Victoria to Vimy The First World War Collections at the University of Victoria Libraries

Florence Westman First World War Scrapbook

Page Title:
Front cover_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes clipping with song lyrics for popular WWI hymn written by John Oxenham and published in 1918, "for the men at the front"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 1
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1915-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Holman; Miller; Langford, J. A.


Page Title:
Page 1, image a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1915-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Holman; Miller; Langford, J. A.


Page Title:
Page 1, image b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1915-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1915-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to first page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to second page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to third page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to fourth page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to fifth page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_f
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to sixth page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_g
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme open to seventh page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 1_verso_h
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"The show of shows" programme back page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hilliam, B.C.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes 1 photograph depicting a soldier, captioned "Lieut. James Hennessey - 224th Forestry Battalion, C.E.F."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1915-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hennessey, James


Page Title:
Page 2_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto


Page Title:
Page 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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)"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1915-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Langford, J. A. ; Miller, Clinton


Page Title:
Page 3_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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)"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-03-27
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--Stotfold; Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 3_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 3_verso - reverse of postcard
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-03-27
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--Stotfold; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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 Title:
Page 4
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes formal photographic portrait of a soldier captioned "Sapper Lawrence Harrison (Wycliffe Hall)"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto
People Depicted:
Harrison, Lawrence


Page Title:
Page 4_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-01-14
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 4_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 4_verso. reverse of postcard.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-01-14
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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 Title:
Page 5
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
Ottawa Troops Safe in England --- Metagama Carried 1,000 Men of Engineers --- 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Too. --- 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
People Depicted:
Miller; Coulthard, Guy; Harrison


Page Title:
Page 5_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
New Brunswick--St. John; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
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.
People Depicted:
Miller; Wood; Binns; Langford


Page Title:
Page 6
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--poetry
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Nova Scotia--Halifax
Transcript:
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.
People Depicted:
Coulthard, Guy; Biehl; Iler; Corbett; Thompson; Melville; Langford; Weldon


Page Title:
Page 6_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 006 reveals inside of newsletter.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--poetry
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 6_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of page 006 reveals back page of newsletter and photographs depicting fire in Halifax Harbour and soldiers.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Nova Scotia--Halifax


Page Title:
Page 6_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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).
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Harrison, Lawrence; Marks, Edward; Coulthard, Guy; Wright


Page Title:
Page 7
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes 5 photographs depicting soldiers in casual settings outdoors, winter, likely all from Ottawa, Ontario. Captions include: Sappers MacCartney & Laurie; Sappers Bill Laurie & Guy Coulthard; Guy; Sappers MacCartney & Coulthard; Sapper "Harry" Laurie.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
MacCartney; Laurie, William; Coulthard, Guy; Laurie, Harry


Page Title:
Page 7_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, British;
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Germany--Giessen
Transcript:
THREE SCORE RECRUITS FOR ENGINEERS' TRAINING DEPOT COME FROM WEST [annotation]Mar 31-16[\end annotation] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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
People Depicted:
Weldon; Langford, J. A.; Miller, Clint; Belben, Leslie; Allison, John W.; Korovitch, Nedo


Page Title:
Page 8
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Biehl, William


Page Title:
Page 8_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 8 revealing the inside of dance card filled in with dance partners' names.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 8_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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." [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 207TH OTTAWA BATTALION [photograph]
People Depicted:
Whelen, O.G. ; Woollcombe, Philip ; Hughes, Samuel, Sir, 1853-1921; Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942


Page Title:
Page 9
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes 2 items: printed lyrics to Canadian Engineers' Song and a pencil cartoon captioned "Drawn from Life by Sapper 'Ted' Emmerson - 'Baz.'"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 9_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Page 9 showing unfolded page of song lyrics.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 9_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, Bentley C.; Westman, Florence M.; Cradock, Briggs; Cornish, Baz; Osborne, Bud; Westman, Viola


Page Title:
Page 10
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--poetry
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, Bentley C.; Ward; McLean; Cradock, Briggs; Cornish


Page Title:
Page 10_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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." [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping]
People Depicted:
Hilliam, Bentley C.; Emmerson, E.; Cradock, Briggs; Goodeve, Dolly; Mank, Lillian; Fripp, Freda; McDougall, Katie; Payne, Hazel


Page Title:
Page 11
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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."
People Depicted:
Dowling, Allen Perry; Parsons; Westman; Dowling, A. P.


Page Title:
Page 11_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1916?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Grouse Mountain
Transcript:
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 Title:
Page 12
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start of clipping] [three photographs across page] 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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [annotation in ink]June 4th [start of clipping] 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 [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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.
People Depicted:
Johnstone, Gordon; Cornish, B.; Hilliam, Bentley C.


Page Title:
Page 12_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.'"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [annotation in ink]June 5 - 1916.
People Depicted:
Cornish, B.; Baker, G. H.; Emmerson, E.; Craddock; Cory, Louis; Mathews, E. D. K.; Odell, P. R.


Page Title:
Page 13
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--London; New Brunswick--St. John; England--Folkstone
Transcript:
[start of clipping] 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 Title:
Page 13_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--Shorncliffe; England--Canterbury
People Depicted:
Langford, J. A.; Holman, G.; Hilliam, Bentley C.; Ward


Page Title:
Page 14
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Learoyd, Harold; Westman, Florence


Page Title:
Page 14_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start of clipping] RECENT PHOTO OF KITCHENER [photograph] [end of clipping] [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] [start of clipping] [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." [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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]
People Depicted:
Fraser, Hugh; Kitchener, Herbert; Jellicoe, John; Buller, Herbert; Howard, Lawrence


Page Title:
Page 15
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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 [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end of clipping] [start of clipping] 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. [end clipping] June 17-1916 [annotation in pencil]
People Depicted:
Woods, W. A.; Hilliam, Bentley C.; Marshall, Joseph; Ashfield, Olive; Whelen, Otis; Gardner, Bessie


Page Title:
Page 15_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; France
Transcript:
[start clipping] 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." [end clipping] [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. [end clipping] [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. [end clipping] [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. [end clipping] [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 [end page] [start page] 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. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Reid, Earle; Reid, Ormond; Farrow, Earl W.


Page Title:
Page 16
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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. [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 16_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Ferguson, Georgia;


Page Title:
Page 17
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start page] 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]
People Depicted:
Laurie; Coulthard; Junkins; Norval, J.


Page Title:
Page 17_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1916-1917]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Laurie; Coulthard; Junkins; Norval, J.


Page Title:
Page 17_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Mont-Saint-Eloi
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Raynor, George T.; Cotton, Charles P.; Lewis, Jack


Page Title:
Page 18
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Sutherland


Page Title:
Page 18_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
First inside page of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 18_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Third image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, George


Page Title:
Page 18_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a satirical cartoon depicting subjects of personal interest to Florence Westman. Caption: B.C. Hilliam expresses a few ideas.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
[1916]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 19
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1916]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Lang


Page Title:
Page 19_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Mount, Harry


Page Title:
Page 20
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Belgium--Leper


Page Title:
Page 20_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Front page of The Listening Post
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Maylor, Henry; Orr, W. F.


Page Title:
Page 20_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Pages 98 and 99 of The Listening Post
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 20_c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Pages 96 and 97 of The Listening Post
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 20_d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Pages 94 and 95 of The Listening Post
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 20_e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Back page of The Listening Post
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 20_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916-07
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Belgium--Leper
People Depicted:
Westman, Winniefred; Young, M.


Page Title:
Page 20_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Inside of Regatta program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-07
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 21
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916; 1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 21_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Petawawa
People Depicted:
Landriau, William


Page Title:
Page 21_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Finch, Willard G.; Learoyd, Harold; Arbuthnot; Harris; Harrison, L.


Page Title:
Page 22
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Young Men's Christian associations
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.; Burton, Robert; Laing; Moore; Burns; Westman


Page Title:
Page 22_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Inside of 207th Battalion concert program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 22_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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".
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Belgium--Leper
People Depicted:
Skead, Eric S.


Page Title:
Page 23
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Quebec
People Depicted:
Leggo, Alpheus H.; Hopewell, Douglas


Page Title:
Page 23_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916-08-03
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Finch, Willard; Burton, Robert; Burns; Breen, Joseph; Simpson; Learoyd, Harold


Page Title:
Page 24
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Prisoners of war; World War, 1914-1918--War work
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Germany--Giessen; Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 24 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Second image of page showing inside pages of minstrel program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 24 b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Third image of program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 24 c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Fourth image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 24 d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Final image of page reveals photograph of B. C. Hilliam and drawing of flags.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 24_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 6 photographs - studio portraits and amateur shots - depicting soldiers, including Florence Westman's brother, George. Captions include: Sapper Harrie Mount; Lc. Cpl. George Westman; Lc. Cpl. Harold Learoyd, Sapper Armitage; Lc. Cpl. George Westman; Arbuthnot.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Mount, Harry; Learoyd, Harold; Armitage; Arbuthnot


Page Title:
Page 25
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 6 photographs and two loose items (described after the scrapbook page images).
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 25 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Burton, Robert


Page Title:
Page 25_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Barriefield
People Depicted:
Westman, George;


Page Title:
Page 26
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Baseball teams; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[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
People Depicted:
Alexander, Walter Charles; McCall, J. D.; Rutherford, W. J.; Laing, R. D.; Taylor, D. S.


Page Title:
Page 26_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work; Prisoners of war
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--Bramshott Common; Ontario--Ottawa; Germany--Mainz
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Skead, Eric; Breen, J.; Bodie, Robert


Page Title:
Page 27
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Quebec--Valcartier
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Badgley, Frank C.; Thompson, B. L.; Wilson, E. W.


Page Title:
Page 27 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Field Day program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 27 b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of Field Day program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 27 c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
4th image of Field Day program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 27_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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]
People Depicted:
Black, Arthur; Hilliam, B. C.;


Page Title:
Page 28
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Belgium--Leper
Transcript:
[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] [end clipping] continued [annotation in ink]


Page Title:
Page 28_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Belgium--Leper; Ontario--Ottawa;
Transcript:
[start clipping] 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 [end column] [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. [end clipping] 3 photographs
People Depicted:
Breen, J.; Bodie, Robert


Page Title:
Page 29
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] 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. [end clipping] [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. [end clipping] [start clipping] PRESENTATION TO MAJOR McQUAIG --- 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. [end clipping] October 15 - 1916. [annotation in ink]
People Depicted:
Fraser, Alexander G.; McQuaig, J.; McColl, Lyman; McColl, Douglas; McColl, Edmund; McColl, Mac.; McColl, A.


Page Title:
Page 29_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] Football Starts Tomorrow. Sam Manson With the 207th --- First Clash of Season Takes Place at Lansdowne Park. --- 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 [end column] [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. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Bodie, Robert; Gilley, R.


Page Title:
Page 29_verso a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page reveals photograph of Sgt. Roland Gilley with unnamed female.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Bodie, Robert, Gilley, R.


Page Title:
Page 30
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
[1916]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] CAPTAIN J.R.WOODS HAS DIED OF WOUNDS Young Ottawa Officer With Coldstream Guards Gave his Life for Empire. --- 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 --- 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. [end clipping] [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. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 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. [end of clipping]
People Depicted:
Woods, J. R.; Bodie, Robert; Lang, Stuart G.


Page Title:
Page 30_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 30_verso a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page--inside of 1916 New Years Day program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 30_verso b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of page--inside of 1915 Christmas program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 30_verso c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
4th image of page--1915 Christmas program continued.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 30_verso d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
5th image of page--1914 Christmas program cover
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 30_verso_e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
6th image of page--1915 Christmas program verso, menu.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1914-1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 31
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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. [end clipping] [start clipping] SEVERAL OTTAWANS IN CASUALTIES LISTS Two are Reported Dead and Several Wounded - Lieut. Armstrong Killed. --- 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.
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Breen, Joe; Robertson, L.; Armstrong, Paul L.


Page Title:
Page 31_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-10
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Adamson, S.; Shepard, R.; Edwards, J. P.; Johnston, H. L.; Amoss, F. X.; Bradley, N. H.


Page Title:
Page 31_verso a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page - inside of Canadian Engineers program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-10
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 32
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of page showing loose items. These have been scanned separately and are described at the end of the scrapbook page images.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 32 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish, Duke of, 1868-1938; Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of


Page Title:
Page 32_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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. [end clipping] 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. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 33
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 33 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 33 b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 33 c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
4th image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.;World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Fergusun, Georgia; Casement, C. W.; Adamson


Page Title:
Page 33 d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
5th image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 33 e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
6th image of program
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 33 f
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
7th image of program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 33 g
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
8th image of page showing final 2 pages of program and news clipping that offers a review of the Signallers concert, November 1916.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916-11
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] SIGNALLERS IN GREAT CONCERT --- "At Home and Abroad" Is Big Success. --- 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. [end column] [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. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.; Casement, C. W.; Adamson


Page Title:
Page 33_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[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. [end clipping] [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 --- 1 photograph LIEUT. G. S. MACFARLANE. --- 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. --- 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. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Reiffenstein, Henry Austin; Armstrong, Gordon; Macfarlane, Gavin S.


Page Title:
Page 34
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Loose item is a portrait of a soldier, possibly C. Norman Senior, from a London, England studio.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1916-1917]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 34 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
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.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.;World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
[1916-1917]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--South Indian; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] EAGER TO SERVE COUNTRY SMALL BOY OF THIRTEEN YEARS OFFERS TO ENLIST [1 photograph] LEO DAVIS, the boy who gave up his job and, kit bag in hand came (?) miles to join the army. The doctor says he is not over 13, while the soldier beside him, a Vancouver boy with the Signallers, (barely out of the Bantam class), indicates his height. --- 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. [end clipping] [start clipping] THE EUROPEAN WAR VETERANS ORGANIZE --- Returned Soldiers Alter Name of Association and Plan Activities. --- 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. [end column) (mising line) (start column) 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. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] 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) [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Davis, Leo; Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 34_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 news clippings. Subjects include: the organization of a concert for returned soldiers by the Sportsmen's Patriotic Club; the grand opening of a Soldiers' Aid Building; and anniversary services and commemorative plaques honoring the soldiers killed in action. ca. 1917
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Soldiers' homes--Canada
Date:
[1916-1917]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] RETURNED MEN TO MARCH TO CONCERT In the interests of the returned soldiers, Lieut. B.C. Hilliam has taken charge of the Sportsmen's Patriotic Club's concert at the Dominion Theatre next Sunday night, and will present a programme of a type with which the Ottawa public have not hitherto associated him. Comedy has been the keynote of entertainments which he has given in this city previously, but Mr. Hilliam's genius is exhibited to even better advantage in the realm of serious composition. One entire section of Sunday night's programme will be devoted to Mr. Hilliam's own compositions. The chief number will be a song cycle for four voices, entitled "Autumn's Orchestra." The famous Indian poetess, Pauline Johnson, is the author of the beautiful verses to which Lieut. Hilliam has given a worthy musical setting. Miss Georgia Ferguson, soprano; Miss Inchcliffe, contralto; Corporal White, tenor, and Sergeant Adamson, bass, will be the vocalists to render this remarkable work. Mr. Hilliam has been granted by Pauline Johnson's executors the exclusive privilige of setting her works to music, and Sergt. Adamson will sing another of her songs, composed by the same officer, "Here's a Ho! Vancouver!" Miss Grace Hiney will play three pieces written by Lieut. Hilliam especially for the violin, and the composer will himself play his "Patrol Erratic" and "Revue of 1914-16 for the Piano." Returned soldiers will meet at Metcalfe and Albert streets at seven o'clock Sunday evening, and will march to the Dominion Theatre headed by the band. [end clipping] [start clipping] DUKE OFFICIATED AT FORMAL OPENING Soldiers' Aid Building Ready - Campaign Started to Raise Fund of $400. --- Attended by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshir, and formally opened by Canada's Governor-General, the Soldiers' Aid building on Cliff street came into existence, and the campaign to raise $4,000 for the ensuing year's work of the Ottawa Soldier' Aid Commission was commenced yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. The opening of the building was an at home for the returned soldiers, and it proved a huge success, many of Ottawa's most prominent citizens and society leaders being present. Promptly at four o'clock. Their Excellencies the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire arrived at the home and were met by Mr. E.H. Scammell, military hospitals commissioner; Mr. E.R. Cameron, president of the organization; Mr. J.L. Payne, Mr. W.L. Best and Mr. A.G. Cameron, all of them officials of the Soldiers' Aid Commissiion. The distinguisehd visitors were escorted to the drawing room through the lines of a guard of honor formed by the returned soldiers, while the band of the 207th regiment rendered the National Anthem. Mr. E.R. Cameron read and address, explaining the work and object of the Soldiers' Aid Commission. He stated that 460 soldiers had been taken care of and that it had cost $3,000 for the last year. A Noble Work. "This is a noble work," said the Duke in reply to the address, "and it gives the Duchess and myself great pleasure in attending so worthy an object. It is important that the men should be cared for who have rendered their services overseas in the cause of the empire. The number of returned soldiers is increasing daily, so that the care of them is becoming a big problem and I am indeed glad to see the hearty co-operation which is being given by various patriotic and local organizations. The Federal and provincial governments are taking steps to handle this important question, and when the task becomes heavy, this organization will undoubtedly arise to the occasion and receive the credit due." [end column] [start column] To Secure Lasting Peace. "That the present war is fought to the only conclusion possible is our duty," continued His Excellency, as he referred to the war. "The terms that we will demand are what we want, and it is needless to say that the present peace proposal of our enemies will not suffice. It is the aim of Britain to secure lasting peace." The Duke then declared the home open, and three cheers were given by the men for the King, Their Excellencies the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and the Soldiers' Aid Commission. Refreshments were then partaken of, Mr. Cameron introducing Captain Kenneth C. MacPherson, president of the Ottawa branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, who in turn introduced the returned soldiers present, Their Excellencies shaking hands with the men and displaying keen interest in their experiences at the front. One of the last acts of the Duke before coming to this country was to place a wreath on the grave of Private W.M. Kedey, who died in the Royal Infirmary at Derby. HIs Grace is Grand Master of the Canadian Order of A.F. and A.M., while the late Private Kedey was a member. The Duke met Mr. Herman Kedey of Fitzroy Harbor, father of Private Kedey, and it was a pleasant coincidence to both. Were Nicely Decorated. During the afternoon, the excellent band of the 207th rendered music throughout. The dormitories and rooms upstairs were prettily decorated with flags of the allies, plants, ferns and palms. Under the direction of Mrs. Adam Shortt,the committee in charge of the event consisted of Mrs. W.E. Hodgins, Mrs. N.D. Porter, Mrs. E.R. Cameron, Mrs. Crombie, Mrs. O'Dell, Mrs. H.I. Thomas, Mrs. Colson and Miss Burt, all of whom helped to pour tea and serve the refreshments. Mrs. H.S. Campbell and Mrs. Arnoldi were conveners of the refreshment committee, and others who assisted were Mrs. McLeod Stewart, Mrs. R. Clarke, Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. Westman, Mrs. A.J. Freiman, the Misses Shortt, Trapp Grant, Campbell, Craig and Gwen Carter of Calgary. Miss Mildred Lamb realized $72.35 from the sale of buttons with the inscription, Soldiers' Aid Commission, printed thereon. She had the pleasure of selling two fo the buttons to their Excellencies. Others present were Mrs. Martin Burrell, Mrs. Taschereau, Mrs. J.B. Hunter, Mrs. Lyons Biggar, Mrs. Secretan Dunbar, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Mountain, Mrs. J.A. Wilson and many others. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] GERMANS HONOR BRAVE CANADIANS SAYS GEN. HUGHES AT ANNIVERSARY --- Memorial Tablets Unveiled at McLeod Street Church - Allies Won't Stand for Meddling, Says Dr. Michael Clark. --- MANY CHURCHES HOLD ANNIVERSARY SERVICES --- Of the 18 young men members of McLeod Street Methodics Church, who have donned the khaki, 10 of them have made the supreme sacrifice, and to honor their memory, a memorial service was held in that church last night. The church was filled to overflowing. Yesterday was also the 28th anniversary of the opening of the Sunday School. In honor of the occasion Rev. T.A. Halpenny preached in the morning and in the evening, Mr. Michael Clark, M.P., for Red Deer (?) delivered an appropriate and powerful address. The occasion was marked by the unveiling of two tablets by Lt. General Sir Sam Hughes, erected to the memory of Francis Bradley Cunningham (?) and George Townsend (?)aynor, two o fhte ten young men from the congregation, who have given their lives at the front. Their Names will Live. Sir Sam Hughes said in part: "No one ever dreamed that our boys would have faced what they did. They have covered themselves with glory that will never fade. There are two tablets on the wall to be unveiled to Francis Bradley, Cunningham (?) and George Townsend (?)aynor, two splendid young men, and I am glad to have their good records before me. They have died young but had they lived to a good old age they could not have done more for humanity. In 1,000 years, (illegible) 10,000 years their names will still live." [end clipping] [start clipping] Sir Sam reviewed the battle in which they fell. Then drew aside the Union Jack which draped the two tablets. One was inscribed: "In loving memory of Francis Bradley Cunningham, 19 years, who fell in action in Ypres, July 3rd, 1916. 'He died that we might live.'" "This tablet was erected by his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Farrow." The other memarial (sic) was inscribed: In loving memory of George Townsend Raynor, 4th Canadian Mountain Rifles. Killed in action near Ypres, Belgium, June 22nd. 'Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for a friend.'" He was 22 years of age. Sir Sam said that the splendid spirit of the Canadians had made the Germans touch their hats to them, and Canada would pursue her course until victory was won. Beat Sense Into Them. "You can't have peace with some people," said Dr. Michael Clark in opening. "There is only one way to deal with the Kaisers. Get them into a corner and beat some sense into them. 'An Englishman's word is as good as his bond.' A Canadian, an Australian, a New Zealander, a South African, and every citizen of the British Empire considers his word as good as his bond. You will see them live up to it. "We are fighting for the right, and must prevail. To any Pope or President who interferes until we have attained that, we say 'Hands off.' Dr. Clark congratulated the pastor and congregation on the splendid honor roll, and asked those who had been severed from their loved ones by death not to grieve unduly, for they had died for freedom, and had gone to the life immortal. In introducing Dr. Clark, Mr. R. S. Glass, superintendent of the Sunday school, who conducted the services, stated that Dr. clark had three sons at the front. One of them was a married man with a family. Appropriate hymns were sung by the choir. The Apollo male quartette rendered several splendid selections, and Mr. C. E. Goodall sang "The Trumpeter." The ten members who had been killed in action are George Crosbie, Francis Cunningham, Rae Gaitens, Wm. Lewis, Mac. Parlow, Cecil Pea(?), George Raynor, Ivan Sawyer, Earl (or Carl?) Scott and Wm. Sharp. AT ST. PAUL'S METHODIST [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913; Hilliam B. C.; Raynor, George; Cunningham, Francis


Page Title:
Page 35
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains: an ink cartoon, titled, "Busy morning at the base recruiting office", drawn by B. C. Hilliam; and a news clipping, "85 Signallers to go Overseas."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
[1916]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] 85 SIGNALLERS TO GO OVERSEAS Date of Going Not Announced Yet and Will Not be Made Public. --- Two officers, six N.C.O.'s and seventy- nine men have been warned for overseas at the Signal Training Depot. It is not likely that all these men will actually go on the next draft, but a few more men than are necessary are always warned so that there will be a few waiting men to take the places of any who may be compelled for one reason or another to drop out. The date of departure is not yet announced and will not be made public. The men on the draught are on last leave now. Lieuts. J.E. Hanning and J.M. Watson-Matthews, Corporal J.M. Breen, Lance-Corpls. R.H. Brown, G.V. Cameron, A.R. Davey, H.K. Davey, W.H. Pierpont (?), Sappers W. J. Allen, F.H. Beard, F.E. Breen, G.N. Brown, A.C. Brooks, W.A. Brunsden, H.M. Brown, H.M. Blue, E.P. Blue, H.L. Brownlee, J B. Butterworth, R. Blaney, P. Crouch, S.I. Cluff, S.J. Connor, H. F. Collins, T. Crowe, W. Carlisle, W. Craig, R.H. Dorey, R.R. Dorey, W.M.Diehl, S.K. Dewar, F.B. Eagleson, C.A. Freeman, J.P. Fotheringham, J. Gibb, G.W. Golding, R. Geoffrey, A. Gillingham, G. I. Goodwin, W. Graham, H.H. Gides, R.S. Harris, J.A. Humphires, L. R. Hall, C.P. Hunter, R.G. Jones, G.H. Johnson, P.E. Johnson, F. M. Jacobs, L.S. Kerr, H.I. Keans, J.H. Kolb, W. Leggett, T. LLanaghan, D.V. Montgomery, R.J., Mavety, J.J. McKeddie, W. McNeill, G.G. McCollum, R.S. McCollum, R. McWhinnie, W.S. McDonald, N.S. McDonald, J. McCullough, R.H. McBeth, L.L. Northcott, A.B. Nigg, L.C. Pope, H.C. Pray, W.R. Robertson, H.C. Smith, W.E. Staples, G.H. Stock, L.P. Sullivan, R.M.Smith, J.L. Stark, W.E. Troke, C.F. Valleau, J.F. Watkins, C. Wallace, W.B. Watson, W. Wightman, W.G. Wilson, S.J. Watts, F. Williams, F.J. Yanchus. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Breen, J. M.; Watson-Matthews, J. M.; Heard, F. H.; Brownlee, H. L.; Harris, R. S.; Valleau, C. F.


Page Title:
Page 35_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 8 photographs, possibly taken in France, depicting soldiers near ruins and camp sites. Captions include: Interior of a German shell 5. q.; Jack and Evangeline; New Easter hat; Overhead and underground communication.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France


Page Title:
Page 36
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 8 photographs depicting scenes from France including tents, living quarters--interior and exterior, ruined buildings, and batteries. Captions include: Some hut!; Jack's boudoir [J. A. Langford?]; underground battery; Engineers' quarters France; Venus!; Ruins; concealed battery.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France


Page Title:
Page 36_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 photographs depicting the interior of a ruined building, a 'tank', trench, and two soldiers. Top three photographs were likely taken in France and are captioned: holes that were not made by mice; 'Blundering, thundering, typical, terrible - TANK; trench - 1917 model.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France


Page Title:
Page 36_verso a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page reveals military orders for the 2nd Army Troops Coy., Canadian Engineers for operations in the Somme region of France, dated October 1, 1916.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Hazebrouck; France--Lillers; France--Frevent; Belgium--Poperinghe; France--Contay; France --Doullens; France--Saint-Venant


Page Title:
Page 37
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a program for a Returned Soldiers' Concert held at Dominion Theatre, Ottawa, December 10, 1916 and organized by the Sportsmen's Patriotic Association. The concert included music by B. C. Hilliam with lyrics by poet, E. Pauline Johnson. 2 news clippings are described in image 37b.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.; Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913


Page Title:
Page 37 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page includes interior of program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 37 b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of page revealing back of program and 2 news clippings. Subjects include: The Signallers hockey team practice, featuring 'Big George Westman' and a photograph of a British tank with a caption explaining the naming of the machine "tank".
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] Nineteen Men Turned Out With Signallers This Morning --- Big Westman Shaped Up Well - Munitions Workout Tonight. --- SIGNALLERS put over a practice at the Arena this morning that was a blizzard. Nineteen men lined out under Lieut. Kirby and were shot through sixty minutes of going that made them think it was a June day outside. The teams were started as follows, with various substitutions during the brush: - Tobin.......Goal........Lang T.O'Neil....Defence.....Westman Stevenson...Defence.....C.O'Neill Brownlee....Rover.......Merrick Reeves......Centre......McEwan Breen.......Right Wing..Meeking Friel.......Left Wing...Morrison Substitutions - Valleau, Rose, Gilchrist, JOnes, and Bell. Big George Westman shaped up well on the defence and the forwards had a hard time getting by him. He would make his work twice as effective if he passed the puck occasionally when he travelled down the ice. At the conclusion of the line-up, Lieut. Kirby chased the whole squad around the rink for five minutes. [end clipping] [start clipping] 1 photograph THE "TANK" AS IT IS. - This is a "Tank," after action, the wonderful new war arm which has been developed for trench warfare by British brains. The word "Tank" was adopted by the Ministry of Munitions to secure secrecy, but the public and the "Tommies" have trawled the dictionary for more expressive names for the weapon. Some of the favourites have been Land Dreadnought, Caterpillar Saurian, War Whale, Snark, Wibbly-Wobbly, Pachyderm, Slug, Big Willie and Ichtyosaurus. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Westman, George


Page Title:
Page 37_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a leave pass for Lieut. J. A. Langford, 2nd Army Troops Co CE and 2 clippings. One clipping mentions Sapper Norman Senior as part of the Press Committee and in the other, the author writes about meeting with aquaintances from Canada while in England.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--London
Transcript:
[start clipping] Press Committee. The press committee, which is conducting the publicity side of the "Give Us His Name Campaign" is composed of well-known journalists. The Committee is composed of Lieut. Gerard, formerly city editor of La Presse; Corporal Harry Walker, formerly editor of the Renfrew Journal and Sapper C.N. Senior, late of the Vancouver World. [end clipping] [start clipping] The World Smal. "But talking about the world being small. I was over in London the other day and I bumped into Lieut. Joe Gorman, who is now in the Royal Naval Aerial Service. Joe had just received orders to sail for some port down in the Mediterranean. He looked fine. I also met Jack and Brian Devlin in England as well as Norman Scott of Ottawa, who was recently transferred from the army. I was over on leave and I came across nearly everyone from 'home'. "Jack Devlin had made good with a vengence. This tall, slim lad we used to see on the golf links is one of the chief instructors at a big naval station. Brian was taking the suplementary course at Crystal Palace. He wasn't quite sure which station he would finish up at, but I think he will be detailed t serve under Jack in the coast defenses. Both the Devlin boys are in the 'pink'. I saw Brian take a trial flight and it was a beauty. He dipped and sailed around like a bird. When he came down smiling one of the officers shook hands with Brian and a lot of people commented on his boyish appearance. ANyway, I felt proud to tell them that he came from good old Ottawa. Walter Kenny was on the East coast and I did not get a chance to see him. Joe Gorman has been given charge of a flying boat squad. Don Brophy Winged. "There aren't many Ottawa boys in the Royal Flying Corps, which is a branch of the army. The Royal Naval Aerial Service is mostly for defences and they have been doing great work in chasing Zepps and Taubes. John Allen is in England now, but was in France for some time. Walter Soper left for France a few days ago and has probably been in the thick of it by now. Did you know that Don Brophy was wounded? He was sent to the front in quick time and he made a number of flights over the German lines along the Somme. He got into some kind of a duel with one of the crack German airmen and was 'winged.' Don guided his machine back to the British lines and landed safely. He is just out of the hospital. I understand his wounds were slight, but they forced him to give up his first big air duel. Jack Ryan has also been on duty along the Somme. He and Brophy were both sent north about the first of August to rest a bit. Jack was used up considerably. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Langford, J. A.


