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THE FATIiIOT’S PATRIOTISM

Otir t-sit-t-nttitl t-ottt».tnpt.rnr,\'. tht- Patriot.

fitrtiiiiittt- propt-nsity for rushing in wlit-rt- an

has uit uit-

gt-ls t`t'-ar to

[r,.,,,| || is ip_~,pi-ttpttis. it .sttys things whit~h niakt- its

rt-titlt-rs rub tht-ir t-yt-s in lit-wiitlt-rttit‘iit. anti th when tht- "t-xt-itt-itit-iii. is tt\'t>r." sits tlown anti "t"ultni_\' rt-vit-w tht- sittiutioii." ‘lhhhh is its ‘~"~l

en nt-xt day. aiteinpts to uivalcnt for

witlttlra\\‘iiig all its iiisiittiittioits, itllt-gatiotis anti charges

t.i` tht- pr -vi t-.if tint,

Probably wht-it wt- taht- tip to-tlii.\">` l'att‘itil.

wt- shall

lt-arn that "t-oittlt.-niitatiott ot tht- t.twt-rnttit-nt' is a political

stil.jt-tit; tililitttiglt in its yt-sit-rtlay`s isstit- it in ins-tliotis politital ttrtit-lo on ilit- ittlinini:~iration

trt>tltit'ctl an ol' tht- Pro-

iiiiyitittp _»\tt hy tht- intiination that this “is not the tintt-

ttir pttlitit-al t-ttittrttvt-rs.\`-"

\'~-itht-r is it ilit- tinit- for hlittatit lt\pnt't‘i.~'_\'. .\t this ilit- most t-ritit-til jtiitcttirt- in tht- hi

I-In pirt-_ tltt- Patriot atitl its half a tlozt-tt or so patty politiciaits tfonsitlt-r it seently anti wri ttglt- about iht- itllt-,t:t~il lax atlininistration

story ol thc tiisgrnntit-tl

ptttriotit: to

ot` tlte Pro-

liibition law. .\'ot it titilt- of t-vitlt-nt~t- in support oi' the

tlr.tt-t- t`hurt-lt, tht- pastor. lit-v. .\1r. Littlt-johns, prt-aclting

tlttii't:t- is t`tirtht:oniitig, btii wt- nrt- toltl that "Last night in

trtint tht- tt-xt. "Strong tit‘ittk is raging," rt-ferret

spetrititrally

to tht- non-t-iit`ort-r-ntt-nl oi' our proltibitory law. ln this

ttonnt-t-tion ht- rt-ntl tht- rt‘t~ord of tltt- past two

yt-urs show-

ing tht- ttuitiltt-r ttf t'onvit'tions, tlruitkt-nitt.-ss anti its grati-

tiai'ittt-i't-ast-, tltt- itttinht-r ot' ctiiivit-titiits untit- hitittit ,\t‘t. tht- itittnbt~r oi' violators injail anti

r tltt- l’rolti- tht: nuntbt.-r

of ihost- rt-it-ast-tl. ttigt-tltt-r witlt the it-niltii ol' t.iint.- tht-y

st-r'.'t-tl their st-iitt-nt't-, tt-riiis ttpt>n'\\'itit-li tht-y it-:ist-tl anti tltt- nantt-s of tht- partit-s in authori ortlt-rs such rt-lt-ast-s ltutl bt-t-it grantt-tl. Iit al this tlot-unit-nt will ht- ptililisliotl in tht- prt-ss pt-oplo tnay sci- for tltt-iiist.-lvt-s tht- t-xat-t t-

at`t`ttirs. anti wito at't- ilitist- who art- standing in

it propt-r t-iii`ort't-iiit-nt of tht- at-t.

"'l`ht- statt-mt-nt was niattlt- that the press

to publish this tit-tailt-tl statt.-int-nt. So far as

liatl bt-cn ru-

ty hy wltttst- I probability so that the oiiditioii of

tht- way ot’

itatl rteftist-tl the Patriot

is t'rint:t-rttt-d tiit- rt-vt-rt-ntl gt-ntlt-tnan hits bt‘.t‘n inisinfornt-

t-tl, bt.-,t-ausc tht- Patriot has tit-vt-r yt-t bt-,t-tt ask it; iitilt-ntl tht- t-xisit-nt-c ol' sttt-lt it papt-r had n our kiitiwlt-tlgt-."

