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Glam In tho War

Total enliiitnierits into Canadian Expeditionary Force, 690.572. viii: Datum, 245,677; Quebec, 82,793: Nﬂfﬂrullewickdﬁ354i "V11 SW11"- "4 P, E. 1.. 33.342; Manitoba, (i6,- 319; Saskatchewan, 37,686; Alberta 45.1413; British Columbia. 51,488; “M11, 2.827: 418,068. proceed-id overseas. 80 per cent. of total en- "wd voluntarily. , 1 v ,

Cuuaitiiol

gi5,185—ii,656 officers, 205,529 other ranloi Killed in action and .1104 oi wounds 56,763; died from other causes, 4,960 wounded 149- 733; pflliﬂllﬁfﬂ oi‘ war 3,729 3.087 died in Canada; 18 in Siberia; 1,640 011 strength of Soldiers‘ Civil Re-

cstahlishmen-t. '

10,000 military tubercular patl~ m“. in Canadian sanitoriums, 1112i. ‘

Rﬂliflwd Soldiers Placed on Land

37,033 up to September 30, 1921. m these 6,089 are on free lands without loans whi-ie 20.914 are set- ﬂed 1111 purchased and free lands with loans amounting to $85,933. 1112.60. The loans were granted 1111- tlie following purposes: To pur- pm... land, 347351395214; to re- move elicumbrallceﬁ. 52.019.836.771 f0,- pcrmaaent improvements. $9,- 921,591.55; for stock and equip- ,,,..,.1, 526.534.101.14. Total $85,933.- 012110, So far, 415 ret.urned men hnvp w-paid their loans in full.

War Pensions.

Annual list, payable to 50.287 diB- uieli soldiers and 19.411 depend- ,,,.S,13o,s02,6o7, including 25.41:: wives, 34.721 children and 178 par- ents of disability Deneionerr-i and 11,142 children of dependent ven- iloncrs. Total paid out. up to Ail:- 11, 1112i, $101,414,216.

Soldiers’ Civil Re-eltabllahment

i921, 5.930 tinder treatment 011 1m.’ iii. 1921. Total expenditure.‘

C-P-R MEMORIAL AT MONTREAL, WINNIPEG AND VANCOUVER .

CAN

A GROUP or NOTABLE MDNUHENTS oF CANADA HAVE AL‘RE

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19154921 (npny1frgm pensions). 111551141125- War Claims

(if-ii rvceived liy government fromi (‘auodlun citizens from lessee‘

(‘ﬂfmilfl submarine. totalling $22.- 494,979 (up to Dec. 1. 1921).

i War Cost

to cost Canada $2.- ODILOOILOOO. Oi this cost in 1921. $226,757,037, viz" interest,“ $140. $13,103; pensions $3l,81ﬁ.§1.4t'-ZS01(i- 1.11-,.' 1111111 uettlemeilt $35,017,000:

Estimated

mplimgl civil Iotct-qtahlielimcntt, 1191110000. War Reparations (loniulrrs shore estimated at

$fllii)_-(|ii(i,i)il0, or 45 per cent. of ilritlsh total, liaise!‘- on trasualtiel-i.‘ pensions. chipping losses. etc. Canada's Active Militia l Strciigih, as at Nov. 30, 1921.! 4059. vlz.: 441 officers 3,648 other riiiiitri, Canadian War Expenditure l, 1.1204, on‘ home defence. $2.15 . pcl’ (‘Qjiilil (lowest oi any civilized coiiiiiry): U. S.. $13-13; Allﬂl-T-ﬂimri 15.11:; Now Zealand $6.05: 0w" iiritiiln, $22.36. : wai- Gravel. 0r Canadians, 56,000 vii; 43-999 (111 the battleﬁelds of Etiropeiubout 2,000 in Great Britain; almost. 6.000 in Canada. imperial War Gravce (tummhaiion will mark every grave. 50h Cemeteries in France and Bel- izliim hurl been planted ill 1921. wiihtrccii and flowers; a thousand others volt their turn.

