916.
Page includes 1 news clipping, "The Price of Empire," published June 5, 1916 and 4 photographs. Photographs are quite faded and depict scenes on the journey to and arrival for training in England. Captions include: "Silver Queen - His Majesty's Dirigible; Just Arrived in London - Engineers; Engineer Officers' Lines - Shorncliffe." An uncaptioned photograph depicting soldiers on a train is annotated 11/3/16 St. John.
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THE PRICE OF EMPIRE
[line drawing of Canadian flag]
Once more the sons of Canada have
paid the price of Empire with their
blood.
Today's lengthy casualty list tells a
grim story, but after all it is a record
of devotion to duty unto death.
This is a time when the need is for
courage and fortitude. We must
mourn for the brave lads who have
paid the supreme sacrifice. But let us
remember and be proud that they
died in the noble cause of Justice,
Liberty and Right; went down with
faces to the sun.
Once again our citizen volunteer
soldiers have met and matched the
trained conscripts of Prussia. They
have taught the world what Ypres
and Festubert made known that
men of Canada would rather be acquainted
with death than dishonor.
Today an empire stands uncovered
at their deeds.
[annotation in ink]June 5th
Page consists of 6 photographs taken during recruits' crossing on the SS Metagama and after landing at training camp Shorncliffe and other locations in England. Captions include: Life boat - Metagama; Jack's Berth; Lt. Jack Langford's Tent - Shorncliffe; Lt. B.C. Hilliam - Major Ward; Canterbury; Jack Langford - G. Holman & Two Belgiums.
Page includes 6 photographs that depict George Westman, Harold Learoyd with unnamed young women (possibly Florence and her sister) posed in front of log fence. Photographs include general caption, Lc cpls. Geo. Westman & Harold Learoyd - May 24th 1916. Page also contains two clippings about recruitment for and training of the Forestry Battalion.
[start of clipping]
Another Forestry Battalion is to be
raised in the eastern part of Canada.
They are urgently needed in England
and recruiting will be hurried with
all possible speed.
[end of clipping]
[start of clipping]
MORE SOLDIERS
TO TRAIN HERE
Ottawa will have about 1,500 men
of the Forestry Battalion in training
here. The 238th, now being organized,
will go into the barracks vacated
Tuesday of the Engineers
Training Depot. It is expected that
eventually the lumbermen will need
both the Howick pavilion and the
barracks on Isabella street to house
all their men. The first lot, about
200, will move into Howick Hall
early next week and the other recruits
as soon as enlisted will be sent
direct to barracks.
The 238th will use Lansdowne
Park for training purposes. Although
it does not take as long to
train a Forestry Battalion as it does
an infantry unit for the reason that
most of the men who enlist are accustomed
to lumbering operation the
same as they are going to do in England,
yet it is expected that the battalion
will be in barracks there for
over a month.
4,000 Soldiers Here.
Thus, though the 77th and the
Engineers have both left the city,
the number of men in trainnig[sic] here
will not be materially reduced, and
when the units now being enlisted
are up to strength, there will be
more soldiers training in Ottawa
than at any time since the first
mobilization of the men for the first
contingent.The 207th will be 1,100
strong, the 230th 1,100 strong, the
238th about 1,500 strong, the Signallers
about 350, making in all
about 4,000 soldiers.
Lt. Col. Smythe, M.P., commander
of the 238th, has left for Vancouver
to arrange for recruiting lumbermen
there. A recruiting office has been
started in Parry Sound one in the
Cobalt district, and another at Arnprior.
Ottawa will be the headquarters.
It is expected that the battalion
will go into barracks the first
of next week at least 200 strong, not
including officers. It has 114 men
enlisted already and they are coming
in rapidly. The battalion has
authority to recruit men in Ontario
and all provinces west.
Among the promotions announced
are: Sergt. J.H. Bradford to be pay
sergeant; Pte. William Jesty, acting
sergeant and pay clerk; Cyrille Archambeault,
acting sergeant; Pte.
Mellon Pearson, corporal; Pte. John
Dagg, corporal.
[end of clipping]
Page includes 5 newspaper clippings published in 1916. Topics include: missing, wounded and dead soldiers with links to Ottawa; the sinking of the HMS Hampshire; and a memorial service held for Lt. Col. Herbert Buller, commander of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. People mentioned include: Herbert Buller, Lawrence Howard, Admiral John Jellicoe, Herbert Kitchener, and Hugh N. Fraser.
[start of clipping]
RECENT PHOTO OF KITCHENER
[photograph]
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[start of clipping]
REPORTED MISSING
[photograph]
CAPT. HUGH N. FRASER, reported
"missing," is a son of Mr. John B.
Fraser, of Ottawa, and is well known
here. He was a very popular officer
and was staff captain of the mounted
infantry brigade, under Brig.
General Victor Williams.
[end of clipping]
[start of clipping]
THE MAN IN UNIFORM.
Memorial Service.
The quaint little church of St. Bartholomew,
on McKay street, which
faces Rideau Hall, was the scene yesterday
morning of a very impressive
event when a memorial service was
held there for the late Lt.-Col. Buller,
the third to command the Princess
Patricias, who recently was killed in
action. Like his predecessor, Lt.-Col.
Farquhar, he was an aide to H. R. H.
the Duke of Connaught at Government
House, before the formation of this
regiment. Col. Rivers-Bulkeley, the
first commander of the famous regiment
and Col. Farquhar, were also
killed at the front.
The rector of the church, Rev. Canon
Haningron, preached a very appropriate
sermon, paying a tribute to the
late member of his congregation -
that he was a good soldier and died
at his post doing his duty. The
preacher took his text as, "He is not
God of the dead but of the living."
He also referred to the splendid characteristics
of the deceased.
There were special hymns for the
occasion, several chosen at the request
of His Royal Highness the Governor
General. They included "For all the
Saints," "On the resurrection morning,"
"Fight the good fight," with
Nunc Dimittis. During the offertory
the organist, Mr. Minter, played "Rest
in the Lord," by special request. There
were also special prayers fro the occasion.
Among those present were Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught and Princess
Patricia, Sir Robert and Lady Borden,
Sir Henry Egan, Col. E. A. Stanton,
Major Duff, Capt. Legh, Capt.
S. H. Moore, R. C. N., Capt. MacIntosh,
and other members of Government
House staff.
[end of clipping]
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[JELLICO?] IN OFFICIAL REPORT
HOLDS NO HOPE OF SURVIVORS
THE ADMIRAL'S REPORT.
Admiral Jellicoe's reports to
the admiralty follow:--
"I have to report with deep regret
that His Majesty's Ship
Hampshire, Captain Herbert J.
Savill, R.N., with Lord Kitchener
and his staff on board, was sunk
last night at about 8 o'clock, to the
west of the ORkneys, either by a
mine or a torpedo.
Little Hope of Survivors.
"Four boats were seen by observers
on shore to leave the ship.
The wind was north northwest
and heavy seas were running.
Patrol vessels and destroyers at
once proceeded to the spot and
a party was sent along the coast
to search, but only some bodies
and a capsized boat have been
found up to the present. As the
whole shore has been searched
form the seaward, I greatly fear
that there is little hope of there
being survivors.
"No report has yet been received
from the search party on shore.
"H.M.S. Hampshire was on her
way to Russia."
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Capt. Howard.
An Aylmer boy in the battalion is
Capt. Lawrence Howard, a son of Mr.
[photograph]
CAPT. HOWARD
and Mrs. L. A. Howard of the Lake
Deschenes town. He saw much fighting
in France but although wounded
has been fortunate enough to recover.
He is one of the young men of Aylmer
who is a great credit to the town.
He will command "B" company.
[end of clipping]
Page includes 7 newspaper clippings and 2 photographs. Photographs depict soldier Bentley Hilliam accompanied by the captions "before" and "after." Clippings include a list of officers deployed from Ottawa, the unveiling of a plaque at Christ Church Cathedral honoring the 77th Battalion, and marriage announcements for "Whelen--Garner" and "Marshall--Ashfield."
[start of clipping]
MARRIAGES
MARSHALL-ASHFIELD-On Saturday,
June 10th, at St. Stephen's Church,
Toronto, by Rev. Capt. T. G. Wallace,
chaplain of the Canadian Egineers,
Lieut. Joseph Atholstan Pembroke
Marshall, of the Canadian Engineers,
son of Mr. Joseph Marshall
of London, Ont., to Olive Beatrice,
daughter of Mr. William Francis
Ashfield of Toronto.
[end of clipping]
[start of clipping]
WHELEN-GARDNER
At the home of the bride's parents
141 Cartier street, a wedding of military
interest took place at half-past
two o'clock this afternoon when Miss
Bessie Gardner, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James R. Gardner, was married
to Captain Otis G. Whelen, of
the 207th Battalion, son of the late
Peter Whelen, and Mrs. Whelen, all
of Ottawa.
[end of clipping]
[start of clipping]
38th BATTALION
LANDS IN BRITAIN,
"ALL WELL" REPORT
IN PRIVATE CABLE
After Spending Best Part of Year
in Vigorous Training in Bermuda
Men Are in Splendid Physical
Condition
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List of Officers
With few changes the list of officers
is the same as those who left
Ottawa on August 1, 1915. The complete
list is as follows:
Lieut. Col. C. M. Edwards, Commanding.
Major C. Ferguson, 2nd in Command.
Major E. R. McNeill, Adjutant.
Lieut. G. F. Armstrong, Asst. Adjutant.
Lieut. G. G. Beil. (?)
Lieut. D. Guthrie.
Major E. A. Olver, Quartermaster.
Major H. A. Folkens, Paymaster.
Capt. J. Seager, Medical Officer.
Capt. D. H. Hammell, Dental Officer.
Capt. H. I. Horsey, Chaplain.
"A" Company: -
Major R. F. Parkinson, Commanding.
Capt. T. H. Byrne.
Lieut. R. E. Greene.
Lieut. R. S. Stronach.
Lieut. W. B. Megloughlin.
Lieut. E. C. H. Moore.
"B" Company: -
Major J. A. C. Macpherson, Commanding.
Capt. T. H. MacDowell.
Lieut. and Bvt. Capt. H. A. Reifenstein.
Lieut. J. G. Wallace.
Lieut. K. A. Greene.
"C" Company: -
Captain R. W. Stewart, Commanding.
Captain W. H. Morrison.
Lieut. J. E. Muckle.
Lieut. F. H. Hill.
Lieut. H. C. Graves.
Lieut. J. R. Morris.
"D" Company.
Major W. S. Wood.
Capt. A. A. Sears.
Lieut. R. P. Ziegler.
Lieut. W. J. Wilby.
Lieut. P. H. Gardner.
Lieut. G. S. Macfarlane.
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77th Tablet Unveiled.
Archbishop Hamilton unveiled the
77th memorial tablet in Christ Church
Cathedral yesterday morning. It was
presented by Lt.-Taylor, second
in command of the 77th Battalion
on behalf of the men of the unit who
have sued that church freely since
the mobilization of the battalion here.
The tablet is located at the right hand
side of the nave and is made of brass.
It bears the inscription that it was
presented by the members of the battalion
who had worshipped in Christ
Church during the seven months of the
regiment was in training here.
Rev. Archdeacon Mackay in his sermon
referred to the splendid record
of the whole battalion. When the men
of the 77th returned he thought the tablet
would be a splendid reminder
of the noble way they had responded
to the call of King and Country. While
absent it would remind the congregation
of the brave members of the 77th
and what a fine work they were doing.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Officers Selected.
The following officers have been selected
to command the draft from the
Canadian Engineers next in order to
go overseas.
Engineers' draft: Lieuts. G. P.
Strong, Halifax; T. S. Maunsell, Ottawa;
F. S. Jones, Ottawa; N. B.
Jackson, Montreal; R. A. Rogers,
Ottawa; J. M. Riddell, Ottawa; J.
K. McDonald, Ottawa. Lieut. Maunsell
is the son of Col. Maunsell, director
of Engineering services, whose
other son was killed in France.
Signallers: Lieuts. L. E. Van Buskirk,
Halifax; H. K. Cox, Toronto;
W. Emery, Calgary; L. A. Lee, Toronto;
S. H. Wilson, Ottawa.
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June 17-1916 [annotation in pencil]
Page includes 3 newspaper clippings published in 1916, Ottawa. Subjects include a letter written by Canadian pilot E. W. Farrow, describing conditions in France; the wounding of two brothers, Pte.'s Earle and Ormond Reid, and news about the 207th Batallion.
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Enemy's Machine Smashed.
One of the most interesting letters
that have come from the front
has been recently received by Mr. R.
King Farrow, of 198 Carling avenue,
from his son, Lieut. E. W. Farrow, of
No. 12 Squadron, of the Flying Corps
in France. The letter is probably one
of the first and the most descriptive
of aviation in France, to be received
in Ottawa.
The young Ottawa offer writes:
"Haven't had a chance to write for
a few days as the weather has been
fine and I have been doing a lot of
flying, in fact too much. Will be glad
to get away on leave and was supposed
to have gone on June 2nd. I
have heard that all leave is to be
stopped at the end of the month,
(May), so that will cut me out.
"Have been up for three hours this
morning doing patrol. Yesterday afternoon
another machine and mine
had to do over and drop bombs on a
stationary kite baloon and drive it
down so that our guns could fire at
it. The day before yesterday I was
on early morning patrol, when I came
on a Hun machine about 1,500 feet
below me. It was on our side of the
lines. My observer fired about 15 or
20 rounds at it and then I turned and
chansed it across the enemy's lines. I
was some 300 yards behind it when
another of our machines dived on the
enemy from above firing on it. We
fired the balance of our drum about
the same time. The Hun dived to the
ground and about 2,000 feet from
the ground it turned over and one
of the occupants fell out. The machine
struck the ground upside down
and crashed.
"I got a nice new machine about a
week ago. It is very nice, but there
is something wrong with the rigging
as it is so slow in climbing. This
morning I managed to get up to 11,000
feet but it took me a long time.
Remember me to all - Earl."
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[start clipping]
photograph
Lieut. E. W. Farrow, son of Mr. R.
King Farrow, who performed a daring
feat of aviation at the front, and
has written his father a vivid description
of fighting in the air.
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[start clipping]
SIGNALLERS TO
STAY IN OTTAWA
Has Separated From Engineers'
Training Depot and is
at Rockcliffe.
The Signalling epot which has
been part of the Engineers' Training
depot here for the past year,
has separated from that unit and
has gone into camp at Rockcliffe, so
Ottawa will retain a considerable
part of the training establishment.
The signallers are all comfortably
located under canvas, their lines being
just west of those of the 207th
battalion. They have an excellent
location and expect to send drafts
overseas from time to time as the
recruits become sufficiently advanced.
The strenght of the depot will
be about 350. Capt. Hedley is in
command, assisted by Lieut. Webb.
Sergt. Major Instructor Steele is the
chief instructing non-Com. As detachment
of about 5- signallers will
arrive in Ottawa from Toronto this
week.
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[start clipping]
The 207th battaliion is delighted to
have the Signallers in the same
camp with them, as the more men
there are, the better time for all.
Rockcliffe will be made into as near
an ideal camp as possible and the
signallers with their excellent equipment,
their horses, etc., will add
much to the enjoyment of the camp
life. They are a splendid type of
well educated young men, drawn
from various parts of the Dominion.
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[start clipping]
BROTHERS WOUNDED IN HEAVY FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
1 photograph
PTE. EARLE A. REID, of the 8th
C.M.R., formerly of The Evening
Journal Staff.
As boys together they played. They
went to the same school. Perhaps
fought each other's battles, as good
brothers should, and likely slept together.
Now they are both engaged in
the service of their King and Country.
Both have been wounded. One
has recovered and strong hopes are
held out for the other. Brave boys,
those of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Reid, of
37 Third avenue.
Pte. Ormond R. Reid was the first
to enlist of the two. Being in Moose
Jaw when the war broke out he enlisted
with the 60th Rifles of that
place and went overseas with the
First Contingent. He was in the trenches
for seven months "Somewhere
in France." On Dec. 10th, he was
wounded and recovering sufficiently
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1 photograph
PTE. ORMOND R. REID, of the 60th
Rifles.
rejoined his regiment and went back
to the trenches last week.
After his brother had gone Earle
felt very strongly the call of duty and
enlisting with the 8th C.M.R. left Ottawa
last July, finding his way to the
trenches nine days after his brother
was wounded. He had good fortune
to escape injury until the last "big"
fight and was wounded himself on
June 3rd.
For a time he was connected with
the business department of The Evening
Journal, and although he only
served in the capacity a comparatively
short time, he was very popular
with his fellow employees. His
many friends hope that his injuries
will not prove serious and that he will
soon be recovered from his wounds.
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Page includes typed song lyrics, "The h'allies h'owe a h'awful lot to h'us," with annotation "composed and sung at Engineer's Concert by Bentley Hilliam" and a clipping advertising a "camp amusement carnival," featuring performances by members of the 207th Battalion and Canadian Engineers(June 1916), and intended to raise funds to erect an amusement hall at a training camp in Ottawa.
[start clipping]
Composed and sung
at
Engineer's Concert by
Bentley William (annotation ink)
THE H'ALLIES H'OWE A H'AWFUL LOT TO H'US.
Do you want to see a patriotic picture?
Peep into our parlour any night.
See h'our little family h'assembled
Workin' for the boys who've gone to fight.
Mother's in commandof(sic) the proceedings,
Lizzy is a kind of h'aide-de-camp.
I collect the h'articles and pack them,
H'assisted by the twins and little Tom.
Sally's sendin' cigarettes for sergeants,
Flora's sendin flannel for the French;
Papa's busy packing pipes for privates,
Tobacco for the tommies in the trench.
Nelly's knittin' nighties for the Nivy,
Never seen the folks in such a fuss,
Though I say it now as didn't oughter,
the h'Allies h'owe a h'awful lot to h'us.
Talk about the cleanin' in the springtime.
NOthin' to the mess we're in today!
Sleepin' helmets dangle from the chair tops,
H'and on the floor a wonderful h'array.
Mother's in the middle of the debris,
Only head and shoulders can be seen,
Clicking of the scissors and the needles
Minglin' with Penelope's machine.
Clara's sendin' cholera belts to corporals
Susan's sendin' sweaters to the Serbs,
Gwen is givin' garments for the gunners,
H'and many of the shirts are brother 'Erbs.
Ruth is rustling rubbers for the Russians;
No one ever dreams of feedin' puss.
Through I says it now as didn't oughter,
the h'Allies h'owe a h'awful lot to h'us.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Camp
Amusement
Carnival
Cartoon drawing
Britannia Park
Saturday Aft. and Eve
June 24th, 1916
Concerts --- Dancing
Moving Pictures in Auditorium
Black and White Eyed Minstrels
By the N.C.O.'s and men of the 207th Battalion and Canadian Engineers.
BRITANNIA BOAT CLUB HALL.
Proceeds to be devoted to the erection of
an amusement hall in each camp where
Canada's soldiers will be in training for
the Summer.
Here is your chance to help along a proposition
to furnish the Boys in Khaki with
some properly organized amusements
while in Camp.
Come out and enjoy ourselves on Saturday, June 24th.
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Page includes clippings from an event program produced for a "camp amusement carnival: in aid of the provision of organized amusements for our soldiers in military camps throughout Canada," held at Britannia Park, Ottawa, June 24th 1916. The cover drawing depicting soldiers and tents is signed BC Hilliam.
[start clipping]
In Aid of the Provision of Organized Amusements for our
Soldiers in Military Camps Throughout Canada.
Camp
Amusement
Carnival
Direction. LIEUT. B.C. HILLIAM.
Drawing
BRITANNIA-ON-THE-BAY
SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH, 1916.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Camp Amusement Carnival
Song
(to be rendered in the Afternoon by MIss GEORGIA FERGUSON
and in the Evening by Q.M.Sergt. MERRYWEATHER)
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
"MAKE THE HOME CAMPS
BRIGHTER"
---
(Tune: "Till the Boys Come Home.")
With apologies to Mr. Ivor Novello, composer of
this popular soldiers' song.
---
There are boys in old Valcartier,
And in Borden, Rockcliffe, Hughes
Petawawa, Sarcee, Vernon,
Or in any Camp you choose;
They are far from home and loved ones
And the hours must oft seem long,
So to all whose thoughts are with them
I commend this simple song.
"Make the Home Camps brighter,
and our boys' hearts lighter,
Send them mirth and music
As a gift from home;
If we all can only
Cheer them when they're lonely,
We'll receive their thanks for this
When the boys come home!"
Let us heed the voice of conscience
When it whispers, "Do your Bit,"
Just exactly as it whispered
To the million men of grit.
Though we may not do as they did,
Though we could not, if we would,
We can surely all do SOMETHING
For our far-off Soldiers' good!
"Make the Home Camps brighter," etc.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Soldiers' Service Club
Through the kindness of Mr. Rogers, the ladies of the above Club will sell you
ROGERS' ICE CREAM, Strawberries and Cream, Home-made Cakes and Candies,
Peanuts, Popcorn, and all kinds of Fruits and Soft Drinks, including Home-made Lemonade
and Punch.
Afternoon Tea. Light Refreshments. High Tea.
PARCELS CHECKED AT S.S.C. TENT.
[end clipping]
Page includes 4 photographs depicting soldiers and soldiers and women ice skating and a printed sheet announcement for "Camp Amusement Carnival at Britannia on June 24th.". Captions include: Sappers Laurie & Coulthard; School of Practical Science, Toronto Varsity '19; Sapper J. Norval; Sap. Junkins; left Ottawa June 1916.
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A CONVERSATION
Bertha: "Of course, you're going to the C.A.C?"
Edith: Don't know, what is it?"
Bertha: The CAMP AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL at BRITANNIA on JUNE 24TH"
Edith: "I wish poor Harry was here to take me"
Bertha: "Where is Harry now?"
Edith: "In camp, quite a long way from the nearest town."
Bertha: "then by all means help him by going to the C.A.C. The entire proceeds are
going towards Organized Amusements for our Soldiers in Military Camps
throughout Canada. Come with our crowd at 2 o'clock, and stay till the
end. There'll be a Special Car Service"
Edith: "I certainly will. The dear lads need all the diversions they can get. Harry
says in his laste letter....." You can imagine the rest.
BE SURE AND FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF BERTHA AND EDITH
Popular Concerts, Band Programmes, Special Motion Pictures and Dancing, Khaki
Minstrels, Al Fresco Teas, all provided by the talent and good nature of Ottawa.
JUNE 24TH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
[end page]
2nd image of page reveals photographs and captions: Sappers Laurie & Coulthard; School of Practical Science, Toronto Varsity '19; Sapper J. Norval; Sap. Junkins; left Ottawa June 1916.
Page includes 3 newspaper clippings, "Pte. Geo. Raynor Killed in Action," "Lt. Jack Lews Home on Leave: Ottawa soldier was wounded during night operations at St. Eloi," and "His Death was Glorious One: Inspiring story of how third son of late General Cotton gave his life." Photograph depicts group of seated soldiers and is captioned "fatigue."
[start clipping]
PTE. GEO. RAYNOR
KILLED IN ACTION
---
Word has been received of the
death of Pte. George T. Raynor, only
son of Mr. T.G. Raynor, representatitve
for eastern and northern Ontario
of the seed brach of the department
of agriculture, and Mrs. Raynor,
of 9 Regent street, Ottawa. Pte.
Raynor was killed in action between
the 2nd and 4th of June in the recent
heavy fighting around Ypres. He
was 22 years of age and enlisted in
January, 1915, going overseas with a
draft from the 8th C.M.R. He had
been in the trenches since the end
of last October. He was a student
and attended at different times Elgin
and Cartier public schools, the Ottawa
collegiate institute and the Ontario
Agricultural College at Guelph.
He had recently been on survey
work. He was an active member of
the Excelsior Club of McLeod Street
Methodist church. Born at Rose
Hall, Prince Edward county, Ontario,
He came from United Empire
Loyalist stock and fully upheld the
traditions of those who long ago
came to Canada to live under the
flag for which Pte. Raynor has now
paid the last sacrifice.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
LT. JACK LEWIS
HOME ON LEAVE
---
Ottawa Soldier Was Wounded
During Night Operations
at St. Eloi.
---
Lieut. "Jack" Lewis has returned
home on a two months' leave to
recover from the wounds he received
at the front. The well known Ottawa
officer is recovering nicely and is
most optimistic of the future.
"They seem to be in better sprits
in England and in France than they
are here," he said. "The boys of the
signal section with which I was,
were in good health when I left and
were doing good work. I was with
the 2nd Divisional Signal company
under Major Bogart. Major Bogart
is a splendid officer."
Major Bogart is well known in
Ottawa where he was for some
months during the time the Second
Divisional Engineers were in training
here. Lt. Lewis was wounded at
St. Eloi shortly before the big engagement
there. He was at work at
night laying cables underground to
the front trenches when a stray bullet
caught him. He was in the
hospital at Folkestone for some time.
[end page]
[start page]
The signallers in the trench warfare
have little flags waving to do, although
in spare time they keep up
the practice in the semaphore and
Morse with their flags so that if the
occasion presents itself to enable
them to use the flag signals they
will not have forgotten how. Practically
all the communications are
kept up by wire. All the cables to
the front trenches have to be laid
at night, but in the positions further
back the work can be done in the
day time. There is some lamp
signalling. Lt. A. A. Anderson, son
of Lt.-Col. Anderson of Ottawa is
with the same signal section as Lieut.
Lewis, and is proving a most capable
officer.
Lieut. Lewis was in England when
the news of the naval battle off Jutland
was announced. The first reports
cast a gloom over the islands
but the later announcements brought
out, that what seemed at first a defeat,
was in reality a victorya, and
gradually changed the feeling.
There was however deep mourning
for the many brave men who went
down during the sea fight. He spoke
of the deep grief that spread over
England at the death of Earl
Kitchener.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
HIS DEATH WAS
GLORIOUS ONE
---
Inspiring Story of How Third
Son of Late General Cotton
Gave His Life
---
Captain Charles Penner Cotton,
the third son of the late General
William Henry Cotton, adjutant-
general, who was reported as missing
after the last big battle at Ypres, is
now reported as having been killed
in action, and the story of his death
is a most inspiring one and well
worthy of the grand family from
which he came.
He is the third brother to make
the supreme sacrifice in the cause of
empire. The eldest son, Harry Cotton,
was killed in South Africa and
the youngest son, Capt. Ross Penner
Cotton, was in the casualty list only
the other day as having been killed
in action in France. The three boys
were grand-nephews of the late Co.
Thomas Ross, who raised the G. G.
F. G., and father of Mrs. J. A. Clayton,
Cobourg street.
Capt. Charles Cotton gave his life
in the brilliant fighting in which the
Canadians recovered the lost ground
a few days ago.
"In the counter-attack Captain
Charles Cotton, son of General Cotton
and picked crews of three guns,
smuggled them out within three
hundred yards of the enemy parapet
- our former parados - and blew open
a way for the Canadian infantry.
"Each man knew that only a miracle
could save him. One by one
they dropped away, wounded or until
killed. Capt. Cotton, badly
wounded, was the only one left, feeding
the single gun that was effective,
he fired shrapnel at close range
at the Huns who attempted to stem
our attack.
"Weakening from loss of blood, he
happened to see a wireless operator,
whose aerial had been shot away,
showed him how to use time fuses.
The two of them worked the gun until
an unlucky hit blew it to smithereens.
The operator had a marvellous
escape, but Capt. Cotton was
never seen again, though with the
dawn volunteers searched the place
for his body."
[end clipping]
Page contains a program for the Olympic Young Men's Club second annual banquet, May 4, 1916, at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Ottawa and two photographs. Photographs are captioned "Sgt. Sullie Sutherland" and "Sullie."
Page contains five photographs depicting Florence Westmans's brother George with "Bud" Lang and two unnamed women. Captions include: Sapper "Bud" lang -- Lc Cpl Westman; Lc cpls "Bud" Lang -- Geo Westman; Entraining A pl 13; Field Day.
Page contains two photographs, space for a missing photograph and a collage drawing. Captions include: ?; Facsimily of poster for regatta; Sapper Harry Mount on duty; Sapper Joe Breen July 1916.
Page contains one photographic postcard depicting Halles of Ypres before and after the bombardment and the June 17, 1916 edition of the Listening Post, a trench newspaper, written by and for Canadian soldiers serving in WWI.
Page contains one postcard depicting Halles at Ypres, Belgium before and after bombardment, a news clipping "A Dominion Day in France," and a program for the Britannia Boating Club regatta held to "raise funds for patriotic purposes" and led by Miss W. Westman and Miss M. Young in July of 1916, Ottawa.
Loose item found between these pages is a typed poem, likely written by friends on the occasion of Norman Senior's (husband to Florence Westman, m. 1917) departure for Victoria in 1919.
Page contains six photographs depicting scenes and soldiers from Petawawa military training camp, Ontario, 1916. Captions include: fatigue 1, bake ovens - 600 loaves of bread, here we are again, Pte "Bill" Landriau.
Page contains 6 photographs depicting soldiers and scenes at Shorncliffe military camp located in Kent, England. Captions include: In a happy mood at Shorncliffe, Sappers Harris - Harrison, After receiving a punk meal at Shorncliffe, Sappers Learoyd and Arbuthnot, Just leaving for "Somewhere in France" - Jack, Sapper Willard Finch, Hutt at Bramshott July 1916.
Page contains two photographs depicting soldiers and civilians attending a picnic on June 23, 1916, likely in or near Ottawa, Ontario. Page also contains a concert program presented by the Miliary YMCA of the 207th Battalion, at Rockliffe Camp, Ottawa.
Page contains 4 newspaper clippings headlined: Lieut. Eric Skead is Badly Wounded--and Prisoner in a German Hospital; Have Self-Denial Day for Soldiers; Brits' Patriotic Regatta Receipts Distributed; and The 'Signals'. Page also includes two photographs of soldiers: one, captioned, "Bob".
Page contains a newspaper clipping depicting a photograph that includes the caption, "Sixty young officers who are leaving now to supply a modern army with its dailyt requirements. Members of the Permanent School of Instruction of the Army Service Corps, spring class, at Quebec." Page is annotated: Lt. A.H. Leggo, Lt. D. Hopewell.
Page contains 7 photographs depicting soldiers and young women - "Tea Served to the Signallers by the Soldiers' Service Club, August 3rd - 1916." People depicted: Sap. Willard Finch; Sap. Bob Burton; Sap 'Weary' Burns; Sap. Joe Breen; Sapper Simpson; and Sapper Harold Learyod.
Page contains a program for a vaudeville show directed by Lance-Corporal B.C. Hilliam that includes soldier and civilian performers, a letter written by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany, May 26, 1916, a photograph of B.C. Hilliam and a colour drawing of flags. Program includes advertisements for Ottawa businesses.
Page contains 6 photographs depicting Florence Westman's brother George along with other soldiers on horseback and civilians in a car at the "chute", August 1916. Captions include: Lc. Cpl. G. Westman; Sapper Bob Burton; Bob and George; At the "chute"; and "chute" August 1916.
Page contains 6 photographs depicting George Westman, other soldiers, and a Bank of Montreal military pay office at Barriefield Camp, near Kingston, Ontario in 1916. Captions include: Scalawags - Bodie, Breen, Harrison, Finch, Angus; Probationer George Westman; and Barriefield Camp - 1916.
Page contains 5 newspaper clippings. Subjects include the departure of the 238th Battalion for Halifax, the announcement of officer commissions from camps in England, and the death of a local (Ottawa) soldier at the Front. Page also includes a photograph depicting the Signals military baseball team in 1916.
[start clipping]
FORESTRY BATTN.
GOES TO HALIFAX
---
Fine Show of Men Leaving
Connaught Park.
---
The 238th Forestry Batt., left its
quarters at Connaught Park yesterday
morning on two special trains provided
by Canadian Pacific Railway
Company for Halifax, where the
men will spend some time in training
before embarking for England.
An ethusiastic group of women
were on the grounds to bid goodbye
to the departing battalion, and the
men responded with a zeal that will
not be forgotten.
Sharp at 11 o'clock the bugle call
sounded, the men sprung to attention
and the command, "Quick
march," filed in fours to the waiting
trains. Lieut.-Col. W. R.
Smyth led the battalion and the
men, who are of fine physical build,
presented a splendid appearance.
The regiment, which was recruited
in a very short period, is something
like 200 men over strenght,
and as this extra body is not required
by the commanding officer of
the battalion, a base company will
be left over to join the 242nd Forestry
Battalion now udner formation
by Lieut.-Col. J. B. White, with recruiting
headquarters as Montreal.
Recruiting for the 238th Battalion
covered from Ontario to the Pacific
Coast. One one hundred men from
Vancouver, Edmonton and Prince
Rupert, arrived after a journed of
four and a half days. Other members
of the battalion, estimated at
about two hundred, will go direct
from Toronto to Halifax and form
with the battalion there.
Lieut.-Col. Smythe, the commanding
officer, did not leave Ottawa today
with the battalion. He is leaving
for his home at Rydale, Ont.,
where he will spend some days with
his family.
The first train pulled away from
the Connaught Park station at 11.45
and the second followed immediately
after. When the units reaches
Montreal sleeping cars will be provided
for the rest of the journey.
[end clipping]
August 23 - 1916. (annotation in ink)
[start clipping]
Items The English Camps.
(Canadian Associated Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 29.- The undermentioned
have received a commission
in the Canadian forces. Sergt.
W. Reid, artillery, Lieut.-Col. R. H.
Lloyd, 30th Res.; Sergt.-Major C.
B. Rinling, medicals. Corp. J.D.McCall,
2nd Signallers; Pte. H.S.Ritchie,
24th; Sergt.-Major Sewell,
14th (?); Sergt. R.D. Miller, 3rd Signallers;
Sergt. Virgo, 6th Field Ambulance;
Sapper W.J. Rutherfored,
2nd Signallers; Lce.-Cpl. R.D.
Laing (?), 2nd Signallers; Act.-Cpl.D.
S. Taylor, 1st Cav. Supply; Sergt. H.
Dickson, 18th; Sapper E.L. Gibson,
1st Engineers.
Lt. N.R. Gooday, 69th, transferred
to 33rd.
Lieut. T.H. Parker, Engineers
attached to Pioneers Training Depot,
Caiser's Camp.
Lieut. Latimer, Ottawa, is attached
to the 30th Res., West Sandling.
Captain Tucker, Regina, attached
to 9th Alberta Res. Shorncliffe.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
1 photograph
Pte. Chas. Alexander
Believed to Be Dead.
Private Charles
Alexander, whose
name appears in
today's casualty
list under the
heading "presumed
dead for official
purposes,"
was the son of
Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Alexander,
77 Lees avenue,
Ottawa East.
Prior to the war
he was employed
in the militia department.
His father is an architect
in the naval department.
Pte. Alexander enlisted with the
2nd Battalion and was reported
missing more than a year ago after
the St. Julien battle.
When last seen, Pte. Alexander
was wounded and a prisoner in the
hands of the Huns on the field of
battle. A fierce charge was made
over the area shortly after and Pte.
Alexander has not been seen since.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Mr. G. Gerald Blyth has arrived
safely in England where he will take
up his duties as a sub-liteutenant in
the R.N.V.R. Motor Boat Patrol Service.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Lieut. Gordon H. Rochester, who
has been in Montreal for the past
three weeks in connection with the
242nd Overseas Battalion, is at present
in Ottawa.
[end clipping]
1 photograph
Page contains 2 newspaper clippings - Lieut. E. Skead is Heard From, Soldiers' Service Club have Marquee at Ex., September 1916; typed lyrics to song, "Bramshott Camp" and two photographs. Photo captions include: Sappers Jo Breen-Bob Bodie and Sapper Robertson 1916 - our guard. The tintype of Sapper Robertson is in poor physical condition and is no longer legible.
[start typed page]
BRAMSHOTT CAMP.
To the Tune of "A little Bit of Heaven".
Sure a little drop of water fell from out the sky one day.
It fell upon the surface of a lump of mud and clay.
And when the War Office found it, it looked so sweet and rare,
They said "Suppose we grab it and put a camp right there".
