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inning nrnunry rnpgtmenis Ain Wiiniii ifirrnni 'W0 fitflllflll Slwiiivrs Said ‘lv

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The P E blend men of the 11th.-i

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Field Ar lery, owltler Brigade. com-` sant During the past month the

mended byf Capt. D. A. McKinnon; ar-i b

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rived in Gharlottetown on-Saturday. and are theretore;prooi‘ against the afternoon iiy<the'Car Ferry-*on six~ t hold germ. -‘ The 'past week they'

it

days' furlough. They were accom- b

turned out in full Iorce to welcome u

pnnierl by Gapt; Mclglinnpn. ~ The City chair, the dental = corps having given”

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crowded The Prine Edward ar

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rlved at 3.20 p.m. and immediately the co __ V po

Band of the 82nd. Regimentstruclr ‘gale whichfhaafp habiy reached Eng- e

up “0_' CauadaI’. gaze 1;neu_w`ere:_;ni;t. lau;i,by _this time. We should_'get d d d _ t _ H "i "li."":'.;°.i",‘;...,..>;;.".:’::,':i':..:.'"“ its”.:.';1.i.“lr.z'ii.;'f»"°niLl'°::f':s “" ° “P “ ""3 eve . . _ _ -` _- - _ ' _'_The "(ililordian" 'reporter yesterday .the duties ol! annmmunition column, trench norm of E'\' "°‘“0rd"‘§ to

So the otiicer’s work is very plea

s have received 3 innocolations

ve- been tak-ing turns in the dental

th _his teeth.. inciir-at-class order.. The _

interviewed,-'onpi. n. -A. Mci<inuim. inn cnn'inin~saifi:-' V ‘ tl

ohtcer 'iiomnianding ~ - -Noll 11 I

Field A_rtlilery,lji_owitzer Brigade 1Am+ plying all the ammunition 'to the 11th _

mupgtlozii5£ohm`p~whichHw;: mobélzep Ei-lgpde also to pther bqhgadivriinii lthey tense artillcry cngagcineiils, the

oii e. 'Jah ary at/ a ax. ap. es e ou -serv ces; . e ave`_ . |d_ ' V

Mckinncn rain that it_w».s._intende__a_ tsthorses riding and draft: 12 sin- mtem-em af Q’ ‘iw-e il" progrcss fo higfe the cgrpa ipli;oceed.li1v;{s,eas aiéinitiog owagglonéa i;r’i§w¢:p;h_ grlnlnxaiéisi- at other points ii ongltie western f cme meago u scness neere- nwetn e~ y - _ , g iind they were in quarantine for two We willalso have the.taBk of keepin! from The text °f'tw Sntcmen ` weeks.. _ = , communication open between the bat- follows :- ' V

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On account of the corps being warn_ t

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ed for sailing it was 'not considered sional ammunition column. For this porsible that leave could be Eranted wo

cllilg’ on"`t'lie .Car Ferry and Railway 1

did everything in their power to make i

it ,,ie;,,,,1¢..f°,- in.,,\,°ys_. n~i,s_,,¢.,g. battery, nnurnc when inn ammunition th! river a small German hand- w A g , __ _A L . g _ tion at the boat was antlrsl unexneci, them is exven¢s.d_-iney can simply g,:enad¢Latmgpyggay-_mu1¢__w¢¢¢s 3% ,f;¢;|;q?3_¢Q(;n¢,,@i5n,;i,,~.,,0,1¢4,i@a5m,,fgPiiThg( ill; iz:

he fortress artillery on'both sides sus 'lm am e " V

ontinued the tremendous shelling'

eil suit" ev ini' _r'f'=r‘y".iiniSii~ aizniun-i

et them There is cel'

i 8 ll y ~ I .' are so'warm~h'sarted as in Prince Ed- D

“Our corps willhave the job of/aiu! d

les our headquarters and the divi

ei telephone communications. Our B

W6l'6 |110# MUG- 'Wd l“°l\UV° Wd V{`°"°“° Wm b° ""°"°h““3°9b|° with -quite intense. On the right bank of si

use ot lirst line wazzone of the tiring

hook -the null wagongand take out; ,

11 .~ sf . .

