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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-05-18, Page 7Thursday, May 18 1916 THE Wf NGHAM ADVANCE WITH 7111; BOYS IN ENGLAND (Continued from page one) - little cash with them as things are too expensive, buy only things that are absolutely useful, Our bunk houses are about 80 Net in in length, 25 feet wide, have about 35 bunks in each, up td last week .our only light was from about a dcz'n canalee, Our M tj n• was kind enough to donate three largo hanging lamps. They surely make unite an improve• anent. We has or a ema'1 stove for beating purposes, most of the beat goes out the chimney as there is no damper and pipe is shot t. We have plenty of "local talent" in our house, have music every evening 1.14 Last Friday night we had a"Rouen '' O sang songs from away back, of course I kept out, didn't want to etrain my ird fine vocal organs,have a tine quartette. bad a grantaphone donated us by the the Captain, when we run out we use riti it. IrWe have clothes lines etrung u botch sides of the bunk house, as a rule t they are kept busy, wash what clothes we can to save the laundry bill, you can see everything from hankerchiefe ..� up on them, it is amusing to see some ✓( of the boys boiling their clothes in a pail on the small stove, A number of them have been boiling their under• Ike wvear and when dried they find they are quite small,"Experience is the beat teacher," 6,11We rise at 0 a, m., physical culture (torture as we call it) from 0:30 to 7:15, I breakfast 7 30 since Lent we are get- ting fish in place of ham,(fastipg I sup- pose) porridge, bread and tea, Fall in h again at 0 a.m. drill until noon, dinner ori at 12.30, potatoes, peas as a rule or Gar- rote, stew and tea. Drill again from 2 isgi until G, at Tea 5,30, jam, bread or scrap pud ding, bread, tea, We are getting very good meats, elate thing§ are being cooked better.. 111.4 lit -times we could scarcely eat things, 64 most of them burnt or not properly 14 cooked. We complained until they got an assistant for the cook and a at�'�, new stove. �y Lights go out at 9.15 p.m.; the camp VI is is darkness after this hour and 011114., every one has to keep quiet. There 1-4 are very few lights seen in any part of the country. We are getting very poor mail ser- vice here. There hasn't been any Canadian mail received in this camp for- past two weeks. Have received 1.54 only two lettere since arrive1 There are a number of Canadian Battalions in So. Bramshott Camp. A large number leave every day for the front. Have had only four dry days since our arrival. Rain and mad reign sup - rime. You will be tired reading this letter by now. Best regards to your Mother Page /ive HE 161st Huron Battalion has been ordered to mobilize on the 1st June and at FULL STRENGTH. will your County. i ' havingthe first she was authorized to form togo into campUNDER STRENGTH? be humiliated by r t Battalion Will the word "Huron" ever stand as a word of reproach throughout the Empire? Or will the people of this County rally to their pride and to THEIR HONOUR? The Last Call for Volunteers TO THE MEN The business of the young man of the County to -day is the completion of the Battalion she was asked to form. Kitchener urges "Men and more men." Canada has pro- mised him 500,000. Will you be -one? Are you content to remain at home in ease and reap busi- ness advantages while other men take your place in the firing line? ENLIST and ENLIST to -day, with the knowledge Will your conscience remain clear and clean each clay of the long years to come? ' Does the sight of your churn in Khaki leave you untroubled and undisturbed? Make such sacrifices as may be necessary (the Empire is worthy of them) to enable you to take your place in your Coun- ty Battalion. . that, at least, you are playing the part of a MAN. • To The Mothers, Do you.know what is happening to women in Europe today? Do you know what the. women of Belgium, of Servia, of Flanders and even of your own race in the old land have suffered by the invading Huns? Do you know that thousands and tens of thousands with their little ones, are driven starving from their homes to die in misery; that they are being violated and slaughtered? Do you realize that if this war is not fought out in Europe, you and your children may be forced to share the sufferings of those in Europe? Wives and Sisters Do you realize