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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-10-18, Page 5Silt EDMUND WA4� KER, C.V,O,, LL.De, D.C.L.,. President �_ CAPi1 l.P,. A►ifi t5 OvO � ,OOQ SR JOHN GeneralManager' 11. V. F. JONES, Asst. Gen'1 Manager RESERVE R FUND,. $13,5000011 Convenience, security and economy are secured by the use. of Travellers' Cheques issued, by this Bank. They► enable the bearer to identify himself and are readily converted into the current coin of any foreign Country .t EXETER BR. -A. E. !Kuhn, Mgr CRED!TON--I INCO ;,'°RATED;1055 e \lanonald.. \.lzr • MQLSONS BI Capital & Reserve $8,800,000 X98 Branches in Canada NA General Banking Business Transacted Circular Letters of Credit Bank 11Ilioneg Orders SAVINGS BANK DEPAW'MENT lInterest allowed at highest current rate EXETER BRANCH - W D. CLARKE, Manager. ZURICH Irene daughter of Mrs. Helen Pol- Dock aged '17'years, died at her home hero on. Oct. 7th, after suffering for sometime from cons umptio i. Funeral took place to Babylon Line Cemetery=. -Mrs. Wm. Schroeder of Babylon lice died you the 9th of October,after many ,weeks suffering. " Two tons and one daughter survive, Theodore, Fer- dinand and Emeli,a,-Henry Reichert has sold has 100 acre, farm oraPari;_ Bine to his son-in-law John Richardson,, for $7,000:-\Valte.r R. _Midler has sold his 100 -acre farm on the G,ashen. line to bis brother -in -lawn, Alex. Voisin. -- Mrs. Mrs. H. Rupp has stold her residence to. Valentine Gerber, sr., of Stanley:, -Mrs Ed. Rupp of Detroit is visit- ing relatives .here. -Mr. and Mrs. N. • °ahms have niioved into the house va- cated by S. IE., 1+aus't, and owned by r: Hess, -Miss Muriel Preeter visid- ed relatives In Detrjait.-Miss Annie Hudeon of Marlette;, <1L]chn, is visiting kir, and Mrs. I. Huds:on.- A J atter of Choice if you are a lover of six -cylinder performance,' or if your choice is. a car equipped with a tried and true four -cylinder engine, you ,'trill do well to look into the merits of the Overland' Model Eighty -Five. This is the popular model that is built in both motor designs - either a Four or a Six. Both are big, comfortable cars. ' The Four has a wheelbase of 112 inches -the Six 116 inches. Both are beauties in appearance and in action. . Cantilever rear springs and big, roomy seat's afford solid riding comfort for five people. If you have decided to invest in a moderately priced, real family. car -one that will stand up under'steady service - drop in and ask for demonstration of this Model Eighty - Five. Overland and Willys-Knight Closed Cars Light Four -5 Passenger Touring Sedan-lOG inch wheelbase. Model 6� Fours- 3 Passenger Touring Coupe -112 inch wheelbase {5 Passenger' Touring Sedan -112 inch wheelbase Light sixes -(3 Passenger Touring Coupe -116 inch wheelbase 15 Passenger Touring Sedan -116 inch wheelbase Willys Six -6 Passenger Touring Sedan -120 inch wheelbase Willys-Knight-4 Passenger Four Coupe -114 inch wheelbase Exeter; Motor Sales., Willys-Overland, Limited Willys-Knight and Overland Motor Cars and Light Commercial Wagons. Head Office and Works, West Toronto, Ontario HENS 4 .L. i121 and Mrs, p, 1h1c1Vlartin, visited relatives and, fr.iencls lin Brussels dur- ing time past Week: -Mr, A. G. Smillie of Toronto and forrnet'ly of near Hen- sa11 spent a couple weeks lately with his mother and sister here, --Mrs, T. W, Palmer, who has been ,quite 411 during 'the past couple weeks, is now. improving q,icely,--Mrs, D. ;13, McLean Brethren," and the ,evening subject spent a few clays last week with reIa- "Elijah and the Prophets of Baaj." fives and friends AI St. Thomasf.- Nlr. On Monday ievepimg fallowing aaoag Chas, Chapman. Of Hamilton, spent a service and (miscellaneous recital will few day;; recently llvith lila sisters, he held, 'and for which the celebrated Mes, E, Rauni'e, ,Mrs. Jon Steacyrao,1 Mrs..D. Cautelon.-Mrs, C, A, :1IcL2on., rued! haae returned from Forest where" she was visitingwith her father Di', Iltitton •-Anniversary services will be held in, the Methodist Church hero next Sunday, Oct, 21, at 11 and 7 p. rn, The subject rof the morning sermon will be, _"Joseph and Hip, [L.S.]