.\'ct‘tl our rt-atlt.-i‘s bi- siirprist-tl to it-urn tha

tltitirtiiati itot' any titltt-i' tit-tvspitpt-r rt-l`ust-tl to

cd to publish

C\`CI` COIIIC I0

t nt-ilht-r tht: pnliiisli this

pri-t-iotis tltit-timt-it|`.’ 'l`iit- st:t|t»itit-nt is on it par with niut-- tt-nih.-: oi' thtist- t-inanating 1`rtint tht- clique wliicli is at pre- st--nt t-iitlt-u\'otti'iug to run tltt- 'l`t-tiipt-raticc .\liiant-t- with

liaist-r~likc nit-lliotl:¢. '

'I`ht- (ltiartliaii tottlt tht- troiiblt- to t-ttt|uirt-

at tht- lit-v.

.\Ir. i.ittlt-jtilins` for his atititority for this statt-int-nt. anti

t\'t-rt- tztitirlt-tiusly ttiltl that ltt- had het-it inisin

t`tn'1nt‘tl, that

tht- tltit-nmt-nt ltatl not bt-t-it offt-rt-tl to tltt- press, 'I‘li.-\'l` l'l‘ t‘f)l`l.l) .\'t)'l` llltl Sl'l‘l’l.ll~ll) 'l`() 'l`lil<I l’ltl~ISS as it was

part ol' uiiotlit-r rt-port wltit~li was untlt-r prt-par

atiott."

'l`ltt-sc art- tht- Kitist-t'-lil<t~ t.at~tit-s ht-ing atlopttzti by tht-

t\-.'t» or thrt-t\ political l'anatit's who art- running.:

tht- 'l`t-inpt-r-

itntu- .-\liiztnt-t- on tht- rottks. .-\ll ovt-r the t‘tninlry tht-y

` t

nrt going with tht- saint- .siaiitlt-rtttis uittl ttiisl int>iits.

-ailing state-

'l`ltt-rt- art- lionorahit- int-niht-rs of the l’rt.‘sb_\'tt-ry who

wtttiitl .-=t~ttrn, kiiowiiigly and willitiirly. to t:otittt tat tics, just as tht-rv nrt- nit-ntbcrs who t-untlitll iit-\'t-r ht-t'ttrt- in tht- hisittry ot' l’rint'tt litltvnrtl fit-ti-riiittt-itt tlont- inttri- for prtihiliititin than st-iii. 'l`ht-rt- art- int-ntbt-rs of the l’rt-sbytt-ry

t-naittzc out-it y atlinit that lslantl has it

has tht- prt-- wlio i'rankl_\‘

at'1.ttti\\'lt-tlgc that ittitii tht- prt-.=.t‘iit Govt-rnnit-tit cantt- into po vt-r it was alisttltttt-ly intptissihlt- to gt-t violalitins ot’ tht-

ltti ttir law tit tht-ii' rt-spt-t-ti\'t- tlistricts paid att'-iitititt to; tliiit no isooiitrr hatl tht-_v brougltt

tht: sliglitcst

tht- l`ttt:ts to

tltt :ittt-ntittn of tht- prt-st-ni .\ittiriit-y-Gt-itttral than he pi.-itptly toolt at-tion whitth ptit, tht- latv-brt‘nkt-rs out of

lttisiitt-,-.s. lint unit-ss pt-ttplo tio tiring torittai t: th- attt-ntioii oi tht- .\ttornt-y~(;t-tit-ral ht- can

oittplainls to not act. aitti

ht-'-- is just wht-rt- tht- l‘rt-.sbytt-ry anti 'l`t-tttpt-mitt.-tr Al-

liaiit-t- t-:iii ht- ot itttiitvtist- ttssistttitt-t-. Insttrat int: tltt-iitst-lt-t-it with czirping t-ritit-isnttt. of th

l of t-ontt-nt- t- naturt- litt-

Iott-tl ol' tltt- i'atriot, \t'i-t~t- all tht- ntcnibt-rs to tio wltat niatty itrt- tlttiittz, inotiltl ptiblit- tipiiiitiii. raist- tht-. stantlartl oi' pup.