Page Title:
Page 38
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 news clippings: one discusses Ottawa men who are soldiers in the Royal Flying Corps, the other announces that local athlete, Don Brophy was wounded in an air battle over the German Line. Because Canada had no flying corps during WWI, men who want to fly enlisted in England, often paying for their own training. Don Brophy died in a plane crash in December 1916. Page also includes two photographs with the general caption: Sgt Harry Charlton C. E. F. - "are we downhearted?"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France
Transcript:
[start clipping] Hot Time Coming. "Earl Farrow, of Ottawa, is another homebrew in the R.F.C. He was in France for a long time. Hedley Camero transferred too when the 77th was broken up. He is taking his qualifying course in England. I have been out here five months with excitement enough to last a lifetime. Have had several flights over the lines and believe me, I think the Germans are due for a hot old time before long. Our big guns have been pounding their trenches to pieces. It is thrilling to whirl overhead and see our shells plowing up those Huns a mile or so in advance of our own lines. Things are a lot better than they were a year ago. "by the way, put my name on the Citizen subscription list. It will be great to get a regular paper once in a while. We are quartered in a little village populated mostly by flies and wasps and quite a sprinkling of pigs. However it's all in the game. Give my regards to all the boys and don't overlook the fact, when writing war news, that the Ottawa boys and the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Aerial Service have been doing their share." [end clipping] [start clipping] OTTAWA BOY WINGED 1 photograph DON BROPHY Well Known Athlete Wounded in Duel with Enemy Airman over German Line. [end clipping] OTTAWA BOYS ARE DOING THEIR SHARE IN THE FLYING CORPS --- Don Brophy Winged in Duel With Enemy Airmen. Bunch of Young Fellows Showing Skill and Daring in Aerial Branch of the Service. From "somewhere in France" The Citizen has received a very interesting letter, written by one of Ottawa's best known athlete, who has been on duty since early this year in the Royal Flying Corps. He tells of the experiences of several Ottawa birdmen, high over the British and German lines; of the wounding of one and of the transfer to the Flying Corps of several local officers who went ovrseas with other units of the Canadian service. Among the latter are Norman Scott, Canadian and international figure skating champion, crack golfer and hockey player; also Hedley Cameron, who was in the 77th Battalion until the time of its break-up in England. The letter was written at one of the Royal Flying Corps squadron camps three weeks ago and is as follows: Some Misconceptions. "You will probably be surprised to hear from me, but I have been reading all sorts of funny 'bunk' in the Canadian papers about the 'Aviation Corps' and other things, which don't exist; so I thought I would drop a few lines to let you know a little of the facts about the boys from home. We in the Flying Corps evidently have some busy times ahead so these tips may come in handy. The Canadian papers have presumably not learned much about the aerial game. We have received a few clippings from home and have a lot of fun piecing them together. There are so many Canadians in the Flying Corps and so many of our own friends, right from home in Ottawa that it is hard to keep track of them all. I have been in the Royal Flying Corps for nearly a year and believe me this is a life. I have had a few thrills and close calls, but am all right so far. "Once cannot travel far these strenuous times without meeting at least a few old pals from home. Why, even up in the air, I sometimes come across the. It seems striking to be shooting through the atmosphere and see another one of the boys, Jack Ryan or someone else, go whizzing by and flashing a signal of recognition. We have a wireless system all our own and sometimes exchange greetings thousands of feet in the air. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Brophy, Don; Farrow, Earl; Cameron, Hedley; Charlton, Harry; Scott, Norman


Page Title:
Page 38_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a news clipping depicting a photograph from a reception held for 300 returned soldiers at City Hall, Ottawa, ca. 1917 and sponsored by the Soldiers' Aid Commission.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
[1916-1917]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] 1 photograph A HEARTY WELCOME HOME. - More than 300 returned soldiers were recently given a great civic reception at the City Hall, Ottawa. The picture shows them in the refreshment room, guests of the Soldiers' Service Club. In the foreground are Major Porter, Capt. K. McPherson, Hon. S.W. Crothers, Controller Fisher, Controller Nelson and Mrs. Cameron, President of the Soldiers' Aid Commission. [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 39
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a telegram (described in next image, 39a) and 4 news clippings. Subjects include: debate about the United States entering the War; a concert put on by the Soldiers' Service Club;and the departure of the 230th Forestry Battalion for the Front. Clippings published in 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Washington (D.C.)
Transcript:
[start clipping] Why Worry? WHEN, perhaps, a few of our principal cities have been destroyed, it may then be time to take up this little war matter, possibly in earnest. Still, it might be well to wait until the war is over. To go into the war stern first, as the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt suggests, is, however, quite the proper thing. We have always done it this way. Why change now? Let us by all means wait until a surpreme disaster comes, and then take time by the hindlock. At present we have had only a little over two years' notice. And what is two years' notice among enemies? Meanwhile, let us trust in Josephus Daniels and God. God has helped Germany kill many of our citizens. Why may He not help us? [end clipping] March 1 - 1917 issue of "Life" [annotation in ink] [start clipping] Special to The Journal by United Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. - The dramatic plea of Austin Y. Hoy, son of Mrs. Mary Hoy and brother of Miss Elizabeth Hoy, who were killed in the unwarned torpedoing of the great Cunarder Laconia, demanding that the United States avenge the death of his oved ones, was received today by cable by President Wilson. Speaking as "an outraged American," Hoy demands that the United States "preserve its citizens' self respect." He is Not An Expatriate. The cablegram, sent from London, follows: "I am an American citizen, representing the Sullivan Machinery Company in Chicago, living abroad not as an expatriate, but for the promotion of American trade. "I love the flag, believing in its siginficance. "My loved mother and sister, passengers on the Laconia, have been foully murdered on the high seas. An American Citizen Outraged. "As an American citizen outraged - and as such, fully within my rights - as an American son and brother bereaved, I call upon my Government to preserve its citizens' self respect and save others of my countrymen from such deep grief as I now feel. "I am of military age, able to fight. "If my country can use me against these brutal assassins I am at its call. "If this stultifies my manhood and my nation's by remaining passive under outrage, I shall seek a man's chance under another flag." [end clipping] [start clipping] Weekly Concert. With Major T. E. Powers in the chair, the young girls of the Soldiers' Service Club in charge, and Lieut. B.C. Hilliam as the start performer on a programme of exceptional quality, the weekly concert at the Signal Training Depot Barracks last night was quite the best attended and most enthusiastically enjoyed event of the kind this winter. Fully 400 men stayed in barracks in spite of the temptation to wander forth and make a hole in the pay cheques delivered earlier in the day. Lieut. Hilliam gave some of his amusing piano sketches, Miss A.M. Hutt, Sapper C.W. Casement, Mr. W. J. Johnston, and Mr. G. Ker rendered pleasing vocal solos; Miss F. Westman and Sergeant S.R. Adamson did an unsual song and dance number; Miss C. Little contributed several humorous recitations, and the three little Williams children, Pinkie, Lorne and Nesta gave two numbers in which their singing and dancing abilities aroused the highest enthusiasm among the boys. Of great interest was a short talk by the chairman dealing with the experiences of the Third Divisional Signal Company at the front. Refreshments served by about thirty young ladies of the Soldiers' Service Club brought the evening to a close. [end clipping] [start clipping] LAST DRAFT OF 230TH LEAVES BROCKVILLE --- Lt. Col. de Salaberry Will be in Command, Several Officers Remain Behind. --- (Special to The Citizen.) BROCKVILLE, Feb. 27. - The last draft of the 230th Forestry battalion, comprising 5700 men under Col. de Salaberry, will leave here for the east tomorrow. Major Howard, Major Huntingdon, Capt. (Rev.) Desjardins and Lieut. Leggo Will remain here for the present. The battalion was organized in Ottawa and encamped near that city. Last fall it was brought to this town where it has remained in barracks since. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence M.; Adamson, S. R.; Leggo


Page Title:
Page 39_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page shows a telegram sent to Miss F M Westman in Ottawa from J A Langford in London.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; England--London
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence M.; Langford, J. A.


Page Title:
Page 39_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 photographs. Sgt. Langford, Sgt. Senior and Sgt Breen are depicted in the top two photos. Bottom left includes the caption, "The 'O.C.' and her two 'Aides'" and bottom right, "Lieut 'Skill' Burridge - Niagara, 1916."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Ontario--Niagara
People Depicted:
Langford, W.; Senior, N.; Breen, J.; Burridge


Page Title:
Page 40
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
First scan of Scrapbook page 40 with loose photograph.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 40 a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 40. Page contains 5 photographs. Top left includes the caption "McGill Motor Cycles leaving for overseas." The remaining 4 photographs depict soldiers and civilians, including Sapper Ray Shepherd, Sapper Halpenny, and 'Joe and Wyne'. Wyne is Florence's sister, Winniefred.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Westman, Winniefred; Shepherd, Ray; Halpenny


Page Title:
Page 40_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 photographs depicting soldiers and civilians outside in Ottawa. Captions include: "Joe; Norm on leaving for the Signal Depot!; Sgt. Wm Langford; Sapper Frank Lund." Newspaper clipping includes a photograph of Lieut. George Melville Taylor and reports that he was wounded on the battlefield and received the Military Cross.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] WINS MILITARY CROSS 1 photograph LIEUT. GEORGE MEVILLE TAYLOR, son of Mr. George W. Taylor, Assistant Deputy Minister of Inland Revenue, and Mrs. Taylor 288 Clemow ave., who has been awarded the military cross for bravery. He is badly wounded. [end clipping] [start clipping] LT. G. W. TAYLOR WINS THE MILIATRY CROSS --- Ottawa Boy's Heroic Action Recognized- Is Now in England Badly Wounded --- Word has reached Ottawa that LIeut. George Melville Taylor, of the Canadian Engineers, and son of Mr. G.W. Taylor, assistant Deputy Minister of Inland Revenue, and Mrs. Taylor, 288 Cremow ave., has been awarded the Military Cross for bravery on the field. Lieut. Taylor was dangerously wounded on March 1 by a bullet, which entered his chest within an inch of his heart and passed out of his back. Pneumonia developed. [end clipping] [start clipping] Lieut. Taylor received a second wound from a shell splinter in the back while returning to the dressing station, but is making a remarkable recovery. The wounded soldier is at present in the 2nd Western General Hospital, at Manchester. Lieut. Taylor is a well known Ottawa man, and before the war was employed as an engineer with the Montreal Terminals Co. He graduated from McGill two years ago with a B.Sc. The act for which he was awarded the Military Cross resulted in his wounds. [end clipping] Mar. 30 - 1917 wounded (annotation in ink)
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Lund, Frank; Langford, William; Taylor, George M.


Page Title:
Page 41
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes 2 clippings - "Captain M'Dowell's Gallant Record" and "Will be honored at Sunday evening service" (a story about the Cunningham brothers of Ottawa). 2 photographs include captions, "Sapper Frank Lund" and "Bill and Frank".
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] WILL BE HONORED AT SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE 3 photographs Left to right: - Pioneer Hugh Cunningham, now at the front with a machine gun section; Transport Sergeant Clifton Cunningham, at the front with the 47th., Sapper Francis Bradley Cunningham, who fell in action, July, 1916. They are portraits of three well- known Ottawa boys, to one of whom Sapper Francis Bradley Cunningham, a memorial tablet will, on Sunday evening be unveiled in McLeod Street Methodist church. All three are sons of Captain F.H. and the late Mrs. Cunningham, of New Westminster, B.C., who for many years, resided in Ottawa. Mrs. Charles E. Goodall, of 29 Woodlawn avenue, is a sister. The ceremony will take place on the occasion of the anniversary of McLeod Street Sunday School, of which all three boys were members, as was Private George T. Raynor, to whom a tablet will also be unveiled. Dr. Michael Clark, M. P. will deliver the address of the evening, and it is expected that Sir Sam Hughes will unveil the memorial tablets. [end clipping] [start clipping] CAPTAIN M'DOWELL'S GALLANT RECORD --- Officer of Ottawa Unit is a Real Hero - Tribute From Major Macpherson. --- Capt. T.W. McDowell, who captured 77 Germans single handed, was recommended for the Victoria Cross for his valiant actions at Desire trench on Nov. 18, 1916. On that memorable day, when so many of the officers and men of the celebrated Ottawa battalion fell, Capt. McDowell took command of the battalion, kept the enemy back, and succeeded in capturing four machine guns. "He is a whirl-wind," says Major J.A.C. Macpherson, an Ottawa officer, who was in the battalion, who has just returned home. Major Macpherson had Captain McDowell as his second in command and he states that there was nothing too dangerous for the young officer to attempt. "Capt. McDowell is a young graduate of Toronto University, he is only 22 years of age - and one of the most fearless in the battalion," states Major Macpherson. "When we were in the attack on Desire Trench, Capt. McDowell was in the thick of the fight. The casualties were heavy and when all the officers were out of the fight he took command. "He consolidated the lines and lead in the attack. He was personally responsible for the capture of four machine guns and for this exploit was awarded the D.S.O. "He was wounded twice, but remained on duty. He was recommended for the Victoria Cross but for some reason - perhaps the wording of the recommendation - it was not awarded to him." Captain McDowell came to Ottawa to join the battalion, in which he distinguished himself, and held his present rank. He went to Bermuda and was a favorite among the men. As far as can be learned he has no relatives in Ottawa, but has two brothers on the firing line, one in the artillery and the other in the flying corps. Major Macpherson has been invalided home to recover from an attack of trench fever. He is looking for relatives of the men of the 38th, who have been casualties. Any who are in the city are asked to communicate with him at 25 Delaware ave. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Lund, Frank; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Clifton; Cunningham, Francis B.; McDowell, T. W.


Page Title:
Page 41_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 pages of cartoons by B. C. Hilliam enclosed in an envelope, and a photograph, captioned, "Sapper C. Norman Senior in mufti." Date of photograph is unknown - possibly Senior as a younger man.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 41_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page reveals cartoon by B. C. Hilliam
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 41_verso_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of page reveals cartoon by B. C. Hilliam
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of page 42 shows loose items described after the attached scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 42 - pamphlet announcing film, "Canada's fighting forces, series no. 2, 1916.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42 b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
3rd image of page 42 - inside of photo-exhibit pamphlet.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42 c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
5th image of page 42 - inside of photo-exhibit pamphlet.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42 d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
6th image of page 42 - Program for The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, National Remembrance Day radio broadcast, November 11, 1936.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Armistice Day
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42 e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
7th image of page 42 - Program for The Returned Soldiers Association concert, held in Ottawa on February 13, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42 f
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
8th image of page 42 - Inside pages of program for The Returned Soldiers Association concert, held in Ottawa on February 13, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Ricardi, Marie; Daviso, Mrs. Mayno; Langdon, Helen; Underwood, Harry; Goad


Page Title:
Page 42 g
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
9th image of page 42 - Back page of program for The Returned Soldiers Association concert, held in Ottawa on February 13, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Ricardi, Marie; Daviso, Mrs. Mayno; Langdon, Helen; Underwood, Harry; Goad


Page Title:
Page 42 h
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
10th image of page 42 - Program for Ypres Memorial Service, 2nd anniversary, held in Landsdowne Park, Ottawa on April 22, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Thompson, T. J.; Snowdon, J. M.


Page Title:
Page 42 i
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
11th image of page 42 - Inside pages of program for Ypres Memorial Service, 2nd anniversary, held in Landsdowne Park, Ottawa on April 22, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 42_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 photographs depicting Ypres Memorial Day event on April 22, 1917 with the caption, "General Sir Sam Hughes presenting colors to the 235th Battalion - Ypres Memorial Day - Apr. 22, 1917."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Hughes, Samuel, Sir, 1853-1921


Page Title:
Page 43
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of page 43 shows loose item described after attached scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 43_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of page 43. Page contains 2 photographs depicting George Westman at the time of his departure for overseas service--on a motorbike and marching with the Signallers. Clippings report on the sendoff for the Signallers in Ottawa, March 28, 1917 and their arrival in England, May 1, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] SIGNALLERS LEAVE FOR EASTERN POINT --- Crowds Were Determined to Say Goodbye, and Did So. Burly constables and strong soldiers were brushed aside like children by the immense crowd of citizens who had gathered at Central station yesterday to watch the draft from the Signal Training Depot entrain for an eastern point. Although every entrance to the station was guarded by policement they were not strong enough in numbers to cope with the people who wanted to say goodbye to the young men who had enlisted in the Ottawa unit. The draft was composed of six officers and 150 men in charge of Lieut. Hyman. Accompanied by the band of the 235th Battalion the Signallers marched to the station and in a short time were entrained. The officers on the draft are: Lieuts. E. Hyman, J.D. Baker, L. A.B. Hutton, W.M. McPhail, Palmer and Stevenson. Though the police had unprecedented difficulties with the crowd nothing serious happened. The women were determined to see the boys going away and, as one officer said, nothing could stop them. [end clipping] [start clipping] ADDITIONAL TROOPS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND --- It is officially announced, through the Chief Press Censor's office that the following troops have arrived safely in England. 231st Vancouver Highlanders Battalion. 164th Halton and Dufferin Battalion. 227th Battalion, Hamilton. 210th Battalion, Moose Jaw. Drafts: Halifax Field Artillery; Engineers; Infantry; Signallers; Army Service Corps, and Army Medical Corps. [end clipping] May 1 - 1917 (annotatio in ink)
People Depicted:
Westman, George;


Page Title:
Page 43_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a photograph of Sgt. S. R. Adamson in costume, annotated "Hula-Hula Tommy - Russell Theatre - Ottawa - 15th &16th/3/17." Clipping is a photograph of a dog in costume, titled, "Dog captured by Princess Pats."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] DOG CAPTURED BY PRINCESS PATS. 1 photograph H.I.H. Wilhelm II., the mascot of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He is a thoroughbred German daschund and was captured by the Princess Pats in one of their famous rraids on the Hun trenches. It is the boast of the men of the regiment that they will carry him to Berlin and sit him on the Kaiser's throne. The Governor-General's Foot Guards will take you to the Princess Pats. Apply Base Recruiting Office, Sparks street. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Adamson, S. R.


Page Title:
Page 44
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a document listing duties for soldiers and inlcudes soldiers names and numbers, includes the caption, "Orders of the Day Signal Draft at Newcastle - Mar 30th 1917."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 44_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 news clippings: a report of visit by Ex Premier Viviani to Parliament, and a photograph with announcement of marriage of the Marquis of Hartington to the Lady Mary Cecil in Hatfield, England. A cardboard tag is attached to the bottom of the page - possibly used for selling goods to raise funds.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] LARGE CROWD TURNS OUT TO WELCOME M. VIVIANI --- Citizens of Captial Gathered Early to Greet Former Premier of France - State Welcome To Head of French Mission to U.S. --- GREAT DEMAND FOR ADMISSION TO MUSEUM TO HEAR ADDRESS TO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT --- The Capital turned out en masse today to greet a man who piloted France through one of the most trying periods in her history - Ex- Premier Viviani. The special train carrying the distinguished visitor was due to arrive at press time. Long before the hour at which the distinguished visitor was due to arrive at Central station, the crowds began to assemble on the streets and at the noon hour those thoroughfares along which M. Viviani and close Cabinet ministers and Privy Councillors who received him, were to pass, were lined by hundreds of Ottawa citizens, who desired to pay their tribute to one of the outstanding figures of the day. Tricolor in Evidence. Side by side, the Tricolor and the Union Jack floated over the temporary House of Parliament, the City Hall, and many dwellings and places of business. Every street car carried the colors of the two nations which are standing side by side in the fight for freedom. Flags of the allies and streamers hung from many buildings. M. Viviani was met at the International boundary by Hon. E.L. Patenaude; Sir George Foster, acting Premier; Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Cabinet Ministers, many of the Privy Councillors, and Mayor Fisher and the members of the City Council, were at the station to welcome him when the train pulled in. The Governor-General's Foot Guards were on hand to provide the guard of honor and a detachment from the Dominon Police formed an additional guard. Reception At Station. The arragements provided for an informal reception at the station following which the party was scheduled to proceed by way of Sparks and Metcalfe streets to the House of Commons. Here at 11(?) o'clock the two Houses will assemble, and an address of welcome will be read by the Speakers. M. Viviani will then deliver an address, which will form a part of the records of Hansard. Appreciation of the honor conferred will be expressed by George Foster, seconded by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. At the close, there will be an informal reception in order to give all an opportunity to greet the distinguished guest. [end clipping] May 12 - 1917 (annotation in ink) [start clipping] MARRIAGE OF DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S HEIR 1 photograph Wedding of the Marquis of Hartington, son of the Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada; and Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury, at St. Ethelrede's, Hatfield, Eng. The bride and bridegroom leaving the church. The Marquis of Hartington was wounded on the Mesopotamian campaign but has recovered and returned to the front. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Viviani, J.;


Page Title:
Page 45
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1 image of page 45 showing loose items.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 45_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 1 clipping - a photograph with announcement of the US entering the First World War, April 6, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 45_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 news clippings, "Ubalde H. Seguin - killed in action," "late Lt. Richard Uglow was former Ottawa boy," and "Patriotic work of women of C. S. has been varied." "Patriotic work" reports on the past years' activities of the Women's Branch of the Civil Service Association in support of soldiers at the Front.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] FLIGHT LIEUTENANT UBALDE H. SEGUIN KILLED IN ACTION --- Among the many gallant young men Ottawa has contributed to the cause of the Entente Allies few were more favorably known throughout the city than Flight Lieutenant Ubalde H. Seguin, R.F.C., who is reported killed in action in the big aerial battle of last Thursday-Friday, when the British lost 28 machines and the Germans 46. The first news of the fate of the young Ottawan was received yesterday morning, when Mr. F.O.O. Seguin, of 67 Osgoode street, father of the deceased, received a cablegram from the Imperial authorities notifying him that his son was reported missing. In the afternoon another wire arrived stating that he was reported dead. The late Flight Lieut. Seguin made rapid strides through his course, only about five months having elapsed from the time he left Canada until he made the supreme sacrifice on the battelfields of France. He sailed for England to begin his course last November, giving up a splendid position in the dairy branch of the agricultural department to study aviation. Immediately after passing his examinations he was sent to France, where, although he was comparatively speaking a novice, he succeeded in bringing dwon an enemy aviator a few weeks after his arrival. In this encounter he battled with his opponent for over an hour. The young Ottawa bird man evidently had a premonition that his end was near, for in a letter to a friend here he stated that he was in London and had been enjoying himself, as he did not expect to be alive at the end of another month. In another part of his letter he said, "There is no heroism in my action," when speaking of his enlistment, "only a conception of a moral obligation towards humanity." "He was conscious of his duty," stated his friend, "and game to the core." The late Flight Lieut. Seguin was in his 24th year and was the second son of Mr. and MRs. F.O.O. Seguin, of 67 Osgoode street. He was educated at Ottawa University and was a member of Sacred Heart church. Besides his parents, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Gustave Monette, of Montreal, and one brother, Mr. C.A. Seguin barrister, of this city. [end clipping] [start clipping] Young Ottawa Airman Killed in Action 1 photograph FLIGHT LT. UBALDE H. SEGUIN, Who made supreme sacrifice in great aerial battle of Thursday-Friday last. [end clipping] LATE LT. RICHARD UGLOW WAS FORMER OTTAWA BOY --- Although the address was of his next of kin, his mother, was given in England, Lieut. Richard H.L. Uglow, recently reported died of wounds on June 22, was well known in Ottawa. The late Lieut. Uglow was the only son of the late William and Mrs. Uglow, of Ottawa, and after her son enlisted Mrs. Uglow moved to England, where she has since been residing. While in Ottawa Lieut. Uglow was on the staff of the Department of Agriculture, and was well known in military and school circles here. Mr. Richard Uglow, of Kingston, is a relative. [end clipping] [start clipping] PATRIOTIC WORK OF WOMEN OF C.S. HAS BEEN VARIED --- Have Devoted All Their Spare Time to Work For the Empire. --- RETURNED SOLDIERS WILL TAKE FUTURE ATTENTION --- Miss Edna Inglis Was Elected President of Women's Branch of C.S. Association. --- The reports for the year's activities of the Women's Branch of the Civil Service Association, read in the annual meeting held in the Y.W.C.A. last evening, resolved themselves into budgets of patriotic service. Every other consideration has been pushed aside in the last year, and if the results may be considered evidence the 370 members of the branch have thought of nothing else in their limited leisure hours aside from knitting socks, making pyjamas and hospital shirts, and writing letters to wounded Tommies. All interests and customary activities have been submerged in the work for the Red Cross and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Comforts Committee of the Canadian Club, and the work accomplished is unsurpassed by many societies where the women have unlimited time. Excellent Record. The report of the convener of the Red Cross Committee, Miss Grace Reynolds, showed that the women had made since the last of October, 415 pairs of socks, 227 pairs of pyjamas, 114 hospital shirts, 100 comfort bags, 106 handkerchiefs, 19 Christmas stockings, 624 towels, 534 pillow cases, 113 pairs of ward shoes, 20 helmets, 12 service shirts, 6 fracture shirts, and 73 ties. "The work since Christmas has increased sixty per cent, but every woman must double her efforts if the branch is to do its share in filling the great demands of the summer campaign," declared the convener. Prepare For Afterward. Miss Edna Inglis, who reported the activities of the social committee, urged the women to keep up the patriotic work. All the meetings, she said, had been largely given over to hand sewing for the soldiers and she remakred the increased cohesiveness of the club since the one big interest had come to hold them together. Until the close of the war, the Red Cross work would demand their co-operation and afterward she reminded them that the big problem of the returned soldier would also require their aid. When this time came the women of the Service as well as all the other women of the province would be enfranchised and in view of this prospect, she urged that the women prepare themselves to intelligently exercise this new power which might be used to such advantage in reconstruction period. The secretary, Miss L.L. Crocker, reported on the activities of the members in the Red Cross work, and the letters written to wounded men by the women of the branch, which have numbered 60,000 and had been instrumental in over 600 business adjustments being made. Under the direction of the president, Miss Florence Burt, a lot on the corner of Argyle and O'Connor streets has been taken over for cultivation and a garden of vegetables is now well under way. Scrap books have also been made for wounded men by one circle of girls. A committee has been appointed to arrange for any girls who wish to spend their holidays picking fruit in the Hamilton and Niagara Falls district if workers are hard to secure. Balance on Hand. The treasurer's report of the emergency fund showed the following receipts: Balance on hand, $95.69; contributions from the different departments $644, and bank interest, $3.76. The disbursements show balance of contribution for a nurse at the front, $100; assistant at Ottawa Welfare Bureau for six months, $90; contribution to the Canadian Clearing Station at Folkstone, $50; British Sailors' Relief Fund, $100; comforts for the Motor Patrol Boat Service, $17.93; comforts for 86 Canadian sailors in British navy, $99.84; Returned Soldiers' club room fund, $200; linen for the Soldiers' Aid Commission, $53; and several other small items, leaving a balance on hand of $24.18. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Seguin, Ubalde H.; Uglow, Richard; Inglis, Edna