that if Canada is to protect her people, her home and her liberty, her men must be given without stint to take part in the struggle? Thousands of glorious mothers, wives and. sisters have given their dearest to this cause of Humanity of Empire. Can you meet this type of womanhood in social intercourse? Are you content to see -other mothers, wives and sisters proudly sending off their man- hood to protect you and your nen folk? Or will you meet the burden of this generation . with COURAGE, ;'the highest of Divine virtues?" Your Reason is Only a LAME EXOUSE 150 Huron Men for HURON'S OWN and in 15 DAYS 1 N . and Father, Mae and Jack, Will be■ . *-�_ Dry H. Coutts 305002, pleased to hear from you any time, Yours sincerely HARRY. XXXXXan%`XXX ZXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\XXXil i1XXXXXXXXXXX\7\%X%\S> X\%0XXXXXXXv►XXXXXXXXXXXXXXZXXX%EIXXXX X\701 --- C. E. 13'., C. F. A., 40th Battery. Bramahott-Damp, Hants, Belgrave Mrs. Smith of Blyth, spent a day with Mrs. Wray last week. Mrs. Black shipped her household effects to Detroit last week, Mrs, John Kerr of Wingham is spending a few days with Mrs John Scandrett. Niles Ona islcClenaghan is spending a Few days in Whitechurch, The Belgrave bowling club heldtheir annual sleeting at Wm. Geddes' on Wed• nesday evening and appointed officers President, Mr. Faskinei Sec,, J. L. Stew- art; Treas., Wm• Geddes. l-Iarry Campbell lost a fine young six at old horse on Saturday last, this is hard luck on -Mr. Campbell as it is his second horse, inside of a few weeks, lost by diste;nper. Automobiles still come into the village. Duncan McCallum having purchased a Ford and by the way the agents are hovering around their will be more to follow. KEEP .POUNDING �Wl Wellington on being congratu- lated after Waterloo said: - 'I did nothing wonderful. I just kept pounding till I pounded hard- er than he did " And isn't that just what the men who have won great advertising victories have done? They have just kept on pound- ing! They have not been fair weather fighters, They kept everlastingly at it knowing results would come Today with business booming more advertisers n- coming in to the newspapers than ever before. 1 JOB WORK neatly and promptly d at Tns ADVANCE Orx'1cr. ono., Mille seekers excursions Every Tuesida r: March to October "All Rail" Every Wednesday Daring Season Navigation Great Lakes' P oiztt 'i,. Somewhere out on the prairies whose last year Canada's Greatest Wheat Crop was produced there is a boots* Whiting for you. The CANADIAN ' PACIFIC will teko you there, give you all the ' teat about the best place, and heft you to some* 0I . :i• 1t9 .. 4t Varticnlari fronts toy eita1►diata'• Paelll►e Ticket Agent, or writes W, ;l, 1'yGntit<'r►rd, IIikstn'tet Passenger Agent, Torotttt't, The Avengers Somewhere in France to -night a sol- dier sleeps, Who will not wake again to God's bine sky. And far across the sea a woman weeps, For over all the land sounds Rachel's cry. Somewhere on German soil to -night is sleeping • The tyrant who called forth the Awful Day; And silently o'er British seas are creeping The transports with the men who wi 1 repay. Patey is Released Edward Patey, who was arrested in Toronto, a few weeks ago on a charge of attempting to eomtnit suicide in Wingham last fall, was allowed to go by Judge Holt on Saturday, May 13th. In discharging the prisoner his honor referred to the seriousness of the charge, but in view of the fact that Patey had enlisted in Toronto and was willing to oiler hie services to his King and country, he allowed him to go on suspended sentence, Patsy returned on the afternoon train to Toronto, where he rejoined the 170th Battalion. whose major sent him traneportation, In French Hospitals. The misery inflicted on heroic men when there is a shortage in the sup- plies at hospitals in France, was graphically told by Miss Elsie Mac- kenzie, before the members of tate Secours National in Toronto recently. The speaker was stationed for some- time at a small ambulance hospital that had been an old schoolhouse. Here b'reneh women who were not trained nurses worked voittntarily, but though untrained as we know the term, they were natural nurses and soots had their patients well, The we - men at ]Dieppe ga'vo every extra bed, bedding, chairs, furniture of any kind that was necessary to furnish these small hospitals near there, They often went short of things