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Established 4865, Vol. 51, No. 52
CLINTON, ONTARIO, TI-IURSDAY JUNE 28th, 1917,
Canada's Jubflee YYear
Conine Bock to ire it Comity
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V EY JHTHOUT A D
A former Pastor of the Londesboro Circuit, who assumes charge of
the Victoria St. Methodist Church at Goderich on Sunday,
New Preiden
of Emden PM
Mr. Junes Hossack Woods, Presi-
dent of the Canadian Press Associa-
tion, Inc., was horn in Quebec in July,
867, the month and year of Confed-
eration; so that there is an appro-
priateness in his selection for ,.the
jubilee year. His father was form-
erly Chairman of the Quebec Harbor
Board, and was the first commercial
agent of Canada to Australia, After
education at Morrie College, Mr.
Woods went to McGill, and later • to
the Manitoba University at Winnipeg..
Ile joined the staff of the flail and
Empire, Toronto, and was four years
in the Press Gallery at Ottawa before
going to the Montreal Herald as edi-
torial. Subsequently Ile returned to
Toronto anct was city editor of the
Mail and Empire for several years.
Managing Beater at Calgary,
Mr. Woods then went Wcst, and
since 5907 has been managing editor
of the Calgary Herald. Ile is a Pres-
byterian, and independent in thought.
and besides his edite.riel w•, rk, has
written on political and econimic
affairs for Canadian and American
magazines and journals, He is de-
scribed as "a believer in the future
of Canada as a part of a larger Bri-
tish Empire." Mrs. Woods is a
daughter of Mr. J, F. Eby, Toronto.
t4
CAVA ADA A NATION
FOR FIFTY YEARS
Meaning of Confederation to Our
• Young Nation.
'GROWTH OF THE DOMINION
Establishment of the Various Col-
onies That Made Up ileallislt
North America, Finally Fed.
crating in 1867 to Form a
Country, July the First
Bain; Its Birthday.
LTiIOUGR a man is eoneld•
j•` eyed to bo passing his
prince when he reaches tiie
age of fifty years, a nation
that has arrived at the halt -century
mark is looked upon as a mere in-
fant among the powers. On July
1st, 1917, the Dominion of Canada
completes the first half century of its
life, and the record of the country
has justified the Hien who foresaw
that the formation of the federation
of Provinces would lilt Canada to
the dignity of nationhord. The Brit-
ish Empire is the most unique ex-
periment in imperialism that the
J, H. WOODS
JJ c;& e as g,,� �,�{a ��y�q'
o Cott a
A J O P.
Ceorge i1:c•
Laren
Brown, Reserve of
Officers, Canadian
Militia, has boon
appointed Assist-
ant Director (um
Paid) at the War
Office, with the
i'auk of Lieut.-
Colonel
ieut:Colonel while so
employed,
iMajor McLaren
Brown Is the 51;15.
tropean Manager
of the Canadian
Pacific Railway,
and was born in
IIamj5ton, Ont„
In 1866, his
fathar, Adam
Brown, being a
Scotsman fat' o
Dumfrieshire,
and his mother an
Englishwoman
from Shrewsbury.
In 1887 he was elAJOR G. MCI. 1311OWN.
appointed Agent for the Canadian Pacific Rainevy c tt •
1
)eve yetere later to be Asst. General Passenger Agent t. :,t=•r t Div!
enbsequontly became in turn Executive Agent,
]rad Dining and Sleeping Car Dept, and General r n - r,
lettantic Steamship Lines, In 1508 Major Drown c.,,s
teeropean Trafilo Agent, and In 1910 General Europeae Mame., r, n.iti.
IofYt ea at 02/6, (."haring Cross, London, S.tiSr,
10 all these positions Major McLaren Brewin has Shawn hitaselr iozeeee;d
tie raise oresanizing and ,executive skill,
ti
Ext J
Y
rest
,u
fl ��
Sterilize Manure Heaps to Avoid Fly
Swarms.
T•bere will be no necessity to swat
the fly if we make it impossible for
him to be born. Flies breed usually
le barn arc 'manure heaps 1 l h e ea., and if
Y
r,
these are properly sterilized the
birth of the fly will be rendered im-
possible.