_ . ' , I , V _ _ . . D

lit ttpiiilon .t til bring pitlilit tipinitin to lit-ar u tion, tht-n tht-rt- wonltl ht- an t-ittl tii` tht- iilt-gal

on the ques- tlrink tratlc

aittl all its t-oitst-t|tit-tit-t-s. lltit so long as tlisgruntldtl poli-

tiviziits anti ptilitit-al pursuits attt-ntpt to ntakt-

ital tint of thi- 'l`t-inpt-raiit't- qiit-stittn by using

political cap- it as tt trott-

vt~nit-iit stick with whit-li to ht-labor the Goverinnent, Iittitt

progrt-ss may bt- t-xpt-t'tt-tl. The ht-st of tht- rt-forint-rs hr\lit-vt- lit tht- t-liit'at-_v of ntorttl

tempt-rantrc stiaslon anti

t‘ltrlstian t-tliit-s in |irt-t`t»rt-iit't- to tht- (Dt-rinttn mt-tiiotls

o|` briitt- t`tirt-t- so ht-lot't-tl ot' it vt-ry small htt anti tiiitzliaritnhlt- st-t-tioii til tht- 'l‘t-nipt-rttnt-t- .» t‘t`tiri»tt‘ wt- art- uwitrt- that lin- at-iitnl of this vc-ry tlrasi,it'all_v t-rltit-ist-tl by t-t-rtain incntltt-rs li_\'t,t-ry anti titht-rs. itt tht- titnt- til' tht- last annual ini' "lf-ailing nit-n into tt-ittptation untl tht-n I bt-fore tht- t-otirts oi' jiistlct- itl`ti-r tht-_v liatl _\'l

I very nttitty \||iunt:t-. fit' st-tftioli was nf tht- Pras-

t-oiivt-ittloii, tttllfng litem t-ltlctl to the

lt-inptntlon." 'l`ht- art was lit-ld to bc- un-llritisli, unjust

anti un-f‘liristlttii-likt-; itntl t-vltlt-ntl_v this has thc minds anti t'tinst~it-iit-t-s of tht- chit-1' t-onaplr t'olIt‘-ugtit-s. with tltt- rt,-suit that ti t-uict-t-ssfttl

rnnklctl in ator and his attempt has

ht-en tnatln to litvt-igle tht- fouittttiii-ht-ad of tltt- l'rttshytt-r- lan t'hiirth lit tht- island into it formal t-ntlortttinit-itt and approval of tht-so t-lfttrls--notwltltstantling that intlivltlual

mt-nibt-rs had prt-vioiisly t-xprt-sat-tl tht-lr con

vltziion that

tht.-se tuniic int-,tltotls t‘t>tiltl not ht- entirr-ly t-ommttntletl.

'l"ht-, political scltttnit-rs inay hope to make stunt: ct-tpital

bv lheat- tactics btit we think tht-y will find their mistake. The country has something more aoriouia to think about in the present crisis than the petty bickerings and disgrunt-

led fault-finding ttf a few t-harttcieristic junitt-r

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COMMISSION OI" CUNSERVATION

That the conservation movement has made

Annual Report." of the Commission of Conserv

distinct pro-

aroaa during the pant. year is clearly indicated in the "Fifth

tion, wlii&

tl-Ion. Clifford Sifton, covered the Commlsaioifs activities with respect to waters and water powers, minerals. Public health, agriculture, fisheries and £ur~bearlng animals and fort-sts, indicating clearly and succinctly a number of the problems that had been grappled with and the advances that hatl been made in their solution.

Several aspects of the problems of public health are

dealt with in the report by well known authorities. Dr. Hodgetts' in a brief address. summarizes the work of 'the Committee on Public Health presents reports on such vital problems as “infant Mortalify." “First Ait§to the iti- jured" and the work of the City Planning Conference held in Chicago anti Boston in 1913. Mr. G. Frank Beer. former- ly of this province, president oi’ the Toronto Housing Co., develops at some lengtlt tlte housing anti city-planning question in Canada with especial reference tothe work of ithe 'l‘ot-onto Housing t‘.o., anti Col. J. ll. Borland outlines legislative. retiuirt.-ments for town-planning.

