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p n of call. the tent of the tab for tea and cake. . In I local dignitary. called the Black Stevenson roared up a sand storm. Stevenson set down with the so many Bedouin ailments that in his jeep but . Sheik because no Canadian has {dune and away. In a few min- On their first night in the men in the kitchen for I Iliad! he was being called "Doc." Later, “other mud n ‘ ever been able to pronounce his mice a square patch of sand Sinai, Tpr. Ron Mulligan of of roast beef and gravy. A few of the men were sitting {main tw | "‘1"! real name. lsurrounded by a drooping stand Toronto and Tpr. Chuck Munn Leiut. Walt Reid, 32. of Taber. in chairs on the patio having a 8 o u" The sheik. who heads a tribe of barbed wire was seen. of Calgary had to go out into Alta., in charge of the fort, bottle of Danish beer. luack- The fort Called for an some 3.000 Bedouin. Breede ‘ in told us not to the desert to guard a broken said his men were being tested Suddenly. there was a sharplengineer from Rafah. He blew

of Stevenson warmly. liis prob- ‘drive across it." Stevenson said. down jeep for the nigh

ter to the outposts fil 5 bar-

Stevenson reached one of his squadron‘s officers‘ mess in Rs. days before and had alreadleedouins out of the restricted ‘ ‘ e

ﬂocks of goats, there was no

experienced a four-day sand-lzon

by Bedouins trying to see how explosion. A patrol reported althem up.

Sgt. Dick Greenwnod of SIP-' land mine had gone on nia. Ont.. had already diagnosed - where. Stevenson oun

We went out in the sand- ”:st BY BEDOUINS storm to let them know we're

' t. ilem. of course. was water. His ’ “He said it's his field and he's at kind of thing shakes close they could approach the .water barrels were leaking. A 'going to plant a crop." 1you up‘your first night here." frontier without being shooed Canadian truck which‘ carries Though there were a few Mulligan said. away. wa ..

Canadian troops with the nods.“ said Lieut. Terry Me ,with land mines." said Steven- irels that the Bedouins leave by sign of any crop. Later. Steven- United Nations Eincrccncy Phcc of Vernon. BC. in charge ‘ son. “The Bedouins have picked the track. This can save a Bed- son ‘cvorything else clean. We tried ouin a two-day trip by camel plowin ; “Eight or 10 Bedouins come .to put up signposts to mark the fto Rafah where the Canadians camel and a wooden stick in the lomats and doctors as well in off the desert every momlng frontier. T h e Bedouins took ‘ have built a water tower for the hope that it might rain and he. . I d t hl {could plant watermelon seeds.l it‘latilh mandmakeé onehorltw; Ji‘ Stevenson prom se 0 ep It didn't. on ma a ay. no as

Around a due and the ,0“ roughly two hours and follows MEDICAL PHARMAGY§ ’ the same track taken by Steven- ‘ co.

written by a Canadian Press .Tuesda l. and 40 or 30 show» The frontier is marked by old ‘ Through the interpreter. the] . "nu 3 ' appeared‘ For! MCAV'tyﬂaCh son along the frontier except for hm *0 me you m‘

Force along the Egyptian- of the ‘21) men at the fort. Israeli border must be dip-

as soldiers. This account of ‘for sick parade and we take a‘them, split the post into four for {desert men a typical desert patrol by a llook at them. The Norwegian {table legs and used the sign for}

squadron commander was doctor comes once a week. on ithe tabletop." repair the barrels.

reporter who travelled with oil drums filled with cement. .sheik said some of the membersl mm- , There is a story that a cor-jThe Canadians have ‘ ‘ lporal diagnosed a woman's ail- leach barrel after a Canadiancause of lack of rain. It had By DAVE MclNTOSH FORT McAVlTY. Sinai Desert was taken to hospital at Camp fMoncton, Sherbrooke or Moose :the last year. i (CPi—In the same parched des- :Rafah. She had acute preg— lJaw pops up out of the desert. , ert where Moses received tilelnancv

band to the nomadic Bedouins, [Hebron in Israel appeared on3wat91‘ containers- spiritual descendants of theme left isAw FIRST TREE

