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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-05-18, Page 9Thursday, May 18 1916 THE WINGIIAN ADVANCE WITH THE BOYS IN I;NBLAND (Oontintled .from page one) . little cash with them as things are too expensive, buy only things that are absolutely useful. Our bunk hooves are about 30 feet in in length, 25 feet wide, Have about 35 bunks in each, up td last week , our only lightt waa from about a deem canines, Oar Mij u' was kind enough to donate three large hanging lamps. They surely stake ►tuite an improve. stent. We bus e of e mill stove f•►r heating purposes, most of the heat goes out the chimney as there is no damper and pipe is shot t. SVe have plenty of "local talent" in our house, have music every evening Last Friday night we had a "Revers '' sang songs from ;teeny back, of course I kept out, didn't want to strain my fine vocal organs,have a fine quartette. had a gramaphone donated us by the the Captain, when we run out we use it. We have clothes lines strung up boat sides of the bunk house, as a rule they are kept busy, wash what clothes we can to save the laundry hill, von can see everything from hankerchiefs up on them, itis 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• wear and when dried they find they are quite ema1L"Experience is the best teacher," We rise at 0 a, m., physical culture (torture as we call it) from 0:30 to 7:15, breakfast 7 30 since Lent we are get- ting fish in place of ham,(fastipg I sup- pose) porridge, bread and tea. Fall in again at 9 a.m. drill until noon, dinner at 12,30, potatoes, peas as a rule or Gar- rote, stew and tea. Drill again from 2 until 5, at Tea 5,30, jam, bread or scrap pud ding, bread, tea, We are getting very good meats, it ]ate thinge are being cooked better. At -times we could scarcely eat things, most of them burnt or not properly cooked. We complained until they got an assistant for the cook and a new etove. Lights go out at 9,15 p.m.; the camp is is darkness after this hour and every one has to keep quiet, There 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 only two lettere since arrive There are a number of Canadian Battalions in So. BramshottCamp. A large number leave every day for the front. .Have bad only four dry days since our arrival. Rain and mad reign sup• rune. . You will be tired reading this letter by now. Best regards to your Mother and Father, Mae and Jack. Will be pleased to bear from you any time, Yours einem ely BARRY. Dry 13. Coutfs 305002, C. E. F., C. F, A., 40th Battery. Bramshott•Camp, Rants, Beigrave Mrs. Smith of Blyth, spent a day with Mrs. Wray last week. Mrs. Black shipped her household effects to Detroit last week, Mrs. John Serr of Winghani is spending a few days with Mrs John Scandrett. Miss Ona McClenaghan is spending a few days in Whitechurch. The Belgrave bowling club heldtheir annual meeting at Wm. Geddes' on Wed- nesday evening and appointed officers:— President, Mr. Faskine; Sec., J. L. Stew.. art; Treas., Wm. Geddes. 1.I -Tarry Campbell lost a fine young six year old horse on Saturday last, this is bard luck on Mr. Campbell as it is his Wood horse, inside of a few weeks, lost lay distemper. Automobiles still come into the village, Duncan McCallem having purchased a Ford and by the way the agents are hovering around their will be more to Page Live XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXYWALWAXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXXX' XXXcXXXWANY4XXXXXX. MMICY4MAXNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HE 161st Huron Battalion has been ordered to mobilize on the l st June and at FULL STRENGTH. will your County. ' ' ed byhavingthe first Battalion she was authorized to form to go into camp UNDER STRENGTH? be humiliated 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 completion of the Battalion she was asked to form. Kitchener urges "Men and mot men.fl Canada has raised him 500,000. Will you be -one? Are you content to remain at home in ease and reap ness advantages while other men take your place in the line? ENLIST and ENLIST to -day, with the is the pro - Will your conscience remain clear' and clean each day of the long years to come? Does the sight of your chum in Khaki leave you untroubled and undisturbed? bust- Make such sacrifices as may be necessary (the Empire is firing worthy of them) to enable you to take your place in your Coun- ty Battalion. knowledge 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 19 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 men folk? Or will you meet the burden of this generation with COURAGE, ;'the highest of Divine virtues?" Your Reason is Only a LAME EXCUSE VII.0•101011•0011.1.00.