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Besides-Guns und fllunitions. llll Gorman littuoksI A  F A Es
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(Special to The Guardian)
PETROGRAD, Dec. 15.-German
frontal attacks on the Russian line
West-off Warsaw, under cover of night
were successfully-revulscd by Rus-
sians. ‘At many points along the front
the Russians succeeded in capturing
isolated German positio_ns. The Ger-
man attacks were answered by Rus-
sian counter-attacks in which it is
said several hundred prisoners and
one field battery were captured by
Russians. During the last three days
- -1 _
fflléllling eight machine guns, two bat-
teries of field guns and 4,000 prisoners
have been taken Exce t for l
, - - p uigltf
attacks by the Germans there has been
(little fighting in Poland during the
last twenty-four hours.; According to
the army messenger. $31-man attacks
along the East Pruss n front were
conrlucted simultaneously with their
offensive in Poland, but failed because
of tho formidable fortification the Rus-
sians had constructed in the fields and
forests parallelling the German lines.
GENMNNN IS IINIIING GNPPIN Villi
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NIGI NEMIII IIUMINIIPIEII
LONDON, Iicc. 15.-All information
received'here indicates that it t`au\inr=.
in both the fitter and the bztser metals
exist in`Gormany. An uppcal is made
by the Cologne Gazette to its reniicrs,
and` even to the soldiers in the field.
to send.tholr stored goldpieccs. and
any foreign gold or jewellery they may
possess,‘to the imperial hunk.
Copper has risen enormously, and
thc price is now stated to be $750 por
ton in Germany, :ts against $280 per
lon in London. The British navy has
uruioulncdly been the chioi' factor in
creating thc scarcity ot’ copper, as the
l'!ri_tish Government requires the
strictest proof that copper shipments
are designed for domestic use only
before they arc ndlnlttcd to neutral
counti ies.
GNNMIINN SIIIIMIN
If   I SHNNIIN MISSING.
OTTAWA, Dec. 15.-The Govern-
ment steamer Sharon has been lost
somewhere in the Atlantic with all
on board, and it is believed it struck
a mine off the north coast of Ireland.
The Sharon left Sydney for Newport,
Wales, with a cargo of coal. She was
heard' from by wireless after leaving
Newfoundland, but the steamer is now
u. month overdue, and all hope of her
safety has been abandoned. The
steamer had a crow of thirty men, all
from the Maritime Provinces. The
Sharon was purchased a yeartlgo by
the A  e' -tnivspjland for work
on t n%Epy route. She was a
new, uoatana cost si50.000. »
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Glllllllill IN SIIIIIM
HALIFAX, Dec. 15.-When the gale
which swept over Halifax was at its
height yesterday morning, two steam-
ers anchored in the harbour collided
and both were damaged. 'l`ho ships
were the collier Treneglos, which has
been anchored in thc stream for some
time, and the Plant lincz' A. W. Perry,
which arrived in port late Sunday
night from Boston. Reports regarding
the collision are conflicting. The fact'
remains that between the hours ot' six
and seven o’clock yesterday morning
the port quarter of the Treneglos came
in contact with the starboard side of
the A. W. Perry's bridge. The result
of the collision was that two `of tho
'I‘rcneglos’ plates were bent and the
rail oi’ the A. W. Perry’s bnidgc was
stove in and hor starboard engine sig-
nal box damaged. _The shock was
quite heavy and nn officer on the A.
W. Perry was thrown to the deck. The
latter steamer subsequently shifted
her anchorage, hut. did not dock ut
the Plant \vhari' until yesterday after-
noon. lier passengers were taken off
by tugs in the morning and landed at
thc wharf. The A. W. Perry arrived
in port about midnight Sunday and
anchored in the stream a short dis-
lance south of l’ickt'ord and l'llack's
------ -wharf and not very fur from whore
tho Trcueglos was imcllored.
At 0.30 yesterday morning the
Treneglog dragged her anchor somel
distance, but was finally brought up.
Other vessels in the harbour dragged
slightly. Barges at the south end of
the waterfront were moved to north
end wilarves for safety.
No. 3 storm signal was hoisted at
the Citadel on Sunday night indicating
an easterly gale, and the wind fresh-
cried before midnight. At nine o'clock
yesterday morning the wind blew 33
miles an hour.