x. _-Aigdimwygkmdrmends the empty 0ne_ Moneof the Wm-g-'-yacenhto Pepper Hill was easily t

» '_ “ .- 7 ` - Wi;l'iU°tg°l1;i1:{°\‘ 11°-"‘_*`»uf"*:“*° l¢“""l;h“. repulsed. Bombardment continued c _ _ __ __

no .pot an earth where people ogsltilon 'int atxiiemiiavtviiiliy (viiiiigiie nr; violent , east of Fort Douaumont that has been in progress for some The'Bflf1Sh'H@¢t 3\»‘Xlh3l'Yi F211'

p,-all their time to us. ...The result is troops' alter a heavy artillery bomf

them the” .whani fbei g absolutely that e'ver`y_ma,n' will go .to the front b '

rps will form art or the 1ith-Bri- tacked ` Frerichi positions on the `

astcrn front of thc Verdun sector

Siiiilll French

» (Special to the Guardian.) PARIS, March I2. - German

ardment yesterday afternoon at-

ic ollicinl slzitenicni given out to- ny by thc French War Oflicc. Iii-

“North of the Aisnc the artillery ii

lreacll

LONDON March ii. - Thcrc arc two German commcrcc raiders, i'

'HM ""`”` ` W" ' I""._" ‘"5-f'fi.'~“~:53" wif.. "i.=,.,-;l'i"“'e;‘ . ni ~i_,. . ‘ A ' ‘ ~ MI

‘ it rinienn min innnaniuns i G i in M'"il'°“Ye Tamil SMS I0 will

‘Thsc stcrimcrs nevcr escaped rom any port oi Gcrinany,_ de

above the fort. In Wocvrc at the g close of yesterday, the Germans, so after artilleryi' preparation, took go from us during an attack a small s trench adjoining the Etain road fh north' of Eix_ In Lorraine iherei trenchments. were encounters between atrolsl west of Arrancoiirl. On thc restif

of thc front there was no event of

importance. _ n

(Special to‘the Guardian.) 0

.LOIj~lIl)?N’ ?_/Iarclff] the sinking of a Russian tprpedo or ar' 'c y.ac mn’ g g boat destroyer by a submarine of disguise they have clicctcd in order mment' To north and east of the the Central Powers in the Black to slip up on commerce ships or

_ _ . Sea. Part of the crew were rcs-

rk we are training 21 signallers. struggle was very active in the re- fortress there have been no mfan-

Iv U19 Jillmd ll°¥1i £0 001110.- -b\\l 'U°“~°l'¢h°°° *"'f=f§‘1“|"¢d *°\’°°¥P°"'-5 ` f del h'll south of tr cn cments since Saturdzi through the eiforts, oi some good with the “buzzer - Or tei0Sl‘aPh'k8Y- 0 WED. 0 1 T I ft b k ay gag y

friends lipase grnntnanna nu were wa will liar gs; gwpelinsmg cglpuigm- 1 ¢ “HX °'S- " *W € ‘mf

lht ` th nt. caonana ia as o - ' "

gfdlgoiidda §:'s¥i;ha;p°1‘o;\li:cem'1ehev;;`s eg ordering in case 0' breakdown in of the Meiise in the region o c

erdun region has ceased for the

Tiirks in Persia, taking the town

cued. `

ftemoon when the Germans SuC_ Despite unfav0urab|e Weather in to place credence in one assumption

g ~ » . ceded in 'entering a small French the mwmams the Itahans are

ethancourt the bombardment was trench to north of Eix. ~ On 'both .keeping up °Pe"'t'°"5 agamst thé

des‘of the Meuso from-north

_ i Austro-Hungarians. They 'are ,I

_ i _ f - .ii - _ -i 1-

cst of Verdlm alan the mme also bombarding the Isonzo front. *haf* CY Plit *O S03 0" U0 ilcf > 0

shells. -

Wilrii 'l!lhiId»”`Bild Capt- M¢Kini10n. “WNY “U entrenched) l° the °“°mY'B and in the region oi Fort Vaux, days. The Germans claim they Vette» fl Vessel Of 1644 t°"l5» has