Page Title:
Page 46
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 5 news clippings. Subjects include: announcement of a tea and concert fundraiser organized by the SSC; the death of war veteran, Hal Brown; wounding of Herbert Smith; a photograph of the recruiting staff of the 70th Battery; and "John Bull" war statistics.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
MUSICALE IN AID SOLDIERS' SERVICE --- The patriotic musicale and tea given by the hospital committe of the Soldiers' Service Club at the A. E. Rea tea rooms on Saturday afternoon was most enjoyable and successful. Mrs. Thos. Westman, the president, and MRs. W. S. Odell, the treasurer of the club, received the money at the door, while Miss Grace F. Cole, the convener of the hospital committee, and Mrs. Harry Brouse showed the guests to their tables. Master Lorne Bartram sang "Dear Heart," by Matti, and "One Fleeting Hour," by Dorothy Lee. Mrs. James Scott was heard in "A May Morning," by Deuga, and "Laddie in Khaki," by Novello, while Mr. Nixon sang a "Venetian Song," by Tosti, and "Rose of My Heart," by Lohr. Mrs. R.S. McPherson acted as accompanist. The Pelisek orchestra orchestra (sic) delighted their hearers with their musical selections. The hospital committee include Miss. G.F. Cole, Mrs. G.W. McCreary, Mrs. J. Johnston, Mrs. P.P. Hawn, Miss Elsie Butler, Mrs. G. B. House, Mrs. Elsworthy, Mrs. H. W. Shearman, Mrs. E.E. Code, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Burrell, Mrs. H. Brouse, Mrs. R.E. Bell, Miss Connor and Mrs. Fred Heney. The net proceeds will be used to buy fruit for the soldiers in the hospitals. [end clipping] [start clipping] At Rea's Help the Soldiers! The Hospital Committee of the Soldiers' Service Club, are giving a Tea, Tomorrow Saturday, May 19th, in Rea's Tea Rooms. Proceeds will buy fruits for the soldiers in the hospitals. [end clipping] [start clipping] MANY PAY RESPECT TO LATE "HAL" BROWN --- Popular Young War Veteran is Buried With Full Military Honors. --- With full military honors the body of the late Lieut. "Hal" Brown, twice wounded in France, and winner of the Military Medal, who accidently shot and killed himself while cleaning a revolver in his room in Montreal on Thursday, was borne to Beechwood cemetery yesterday afternoon and laid to rest. The funeral was one of the most largely attended and impressive military funerals witnessed in Ottawa for some time. The popularity of the young officer was shown by the large number of old newspaper and military associates who attended the funeral. The funeral arrangements were in charge of Major A.A. Pinard of the 43 regiment D.C.O.R., and Captain K. MacPherson, of the Great War Veterans' Association. Headed by the band of the 43rd regiment, and a firing squad of 50 men from the Signal Training Depot, in command of Lieut. F.W. Graves, the cortege left his father's residence, 9 Fourth ave., at 3 o'clock. Service was conducted at the house at 2.30. The route of march was along Fourth ave., to O'Connor street, to McLeod street, to Metcalf street, to Wellington street, along Rideau to King Edward ave., and down King Edward to St. Patrick street, and over the St. Patrick street bridge. Hundreds of people turned out to witness the funeral and as the gun- carraige, draped with the Union Jack, which carried the coffin, passed the First ave., school all the children, numbering 500, were drawn up on the sidewalk in front of the school. Along with the men from the Signal Training Depot and a large number of soldiers belonging to other units in the city on leave, about 70 members of the Great War Veterans' Association, in charge of Captain MacPherson attended. Some of them unable to march, drove in cabs. The late Lieut. Brown was a member of the association. The gun-carraige was drawn by six horses from the Engineers depot and over the grave, three volleys were fired while the "Last Post" was being played. [end clipping] [start clipping] OTTAWA OFFICER SHOWED BRAVERY --- The latest Ottawa boy to be mentioned in the despatches for gallant conduct and devotion to duty is Capt. Herbert Somerville Smith, who has been at the front since September, 1915. Captain SMith is a son of Mr. William Smith, I.S.O. He is a graduate of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, and a Rhodes scholar from Queen's University at Oxford. When the war broke out Captain Smith enlisted as a trooper in King Edward's Horse, raised from the Oxford students, and got his commission in December, 1914, in the Royal Artillery. [end clipping] [start clipping] HATS OFF TO JOHN BULL --- When John Bull settles down to the grim business of war he gets results. Here is his record almost all of which has been achieved since July 1, 1916: PRISONERS TAKEN. West front...84,076 Mesopotamia..10,900 Egypt.........8,739 --- GUNS CAPTURED. West front...434 Mesopotamia..132 Egypt.........18 --- Territory regained in France since July 1, 1916, totals 600 square miles. [end clipping] 1 photograph The crack recruiting staff of the 70th Battery. Sergt. A.A. Burridge, Cnr. C.C. Grisby, Bomb. Young and Gnr. Doxsee.
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence A.; Burridge, A. A.; Grisby, C. C.; Young; Doxsee; Smith, Herbert S.; Brown, Hal


Page Title:
Page 46_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 46_verso with folded clipping
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 46_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Page 46_verso. Page contains a newsclipping with photograph describing an address to the Canada's House of Commons by Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Lloyd George Cabinet. Page also includes a clipping with headline "Russia's Women Make Gallant Fighters."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] RT. HON. A.J. BALFOUR'S MESSAGE TO CANADA 1 photograph Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, expressing Britain's thanks to Canada in his first public speech after arriving in Toronto from Niagara Falls. Fifteen thousand crowded Queen's Park to hear him from a stand before the Ontario Parliament Buildings. [end clipping] MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECH SIMPLICITY ITSELF --- Pictures of the Foreign Secretary Make Him Look Old, But His Face is Ruddy With the Color of Comparative Youth. --- Written Specially for The Evening Journal by Newton Kendall. The House of Commons was all decorated up and crowded with fluttering humanity yesterday afternoon, when Rt. Hon. A.J. Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Lloyd George Cabinet, dropped in to deliver an address. People arrived in croews and fought to get into the chamber. They expected to witness a mighty formal occasion, with a tall, severe individual, redolent of kings and courts and awesome assemblies, who would be stiff and unbending, very imposing and very severe, but yet would deliver an oration of sounding periods and glittering (?)erorations. "He's A Jolly Good Fellow!" If there were some who, conceiving this picture, came to scoff at it, the proceedings of the afternoon must have confounded them. For when a tall, round-shouldered individual comes into an assembly wearing the broad, good-natured smile with which Mr. Balfour greeted the House and all the galleries on his first appearance yesterday, there is only one thing to do. That is to sing, "He's a Jolly Good Fellow," which the crowd did with a will, and to forget all about the Balfour of dignities, solemnities and momentous affairs in appreciation of the simple unaffectedness of the man. THE FEATURE OF MR. BALFOUR'S VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WAS THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF POSE WHICH CHARACTERIZED HIM. He displayed no mannerisms. He seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself and to desire to make things pleasant for everybody. He was frankly delighted with the warmth of the greeting he received, and it was not his fault if everybody who cheered him did not receive a personal acknowledgement in the form of that soul-reflecting smile of his or a wave of hand or hat. As Though in Conversation. Mr. Balfour's address to the House of Commons was unique. His stle of speaking is, or was yesterday, simplicity itself. It was as if he were conversing quietly with each one of the audience. He speaks to convince by argument rather than by rhetoric; to instruct, not to electrify. This is not the conventional style in Canada, where we are used to watching hockey matches and have little patience with cricket. And yet, in any form of delivery, what Mr. Balfour has to say is worth hearing. It was so yesterday. For the time, the occasion, (illegible) and the circumstances, he said exactly the things which seemed to come fittingly from a visiting Old Country (illegible)man. Democracy. For instance, he spoke of democracy as a hard form of government because it was founded upon differences of opinion, the party political system. Yet democracy was the only form that would satisfy the highly civilized Western races. Temporary disagreements, he said, were healthy signs of vigorous life. "Whatever difficulties arise," he urged, "do not lose your faith." This seemed a fitting thing to say to a Parliament somewhat strikingly divided over the conscription issue. Again, he said the German expectation that the British Empire would not stand as a unit when war came was understandable, since the Mother Country was unable to raise a corporal's guard of men or a shilling in taxation in the "great self-governing Dominions." Hands At Coat Lapels. Most of the time when he is speaking, Mr. Balfour stands erect, with his hands clasped on the lapels of his coat. Now and then, a long arm is stretched out to right or to left, in quiet emphasis. His voice is musical and almost youthful in quality. He is in marked contrast with Viviani and resembles Borden in style of address rather than Laurier. The impression he creates is not on the audience but on the individual, and it is the individual's intellect rather than his imaginationn Mr. Balfour seeks to stimulate. The Ruddy Color of Youth. Mr. Balfour's published pictures do him an injustice. The make him look old. As a matter of fact he has the ruddy color of a young man, and his well-rounded features, so very sad in repose, flash a message of youthful good nature when he smiles. He seemed keenly interested in everything at the House of Commons yesterday, and when the proceedings were over he looked yearningly up to the galleries just as if he longed to get away up there to make friends with the people and have a talk with each one after everybody else had gone away. [end clipping] [start clipping] RUSSIA'S WOMEN MAKE GALLANT FIGHTERS 1 photograph This young Russian girl is a member of the Death Battalion of Women who have fought so desparately on the Eastern front. The photo was made at a review in Petrograd before Premier Kerensky. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Balfour, Arthur J.


Page Title:
Page 47
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 photographs - snapshots of young women working at a Patriotic Street Fair, held on Cooper street, Ottawa, June 22 -24 [1917?]. A news clipping reports the success of the Fair, organized by the Ottawa Women's Canadian Club, intended to raise funds for "Soldiers and Sailors."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] PATRIOTIC STREET FAIR ATTRACTING SPLENDID CROWDS --- Booths Well Patronized and It is Expected Results Will Exceed Those of the Previous Year. --- The Patriotic Street Fair, under the auspices of the Ottawa Women's Canadian Club, proceeds in all its glory. Ottawans, both young and old, have caught the step and were whirled up and down the brilliantly festooned and illuminated thoroughfare on Cooper street yesterday, with the happy, joking, laughing maelstrom of humanity, out in full force with their pockets jingling with ready money which will all go towards Soldiers' and Sailors' comforts. The need for these is greater than ever before, but it was stated by an official last night that the day's results even exceeded those of the previous year. Father, mother, Johnny, and sister, hand in hand, edged their way through the dense crowds, escaping a machine here and there in order toc over the grounds and see and hear all there was to be seen and heard before the Naval Band concluded their program with "God Save the King." New attractions seemed to be springing up in every corner and the original booths had new wares to offer. "O for the life of a sailor," sighed many a lad when he stopped to see the "Sailor's Hornpipe" danced by the Canadian sailors form H.M.S. "Niobe" and the cadets from the Royal Naval Academy, and the demonstration of the "Cocoanut Shy." The posters and the flags on exhibition in front of the booth proved a great drawing card. The telephone kept up an incessant ringing at the United States booth, where fresh vegetables from the club gardens, meats and groceries were selling like "hot cakes," and the Cornwall pastuerized butter, the Agricultural booth's specialty made many a housewife return home and "wonder how it could be done." The home-made pickles and preserves and cream cheese solved the problem of the high cost of preserving for they were "just like mother makes," one young bride was heard to remark and the Insecticide, put up in packages for amatuer gardeners, was in great demand. [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 47_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a program for "B. C. Hilliam and his 1915 Follies." Hilliam toured with his company raising funds for the Red Cross.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Page 48
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a program for a Concert Recital in aid of Canadian Camp Recreation Fund directed by B. C. Hilliam.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.;


Page Title:
Page 48_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a program for a Minstrel Show, directed by B. C. Hilliam, in aid of the Returned Soldiers Club and held at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 13-15, 1916. Caption indicates that B. C. Hilliam created the drawings in the program. Page also includes a photograph of children in uniform and a news clipping reporting the travel plans of C. Norman Senior.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.; Minstrel shows
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] Toronto Man Here - Mr. C. Senior, of Toronto, father of C. Norman Senior, formerly of The World staff, is in the city on a visit renewing acquaintance with his many business and private friends in the city and district. He will remain on the coast about three weeks and will visit Victoria. Norman Senior is engaged in publicity work for the Military Hospitals Commission, with headquarters at Ottawa. ---
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.; Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_b
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_c
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_d
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_e
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_f
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_g
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_g_2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program. Clipping found loose between pages reports a meeting of the Soldiers' Service Club at the home of Mrs. Thomas Westman (mother of Florence M).
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver
Transcript:
[start clipping] Soldiers' Service Club. The Soldiers' Service Club met yesterday at the home of the president, Mrs. Thomas Westman. The meeting was most successful in that it was largely attended and a good response was made to the request for jam supplies for the military wards in the different hospitals. Plans were made to supply the wards with Christmas decorations and a present to each soldier. A very gratifying report was given of the dance held some time ago at the Venetian Gardens by the Soldiers' Service Club. The members discussed providing a soldiers' home for those discharged from hospital or without funds till it is possible for them to secure work. An effort will be made to carry out this project. The Soldiers' Service Club will have charge of the cooking sale at the G.W.V.A. bazar on Saturday and members of the club have been asked for donations to the booth. Mrs. T. Westman will be in charge and her assistants will be Mrs. J. Hughes, MRs. A. Gamble, mrs. Geo. Spencer, Mrs. Geo. Bowie, Misses Bowie, Mrs. e. Narraway, Mrs. Fred Heney, Mrs. Fawesbury, Mrs. S. Browse, Miss A. Dawson, Mr.s M. E. Halpenny, Mrs. (Col.) T.E. Pavers and Mrs. Chas. Stack. At the close of the meeting tea was served by the hostess, Mrs. Westman, assisted by Mrs. Roy Halpenny and Misses Bowie. --- [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_h
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_i
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_j
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_k
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_l
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_m
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 48_verso_n
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior page of Minstrel Program.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Hilliam, B. C.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver


Page Title:
Page 49
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1 image of page 49 showing loose item described after the attached scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 49_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a menu for Canadian Divisional Engineers, May 15, 1917, and a news clipping, "Canadians get Military Cross," in which Westman has underlined the name, John Alexander Langford, who is possibly the "Jack" Langford found elsewhere in the scrapbook.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
England--London
Transcript:
[start clipping] CANADIANS GET MILITARY CROSS --- Long List of Officers Awarded Honor. --- Individual Deeds of Daring Are Chronicled. --- By Leased Wire to Journal-Press. LONDON, July 29. - The following Canadians have been awarded the Military Cross: Lieut. Francis Darrell Gifford took command of a company with great courage and ability. Lieut. John Kross Gillespie when both his guns were destroyed and a number of the crews become casualties rallied the remainder and pushed forward killing a number of the enemy. Lieut. George Douglas Gillies, after repulsing a counter-attack made a most difficult reconnaissance captured three of the enemy and held an enemy trench ten hours defeating two bombing parties. Lieut.William Murray Goodwin constructed a strong point in captured territory despite heavy casualties. Lieut. Angus Douglas Gray saved a situation by covering the withdrawal of a battalion of severely wounded and having lost an eye remained directing the guns until the success of a counter-attack was assured. Captain William Griesinger successfully counter-attacked and held a captured position several hours against strong hostile attacks. Captain Burville Dayton Griffin, in charge of repairs on a light railway, showed the greatest courage and initiative during damage caused by shell fire. Lieut. Gerald Wallace Guio led his men in a most gallant manner capturing an enemy strong point. Capt. William Hale Junior, established a dressing station and worked untiringly for sixty hours under fire, dressing wounded. Lieut. Francis Carlton Hannington repaired a road for an advance when the enemy shelled it heavily, including gas shells. By coolness and determination he pushed forward work despite casualties. (illegible) Maj. Melville Mason Hart led a company most gallantly and captured an objective, later he was largely responsible for repelling a strong counter attack. Capt. Ralph St. Clair extinguishing burning ammunition pits destroyed by heavy shell. Lt. Charles Leslie Heather though severely wounded remained in command of his company at great risk under heavy fire and undertook a personal reconnaissance into enemy territory. Lieut. John Bower Lewis Henry established communication under very heavy fire, and sent back valuable information. Lieut. Walter Hird, wounded early in the day, remained at his post, and during the evening sent back valuable information. Lieut. Gilbert Edwin Hicking, in charge of a stretcher party of wounded, who survived solely due to his devotion. Lieut. Thomas Hogson led an assault, directed an advance in the face of an intense enemy barrage. He compelled 21 of the enemy to surrender to him single-handed. Captain Elton Richard Hughes, getting forward supplies, bombs and ammunition across open ground under heavy fire. Capt. Edward Sharper Jeffrey, under continuous shell fire directed and steadied stretcher parties. Lieut. John Kay, with untiring energy and foresight enabled the guns to be handled to the utmost advantage. Captain Richard Wellington Kenny, unceasingly attended to wounded, and improvised an additional station in an adjacent trench under shell fire. Lieut. Robert Owen Kerans though wounded, led his men under heavy machine gun fire to the final objective. Captain Charles Kerr continually exposed himself to heavy fire, with the result that every wounded man was cleared as soon as his wounds were dressed. Lieut. Norman Alexander Keys wounded and rendered unconscious for half an hour, rejoined his company and successfully led then to the final objective. Lieut. Laurence Bradley Kingston established communication under heavy fire, and sent back valuable information. Lieut. James Arthur Lalane made a daylight reconnaissance under great personal risk and heavy fire at close range of the enemy trenches. Lieut. John Alexander Langford displayed great daring and resource in rapidly completing a task in face of an enemy patrol. Lieut. Alfred Lawson led a company through a heavy hostile barrage at a very critical moment, and captured the position in spite of tremendous casualties. He was severely wounded. Lieut. William Roberts - (illegible)ister spent five hours in total darkness (illegible) [end clipping)
People Depicted:
Langford, John Alexander


Page Title:
Page 49_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes 3 clippings announcing the engagement and then marriage of Florence's sister, Viola Gertrude to Sapper James Leroy Halpenny in Ottawa. (See photo of Halpenny on Page 40_a). News clipping, "New soldiers' hut will open Friday" mentions the assistance of the SSC with the opening reception at Rockcliffe Barracks, Ottawa. A piece of ribbon from a Military Cross won by Lieut J. A. Langford is attached to the lower left corner of the page (see page 49 for related news clipping).
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada;
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] WESTMAN-HALPENNY- Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Westman announce the engagement of their daughter Viola Gertrude to Sapper J. Leroy Halpenny of the Signal Training Depot, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Halpenny, Ottawa. The marriage is to take place June 5th at Britannia Heights 99 1/2. [end clipping] [start clipping] HALPENNY-WESTMAN. A very pretty but quiet wedding took place at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Westman, Britannia Heights, when their daughter, Viola Gertrude, was united to Sapper James Leroy Halpenny, of the Signal Training Depot, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Halpenny, Ottawa. The bride, who was unattended wore a smart suit of dark green satin, opening over a blouse of pale pink Georgette crepe; a hat of pale pink and white Georgette crepe with tiny ostrich mounts and a corsage bouquet of pink sweetheart roses. Only the immediate families of the contracting parties were present and after a buffet luncheon, the young couple left for a short visit to Montreal before Sapper Halpenny takes up his duties at the training depot. [end clipping] [start clipping] HALPENNY-WESTMAN - On Tuesday, June 5, at Britannia Heights, Viola Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and MRs. Thos. Westman, to Sapper J. Leroy Halpenny, Signal Training Depot, Ottawa, only son of Mr. and MRs. J. Halpenny, Ottawa. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Langford, J. A.; Westman, Florence A.; Westman, Viola; Halpenny, J. L.


Page Title:
Page 50
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 news clippings announcing the engagement and marriage of Florence M. Westman to C. Norman Senior in Ottawa. Page also includes a clipping reporting the return of Lieutenant Wallace S. Duncan from the Front. Photograph attached to the center of the page depicts Florence and Norman on their wedding day. The bottom photo is likely from a wedding celebration but is unidentified.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Westman announce the engagement of their second daughter, Florence May, to C. Norman Senior, of the Military Hospitals Commission, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Senior, Toronto. The wedding will take place shortly at Britannia Heights. [end clipping] [start clipping] Mr. and Mrs. Charles Senior, of Davenport Road, left yesterday morning for Ottawa, to attend the marriage of their son, Mr. Norman Senior, of the Military Hospitals Commission, to Miss Florence May Westman, which takes place to-day. Miss Westman will be unattended, and the ceremnoy will take place in Mr. and Mrs. Westman's Summer home outside Ottawa. Miss Senior, owing to her work at munitions, was unable to leave Toronto to attend her brother's wedding. [end clipping] [start clipping] Mr. and Mrs. C. Norman Senior (nee Florence Westman), having returned from their wedding trip are residing at the Shefford Apartments, 300 Cooper street. [end clipping] 1 photograph [start clipping] PORT CREDIT LT. W.S. DUNCAN RETURNS Won the M.C. at Vimy Ridge, Where He Was Wounded. 1 photograph On Sunday, Lieutenant Wallace S. Duncan (illegible) son of the Rev. (Capt.) Duncan of POrt credit returned to his home town as the result of wounds received during the heavy fighting on the western front. Prior to his enlistment Lieut. Duncan had studied medicine at the Toronto Medical School. He enlisted in the 126th (Peel) Battalion, and when the battalion was disbanded, after reaching England, he asked to be transferred to the 10th Battalion, which was in France. By a strange coincidence he was placed in charge of the same platoon that had been commanded by his eldest brother, Capt. Gordon Duncan, prior to his death. He was in the fight at Vimy Ridge, where he won the Military Cross. Although badly wounded in the foot from machine gun bullets, he continued to lead his men to the attack with much gallantry. On his return journey he travelled on the hosptial ship "Letitia," which recently ran aground in the fog near Halifax. Lieutenant Duncan, who is twenty-one years of age, still shows signs of his wound, which has not yet healed. Aviator Cadet Frank Gordon arrived at his home yesterday afternoon on a brief visit from Camp Borden. This promising young aviator was anticipating an early trip overseas, as his examination for his commission as flight-lieutenant was all but completed, but temporary indisposition, brought on by his exposure in the higher altitudes, necessitated his taking a few days' rest. [end clipping] [start clipping] Mrs. C.N. Senior, formerly Miss Florence Westman, received for the first time since her marriage on Thursday at the Connaught Besserer street. She wore a steelblue taffeta dress with antique gold lace trimmings, and was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Thos. Westman, and her sister, Mrs. J. Leory Halpenny. The tea table, which was presided over by Mrs. Arthur Burridge and Mrs. John Johnstone, was centered with a basket of pink daisies and button mums. The assistants were Mrs. Jos. Halpenny, MRs. Norman Fee, Miss Winnifred Westman, Miss Maimie Young, Miss Doll Hennessey, and Miss Dorothy Shoemaker. [end clipping] [start clipping] MAJOR HUGHIE GREEN MARRIED IN LONDON canadian Associated Press Cable. LONDON, July 26.-Major Hugie Green, of the Canadian Quarter- Master Generals' staff, familiary known as the "Fishmonger" General through superintending the Canadian fish rations, was married today to Violet Elenore Price, the well-known vocalist. Lt.-Col. Charles McLean, of MOntreal, was best man. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence M.; Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 50_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 5 photographs. 2 upper left depict a young woman in uniform with the caption, "Sapper Dorothy Senior." Dorothy is Norman's sister. 2 photos at the bottom include Norman Senior. The women are unidentified, although, the young woman with her arm on Norman's shoulder appears to be Florence.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Senior, Dorothy; Senior, Norman; Westman, Florence M.


Page Title:
Page 51
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of page 51 includes loose, wedding portrait of Norman Senior and Florence Westman, July 1917
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Westman, Florence M.


Page Title:
Page 51_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 photographs: snapshots of Norman Senior with [Florence?] Westman. Clipping reports, "Schumann-Heink sons under two flags."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] SCHUMANN-HEINK'S SONS UNDER TWO FLAGS. 2 photographs Mme. Schumann-Heink has two sons in service on opposite sides in the war. August Schumann-Heink, the eldest son of the noted singer, is serving the Kaiser. He is in the German navy. Henry Schumann-Heink, the younger son, is in the naval forces of the United States. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Westman, Florence M.


