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.RID .THE 
REC NTT ENGIGEMENTI
The following letter has b | _
sd by Mrs. J. D. McLeod, Hifglxxtfrecfgix,
from her son Vernon. who is signaller
with the First Contingentz-
- TUESDAY, 6 p. m,,
In a barn left on the Field,
A il 28, '15.
Dear People:- pr `
I guess that you people are wonder-
ing whether or not any P. E. Islanders
will ilsure in the easuaitypjst of the
engagement in which the Canadians
played an important part. as yet all
Islanders are safe after being in one
of the greatest battles of the
present war. No doubt be-
fore this reaches Charlottetown
you will have read several accounts
of these few days, but here are the
facts connected with my little role.
On Thursday I had made a little
shelter tent in the "back yard" be-
cause the straw of our billet was so
dirty, and in the evening I was pre-
psring for a good night’s rest when
the traffic on the street and the gen-
eral uneasiness of our fellows showed
that something was doing. We went
to the road and there we saw lines ofi
Algerian troops coming through the
village, announcing that the line was
broken. Excitement ran high and no
one slept that night--not eventhe civ-
ilians-for they 'became “refugees”
and beat it. We felt sorry for the
poor old women who travelled miles
over stones and cobbles-in some
cases the people were barefoot. Any-
way "Stand to" came and shortly after
midnight we "Fell in" and marched to
the trenches, arriving about 5 a. m.
As soon as the infantry battalions
nrrived, they were put further ahead
than Bde. Hgrs., the place ot' our
duty. Our lines (telephone) were
established and after dinner hour (not
meal) some of us took turns going to
a nearby small ridge and viewing the
proceedings; our first sight of battle.
The enemy held a position on a ridge
and the Canadians were advancing
by short and quick runs from lying
down positions. Everywhere we
could see the fellows drop and
see the ` spits of dust rise
perpetually from the ground.
Such we saw through our glasses from
our rear position. About 4 p. m. on
the same day reinforcements arrived
for the Canadians and soon after the
wounded began coming in; the stret-
cher bearers taking the badly cut
ones, damaged arms and legs patients
walked. The hospital or dressing sta-
tion was near our headquarters and
we helped during spare moments giv-
ing patients water and putting them in
easy positions. One fellow with his
whole hand gone and his arm tied in a
once white bandage asked me to get
a_ cigarette from his pocket for him.
Then I .remembered the parcel I re-
ceived a day before and soon all the
signallers were giving the "walking"
(arm andleg) patients Murnds. i’ll
never forget that experience nor the
sights in that dressing station. One
stretcher had a bad case (recognized
by blanket over face) and I turned
down the cover only to see the curly
head and grey face of a young fellow
(18) who I had become well acquaint-
ed with. I wish I had had a chance
for a few words but he was already
out of the zone of earthly battles. He
was a jolly kid. too. Our chaplain
was present at the time and all the
boys look upon him as a real hero. All
night long the stretcher bearers were
bringing in wounded, all night long
the doctors worked and labored at
their posts, and all night the- ambul-
ances carried bandaged troops to
other hospitals. During the night we
slept while shells burst all around us,
and at the same time the Canadians
were advancing or lying wet on the
field.
Saturday afternoon we left our pos-
ition and marched to reinforce our
2nd and 3rd Brigades. Bed again at
10 p. m. and up at 2 a. m. for further
advance. Worked all day and came
back to our first attacking billet at
1.30 a. m. That night we slept on the
roadside (raining too) until 3.30 when
the shells were coming so thick and
fast that after a couple of showers of
mud and stones falling on us (from
the shells) we decided to get inside;
and so we did. At 4 we got up again
and proceeded to a barn to take up
new quarters. This is the barn where
I am vlriting now and is about 300
yards from the dressing station which
is now occupied by French. We are
“standing to" always and` last night
were out from 12 to 4 repairing wires.
Cannot say how many went under out
of the Canadians but we believe there
was an enormous number wounded.
One fellow (our old friend) camo
along from the front slightly wounded
on the head from n piece of shrapnel
and I dressed it for him, gave him a
dry suit of underwear and socks. also
a cup of hot tea and he decided to go
back. Now he’s missing, but l think
he didn’t get in with the right bunch
upon his return to action.