.\lr. J. Walter Jones follows in detail the progress in

the t‘ontmittee on Fisheries was confined. during 1913, t.-ltit-fly in tlte tit-velopment of the oyster industry. Hon. _-\. Arsenault describes the new method of leasing oyster 'ot-tis in l't1nt-e i-Jtlwartl Island. This method was atlvotfatctl by the t' inin-is;-ion two years ago and will do tnuth to re- aciterat- the oyster industry in the Maritime Provinces

The rt-port contains a number of splendid illustrations

anti gives in concise form niticlt information that is of value to all Cttnatliaits interested in the conservation of our nat- ural resources.

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, MUTUAL IIEEP

Ont- of our English ext-ltaitges, commettting on some

notable changes brought about by the \var, mentions the “County spirit awakened by the fact that each County has its owit regiment and the esprit-de~corps is sustained by the fact that the noncommlssioitetl and commissioned ollit-t-rs and men all come from tht- same part. Local tra- ditions, local effort. have been heavily tliscotnttctl in tlte past, tltcir rt-tiuissance is among the good things war luis brought."

'l‘hc cltangt- in the niilitary system of Grt-at llritain, ut

about the time that changes in ottr Uaitadiait system merged Prince Edward lslatttl in the New Brunswick dis- trict, is wltat is referred to as having “heavily discounted local traditions anti local cllort." We have ito tloubt suf- icrretl similarly. and it is qtiitt- possible that the t-sprlt-tie- t't.trps, which aconipanies lot-al t-,ffort ttnd friendly rivalry, may be wanting. When wt- are asked to merge our best effort as a Province witlt what is being dont- in another province it tleprivt-s us of niut~h of the incentive which makes for t.-tlit-ient-_v.

lint this is tio tiint- for hair splitting. We art- now facing

the tttt;-ru rt.-:tlitit-s of war, i`itt-ing it prohlt-nt to whit-li modern Britons are stmiigt-rs, that ot' saving the life tit' the Em- pire, anti our duty lit-s in obeying the one clear call. “Duty." lt is not tt niattt-tt of rivalry with our sister prov- inc-es, not a mttttt-r of spt-ctatzular tlrill; it is a mutter o' life anti tlcath. it tttutter in whittlt tht- call comes to all and in which the tluty is to tio anti to risk aiitl to sacrifice.

\\'hitt are wc tloing about it? \\'httt are we going to tio

about. lt? The call is not alone to those wlto had prev- iously been in military service; it is to all, to those wlto are tin :t position to make the cxtreiut-. sacrifice of giving thom- 'selvt-s, or their ltusbautls or their sons, anti, as well to those \vltotti age or physical unfltncss or unavoidable duty prrvt-tits making the txtremc sat'i‘iiict-. And wt- should tzaroftilly wt-igh thc. tlil`t`eret\t-ti between these two t.-iitsst-s. 'l`ht-y who go to the front art- risking ali, sattrillciitg all. lift.-, ltonit-, lovt-.tl ones; ihost- who rt-inaiit at ltoittt- nrt- asked

--not to ntakte it sacriflt-t-, btit to give reasonably, tlet,-entl,\'. in proportion to their mt-ans. Anti iii this wt-. still lack the esprit-tie-corps that in every undertaking tnakes for t-llit-ittnt-y. iiitherto, very largely, tht- hurtictis have been tisstimod by the contparalivt-ly poor; wt- have had tio large gifts; our subscription lists, wht-.n rt-.ad itbroati, while pt-r- haps cvitlcticittg the general t-.oinfort iiittl prosperity of which wc so frequently boast, give no iittiicatiou yt-I ot` tiutstantiing llhcrality on the part ot' those who can afitirtl to bc generous. Still otir giving is not over, tht: time for sacrilitft-~-cxt:cpt in tht-. suprcntt- sat-,riiitto of going or st,-ntlittg to the l'ront--has not yet cultic, anti we ina_\' yt-t rt-tlettiii ourselvt-,s.