Pmphet “mammal “We have to keep the Bedou- Stevenson climbed out of the

The 120 members. of the re-jins bac face of one baby, perhaps a=

came across a Bedouin _ g a field of sand with a 5°93 out “'5‘15 "n" A patrol get away with anything." Reid 5

named .of his tribe are starving be-ll‘ecmmaiﬁsance Squﬂdmn Elves side journeys to chase the hour of the any or night‘

lthe outposts names of former commanding offi- cers—comprises four buildings I The Canadians already had lfor eating and sleeping. a watc four weapons pits, a

oment as acute appendicitis. She lcity or town so that. suddenly. ‘rained only four or five days in regimental

3The drums had to be filled with proof the sheik was speaking the 'tOWEI‘.

Ten Commandments. Canadian= Stevenson drove on, up dune lcement so that the Bedouins truth. in a children's ward back ism 11

a rAs w ,i ~- tobasrtnkiedonupororlowu' soldi .rs st ' ' ' - ' ‘wouldn’i mak off with th as at Rafah were three small Club ‘No Of the blﬂldmgs. 8 barbecue i t , id 1 iseteecTi tom'me N e are e\ ending a helpingiand down dune. The hills ofl e em dren with the matchsmk logs, p". the whole surrounded by 3185:6091): if“ m“. 53111;“ no;

‘ bloated stomachs and wide star- :barbe . ing eyes of malnutrition. The l 20 men for two weeks at a time

k 500 metres from the broad wadi and continued to fol; year old. had the age of a pep ‘gary in a snowstorm only 10 l