Should we ever return we will have
a great many things in detail to add.
They say that there is 'fBeauty in
Ruin" and now I believe it. The old
adage no doubt refers to anything
but`what I mean. but on our march to
the scene of action on Friday morning
we passed at a short distance a city
on fire. This was one of the most
beautiful sights I have ever seen as
the red flames leaping hish formed a
back ground for several churches and
other important buildings, including
'iris ` ` \  ` _`i
‘ Fire Insurahilé  1
A Necessity ' .
Then insure in good strong Si0¢|¢ ¢0ll1Pan° 9
 ies,which never contest anlliililiit  _“Ch I
i as is represented by '
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-SIGNALLERS I '..'lii|li`»liltli$-.iii EMPIRE
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I-IALIFAX. May 28-The time and
the place have combined to make the
convention of the' Daughters of the
the "C1001 l1Hll»"ab\1lldins Selemd by Empire, new being hem in Hsnfex,
and so I'll close, wishing you all every
With lots of love, t
LONDON. May 28.-What is needed ,-
most to end the war quickly?
“Men, more men and still more
men!" said Lord Kitchener. -
tions!" said Field Marshal Sir John r
“Sandbags. sandbsgs. more sand-
bagsl" says Lieut.-Col. J. A. Tyler, of
the Royal Field Artillery.
In an appeal to the “Sister Susles"
who have been sewing shirts, and knit-
ting socks. muiiiers and body belts for ‘
soldiers. Coy Tyler not only empha-i
sizes the fact that sandbags are quits
as important as munitions in this war,
but now that the weather has begun
to moderate are far more useful than
inumcrs and such in the trenches.
"We need hundreds of millions of'
sandbags," he says. "The number re-
quired for a single battery, for the pro-
tection of guns. officers and men, runs
into the tens of thousands. A mile of
trenches requires something like 100,-
U00, and for each little post, observa-
tion station, or shelter of any kind be-
himl the trenches, so many more are
reeded. Then every house, barn or
other locality occupied in the area in ‘
\vl\ich shells fall, for a. distance of two
or three miles behind tho trenchesu
ought to have its own dug~out for use
when necessary, into the making of
which the sandbag enters. Further-
more, when we advance we have not
time to empty our sandbags and carry
them on. We require fresh ones."
The sandbags used by the British
army are about 3 ft. by 2 ft. and the
material is coarse linen or canvas.
THEIR SOLDIER FATHERS.
Two little Scottish girls were‘
boasting about their soldier fathers.
“My father’s a soger," said Jeanie.
"My father’s a soger tae!” cried Jes-
sie. "Ay, but my father’s a brove
man--a terrible man." persisted Jean-
ie; “he’s been in a war, an’ he’s got
the Victory Cross, an' the King fasten-
ed it on wi’ his ain han’!" “But my
father’s a braverer man then yours,"
said Jessie, sticking up valiantly for
the honour of the family, “an’ he’s"
been in a lot o' wars, an’ he'.s got diz-
lens and dizzens o' medals an' Vic-"
tory Crosses, an’ he’s got a wudden
leg that the King nailed on wi’ his
ain han‘!”
YEAR POSITION T0
GO TO THE FRONT
FREDERICTON, N. B., May 29.-
The Misses Sherman received word
yesterday that their brother, Frank J..
assistant general'fmanager of the Roy-
al Bank, has resigned and enlisted as
a private in the McGill overseas bat-
talion of Montreal. I-le acquired his
initial knowledge of banking in this
city, and after his appointment as as-_
slstant general manager about ten
years ago was in charge of agencies-
ln the West Indies. For several years '
he has been stationed in Montreal, fill-
ing one of the most important bank-
ing positions in Canada and was in
receipt of a salary of $10,000 a year.
““I m very glad my brother is going
out to fight for the empire,” said Miss
Stella Sherman to the Times’ corres-
pondent, "and I am prouder of him
than ever."
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POLICE ROUNDED . . . .