In tht: nicantinlt: the word, Ditty, sltoultl be kept in view,

tht-, duty that lic-s at our own hantl, not tltat ol’ others. It is tt time t`or niutual ltelp. for mutual encouragcincnl., i`or mutual burden hearing.

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CANADIAN BORN CON TINGENT

I\liit~lt has bt-cn saitl, says the Mall anti ltlntpirt-, both pri-

vatt-iy anti pub|it'.l_\', about thc fact that a large proportion of titost- who enlisted in the t`anatlian contingent now in liuglttntl. were English, Scotch or Irish bortt. The implica- tion of this was that the nntivt- Utntatliati young int.-it were slow to t-nlist. lt is, perhaps, true that the men from liri- taiii rcallztrtl more tiuickly than f‘anatlians what the war rt-itlly ntt-ant, and th‘c t-.arly environment of nittny ol tltcnt igavtt tltt-iti ii fantiliarity with military' tluties :intl needs ab- sent in the tfuse ot' (‘anntlian youths. A ttotisitierttble pro- portion ot` thc militia regiments tvoitsistti of "British-borit." .\lort:vtir, tts single men were always given the preference in tho st-.lt-tzlloit for the contingent, anti a inutrlt larger pet'- cc-iitage of thc "lirltlttlt-born" volunteers were single than in the case of the tlattadiatts, more ot' them were at-t-t-,ptetl for flint reason. llut in the forming ol tht-. set-oiitl contin- gent. the Caitiitiiatt-borit should be so well rt-.pre-.scittctl t.ltut unfavorable coinparison will be impossible. The circum- stanct.-s ot' tht- raising of the first contingent tin not at all justify critlt-istn of tht- youth of this country. \’Vliolc regi- ments ot' Cuiitttliaits offered thmnaclvos almost cn bloc. It would bc well. at the same limo, to have tippearaitces more to t’itnatla's trrttdit. There will be pit-.nty of opportunity for all to go who want to go before the war is over. The l<`rciit.-lt-Vaitatlittn unit about. to bt- raiactl in Quebec, 5.000 strong, or perhaps larger, shows the worth of criticisms of l-‘rt-itch-(Tanndittns. As ntut-iii will be provt-n in thc case of iiritislrspeaking <‘aiiatlu.

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NOTES

'Vito power of the llritlsli navy is rnfletetctl in the fact

that September exports from the United States to Ger- many declined l'ro|n $35,000,000 in 1913, to $2,378 in 1914. while Amerlcait exports to the United Kingdom fell off only 27 per ct-nt.

Menibt-rn of German singing societies to the nuntber of

500.000 art- to invade (`anatla is the report from the United States. Well, if the invasion comes we will have to stand it, btit in the name of humanity it is to be hoped the in- vndt-rs will not sing. That would be too much.

On one point we can be sure. .That is as to EBYDL lf

there is a man who known Egypt its importance. and who has studied every phase of Ita is Kit-

anti it is a sate bet that

fur-farming* in Canada during the past year. The work of

` LET IIS BE FAIR

Sir: 'Are we fairi to our Volunteer

Militia, especially the odlcors? Never batting worn the Kings Yniiorm yet; I ant willing to live and let live: Latterly there is much comment; in ipublic and private most of which is overdrawn and _unfair in the opinion of the' writer. It is easy to criticise. Our~voluuteer Militia is really only

kindergarten work and 'all it calls for is a training of twelve days in each year for three years or in all thirty-six days, unless there is a re- -enlistment. The remuneration for tbl! time for the privates is about one dollar per day and our workmen, even on the streets, get one dollar and a half a day, so our rank and file are certainly handsomely paid for their time!