Page Title:
Page 51_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 7 photographs depicting soldiers on their journey overseas from Halifax, on the S. S. Olympic to Liverpool, England.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Nova Scotia--Halifax; England--Liverpool


Page Title:
Page 51-1
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 snapshots: views from a troopship heading overseas, passing the coast of Ireland. Other photographs include "Ruins at Arras" and unidentified soldiers with young women. Page also contains 2 news clippings, "Guelph military hospital praised" and "Snapped at their work: films from Canada to be shown in English hospitals."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hospitals--Military aspects; Veterans
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Guelph; France--Arras; Ireland
Transcript:
[start clipping] GUELPH MILITARY HOSPITAL PRAISED --- Mr. C.N.SENIOR COMMENDS WORK IN GIVING WOUNDED MEN NEW OUTLOOK. --- (Special Despatch to The Globe) Guelph, Jan. 25. - Mr. C. Norman Senior, publicity representative of the Military Hospitals Commission, Ottawa, has been at the Military Convalescent Hospital near Guelph for several days. He speaks very highly of the local institution, which is in many respects the most advanced of the hospitals in Canada that ae being devoted to vocationcal training, and Mr. Senior was also loud in praise of Col. Delamere and his staff, especially Lieut. Robertson, the officer in charge of vocational training here. Mr. Senior spoke at some lenght on the object of their immediate work, which is to give to the wounded soldier a new outlook of life, that in his depressed condition he may be induced to grasp the opportunity offered in vocational training and a new start in life. As an aid to enlisting the wounded men along new lines of thought, Mr. Senior mentioned the use of moving pictures, showing life in the Canadian military hospitals. That is really what he is here for now, having brought along a photographer who has taken a lot of pictures of the Guelph Convalescent Hospital dealing with the life of the men from the time they step off the train on arrival to their departure with a vocational equipment that has put neew life into many a man who had lost hope of ever again amounting to anything. [end clipping} [start clipping] SNAPPED AT THEIR WORK --- Films From Canada to be Shown in English Hospitals. In conjunction with the Pathescope Company the Military Hospitals Commission has compiled moving pictures of the career of a returned soldier from the time of disembarking until he eventually launches out to make his own living once more. Last week the camera men snapped the artificial limb factories' work from start to finish - how the logs are shaped into hands that will pick up pins and legs that can climb ladders. The aim is to encourage Canadian wounded (and others) in English hospitals to keep up their spirits in view of what looks, perhaps, to them a dismal future with one limb short. The films will be shown in all Canadian military hospitals in England, and the first public presentation, it is said, will be at the interallied conference on re-education. Included in the reels are beautiful western pictures, and suggest somewhat the idea of a travelogue. The Guelph industrial re-educational hospital and the functiona re-educational activities at Hart House have been filmed, too. "We have managed to get scenes of re-educational work for returned men from embroidery to shipbuilding," said Mr. Senior, in charge of the work, "just to show the boys in England what they will be able to take up when they come home." [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman;


Page Title:
Page 51-1_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a news clipping that reports on customized hospital cars constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway to transport soldiers returning home from the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] Comforts for Returning Heroes 2 photographs THE idea of providing hospital cars for invalided members of Canada's expeditionary forces originated with the Canadian Pacific Railway over two years ago, when floor plans and interior arrangements for hospital cars were submitted to the Director-General of Supplies and Transport. At that time it was considered that the time was not ripe for them. However, it was later found advisable to provide the greatest comfort possible in the transportation of returned invalided soldiers. The Military Hospitals Commission therefore agreed to the Canadian Pacific Railway building six new hospital cars, fitted up on the most up- to-date lines from the point of view of hygienic and medical efficiency. All the necessary points for comfort and easy transport have been considered, as well as the facilities for rendering every medical assistance to the men while travelling. The cars, which were inspected by the Hospitals Commission, were turned out on lines very similar to the original plans submitted to the Director- General of Supplies and Transport, with, however, certain innovations found valuable by the French and British railways in transporting men from the front. There are three units of two cars each, making six cars in all, and the direction of the cars rest with the Hospitals Commission. Each unit comprises what is known as a composite car and a ward car. The former contains six cots, in addition to the quarters for medical officers and nurses, while the latter car has accomodation for fourteen patients. Everything has been provided, not only for the comfort of the returned invalids, but for those in charge of the patients. The accomodation for the nurses is equivalent to that of a drawing-room on a standard sleeper, with a toilet room annex upholstered in leather, and all possible train comforts. Facilities have been provided for the storage of baggage, and there is also a kitchen attached, such as is contained in a tourist sleeper, to enable special foods to be provided for the wounded soldiers when occasion arises. The medical officers' quarters are fitted in the form of a compartment with upper and lower berths and a small dispensary. OFFICIAL INSPECTION MADE. The ward car consists of one large room the lenght of a standard sleeper, and lavatories at either end. Standard hospital cots are installed in bot cars; the floors are covered with linoleum and the aisles carpeted. A special feature is the introduction of a "bad weather entrance." The composite cars have two side entrances, in addition to the usual ones at each end. The side entrances, where the patients will be received, have been fitted with very heavy curtains which can be drawn closely in bad weather thus affording ample protection from draughts to the patients already in the cars. The cars will be easily distinguished by the large Red Cross, painted on either side of the words "Military Hospital." Lt.-Col. Walter Maughan, representing the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, received Col. Dr. Alfred Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of the Military Hospitals Commission; Col. J.J. Sharples, Officer Commanding the Military Hospitals Command; and Col. Emmott E. Clark, Assistant Director-General of Supplies and Transport, and conducted the party on a tour of thorough inspection through the composite cars and the ward car. The party came from Ottawa expressly to make the inspection, and subsequently expressed themselves delighted with the accomodation, which they said was so perfect in every detail that they could offer no suggestions for any alterations. Later Captain Symonds, Architect of the Military Hospitals Commission, and Mr. S.A. Armstrong, Director of the Military Hospitals Commission, made a similar tour of inspection. The cars go into operation immediately. [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 52
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 52 with loose photograph, described after attached scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 52_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: Capt. Howard C. Smythe enlists with the Signallers; a tribute to Flight-Lieut. Joe Gorman; and unveiling of a memorial tablet to Lieut. John D. Armstrong.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Italy--Padua; Ontario--Ottawa;
Transcript:
[start clipping] GIVES FINE EXAMPLE. 1 photograph CAPT. HOWARD C. SMYTHE, of a battalion now overseas, and who was unable to accompany his unit on account of illness, has applied for and received permission to resign his commission and enlist in the Signallers, in order to proceed to the front more quickly. The action of this officer should prove a stimulus to other commissioned officers in Canada to follow this splendid example. Capt. Smythe is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T.T. Smythe, and is well known in Ottawa, being a former student at Ashbury College. He was also employed by the Bank of Montreal previous to entering the army. [end clipping] [start clipping] POPULAR OTTAWA AVIATOR KILLED. 1 photograph FLIGHT-LIEUT. JOE GORMAN Royal Naval Air Service, well- known Ottawa athlete and news- paperman, whose death is reported from Italy. He succumbed to injuries on Sunday last at Padua. [end clipping] [start clipping] TRIBUTE TO "JOE" GORMAN A Vancouver admirer of the late "Joe" Gordman says in a recent issue: "The late Flight-Lieut. 'Joe' Gorman, whose death was announced recently, was a brilliant all-round sportsman, and played the game until the end. "A fearless, enthusiastic aviator, he showed the same spirit when flying that he produced on the athletic field. His cheery optimism and genial disposition was in evidence wherever he went. He handled big patrol seaplanes with a degree of skilfulness that was the admiration, and also the envy of other pilots, and it was always his desire to 'get a shot at flying' the most modern little speedy scouts. He eventually achieved that ambition, and also officiated as pilot of some of the famous Capronni machines, in Italy. "'Joe' had many escapes when flying over the North Sea and Mediterranean. On one occsaion when flying a large twin-engined machine, one of the propellers flew to pieces and broke the other, with the result that the flying tips cut through the boat part of the machine, and almost cut away the control wires. A forced and speedy landing was imperative, but as the sea was running high, this was exceptionally dangerous. Fortunately a trawler was in the vicinity, and, though severely shaken, Gorman and his observer were rescued after a tow line had been thrown. The passing of 'Joe' Gorman was a blow to sport in Canada, especially in the west. His death was not in vain, however, as he set a splendid example of all that was clean, noble, and brave, as a true sportsman." In the Wing, a monthly magazine published by the Royal Naval Air Service in England, the following little poem appeared in May, 1916: "OUR JOE!" Who is the boy from far B.C. Who teaches "quirks" inlcuding me To fly a hundred miles to sea? Joe Gorman! Who holds here "nose" up every time When I would shove it in the brine, And hollers out, "You're doin' fine?" Joe Gorman! Who always tries to play the game, Though beaten, smiles on just the same, Who is it then, Yes; what's his name? Joe Gorman! W.T. [end clipping] HONOR MEMORY OF LIEUT. ARMSTRONG --- Tablet Unveiled in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. --- A tablet in memory of Lieut. John Douglas Armstrong, son of the late Dr. W. W. and Mrs. Armstrong of 369 Stewart street, who was killed at Vimy Ridge on Easter Monday, April 9, was unveiled at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church yesterday morning by Lieut. Melville Taylor, M.C. The latter was a brother officer of the deceased with the Engineers in France. The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. W.T. Herridge, who made touching reference to the late Lieut. Armstrong. His text was "If a man 1 photograph LATE LIEUT. ARMSTRONG dies shall he live again?" The speaker stated that he felt highly honored in being asked to officiate at the service. He and the late father of the deceased officer had been very good friends in Ottawa for many years. The late Lieut. Armstrong was a member of St. Andrew's choir for two years. Dr. Herridge referred to letters received from superior and brother officers of the late Lieut. Armstrong all of whom spoke very highly of him as an officer and a comrade. There was a very large congregation at the service nearly all of whom remembered the deceased and his father, who was ministered at St. Paul's for a number of years. While the congregation stood, Lieut. Taylor withdrew from the tablet a covering and when Mr. Donald Heins had played the "Last Post," on the brass organ, formally dedicated the brass memorial. The inscription on the tablet read: "In loving memory of Lieut. John Douglas Armstrong, C.E., 11th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, born 20th July, 1889, killed in action at Vimy Ridge in France on Easter Monday, 9th April, 1917. 'I have fought a good fight." [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Gorman, Joseph; Smythe, Howard C.; Armstrong, John D.


Page Title:
Page 52_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 newspaper clippings titled: "Chased down behind lines in Germany - Lieut. Hutcheson was tackled by five enemy planes;" "Ottawa officers reported killed;" "Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser awarded Military Cross;" and "Soldiers Service Club Incorporated."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; Prisoners of war
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; Germany--Holzminden
Transcript:
[start clipping] CHASED DOWN BEHIND LINES IN GERMANY --- Lieut. Hutcheson Was Tackled By Five Enemy Planes. --- Lieut. Walter B. Hutcheson, R. F.C., of Ottawa, who is a prisoner in Germany, writes to Mr. H.R. Cram, of the Irrigation Branch Interior Department, an intereresting letter, which is the first received from him since he was taken prisoner in Flanders about two months ago. Lieut. Hutcheson writes: "I am still alive and kicking, although I have gone through rather a horrible experience. I was chased down to earth about (here the number of miles is deleted by the German censor) on the German side of the line by five enemy scouts. "The fight started at (altitude censored) feet and my observer was killed at practically the first burst.It ended at juast above ground, hence when I ran into a telephone line my machine and engine were practically riddled but all that happened to me was about four bullet holes in my coat and a split hip from the crash. "How the machine ever held together I do not know. Will tell you more about it when I return to Canada." Lieut. Hutcheson is only allowed to write two letters a month, but no doubt he will be glad to receive letters at the following address: Care of Offizer, Kriegsgefangenenlager, Kaserne, Holzminden, Germany. [end clipping] [start clipping] OTTAWA OFFICERS REPORTED KILLED. 2 photographs MAJOR HAROLD ARCHIBALD SCOTT, son of Mrs. Archibald Scott, killed in action. LIET. LYALL P. ROBERTSON, son of the late Dr. John and Mrs. Robertson, killed in action. [end clipping] [start clipping] LIET. ANDREW S. FRASER AWARDED MILITARY CROSS Lieut. Andrew S. Fraser, R.F.A., son of Mrs. H.J. Fraser, 380 Elgin street, has been awarded the Military Cross in recognition of services rednered by him during the German push initiated in March and continued without abatement until the second week in April. Details of his exploits have not yet been received by his mother. The recipient of the mark of valor is a young officer, having only attained his majority in February last, when he celebrated his twenty-first birthday in France. During the early period of the war he spent a year at McGill, after having graduated from the Collegiate here. Then came the call to arms, and he gave up his course in engineering to attend the Royal Military College, where he obtained a commission in the Royal Field Artillery graduating with high honors in July last. Proceeding to the Old Country, he spent some time in training, and finally got to France in January of this year. From that time until the German offensive slackened he was in action with D Battery, 330th Brigade. An attack of trench fever then necessitatet his going to hospital, and he was invalided to England, where he still is. The young officer is a nephew of J.D. Fraser, secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. [end clipping] [start clipping] SOLDIERS SERVICE CLUB INCORPORATED Notice has been given of the incorporation of G.F. Benson, A.E. Ogilvie, A.S. Holt, R.T. Heneker, K.C., and A.C. Stead, all of Montreal, as the Khaki League. The object of the league is to look after the health, welfare and interests of the soldiers of the British Empire and its allies. Another organization for the benefit of the soldiers, is the Soldiers' Service Club of Ottawa, which has also been incorporated by Florence Westman, Martha Robertson, Martha Campbell, Jean Powers and Sarah J. O'Dell, all of Ottawa. [end clipping] May 1917 [annotation in pencil]
People Depicted:
Scott, Harold A.; Robertson, Lyall P.; Fraser, Andrew S.; Hutcheson, Walter B.; Westman, Florence A.; Robertson, Martha; Campbell, Martha; Powers, Jean; O'Dell, Sarah


Page Title:
Page 53
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 6 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: Capt. Bill Megloughlin severely wounded during an air fight; Lieut. H. Burland wins Military Cross; Miss Essie McKerracher overseas with Red Cross; Lieut. D. R. McLean returns home to Ottawa; and price of divorce reduced for soldiers.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Courcelette; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] "BILL" MEGLOUGHLIN IS BADLY BURNED --- Under Wrecked Plane When Bombs Started to Explode. --- 1 photograph Captain "Bill" Megloughlin, transport officer with the 38th Battalion in France, and one of the Capital's most hopeful young men had a remarkable excape from a horrible death recently. During a combat in the air an Allied flyer had succeeded in bringing down a German machine which landed in a badly damaged condition over the 38th transport lines, where Capt. Megloughlin and his men were located. The machine overturned in the descent the Hun airmen having been killed by a bullet in the air. After the machine had landed the Ottawa offcier decided to crawl under the machine to secure the dead aviator's papers. He got safely under the machine to secure the dead aviator's papers. He got safely under the wreckage and was busy searching the dead aviator when the machine caught fire and an explosion followed. Several other explosions took place in quick succession, as the bombs which the machine carried ignited. A number of Captain Megloughlin's transport men were watching the operation quite close to the machine and nearly all were killed or badly wounded when the bombs exploded. Captain Meglaughlin was badly burnd about the face and hands, but is doing nicely in a hospital in England.His escape from death was a miraculous one, only the fact that the machine was upside down saving him from being blown to pieces. Captain Megloughlin is a son of Mr. George H. Megloughlin, 167 Fifth avenue, City. He was prominent in athletic clubs in Ottawa, being a member of the Ottawa Football team and a former all round champion of the Collegiate Institute. A letter received from Captain Megloughlin today by his sister states that he is out of the hospital, and that new skin has formed on the spots where he was burned about the face. The physicians have assured him that there will be no scars. He has been given thirty days' leave. [end clipping] [start clipping] LIEUT. H. BURLAND, M.C., WINS HONOR IN FRANCE --- Word was received Monday afternoon by Mrs. George Hope Burland, 25 Linden Terrace, that her son, Lieut. Harold Burland, aged 21 years, who is serving with the 38th Royal Ottawa Battalion, has been decorated with the Military Cross. Few particulars of the act of bravery for which Lieut. Burland was decorated have yet been received. It is known, however, that it was for part he took in a raid made on April 26 in which he was slightly wounded. Lieut. Dorney Adams, formerly of the Ottawa Free Press, is also mentioned as having taken part in this raid. Lieut. Burland left McGill University to enlist for overseas service with the 38th Battalion. The injury he received in the raid on April 26 was not serious, and in the last letter from hiim, received by his mother, he stated that he was then at a reinforcing station behind the lines. He was only in the hospital a very short time. [end clipping] [start clipping] Lieut. D. R. McLean, Back. Another young Ottawa officer who returned on Saturday is Lieut. Duncan B. McLean, son of Mr. J.D. McLean, 315 Somerset street. Lieut. McLean, like Capt. Black, enlisted in the 21st Battalion in the fall of 1914, but chose to join the ranks rather than wait for a commission, being a member of the latter officer's platoon. He took a course at Kingston, but was not singled out to take a commission until the end of 1916, after he had seen over a year of active service. He went through the fighting at St. Elio and also participated in the taking of Courcellette, being one of the hundred or so who survived out of a full battalion which was thrown in to the fight to take the position regardless of cost. This tattered remnant proceeded then to Lens, from where Lieut. McLean went to England to take the officers training course. Lieut. McLean, after receiving his commission, trained for a number of months at an aviation school, but was unable to complete his training for his pilot's certificate. He returned to his reserve and is now home at the disposal of the Adjutant- General. [end clipping] [start clipping] WITH U.S.RED CROSS. 1 photograph MISS ESSIE McKERRACHER, who left for overseas recently, with Automobile Unit No. 3. American Red Cross, has arrived safely in England. Miss McKerracher is a graduate of the Roosevelt Hospital, New York. The information was received yesterday by her father, Mr. W. J. McKerracher. Miss McKerracher is a well-known Ottawa girl. [end clipping] [start clipping] Capt. Megloughlin, M.C., Is Wounded Again. 1 photograph CAPT. W. MEGLOUGHLIN, M.C. The name of Captain William "Bill" Megloughlin, M.C., appears in the casualty list issued today. This is the second time Captain Megloughlin has been wounded, his name having appeared some time ago as having been severely burned when bombs on an airplane brought down exploded while he was under the plane. He is now in London, his family having received a cable from Captain Megloughlin's (illegible) [end of clipping) Sept. 1918 (annotation in pencil) [start clipping] CHEAPER DIVORCES FOR VETERANS. Divorce is to be made easier for soldiers, that is in so far as cheaper costs can make it easier to get a divorce. Among the principal items of cost in divorce. Among the principal items of cost in divorce proceedings is a $200 fee to the clerk of the Senate. In the case of returned soldiers it is proposed to remit this with certain other money-eating incidentals. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
McKerracher, Essie; McLean, Duncan B.; Megloughlin, William; Burland, Harold


Page Title:
Page 53_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: report of young women in Canada enlisting with the Military Hospitals Commission to undertake a course in massage in order to serve with a miltary convalescent hospital; a picture of a "new French Tank;" and a picture and short article about the Veterans' Baseball Club in Toronto.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Military sports; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
1917-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto
Transcript:
[start clipping] EIGHTY GIRLS ENLIST IN MILITARY HOSPITALS WORKS. 1 photograph Eighty girls from all parts of Canada have enlisted with the Military Hospitals Commission to undertake a course of instruction in remedial massage and to serve in a Canadian Military Convalescent Hospital for a year after graduation. They undergo a course of physical instruction to qualify them for their strenuous occupation and a staff of highly qualified instructors teach them the various subjects required in order to obtain the certificate of a qualified masseuse.In the accompanying illustration the girls are shown taking their morning physical culture drill. The school is situated at Hart House, on the University of Toronto Campus. Fifty graduates of a similar school at Whitby Military Convalescent Hospital have given great satisfaction in the hospitals where they have been employed. The present school will graduate in February, 1918. [end clipping] [start clipping] A UNIQUE IDEA IN BASEBALL UNIFORMS. 1 photograph A rear view of the players of the Veterans' Baseball Club in the Military League, Toronto. Every player wears upon his back the name of one of the famous battles in which the Canadians participated. All players have been overseas and wounded, and some of them wear upon their backs the name of the place at which they were knocked out. The team is a very popular one. The boys, despite their injuries, play snappy ball. [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 54
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a clipping reporting the death of poet, Lt.-Col. John McCrae, accompanied by the text of "In Flanders Fields" and "The Anxious Dead."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--poetry; McCrae, John, 1872-1918
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] WAR POET DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN FRANCE. 1 photograph Lt.-Col. John McCrae, formerly of Montreal, whose death is reported from France. His most noted work is "In Flanders Field"; another is "The Anxious Dead." Both are given below. IN FLANDERS FIELDS --- In Flanders fields, the poppies grow Betweent he crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved; and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch. Be yours to lift it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies blow In Flanders fields. --- -John McCrae. THE ANXIOUS DEAD --- O guns, fall silent till the dead men hear Above their heads the legions pressing on; (These fought their fight in time of bitter fear And died not knowing how the day had gone.) O flashing muzzles, pause and let them see The coming dawn that streaks the sky afar: Then let your mighty chorus witness be To them, and Caesar, that we still make war. Tell them, O guns, that we have heard their call, That we have sworn, and will not turn aside, That we will onward till we win or fall, That we will keep the faith for which they died. Bid them be patient, and some day, anon They shall feel earth enwrapt in silence deep, Shall greet, in wonderment, the quiet dawn, And in content may turn them to their sleep. - John McCrae. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
McCrae, John, 1872-1918


Page Title:
Page 54_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 clippings reporting the marriage of Major William Bishop and Margaret Eaton Burden at Timothy Eaton Memorial Chuch in Toronto, Canada.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto;
Transcript:
[start clipping] THOUSANDS TRY TO SEE MAJ. BISHOP MARRIED --- Ceremony Takes Place in Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto. --- Special to The Journal. TORONTO, Oct. 17.- No wedding in recent years attracted greater interest in this city than the marriage ceremony in the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, this afternoon, when Miss Margaret Burden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Burden, and granddaughter of late Timothy Eaton, became the bride of Major Wm. Avery Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., Bar M.C., the most celebrated aviator Canada has produced. Sharp at 3 o'clock the bride, accompanied by her father, arrived at her grandfather's memorial church, amid the pealing of wedding chimes. At the door of the church was formed up a guard of honor by 22 officers of the Mississauga Horse and sixty girls of the V.A.D., of which the bride was a very popular member. Inside the church were about two hundred invited guests and over four thousand onlookers. Miss Burden looked lovely in her dainty gown fashioned of ivory kitten's ear (?) crepe, with sleeves and tunic of beautiful Carrickmacross lace, the court train falling from the shoulders, lined with shell pink meteor and caught with a true lover's knot of orange blossoms. A small wreath of the same flower, mingled with white heather fastened the veil of magnificent Carrickmacross applique to her soft dark hair and made a charming frame for her piquant face. She wore a sapphire and diamond cluster ring, her gift from the groom, and a diamond and platinum brooch, the present of Sir John and Lady Eaton. The bouquet was a lovely shower of lillies of the valley and mauve cattleye orchids, with white and silver ribbons. The bride's girl attendants were a symphony in opal shades; the maid of honor, Miss Gretta Burden, sister of the bride, in mauve; Miss Louie Bishop, sister of the groom, in blue; Miss Dorothy Rolph in maize, and Miss Josephine Eaton in lavender, all fashioned of meteor satin, with silver lace sleeves and artistic hoods of the silver lace falling from the neck. Their hats of silver lace and Georgette crepe carried out the colors, and carelessly arranged bouquets of roses and lillies of the valley were carried on their arms, the maid of honor having sweetheart roses and the others Ophelia roses, tied with ribbons to harmonize with their gowns. Sergt. Major (illegible) was best man and the ushers were Capt. Kerr Cronyn, Lieut. Guy Rutter, Lieut. John Mackay, Lieut. Ferguson and Lieut. Allan Bishop. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Henderson, following which the wedding party left the church to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march, while V.A.D. girls strew rose petals in their path and the officers formed an arch of steel with their swords at the steps of the church. After the ceremony the bridal pair and some two hundred guests adjourned to Mr. and Mrs. Burden's house on Avenue Road, and tea was served from a long buffet, centred with the cake and arranged with pink and white roses and lilies. After the toasts and speeches, Major and Mrs. Bishop left in Sir John Eaton's private car for Washington where they will spend the month of November, the aviator having been lent to the British Mission there by the Royal Flying Corps. The groom was presented with a magnificent single stone diamond ring by the citizens of Owen Sound, his home town. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] AT OUR HERO'S WEDDING IN TORONTO. 1 photograph Wedding of Major Bishop, V.C., and Miss Margaret Eaton Burden at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto. Leaving the church after the ceremony. [end clipping] [start clipping] NEW YORK WILL HONOR FAMOUS AVIATOR. 1 photograph Major William Avery Bishop of Owen Sound, Canada's greatest airman and his fiancee, who are expected to wed before his return to the front. Miss Margaret Burden is a Toronto girl. They are now in New York, where Major Bishop will be entertained by the Canadian Club of the Metropolis. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956; Burden, Margaret E.


Page Title:
Page 55
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: H. T. C. Whitley promoted to Major; Capt. A.W. Black receives Military Cross and returns home on furlough; and C. E. Kingdon Jones, killed in action.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Courcelette; Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] MAJOR WHITLEY GETS DESERVED PROMOTION --- The news that capt. H.T.C. Whitley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Whitley, 111 Cooper street, has received a well-deserved promotion to the rank of major, has reached this city, and has been recieved with a great deal of satisfaction. Mr. Whitley received the rank of acting-major some time ago, and for some time past has been in command of the 1st Battery, one of the Ottawa batteries which went overseas in the first Canadian division under Lieut.-Col. (now Brigadier-General) E.W.B. Morrison. The news that he has been gazetted to the full rank of major and that he was at present on leave in London was received by his mother a few days ago. Major Whitley who was before the war studying medicine at McGill University, gave up his course and was one of the first to volunteer his services when war was declared. He was appointed to the 1st Battery, which was formed from the old 23rd Militia Battery of this city, under Major (now Lieut.-Col.) E.T.B. Gillmore, and in which he held a commission as lieutenant. At the second battle of Ypres, Major Whitley was wounded in the head, but it was not very serious and he soon returned to his unit. He has been through all the fighting the canadians have taken part in since the first division landed in France, practically without a break, and has therefore a record which very few can boast of. He was promoted to the rank of captain in the spring of 1915, and his recent promotion is a great source of gratification to his many friends in Ottawa. [end clipping] [start clipping] CAPT. A.W. BLACK IS HOME ON FURLOUGH --- Wearing the ribbon of the Military Cross he won by repulsing a determined frontal attack by the Germans at the beginning of the offensive in the early spring, Captain Arthur W. Black, the well known Ottawa athlete, who was wounded four times, arrived in town on Saturday night. He left yesterday, however, for Wakefield, where Mrs. Black is staying with her father, Mr. Chas. F. Whitley. Capt. Black, at the commencement of the German offensive was in command of a platoon of the 21st Battalion in the front line trenches. The enemy launched a surprise attack in considerable strength, and the brunt of it fell on Capt. Black's platoon. The men fought wonderfully under their commander, who cheered them on as they withstood the pressure of the enemy. A terrific hand to hand struggle for the mastery of the piece of trench took place, but the valor of the Canadian platoon finally proved too much for the Germans and they retreated beaten. The gallant offcier however was wounded badly, and the casualties among the men were great. Over half a dozen men of the survivors were recommended for decorations, so brilliant was their conduct in the fight, and Captain Black himself was invested with the Military Cross. He is now home in Canada on special duty. Capt. Black shortly after the outbreak of hostilities joined the 21st Battalion. With that unit he trained in Canada throughout the first winter of the war and went overseas in early 1915. The battalion reached France in September, 1915, and went to the front lines in Flanders, where they held trenches for many months. After the St. Eloi battle Captain Black received temporary rank, which was confirmed later at the Somme. Wounded First Time. There it was that he received his first wound. It was shortly before the attack on Courcellette, in which his battalion acquitted itself so nobly, that Captain Black was hit in the arm seriously enough to put him in hospital in England for some months. In 1917 he was given command of a company in the 3rd Canadian Command Depto, then at Hastings, and in the late fall of that year he returned to duty in France. He had only been there a short time, however, when the action occurred which earned him the Military Cross and a second wound. Captain Black was in the Post Office Department before he went overseas. He has two pretty little children, who are staying with their mother at Wakefield. Mrs. Black was overseas nearly a year during the Captain's service in England. [end clipping] [start clipping] CAPTAIN ARTHUR BLACK GETS MILITARY CROSS --- LONDON, May 16. - Capt. Arthur William Black, belonging to Ottawa and now in a London hospital, last night was gazetted for the Military Cross "for leading an attack against the enemy using flammenwerfer, although wounded, completely restoring the situation. Lieut. John Walter Cobb, of Kingston, recieves the Military Cross for driving enemy off after they had gained a foothold in our front line. His coolness and disregard of danger made a splendid example for other ranks. Lieut. Arthur Fairclough, Toronto, now attached to the Royal Air Force, has been awarded the Military Cross for destroying four enemy machines and driving down two others. Lieut. K.W. Junor, Toronto, now with the Royal Air Force and posted missing, receives the cross for destroying two machines driving down two others. Lieut. Frank Rump, Moose Jaw, entered a dugout alone. He killed one man, took another prisoner, and superintended the blowing up of five dugouts. Lieut. Leo. Goodwin of Halifax, showed coolness in leading twenty men in a working party to repel a raid, inspiring all ranks with utmost confidence. Lieut. Edward Smythe, of Kingston, completely disorganized two enemy raids. --- Capt. Arthur Black is well known locally. He left here in 1915 in command of a platoon of Ottawa men with the 21st Battalion. He received his captaincy on the field and has been reported on the casualty list several times. He was one of the Capital's most prominent athletes. [end clipping] [start clipping] PTE. KINGDON JONES FALLS IN FRANCE --- Young C.S. Had Been Singled Out For Commission. --- Word has been recieved in the Captial of the death in action, on September 29, of Pte. C.E. Kingdon JOnes, a nephew of Mrs. R. Reed, Osborne Road, and a cousin of Col. E.R. McNeill. 1 photograph PTE. KINGDON JONES. The deceased soldier, who was the only son of C.D. Jones, of St.John, N.B., was graduate of the University of New Brunswick, and at the time of enlisting was employed in the Timber and Grazing Branch of the Department of the Interior. A prominent member of the Britannia Boating Club, he had many friends in the Capital. At the time of his death, the late Pte. Jones was in line for a commission for which he had been singled out, and had taken part of his examinations. --- [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Whitley, H. T. C.; Black, Arthur W.; Jones, C. E. Kingdon


Page Title:
Page 55_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Newspaper clipping includes a photograph and announcement of the marriage of Capt. Paul M. O'Sullivan and Miss Alva Maclaren.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto
Transcript:
[start clipping] 1 photograph THE WEDDING OF CAPT. PAUL. M. O'SULLIVAN AND MISS ALVA MACLAREN. A recent interesting Toronto wedding - that of Capt. Paul M. O'Sullivan and Miss Alva MacLaren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. MacLaren, of Briar Hill avenue. Top row (left to right): Capt. Donald Fraser, M.C., Capt. Chassels, Capt. Smith. Front row: Master Leonard Hynes, Capt. O'Sullivan, Mrs. O'Sullivan, Miss Myriam Elmsley, bridesmaid, little Miss Aileen McGuire, flower girl, Capt. Leeming Carr, M.C. Master James Mason. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
O'Sullivan, Paul; Maclaren, Alva; Fraser, Donald; Chassels; Hynes, Leonard; Elmsley, Myriam; McGuire, Aileen; Carr, Leeming; Mason, James


Page Title:
Page 56
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 56 includes loose items described after scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 56_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Page 56. Page includes newspaper clipping with a poem "The Gol Durn Signallers!" published in "The Listening Post." Page also includes a photograph depicting a group of soldiers.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 56_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 photographs that are unidentified and include a baby holding a pitchfork, a soldier posed with a young woman, and a group of soldiers on a dock. Norman Senior is pictured in the center of of the group in the lower left photograph.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[ca. 1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Page 57
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 57 includes loose clipping described after the scrabook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 57_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 5 photographs: snapshots of Florence Westman and Norman Senior in casual settings--in front of a cottage, playing tennis and in swimming clothes.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[ca. 1917-1918]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman; Westman, Florence M.