The sea in the harbour was fairly
Iheavy and some minor damage was
done to the ocean terminal works at
the South End. -
GIFTS TO FRENCH SOLDIERS
TAKE 100 FREIGHT CARS A DAY.
PARIS, Dec. 15.-The number of
Christmas and New Year packages go-
ing- forward for the French soldiers at
the front is already so great that the
military authorities have found it ne-
cessary to issue a note to the public
suggesting to the families of soldiers
that they reduce their gifts lo n mini-
mum.
The heavier parcels now require for
freight cars a day, while the lighter
weight packages going by mail are
averaging 220,000 daily.
TIIE IEITIIER
TIE TEIPEIITIIIE
TIDE U00!! ETC.
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(spseui to The aunt-aim)
TORONTO Dec 16 --Maritime:
winds and gales, North West to
fair and cold
WEATHER.--Yesterday was
disagreeable with exceeding-
winds
highest temperature recorded
25 deg. Above nero and
above lero The lowest
previous night. was 25
yesterday it was
nt u o m., ai ue;
this mornin"
at 1 08 i
9 19 and fo
amounts this afternoon is
the moon was
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IWII BNIIISN GHUISINS I
WNIIING INN IJIIISIJIN
(Special to the Guardian.) '
IIUENOS AYRES, Dec. 15.-T,wo
Ilritish cruisers to-day are reported
in the Straits of Magellan, off Punta
Arenas, where they are waiting for the
German cruiser Dresden, sole survivor
oi’ the squadron of Admiral Von Spee.
which engaged with the British fleet
under Vice-Adm‘rai Sturdee, off the
Falkland islands.
(Special to The Guardian) .
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 15.-An offl-
cial communication received here from
Puerta Arenas announced that the Ger-
man cruiser Dresden left there yes-
terday evening (Sundey). The com-
munication adds that the British crui-
ser Bristol arrived at Puerta Arenas
Monday but left there immediately.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
(Special to The Guardian)
PARIS, Dec. 15.--(Official to-nigllt.)
-in Belgium Franco-Belgian troops
have debouchetl from Nieuport, occu-
pied the line from outskirt West- to
Lombaertr.ydc Farm, Saint Georges,
to South Ypres. We made nn attack
in the direction of Klien Zillebeke anti
gained 500 metres, (500 yards); also
wc continue to hold the heights which
dominate Straubch. On the rest of the
front there is nothing to report.
ININGN IININ
J IIIINIIII MISSING
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The French
Line steamer Floride, six days overdue
on her trip from Havre for New York,
has not been heard of since she sailed
on November 22, according to a cable
message received by the line to-'day
froln its agents in France. Each day;
adds to the apprehension felt for the'
vcsse|‘s safety. I
The Floride, u. vessel of 4,238 tons,
lla§__abQurd twenty-four cabin passen-
gers and fifteen in the steerage. Heavy
north-west gales have swept the At-
lantic recently and the Line believes;
that thc stormy weather has delayed'
her. -
LORD CROMER ON EGYPT'S
FUTURE.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Lord Cromer in
a letter to thc Times on “The Future
of Egypt," says: I
“ ll`, as appears to be thc case, the:
Khcdive has unwisely thrown in his,
lot' with thc Germans, his dcfectionj
is probably of' no great political?
importance. The personal influence of
His llighness In Egypt is at present,
slight.
"Wln1isoevcr may be thc future
political status of that country, Abbas
Hilml can no longer be its'ruler. The
artificial connection between Turkey
and Egypt has for a long time been
seriously detrimental to the interests
.t the latter country.
" Egypt as a result-of-t-be war must
be ,wholly and irrevocably relieved
from the pernicious mortmaln of
turkish suzerainty." ‘ '
A _TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN JAPAN.
TOKIO, Dec. 15.--An explosion oc-
curred to-dsy in a coal mine at Fuk-
uoka as a result of which 800 labor-
ers are imprisoned in the workings
of the mine. Fukuoka is on the sea-
coast 65 miles to the North of Nag-
asaki.