It becomes very important of
course, to choose a sterilizing sub-
stanen that will not destroy or in-
jure the value of the fertilizer, Ex-
periments under the auspices of the
United States Department of Agri-
ctelture show that it is possible to
increase its fertilizing powers while
totally ruining its value to our
enemy Y for breeding ug pur
puses
The
subseances es recur
rended
by the
Department are the common fertilizer
ingredients caiciunt cyanimid, acid
phosphate, and kainite. Says a recent
press bulletin issued by the Depart-
CGntinued on Page 2
SII(• JOHN A, 1lLICI)ON.1L»
world has ever seen, It coesiets, not
of a central power, nursing and de-
veloping colonies so that it may reap
a profit through ultimate exploita-
tion. That was the old imperial
idea. With the British it has been
' otherwise. The empire consists of
• a number of self eoverniuss nations,
' each one free to nuke or break Its
own destiny, and l.cund to the 'Io-
' therland with the strong ties that
come from c)i,1'O.on Ideals, common
language, and common laws• They
are also Leld together by the belief
that it is for the i,o- 1 of the world
that a highly civilized empire of
free nations, grotteed round the land
from which they r Ise, sheltie 'Xert
its infinence for 1, -ion in ell eerie
of the globe.
'Canada was the iii st of the over
• seas dominions to Lemuru into n un -
tion, British Atnorlea, before 1iii57
had been a loos,_ rYried of semi!.
Icolonies scattered .:crus the coo 1n-
ent, the Provineee and Terriioil':
having come into 'h. 1empire 1t 11'-
ferent times and under varyin'. ter-
• cumstanees, The e't•oeince of Neve
Scotia, first coloeised by the Frenoh
in 1698, was tak-:n 1 y 'he British in
1629, restored to France in 163'2,
and again ceded 10 Great Britain by
the Treaty of ticrr e:at in 17'13, Cape
Breton, now at p=m. of Nova Scotia,
was not finally teeen over by the
English until 175;, and formed a
separate colon:; trt, 1820, A por-
tion of :NOW Rrua,:r1. i : 1:1t.1 coded to
Great Britain by Preueli in 1713,
but the I rovi0 . i i not becoate
wholly I1itish until .slur tllo fail of
Qa.ehee. 1t was at ono time Part of
Nova Snout but bees= 0 separate
I10 rt.r., i l Ih,-i. 1 a;ntu }Grin) .r 1 Is-
land V:1,1 lira silt 1 L.10 .1-11,
11 becinue annexed ,0 1o,.l ,, soli. in
7.710, but rose to the dignity dr a
separate province in 1.766, Ontario
and Qite.b'-c are 1lie two larval. prov-
'flees he (aid' nal )1.1 CUL -W t Quo-
hoe
au"b d w ti t founded i, lee, lee I, Il in
1608, end the city feu to tee i,ritiee.
in 1759, being f emetic cod --d to
our Empire In 11'60. In 1791 an
Buttered Act was P110 r,1 ,1i',1 11 ;
Canada into two l'ro.insc s Lipper
and Lower Canada, with r sc e it stn
constitution for each. '1'bct;e two
Provinces wore again united in 1841,
but et the time of the (inion they
were divided, Upper Canada becom-
ing Ontario and Lower Canada tak-
ingthe1•1•
historic; 00018 of Quebec.
The Eastern Colonies, with the ex-
ception of Prince Edward Island,
were the original Provinces to enter
confederation in 1867,
British Columbia, on (site shores of
the Pacific, was granted a colonial
government in 1858. In. 1869 Van-
couver Island became a separate
colony, but the two portions of the
Province were joined when they en-
-r•teted the deral union in 1871.
That vast region laying between Old
Canute andBritish Ga1 11bf
a was
taken over by the n w Dentition in
1869, and out of tbo territory the
present Provinces of Manitoba Sas-
katchewan, and Alberta were carved,
Manitoba In 1870 and the others in
1906.