So they covered it with Canadians just to make the mud piles
grow,
It's the only place you'll find them, no matter where you go;
Then they covered it with raindrops, just to make it nice and
damp,
And when they had it finished, Sure they called it
BRAMSHOTT CAMP.
[end typed page]
[start clipping]
LIEUT. E. SKEAD
IS HEARD FROM
---
Well Known Ottawa Athlete
is Wounded and Prisoner
in Mayence, Germany.
---
Information has finally been received
by his relatives as to the
whereabouts and welfare of Eric
Skead, a well known Ottawa boy
who was reported wounded and missing
several months ago. His father,
Mr. E.S. Skead, who was one of the
stewards at the race meeting of the
Connaught Park Jockey Club last
week, has received a letter from his
son, in which Eric states that he is
a prisoner of war in Mayence, Germany.
He was wounded in the back
and in one of his knees in one of
the lively skirmishes that preceded
the British offensive some time ago.
Eric went overseas with one of the
local battalions two years ago and
was through some of the heaviest
fighting. It appears that in repulsing
a desparate German attempt to
encircle one of the British positions,
Lieut. Skead and amy of his company
were completely cut off. Nearly
every man in the platoon went
down. (illegible)
[end column]
[start column]
Is Prisoner of War.
1 photograph
LIEUT. ERIC SKEAD.
[end clipping]
SOLDIERS' SERVICE CLUB
HAVE MARQUEE AT EX.
---
All this week at the exhibition the
Soldiers' Service Club will occupy
a marquee situated between the front
and side entrance of the main building.
There these patriotic women are
serving ice cream cones, soft drinks,
peanuts and hot corn on the cobs in
Coney Island style. The entire proceeds
will be devoted to assisting the
soldiers.
At a recent meeting of the club the
reports proved that the members have
spent the holiday season in untiring
labor for the comfort of the soldiers.
The treasurer's statement was most
gratifying, and it is truly worth noting
that with but a small membership
this club raised during the past
six months over six hundred dollars.
---
[end clipping]
Sept. 9 - 1916
to
Sept. 16 - 1916.[annotation in ink]
Page contains an invitation (for the family of Thomas Westman) to and program for a Field Sports day held at Valcartier Camp, Quebec and two newspaper clippings that discuss the wounding of two soldiers and the success of a local soldier at the Front.
[start clipping]
One of the many young Canadian
newspapermen who has made good
at the front is Lieut. Frank Badgley,
who for a time was a reporter on a
local publication. Shortly after the
declaration of war in August, 1914,
he enlisted as a gunner with the
Second Field Battery. For good
work on the field he was one of the
first to receive a commission. With
exception of a few days he has
been at the front almost continuously.
Lieut. Badgley is a McGill man
and since being overseas has found
sufficient time to send a few constributions
to the paper on which he
was employed before enlisting.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
POPULAR LIEUTENANT
STRONACH WOUNDED
Wound is Not Serious, However,
According to Private Cables-
Majoar McNeill Improves.
---
Lieut. Stronach of A Company,
38th Battalion, and one of its most
popular officers, has been wounded,
according to private cables received
today.
The wound is not serious, and
he will probably be able to return
to service shortly.
Major McNeill, who was wounded
in the thigh, will be ready for the
trenches again in about three
weeks.
[end clipping]
Nov. 11 - 1916.[annotation in ink]
Page contains 4 newspaper clippings reporting wounding and death of local (Ottawa) soldiers overseas, the laying of a cornerstone at Parliament Hill, and an entertainment hosted by the Soldiers Service Club in Landsdowne Park - all date from September to November 1916. Photograph depicts a young child wearing a soldier's uniform.
[start clipping]
CAPT. ART BLACK
IN CASUALTIES
---
Ottawa Athlete Has Been
Wounded.
---
Two Other Ottawa Men
Are Dead.
---
Captain Arthur William Black,
whose name appears among the
wounded in this morning's casualty
list is a son of Mrs. A.W. Black of
Ottawa and a son-in-law of Mr.
Charles Whitley, 111 Cooper street.
Mr. Whitley, who has just returned
to the city with his family from his
summer cottage, received a cable a
few days ago which stated that Captain
Black had been wounded by gunshot
in the leg. It did not say whether
the wound was serious. Captain
Black went from Ottawa to Kingston
in the fall of 1915, where he spent the
winter training with his battalion. In
the spring he went overseas with the
second contingent as a lieutenant in
an Ottawa battalion. A short time
after getting overseas he was promoted
to the rank of captain.
He was a graduate of the Ottawa
University and prior to enlisting he
was employed in the post offcie. He
is well known in Ottawa's amateur
athletic circles. He was a crack rugby.
He was born in England but
lived the grater part of his life in
Ottawa. He is 23 years of age.
His mother, his wife and two children
are living in Ottawa at 111 Cooper
street.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
IS REPORTED WOUNDED
1 photograph
CAPT. ARTHUR WM. BLACK.
Capt. Arthur William Black, reported
wounded with gunshot in the
leg, is a well known athlete, having
been a member of the Ottawa Football
team for several years. His
wife and young child and mother
live in the Captial. He went overseas
with an Ottawa-Kingston battalion
as lieutenant and was promoted
captain on the field.
[end clipping]
Sept. 18 - 1916.(annotation in ink)
[start clipping]
WHEN THE DUKE PUT NEW CORNER STONE IN POSITION.
1 photograph
This picture was taken during the ceremony of laying the corner-stone on Parliament Hill
yesterday.
Besides being a record of an interesting event, it shows the public what happened to the
building itself
about which there is so much controversy. The walls have been completely razed, and nothing
remains but
the library.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
AT LANSDOWNE PARK
---
Under the direction of the Soldiers'
Service Club a splendid entertainment
was given at Lansdowne
Park, where the Divisional Signallers
are stationed. Major Thompson
gave a short and interesting address.
Lieut. B. C. Hilliam very
creditably rendered a piano solo;
Sert. S. E. Adamson, a baritone
solo, and Mr. W. J. Nixon sang a
tenor solo. Sappers Fraser, Cain
Jones and Anderson also sang, and
Miss Shoemaker accompanied them
upon the piano.
The club served cake and coffee,
and old friends had an opportunity
to shake hands with Capt. Hadley
and his bride.
[end clipping]
Nov. 9 - 1916. [annotation in ink]
Page contains the first part of a newspaper clipping, continued on the following scrapbook page, from the Ottawa Free Press. The article, by F. A. McKenzie, describes fighting at the Front in Ypres, Belgium.
[start clipping]
IN THE BLOODY SALIENT AT YPRES
WHERE THE HUNS FIRE THREE WAYS
---
F.A. McKenzie, Free Press Staff Correspondent,
Visits Worst Part of the Line Where Canadians
Hold Back Flower of German
Army.
By F.A. McKenzie, Staff Correspondent
of The Free Press
at the Front.
This article has been read and
passed by the censors at the
General Headquarters of the
British Army in Flanders.
In one of the side streets of Ypres,
close to what is left of the old
Infantry Barracks, someone
has put up a sign, with a finger mark
pointing to the road homewards,
"This way to Blighty." Underneath
it another hand has printed another
sign, pointing in the opposite direction,
"This way to Hell!"
Don't be shocked at the language.
When you have had a few hours in
the trenches you will at least understand
why it is that men, faced by
events far greater than they ever
realized possible before, seek to express
them by strong words. And
the fighting that has gone on in the
Ypres salient day by day for close
on two years seems to defy ordinary
language. It is on this front that the
Canadians, since the first contingent
came out a year and eight months
ago, have fought their battle. It is
here that many and many a British
regiment has a terrible cost crowned
its fame.
It is difficult to realize what a
short way the "bloody salient" is
from London. I have traveled on
the Hampstead tube in the morning,
and stood on Hill 60 at night. The
London morning papers are often
delivered at the brigade headquarters
the same evening. And yet, half
a day apart in time, London and
Ypres represent the very opposite
extremes of life.
[end column]
[start column]
Come with me across the carefully
guarded lines. I fyou are wise you
will be in khaki, for the man who
goes astray in civilian clothes in the
dark is apt to meet the business end
of a sentry's bayonet in painful fashion.
Before you approach Ypres itself
the authorities will see that you
are equipped with a "tin hat" -
otherwise known as a steel helmet,
and a gas mask. At first you may
smile at this equipment; you will
not smile for long.
When there comes an air fight
overhead - and you will not be in
the salient half a day without witnessing
one - the Hun guns rain
shell into the sky. As the planes approach
you, the fragments will drop
near where you are. If you cannot
take shelter - and it is often quite
impossible - the tin hat may save
your life, as it has saved many another.
A small fragment of shell
falling on a cap might kill you; if it
falls on the tin hat it will be deflected
harmlessly to the ground.
Donning the Gas Mask.
But the gas mask guards one
agaisnt the greatest danger of all.
Shells may drop all around and leave
you untouched. But let the poison
gas come, and the man who is unprepared
dies. Once the signal goes
around the lines, "Gas Alert - On,"
you pin the hideous head-dress to
your coat, ready for instant use.
When the clanging of empty shell
cases and other insistent noises are
heard that warn you that a gas attack
is coming, on goes the helmet.
You grab it firmly around your
throat, you feel carefully that it is
not bulging at the neck - many a man
has died through this - you button
[end column]
[start column]
your coat tightly up, and then if you
can, you stand still. It is a question
of seconds betweeen you and death.
"Have you practiced putting your
gas mask on?" the captain in charge
asked me, as I was spending the
night on his section of the front
trenches. "No? Well, do it at once.
Start now - right away!"
My fingers fumbled at the buttons
of the gas helmet, and my glasses got
in the way as I tried to pull it over
my head. Strive as I would my collar
would not come up quickly.
"Umph!" grunted the captain, with
brutal kindness. "You'll be a casualty
if you can't do better than that.
Last night the gas came on us in 20
seconds. Now, try again."
But it is not only in the front
trenches that you need to be careful
of gas. Leave or forget anything
else you please, but never part from
your gas helmet.
We approach Ypres through Poperinghe,
the little town of big
churches, and through the village of
Viamertinghe. There are ruins before
you come to Ypres, but nothing
prepares one for the sight of the
town itself. Sixteen months ago
Ypres was destroyed by the heavy
German shell fire and was deserted
by its inhabitants. Those of us who
saw it then described it as the acme
of desolation.
One Year In Rain of Shells.
But it has had over a year of heavy,
continuous further shelling since
then. It still forms the focus for the
Hun fire from the great arc of enemy
lines around. Houses that I remember
a year ago as then bearing some
resemblance to their original shape,
are now nothing but broken bits of
party walls. Here a circular staircase
is left hanging apparently on
nothing; here stands a bit of front
telling of a gay boarding house. The
old monster water tower, for long
a familiar landmark, now lies wrecked
on the ground. Here is a bronze
pillar box, apparently untouched. The
fine tower of the cathedral has only
one side left, and that has a big slice
out of its centre. The grand old
Church of St. Pierre is a pitiful
wreck, and its famous monster bell,
reputed to be made of sivler, rests
securely by one of our guard rooms.
Ypres today is little more than a succession
of roadways, of crumbling
walls.
[end column]
[start column]
[illegible]. It has been possible
to drive up to here. Now we must
go afoot. Horse or car beyond Ypres
gates would attract so many shells
that our journey would be a short one.
Look around at the city walls as
we leave them. Vauban planned
them. They seem to defy time, and
they are merely pock-marked by the
shells that have struck them. Notice
the swans and cygnets swimming
peacefully and gracefully in the moat.
The mother swan sat on her eggs
undisturbed by heavy shelling. Even
when one shell burst quite close she
did not stir. Her cygnets were
hatched in the midst of a particularly
heavy bombardment.
The Lille Road, between the city
and the front trenches, is not considered
healthy. It is a favorite target
for the Hun artillery, who are specially
partial to one point on it,
Shrapnel Corner. We decide to walk,
not along the road, but through the
rank, grass-grown fields. As we pass
parallel with Shrapnel Corner there
comes a gentle whizzing through the
air, that steadily grows louder. It
ends with a big exposion and a cloud
of smoke just by the corner. "Lucky
for us we didn't take the main road,"
says the young staff officer guiding
us. A few minutes alter there comes
another shell, again to our right.
Shell Hole As Refuge.
Generally three shells follow one
another. We have to turn to the
right to reach our destination. We
wait for the third shell, but it
doesn't come, so we decide to chance
it. "If you hear another coming,
jump into a shell hole and lie flat,"
the captain commands. "Never mind
if it's full of water. Shells never
strike the same place twice." There
is no difficulty in finding a shell
hole. The ground is thickly dotted
with them, as though they had been
scattered out of a pepper box.
There is a rattling sound overhead,
harsh and insistent, like the
click of a Lewis machine gun. Somewhere
overhead an aeroplane fight is
going on. But search the skies as we
will we cannot see it. Now our anti-aircraft
guns open, shell following
shell very rapidly. Some sharp
whistles are heard from nearby. It
is the familiar Ypres signal: "Enemy
aircraft overhead - take shelter!"
You cannot take shelter in the midst
of an open field, but we know the
Taube will not waste bombs on us,
and so we [illegible]
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continued [annotation in ink]
Page contains the continuation of a news article from the previous scrapbook page and 3 photographs depicting women knitting, two soldiers, and Rockcliffe camp - a Canadian Forces base in the eastern part of Ottawa, 1916.
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We are now really in the midst
of the famous salient. Here is Zillebeke,
and beyond is Maple Copse and
Sanctuary Wood, the heart of the
great fight in early June, when the
Wurtemburgers made such desparate
efforts to capture the salient. Close
by is Hill 60, the hill of a hundred
fights, where we hold the edge of
the hill and the Huns occupy the
higher part beyond. Further on we
come to the parapets of the flat
lands, and then to St. Eloi, with the
big craters of tragic and glorious
memory. Beyond that we will find
ourselves in the comparatively
quieter regions around Dickebusch.
"The dirtiest part of the line," the
soldiers call this section from St.
Eloi to Hooge. I want you, my
friend, reading this in comfort at
home, to realize something of what
it is like. The first here is threefold,
overhead, underground, and in the
trenches. Air fights are of daily
occurrence, and the Taubes are ever
seeking a chance to penetrate our
lines. Mining is carried out on a
big scale by both sides. Not long
ago the Boches blew up a mine over
400 feet long close to St. Eloi. We
were ready for them; most of our
men had been withdrawn from the
danger point and were ready to rush
in afterwards before Fritz could
make a footing.
Surrounded by Enemy.
We are almost surrounded by the
enemy. They occupy the heights
nearly all around, although, fortunately,
we hold some intermediate positions
which prevent them from obtaining
absolute fire command of
the district. They can however,
sweep point after point within our
lines with rifle and machine gun fire.
Their big guns get at us not only
from the front but form the sides,
and almost from the rear. Nowhere
in the salient are you free from shell
fire. At any moment the Huns may
send a dozen or so of "heavy stuff"
around where one is. The call to get
under shelter from an approaching
shell is so frequent that it becomes
automatic to obey it. Everyone has
narrow escapes. A "rum jar," - a
monster shell with 200 pounts of
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[start column]
explosive - fell at the entrance to
Jones' dug-out yesterday and failed
to explode. He had the cast iron
case emptied and is using it today
as a waste paper basket. Brown
missed his way going to X wood this
morning and so escaped being there
when the Huns strafed it with 5.11's.
A bit of shell penetrated Robinson's
dug-out half an hour ago and just
missed him. Every one who is in
the front of the salient for a day
meets with experiences such as
these. One is playing a game of tag
with death all the time.
What is the effect of this chance
shelling on the men themselves? After
a very short time everyone becomes
indifferent to it. I am not
talking now of the heavy strafing
on one point. That is another story.
But the intermitten shell is regarded
at the worst as a minor annoyance.
From Vlamertinghe to Sanctuary
Wood you see no one but soldiers
save a rare and greatly privileged
civilian visitor. All the old inhabitants
have gone; all the houses that
have not been levelled to the ground
stand desolate. Here and there the
ruins of a chateau, heavy protected
by sandbags, are used as a field
dressing station for the wounded. No
Red Cross flag is flown over them.
"We don't wat to draw Boche fire,"
say the doctors grimly.
The Germans have not yet given
up hopes of capturing Ypres. All
they need is to take a comparatively
small portion of territory, which
would give them a clear command
over our front. Let them take this
and we would have to fall back on
fresh lines, away to the other side of
the city. They know this. For sixteen
months they have tried in vain.
Doubtless they will try again and
again.
Why have they not succeeded?
They have every advantage of position.
Wurtemburgers and Bavarians,
Guards and Saxons, the very
pick of the German army, have spent
themselves on this front. But always
at the last, however near they
have been to success, the resolute
determination of our boys has driven
them back.
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3 photographs
Page contains 3 news clippings depicting: photographs of a mother, Mrs. McColl, and her 5 soldier-sons (3 killed at the Front); the report of a soldier, Alexander G. Fraser, killed in action; and an announcement of the promotion of Major Jim McQuaig.
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Mrs. McColl
1 photograph
Mother of the boys, to whom Ottawa
extends reverential sympathy.
Lieut. Lyman McColl
1 photograph
Killed in action on Friday, Sept. 15,
"somewhere in France."
Lieut. Douglas C. McColl
1 photograph
Killed in the battle of St. Julien,
April 22, 1915.
Alex E. McColl
1 photograph
South African veteran, who would
go but is incapacitated.
PTE. Mac. B. McColl
1 photograph
In training with the 175th Battalion
at Calgary, Alberta.
Lieut. Edmund McColl
1 photograph
Died of wounds at Etaples, France,
on the 15th of June, 1916.
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[start clipping]
Bright Young Ottawa
Man Falls In Battle.
1 photograph
Lieut. Alexander
Gordon Fraser,
who has been
reported killed in
action, was the
only son of Mr.
and Mrs. W.H.
A. Fraser, of Ottawa,
and was one of the city's
best known young
men. He was associated
with the Fraser, Bryson
Lumber Company.
The late
Lieut. Fraser was
an active member
of the Royal Ottawa
Golf Club.
He was the
champion of the
club in 1913, and took part in the
Canadian championship at Toronto
two years ago. He was a member
of the Rideau Club and Victoria
Yacht Club.
News of the death of Lt. Fraser
caused profound regret.
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[start clipping]
PRESENTATION TO
MAJOR McQUAIG
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Major Jim McQuaig, formerly of
the 270th Battalion, has been appointed
second in command of a
Forestry battalion in Montreal. The
officers of the 207th presented him
with a wrist watch, which was accompanied
by a short address by
Col. MacLean, to which Major McQuaig
made an appropriate reply.
Major Jim McQuaig made a presentation
to Lieut. Stalker of a shield for
having the best marching platoon
in the battalion. H.R.H. the Duke
of Connaught picked Lt. Stalker's
platoon at a recent inspection.
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October 15 - 1916. [annotation in ink]
Page contains: a news article announcing the opening game of the Overseas Football League at Landsdowne Park; 2 photographs captioned, Sgt Roland Gilley - Lc/cpl Bob Bodie; and a leave pass filled in for Spr. C.N. Senior, captioned, Every Soldier's Ambition. All items from 1916. Florence Westman marries C. Norman Senior in 1917.
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Football Starts Tomorrow.
Sam Manson With the 207th
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First Clash of Season Takes
Place at Lansdowne
Park.
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Should the weather conditions be
good, a smashing crowd of football
fans will turn out to witness the
opening game of the Overseas Football
League on Lansdowne Park tomorrow.
The addition of Captain
Sammy Manson, Canada's premier
centre half, should not only prove
a strong drawing card, but will boost
the 207th stock greatly. Manson is
taking a course at the School of Musketry,
Rockcliffe, and will therefore
be eligible to play with the local
battalion.
Coach Shaughnessy had a full
turnout at yesterday's practice, all
the regulars being in uniform, as
well as a good squad of subs. The
first team was given considerable
work on their trick plays. Later,
the back division was sent behind
the scrub line. The half line is
working well together and should
cut a big figure in Saturday's battle.
Yesterday's workout was one of the
best held so far. "Shag" is going ot
have aline that has lots of "pep"
and aggressiveness, and should they
be successful against Queens, will
make the famous Tiger Battalion go
some to get the verdict.
Very little is known about the
University team, except that they
will have Jack Hazlett on their half
line, but the local squad had better
be prepared for a stiff struggle, as
the Presbyterians have always had
a strong team, and will make a big
effort to down the 207th in their own
bailiwick.
Although Coach Shaughnessy has
not announced his line up for tomorrow's
game it will likely be as follows:
Smith, flying wing; Kirby, Manson,
and Breen, halves; Wiser, quarter;
scrimmage, Allen, Westmin,
McInnes or Harvey; insides, McElligott
and Pritchard; middles, Davies,
Stalker or Kennedy; outsides, Taylor,
Robbins, or Adams.
Lieut.-General Sir Sam Hughes
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[start column]
has been invited to kick the ball off,
and will likely accept. The officials
will be: referee, "Silver" Quilty; umpire,
Jack Lewis; penalty timekeeper,
Harry Ackland; linesmen, Eddie
Roberts and Lieut. McKenzie of
205th, Hamilton.
Seats for tomorrow's game are on
sale at Hurd and Co.'s sporting goods
store, and will be kept there until
noon tomorrow.
Joe Smith, who will work at flying
wing, has recovered from the injury
to his back,a nd will be in good
shape for tomorrow's game.
"Dug" Stalker is a greatly improved
football player and should be
very much in the limelight.
Both the brass and bugle bands
will be on hand to help things along.
Keep your lamps on this boy
Breen, tomorrow, he should prove a
star.
There will be three men on the
yard sticks, one on each stick, and
an arbitrator, to do away with all
arguments.
Davies, Stalker, Adams, McElligott
and others, make it look like
an Interprovincial game.
Play will start at 2.45 sharp as
darkness falls early.
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Page contains 3 news clippings that report: the death of Captain J. R. Woods, the collection of socks for soldiers' overseas by Mrs. Thomas Westman, and the first practice scheduled for the Signallers' basketball team. Page also contains 3 photographs. Captions include: Shep's First Fatigue, Lc/Cpl. R. Bodie, and Bud Land and some Ottawa Skyscrapers.
[start clipping]
CAPTAIN J.R.WOODS
HAS DIED OF WOUNDS
Young Ottawa Officer With Coldstream
Guards Gave his Life
for Empire.
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Captain John R. Woods, of the
Coldstream Guards, eldest son of Lt.-
Col. and Mrs. J.W. Woods, is reported
as having died from wounds Saturday,
Sept. 16th. Information to
this effect was received in the city
yesterday through a cablegram sent
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1 photograph
CAPTAIN J.R.WOODS
---
to Lieut.-Col. Woods, who, with his
wife, had left for Chicago on Saturday.
Two years ago, when war first broke
out, Lieut. J.R. Woods, 19 years of
age, then of the Governor General's
Foot Guards of the Capital, offered
his services to the Empire and was
accepted. He travelled overseas and
received a commission as junior lieutenant
in the famous Coldstream
Guards regiment, which has been in
the thick of the fighting for the last
two years. Through distinguished
conduct and bravery on the field of
battle, Lieut. Woods was mentioned in
despatches and promoted to the rank
of captain. He was a born leader and
was highly respected by his men.
Information as to Captain "Jack"
Woods' death spread rapidly through
the Capital, where he had a wide cirlce
of friends. At the time of enlistment
he was connected with the firm
of Smart-Woods Ltd. Hull. Deceased
was the eldest son of Lieut.-Col.
Woods and took out his commission
in the regiment in which his father
qualified in field service for the rank
of lieutenant colonel, which rank Col.
Woods holds as officer commanding
the Governor General's Foot Guards.
The G.G.F.G. is a replica of the crack
Coldstream Guards and therefore the
first regiment in Canada. Capt. Woods
is survived by his parents, two sisters
and two younger brothers.
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[start clipping]
Socks Are Appreciated.
The Soldiers' Service club, of which
Mrs. Thomas Westman is president,
held a sock shower during October,
and sent socks to various battalions
in France. Many of the ladies who
donated to the shower placed notes
in the socks and already have received
very grateful acknowledgment
from the soldiers who happened
to receive the socks. The following
is one of the many letters received
by the president from the ment to
whom bales were shipped for distrubution.
"Somewhere in France,
"November 15, 1916
"Dear Mrs. Westman: Today I
received three bales of socks which
you shipped October 18th. They have
already been given to the men, and
your kindness I assure you, is very
much appreciated. Our men have to
work in all kinds of weather and at
the present season of the year it is
impossible for the men to keep their
feet dry. A frequent change of socks
is necessary to keep in good health,
and the present conditions are very
trying on the most robust. Please
accept the sincere thanks of all.
"I am sincerely your,
"FRED BIRD."
The Soldiers' Service club purposes
to hold another sock shower the first
Thrusday of the New Year at the
home of Mrs. W. J. Carson, Bronson
Avenue.
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SIGNALLERS' BASKET FIVE
FIRST PRACTICE TONIGHT
The Signallers of the City Basketball
League will hold their first
practice on the "Y" floor tonight.
Sergt. Gilley, formerly of University
of Toronto "Five" is managin the
Signal Corps team and expects to
have a strong team. The practice
tonight will be held between 6 and 7.
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Page contains 3 programs for Christmas and New Year's dinners and concerts held for soldiers training in Ottawa, (1914, 1915, 1916). Mrs. Thomas Westman, Florence's mother is named as "convenor". The program for 1914 is loose between pages--scans follow.
Page contains 3 clippings. Subjects include a report on the death of Ottawa native Lieutenant Paul Armstrong and a story about the Signal Corps hockey team. Photographs of soldiers includes the caption, "Sapper L. Robertson - Corp. Geo. Westman - Brigade Scheme."
[start clipping]
KILLED IN ACTION.
1 photograph
LIEUT. PAUL LYNDON ARMSTRONG,
73rd Battalion Royal
Highlanders of Canada, and son of
Mrs. J.R. Armstrong, 308 Gilmour
street, who has been reported killed
in action in France.
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[start clipping]
SEVERAL OTTAWANS
IN CASUALTIES LISTS
Two are Reported Dead and Several
Wounded - Lieut.
Armstrong Killed.
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The midnight casualty list contains
the names of many Ottawa boys who
have fallen in action in France. First
mentioned in the list is the name of
Lieut. Paul Lyndon Armstrong, 73rd
Battlion Royal Highlanders of Canada,
and son of the late John R. and
Mrs. Armstrong, 308 Gilmour street.
Lieut. Armstrong was 26 years of
age and enlisted for active service in
the 73rd Highland Battalion a year
ago, and has been with the unit as
part of the Fourth Canadian Division
in France since August 1st of this
year. Word was receive late yesterday
that in an engagement on Sunday,
Oct. 29th, Lieut. Armstrong had
been killed in action.
No young man is better known in
the capital than the deceased. Born
in Ottawa 26 years ago he had gained
a multitude of friends. He was a pupil
of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute
and later the Toronto University, from
which he graduated in 1912. Ever distinguished
in his studies he attended
Osgoode Hall, from which he issued
fourth a full fledged barrister in 1915.
Lieut. Armstrong was called to the
bar shortly afterwards, but threw up
his opportunity that he might serve
his country with the Highland Battalion.
Brilliant in his studies, Lieut.
Armstrong was also devoted to outdoor
sports and was captain of the
Varsity hockey team. In tennis he
was particularly prominent and won
the championship of the Rideau Lawn
Tennis Club in 1914, as well as that
of the Toronto University and City of
Ottawa. Deceased is widely known
throughout Eastern Canada and has
many friends and acquaintances in
Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. With
his men in the 73rd Battalion he was
a very popular officer and he was
ever looking after their comfort and
welfare.
Page contains: a program made by the Canadian Engineers for their performance of "A Day's Fun in Belgium," October 1, 1916 and the envelope it was sent in; and two photographs captioned, Sappers N. Senior - R. Shepard, Sgt. S. Adamson 'at Ease'. Photographs likely taken in Ottawa.
Page contains a news clipping - photograph captioned, Arrival of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. November 13, 1916. The Duke of Devonshire served as Governor General of Canada from November 11, 1916 to August 2, 1921.
Page contains 2 news clippings-one is a photograph depicting the November Overseas Draft Signal Training Depot, and the other, a portrait of Lieut. B. C. Hilliam accompanied by an announcement for a regimental fund raising concert at the Russell theatre, Ottawa, November 1916. Page also includes a photograph depicting a winter scene-soldiers and young women with sledges.
[start clipping]
NOVEMBER OVERSEAS DRAFT SIGNAL TRAINING DEPOT.
1 photograph
Front row from left to right - Lieuts. L.E.L. Koelle, J.G. Caldwell, C.H. McCrae, A.C. Burgess,
F.M. Lott.
Second row - Lance-Corporals K.E. Camron, S.G. Lang, L.J. Moore, Albert Beard, W.D. Lamb,
Lance-Sergeant R.G. Allan, Lance corporals J.W. Sutherland, Harold Worthington.
Third row - Sappers B.F. Haley, K Ross, J.A. Donald, C.L.L. Weston, A.A. Taylor, R.B. Wilkins,
W.J. Linford, W.G. Wilson, P.J. Devine, J.H. Broughton.
Fourth row - Sappers K. Fraser, P.G. Fraser, J. Beattie, J.A. Surerus, F.T. Julian, Roy Geiger,
E.H. Pratt, W.L. Mitchell, L.R. Hall, W.E. Troke, J.E. Ronald, T.W. McLean.
Fifth row - Sappers T.R. Milne, G.F. Rowe, W.H.T. Arkley, F.L. Bartlett, W.E. Staples, W.
Cluff, W.H. Brown, D.E. Mackenzie, Harry Parry, Allen C. Weatherall, W.C.A. Baby, H.C. Wilson.
Sixth row - Sappers L. Holmes, C.A. Freeman, A. Carwithan, M.A. Clay, S.W. Courtney, E.H.
Kenty, G. Murie, W.J. Freeman, P.A.W. Wallace, J.Gibb, A.J. Mackasey, G.R. Metzler, O. Stewart,
H.R. Cummings, K.W. Buist.
Seventh row - Sappers J.I. Gillman, C.L. Arnold, W.G. Myrick, W.J. Walker, S. Forbes, J.W.
Rowland, D.V. Montgomery, J. Murie, A.G. Jarvis, R.L. Wilson, R.B. Glave, R.J. Maveety, P.E. Johnson,
T.M. Beck, S. McMechau, J.S.G. Forsyth, G.H. Langley.
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November 11 - 1916. [annotation in ink]
[start clipping]
DIRECTS SIGNALLERS' CONCERT.
1 photograph
Lieut. B. C. Hilliam, whose duties as official amusement director
of the Canadian army have taken him across Canada on a concert
tour, is now engaged for the second time in staging a huge show
at the Russell theatre, for Wednesday evening next, November 22. Mr.
Hilliam's unusual talents as entertainer and director are a guarantee
to the amusement lovers of Ottawa that the performance in aid of
the Signal Training Depot's regimental funds will be worth attending.
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Page contains a program for a variety show, directed by B. C. Hilliam, staged by the Signal Training Depot, held at the Russell Theatre, November 22, 1916, Ottawa. The show was intended to raise money for the Regimental Fund and General Camp Amusements. Page also includes a clipping that is uncovered in image 33 g.
[start clipping]
SIGNALLERS IN
GREAT CONCERT
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"At Home and Abroad" Is
Big Success.
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Attracts Large Crow to
Russell Theatre.
---
Lieut. B.C. Hilliam played spark
plug in one of the snappiest amateur
shows ever seen in the capital, when
the officers and men of the Signal
Training Depot tuned up and put their
big noise "At Home and
Abroad" in motion. They pusehd
her into "third" and there she stayed
- until twelve o'clock.
When Hilliam bared his most deceptive
stretch of forehead to the
foot lights, the audience took him for
a theological student, but he slipped
them over so fast that it soon became
a cry for help. He put over the
time frayed marching songs "Keep
the Home Fires Burning," and "It's
a LOng Way to Tipperary," by classical
and syncopated patterns a la
Chopin, and Irving Berlin, furbished
them up with scintillating paraphrases
and they were better even
than new.
His Golf romance written on the
piano was the work of a wizard and
the devotees enjoyed it immensly.
Some of the Songs.
Among the songs which he wrote
were "Somewhere in Flanders" sung
by Miss Georgia Ferguson, "The
Bairnsfather Bloke from Blighty," by
Sapper C.W. Casement; "The British
Tank," by Sergt. Adamson and
"The Halllies Howe an Hawful Lot
to Hus," was was sung by Lieut.
Hilliam himself, and is perhaps the
cleverest of them all.
We have long known how Sister
Susie helps the alllies but it remained
to Lieut. Hilliam to tell us what
the rest of the family were busy at.
The minstrels with J.H. Grace as
interlocutor made a big hit. The
end men, J.A. Grace, W. Diamond,
F. Rowan and H. Rockington, put
over some good stuff, and the chorus
made up of S. Anderson, Dan Thompson,
J. Melrose, W. Rocket, James
Foley, E. Brockington, B. Anderson
and J. McLennan sang spendidly.
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[start column]
Minstrels Good.
The minstrels finished the "At
Home" section of the show which
also featured Teddy Hyman (illegible)
sleight of hand tricks.
Edna Thomas, George O'Alroy
and Hobson put on a little sketch,
"The End of the Trail," written by
Miss Thomas, which offered the
only bit of pathos in the whole performance.
It was very well done,
and staged admirably.
"The Anvil Five," W.J. Nixon
A.R. Thompson, H.L. Routh and
S.R. Adamson, sang a string of old
gems very well, but folks didn't
quite get the idea of the pianist, E.
Brown, who seemed to have been
short circuited. He sat very promi(?)
at the instrument, but nothing
happened.
The C.M.C. Mandolin and Guitar
Club raised the curtain, and under
the direction of Miss Corinne Thibodeau,
won a gib hand from the
house with their music.
The Training Depot gym. team
did some gym. work under the
coaching of Lieut. A. Buridge (?), and
another squad of picked men put
on a musical flag-wagging drill under
the direction of Sergt.-Major
Steele.
The Tommies "Abroad" were seen
in a rest camp, staging a bunch of
stunts for their own amusement on
a platform built "by a petite party
of one" as his portion of the entertainment.
The following artists dropped in
to offer their bit of entertainment:
Sapper A. Bentley as a fatigue
party of one, Lce.-Cpl. C.H. Westman
and Sapper F.H. Beard as
sleeping partners, Sapper W.S.
Wilson as a fish and potato expert
Assembly of Signallers. Sapper Mcveety.
Lieut. A. Baxter and chorus
in "Laddie in Khaki". Sapper Anderson
and Bonnie Mary, Miss Corinne Thibodeau,
Sapper C. (illegible)
Casement and Miss (Sapper).
W. G. Wilson, Sergeant Couville (?),
Sapper C.W. casement, Sapper
R.G. Jones, Lieut. B.C. Hilliam,
Rev. Edward Bull, Miss Grace Hiney,
Sergt. S.R. Adamson, Lce.-Corpl.
O'Neill, Miss Georgie Ferguson, Sapper
Bentley, philosopher T.P. Murphy.
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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings reporting dead and wounded soldiers at the Front, originally from Ottawa and a mock battle staged by the Signallers at Landsdowne Park, Ottawa. Also included is a Canadian Army dental appointment card filled out for Sapper [Curril?], October 1916.
[start clipping]
OTTAWA OFFICERS IN CASUALTY LISTS.
MAJOR ARCHIE SEARS, MacKenzie apartments, Ottawa.
Killed in action.
LIEUT. R. E. GREENE, 58 Primrose avenue, missing.
CAPT. "DICK" McGEE, 185 Daly avenue, wounded.
LIEUT. GORDON AMRSTRONG, 45 McLeod street, Ottawa,
wounded.
CAPT. E.G. FOSBERY, 182 Minto Place, Ottawa,
wounded.
CAPT. THOMAS H. BYRNE, 288 Lisgar street, Ottawa,
wounded.
LIEUT. J. LEIGH BISHOP, 223 McLeod street, Ottawa,
wounded.
LIEUT. JACK WILLIAMS, of football fame, whose home
is at Kingston, wounded.
CAPT. AUSTIN REIFENSTEIN, 396 Daly avenue,
Ottawa, wounded.
