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1916.
Proun or Brine A caiuinliiii 3;
It is a blessed privilege to be proud of one’s coun- "
try and more blessed still to have a country to be proud 3
of. In this pride every Canadian
country to be proud of, not only material \vealtli and opportunities of its manhood and \voiiianho0d.
in our history the mettle of our maiiliood-and of our b womanhood also-has been put to the severcst test pos- ll sible to flesh and blood, the test of sacrifice, the willing-` b
ness to lay down life for the nation tion stands for. And our men and
stood the test, our men have gone forward in thou- t _ _ _ sands willingly and without compulsion to light and if Mllllla .Dell-llrtlllclll’ l° Ma-lol' General 5"' Sam
necessary to lay down their lives in order that the in- _ _ .hcritancc received from free men might be handed el' were tllese Speelee Charges made than SH' ROUCFK
down unsullicd and unfettered to For this cvcrv true Canadian can
head as prouglh. as did am. Old Roma" when declap charges. As quickly as the necessary machinery could ing his citizcnsliip in the greatest nation of his time, be get Wgetller' llle Commlsslell began its lllvesllga' and in the greatset boast of his time, “Ciz'is Ifoiiiaiiiis lloll' Alle' elglll .days of lll°l'°“gll exallllllatloll of
.ru nr. "
And yet in the midst of otir pride there are things Ped Om °l e"'el'Y ellargei 5° much _5° that lt ls 3“l'l°““C'
to be ashamed of. The events of the past fe\v \veeks ed that ul" Kyte ls le be Put 0” llls elllll and eompelled in our _-cdcml harhamem at Ottawa have brought the to tell the source of tli_e information on which he based blush of shame to many a Canadian cheek. While the the seamlfll Speee-ll Wlllell ll"'e‘V the e°"mtl'Y into 3- Stall? best of our manhood has placed itself in the path of Ol llystclla and lllade Callalle llllameus lll the eYe5 °f death for a noble and patriotic service a group of little tlle wllole “'°l'l‘l~ llleludlllg our allle5~
_Canadians elected to parliament by respectable coiisti-
tucncies have seen fit to bcsniirch the fair name of _ _ _ their Country _,hd thch. people in the Cohtcmphhlc hope two million dollar contracts on which they had obtain- of winning to themselves some little political profit. For 8 week both on the hom. of the House of C0m_ and had formally executed an aggreenient to, and had nions and before a Royal Commiss/ion, this spectacle has been before the people of Canada side by side with dollars Ol tllc lllf)l_leY allvalleed by Gelleml Hughes 0" that other spectacle in Europe the grim story of which llcllzlll Ol llle Bllilsll g°Vel°"lllelll~
reaches us night after night in an official casualty list _ _ _ which is read with mingled hope and fear in almost and not ll dollar llas lleell lllvleleel as mke'0l¥ ‘Will
every home in Canada.
The last Hanzard report brings a sample of one
day’s work in the Commons. The House went into
Committee to considera resolution to provide $250, Scandal charge' -
000000 for war purposes. The purpose of the resolu- tion was fully explained, and, incident ally, the gal-
l:iiit work of the Canadian soldiers at the front was Sale “'35 ever made lllld eollselluelltll’ "0 ml‘e'°ff-
ineiitioncd. Sympathy from both sides of the llouse _ “.35 L.xhrL,_`._`,.(| to Hon J_ D_ Hhzclh who was absent company cbmtract falls to the ground from the fact because of the death of his son, reported killed in ac- llllll llle e°llll""l°t “'35 elllleellell “llll 'let il dolli" Pelle' tion a day or two prcviotisly. .\lany scntiinents were exprcsst-fl by members as to the conduct of thc war,
the cause, patriotism and the like
people" took things into their own hands and the day l owcvcr be ‘l l°5”0ll_t° Snell men 3** lle llllll to the eellll' was wasteil with the sillicst and most chiltlisli criticisni, tl'-V :ll large llllll Wlll llrobllblybrlllg to all elllli more ],,.ohhhh._ that has ever wasted the time of the House effectively than anything could, the disgraceful libcl- Or the pages of HahZm,d_ “-6 regret to f-md in this ling of men and measures with which the Grits, both
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table night’s rest.
