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
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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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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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