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PIETERMARITZBURG, Dec. 7.—General Buller and his staff started from here for the front On the Sih inst.
Lonpon, Dec. 8, 5 a. m.—General Bul ler’s arrival at Frere is held to indicate that all the preparations for an advance to
| the relief of Ladysmith are completed and | that startling news will soon be received. | The fact that Lord Methuen is an» ‘nounced as resuming his command at /aimost the same moment is in‘erpreted in some quarters to mean that battles will be ) fought simultaneously in Natal and at | Spyfonteia.
| It appears doubtful, however, whether ‘Lord Methuen’s force is ready for what | will evidently be a heavy encounter. Monrreat, Dec 7.—A cable to The Sta,
| cays al! the members of tbe Canadian Contingent are in gool health. Their progress 8o far, has been without iecidert the line of marchta De Aar beiog com-
pletely under control of the British. Lord Methuen has rejoimed his forces
en route to Kimberley, aod it is believed that an immediate advance in force will be made to relieve the beleaguered city.
The Canadians, with the Black Watch and S-aforth Highlanders will leave here for the front to-morrow and join Lord Methuen’s column the day following if j nothing intervenes.
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2 OUR CONTINGENT
AT SEA}
The Island Boys Are All Well
SPLENDID PASSAGE TO THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
Officers Have the Best of it on Board But the Island Boys are Lucky.
(Special Correspondence of Tux EXAMINER)
CapeVerbE Isianps, Sunday, Nov 13.— As we have just got in sight of land and as they say we can send a mail ashore, I thought I would drop you a line to let you know that we are all alive and well; I mean the “Island Boys,” Major Weeks included.
Well, you have no doubt heard before now all about the S 8S. Sardinian. She is nothing short of a poor cattle boat, and when the Canadian Comtingent gets home, Canada will know something about the way the Flower of Canada was used by this great Liberal Government of ours. It is ad~d shame; —and then one third of the boat is set aside for the few officers. | So you can see how the men are treated | with regard to room, and you snow there is not much room in the bow ofa steamer. I will enclose you a table of the routine for the day and the bill of fare. But the vill of fare is only another grit bluff; for we never get half of it. The officers are very strict, or we should not be able io get slong at all, for there are some hard men aboard.
On Sunday, we have three services- Catholic from 9.20 to 10.15, Presbyter» ian, 10.15 toll, Church ,of England, 11.15 to 11.45, The Catholic priest is an old man,about 65,and not fit, in my mind, for the position. The English Church man isa young man, and you know the other vourself. We have no drill on , Sunday.
Every morning we have a ealt water
‘ bath, and I tell you it is fise before break~ ‘fast. The weather is fine here, just like July or August, and I am enjoying it lay~ ing out in the sun with very little on me,
} I think jit will do us al! good, The sun is very hot some times and we have to get under shelier or we would be eun-siruck, for there is nothing else to get struck on here. We only dril! two (2) hours a day, and half av hour boatdrll, No. 17 life boat is the one the Island boys have to stick to if anything happens, She is a collapsable boat and can bold 50, if needed, with provisions for six days, and you can bet we can take care of No. 17 with avy of them for we pave al] sworn tnat together we live divided we die. But I gaees there will be no need of them as we sre now half way and we have not had one rough day.
About 400 of us eleep on the firet deck in hammocks, and we are fortunate enough tobe in the 400. Ithink we have the best place in the ship; in fact] am eure we have. We dine at ibr-e tables. So you see we are all together, which makes it good,.
The trained nurses have nothing to do uatil we get to Africa. We have all been vaccinated for fever, and there will be no fear of us now. The doctor says they are the finest lot of men he ever saw. You can talk as you like but the Island bops ‘take the bun.” They arethe smariest and best drilled lot of soldiers on board, and every Onesays 80. You shonld see them for yourselfand then you would beot the same Opinion.
So fac Lorne Stewart and) A. R. Dilloo bave been the only Islanders to get promution. Both are corporals.. Aji the other sergeants are from tbe schools. Dillon has also been attached to the medi- cal etaff with three others from other places.
The water is very bad juss now—not -fitto drink. I could eell Charlottetown water for 25 cents a glass as easy as you could sell Tae Examiner for two cents. a is @ canteen aboard, but they do
ot sell everything; only canned goods and a few other things.
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' Tue weather is extremely hot, bat the!
“Fighting commenced near Modder River ;
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[ tell you it was a treat to some of us.
We had the sad experience of a funeral at cea. A Frenchman by tbe name of Dese Laurier, belonging te Ottawa, died on the 4th of November, and was buried at. sea.
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of it. We got porridge this morning, and |
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water is warm and tastes ealtier thao oar sea, Water at home. It is great fun 1o vee the fellows capering under the hose They are nearly all great mueclar wea far above the average and seem very obliging. There has been no quarr:ling on board, This is rather surprising and pleasing too when you censider that there are 1400 people iv the ship. We have ai] been vaccinated with an anti<malarial
virus to keep us from malarial fever. All the Yeland boys are getting on O. K. We have 4
great. variety of characters on board. Iam constantly surprised. There are men with
He was sewed upin a hammock, and with | the Union Jack over him be was Jaunched into the sea. Poor fellow. This is a very } hard place on every one who was accus- | omed to drink; for they cannot get any liquor on board for love or money,acd they all now belong to # good temperance so- ciety because they cannot help it. There are lots of tobacco and cigarsoa board, |
The Cape Verde Islands are a nice! sight to see from the steamer; the nicest ! I ever eaw. Youcan picture them yours self—for I am not much at description.