‘ .._.__.__._1_,*.__
SUMMARY 0F THE SITUATION
LONDON, Dec. 15.-The offensive
movement of the French and British
has become general and is being
pushed with strong forces, particularly
in Flanders, Argonne, Woevre and
Alsace. While thc French claim to
have been successful at all points
except Steinbecb, Alsace, the German
report says the Allies' attacks were
unsuccessful at several points. On
the whole, however, it would appear
thc Allies, who now have a superiority
in numbers as well as in artillery, have
succeeded in making progress and
withstood vigorous counter-attacks
delivered by the Germans. The fact
is that the Allies are in possession of
llolbooke, in Flanders, and that heavy
fighting is going on again to-day,
showing that they made appreciable
advances during thc past two days.
As last week, they arc being attacked
by invaders two miles to the west of
Stcloy, which 'ls on the Ypres and
Armentiercs road.
ln Argounc region the French simply
say wc made progress and maintained
the advance of the preceeding days
The force which has been checked at
Sterubasch ig the left wing of the
army, which for some time has been
lighting toward Muelhauser, and
which cleared a considerable part of
Alsace of Germans. it is evident that
while the Germans are prepared to
offer stubborn resistance to an at-
tempted advance in the regions men-
tioned in official communications, they
expect the main attack of the Allies
will be made in another direction, or
are themselves preparing for an
offensive. for they have gathered con-
siderable forces at Courtreal, from
which point they can be quickly trans-
ferred to Flanders or across the French
frontier.
The only news from the east is the
admission that thc German column
which advanced _tlirough Mlawa to-
wards Warsaw has reoccupied its old
positions, owing to the superiority of
the enemy. This measure confirms
the Russian accounts of victory on
this part of the battlefield.
The Austrians have succeeded again
in crossing the Carpathians and, ac-
cording to their account, are driving
tho Russian left back toward the San
River. This Austrian army, assisted
by German reinforcements, has under-
taken the difficult task of forcing the
Russians to withdraw from the front
of flrncow and also relieving( Prze-
mysl.
The Austrians apparently liavc met
with ut least partial success in the
former project. Their army in Servla,
however, has not recovered from the
surprise which the Servians gave it.
Just when they thought to be at Bran
the Servlans turned on the invaders
and drove them Westward and North-
ward out of Scrvlan territory. The
only part of Servla remaining in Aus-
trian hands comprises the small ter-
ritory including the towns of Shnbatz
and Lesnitza.
The little Montenegro army also is
doing its share and according to a
Getllnjc report, succeeded in cutting
off part of the Austrian right wins
which retreated into Bosnia lt is
, .
'now announced on behalf of Servin
CANADIAN" GIF* ‘that previous retreats were due to
,IN LATEST LIST.
__ ' .
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Princess Mary's
Fund for soldiers and sailors
amounts to over $660,000. Yestorday’s
list of subscriptions includes $875
from the Daughters of the Empire in
Canada.
iack of ammunition and that stores
have been replenished by captures
from the Austrians. Headquarters at
Vienna deal with the situation and as-
sert that the retirement of the right
wing made it advlable to abandon
Belgrade which was evacuated with-
out fighting.
NILIIS GNPINIII -
IHINGHIS IN BELGIUM
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Official-Com
bined attacks by the Allies wcrc made
yesterday along thc liuo from Holle-
beke to Wytezchaetc, Belgium. Several
German trenches with a number of
prisoners were captured. Substantial
progress was made.
GIHMNN GNIIISIN
INIINNIII Ill GUNN
(Special to The Guardian)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The Ocr-
mnn cruiser Cormorant with 22 officers
and 355 men has been interned for the
war at Guan, according to a despatch
received late to-day from Captain Max-
well, American naval governor at that
Island.
GNNMIINN INGIIPS  I
NNIIINEII. III EGIPIZ
MONTREAL. Dec. 15.-That the
Canadian Contingent, or at least a
portion of it, is probably bound for
Egypt, is the information contained
in a communication received ln Mon-
treal to-day' from n member of the
Fourteenth Battalion, First Royal
Montreal Regiment. He says. “Just
got word \ve are to leave for Egypt
this week. Some excitement I can tell
you."
FORCE PAYMENT OF WAR TAX.
PARIS, Dec. 15.-A despatch from
Havre to the Matin says:
_ “According to news which ,has
reached the Belgian government, _the
German governor-general of the occu-
pied territory in Belgium has ordered
the provincial councils to meet on Dec.
17 to take the necessary measures for
the payment of war taxof 36,00i);000
francs ($7,000,000).