Wu

l tit-ior thought that muntic wnr Would shape my liie and plan m)‘

dcsliily; Though in my chlldhood‘s dreams , I've seen his car Iilul grisly steeds flash grimly , thwart the oky. Yd iiow behold a vaster. mightier strife Thin echoed on the PM!" °i ‘ sounding Troy. Defeats and triumphs death; wounds, laughter, life, All mingled in a strange comlllel‘ ‘='-~ alloy. lview ihc panorama in a trance Oiilawe, yet colored with a secret

HOL D E N 1B ' C -

[luring the past live yellrﬁ All" mo,“ every community in the Doni- inion has been able to set. tlpiilbrl little plot of ground to erect 111918; on n memorial to those who. at UH call, left all that was dear to lliclll, endured ltai-(lshili. 5111'?“ ‘hinge’? iind fiilallypus-setl out of sight oi‘

l t l ath oi‘ dilly nut! NPll glslzzmﬁlztaue p ti Caiizulliin

‘These illOmﬂflilhs‘ 111m.- bcon cr-zc- ivllilﬁ Willi

ted to such all cxtcilt throughout Canada, that ruvisitor oil tour could not hilt lie ilnlllfﬂﬁﬂii hi’ "l" manner in \vhlcll Ulllbfllllél] are lion- ored. livery oily, every town and every village has remembered/its debt. to those who remained oven sous. Feeling that the sacrifice and devotion oi’ these illen was worthy of their best, citizens oi’ all, and particularly the smaller towns subscribed readily 11nd §9ll@'°"“"-" to the memorial funds, with the result that we have, in Canada. some of the finest and most beauti- iul Wur Memorials in the world.

0n {his page are reproduced n few of lile many sawmill-alts p! ii"- istit: memorials submitted ior re- production.

Among the ‘most fitting of trib- lltcs to those who served. ﬁnd 11¢!“ haps the most Slllflied i“ ‘he Mm“ orial erected at St. Lambert, Qlle‘

int; iueii.

inn lid

pcg and Vnncoiivcr stations.

sold ior the (llill-‘l’

Victory.

Slfllllgé T0‘

(Written for Tlic Cnuzitlinu Press by .1. l~‘. B. Llrcsayi

B)’. i-‘orlhavu breathed iu epic and Five years ago! And yet thc

yoynance, _ ' .v rliiy is ‘HIOPQ vivid now tllun it was liavellvcd the dreams that thrilled bee. Diingleipgmtlgfiiglfhwseﬁsjlvﬁ:Z two or three years ago. it ollliltis

me as a boy "F" "9 m? ‘ , T l out. bodly in its rights proportloti. "ow sound the nilcient sayini; is. ‘Cauailltarti golilrilert inaciifgllzigiy as

111N001}. . s (l H (I " ' _ _ months of agony. At the time thc liow weak in Fancy's gloss oi breath of illi‘. "i"! it ‘eqmms n"

. . - t it — l-‘oci/s stern truth. ﬂ1l@8°'“-“l mm“ m “ppm

ceased lo function as the all-ilrlili iiiiti the politicians came iiito their own. "Cessation of hostilltics"~ n mighty phrase that was to issue in the healing virtues oi peace. "Unhappily it was bu-t a phrase. there has been no cessation and rluropo is it anything more embit- icred, more oi an armed camp, nearer by the long strides oi’ these five years to disruption and over- whclment, to the perishmeut oi‘ civilization iu the cauldron oi nn- iircliy. Nowa of tho Armistice was cel- chriited in mnny capitals, demon- strations not dcvoid Ofthyiilﬂriil. so sudden thc relief from the strain oi‘ yours, 6Q bright shone thc sun its the war clouds rolled away. (But for the fortunate Canadian soldicr no place at ‘all was so fitting for its celebration than the historic city of Mons, entered by troops oi’ the 3rd Canadian Division. Maj.- lcncrnl A. f‘. MaoDoneli, in the curly lioum oi! the morning. and whore ni eleven o'clock in the (lromle Place the burgomaster prc- sc-ntcd illo keys of the city to Brig,- (lcncral J. A. Clark of the 7th Bri- _€!.'l(|l‘, iill oi’ whose battalions hiul tultcn part in the iisaauit. nrtmcly tho Royal Canadian Regiment. Princess Venice's Light lninntry. tho 421111. Battalion‘ (5th Royal iliighlanders of Montreal) and the iiltli. BDHIIHOILOI Edmonton. Pill" 111-11 of the 42nd. Jitli Royal lilltil- lnndcm of Montreal, wearers of the linckle Highland Scarlet as being afilllatsdwith the Black Watch) led the march put be