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UP 30,000 ALIENS ~
IN LONDON
LONDON, May 28.-The police have
nearly completed their task of round-
ing up enemy aliens in Londan, and
30.000 are already accounted for. The
officials state that they have caused
the police but little trouble. Within
the last few days hundreds of German
and Austrian women have been re-
patriated through Holland. it has not
yet been decided whether alien moth-
ers with their children will be allowed
to remain. 1
GAVE BOBBY SOME LESSONS. l
“What are you going to do, John?"
asked Mrs. Fazzle, as her husband un-
wrapped a pair of boxing gloves. p
“I'm going to give Bobby some les-
sons in self defence.” he answered.,
“Every boy should know how to take-
care of himself in an emergency. Come j
on, Bobby; I won‘t hurt you." Twen-.
ty minutes later Mr. Fazzle returned
with his hand on his face. "Get me
a raw piece of meat to put on my eye.
and the arnica bottle." »
“Why you don’t mean to say that'
Bobby---” -
“Of course I don‘t. Bobby's sitting.
out in the yard now in sorrow and re--
pentance. I have discovered that the
onl wa to teach that boy is with a*
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tl;ethKaIi’ser for ,his coronatiou "KWS the most unique in the history of the
0 e elgians. The place WU med organization in Canada. This fact is
by the mms _hlSh 9’iP105lV° 9991"' appreciated by the sixty and more del-
Ktilztur. chi: egates from all parts of Canada, and
°‘” YW" have lil let - ~ - - and although the attendance is smaller
°“y°"e else 39° this as I Cliff WN" than usual'owing to the war. the con-
anyone, neither has the censor time to vengmu is nkeiy to make 3 ,mme (0,-
K0 over many documents like this. “self mzythe Omen something of
Pgn t worry over me, for believe UIQ; this nature was referred- to by Mrs.
iscretion is the better part of valor Leonard Murray in her address of wel.
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ome. This address was a notable
good wish. effort, and very greatly appreciated by
e delegates. Mrs. Murray made
VERN- eloquent and proufoundly deep refer-
*_*-'*-**' ence to thehwar and the demands upon
the woman ood of the country. Mrs.
“SISTER SUSIES" SEWING SAND' Henshaw, being the delegate from
saes v
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y’s address. '
After a busy morning which was
entirely devoted to the work attendant
"Munitions, munitions, more muni- g?°n the opemng M the wnvemion’
e
e aftemoon session followed, with
ports from the various Provincial
hapters being read. These reports
ancouver, ably replied to Mrs. Mur-
i
were surprises even to tire memberd.
of the Order, in the extent of work
which they showed the organization
from the Atlantic to the Pacific had
been performing.
` won|< or-' THE cHAP1'ERs
Mrs. Van Hart. of Fredericton. read
the-report for the New Brunswick Pro-
vincial Chapter. It told of a very
noble work, where thousands of dol-
lars had been raised for war purposes.
The Provincial Chapter for that Pro-
vince had its head office in the Legis-
latfve Building. The report acknow-
ledged the work of the Women's In-
stitutes which had greatly assisted
and co-operated with the Daughters of
the Empire. The Daughters had done
much to encourage the cadet move-
ment in the past.. which work was
now justided by the war, and the
value realized. The New Brunswick
women intend having a, self denial
day on the King’s Birthday in aid of
the Belglans.
Mrs. Colin Campbell. who gave the
Manitoba and Saskatchewan report
told of the vast work which the wo-
men ot the Prairie Provinces had done
for the ‘l§>|i‘ll€l'B. ill providing comforts
for men at home and at the front, and
by caring for the dependents, These
women had done two unique things.
In Winnipeg they opened the nret
home for convalescent soldiers in the
Dominion. The purpose was to meet
the need of men who had been sent to
the hospitals and although discharged
needed some place to go for a further
recuperation before rejoining thielr
regiments. The other thing was to
have women members of the chapters
attend all funerals of soldiers, many
of whom were old country men dying
away from home. Further these wo-
men notifled the relatives of the men
and rendered whatever service they
could. Montreal followed the western
women in the home idea. and Mrs.
Campbell made a plea that the wo-
men of Halifax urge that proper pro-
vision be, made for convalescent soi-
diers, hundreds of whom may be com-
ing across from the front within a
very short time.
