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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANA-DLA_ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924

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'l‘omorrou' morning, to the Hethodist‘ Church, for the ﬁrst time. since the (ire-at- \\'al', the veieruiis of tllp South African War will parade in connnenloration of the t\\'(*lltl\'-i’()lll't|l alnniversary of Paardcber r. 0n Wednesday evening, Feb-

ruary 27th, they will hold an illllll\’8l'f!lll‘_\' banquet.

It is well that not only they, but-all Canadians, and especially

all people of "the Maritime Provinces. should remember Paardcberg, for it was there that (‘ompanies "G” and “ll” of

the Royal Canadian Regiment, recruited from Nova Scotia. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. (listinguishcil themselves by their indomitable courage and by the capture of Cronje, the Lion of the Veldt, the most feared of all

» the Boer generals. It was “G" (‘0lnpan_v—-.\'e\v Brunswick ers and Islanders side by side-that bore the brunt of that

‘_ day's ﬁghting and suﬂered the heaviest casualties, Every school child

in Prince Edward Island should know the story

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of Paardeberg. ‘ j . 4, A new generation arisen since the .Sonth African War. To them theinnmbers engageihand the casualties stiﬂererl, seem lnsl niﬂcant com ared with the sta ering losses of the (ii-eat War. But ‘its llistor must not be for otten. F _ v g _. It is a stirring tale of heroic achievement, of weary marches under sweltering African suns. of lonely outpost vigiis. of hunger, of bitter thirst, and hardships innumerable, endured without murmur or complaint. THE OUTVBREA1K OF WAR part5 who had been engaged to aid lon the 12th the Boers shelled arld Acclorrllnglly the landing cities of o1’ Sir (Tharles Tupper, the life o! the burghers in creating an eitlc- captured an armoured train for y enc prov nee were made recrult- every Canadian zoiunleer was in- Q" Ocmb" 9th’ 1899' the lent artillery force and to design miles south oi liisteking. ing centres. "A" Company was re- sured tor $1,000 in the London. 11111111111111" of m“ smith Alrmanne‘ torts. The congratulatory message l cruited in Victoria. Vancouver and Guarantee Company, England. 1111M" “he Trmmwmn m Great from the German Kaiser to Presldi CANADAS RESPQNQE Winnipeg; “B” in London; "C" in . Britain startled the world. That this elll Klllgol. lollowlllg llle llellcllel. _ l d l Toronto; "D" in Ottawa “m; Klllg, The island recruits were also pre- ‘- llllll. l-pllllllllcl ll pally “all, wllll cull Jameson Ralll hall caused a The first gllwiblléfﬁzn B5116 t 0 ololll "E" lll Montreal; "F". lll senled by Mrs. McIntyre. wile 0i‘. a while population 11110111 111115 11"“ flame or indignation throughout Canada by‘ a 1% we wry? h“: Quebec; “G" in Si. John and Char- m“ Lmiiemlm Gmeimr- W111‘ a n} liivcliy of Toronto, shoulclthrow lllo Bllllsll Elllllllol and ll neellell 1111118 0i about men em.‘ . ut lollelolvll; allll all" lll Hlllllllxl gold souvenir pin, [he gift o! Mr. E. down the gage of battle_to the lllll ll wold lo stall ll Elllollollll 30111191159 W" the 8111'" or 93m“? Each égmpany included one cal). W- THYIOI‘. Wlwlie 8011 1101111111 W85 Krraicst among the Great Powers w“ Blll Germany was llol lllell f" Canada m" ‘he D°m1“1°“ Cab‘ tain, three lieutenants and 121 mm. the first member or “G" Company - vllleil suicidal. The ultimatum (10- prepared l0 Elly that worlL She llall met‘ (learning it unnecessary 8V9“ gdmﬂﬂggjongd Qfﬂggrg and my,“ 10 11111 ill Pllllrdebefg- ' “M1 ‘mat "an "MP5 ‘m the yei. to create her Zepplins and snb- 1° wmmf)“ P31115111?!