. ,ewtNAt . • fnterprcter c.f Literature, T-ferbert\V Piercy, will be ,pres,ertt to. entertain the audience,-Mr,;''L.loytl Steady of �. S�11 Sipe o t°- a � with � l p eat few relays tab ' his parents here, -Mr, ;John D .Dick of Oakville accompanied ,his mother, Mrs. T. Dick, Here Crew' "Oakville, where, she had been .with ,hien' sae -since his wife's death,. -Miss Gladys Hard iehas returned frprn Tilsonburg, where she spent a A1.imber of ,wieelcs with her grankpare4ts, Dr, and Mrs, Croaker, - iIrs, G. •Halliday " )of Inicharu /lead, Sask., is here visiting lier father, • CLANDEBQYE, -- 'l'he trial of Burley", Hodgins of Glandeboye`1'or as • ,. against Win tDaS is -was heard 'n A2:1.A t Craig police curt N'Iagiatr<.te S. la r1,a,t' last.' when ;lie ,was feu �; y and fined SS and costs. '1'UCi ,FRSMITH--The 1,0 Carel of the dateRobt,Charte:s ";11 Road has -been ,sol,cl by the e 1;lr,s. Arthur Tlfason ,of Saskatot;ra and will be managed by her brother, 1Tr, Wm. • Charters. 1 CANADA GEORGE the IF I, by the Grace ®f God, of the United Kingdom of 'Great Britain a. id Ireland and of the r =rit shornini s be- yond the Seas, King, Def i der of be Faith, Emperor of India. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in anywise concern -GREETING A Proclamation calling out themen comprised in Class 1 as described by the Military Service Act, 1917. 1-IEREAS it is pro- vided by our Militia Act of. Canada, Re- vised Statutes of Canada,1906, chapter 41, Section 69, that our Governor-General of Can- ada in Council may place our The Deputy Minister of Justice, Militia of Canada, or any part CanadaJj thereof, on active service any- where in Canada, and also be- yond Canada for the defence thereof, at any time when it appears advisable so to do by reason of emergency; And Whereas that part of our militia of Canada known as the Canadian Expeditionary Force is now engaged inactive service overseas for the defence and security of Canada, the preservation of our Empire and of human liberty ; and it is necessary owing to the emergencies of the war to provide re - enforcements for our said Expeditionary Force in addition to those whose inclination or circumstances have permitted them to !volun- teer ; - And -Whereas by reason of the large number of men who have already left agricultural and indus- trial pursuits in our Dominion of Canada in order to join our Expedi- tionary Force as volunteers, and by reason of the necessity of main- 'taining under these conditions the productiveness or output of agri- culture and industry in our said Dominion, we have determined by and with the advice and consent of our Senate and House of Corny mons of Canada that it is expedient to secure the men so required; not by ballot as provided by our said Militia Act, but by selective draft ; such re -enforcement, under the provisions of the Military Service Act, 1917, hereinafter referred to, not to exceed one hundred thousand men ; - And Whereasit is accordingly enacted in and by the provisions of an Act of our Parliament of Canada; holden in the 7th and 8th years of our reign, and known as the Military Service Act, 1917, that every one of our male subjects who comes within one of, the classes described and intended by the said Act shall be liable to be called out on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within or beyond Canada; and [that his service shall be for the duration of the present war and demobilization after the conclusion of the war ; And Whereas the men who are, under the provisions of the said last mentioned Act, liable to be called out, are comprised in six classes of which Class 1 is, by the provisions of the said Act, defined to consist of all our male subjects, ordinarily, or at any time since the 4th day of August, 1914, resident in Canada, who have attained the age of twenty years, who were born not earlier than the year 1883, and were on the 6th day of July, 1917; unmarried, or are widowers but have no child, and who are not within any of the following enumerated EXCEPTIONS 1. Members of our regular, or reserve, or auxiliary forces, as defined by our Army Act. 2. Members of our military forces raised by the Governments of any of our other dominions or by our Government of India. 3. Men serving in our Royal Navy, or in our Royal Marines, or in our Naval Service of Canada, and members of our Canadian Expeditionary Force. 4. Men who have since August` 4th, 1914, served in our Military or Naval Forces, or in those of our allies, in any theatre of actual war, and have been honourably discharged therefrom. 