MAYOR MART|N'S WELCOME
Mayor Martin addressed the dele-
gates during the afternoon, welcoming
them to Halifax. Mrs. Goodwin re-
plied. Her Royal Highness. the Duch-
ess of Connaught. who is honorary
president ot' the Daughters of the Em-
ire in Can tl wro re that
D a a, te reg tting
she was unable to be present, express-
ed strong admiration for the work
which had been done and hoped that
it‘would continue until the end of the
war. Mrs. Hendrie, wife of the Lieut-
enant Governor of Ontario, also wrote
regretting her absence. In her letter
she said that today it was worth more
to be a Daughter of the Empire than
ever before.
Late in the afternoon the delegates
were motored to Fleming Park to the
Memorial Tower,_which unfortunately
was closed. The visitors then return-
ed and were received by Mrs. Dennis,
President of the Local Council of
Women, at the Council Iiouse, Young
Avenue, where tea was served. in
the evening nearly all the delegates
attended the concert at the School for
the .Blintl.
Mrs. Leonard Murray was hostess at
an after theatre supper at which a.
number oi’ the delegates were present.
THOUSANDS OF _
MINERS IN-THE WAR
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 29.--Thou-
sands of foreign born miners have al-
ready left this district to _loin the
colors and if the exodus continues
coal operations and union officials
fear a serious shortage in labor. Van
Biter, President of the Pittsburgh
District of the United Mine Workers
of /imerico., said last night that 7,500
men, fifteen percent of the total min-
ing population of the district have
gone home since the war started. I-le
sntd these included many Slav miners,
and now that italy had entered ‘the
war, many Italian miners will follow.
Operations estimated that between
2,500 and 3,000 men will leave this
district within a few weeks for
Europe.
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cmoirs. wales, my 21.-rite'
members of the crew of the Morwenna
say that after the vessel was torpedo-
ed they lowered their boats. one 0.!
which had not entirely been freed
from its tackle, when a shell from the
submarine blew off the head. of one
of its occupants and wounded three
other men. - '
The skipper of the Jacqueline says
when he saw the submarine attack
the Morwenns. he started the Jacquel-
ine full steam ahead, intending to ram
the submarine. The under water
boat, however, evaded the trawlsr, and
fired may shells at her. but all of them
GERMAN BARON IS HELD AS SPY
OTTAWA. May 27.-Baron Von Pol-
enz, who for the past titres years has
been interested in Cobalt investments
and has been prominent in Montreal
and Quebec society circles, was arrest
ed yesterday by Inspector Parkinson
of the Dominion Police on a charge of
espionage, He has been taken to the
prison for alien enemies at Fort
Henry, Kingston. The Baron is an
ex-Captain of a German cavalry regi-
ment and has been under surveillance
by the Dominion Police for some time.
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This World War Demands the Supreme
Effort of a United Empire
Shall Our Province Fall Behind
?
' It should not be supposed that-contributions of three or four hundredmen
a few odd dollars, some bags of oats and boxes of socks constitute our rightful
sacrifice. So far not more than a handful of eople in all this country have any
, actual realization of what the war means. Tgese few have given their husbands
or their sons to the cause of Empire. The remainder have clone nothing in com-
parison with their abilities and their opportunities.
Our national life,our peace, _our prosperity and our happiness are so depend-
ent upon the well-be1ng_ of the British Empire that only by playing our part in
that Empire can we malntam our fortunate position.
Up to the present ninety-nine per cent. of us do not realize what sacrifice
means, nor what is being endured by those nearer to the firing line than we
are. We must give, not only of our material wealth, but of our blood, and not
niggardly, but with a generous hand.
None of us wish to part with_ our husbands and our children, but it is bet-
ter that they should serve the Empire and save our homes than that our enem-
ies should triumph and all that we hold dear be taken from us.
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“For Romans_in Rome’s quarrel
Spared neither land nor gold,_
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life,
In the brave days of old.
The 55th Regiment still requires two hundred men from this Province.
These men must be furnished at once, and must be recruited from P. E. Island
homes. We cannot ask strangers to take our places. The duty before us is clear,
however hard the part may seem. Some will lose their lives; others will be
maimed; many wil return.
MEN OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND-Once upon a time there was a
‘ man who said that he would rather be a live coward than a dead hero. .
 is Your Choice at the Present Time
?
a T-he Question is Upto You Today!
RECRUITING OFFICERS :
' Major C. Leigh, Heavy Brigade, C. A.
. g  . C. Cook, Adjutant Light Horse
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