GERMANS REPORT HOSTILE
AVIATORS DROP BOMBS IN CITY
° OF FREIBURG.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-The Zeitung am
Mibtag publishes a despatch to-day,
saying that hostile aviators flew ovcr
tho' city of Freiburg, in tho Grand
Duchy of Baden, at 3 p.rn. on Dec. 13,
throwing bombs i`rom their machines.
One bomb hit a house and did 1-on-
slderablc damage. Two others fell
in Columbia park among a crowd
of promennders, and two girls were
injured.
GERMANY’S FOOD SUPPLY.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15.-The adviser
in Berlin to the Swedish Chamber of
Agriculture has forwarded a _report
on the condition of the supply of food
and other commodities in Germany.
The market for hides and skins lms
lately shown a considerable rise in
prices. The government has now com-
mandeered all hides and skins and has
formed a department to govern all this
kind of business. Of dairy produce
there is an extreme shortage, and the
price of butter and cheese is steadily
rising. The government has fixed a
maximum price for potatoes.
As regards grain, new regulations
have been imposed, as n result of
which under certain conditions all
stocks can bc commandcercd by the
government. The bakers are not
allowed to bake after 2 p.m., and the
restaurants are not permitted to serve
rye and wheat bread in unlimited
quantities. There is an extreme
scarcity of eggs, and prices have riscn
sharply.
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BONAR LAW WRI TES
    THEHOUSE. OF COMMONS
,_é___._______.;-
ter follows: t '
“Lord Dandsdowne and I feel lt. our
;duty`to inform you that in our opinion
es.weli as in that of all our colleagues.
whom he have been able to consult
criticism would be -fatal to the honor
. After reedlnrtbe contents Boanr
Leaders of the House of Commons and Iment was introduced where the Gov-
'House of Lords, respectively, to Prime iernment engaged in conducting a- war
,Minlster Asqulth, Sunday, August 2, ,bas not been hampered and harrassed
\when,fbe decision of the Govemrnent ;by the action of the Opposition. That
as to whether to participate in the was true in the wars of Marlborough.
war or not was doubtful, was read by it was still more emphatically true in
.-Benar Lew at a meeting of the Union-
‘lsts'Cbairmnn Agent today. The let-
the struggle against Napoleon and it
was true'ln the last war in which this
country was engaged.
"I think it is quite possible that we
have made a mistake, in not critlzlng
the Government too much, but by criti-
cizing lt too llttlc. but if a mistake had
been made I prefer that it were made
and security of the United Kingdom, Iln that direction" Bonar Law said
an France sud' Russia et the present june- |“after four months since the beginning
the ture. We oder our unbesltatlag sup- of the war. he could look forward to
port to the Gbverumsat lu any mean- Ithe future with hope and complete
urupthey may canal er necessary for confidence. "Germany" he said "basl K.,-dm! W"|h|e Wwe m,so¢|a¢|°n,
fhst»object."' . failed. They hnve'uot crushed France
they cannot crush France. Already the
Law in his speech said: |Rusnlmn_n.ra on their frontiers. We
"Before the war, party passion were have a terrible struggle in front of as.
intlsmmed to such en extent tlidt I sew ibut the llnsl result is not ln doubt.
3i’.;’.i’ii.f’.l’.l-°l.‘2‘°€i’.i.‘ .'.'3ll.°.'$,"°l‘.l".”l.’.‘.~..‘l° I'i\§‘.¥,.‘i’.°!i°;§fl‘§’“.?ii Y»’.l“t°li`.t‘i¢.‘i..?.°i‘l‘.1’.
. ent the -whole sltuatlon cbnugedi -“In [war is over we can truthfully say that
seat by Bonn-'L\\v and the our country therein not a single ln- we “nothing common dlcl, or mean,
of hsnlodewne, Unionist latsnoe since Parliamentary Govern- upon that memorable scene."
Li.
(Special to the Guardian.)