5. Clergy, including members of any recognized order of an exclu- ively religious character, and ministers of all religious denomina- tions existing in Canada at the date of the passing of our said Military Service. Act. 8. Those persons exempted from military service by Order in Council of.August 13th, 1873, and by Order in Council of Decem- ber 6tth;;'f898,, _ - And_ Y V h ererd it is moreover provided by our said Military Service Act that our Governor-General of Canada in Council may from time to time by proclamation call out on activeservice as aforesaid any class of men in the said Act described; and that all men within the class so called out shall; from the date of such proclamation; be deemed to be soldiers enlisted in the military service of Canada and subject to military law; save as in the said Act otherwise provided ; and that the men so called out shall report and shall be placed on active service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as may be set out in such proclamation or in regulations ; but that they shall; until so placed on active service; be deemed to be on leave of absence without pay And Whereasit is also provided by the said Act that at any time before a date to be fixed by proclamation an application may be made, by or in respect of any man in the class to be called out, to one of our local tribunals' established in the manner provided" by the said Act in the province in which such man ordinarily resides; for a certificate of exemption from service upon any of -the following GROUNDS OF EXEMPTION (a) That itis expedient in the national interest that the man should; instead of being employed in military service, be engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged ; (b) That it is expedient in the national interest that the man should; instead of being employed in military service; be engaged in other work in which he wishes to be engaged and for which he has special qualifications ; (o) That it is expedient in the national interest that; instead of being employed in military service, he should continue to be educated or trained for any work for which he is then being educated or trained; (d) That serious hardship would ensue, if the man were placed an active service, owing to his exceptional financial or businray obligations or domestic position (e) Ill health or infirmity (}') That he conscientiously objects to the undertaking of combatant service; and is prohibited from -so doing by the tenets and articles of faith in effect on the sixth day of J'uly,1917; of any organized religions denomination existing and well recognized in Canada at ., such date; and to which' he in good faith belongs ; And that if any of the grounds of such application be established; A Cettifieate of exemption shall be granted to such man. AndWhereas moreover it is enacted in and by the pro- visions of an Act of our Parliament of Canada holden in the 7th and 8th years of our reign and known as the War Time Elections Act that certain persons thereby- disqualified from voting with such of their sons as on polling day are not of legal age, shall be exempt from combatant military and naval service And 'Whereas it is further provided by our said Military. Service Act that applications for exem .tir"n from service shall be determined by our said local tribunals, subject to appeal as in the said Act provided, and that any man, by or in respect of whom an application for exemption from service is made, shall, so long as such application or any appeal in connection there- with is pending, and during the currency of any exemption granted him, be deemed to be on leave of absence without pay ;' And Whereas hereas our Governor-General of Canada in Council has determined to call out upon active service as aforesaid the men included in Class 1; as in the said Act and hereinbefore defined or described Now Therefore Know Ye that we do hereby call out the said Class 1, comprising the men in our said Military Service Act, 1917, and hereinbefore defined or described as to the said class belonging, on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within or beyond Canada, as we may, in the'. command or direction of our Military Forces, hereafter order or direct. And we do hereby strictly command, require and, enjoin that each man who is a member of the said class shall, on or before the 10th dry of November, 1917, in the prescribed form and manner, report himself for military service, unless application for his exemption shall t. , have been made by him or by another person entitled to apply on his behalf ; wherein our loving subjects, members of the said class, are especially charged not to failsince not only do their loyalty and allegiance require and impose the obligation of careful and implicit obedience to these our strict