--and j.g§i-5",-he I speak for the boys .aeroplane scouts. Of course in case _

when I siyihat :the scene on Saturday Of of thouelilds Ol' 121 P108 friends Will W°“|d have t° be 5°* ‘ii *WY limi’ fe* fore yesterday has made- no attempt a

not easilyfbe torggteten. Our corps fl

was mnbmzed mg hun.y_ expewmon _|,ave-t0 deal with Wm be pf-iu¢ipa||y to reach the Plateau which rises! u

being that we wouldgooverseas within 4

,L monuh _- _wiejhm W get 'an aw u|‘n1anufac'tured lu New Glasgow, N. S.. hume on,-,_§ut._v;¢ had eve,-yghihg rea. Land, other parts ol Canada. These d = rf M - Of ° illii lMiil|lllS $ nyxust 3; ggéaré-'Bd|s,:':,;0|ntme§';“r:§ neliaudthe highexploslvesis toibrcak g _ .

think tl\n;`.we would not get home. -but U

th,-, boy” mam, the host of it ,md imp; ‘troops in the upon; _ The 4.6 liowitzer that part, to lliomsoiveii. We l\ave'72 .will be the closest. gun op to the firing V olllcerli.'N. C, O's. ami lzunners (rpm ""0 ‘U 3/ill ll" 01110011 *Lili/Wl0¥'0, I',_ Ep-‘Maud whofwm the_lm_sm_ .pnrti from ~1,50 » to 3,500 yards from

ot' the coiilrnn. The rest are lromd" Nova Bcotinsnd New .Brunswick and il

nm vgryvn n.phapa_ _ _It is “_ corps mat nonciioloii. it is said to he it dandy.,

I nm- mouxi? ¢omm,md_ _ Eve,-yy man' li.s_ peculiar value in this war is due il

I

ul 'ci n

is a picked nlltnd I tool sure will be 10

,L cred" m|d‘a_ T 8 d|sc1p||m,\ al’t'ords.‘ thus making it effective for has ,heel mm! w°ndB|.f“|_ Th” trench warfare. Tlieangle of descent 0| are an gmugmon and try to dodhe can be adjusted to suit varying condi» 0 right ithinritiali times. .Fnriy oi the 0°” by °l¢°l‘l”K 01° W°i¥l1_¥__Qf 01° W". Is|““d'h° -e-*°'rer|w“h4me_at Ives Pulnt l.l‘il]§0 lliwd. Lifé ill "I8 RIDmlTllili0Xl W Bxitt'ery"”5i'3;`are, 'rt of the daiach. column will not be so monotonous ,as mgms, W _,;'-mhgg _such exce||em op the guns as the work is nearly all

sliooting `tYi“lli‘ the big- guns lost Au~ d

_ . ' ‘ no is I; to great portion oi the corpawlli have n

gosh.. . mfxgumlilog oltllg? E.`~i)iiii;m; horses to ;look after will also be means fm-_ anfltgxnmsn ha.-¢erw|“|y 16” -0! diverting :their attention from C ,mthmk by--wait work our corps themselves., _ All thepmen lu the corps

.,°,'upm,9§ _ 5|!-Tom "ery ,walk m _mel will be given a training in Field Artil- . Wghiwe-} C V" Enmhoen' 15 mmk _iery work in addition to their other 0 nrks, Medical Students, dental stu- d""°“ 9° UH" “IW 0°” Wk* *bel* P|P~°°

iliiuits, bloc inrilhs carpenters. maclii- ‘“ niat|.~l»a‘i`is$§i,~liar|ies» makers; and inn” fact every-tlide and calling has its re- m

preséntati' "I, .They all are a very ‘"4 §,h°W`|“¥ “he” it °9m°5 t° mm happy lot 3° nn.-who seem to see the d"|"~ `

bright side.. _.'eirerythlng. which is 1 really tliefh, ew point for a sol- “ dior. _ Wi! h e V grouches. . 9|

people", bo said, "arc very kind wail

__., and tlw wills being the only artillery

one going ovc:-seas nt_pl‘eieiit they' tie

uired. The ammunition we. will

.5 liowitzer shells. which are being

ouslst of high explosives and shran-

p trenches aniiftlio slirapuei to siioli

e onemy's first line trenches. Ii, is short _gun i:i1phl»in"ol being easily

- the high iingie ol descent which it 3

l.he tiring batteries. As we have 60 ghiy-trained coast -detdnse - artillery en I am sure we will make a spleh-