BERNE, Switzerland, llcc. 15.-
Austria madc tentative peace pro-
posals to the Russians, but the ex-
changes between the two governments,
in which Russia made known thc
terms that would be demanded, were
without result, says a Swiss report
to-day. lteplying to the proposal of
Austria, Russia indicated that sovorc
demands would bc mado when pence
would ultimately bc dismissed. The
i Pssgggsorosnts
llussio’s Demunds ure ilegurded us too Exuct-
ing und lustriuns Decline to Accept.
itrrns ol`l`crctl Austria during the
negotiations which have just failed
included: Surrender of Galicia to
l'olnnd. these two provinces to form a
kingdom undcr the Russians; surren-
tlcr of ilonnia and Herzegovina to
Hcrvia and Montenegro; withdrawal
from alliance with Germany; granting
a now constitution to Austro-liungary,
and dividing it into federal states;
grunting autonomy to Bohemia. Aus-
tria refused all demands.
\VASIIlNGTON, l)oc. I5.-(‘oloncl
Goctl\ul's rciterntf-il reqtrcst, for
destroyers for use in enforcing
neutrality laws in the Panama Canal
Zone, was the subject of conferences
to-day between Secretary of War
Garrison, ffounscllor Lansing oi’ thc
Stott- in-.purtmeut and ltcur Admiral
Fiske, chief' of till- navy's burcuu ol'
opcrulions. N0 ilecislon rcsultcd, and
it was indicated to-night that, because
of thc delicacy of the questions in-
volved and the scant ini`ormu'timl
furnished by Colonel Gootlml, it might
bc several days before any action was
taken.
Secretary Garrison early in the day
received :1 cablegram from Colonel
Goetlmls in reply to his request for
details concerning the call for destroy-
ers. This message was not matic
public, oil account of its confidential
nature, but Mr Garrison said in Col.
Goethals' judgment misuse of radio
communication within canal waters,
and the necessity of preventing misuse
‘of the zone as a base of supply by bel-
ligerents, required the presence ol’
(swift-moving ‘war vessels.
= Before any step is determined upon
'it is understood that officials of the
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PNISIIIINI WIISIIN IS GHNNI MIIINI SINIIING
THE IIISIHIIIIIIS Ill THE PNNIMI ZNNE
administration will gn deeply into the
question oi' the powers and obligations
ol' thi' go\'4>rhrrn-ut in controlling activi-
ties in thc waters near the canal zone.
Ar pri-sr-nt thc officials appear to
in-liew that thc govt-rnur of the Pana-
ma canal already has at his command
Hmllli' lJ0Wi'r lo cnforco the neutrality
laws and all the regulations for the
use of the cunul. The fortifications
at the terminals are suflicientiy ad-
vanced to give military command to
ull of the waters within the three
mile limit, and beyond that point the
llnlted States government can exer-
<-ise no control. There is an ample
military force in barracks in the zone
to maintain order and to deal with any
vosscl offer it has passed through the
entrance locks of the canal.
lissuriiiiis thc alleged use of wire-
loss outfits by British colilere within
the canal waters, the officials are try-
ing to ascertain the extent to which
this has bccn done. So far only one
instancc is said to have occurred, and
il IS Sll8Scst<-.d that a warningagainst
thc_r_epr-tltion of the offense will be
sufficient, without invoking a display
of force. '
" """'1’T*>.rw,_
MIIIING III
IIIIIINS IMI MLIIINGI
A large and representative meeting
of the Lord's Day Alliance was held
in the Y. M. C. A. Hall last night. Rev.
Dr. Fullerton occupied the chair in
thc absence of the President, Rev. J.
llcaney. ln addition to the local ofii-
cials and members there wcrc pri-sont
itev. llr. ltochestt-r, General Secretary
l'or tho Dominion I.ord's Day Alliance,
and Rev. Mr. liiinglc. (ioncrhl Secre-
tary i'or Prince- Edward Island.
Thc report of the Provincial Searc-
trtry gave rt statement-of conditions
with respect. to Sabbath obsf-rvanco in
Prince Edward Island, paying the com-
pliment that the Island is unique
among the provinces of thc Dominion
in its "recognition of the day in the
light at least of business intrusion."