truly ii memorial to (‘ailiiziiiﬂe fight-

Othcr rcmnrliziblc iucliioriiils are those, oi‘ like design, which com- promlncnt. positions alt tlic (‘iinatlizln Pacific Montreal, Winili~ _~\ huge but finely sculptureil figuri- (if the "Alli-{Pi of Victor)” isupporls iii om- nrm. she holds iiloft and before hlnl the crown o1‘ A beautiful mcinoriill to those in thc scrvlcc of the Culin- iiiun Pacific ltulllvay who gnvc up

liow ‘CANAEIEJTAN IN THE CITY or MONS

Boclle Driven Outyand Historic City Occupiedin Early Hours of Nov. ll, 1918 - I )etcr- mining Reasons Why Armistice Was Best for Allied Armies

tho dramatic ending oi‘ fiftyoniz "'°°P“' M '1'“ 4111- Tlrigiide, 1111111.

slgnmvance of Amnsurk: Day was ‘lUPlllP-ZLI Olllilfll liziil hushed 1'11‘ clouded by many things. 'l‘llc Army _

.?*.

their lives iilili others liiitgiit llrc i-rcctcd

iii flvzctitilil.

Till» \\'Uia‘ll|l(illlll. tluclicc. lllt‘i'lll')l‘- iiil, lwilsi-il by public l-llibscriiliiiiil i- q<0lll0\\‘i|fit similar. crolvlictl, puliiile llic wuy tn \'ii‘lill‘_\‘

iiiid facing ilic (‘ily iliill. 11min up c iluiiii_iliiili sclii (ivcrscils.

on the lirsl ui‘ zlii iirciiiii- iii‘ li‘l't = which (’.\1It‘l|(l.< for llilItﬁ‘. iiloiiz; Slicrliriiiiki- S rcci, iii.» lilzliil llliY” (iugllilirc, czlcli ircc plziliictl ill i llll'lllfll‘y oi‘ mic m‘ tlic fiillcn. i

Anothcr oiilstniidiilg lllt'llllll‘ltll is tllc one Tvbllllliy unrcilcil in ilic \'illiii:,'c. oi‘ Aliuciiin, Out. ’i‘lii.< \\'.'l,\‘

coitus

BANKH EAD ALTA.

llliHil‘ ill ziccririi

lll(l(|i'l‘ll

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by iii".

i.

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~ DAS WAR

CHOSEN FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED BY WHICH AD COMMEMORATED THOSE WHO WENT OUT TO GIVE

ST.

QUEBEC

MORIALS...

CITIES. TOWNS 8. VlLLAGESti» rofil’? 43° 5"r'°-'i-'1-3i'1'»1a$i;i THEIR LIVES FOR CANADA“

LAMBER

W‘? , 3,).

If

m ROSSLAND

viiliigt- iind liill‘? \\'l'lll ii YPQIIPWI. illillll‘ by Liculcliuni. Aicxunilci" ii.

ltosuliiollil who fcll ill. (‘(lili'ccl|ctlc. 'i‘iic .\uacl, iin- ll is

ZPllS oi‘ llziilkheiltl, Allin, ii littlc coniuiiinlty o1’ icss than mic

ALNIONTE

“i A.