MAJOR F.E. HALL, of Montreal, killed in action.
LT. ALLAN OLIVER, son of Hon. Frank Oliver, Somerset
St., Ottawa, killed.
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[start clipping]
Two Ottawa Officers
Among the Wounded.
2 photographs
Capt. Austin Lieut. Gordon
Reiffenstein Armstrong.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
LIEUT. MACFARLANE
REPORTED WOUNDED
Went Over With Ottawa Battalion-
Was Prominent in Sporting Circles.
Lieut. Gavin S. Macfarlane, son of
the late G.S. Macfarlane and Mrs.
Macfarlane, of 391 Albert street, has
been officially reported by the militia
department as wounded in action.
Lieut. Macfarlane is an Ottawa
boy and was attending Queen's
University at the time of enlistment
in April, 1915. While at University
he received his commission
and was appointed to a local battalion
with which he has been connected
ever since. He is well known
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1 photograph
LIEUT. G. S. MACFARLANE.
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in sporting circles, having figured
prominently on the Queen's football
team and in other sports. He is an
only son and his mother and sisters
at home are anxiously waiting particulars
as to the nature of his injuries
as the mere mention of his
having been wounded has so far
been sent to them.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
OTTAWA IS SAVED
BY THE SIGNALLERS
Enemy is, However, an Imaginary
One, But Tactical Scheme is
Succesful.
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Lansdowne Park, Nov. 28. - Now
that the Capital's peril is past, your
correspondent is permitted to forward
for publication details of the
manner in which the Divisional
Signal Company saved Ottawa from
the enemy. The attack was made
one day last week from the west, a
large enemy force having been discerned
advancing the previous day.
Captain Lewis took command of the
available members of the Divisional
Signal Company (consisting of a
full division) and stationing one
brigade at Westboro', another at
City View and a third at Rideau
Junction, awaited developments.
Headquarters were located at the
Bank street bridge.
Early in the day the three
brigades established communication
lines with each other, and with
headquarters so that the reserve
forces could be used to the best advantage
as the enemy's attack developed.
The enemy commander
showed great brilliancy in mobilizing
his forces, but the well maintained
communications of the defending
army enabled them to make
splendid use of their interior lines
for mustering sufficient men at the
threatened points.
Started Early.
The Signal Depot began work at
a very early hour, but scarcely were
their lines laid when the preliminary
shelling began at Rideau
Junction. This proved to be a
false alarm, however, as the main
attack was made on the centre near
the City View brigade. Reinforcements
were mustered shortly after
noon hour and the attack was repulsed
with heavy enemy losses
about 4 o'clock.
A feature of the day was the great
cheerfulness of the despatch riders,
who dashed madly about on motorcycles,
utterly regardless of the rain
(of shells, of course).
The enemy which seeks to lay the
Dominion's Capital in the dusthas
a happy faculty of making his attacks
nearly always on a Wednesday,
but he is a courteous foe, and
knowing that the Signallers were
busy with their entertainment last
Wednesday postponed his most recent
attempt until Thursday.
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Page contains 2 news clippings and a photograph of a young woman. The clippings report: a story about a 13 year old boy named Leo Davis who attempted to enlist in the Army, about the establishment of the European War Veterans Association and fund raising efforts for returned soldiers in Ottawa.
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EAGER TO SERVE COUNTRY
SMALL BOY OF THIRTEEN
YEARS OFFERS TO ENLIST
[1 photograph]
LEO DAVIS, the boy who gave up his job and, kit bag in hand came (?)
miles to join the army. The doctor says he is not over 13, while the
soldier beside him, a Vancouver boy with the Signallers, (barely out
of the Bantam class), indicates his height.
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Little Chapt May Make One of the Bantam Battalions, or May
Taken Along as a Mascot - Is Already a Favorite.
Many strange problems confront
the recruiting officer, but what to
do with thirteen year old Leo
Davis was the post perplexing that
Lieut. H.J. Kirby of the Signal
Training Depot has ever had to
face. Leo says he is seventeen, but
he is just four feet, seven, in height
and has more the appearance of a
chubby boy of twelve than of a
prospective soldier.
"Am I big enough to join the
Buglers?" was the startling request
that this boy made of Lieut.
Kirby at the Base Recruiting Office,
at about 11 o'clock this morning.
The officers and sergeants of the
other corps gathered around in
amusement and admiration as they
saw the size of the application. Lieut.
Kirby asked him a series of questions
and Leo, who was greatly
doubted when he said he was seventeen,
gradually convinced the assembly
that he meant busines.
From South Indian.
"Are you an Ottawa boy?" he
was asked.
"No, I came in from South Indian
this morning to join up. I've been
working on a farm out there for a
Frenchman named Denis."
"Can you blow a bugle?"
"No, but I can learn, the same
as the rest of them. I learned to
play the mouth organ in less than a
week, so I guess I can do the other
just as well."
"What are you going to do if you
don't get in the army?" he was asked.
"I'll get another job. I've got lots
of money in the bank."
Subsequent investigation by the
soldiers who took an interest in the
boy revealed that he had two cents
in his pocket, but he was convinced
that he had enough to get room and
board for the night. It was suggested
that he should go to St. Patrick's
home or some such place, but the
boy protested vigorously and tried
to take his kit-bag and leave.
Finally the Salvation Army was
suggested and he wanted to know
if they signed up boys, too. A visit
to the Slater street barracks disclosed
that this army could do nothing
for Leo, so one of the soldiers
introduced him to Mr. John Keane, the
city charity officer and Leo now has
a good friend who will see that he
gets a comfortable place to live and
a good job.
Never has the Base Recruiting
Office seen a youth so intensly eager
to enlist. It took two or three hours
to convince him that his story of
being 17 years old was disbelieved
and that he could not join the army.
Then he almost wept, but was too
much of a man to show his tears.
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[start clipping]
THE EUROPEAN WAR
VETERANS ORGANIZE
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Returned Soldiers Alter
Name of Association and
Plan Activities.
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The Returned Soldiers' Association
of Ottawa will in future be known as
the "Europan War Veterans' Association."
This was unanimously
decided at the meeting of the association
held last evening at the
Soldiers' Club on Wellington street,
at which about fifty returned soldiers
under the presidency of Mr. Henshaw
were present. The change in
name caused considerable discussion
and is due to the fact that the majority
of similar associations throughout
the Dominion are using the title of
War Veterans' Association.
It was decided that only those who
have seen service overseas in the
present war and can produce honorable
discharges, are entitled to membership.
Those who enlist but returned
to Canada on cessaton of
their working pay, those who were
returned as undesirables, or were
discharged in this country, are barred
from membership.
The question as to whether commissioned
officers should be allowed
to become members was brought up
and after a brief discussion in which
it was pointed out the great work
which some of the officers at present
on the executive have accomplished,
it was unanimously decided that
their membership should be unquestioned.
Charter Free of Charge.
A report by Major Relph to the
effect that Mr. A.E. Fripp had offered
to secure a Provincial charter
for the association free of charge
caused much satisfaction, especially
as Major Relph pointed out, that
without a charter, they would not
be empowered to collect monies for
the association.
Captain Macpherson reported that
he had been hunting for donations
during the last few days and that he
had succeeded in securin nearly
$400 with bright prospects of larger
sums to follow in the near future.
The invitation of Miss Dowd of the
Military Hospitals Commission for
the men to attend a Christmas dinner
to be given at the Convalescent
Home on Christmas day was accepted
and left for the executive
to furnish further arrangements.
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cess of untertaking.
On Sunday next the members of
the association will hold a church
parade, the details of which will be
arranged at the next meeting which
will take place on Friday evening at
the Soldiers' club, and at which every
returned soldier in the city is
asked to be present.
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Another invitation to a High tea
on Saturday night at 6 o'clock at the
First Avenue school, issued by the
Kindergarten teachers was also accepted
and a large number of the
men signified their intention of being
present.
To Meet Returned Men.
At the request of the Returned
Soldiers' Civic reception committee
Captain Macpherson and Mr. Zivian
were appointed to attend the meeting
which will be held at the city
hall this evening at 7.30 to consider
further details regarding the receptions
to be given to returning
soldiers.In this connection the executve
of the assocation will in future
wear badges by which they can
easily be identified.
A report of the concert held at the
Dominion theater on Sunday last week
submitted and showed that the evening
had been a complete success. Major
Coghill and Lieuts. Brown and Hilliam,
and the members of the entertainment
committee received a (illegible)
of thanks for their share in the (illegible)
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Page contains 3 news clippings. Subjects include: the organization of a concert for returned soldiers by the Sportsmen's Patriotic Club; the grand opening of a Soldiers' Aid Building; and anniversary services and commemorative plaques honoring the soldiers killed in action. ca. 1917
[start clipping]
RETURNED MEN TO
MARCH TO CONCERT
In the interests of the returned
soldiers, Lieut. B.C. Hilliam has
taken charge of the Sportsmen's Patriotic
Club's concert at the Dominion
Theatre next Sunday night, and
will present a programme of a type
with which the Ottawa public have
not hitherto associated him.
Comedy has been the keynote of
entertainments which he has given
in this city previously, but Mr. Hilliam's
genius is exhibited to even
better advantage in the realm of
serious composition.
One entire section of Sunday
night's programme will be devoted
to Mr. Hilliam's own compositions.
The chief number will be a song
cycle for four voices, entitled "Autumn's
Orchestra." The famous Indian
poetess, Pauline Johnson, is the
author of the beautiful verses to
which Lieut. Hilliam has given a
worthy musical setting. Miss Georgia
Ferguson, soprano; Miss Inchcliffe,
contralto; Corporal White,
tenor, and Sergeant Adamson, bass,
will be the vocalists to render this
remarkable work.
Mr. Hilliam has been granted by
Pauline Johnson's executors the exclusive
privilige of setting her works
to music, and Sergt. Adamson will
sing another of her songs, composed
by the same officer, "Here's a Ho!
Vancouver!" Miss Grace Hiney will
play three pieces written by Lieut.
Hilliam especially for the violin, and
the composer will himself play his
"Patrol Erratic" and "Revue of
1914-16 for the Piano."
Returned soldiers will meet at
Metcalfe and Albert streets at seven
o'clock Sunday evening, and will
march to the Dominion Theatre
headed by the band.
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[start clipping]
DUKE OFFICIATED
AT FORMAL OPENING
Soldiers' Aid Building Ready -
Campaign Started to Raise
Fund of $400.
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Attended by the Duke and Duchess
of Devonshir, and formally
opened by Canada's Governor-General,
the Soldiers' Aid building on
Cliff street came into existence, and
the campaign to raise $4,000 for the
ensuing year's work of the Ottawa
Soldier' Aid Commission was commenced
yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock. The opening of the building
was an at home for the returned
soldiers, and it proved a huge success,
many of Ottawa's most prominent
citizens and society leaders
being present.
Promptly at four o'clock. Their
Excellencies the Duke and Duchess
of Devonshire arrived at the home
and were met by Mr. E.H. Scammell,
military hospitals commissioner;
Mr. E.R. Cameron, president of
the organization; Mr. J.L. Payne,
Mr. W.L. Best and Mr. A.G. Cameron,
all of them officials of the Soldiers'
Aid Commissiion. The distinguisehd
visitors were escorted to
the drawing room through the lines
of a guard of honor formed by the
returned soldiers, while the band of
the 207th regiment rendered the
National Anthem. Mr. E.R. Cameron
read and address, explaining the
work and object of the Soldiers' Aid
Commission. He stated that 460
soldiers had been taken care of and
that it had cost $3,000 for the last
year.
A Noble Work.
"This is a noble work," said the
Duke in reply to the address, "and
it gives the Duchess and myself
great pleasure in attending so worthy
an object. It is important that
the men should be cared for who
have rendered their services overseas
in the cause of the empire.
The number of returned soldiers is
increasing daily, so that the care of
them is becoming a big problem
and I am indeed glad to see the
hearty co-operation which is being
given by various patriotic and local
organizations. The Federal and
provincial governments are taking
steps to handle this important question,
and when the task becomes
heavy, this organization will undoubtedly
arise to the occasion and
receive the credit due."
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To Secure Lasting Peace.
"That the present war is fought to
the only conclusion possible is our
duty," continued His Excellency, as
he referred to the war. "The terms
that we will demand are what we
want, and it is needless to say that
the present peace proposal of our
enemies will not suffice. It is the
aim of Britain to secure lasting
peace."
The Duke then declared the home
open, and three cheers were given
by the men for the King, Their
Excellencies the Duke and Duchess
of Devonshire and the Soldiers' Aid
Commission. Refreshments were
then partaken of, Mr. Cameron introducing
Captain Kenneth C. MacPherson,
president of the Ottawa
branch of the Returned Soldiers'
Association, who in turn introduced
the returned soldiers present, Their
Excellencies shaking hands with the
men and displaying keen interest in
their experiences at the front. One
of the last acts of the Duke before
coming to this country was to place
a wreath on the grave of Private
W.M. Kedey, who died in the Royal
Infirmary at Derby. HIs Grace is
Grand Master of the Canadian Order
of A.F. and A.M., while the late
Private Kedey was a member. The
Duke met Mr. Herman Kedey of
Fitzroy Harbor, father of Private
Kedey, and it was a pleasant coincidence
to both.
Were Nicely Decorated.
During the afternoon, the excellent
band of the 207th rendered
music throughout. The dormitories
and rooms upstairs were prettily
decorated with flags of the allies,
plants, ferns and palms. Under the
direction of Mrs. Adam Shortt,the
committee in charge of the event
consisted of Mrs. W.E. Hodgins,
Mrs. N.D. Porter, Mrs. E.R. Cameron,
Mrs. Crombie, Mrs. O'Dell,
Mrs. H.I. Thomas, Mrs. Colson and
Miss Burt, all of whom helped to
pour tea and serve the refreshments.
Mrs. H.S. Campbell and
Mrs. Arnoldi were conveners of the
refreshment committee, and others
who assisted were Mrs. McLeod
Stewart, Mrs. R. Clarke, Mrs. Fawcett,
Mrs. Westman, Mrs. A.J. Freiman,
the Misses Shortt, Trapp
Grant, Campbell, Craig and Gwen
Carter of Calgary.
Miss Mildred Lamb realized
$72.35 from the sale of buttons with
the inscription, Soldiers' Aid Commission,
printed thereon. She had the
pleasure of selling two fo the
buttons to their Excellencies. Others
present were Mrs. Martin Burrell,
Mrs. Taschereau, Mrs. J.B. Hunter,
Mrs. Lyons Biggar, Mrs. Secretan
Dunbar, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Mountain,
Mrs. J.A. Wilson and many
others.
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[start clipping]
GERMANS HONOR
BRAVE CANADIANS
SAYS GEN. HUGHES
AT ANNIVERSARY
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Memorial Tablets Unveiled at
McLeod Street Church - Allies
Won't Stand for Meddling,
Says Dr. Michael Clark.
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MANY CHURCHES HOLD
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
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Of the 18 young men members of
McLeod Street Methodics Church,
who have donned the khaki, 10 of
them have made the supreme sacrifice,
and to honor their memory, a
memorial service was held in that
church last night. The church was
filled to overflowing.
Yesterday was also the 28th anniversary
of the opening of the Sunday
School. In honor of the occasion
Rev. T.A. Halpenny preached
in the morning and in the evening,
Mr. Michael Clark, M.P., for Red
Deer (?) delivered an appropriate and
powerful address.
The occasion was marked by the
unveiling of two tablets by Lt.
General Sir Sam Hughes, erected to
the memory of Francis Bradley
Cunningham (?) and George Townsend
(?)aynor, two o fhte ten young men
from the congregation, who have
given their lives at the front.
Their Names will Live.
Sir Sam Hughes said in part:
"No one ever dreamed that our
boys would have faced what they
did. They have covered themselves
with glory that will never fade.
There are two tablets on the wall
to be unveiled to Francis Bradley,
Cunningham (?) and George Townsend
(?)aynor, two splendid young men,
and I am glad to have their good
records before me. They have died
young but had they lived to a good
old age they could not have done
more for humanity. In 1,000 years,
(illegible) 10,000 years their names will
still live."
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Sir Sam reviewed the battle in
which they fell. Then drew aside
the Union Jack which draped the
two tablets. One was inscribed: "In
loving memory of Francis Bradley
Cunningham, 19 years, who fell in
action in Ypres, July 3rd, 1916. 'He
died that we might live.'"
"This tablet was erected by his
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Farrow."
The other memarial (sic) was inscribed:
In loving memory of George Townsend
Raynor, 4th Canadian Mountain
Rifles. Killed in action near
Ypres, Belgium, June 22nd. 'Greater
love hath no man than this, that he
lay down his life for a friend.'" He
was 22 years of age.
Sir Sam said that the splendid
spirit of the Canadians had made
the Germans touch their hats to
them, and Canada would pursue her
course until victory was won.
Beat Sense Into Them.
"You can't have peace with some
people," said Dr. Michael Clark in
opening. "There is only one way to
deal with the Kaisers. Get them
into a corner and beat some sense
into them. 'An Englishman's word is
as good as his bond.' A Canadian,
an Australian, a New Zealander, a
South African, and every citizen of
the British Empire considers his
word as good as his bond. You will
see them live up to it.
"We are fighting for the right,
and must prevail. To any Pope or
President who interferes until we
have attained that, we say 'Hands
off.'
Dr. Clark congratulated the pastor
and congregation on the splendid
honor roll, and asked those who
had been severed from their loved
ones by death not to grieve unduly,
for they had died for freedom, and
had gone to the life immortal.
In introducing Dr. Clark, Mr. R.
S. Glass, superintendent of the Sunday
school, who conducted the services,
stated that Dr. clark had
three sons at the front. One of
them was a married man with a
family.
Appropriate hymns were sung by
the choir. The Apollo male quartette
rendered several splendid selections,
and Mr. C. E. Goodall sang "The
Trumpeter."
The ten members who had been
killed in action are George Crosbie,
Francis Cunningham, Rae Gaitens,
Wm. Lewis, Mac. Parlow, Cecil Pea(?),
George Raynor, Ivan Sawyer,
Earl (or Carl?) Scott and Wm. Sharp.
AT ST. PAUL'S METHODIST
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Page contains: an ink cartoon, titled, "Busy morning at the base recruiting office", drawn by B. C. Hilliam; and a news clipping, "85 Signallers to go Overseas."
[start clipping]
85 SIGNALLERS
TO GO OVERSEAS
Date of Going Not Announced
Yet and Will Not be Made
Public.
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Two officers, six N.C.O.'s and seventy-
nine men have been warned for
overseas at the Signal Training Depot.
It is not likely that all these
men will actually go on the next
draft, but a few more men than are
necessary are always warned so that
there will be a few waiting men to
take the places of any who may be
compelled for one reason or another
to drop out. The date of departure
is not yet announced and will not be
made public. The men on the
draught are on last leave now.
Lieuts. J.E. Hanning and J.M.
Watson-Matthews, Corporal J.M.
Breen, Lance-Corpls. R.H. Brown,
G.V. Cameron, A.R. Davey, H.K.
Davey, W.H. Pierpont (?), Sappers W.
J. Allen, F.H. Beard, F.E. Breen,
G.N. Brown, A.C. Brooks, W.A.
Brunsden, H.M. Brown, H.M.
Blue, E.P. Blue, H.L. Brownlee, J
B. Butterworth, R. Blaney, P.
Crouch, S.I. Cluff, S.J. Connor, H.
F. Collins, T. Crowe, W. Carlisle, W.
Craig, R.H. Dorey, R.R. Dorey,
W.M.Diehl, S.K. Dewar, F.B.
Eagleson, C.A. Freeman, J.P.
Fotheringham, J. Gibb, G.W. Golding,
R. Geoffrey, A. Gillingham, G.
I. Goodwin, W. Graham, H.H. Gides,
R.S. Harris, J.A. Humphires, L.
R. Hall, C.P. Hunter, R.G. Jones,
G.H. Johnson, P.E. Johnson, F.
M. Jacobs, L.S. Kerr, H.I. Keans,
J.H. Kolb, W. Leggett, T. LLanaghan,
D.V. Montgomery, R.J.,
Mavety, J.J. McKeddie, W. McNeill,
G.G. McCollum, R.S. McCollum,
R. McWhinnie, W.S. McDonald,
N.S. McDonald, J. McCullough,
R.H. McBeth, L.L.
Northcott, A.B. Nigg, L.C. Pope,
H.C. Pray, W.R. Robertson, H.C.
Smith, W.E. Staples, G.H. Stock,
L.P. Sullivan, R.M.Smith, J.L.
Stark, W.E. Troke, C.F. Valleau,
J.F. Watkins, C. Wallace, W.B.
Watson, W. Wightman, W.G. Wilson,
S.J. Watts, F. Williams, F.J.
Yanchus.
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Page contains 8 photographs, possibly taken in France, depicting soldiers near ruins and camp sites. Captions include: Interior of a German shell 5. q.; Jack and Evangeline; New Easter hat; Overhead and underground communication.
Page contains 8 photographs depicting scenes from France including tents, living quarters--interior and exterior, ruined buildings, and batteries. Captions include: Some hut!; Jack's boudoir [J. A. Langford?]; underground battery; Engineers' quarters France; Venus!; Ruins; concealed battery.
Page contains 4 photographs depicting the interior of a ruined building, a 'tank', trench, and two soldiers. Top three photographs were likely taken in France and are captioned: holes that were not made by mice; 'Blundering, thundering, typical, terrible - TANK; trench - 1917 model.
2nd image of page reveals military orders for the 2nd Army Troops Coy., Canadian Engineers for operations in the Somme region of France, dated October 1, 1916.
Page contains a program for a Returned Soldiers' Concert held at Dominion Theatre, Ottawa, December 10, 1916 and organized by the Sportsmen's Patriotic Association. The concert included music by B. C. Hilliam with lyrics by poet, E. Pauline Johnson. 2 news clippings are described in image 37b.
3rd image of page revealing back of program and 2 news clippings. Subjects include: The Signallers hockey team practice, featuring 'Big George Westman' and a photograph of a British tank with a caption explaining the naming of the machine "tank".
[start clipping]
Nineteen Men Turned Out
With Signallers This Morning
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Big Westman Shaped Up Well - Munitions Workout
Tonight.
---
SIGNALLERS put over a practice at the Arena this morning
that was a blizzard. Nineteen men lined out under Lieut.
Kirby and were shot through sixty minutes of going that
made them think it was a June day outside. The teams were started
as follows, with various substitutions during the brush: -
Tobin.......Goal........Lang
T.O'Neil....Defence.....Westman
Stevenson...Defence.....C.O'Neill
Brownlee....Rover.......Merrick
Reeves......Centre......McEwan
Breen.......Right Wing..Meeking
Friel.......Left Wing...Morrison
Substitutions - Valleau, Rose, Gilchrist, JOnes, and Bell.
Big George Westman shaped up well on the defence and the
forwards had a hard time getting by him. He would make his
work twice as effective if he passed the puck occasionally when he
travelled down the ice. At the conclusion of the line-up, Lieut.
Kirby chased the whole squad around the rink for five minutes.
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[start clipping]
1 photograph
THE "TANK" AS IT IS. - This is a "Tank," after action, the wonderful new war arm which has been developed for trench warfare by British
brains. The word "Tank" was adopted by the Ministry of Munitions to secure secrecy, but the public and the "Tommies" have trawled the
dictionary for more expressive names for the weapon. Some of the favourites have been Land Dreadnought, Caterpillar Saurian, War Whale, Snark,
Wibbly-Wobbly, Pachyderm, Slug, Big Willie and Ichtyosaurus.
[end clipping]
Page includes a leave pass for Lieut. J. A. Langford, 2nd Army Troops Co CE and 2 clippings. One clipping mentions Sapper Norman Senior as part of the Press Committee and in the other, the author writes about meeting with aquaintances from Canada while in England.
[start clipping]
Press Committee.
The press committee, which is
conducting the publicity side of the
"Give Us His Name Campaign" is
composed of well-known journalists.
The Committee is composed of
Lieut. Gerard, formerly city editor
of La Presse; Corporal Harry Walker,
formerly editor of the Renfrew
Journal and Sapper C.N. Senior,
late of the Vancouver World.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
The World Smal.
"But talking about the world being
small. I was over in London the
other day and I bumped into Lieut.
Joe Gorman, who is now in the Royal
Naval Aerial Service. Joe had just
received orders to sail for some port
down in the Mediterranean. He
looked fine. I also met Jack and
Brian Devlin in England as well as
Norman Scott of Ottawa, who was
recently transferred from the army.
I was over on leave and I came
across nearly everyone from 'home'.
"Jack Devlin had made good with
a vengence. This tall, slim lad we
used to see on the golf links is one
of the chief instructors at a big naval
station. Brian was taking the suplementary
course at Crystal Palace.
He wasn't quite sure which station
he would finish up at, but I think he
will be detailed t serve under Jack
in the coast defenses. Both the Devlin
boys are in the 'pink'. I saw
Brian take a trial flight and it was
a beauty. He dipped and sailed
around like a bird. When he came
down smiling one of the officers
shook hands with Brian and a lot
of people commented on his boyish
appearance. ANyway, I felt proud
to tell them that he came from good
old Ottawa. Walter Kenny was on
the East coast and I did not get a
chance to see him. Joe Gorman has
been given charge of a flying boat
squad.
Don Brophy Winged.
"There aren't many Ottawa boys
in the Royal Flying Corps, which is
a branch of the army. The Royal
Naval Aerial Service is mostly for
defences and they have been doing
great work in chasing Zepps and
Taubes. John Allen is in England
now, but was in France for some
time. Walter Soper left for France
a few days ago and has probably
been in the thick of it by now. Did
you know that Don Brophy was
wounded? He was sent to the front
in quick time and he made a number
of flights over the German lines along
the Somme. He got into some kind
of a duel with one of the crack German
airmen and was 'winged.' Don
guided his machine back to the British
lines and landed safely. He is
just out of the hospital. I understand
his wounds were slight, but
they forced him to give up his first
big air duel. Jack Ryan has also
been on duty along the Somme. He
and Brophy were both sent north
about the first of August to rest a
bit. Jack was used up considerably.
[end clipping]
Page contains 2 news clippings: one discusses Ottawa men who are soldiers in the Royal Flying Corps, the other announces that local athlete, Don Brophy was wounded in an air battle over the German Line. Because Canada had no flying corps during WWI, men who want to fly enlisted in England, often paying for their own training. Don Brophy died in a plane crash in December 1916. Page also includes two photographs with the general caption: Sgt Harry Charlton C. E. F. - "are we downhearted?"
[start clipping]
Hot Time Coming.
"Earl Farrow, of Ottawa, is another
homebrew in the R.F.C. He
was in France for a long time. Hedley
Camero transferred too when
the 77th was broken up. He is taking
his qualifying course in England.
I have been out here five months
with excitement enough to last a
lifetime. Have had several flights
over the lines and believe me, I think
the Germans are due for a hot old
time before long. Our big guns have
been pounding their trenches to
pieces. It is thrilling to whirl overhead
and see our shells plowing up
those Huns a mile or so in advance
of our own lines. Things are a lot
better than they were a year ago.
"by the way, put my name on the
Citizen subscription list. It will be
great to get a regular paper once
in a while. We are quartered in a
little village populated mostly by
flies and wasps and quite a sprinkling
of pigs. However it's all in the game.
Give my regards to all the boys and
don't overlook the fact, when writing
war news, that the Ottawa boys
and the Royal Flying Corps and the
Royal Naval Aerial Service have
been doing their share."
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
OTTAWA BOY WINGED
1 photograph
DON BROPHY
Well Known Athlete Wounded in
Duel with Enemy Airman over
German Line.
[end clipping]
OTTAWA BOYS ARE DOING THEIR
SHARE IN THE FLYING CORPS
---
Don Brophy Winged in Duel With Enemy Airmen.
Bunch of Young Fellows Showing Skill and Daring
in Aerial Branch of the Service.
From "somewhere in France" The
Citizen has received a very interesting
letter, written by one of Ottawa's
best known athlete, who has
been on duty since early this year
in the Royal Flying Corps. He tells
of the experiences of several Ottawa
birdmen, high over the British and
German lines; of the wounding of
one and of the transfer to the Flying
Corps of several local officers who
went ovrseas with other units of
the Canadian service. Among the
latter are Norman Scott, Canadian
and international figure skating
champion, crack golfer and hockey
player; also Hedley Cameron, who
was in the 77th Battalion until the
time of its break-up in England.
The letter was written at one of the
Royal Flying Corps squadron camps
three weeks ago and is as follows:
Some Misconceptions.
"You will probably be surprised
to hear from me, but I have been
reading all sorts of funny 'bunk' in
the Canadian papers about the 'Aviation
Corps' and other things, which
don't exist; so I thought I would
drop a few lines to let you know a
little of the facts about the boys
from home. We in the Flying Corps
evidently have some busy times
ahead so these tips may come in
handy. The Canadian papers have
presumably not learned much about
the aerial game. We have received
a few clippings from home and have
a lot of fun piecing them together.
There are so many Canadians in the
Flying Corps and so many of our own
friends, right from home in Ottawa
that it is hard to keep track of them
all. I have been in the Royal Flying
Corps for nearly a year and believe
me this is a life. I have had a few
thrills and close calls, but am
all right so far.
"Once cannot travel far these strenuous
times without meeting at least
a few old pals from home. Why, even
up in the air, I sometimes come
across the. It seems striking to
be shooting through the atmosphere
and see another one of the boys,
Jack Ryan or someone else, go whizzing
by and flashing a signal of
recognition. We have a wireless system
all our own and sometimes exchange
greetings thousands of feet
in the air.
[end clipping]
Page contains a news clipping depicting a photograph from a reception held for 300 returned soldiers at City Hall, Ottawa, ca. 1917 and sponsored by the Soldiers' Aid Commission.
[start clipping]
1 photograph
A HEARTY WELCOME HOME. - More than 300 returned soldiers were
recently given a great civic reception at the City Hall, Ottawa.
The picture shows them in the refreshment room, guests of the
Soldiers' Service Club. In the foreground are Major Porter, Capt.
K. McPherson, Hon. S.W. Crothers, Controller Fisher, Controller
Nelson and Mrs. Cameron, President of the Soldiers' Aid Commission.
[end clipping]
Page contains a telegram (described in next image, 39a) and 4 news clippings. Subjects include: debate about the United States entering the War; a concert put on by the Soldiers' Service Club;and the departure of the 230th Forestry Battalion for the Front. Clippings published in 1917.
[start clipping]
Why Worry?
WHEN, perhaps, a few of our principal cities have
been destroyed, it may then be time to take up
this little war matter, possibly in earnest.
Still, it might be well to wait until the war is over.
To go into the war stern first, as the Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt suggests, is, however, quite the
proper thing.
We have always done it this way.
Why change now?
Let us by all means wait until a surpreme disaster
comes, and then take time by the hindlock. At
present we have had only a little over two years'
notice.
And what is two years' notice among enemies?
Meanwhile, let us trust in Josephus Daniels and
God.
God has helped Germany kill many of our citizens.
Why may He not help us?
[end clipping]
March 1 - 1917 issue of "Life" [annotation in ink]
[start clipping]
Special to The Journal by United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. - The dramatic plea of Austin Y.
Hoy, son of Mrs. Mary Hoy and brother of Miss Elizabeth Hoy, who
were killed in the unwarned torpedoing of the great Cunarder
Laconia, demanding that the United States avenge the death of his
oved ones, was received today by cable by President Wilson.
Speaking as "an outraged American," Hoy demands that the
United States "preserve its citizens' self respect."
He is Not An Expatriate.
The cablegram, sent from London, follows:
"I am an American citizen, representing the Sullivan Machinery
Company in Chicago, living abroad not as an expatriate, but
for the promotion of American trade.
"I love the flag, believing in its siginficance.
"My loved mother and sister, passengers on the Laconia, have
been foully murdered on the high seas.
An American Citizen Outraged.
"As an American citizen outraged - and as such, fully within
my rights - as an American son and brother bereaved, I call upon
my Government to preserve its citizens' self respect and save
others of my countrymen from such deep grief as I now feel.
"I am of military age, able to fight.
"If my country can use me against these brutal assassins I am
at its call.
"If this stultifies my manhood and my nation's by remaining
passive under outrage, I shall seek a man's chance under another
flag."
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Weekly Concert.
With Major T. E. Powers in the
chair, the young girls of the Soldiers'
Service Club in charge, and
Lieut. B.C. Hilliam as the start performer
on a programme of exceptional
quality, the weekly concert at
the Signal Training Depot Barracks
last night was quite the best attended
and most enthusiastically enjoyed
event of the kind this winter. Fully
400 men stayed in barracks in spite
of the temptation to wander forth
and make a hole in the pay cheques
delivered earlier in the day.
Lieut. Hilliam gave some of his
amusing piano sketches, Miss A.M.
Hutt, Sapper C.W. Casement, Mr. W.
J. Johnston, and Mr. G. Ker rendered
pleasing vocal solos; Miss F.
Westman and Sergeant S.R. Adamson
did an unsual song and dance
number; Miss C. Little contributed
several humorous recitations, and
the three little Williams children,
Pinkie, Lorne and Nesta gave two
numbers in which their singing and
dancing abilities aroused the highest
enthusiasm among the boys.
Of great interest was a short talk
by the chairman dealing with the experiences
of the Third Divisional
Signal Company at the front. Refreshments
served by about thirty
young ladies of the Soldiers' Service
Club brought the evening to a close.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
LAST DRAFT OF 230TH
LEAVES BROCKVILLE
---
Lt. Col. de Salaberry Will be
in Command, Several Officers
Remain Behind.
---
(Special to The Citizen.)
BROCKVILLE, Feb. 27. - The last
draft of the 230th Forestry battalion,
comprising 5700 men under Col. de
Salaberry, will leave here for the east
tomorrow. Major Howard, Major
Huntingdon, Capt. (Rev.) Desjardins
and Lieut. Leggo Will remain here for
the present. The battalion was organized
in Ottawa and encamped
near that city. Last fall it was
brought to this town where it has
remained in barracks since.
[end clipping]
Page contains 4 photographs. Sgt. Langford, Sgt. Senior and Sgt Breen are depicted in the top two photos. Bottom left includes the caption, "The 'O.C.' and her two 'Aides'" and bottom right, "Lieut 'Skill' Burridge - Niagara, 1916."
2nd image of page 40. Page contains 5 photographs. Top left includes the caption "McGill Motor Cycles leaving for overseas." The remaining 4 photographs depict soldiers and civilians, including Sapper Ray Shepherd, Sapper Halpenny, and 'Joe and Wyne'. Wyne is Florence's sister, Winniefred.
Page contains 4 photographs depicting soldiers and civilians outside in Ottawa. Captions include: "Joe; Norm on leaving for the Signal Depot!; Sgt. Wm Langford; Sapper Frank Lund." Newspaper clipping includes a photograph of Lieut. George Melville Taylor and reports that he was wounded on the battlefield and received the Military Cross.
[start clipping]
WINS MILITARY CROSS
1 photograph
LIEUT. GEORGE MEVILLE TAYLOR,
son of Mr. George W. Taylor,
Assistant Deputy Minister of
Inland Revenue, and Mrs. Taylor
288 Clemow ave., who has been
awarded the military cross for
bravery. He is badly wounded.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
LT. G. W. TAYLOR WINS
THE MILIATRY CROSS
---
Ottawa Boy's Heroic Action Recognized-
Is Now in England
Badly Wounded
---
Word has reached Ottawa that
LIeut. George Melville Taylor, of
the Canadian Engineers, and son of
Mr. G.W. Taylor, assistant Deputy
Minister of Inland Revenue, and
Mrs. Taylor, 288 Cremow ave., has
been awarded the Military Cross for
bravery on the field. Lieut. Taylor
was dangerously wounded on March
1 by a bullet, which entered his
chest within an inch of his heart
and passed out of his back. Pneumonia
developed.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Lieut. Taylor received a second
wound from a shell splinter in the
back while returning to the dressing
station, but is making a remarkable
recovery. The wounded soldier
is at present in the 2nd Western
General Hospital, at Manchester.