One of the questions touched upon in
the Secretary’s report and one also
which received considerable attention
is the discussion which followed was
that of Sunday concerts, ostensibly t'or
the Patriotic Fund. Such concerts
have become somewhat common in
different parts of the Dominion. The
attitude assumed by the Alliance was
that entertainments on Sunday oven
for benevolent purposes constitute an
unnecessary intrusion of thc secular
into,_the day and unworthy competi-
tion with those ng(-ncics of rt-ligious
culture which have their one opportu-
Iuity of thc week on Sunday and whose
work is vitally connected .with thc nn-
`i,ion's wcll bring. Ii was ugrccd that
Isuch f-ntertuinments tend to perpe-
tuate themselves ufier the necessity
by which they have been justified is
post. The Alliance for these and
other reasons given unhcsitutingly de-
clared agnlnst Sunday concerts.
Rev. Dr. Rochester gavc un interest-
ing address reviewing thc work of the
Alliance throughout thc Dominion and
instaucing many cases in which glar-
ing violations were prevented.
The .report of thc Secretary-Trees
urer was very encouraging, showing
total contributions of $456. the largest
in the history of thc Alliance.
Tile election of officers resulted as
follows:
President, Rev. Dr. Fullerton; Vice-
Presidents and Executive ('ommi.ttee,
Revs. T. Murphy, Edward Il(-ll, J. I..
Dawson. F. ll. Littlejohns, Z. L. Fash.
W. J. Whitehead. G. f‘. Taylor, D. Mc-
Lean, Canon Simpson, George M.
Young. Messrs. James Paton. J. 1'.
Gordon. Donald McKinnon. K. J. Mar-
tin, J. F. Martin, M. L. A., D. P. Irving,
I-Ions. Senator Yeo, M. McKinnon. J.
Agnew; Auditor, W. T. Huggan; Sec.,
lohn A Lawson; Treas,, A. W. Sterns;
Financial Committee. Col. F. S. Moore,
\. W. Sterns. J. A. Lawson.
AUSTRIA DENIES
PEACE MOVEMENT.
, VIENNA, vin London, Dec. 15.-lt is
officially denied that Auntria-llun-
Igsry has attempted to conclude a sep-
.arnte peace with Servla.
I There have been several reports re-
between Austria and Russia but the
above official denial is the first inti-
matiou here that there has been sim-
liar reports regarding Servia. It is
probable that following the recently
reported success of the Servlans such
a rumor became current in Europe.
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MNIII ISINNNiIlS---
 Ill TNI INIINI
e Last evening 12 men from Montague
‘and Souris arrived in Charlottetown
under conluiand of Captain A. T. Mc-
Kay, en route to Fredericton, N.B., to
join the 2-ith Field Battery. Ten of the
mon arc from Montague and two are
from Souris. The following are the
Montague volunteers:--Alfred Kirk-
wood. Montague, n native of Tipper-
ary, lrl-land: Louis Poole, son of W.
L. l'ool<-, Montague; Hurry Heokbert,
son of William Heckbert, Montague;
John Cninpbf-ll, son of Josiah Camp-
bell, Montague (this is the second son
ol' Josiah Campbell who has volun-
toured for the front); William Dewar,
son of Albert Dewar, Brudenell;
Boucher Dewar, son of Alex. Dewar,
Brudencli; llerman Martin, son of Mrs
John Martin. Montague; Everett
Buchanan, son of Mrs Margaret Buch-
anan, Montnguc; Milton Myers, son of
llnnnnond Myers, Brudenell; George
Mclbonald, son of George McDonald,
lirudcnoll. The men from Souris
are lllcssrs Edison Conroy and
George Perry. This makes 13 men for
thc front from Montague and 9 from
Souris, who will all go with the 24th
Field llnttcry ul Fredericton. Major
B. A. lngruham. ilvdney. will be in
command, while Capt. A. ’l". McKay
will lic sol-ond in command. Yester-
dui' nfternnon in Montague, before
leaving, thc boys were given a rousing
send-off. Al i p.m. n meeting to give
the boys at farewell was held in the
liictliotlisi (‘hurrb, when addresses
ippropriatc to the occasion were de-
livcrt-d by ltev. Mr Wright, Rev. Mr
Mille-r, itnv, Mr llubley and llev. Mr
iii-nr_v, who all spoke in the highest
praise of the boys for their noble ssc-
rillce. From the church the boys
marched to the station and boarded
:lie train, leaving at 2 p.m.
Practically everyone in the village
were nl the station, besides a great
many from the surrounding country.
and cheer after cheer rent the air in
farewell to the brave boys.
The children of the Montague High
School were also at tho station. and as
the train pulled out cheered and waved
flags.
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