But what of the oilicers who arc,

so proud to appear out on parade with their gold braid? Judging from remarks heard on every side they must have bled the Federal treasury white and just think, they are not all oil to the front, after having ac- cepted ao much of Cattada'a wealth! How much of the latter is true? When a man gets his 1ientenant's

promotion, he has the privilege of providing himself ut his own ex- pense, with an outfit that costa hint. one hundred and forty dollars anti proof as to cost, the itten in the ,overseas contingent were allowed ‘that amount in remuneration. for theirs when at Valcartier, but our men on hottie defence duty at. llalilax, Cnnso and Sydney .llinaa 1 believe so far ‘have the proud distinction of having themselves paid forttbeir officers our- iits to we-ar and carry when on duty protecting the homes of even those \vho‘are talking so glibly about their cominanders. Next step, they must attend a mi'ii:ary college for a term, sutlicicntly-,long to qualify, for'which they receive the handsome sum suffic- ient. to cover their actual and necess- ary travelling and board expenses- Nothing for their time except what they learn. Now against the lieuten- ant'a one hundred and forty dollars and time he gets less than two and ,1 half dollars a day for twelve days each yet-tr which, counting interest, would take him about six years to pay for his outfit providing, he has no otltcr expenses. What of the time he has spent and thc many times he has to dip down into his own pocket?

Why have training and Gump at

all if nty statements are correct? When \'-ar was declarctl this Iiindzr- ',;artt-.tt tts a. speaker at the Patriotic Meeting said, in less than twenty-

ifottr hours one hundred utttl twenty i

men ittlly equipped with guns similar to thc ones that rt-,li-cvtzd l.adysn'titli had sailed away to protect our hom- es with tht-ir lives if necessary; per- haps a record mobilization. Later seventy-fotir men gathered direct front this Island at Valcarticr and probably three httndred more boys brought. tip in l'. ld. Island joined that i`ontiniIent the second oi' the two most patriotic anti never to be for-,gotten happcniiigs in t'-nnndiun llittttti-y, (‘ould tt rccorti he had of the britvc three liuntlrcd `l would bt- sttrprisetl ii, lilttt the Soutlt African Contingents and the noble seventv~ lout' there wottltl only be ti small nitmbttr who had not begun their military training in our Kiittlergart- cn. .

-.\l;tny Ol our (ttiiccrs and mvn who

have given largely of their time and mont-.y in this movement are ttntit-i' ofier to the proper ttuthorities :intl it might; ht- best for its to wait anti let them decide tvliere our men arc tnoS€ not-.tit-tl.

tmp lieitdtitinrtt-rs have httt-it pl.tt'etl

out of the province. Were such not the rust- and uieu were tutistetati-.: here lor tlrill itutl guurti duty n-i doubt ther- \-.'t>tt‘tl lin iii-t~rn iiitwe tut- thuslusnt in our nzltlst.

Since writing the ab0V0 U10 Eli'-Iwi"

iticr have matle,a further selection.

I ant Sir, etc.,

J. S. IlAL5t\'.-lille.

Sir,---lt is a pity twat. tu this time

oi' tlitllt-.ulty anti tlunger, any inan sltnultl think it ltis duty or rt-,gard it its his privilt-gc to viliiy and ltoltl tip to public scorn a hotly of nit-.tt to whom this province already owt-i-t ntticlt anti to whont, befort- this war is ovt-r, it is certain to owt- still mort-. it is tlottbly a pity that any man, no matter how high his position. should so far forgt-t liitnsttif its tit sttizc tht- oppor- iunlty of a gre-at pntrlotit: gutlicriitix. at which wort- nsst-ntn.etl tlte ntotht-rs. wivo:-i and sisters til` men who have gout- to the front or otht-r\\'lst- t`rttt:ly olierctl tlioir t-ttervlces to their count ry. to iiiisreprescnt nntl slantlor the iorcc to tvliit'h tltese mt-,it are lH‘UU<l I0 IH” long. \\"hile it may be utintlttctl thai. for reasons vt-,ry t-,lt-.itrly stated at tht- meeting, volunteering t`or service itt the front is not so at-tivo ht this pro vlnce its ntigltt he tlcslrtrtl. uttti that it is ndvisablt- to stir tip all nhle- bodiod young nit-it, wltt-tht-.r member:-1 of the Atztivt- Militia or not. t.o tt tlecpcr soitst- ot' the duties wltit~lt its citizens tht-y owt: to their country in thc present crisis. it is.ttnfnrt.unate to say the least that the chief part of this important work should have oeen left in tltc hands of a man whose prejutllccs so evidently incapacitated him from dt-tiling with it in a fair- inindetl manner. instead of a rousing appeal t.o ull young men to devote themselves to the service of their country, tlte audience was treated to tt hitter and malicious attack upon an organisation consisting of less than one per cent. of our population. Upon the shoulders of tht.-se few was placed the whole weight of responsibility for service at the front. while all others were, amid great applause, confirmed in their right to continue to shirk their duty.