commands and injunctions, but moi e- over, lest our loving subjects should be ignorant of the consequences which will ensue if they fail to report within the time limited as afore- said, fo_e-said, we do hereby forewarn and admonish them that any one who is hereby called out, and who without reasonable excuse fails to report as aforesaid, shall thereby comma an offence, for which he sh-il liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years with hard labour, and he shall nevertheless, if we so require, be compelled to serve immediately in our said Expeditionary Force. And we do hereby proclaim and announce that for the greater convenience of our subjects, we have directed that prescribed forms, for reporting for service, and for application for exemption from serv- ice, may, at any time on or before the said 10th day of November, 1917, be obtained at any post office in our Dominion of Canada; and that reports for service and applications for exemption from service, if obtained at any of our said post offices and properly executed, shall be forwarded by our postmaster at the post office from which the same are obtained to their proper destinations as by our regulations pre- scribed, free of postage or any other charge. And we do further inform and notify our loving subjects that local tribunals have been established in convenient localities throughout our Dominion of Canada for the hearing of applications for exemption from service upon any of the statutory grounds, as hereinbefore set out; that these our local tribunals so established will begin to v(t in the discharge of their duties on the 8th day of November, 1917, an d that they will continue to sit from day to day thereafter, as -may be necessary or convenient, at such times and places as shall be duly notified, until all applications for exemption from service shall have been heard and disposed of; also that men belonging to the class hereby called out who have not previously to the said 8th day: of November, 1917, reported for service, or forwarded applications for exemption through any of our post offices as aforesaid, may make applications in person fm exemption from service to any of our said tribunals on the 8th, 9th or 10th day of November, 1917, • And we do hereby moreover notify and inform our loving subjects who are within the class hereby called out, that if, on or before the 10th day of November, 1917, they report themselves for mhicary service, or if, on or before that day, application for exemption from service be made by them or on their behalf, they will not be requi e4 to report for duty, or be placed upon active service as aforesaid, -nail a day, not earlierthan the 10th, day of December, 1917, which will, by- our registrar for the province in which they reported or applied, be notified to them in writing by registered post at their respective addresses as given in their reports for -service, or applications for ex- emption from service, or at such substituted addresses as they may. have respectively signified to our said registrar; and we do hereby inform, forewarn` and admonish the men belonging to the class hereby called out that if any of them shall, without just and sufficient cause, fail to report for duty at the time and place required by notice in writing so posted, or shall fail to report for duty as otherwise by law required, he shall be .subject to the procedure, pains and penalties by law prescribed'as against military deserters. Of all of which our loving subjects, and all others whom these presents may concern; are hereby required to take notice, rendering strict obedience to and compliance with all these our commands, directions and requirements; and governing themselves accordingly. In TestimonyWhereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Pat- ent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. WIT- NESS: Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Victor Christian William; Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke,Baron Cavendish of Keighley, Knight of Our Most Noble Order f the Garter; One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order sof Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order; Governor-General. and Commander -in -Chief of Our Dominion of Canada. At Our Government House, in Our City of OTTAWA; this TWELFTH day of OCTOBER; in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine' hundred and seventeen; and in the eighth yeah, of Our Reign. y Cemmanc, nder•Secretary of State.