Page Title:
Page 57_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 telegrams and a newspaper clipping - items all concern the wounding of Florence's brother George Westman at the Front, 1918.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa; France
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Senior, Norman; Langford, W.


Page Title:
Page 58
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 pieces of ephemera: a cablegram concerning the wounding of George Westman, a "Sugar Permit" filled in for J. A. Langford, and a "combined leave and railway ticket." Page also includes a newspaper clipping reporting Lieut. Richard Olmstead wounded.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa;
People Depicted:
Westman, George; Langford, J. A.; Olmsted, Richard A.


Page Title:
Page 58_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 unidentified photographs. Subjects include: a young woman in nursing costume, a group of soldiers, and 3 young men 'wrestling'.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1917-1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 59
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st scan of Page 59 includes loose document described following attached scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 59_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 3 photographs depicting signs posted in Ottawa as part of a war bond selling campaign. Page also includes a line drawing, "Weary of giving? - you don't know what it is to be tired!" published in the New York Times.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
[1917-1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Page 59_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes Canadian Official photograph, "scrambling over the top," and a snapshot of an unidentified young man and woman.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1914-1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 60
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 Canadian Official photographs, "Canadian bulldog and Cloth Hall Tower, Ypres," a photographic postcard depicting La Cathedrale Saint-Martin, Ypres, and a snapshot of soldiers wearing berets.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1915-1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Belgium--Leper


Page Title:
Page 60_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 5 pieces of French and Belgian paper money; a piece of woven cloth, a pressed cloth flower, and a snapshot of a young man.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 61
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains an Officers Warrant granting leave to Lieut. J. A. Langford for travel to London via Boulogne, March to April, 1918.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Boulogne; England--London
People Depicted:
Langford, J. A.


Page Title:
Page 61_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 4 newspaper clippings--all concerning the service, wounding, and death of Harry R. Smith.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] FINE SERVICE BY CAPT. SMITH --- Places the Work at Hart House Upon New and High Plane --- WORK ON TRANSPORTS --- Surviving wounds and the dangers of battle and disease in boht the Eastern and Western theatres of war, Ckapt. (Dr. ) Harry R. Smith succumbed to pneumonia in the private pavilion of the General Hospital at a late hour on Tuesday night. On returning from the front the late Capt. Smith took charge of the gymnastic remedial work at Hart House wit all the enthusiasm and energy that characterized him at college, on the Rubgy field and in the gymnasium. He brought the work up to a degree unsurpassed in any British or European centre, and he was entering on a career of great promise in this new department of medicine when taken fatally ill. Capt. Smith was only 28 years of age. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue. He was educated in the Toronto public schools, Jarvis Street Collegiate, and the University of Toronto, graduating in medicine in 1915. At college he took a keen interest in athletics, playing on the junior and senior "Meds" in the Mulock Cup series, and being Captain of the University "Gym" team. During his college career he joined The Globe staff and for some years served with this paper. For several years during the summers Capt. Smith was a City Playground Supervisor at the C.N.R., on Cherry street, and later at Osler Playground, where his personal magnetism, executive and athletic ability enabled him to be a real leader among the men and boys of the district. Serves on Transports. Upon graduation he enlisted as a private in Col. Rennie's No. 2 Casuality Clearing Station, and secured a commission int he R.A.M.C. in England. As a Medical Officer he served on transports between Gallipoli and Alexandria in 1915. After going to Khartoum he served in the Duke of Westminster's Camel Corps and was a member of a motor corps which succeeded in rescuing some hundred sailors who had fallen into the hands ot the Senussi, after making the shore in small boats, following the torpedoing of their vessels by German submarines. [end clipping] [start clipping] In Charge of Hart House. Joining the staff at Hart House in July, 1917, Capt. Smith took charge of the gymnasium remedial work for all kinds of disabilities, including amputations. His enthusiasm and originality enabled him to build up phases of the treatment of patients and the training of men to carry on the work. His eager, boyish spirit was infectious, and was a source of encouragement to the patients to overcome their handicaps. Always a strong advocate of recreation centres, Capt. Smith on his return thought they would play a large part in the rehabilitation and reconstruction program, and, joining the Toronto Playgrounds Association, was elected Secretary. Capt. Smith was married last year to Miss Faye Elizabeth Schram, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Schram of Detroit, who survives him. He is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smith; two sisters, Miss Eva Smith and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan, and William E. Smith, a brother. A military funeral will be held from the residence of his parents at 2.30 on Friday afternoon. [end clipping] [start clipping] HUSBAND OF FORMER OTTAWA GIRL IS DEAD --- Many friends here will be deeply sorry to learn that Capt. Harry R. Smith has died of pneumonia in Toronto. It is less than a year since he married Miss Faye Elizabth Schram, formerly of The Journal and Free Press staffs, and later connected with the Military Hospitals Commission, where she met Captain Smith, who had charge [end clipping] [start clipping] of the gymnasium remedial work at Hart House, Toronto. Only 28 years of age, Capt. Smith was a graduate in medicine from Toronto, had served since 1915 in both the eastern and western theatres of war, and returned to Canada in 1917 after having been severely wounded at Ypres and on the Somme. The impressive military funeral to Mount Pleasant cemetary was attended by many military and medical officers, members of the City Council, and numberless friends among soldiers and civilians of the city. Rev. W.A. Cameron, assisted by Capt. Harkness, conducted the service at thehome of Capt. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue. The chief mourners were his wife, his parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Schram and Ross Schram; his sisters, Miss Eva Smith and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan, and his brother, Wm.E. Smith. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA 1 photograph CAPTAIN HARRY R. SMITH Formerly of The Globe, who went overseas in 1915 with Col. Rennie's No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, died last night at the General Hospital here from pneumonia. He was seriously wounded in France on December 8th, 1916, and after returning to this city joined that staff at Hart House, where unitl the time of his death he had been rendering valuable service. While connected with this institution Captain Smith visited several hospitals doing similar work in the United States, where he contracted the illness which proved fatal. In his overseas service with the R.A.M.C. he was connected with the stations Alexandria and Khartoum, in Egypt. For years he was actively connected with the Y.M.C.A. in Toronto. [end clipping] [start clipping] TORONTO MEDICO SEES MANY LANDS --- Has Many Exciting Experiences With Imperial Army Medical Corps --- WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE --- One of Twenty-Four University Men Who Enlisted as Privates --- Captain Harry R. Smith, son of W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue, arrived home yesterday after two years' service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt and France. He is one of Toronto's well- known athletes, and in his graduating year at Toronto University was captain of a gym team. After graduating in medicine at a special convocation early in 1915, he went overseas as a "Tommy" along with twenty-four doctors, who, ratherthan wait for commissions in the C.A.M.C., entering Station under Col. Rennie. Arrived in England, the way to the front was barred by a British War Office order for bidding medical men to go to France in the ranks. The young medicos, several of them with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, in addition to their M.B.'s, took commissions with the imperial forces, and found their way to Gallipoli. In his first year, Captain Smith was on a transport running between Mudros and Alexandria. Later he was stationed in the Cairo hospital, being afterward transferred to Khartoum, where we spent several months. In the Senussi tribes' rebellion he had an interesting time as a member of the motor party that rescued some 100 men who had fallen into the hands of the Senussi after reaching shore from torpedoed vessels. The unfortunate seaman had been interned in a small interior desert town for nineteen weeks, and fed on the entrails and blood of goats, and were only rescued after a long trip into unknown desert. [illegible] he made the trip from [illegible] Marseilles with 1330 Australians, and then to London, where he enjoyed a short furlough. Signing on for a second year, he was attached to the First King's Own Royal Lancashires, a regiment that took part in the battle of Quebec and has a history that goes back to the middle ages. With this regiment he spent seven months in France, returning wounded. Wounded in France. On Dec. 8 a 5.9 shell dropped thru the roof of his aid station, wounding him in the hip, severing an artery in the arm and inflicting several other wounds. While convalescing he was in the Canadian Red Cross Hosptial at Hude Park and after completing his second year of service returned with a number of men with whom he left Canada for a furlough before taking further service. The party took the Montreal flyer from Quebec and were in a train wreck on Monday when the train ran past a signal and the baggage car and two coaches were derailed by a switch. No one was injured, but the suddden stopping of the flyer sent dishes and passengers flying to the front of the dining-car. As a result of the accident the party missed connections to Montreal and [illegible] North Toronto yesterday morning [illegible] their baggage. Eleven Were Decorated Capt. Smith is undecided as [illegible] service, but says he has made a splendid recovery from his wounds and while convalescing has gained two stone in weight. Of the 24 medical men with whom he enlisted in the Canadian forces in the ranks, 11 have been decorated none have been killed and only two besides himself have been wounded, the other two being Maurice Helliwell and Richard Coatsworth, both of Toronto. Several famous Varsity athletes are in the party, including Leaming Carr and Wilfred "Red" McKenzie, of the rugby team. The men whose homes are in Toronto and who went over with the clearing sells, Fred Clement, Don Fraswer, S. Paul O'Sullivan, Thos. Cumberland and H.R. Smith, all now having their captaincy with the Imperials. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Smith, Harry R.; Schram, Faye E.


Page Title:
Page 62
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes envelopes that contain newspaper clippings and photographic negatives. These are described following the scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 62_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 62_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 63
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 63_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a newspaper headline, "Emperor Wilhelm II. has abdicated - news means quick end of Great War," dated Ottawa, Canada, Saturday, November 9, 1918.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] EMPEROR WILHELM II. HAS ABDICATED NEWS MEANS QUICK END OF GREAT WAR [end clipping]
People Depicted:
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941


Page Title:
Page 64
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains a newspaper clipping--photograph of Emperor Wilhelm II--with the caption, "down and out!"
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941


Page Title:
Page 64_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains the headline, "Peace", clipped out of an Ottawa newspaper, Monday, November 11, 1918.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 65
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 newspaper clippings: an anouncement of armistice, and a quote from "the Doxology" by Thomas Ken.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Armistices
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] "Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye Heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost." [end clipping] [start clipping] ARMISTICE SIGNED AT MIDNIGHT. --- Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 11. - The world war will end this morning at 6 o'clock Washington time, 11 o'clock Paris time. The armistice was signed by the German representatives at midnight. This announcement was made by the State Department at 2.50 o'clock this morning. This announcement was made verbally by an official of the State Department in this form: "The armistice has been signed. It was signed at 5 a.m. Paris time, and hostilities will cease at 11 o'clock this morning, Paris time." The department's announcement simply said: "The armistice has been signed." [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 65_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 65_verso including folded and loose clippings.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] MAJ. TOPP, D.S.O., M.C., IN REPATRIATION --- Will Look After Interests of Returned Men. Major Beresford Topp, D.S.O., M.C., has been appointed representative in England of the repatriation committee, and is already on hiw way to take over his duties. Major Topp was born in Bracebridge and was educated there. At the commencement of hostilities he was on the staff of the Daily Mail and Empire, was covering Valcartier camp, and accompanied the First Contingent overseas as a war correspondent. After being in France for six months, he became a combatant officer in 1915. He returned to Canada in August, 1915, and obtained a commission in the 42nd Battalion, later transferring to the 5th Royal Highlanders, with which corps he served throughout the war. Major Topp has been wounded three times, first at the Ypres salient, in July, 1916, again at the Somme, in October, 1916, on which occassion he was three months in hospital, and his last wound at Cambrai, in September, 1918, necessitating another seven weeks in hospital. Major Topp is only 25 years old and went from lieutenant to major in under four years. He received the D.S.O. for services at Amiens when second in command of the 42nd Battalion, and the M.C. for work in 1918. He also was awarded a bar to the M.C. for services at Cambrai. Major Topp will co-operate with the Ottawa committee in connection with the repatriation program, which embraces demobilization, generally looking after the welfare of the veterans, and readjusting the industrial and commercial conditions in Canada. --- In Aid of Orphanage. The Dansant under the auspices of the Catholic Girls' Club, Saturday, Feb. 8th, 4 to 7 p.m., in Racquet Court, in aid of St. Patrick's Orphanage. Chicago Jazz Orchestra in attendance. - (Advt.) [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 65_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 newspaper clippings concerning the surrender of Germany and subsequent celebrations in the city of Ottawa, Ontario.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Armistices
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
[start clipping] OTTAWA CELEBRATES DEMONSTRATION STARTED QUICKLY AFTER WHISTLES HAD AWAKENED THE CITY --- Crowds Poured Down Town in Thousands for Wildest Night in City's History - Joy of Crowds on Receiving News of Germany's Surrender Knew no Bounds. --- The whistles and the bells - that was the stunt that woke up all Ottawa this morning, at three. That was the thing that sent the town "on fire". Nobody with hearing at all near normal could sleep through it all. In other words, The Journal's plan got them going. Journal Signal Brought Crowds Out. Within two minutes of the receipt of the news in Ottawa that the armistice had been signed, scores of whistles at industrial plants conveyed, as per arrangements made by The Journal Newspapers, the great news that the world war had come to successful conclusion in favor of the Allies. Even at the early hour of 3.01 scores of citizens arose from their beds and made their way down town. In front of The Journal building there was quite a demonstration. The fire department, church bells, and citizens with guns and revolvers created a din that could be heard in the four corners of the city. Ottawa was awakened. Started Streaming Down Town. Along Bank street only a few minutes after the first whistle started lines of people wended their way down town. They evidently were all prepared. Everything that could make a noise was on hand, and nearly everyone had a flag or decoration of some kind. Motor cars whizzed past, and every toot of a motor horn was the signal for a cheer. At half-past three the band of the Engineers from Lansdowne Park was on the job. Uniforms perhaps were not all buttoned up, but they started down Bank street to the tune of "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah." Mr. J. Delaney, President of the Ottawa Musicians' Union, was early informed by the Journal of what had happened. Without any delay he started tor ound up his musicians, and the early celebration did not want for music. Fire Chief Graham was among those informed by The Journal Newspaper first, and the big fire gongs were set going. Among the whistles set going by The Journal, through the cooperation of the employes, were E.B.Eddy Co., G.T.R., C.P.R., W.C.Edwards Co., Ottawa Car Co., Oliver's, McAuliff-Davis and Ottawa Car Supply. Noise of All Kinds Let Loose. In centre town no sooner had the whistles sounded than muffled shouts of joy came from almost every house. Long before the bells and whistles had ceased fire crackers and roeckts were going off by the thousands. Tin pans and every other contrivance for making noise were brought into service, and the din was deafening. Less than 20 minutes after The Journal Newspapers' effective announcement impromptu parades were proceeding toward Parliament Hill. Men, women, and children screamed for joy, and their example was followed by others. One significant incident occured that forcibly brought to the attention of the celebrants what the news really meant. Men and boys were seen pouring from a munition plant that has been going night and day almost since the first. The workers were out of a job, but that didn't bother them much. When the word flashed over, and The Journal started to rouse the town with the greatest news of all time, thousands rushed to their telephones to confirm the glad tidings. Hundreds could not raise "central". The girls were so rushed that it was beyond human ability to handle the calls. Autoists Disregarded Traffic Laws. Automobile owners, as on Saturday, played an outstanding part in the demonstration. They tore along the main thoroughfares with utter disregard for the traffic regulations. They were gaily bedecked in flags and streamers, while the occupants raised a fearful din with horns, bells and tin pans. Deputy Fire Chief Burnett shot out Bank street with his siren wide open and was cheered as he spread the news that meant so much to himself and every father and mother with a boy "over there". Sang Too Highly Between four and five o'clock a crowd numbering several thousand gathered on Parliament Hill and joined in patriotic songs. The choir leader, however, outmatched the majority of those who joined in the songs. When the high notes in "God save the King" were reached, he took them so high that the crowd could not follow. The crowd on the Hill only held together for about half an hour. It then returned to Sparks street where the main celebration was going on. Enormous Bonfire. An enormous bonfire lit up the vicinity of Sparks and O'Connor streets, and attracted thousands. Sparks street on both sides of it was absolutely choked with women and children. Fortunately there were no street cards out, for the main celebration was taking place in the middle of the thoroughfare. A soldier stood guard over the fire. He was hardly needed, for the terrific heart would have roasted anyone who wen within yards of the flames. The fuel for the fire was gathered from the rear of Sparks street stores. It was pulled up on an express wagon by willing hands. When the men who discovered the barrels, boxes and packing materials started for Sparks street they called for volunteers. An automobile going down Queen street stopped, and the occupants got onto the wagon pole. Soon the flames were shooting to the trolly wires, while the croew danced around and cheered like Indians. The sparks were soaring over [illegible] N. Poulin's store, endangering [illegible] and other buildings in the [illegible] Big military trucks [illegible] men and girls were [illegible] [illegible] accompany the siren on its way. Whole kitchens must have been rifled. In the hundreds who joined the many mob-like processions on Sparks street, all kinds of implements were being utilized. A man banged two black frying pans together with energetic frenzy. Wash boilers were not infrequent. The bearer of one of these was almost as black as the bottom of the boiler he carried, but he was supremely unconscious of his own appearance. Finding a street car stalled going from Bank to Queen street, he attached his boiler-which by this time had two large holes in the bottom, and was almost unregonizable with great dents - to the rear of the car. A small boy wore a section of stove piping slung about his neck with a cord, and kept time vigorously while a lonely musical instrument in the crowd struck up "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here." The impromptu band concert on the Plaza about four o'clock drew a great crowd. They sang "God Save The King", "O Canada", "The Maple Leaf Forever" and many other stirring songs, in a way which revived faith in Ottawa's musicial possibilities. And when a bandsman transferred a huge push pin on the Victory Loan map, to mark Berlin, the crowd went wild altogether. VETERANS PARADE IN HONOR OF WIN --- Likely Be a Meeting on Connaught Place or "Hill". --- The Ottawa branch of the Great War Veterans' Association held a demonstration this afternoon to celebrate the downfall of the Kaiser and the signing of the armistice. A procession headed by the veterans' Band left the club headquarters at the corner of Albert and Metcalfe streets at two p.m., and all the veterans and many of the troops stationed at Lansdowne Park were in line. A meeting on Connaught Place or Parliament Hill will follow at which a number of returned men are expected to speak. ---Buy another--- MOTHER IS HONORED BY HAPPY CROWD --- Gave Her Three Cheers and a "Tiger". --- One of the prettiest incidents of the early morning occurred on Sparks street near Bank shortly after four o'clock, when a gray-haired mother and her soldier son - a veteran - became a part of the happy throng. There were tears in the mother's eyes, and her khaki clad escort limped. Some one said: "That Mrs. --. She's lost tow of her boys, and -- is crippled." There ensued an incident which was typical of the spirit of the city. A small crowd formed around the two, and there were three lusty cheers, with "a tiger". --Money talks -- RAILWAYS DID THEIR VERY BEST --- Every Engine in Local Yards Was in "Noise". --- The railways contributed materially to the success of the announcement arranged by The Journal Newspapers. In the case of the Grand Trunk, Superintendent Fred Lamplough personally had charge of the arrangements, signalling the word that started the whistles of every engine in the local yards going, while the C.P.R. despatchers saw that things got under way so far as they were concerned. Torpedoes, placed every few feet along the tracks, helped swell the volume of sound. --Buy bonds-- FIRST CITY TO GET ARMISTICE NEWS --- Operators Elsewhere Were at Lunch When "Story Broke". --- Ottawa was the first city in Canada to receive the greatest news the wires have ever flashed to the Capital. The brief story of the Hun surrender "broke" at an hour when the telegraph operators of the Canadian Press were off for lunch, and practically all wires on the transcontinental system were closed. This city was the exception. A local operator stuck at his post, and when the wires began to click the message that set in progress throughout the Allied world a great demonstration of thanksgiving he took it. A moment later, the newspapers had it, and there was an interval of but a few seconds before it was established that the word was official. The Journal Newspapers immediately notified Fire Chief Graham, who set in progress a celebration that brought the city out of bed before 4 o'clock. Fire department sirens shrieked as the cars rushed through the city streets, and the factory whistles joined in, as [illegible] arranged by The Journal. [illegible] afterwards came the whistles and church bells. Five minutes after the first [illegible] came, the demonstration was [illegible] progress, and the city's population headed with all speed for [illegible] town. [end clipping] [start clipping] GERMANY SURRENDERS: YIELDS ALL AND REELS ACROSS THE RHINE --- ARMISTICE TERMS Surrender of vast amounts of guns and equipment. Cessation of hostilities. Evacuation of invaded territories. Evacuation of the left bank of Rhine. The surrender of all supplies of war. The abandonment by Germany of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk. Evacuation of Alsace-Lorranine (sic) wthin fourteen days. Repatriation of all prisoners. Surrender of vast amounts of rolling stock in occupied territory. Abandonment of Bucharest's and Brest treaties. Unconditional surrender of all German forces in East Africa. Surrender of scores of submarines and larger war craft. Concentration of aircraft at stipulated points. Evacuation of all Black Sea ports. Restoration of all Allied and United States merchant vessels. Restitution for damage done by the German armies; restitution of the cash taken from the National Bank of Belgium and return of gold taken from Russia and Rumania. The naval terms provided for the surrender of 160 submarines, fifty destroyers, six battle cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers and other miscellaneous ships. All Allied vessels in German hands are to be surrendered. Duration of the armistice to be thirty days.


Page Title:
Page 66
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 newspaper clippings depicting Sir Douglas Haig and Marshal Foch.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929; Haig, Souglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928


Page Title:
Page 66_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 newspaper articles. Subjects include, a summary of numbers of troops and casualties during the war, and an estimate of numbers of German soldiers killed and wounded.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
[start clipping] TWENTY GREAT BATTLES FOUGHT BY CANADA'S SOLDIERS; PRE-WAR FORCE JUMPED TO HALF A MILLION MEN --- Wonderful Record of the Dominion in the World War. Had Sent Overseas 418,980 Soldiers When Hostilities Ceased on Nov. 11. Total Casualties on Oct. 31 Were Over 211,000. The following statement showing what has been accomplished, from a military point of view, by the Dominion since the beginning of the war, was issued yesterday by the militia department: - When Canada entered the war, on the 4th of August, 1914, she had a permanent force of only 3,000 men and an active militia of 60,000. When hostilities ceased, on the 11th of November, 1918, Canada had sent overseas 418,980 soldiers. Gradual Growth. At first Canada supplied a division. This was increased until by 1916 she had in France an army corps of four divisions, a cavalry brigade, and numerous other services, such as line of communication troops, railway troops, and forestry corps. On September 30th, 1918, the Canadian troops in France numbered 156,250.The Cavalry Brigade included a storng draft furnished by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Forestry Operations. The Canadians engaged in the United Kingdom and France in constructing and operating railway lines, and in cutting down forests and milling the timer number about 50,000. Of the Royal Air forces some 14,000 - 15,000 were raised and trained in Canada; in addition many joined the R.A.F. after going overseas in the Canadian Expeditionary force. Casualties 211,000. On October 31st, 1918, the casualties numbered over 211,000. There have been over fifty thousand deaths. 152.000 have been wounded, and when hostilities ceased the prisoners of war numbered 2,800. Canadian Battles. The roll of Canadian battles is: 1915. Second Battle of Ypres (April and May.) 1916. St. Eloi (3rd to 19th April.) Sanctuary Wood (2nd and 3rd June.) Hooge (5th, 6th, 13th, and 14th June.) Battle of Somme (Sept., Oct. and Nov.) 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge (9th to 13th April.) Battle of Arleyx and Fresnoy (28th, 29th April and 3rd May.) Battle of Lens (June.) Battle of Hill 70 (15th August.) Battle of Passchendaele (25th Oct., 10th Nov.) 1918 Second Battle of Somme (March and April.) Battle of Amiens (12th August.) Capture of Monchy-le-Preux (26th - 28th August.) Breaking of Queant-Drocourt Line (3rd and 4th September.) Crossing of Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood (27th - 29th Sept.) Encirclement and capture of Cambrai (1st - 9th October.) Capture of Douai (19th October.) Capture of Denain (20th October.) Encirclement and capture of Valenciennes (25th October - 2nd November.) Advance and capture of Mons (7th - 11th November.) [end clipping] [start clipping] GERMAN DEAD OVER MILLION AND A HALF --- Associated Press by Leased Wire. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20. - Up to the end of October, 1,580,000 German soldiers were killend and the fate of 260,000 was not known, the Vorwaerts, of Berlin, says it learns on reliable authority. Four million soldiers had been wounded, some several times. The newspaper adds that therer were 490,000 German prisoners in hostile countries. --- [end clipping]


Page Title:
Page 67
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes a newspaper cartoon depicting a soldier, "the doughboy who reached the Front a day after it was all over," and a menu for "Craft & Senior, Ltd."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Webster, Harold Tucker, 1885-1952; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 67_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 68
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 68_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 69
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 69_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 70
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 70_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 71
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 71_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 72
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 72_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 73
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 73_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 74
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 74_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 75
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 75_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 76
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 76_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 77
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 77_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 78
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
1st image of Page 78 with loose photograph of a soldier.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 78_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Page 78 - Blank page.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 78_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 79
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Blank page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 79_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page includes an envelope that contains newspaper clippings
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 79_verso_a
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
2nd image of Page 79_verso showing contents of envelope described after scrapbook pages.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 80_back-cover-inside
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Inside, Back cover
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Page 80_back-cover-outside
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Back cover
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Poem dedicated to Norman Senior, April 15, 1919
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a humorous poem written for Norman Senior in 1919, possibly for a job transfer from Ottawa to British Columbia.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Loose item - Wedding portrait of Norman Senior and Florence Westman, without mat
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph--wedding portrait of Florence M. Westman and C. Norman Senior, July 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence M; Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Loose item - Wedding portrait of Norman Senior and Florence Westman, with mat
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph--wedding portrait of Florence M. Westman and C. Norman Senior, July 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, Florence M; Senior, Norman


Page Title:
Loose item - Photograph of soldiers in Egypt WWI
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph depicting soldiers seated on a statue in Egypt during the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Egypt