•0011011, .1101011101111• 111001001.00111111. • 150 Huron Men for HURON'S OWN and in 15 DAYS' 1 Y. Y. X XXXXXXXXXXXXXX%\7X0XXAM\XXXX' XXXXi'AA©3XXXXXXXXXXX%XOXXiXXil X\%\XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXViAM .A XZWAXWA71[1 /10•01010101•01.0011•11•01q. /WNW/ r -- KEEP POUNDING C tyyet Wellington on being congratu. lated after Waterloo said: 'I did nothing wonderful. I just kept pounding till I pounded hard- er than he dict " And isn't that just what the men who have neon 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 coining in to the newspapers that: ever before. JOB WORK neatly and promptly follow. d )ne at TEE ADVANCE Olrrici., Horne seekers Excurslons Every Tuesday, March to October "A.11 Every Wednesday During Season Navigation "Great Lakes Ro*s#a" Somewhere. out on the pretties where loft year Gstadn's Greatest Wheat Crop was produced there is a kW* Wrtitbig Ter you. The CANADIAN PACIFIC will talc* you there, give yott •11 tis~ isNaitnatiaa about the best places, and help you to sn sea- ft !4 . st• no :: 1'artlenlars treat any Oani4dida" ?aglfe Ticket Agent, or write Wt ;wit, *o91rtrd, 1 IptIiot Passenger Af,'eat, reroute, 1 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 tonight 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. Paley is Released Edward Patey, who was arrested in Toronto, a few weeks ago on a charge of attempting to commit 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 Patty had enlisted in Toronto and was willing to offer his services to his Sing and country, he allowed him to go on suspended sentence. Patey returned on the afternoon train to Toronto, where he rejoined the 170th Battalion. whose major sent him transportation, 10B WnEiv Letterheads, Envelopes, Minn Billheads, N oto ead,. , Statements, Etc. Neatly and promptly -. done at the ADVANCE Office. their ntyn,rrr, .. _ . 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 the Secours National in Toronto reeeutly. The speaker was stationed for some- time at a small ambulance hospital that had been an old schoolhouse. Here French women who were not trained nurses worked voluntarily, but though untrained as we know the term, they were natural nurses and soon had their patients well. Tho wo- men at Dieppe gave 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 needs of the wounded soldiers. - At one, hospital they had to use a starch powder for fomentations, there was such reehortage of drugs and surgical supplies. Frequently at these hospi. tale one found women of high posi- tion, who forn101y lived a life of comfort and ease; doing such taenial work as snubbing floor,. The aerie flees, the courage, the nobility et the French women were highly spoken of. That the light-hearted gaiety for which France as a nation has often been reproached, has stood her in good stead in these horrible times, was also shown by the -speaker. The enormous responsibility of caring for the refugee in rrenen, was not fully realized in Cenadat It Is a tremendoutt burden, added to providiae for the wounded, and :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 12cb to Wingham cemetery from his late rest- dente, lot 11, con 9, Turnberry, wag 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 band. For to help in all the church work, There to each and all was kind. Now, your work on earth is ended, And may your prayers answered be, That'your wife and your children, Meet you in eternity. • Victoria Day May 24th Single Fare, Good going and return. ing May 2Itb. Fare and One -Third, Good going on May 23id and 2lth, return