Previous to 1861 many sugges-
tions for the un100 of the British
Provinces in North America had been
put forward, but the first legislative
action loOking to his en]was taken
by the Howie of Assembly of Nova
Scotia in 1861 under the lt'idershrl,
of Sir Charles 'topper. Early ly in
1864 delegates from the Provinces
of Noya Senile, New Ilrunr.,wiek, and
Prince Edward island assembled m
Charlottetown ltntfimrized by their
goVernnhente to coulee nn reference
to the Union of these Provinces. No-
thing, !Veneer, V- a at that time ae-
eenaldieled, except that as a result
of Certain obntOl'encee another 004 -
volition was called by the Govei'nor-
General to meet 90 Quebec on Oeto
bee 10th, 1864, and at this meeting
Upper and Lower Canada and the
Maritima 'orovIneos veno all repre-
sented. Seventy-two resolutions, af-
terwal'tis formulated as the "British
North America Act 1167" were
adopted by this conventions, and
those were taken back to the differ-
ent legislative bodies foe considera-
tion. Tlie Canadian Patlianaent
adopted the resolutions at its meet-
ing in the following Match, but the
scbento met with a great Ileal of op-
position In the lliaritiine Provinces.
There was a bitter generatt election
in New Brunswick, and the forme of
union won, The Legislature of Nova
Scotia adopted the measure without
referring it to the electorate. The
8111 for the Union was presented in
the Imperial Pttrliaenent in Febru-
ary, 1867, and passed the two houses
On March 39111 of that year, The
Act came into force by proclamation
on July lst of that year, and Domin-
ion Day wilt remain our most dis-
tinct national holiday down through
posterity, so long as Canada remains
a nation, whieb, all Canadians will
say resolutely, means forever, •
Those great days, so full of mean-
ing for the men of this land for all
tine, are still remembered by many
of our citizens. Old people can re-
call the birthday of Canacha, and the
celebration in all parts of the Do-
minion, tbeugh few of them dreamed
that in less than fifty years the new
nation would become strong enough
to engage in a great world war and
to be an Important factor in the
struggle. When the proclamation of
the British, North America Act was
made, Right Hon, Charles Stanley,
VIscount Monek happened to be the
Governor of Canada, so that it fell to
his lot automatically to be the first
Governor-General of the new Do-
minion.
JUST ABOUT.' OCI;SE•:LVJiS.
Sonic National Characteristics That
Canada Possesses,
Sometimes new 00111ers to Canada
tell Canadians that a young country
cannot call itself a nation until it is
old enough to have a little individ-
uality. There must he things about
It that people all over Ill' world as-
sociate only with tee". ectoery. ,5
111'''On, roititosttint.. a -nal ewe.
s0i•n1Sneee, cannot he created in city
years, they will I-'! 1'l11 tee!,
ma,' tick " \711 teleee.,to Sunda
that is pe,allail;: yeti,. oa:n?"
It is fru3 ih tt a:' young,
and that 51 hadsed 115511
world-sadaad ,r o,>;t until the
war Casio t:>.)•, •'` ,.".lt rho anon::: .
brave men in 1.1e ;.s' i, from tee
story of King Areer .a::c the Rotted
Table 11 ,h1 ewe r thestieli h s't't;
•ce1iail no,.hele r' + rilii.;, then
the story of the -:sl
Illoonte,i Poli:,•. .i,1.. ti:..,t„
thn: a yours. c 1.. ; 1,113 ,
ah titine' or " _ • 1u rt; story lie
ouchi. 111 read r . rl Inc nLout this
order in ih-' n-. P. •ri i 1'...e4 as it
has n•.v^a• hied in
oti.e•r pi::n ct c•onr,r) 1,1 the
t <. , r i to oink,
(..: td 1 s 15 1,te c t 1 •, ;11'i
ra f;,., t.ir'-', "!1: ,tt0-l-!e of:d
V.:5! 1,-.!•7'11 mere ,.1 r 01' the
1 r ale t -, , 0u' 1',-011! et our
Mounted
lite are td-.• unit, etantry in the
world ;,1;11 at na,1o,n! g5i.a(, acquired
HON. G1?,Oiti-1, BROW
from the alcor ielncs, , Our fore-
fathers found lacrosse being played
by the Indians when they came here.
They took the ea' -tee and etlaptedl 0:
for the usages of Anglo-Saxons with
their love of smite, The game with
its vigor and viril.'ty, its spied and
its manliness, m1It t. a fitting symbol
for the new country, Laerolse may
never be as popular u..i
r•
t ns soma other
I
t
sports because
of 11e skill and dis-
°iplifte required to play ft, It is,
however, the one game In which Ca-
nadian supremacy ]las never been
challenged, ft gives individuality to
the sporting life of our country, La-
crosse ite something. typically Cana-
dian,
Sometimes em have objected to
ICipBtsg's nam1 for us "Our Lacey of
the Snows," People who visit us in
July and August learn that we also
know something about heat.