As regards the treatment of the men Halifax the Captain said they were l delighted with that City. “,Th%

o ivlnt of. Every day brings in~

,_ v__..__v__..___.g__.__¢,._._z._.__: _ __._.g________._____._. ,_-_Ag-,-_-,-,-_-~/~.~

big engagemgm, ammunmon where the enemy since the day be--have captured in the lighting .b¢°“‘1°5t"f0gethe1'-‘ With f?'~‘_"t°e"

round Verdlm thus fm. 26,472 members of thycrew by striking n nwounded French soldiers, ' 189, mine off the east coast of England.

T Ill lllliilllllll SHIP

(Special to the Guardian.),

PARIS, March 12.-The testi- n, “WY i~iiV"" io the /\““"'_i(""" 03"' o’ciock this ovoiiiiig the men of the ul at Iluvrc by seven /\mcric:1ns ‘llhirly Fife Dslll- l°§°th°" Wm* “"5 i board and members of thc crew 1

f the Norwegian ba,-que Siuiug, gtoamer, Matagua, lying at rest at St hich was sunk ot`f the coast of ,|m,,,t ready for sem ` Damage to France, is to the effect that the l ne in the open The fact that a baffllle was ‘°"P€d0¢d b}’ il Sllb' midnight tonight the was still

mrinc without w:irn_ing. *‘U‘"“|d°““g~ T°"“ w§;§~

SliiMlH ll Sl. .|IlHl

(Special to the Guardian.) , ST. JOHN, March 12.-From shortly ftcr midnight on Butiirday until six

arbor ilre boat were kept, busy tight-

ohn loaded with a valuable cargo and

he value of $150.00() was _done before

was got under control 'and at

oured into the burning

lEllllSl1Hllll Milli

STOCKHOLM. March 10. - The

Swedish Minister at Berlin has been instructed to protest to the German

government against the lpylng ol’ sh coast. The Swedish teamshi mines within four miles of the Swedi-

ng a tire in the hold of the Australian Knippla was sunk about 800 yards in~ . si

de the Swedish waters and it was reported that a`German llotilla was laying mines in those waters.

lrlsii liieclianifs and

uns and 232 machine guns. To uth of the Somme River in Ar- nne Eorest aiidin Ban de Sapt ector of the Vosges French guns eavily bombarded German en-

The ‘Russians capturi-il trenches rom the Germans in the Dnic .ter region east of Galicia :ind have iadc further progress against the

f Kirind. The Russians admit

ready to tnkc iip thc work of

Moewc, cruising the Atlantic. News of their activities is said ton have 'reached London, but thel Admiralty ig silent as to what havoc they have already played among British shipping. 7 Rumours that several iiicrcliant-' men have been capturcii, stripped of valuables and crews by the raiders and al>andoncd» in-ri sinking condition are persistent, but the names oi thc Germans, or what

other ilctziils are lacking.

Naval experts arc not inclined

that thc vessels slipped from a German port, despite the British cordoii. Nor is it said to bc likclv

»i_hc..big._.~.Germaw~deet~- of ~ivai-ships observed a few days ago in thc, North Sen. _

-,-_-,-,- -,-:_¢-,_-_-_-,-,_-ff,-,_A_- -_-_-_-_-___-_-,-,-,,_._s,-_-,ss ` _.

clzircil :in oflicinl to-night. “The

destruction abandoned by lhc'onl.y manner in which their pres-

ence on thc high seas 'c:1n_be_ac- counted for is that they were steamers engaged in passenger or cargo service at the outbreak of the \var_and were interned in §outh Amcriczm ports, from which they cs<¥:ipcil." `