When n man joins the Active Militia

he takes upon himself certain clearly defined responsibilities and is liable ‘Yo severe penalties if he seeks to evadt- them. ln respect to these re- sponsibilities. however. he is never asked to volunteer; he gels his orders and he has to obey them. But this matter of volunteeimg for service in Europa is outside and beyond the ordinary responsibilities 0! the militia-

your to substitute

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l men. Except perhaps for their higher sense of duty and their greater capacity for service, the 1000 militia- men in this province stand on exactly the same footing in this respect as the remaining 1o.000 men between the ages of 18 and 45 who have never taken the time or trouble to undergo military training. To bf-th al_l"e crm” l the appeal of patriotism and _both alike have to answer it. it cannot ...; answered by giving a few paltry dollars and abusing those who are offering their lives.

The slauderous statement was made

at the great patriotic meeting that mitillamen have been receiving money under false pretenses. Let ua see how the account stands. There are two -young men, each earning, let. us say. two dollars a day as wages. One of them goes to training camp, where he is worked hard for twelve days and paid one dollar a day. The other remains at. home and continues to earn his two dollars. How does the account stand between these two young men? lsn`t it plain that tlte man who went to camp has paid twelve dollars for his own training. and the man who remained at home is twelve dollars richer than he would have been had he' been willing to do his duty to the State? Which of the two. has pocketed money that in justice does not belong to him? The above illustration indi- cates only very lnadequately how the account stands between Sir Wilfred Sullivan anti any one of the score of officers who listened in silence to his abuse. I am, sir, etc.,

R. H. CAMPBELL.

Sir,-(lertaittiy war plays havoc with

civilisation and makes even the indi- vidual forget to "tio unto others as you would that they should do to you." There can be tio better illustration of this than the unjust and unwarranted attack inado on the militia of this Province in the Market l-lall on Friday night by a speaker tvho had been asked to address a so-called patriotic meeting, convened for the purpose of securing subscriptions to a futitl tit-.signt-tl for tlte relief of the depen- dents of the ntilitlamen who are on service.

To add to the irony of the tlting, the

militia had been specially' requestetl to attend. Those responsible for the tnanttgemeitt slionltl have at least seen to it that they were not insulted as tht-y were.

'l`hut the speaker was t.-ntirely ignor-

.utt of tht-. facts in the cast- sltoultl be little excuse for ont- in his position. ills jutlit-ial capacity should have tttught him ttot to judge witlioxtt having the t-vitit-tice anti thu fittfls. Now what nrt- the facts in tht’ cast-'.'

’l`lit-.re art- about ont- tltousatttl inttn

ot' l’rint'c Etlwartl Island who have signt-tl tho servit:t.» roll, 'This rtrntlt-.rs them liable to ittrit ottt at any time t`or tht- dt;-fence of Canada. but lays no more obligation on them for forcigtt service than rests upon any physically lit mule citizen who has icuclietl his t-ighttit-ntli hirtlttlay aitd who is under forty-five. I)on`t forget this, you unmarried tncn bt-t,v.'ectt ttiglitceti anti t`ot~ty-five who so heartily appltnttlctl the attack on tht- militia at Fritlay ttigltt’s nteeting. Now this thousand men are divided up into litt'antr_v. Artillery, Light l-iorat-. Field .imhttlttttt-e anti Sigitallt-rs. llpon the outhrt-alt o|` the war pi~nt'tit-ally every oflit-t-i' at onct- voltititt-t-,reti for servitrt- and their scrvitrt-s have htet-it nt't't-ptt-tl. sit far ns the militia tlepartntttnt littvt- rt-t|uirt‘tl tlteni. Tlttist- who ltavtt bt-t-n t-ttlled on i`or st-.rvice have willingly goitt- wltttre they wt-rc ortit-.red to go. 'l`ht- otltt-rs will go just as willingly when tht-_v i'et't-.i\'tt their orders. I tfaitnot see how they tzoultl serve their ttonntry better.