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connaissan§e Squadron 0f “3rd 3frontier." he said, “You can see ’low sandy track, almos . Sgrathffﬁjrﬁgrset £021.02 dcal' Where the scrub IS grazed right lindiscernible at times because i so" 0f 23 . m? sand mile pafrthp F9?” Iup tolthe SOD-metre mark. Th sand drifts. _few yards lonLo DIE 1N onsnnr ! tian' _ 151.2611 marge. f 4:1?- ‘BEdoumS are Selling their sheep away. there was a Similar track Sometimes the Canadians cry; United N ation LEm 0: e .and goats already and thereion the Israeli side. when a_ Bedouin waves them to.- Force 5 e gency 415 going to be starvation. Wel Stevenson stopped to pay a i a stop in the desert wastes and Between mm]: partied tlmay have to relax the 500-me- courtesy call at a Yugoslav out-hands them a pitifully small. by lea mnp .FE" 1: v wt“: lire rule if- we can. ,ost. The Yugoslav officer m‘dirty bundle of starvation. ' i heat orp mini tangooim "BI" “’9 “3‘9 to keep them Chargt‘ had h'S right arm ll! 3" Sometimes the parrots donf: Canad‘ané frugk ‘wm; tle‘baCk imm “‘9 bordi’r- If they 8011mm. He said he had broken lI want to lake the children back 1 Bedouins u.th bum (mgrchi‘lemver. there may be a shootinglplaying volleyball. ‘ .hccause they know the same dren ofte'n gt‘umble gm ' 1 incident and we might get in-, The track almost disappeared. ,thing will. happen all over agaln. I (grew or take the S;ck°a cém‘p: Ivonc . Then there was a tree, the first A mild girl with legs paralysefi Hedi-ed to the Vome‘ ian “h 5‘“; ‘ “There's been only one inelastevenson had sees Since he had .by polio plays_ln the children sl ta! at Cam hafahgth I‘N’f dent in the last year or so. That‘left Camp Rafah. One morning ‘ ward, She cant be taken back; main has the “iiddle EA 5 :was when an Israeli patrol {a Canadian patrol had found a do lhe desert because she woud: on a Feebruary dz; MS. 32‘; came mode for three or fourlBedouin hanged—416 had bee‘n‘dic. Stevenson 36 0 ya] a L d m'lqs‘ Whenever “’9 599 3" 15' execuled—fmm "‘9 "99 5"“ ‘ti "'i guess she will be here 85t ' ' g ry an lraell patrol we follow along par. “has Since been called the hangg S [h UN is here u said Vancouver. squadron comman- 1H - . i- , .. long a c . . den made a 75_mﬂe patrol to his Ital e "on this Side of the fron. lint: itiee. ' t I t N V jme Norweglan doctor m charge‘ two desert outposts. Fort liar-. l I" l 9“. mdm“ :35 3122' f .e‘jﬁi‘of the hospital. "We can‘t Pro-i vey and Fort McAvity. He took CRAVES ACTION ‘f‘y’lh thee gma‘éigﬁircan nounce her name. She has been: his interpreter. Ali. with him Stevenson's J'er caught uplh‘ﬁea am Falls A ‘Bcdoun; was here a year and we Just calll In the jeep. The day was hot .with two others on patrol. l‘ “g wa'tel; Three other: -'hcl‘ our little mascot. . H .' . . a . . . . . : , Q the sky clear. A ‘ I"\HSh .ied see some ac-‘ggemgcmlﬁg 8 Sam Browne be" The Sheik 3-k9d SICWILOB 10' Stevenson drove down a sandv “on' said Tpr' RE"? DeSChenelover his white robe. were icnd-i e ' " “391‘ along the ditch marking“ Chamy' Que" dr’ve’" Of One Mung three came]; some goats: Stevenson said he couldn't the armistice line for the Gaza “he Jeeps‘ . . ‘and donkeys ' ,think 0 taking tea Wllh the Strip. The ditch fills in con-i .T‘Ventycanad’?"5°1dlers have‘ Stevenson exchanged greetings Shaik during Ramadan because stantly with sand and has to be .dled servmg Natale UNEF' with the Bedouins in Arabic ‘1 C Shem himself “Uldn't take dug 01“- SOOD he came to FortlThoy are bun“ 1,". ‘ sped?“ then drove on The jeep became’lany. He would have tea with Harvey. the northern end of the I “mo” of Gala mummy ceme' stuck twice in deep sand on i “‘9 Sheik 0“ his firs‘ V15“ after Canadian patrol area along the tery’ Arab chlldrepprmg flow'lslope Stevenson backed up and i Ramadanv the M0519!“ holy 99‘ main Israeli-Egyptian border. ,ers to Canad'a’.‘ “SEEMS to thelmade it on the second try. fly-‘rind 0f dawn'to'sunset_ faSting- GIVE MEDICAL HELP lcememry' ca-umg bakShefSh' ing over the top of the dune likel The Sheikwas °bV1°u§IY de‘ Three Bedm‘lmq with ho .ib! IbaSkSheeSh fgwe me a up). a surfboard. ‘lighted; and impressed with Ste- swollen limbs sat 'n the :1 g‘d fevenso“ jeep plunge“ He got Fort McAvity on his “"50” Tep'y- “Ema” had t-d n} 5‘},ng ., ‘ mm a Steep shde and a .few jeep radio to tell of his ap-lr‘icked up such painters from 2“ Vilma?! 'et 3rd my“? “ ielmmm‘ﬁ later came to wadl 91 [pl-03d}. lthe previous commander. May. Stevenso: \fgnle out‘etu. leak1e st inareidm. one Of the mam fun' lspike Malonepf Ottawa! who them and made angn 00 ii inels for the Israeli assault 8110]“ OF WATER. “:used to Sipwm, the Shem; m f th t be k Semen'siacross the Sinai in 1956. The we always keep in touch. their meetmg huts and taik or em 0 ta en to hospl-{lgravel landscape was packed by he said. “We once had a patrol with them by the hour. sipping holes. lost for six hours. You never tea and eating goat's meat, The sheiks frequently drop in at the

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