Still
Canadian Lve a wtdu altd practical
knowledge of how to enjoy winter,
Skatllg and sno,e-shooing, hockey
and tobogganing give a zest to life
hi cold weather, If an B11,THsbmau
sees it picture of an Ice 'Deface sur-
rounded by people in blanket suite,
he will immediately iaentl y it as a
scene in Canada, the Ianceewhoro
they know iloty t0 <1 coy w11(ct."
Sonia ofoar al beauties n o
• cs and
our teamed reeourene, as the
taunt, lung lndm„,r3-, •;1111 help to !live
C,uoa,°at rnnr;u,tar. J'io have been a
little -15 ..rest 111 Lim past by our
Mistier, anal cotrs1>icc+tnt 1 neighbor,
and 1. it a eceltine nigh that 11,0 pee,
pie of /lie 1)o1uit 11.1 aro eninaloneing
to th'a ic tlrt'.g tele i•, `.meas They
are lia,rankr,l, it) t„1111zu what It
means to have national ideas and
also to feel that The twentieth eeit-
tUry, belongs to Emmen.”
W, , Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers,
1867 49I7
,
NOW HUI\ PLOTS
WLRL EXPOSED
Thri8lin - Feats of Providence
Journal's Reporters
and Wireless
RATH4H/t' 3 ltlMODEB ' STORY
Driving Out of Durnba and Bryan, lloy.
I Ed and Von Papen—Reporter as Von
I Sernstorff's Trusted Secretary
Amazing examples of the part play
ed by '1'he Provldenro Journal in foil
iug German plots and in bringing tlte
United States lhto the tear were given
Lhe Canadian Press Association last
week by Mr. John R. Rathom, the lads
for of that prblication, in several ad-
dresses. Following area few of the
more remarkable feats or the stale to
whom their chief gave all the credit.:
A reporter on The Providence
Journal acted for seventeen 'months
as 3118 of the private secretaries ul
Antbassedar von Bel'nsdorf, 1118 ae-
credited diplomatic representative of
the Gorman Empire to the United
States, and the evidence of the Ann
bassador's activities thus a%I>ose(TA
by
the Journal resulted in his departure
from American shores in disgrace.
Another staff' reporter followed Dr.
Heinrich Albert, exchanged suit cases
with him and secured the evidence
which defeated the plot to involve Ire-
land 1n rebellion and ended in the exe-
cution of Sir Roger Casement. A she
teen -dollar -a -week stenographer ht the
office of Tho Journal outwitted Cap-
tain 1". von Papett, German 1,35111 at-
tache at eVaellington. flow she dl.i
so would melte the plot of a moving
picture scenario. 3
Wireless Gave them Start
'fhe boys and girls of the paper fea r-
lesety took their lives in their heads
for yen's, ''m''ithout them," said Jetta
It. 1111110ut, ` coald have (lone lead-
ing." 'Vet he liincseii' is a math 01 Tee
markable perseuality, shrewd, cnu-
nevem; and very `goed•l>uhiored. 1'orm-
in Australia, he was brought tin in the
United Suites and is a thoro:agh-gain;
Ant,rieen, a 1:1'11101 with breadth mat
Byre, ti.), 11 1 [.1 to accord fail i-1 e 1r -
t)' 1111. e. ;c" 1.'.a StiVriiicrs in the s,ar.
Ills one aim tl:r-e•l-noet w•as to 1.
his 'sir; -ei' 10 see thr. tf' .:In.;
was [hair 11- 1.•rnl toe. tee u'.ese
Canada;' 511::i iii': '5011pte cit:' Is' ;1;-.11,
11 1 Cho: i c ,.I a led the,: to , c. .
before. er thought of Pee
dente. J.::elei l hs l a 'vug t,.
wireless i.l• .. '.y, tied heel two stn.
tions of las c ee 11',e 'I)nlir 5ba1,.
When ss' • i u 00.1 t > u,^• ac !
the idea ua tapping Sayvill and Nan-
tucket, and in that way, Meg 1, turn
any expeetees war0 male in Tis,•.