Di'-spite the i\dniirally's silciicd,

ii is known hcrc that steps (have. zilrczidy bccn taken to rid thc seas oi lhcm. The safety of the mer- chant ships ol the Allied nations along the principal routes of tgaflc must hc preserved nt all l\.'iza‘rils. :inil it is said 'ihnt ihc` Iiritish criiiscrs through whose guard thc Moewc slipped in her spectacular drish _for :i Gcrinnn port have turn- cil their aliciitioii to seeking out thc other tivo raiilcrs. For obvious i'c:isoiis, liowcwicr, the /\i_liiiii§ilty`__ rcluscs 'llouiiake public any plans for their dcstriiclioii. ` "

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T0 PRUHIBIT IMP(

OTT/\\VA, .\Iarch li--The lirst

Government caucus since l_hc Par- liament buildings iirc was held in

thc Railway Committee Rooms this week. It is understood that the

gone to the full extent of their

dures. The plan is to prohibit thc importation ol' liquor in the pro-

ONDENSED ADS.

T00 LATE FOR

D this weigh; caused her to until

low tide she

' Military ‘~ervlce 'Aoi

vinccs which have decided to ban- ish drink i'rom_\vithin their borders. ly

RTATIUNR e

UF LIQUUR IN THE ‘Pll0VINl.‘»ESi

There was some opposition io

this proposal, while thc ultra pro~ Iiibilionisls iirgr thc adoption of their soliiiiiui of the question in illr ll. l-I. Stevens' resolution now

cliicl subject under discussion was lici'ori\ thc House calling for Do- tho lcmperance lcgislatioii. The minion Prohibition. liowcvcr, ilu- Govcrninent’s proposal was limi gcnciwil .’:cling ol' thc cniu-as was to lcgilslalion be introduced wliich» iicccpt thc Covcrnnlent's proposal would strengthen prohibitory legis- and an amendment to this effect lation in the provinces, which have will likely be moved to .\Ir Stevens'

rcsoluiion when the question comes

powers in passing temperance mea- iup again for discussion. The

ncccssary lcgislatioii to 'carry' this

into effect will bc introduced The Govcrmnent caiicas evident- did not coinc to :i decision on the

‘ _ oLAssIF1oA'r1oN ion, W.,

ONE word each inser-

in this colunni

com- ot the

contining

shin in

were hat-'

vtations for the. boys to. spend the evening at some church oriciub when a programme is given and Iota of cs_k_e.~ ice cream, etc., are iiimishied. Need- lens,;g__sa¥. .these events a a. well -pat-_

ronlsed. 1

could not with but lie had _to~ ¢o_ to to see mother. who is at Long- ‘_

We were sorry Mr. Longwortb

atid'ls!e- '

e

nd a spl`dn;“ are all very

also fortunate Donald from

` PHE WEATHER,

Wlrl stit-

Ul00l'6d

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LONDON, March 9.- "Many irish

mechanics are afraid that it they cron the channel they will place themselves within the scope ot the Military Ser- vice Act." is the reason given by -trade iiniouollciais for. the failure ot the dilorts to obtain skilled labor from Ire- land for factories in Enslsad si.iil_8cat- land, where _it is urgently tieedrd. i In order to overcome th s cb- _bction one trade union has obtained the legal opinion that Irishman em- loyed temporarily on Jobs in lilhglahd *cold not -bellable to military duty.

|lInard'a_.'LlIlment euru Dipiitherla.

|' 'rn1m>__EnA'r uns. - i 'r1nn,mooN. mo.

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mean rises this morllill

not the authority to prohibit thc

Governments proposal is .i big

At present thc Provinces have question of lcmpcriliicc legislation,

as :il the close ol thc cancris, which

alnays been .1 iicalmcss in pro ocloclc, Sir Robert Borden said yincinl prohibitory laws. 'l`hc another cziiicas would bc held next

neck, when thc question will' nf-

forward temperancc advance. si-iilcii. ' '

-‘&ilul\na\uaii§§\i\a'\{\\\ W _ i _$4.00 e

New Umversit

importation of liquor, and this has did not :iiljourn until aitcr on_c

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