Lieut. Taylor is a well known Ottawa
man, and before the war was
employed as an engineer with the
Montreal Terminals Co. He graduated
from McGill two years ago
with a B.Sc.
The act for which he was awarded
the Military Cross resulted in his
wounds.
[end clipping]
Mar. 30 - 1917
wounded (annotation in ink)
Page includes 2 clippings - "Captain M'Dowell's Gallant Record" and "Will be honored at Sunday evening service" (a story about the Cunningham brothers of Ottawa). 2 photographs include captions, "Sapper Frank Lund" and "Bill and Frank".
[start clipping]
WILL BE HONORED AT SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE
3 photographs
Left to right: - Pioneer Hugh
Cunningham, now at the front
with a machine gun section;
Transport Sergeant Clifton Cunningham,
at the front with the 47th.,
Sapper Francis Bradley Cunningham,
who fell in action, July, 1916.
They are portraits of three well-
known Ottawa boys, to one of whom
Sapper Francis Bradley Cunningham,
a memorial tablet will, on Sunday
evening be unveiled in McLeod
Street Methodist church. All three
are sons of Captain F.H. and the
late Mrs. Cunningham, of New Westminster,
B.C., who for many years,
resided in Ottawa. Mrs. Charles
E. Goodall, of 29 Woodlawn avenue,
is a sister. The ceremony will take
place on the occasion of the anniversary
of McLeod Street Sunday
School, of which all three boys were
members, as was Private George T.
Raynor, to whom a tablet will also
be unveiled. Dr. Michael Clark, M.
P. will deliver the address of the
evening, and it is expected that Sir
Sam Hughes will unveil the memorial
tablets.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
CAPTAIN M'DOWELL'S
GALLANT RECORD
---
Officer of Ottawa Unit is a Real
Hero - Tribute From Major
Macpherson.
---
Capt. T.W. McDowell, who captured
77 Germans single handed, was
recommended for the Victoria Cross
for his valiant actions at Desire
trench on Nov. 18, 1916. On that
memorable day, when so many of
the officers and men of the celebrated
Ottawa battalion fell, Capt. McDowell
took command of the battalion,
kept the enemy back, and succeeded
in capturing four machine guns.
"He is a whirl-wind," says Major
J.A.C. Macpherson, an Ottawa officer,
who was in the battalion, who
has just returned home.
Major Macpherson had Captain
McDowell as his second in command
and he states that there was
nothing too dangerous for the
young officer to attempt.
"Capt. McDowell is a young graduate
of Toronto University, he is only
22 years of age - and one of the most
fearless in the battalion," states Major
Macpherson. "When we were in
the attack on Desire Trench, Capt.
McDowell was in the thick of the
fight. The casualties were heavy and
when all the officers were out of the
fight he took command.
"He consolidated the lines and
lead in the attack. He was personally
responsible for the capture
of four machine guns and for this
exploit was awarded the D.S.O.
"He was wounded twice, but remained
on duty. He was recommended
for the Victoria Cross but
for some reason - perhaps the wording
of the recommendation - it was
not awarded to him."
Captain McDowell came to Ottawa
to join the battalion, in which he
distinguished himself, and held his
present rank. He went to Bermuda
and was a favorite among the men.
As far as can be learned he has no
relatives in Ottawa, but has two
brothers on the firing line, one in
the artillery and the other in the
flying corps.
Major Macpherson has been invalided
home to recover from an attack
of trench fever. He is looking
for relatives of the men of the 38th,
who have been casualties. Any who
are in the city are asked to communicate
with him at 25 Delaware ave.
[end clipping]
Page contains 2 pages of cartoons by B. C. Hilliam enclosed in an envelope, and a photograph, captioned, "Sapper C. Norman Senior in mufti." Date of photograph is unknown - possibly Senior as a younger man.
6th image of page 42 - Program for The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, National Remembrance Day radio broadcast, November 11, 1936.
Page contains 2 photographs depicting Ypres Memorial Day event on April 22, 1917 with the caption, "General Sir Sam Hughes presenting colors to the 235th Battalion - Ypres Memorial Day - Apr. 22, 1917."
2nd image of page 43. Page contains 2 photographs depicting George Westman at the time of his departure for overseas service--on a motorbike and marching with the Signallers. Clippings report on the sendoff for the Signallers in Ottawa, March 28, 1917 and their arrival in England, May 1, 1917.
[start clipping]
SIGNALLERS LEAVE
FOR EASTERN POINT
---
Crowds Were Determined to Say
Goodbye, and Did So.
Burly constables and strong
soldiers were brushed aside
like children by the immense crowd of
citizens who had gathered at Central
station yesterday to watch the
draft from the Signal Training Depot
entrain for an eastern point.
Although every entrance to the
station was guarded by policement
they were not strong enough in
numbers to cope with the people
who wanted to say goodbye to the
young men who had enlisted in the
Ottawa unit.
The draft was composed of six
officers and 150 men in charge of
Lieut. Hyman. Accompanied by
the band of the 235th Battalion the
Signallers marched to the station
and in a short time were entrained.
The officers on the draft are:
Lieuts. E. Hyman, J.D. Baker, L.
A.B. Hutton, W.M. McPhail, Palmer
and Stevenson.
Though the police had unprecedented
difficulties with the crowd
nothing serious happened. The
women were determined to see the
boys going away and, as one officer
said, nothing could stop them.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
ADDITIONAL TROOPS
ARRIVE IN ENGLAND
---
It is officially announced, through
the Chief Press Censor's office that
the following troops have arrived
safely in England.
231st Vancouver Highlanders Battalion.
164th Halton and Dufferin Battalion.
227th Battalion, Hamilton.
210th Battalion, Moose Jaw.
Drafts: Halifax Field Artillery;
Engineers; Infantry; Signallers; Army
Service Corps, and Army Medical
Corps.
[end clipping]
May 1 - 1917 (annotatio in ink)
Page includes a photograph of Sgt. S. R. Adamson in costume, annotated "Hula-Hula Tommy - Russell Theatre - Ottawa - 15th &16th/3/17." Clipping is a photograph of a dog in costume, titled, "Dog captured by Princess Pats."
[start clipping]
DOG CAPTURED BY PRINCESS PATS.
1 photograph
H.I.H. Wilhelm II., the mascot of the Princess Patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry. He is a thoroughbred German daschund and was captured
by the Princess Pats in one of their famous rraids on the Hun trenches. It is
the boast of the men of the regiment that they will carry him to Berlin and
sit him on the Kaiser's throne. The Governor-General's Foot Guards will
take you to the Princess Pats. Apply Base Recruiting Office, Sparks
street.
[end clipping]
Page includes a document listing duties for soldiers and inlcudes soldiers names and numbers, includes the caption, "Orders of the Day Signal Draft at Newcastle - Mar 30th 1917."
Page contains 2 news clippings: a report of visit by Ex Premier Viviani to Parliament, and a photograph with announcement of marriage of the Marquis of Hartington to the Lady Mary Cecil in Hatfield, England. A cardboard tag is attached to the bottom of the page - possibly used for selling goods to raise funds.
[start clipping]
LARGE CROWD TURNS OUT
TO WELCOME M. VIVIANI
---
Citizens of Captial Gathered Early to Greet Former
Premier of France - State Welcome To Head
of French Mission to U.S.
---
GREAT DEMAND FOR ADMISSION TO MUSEUM
TO HEAR ADDRESS TO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
---
The Capital turned out en masse
today to greet a man who piloted
France through one of the most
trying periods in her history - Ex-
Premier Viviani. The special train
carrying the distinguished visitor
was due to arrive at press time.
Long before the hour at which
the distinguished visitor was due to
arrive at Central station, the crowds
began to assemble on the streets and
at the noon hour those thoroughfares
along which M. Viviani and
close Cabinet ministers and Privy
Councillors who received him, were
to pass, were lined by hundreds of
Ottawa citizens, who desired to pay
their tribute to one of the outstanding
figures of the day.
Tricolor in Evidence.
Side by side, the Tricolor and the
Union Jack floated over the temporary
House of Parliament, the
City Hall, and many dwellings and
places of business. Every street
car carried the colors of the two
nations which are standing side by
side in the fight for freedom. Flags
of the allies and streamers hung
from many buildings.
M. Viviani was met at the International
boundary by Hon. E.L.
Patenaude; Sir George Foster, acting
Premier; Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
Cabinet Ministers, many of the Privy
Councillors, and Mayor Fisher and
the members of the City Council,
were at the station to welcome him
when the train pulled in.
The Governor-General's Foot
Guards were on hand to provide the
guard of honor and a detachment
from the Dominon Police formed an
additional guard.
Reception At Station.
The arragements provided for an
informal reception at the station
following which the party was
scheduled to proceed by way of
Sparks and Metcalfe streets to the
House of Commons. Here at 11(?)
o'clock the two Houses will assemble,
and an address of welcome will
be read by the Speakers. M. Viviani
will then deliver an address, which
will form a part of the records of
Hansard. Appreciation of the honor
conferred will be expressed by
George Foster, seconded by Sir Wilfrid
Laurier. At the close, there
will be an informal reception in
order to give all an opportunity to
greet the distinguished guest.
[end clipping]
May 12 - 1917 (annotation in ink)
[start clipping]
MARRIAGE OF DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S HEIR
1 photograph
Wedding of the Marquis of Hartington, son of the Duke of Devonshire,
Governor-General of Canada; and Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of
the Marquis of Salisbury, at St. Ethelrede's, Hatfield, Eng. The bride and
bridegroom leaving the church. The Marquis of Hartington was wounded
on the Mesopotamian campaign but has recovered and returned to the front.
[end clipping]
Page contains 3 news clippings, "Ubalde H. Seguin - killed in action," "late Lt. Richard Uglow was former Ottawa boy," and "Patriotic work of women of C. S. has been varied." "Patriotic work" reports on the past years' activities of the Women's Branch of the Civil Service Association in support of soldiers at the Front.
[start clipping]
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
UBALDE H. SEGUIN
KILLED IN ACTION
---
Among the many gallant young
men Ottawa has contributed to the
cause of the Entente Allies few were
more favorably known throughout
the city than Flight Lieutenant
Ubalde H. Seguin, R.F.C., who is
reported killed in action in the big
aerial battle of last Thursday-Friday,
when the British lost 28 machines
and the Germans 46. The
first news of the fate of the young
Ottawan was received yesterday
morning, when Mr. F.O.O. Seguin,
of 67 Osgoode street, father of the
deceased, received a cablegram from
the Imperial authorities notifying
him that his son was reported missing.
In the afternoon another wire
arrived stating that he was reported
dead.
The late Flight Lieut. Seguin
made rapid strides through his
course, only about five months having
elapsed from the time he left
Canada until he made the supreme
sacrifice on the battelfields of
France. He sailed for England to
begin his course last November, giving
up a splendid position in the
dairy branch of the agricultural department
to study aviation. Immediately
after passing his examinations
he was sent to France, where,
although he was comparatively
speaking a novice, he succeeded in
bringing dwon an enemy aviator a
few weeks after his arrival. In this
encounter he battled with his opponent
for over an hour.
The young Ottawa bird man evidently
had a premonition that his
end was near, for in a letter to a
friend here he stated that he was in
London and had been enjoying himself,
as he did not expect to be alive
at the end of another month. In another
part of his letter he said,
"There is no heroism in my action,"
when speaking of his enlistment,
"only a conception of a moral obligation
towards humanity." "He
was conscious of his duty," stated
his friend, "and game to the core."
The late Flight Lieut. Seguin was
in his 24th year and was the second
son of Mr. and MRs. F.O.O. Seguin,
of 67 Osgoode street. He was educated
at Ottawa University and was
a member of Sacred Heart church.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by one sister, Mrs. Gustave Monette,
of Montreal, and one brother, Mr.
C.A. Seguin barrister, of this city.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Young Ottawa Airman
Killed in Action
1 photograph
FLIGHT LT. UBALDE H. SEGUIN,
Who made supreme sacrifice in great
aerial battle of Thursday-Friday
last.
[end clipping]
LATE LT. RICHARD UGLOW
WAS FORMER OTTAWA BOY
---
Although the address was of his next
of kin, his mother, was given in
England, Lieut. Richard H.L. Uglow,
recently reported died of
wounds on June 22, was well known
in Ottawa.
The late Lieut. Uglow was the
only son of the late William and
Mrs. Uglow, of Ottawa, and after her
son enlisted Mrs. Uglow moved to
England, where she has since been
residing.
While in Ottawa Lieut. Uglow was
on the staff of the Department of
Agriculture, and was well known in
military and school circles here. Mr.
Richard Uglow, of Kingston, is a
relative.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
PATRIOTIC WORK
OF WOMEN OF C.S.
HAS BEEN VARIED
---
Have Devoted All Their Spare
Time to Work For the
Empire.
---
RETURNED SOLDIERS WILL
TAKE FUTURE ATTENTION
---
Miss Edna Inglis Was Elected
President of Women's Branch
of C.S. Association.
---
The reports for the year's activities
of the Women's Branch of the Civil
Service Association, read in the annual
meeting held in the Y.W.C.A.
last evening, resolved themselves
into budgets of patriotic service.
Every other consideration has been
pushed aside in the last year, and if
the results may be considered evidence
the 370 members of the branch
have thought of nothing else in their
limited leisure hours aside from
knitting socks, making pyjamas and
hospital shirts, and writing letters to
wounded Tommies.
All interests and customary activities
have been submerged in the
work for the Red Cross and the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Comforts Committee
of the Canadian Club, and the
work accomplished is unsurpassed by
many societies where the women
have unlimited time.
Excellent Record.
The report of the convener of the
Red Cross Committee, Miss Grace
Reynolds, showed that the women
had made since the last of October,
415 pairs of socks, 227 pairs of pyjamas,
114 hospital shirts, 100 comfort bags,
106 handkerchiefs, 19
Christmas stockings, 624 towels, 534
pillow cases, 113 pairs of ward
shoes, 20 helmets, 12 service shirts,
6 fracture shirts, and 73 ties.
"The work since Christmas has increased
sixty per cent, but every
woman must double her efforts if the
branch is to do its share in filling the
great demands of the summer campaign,"
declared the convener.
Prepare For Afterward.
Miss Edna Inglis, who reported
the activities of the social committee,
urged the women to keep up
the patriotic work. All the meetings,
she said, had been largely given
over to hand sewing for the soldiers
and she remakred the increased
cohesiveness of the club since the
one big interest had come to hold
them together. Until the close of
the war, the Red Cross work would
demand their co-operation and afterward
she reminded them that the
big problem of the returned soldier
would also require their aid.
When this time came the women
of the Service as well as all the
other women of the province would
be enfranchised and in view of this
prospect, she urged that the women
prepare themselves to intelligently
exercise this new power which might
be used to such advantage in reconstruction
period.
The secretary, Miss L.L. Crocker,
reported on the activities of the
members in the Red Cross work,
and the letters written to wounded
men by the women of the branch,
which have numbered 60,000 and
had been instrumental in over 600
business adjustments being made.
Under the direction of the president,
Miss Florence Burt, a lot on
the corner of Argyle and O'Connor
streets has been taken over for
cultivation and a garden of vegetables
is now well under way.
Scrap books have also been made
for wounded men by one circle of
girls.
A committee has been appointed
to arrange for any girls who wish
to spend their holidays picking
fruit in the Hamilton and Niagara
Falls district if workers are hard
to secure.
Balance on Hand.
The treasurer's report of the emergency
fund showed the following
receipts: Balance on hand, $95.69;
contributions from the different
departments $644, and bank interest,
$3.76. The disbursements show
balance of contribution for a nurse
at the front, $100; assistant at Ottawa
Welfare Bureau for six
months, $90; contribution to the
Canadian Clearing Station at Folkstone,
$50; British Sailors' Relief
Fund, $100; comforts for the Motor
Patrol Boat Service, $17.93; comforts
for 86 Canadian sailors in
British navy, $99.84; Returned
Soldiers' club room fund, $200;
linen for the Soldiers' Aid Commission,
$53; and several other
small items, leaving a balance on
hand of $24.18.
[end clipping]
Page contains 5 news clippings. Subjects include: announcement of a tea and concert fundraiser organized by the SSC; the death of war veteran, Hal Brown; wounding of Herbert Smith; a photograph of the recruiting staff of the 70th Battery; and "John Bull" war statistics.
MUSICALE IN AID
SOLDIERS' SERVICE
---
The patriotic musicale and tea
given by the hospital committe of
the Soldiers' Service Club at the A.
E. Rea tea rooms on Saturday afternoon
was most enjoyable and successful.
Mrs. Thos. Westman, the president,
and MRs. W. S. Odell, the treasurer
of the club, received the money
at the door, while Miss Grace F.
Cole, the convener of the hospital
committee, and Mrs. Harry Brouse
showed the guests to their tables.
Master Lorne Bartram sang "Dear
Heart," by Matti, and "One Fleeting
Hour," by Dorothy Lee. Mrs. James
Scott was heard in "A May Morning,"
by Deuga, and "Laddie in
Khaki," by Novello, while Mr. Nixon
sang a "Venetian Song," by Tosti,
and "Rose of My Heart," by Lohr.
Mrs. R.S. McPherson acted as accompanist.
The Pelisek orchestra
orchestra (sic) delighted their hearers
with their musical selections.
The hospital committee include
Miss. G.F. Cole, Mrs. G.W. McCreary,
Mrs. J. Johnston, Mrs. P.P.
Hawn, Miss Elsie Butler, Mrs. G.
B. House, Mrs. Elsworthy, Mrs. H.
W. Shearman, Mrs. E.E. Code, Miss
Dawson, Mrs. Burrell, Mrs. H.
Brouse, Mrs. R.E. Bell, Miss Connor
and Mrs. Fred Heney.
The net proceeds will be used to
buy fruit for the soldiers in the
hospitals.
[end clipping]
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At Rea's
Help the Soldiers!
The Hospital Committee of
the Soldiers' Service Club, are
giving a
Tea, Tomorrow
Saturday, May 19th, in
Rea's Tea Rooms.
Proceeds will buy fruits for the
soldiers in the hospitals.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
MANY PAY RESPECT
TO LATE "HAL" BROWN
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Popular Young War Veteran is
Buried With Full Military
Honors.
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With full military honors the body
of the late Lieut. "Hal" Brown,
twice wounded in France, and
winner of the Military Medal, who
accidently shot and killed himself
while cleaning a revolver in his room
in Montreal on Thursday, was borne
to Beechwood cemetery yesterday
afternoon and laid to rest. The funeral
was one of the most largely attended
and impressive military funerals
witnessed in Ottawa for some
time. The popularity of the young
officer was shown by the large number
of old newspaper and military
associates who attended the funeral.
The funeral arrangements were
in charge of Major A.A. Pinard of
the 43 regiment D.C.O.R., and Captain
K. MacPherson, of the Great
War Veterans' Association. Headed
by the band of the 43rd regiment,
and a firing squad of 50 men from
the Signal Training Depot, in command
of Lieut. F.W. Graves, the
cortege left his father's residence, 9
Fourth ave., at 3 o'clock. Service
was conducted at the house at 2.30.
The route of march was along
Fourth ave., to O'Connor street, to McLeod
street, to Metcalf street, to
Wellington street, along Rideau to
King Edward ave., and down King
Edward to St. Patrick street, and
over the St. Patrick street bridge.
Hundreds of people turned out to
witness the funeral and as the gun-
carraige, draped with the Union
Jack, which carried the coffin, passed
the First ave., school all the children,
numbering 500, were drawn up
on the sidewalk in front of the
school.
Along with the men from the Signal
Training Depot and a large number
of soldiers belonging to other
units in the city on leave, about 70
members of the Great War Veterans'
Association, in charge of Captain
MacPherson attended. Some of them
unable to march, drove in
cabs. The late Lieut. Brown was a
member of the association.
The gun-carraige was drawn by
six horses from the Engineers depot
and over the grave, three volleys
were fired while the "Last Post" was
being played.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
OTTAWA OFFICER
SHOWED BRAVERY
---
The latest Ottawa boy to be mentioned
in the despatches for gallant
conduct and devotion to duty is
Capt. Herbert Somerville Smith,
who has been at the front since
September, 1915.
Captain SMith is a son of Mr. William
Smith, I.S.O. He is a graduate
of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute,
and a Rhodes scholar from Queen's
University at Oxford.
When the war broke out Captain
Smith enlisted as a trooper in King
Edward's Horse, raised from the
Oxford students, and got his commission
in December, 1914, in the
Royal Artillery.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
HATS OFF TO JOHN BULL
---
When John Bull settles down
to the grim business of war he
gets results. Here is his
record almost all of which has
been achieved since July 1, 1916:
PRISONERS TAKEN.
West front...84,076
Mesopotamia..10,900
Egypt.........8,739
---
GUNS CAPTURED.
West front...434
Mesopotamia..132
Egypt.........18
---
Territory regained in France
since July 1, 1916, totals
600 square miles.
[end clipping]
1 photograph
The crack recruiting staff of the 70th Battery. Sergt. A.A.
Burridge, Cnr. C.C. Grisby, Bomb. Young and Gnr.
Doxsee.
2nd image of Page 46_verso. Page contains a newsclipping with photograph describing an address to the Canada's House of Commons by Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Lloyd George Cabinet. Page also includes a clipping with headline "Russia's Women Make Gallant Fighters."
[start clipping]
RT. HON. A.J. BALFOUR'S MESSAGE TO CANADA
1 photograph
Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, expressing Britain's thanks to Canada in
his first public speech after arriving in Toronto from Niagara Falls. Fifteen
thousand crowded Queen's Park to hear him from a stand before the Ontario
Parliament Buildings.
[end clipping]
MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECH
SIMPLICITY ITSELF
---
Pictures of the Foreign Secretary Make Him Look Old, But His
Face is Ruddy With the Color of Comparative Youth.
---
Written Specially for The Evening Journal by Newton Kendall.
The House of Commons was all
decorated up and crowded with fluttering
humanity yesterday afternoon,
when Rt. Hon. A.J. Balfour, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs in
the Lloyd George Cabinet, dropped
in to deliver an address. People arrived
in croews and fought to get
into the chamber. They expected to
witness a mighty formal occasion,
with a tall, severe individual, redolent
of kings and courts and awesome
assemblies, who would be stiff
and unbending, very imposing and
very severe, but yet would deliver
an oration of sounding periods and
glittering (?)erorations.
"He's A Jolly Good Fellow!"
If there were some who, conceiving
this picture, came to scoff at it,
the proceedings of the afternoon
must have confounded them. For
when a tall, round-shouldered individual
comes into an assembly
wearing the broad, good-natured
smile with which Mr. Balfour
greeted the House and all the galleries
on his first appearance yesterday,
there is only one thing to do. That
is to sing, "He's a Jolly Good Fellow,"
which the crowd did with a
will, and to forget all about the Balfour
of dignities, solemnities and
momentous affairs in appreciation of
the simple unaffectedness of the man.
THE FEATURE OF MR. BALFOUR'S
VISIT TO THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS WAS THE COMPLETE
ABSENCE OF POSE
WHICH CHARACTERIZED HIM.
He displayed no mannerisms. He
seemed to be thoroughly enjoying
himself and to desire to make things
pleasant for everybody. He was
frankly delighted with the warmth
of the greeting he received, and it
was not his fault if everybody who
cheered him did not receive a personal
acknowledgement in the form
of that soul-reflecting smile of his
or a wave of hand or hat.
As Though in Conversation.
Mr. Balfour's address to the House
of Commons was unique. His stle
of speaking is, or was yesterday,
simplicity itself. It was as if he were
conversing quietly with each one of
the audience. He speaks to convince
by argument rather than by rhetoric;
to instruct, not to electrify. This is
not the conventional style in Canada,
where we are used to watching hockey
matches and have little patience
with cricket. And yet, in any form
of delivery, what Mr. Balfour has to
say is worth hearing. It was so yesterday.
For the time, the occasion,
(illegible) and the circumstances, he
said exactly the things which seemed
to come fittingly from a visiting
Old Country (illegible)man.
Democracy.
For instance, he spoke of democracy
as a hard form of government
because it was founded upon
differences of opinion, the party
political system. Yet democracy
was the only form that would satisfy
the highly civilized Western
races. Temporary disagreements,
he said, were healthy signs of
vigorous life. "Whatever difficulties
arise," he urged, "do not lose
your faith."
This seemed a fitting thing to
say to a Parliament somewhat
strikingly divided over the conscription
issue.
Again, he said the German expectation
that the British Empire
would not stand as a unit when war
came was understandable, since the
Mother Country was unable to
raise a corporal's guard of men or
a shilling in taxation in the "great
self-governing Dominions."
Hands At Coat Lapels.
Most of the time when he is
speaking, Mr. Balfour stands erect,
with his hands clasped on the
lapels of his coat. Now and then,
a long arm is stretched out to right
or to left, in quiet emphasis. His
voice is musical and almost youthful
in quality. He is in marked
contrast with Viviani and resembles
Borden in style of address
rather than Laurier. The
impression he creates is not on the
audience but on the individual, and
it is the individual's intellect rather
than his imaginationn Mr. Balfour
seeks to stimulate.
The Ruddy Color of Youth.
Mr. Balfour's published pictures
do him an injustice. The make
him look old. As a matter of fact
he has the ruddy color of a young
man, and his well-rounded features,
so very sad in repose, flash a
message of youthful good nature
when he smiles. He seemed keenly
interested in everything at the
House of Commons yesterday, and
when the proceedings were over he
looked yearningly up to the galleries
just as if he longed to get
away up there to make friends with
the people and have a talk with
each one after everybody else had
gone away.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
RUSSIA'S WOMEN MAKE
GALLANT FIGHTERS
1 photograph
This young Russian girl is a member
of the Death Battalion of Women
who have fought so desparately on
the Eastern front. The photo was
made at a review in Petrograd before
Premier Kerensky.
[end clipping]
Page contains 3 photographs - snapshots of young women working at a Patriotic Street Fair, held on Cooper street, Ottawa, June 22 -24 [1917?]. A news clipping reports the success of the Fair, organized by the Ottawa Women's Canadian Club, intended to raise funds for "Soldiers and Sailors."
[start clipping]
PATRIOTIC STREET
FAIR ATTRACTING
SPLENDID CROWDS
---
Booths Well Patronized and
It is Expected Results Will
Exceed Those of the Previous
Year.
---
The Patriotic Street Fair, under
the auspices of the Ottawa Women's
Canadian Club, proceeds in all its
glory. Ottawans, both young and
old, have caught the step and were
whirled up and down the brilliantly
festooned and illuminated thoroughfare
on Cooper street yesterday,
with the happy, joking, laughing
maelstrom of humanity, out in
full force with their pockets jingling
with ready money which will
all go towards Soldiers' and Sailors'
comforts. The need for these is
greater than ever before, but it was
stated by an official last night that
the day's results even exceeded those
of the previous year.
Father, mother, Johnny, and sister,
hand in hand, edged their way
through the dense crowds, escaping
a machine here and there in
order toc over the grounds and see
and hear all there was to be seen
and heard before the Naval Band
concluded their program with "God
Save the King." New attractions
seemed to be springing up in every
corner and the original booths had
new wares to offer.
"O for the life of a sailor," sighed
many a lad when he stopped to see
the "Sailor's Hornpipe" danced by
the Canadian sailors form H.M.S.
"Niobe" and the cadets from the
Royal Naval Academy, and the demonstration
of the "Cocoanut Shy."
The posters and the flags on exhibition
in front of the booth proved a
great drawing card.
The telephone kept up an incessant
ringing at the United States
booth, where fresh vegetables from
the club gardens, meats and groceries
were selling like "hot cakes,"
and the Cornwall pastuerized butter,
the Agricultural booth's specialty
made many a housewife return
home and "wonder how it could be
done." The home-made pickles and
preserves and cream cheese solved
the problem of the high cost of preserving
for they were "just like
mother makes," one young bride was
heard to remark and the Insecticide,
put up in packages for amatuer
gardeners, was in great demand.
[end clipping]
Page contains a program for a Minstrel Show, directed by B. C. Hilliam, in aid of the Returned Soldiers Club and held at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 13-15, 1916. Caption indicates that B. C. Hilliam created the drawings in the program. Page also includes a photograph of children in uniform and a news clipping reporting the travel plans of C. Norman Senior.
[start clipping]
Toronto Man Here - Mr. C. Senior,
of Toronto, father of C. Norman
Senior, formerly of The World staff,
is in the city on a visit renewing acquaintance
with his many business
and private friends in the city and
district. He will remain on the coast
about three weeks and will visit Victoria.
Norman Senior is engaged in
publicity work for the Military Hospitals
Commission, with headquarters
at Ottawa.
---
Interior page of Minstrel Program. Clipping found loose between pages reports a meeting of the Soldiers' Service Club at the home of Mrs. Thomas Westman (mother of Florence M).
[start clipping]
Soldiers' Service Club.
The Soldiers' Service Club met
yesterday at the home of the president,
Mrs. Thomas Westman. The
meeting was most successful in that
it was largely attended and a good
response was made to the request for
jam supplies for the military
wards in the different hospitals.
Plans were made to supply the
wards with Christmas decorations
and a present to each soldier. A
very gratifying report was given of
the dance held some time ago at
the Venetian Gardens by the Soldiers'
Service Club.
The members discussed providing
a soldiers' home for those discharged
from hospital or without funds
till it is possible for them to secure
work. An effort will be made to
carry out this project.
The Soldiers' Service Club will
have charge of the cooking sale at
the G.W.V.A. bazar on Saturday
and members of the club have been
asked for donations to the booth.
Mrs. T. Westman will be in charge
and her assistants will be Mrs. J.
Hughes, MRs. A. Gamble, mrs. Geo.
Spencer, Mrs. Geo. Bowie, Misses
Bowie, Mrs. e. Narraway, Mrs. Fred
Heney, Mrs. Fawesbury, Mrs. S.
Browse, Miss A. Dawson, Mr.s M.
E. Halpenny, Mrs. (Col.) T.E.
Pavers and Mrs. Chas. Stack. At
the close of the meeting tea was
served by the hostess, Mrs. Westman,
assisted by Mrs. Roy Halpenny
and Misses Bowie.
---
[end clipping]
Page includes a menu for Canadian Divisional Engineers, May 15, 1917, and a news clipping, "Canadians get Military Cross," in which Westman has underlined the name, John Alexander Langford, who is possibly the "Jack" Langford found elsewhere in the scrapbook.
[start clipping]
CANADIANS GET
MILITARY CROSS
---
Long List of Officers Awarded
Honor.
---
Individual Deeds of Daring
Are Chronicled.
---
By Leased Wire to Journal-Press.
LONDON, July 29. - The following
Canadians have been awarded the
Military Cross:
Lieut. Francis Darrell Gifford took
command of a company with great
courage and ability.
Lieut. John Kross Gillespie when
both his guns were destroyed and a
number of the crews become casualties
rallied the remainder and pushed
forward killing a number of the
enemy.
Lieut. George Douglas Gillies, after
repulsing a counter-attack made a
most difficult reconnaissance captured
three of the enemy and held an
enemy trench ten hours defeating
two bombing parties.
Lieut.William Murray Goodwin
constructed a strong point in captured
territory despite heavy casualties.
Lieut. Angus Douglas Gray saved
a situation by covering the withdrawal
of a battalion of severely wounded
and having lost an eye remained
directing the guns until the success
of a counter-attack was assured.
Captain William Griesinger successfully
counter-attacked and held
a captured position several hours
against strong hostile attacks.
Captain Burville Dayton Griffin,
in charge of repairs on a light railway,
showed the greatest courage
and initiative during damage caused
by shell fire.
Lieut. Gerald Wallace Guio led
his men in a most gallant manner
capturing an enemy strong point.
Capt. William Hale Junior, established
a dressing station and worked
untiringly for sixty hours under
fire, dressing wounded.
Lieut. Francis Carlton Hannington
repaired a road for an advance when
the enemy shelled it heavily, including
gas shells. By coolness and
determination he pushed forward
work despite casualties.
(illegible)
Maj. Melville Mason Hart led a
company most gallantly and captured
an objective, later he was
largely responsible for repelling a
strong counter attack.
Capt. Ralph St. Clair extinguishing
burning ammunition pits destroyed
by heavy shell.
Lt. Charles Leslie Heather though
severely wounded remained in command
of his company at great risk
under heavy fire and undertook a
personal reconnaissance into enemy
territory.
Lieut. John Bower Lewis Henry established
communication under
very heavy fire, and sent back valuable
information. Lieut. Walter
Hird, wounded early in the day, remained
at his post, and during the
evening sent back valuable information.
Lieut. Gilbert Edwin Hicking, in
charge of a stretcher party of
wounded, who survived solely due
to his devotion.
Lieut. Thomas Hogson led an assault,
directed an advance in the face
of an intense enemy barrage. He
compelled 21 of the enemy to surrender
to him single-handed.
Captain Elton Richard Hughes,
getting forward supplies, bombs and
ammunition across open ground
under heavy fire.
Capt. Edward Sharper Jeffrey, under
continuous shell fire directed and
steadied stretcher parties.
Lieut. John Kay, with untiring energy
and foresight enabled the guns
to be handled to the utmost advantage.
Captain Richard Wellington Kenny,
unceasingly attended to wounded,
and improvised an additional station
in an adjacent trench under
shell fire.
Lieut. Robert Owen Kerans
though wounded, led his men under
heavy machine gun fire to the final
objective.
Captain Charles Kerr continually
exposed himself to heavy fire, with
the result that every wounded man
was cleared as soon as his wounds
were dressed.
Lieut. Norman Alexander Keys
wounded and rendered unconscious
for half an hour, rejoined his company
and successfully led then to
the final objective.
Lieut. Laurence Bradley Kingston
established communication under
heavy fire, and sent back valuable
information.
Lieut. James Arthur Lalane made
a daylight reconnaissance under
great personal risk and heavy fire
at close range of the enemy trenches.
Lieut. John Alexander Langford
displayed great daring and resource
in rapidly completing a task in face
of an enemy patrol.
Lieut. Alfred Lawson led a company
through a heavy hostile barrage
at a very critical moment, and
captured the position in spite of
tremendous casualties. He was
severely wounded.
Lieut. William Roberts - (illegible)ister
spent five hours in total darkness
(illegible)
[end clipping)
Page includes 3 clippings announcing the engagement and then marriage of Florence's sister, Viola Gertrude to Sapper James Leroy Halpenny in Ottawa. (See photo of Halpenny on Page 40_a). News clipping, "New soldiers' hut will open Friday" mentions the assistance of the SSC with the opening reception at Rockcliffe Barracks, Ottawa. A piece of ribbon from a Military Cross won by Lieut J. A. Langford is attached to the lower left corner of the page (see page 49 for related news clipping).
[start clipping]
WESTMAN-HALPENNY- Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Westman announce the engagement
of their daughter Viola Gertrude to Sapper
J. Leroy Halpenny of the Signal Training
Depot, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Halpenny,
Ottawa. The marriage is to take
place June 5th at Britannia Heights 99 1/2.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
HALPENNY-WESTMAN.
A very pretty but quiet wedding
took place at the summer home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Westman, Britannia
Heights, when their daughter,
Viola Gertrude, was united to
Sapper James Leroy Halpenny, of
the Signal Training Depot, only son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Halpenny, Ottawa.
The bride, who was unattended
wore a smart suit of dark green
satin, opening over a blouse of pale
pink Georgette crepe; a hat of pale
pink and white Georgette crepe
with tiny ostrich mounts and a corsage
bouquet of pink sweetheart
roses.
Only the immediate families of
the contracting parties were present
and after a buffet luncheon, the
young couple left for a short visit
to Montreal before Sapper Halpenny
takes up his duties at the
training depot.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
HALPENNY-WESTMAN - On Tuesday,
June 5, at Britannia Heights, Viola
Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and MRs.
Thos. Westman, to Sapper J. Leroy
Halpenny, Signal Training Depot, Ottawa,
only son of Mr. and MRs. J. Halpenny,
Ottawa.
[end clipping]
Page contains 4 news clippings announcing the engagement and marriage of Florence M. Westman to C. Norman Senior in Ottawa. Page also includes a clipping reporting the return of Lieutenant Wallace S. Duncan from the Front. Photograph attached to the center of the page depicts Florence and Norman on their wedding day. The bottom photo is likely from a wedding celebration but is unidentified.