B-C-

wnstlinllsulill souls, lost six nous‘ zit lilo

lrolll, and lllPhL? liicii urc litiiulrcii by u inoiliiimcnt oi‘ rough iiciycii ariiuiic. in irt-cpiug with tho "rug

.~'.llii\‘."li llcrc. u ilfJlillllllli ,-;1-(l liiotilillis 0i‘ lllc itociiy Motili- iirolizc iiiuirc ol‘ it (‘uiuuliiiu ofii» ruins wiicri- thr- villugi- is ‘llllillﬂll. cr. lypiciil oi‘ ihc licst tliiii tllc :1 fi-w iililcs (‘llhl of lliili "hi-

pcoplc iii‘ lliiiiltliciiil lizivc l‘! .1

'i‘lit- cciiiitiipiis fil‘("('.l('(l lll North h» proud oi‘ this uiciiitiriiil. Likc \‘:1ilcnii\'ci', ll. (Y. illlil liiinlililill, tili- pcnplc (it (illlcr sllliiii lUWllh‘ )ili.. zirc “ll ivurlliy 0i‘ note us‘ Yilﬂy l'i't-l]l0ll(ll‘t| rclidiiy.

iii-y 311'!‘ fiiic cxcnipliflctitiolis oi‘ l-‘criric. ll. (‘.. with n ])0])ll|llll(lll

(ii iiboiil ~l.(i(l(i Ililrl il|HO rc1i1o111I11-1» cd its stildicrs wcll. lilizll oil 'l!l in- Sl'l‘l]ll'll |)l‘l|(' with ihc ,L',|Ol‘l()lll~l

sr m‘ ARMISTIECE A DAY

cause its troops llllil bccn tlic first

p, “mm t]... (.11.; o; Mons - thoso l'lll'llllt|ill)|l‘ nills ' _ _ .~=n ciiriicsLLv Siillllllﬂtl by illi- News °Y ‘he Aflmslwet 11.111 .-\1-11114 111 August, liil-l. l<‘iiitiici' to lilo south and tho i‘ll:~l signs oi’ thc illiilflllﬁlllllg‘

the 2nd. (‘iiiiudiitii llirislon, Alilj.‘ (lcucrzil Sir ll€‘lli'_\' liill-stall, with

(icncriii

(l. 1C. .\lt‘(,'l‘ill§', iii

‘Fills

cclvziil

lllill‘i((‘(l the furthcsl

tli i1."

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wiiiil uiid seized the heights (‘tint

czlstcrii udvnilce oi‘ the Allies iind it wiis ‘l! icli lniliillcs pilot -scl‘cll illzit Jlllfil lug tliiil. Brigade Heaiiliiiiiirlcrs r» liictssngc:»—“llusiili'ii--:

riuw 1-i.\.»\.1.. minus,“ -. IlJl\(\'.1-l:'lg\1_|-

ioulailuri

I .- is 11in warn

l"H

..:a

liii~ 1m- cilmiiv.

ollm oi the British Army. which,‘ at

u-ill cease .it ll n. 111.. .\'ov. 11. 'i‘i'u1ip.< will hlliflll lust (iii tilt.- liiic i-cncliiti iii tliiit tiinc, which will lio rcporicii lo DlVi-siltillili "(filth (iiiuuiciwi llllilll‘iiili'l.l(‘l_\'_ Dcfensivr- pct-cautions will bc iliaiiittiiiicti. ‘Plicri- will lic ill) iiltcrcoiirsi: with tlic l*ll(‘lll_\' oi‘ any <li--ci'iiiiioii."