limit May 25th, Return tickets. will be issued be• Weft etattone in Canada eaat of Bort Arthur, and to Detroit and Port Our. on, Mich., I3ulfalo, Black Rock and Niagara Falls, N, Y, Tickets and full parttat;lurs on tip plication to ticket agents, 11. $, M Iltntt,' own Agent 1 MASCOTS OF THE 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 course, to the fore, and among the most fatuous canine pets of the Navy are the bull- dogs of the famous atodney Stone breed which Lord Charles Beresford has presented to several Dread- noughts, Sir John Jellicoe, it may be remembered, was presented with a bulldog, Jumbo, as a mascot for .his flagship. Monkeys and parrots, however, are among sailors' favorite pets. Both 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 II. M:S. Glasgow. This animal was found swimming about in the Paci- fic after the Dresden went down, 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. "Au opossum on the Superb is one of the strange animals that some- times figure on warships, but, apart front animals aboard, one 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 i. long time, feeding it on field mise. It was eventually killed, but G. R. A. Ireland Allan Knechtel finds an honored place as a curio in the United Services' Museum. "Of memorials to pets the grave- yard of H.i'LS. Excellent at Whale Island Gunnery School is interesting. Here crosses aro erected to the mem- ory of a pet, the 'Property of Com - wander Bayley, run over and killed December 19th, 1800, aged two years; also Brownie, the monkey, died from pneumonia, January 11th, 1897; also Dash, died April, 1899, aged nine years."The. keeping of pets on board has to have the ex- press sanction of the commander. The unfortunate who brings an ani- mal on board when possibly half seas over is made to pay the penalty. "In the old dans it wile customary to take live stock, poultry, and sheep to sea, and some good old yarns are told in coatsequeuee. Lord ("bailee Beresford recounts that at the period v,hen a ship's appuarnue.e depended on the proper application of hied; and whitewash a • certain captain foqud fault wse ith the mate becau the fowls and coops were dirty, The latter, to remedy matters, white. h ch y n washed the ii.keud anti blacked their lege and beaks. The fowls were `the praeerty of the captain, and failed to :itnrvive t.lty treatuient. It wits then u5nal for the Sttltttiral to take a cow or two to tea, an the „ffien s tok iikeotl and fewld, liar+l M1'1&TRlntl,l'1{8 tIIB,t there. Is,a tradi- tion in the navy to the effect'that one cow used to be milked in the 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 were fitted with green spectacles and, thus equipped, were successfully nourished on shay - HONOR ROLL The following is a list of of the young men who have enlisted in the Wingham detachment of the 181st Battalion H. Guest T. T, McDonaId W. E. Thompson T. S. McDonald V. L. Sanderson W. A. Windsor IL W. Powell M. 0, Cameron W. Aitohienn G. R. Taylor Chas, Gander E. III, Forbes Wm. holt R. O. Mann J. F. Galbraith J. Holmes O. Orchard F. Johnston J. C. McTavish J. F. Carruth P. Fixter Il. T. Drummond G. W. Schaefer G. L Stillwell A. C. Williams R. F. Forsythe Jas. II. Currie J. 0. Penrose 3. Il, Barker R. Huffman L. Kirkham M. Mercer L. C, Cantelon N. R. Bloomfield W. Hinscliffe J. T. N. Taylor J. J. Kerr L. B. Drummond W. M, G. Fotterley H. J. Bond Peed O. T. Manuel W. G. Adair Walter J. Percy Goo. 0, Rintoul Richard Fay 'Wire Scott Jas. McCallum Thos, Price Richard Jones Harry .Paye, Isaac Kewenzie 7.t`.rank Sturdy W. l;, Temkin Wesley White A. T. Horne O. A. Campbell W. B. Helps Fred Guest E. J, Haines R. 'McGuire R. 0.. Salter Herbert Isard R. Fay R, A, Tasker J. H. Coultes 1i, J. Millis 1'. Ferguson T. W. Penrose C. Backus J. I2, Jeltorson J'. S. Thompson C. Crawford J. 1laroid (foals 'Toe, Lutton Ileo, Day David Johnston J, A, Allen 0, 11, Anger J. R. 0hiehelni Ben Holland f,, A, Grisdalo W, 0 1.,.e. T. Mundy 1'. L. Mclltnney A. L, Posllit D. L. Hastings L. Winch Lloyd Flower C. 1'. Wilkinson Harold V. Kelm uey W. L. 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