[start clipping]
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Westman announce
the engagement of their second
daughter, Florence May, to C. Norman
Senior, of the Military Hospitals Commission,
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Senior, Toronto. The wedding will take
place shortly at Britannia Heights.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Senior, of
Davenport Road, left yesterday morning
for Ottawa, to attend the marriage
of their son, Mr. Norman
Senior, of the Military Hospitals Commission,
to Miss Florence May Westman,
which takes place to-day. Miss
Westman will be unattended, and the
ceremnoy will take place in Mr. and
Mrs. Westman's Summer home outside
Ottawa. Miss Senior, owing to
her work at munitions, was unable to
leave Toronto to attend her brother's
wedding.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
Mr. and Mrs. C. Norman Senior
(nee Florence Westman), having
returned from their wedding trip are
residing at the Shefford Apartments,
300 Cooper street.
[end clipping]
1 photograph
[start clipping]
PORT CREDIT
LT. W.S. DUNCAN RETURNS
Won the M.C. at Vimy Ridge, Where
He Was Wounded.
1 photograph
On Sunday, Lieutenant Wallace S.
Duncan (illegible) son of the Rev.
(Capt.) Duncan
of POrt credit returned
to his
home town as the
result of wounds
received during
the heavy fighting
on the western front. Prior
to his enlistment
Lieut. Duncan
had studied medicine at the Toronto
Medical
School. He enlisted in the 126th
(Peel) Battalion, and when the battalion
was disbanded, after reaching
England, he asked to be transferred
to the 10th Battalion, which was in
France. By a strange coincidence
he was placed in charge of the same
platoon that had been commanded
by his eldest brother, Capt. Gordon
Duncan, prior to his death. He was
in the fight at Vimy Ridge, where he
won the Military Cross. Although
badly wounded in the foot from machine
gun bullets, he continued to
lead his men to the attack with much
gallantry.
On his return journey he travelled
on the hosptial ship "Letitia," which
recently ran aground in the fog near
Halifax. Lieutenant Duncan, who is
twenty-one years of age, still shows
signs of his wound, which has not
yet healed.
Aviator Cadet Frank Gordon arrived
at his home yesterday afternoon
on a brief visit from Camp Borden.
This promising young aviator
was anticipating an early trip
overseas, as his examination for his commission
as flight-lieutenant was all
but completed, but temporary indisposition,
brought on by his exposure
in the higher altitudes, necessitated
his taking a few days' rest.
[end clipping]
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Mrs. C.N. Senior, formerly Miss
Florence Westman, received for
the first time since her marriage
on Thursday at the Connaught
Besserer street. She wore a steelblue
taffeta dress with antique
gold lace trimmings, and was assisted
by her mother, Mrs. Thos.
Westman, and her sister, Mrs. J.
Leory Halpenny. The tea table,
which was presided over by Mrs.
Arthur Burridge and Mrs. John
Johnstone, was centered with a
basket of pink daisies and button
mums. The assistants were Mrs.
Jos. Halpenny, MRs. Norman Fee,
Miss Winnifred Westman, Miss
Maimie Young, Miss Doll Hennessey,
and Miss Dorothy Shoemaker.
[end clipping]
[start clipping]
MAJOR HUGHIE GREEN
MARRIED IN LONDON
canadian Associated Press Cable.
LONDON, July 26.-Major Hugie
Green, of the Canadian Quarter-
Master Generals' staff, familiary
known as the "Fishmonger" General
through superintending the Canadian
fish rations, was married today to
Violet Elenore Price, the well-known
vocalist. Lt.-Col. Charles McLean, of
MOntreal, was best man.
[end clipping]
Page contains 5 photographs. 2 upper left depict a young woman in uniform with the caption, "Sapper Dorothy Senior." Dorothy is Norman's sister. 2 photos at the bottom include Norman Senior. The women are unidentified, although, the young woman with her arm on Norman's shoulder appears to be Florence.
[start clipping]
SCHUMANN-HEINK'S SONS UNDER TWO FLAGS.
2 photographs
Mme. Schumann-Heink has two sons in service on opposite sides
in the war. August Schumann-Heink, the eldest son of the noted singer,
is serving the Kaiser. He is in the German navy. Henry Schumann-Heink,
the younger son, is in the naval forces of the United States.
[end clipping]
Page contains 3 snapshots: views from a troopship heading overseas, passing the coast of Ireland. Other photographs include "Ruins at Arras" and unidentified soldiers with young women. Page also contains 2 news clippings, "Guelph military hospital praised" and "Snapped at their work: films from Canada to be shown in English hospitals."
[start clipping]
GUELPH MILITARY
HOSPITAL PRAISED
---
Mr. C.N.SENIOR COMMENDS
WORK IN GIVING WOUNDED
MEN NEW OUTLOOK.
---
(Special Despatch to The Globe)
Guelph, Jan. 25. - Mr. C. Norman
Senior, publicity representative of
the Military Hospitals Commission,
Ottawa, has been at the Military
Convalescent Hospital near Guelph
for several days. He speaks very
highly of the local institution, which
is in many respects the most advanced
of the hospitals in Canada
that ae being devoted to vocationcal
training, and Mr. Senior was also
loud in praise of Col. Delamere and
his staff, especially Lieut. Robertson,
the officer in charge of vocational
training here. Mr. Senior
spoke at some lenght on the object
of their immediate work, which is
to give to the wounded soldier a new
outlook of life, that in his depressed
condition he may be induced to
grasp the opportunity offered in
vocational training and a new start
in life.
As an aid to enlisting the wounded
men along new lines of thought,
Mr. Senior mentioned the use of
moving pictures, showing life in the
Canadian military hospitals. That
is really what he is here for now,
having brought along a photographer
who has taken a lot
of pictures of the Guelph Convalescent
Hospital dealing with
the life of the men from the
time they step off the train on
arrival to their departure with a vocational
equipment that has put neew
life into many a man who had lost
hope of ever again amounting to
anything.
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SNAPPED AT THEIR WORK
---
Films From Canada to be Shown in
English Hospitals.
In conjunction with the Pathescope
Company the Military Hospitals
Commission has compiled moving
pictures of the career of a returned
soldier from the time of disembarking
until he eventually
launches out to make his own living
once more. Last week the camera
men snapped the artificial limb factories'
work from start to finish -
how the logs are shaped into hands
that will pick up pins and legs that
can climb ladders.
The aim is to encourage Canadian
wounded (and others) in English
hospitals to keep up their spirits in
view of what looks, perhaps, to
them a dismal future with one limb
short.
The films will be shown in all
Canadian military hospitals in England,
and the first public presentation,
it is said, will be at the interallied
conference on re-education. Included
in the reels are beautiful
western pictures, and suggest somewhat
the idea of a travelogue. The
Guelph industrial re-educational hospital
and the functiona re-educational
activities at Hart House have
been filmed, too.
"We have managed to get scenes
of re-educational work for returned
men from embroidery to shipbuilding,"
said Mr. Senior, in charge of
the work, "just to show the boys in
England what they will be able to
take up when they come home."
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Page contains a news clipping that reports on customized hospital cars constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway to transport soldiers returning home from the First World War.
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Comforts for Returning Heroes
2 photographs
THE idea of providing hospital cars
for invalided members of Canada's
expeditionary forces originated
with the Canadian Pacific Railway
over two years ago, when floor
plans and interior arrangements for
hospital cars were submitted to the
Director-General of Supplies and
Transport. At that time it was considered
that the time was not ripe for
them. However, it was later found
advisable to provide the greatest
comfort possible in the transportation
of returned invalided soldiers.
The Military Hospitals Commission
therefore agreed to the Canadian Pacific
Railway building six new hospital
cars, fitted up on the most up-
to-date lines from the point of view
of hygienic and medical efficiency.
All the necessary points for comfort
and easy transport have been considered,
as well as the facilities for rendering
every medical assistance to
the men while travelling. The
cars, which were inspected by the
Hospitals Commission, were turned
out on lines very similar to the original
plans submitted to the Director-
General of Supplies and Transport,
with, however, certain innovations
found valuable by the French and
British railways in transporting men
from the front. There are three
units of two cars each, making six
cars in all, and the direction of the
cars rest with the Hospitals Commission.
Each unit comprises what
is known as a composite car and a
ward car. The former contains six
cots, in addition to the quarters for
medical officers and nurses, while the
latter car has accomodation for
fourteen patients. Everything has
been provided, not only for the comfort
of the returned invalids, but for
those in charge of the patients. The
accomodation for the nurses is
equivalent to that of a drawing-room
on a standard sleeper, with a toilet
room annex upholstered in leather,
and all possible train comforts. Facilities
have been provided for the
storage of baggage, and there is also
a kitchen attached, such as is contained
in a tourist sleeper, to enable
special foods to be provided for the
wounded soldiers when occasion
arises. The medical officers' quarters
are fitted in the form of a compartment
with upper and lower
berths and a small dispensary.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION MADE.
The ward car consists of one large
room the lenght of a standard sleeper,
and lavatories at either end. Standard
hospital cots are installed in
bot cars; the floors are covered with
linoleum and the aisles carpeted. A
special feature is the introduction of
a "bad weather entrance." The composite
cars have two side entrances,
in addition to the usual ones at each
end. The side entrances, where the
patients will be received, have been
fitted with very heavy curtains which
can be drawn closely in bad weather
thus affording ample protection from
draughts to the patients already in
the cars. The cars will be easily distinguished
by the large Red Cross,
painted on either side of the words
"Military Hospital."
Lt.-Col. Walter Maughan, representing
the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company, received Col. Dr. Alfred
Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of
the Military Hospitals Commission;
Col. J.J. Sharples, Officer Commanding
the Military Hospitals Command;
and Col. Emmott E. Clark, Assistant
Director-General of Supplies and
Transport, and conducted the party
on a tour of thorough inspection
through the composite cars and the
ward car. The party came from
Ottawa expressly to make the inspection,
and subsequently expressed
themselves delighted with the accomodation,
which they said was so
perfect in every detail that they could
offer no suggestions for any alterations.
Later Captain Symonds, Architect
of the Military Hospitals Commission,
and Mr. S.A. Armstrong,
Director of the Military Hospitals
Commission, made a similar tour of
inspection. The cars go into operation
immediately.
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Page contains 3 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: Capt. Howard C. Smythe enlists with the Signallers; a tribute to Flight-Lieut. Joe Gorman; and unveiling of a memorial tablet to Lieut. John D. Armstrong.
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GIVES FINE EXAMPLE.
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CAPT. HOWARD C. SMYTHE, of a
battalion now overseas, and who
was unable to accompany his unit
on account of illness, has applied
for and received permission to resign
his commission and enlist in
the Signallers, in order to proceed
to the front more quickly. The
action of this officer should prove
a stimulus to other commissioned
officers in Canada to follow this
splendid example. Capt. Smythe
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T.T.
Smythe, and is well known in Ottawa,
being a former student at
Ashbury College. He was also
employed by the Bank of Montreal
previous to entering the
army.
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POPULAR OTTAWA
AVIATOR KILLED.
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FLIGHT-LIEUT. JOE GORMAN
Royal Naval Air Service, well-
known Ottawa athlete and news-
paperman, whose death is reported
from Italy. He succumbed to
injuries on Sunday last at Padua.
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[start clipping]
TRIBUTE TO "JOE" GORMAN
A Vancouver admirer of the late
"Joe" Gordman says in a recent issue:
"The late Flight-Lieut. 'Joe' Gorman,
whose death was announced
recently, was a brilliant all-round
sportsman, and played the game until
the end.
"A fearless, enthusiastic aviator,
he showed the same spirit when flying
that he produced on the athletic
field. His cheery optimism and genial
disposition was in evidence wherever
he went. He handled big patrol
seaplanes with a degree of skilfulness
that was the admiration, and
also the envy of other pilots, and it
was always his desire to 'get a shot
at flying' the most modern little
speedy scouts. He eventually
achieved that ambition, and also officiated
as pilot of some of the famous
Capronni machines, in Italy.
"'Joe' had many escapes when
flying over the North Sea and Mediterranean.
On one occsaion when
flying a large twin-engined machine,
one of the propellers flew to pieces
and broke the other, with the result
that the flying tips cut through the
boat part of the machine, and almost
cut away the control wires. A
forced and speedy landing was imperative,
but as the sea was running
high, this was exceptionally dangerous.
Fortunately a trawler was in
the vicinity, and, though severely
shaken, Gorman and his observer
were rescued after a tow line had
been thrown. The passing of 'Joe'
Gorman was a blow to sport in Canada,
especially in the west. His
death was not in vain, however, as
he set a splendid example of all that
was clean, noble, and brave, as a
true sportsman."
In the Wing, a monthly magazine
published by the Royal Naval Air
Service in England, the following
little poem appeared in May, 1916:
"OUR JOE!"
Who is the boy from far B.C.
Who teaches "quirks" inlcuding me
To fly a hundred miles to sea?
Joe Gorman!
Who holds here "nose" up every time
When I would shove it in the brine,
And hollers out, "You're doin' fine?"
Joe Gorman!
Who always tries to play the game,
Though beaten, smiles on just the
same,
Who is it then, Yes; what's his
name? Joe Gorman!
W.T.
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HONOR MEMORY OF
LIEUT. ARMSTRONG
---
Tablet Unveiled in St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church.
---
A tablet in memory of Lieut. John
Douglas Armstrong, son of the late
Dr. W. W. and Mrs. Armstrong of
369 Stewart street, who was killed at
Vimy Ridge on Easter Monday,
April 9, was unveiled at St. Paul's
Presbyterian Church yesterday
morning by Lieut. Melville Taylor,
M.C. The latter was a brother officer
of the deceased with the Engineers
in France.
The sermon was preached by Rev.
Dr. W.T. Herridge, who made
touching reference to the late Lieut.
Armstrong. His text was "If a man
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LATE LIEUT. ARMSTRONG
dies shall he live again?" The
speaker stated that he felt highly
honored in being asked to officiate
at the service. He and the late
father of the deceased officer had
been very good friends in Ottawa
for many years. The late Lieut.
Armstrong was a member of St.
Andrew's choir for two years.
Dr. Herridge referred to letters
received from superior and brother
officers of the late Lieut. Armstrong
all of whom spoke very highly of
him as an officer and a comrade.
There was a very large congregation
at the service nearly all of
whom remembered the deceased and
his father, who was ministered at St.
Paul's for a number of years.
While the congregation stood,
Lieut. Taylor withdrew from the
tablet a covering and when Mr.
Donald Heins had played the "Last
Post," on the brass organ, formally dedicated
the brass memorial. The inscription
on the tablet read:
"In loving memory of Lieut. John
Douglas Armstrong, C.E., 11th Field
Company, Canadian Engineers, born
20th July, 1889, killed in action at
Vimy Ridge in France on Easter
Monday, 9th April, 1917. 'I have
fought a good fight."
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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings titled: "Chased down behind lines in Germany - Lieut. Hutcheson was tackled by five enemy planes;" "Ottawa officers reported killed;" "Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser awarded Military Cross;" and "Soldiers Service Club Incorporated."
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CHASED DOWN BEHIND
LINES IN GERMANY
---
Lieut. Hutcheson Was Tackled
By Five Enemy Planes.
---
Lieut. Walter B. Hutcheson, R.
F.C., of Ottawa, who is a prisoner
in Germany, writes to Mr. H.R.
Cram, of the Irrigation Branch Interior
Department, an intereresting
letter, which is the first received
from him since he was taken
prisoner in Flanders about two
months ago.
Lieut. Hutcheson writes: "I am
still alive and kicking, although I
have gone through rather a horrible
experience. I was chased
down to earth about (here the
number of miles is deleted by the
German censor) on the German
side of the line by five enemy
scouts.
"The fight started at (altitude
censored) feet and my observer
was killed at practically the first
burst.It ended at juast above
ground, hence when I ran into a
telephone line my machine and engine
were practically riddled but
all that happened to me was about
four bullet holes in my coat and a
split hip from the crash.
"How the machine ever held together
I do not know. Will tell you
more about it when I return to
Canada."
Lieut. Hutcheson is only allowed
to write two letters a month, but no
doubt he will be glad to receive letters
at the following address: Care
of Offizer, Kriegsgefangenenlager,
Kaserne, Holzminden, Germany.
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[start clipping]
OTTAWA OFFICERS REPORTED KILLED.
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MAJOR HAROLD ARCHIBALD
SCOTT, son of Mrs. Archibald
Scott, killed in action.
LIET. LYALL P. ROBERTSON,
son of the late Dr. John and Mrs.
Robertson, killed in action.
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[start clipping]
LIET. ANDREW S. FRASER
AWARDED MILITARY CROSS
Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser, R.F.A.,
son of Mrs. H.J. Fraser, 380 Elgin
street, has been awarded the Military
Cross in recognition of services
rednered by him during the German
push initiated in March and continued
without abatement until the
second week in April. Details of his
exploits have not yet been received
by his mother.
The recipient of the mark of valor
is a young officer, having only attained
his majority in February last,
when he celebrated his twenty-first
birthday in France. During the
early period of the war he spent a
year at McGill, after having graduated
from the Collegiate here.
Then came the call to arms, and he
gave up his course in engineering
to attend the Royal Military College,
where he obtained a commission
in the Royal Field Artillery
graduating with high honors in July
last.
Proceeding to the Old Country, he
spent some time in training, and
finally got to France in January of
this year. From that time until the
German offensive slackened he was
in action with D Battery, 330th
Brigade. An attack of trench fever
then necessitatet his going to hospital,
and he was invalided to England,
where he still is.
The young officer is a nephew of
J.D. Fraser, secretary-treasurer of
the Ottawa Electric Railway Company.
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[start clipping]
SOLDIERS SERVICE
CLUB INCORPORATED
Notice has been given of the incorporation
of G.F. Benson, A.E.
Ogilvie, A.S. Holt, R.T. Heneker,
K.C., and A.C. Stead, all of Montreal,
as the Khaki League. The object
of the league is to look after
the health, welfare and interests of
the soldiers of the British Empire
and its allies.
Another organization for the benefit
of the soldiers, is the Soldiers'
Service Club of Ottawa, which has
also been incorporated by Florence
Westman, Martha Robertson, Martha
Campbell, Jean Powers and Sarah J.
O'Dell, all of Ottawa.
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May 1917 [annotation in pencil]
Page contains 6 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: Capt. Bill Megloughlin severely wounded during an air fight; Lieut. H. Burland wins Military Cross; Miss Essie McKerracher overseas with Red Cross; Lieut. D. R. McLean returns home to Ottawa; and price of divorce reduced for soldiers.
[start clipping]
"BILL" MEGLOUGHLIN
IS BADLY BURNED
---
Under Wrecked Plane When
Bombs Started to Explode.
---
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Captain "Bill" Megloughlin,
transport officer with the 38th
Battalion in France, and one
of the Capital's most hopeful
young men had a remarkable
excape from a horrible death
recently. During a combat in the
air an Allied flyer had succeeded in
bringing down a German machine
which landed in a badly damaged
condition over the 38th transport
lines, where Capt. Megloughlin and
his men were located. The machine
overturned in the descent
the Hun airmen having been killed
by a bullet in the air. After the
machine had landed the Ottawa
offcier decided to crawl under the
machine to secure the dead aviator's
papers. He got safely under the
machine to secure the dead aviator's
papers. He got safely under the
wreckage and was busy searching
the dead aviator when the machine
caught fire and an explosion followed.
Several other explosions took
place in quick succession, as the
bombs which the machine carried
ignited.
A number of Captain Megloughlin's
transport men were watching
the operation quite close to the machine
and nearly all were
killed or badly wounded when the
bombs exploded. Captain Meglaughlin
was badly burnd about
the face and hands, but is doing
nicely in a hospital in England.His
escape from death was a miraculous
one, only the fact that the machine
was upside down saving him from
being blown to pieces.
Captain Megloughlin is a son of
Mr. George H. Megloughlin, 167
Fifth avenue, City. He was prominent
in athletic clubs in Ottawa,
being a member of the Ottawa
Football team and a former all
round champion of the Collegiate
Institute.
A letter received from Captain
Megloughlin today by his sister
states that he is out of the hospital,
and that new skin has formed on
the spots where he was burned
about the face. The physicians
have assured him that there will be
no scars. He has been given thirty
days' leave.
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[start clipping]
LIEUT. H. BURLAND, M.C.,
WINS HONOR IN FRANCE
---
Word was received Monday afternoon
by Mrs. George Hope Burland,
25 Linden Terrace, that her son,
Lieut. Harold Burland, aged 21
years, who is serving with the 38th
Royal Ottawa Battalion, has been
decorated with the Military Cross.
Few particulars of the act of bravery
for which Lieut. Burland was
decorated have yet been received. It
is known, however, that it was for
part he took in a raid made on April
26 in which he was slightly wounded.
Lieut. Dorney Adams, formerly
of the Ottawa Free Press, is also
mentioned as having taken part in
this raid.
Lieut. Burland left McGill University
to enlist for overseas service with
the 38th Battalion. The injury he
received in the raid on April 26 was
not serious, and in the last letter
from hiim, received by his mother,
he stated that he was then at a reinforcing
station behind the lines. He
was only in the hospital a very short
time.
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[start clipping]
Lieut. D. R. McLean, Back.
Another young Ottawa officer who
returned on Saturday is Lieut. Duncan
B. McLean, son of Mr. J.D.
McLean, 315 Somerset street. Lieut.
McLean, like Capt. Black, enlisted
in the 21st Battalion in the fall of
1914, but chose to join the ranks
rather than wait for a commission,
being a member of the latter officer's
platoon.
He took a course at Kingston, but
was not singled out to take a commission
until the end of 1916, after
he had seen over a year of active
service. He went through the fighting
at St. Elio and also participated
in the taking of Courcellette, being
one of the hundred or so who survived
out of a full battalion which
was thrown in to the fight to take
the position regardless of cost. This
tattered remnant proceeded then to
Lens, from where Lieut. McLean
went to England to take the officers
training course.
Lieut. McLean, after receiving his
commission, trained for a number of
months at an aviation school, but
was unable to complete his training
for his pilot's certificate. He returned
to his reserve and is now
home at the disposal of the Adjutant-
General.
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[start clipping]
WITH U.S.RED CROSS.
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MISS ESSIE McKERRACHER, who
left for overseas recently, with
Automobile Unit No. 3. American
Red Cross, has arrived safely in
England. Miss McKerracher is a
graduate of the Roosevelt Hospital,
New York. The information
was received yesterday by
her father, Mr. W. J. McKerracher.
Miss McKerracher is a
well-known Ottawa girl.
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[start clipping]
Capt. Megloughlin, M.C.,
Is Wounded Again.
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CAPT. W. MEGLOUGHLIN, M.C.
The name of Captain William
"Bill" Megloughlin, M.C., appears
in the casualty list issued today.
This is the second time Captain
Megloughlin has been wounded, his
name having appeared some time
ago as having been severely burned
when bombs on an airplane
brought down exploded while he
was under the plane. He is now in
London, his family having received
a cable from Captain Megloughlin's
(illegible)
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Sept. 1918 (annotation in pencil)
[start clipping]
CHEAPER DIVORCES FOR
VETERANS.
Divorce is to be made easier for
soldiers, that is in so far as cheaper
costs can make it easier to get
a divorce.
Among the principal items of cost
in divorce.
Among the principal items of cost
in divorce proceedings is a $200 fee
to the clerk of the Senate. In the
case of returned soldiers it is proposed
to remit this with certain
other money-eating incidentals.
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Page contains 3 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: report of young women in Canada enlisting with the Military Hospitals Commission to undertake a course in massage in order to serve with a miltary convalescent hospital; a picture of a "new French Tank;" and a picture and short article about the Veterans' Baseball Club in Toronto.
[start clipping]
EIGHTY GIRLS ENLIST IN MILITARY HOSPITALS WORKS.
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Eighty girls from all parts of Canada
have enlisted with the Military
Hospitals Commission to undertake
a course of instruction in remedial
massage and to serve in a Canadian
Military Convalescent Hospital for a
year after graduation. They undergo
a course of physical instruction to
qualify them for their strenuous occupation
and a staff of highly qualified
instructors teach them the
various subjects required in order to
obtain the certificate of a qualified
masseuse.In the accompanying illustration
the girls are shown taking
their morning physical culture drill.
The school is situated at Hart House,
on the University of Toronto Campus.
Fifty graduates of a similar
school at Whitby Military Convalescent
Hospital have given great satisfaction
in the hospitals where they
have been employed. The present
school will graduate in February,
1918.
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[start clipping]
A UNIQUE IDEA IN BASEBALL UNIFORMS.
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A rear view of the players of the Veterans' Baseball Club in the Military League, Toronto. Every player wears upon his back the name of
one of the famous battles in which the Canadians participated. All players have been overseas and wounded, and some of them wear upon their
backs the name of the place at which they were knocked out. The team is a very popular one. The boys, despite their injuries, play snappy ball.
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[start clipping]
WAR POET DIES OF
PNEUMONIA IN FRANCE.
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Lt.-Col. John McCrae, formerly of Montreal, whose death is reported
from France. His most noted work is "In Flanders Field"; another is
"The Anxious Dead." Both are given below.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
---
In Flanders fields, the poppies grow
Betweent he crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved; and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch. Be yours to lift it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies blow
In Flanders fields.
---
-John McCrae.
THE ANXIOUS DEAD
---
O guns, fall silent till the dead men hear
Above their heads the legions pressing on;
(These fought their fight in time of bitter fear
And died not knowing how the day had gone.)
O flashing muzzles, pause and let them see
The coming dawn that streaks the sky afar:
Then let your mighty chorus witness be
To them, and Caesar, that we still make war.
Tell them, O guns, that we have heard their call,
That we have sworn, and will not turn aside,
That we will onward till we win or fall,
That we will keep the faith for which they died.
Bid them be patient, and some day, anon
They shall feel earth enwrapt in silence deep,
Shall greet, in wonderment, the quiet dawn,
And in content may turn them to their sleep.
- John McCrae.
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[start clipping]
THOUSANDS TRY TO SEE
MAJ. BISHOP MARRIED
---
Ceremony Takes Place in Eaton
Memorial Church in Toronto.
---
Special to The Journal.
TORONTO, Oct. 17.- No wedding
in recent years attracted greater
interest in this city than the marriage
ceremony in the Timothy
Eaton Memorial Church, this afternoon,
when Miss Margaret Burden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Burden,
and granddaughter of late
Timothy Eaton, became the bride
of Major Wm. Avery Bishop, V.C.,
D.S.O., Bar M.C., the most celebrated
aviator Canada has produced.
Sharp at 3 o'clock the bride, accompanied
by her father, arrived at
her grandfather's memorial church,
amid the pealing of wedding
chimes. At the door of the church
was formed up a guard of honor
by 22 officers of the Mississauga
Horse and sixty girls of the V.A.D.,
of which the bride was a very popular
member.
Inside the church were about two
hundred invited guests and over four
thousand onlookers. Miss Burden
looked lovely in her dainty gown
fashioned of ivory kitten's ear (?)
crepe, with sleeves and tunic of
beautiful Carrickmacross lace, the
court train falling from the shoulders,
lined with shell pink meteor
and caught with a true lover's knot
of orange blossoms. A small wreath
of the same flower, mingled with
white heather fastened the veil of
magnificent Carrickmacross applique
to her soft dark hair and made a
charming frame for her piquant face.
She wore a sapphire and diamond
cluster ring, her gift from the groom,
and a diamond and platinum brooch,
the present of Sir John and Lady Eaton.
The bouquet was a lovely
shower of lillies of the valley and
mauve cattleye orchids, with white
and silver ribbons.
The bride's girl attendants were
a symphony in opal shades; the
maid of honor, Miss Gretta Burden,
sister of the bride, in mauve; Miss
Louie Bishop, sister of the groom,
in blue; Miss Dorothy Rolph in
maize, and Miss Josephine Eaton
in lavender, all fashioned of meteor
satin, with silver lace sleeves and
artistic hoods of the silver lace
falling from the neck. Their hats
of silver lace and Georgette crepe
carried out the colors, and carelessly
arranged bouquets of roses
and lillies of the valley were carried
on their arms, the maid of honor having
sweetheart roses and the
others Ophelia roses, tied with ribbons
to harmonize with their gowns.
Sergt. Major (illegible) was best man
and the ushers were Capt. Kerr
Cronyn, Lieut. Guy Rutter, Lieut.
John Mackay, Lieut. Ferguson and
Lieut. Allan Bishop.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. Henderson, following
which the wedding party left the
church to the strains of Mendelsohn's
wedding march, while V.A.D.
girls strew rose petals in their
path and the officers formed an
arch of steel with their swords at
the steps of the church.
After the ceremony the bridal pair
and some two hundred guests adjourned
to Mr. and Mrs. Burden's
house on Avenue Road, and tea was
served from a long buffet, centred
with the cake and arranged with
pink and white roses and lilies.
After the toasts and speeches, Major
and Mrs. Bishop left in Sir John
Eaton's private car for Washington
where they will spend the month of
November, the aviator having been
lent to the British Mission there by
the Royal Flying Corps.
The groom was presented with a
magnificent single stone diamond
ring by the citizens of Owen Sound,
his home town.
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[start clipping]
AT OUR HERO'S WEDDING IN TORONTO.
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Wedding of Major Bishop, V.C., and Miss Margaret Eaton Burden
at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto. Leaving the church after
the ceremony.
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[start clipping]
NEW YORK WILL HONOR FAMOUS AVIATOR.
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Major William Avery Bishop of Owen Sound, Canada's greatest airman
and his fiancee, who are expected to wed before his return to the
front. Miss Margaret Burden is a Toronto girl. They are now in New
York, where Major Bishop will be entertained by the Canadian Club of the
Metropolis.
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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: H. T. C. Whitley promoted to Major; Capt. A.W. Black receives Military Cross and returns home on furlough; and C. E. Kingdon Jones, killed in action.
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MAJOR WHITLEY GETS
DESERVED PROMOTION
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The news that capt. H.T.C.
Whitley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
F. Whitley, 111 Cooper street, has
received a well-deserved promotion
to the rank of major, has reached
this city, and has been recieved
with a great deal of satisfaction.
Mr. Whitley received the rank of
acting-major some time ago, and
for some time past has been in
command of the 1st Battery, one
of the Ottawa batteries which went
overseas in the first Canadian
division under Lieut.-Col. (now
Brigadier-General) E.W.B. Morrison.
The news that he has been
gazetted to the full rank of major
and that he was at present on leave
in London was received by his
mother a few days ago.
Major Whitley who was before
the war studying medicine at McGill
University, gave up his course
and was one of the first to volunteer
his services when war was declared.
He was appointed to the
1st Battery, which was formed
from the old 23rd Militia Battery
of this city, under Major (now
Lieut.-Col.) E.T.B. Gillmore, and
in which he held a commission as
lieutenant.
At the second battle of Ypres,
Major Whitley was wounded in the
head, but it was not very serious
and he soon returned to his unit.
He has been through all the fighting
the canadians have taken part
in since the first division landed in
France, practically without a
break, and has therefore a record
which very few can boast of. He
was promoted to the rank of
captain in the spring of 1915, and
his recent promotion is a great
source of gratification to his many
friends in Ottawa.
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CAPT. A.W. BLACK IS
HOME ON FURLOUGH
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Wearing the ribbon of the Military
Cross he won by repulsing a determined
frontal attack by the Germans
at the beginning of the offensive
in the early spring, Captain
Arthur W. Black, the well known
Ottawa athlete, who was wounded
four times, arrived in town on Saturday
night. He left yesterday,
however, for Wakefield, where Mrs.
Black is staying with her father,
Mr. Chas. F. Whitley.
Capt. Black, at the commencement
of the German offensive was
in command of a platoon of the
21st Battalion in the front line
trenches. The enemy launched a
surprise attack in considerable
strength, and the brunt of it fell on
Capt. Black's platoon. The men
fought wonderfully under their
commander, who cheered them on
as they withstood the pressure of
the enemy. A terrific hand to hand
struggle for the mastery of the
piece of trench took place, but the
valor of the Canadian platoon finally
proved too much for the Germans
and they retreated beaten. The
gallant offcier however was wounded
badly, and the casualties among
the men were great.
Over half a dozen men of the survivors
were recommended for decorations,
so brilliant was their conduct
in the fight, and Captain Black
himself was invested with the Military
Cross. He is now home in Canada
on special duty.
Capt. Black shortly after the outbreak
of hostilities joined the 21st
Battalion. With that unit he trained
in Canada throughout the first
winter of the war and went overseas
in early 1915. The battalion reached
France in September, 1915, and went
to the front lines in Flanders, where
they held trenches for many months.
After the St. Eloi battle Captain
Black received temporary rank,
which was confirmed later at the
Somme.
Wounded First Time.
There it was that he received his
first wound. It was shortly before
the attack on Courcellette, in which
his battalion acquitted itself so
nobly, that Captain Black was hit in
the arm seriously enough to put
him in hospital in England for some
months. In 1917 he was given command
of a company in the 3rd Canadian
Command Depto, then at
Hastings, and in the late fall of that
year he returned to duty in France.
He had only been there a short
time, however, when the action occurred
which earned him the Military
Cross and a second wound.
Captain Black was in the Post
Office Department before he went
overseas. He has two pretty little
children, who are staying with
their mother at Wakefield. Mrs.
Black was overseas nearly a year
during the Captain's service in England.
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CAPTAIN ARTHUR BLACK
GETS MILITARY CROSS
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LONDON, May 16. - Capt. Arthur
William Black, belonging to Ottawa
and now in a London hospital, last
night was gazetted for the Military
Cross "for leading an attack
against the enemy using flammenwerfer,
although wounded, completely
restoring the situation.
Lieut. John Walter Cobb, of
Kingston, recieves the Military
Cross for driving enemy off after
they had gained a foothold in our
front line. His coolness and disregard
of danger made a splendid example
for other ranks.
Lieut. Arthur Fairclough, Toronto,
now attached to the Royal Air
Force, has been awarded the Military
Cross for destroying four enemy
machines and driving down
two others.
Lieut. K.W. Junor, Toronto, now
with the Royal Air Force and posted
missing, receives the cross for destroying
two machines driving down
two others.
Lieut. Frank Rump, Moose Jaw,
entered a dugout alone. He killed
one man, took another prisoner, and
superintended the blowing up of
five dugouts.
Lieut. Leo. Goodwin of Halifax,
showed coolness in leading twenty
men in a working party to repel a
raid, inspiring all ranks with utmost
confidence. Lieut. Edward
Smythe, of Kingston, completely disorganized
two enemy raids.
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Capt. Arthur Black is well
known locally. He left here in
1915 in command of a platoon of
Ottawa men with the 21st Battalion.
He received his captaincy on the
field and has been reported on the
casualty list several times. He was
one of the Capital's most prominent
athletes.
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PTE. KINGDON JONES
FALLS IN FRANCE
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Young C.S. Had Been Singled
Out For Commission.
---
Word has been recieved in the
Captial of the death in action, on
September 29, of Pte. C.E. Kingdon
JOnes, a nephew of Mrs. R.
Reed, Osborne Road, and a cousin
of Col. E.R. McNeill.
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PTE. KINGDON JONES.
The deceased soldier, who was the
only son of C.D. Jones, of St.John,
N.B., was graduate of the University
of New Brunswick, and at
the time of enlisting was employed
in the Timber and Grazing Branch
of the Department of the Interior.
A prominent member of the Britannia
Boating Club, he had many
friends in the Capital.
At the time of his death, the late
Pte. Jones was in line for a commission
for which he had been singled
out, and had taken part of his
examinations.
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THE WEDDING OF CAPT. PAUL. M. O'SULLIVAN AND MISS ALVA MACLAREN.
A recent interesting Toronto wedding - that of Capt. Paul M. O'Sullivan and Miss Alva
MacLaren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. MacLaren, of Briar Hill avenue. Top row (left
to right): Capt. Donald Fraser, M.C., Capt. Chassels, Capt. Smith. Front row: Master
Leonard Hynes, Capt. O'Sullivan, Mrs. O'Sullivan, Miss Myriam Elmsley, bridesmaid, little
Miss Aileen McGuire, flower girl, Capt. Leeming Carr, M.C. Master James Mason.