’l‘l1i'oiigl1out iii] tlic fighting illlll fiilllnvetl it? iltlxlclls at .'\l'l'ilh‘ till .\u_1:. 26, right through to lions, :1 ycrinti iii’ llimt. bittci‘ bllilllc and iiulory dearly u-uii, tilc (‘iiiincliziii (‘orps was nilaclictl to First .-\i"ui_\'. ioriiiiiig its ritzlit wiuti. 'f‘hc oiii (‘ltll liiirriiiivc oi‘ First. Army thus record..- tllc finiil 1iziyi»—<".\'ovci11- bi-i- ll-lluriiig this (lay the 2nd. (‘iinariinil llivisloil had gztiilcil thi- liiizli ground south iinii cast of Niims and were forcing the (irr- iiiiiiis to Withdraw. At dawn nil .\'ov. 11, tho 3rd (‘nniidizin Division l‘llltJl'P(i ihi- town and :1 linc mu.- cstiibiislicti oust of it. Fighting had liccu curried on nil that night and (load Germans still laiy iii tlic ctrcciu. . . . Tile inst round iiri-(l hi‘ the Canadian artillery had shot oft‘ the nrm of a German staff of- ficci‘ in ii Headquarters Chateau by liill 85 to the east o Mons.

“lurly on Nov. ll Canadian Cori» Headquarters wcrc estab- lished in the (lriindc Place M. liloiis and the first nlensngc received was to the cifect that tho armistice was signed iind that ltostiiities were to cease at. 11 o'clock.

“Sir Douglas Hnig's last coni- mllllitlilc stated. ‘Canadian troops oi‘ the First Army have captured Motto."

OFFICIAL WELCOME TO MONS

Tile College oi the Burgomastcr and Aldermen issued the following proclamation:-

"Aitor151 months oi suffering caused by the iniquitous, the piti- lcss and insolent occupation oi thu Ger-man Army, the City of Mons is at length delivered by the hor-

NORTl-i VANCOUVER Rockies ’ as a background with which ii harmonized wcll. the fit’.- u- oi‘ ii Llziilzitiiiili nulllici" tilflllflil. z:.~ i!’ by liic L1I‘il\'!* til‘ ll fzilioli colli~ rude.

lf(l.'~'.\'illll(i. i1. (.'., has sot all ox- iiuiplc l!) iiiosl illitccs in that ii‘ has‘

lilfil'i(i('il ii Sllllilllll’ covcl" for thr- giili ciiptiirctl from tllc (lcrnlzllis by iiicii iroili illill (iislricl. iuill er-

t-cicil liuiurc ii ii iiiciiiorial column protct-tcii by illl iron mil ihc 1011i‘ (‘lll'llt*i'.~4 of ‘vrhicii arc supported by

iiiiiip sliiiiiliirtls. Tllc ltoiislzillrl Alr-uioriiil is lniliucrl wiili lliP tit- nuispiicrt- oi‘ tlic rugged iuinilig

lii\\‘lI iind is must worthy.

'i‘lint (‘iiiuiilii piny-cd n most glor- ious iuirl iii ilic (lri-iit \\'zil' llcctls no i-cltcrution in those columns. 'l‘h:ii lici sci-vict- cnliiaiiticnts tot- ll ulillioii incii. 60.000 oi‘ whom iliiitlc tlic sitprcnic sacrificc i‘\ pin-t oi‘ ilic Domiuiouis proudcisi

liisiriryx l-Zycry vililigc. cvcry not ill-mint and outpost, as well its l‘\'i‘!':1' city sciit its boys tn the

"sbczirlicziil m‘ tlic .~\lli1-1l'i\i'iiilcs". A woutl rccoi-il Jlicy‘ illﬂllt‘ for circ< illlti for Ciiniltla, llilvst» Iinys o!‘ (nil-s, and though fivc yours |ltl\‘(‘ it: . sincc the signing of tlll urini. ice brought t.o it cessation liic 1111151 tcrrihlc conflict thc world l1il< lilioivii, ilic ciiilriiizi- of Ihl‘ (‘uliiiiliiiil lioops its ii wllolc, lillll, ilic IIFIH oi‘ iIGTOlHIII which (iuiisetl (‘iiiiiiiiiﬂs nnnic to ring" through tlic '.\'(i|'ill with :1 high nolc, rcvcrbzint .\‘cl. lll'(‘ not fiiriznttcii nor will llll'\' I'\i'l' bc. (‘iiiiiiilzi is prniiil of llic ilicli by \\'|l().<t' ilccils sllc bclraiiiiti :i11 nuts-liiniliiig iuitiou "a. litllls oi‘ honor.