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, Abdication speech excerpts
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping - reprinting abdication speech by King Edward in 1936
Subjects:
Westman, Florence M.; Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
Oi.iy dward was the r of the White /-one years he ilist :kies ntain tops and just he dark rocky wall rs come tumbling id tinkling, draw- ght between the ng sun and the * O'Hara seems l spots on earth. Ms of Paradise !s on Sentinel id in one day centre! ,de the whole enjoyed the nuch as the i. Then took o cross the ht in the offers. We c Lakes and st imposing from Jasper twenty miles e almost too 1 Dome glac- ge Columbia s going to be iful stretches a the world.'* His Last Message ��� OWING to a large number of requests for copies of former King Edward's address to the Empire, following his abdication, it is now reprinted. The former monarch spoke from the Augusta Tower of Windsor Castle, his words being carried to every corner of the British Empire by radio. His message follows: "At long last I am able to say a few words of my own. I have never wanted to withhold anything but until now it has not been constitutionally possible for me to speak. A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King and. Emperor, and now that I have been succeeded by my brother, the Duke of York, my first word must be to declare my allegiance to him. This I do with all my heart. "You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne, but I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the Empire, which, as Prince of Wales, and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve, but you must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love, and the decision that I have made has been mine and mine alone. This was a thing I had to judge entirely for myself. ������The other person most nearly concerned, has tried to the last to persuaclfc me to take a different course. "I have made this most serious decision of my life only upon the single thought of what would in the end, be best for all. "This decision has been made less difficult to me by the foreknowledge that my brother, with his long training in the public affairs of this country, and with his fine qualities will be able to take my place forthwith, without interruption or injury to the life and progress of the Empire. "And he had one blessing, enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowed on me, a happy home with his wife and children. "During these hard days, I have been comforted by Her Majesty, my mother, and by my family. The ministers of the crown and most particularly Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister, have always treated me with full consideration. There has never been any constitutional differences between me and them and between me and Parliament. "Following in constitutional tradition of my father, I should never have allowed any ^ich issue to arise. Ever since I was Prince of Wales, and later on when I occupied the Throne, I have been treated with the greatest kindness by all.classes of people wherever I have lived and journeyed throughout the Empire. "For that I am very grateful. I now quit altogether public affairs and I lay down my burden. "It may be some time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow the fortunes of the British race and Empire with profound interest, and if at any time in the future I can be found of service to His Majesty in private station, I shall not fail. "And now we all have a new King, and prosperity with all my heart. I wish him and you, his people, happiness "GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOD SAVE THE KING.*


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, Hippodrome fund raiser for Russia
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping: "Mighty throng at Hippodrome cheer project for Russian Statue of Liberty as gift from the American people."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
New York--New York
Transcript:
MIGHTY THRONG AT HIPPODROME CHEER PROJECT FOR RUSSIAN STATUE OF LIBERTY AS GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Twice as Many Seek Seats in Vast Auditorium as Could Be Accommodated. $10,000 REALIZED AT ENTERTAINMENT Tremendous Outbursts of Enthusiasm Greet Tableaux of "Free Russia." True to tthe promises that had been made for it the benefit given at the Hip- podrome last night for the Russian Lib- erty Fund was "the dramatic event of the year. It was also much mare than that. It was one of the historic occasions in the history of the city's famous playhouse. There was not a vacant seat. Standing room was sold until it was thought no longer advisable to admit more. TheHp- podrome might have been twice filled: The gross receipts were of $10,000 The net profit to the which the Herald, in co-operation with the American Hebrew, is raising by popular subscription, to erect a (Statue of Liberty in Russia, will be a most substantial aid to the fund itself and the campaign, which finding so ready a response throughput the nation, received an impetus which will hasten the consummation of the splendid-project. A more brilliant scene than that in the big Hippodrome has nor been seen in New York in many years. Society was repre- sented in the boxes. People from neighbor- ing cities, attracted both by the excellence of the programme and by the patriotic nature of the enterprise it was designed to | aid, flocked to the Hippodrome and helped form one of the greatest throngs ever within the big edifice. Vast Throng Gathers Early. There was not a hitch in the arrange- ments. The seats were sold out, with the exception of a few in the upper circles, late yesterday afternoon. A gigantic crowd I swarmed about the entrances as early as seven o'clock in the evening and poured through the box office rails taking such tickets as they were able to get and in many cases, offering excess prices for the privilege of being admitted so they might [see the gala performance and enjoy the distinction of participating in one of the memorable occasions in connection with the proposed gift to the Russian people as America's reward to the millions who re- cently have overthrown a despotism and taken their place in the democratic sister- hood of the world. There was nothing lacking to make the performance a splendid success. Stars were on the stage from the,-moment the curtain was lifted, at half-past eight o'clock, until* half-past eleven. Artists from the Metropolitan, musicians with world wide reputations and a sprinkling of stars from the leading "hits" of the sea- son just closing were there- to add their touch of brilliance to the programme. The idea underlying the benefit was described to the great audience and it brought spontaneous applause. It was stated that the idea is one growing out of France's magnificent gift to this coun- try forty years ago and when it was em- phasized that Russia while in the throbs still, of troubles such as nation emerging from a state of autocracy to one of democracy, is nevertheless keeping ���Photograph by W. H. Zerbe, Herald photographer. Throng outside the Hippodrome seeking admittance to Liberty Statue performance and the Statue of Liberty, aloft the banner of human liberty, the crowd let loose a cheer such as not been heard in a long time even in the Hippo- drome, the scene of great outbursts of applause. Nazimova as "Liberty." The climax of the big event was reached when Mme. Nazimova posed, first as the Tsarina, under the days of the Romanoffs ���days of old figuratively only���and later as the Statue of Liberty. In the first she was surrounded by a mob���a typical Rus- sian mob���emblematic of the days of terror and tyranny. In the second there was grouped about her a multitude���but upon it rested the peace and contentment that flow from a nation enjoying the blessings of human liberty. Illustrating so vividly and spectacular- ly as it did the conditions iin Russia yes- terday and to-day, this feature brought the crowd, already deeply sympathetic with the Russian people, to its feet, and there was a climax which must have warmed the hearts of the stage directors who had worked hard and long with up- ward of three hundred persons to stage the tableaux. The (benefit exceeded the expectations of most of those who had to do with it, The weather was not favorable. The time of year was not the best for a benefit. Notwithstanding this, the crowd was the largest of years and the sum realized will be a substantial addition to the thousands which have already been contributed to the fund. The sum could have been still larger had the promoters of the fund seen fit to increase the prices as had been sug- gested by some persons; However, it was deemed wisest to keep the prices at the regular standard in order that every one might feel able to attend and so this- great affair, like the fund itself, might maintain all the attributes of popularity. Society Turns Out Great Benefit at Young Women of Prominent Families Mingle with ThoseWell Known on the Stage in Helping to Make the Affair a Financial Success. One of the most interesting features of the Hippodrome performance was the per- sonnel of the audience itself. The body of the theatre, one of the largest in New York, was occupied by the men and women who are always looking for a good even- ing's amusement, but never emerge from the social background. Here and there glimpses were had of persons well known in public and private life, and in that last subdivision of the audience were two groups of young women who, as programme sellers, did their "bit" in mak- ing the performance a financial success. One of the groups, under the chairmanship of Miss Bijou Fernandez, was made up of young women well known on the stage, and another, captained by Miss Julie Mac- Neill Lentilhorn, included young women of society. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was the guest of Mrs. Charles B. Dillingham, one of the patronesses. In the party with Mrs. John R. Drexel, another patroness, wtre Mr. Drexel, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Pierson, Jr., and William Hude Neilson. Other patronesses who entertained friends in the boxes were Mrs. Nowbold Le Roy Edgar, Mrs. Julian M. Gerard, Miss Elisa- beth Marbury, Mrs. Mortimer L. Schiff and Mrs. Whitney Warren. Marcus M. Marks, President of the Bor- ough of Manhattan, represented the city government, and Mrs. Marks was in his party. Mrs.John Sanford was accompanied by a party of children. Mrs. John J. Wysong and Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright were to- gether, and near them sat Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Oelrichs, Wade Chance, Will- iam H. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Richard, Miss Muriel L. R. Conkling, Mrs. Frederic Neilson, Sidney J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Rawson, Lyman Wood, Harrison Garfield Rhodes, Miss Marjorie A. Curtis, R. Thornton Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gest, Edmund J. Scheider and Mr. and Mrs, Luis G, Mendoza, of Havana. Nearly $400 was turned in by the pro- gramme sellers to their respective chair- men, Miss Lentilhon and Miss Fernandez. Miss Lentilhon's aids were Mrs. James Lenox Banks, Mrs. Angier B. Duke, Mrs. John Fairchild Adams, Mrs. J. Gibson Maupin, Mrs. Henry A. Murray and the Misses Charlotte Delafield, Maud E. Kahn, Cornelia Van A. Chapin, Rita Sturgis, Elizabeth Emmet,.Evelyn St. George, Ellen Mercer French, Eleanor M. Green, Made- leine Dahlgren, Rita Boker, Gretchen and Polly Blaine, Damrosch, Marion and Theo- dora Tiffany, Anna Remsen Alexandre, Irene Turnure, Adelaide E. and Alleen B. Sedgwick, Margaret Livingston Lee and Ray Slater. The stage favorites-who gave such val- uable aid to Miss Fernandez were Mrs. De ' Wolf Hoper, Josephine Drake, $ophye 1 Barnard, Mabel, Asker, Valli Valli, Ivy Troutman, Mary Evelyn Jones, Mrs. Ernest Torrence, Edith Hallor, Dorethy Ellis, Helen Fulton, Peggy O'Neil, Gereldine Bergh, Gereldine Beckwith, Minnette Barrett and Gertrude Fowler. -Other leading women of society who gave their active aid in making the per- formance the success it was were Mmes. Charles Whitman, John Puroy Mitchel, Edmund L. Baylies, Perry Belmont, August Belmont, O. H. P. Belmont and C. G, Cuyler, Miss Elsie de W'olfe, Mmes. Charles H. Ditson, James W�� Gerard, Sumner Gerard, Charles Dana Gibson, Benjamin S. Guinness, John Henry Hammond, Charles H. Marshall, Joseph Wright Harriman, Otto H. Kahn, James H. Kidder, Irving Lehman, Philip M. Lydig, Walter E. Maynard and Henry Fairfield Osborne, Jr.; Miss Lota Robinson and Mmes. Moritz Rosenthal, Ralph Sanger, Preston Pope Satterwhite, Leonard M. Thomas, Norman de R. Whitehouse and Arthur Woods. GREATEST SHOW EVER, VERDICT OF AULIENCE Worthy indeed of its purpose was the entertainment in which appeared last night at the Hippodrome an assembly of artists���and Billy Sunday���such as rarely has been assembled for a single perform- ance, in aid of the Liberty Statue of Rus- sia Fund. In volunteering, as they did, enthusiasti- cally, for the benefit organized by the New York Herald and the American He- brew, they had the satisfaction of finding themselves members of an impressive en- semble that for merit of entertainment may never be surpassed on any stage again. This sentiment was expressed by several of the theatrical managers of those who formed the managers' committee. There was beautiful singing, beautiful music, some beautiful comedy���especially from William Collier and George M. Cohan���and a feature unique in a theatre, even on Sunday, the appearance of the man for whom the day, according to Will Rogers, was named after, the Rev. Will- iam A. Sunday. Mr. Sunday told his famous baseball story for the first time in New York. It started in, "Thirty years ago on a Sunday afternoon in Chicago I was walk- ing down the street with some famous baseball players"���and as George Cohar said, it was some reminiscence. Audience Enthusiastic. The audience seemed to enjoy the un- usual bill right from the very beginning, so in describing the entertainment one may well start with the first act, follow- ing a word and a half introduction by the debonair orator Fred Niblo, who was master of ceremonies. The first act was one of the beautiful lilting choruses from the musical comedy "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," in which the young men and women of the company appeared in army uniforms and the quaint costumes of civil war times. Then Will Rogers, who throws lariats and laughs with equal grace and dexterity, appeared without the rope, but with the repartee. "I see Representative Gus Gardner has enlisted," he said, and you know the funny part of it is that Mr. Gardner is in Congress, where you'd think they didn't know there is a war going on. Then there's Frank Tinney���he saw a sign that read ���Buy a bond or enlist,' and Frank���well, he did try hard to enlist." After that a wealth of talent came so fast and famous that even a beholder who knew what the programme was going to be could scarcely believe his eyes and ears. Ovation for Russian Violinist. Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, re- ceived a thunderous ovation when he fin- ished playing three exquisite numbers��� Shubert's "Ave Maria," a dance of his own arrangement and Beethoven's "Ruins of Andern." As an encore he played a Rus- sian air as probably not other violinist could play that sort of music. Mme. Frances Alda, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, charmed the Audience of more than six thousand persons with her notes of purest gold. She sang first Mas- senet's "��uvrez tes Yerut Bieau," and then with rare beauty of tone sang "Way Down Upon the Swanee River." Lieutenant B. C. Hilliam, of the Cana- dian army corps, who obtained an exten- sion of his leave to appear at the Herald's benefit performance', received a rousing welcome when in his khaki uniform with the green Canadian trimmings he placed "Tipperary" on the piano as Liszt, Chopin and Irving Berlin, respectively, might have written it. Then he sang words of his own, "We'll Knock the ���K' Out of Kaiser," to a melody popular a few years ago, end- ing with:��� "When the war is won, Just to show what we've done, We'll spell Canada with a ���K.' " , Lieutenant Hilliam Also accompanied Miss Eleanor Castle in a song of the trenches, "Somewhere in Flanders." In traducing- an Ambitions Pair. * Fred Niblo then announced that the Herald and Mr. Charles Dillingham, pro prietor of the. Hippodrome, prere always willing, nay anxious to encourage new talent, two boys who had been working their way toward New York," and he hoped they would meet with the approval of the audience. Whereupon, who should step upon the stage but William Collier and George M. Cohan, America's popular comedians, re joined for this auspicious occasion.
People Depicted:
Hilliam, B. C.


Page Title:
Loose item - Photograph of young woman, date unknown
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photographic portrait of a young woman.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[c. 1917-1925?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - New York Herald review of B. C. Hilliam's performance at Hippodrome, NY
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a typed document--extract of a review from the New York Herald of B. C. Hilliam's performance at the New York Hippodrome, May 23, 1917.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
.^ r> i , ; H u. , mr 83, in?* * -nether ��star,and a new or*��, who will add luetre to the 3��mday nightprogram, is bient*B* u Hilllam of the Canadian Volunteer tangr* ffcs Uberiy lend fools amoh pleased at being ��bl�� to hew�� him. He rut.�� hie first apj earnnoe is America at a Hippodrome pwtftmmmmlaet ttimday night, and he literally took tkfco great crowd toy storm. idf. Hilliam is an dsitaur. He had been ��pending months entertaining the Canadian soldiers, & �� ��sessional^ wing hie tali at in far wester�� Canada to help along war charities. But no one had ever suggested that he become a profeocion&l entertainer. And in fact he probably never will, unices, after the war, he falls victim to eeim of the frhuloue ��if ora �� hi eh ��anofers are seid to he ready to mil:�� to hi�� a�� a rmmlt of his first Hip voir Gtas appeorniise. He was a eity editor of a new�� paper in horth Van�� over, B.C. at hsat once volunteered, fie scald always play a piano w.su sing, but no one knew hot' well antII he b��fmn to oorsj o��e e,.d sing so. gc for the saldiere. AttHEXOb fii-.il, KB, When he appeared ��t tue Hlpj edro��ae .un��ay night in his Lieutenant's uniform, there we�� seme healtation ��.bout letting him go on. It was generally expect ;& t at ��to vscald play a simple SSl��otioa end harry off the eiere, hat he didn't. ft�� gar# on�� of ti.e most finished rarforaar.uee over ��et�� at the SippSiVOme and the 6,00t) persons there wem ��wept off their feet. Hie piano playlnir la mrvelca��, end v e patriotic seogn He sin o, of his own oompeeition, are bean�� to m&otmtaetsas. lie wii Pi# own aoeoarpao iaeo ts �� "The Bare Hing o��" of tu> All iee*, w^h�� Hallies Howe a Bawful not to Bus" e.nd goseibly ''Uncle Sma is Abb Ureeeed tip and line a Pino�� to $o% met undey night he war ����cored till he absolutely refused to tale up more time. He Is by long odd�� one of the meet refreshing and rcerleahle entertainer�� seen in hew fork in many year���� and there la a patriotic touch and �� irenon ��tnioepher�� to all hie work which sml e him on�� of is �� real 'finde* of recent years,. But he iea soldier and he look�� it."


Page Title:
Loose item - Photograph - group of young people friends and family?
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a snapshot of a group of young people [friends and family of Florence Westman] during the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
2000-030_ScrpBk_Loose16.1_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - photograph of a soldier
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph of a soldier in the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
2000-030_ScrpBk_Loose16.2_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - photograph of of young woman Florence Westman?
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph of a young woman [Florence Westman?] wearing a corseted, floral dress.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1910?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
2000-030_ScrpBk_Loose16.3_verso
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Doctors go to the soldiers or soldiers to the doctors?\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping, "Doctors go to the soldiers or soldiers to the doctors? A.M.C officials defend policy of centralization of work in Toronto, saying here only can specialists be secured--meanwhile hospitals elsewhere not used to capacity." Article reports a shortage of beds and doctors due to soldiers being returned only to Toronto rather than hospitals in other municipalities.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Hospitals--Military aspects
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
DOCTORS GO TO THE SOLDIERS OR SOLDIERS TO THE DOCTORS? A.M.C. Officials Defend Policy of Centralization of Work in Toronto, Saying Here Only Can Specialists Be Secured��� Meanwhile Hospitals Elsewhere Not Used to Capacity. GOVERNMENT HAS A PLAN BY WHICH TO SOLVE DUAL-AUTHORITY PROBLEM "If there is any congestion in the soldiers' convalescent homes in To- ronto at the present time the respon- sibility lies with the Army Medical Corps," said Mr. S. A. Armstrong, director of the Military Hospitals Commission, to The Star before leav- ing for Ottawa last night. He fol- lowed this up with particulars of 1,171 beds available and not used at other points in this military district as follows: Whitby, 160; Burlington, 202; Guelph, 409; Cobourg (approxi- mately), 400�� The allocation of patients to the different hospitals is now entirely in the hands of the Army Medical Corps, whose officers, in the belief that con- centration in Toronto is desirable, have not taken steps to relieve the congestion here by transferring pa- tients to the outside homes Ynentioned above. They are seeking to relieve the situation by securing additional accommodation in Toronto. To that end Davisville school is being asked for and acquired, and a proposal to build a 1,000- bed hospital in High Park, now hanging fire, is urged by the Army Medical Corps and military officers generally. Park Proposal Not Good Business. The Star asked Mr. Armstrong what the Hospital Commission's objection to the High Park hospital scheme is. He said that to spend $80-0,000 in buildings for 1,0-00 men on a site here the buildings would have to > scrapped as* soon as their tem- >rary use was ended, did not strike an as good business. The Star saw Lieut.-Col. Ryersten, lead of the Army Medical Corps, in this district, and asked him if it is true as stated by Hospitals Com- mission officials that Army Medical Corps doctors* will not go outside To- ronto, this causing the congestion here. . "Of course they will not go outside Toronto, because they are most wanted here," replied Colonel Ryer- son. "We want the men to have the best treatment which can be pro- cured for them and, therefore, the services of the city specialists are required. If we sent the men outside the city we could not obtain the ser- vices of these specialists/' The authorities of the commission were informed of the explanation made by the military authorities, but did not seem to be impressed with the argument that soldiers who hap- pen to be doctors must not be asked to leave Toronto if their services are required elsewhere. Have 100 Doctors Here. "How many doctors has the A. M. C. on strength at the present time in Toronto*?" asked the reporter of Lieut.-Col. Ryerson. "We have about 160," replied Col- onel Ryerson. "We are the only organized medical body in the Dom- inion and no other system is possible for the treatment of soldiers. The doctors of the country are not re- sponsible to the medical councils. They do not have to work for any particular cause unless they want to and the A. M. C. is the only organ- ization which can supply the medical talent which is required." The question of present conges- tion in Toronto is but one phase in the clash of authority between the Army Medicaf Corps and the Mili- tary Hospitals Commission as to Continued on Page Two.


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Doctors go to . . . \ continued
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Continuation of article about soldiers returning from the war front.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1917?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
(ml sinned from Page One.) which h all be assigned the care of the rein led soldier and. re-equip him for civ ) .ife. Thatt he dual authority under which h e soldier is finding himself at the p resent time cannot go on longer s admitted by both the sol- diers oi the A.M.C. and the civil ad- ministn tors of the M.H.C. The point of view of the Army Medical Corps toward the Hospitals Comm/* non was expressed to The Star o> Lieut.��-Col. Ryerson, A.D.M. S.ASvho said: ; "When we want a job in engineer- ing; etc p v;e cal\ on me Royal Engin- j eers, and when we want our men ; ! fed we call on the Army Service j Corps. If we can call on the Hos- j ���n he Commission to provide hospi- j ,iS for us our difficulties will be_4 over." The position taken by the Hospi- tals Commission authorities is that the time has come when there is a tremendous work to be done which is not a military job at all. It is in a sense the exact reverse of the mili- tary department's work, which is to make soldiers out of civilians, while this new work is to make civilians out of soldiers. It is a work so large that a new department of Government is necessary to carry it out. "I would call it a department of demobilization,1' said Mr. Armstrong to The Star. "It would have under it the land sjettlement of the return-j ed soldiers, the employment of the: men, the hospitals, and pensions and; in fact all matters pertaining to the returned men. Such a department, like the Militia Department of norm- al times, would be headed by a Cab- inet Minister and would be to that extent under civilian control. An of- ficial who might be called the Direc- tor-General of Invalids could be ap- pointed who would be responsible to the Adjutant-General in matters of discipline only and to the commis- sion in all other matters." Making Better Progress Now. That comparatively rapid progress in caring for returned men is being made in Canada, is shown according to Mr. Armstrong by figures just re- ceived from England. Under the War Pensions Board there, 2,400 soldiers are being re-educated and in all in- stitutions outside the control of the War Pensions Board there are 900 re- turned men being re-educated. The Military Hospitals Commission in Canada has a total of 944 men being re-educated and 2,199 under convales- cent training at $he present time, making a total number of men under instruction of 3,143. In addition 2,285 men have been surveyed for re-edu- cation and 1,945 have been recom- mended for it. "It has been stated that the Mili- tary Hospitals Commission had a political tinge," said the reporter. "That is absolutely untrue," re- plied Mr. Armstrong. "The commis- sion has been entirely without poli- tical bias, and I do not know the politics of many of our men. When I was in Manitoba I spent money like water���wisely, of course���-for the commission, and the contracts were let to the lowest tender. I have never seen even a patronhge list." 1 "You have said, that a solution the difficulties between the commis- sion and the A. M. C. is about to be found. What is the solution?" he wajs deked. "That I am unable to say. I am only a servant of the Government, and it is the Government which must be asked in this case," he replied. ������������������������


Page Title:
Loose envelope -
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is an envelope with stamp of Military Hospitals Commission Canada--contained news clipping "Doctors. . ."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
reverse of loose envelope
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Reverse image of envelope
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - photograph of young man
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Photograph of a young man in an [office?], attached to negative strips. Negatives that are visible depict: "City Building Inspector" office door; street scenes; and interior of an office.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - reverse image, negative strips attached to photograph of young man
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Back of photograph of young man, with attached negative strips.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Who controls convalescent homes? Army Med. Corps or Hosp. Commission?\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a news clipping that reports on challenges faced by the Military Hospitals Commission in providing care for soldiers returning from the war front.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Hospitals--Military aspects
Date:
1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
WHO CONTROLS CONVALESCENT HOMES? ARMY MED. CORPS OR HOSP. COMMISSION? Statement Showing Hovv the Present Acute Situation Has Developed and Serious Issue Involved by One Who Favors the Military Hospitals Commission's Side of the Contro- versy- -Has Been Friction Ever Since the Beginning. ATTEMPTS r BY GOVERNMENT Ao EFFECT A COMPROMISE HAVE ALL ENDED IN FAILURE���BIG PLANS FOR FUTURE THE TORONTO DAILY STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 93. _ ' ������ ---------������ ���___��� * The following statement has been prepared for The Star "by a citizen who believes that the authority of the ���Military Hospitals Commission, in dealing with the care of returned convalescent soldiers, should be ex- tended rather than contracted. It gives a lucid outline of the develop- ment of the system in existence, and is an illuminating contribution to the discussion of an acute situation, from the point of view of an advo- \ cate of Commission control By o ld er - in- C o uncil dated June SO, 1915, the Military Hospitals Commis- sion was created for the purpose of making provision for the care and treatment of returned disabled sol- diers. Prior to this date the Militia Department appointed a committee to deal with the problem which pro- posed that arrangements should be made to secure the co-oiperation of the St. John's Ambulance Associa- tion and the Canadian Red Cross Society, with the view to having the nursing -and other assistance taken care of by such organizations. The men who had returned up to that time were being taken care of in convalescent homes provided by the Red Cross, I. O. D. E. and other or- ganizations, and in the city of To- ronto the men, if any, were largely taken care of by the Army Medical Corps. Commission's Authority Extended. On the 24th June, mbTaS'Eporf was submitted by the president of the commission to the Privy Coun- cil in which it was stated that the duty of caring for the returned men was divided between the medical staff of the Department of Militia and Defence and the Military Hospi- tals Commission and that the dual system of control did not make for efficient administration, nor did it admit of the commission exercising the whole of the powers and author- ity previously conferred upon it by the order-in-Council creating it. This report recommends the creation of a Military Hospitals Commission Com- mand, and that all matters connect- ed with command, administration and discipline, subject to the require- ments of the military service, were to be under the Military Hospitals Commission. It further provided for the appointment of a medical super- intendent who was charged with the management of hospitals or homes from the medical point of view, and that the medical service at such hos- pitals should be performed either by officers of the Army Medical Corips or by civil practitioners. It also pro- vided that medical officers of the Department of Militia and Defence doing duty at hospitals or homes should -*tei��~mcond,ed for s-sryx,c^ unAI-ex the 'commission, Duo provision was made for the creation of machinery for the boarding and final discharge of men. This report was ^approved. Army Medical Corps Backs Up. Towards the close of 1916 the medical superintendent requested the Army Medical Corps to second to the commission some thirty-two medical officers who were at the time on the staff of the hospitals. This re- quest was refused, It being alleged that the demand for medical men overseas was so pressing that no men could be spared for other work. The commission accepted this statement, but to date practically none of these men, whose services were refused to the commission,, have been with- drawn from the hospitals or gone overseas. In some parts of Canada the Commission had appointed civil- ian medical officers in its hospitals, also civilian medical boards, but sub- sequently found that the Army Medi- cal Corps refused to recognize the recommendations for discharge made by any civilian medical board. Con- trol of the medical service was more or less in the hands of the AD.M.S. District, and through failure on the part of the Army Medical Corps to second officers as provided by the order-in-GouneiL coupled with their refusal to recognize civilian boards, they made it impossible for the com - mission to exercise the powers con- ferred upon it with respect to medi- cal' services* A Compromise that Failed. In March, 1917, an effort was made to secure the co-operation of the De- partment of Militia and Defence and a memorandum was entered into be- tween the two organizations whereby it was provided that all services oth- er than medical should be under- taken by the commission, and that the medical service should be under the administration and control of the Army Medical Corps. All appoint- ments to the medical service were to be subject to the approval of the superintendent "of the commission. It was found that this arrangement was not satisfactory owing to the constant friction between the medi- cal officers of the hospital and the combatant officers who were placed In charge of such institution�� by the Commission Command. The officers commanding were unable to exercise any control over the medical officers, and the latter, although requiring men to be paraded for examination and treatment at stated hours, often failed to keep their appointments, thus undermining discipline and the routine of the hospital. This lack of co-operation continued, and it was felt desirable that an ex- perienced officer should be returned from Prance who could take complete charge of the medical service, and whose reputation would be such as to merit the confidence of the public. Gen. Fotheringham was selected, and on or about August, 1917, was ap- pointed D. M. S. Invalids, the ex- ; pectation being that lie would be de- ! tailed to the headquarters of the . commission at Ottawa in the same ] manner as was the officer command- 1 ing the Military Hospitals Commis- sion Command. Gen, Fotheringham Opposes. However, on his arrival in Canada * 1 * * * * * he showed himself so entirely opposed to the commission by the submission of a tentative scheme of organiza- tion, which meant practically the 1 elimination of the commission, that i it was immediately recognized that 1 his control of the medical service^ in i the hospitals of the commission i would not be conducive to harmony. ; The situation was brought to a head j ih the latter part of September as a < result of a demand made by Military j 1 District No. 2 for the transfer of all documents pertaining to patients in the hospitals of the commission and of the medical officers who had been detailed for duty at the headquarters of the commission in Toronto to the headquarters of Military District No. 2. -���������- ��� - t Aother Difference of Opinion. Conferences were held with the then Acting Adjutant General with a view to reaching an adjustment of the differences which had arisen, the commission contendiing that the only satisfactory solution of the trouble was the carrying on of operations under the pr ovi sio ns of the ord er-in - Council creating the command, and the seconding of the Army Medical Corps officers to the commission, as therein provided. The Acting Ad- jutant General maintained that Army Medical Corps officers could not be transferred to the commission, and not be under the control of the A. D. M. S. districts, not- withstanding the fact that the order- in-Council referred to provided for such procedure. He stated that such officers, should they so desire, could be released from the A.M.C. to enter the service of the commission in civilian capacity only. In view of this attitude the com- misisio nnotified the Department of Militia and Defence that on Decem- ber 1st it would take over It�� own medical service and carry on the same as a civilian organization. In view of the commission's previous experience with the Army Medical Corps in the handling of civilian hoard�� a report to council was sub- i miffed providing for certain amend. men-ts1 of the order-in-Council creat mg the command, and confirming the decision to. carry on with civiliai medical officers'. A New Order-In-Council* This report was not adopted, bu a new order-in-Council was passe* on November 28, 1917, which wm supposed to define the resp��ctlv< functions of themommission, the Mi htia Department and the Army Medi- cal Corps, and to eliminate dual con- trol. AS a matter of fact under thfe order-in- Council d ual control was as - centuated to a greater degree than ai any time heretofore, and a�� thu order-in-Council *vas interpreted bj the departments interested in differ- ent ways, serious Confusion arose. A.M.C, Assuming Control. Aimiy Medici Coups assumed that full control of the- commission^ hospitals was conferred upon it, and S?, ACra^r8* AdJut��At General on the 29th of November the day after the ^der^in-Couircil TOS approved by S ' Issued on order to aLl .G.O.C. districts advising that the officers in command of Military Hos- pitals Commission units were under the control of th3 G.O.C. districts in ail respect��. ^ ^ and the A. A. G proceeded to]issue instructions to tfe q, C. of commis- mon units as to tie manner in which r 6TvI1vfpitaI-S.we.re to be taken over, n Mil tar District No. 2 medical O. ?v',wiWe^e lmfledhtely appointed for biorth Toronto, Burmington, and the Central Military hospitals, notwith- standing the fact that the last men- tioned order-in-COancil provided for the appointment c,f an A. D. M, S. invalids with headquarters at the aea(^. of��lce of th^ commission, who was to be charged with the selection and appointment of all medical offi- cers and other medical personnel. On the commission c irecting the atten- tion of the adjutant-general to the tact that the prbeedure carried cut was without the scope of their juris- diction, and contrary to the provi- sions of the last mentioned order-in - Council, the order of the A, A. G. of Nov. 29th was cancelled ,and mat- ters to-day remain in the same un- settled condition. The commision has on ��very occa- sion where difficulties have arisen conceded further jurisdiction to the Army Medical Corps *for the sake^of securing harmony. This howetei, has not been sufficient,T but absolute control of f ' * of the commission will satisfy - demands of the Army Medical Corps, as evidenced by the order issued by the A. A. G. on Nov. 29tb, 1917. patients is necessary in that city so that patients may be kept under ob- servation by specialists. One may properly ask why, when medical men don the uniform of an officer, they are not under orders as such, and are not prepared to go where their superior officer directs Ahem. Other- they should cease to wear their uniform and continue their practice as civilians. Shortage of Base Hospital accom- modation, which is am A.M.C. matter and not one to be dealt with by the Commission, undue concentration of patients of the commission in Toron- to, and the contention of the Toronto physicians that patient�� must be kept in the city for observation,, thereby enabling such physicians to continue their practice and attend soldier pa- tients with minimum inconvenience to themselves, has resulted in a pro- posal being made by General Logie and CoL Ryerson, to have a 1,040 bed hospital erected in High Park, To- ronto'. The estimated cost of this hospital will be not less than $800,- 000, and the buildings will have to be demolished after the war is over. As the commission does not con- trol it�� own medical service, and as the transfer of patients is a medical matter, the commission is unable to carry out its policy with respect to the allocation of it�� patients to the special hospitals provided. The Mili- tary Hospitals Commission has ample first-class accommodation for the pa- tients under its control, and between Cobourg, Whitby, Burlington and Guelph there are to-day approxi- mately 1,200 vacant beds. These are more than sufficient to take care of prospective patients. The ab sene ��~of control of medical boards of the pro- cedure generally with respect to the movement of patients from the time of tlieir'arrival in Canada until their discharge has resulted in the work of the commission being seriously handicapped. A Pretty Good Bargain Half Price for Typewriter Paper | Through discontinuation of a paper agency, we have purchased 600 thousand sheets of good quality ] white typewriter paper at liaU regular cost. It is nice, ligat weight, for manifolding or ��or making carbon copies of It ttvrs. I Size SV2 x 11. Packages of 500 Sheets WHILE THEY LAST 80 Cents Per Package Samples gladly sent on request. Telephone Main 4169, "Everything for the Office." IH1M8I &cljjgw iiiiii f erly balanced rations and the elim- ination of waste. Its accounting methods afford a means for com- piling comparative cost data that enables the administrative officers to keep in constant touch with the operating cosh�� and to secure the highest efficiency at minimum ex- pense to the country. (k) If the commission had the power to draw on the Department of Militia and Defence as provided in the order-in-Council creating the command, there would be created a strong department of medical ser- vice. This should be built up in the organization of the commission with medical officers in charge of unit�� located at the unit headquarter�� of the commission, such unit M.O.'s directly responsible to the medical superintendent of the commission, iand not in any way responsible to /the A. D. M. S. district or subject to any lateral control. With such service, the transfer and boarding ��# patients can be expedited and uniformity in methods and produc- tion throughout Canada assured. Above all, the saving of large sums I of money to Canada would be effect- ed. The elimination of all c umber- \ some procedure in the medical ser- vice is essential, so that the admini- strative staffs may be reduced to minimum. In some hospitals su-Hi staffs for medical routine only, ��bdpximate m high as 4 per cent 01 f e patient population. Wellington and Jordan Streets, TORONTO. A Change in Clearing Methods, Until recent orders issued by the Militia Department all patients other than cot cases were cleared through the discharge depots at Halifax and Quebec, at which points expert medi- cal boards and interviewers were in attendance, The latter were em- ployed for the purpose of .securing all information pertaining to patiehts for the use of Patriotc Fund, Provincial Soldiers' Aid Commission, vocational and re-educational work, etc., and as ail patients had to pass through this one channel, complete data, was se- cured on the history of every man. The Department of Militia and De- fence Iras recently undertaken to change this procedure, and as a re- sult, patients do not pass through the discharge depots, but are sent through direct to their districts, Where, they are boarded. This pro- cedure will result in multiplication i of medical board��- and ��^npl-ov7-- utSrii of large staffs of interviewers in the several districts throughout Canada. Lack of uniformity i.n me- thods and the difficulty in keeping track of patients when granted fur- lough will result in many beipg overlooked, or the information ofilv obtained by greatly increased labor. Up to the present fully 20 per cent, of the patients passed through the discharge depots were immediately recommended for discharge and did not pass through the hospitals of the commission. This twenty per cent, were only kept on pay pending their discharge. Under the change in pro- cedure outlined above this twenty per cent, will arrive at their districts, and along with the other men, will be granted furlough and will not be boarded until the expiration of the same, thereby resulting in the coun- try being charged with additional liability. To this must be added the cost which will be incurred in pro- viding barrack accommodation in each military district, where the re- turned men can be housed while be- ingeboarded for the purpose of ascer- taining the deposition to be made of them. What Commission Has Done. -with&t aI i<1;ng the difficulties, I which the commission has been sub^ 1 jeeted to in an effort to carry out the work entrusted to it, much has been accomplished, particularly in the provision of hospitals; whereby a population of 2,183 in December 1916 now increased to 12,000 in Decem- ber, 1917, has been taken care of Vocational and re-education work has been carried on with marked success, and when compared with the work in England, is distinctly in advance. Industrial surveys have been made throughout Canada for the purpose of ascertaining the vari- ous trades for which handicapped men can be trained, A School of Massage has been in operation for some time, A training centre for functional re-education or remedial workers, such as the returned men through their organizations have re- peatedly urged, is under way. With this should be carried on clinics where medical officers of hospitals throughout Canada could be brought in for refresher courses in electro, thermo, hydro, and mechano-therapy. All this work, which is distinctly medical,, other than educational, should have been undertaken by the A. AT. C., but has been handled by the Hospitals Commission. It should be directed from one central control, so that the administrative officer faafte, to. bring in tim medical officers for "reAcsher courses" from the various units in Canada,. To-day such a procedure is impossible ,as the commission does not control its medical service and cannot secure even the necessary ad- ministrative officers to properly per- form its duties. A Summary of Situation. Briefly, the matter may be sum- marized as follows: (a) Power was conferred on the Military Hospitals Commission to undertake certain work, and to call on other departments of the Govern- ment for assistance. A request was made on the Militia Department to I second certain A, M. C. officers, which was refused. (b) The commission has on every occasion endeavored to co-operate with the A. M. C., but on each occa- sion the latter has reached out for further control, with the single ob- ject of the ultimate elimination of the commission. (c) As a result of compromises, dual con trol, which the order- in- Council . creating the Commission Command endeavored to obviate, has Extravagance Charged. The administration of the Medical Services in the Hospitals of the Com- mission by the Army Medical Corps has been costly and inefficient. In one unit where there were two in- stitutions with about 450 beds and 600 in and out patients, but only 15 patients confined to their beds, there were twenty-seven medical officers who were being paid part and full time pay and twenty-five Army MedL cal Corps nurses. The service rend- ered was distinctly inefficient and out of keeping with the large pay roll, which the Commission was assured by competent medical authority was being actually double, (or approxi- mately $30,000 per annum more than) what it should have been. The sub- stitution of Army Medical Corps nurses for civilian nurses has re- sulted in a further' unnecessary ex- penditure of public money. As these unnecessary expenditures take place in the Hospitals of the Commission, that orgarfization must, in the eyes of the public, assume full responsibility for the administration of any medi- cal or other organization attached to The Commission's Plans. j By the policy of the Military Hos^ pitals Commission, concurred in by competent medical authorities, it was decided that Newmarket should be a clearing hospital for insane; the On- tario Military Hospital at Cobourg, a hospital devoted to the care of shell shock cases; Guelph, a hospital for advanced convalescents, regardless of districts, where patients could take advantage of the superior educational and manufacturing facilities provid- ed; Whitby, Burlington and the Or- thopaedic at North Toronto, were to be large treatment centres. At Whit- by every facility for modern treat- ment was being provided. Concentration in Toronto. The policy of the A. D. M. S., No.. 2 District, has been one of concentra- tion in Toronto which has, resudlted in unnecessary overcrowding. The Commission has, throughout Can- ada, followed the policy of tak- ing advantage of General Hospit- als and their equipment for the per- formance of major surgery other than orthopaedic. The A- D. M. S., Toron- to, contends that a concentration of become so accentuated, as to impair f 1 u'���'aiR'ii0r? (d) The problem of han gy the returned man is one and iisible, and must embrace., insofar r 4�� the disabled man is concerned, the tak- ing control of him from the date of hi�� arrival in Canada until his ulti- mate replacement in civil life. (e) The training of a civilian to be a soldier should essentially be placed7 in the hand�� of trained military ex- perts. So, conversely, should the training of a soldier to be a civilian be more capably handled by a civil ian organization in touch with the re quirements of commerce and in- dustry. (f) The rehabilitation of the re- turned. soldier is not solely a medical problem. Coincident with the medi- cal problem are physical training tlie provision of artificial limb�� where necessary and education ir the use of same, vocational training or oc- cupational therapy for the conval- escent, re-education for those so dis- abled as to require a new trade, final employment and reinstatement in the world of commerce or industry. (g) It may be safety stated that, generally speaking, those patient�� who pass through tlie hospitals of the commission have b; ? n profitable employment, anidThy rea- son of the gradual transformation from soldier to civilian, hay�� been successful. Shaking Off Hospital Life. (h) Patient�� before reaching Can- ada have been in hospitals in Eng- land for periods varying from four to eighteen montlisi, and it may proper- ty be assumed that there was made available for those men in England the services of the best medical men. This long residence in the hospitals has a tendency to institutionalize the men and renders them more difficult to be fitted for civill life. It may also be assumed that, having regard to the length of their hospital residence in England and the medical service available, they would not have' be^n discharged from England unless it was felt that the minimum of medical treatment would likely be required in this country, except in the case of orthopaedic cases, which might re- present 25 per cent, of the whole. For -this and other reasons the whole machinery of the Military Hospitals Commission must be called into play in the de-institutionalizing of the man and in the fitting of him for re- instatement in civil life. The Crosse- de-insti of de- insti|^^ be gradual, anil the organization charged with the task must have at its dis- posal talent of all sorts* the greatest liberty of action, and, above all, the power of opportunity to co-ordinate all services, administrative, discip- linary, medical and otherwise. (i) The powers conferred on, the Military Hospitals Commission should be exercised either by the commission or by the Department of Militia and Defence, but should not be vested in both�� as the nature of the problem to be solved must be un- der one control. The former posses- ses advantages, inasmuch as many voluntary organization��' and other services are placed at the disposal of the patient�� through the influence and interest of local commissioners, which would not be available under strictly departmental administration,. (j) The commission is organized on strictly business principles, and is untrammelled by the usual depart- mental and military routine, and free to handle with the greatest ex- pediency the necessary machinery for the general welfare of the re- turned, invalided man,. It has man- aged its hospitals and its affairs on sound business 'lines, chief of which may be cited its system of food control whereby the dining room and kitch- en service is under the control of skilled dietitians, who are specially trained in the preparation of pro- 1918.


Page Title:
Loose item - Envelope OHMS
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is an envelope bearing the stamp, O.H.M.S. and Repatriation and Employment Committee Ottawa, that contained a news clipping about the Military Hospitals Commission, a photograph and negative strips.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - reverse image of envelope
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Reverse image of envelope
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \ Maj. Topp, D. S. O., M. C., in repatriation\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting on the war service of Major Topp as well as his committee work with the repatiration program that looks after the welfare of veterans.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1919?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
MAJ. TOPP, D.S.O., M.C., IN REPATRIATION Will Look After Interests of Returned Men. Major Beresford Topp. D.S.O., M.C., has been appointed representa- tive in England of the repatriation committee, and is already on his way to take over his duties. Major Topp was born in Brace- hr idee and was educated there. At the commencement of hostilities he was on the staff of the Daily Mall and Empire, was coverlng Va^ar- tier camp, and accompanied the First Contingent overseas as a war carrespondent. After being in | France for six months, he became a combatant officer in 1915. He ���-���-med to Canada in August, 1915, and obtained a commission in the 42nd Battalion, later transferring to the 5th Royal Highlanders, with which corps he served throughout ^Major Topp has been wounded three times, first at the Ypres sa- lient in July, 1916, again at the Somme, in October, 1916, on which occasion he was three months in hospital, and his last wound at Cambrai, in September, 1918, ne- cessitating another seven weeks in hospital. Major Topp is only 25 Years old and went from lieutenant td major in under four years. He received the D.S.O. for services at 1 Amiens when second in command Df the 42nd Battalion, and the M.C. for work in 1918. He also was awarded a bar to the M.C. for ser- vices at Cambrai. Major Topp will co-operate with the Ottawa committee in connection with the repatriation program,which embraces demobilization, generally 'ooking after the welfare of the vet- erans, and readjusting the industrial and commercial conditions in Can- ada. _ _____ In Aid of Orphanage. The Dansant under the auspices of the Catholic Girls' Club, Saturday, Feb. Sth, 4 to 7 p.m., in Racquet Court, in aid of St. Patrick's Or- phanage. Chicago Jazz Orchestra in attendance.���(Advt.)
People Depicted:
Topp, Beresfod


Page Title:
Loose item - Photograph, \the diving girls\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a snapshot of a group of young men posed in front of a banner, "The Diving Girls."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Photograph of George Westman in hockey uniform
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph of George Westman dressed in University of Toronto hockey gear, possibly taken before he enlisted in the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Universities and colleges--Sports
Date:
[1914-1915?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
People Depicted:
Westman, George


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping \Decorations presented. . .\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping, titled, "decorations presented to War heroes at exhibition of great Naval pictures here."
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1914-1918?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
DECORATIONS PRESENTED TO WAR HEROES AT EXHIBITION OF GREAT NAVAL PICTURES HERE _____ % Sir Thomas White Opens Magnificent Display in Militia Building on Cartier Square and Presides at Investiture of Gallant Officers. Did the British naval photographs on exhibition this week at the new building on Cartier square stand for camera skill and art alone, they would be well worth seeing. Tangi- ble evidence as they are of the man- ner in which Britain kept the seas free since the beginning of the war, they ought not to be missed by anyone. Even to those who have read much concerning the navy, the pictures bring a far more real im- pression than print could hope to convey. And a leisurely inspection of the great gallery arranged in the new building���the same building, by the way, to which seme objection was raised when it was in course of construction���leaves even the most casual obesrver with a very concrete idea of the work accomplished bv the British navy. Wonderful Photography, Passing from picture to picture, it is difficult to realize that they are enlargements of actual photographs. One sees a cargo steamer, for in- stance, and learns that the picture was taken just after it was hit by a torpedo. The aviator' camera overhead has recorded the fatal list ��f. vessel and the enlargement brings out the details of the barrel- laden decks. The next view shows the barrels sliding into the water, and in the last scene the brown bar- rels are tossing about over the spot where lately the ship had sailed. The view of a hospital ship sink- ing reminds one again of the Eng- lish channel atrocities and the Llandovery ^ Castle. Very striking, too. is the picture of another sinking ship, showing her broken in three sections���a tragic monument to the brutal Hun's method of waging war. The Vindictive. The "Vindictive" has a large place in the exhibit, and the man in charge of the exhibit, Lt. H. T. C. Walker, was one of the volunteers on the famous ship. It is a huge picture, valuable now because the original is sunk beneath the sea. f | Taken before and after storming the ' c��muQOn of tile Vindictive is mute testimony of the part she played in that great ven- ture. Near by, from another frame, look out the happy faces of three volunteers in the scrap. Captain Carpenter, fondling a black cat, ap- pears with Commander Osborne who has a similar mascot, in another pic- Tture. Strong Men Shown. The personnel of the navy, from commanders to the stokers ���way down in the ship, have been fre- quently photographed. These men who have kept the vigil of the North Sea for four years, seem to have taken something of the strength from the elements with which they battled daily, and in their weather- beaten faces the secret of their vital- ity and strong fibre is plainly regis- tered. Many of the pictures would have been impossible had they not been taken from the air. In this connec- tion a comparison of the German airman's photograph of Zeebrugge after the blocking of the harbor, with the British airman's record of the same scene, is interesting. Dropping Depth Charges. The dropping of depth charges has provided wonderful camera food. The foam and fret of water shoot- ing up many feet in the air has fol- lowed the explosion of 400 pounds of trinitrotoluol. The pictured patches of oil on the water, indicat- ing another U-boat gone to the bot- tom, are much more illuminating than the official statements of such events published during the war. j Smoke screens, convoys of merchant t ships, illustrations of "the trade," 9 and many, many other pictures form } the most interesting collection of photographs ever brought to Ottawa. The pictures are beautifully colored in natural tints, and from a purely artistic point of view, are a pleasure. Sir Thomas White Presides. The exhibition was declared for- ma"y open Wednesday afternoon Jtr Sir Thomas White, acting Prime Minister. With him on the plat- form were Lady Borden, Lady Kings- mill, and Mrs. J. C. Roper, Hon. N. W. Rowell and Bishop Roper. "Though we can not say that the British Navy won the war," said Sir Thomas, in opening his address, "we do know that the war could not have been won without the British navy." Continuing he spoke of the work done by women, by ail the branches of the navy, and of the army, and particularly of the part Canada had played in the war. His references to the British navy were received with cheers and applause, "Only the magnificent power of the British navy could have pro- duced such an overwhelming vic- tory," he said, when picturing the German navy coming to Admiral Beatty "on a string." Mr. Rowell's Tribute. Hon. N. W. Rowell added his strong tribute to the British Navy, expressing appreciation of the exhi- bition of naval pictures in United States and in Canada where it would educate both countries as to the work done by the navy during the war. Mr. Rowell said he understood the Navy League, of Canada desired to undertake, to display the pictures in other citie& throughout the coun- try, and he thought that arrange- ment would be very fitting. In the absence of His Excellency, the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Thomas White presented two Distinguished Service Orders, and three Military Crosses, to officers who had disting- uished themselves on the field. The setting for such an investiture could scarcely have been more fit- ting. All around were the silent spokesmen for Britain's fight on the seas; the military band of the G. W. V. A., and many other men in the uniform of soldier or sailor stand- ing at attention among the crowd of spectators. The Men Decorated.. t MLhan. the name of Lt Z M. Me- Ilquham was announced, his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mellquham came forward to receive the Military Cross won by their dead son. He belonged to the Canadian Field Artillery, the officer read out, and the decoration was awarded for con- spicuous gallantry. The battery had been heavily shelled; the young lieutenant had looked after the wounded at great personal danger; when the gunner had fallen beside his gun, Lt. Mellquham took his place, and kept the gun in action until he too died. Lt. Belmont Lloyd Irwin, of Corn- wall, also received a Military Cross. During an attack his men had reach- ed their objective, but the enemy made a counter-attack. By skilful manoeuvring this was defeated at great loss but with many prisoners taken. A second attack was driven off, and this time Lieut. Irwin was wounded, although his courage, de- termination, and initiative had kept the p��sition theirs at great cost. Lieut. Col. Powers. j Lt. Col. T. E. Powers. St. John, N.B., received the D.S.O. Col. Pow- ers wears the red chevron of an "original first." As a matter of fact he offered to enlist two days after war was declared. A major when in command of the Maritime Pro- vinces' Signalling Corps, he reverted to the rank of second lieutenant to go overseas in 1914 with the 1st Canadian Signalling Corps under Lt.-Col. Lister, the inventer of the field telephone. After two and a half years in France, Col. Powers was returned to Canada as an in-/ structor and organizer, he having! practically organized the unit France. Major C. T. Trotter received the DS.O., for "distinguished service in the field at all times, and utter * regard for personal safety." Capt. Leslie Francis Burrows was awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry as a forward observing of- ficer. On one occasion he had kept important communications open under the greatest difficulty and danger. 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Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping \Great liberal chieftan . . .\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting the death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, former Prime Minister of Canada, 1919.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919
Date:
1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
GREAT LIBERAL CHIEFTAIN, SIR WILFRED LAURIER NOTABLE CAREER ENDED; CANADA'S GREAT SON PASSES TO REST; DEATH CAME Physicians Quick to See Gravity of Affliction and From the First Intimated That Life could Not Be Prolonged. SIR WILFRID LAURIER AND HIS LOVING ANd COMPANION ALIKE IN TRIUMPh Government Has Expressed Desire That Distinguished Canadian Should he Given State Funeral. Sir Wilfrid passed away at 2.50 this afternoon. Lady Laurier, the attending physicians, Mr. Giguere, Sir Wilfrid's secretary, and several of his close political friends were at Sir Wilfrid's bedside when the end came. The aged statesman had not recovered consciousness since three o'clock this morning and since 1.30 in the afternoon when he sustained a collapse of the heart he gave no sign of life, his breathing and pulse being so faint as to be hardly distinguishable. He simply "fell asleep." Funeral arrangements had not been made at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The news of the great old chieftain's death flashed through the city as by telepathic force, and expressions of grief were heard on all sides, the passion of political strife being stilled in the face of what many declared to be an immeasurable national loss. The Government is consulting again this afternoon to make arrangements for the funeral. The body will likely lie in state for some days, affording the people an opportunity to take a last look at the man who for so many years so powerfully influenced the course of the nation. A review of the life of Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be found on pages 7 and 14. Laurier Home Becomes Object of Respectful Attention; Many Premature Rumors of Death The large grey stone house, corner ot Laurier avenue east and Chapel street, where for many years the leader of the Liberal party has made his home, was the scene of much respectful attention this morning. Passenger in street cars, drivers of teams, and pedestrians turned as they passed and glanced at the part- ly blinded windows as if they would learn there the outcome of the battle between lifeand death going on in- side. There were frequent reports that Sir Wilfrid had passed away, but at 11.30 a representative of The Journal received from the house the assurance that his condition had not changed since earlier in the morning. Later Hon. Charles Mur- phy, who was a visitor, conveyed the information that Sir Wilfrid was still alive but gradually sinking, and shortly after noon came the word that all hope for his recovery had been given up and death was but a matter of a few hours. His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral, accompanied by one of his aides, called shortly before noon, and there were many other callers, while a procession of messenger boys brought telegrams from all parts of the Dominion, each expressing regret at Sir Wilfrid's illness, coupled with sincere hope of a speedy recovery. At Canadian Club. Sir Wilfrid was stricken down while still in harness. On Saturday he attended the luncheon of the Canadian Club and no one there evinced a more lively interest in the speech setting forth the territorial claims of Serbia as against those of Italy. After the luncheon Sir Wil- frid rode to his office at the Vic- toria Mueum and dictated a number of letters, all dealing with the busi- ness of the approaching session. He rode to his home on a street car and appeared in the best of health and spirits. On Saturday night, however, he complained of indisposi- tion, but even then there was no evidence of impending collapse. Government Circles Hear News With Profound Regret; Premier is Informed The news of Sir Wilfrid's sudden affliction was received with profound regret in Government circles. De- spite the sturdy blows which he has dealt in his long political career, Sir Wilfrid's gracious and lovable per- sonality, his stainless purity of char- acter, and his long and honored career, won and maintained for him a feeling of reverence and affection among even his bitterest political foes. At eleven o'clock the Cabinet ���it contains a number of men who for long years were proud to ac- knowledge Sir Wilfrid as their lead- er���met to decide upon what ar- rangements should be made in the event of his immediate death. These have not yet been disclosed, and, necessarily, will be subject' to the wishes of Lady Laurier; but it is al- together likely that the body will lie in state in Ottawa before being taken to Sir Wilfrid's old home in Artha- baskaville for burial. In the event of Sir Wilfrid's death it is not unlikely that Parliament, which is to meet on Friday, will be postponed, or that, if it does meet, will adjourn out of respect for the deceased statesman. Sir Robert Borden was today in- formed by cable of Sir Wilfrid's con- dition. The two men, although poll- I tical opponents for years, were fast personal friends. The question of a successor for Sir Wilfrid is already being discuss- ed, but all talk of that kind may easily be dismissed for the present. Nothing will be decided for some days at least, when a choice will have to be made by a caucus of the party. Hon. W. S. Fielding is look- ed upon as the most likely choice. ���-------------*---------- ---------1
People Depicted:
Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Honor in death on of Canada's greatest sons\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting the death and funeral for Sir Robert Laird Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada, 1939
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937
Date:
1939
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
Forecasts Showers Sun Rose 5.13; S (Daylight Saving T1 94th Year, No. 308. Honor In Death One of Canada's Greatest Sons Representatives of Empire And of Foreign Lands Join With Dominion in Tribute to Sir R. Borden Thousands Line Route Of Funeral Procession -----���----- Elements Add to Solemnity Of Occasion With Na-ture's Grand Requiem. Proudly and sorrowfully Canada on Saturday afternoon laid to rest her war-time Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden. Representatives of foreign powers joined with the repre- sentative of His Majesty King George VI and representatives of Canadian government and national life in paying tribute to the Empire statesman. The nation to which he gave pres- tige by his leadership honored him in death with a state fun- eral, while the last rites were conducted by the church through which he had rever- enced his God. A sky rent by thunder and lightning was Nature s requiem as the white-haired statesman was laid to rest in a tree- shaded plot at Beechwood cemetery, while "the gentle rain from heaven" was a sym- bol of sublime grief. Under Spreading Maple On the crest of a knoll, shaded by a spreading maple, whose tinted leaves will strew his grave in the autumn season with the emblems of the country he brought to nationhood, Sir Robert thus was borne to his final resting place. The elements combined to vest the obsequies of Canada's war- time prime minister with a gran- deur befitting the occasion. The early sunshine of the afternoon flooded the streets as the body of Sir Robert was borne in solemn procession from his home to All Saints' church. During the service the-skies darkened, until, as the cortege moved through lanes of silent citizens, lightning flashed and was succeeded by rolls of thunder. Some rain-drops spattered the mourners gathered around the grave. But when they left, the thunder-clouds passed on, and once again Sir Robert's sepulcher lay bathed in the russet light of the setting sun. Thousands Line Route. His fellow-mortals accorded Sir Robert Borden a tribute given few men. Thousands lined the route as the stately procession passed by. Archbishop J. C. Roper broke a custom of the Church of England to pay stirring eulogy at the ser- vice in All Saints' church. In '���saying farewell to all that was mortal of Sir Robert Borden," in the words of Archbishop Roper, Ottawans were paying affectionate tribute to a fellow-citizen as well as honoring a national figure. When a career rich with achievement ended peacefully at 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, spontane- ous tribute to Sir Robert flowed in from every part of the world. None was deeper or more sincere than from the city which in know- ing him best loved him most; and this was exemplified by the mani- fest sorrow at the funeral. Long before the procession was scheduled to leave Glensmere, his Wurtemberg street home, which he had occupied almost from the time he came to Ottawa, a large crowd had gathered outside the residence, hundreds more lined the route and a vast crowd assembled before the church. It was the first funeral of a former Canadian prime minister since the death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in February, 1919, and the first state funeral in Canada since that given four years ago to another war-time leader, Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian troops in France. Veterans Form Guard. Veterans of the Great War, who answered the call to arms while Sir Robert was at the head of the government, and who idolized the eminent statesman, formed a guard of honor by lining the route of the procession. The stately cortege was headed by a scarlet- coated detachment of Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, followed by the band of the Governor- General's Foot Guards. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Public Harbor Declare A The harbor of Grindstone, Mag-dalen Islands, in Quebec, com- prising all waters of Pleasant Bay and Leslie Cove has been declared a public harbor, according to a proclamation published last night in the Canada Gazette. Today's Events Association of Canadian Fire Marshals, Convention, Chateau, all day. Pasture Conference, Experimental Farm, all day. Rotary Club, Chateau, 12.45 p.m. Public School Board, special meeting. 7:30 p.m. National Art Gallery, open from 10 a m. to 3 p.m. Theater announcements on Page 8.
People Depicted:
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, partial book excerpt
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a news clipping with a book excerpt.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
By JOHN A. COOPER. Copyright, 1919, Book Rights Re- served. BOMAL, Tuesday,* Dec. 3, 1918.��� We have suffered a check���not from the Germans, but from our friends, the R. O. D. The letters symbolize the "Railway Operating Department" of the army, which is responsible for bringing our supplies up from Bou- logne. The R. O. D. has failed us temporarily and we must needs live on biscuits and bully-beef. And be- cause this is our only fare and be- cause there is none too much of it in sight, we are spending two extra days in and around Bomal, a little village on the Ourthe river, about 30 kilometers straight south of Liege.