The int`antry art- ttf' ctittrst- the larg-

est hotly ol' tht-, militia. Tltey ure bi'at‘tit'aIly all rcttrtiitt-tl front the t-ntiittigv tlistricts. lt is trut- tltat thc utiniht-r oi' mt-n ironi tltt- infantry ranks rt-spttittliitg to tht- t-all for ovt'-rst-as -tt-i'.'it't: was small \vltt-n t-otnpart‘tl to tlit- tttinibt-r respoittling front other plttct-st; but again you must fully untit-rstuntl the t‘ontlit.ions liellort- puss- iitg jtidgmt-,nt. During the iirt-tt i`ottr nt' live weeks after the war broke otit l drove some six or st-ven hundred itnlcs with the tlil`i`erent ofllct-.rs of our militia. and what did we find? ilotist- after house only one son ltoine, int- tticttso crops to he saved. it iino t'arm tit bt- prepitrctl i`or next _vt-ar's crop anti no Iiireti help avuilulilt.-. -The highest military authorities have been. since tho outbreak of tht- war, taking steps to seo that overy t'ont of land is propt-rly cultivated next year, ttnti l ani surt- these antltorlties would rather havt- the farms propt-.rly tilleti than tht-sc only sons in the trenches. Ut' t'oui'sc, if' thorn was a scarcity ol men it would be tlli'i'ert-nt, but at the inttsent tinit-. tlicre is tt large army of utinntployt-tl in every part ot’ Canada except in l’rint-e Edward island; good nit-n, but temporarily out of employ- nit-nt. utitl they are anxious to enlist. .tfton ot' t-ourse are wanted, but we \\'ttnt equipment more. Men cannot go to the front without rifles and proper clollting. t

Next to the infantry in point of

numbers t-omes the artillery' anti we lintl tht-y were the first called out. A telegrain received one evening at six o'elotrk, un entire contptiny. with their blg guns. horses and other equipment embarked on it specially tultartcred steanter attti on their way by three o't~lot~k the nttxt tiny. When these nit-it turnotl out ntnn_v ot' them sup- posed they were going to tht- froitt, anti they were ull keen to go. They are still serving tht-.ir country where tht-.lr superior officers have set-n il' 'te place them anti will go where they are ordered to go. The Light Horse olllt-era and many men have volunt- tea-red, but the Militia Department have ttot as yet. had a plnct- tor them, but their turn is coming anti tltev are ready to go. No. 9 Field Ambulance was called out lu practically tun strength to Valcartier to take charge of tlte hospital and sanitary arrange- ments there during the mobilisation of the first contingent. They were all away within twenty-four hours or receiving their marching orders, and they have a big lot of equipment, to look after. Many of the Field Ambu- lance are professional men with a large practice and they made immense sacrifices by taking up this service.

Then the slgnallera. the smallest

branch of the militia service here; g company of eight men and an officer. Six of the men are with the first con- tingent in England or France or Egypt or wherever that contingent may bo today. Six of the finest boys to be found in the city; thev were the vt-rv flrst to go and they did not receive

station for the front. _A few of us were there to clasp their hands and wish

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.-\rtilcry from Prlttct-. Edward Island for service in Europe- thc liattt-ry to be t-'mtpost-tl of members of the P.E. I-iiand llcuvy llrigatlo, (‘.harlottt-town, and the Thirty-seventh Field l`i:tttt-ry ol' liiontiiguc and Sottria. A number of officers, uott~t,-tintntisslonc-tl oilict-,rs and gunncrs have already volun- tecrt-tl, but to bring the batteries up t0 Wur Btfflllglil Bild 10 also form an itmmunltifttt column it will be necessary to secnrt- upwards of one ltuntlrcd recruits in addition to those wlto have ulrcittly volttitiecretl. Applications will bo taken from recruits with or without military experience, as it is the cxpt-tzfatittit that sufficient drill will be given the Battery before procetttlng to the front to make each member efllol- ent. As soon as sufllt-,lent volunteers have handed in their nantes the proposed Battery will be submitted to head- quartt-.rs for approval. it is hoped that the required number of men will conio forward quickly. ~

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