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f)

\\' liiit lllluieen

So info

By‘ Allan nbu Pavia Canada! great N ,

tify the wrong. _ nation midst the many the world has known before, He thou the valiant leader. peace worhl-wide to restore. -\'0t by a mighty army lllie- bravest oi the braves, _ v Returned from Flandsm wmiugd, - _ vol‘ sleeping in their Iuveo. .\o1- yet by gallant navy support- ing England's fleet, ‘fltou kuowest wiser methods the jnations ‘proud to greet. Hiuiiti rc-s-olute and watchful Zpiiist i-vcrythinginot right. Within (Ynnfciieration, vhich

means u constant. fight. 1

lulu-rout powers. exerted to purge and clcrale ._. . (‘iiniivliiiii life eventually. . ‘will

M11151 cnch sister state. * .\||'4*:|i|y iliy example has rdtised all lands to see sit-tinge:- bonds than treaties im- found in unity,

l‘c not ilrrllldplh?“ (Iannda, to heed

lllt! (loldcn Rule, .

Wiicii meeting other nations in arb- itration school.

A rcniury of friendship with neigh- bor $llI‘('\\'f| and proud, Alrcntiy is good omen, nil nations have allowed. > Now hnliii ‘in hand together, Dom-

_ inlons. first and last, Slnuiti lnrivnrd move in. concord, improving on the past. down thy useless idols, let

worth, not money tell.

Moire laws for general welfarehtllfli. nil in peace may dwcll,‘

ih- rrii-niily with all nations, but pray God nave the king.

'l‘rui~ to thyself, 0 Canada, God's praises ever sing.

'l'lllil

i Clint

Z" The W Silent Bivouac

(in tho OUIPI‘ side of the rortd Whcro tho great. square fields he- » gin,-

A ltulrlie-i- camp has risen,

.\ll(l uultilcrsi stir therein.

(in u iliglit with ii moon you can

wililiiiii‘ llown Lilo shimmcrlilg siivcr track, 'i‘iiroii1.:li the ruuko of the dreaming wiirrioni

in tho silent hlvonnc. ' 'l‘l1c oiher nigh-t 1 watched them With their sentry lights ngiow, And liczird the old. old question. The clitillenge-"ldricnd or Foe?" ltnd l knew that the lights were

firefliai, And l kncvr that the voice lhr-ard \\u..~ the lust contented warble

(if :1 fzir ufl‘ sleepy bird.

And l knew tliut the cornsttaik sol- (licrr,

\\'crl: dflfm in b1- gathercti in,

From the (itlicr side of the road

\\'li(-rn till: ;.',l't".'il square fields lie- izln. —-Velmi1 Hitchcock

Y O Canada! O (‘zmurlnl (iur fair and favoured boilrc. , Como. llir your heart unto our Fa- lil’: a throne. - His gi-zicloiui hand hath biesse our hind; Hi1; power and might we own, All that is mun, of home, or pow- ere l»: due tn film alone,- f), (lorl in ‘ Heaven! given HCJFIH‘ that 111-1». iliunklul for the Yours now gone, Strength to go forward in to conic. t) (Yanndii! No heritage so great! On uod, the Giver, let us humbly

Tons be

the years

wait, Hi1; titrength to Ilia wia. dom ii-iiil U 1o ilinso who rule our state, c" Wrongs may cease. honour and lwacc llc found

send;

within our gate.

0 Vi"! "Y Liiiht. show us the right, (live thankful

hearts for ell the now gone, »

Wisdom nnd strength for all 1119

yOllPS l0 COME.

The Flight Of The

Geese ago-old marvel! Yon quavering linc.

Unweorylng pilgrims of tracir- - loss lipncc, - Pilot your‘ wings direct To the reeds of nesting place? tho north through the _ brightening dawn, . . sure prcszlgl- of springtime, your legions come,

your far-away

And ll nrsurrcctlon of faith ilniine

Wlicit the wild goose hurries his

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