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping -photograph of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's funeral cortege
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a news clipping depicting Sir Wilfrid Laurier's funeral cortege as it crossed Connaught Square in Ottawa.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919
Date:
1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Last Journey Past the Scene of His Political Triumphs Head of the great funeral cortege as it crossed Connaught Square, with Parliament buildings in the background,
People Depicted:
Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, 1841-1919


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Lieut. H. J. Daubney\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping announcing the wounding of Lieut. H. J. Daubney at the Front.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
France--Pas-de-Calais--Camiers
Transcript:
Lieut. H. J. Daubney. Lieut. H. J. Daubney, wounded and in today's casualty list, is the son of Mr. Edwin Daubney, 13 Fourth avenue, Ottawa. He went overseas last October with a mounted unit and was later transferred to another which went to the front as infantry. He is now in hospital at Camieres.France, suffering- from wounds in the legs. Before enlisting he was a student at McGill University, Montreal. ��� ^
People Depicted:
Daubney, H. J.


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Ottawa hockey hero home from war\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping announcing the return from the Front of Lieut Harry Broadbent.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa
Transcript:
LIEUT. HARRY BROADBENT Ottawa Hockey Club star, and Mili- tary Cross winner, who returns to- day after three years fighting on the Western front. Broadbent ar- rived in Kingston last evening and will reach Ottawa this afternoon. He may play for Ottawa in Thurs- day's game here. ' Ottawa Hockey Hero Home From War.
People Depicted:
Broadbent, Harry


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Royal George docks with returned men\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting the return of Canadian war veterans.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Nova Scotia--Halifax
Transcript:
ROYAL GEORGE DOCKS WITH RETURNED MEN nursing Sister Gallagher, of Ot- tawa, Also Passenger. Associated Press by Leased Wire. HALIFAX, N.S., March 26.���The Royal George with 1,600 returning Canadian war veterans docked at loon yesterday. Major G. R. Rodgers, of Toronto, an original 4th battalion man and widely known or his work at Quebec during the disturbances there a year ago, was the officer commanding the troops. Major Rodgers was an eye-witness of the Rhyl riots, and states he reports originating in England were greatly exaggerated. The trouble had been due to dissatisfaction among some labor battalions, and had been brought to a head by the foreign element within and without the camp. Lieut. J. D. Sherman, of Quebec who was attached to the intelligence department at Rhyl, confirmed Major Rodgers' statement regarding the trouble at Kinmel Camp. Among the men returning on the Royal George were approximately 100 prisoners of war. The following officers arrived: Lt. H. J. Doheny, Toronto; Lt. E. W. Griffin, Hamilton; Capt. L. J. Kift. Cannington Station. Ont.; Lt. F. C. Lett, Barrie, Ont.; Capt. N. L. Strickland, Cornwall, Ont.; Major J. Hennessy, Fort Coulonge, Que.; Lt. W. P. Murray, St. Paul's Station, Ont.; Lt. J. H McKenzie, Vancou- ver; Capt. A. D. Crease, no address; Major F. W. Boultbee, Vancouver; Major J. M. Stewart, Washington; Capt. D. A. Taylor, Red Deer, Alb.; Major C. Robinson, Munro, Alb.: Nursing Sister Hilda H. MacDonald. Saskatoon; Nursing Sister M. E.. Gallagher, Ottawa.
People Depicted:
Rogers, G. R.; Sherman, J. D.; Gallagher, M. E.


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping, \Strange instrictptions adorn coaches carrying B.C. boys returning from battlefields\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping reporting the return of veterans to British Columbia after the First World War.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1919?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
British Columbia--Vancouver
Transcript:
Strange Inscriptions Adorn Coaches Carrying B.C. Boys Returning from Battlefields Wit and Humor of Trenches Evidenced in Vancouver When Overseas Men's Trains Arrive. Far away as she is from the battle front, Vancouver has had many oppor- tunities to see and admire the humor that her soldiers have brought from the trenches. Even out here on the Pacific .coast the friends and the rela- tives of the gallant western soldiers have ample evidence of the light- hearted courage of their men in battle; they have seen the long trains full of cheering men drawing into the sta- tions now for the last two years, and for nearly three years before that the same trains crowded with warriors on their way across to join the other forces of the Empire. Gloomy and fearful as many days were during the great war, while the whole country awaited anxiously for news from the front amid some awful crisis, the hearts of the fighting men in the trenches were never heavy with fear and foreboding, gloom never had them in its dark clutches, and ever cheerful and singing, they fought and laughed their way to the great victory. Vancouver has seen many thousands of soldiers go to the front and many thousands return. She has welcomed them as a mother reclaiming her chil- dren after a long absence. And, as many parents have actually done, she has wondered at the strange expres- sions they have picked up during their wanderings and their experiences. It is from these that those who were left behind have learned of the jesting remarks that were so highly favored by the army during its great efforts in France and Flanders. As the long trains with returning soldiers have drawn into the local stations it has been noticed that many weird drawings and writings adorned the sides of the cars. Chalk has been freely used on the varnished or weath- er-beaten surfaces by the boys. They have painted there the histories of their pilgrimage to the front, and there the real innermost expressions of their opinions is given voice. Every- where, in every group of men, there are some who are gifted with singular articulation with brush or pencil. Ev- ery battalion and every unit has its wag, who usually serves to entertain his comrades and who quickly springs into fame amongst them. Look on the sides of the cars when they next come rolling into the city after carrying the Vancouver men across the continent. See what is chalked up there. You will find the men are by no means mute and unable to air their opinions; on the contrary they always have, as a whole, a genius for expressing themselves. On one of the most recent cars into the city was written the following inscription: WANTED AT ONCE. A King for Ireland, $2.75 per day and board. Blankets furnished free. Must be a Swede and able to speak Chinese. Free fare and no strikes. Union scale. Here was the outpourings of a mind with a turn for politics. The boys are usually keenly alive to the politi- cal turmoils of the day, whether in Canada or elsewhere. Then, a little farther along the same car, is a pic- ture of a disconsolate looking soldier looking sadly and reminiscently at a bottle of liquor. This picture is en- titled "A Thing of the Past (thanks to our grateful(?) government.'') It is one of many pictures and inscrip- tions showing the feelings of deep disappointment of the veterans on their return to a dry country. A mind intent upon the glory of the Canadian corps overseas dictated the sentiment expressed in another writ- ing, spreading over the whole length of the car and advertising the return- ing heroes to the whole Dominion as: "The Boys Who Broke the Hindenburg Line���1915 .... Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres, Lens, Amiens, Vimy Ridge, Mons, Arras, Picardy, Festubert ..." Another bold hand has printed in large characters, the sign: "The Boys Who Knocked the Vim out of Vimy' on one of the cars, and right near that some more mournful wit has written so that all the world may read: "We Broke the Firm of Me and Gott and We are Broke Too " This heartfelt lament so quaintly linked with the deeds of the Canadian corps is a very popular expression with the boys, for there are several more of the same kind, but they refer to the total ab- sence of liquid refreshment in the province, as a contrast, no doubt, to those countries from which the sol- diers have just returned. One man even announces his intention of re- turning to the front for the much de- sired elixir of life. His handiwork on the car proclaims to the world that it is: "Back to France For Mine. It Is Still Wet." A friend in the next car was evidently a fellow sufferer and a kindred spirit, for he has drawn a pic- ture of a rum jar and a huge glass be- side it, and underneath are the words: "War Was Hell, but It Had Its Com- pensations." An inviting space on another car had a splendidly drawn picture of a soldier walking with great strides along a road, and passing a sign post pointing the way to Vancouver. The artist evidently was not at all pleased with the speed of the train, for he has written beneath the picture: "This is Quicker Than the Train." Then the all-absorbing topic of the strike was no doubt a subject of much discussion en route, for some one has written In large letters these significant words: "We Don't Want Strikes; We Want Peace " Greetings to B. C. The old familiar "B. C. or Bust" and its companion greeting "Hello B. C." stands side by side with the introduc- tion given to the countryside telling that the veterans who pass through the various provinces in these cars are "B. C. Boys Full of Army Stew and Hope." They seem to feel that they nave left behind them forever the army stew, known to fame as "mulli- gan" and are entering upon a land where it will be a thing of the past, a memory of days that have gone, for another writer, possibly more senti- mental than the others, has written the words "Home, Sweet Home" just under this. Perhaps the war hasn't given the boys some ideas of delightful cafes in far off lands! Look at the chalk marks on the next car. Here is one, written boldly and plainly. It says: "Madrid Cafe, Brussels" and is chalk ed, of course, on a dining car. Next to it is the name of the Trocadero, so well known to many overseas men who have tasted the joys of that famous and hospitable gathering place, and then come the haunts of less ambitious seekers after joy, "Lyons Corner House," and "The Globe." A wealth of memories must have overtaken the writer, for, in the same hand, is an imitation of the signs on a London 'bus. One sign announces that the 'bus starts from the Strand, proceeds to Piccadily, Waterloo, Whitehall, Vic- toria Station, Charing Cross, with changes for the Bank, the Temple, So- ho, Euston, Mansion House and the Zoo. It may be that the veteran's idea of the geographical layout of the great metropolis is a trifle mixed, but doesn't it speak eloquently of the as- sociation in his mind with the principal places of London? A great many thousands of overseas fighting men have become familiar with the world's centre and their minds picture a 'bus full of people, running smoothly through the London traffic and carry- ing them to the life and gaiety that was so dear to the soldier on leave. London has put its great stamp on a host of men who never before realized what the city meant in the world's affairs. Here the artist has temporarily tak- en the place of the penman. A draw- ing shows a returned soldier approach- ing the closed and locked door of a bar. He surveys the inhospitable as- pect of the place with a look of misery and dejection, and underneath the pic- ture is the title, "The Warrior's Re- turn." Then the same artist has drawn an excelelnt picture of the former Crown Prince of Germany, the celebrated "Little Willie," and still another of an immaculate officer with staff tabs, singing the London music hall song, "I'm on the Staff," and here, straggling over a wide space, some one has ironically written, "O, You W C. T. U." This has been followed up in the same vein, but without any subtlety and certainly with soldierly directness: "We Don't Want Any Natural Gas, Give us Lots of Booze." This man, at any rate, took no care to conceal his real feelings and prob- ably wrote this when he first heard that Canada has gone dry. Notes to Public. Some excellent advice is given to the public in many cases. One vet- eran writes: "If You Want to Fight Go To Ireland," and follows that with the army song usually heard in the rest camps just before crossing to France, the song that sounds so mournful��� and is mournful: "O, my I don't want to die, I want to go home." Another one, possibly with the intention of cheering up the readers of this sad ditty, contributes the following: "The Kaiser Has Gone to Hell and We Are Going to God's Country." Barely space enough is left on the last car for the last inscription, which is simply "Vancouver Next Stop," ana was evidently hastily written in just before the train reached the coast ana the warriors tumbled out into the arms of their waiting relatives. The wit and humor of the trenches was born there and developed under the most terrible living conditions. It existed in all the British armies, whether im- perial or overseas, and confronted the newcomer to the front line in many ways. It is carried back with them in many sayings, some of them fit for the parlor or the drawing room, and the cities and towns which have watched the troop trains as they pass- ed through have read many thousands of them on the cars. What hardships or dangers can daunt the millions who could find it in their hearts to make laughter and song when struggling with the Hun barbarians on the west- ern front? Their spirit must have been invincible and their courage of the highest and rarest order. These are the men, some of the laughing, singing millions who went into the greatest and most terrible of all warfares with a laugh and a song on their lips! Their wit ' and their spirit have been spread over the trav- elled surface of the globe by the gen- ius of Captain Bairnsfather. Their cheerful sacrifice has become an epic of the British race. Their grand cour- age and fortitude has passed into the military history of Britain, to become the most glorious chapter of all her long battle record. WILL DEPORT RADICALS. NEW YORK, June 22.���Information that the government has under con- sideration wholesale deportations of Bolshevik and anarchists and other radicals in this country was obtained here today from what was said to be an authoritative source. It was de- clared that the plan called for using returned troopships to take alien agi- tators back to their native land. FOUND STOLEN CAR. SOUTH VANCOUVER���Auto No. 4396, reported as stolen from Vancouver, was located by the local police in the bush near Forty-sixth avenue and Nanaimo road. Strange Inscriptions Adorn


Page Title:
Loose item - SSC ribbon
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a ribbon from the Soldier's Service Club, a charitable organization chaired by Florence Westman's mother during the war.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1916-1918]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa


Page Title:
Loose item - NYD: The Iodine Chronicle, The Splint Record, and Now & Then, journals of the No 1, 2,& 3 Canadian Field Ambulances.
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a troop newspaper, "NYD" and includes The Iodine Chronicle, The Splint Record, and Now & Then, journals of the No 1, 2, & 3 Canadian Field Ambulances. created by the Canadian Field Ambulance of the 1st Canadian Division, issue no. 3, August 5, 1916.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 4
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 5
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 6
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 7
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Journals of the CFA 1, 2, & 3 - 8
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Iodine Chronicle" inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - The Busy Beaver troop newsletter, August 1916
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a troop newspaper published by the 2nd Army Troops Co. Canadian Engineers, August 1916.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 4
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 5
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 6
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 7
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 8
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 9
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 10
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 11
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 12
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 13
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 14
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 15
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 16
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 17
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 18
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 19
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Busy Beaver, 20
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
"Busy Beaver" troop newspaper back cover
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Princess Pat, Sworn To Defend night concert program, 1917
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a concert program for "Princess Pat" sworn to defend night, December 1917 at the Russell Theatre Ottawa.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Princess Pat, Sworn To Defend night concert program, 1917, 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Russell Theatre concert program inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Princess Pat, Sworn To Defend night concert program, 1917, 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Russell Theatre concert program inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Princess Pat, Sworn To Defend night concert program, 1917, 4
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Russell Theatre concert program back page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Christmas, New Year's card from Simmons Printing
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a printed holiday card, wishing Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, 1918-1919, from The Simmons Printing Company Limited in Ottawa, Canada.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1918-1919
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Christmas, New Year's card from Simmons Printing, 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior of holiday card incudes poem, "In Flanders Now," by Edna Jaques.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; Jaques, Edna, 1891-1978
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Christmas, New Year's card from Simmons Printing, 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Interior of holiday card, includes poem, "In Flanders Fields," by Lieut.-Col. McCrae.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; McCrae, John, 1872-1918
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - photograph of woman in floral dress.
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph depicting a young woman wearing a long, floral dress, gloves, and a bonnet tied with wide ribbon.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - song lyrics \I will have a good time\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a typed song lyric includes the chorus "I Will Have a Good Time".
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
CHORUS: "I WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME" Make up your mind., leave your troubles behind. Say ��I WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD Til��" Don* t get the blues, sa.y "Good-bye" to bad news And you WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME, Never mind about the weather. Let���s all shout and sing together, Hip l Pip l Hooray, it is my lucky day, And I WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME.


Page Title:
Loose item - News clipping,\ Mrs. T. Westman honored guest\
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a newspaper clipping, "Mrs. T. Westman honored guest." The column reports that Mrs. Norman Senior [Florence Westman] hosted tea in Ottawa for her mother. A second news item headlined "Woman's Club Executive" reports that Mrs. Norman Senior will perform as a soloist at their executive meeting.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
[1936?]
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
10 �� Women's Realm-Social and Pe DELIGHTFUL TEA FOR DEBU Mrs. Frank Ahearn Entertains In Honor of Her Daughter, Miss Lilias Ahearn. E L L O W and rust shaded chry s a n t h e- mums in all their lovely tints were used to adorn the home of Mrs. Frank Ahearn, wife of Mr. Frank Ahearn, M.P., on Daly avenue, for the charmingly arranged tea given on Friday afternoon by Mrs. Ahearn in honor of her debutante daugh- ter, Miss Lilias Ahearn. The hostess wore a smart cos- tume of old gold lame, and Miss Ahearn wore a chic frock of black, with a shoulder knot of crimson roses. Lady Doughty and Mrs. Allan Keefer presided at the tea table, which was attractive with chrys- anthemums in the bronze and yellow* tones, and pale yellow tapers. The assistants included a number of debutantes, Miss Nancy Haul- tain, Miss Dorothy Macpherson, Miss Joan Dean, Miss Ruth Monk and Miss Ethel Southam. * * * Twenty Club. Mrs. Victor Scott and Miss Gladys Caves entertained the members of the Twenty Club at the former's home. Members stood in a two-minute silence in respect to the memory of Mrs. J. Wilson, an active member of the club, who recently died. Refreshments were served. As- sisting were Miss Ella Terry and Miss Lula Hutt. * * * Woman's Club Executive. Mrs. T. W. Quayle was hostess for the executive meeting of the Ottawa Woman's Club, when the newly elected president, Mrs. B. R. MacKay presided. Arrange- ments were completed for the meeting on November 26, when the speaker will be Dr. Howard D. Brunt, professor of English at Macdonald College. Mrs. Clarence Ogilvie has arranged a musical program to consist of vocal solos by Mr. W. Nixon and Mrs. Nor- man Senior, to be accompanied by Mrs. John Johnstone and Mrs. Clarence Ogilvie. Mrs. MacKay presided oyer the tea table, the as- sistants being Miss Cumming, Mrs. Albert Quayle and Miss Jessie MacLean. DEBUTANTE MRS. T. WESTMAN HONORED GUEST ���Photo by Karsh MISS LILIAS AHEARN, debu- tante daughter of Mr. Frank Ahearn, M.P��� and Mrs. Ahearn, whose coming-out tea on Friday afternoon was a charmingly ar- ranged event at her parents' home on Daly avenue. H ammond���G ossage A quiet, but charming wedding took place in Montreal on Satur- day evening, November 7, of Mar- garet Elsie Gossage, of Montreal, daughter of Mr. Harry Gossage, of Ottawa, to John Henry Charles Hammond, son of Mrs. C. Ham- mond, both of Montreal. Rev. Percival Caven, minister of Trin- ity Church, Montreal, officiated. The bride, who was unattended, wore a brown crepe dress, brown velour hat, and brown accessories. Her corsage bouquet was of Johanna Hill roses and lily-of- the-valley. The witnesses were Lillian Vincent, of Ottawa, and Henry H. Ward, of Montreal, who is a nephew of the bridegroom. Following the ceremony a buffet luncheon was served at the home of Mrs. L. Burton, sister of the bridegroom, 1476 Morgan Boule- vard, Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond will re- side in Montreal. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hess, of Rochester, N.Y., and the follow- ing from Ottawa, Miss Dorothy Barnes, Miss Helen Gossage, Miss Lillian Vincent, Mr. Harry Gos- sage and Mr. Charles Gossage. * * * Miss Migonne Castonguay is spending the week-end in Mont- real, the guest of Miss Michelle Ahern. Mrs. Norman Senior Entertains Delightfully at the Tea Hour for Her Mother. N HONOR of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Westman, of Toronto, for- merly of Otta- wa, Mrs. Nor- man Senior entertained de- lightfully at the tea hour on Friday afternoon. The guests were members of the Soldiers Service Club, of which Mrs. West- man was the founder and first president during the war years. Mrs. A. J. Cawdron and Mrs. Frank Burkholder presided at the tea table, which was prettily ar- ranged with mixed Autumn flowers. Those assisting were Mrs. John Johnstone, Mrs. Norman Fee and Mrs. Gordon Dallyn. About 40 guests were present. OCCUPY BOXES FOR CIUJC NIG FIT Many Parties Present for Final Horse Show of the Ottawa Winter Fair. Civic night at the Ottawa Winter Fair saw many interesting box parties to watch the final pro- gram of the 1936 Fair. In the guest box were Mayor Stanley Lewis and Mrs. Lewis, Controller and Mrs. Allan B. Turner, Con- troller and Mrs. G. M. Geldert, Controller J. Edward McVeigh, Miss M. Caldwell, Mr. R. G. T. Hitchman, president of the Fair, and Mrs. Hitchman. Guests of Mr. Hugh Carson were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gamble, Mrs. J. M. Skead, Miss Frances Skead, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, Miss Barbara Fellowes and the Misses Eleanor and Mar- garet Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don C. Edwards entertained the Misses Edna, Elizabeth and Janet Edwards, while Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Leggett had Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Westland as guests. Guests of Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. J. D. Fraser were Captain P. J. S. Boyle, A.D.C., Major Mere- dith Jarvis, Miss M. Gordon, Mrs. A. C. Bate, Miss E. Bate and Miss Joan Fraser. Lieutenant T. G. and Mrs. Mayburry entertained Miss Roberta McDougall, Mrs. E. K. Wilson and Miss D. Graham, while guests of Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Desmond MacMahon were


Page Title:
Loose item - photograph of men in a boat
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a photograph depicting young men is a [canoe?]
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection


Page Title:
Loose item - Armistice dinner program 1936
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Item is a program and menu for an Armistice dinner hosted by the Candian Legion, Ottawa branch at Chateau Laurier on November 11, 1936.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
Armistice Dinner SPONSORED BY The Canadian Legion, B.E. S.L. (Ottawa Branch) CHATEAU LAURIER, OTTAWA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1936, 7.30 P.M. $ Guest Speaker: Air Vice Marshal W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O. D.F.C., M.C. Chairman of Dinner: Gordon H. Rochester (President, Ottawa Branch, Canadian Legion)


Page Title:
Loose item - Armistice dinner program 1936, 2
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Armistice dinner 1936 program, inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
ORDER OF PROGRAM $ 1. "Come to the cook-house door boys." 2. Grace���(while standing) Major (The Rev.) C. G. Hepburn, M.C. 3. Dinner. 4. Toast: "The King." 5. Toast: "The Silent Army." *At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.' 6. Chairman's Remarks. 7. War Time Songs. 8. Toast:"Our Empire Comrades of the Great War." Proposed by Col. D. Carmichael, D.S.O., M.C., V.D. Responders���Miss Elizabeth Smellie, C.B.E., R.R.C. Commander H. A. C. Lane, R.N. 9. Song: "I will have a real good time." Leslie McKenna. 10. Our Guest Speaker: Air Vice Marshal W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C., M.C. Introduced by Lt.-Col. R. F. Parkinson, D.S.O. 11. Reception of the Dominion Broadcast��� Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Programme. 12. One Act War Play���"The Soldier's Dream." 1 3. "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot." 14. God Save The King.


Page Title:
Loose item - Armistice dinner program 1936, 3
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Armistice dinner 1936 program, inside page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
<��* MENU % Half Grapefruit Maraschino & Relishes $ Strained Gumbo Entasse $ Roast Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce * Chateau Potatoes $ Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts $ Bombe Glace, Maple Syrup * Assorted Cakes Demi Tasse


Page Title:
Loose item - Armistice dinner program 1936, 4
Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Armistice dinner 1936 program, back page
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--Anniversaries
Date:
1936
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Transcript:
CANADIAN LEGION ARMISTICE DINNER COMMITTEE. $ Artists: Honorary Chairman: COLONEL J. G. RATTRAY, C.M.G., D.S.O. Chairman: LT. COL. R. de la B. GIROUARD, V.D. Vice-Chairman: GEORGE McCANN. Secretary: FRANK W. POTTS. Publicity: W. H. van Allen, W. I. Garvock. Tickets: George L. Rosser, Lt.-Col. A. J. Cawdron, Bertram A. Fauvel, E. F. Steele, P. S. Harper. Decorations: Major R. Darby, Allan Beddoe, R. B. Halpenny. Entertainment: Ben. W. Allen, George S. Piers. Reception: Lt.-Col. R. F. Parkinson, D.S.O., Major M. F. Gregg, V.C., M.C. ' Seating: F. C. Badgley, F. L. Price, Fred I. Tanner. Kindred Organizations: Wm. Douglas, Glenn E. Strike, E. M. Phillips, Major W. E. Coleman. Liaison Officer: Major W. Wurtele, M.C. "Soldier's Dream."���Messrs "Pat" Rafferty; Charlie Jeeves; Bob Darby, Dr. C. F. Williams and the Misses Moma Miller and Laura Robertson. Director of Dinner Orchestra: George S. Piers. Accompanist: Percy Rutledge. Stage: William Atkins and John Kennedy.



Description:
Florence Westman compiled this scrapbook, personally titled, "My Chronicle of the War," during and just after the First World War in Ottawa Ontario. The scrapbook contains: photographs; newspaper clippings; postcards; and items of ephemera, including, theater and concert programs, military forms, and menus. Many items relate to her family's involvement in charitable work. Others represent activities organized for the entertainment of the soldiers, including programs for sporting events, theatre and concert performances, and church services. In addition, the scrapbook contains items sent to Florence by soldiers stationed in England and at the Front, such as, photographs, tickets, and military forms, to name a few. The photographs depict soldiers, friends and family���some formal portraits, and the rest, snapshots of picnics, skating, and additional casual scenes. Sources of news clippings are presumed to be Ottawa periodicals. Similarly, unless otherwise noted, the majority of the photographs were taken in and around Ottawa. Westman filled the scrapbook with personal annotations���often highlighting names in news articles and adding captions to photographs and other items. The Scrapbook pages follow roughly chronological order except for loose items, scans of which are shown after the attached scrapbook pages. Most items in the scrapbook date from 1916 to 1918. One soldier mentioned throughout the scrapbook is B. C. Hilliam. Bentley Collingwood Hilliam [b. 1890] a native of North Vancouver, took his theatre company on a tour throughout Canada to entertain the troops. An Ottawa news article, published in November 1916, describes him as, "official amusement director of the Canadian army." The scrapbook also includes several of his humorous cartoon sketches.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Canada
Date:
c. 1910-1936, predominant 1916-1918
Title-Alternative:
Florence M. Westman: my chronicle of the war, beginning January 1916 Ottawa, Ont
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Ottawa