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2nd image of Page 56. Page includes newspaper clipping with a poem "The Gol Durn Signallers!" published in "The Listening Post." Page also includes a photograph depicting a group of soldiers.
Page contains 3 photographs that are unidentified and include a baby holding a pitchfork, a soldier posed with a young woman, and a group of soldiers on a dock. Norman Senior is pictured in the center of of the group in the lower left photograph.
Page contains 5 photographs: snapshots of Florence Westman and Norman Senior in casual settings--in front of a cottage, playing tennis and in swimming clothes.
Page contains 3 pieces of ephemera: a cablegram concerning the wounding of George Westman, a "Sugar Permit" filled in for J. A. Langford, and a "combined leave and railway ticket." Page also includes a newspaper clipping reporting Lieut. Richard Olmstead wounded.
Page contains 3 photographs depicting signs posted in Ottawa as part of a war bond selling campaign. Page also includes a line drawing, "Weary of giving? - you don't know what it is to be tired!" published in the New York Times.
Page contains 2 Canadian Official photographs, "Canadian bulldog and Cloth Hall Tower, Ypres," a photographic postcard depicting La Cathedrale Saint-Martin, Ypres, and a snapshot of soldiers wearing berets.
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FINE SERVICE
BY CAPT. SMITH
---
Places the Work at Hart
House Upon New and
High Plane
---
WORK ON TRANSPORTS
---
Surviving wounds and the dangers
of battle and disease in boht the
Eastern and Western theatres of
war, Ckapt. (Dr. ) Harry R. Smith
succumbed to pneumonia in the private
pavilion of the General Hospital
at a late hour on Tuesday
night. On returning from the front
the late Capt. Smith took charge of
the gymnastic remedial work
at Hart House wit all the enthusiasm
and energy that characterized him
at college, on the Rubgy field and
in the gymnasium. He brought the
work up to a degree unsurpassed in
any British or European centre,
and he was entering on a career of
great promise in this new department
of medicine when taken fatally
ill.
Capt. Smith was only 28 years of
age. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue.
He was educated in the Toronto
public schools, Jarvis Street Collegiate,
and the University of Toronto,
graduating in medicine in 1915. At
college he took a keen interest in
athletics, playing on the junior and
senior "Meds" in the Mulock Cup
series, and being Captain of the University
"Gym" team. During his
college career he joined The Globe
staff and for some years served with
this paper.
For several years during the summers
Capt. Smith was a City Playground
Supervisor at the C.N.R.,
on Cherry street, and later at Osler
Playground, where his personal
magnetism, executive and athletic
ability enabled him to be a real leader
among the men and boys of the
district.
Serves on Transports.
Upon graduation he enlisted as a
private in Col. Rennie's No. 2 Casuality
Clearing Station, and secured a
commission int he R.A.M.C. in
England. As a Medical Officer he
served on transports between Gallipoli
and Alexandria in 1915. After
going to Khartoum he served in the
Duke of Westminster's Camel Corps
and was a member of a motor corps
which succeeded in rescuing some
hundred sailors who had fallen into
the hands ot the Senussi, after making
the shore in small boats, following
the torpedoing of their vessels
by German submarines.
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In Charge of Hart House.
Joining the staff at Hart House
in July, 1917, Capt. Smith took
charge of the gymnasium remedial
work for all kinds of disabilities,
including amputations. His enthusiasm
and originality enabled
him to build up phases of the treatment
of patients and the training
of men to carry on the work. His
eager, boyish spirit was infectious,
and was a source of encouragement
to the patients to overcome their
handicaps.
Always a strong advocate of recreation
centres, Capt. Smith on his
return thought they would play
a large part in the rehabilitation and
reconstruction program, and, joining
the Toronto Playgrounds Association,
was elected Secretary.
Capt. Smith was married last
year to Miss Faye Elizabeth
Schram, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Schram of Detroit, who survives
him. He is also survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J.
Smith; two sisters, Miss Eva Smith
and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan, and William
E. Smith, a brother.
A military funeral will be held
from the residence of his parents
at 2.30 on Friday afternoon.
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HUSBAND OF FORMER
OTTAWA GIRL IS DEAD
---
Many friends here will be deeply
sorry to learn that Capt. Harry R.
Smith has died of pneumonia in
Toronto. It is less than a year
since he married Miss Faye Elizabth
Schram, formerly of The
Journal and Free Press staffs, and
later connected with the Military
Hospitals Commission, where she
met Captain Smith, who had charge
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of the gymnasium remedial work at
Hart House, Toronto. Only 28
years of age, Capt. Smith was a
graduate in medicine from Toronto,
had served since 1915 in both
the eastern and western theatres of
war, and returned to Canada in
1917 after having been severely
wounded at Ypres and on the Somme.
The impressive military funeral
to Mount Pleasant cemetary
was attended by many military
and medical officers, members of the
City Council, and numberless
friends among soldiers and civilians
of the city. Rev. W.A. Cameron,
assisted by Capt. Harkness, conducted
the service at thehome of
Capt. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue.
The chief mourners were his wife,
his parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Schram
and Ross Schram; his sisters, Miss
Eva Smith and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan,
and his brother, Wm.E. Smith.
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VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
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CAPTAIN HARRY R. SMITH
Formerly of The Globe, who went overseas
in 1915 with Col. Rennie's No. 2
Casualty Clearing Station, died last
night at the General Hospital here from
pneumonia. He was seriously wounded
in France on December 8th, 1916,
and after returning to this city joined
that staff at Hart House, where unitl
the time of his death he had been
rendering valuable service. While connected
with this institution Captain
Smith visited several hospitals doing
similar work in the United States,
where he contracted the illness which
proved fatal. In his overseas service
with the R.A.M.C. he was connected
with the stations Alexandria and Khartoum,
in Egypt. For years he was actively
connected with the Y.M.C.A. in
Toronto.
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TORONTO MEDICO
SEES MANY LANDS
---
Has Many Exciting Experiences
With Imperial Army
Medical Corps
---
WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE
---
One of Twenty-Four University
Men Who Enlisted
as Privates
---
Captain Harry R. Smith, son of W.J.
Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue, arrived home
yesterday after two years' service with
the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt
and France. He is one of Toronto's well-
known athletes, and in his graduating
year at Toronto University was captain
of a gym team.
After graduating in medicine at a special
convocation early in 1915, he went
overseas as a "Tommy" along with
twenty-four doctors, who, ratherthan
wait for commissions in the C.A.M.C., entering
Station under Col. Rennie. Arrived
in England, the way to the front was
barred by a British War Office order for
bidding medical men to go to France in
the ranks.
The young medicos, several of them
with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, in addition
to their M.B.'s, took commissions with
the imperial forces, and found their way
to Gallipoli. In his first year, Captain
Smith was on a transport running between
Mudros and Alexandria. Later he
was stationed in the Cairo hospital, being
afterward transferred to Khartoum,
where we spent several months. In the
Senussi tribes' rebellion he had an interesting
time as a member of the motor
party that rescued some 100 men who
had fallen into the hands of the Senussi
after reaching shore from torpedoed vessels.
The unfortunate seaman had been
interned in a small interior desert town
for nineteen weeks, and fed on the entrails
and blood of goats, and were only
rescued after a long trip into unknown
desert.
[illegible]
he made the trip from [illegible]
Marseilles with 1330 Australians, and
then to London, where he enjoyed a short
furlough.
Signing on for a second year, he was
attached to the First King's Own Royal
Lancashires, a regiment that took part
in the battle of Quebec and has a history
that goes back to the middle ages. With
this regiment he spent seven months in
France, returning wounded.
Wounded in France.
On Dec. 8 a 5.9 shell dropped thru the
roof of his aid station, wounding him in
the hip, severing an artery in the arm
and inflicting several other wounds.
While convalescing he was in the Canadian
Red Cross Hosptial at Hude Park
and after completing his second year of
service returned with a number of men
with whom he left Canada for a furlough
before taking further service.
The party took the Montreal flyer from
Quebec and were in a train wreck on
Monday when the train ran past a signal
and the baggage car and two coaches
were derailed by a switch. No one was
injured, but the suddden stopping of the
flyer sent dishes and passengers flying
to the front of the dining-car. As a result
of the accident the party missed
connections to Montreal and [illegible]
North Toronto yesterday morning [illegible]
their baggage.
Eleven Were Decorated
Capt. Smith is undecided as [illegible]
service, but says he has made a
splendid recovery from his wounds and
while convalescing has gained two stone
in weight. Of the 24 medical men with
whom he enlisted in the Canadian forces
in the ranks, 11 have been decorated
none have been killed and only two besides
himself have been wounded, the
other two being Maurice Helliwell and
Richard Coatsworth, both of Toronto.
Several famous Varsity athletes are in
the party, including Leaming Carr and
Wilfred "Red" McKenzie, of the rugby
team.
The men whose homes are in Toronto
and who went over with the clearing
sells, Fred Clement, Don Fraswer, S.
Paul O'Sullivan, Thos. Cumberland
and H.R. Smith, all now having their
captaincy with the Imperials.
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Page contains a newspaper headline, "Emperor Wilhelm II. has abdicated - news means quick end of Great War," dated Ottawa, Canada, Saturday, November 9, 1918.
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"Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye Heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
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ARMISTICE SIGNED AT MIDNIGHT.
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Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 11. - The world war will end
this morning at 6 o'clock Washington time, 11
o'clock Paris time. The armistice was signed by
the German representatives at midnight. This
announcement was made by the State Department
at 2.50 o'clock this morning.
This announcement was made verbally by
an official of the State Department in this form:
"The armistice has been signed. It was
signed at 5 a.m. Paris time, and hostilities will
cease at 11 o'clock this morning, Paris time."
The department's announcement simply
said:
"The armistice has been signed."
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MAJ. TOPP, D.S.O., M.C.,
IN REPATRIATION
---
Will Look After Interests of
Returned Men.
Major Beresford Topp, D.S.O.,
M.C., has been appointed representative
in England of the repatriation
committee, and is already on hiw way
to take over his duties.
Major Topp was born in Bracebridge
and was educated there. At
the commencement of hostilities he
was on the staff of the Daily Mail
and Empire, was covering Valcartier
camp, and accompanied the
First Contingent overseas as a war
correspondent. After being in
France for six months, he became a
combatant officer in 1915. He returned
to Canada in August, 1915,
and obtained a commission in the
42nd Battalion, later transferring to
the 5th Royal Highlanders, with
which corps he served throughout
the war.
Major Topp has been wounded
three times, first at the Ypres salient,
in July, 1916, again at the
Somme, in October, 1916, on which
occassion he was three months in
hospital, and his last wound at
Cambrai, in September, 1918, necessitating
another seven weeks in
hospital. Major Topp is only 25
years old and went from lieutenant
to major in under four years. He
received the D.S.O. for services at
Amiens when second in command
of the 42nd Battalion, and the M.C.
for work in 1918. He also was
awarded a bar to the M.C. for services
at Cambrai.
Major Topp will co-operate with
the Ottawa committee in connection
with the repatriation program, which
embraces demobilization, generally
looking after the welfare of the veterans,
and readjusting the industrial
and commercial conditions in Canada.
---
In Aid of Orphanage.
The Dansant under the auspices of
the Catholic Girls' Club, Saturday,
Feb. 8th, 4 to 7 p.m., in Racquet
Court, in aid of St. Patrick's Orphanage.
Chicago Jazz Orchestra
in attendance. - (Advt.)
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OTTAWA CELEBRATES
DEMONSTRATION STARTED
QUICKLY AFTER WHISTLES
HAD AWAKENED THE CITY
---
Crowds Poured Down Town in Thousands for
Wildest Night in City's History - Joy of
Crowds on Receiving News of Germany's
Surrender Knew no Bounds.
---
The whistles and the bells - that was the stunt that woke up
all Ottawa this morning, at three. That was the thing that sent
the town "on fire". Nobody with hearing at all near normal
could sleep through it all. In other words, The Journal's plan
got them going.
Journal Signal Brought Crowds Out.
Within two minutes of the receipt of the news in Ottawa that
the armistice had been signed, scores of whistles at industrial plants
conveyed, as per arrangements made by The Journal Newspapers,
the great news that the world war had come to successful conclusion
in favor of the Allies. Even at the early hour of 3.01 scores of
citizens arose from their beds and made their way down town. In
front of The Journal building there was quite a demonstration.
The fire department, church bells, and citizens with guns and
revolvers created a din that could be heard in the four corners of
the city. Ottawa was awakened.
Started Streaming Down Town.
Along Bank street only a few minutes after the first whistle
started lines of people wended their way down town. They evidently
were all prepared. Everything that could make a noise was
on hand, and nearly everyone had a flag or decoration of some
kind. Motor cars whizzed past, and every toot of a motor horn
was the signal for a cheer.
At half-past three the band of the Engineers from Lansdowne
Park was on the job. Uniforms perhaps were not all buttoned up,
but they started down Bank street to the tune of "Glory, Glory,
Hallelujah."
Mr. J. Delaney, President of the Ottawa Musicians' Union,
was early informed by the Journal of what had happened. Without
any delay he started tor ound up his musicians, and the early
celebration did not want for music.
Fire Chief Graham was among those informed by The Journal
Newspaper first, and the big fire gongs were set going.
Among the whistles set going by The Journal, through the cooperation
of the employes, were E.B.Eddy Co., G.T.R., C.P.R.,
W.C.Edwards Co., Ottawa Car Co., Oliver's, McAuliff-Davis and
Ottawa Car Supply.
Noise of All Kinds Let Loose.
In centre town no sooner had the whistles sounded than muffled
shouts of joy came from almost every house. Long before the bells and
whistles had ceased fire crackers and roeckts were going off by the thousands.
Tin pans and every other contrivance for making noise were
brought into service, and the din was deafening. Less than 20 minutes
after The Journal Newspapers' effective announcement impromptu parades
were proceeding toward Parliament Hill. Men, women, and children
screamed for joy, and their example was followed by others.
One significant incident occured that forcibly brought to the attention
of the celebrants what the news really meant. Men and boys were
seen pouring from a munition plant that has been going night and day
almost since the first. The workers were out of a job, but that didn't
bother them much.
When the word flashed over, and The Journal started to rouse the
town with the greatest news of all time, thousands rushed to their telephones
to confirm the glad tidings. Hundreds could not raise "central".
The girls were so rushed that it was beyond human ability to handle
the calls.
Autoists Disregarded Traffic Laws.
Automobile owners, as on Saturday, played an outstanding part in the
demonstration. They tore along the main thoroughfares with utter disregard
for the traffic regulations. They were gaily bedecked in flags and
streamers, while the occupants raised a fearful din with horns, bells and
tin pans.
Deputy Fire Chief Burnett shot out Bank street with his siren wide open
and was cheered as he spread the news that meant so much to himself
and every father and mother with a boy "over there".
Sang Too Highly
Between four and five o'clock a
crowd numbering several thousand
gathered on Parliament Hill and
joined in patriotic songs. The choir
leader, however, outmatched the
majority of those who joined in the
songs. When the high notes in
"God save the King" were reached,
he took them so high that the crowd
could not follow. The crowd on the
Hill only held together for about
half an hour. It then returned to
Sparks street where the main celebration
was going on.
Enormous Bonfire.
An enormous bonfire lit up
the vicinity of Sparks and O'Connor
streets, and attracted thousands.
Sparks street on both sides of it was
absolutely choked with women and
children. Fortunately there were no
street cards out, for the main celebration
was taking place in the middle
of the thoroughfare. A soldier stood
guard over the fire. He was hardly
needed, for the terrific heart would
have roasted anyone who wen within
yards of the flames.
The fuel for the fire was gathered
from the rear of Sparks street stores.
It was pulled up on an express wagon
by willing hands. When the men who
discovered the barrels, boxes and
packing materials started for Sparks
street they called for volunteers. An
automobile going down Queen street
stopped, and the occupants got onto
the wagon pole.
Soon the flames were shooting to
the trolly wires, while the croew
danced around and cheered like Indians.
The sparks were soaring over [illegible]
N. Poulin's store, endangering [illegible]
and other buildings in the [illegible]
Big military trucks [illegible]
men and girls were [illegible]
[illegible]
accompany the siren on its way.
Whole kitchens must have been
rifled. In the hundreds who joined
the many mob-like processions on
Sparks street, all kinds of implements
were being utilized. A man
banged two black frying pans together
with energetic frenzy. Wash
boilers were not infrequent. The
bearer of one of these was almost
as black as the bottom of the boiler
he carried, but he was supremely
unconscious of his own appearance.
Finding a street car stalled going
from Bank to Queen street, he attached
his boiler-which by this
time had two large holes in the bottom,
and was almost unregonizable
with great dents - to the rear of the
car. A small boy wore a section of
stove piping slung about his neck
with a cord, and kept time vigorously
while a lonely musical instrument
in the crowd struck up
"Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here."
The impromptu band concert on
the Plaza about four o'clock drew a
great crowd. They sang "God Save
The King", "O Canada", "The
Maple Leaf Forever" and many
other stirring songs, in a way which
revived faith in Ottawa's musicial
possibilities. And when a bandsman
transferred a huge push pin on the
Victory Loan map, to mark Berlin,
the crowd went wild altogether.
VETERANS PARADE
IN HONOR OF WIN
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Likely Be a Meeting on Connaught
Place or "Hill".
---
The Ottawa branch of the Great
War Veterans' Association held a
demonstration this afternoon to
celebrate the downfall of the Kaiser
and the signing of the armistice. A
procession headed by the veterans'
Band left the club headquarters at
the corner of Albert and Metcalfe
streets at two p.m., and all the veterans
and many of the troops stationed
at Lansdowne Park were in
line. A meeting on Connaught Place
or Parliament Hill will follow at
which a number of returned men
are expected to speak.
---Buy another---
MOTHER IS HONORED
BY HAPPY CROWD
---
Gave Her Three Cheers and a
"Tiger".
---
One of the prettiest incidents of
the early morning occurred on
Sparks street near Bank shortly after
four o'clock, when a gray-haired mother
and her soldier son - a veteran -
became a part of the happy throng.
There were tears in the mother's
eyes, and her khaki clad escort
limped.
Some one said: "That Mrs. --.
She's lost tow of her boys, and --
is crippled."
There ensued an incident which
was typical of the spirit of the city.
A small crowd formed around the
two, and there were three lusty
cheers, with "a tiger".
--Money talks --
RAILWAYS DID
THEIR VERY BEST
---
Every Engine in Local Yards
Was in "Noise".
---
The railways contributed materially
to the success of the announcement
arranged by The Journal
Newspapers. In the case of the
Grand Trunk, Superintendent Fred
Lamplough personally had charge
of the arrangements, signalling the
word that started the whistles of
every engine in the local yards going,
while the C.P.R. despatchers
saw that things got under way so
far as they were concerned. Torpedoes,
placed every few feet along
the tracks, helped swell the volume
of sound.
--Buy bonds--
FIRST CITY TO GET
ARMISTICE NEWS
---
Operators Elsewhere Were at
Lunch When "Story Broke".
---
Ottawa was the first city in Canada
to receive the greatest news the
wires have ever flashed to the Capital.
The brief story of the Hun surrender
"broke" at an hour when the
telegraph operators of the Canadian
Press were off for lunch, and practically
all wires on the transcontinental
system were closed. This city
was the exception.
A local operator stuck at his post,
and when the wires began to click
the message that set in progress
throughout the Allied world a great
demonstration of thanksgiving he
took it.
A moment later, the newspapers
had it, and there was an interval of
but a few seconds before it was
established that the word was official.
The Journal Newspapers immediately
notified Fire Chief Graham,
who set in progress a celebration
that brought the city out of bed before
4 o'clock. Fire department
sirens shrieked as the cars rushed
through the city streets, and the
factory whistles joined in, as [illegible]
arranged by The Journal. [illegible]
afterwards came the whistles and
church bells.
Five minutes after the first [illegible]
came, the demonstration was [illegible]
progress, and the city's population
headed with all speed for [illegible]
town.
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GERMANY SURRENDERS:
YIELDS ALL AND REELS
ACROSS THE RHINE
---
ARMISTICE TERMS
Surrender of vast amounts of guns and
equipment.
Cessation of hostilities.
Evacuation of invaded territories.
Evacuation of the left bank of Rhine.
The surrender of all supplies of war.
The abandonment by Germany of the treaties
of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk.
Evacuation of Alsace-Lorranine (sic) wthin fourteen
days.
Repatriation of all prisoners.
Surrender of vast amounts of rolling stock
in occupied territory.
Abandonment of Bucharest's and Brest treaties.
Unconditional surrender of all German
forces in East Africa.
Surrender of scores of submarines and
larger war craft.
Concentration of aircraft at stipulated
points.
Evacuation of all Black Sea ports.
Restoration of all Allied and United States
merchant vessels.
Restitution for damage done by the German
armies; restitution of the cash taken from the National
Bank of Belgium and return of gold taken
from Russia and Rumania.
The naval terms provided for the surrender
of 160 submarines, fifty destroyers, six battle
cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers and
other miscellaneous ships.
All Allied vessels in German hands are to
be surrendered.
Duration of the armistice to be thirty days.
Page contains 2 newspaper articles. Subjects include, a summary of numbers of troops and casualties during the war, and an estimate of numbers of German soldiers killed and wounded.
[start clipping]
TWENTY GREAT BATTLES FOUGHT BY
CANADA'S SOLDIERS; PRE-WAR FORCE
JUMPED TO HALF A MILLION MEN
---
Wonderful Record of the Dominion in the World War. Had
Sent Overseas 418,980 Soldiers When Hostilities
Ceased on Nov. 11. Total Casualties on Oct. 31 Were
Over 211,000.
The following statement showing
what has been accomplished, from a
military point of view, by the Dominion
since the beginning of the
war, was issued yesterday by the
militia department: -
When Canada entered the war, on
the 4th of August, 1914, she had a
permanent force of only 3,000 men
and an active militia of 60,000.
When hostilities ceased, on the 11th
of November, 1918, Canada had sent
overseas 418,980 soldiers.
Gradual Growth.
At first Canada supplied a division.
This was increased until by
1916 she had in France an army
corps of four divisions, a cavalry
brigade, and numerous other services,
such as line of communication
troops, railway troops, and forestry
corps. On September 30th,
1918, the Canadian troops in France
numbered 156,250.The Cavalry
Brigade included a storng draft
furnished by the Royal Northwest
Mounted Police.
Forestry Operations.
The Canadians engaged in the
United Kingdom and France in constructing
and operating railway
lines, and in cutting down forests
and milling the timer number
about 50,000.
Of the Royal Air forces some 14,000 -
15,000 were raised and trained
in Canada; in addition many
joined the R.A.F. after going overseas
in the Canadian Expeditionary
force.
Casualties 211,000.
On October 31st, 1918, the casualties
numbered over 211,000. There
have been over fifty thousand
deaths. 152.000 have been wounded,
and when hostilities ceased the prisoners
of war numbered 2,800.
Canadian Battles.
The roll of Canadian battles is:
1915.
Second Battle of Ypres (April and May.)
1916.
St. Eloi (3rd to 19th April.)
Sanctuary Wood (2nd and 3rd
June.)
Hooge (5th, 6th, 13th, and 14th
June.)
Battle of Somme (Sept., Oct. and
Nov.)
1917
Battle of Vimy Ridge (9th to
13th April.)
Battle of Arleyx and Fresnoy
(28th, 29th April and 3rd May.)
Battle of Lens (June.)
Battle of Hill 70 (15th August.)
Battle of Passchendaele (25th
Oct., 10th Nov.)
1918
Second Battle of Somme (March
and April.)
Battle of Amiens (12th August.)
Capture of Monchy-le-Preux
(26th - 28th August.)
Breaking of Queant-Drocourt Line
(3rd and 4th September.)
Crossing of Canal du Nord and
Bourlon Wood (27th - 29th Sept.)
Encirclement and capture of
Cambrai (1st - 9th October.)
Capture of Douai (19th October.)
Capture of Denain (20th October.)
Encirclement and capture of Valenciennes
(25th October - 2nd November.)
Advance and capture of Mons
(7th - 11th November.)
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GERMAN DEAD OVER
MILLION AND A HALF
---
Associated Press by Leased Wire.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20. - Up
to the end of October, 1,580,000
German soldiers were killend and
the fate of 260,000 was not known,
the Vorwaerts, of Berlin,
says it learns on reliable authority.
Four million soldiers had been
wounded, some several times.
The newspaper adds that
therer were 490,000 German prisoners
in hostile countries.
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His Last Message
���
OWING to a large number of requests for copies of former King Edward's address
to the Empire, following his abdication, it is now reprinted. The former monarch
spoke from the Augusta Tower of Windsor Castle, his words being carried to every
corner of the British Empire by radio.
His message follows:
"At long last I am able to say a few words of my own. I have never wanted to
withhold anything but until now it has not been constitutionally possible for me to speak.
A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King and. Emperor, and now that I
have been succeeded by my brother, the Duke of York, my first word must be to
declare my allegiance to him. This I do with all my heart.
"You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne, but
I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or
the Empire, which, as Prince of Wales, and lately as King, I have for twenty-five
years tried to serve, but you must believe me when I tell you that I have found it
impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as
King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love, and
the decision that I have made has been mine and mine alone. This was a thing I had
to judge entirely for myself.
������The other person most nearly concerned, has tried to the last to persuaclfc
me to take a different course.
"I have made this most serious decision of my life only upon the single thought
of what would in the end, be best for all.
"This decision has been made less difficult to me by the foreknowledge that my
brother, with his long training in the public affairs of this country, and with his fine
qualities will be able to take my place forthwith, without interruption or injury to the
life and progress of the Empire.
"And he had one blessing, enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowed on me,
a happy home with his wife and children.
"During these hard days, I have been comforted by Her Majesty, my mother,
and by my family. The ministers of the crown and most particularly Mr. Baldwin,
the Prime Minister, have always treated me with full consideration. There has never
been any constitutional differences between me and them and between me and
Parliament.
"Following in constitutional tradition of my father, I should never have allowed
any ^ich issue to arise. Ever since I was Prince of Wales, and later on when I occupied
the Throne, I have been treated with the greatest kindness by all.classes of people
wherever I have lived and journeyed throughout the Empire.
"For that I am very grateful. I now quit altogether public affairs and I lay down
my burden.
"It may be some time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow
the fortunes of the British race and Empire with profound interest, and if at any
time in the future I can be found of service to His Majesty in private station, I shall
not fail.
"And now we all have a new King,
and prosperity with all my heart.
I wish him and you, his people, happiness
"GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOD SAVE THE KING.*
MIGHTY THRONG AT HIPPODROME CHEER
PROJECT FOR RUSSIAN STATUE OF LIBERTY
AS GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Twice as Many Seek Seats in
Vast Auditorium as Could
Be Accommodated.
$10,000 REALIZED
AT ENTERTAINMENT
Tremendous Outbursts of Enthusiasm
Greet Tableaux of "Free
Russia."
True to tthe promises that had been
made for it the benefit given at the Hip-
podrome last night for the Russian Lib-
erty Fund was "the dramatic event of the
year. It was also much mare than that.
It was one of the historic occasions in the
history of the city's famous playhouse.
There was not a vacant seat. Standing
room was sold until it was thought no
longer advisable to admit more. TheHp-
podrome might have been twice filled:
The gross receipts were of $10,000
The net profit to the which the Herald, in co-operation with the American
Hebrew, is raising by popular subscription,
to erect a (Statue of Liberty in Russia, will
be a most substantial aid to the fund itself
and the campaign, which finding so
ready a response throughput the nation,
received an impetus which will hasten the
consummation of the splendid-project.
A more brilliant scene than that in the
big Hippodrome has nor been seen in New
York in many years. Society was repre-
sented in the boxes. People from neighbor-
ing cities, attracted both by the excellence
of the programme and by the patriotic nature of the enterprise it was designed to
| aid, flocked to the Hippodrome and helped
form one of the greatest throngs ever
within the big edifice.
Vast Throng Gathers Early.
There was not a hitch in the arrange-
ments. The seats were sold out, with the
exception of a few in the upper circles,
late yesterday afternoon. A gigantic crowd
I swarmed about the entrances as early as
seven o'clock in the evening and poured
through the box office rails taking such
tickets as they were able to get and in
many cases, offering excess prices for the
privilege of being admitted so they might
[see the gala performance and enjoy the
distinction of participating in one of the
memorable occasions in connection with
the proposed gift to the Russian people as
America's reward to the millions who re-
cently have overthrown a despotism and
taken their place in the democratic sister-
hood of the world.
There was nothing lacking to make the
performance a splendid success. Stars
were on the stage from the,-moment the
curtain was lifted, at half-past eight
o'clock, until* half-past eleven. Artists
from the Metropolitan, musicians with
world wide reputations and a sprinkling
of stars from the leading "hits" of the sea-
son just closing were there- to add their
touch of brilliance to the programme.
The idea underlying the benefit was
described to the great audience and it
brought spontaneous applause. It was
stated that the idea is one growing out of
France's magnificent gift to this coun-
try forty years ago and when it was em-
phasized that Russia while in the throbs
still, of troubles such as nation
emerging from a state of autocracy to
one of democracy, is nevertheless keeping
���Photograph by W. H. Zerbe, Herald photographer.
Throng outside the Hippodrome seeking admittance to Liberty Statue performance and the Statue of Liberty,
aloft the banner of human liberty, the
crowd let loose a cheer such as not been
heard in a long time even in the Hippo-
drome, the scene of great outbursts of
applause.
Nazimova as "Liberty."
The climax of the big event was reached
when Mme. Nazimova posed, first as the
Tsarina, under the days of the Romanoffs
���days of old figuratively only���and later
as the Statue of Liberty. In the first she
was surrounded by a mob���a typical Rus-
sian mob���emblematic of the days of terror
and tyranny. In the second there was
grouped about her a multitude���but upon
it rested the peace and contentment that
flow from a nation enjoying the blessings
of human liberty.
Illustrating so vividly and spectacular-
ly as it did the conditions iin Russia yes-
terday and to-day, this feature brought
the crowd, already deeply sympathetic
with the Russian people, to its feet, and
there was a climax which must have
warmed the hearts of the stage directors
who had worked hard and long with up-
ward of three hundred persons to stage
the tableaux.
The (benefit exceeded the expectations
of most of those who had to do with it,
The weather was not favorable. The time
of year was not the best for a benefit.
Notwithstanding this, the crowd was the
largest of years and the sum realized will
be a substantial addition to the thousands
which have already been contributed to
the fund.
The sum could have been still larger
had the promoters of the fund seen fit
to increase the prices as had been sug-
gested by some persons; However, it
was deemed wisest to keep the prices at the regular standard in order that every
one might feel able to attend and so this-
great affair, like the fund itself, might
maintain all the attributes of popularity.
Society Turns Out
Great Benefit at
Young Women of Prominent Families Mingle with ThoseWell
Known on the Stage in Helping to Make the
Affair a Financial Success.
One of the most interesting features of
the Hippodrome performance was the per-
sonnel of the audience itself. The body
of the theatre, one of the largest in New
York, was occupied by the men and women
who are always looking for a good even-
ing's amusement, but never emerge from
the social background.
Here and there glimpses were had of persons well known in public and private life,
and in that last subdivision of the audience
were two groups of young women who, as
programme sellers, did their "bit" in mak-
ing the performance a financial success.
One of the groups, under the chairmanship
of Miss Bijou Fernandez, was made up of
young women well known on the stage,
and another, captained by Miss Julie Mac-
Neill Lentilhorn, included young women
of society.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was the
guest of Mrs. Charles B. Dillingham, one
of the patronesses. In the party with Mrs.
John R. Drexel, another patroness, wtre
Mr. Drexel, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick
Pierson, Jr., and William Hude Neilson.
Other patronesses who entertained friends
in the boxes were Mrs. Nowbold Le Roy
Edgar, Mrs. Julian M. Gerard, Miss Elisa-
beth Marbury, Mrs. Mortimer L. Schiff
and Mrs. Whitney Warren.
Marcus M. Marks, President of the Bor-
ough of Manhattan, represented the city
government, and Mrs. Marks was in his
party.
Mrs.John Sanford was accompanied by
a party of children. Mrs. John J. Wysong
and Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright were to-
gether, and near them sat Mr. and Mrs.
Charles M. Oelrichs, Wade Chance, Will-
iam H. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L.
Richard, Miss Muriel L. R. Conkling, Mrs.
Frederic Neilson, Sidney J. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Rawson, Lyman Wood, Harrison
Garfield Rhodes, Miss Marjorie A. Curtis,
R. Thornton Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Gest, Edmund J. Scheider and Mr. and
Mrs, Luis G, Mendoza, of Havana.
Nearly $400 was turned in by the pro-
gramme sellers to their respective chair-
men, Miss Lentilhon and Miss Fernandez.
Miss Lentilhon's aids were Mrs. James
Lenox Banks, Mrs. Angier B. Duke, Mrs.
John Fairchild Adams, Mrs. J. Gibson
Maupin, Mrs. Henry A. Murray and the
Misses Charlotte Delafield, Maud E. Kahn,
Cornelia Van A. Chapin, Rita Sturgis,
Elizabeth Emmet,.Evelyn St. George, Ellen
Mercer French, Eleanor M. Green, Made-
leine Dahlgren, Rita Boker, Gretchen and
Polly Blaine, Damrosch, Marion and Theo-
dora Tiffany, Anna Remsen Alexandre,
Irene Turnure, Adelaide E. and Alleen B.
Sedgwick, Margaret Livingston Lee and
Ray Slater.
The stage favorites-who gave such val-
uable aid to Miss Fernandez were Mrs. De
' Wolf Hoper, Josephine Drake, $ophye
1 Barnard, Mabel, Asker, Valli Valli, Ivy
Troutman, Mary Evelyn Jones, Mrs. Ernest Torrence, Edith Hallor, Dorethy Ellis,
Helen Fulton, Peggy O'Neil, Gereldine
Bergh, Gereldine Beckwith, Minnette Barrett and Gertrude Fowler.
-Other leading women of society who
gave their active aid in making the per-
formance the success it was were Mmes.
Charles Whitman, John Puroy Mitchel,
Edmund L. Baylies, Perry Belmont,
August Belmont, O. H. P. Belmont and
C. G, Cuyler, Miss Elsie de W'olfe, Mmes.
Charles H. Ditson, James W�� Gerard,
Sumner Gerard, Charles Dana Gibson,
Benjamin S. Guinness, John Henry Hammond, Charles H. Marshall, Joseph Wright
Harriman, Otto H. Kahn, James H.
Kidder, Irving Lehman, Philip M. Lydig,
Walter E. Maynard and Henry Fairfield
Osborne, Jr.; Miss Lota Robinson and
Mmes. Moritz Rosenthal, Ralph Sanger,
Preston Pope Satterwhite, Leonard M.
Thomas, Norman de R. Whitehouse and
Arthur Woods.
GREATEST SHOW EVER,
VERDICT OF AULIENCE
Worthy indeed of its purpose was the
entertainment in which appeared last
night at the Hippodrome an assembly of
artists���and Billy Sunday���such as rarely
has been assembled for a single perform-
ance, in aid of the Liberty Statue of Rus-
sia Fund.
In volunteering, as they did, enthusiasti-
cally, for the benefit organized by the
New York Herald and the American He-
brew, they had the satisfaction of finding
themselves members of an impressive en-
semble that for merit of entertainment
may never be surpassed on any stage
again. This sentiment was expressed by
several of the theatrical managers of those
who formed the managers' committee.
There was beautiful singing, beautiful
music, some beautiful comedy���especially
from William Collier and George M.
Cohan���and a feature unique in a theatre,
even on Sunday, the appearance of the
man for whom the day, according to Will
Rogers, was named after, the Rev. Will-
iam A. Sunday. Mr. Sunday told his
famous baseball story for the first time
in New York.
It started in, "Thirty years ago on a
Sunday afternoon in Chicago I was walk-
ing down the street with some famous
baseball players"���and as George Cohar
said, it was some reminiscence.