Junrn,il, Hee- iaai au.cuurtclatt:d evi-
dence 0i German cot:13,11'1;y' 1n 1'.1
clliet ntai iug in tiro ruin. 5,,.t•:.
which tat cc! amount to a hnudr,.•;i
time'; more 11:1111 was •Peaty pall::;'
ed, Then lied cone the fu11ll teete
in which the reporter;; had beee fie
valuable, and the roe -mice of eesestat-
Istg t ,I 1-!: t ed all ticu011.
Of the e., leu in . •'t Deese0
legs lit *Air. I.,ttettni said 111(5 11 .1
no positive iu101511llon, bu'., tyre
weeks be:nre it took place they 11 ;1(1
lnforntalioi or 0 plan to destroy Leo
Parliament Buildings about that that?,
with two munition plaute to t'an:,01,
Both i'arlianhe;,t L'allding.t, mid the
munition 1,111115 were damaged 1>y' lire
or bomb within _forty-eight Hours of
the time of which The I'rovid nve
information. "'rhr.1 is all 1 know of
the Ottawa ere," said eIs. 11,151110,.
"but. 1 ani cont;,nt. to believe that it
could not be cluttered to carrelessuess
nor lack of ordinary precaution 01
Ottawa, bacntnse WO know how Mill -
cult it is to circumvent these Wren."
Horn's "Green Blubber" Grain
Mr. flatboat caused a burst of
laufrhti'r by de scribing true brains lir
every element diplomat as "green
blubber," Ile afwilys made a mistake
which nobody with real brains would
bo guilty or. eche ;meeker gave sever-
al r is nc •e ,these the most Oaten'.
ate plots had fallen through. because
of this cher.n ceristia German etupid-
117. Une or theme was the case of
Lieut. Werner flora, the young Ger-
man oflteer who had been deputed to
blow up the Vsneoboro" bridge. This
man had ,:,liar to the rouble of. grow-
ing a bard, and, disguising himself
as a ro a r, uncouth workman --old
clothes, ditty foots, .worn-out carpet
bag ole. tie, however, gave 'remelt
away by rieleg in the parlor car of
the best train running through New
England. lie was "spotted" at mice.
After',vardd uh:n netted why he did
not travel in •l. different sort of a
train he replied that leo was an ofTi-
ee1• and at gentleman, and that wits the
way he war, accustomed to travel.
. Tlu'ce days after the Da i'ont ex-
plosion Imsiou 111 Delaware, ,(war which killed pe, v h ]led 81.
r r.
men, -loy.,d, the German Military
Attache at Washington, and Capt. F,
Von 1'apen sat in an hotel and
toasted tie 11100 who heel been suc-
cessful in bringing about this Bit
Pant explosion, A Journal reporter
at a d(etagraph in the next room wan
able to report the occurrence in 61111,
teathom Convinced Wilson
The whole story of how one sole
newspaper was otlabied so to expose
German secret plottings in the United
States that f r
t exulted first in recall
of one official al of r i
i to the otheru
p to
Count von Bertstoeff, and Bien -proved
a great weight tit convincing President
Wilson or machinations against the
Stste, could Dever have been told if
the enormous tnii:fai difficulty of the
wireless c0dee had not been overcome,
After five months of }van' and after
nearly 10
a 0 000 messages ss es h
Y all been
g o
stored in the 11 u•
vans the journal was
f stunenough
o t ate to discover tfle Inde
to read Immo of these messages. Arne•
eft with facts thus revealed by its foax>
operators,. tiro Joui'ital's repnl•ters wefts
(fent •nils to talee jobs to the German
Colsnla1es and other places flamed in
(ltd; Messages,
'!'1`110 1110(00101 we got in flue months
would ,keep tis going for 25 years,"
said ,dr, Ilatllom, "We IIaVe 110'1 tonsil.
ad 50 per cont. oe it, We have 004p
Minted 10 per Cent of it. Wo Woufdl.
1eare gone 011 dohig 50, buf, the result*
s
Half a" CeL2tury ::
Bnef
1867---f0ritleh North America Act
ipassed, The Dominion of Canada
became a elation and Dominion
Day was established on July 1st.
1868—The assassination of D'Arcy
McGee, one of the Fathers of Con-
.,federation, occurred at Ottawa on
April 7111,
1809—The young Dominion had to
face the anxieties of the First Red
River Rebellion in the North-
West.