I have taken several pictures of the boys while bathing, eweeping and co forth, which I will send from the Cape when we get there. I may havea chance to get some good war pictures.
Now, Pwill write you again frow the Cape, a good long letter, and something from every place I can.
Tre Examiner is permitted to quote the following from a private letter written by
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Mr. Ariboar Mellish to his parents in this ciy oo
We think we may have achance to land mails at Cape Verde Islands and | there- fore dasb off this letter on the chance.
We bad a great send-off at Quebec, ihe Governor Genera’, Premier Laurier, Gen, | Hatton. andfethers addressed us on the parade stand, after which we took a Jong march through Quebec, St. Roche and { the Lower Town. As we were in heavy marching order this was no joke. There were great crowds of people, but little or no cheering, especially in the French quar- ters. After we got on board great nums bers of people erowded on the pier and the real excitement began. As we slowly moved off the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs became wild—people cov- | ered the cliff even up tothe ramparts of the Citedel Hill, where a salute was fired. ‘The boys clustered all over the rigging, sang * Rule Britannia,” and cheered till
‘they were hourse. Ali the wharves were full of peogle waving and cheering. Several steamboats ac-
| eenees us quite a distance, some- | times even fasiening alongside. The boys
tore their buttons and shoulder straps off, and even the sight protectors of their rifles and threw them to the young ladies in tbe |Steamers who went wild for souvenirs. We had had a very early breakfast and had been marching al) day, but were not able to get anything to eat til] about6 p. m., and then it was just some soup and mai. The first deck below was full of canvas hammocks hang- ing from the ceiling as close as they could be packed; underaeath were the mess tables and around were the arms racks. The two secks below were built up solidly with bunks three deep just wide enough fora man, with divisions of wood about eix inches high between them. Mi ex, perience came into play here. I at once took one of the hammocks. The poor fellows below are ve-y closely packed. Tbe run down the Si. Lawrence was un-
eventful, I scribbled off good byes and dropped them in the gilot boat at Rimoueki. A fog delayed us
until we were well into the Atiantic. The soldiers were miserabie, most of them sick aod the organization seemed to. uiterly break dowa. I looked out for myself and got along very well, being a luttie sea sick only about balf aday. After the storm was over the boys soon got better, and since then there bas beenonly very litle seasickness. One maa named Des Lauriers died. His body was sewed np in canvas and buried over the ship’s side.
On Sunday we had three services. Father O'Leary, the R. C. chaplain first officiated. Rev, Mr. Fullerton followed and preached a very good sermon about the tares. The Rev. Mr. Almon, the Church of England chaplain came next and preached a short forcible sermon. He was engaged to come as chaplain only at the last moment. We do some drilling but not very much, [ have been ov, watch once, and expect to be on again tonight. It is really pleasant to be on deck now. The weather is warm, and we constantly see flying fish flitting over the water, and this morning one flew on deck and was captured by an officer. In the early morning several COu.panies are par* aded and the men haye io run round the decks eeveral times. They then go for. ward and get a good bath from the hose in- to which sea water is pumped. I[ get a bath every morning even woen it is not
our turn, andl e-joy itvery much. The>
vill Hall, 'An exceileat programme is bein
medals, clasps, etc., snd a large number of typical adventurers who seem to have been in most everythicg of note for years ast. i am feeling much better as a resultof the ehange. It seemsio he the general impression among the boys ihat
{ we will be all back in about five monthe.
Please remember me to ail .friends.
Mr. Mellish also writes under deste of Novem ber iGih, by a passing ship, and re« ports all well.
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By the courtesy of Mr. T. C. James
' Tan Exawrsgr is permitted to make the
following extract from a letter received by him from Rey. T. F. Fallerton :—
S S Sarpisian, Nov 11. Lat 190.37 Long 27 if
Captain bas jast said he will stop first mai] steamer and giye them our letiers. Weare 12 days out and are 2860 miles from. Quebec. Have had a fairly good passage and are nearly ali over tea sick~ ness, I did not suffer at all, The Island boye steod it weil, and like the other ~ sections they are now bard at work from morsing tii night. The beet authorities - say the troops must have two movihs garrison driil and duty before being ft for the field.
We had ove death on Thursday afer ssiliog and the faneral, on the same day. The men appeared to be deeply impre+-ed with the whole seene. We have three services on Sunday, and last Sunday they were vonducted en deck,the only available epace, amid a tremendous gale and tre- mendous rolling. Give my kindest ree gards te all friends.
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See the amateure contesting for the gold priz* tonight. The audience will judge. aud decide,
Ladies who use Hoekey Skates should see our Hockey Soots ~R K Jost.
New records tor grapho- phones—the very latest at Miller Bros.
Tonight, tonigb’\—~A hot old time atthe Opera House tonight. A large number of Charlottetown’s ambitious amateurs wi'l contest for the $5 gold prize given by the Shamrock concert company in addition to their big double show,
Don’t do anthing till you see the show at the Opera House tonight. Funny ? Well rather.
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