Audience Enthusiastic.
The audience seemed to enjoy the un-
usual bill right from the very beginning,
so in describing the entertainment one
may well start with the first act, follow-
ing a word and a half introduction by the
debonair orator Fred Niblo, who was
master of ceremonies. The first act was
one of the beautiful lilting choruses from
the musical comedy "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home," in which the young men
and women of the company appeared in
army uniforms and the quaint costumes of
civil war times.
Then Will Rogers, who throws lariats
and laughs with equal grace and dexterity, appeared without the rope, but with the
repartee.
"I see Representative Gus Gardner has
enlisted," he said, and you know the
funny part of it is that Mr. Gardner is in
Congress, where you'd think they didn't
know there is a war going on. Then there's
Frank Tinney���he saw a sign that read
���Buy a bond or enlist,' and Frank���well, he
did try hard to enlist."
After that a wealth of talent came so
fast and famous that even a beholder who
knew what the programme was going to
be could scarcely believe his eyes and
ears.
Ovation for Russian Violinist.
Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, re-
ceived a thunderous ovation when he fin-
ished playing three exquisite numbers���
Shubert's "Ave Maria," a dance of his own
arrangement and Beethoven's "Ruins of
Andern." As an encore he played a Rus-
sian air as probably not other violinist
could play that sort of music.
Mme. Frances Alda, of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, charmed the Audience of
more than six thousand persons with her
notes of purest gold. She sang first Mas-
senet's "��uvrez tes Yerut Bieau," and then
with rare beauty of tone sang "Way Down
Upon the Swanee River."
Lieutenant B. C. Hilliam, of the Cana-
dian army corps, who obtained an exten-
sion of his leave to appear at the Herald's
benefit performance', received a rousing
welcome when in his khaki uniform with
the green Canadian trimmings he placed
"Tipperary" on the piano as Liszt, Chopin
and Irving Berlin, respectively, might
have written it. Then he sang words of his
own, "We'll Knock the ���K' Out of Kaiser,"
to a melody popular a few years ago, end-
ing with:���
"When the war is won,
Just to show what we've done,
We'll spell Canada with a ���K.' "
, Lieutenant Hilliam Also accompanied
Miss Eleanor Castle in a song of the
trenches, "Somewhere in Flanders."
In traducing- an Ambitions Pair. *
Fred Niblo then announced that the
Herald and Mr. Charles Dillingham, pro
prietor of the. Hippodrome, prere always
willing, nay anxious to encourage new
talent, two boys who had been working their
way toward New York," and he hoped
they would meet with the approval of the
audience.
Whereupon, who should step upon the
stage but William Collier and George M.
Cohan, America's popular comedians, re
joined for this auspicious occasion.
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* -nether ��star,and a new or*��, who will add luetre to the
3��mday nightprogram, is bient*B* u Hilllam of the Canadian
Volunteer tangr* ffcs Uberiy lend fools amoh pleased at being
��bl�� to hew�� him. He rut.�� hie first apj earnnoe is America at
a Hippodrome pwtftmmmmlaet ttimday night, and he literally
took tkfco great crowd toy storm.
idf. Hilliam is an dsitaur. He had been ��pending months
entertaining the Canadian soldiers, & �� ��sessional^ wing hie
tali at in far wester�� Canada to help along war charities.
But no one had ever suggested that he become a profeocion&l
entertainer. And in fact he probably never will, unices, after
the war, he falls victim to eeim of the frhuloue ��if ora �� hi eh
��anofers are seid to he ready to mil:�� to hi�� a�� a rmmlt of his
first Hip voir Gtas appeorniise.
He was a eity editor of a new�� paper in horth Van�� over, B.C.
at hsat once volunteered, fie scald
always play a piano w.su sing, but no one knew hot' well antII he
b��fmn to oorsj o��e e,.d sing so. gc for the saldiere.
AttHEXOb fii-.il, KB,
When he appeared ��t tue Hlpj edro��ae .un��ay night in his
Lieutenant's uniform, there we�� seme healtation ��.bout letting him
go on. It was generally expect ;& t at ��to vscald play a simple
SSl��otioa end harry off the eiere, hat he didn't. ft�� gar# on��
of ti.e most finished rarforaar.uee over ��et�� at the SippSiVOme
and the 6,00t) persons there wem ��wept off their feet. Hie piano
playlnir la mrvelca��, end v e patriotic seogn He sin o, of his
own oompeeition, are bean�� to m&otmtaetsas.
lie wii Pi# own
aoeoarpao iaeo ts �� "The Bare Hing o��" of tu> All iee*, w^h�� Hallies
Howe a Bawful not to Bus" e.nd goseibly ''Uncle Sma is Abb Ureeeed
tip and line a Pino�� to $o%
met undey night he war ����cored till he absolutely refused
to tale up more time. He Is by long odd�� one of the meet
refreshing and rcerleahle entertainer�� seen in hew fork in many
year���� and there la a patriotic touch and �� irenon ��tnioepher��
to all hie work which sml e him on�� of is �� real 'finde* of recent
years,. But he iea soldier and he look�� it."
Item is a newspaper clipping, "Doctors go to the soldiers or soldiers to the doctors? A.M.C officials defend policy of centralization of work in Toronto, saying here only can specialists be secured--meanwhile hospitals elsewhere not used to capacity." Article reports a shortage of beds and doctors due to soldiers being returned only to Toronto rather than hospitals in other municipalities.
DOCTORS GO TO THE SOLDIERS
OR SOLDIERS TO THE DOCTORS?
A.M.C. Officials Defend Policy of Centralization of Work in
Toronto, Saying Here Only Can Specialists Be Secured���
Meanwhile Hospitals Elsewhere Not Used to Capacity.
GOVERNMENT HAS A PLAN BY WHICH
TO SOLVE DUAL-AUTHORITY PROBLEM
"If there is any congestion in the
soldiers' convalescent homes in To-
ronto at the present time the respon-
sibility lies with the Army Medical
Corps," said Mr. S. A. Armstrong,
director of the Military Hospitals
Commission, to The Star before leav-
ing for Ottawa last night. He fol-
lowed this up with particulars of
1,171 beds available and not used at
other points in this military district
as follows: Whitby, 160; Burlington,
202; Guelph, 409; Cobourg (approxi-
mately), 400��
The allocation of patients to the
different hospitals is now entirely in
the hands of the Army Medical Corps,
whose officers, in the belief that con-
centration in Toronto is desirable,
have not taken steps to relieve the
congestion here by transferring pa-
tients to the outside homes Ynentioned
above. They are seeking to relieve
the situation by securing additional
accommodation in Toronto. To that
end Davisville school is being asked
for and acquired, and a proposal to
build a 1,000- bed hospital in High
Park, now hanging fire, is urged by
the Army Medical Corps and military
officers generally.
Park Proposal Not Good Business.
The Star asked Mr. Armstrong
what the Hospital Commission's
objection to the High Park hospital
scheme is.
He said that to spend $80-0,000 in
buildings for 1,0-00 men on a site
here the buildings would have to
> scrapped as* soon as their tem-
>rary use was ended, did not strike
an as good business.
The Star saw Lieut.-Col. Ryersten,
lead of the Army Medical Corps,
in this district, and asked him if it
is true as stated by Hospitals Com-
mission officials that Army Medical
Corps doctors* will not go outside To-
ronto, this causing the congestion
here. .
"Of course they will not go outside
Toronto, because they are most
wanted here," replied Colonel Ryer-
son. "We want the men to have
the best treatment which can be pro-
cured for them and, therefore, the
services of the city specialists are
required. If we sent the men outside
the city we could not obtain the ser-
vices of these specialists/'
The authorities of the commission
were informed of the explanation
made by the military authorities, but
did not seem to be impressed with
the argument that soldiers who hap-
pen to be doctors must not be asked
to leave Toronto if their services are
required elsewhere.
Have 100 Doctors Here.
"How many doctors has the A. M.
C. on strength at the present time
in Toronto*?" asked the reporter of
Lieut.-Col. Ryerson.
"We have about 160," replied Col-
onel Ryerson. "We are the only
organized medical body in the Dom-
inion and no other system is possible
for the treatment of soldiers. The
doctors of the country are not re-
sponsible to the medical councils.
They do not have to work for any
particular cause unless they want to
and the A. M. C. is the only organ-
ization which can supply the medical
talent which is required."
The question of present conges-
tion in Toronto is but one phase in
the clash of authority between the
Army Medicaf Corps and the Mili-
tary Hospitals Commission as to
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(ml sinned from Page One.)
which h all be assigned the care of
the rein led soldier and. re-equip him
for civ ) .ife.
Thatt he dual authority under
which h e soldier is finding himself
at the p resent time cannot go on
longer s admitted by both the sol-
diers oi the A.M.C. and the civil ad-
ministn tors of the M.H.C.
The point of view of the Army
Medical Corps toward the Hospitals
Comm/* non was expressed to The
Star o> Lieut.��-Col. Ryerson, A.D.M.
S.ASvho said:
; "When we want a job in engineer-
ing; etc p v;e cal\ on me Royal Engin-
j eers, and when we want our men ;
! fed we call on the Army Service j
Corps. If we can call on the Hos- j
���n he Commission to provide hospi- j
,iS for us our difficulties will be_4
over."
The position taken by the Hospi-
tals Commission authorities is that
the time has come when there is a
tremendous work to be done which is
not a military job at all. It is in a
sense the exact reverse of the mili-
tary department's work, which is to
make soldiers out of civilians, while
this new work is to make civilians out
of soldiers. It is a work so large that
a new department of Government is
necessary to carry it out.
"I would call it a department of
demobilization,1' said Mr. Armstrong
to The Star. "It would have under
it the land sjettlement of the return-j
ed soldiers, the employment of the:
men, the hospitals, and pensions and;
in fact all matters pertaining to the
returned men. Such a department,
like the Militia Department of norm-
al times, would be headed by a Cab-
inet Minister and would be to that
extent under civilian control. An of-
ficial who might be called the Direc-
tor-General of Invalids could be ap-
pointed who would be responsible to
the Adjutant-General in matters of
discipline only and to the commis-
sion in all other matters."
Making Better Progress Now.
That comparatively rapid progress
in caring for returned men is being
made in Canada, is shown according
to Mr. Armstrong by figures just re-
ceived from England. Under the War
Pensions Board there, 2,400 soldiers
are being re-educated and in all in-
stitutions outside the control of the
War Pensions Board there are 900 re-
turned men being re-educated. The
Military Hospitals Commission in
Canada has a total of 944 men being
re-educated and 2,199 under convales-
cent training at $he present time,
making a total number of men under
instruction of 3,143. In addition 2,285
men have been surveyed for re-edu-
cation and 1,945 have been recom-
mended for it.
"It has been stated that the Mili-
tary Hospitals Commission had a
political tinge," said the reporter.
"That is absolutely untrue," re-
plied Mr. Armstrong. "The commis-
sion has been entirely without poli-
tical bias, and I do not know the
politics of many of our men. When
I was in Manitoba I spent money like
water���wisely, of course���-for the
commission, and the contracts were
let to the lowest tender. I have
never seen even a patronhge list."
1 "You have said, that a solution
the difficulties between the commis-
sion and the A. M. C. is about to be
found. What is the solution?" he
wajs deked.
"That I am unable to say. I am
only a servant of the Government,
and it is the Government which must
be asked in this case," he replied.
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Photograph of a young man in an [office?], attached to negative strips. Negatives that are visible depict: "City Building Inspector" office door; street scenes; and interior of an office.
Item is a news clipping that reports on challenges faced by the Military Hospitals Commission in providing care for soldiers returning from the war front.
WHO CONTROLS CONVALESCENT HOMES?
ARMY MED. CORPS OR HOSP. COMMISSION?
Statement Showing Hovv the Present Acute Situation Has Developed and Serious Issue Involved
by One Who Favors the Military Hospitals Commission's Side of the Contro-
versy- -Has Been Friction Ever Since the Beginning.
ATTEMPTS r BY GOVERNMENT Ao EFFECT A COMPROMISE
HAVE ALL ENDED IN FAILURE���BIG PLANS FOR FUTURE
THE TORONTO DAILY STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 93.
_ ' ������ ---------������ ���___��� *
The following statement has been
prepared for The Star "by a citizen
who believes that the authority of the
���Military Hospitals Commission, in
dealing with the care of returned
convalescent soldiers, should be ex-
tended rather than contracted. It
gives a lucid outline of the develop-
ment of the system in existence, and
is an illuminating contribution to the
discussion of an acute situation,
from the point of view of an advo- \
cate of Commission control
By o ld er - in- C o uncil dated June SO,
1915, the Military Hospitals Commis-
sion was created for the purpose of
making provision for the care and
treatment of returned disabled sol-
diers. Prior to this date the Militia
Department appointed a committee
to deal with the problem which pro-
posed that arrangements should be
made to secure the co-oiperation of
the St. John's Ambulance Associa-
tion and the Canadian Red Cross
Society, with the view to having the
nursing -and other assistance taken
care of by such organizations. The
men who had returned up to that
time were being taken care of in
convalescent homes provided by the
Red Cross, I. O. D. E. and other or-
ganizations, and in the city of To-
ronto the men, if any, were largely
taken care of by the Army Medical
Corps.
Commission's Authority Extended.
On the 24th June, mbTaS'Eporf
was submitted by the president of
the commission to the Privy Coun-
cil in which it was stated that the
duty of caring for the returned men
was divided between the medical
staff of the Department of Militia
and Defence and the Military Hospi-
tals Commission and that the dual
system of control did not make for
efficient administration, nor did it
admit of the commission exercising
the whole of the powers and author-
ity previously conferred upon it by
the order-in-Council creating it. This
report recommends the creation of a
Military Hospitals Commission Com-
mand, and that all matters connect-
ed with command, administration
and discipline, subject to the require-
ments of the military service, were
to be under the Military Hospitals
Commission. It further provided for
the appointment of a medical super-
intendent who was charged with the
management of hospitals or homes
from the medical point of view, and
that the medical service at such hos-
pitals should be performed either by
officers of the Army Medical Corips
or by civil practitioners. It also pro-
vided that medical officers of the
Department of Militia and Defence
doing duty at hospitals or homes
should -*tei��~mcond,ed for s-sryx,c^ unAI-ex
the 'commission, Duo provision was
made for the creation of machinery
for the boarding and final discharge
of men. This report was ^approved.
Army Medical Corps Backs Up.
Towards the close of 1916 the
medical superintendent requested the
Army Medical Corps to second to the
commission some thirty-two medical
officers who were at the time on
the staff of the hospitals. This re-
quest was refused, It being alleged
that the demand for medical men
overseas was so pressing that no men
could be spared for other work. The
commission accepted this statement,
but to date practically none of these
men, whose services were refused to
the commission,, have been with-
drawn from the hospitals or gone
overseas. In some parts of Canada
the Commission had appointed civil-
ian medical officers in its hospitals,
also civilian medical boards, but sub-
sequently found that the Army Medi-
cal Corps refused to recognize the
recommendations for discharge made
by any civilian medical board. Con-
trol of the medical service was more
or less in the hands of the AD.M.S.
District, and through failure on the
part of the Army Medical Corps to
second officers as provided by the
order-in-GouneiL coupled with their
refusal to recognize civilian boards,
they made it impossible for the com -
mission to exercise the powers con-
ferred upon it with respect to medi-
cal' services*
A Compromise that Failed.
In March, 1917, an effort was made
to secure the co-operation of the De-
partment of Militia and Defence and
a memorandum was entered into be-
tween the two organizations whereby
it was provided that all services oth-
er than medical should be under-
taken by the commission, and that
the medical service should be under
the administration and control of the
Army Medical Corps. All appoint-
ments to the medical service were
to be subject to the approval of the
superintendent "of the commission.
It was found that this arrangement
was not satisfactory owing to the
constant friction between the medi-
cal officers of the hospital and the
combatant officers who were placed
In charge of such institution�� by the
Commission Command. The officers
commanding were unable to exercise
any control over the medical officers,
and the latter, although requiring
men to be paraded for examination
and treatment at stated hours, often
failed to keep their appointments,
thus undermining discipline and the
routine of the hospital.
This lack of co-operation continued,
and it was felt desirable that an ex-
perienced officer should be returned
from Prance who could take complete
charge of the medical service, and
whose reputation would be such as
to merit the confidence of the public.
Gen. Fotheringham was selected, and
on or about August, 1917, was ap-
pointed D. M. S. Invalids, the ex- ;
pectation being that lie would be de- !
tailed to the headquarters of the .
commission at Ottawa in the same ]
manner as was the officer command- 1
ing the Military Hospitals Commis-
sion Command.
Gen, Fotheringham Opposes.
However, on his arrival in Canada * 1 * * * * *
he showed himself so entirely opposed
to the commission by the submission
of a tentative scheme of organiza-
tion, which meant practically the 1
elimination of the commission, that i
it was immediately recognized that 1
his control of the medical service^ in i
the hospitals of the commission i
would not be conducive to harmony. ;
The situation was brought to a head j
ih the latter part of September as a <
result of a demand made by Military j 1
District No. 2 for the transfer of all
documents pertaining to patients in
the hospitals of the commission and
of the medical officers who had been
detailed for duty at the headquarters
of the commission in Toronto to the
headquarters of Military District
No. 2. -���������- ��� - t
Aother Difference of Opinion.
Conferences were held with the
then Acting Adjutant General with a
view to reaching an adjustment of
the differences which had arisen, the
commission contendiing that the only
satisfactory solution of the trouble
was the carrying on of operations
under the pr ovi sio ns of the ord er-in -
Council creating the command, and
the seconding of the Army Medical
Corps officers to the commission, as
therein provided. The Acting Ad-
jutant General maintained that Army
Medical Corps officers could not be
transferred to the commission,
and not be under the control
of the A. D. M. S. districts, not-
withstanding the fact that the order-
in-Council referred to provided for
such procedure. He stated that such
officers, should they so desire, could
be released from the A.M.C. to enter
the service of the commission in
civilian capacity only.
In view of this attitude the com-
misisio nnotified the Department of
Militia and Defence that on Decem-
ber 1st it would take over It�� own
medical service and carry on the
same as a civilian organization. In
view of the commission's previous
experience with the Army Medical
Corps in the handling of civilian
hoard�� a report to council was sub-
i miffed providing for certain amend.
men-ts1 of the order-in-Council creat
mg the command, and confirming
the decision to. carry on with civiliai
medical officers'.
A New Order-In-Council*
This report was not adopted, bu
a new order-in-Council was passe*
on November 28, 1917, which wm
supposed to define the resp��ctlv<
functions of themommission, the Mi
htia Department and the Army Medi-
cal Corps, and to eliminate dual con-
trol. AS a matter of fact under thfe
order-in- Council d ual control was as -
centuated to a greater degree than ai
any time heretofore, and a�� thu
order-in-Council *vas interpreted bj
the departments interested in differ-
ent ways, serious Confusion arose.
A.M.C, Assuming Control.
Aimiy Medici Coups assumed
that full control of the- commission^
hospitals was conferred upon it, and
S?, ACra^r8* AdJut��At General on the
29th of November the day after the
^der^in-Couircil TOS approved by
S ' Issued on order to
aLl .G.O.C. districts advising that the
officers in command of Military Hos-
pitals Commission units were under
the control of th3 G.O.C. districts in
ail respect��. ^ ^
and the A. A. G proceeded to]issue
instructions to tfe q, C. of commis-
mon units as to tie manner in which
r 6TvI1vfpitaI-S.we.re to be taken over,
n Mil tar District No. 2 medical O.
?v',wiWe^e lmfledhtely appointed for
biorth Toronto, Burmington, and the
Central Military hospitals, notwith-
standing the fact that the last men-
tioned order-in-COancil provided for
the appointment c,f an A. D. M, S.
invalids with headquarters at the
aea(^. of��lce of th^ commission, who
was to be charged with the selection
and appointment of all medical offi-
cers and other medical personnel. On
the commission c irecting the atten-
tion of the adjutant-general to the
tact that the prbeedure carried cut
was without the scope of their juris-
diction, and contrary to the provi-
sions of the last mentioned order-in -
Council, the order of the A, A. G. of
Nov. 29th was cancelled ,and mat-
ters to-day remain in the same un-
settled condition.
The commision has on ��very occa-
sion where difficulties have arisen
conceded further jurisdiction to the
Army Medical Corps *for the sake^of
securing harmony. This howetei,
has not been sufficient,T
but absolute control of f ' *
of the commission will satisfy -
demands of the Army Medical Corps,
as evidenced by the order issued by
the A. A. G. on Nov. 29tb, 1917.
patients is necessary in that city so
that patients may be kept under ob-
servation by specialists. One may
properly ask why, when medical men
don the uniform of an officer, they
are not under orders as such, and
are not prepared to go where their
superior officer directs Ahem. Other-
they should cease to wear their
uniform and continue their practice
as civilians.
Shortage of Base Hospital accom-
modation, which is am A.M.C. matter
and not one to be dealt with by the
Commission, undue concentration of
patients of the commission in Toron-
to, and the contention of the Toronto
physicians that patient�� must be kept
in the city for observation,, thereby
enabling such physicians to continue
their practice and attend soldier pa-
tients with minimum inconvenience
to themselves, has resulted in a pro-
posal being made by General Logie
and CoL Ryerson, to have a 1,040 bed
hospital erected in High Park, To-
ronto'. The estimated cost of this
hospital will be not less than $800,-
000, and the buildings will have to be
demolished after the war is over.
As the commission does not con-
trol it�� own medical service, and as
the transfer of patients is a medical
matter, the commission is unable to
carry out its policy with respect to
the allocation of it�� patients to the
special hospitals provided. The Mili-
tary Hospitals Commission has ample
first-class accommodation for the pa-
tients under its control, and between
Cobourg, Whitby, Burlington and
Guelph there are to-day approxi-
mately 1,200 vacant beds. These are
more than sufficient to take care of
prospective patients. The ab sene ��~of
control of medical boards of the pro-
cedure generally with respect to the
movement of patients from the time
of tlieir'arrival in Canada until their
discharge has resulted in the work of
the commission being seriously
handicapped.
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f erly balanced rations and the elim-
ination of waste. Its accounting
methods afford a means for com-
piling comparative cost data that
enables the administrative officers to
keep in constant touch with the
operating cosh�� and to secure the
highest efficiency at minimum ex-
pense to the country.
(k) If the commission had the
power to draw on the Department of
Militia and Defence as provided in
the order-in-Council creating the
command, there would be created a
strong department of medical ser-
vice. This should be built up in the
organization of the commission with
medical officers in charge of unit��
located at the unit headquarter�� of
the commission, such unit M.O.'s
directly responsible to the medical
superintendent of the commission,
iand not in any way responsible to
/the A. D. M. S. district or subject
to any lateral control. With such
service, the transfer and boarding
��# patients can be expedited and
uniformity in methods and produc-
tion throughout Canada assured.
Above all, the saving of large sums
I of money to Canada would be effect-
ed. The elimination of all c umber-
\ some procedure in the medical ser-
vice is essential, so that the admini-
strative staffs may be reduced to
minimum. In some hospitals
su-Hi staffs for medical routine only,
��bdpximate m high as 4 per cent
01 f e patient population.
Wellington and Jordan Streets,
TORONTO.
A Change in Clearing Methods,
Until recent orders issued by the
Militia Department all patients other
than cot cases were cleared through
the discharge depots at Halifax and
Quebec, at which points expert medi-
cal boards and interviewers were in
attendance, The latter were em-
ployed for the purpose of .securing all
information pertaining to patiehts for
the use of Patriotc Fund, Provincial
Soldiers' Aid Commission, vocational
and re-educational work, etc., and as
ail patients had to pass through this
one channel, complete data, was se-
cured on the history of every man.
The Department of Militia and De-
fence Iras recently undertaken to
change this procedure, and as a re-
sult, patients do not pass through the
discharge depots, but are sent
through direct to their districts,
Where, they are boarded. This pro-
cedure will result in multiplication
i of medical board��- and ��^npl-ov7--
utSrii of large staffs of interviewers
in the several districts throughout
Canada. Lack of uniformity i.n me-
thods and the difficulty in keeping
track of patients when granted fur-
lough will result in many beipg
overlooked, or the information ofilv
obtained by greatly increased labor.
Up to the present fully 20 per cent,
of the patients passed through the
discharge depots were immediately
recommended for discharge and did
not pass through the hospitals of the
commission. This twenty per cent,
were only kept on pay pending their
discharge. Under the change in pro-
cedure outlined above this twenty per
cent, will arrive at their districts, and
along with the other men, will be
granted furlough and will not be
boarded until the expiration of the
same, thereby resulting in the coun-
try being charged with additional
liability. To this must be added the
cost which will be incurred in pro-
viding barrack accommodation in
each military district, where the re-
turned men can be housed while be-
ingeboarded for the purpose of ascer-
taining the deposition to be made of
them.
What Commission Has Done.
-with&t aI i<1;ng the difficulties,
I which the commission has been sub^
1 jeeted to in an effort to carry out
the work entrusted to it, much has
been accomplished, particularly in
the provision of hospitals; whereby a
population of 2,183 in December 1916
now increased to 12,000 in Decem-
ber, 1917, has been taken care of
Vocational and re-education work
has been carried on with marked
success, and when compared with
the work in England, is distinctly in
advance. Industrial surveys have
been made throughout Canada for
the purpose of ascertaining the vari-
ous trades for which handicapped
men can be trained, A School of
Massage has been in operation for
some time, A training centre for
functional re-education or remedial
workers, such as the returned men
through their organizations have re-
peatedly urged, is under way. With
this should be carried on clinics
where medical officers of hospitals
throughout Canada could be brought
in for refresher courses in electro,
thermo, hydro, and mechano-therapy.
All this work, which is distinctly
medical,, other than educational,
should have been undertaken by the
A. AT. C., but has been handled by
the Hospitals Commission. It should
be directed from one central control,
so that the administrative officer
faafte, to. bring in tim
medical officers for "reAcsher
courses" from the various units in
Canada,. To-day such a procedure is
impossible ,as the commission does
not control its medical service and
cannot secure even the necessary ad-
ministrative officers to properly per-
form its duties.
A Summary of Situation.
Briefly, the matter may be sum-
marized as follows:
(a) Power was conferred on the
Military Hospitals Commission to
undertake certain work, and to call
on other departments of the Govern-
ment for assistance. A request was
made on the Militia Department to
I second certain A, M. C. officers,
which was refused.
(b) The commission has on every
occasion endeavored to co-operate
with the A. M. C., but on each occa-
sion the latter has reached out for
further control, with the single ob-
ject of the ultimate elimination of
the commission.
(c) As a result of compromises,
dual con trol, which the order- in-
Council . creating the Commission
Command endeavored to obviate, has
Extravagance Charged.
The administration of the Medical
Services in the Hospitals of the Com-
mission by the Army Medical Corps
has been costly and inefficient. In
one unit where there were two in-
stitutions with about 450 beds and
600 in and out patients, but only 15
patients confined to their beds, there
were twenty-seven medical officers
who were being paid part and full
time pay and twenty-five Army MedL
cal Corps nurses. The service rend-
ered was distinctly inefficient and out
of keeping with the large pay roll,
which the Commission was assured
by competent medical authority was
being actually double, (or approxi-
mately $30,000 per annum more than)
what it should have been. The sub-
stitution of Army Medical Corps
nurses for civilian nurses has re-
sulted in a further' unnecessary ex-
penditure of public money. As these
unnecessary expenditures take place
in the Hospitals of the Commission,
that orgarfization must, in the eyes of
the public, assume full responsibility
for the administration of any medi-
cal or other organization attached to
The Commission's Plans. j
By the policy of the Military Hos^
pitals Commission, concurred in by
competent medical authorities, it was
decided that Newmarket should be a
clearing hospital for insane; the On-
tario Military Hospital at Cobourg, a
hospital devoted to the care of shell
shock cases; Guelph, a hospital for
advanced convalescents, regardless of
districts, where patients could take
advantage of the superior educational
and manufacturing facilities provid-
ed; Whitby, Burlington and the Or-
thopaedic at North Toronto, were to
be large treatment centres. At Whit-
by every facility for modern treat-
ment was being provided.
Concentration in Toronto.
The policy of the A. D. M. S., No.. 2
District, has been one of concentra-
tion in Toronto which has, resudlted
in unnecessary overcrowding. The
Commission has, throughout Can-
ada, followed the policy of tak-
ing advantage of General Hospit-
als and their equipment for the per-
formance of major surgery other than
orthopaedic. The A- D. M. S., Toron-
to, contends that a concentration of
become so accentuated, as to impair
f 1 u'���'aiR'ii0r?
(d) The problem of han gy the
returned man is one and iisible,
and must embrace., insofar r 4�� the
disabled man is concerned, the tak-
ing control of him from the date of
hi�� arrival in Canada until his ulti-
mate replacement in civil life.
(e) The training of a civilian to be
a soldier should essentially be placed7
in the hand�� of trained military ex-
perts. So, conversely, should the
training of a soldier to be a civilian
be more capably handled by a civil
ian organization in touch with the re
quirements of commerce and in-
dustry.
(f) The rehabilitation of the re-
turned. soldier is not solely a medical
problem. Coincident with the medi-
cal problem are physical training
tlie provision of artificial limb�� where
necessary and education ir the use
of same, vocational training or oc-
cupational therapy for the conval-
escent, re-education for those so dis-
abled as to require a new trade, final
employment and reinstatement in the
world of commerce or industry.
(g) It may be safety stated that,
generally speaking, those patient��
who pass through tlie hospitals of
the commission have b; ? n
profitable employment, anidThy rea-
son of the gradual transformation
from soldier to civilian, hay�� been
successful.
Shaking Off Hospital Life.
(h) Patient�� before reaching Can-
ada have been in hospitals in Eng-
land for periods varying from four to
eighteen montlisi, and it may proper-
ty be assumed that there was made
available for those men in England
the services of the best medical men.
This long residence in the hospitals
has a tendency to institutionalize the
men and renders them more difficult
to be fitted for civill life. It may also
be assumed that, having regard to
the length of their hospital residence
in England and the medical service
available, they would not have' be^n
discharged from England unless it
was felt that the minimum of medical
treatment would likely be required
in this country, except in the case of
orthopaedic cases, which might re-
present 25 per cent, of the whole.
For -this and other reasons the whole
machinery of the Military Hospitals
Commission must be called into play
in the de-institutionalizing of the
man and in the fitting of him for re-
instatement in civil life. The Crosse-
de-insti
of de- insti|^^ be
gradual, anil the organization charged
with the task must have at its dis-
posal talent of all sorts* the greatest
liberty of action, and, above all, the
power of opportunity to co-ordinate
all services, administrative, discip-
linary, medical and otherwise.
(i) The powers conferred on, the
Military Hospitals Commission
should be exercised either by the
commission or by the Department of
Militia and Defence, but should not
be vested in both�� as the nature of
the problem to be solved must be un-
der one control. The former posses-
ses advantages, inasmuch as many
voluntary organization��' and other
services are placed at the disposal of
the patient�� through the influence
and interest of local commissioners,
which would not be available under
strictly departmental administration,.
(j) The commission is organized
on strictly business principles, and
is untrammelled by the usual depart-
mental and military routine, and
free to handle with the greatest ex-
pediency the necessary machinery
for the general welfare of the re-
turned, invalided man,. It has man-
aged its hospitals and its affairs on
sound business 'lines, chief of which
may be cited its system of food control
whereby the dining room and kitch-
en service is under the control of
skilled dietitians, who are specially
trained in the preparation of pro-
1918.
Item is an envelope bearing the stamp, O.H.M.S. and Repatriation and Employment Committee Ottawa, that contained a news clipping about the Military Hospitals Commission, a photograph and negative strips.
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting on the war service of Major Topp as well as his committee work with the repatiration program that looks after the welfare of veterans.
MAJ. TOPP, D.S.O., M.C.,
IN REPATRIATION
Will Look After Interests of
Returned Men.
Major Beresford Topp. D.S.O.,
M.C., has been appointed representa-
tive in England of the repatriation
committee, and is already on his way
to take over his duties.
Major Topp was born in Brace-
hr idee and was educated there. At
the commencement of hostilities he
was on the staff of the Daily Mall
and Empire, was coverlng Va^ar-
tier camp, and accompanied the
First Contingent overseas as a war
carrespondent. After being in
| France for six months, he became a
combatant officer in 1915. He
���-���-med to Canada in August, 1915,
and obtained a commission in the
42nd Battalion, later transferring to
the 5th Royal Highlanders, with
which corps he served throughout
^Major Topp has been wounded
three times, first at the Ypres sa-
lient in July, 1916, again at the
Somme, in October, 1916, on which
occasion he was three months in
hospital, and his last wound at
Cambrai, in September, 1918, ne-
cessitating another seven weeks in
hospital. Major Topp is only 25
Years old and went from lieutenant
td major in under four years. He
received the D.S.O. for services at
1 Amiens when second in command
Df the 42nd Battalion, and the M.C.
for work in 1918. He also was
awarded a bar to the M.C. for ser-
vices at Cambrai.
Major Topp will co-operate with
the Ottawa committee in connection
with the repatriation program,which
embraces demobilization, generally
'ooking after the welfare of the vet-
erans, and readjusting the industrial
and commercial conditions in Can-
ada. _ _____
In Aid of Orphanage.
The Dansant under the auspices of
the Catholic Girls' Club, Saturday,
Feb. Sth, 4 to 7 p.m., in Racquet
Court, in aid of St. Patrick's Or-
phanage. Chicago Jazz Orchestra
in attendance.���(Advt.)
DECORATIONS PRESENTED TO
WAR HEROES AT EXHIBITION OF
GREAT NAVAL PICTURES HERE
_____ %
Sir Thomas White Opens Magnificent Display in Militia Building
on Cartier Square and Presides at Investiture of
Gallant Officers.
Did the British naval photographs
on exhibition this week at the new
building on Cartier square stand for
camera skill and art alone, they
would be well worth seeing. Tangi-
ble evidence as they are of the man-
ner in which Britain kept the seas
free since the beginning of the war,
they ought not to be missed by
anyone. Even to those who have
read much concerning the navy, the
pictures bring a far more real im-
pression than print could hope to
convey. And a leisurely inspection
of the great gallery arranged in the
new building���the same building, by
the way, to which seme objection
was raised when it was in course of
construction���leaves even the most
casual obesrver with a very concrete
idea of the work accomplished bv
the British navy.
Wonderful Photography,
Passing from picture to picture, it
is difficult to realize that they are
enlargements of actual photographs.
One sees a cargo steamer, for in-
stance, and learns that the picture
was taken just after it was hit by
a torpedo. The aviator' camera
overhead has recorded the fatal list
��f. vessel and the enlargement
brings out the details of the barrel-
laden decks. The next view shows
the barrels sliding into the water,
and in the last scene the brown bar-
rels are tossing about over the spot
where lately the ship had sailed.
The view of a hospital ship sink-
ing reminds one again of the Eng-
lish channel atrocities and the
Llandovery ^ Castle. Very striking,
too. is the picture of another sinking
ship, showing her broken in three
sections���a tragic monument to the
brutal Hun's method of waging war.
The Vindictive.
The "Vindictive" has a large
place in the exhibit, and the man in
charge of the exhibit, Lt. H. T. C.
Walker, was one of the volunteers
on the famous ship. It is a huge
picture, valuable now because the
original is sunk beneath the sea. f |
Taken before and after storming the
' c��muQOn of tile
Vindictive is mute testimony of the
part she played in that great ven-
ture. Near by, from another frame,
look out the happy faces of three
volunteers in the scrap. Captain
Carpenter, fondling a black cat, ap-
pears with Commander Osborne who
has a similar mascot, in another pic-
Tture.
Strong Men Shown.
The personnel of the navy, from
commanders to the stokers ���way
down in the ship, have been fre-
quently photographed. These men
who have kept the vigil of the North
Sea for four years, seem to have
taken something of the strength
from the elements with which they
battled daily, and in their weather-
beaten faces the secret of their vital-
ity and strong fibre is plainly regis-
tered.