“ 1°‘. the 1119111- C01 W~ D- 0391‘ W811‘ 511/911 ll lllllll ol llle leollllllo should be marlnes her nmnsler Slege gum undertaking. decided to send eight command ol the Conllngenl lo be WThe volunteers left home on Oct. lmlllellllllely wlllllllowlll-l llllll “all and her- polson gas She knew llliiiﬂ. over 1.000 men in all. The known as llle zllll Ballalloll Royal w. 1899. the 51- 101111. 111111111X 811d lololollwlllolllll ol lloolla wllloll Brllnln ‘vould sweet; her commerce troops were to serve for six Cmlalllull Reglmenl of lnlanllly on E. Islam] contingents meeting ha“. lll-l-lvell lll Solllll Alllcll sllloe lmm the hlgll Sea? but she sol heplmonths, ol- one year it required. speclal servlca » m Moncton n-helle Premier Jlllll, ll,l_ 18ml Should be removed m“ from that llnle to speed up Orders ior tile enrollment ot the _ Emerson bade them an rcvolr. _ Wllll Solllll Alrlclll" llnll llllll uHer her pleparallons [or “The Day" oompanles were issued on Oct. lll “G” Cumpllny were 94 oocllllli They were Joined by the Frederic. lllllolllyxl "Dolls wlllcll are now on The Boers under Kr“ c!‘ Welly 14th. Vilih the prevailing en- from New Bl-llllslvloll lllld lllo ton quota at Chatham Junction and llll, lllgll Sells should not be landed asslsled l" nlukln m “gallon lorlhuslasm it would have been poss- gollowlllg Iiil-illce Ellwlll-ll lslllllll all along the line met with con. an any part, of south Africa," Ull- w“ vasl sllllls- 53m.“ qervlcé volunteers: 11mm‘ °"M1‘"1$-T116 395111191" ‘V138 1 in»: ml affix-mauve answer ll-ol-e worl‘ were colleclell fmm‘ the] _Ir l l o l l l nlobolized ntlQnebec, quartered n1 lino“ lo lllese aslmllllllng llenlumlll UllmmleTSIlH Scull‘ Afrlca (whose Cimplain, Rev. Thus P. Fullerton. the immigration building where “lllllll lorllnelglll hours the Govenh elm“ Brlmm had espomlelw and . W. A. lllceks; Sl-tisl. Jlstrlul. mattresses on t11‘e~j_|0D]‘\\"9|~ii loom ol llle Solllll Alllcllll Repullllc m German V Bounce Amerlul “m . E.‘Hcoslzln, Corps. J. qrrovnled. On _Oci. JOth iully eqnipp. would regard the lmlloll of Her l‘) 1 I». y - 1 b 11-1010 lson. h. \_\. Coombs, Lance 0d, and after inspection by General . llllosly.“ Goverllnlmll as a formal ﬁlhlé,“rdleltjelﬂeh“lsl')lapelrlg were llll Corps. ll. Ward; _ Privates Jﬂlilutlon, they embarked on hoard lloollllllloll ol. war‘ All preposterous l“ Z9 lll l. lllxllilcss Illlriiosl. o ilnudreau. E. W. liowness, Nelson ‘the troop-ship “Sardmlan" of the all lllllnlalunl as Auslrlmnunguly llltltlzlglcllrllgegrgtuamllglllolllhllgleﬁléaigllll Bruce, H. ll. Brown, R. W. Cox, AolAlllaiil ime nnd sailed for Soulh was: l0 launch almlnsl serbla l“ 1 DD I _ _R. Dillon lw. Doiron, R. J. Foley, l. lAiHCd. ~ 1 loll. and "would never have been zunmunitllon. anldl lilo Frilgiﬂlllilﬂ; G. Fnrzc, L. S. (laudet, J. A. Hall-ls. There were l“ all 1 on l hunched in its extravagant form ggnxlllllllllllﬁfliFollléticemwlsglgno 1712s ilienoy Harris’ C’ H’ Him’ w‘ Lane’ officers on hoard 1 030 heloldgrilnalth hndfgnot President Kruger depend- a . ll mall lll lol-lll ppTllo f‘ J‘ Leslie’ R‘ E‘ Lorg’ J‘ the contingent proper 11 oflicger- "1 u." the 51113119” of Germany- 1:‘? ‘Laiiiilliﬁiiliil gohrinnesbur “Iinlhesom M‘ J" nlccnnhy’ k B‘ zittnoiied Borinsiructiolnal purposes” (ii-cat Britain had but one course . b l l i l‘ Nubile‘ u‘ v‘ McK1n"°n'.H‘L' Mo‘ -i nurses 4 wpccial corres nn I t, n» follo\v—— to take up arms. Within EH5 Bdrmlgtllﬁnllll‘ tllm 5mm.