But even this which it is to be regretted is an al-
. v most dail occurrence in fhe House f C mm i
_blood iii his veins can share abundantly . \\e have a Y 0 0 0115i 5
for its maghihcem trivial compared with what has transpired before the
Royal Commission investigating the now notorious Kyte charges. It will be remembered that after a num- er of vague insiriuations of Carvell, Kyte and others ad been made and ou which no action could be taken ecause no one had the courage to_formulate a speci-
and ah that the ha_ ‘fic charge, l\ir. Kyte startled the House and the coun- womeh hue nobly try by making four specific charges, charges which if
rue would have been an everlasting disgrace to the
gentleman’s as-
ertioiis. Others of the Hughe's variety of politician ook up the strain and frittcred away more valuable
Hughes, to the Government and to Canada. No soon-
Borden appointed a Royal Commission and Sir Sam
future generations. _
Hughes left England immediately for home to fact; the
to-day hold up his
all available witnesses the bottom has practically drop-
Kyte formulated four specific charges. (I) That
mushroom American contractors had obtained twenty-
cd two and a quarter million dollars’ advance payments
actually divided among themselves a million and a half
lt has been proved that there is no such agreement
bogus companies.
Even the grits concede that the bottom has com-
pletely droppcd out of the first and most sensational
The second charge was an alleged bogus rake-off
on the sale of rifles. It has been proved that no such
The $20-ooo rake-oft' on the Iidwards Valvc
The announcement that Kyte is to be put on the
stand and subjected to a merciless examination natur-
“hch the uhhh: ally brought consternation to the Grit camp. It will
0'I"1‘AWA. Huy 5.- wha ine con-
clusion of the eighth day ol the
Maodlthdufl mmlnlon to enquire ill £110 Kyte anna regarding shell
ours until, thoroughly soul-sick and disgusted, Mr. ma fu” cant,-¢c¢_ um- cub. ,,_,,|d,,,c, lichael Clark, Liberal of Red Deer aroseanddelivered' 5° fel' °°°“"°‘l ll" U00” P°l“¢ blink
denial by every witness called as to
he masterly castigation to his fellow Liberals, a re-lmy imp,-gpg, m-°|m_ A V," ,mount ort-of which appeared a few days ago in the Guardian “f d°l*ll°‘| °'|d°m=° WH °°U°°'~°d
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which wont to boar out evidence al- ready given as to contracts and prices. . » _ _
C01- Thus. Ciantley wus one of the
most important witnesses of the day and gayo evidence as to the position of the shell committee which he said, at the beginning he had considered was actlngns agents ‘tor the war office. Later developments however showed that they had to also act as contractors. This Col. Cantley said,” Involved legal no well as moral liabil- ity for any posslbe losses and he explained the original dlfifflcultlesg they had encountered to the fear that first price of $8.55 for 18 pounderf shells was too low, when a similar contract yan lot in the United Statesl at ten dollars. When this occurred he had consulted Premier Borden and Sir Sam Hughes at Valcartler as to their personal liability ln case of a loss, and had been told to go ahead. Col. Cantley emphatically stated that 'while they had a liability in ciisc of loss, Shell Committee has stated to "A high authority" that they did not propose to benefit by any profits. ln fact, he declared, he had received not remuneration ag a member of the Shell Committee and had not expect- ed any. Col. Cantley also declared that there had never been any con- tract for purlc acid with the Providence Chemical Company_ He stated that there had never been any effort on any side to use influence on the committee with regard to any contract whatever. In cross,~exami- nation Mr. E. F. B. Johnston asked regarding the fact that the contracting
members of the Shell Committee had allotted certain work to their own
work done in that respect was done at exactly the some prices na those given to other firms. The whole trou- ble was that as this was ii. new line business it was impossible to decide whether the prices they ilxod such as to make n profit oi- n But when they found\thcre v/ii.; n profit it decided to turnit to the As for no the
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Shell Committee they would have responsible. Subsequently, however, considerable profits had been made but none of this went to the members of the Committee. Col. Watts was on the stand all the afternoon and examined regarding many details of contracta in which he bore out the statements of previous witnesses that the whole idea of the Shell Committee had been. to secure fuses wherever they could get them ln order to hurry up the delivery of completed shells.