1870—On May 11th the Dominion
purchased the Hudson Bay .Com-
pany's rights in Rupert's Land for
2300,000, and on July 1611 the
now Province of Manitoba and the
North •- West Territories were
created. On September 240 Col -
00e1 Wolseley's expedition arrived
at Fort Garry and the Ri-el Rebel-
lion collapsed,
1871—British Columbia was admit-
ted into '.Confederation on July
20th, so that theyoung nation
reached from coast to coast.
1873—Pr10es Edward Island was
admitted .to the Dcminion on July
lst.
1874—Alexander Mackenzie became
Prime Minister of Canada,
1875—The first Lieutenant -Governor
lige watlf.ed 05,110 about,'
Colitfouled on. page 2
Silt OLIS'L(II MOWAT
was appointed for Rupert's Land
and the forth -West Territories,
1876—TMs year saw the opening of
the Intcreolouial Railway from
Quebec to Halifax, and the estab-
lishment of th. Royal Military'
College at Kingc:ton.
1877—A vital event took place this
Year, though it was not considered
important at the time. The first
exportation of wheat was made
from Manitoba to Great Britain,
1878—In Novembef•, the Marquis of
Lorne arrived '-v Governor-
oeneraf, aecu,npttn:eu Ley re,It2lt,
Princess Louise, The Maekona„ry
Government was defeated, and S.tsr
' John A, Macdonald became omen
more Prime Minister of Canada„
an office that he held until b6,
death.
1879—The National Policy 'wan
adopted, its purpo8o being or
strengthen the industries and fin -
ammo of Canada,
1880—On May 11th, Sir A. T, Galt
was appointed the first high Com-
missioner for Canada to England.
The death of the' Pian. George
Brown, another Father of Confed-
eration, occurred on May 10th.
1881—The first sod of the Canadian.
Pacific Railway was turned on
May 2nd,
1882—The Provisional districts tz2
Assinihaia, Saskatchewan, Alberta
and Athabasca were created.
1889—Sir Charles Tupper because
High Commissioner -for Canada im
London.
1884—The dispute over the boundI-
-ary between Manitoba and Ontario
was finally ppettled on August 11.
1885—The sdcond North-West Re-
bellion broke out on March 26tia.
and was immediately crushed.
Louis Riel, -the agitator and lead.,
er, was executed On November
16th,
188The Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Was celebrated, and on April 41h
the first Colonial Conference wars
held in London,
1888—The Fishery Treaty was sign-
ed at Washington on .April 1511,
only to be rejected later by the
United States Senate as not suite
eiently favorable to their country.
1890—The Legislature of the Noah
.West Territories was. given con-
trol of all territorial expenditures,
1891—On June 6th, Sir John d„
Macdonald died,
1892—Tho Treaty of. Washington.
(Behring Sea) was signed provid-
ing for arbitration over 11111•
boundary lino between Canaan
and the United States,
1893—Sir John Thompson die&
suddenly 111 London. Sir Mocker
zie Dowell became Prime isliu)stez
of Canada.
1894—The Colonial Coaferonee mat
at Ottawa on June 28t11,
1895 — Proclamation was lees: et
naming the unnamed 1)001/008 of
the North-West Territories, Un-•
gayti, Franklin, Ma;'kenzie, and:
Yukon Districts.
1896 --On April 24th Lorre Strath-•
cons 'VMS appointed High Commis-
sioner for Canada, taking the
place of Sir Charles Tupper ',vita,
returned to Ottawa from London
to become Primo Minister astir
lead tate Conservative party, The
Government was defeated at the
polls, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier be-
came Prime elinister, bolding the
office until defeated by Sir Rober .
Borden in 1931..On July Gth the
boundaries of Quebec were ex-
tended to the shun.:! of Hudson
Lay.
1897 -The Dive—need Jubilee o`
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Veteran Soldier Honored
t---,IIIRTY-FIFE: years work with the Cana- 0
dean Pacific Railway Company and
"jxty-two years service in the military
forces of the British Empire • have brought
recognition and honour to Fred. L. Lydon,
for the well-known veteran has been ad-
vanced by the big transportation system, aad
he Iles been made a Lieutenant-Colonel by
the military authorities.