“ Lem" J‘ B; Memsh‘ J‘ Galley‘ W’ nnrl (moi iii (‘ i re renIInt-‘SiXK? iwl-lve. hours after the receipt Of “n r-e (-3 tlé ms all"? mt" A'R1g“S'1'A'R°"‘1'J'E' 5mm" iileui (‘oi I nlrtténvfrd L 1.13% lllll lllllnllllunl a luggage flashed used inlunr. lrnDDs an: Jﬁillitilﬁh, Lorne Stcwarlt. D. Taylor, J. General on") l“ l s l .n h wk from London to South Africa ‘was?’ gupillﬁflltfl) ME ,e I r t sl s‘ walker’ ‘y’ i" Way's‘ panied the force o8 llglil-Zz-f. “ﬁﬁﬂﬂ: -a nlessagc that Kruger and hi8 guns n fml ,ll c3’ a: re ul How The 5o a L“; Homlf and there was all imperial oiilicei‘ a4i\'l5El‘S exlrlwiml! "T116 001111111011! points Pf “m ﬁg‘ 1‘ ‘e ransva“ ‘ y returning to his regiment ' ih-luaillled by the SGIIUI African “°"e°‘°".“ “’"°"Y ‘“‘“‘°‘1“““= - The departure 011118 volunteers ‘ 1' llrpnlllic are such as Her Maisstyn body or B1111?“ troops guarded the was celebrated throughout the pro- Cﬂpe Town was reached on Nov. f; Government deem it impossible to "Pnnérs of Natal’ C?!“ C010“). and Vinces by banquets. church parades 29111 111191‘ 11 1110110l0110115 11111 111F011 ‘Hsulssy 1 312th “ail? llﬁiggld 3225382111113 ‘ ‘ 11110 81111111 farewell nreetiuss- 1n 411W behind schedule the coal ' allwlolll ll, lllll Kluge, lllll M. cause on uprising o! the large "ms LATE REV. rnos F. “X513? “i; c2311." “m! mm“ mine Yllme been seeking an Dutch 119111115110" 1“ Brmsh 8mm‘ FULLERTON’ 0' 0' ‘gold by the ProvinciulyGovernament y. ' 1 ‘fjlilillllll? lwlilhl Blritéilfu greatest A"'1°“- Chlmpialn, m Canadian South supplemented with ten dollars ni Till“ llsilrililllia" @1151 luwhvr at ., w irca rvi. e . iii n e nyn nt , ti. ‘d: ‘ vuwrnllllllll hurl "Sign? secret THE CALL 7° ARMS till-lean Contingent Died in sold from the City Council. whilc ul shlps fro"? evlllilfmi [I'll "E1111"? ._ . urlottetowvmMay 23, 1921 Sonris forwarded twenty dollars in _ Y P" ° 9 "llﬂlwclucnts favoring German B“; Krugerllnhls leckonlngﬂgan. __ gull] for each o; hel- llll-ee re. gulclvlsvluttered Elnplre. The l-lnnln 2e ‘l- ~- _ l m“ noelflnryullllli t-ltllllggns lflill$l€er1so ed to take into nccﬂhlnt £11139. £31111": lble tfo relcrult tille entire conlinglalnt gloselnllitlves. The lcilllzsnlla“ cl’ ﬂggrfloliéfrlrgl‘: nafsgﬂll: Sig!“ 31:33; "mm"! 111"" 1111111!’ 111111111131 9-‘: Lifdeizllyhrecglziazlihqg he humiiiitfrf: cihiz-t‘ ecﬁieguol? élilslllxgllftnifﬁt? it no‘; é'v'@“rry°l.l§n°1o'i~_51111181“ Pthc e l?» were 1"'°1°°1°‘1 1’Y111°1|111111111:l1l1i<@§l _._____ ' campaign o! 1881 and especially heon desirable to have every partdopentent-Orrier oi Foresters nnd (contl d P 8 "Mm the disgrace 0t lllnjnbn Hill. He of the Dominion represented. ‘later, through the instrumentnlity __ ""° °" We _1 1 tailed. too, to take into account l " i” ‘——-"' i ' Britain's Colonies, 9865151111 sill --—— — - ready to spring to the e ense o \ . tho Empire. An oiier from Canada.’ i, 'to equip and forward a contingent. § lwas accepted at once by the! l , Imperial Government. l l , ' Kruger hall approximately 611.0001 ' _ '1.- ,, ll - _ “no” comm“ ll 8.1 lllloglllllll Tud hit: on lh- 11p of Ever» .oov TonQuc l l i th d l 5 1‘ H1 -- ' - “"' . ‘§§l’:ll'l'el,“ln,l1s“lh:,: 3.9,: lmwllc. vn, 1 no. 27 Charlottetown. February 2am, 1924 rnsn l. ally‘ alilmounte? men, t ey were - , . equivalent t0 double their number ", l ll“ ‘ml “m. lmm ll“ pl.“ oi.’ iooi. soldiers. Opposed to him in Arizona. ll l”- , ..Bouth Africa were 22,000 British . - W ‘T9 ‘Y "Wk? 511°" I°°d l ‘regulars and about 10,000 Colonial "This la the same cake we got clks."—ﬁfbl'rinﬂ to Malrh" ‘militia. with an lmuwnse frontier In the trench». n nomad like mm Pound Cake, ant n: Kim- . manna from huvnn thin» Mid berle B. C. i’ ' '.-'<-'JW'~'~Y." . ~' ' l “u” l . _ _. . 1 Moll,’ all." ‘out ' An order for 800 Ibo. Sultana,