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quarters.) On the morn- ` ing of the 18th April 1916, I came before Capt. C. M. Wil- liams on these charges (1) Absent without leave from 6 a m 6th April. 1916, until 10 p m 17th April, 1916; (2) Breaking barracks while under Open arrest , I was a- warded twelve dnys deten- tion with No. 1 field punishment. At eleven a. m I started my first hour's field punishment which consisted of, having my wrists handcuffed to a plank five feet ten inches from the ground , allowing me some leeway in which to ease myself. My feet were- flrm on the ground. I was released in one hour. I received no bodily ln- jury whatever, and with the exception of a tired feeling in my arms felt none the worse for punishment. I further state this to be my sixth offence against military discipline since com-l ing to Trenton, N S., on the 15th of March, 1916. The punishment was remitted that afternoon. one hour's
punishment being all that I did.
(Sgd.) WM. P. CHAPMAN.
F. D. Dodswortli, Capt..
Officer Comniaiullng,
Composite Co., 106th Batt.
C. E. 1". Trenton.
\Vltiiesses: _ Jiio. D. Grant, Mayor of New Glas-
gow.
A_ T. l.o;:aii. Mayor, Trenton.
J. W. H. Sutherland, Editor Evcliiiii;
Don. F. Fraser, Eastern Chronicle. Captain Dodsworth asked if any
further information was wanted. Mr. Sutherland said he had heard it stated that Captain \Vllliams had ln- fiicicd more Severe puulshiuent than he was allowed to. Captain Dodn- worth said that bulng in command of n unit Captain Williams had the full power of a commanding Oflicer and could give 28 days detention and 28 days field punishment if he saw fit to do so. Mayor Grant asked Ptg Chap- man if he could use his hands all right and he replied that his wrists were sore the day after he had been punish- ed but that was all.
Captain Dodsworth deleted a par-
agraph of Captain Wil|iam’s report ln which that officer said that ex- Mayor Strickland had sartcd the howl of disapproval. and incidental- ly he pnld his respects to Mr_ Strick- land in no uncertain tone.
Captain Dodsworih also said lie
had had some trouble owing to some of his men getting drunk. Punish- ment would be nieted out for such. conduct but the punishment would be rem,itte.'I lf the men would inform- liim where and from whom they got the liquor. He had found that method of dealing with the drunk evil effective elsewhere and he thought it would work in this district. If evidence was secured against anyone for selling ll- quor to any of his men such evidence would bc used in Court against such
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this conglomerate criticism several full pages from our lcllcrlll and local’ llalle lrlcll lo ellllll’ llllo l’°“'°" "ml
oun Mr. _I. J. Hughes who solemnly declared among l many other equally unfounded statements that no Lib-
beral in lflrinee Edward Island can get a look in on thc, the iiamc of Can
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iave made Canadians ashamed of their country even in the midst of deeds on the battle-fields that will niulce
ada glorious in all future history.
ll|l]llIULllUS Sllllll lll ElPl. C. M. WILLIAMS
lows:-~ ‘
Since then his record has been as fol-
_ I on the istii or March, the any ar-
Wlth reference to a ridiculous ru-
mour whlcli emanated from Trenton. N. S. and eventually reached Char- lottetown, through il false report pub- lished in one of the Nova Scotia pap- ers, relative to Captain C. M. Wil- liams who is well known here, the Officer Commanding the Battalion. Capt F. D. Dodsworth recently called n meeting to finally clear the matter up. by giving publicity to the official facts. No one who knows Capt. Wil- liams gave any credence whatever to tho exaggerated story which origi- nated ln an incident common in every regiment and his many friends in Charlottetown will be glad to read the following from tho Trenton Daily News of the 29th April, zlvlng the whole unvarnlshed and official story.