Born at Bermuda, West Indies, in 1838, the
son of a father who came of a Galway, Ire-
land, family, Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon has
had an interesting career. It Is no wonder
that his special outlet for activities lies in the
witditary field; his father was a soldler, and on
the paternal side also his grandfather fought
as a private under the Duke of Wellington
when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in
1815; on thematernal side his grandfather was
soldier military secretary to the "h•on Duke,"
end also tools his part in the overthrow of
Napoleon. Loth grandfathers fought through
the Peninsula War.
"We Irish aro shy to talk about our
experienres," said Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon
in an interview, "but I may say that it was
in lily blood to be a soldier. In 1834, when I
was only fifteen years of age, t began service
in England with the Dorset Militia. At rho
time or the Indian Mutiny I volunteered for
eervice in the King's Royal Rifles. remaining
in this regiment from 1857 until 1866. 1 hail
art an opportunity of doing duty at the In-
(1ien eintiny. When the 13ng's Own Rifles
,;ere Coming to Canada in 1861 I came with
them, arriving on the 12th July. Afterwards
I silent two years in Quebec, two in Montreal,
and a little while in London, Ontario."
Having spoken of the wonderful develop.
.r:c:;1 of the Dominion during the last half
rentnry Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon went ou
to say that in 1860, when the Fenians raided
Canada he w•as amongst those who went to
ntr:tt 11tem.€,"I remember Ole time well," he
said, "for the hardest march of my life was
dint whi
eh brought us into touch with the in. nY
0
ov..
enders.
We marched thirty-four y ul mites in a
day, At Ridgeway and Fort Erie we captured quite a number of the Fenians
who were badly organized and did not 'offer a vigorous resistance."
In December, 1866, he left the regular army and became adjuta.ntin
structor of the 280 Perth Battalion, serving two years with this unit. IR
those days the employees of military age on the railway to which ire was at.
tacked, were volunteers under military control. He was an energetic
-"oritanizer amongst them. Later he came to Montreal and re -organized
the "5111 Royals," and was their• adjutasnt-instructor for many years.,
The "311) Royals" was the parent of the present 5111 Royal Higlaoders, Inc
1889 Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon broke new territory and organized two coin -
prinks of Scatcfi Highland Cadets. This undertaking was most successful,
for Ilse companies gradually increased until there are new 818111 of the
formed Into one unit laaown as the Highland Cadet battalion "These are
1V
n chi
idreu "
proceeded b
p let i t e veteran. "We tie
gave eighty Y
to
o t
le
South
th
African al n. and tothe present ronaict we ave between four hundred anilive hundred
I am still commander of the cadets." '
"i did not seek any prornotien," said Liontenant•Colonel Lydon. "I was
content to 'work as I had been working, but 1 had a letter from Major-
General E. W. Wilson, dated March 26 of this year, telling me that I have
been made a Lieutenant-Colonel on the retired list." I-05 then produced a
fetter from M5ior'General W. el.''tiodgine, of l.lse, Ad,inteet-General's Office,'
Ottawa,w,
ich staked that the promotion
was: "A recognition of your long, and valuable sev e0s to the militia, a end which ninth
appeci
a
.ted by us older men, who know what you nava
dams"
Besides liaviilg slush a diStinguislted military career Lieutenant-Colonel
Lydon hae a good railway recoil, He laas been in the General Ticket De-
nutmeat of the Canadian Pacific Railway for thirty -live years, and he 188q
watched the company develop acid spread its 1>ranelle5 all over the world.
The Veteran railroad man under navies was at the outuilnit or the first
general, office t Piece d'Arntes, and during his coanetttion svitlt 1118 C.
has become widely known and deservedly panelist. with lite prtblie.
t 11 ryas a emprise to Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon when, on the morning of
March 01st, ho wait saminonod to ttto ofllco of, lord tdharighntsr•, 'I?rr'ideg
a4 the O8n4dlan taaoIaTh flailway, anti was annolnted to asslat mn tl' r0-
nrganizing staff of the first Aid Preen of the Colnl(l1a5a3', with einee i a the
doftatrtifient Of Mr, Gtioi'ge ttury, Vice Presl tent, P1115 theaais eonlltlerehhe
Atlee wt tie t time to crown. a leng 11We worthy labour, .. iosa1
adv'dttodriuemt, .It In it happy eofiieldence that twa splendid regio It
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