Many of the pictures would have
been impossible had they not been
taken from the air. In this connec-
tion a comparison of the German
airman's photograph of Zeebrugge
after the blocking of the harbor,
with the British airman's record of
the same scene, is interesting.
Dropping Depth Charges.
The dropping of depth charges
has provided wonderful camera food.
The foam and fret of water shoot-
ing up many feet in the air has fol-
lowed the explosion of 400 pounds
of trinitrotoluol. The pictured
patches of oil on the water, indicat-
ing another U-boat gone to the bot-
tom, are much more illuminating
than the official statements of such
events published during the war.
j Smoke screens, convoys of merchant
t ships, illustrations of "the trade,"
9 and many, many other pictures form
} the most interesting collection of
photographs ever brought to Ottawa.
The pictures are beautifully colored
in natural tints, and from a purely
artistic point of view, are a pleasure.
Sir Thomas White Presides.
The exhibition was declared for-
ma"y open Wednesday afternoon Jtr
Sir Thomas White, acting Prime
Minister. With him on the plat-
form were Lady Borden, Lady Kings-
mill, and Mrs. J. C. Roper, Hon. N.
W. Rowell and Bishop Roper.
"Though we can not say that the
British Navy won the war," said Sir
Thomas, in opening his address, "we
do know that the war could not
have been won without the British
navy." Continuing he spoke of the
work done by women, by ail the
branches of the navy, and of the
army, and particularly of the part
Canada had played in the war. His
references to the British navy were
received with cheers and applause,
"Only the magnificent power of
the British navy could have pro-
duced such an overwhelming vic-
tory," he said, when picturing the
German navy coming to Admiral
Beatty "on a string."
Mr. Rowell's Tribute.
Hon. N. W. Rowell added his
strong tribute to the British Navy,
expressing appreciation of the exhi-
bition of naval pictures in United
States and in Canada where it would
educate both countries as to the
work done by the navy during the
war. Mr. Rowell said he understood
the Navy League, of Canada desired
to undertake, to display the pictures
in other citie& throughout the coun-
try, and he thought that arrange-
ment would be very fitting.
In the absence of His Excellency,
the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Thomas
White presented two Distinguished
Service Orders, and three Military
Crosses, to officers who had disting-
uished themselves on the field.
The setting for such an investiture
could scarcely have been more fit-
ting. All around were the silent
spokesmen for Britain's fight on the
seas; the military band of the G. W.
V. A., and many other men in the
uniform of soldier or sailor stand-
ing at attention among the crowd of
spectators.
The Men Decorated.. t
MLhan. the name of Lt Z M. Me-
Ilquham was announced, his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mellquham
came forward to receive the Military
Cross won by their dead son. He
belonged to the Canadian Field
Artillery, the officer read out, and
the decoration was awarded for con-
spicuous gallantry. The battery had
been heavily shelled; the young
lieutenant had looked after the
wounded at great personal danger;
when the gunner had fallen beside
his gun, Lt. Mellquham took his
place, and kept the gun in action
until he too died.
Lt. Belmont Lloyd Irwin, of Corn-
wall, also received a Military Cross.
During an attack his men had reach-
ed their objective, but the enemy
made a counter-attack. By skilful
manoeuvring this was defeated at
great loss but with many prisoners
taken. A second attack was driven
off, and this time Lieut. Irwin was
wounded, although his courage, de-
termination, and initiative had kept
the p��sition theirs at great cost.
Lieut. Col. Powers. j
Lt. Col. T. E. Powers. St. John,
N.B., received the D.S.O. Col. Pow-
ers wears the red chevron of an
"original first." As a matter of fact
he offered to enlist two days after
war was declared. A major when
in command of the Maritime Pro-
vinces' Signalling Corps, he reverted
to the rank of second lieutenant to
go overseas in 1914 with the 1st
Canadian Signalling Corps under
Lt.-Col. Lister, the inventer of the
field telephone. After two and a
half years in France, Col. Powers
was returned to Canada as an in-/
structor and organizer, he having!
practically organized the unit
France.
Major C. T. Trotter received the
DS.O., for "distinguished service
in the field at all times, and utter *
regard for personal safety."
Capt. Leslie Francis Burrows was
awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry as a forward observing of-
ficer. On one occasion he had kept
important communications open
under the greatest difficulty and
danger.
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GREAT LIBERAL CHIEFTAIN, SIR WILFRED LAURIER
NOTABLE CAREER ENDED; CANADA'S GREAT
SON PASSES TO REST; DEATH CAME
Physicians Quick to See Gravity of Affliction and
From the First Intimated That Life could
Not Be Prolonged.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER AND HIS LOVING ANd
COMPANION ALIKE IN TRIUMPh
Government Has Expressed Desire That Distinguished Canadian
Should he Given State Funeral.
Sir Wilfrid passed away at 2.50 this afternoon. Lady Laurier,
the attending physicians, Mr. Giguere, Sir Wilfrid's secretary, and
several of his close political friends were at Sir Wilfrid's bedside
when the end came.
The aged statesman had not recovered consciousness since
three o'clock this morning and since 1.30 in the afternoon when
he sustained a collapse of the heart he gave no sign of life, his
breathing and pulse being so faint as to be hardly distinguishable.
He simply "fell asleep."
Funeral arrangements had not been made at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The news of the great old chieftain's death flashed through
the city as by telepathic force, and expressions of grief were heard
on all sides, the passion of political strife being stilled in the face of
what many declared to be an immeasurable national loss.
The Government is consulting again this afternoon to make
arrangements for the funeral. The body will likely lie in state for
some days, affording the people an opportunity to take a last look
at the man who for so many years so powerfully influenced the
course of the nation.
A review of the life of Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be found on
pages 7 and 14.
Laurier Home Becomes Object of Respectful
Attention; Many Premature Rumors of Death
The large grey stone house, corner
ot Laurier avenue east and Chapel
street, where for many years the
leader of the Liberal party has made
his home, was the scene of much
respectful attention this morning.
Passenger in street cars, drivers
of teams, and pedestrians turned as
they passed and glanced at the part-
ly blinded windows as if they would
learn there the outcome of the battle
between lifeand death going on in-
side. There were frequent reports
that Sir Wilfrid had passed away,
but at 11.30 a representative of The
Journal received from the house the
assurance that his condition had
not changed since earlier in the
morning. Later Hon. Charles Mur-
phy, who was a visitor, conveyed the
information that Sir Wilfrid was still
alive but gradually sinking, and
shortly after noon came the word
that all hope for his recovery had
been given up and death was but a
matter of a few hours.
His Excellency the Governor-Gen-
eral, accompanied by one of his
aides, called shortly before noon,
and there were many other callers,
while a procession of messenger boys
brought telegrams from all parts of
the Dominion, each expressing regret
at Sir Wilfrid's illness, coupled with
sincere hope of a speedy recovery.
At Canadian Club.
Sir Wilfrid was stricken down
while still in harness. On Saturday
he attended the luncheon of the
Canadian Club and no one there
evinced a more lively interest in the
speech setting forth the territorial
claims of Serbia as against those of
Italy. After the luncheon Sir Wil-
frid rode to his office at the Vic-
toria Mueum and dictated a number
of letters, all dealing with the busi-
ness of the approaching session. He
rode to his home on a street car
and appeared in the best of health
and spirits. On Saturday night,
however, he complained of indisposi-
tion, but even then there was no
evidence of impending collapse.
Government Circles Hear News With
Profound Regret; Premier is Informed
The news of Sir Wilfrid's sudden
affliction was received with profound
regret in Government circles. De-
spite the sturdy blows which he has
dealt in his long political career, Sir
Wilfrid's gracious and lovable per-
sonality, his stainless purity of char-
acter, and his long and honored
career, won and maintained for him
a feeling of reverence and affection
among even his bitterest political
foes. At eleven o'clock the Cabinet
���it contains a number of men who
for long years were proud to ac-
knowledge Sir Wilfrid as their lead-
er���met to decide upon what ar-
rangements should be made in the
event of his immediate death. These
have not yet been disclosed, and,
necessarily, will be subject' to the
wishes of Lady Laurier; but it is al-
together likely that the body will lie
in state in Ottawa before being taken
to Sir Wilfrid's old home in Artha-
baskaville for burial.
In the event of Sir Wilfrid's death
it is not unlikely that Parliament,
which is to meet on Friday, will be
postponed, or that, if it does meet,
will adjourn out of respect for the
deceased statesman.
Sir Robert Borden was today in-
formed by cable of Sir Wilfrid's con-
dition. The two men, although poll- I
tical opponents for years, were fast
personal friends.
The question of a successor for
Sir Wilfrid is already being discuss-
ed, but all talk of that kind may easily be dismissed for the present.
Nothing will be decided for some
days at least, when a choice will
have to be made by a caucus of the
party. Hon. W. S. Fielding is look-
ed upon as the most likely choice.
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Sun Rose 5.13; S
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94th Year, No. 308.
Honor In Death
One of Canada's
Greatest Sons
Representatives of Empire
And of Foreign Lands
Join With Dominion in
Tribute to Sir R. Borden
Thousands Line Route
Of Funeral Procession
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Elements Add to Solemnity
Of Occasion With Na-ture's Grand Requiem.
Proudly and sorrowfully
Canada on Saturday afternoon
laid to rest her war-time Prime
Minister, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Laird Borden.
Representatives of foreign
powers joined with the repre-
sentative of His Majesty King
George VI and representatives
of Canadian government and
national life in paying tribute
to the Empire statesman. The
nation to which he gave pres-
tige by his leadership honored
him in death with a state fun-
eral, while the last rites were
conducted by the church
through which he had rever-
enced his God.
A sky rent by thunder and
lightning was Nature s requiem
as the white-haired statesman
was laid to rest in a tree-
shaded plot at Beechwood
cemetery, while "the gentle
rain from heaven" was a sym-
bol of sublime grief.
Under Spreading Maple
On the crest of a knoll, shaded
by a spreading maple, whose
tinted leaves will strew his grave
in the autumn season with the
emblems of the country he brought
to nationhood, Sir Robert thus was
borne to his final resting place.
The elements combined to vest
the obsequies of Canada's war-
time prime minister with a gran-
deur befitting the occasion. The
early sunshine of the afternoon
flooded the streets as the body of
Sir Robert was borne in solemn
procession from his home to All
Saints' church. During the service
the-skies darkened, until, as the
cortege moved through lanes of
silent citizens, lightning flashed
and was succeeded by rolls of
thunder.
Some rain-drops spattered the
mourners gathered around the
grave. But when they left, the
thunder-clouds passed on, and
once again Sir Robert's sepulcher
lay bathed in the russet light of
the setting sun.
Thousands Line Route.
His fellow-mortals accorded Sir
Robert Borden a tribute given few
men. Thousands lined the route
as the stately procession passed by.
Archbishop J. C. Roper broke a
custom of the Church of England
to pay stirring eulogy at the ser-
vice in All Saints' church.
In '���saying farewell to all that
was mortal of Sir Robert Borden,"
in the words of Archbishop Roper,
Ottawans were paying affectionate
tribute to a fellow-citizen as well
as honoring a national figure.
When a career rich with
achievement ended peacefully at
7.30 a.m. on Thursday, spontane-
ous tribute to Sir Robert flowed in
from every part of the world.
None was deeper or more sincere
than from the city which in know-
ing him best loved him most; and
this was exemplified by the mani-
fest sorrow at the funeral.
Long before the procession was
scheduled to leave Glensmere, his
Wurtemberg street home, which
he had occupied almost from the
time he came to Ottawa, a large
crowd had gathered outside the
residence, hundreds more lined
the route and a vast crowd
assembled before the church.
It was the first funeral of a
former Canadian prime minister
since the death of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier in February, 1919, and
the first state funeral in Canada
since that given four years ago to
another war-time leader, Sir
Arthur Currie, commander of the
Canadian troops in France.
Veterans Form Guard.
Veterans of the Great War, who
answered the call to arms while
Sir Robert was at the head of the
government, and who idolized the
eminent statesman, formed a
guard of honor by lining the route
of the procession. The stately
cortege was headed by a scarlet-
coated detachment of Royal Cana-
dian Mounted Police, followed by
the band of the Governor-
General's Foot Guards.
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
Public Harbor Declare A
The harbor of Grindstone, Mag-dalen Islands, in Quebec, com-
prising all waters of Pleasant Bay
and Leslie Cove has been declared
a public harbor, according to a
proclamation published last night
in the Canada Gazette.
Today's Events
Association of Canadian Fire Marshals,
Convention, Chateau, all day.
Pasture Conference, Experimental Farm,
all day.
Rotary Club, Chateau, 12.45 p.m.
Public School Board, special meeting.
7:30 p.m.
National Art Gallery, open from 10 a m.
to 3 p.m.
Theater announcements on Page 8.
By JOHN A. COOPER.
Copyright, 1919, Book Rights Re-
served.
BOMAL, Tuesday,* Dec. 3, 1918.���
We have suffered a check���not from
the Germans, but from our friends,
the R. O. D. The letters symbolize
the "Railway Operating Department"
of the army, which is responsible for
bringing our supplies up from Bou-
logne. The R. O. D. has failed us
temporarily and we must needs live
on biscuits and bully-beef. And be-
cause this is our only fare and be-
cause there is none too much of it
in sight, we are spending two extra
days in and around Bomal, a little
village on the Ourthe river, about 30
kilometers straight south of Liege.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Last Journey Past the Scene of His Political Triumphs
Head of the great funeral cortege as it crossed Connaught Square, with Parliament buildings in the background,
Lieut. H. J. Daubney.
Lieut. H. J. Daubney, wounded and
in today's casualty list, is the son of Mr. Edwin Daubney, 13 Fourth
avenue, Ottawa. He went overseas
last October with a mounted unit
and was later transferred to another
which went to the front as infantry.
He is now in hospital at Camieres.France, suffering- from wounds in
the legs. Before enlisting he was a
student at McGill University, Montreal. ��� ^
LIEUT. HARRY BROADBENT
Ottawa Hockey Club star, and Mili-
tary Cross winner, who returns to-
day after three years fighting on
the Western front. Broadbent ar-
rived in Kingston last evening and
will reach Ottawa this afternoon.
He may play for Ottawa in Thurs-
day's game here.
' Ottawa Hockey Hero Home
From War.
ROYAL GEORGE DOCKS
WITH RETURNED MEN
nursing Sister Gallagher, of Ot-
tawa, Also Passenger.
Associated Press by Leased Wire.
HALIFAX, N.S., March 26.���The
Royal George with 1,600 returning
Canadian war veterans docked at
loon yesterday. Major G. R.
Rodgers, of Toronto, an original 4th
battalion man and widely known
or his work at Quebec during the
disturbances there a year ago, was
the officer commanding the troops.
Major Rodgers was an eye-witness of the Rhyl riots, and states
he reports originating in England
were greatly exaggerated. The
trouble had been due to dissatisfaction
among some labor battalions,
and had been brought to a head by the foreign element within and
without the camp.
Lieut. J. D. Sherman, of Quebec
who was attached to the intelligence
department at Rhyl, confirmed
Major Rodgers' statement regarding
the trouble at Kinmel Camp.
Among the men returning on the
Royal George were approximately 100 prisoners of war.
The following officers arrived:
Lt. H. J. Doheny, Toronto; Lt. E. W.
Griffin, Hamilton; Capt. L. J. Kift.
Cannington Station. Ont.; Lt. F. C. Lett, Barrie, Ont.; Capt. N. L.
Strickland, Cornwall, Ont.; Major
J. Hennessy, Fort Coulonge, Que.;
Lt. W. P. Murray, St. Paul's Station,
Ont.; Lt. J. H McKenzie, Vancou-
ver; Capt. A. D. Crease, no address;
Major F. W. Boultbee, Vancouver;
Major J. M. Stewart, Washington;
Capt. D. A. Taylor, Red Deer, Alb.;
Major C. Robinson, Munro, Alb.:
Nursing Sister Hilda H. MacDonald.
Saskatoon; Nursing Sister M. E..
Gallagher, Ottawa.
Strange Inscriptions Adorn
Coaches Carrying B.C. Boys
Returning from Battlefields
Wit and Humor of Trenches
Evidenced in Vancouver
When Overseas Men's Trains
Arrive.
Far away as she is from the battle
front, Vancouver has had many oppor-
tunities to see and admire the humor
that her soldiers have brought from
the trenches. Even out here on the
Pacific .coast the friends and the rela-
tives of the gallant western soldiers
have ample evidence of the light-
hearted courage of their men in battle;
they have seen the long trains full of
cheering men drawing into the sta-
tions now for the last two years, and
for nearly three years before that the
same trains crowded with warriors
on their way across to join the other
forces of the Empire. Gloomy and
fearful as many days were during the
great war, while the whole country
awaited anxiously for news from the
front amid some awful crisis, the
hearts of the fighting men in the
trenches were never heavy with fear
and foreboding, gloom never had them
in its dark clutches, and ever cheerful
and singing, they fought and laughed
their way to the great victory.
Vancouver has seen many thousands
of soldiers go to the front and many
thousands return. She has welcomed
them as a mother reclaiming her chil-
dren after a long absence. And, as
many parents have actually done, she
has wondered at the strange expres-
sions they have picked up during their
wanderings and their experiences. It
is from these that those who were left
behind have learned of the jesting
remarks that were so highly favored
by the army during its great efforts
in France and Flanders.
As the long trains with returning
soldiers have drawn into the local
stations it has been noticed that many
weird drawings and writings adorned
the sides of the cars. Chalk has been
freely used on the varnished or weath-
er-beaten surfaces by the boys. They
have painted there the histories of
their pilgrimage to the front, and
there the real innermost expressions of
their opinions is given voice. Every-
where, in every group of men, there
are some who are gifted with singular
articulation with brush or pencil. Ev-
ery battalion and every unit has its
wag, who usually serves to entertain
his comrades and who quickly springs
into fame amongst them.
Look on the sides of the cars when
they next come rolling into the city
after carrying the Vancouver men
across the continent. See what is
chalked up there. You will find the
men are by no means mute and unable
to air their opinions; on the contrary
they always have, as a whole, a genius
for expressing themselves. On one of
the most recent cars into the city was
written the following inscription:
WANTED AT ONCE.
A King for Ireland, $2.75 per
day and board. Blankets furnished
free. Must be a Swede and able to
speak Chinese. Free fare and no
strikes. Union scale.
Here was the outpourings of a mind
with a turn for politics. The boys
are usually keenly alive to the politi-
cal turmoils of the day, whether in
Canada or elsewhere. Then, a little
farther along the same car, is a pic-
ture of a disconsolate looking soldier
looking sadly and reminiscently at a
bottle of liquor. This picture is en-
titled "A Thing of the Past (thanks
to our grateful(?) government.'') It
is one of many pictures and inscrip-
tions showing the feelings of deep
disappointment of the veterans on their
return to a dry country.
A mind intent upon the glory of the
Canadian corps overseas dictated the
sentiment expressed in another writ-
ing, spreading over the whole length
of the car and advertising the return-
ing heroes to the whole Dominion as:
"The Boys Who Broke the Hindenburg
Line���1915 .... Somme, Passchendaele,
Ypres, Lens, Amiens, Vimy Ridge,
Mons, Arras, Picardy, Festubert ..."
Another bold hand has printed in
large characters, the sign: "The Boys
Who Knocked the Vim out of Vimy'
on one of the cars, and right near that
some more mournful wit has written
so that all the world may read: "We
Broke the Firm of Me and Gott and
We are Broke Too " This heartfelt
lament so quaintly linked with the
deeds of the Canadian corps is a very
popular expression with the boys, for
there are several more of the same
kind, but they refer to the total ab-
sence of liquid refreshment in the
province, as a contrast, no doubt, to
those countries from which the sol-
diers have just returned. One man
even announces his intention of re-
turning to the front for the much de-
sired elixir of life. His handiwork on
the car proclaims to the world that it
is: "Back to France For Mine. It Is
Still Wet." A friend in the next car
was evidently a fellow sufferer and a
kindred spirit, for he has drawn a pic-
ture of a rum jar and a huge glass be-
side it, and underneath are the words:
"War Was Hell, but It Had Its Com-
pensations."
An inviting space on another car
had a splendidly drawn picture of a
soldier walking with great strides
along a road, and passing a sign post
pointing the way to Vancouver. The
artist evidently was not at all pleased
with the speed of the train, for he
has written beneath the picture: "This
is Quicker Than the Train." Then the
all-absorbing topic of the strike was
no doubt a subject of much discussion
en route, for some one has written In
large letters these significant words:
"We Don't Want Strikes; We Want
Peace "
Greetings to B. C.
The old familiar "B. C. or Bust" and
its companion greeting "Hello B. C."
stands side by side with the introduc-
tion given to the countryside telling
that the veterans who pass through
the various provinces in these cars are
"B. C. Boys Full of Army Stew and
Hope." They seem to feel that they
nave left behind them forever the army stew, known to fame as "mulli-
gan" and are entering upon a land where it will be a thing of the past,
a memory of days that have gone, for
another writer, possibly more senti-
mental than the others, has written
the words "Home, Sweet Home" just
under this.
Perhaps the war hasn't given the
boys some ideas of delightful cafes in
far off lands! Look at the chalk
marks on the next car. Here is one,
written boldly and plainly. It says:
"Madrid Cafe, Brussels" and is chalk
ed, of course, on a dining car. Next
to it is the name of the Trocadero, so
well known to many overseas men who
have tasted the joys of that famous
and hospitable gathering place, and
then come the haunts of less ambitious
seekers after joy, "Lyons Corner
House," and "The Globe." A wealth
of memories must have overtaken the
writer, for, in the same hand, is an
imitation of the signs on a London
'bus. One sign announces that the 'bus
starts from the Strand, proceeds to
Piccadily, Waterloo, Whitehall, Vic-
toria Station, Charing Cross, with
changes for the Bank, the Temple, So-
ho, Euston, Mansion House and the Zoo.
It may be that the veteran's idea of
the geographical layout of the great
metropolis is a trifle mixed, but
doesn't it speak eloquently of the as-
sociation in his mind with the principal places of London? A great many
thousands of overseas fighting men
have become familiar with the world's centre and their minds picture a 'bus
full of people, running smoothly
through the London traffic and carry-
ing them to the life and gaiety that
was so dear to the soldier on leave.
London has put its great stamp on a
host of men who never before realized
what the city meant in the world's
affairs.
Here the artist has temporarily tak-
en the place of the penman. A draw-
ing shows a returned soldier approach-
ing the closed and locked door of a
bar. He surveys the inhospitable as-
pect of the place with a look of misery
and dejection, and underneath the pic-
ture is the title, "The Warrior's Re-
turn." Then the same artist has
drawn an excelelnt picture of the
former Crown Prince of Germany, the
celebrated "Little Willie," and still
another of an immaculate officer with
staff tabs, singing the London music
hall song, "I'm on the Staff," and here,
straggling over a wide space, some
one has ironically written, "O, You W
C. T. U." This has been followed up
in the same vein, but without any
subtlety and certainly with soldierly
directness: "We Don't Want Any
Natural Gas, Give us Lots of Booze."
This man, at any rate, took no care
to conceal his real feelings and prob-
ably wrote this when he first heard
that Canada has gone dry.
Notes to Public.
Some excellent advice is given to
the public in many cases. One vet-
eran writes: "If You Want to Fight Go
To Ireland," and follows that with the
army song usually heard in the rest
camps just before crossing to France,
the song that sounds so mournful���
and is mournful: "O, my I don't want
to die, I want to go home." Another
one, possibly with the intention of
cheering up the readers of this sad
ditty, contributes the following: "The
Kaiser Has Gone to Hell and We Are
Going to God's Country."
Barely space enough is left on the
last car for the last inscription, which
is simply "Vancouver Next Stop," ana
was evidently hastily written in just
before the train reached the coast ana
the warriors tumbled out into the arms
of their waiting relatives. The wit
and humor of the trenches was born
there and developed under the most
terrible living conditions. It existed
in all the British armies, whether im-
perial or overseas, and confronted the
newcomer to the front line in many
ways. It is carried back with them in
many sayings, some of them fit for
the parlor or the drawing room, and
the cities and towns which have
watched the troop trains as they pass-
ed through have read many thousands
of them on the cars. What hardships
or dangers can daunt the millions who
could find it in their hearts to make
laughter and song when struggling
with the Hun barbarians on the west-
ern front? Their spirit must have
been invincible and their courage of
the highest and rarest order.
These are the men, some of the
laughing, singing millions who went
into the greatest and most terrible of
all warfares with a laugh and a song
on their lips! Their wit ' and their
spirit have been spread over the trav-
elled surface of the globe by the gen-
ius of Captain Bairnsfather. Their
cheerful sacrifice has become an epic
of the British race. Their grand cour-
age and fortitude has passed into the
military history of Britain, to become
the most glorious chapter of all her
long battle record.
WILL DEPORT RADICALS.
NEW YORK, June 22.���Information
that the government has under con-
sideration wholesale deportations of
Bolshevik and anarchists and other
radicals in this country was obtained
here today from what was said to be
an authoritative source. It was de-
clared that the plan called for using
returned troopships to take alien agi-
tators back to their native land.
FOUND STOLEN CAR.
SOUTH VANCOUVER���Auto No. 4396,
reported as stolen from Vancouver, was
located by the local police in the bush
near Forty-sixth avenue and Nanaimo
road.
Strange Inscriptions Adorn
Item is a troop newspaper, "NYD" and includes The Iodine Chronicle, The Splint Record, and Now & Then, journals of the No 1, 2, & 3 Canadian Field Ambulances. created by the Canadian Field Ambulance of the 1st Canadian Division, issue no. 3, August 5, 1916.
CHORUS:
"I WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME"
Make up your mind., leave your troubles behind.
Say ��I WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD Til��"
Don* t get the blues, sa.y "Good-bye" to bad news
And you WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME,
Never mind about the weather.
Let���s all shout and sing together,
Hip l Pip l Hooray, it is my lucky day,
And I WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME.
Item is a newspaper clipping, "Mrs. T. Westman honored guest." The column reports that Mrs. Norman Senior [Florence Westman] hosted tea in Ottawa for her mother. A second news item headlined "Woman's Club Executive" reports that Mrs. Norman Senior will perform as a soloist at their executive meeting.
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Women's Realm-Social and Pe
DELIGHTFUL TEA
FOR DEBU
Mrs. Frank Ahearn Entertains In
Honor of Her Daughter, Miss
Lilias Ahearn.
E L L O W and
rust shaded
chry s a n t h e-
mums in all
their lovely
tints were used
to adorn the
home of Mrs.
Frank Ahearn,
wife of Mr.
Frank Ahearn,
M.P., on Daly avenue, for the
charmingly arranged tea given on
Friday afternoon by Mrs. Ahearn
in honor of her debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Lilias Ahearn.
The hostess wore a smart cos-
tume of old gold lame, and Miss
Ahearn wore a chic frock of black,
with a shoulder knot of crimson
roses.
Lady Doughty and Mrs. Allan
Keefer presided at the tea table,
which was attractive with chrys-
anthemums in the bronze and
yellow* tones, and pale yellow
tapers.
The assistants included a number
of debutantes, Miss Nancy Haul-
tain, Miss Dorothy Macpherson,
Miss Joan Dean, Miss Ruth Monk
and Miss Ethel Southam.
* * *
Twenty Club.
Mrs. Victor Scott and Miss
Gladys Caves entertained the
members of the Twenty Club at
the former's home. Members stood
in a two-minute silence in respect
to the memory of Mrs. J. Wilson,
an active member of the club, who
recently died.
Refreshments were served. As-
sisting were Miss Ella Terry and
Miss Lula Hutt.
* * *
Woman's Club Executive.
Mrs. T. W. Quayle was hostess
for the executive meeting of the
Ottawa Woman's Club, when the
newly elected president, Mrs. B.
R. MacKay presided. Arrange-
ments were completed for the
meeting on November 26, when the
speaker will be Dr. Howard D.
Brunt, professor of English at
Macdonald College. Mrs. Clarence
Ogilvie has arranged a musical
program to consist of vocal solos
by Mr. W. Nixon and Mrs. Nor-
man Senior, to be accompanied by
Mrs. John Johnstone and Mrs.
Clarence Ogilvie. Mrs. MacKay
presided oyer the tea table, the as-
sistants being Miss Cumming, Mrs.
Albert Quayle and Miss Jessie
MacLean.
DEBUTANTE
MRS. T. WESTMAN
HONORED GUEST
���Photo by Karsh
MISS LILIAS AHEARN, debu-
tante daughter of Mr. Frank
Ahearn, M.P��� and Mrs. Ahearn,
whose coming-out tea on Friday
afternoon was a charmingly ar-
ranged event at her parents' home
on Daly avenue.
H ammond���G ossage
A quiet, but charming wedding
took place in Montreal on Satur-
day evening, November 7, of Mar-
garet Elsie Gossage, of Montreal,
daughter of Mr. Harry Gossage, of
Ottawa, to John Henry Charles
Hammond, son of Mrs. C. Ham-
mond, both of Montreal. Rev.
Percival Caven, minister of Trin-
ity Church, Montreal, officiated.
The bride, who was unattended,
wore a brown crepe dress, brown
velour hat, and brown accessories.
Her corsage bouquet was of
Johanna Hill roses and lily-of-
the-valley. The witnesses were
Lillian Vincent, of Ottawa, and
Henry H. Ward, of Montreal, who
is a nephew of the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony a buffet
luncheon was served at the home
of Mrs. L. Burton, sister of the
bridegroom, 1476 Morgan Boule-
vard, Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammond will re-
side in Montreal.
Among the out-of-town guests
were Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hess,
of Rochester, N.Y., and the follow-
ing from Ottawa, Miss Dorothy
Barnes, Miss Helen Gossage, Miss
Lillian Vincent, Mr. Harry Gos-
sage and Mr. Charles Gossage.
* * *
Miss Migonne Castonguay is
spending the week-end in Mont-
real, the guest of Miss Michelle
Ahern.
Mrs. Norman Senior Entertains
Delightfully at the Tea Hour
for Her Mother.
N HONOR of
her mother,
Mrs. Thomas
Westman, of
Toronto, for-
merly of Otta-
wa, Mrs. Nor-
man Senior
entertained de-
lightfully at the
tea hour on
Friday afternoon. The guests
were members of the Soldiers
Service Club, of which Mrs. West-
man was the founder and first
president during the war years.
Mrs. A. J. Cawdron and Mrs.
Frank Burkholder presided at the
tea table, which was prettily ar-
ranged with mixed Autumn
flowers.
Those assisting were Mrs. John
Johnstone, Mrs. Norman Fee and
Mrs. Gordon Dallyn. About 40
guests were present.
OCCUPY BOXES
FOR CIUJC NIG FIT
Many Parties Present for Final
Horse Show of the Ottawa
Winter Fair.
Civic night at the Ottawa
Winter Fair saw many interesting
box parties to watch the final pro-
gram of the 1936 Fair. In the
guest box were Mayor Stanley
Lewis and Mrs. Lewis, Controller
and Mrs. Allan B. Turner, Con-
troller and Mrs. G. M. Geldert,
Controller J. Edward McVeigh,
Miss M. Caldwell, Mr. R. G. T.
Hitchman, president of the Fair,
and Mrs. Hitchman.
Guests of Mr. Hugh Carson
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gamble, Mrs. J. M. Skead, Miss
Frances Skead, Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Jones, Miss Barbara Fellowes
and the Misses Eleanor and Mar-
garet Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don C. Edwards entertained the
Misses Edna, Elizabeth and Janet
Edwards, while Dr. and Mrs. T. H.
Leggett had Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Westland as guests.
Guests of Lieut. Colonel and
Mrs. J. D. Fraser were Captain P.
J. S. Boyle, A.D.C., Major Mere-
dith Jarvis, Miss M. Gordon, Mrs.
A. C. Bate, Miss E. Bate and Miss
Joan Fraser. Lieutenant T. G.
and Mrs. Mayburry entertained
Miss Roberta McDougall, Mrs. E.
K. Wilson and Miss D. Graham,
while guests of Lieut. Colonel and
Mrs. Desmond MacMahon were
Armistice Dinner
SPONSORED BY
The Canadian Legion, B.E. S.L.
(Ottawa Branch)
CHATEAU LAURIER, OTTAWA
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1936, 7.30 P.M.
$
Guest Speaker:
Air Vice Marshal W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O.
D.F.C., M.C.
Chairman of Dinner:
Gordon H. Rochester
(President, Ottawa Branch, Canadian Legion)
ORDER OF PROGRAM
$
1. "Come to the cook-house door boys."
2. Grace���(while standing) Major (The Rev.) C. G.
Hepburn, M.C.
3. Dinner.
4. Toast: "The King."
5. Toast: "The Silent Army."
*At the going down of the sun and in the
morning, we will remember them.'
6. Chairman's Remarks.
7. War Time Songs.
8. Toast:"Our Empire Comrades of the Great War."
Proposed by Col. D. Carmichael, D.S.O., M.C., V.D.
Responders���Miss Elizabeth Smellie, C.B.E., R.R.C.
Commander H. A. C. Lane, R.N.
9. Song: "I will have a real good time."
Leslie McKenna.
10. Our Guest Speaker:
Air Vice Marshal W. A. Bishop, V.C.,
D.S.O., D.F.C., M.C.
Introduced by Lt.-Col. R. F. Parkinson, D.S.O.
11. Reception of the Dominion Broadcast���
Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Programme.
12. One Act War Play���"The Soldier's Dream."
1 3. "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot."
14. God Save The King.
CANADIAN LEGION ARMISTICE DINNER
COMMITTEE.
$
Artists: Honorary Chairman: COLONEL J. G. RATTRAY, C.M.G., D.S.O. Chairman: LT. COL. R. de la B. GIROUARD, V.D. Vice-Chairman: GEORGE McCANN. Secretary: FRANK W. POTTS. Publicity: W. H. van Allen, W. I. Garvock. Tickets: George L. Rosser, Lt.-Col. A. J. Cawdron, Bertram A. Fauvel, E. F. Steele, P. S. Harper. Decorations: Major R. Darby, Allan Beddoe, R. B. Halpenny. Entertainment: Ben. W. Allen, George S. Piers. Reception: Lt.-Col. R. F. Parkinson, D.S.O., Major M. F. Gregg, V.C., M.C. ' Seating: F. C. Badgley, F. L. Price, Fred I. Tanner. Kindred Organizations: Wm. Douglas, Glenn E. Strike, E. M. Phillips, Major W. E. Coleman. Liaison Officer: Major W. Wurtele, M.C. "Soldier's Dream."���Messrs "Pat" Rafferty; Charlie Jeeves;
Bob Darby, Dr. C. F. Williams and the Misses Moma Miller and
Laura Robertson.
Director of Dinner Orchestra: George S. Piers.
Accompanist: Percy Rutledge.
Stage: William Atkins and John Kennedy.
Florence Westman compiled this scrapbook, personally titled, "My Chronicle of the War," during and just after the First World War in Ottawa Ontario. The scrapbook contains: photographs; newspaper clippings; postcards; and items of ephemera, including, theater and concert programs, military forms, and menus. Many items relate to her family's involvement in charitable work. Others represent activities organized for the entertainment of the soldiers, including programs for sporting events, theatre and concert performances, and church services. In addition, the scrapbook contains items sent to Florence by soldiers stationed in England and at the Front, such as, photographs, tickets, and military forms, to name a few. The photographs depict soldiers, friends and family���some formal portraits, and the rest, snapshots of picnics, skating, and additional casual scenes. Sources of news clippings are presumed to be Ottawa periodicals. Similarly, unless otherwise noted, the majority of the photographs were taken in and around Ottawa. Westman filled the scrapbook with personal annotations���often highlighting names in news articles and adding captions to photographs and other items. The Scrapbook pages follow roughly chronological order except for loose items, scans of which are shown after the attached scrapbook pages. Most items in the scrapbook date from 1916 to 1918.
One soldier mentioned throughout the scrapbook is B. C. Hilliam.
Bentley Collingwood Hilliam [b. 1890] a native of North Vancouver, took his theatre company on a tour throughout Canada to entertain the troops. An Ottawa news article, published in November 1916, describes him as, "official amusement director of the Canadian army." The scrapbook also includes several of his humorous cartoon sketches.