A meeting was held at the Town
Hall. Trenton, yesterday at 11.30 a. m. Present Captain Dodsworth, /bleu! Walker, and Private Chapman, of the 106 Battalion, Trenton, .Mayor Grant. New Glasgow, Mayor Logan, Trenton J. W. H. Sutherland, of the Evening News and Don F. Fraser ot the East- em Chronicle. ~
Cnptnlh Doduworth
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to submit the following report giving full particulars of the marginally not- ed punishment.
i Pte. W. P. Chapman, originally of "A" Company, reported for duty with tlie Composite Company nt Trenton lon its organization on March 15th.
‘ter coming here, he was charged with absence without leave and on appear- ing before me was admonished.
The following day lie was again before me on tho charge of absence, without leave and breaking out of barracks while on the slck report. For this offence he received 7 days C. B. »
On the 24th of March he was again
up for office charged with breaking barracks while a defaulter and re-" ceived 72 hours detention.
On the lllst of March he had an- other charge of absence without leave. placed against him and wivs sentenced to 4`houra punishment drill. i
While on the defaulter llst 'he was
found out oi’ barracks and placed un- dor open arrest. The following dny he reported sick and of course couldl not come up for office. That night *ho again absented himself remaining absent for I2 days. On his return he appeared before me with three char- geragninst him. (1), absence without leave; (2) breaking out of barracks. while on the sick report and (8), breaking out of barracks while under open arrest. _
In view of his put record and more
especially his determination to force mo to trnnafer him back to Truro, I considered it advisable to molto an example of thin cue and accordingly sentenced him to 12 days detention with No. 1 Field punishment.
On the mornin( of the oontonco, is-4-16. he underwent one /period of tho punishment being handcuffed to o small tree in front of the borrnciu for one honr. In dolly orders in - the afternoon I remitted the remainder of the field punishment as I consider-
éd the example lufliciont. _
I personally made certain the pun- ishment odminlltorod wll notbf ‘lnclr o nntulse on to emu him ooythingl hut temporary physical discomfort. The dllgrnco of having to undergo ouch punishment wn tho chic( object of ndininln it. In tho Afternoon
ll he carried mb tho general fqtllns
work will-ht wth ,tho other deten-
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Several times lntcly I have had to
mount a. guard with several mon short because of absentoos. Pte. Chi\l>- man is the worst offender in this; re- gard no shown by his conduct sheet while in the Composite Battalion DW- vious to his being transferred to the 106th and also as shown by -his record since transferring to this Battalion. One similar charge was placed azlllll- st him in Truro, and I know of still another while there for vifhich a char- ge was not placed against him. lu view of the importance of the work in which we are engaged and the unfor- tunnte effect such an example has upon the remainder of the men. I C011- sidered the offence sufficiently grave to be dealt with severely.
(Sgd) C. M. WILLIAMS.
Next 'lie submitted a statement pre-
pared for Pte. Chapman which he read, and asked Pte. Chapman lf _lt was correct and in accordance with the facts: Pte. Chapman said it wa; and signed lt in the presence of the two Mayors and the newspaper men. Pte. Chapmnn's statement was as followsz- Btatament of No. 715631 Pte. W. P. Chapman, Composite Oo., 106th Battalion. C. E. F. Trenton, N. S., Apr. 28, '16
I. No. _715831 Pte. W. P. Chapman
state that I left the barracks at Tren- ton, N. S.. without leave on the 6th of April, 1016, and that I did not. re- turn tlli 10 p. m. 17th April. 1916, At the time I,went absent I was under open arrest, (not allowed to leave
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