themselves to provide for the steeds of the wounded soltI. trs. • At one hospital they had to use a starch powder for fomentations, there was ttuch a,shortage of drugs and surgical supplies. Frequently at theeo hospi• tals one found women of high posi- tion, who formerly lived a life of comfort and ease; doing such menial work as snubbing floors. The sacri- fteos, the courage, the nobility of the French women were highly spoken of. That the light-hearted gaiety for etterhea ds Envelopes nve odes wcn hb»nOBWORK a hnsaa tisotnoohdasheorfteinll good stead in these horrible times, Bill I?" he $ ole int' .dal o p f y +nt l -.ad N was aide shown by the speaker. h enornnous res onoibiit caring for the refugees in France, Statements, Etc. Neatly and promptly saefully reaIt711 9 lCanada: It Itremendous burden, added in done at the ADVANCE Office. providing for tho wounded, and their owe per, a New .Map of Ontario. An excellent and up-to-date map of the Province of Ontario has just been issued by the Department of Lands, Forests, and Mines. It has been brought right up to the moment in the matter of detail, giving the lay- out of the newer portions of the Pro- vince that have recently been devel- oped and named. The map is well printed. The color work is not too bright and the printing very clear. In addition to the map, the canvas contains a number of statistics about Ontario. The extent or the Province is given, with its population and chief centres. There are also facts about the geology, the minerals, the agriculture, the forest resources, the waterpower, and the educational sys- tem, which will be useful to people who are making any study of the Province. The map is in every way a splendid one. The rapid growth of Ontario makes it necessary to issue new maps at brief intervals in order to have them accurate. The newest one is among the best that have been so far prepared. The Late Robt. Weir The funeral of the late Robert Weir which was held on Friday May 12th to Wingham cemetery from his late resi• deuce, lot 11, con 0, Turnberry, was Very largely attended. The pall -bear- ers were Messere John Smith, George Underwood, Pete Hastings, John J. Robinson, Richard Wilton, and George Fortune. And his wife, may God bless her, And guide where'er she goes, Lift our hearts I pray thee, Jesus, From the worldly things of earth. Cleanse and make us pure and holy Give our hearts a second birth. Yes, dear father, you were ever Ready with a willing hand. For to help in all the church work, There to eaoh and all was kind, Now, your work on earth is ended, And may your prayera answered be, That'your wife and your children, Meet you in eternity, Victoria Day. May 24th Single I+'are, Good going and return. ing May 2tth. Pare and One• Third, Good going on May 23rd and `lith, return limit May ?lith, Return tickets• will be issued be- tween stations in Canada east of Port Arthur. and to Detroit and Port Ilur• en, Mich., Buifale. Black Rock and Niagara, Falba 1 aNY, N. Tickets and full partielt*lars on up plieatteln to ticket agents, 11. iiallott, Town Agent MASCOTS OF TIM FLEET. Jack Always Carries Strange Pets 'With Him. Being of a very strong, sympathe- tic nature, with a great passion for animals, it is scarcely surprising that "Jack" dotes on mascots and pets. Dogs and cats are, of courbe, to the fore, and among the most factious canine pets of the Navy are the bull- dogs of the famous i:odney Stone breed which Lord Charles Beresford has presented to several Dread- noughts. Sir John Jellicoe, it may he remembered, vias presented with a bulldog, Jumbo, as a mascot for his flagship. Monkeys and parrots, however, are among sailors' favorite pets. ]3oth are highly entertaining, and the former, in the words of the Irishman, "does everything but spake, in case he be made to work," Sometimes pets in the navy are come by in strange circumstances, says The Field, as, for instance, the pig of H. M:S. Glasgow. This animal was found swimming about in the Paci- fic after the Dresden went clown, and was picked up by one of the Glas- gow's boats. Another rescue incident is forth- coming in the story of Spot, of the Iron Duke. During the battleship's steam trials she rescued the crew of the SS. Scotsdyke, which had caught fire. The dog belonged to the cap- tain, and was with him on the burn- ing ship. An offer made after the rescue to present the dog to the Iron Duke was immediately closed with, "An opossum on the Superb is one of the strange animals that some- times figure on warships, but, apart front animals aboard, ono of the strangest of naval pets or mascots is surely that of a puff adder. One of the naval brigades in South Africa carried the snake about in a tin box for a long time, feeding it on field mice. It was eventually killed, but finds an honored plaeo as a curio in the United Services' Museum. "Of memorials to pets the grave- yard of H.M.S. Excellent at Whale Island Gunnery School is interesting. Ilene crosses aro erected to tho mem- ory of a pet, the `Property of Com- mander Bayley, run over and killed December 19th, 1896, aged two years; also Brownie, the monkey,. died from pneutnonia. January 17th, 1897; also Dash, died April, 1893, aged nine years."`.Che, keeping of pets on board has to have the ex^ press sanction of the commander, The unfortunate who brings an ani. mai on board when possibly half seas over is made to pay the penalty. "In the old days it we's customary to take live stock, poultry, and sheep to sea, and some good old Yarns are told in consequence Lord Charles Beresford recounts that at the period %hen a ship's appearance depended on the proper application ofbI, t,It and whitewash a • certain captain Toned fault with the mato because the fowls and coops were dirty. The latter, to remedy matters, white- washed the chickens and blacked their legs and beaks. Tho fowler were -the oraerty oftI o cantata, 1 h4 and failed to uurrive the treatment. It was theta nutat for the admiral to take a cow or two to sea., and the r,ffieers teeth. islteen and Powis, 1.4T1 JFiar•Tesieinarirs lust there is;a tradi- tion in the navy to the effect•that one cow used to be milked in tho middle watch for the benefit of the officer on watch, and, in order that the ad- miral should get his allowance of milk, the cow was then filled up with water and made to leap backwards and• forwards across the hatchways. Another tradition ordained that' when forage for the sheep ran short, the innocent animals wore fitted with green spectacles and, thus equipped, were successfully nourished on shav- 1nKs1" HONOR ROLL The following is a list of of the young men who have enlisted in the Wingbam detachment of the 161st Battalion: -- H. Guest T. T. McDonald W. E, Thompson T. S. McDonald V. L. Sanderson W. A. Windsor 1I. W. Powell M. 0. Cameron W. Aitchison G. R, Taylor Chas. Gander E. M. Forbes Wm. Holt R. 0. Mann J, F. Galbraith J, Holmes O. Orchard F. Johnston J. 0. McTavish J, F. Oarruth T. Mister H• T. Drumwond G. R. A. Ireland Fred 0. T. Manuel Walter J. Percy Richard Fay Jas. McCallum Richard Jones Isaac i ewenzie W. E, Temkin A. T, Horne W. E. helps E. J. Haines It, C. Salter It. Fay ,T. H, Coultee P. Ferguson 0. Backus ' J. S. Thompson J. Harold Currie Geo, Day 3. A. Allen 3, It. Chisholm L. A. Grisdalo T. Mundy T. L. McKinney A. L. P.tsiiff U. L, Hastings L. Winch Lloyd Hewer err y w C. 1?. Wilkinson Norman Butcher Walter Haines G. W. Schaefer G. L Stillwell A. 0, Williams R. F. Forsythe J as, Ii, Currie 3, 0. Penrose J. II, Barker R. Huffman L. Kirkham M. Mercer L. 0, Cantelon N. R. Bloomfield W. Hinseliife J. T. N. Taylor J. J. Kerr L. B. Drummond W. M. 0, Fottertey H. J. Bond Allan Knechtel W. G. Adair Geo, 0, Rintoul Wm. Scott Toe, Price Harpy Liye;, I_3rank Sturdy Wesley White il. A, Campbell Fred Guest R. 'McGuire Herbert bard Rt A. Tasker It. J. I+'allls :C, W. raenioete J. 11; Jefferson 0. Crawford Thos, Lutton David Johnston G. II. Anger Ben Holland ee Harold 'V`, Kearney W. L, Jones John TinaVie J. J, Hutton Jos, Carruth R. T. Co c.lt vY George Jacques Chester Copeland 1 ROMAN MEAL Demonstration At Christie's Grocery immisimimiceimmisomeMiss Kennedy, Demonstrator for Dr. Jackson, will be here Monday 22nd For One Week t DON'T MISS THIS CHANi? Miss Kennedy is an expert and will demonstrate fully the various ways Roman Meal can be used. COME MONDAY Come Every Day of the Week. 11 1 t vats PRICE r $5.25 "LATEST WONI)I+JR IN, PHONOGRAPHS" w�fit[Ifwn* PRICE $15.25 "VANAPH ONE" "COMPARES WITH THE BEST i1Y ACTUAL TEST":g A phonograph second to none, yet at a price no home can afford to be without. Ii 4 beauty of tone. and e]earnesti c.►' r•yr� a •' t c t(1 It.hon aro u1,tC ' �Cle 14 i Play ,r • l ty h t� sire record, vo, til, instrumental, band, etc. IrOli. SALI?, Al' R. A. CURRIE'S Furniture store, Winghntn