I- "c"=-,-,~_,.s=~rr+w' ...» .-._e»_-q»m.-;a .... ...... ‘I v . The twol In f nt of the mrver. 1°17"! W "N 101' romeo on the pInt-. 1n rt the fork firmly over the 16f while the Wlhl 1e lever-u] nnal; M185 hone It the hlgholi. point. Do 11H hrwt - not remove the fork until the carv- Next remove tho by making - lng III done. , a eiroulor out ma! t and riret remove tho whole lee, mien preeeiae hock tn the juet es and drumetlck in one To do he leg y“ e, . the IIIIemeko e elrouier eu und the finger: eennot be med the wing. mint I-Ioooxo the holy. with the are e uld be token not h out on! " ‘I.- of th knife prom the leg beak of tllo white moat of the Droeet with l‘... Where Canadians Fought 1 [allies and Other Engagements in which Canadians Participated on '1":e West Front 1915-1918. In IIIJI. lilni . .. 1111K of Ypres, 1!ll5— -- 1915 -- ;!I."l; iKI Ridge ('l‘iil: Cm" .\'.I. :1.) .. I 4-1-1 “to rrh .. 22-213 April . ‘J1 April-d May $1. Julien .. ... . ' '~nl.rr_'; N-ili May I11‘ _ ..........'.'4-25I~Iay I II- of i1‘ slubtrl . . . . . . . . .. 19-25 May rsulul Action (11(.il\'l'ZlL'1!_\', l!ll'I . , . .. . 15-111 June 'i'3~_~ ILIII!» or l.I . ‘J5 SepL-SOI-l. r‘.\.!l11 ul‘ ills... III. - L‘? . .plenIhI.~I .\ 'IIIII.‘ Id the 111-11 131-19 (itlullm l‘. .1. 'l‘h' .\ T liiui Craters Ynlrl-l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , lillll - 4-111 .~‘.|)II| ‘.'-|.'i June Allrrl, llllli: Paptuie of klontaulirzn . .. . . . .. " Ikpiurc of Ziizlmeiz Val-litre at‘ Frlcour‘. . . . . . . .. .. .. f ("IIIHIYLE o! Conlalmaiaon . .. . . . ... rupture n1 La ftnlsselle .. 1-13 JII‘y 1':l.IIlIlIl; . . . . . . . i-l-ili‘ July .‘ "wit I-.I Frnmrlles . . . . . . .. . 1'.) July .~\Il'.Hi..\' nn High Wood .. r,\ . =11 [Elli-fie . . . . . . . . . .. — 1917 — rrman Retreat Io the irlin-lenhurg 1':Ie . ‘lira of Arras, 191T- J-“F 115139 (FiEhlinE POI" Mouquet Farm) Zrniltrnoltt . .. ... .. .... Jfnurcclette .. ' 10y ltidges (Capture of Eaucourt l'Abb:rye) .. . . l‘ ilrluhts (Regina Trench) . . . . . . .. . ‘time, 191G (Fapiiire of Beaumont Hamel) .. . 20-211 July 1- 3 September 8- l1 September ... . . . .. ii September . .. . . 15-22 September . 26-28 September 1-18 October . 1 Och-ll Nov. .. . . . 24-20 Marc-h Yllrry Ridge .. . . . .. ... . , . . . . .. 9-14 April Pceond Senrpe (AltllCli on la (‘oulottnl .. . . . . . . ‘.13 April .\I!cux . 28-2!) April 'i‘lIlr-Il Scamp (Cnpttire of FI-rsnny-l .. .. . . . Il- 4 May Affair». South of the Souclrrz River .. . . .. . . . 22-25 June (‘apulre of Avian .. . . . . .. . ‘Jti-‘Jll “an,- llill7ll . . . . . . . .. . . 15-2-I.-\IIl<u>-I * llatllcs of Mes‘. nee, 1917~ The Capture of Wytschaelc . 7.14 Jung I - liatllcs of YprrF. 1917- l’§('1(1(‘l1l Ptldflf! Lanarmarrk, 11117 .. Eli-nip Road l-{ldl-Ic . . . . . . . . . VOLVFJCII \\’ned . .. . .. . .. lll-wcrdrlcinrlr: . . . all? of (‘Lrnbrz-J, 111113- 'l‘iII- 'l".IIilt Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3i July-l Aug. . 16-1.; August . ‘JO-LBJ September Eli iii [IL-Q Owl. 1i October i1 (.‘i"IO1}t'l' 121 Ortohrr ‘.111 Duh-Ill Nor The llrrmazr Pivunlcl‘ Altar-lax .. . . , . .. I10 \'I.v.-‘_' lire. — 1918 -- 1w IPIIz-l Pitiflkfi u! the Somme, 11118-- I‘ . LJIII-Illilt . . . . .. . ... 21-23 Mnrrr. .\-~llon.-= of Ilte Somme Crossings . .. ... . . . 21-25 March l-‘irs! Tiaranrne ..... .. 24-25 March Rosita» . 20-21 March l r.~t Arr . 2R Iifnrrlt The Avre I ,_ 4 April Capture of HIImI-l .. . . .. . . . 4 July Battles nt‘ the Lyr- 1-‘~' aims (F1111! llcfcnlc of (livencluv. 11119)... .. . 9-11 April ~11 Hint-m 11115 (Loss of Hill 03) .. .. . . 10-11 April liuilletrl (Defence of Ncure liglisc) .. .. .. .. .. 13-15 April I~‘I..».I LenInIel Ridge . . 17.11) April Iionof Ln BI-cqtze... .. .. ‘JSJIIIIe he Hallie of Amiert-I . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. 8-11 August . 15-17 AtIgIIsI. 26-310 August ‘J- ll Saplembrr L‘? .‘Icpt.-1 Ocl. 8-9 October 28 SepL-l Oct. I\l:ll()ll$ round Darnery . .. .. .. . . . . 'l‘iil: Second Battles of Arr-as, 101S~ \ ‘fhe l-lcnrpe, 1018 (Capture of hinnchy-Ic-Preux "Invuvrl-Qucant Line ... .. .. 'I‘I;I- Iinltle of the Hindcnhurg l.inr~ The Ifannl Du Nerd (Capture nf Bou-Yun Wood) FIIInIIIuII, 1918 (Capture of Carnbrul . . .. . ILIIIII: ufYpres, 1918 The Pursuit to the Selle . ..... ... . .. Iirtllzi of Vaiencicunes (Capture of liiont Houy) . Hallie of the Fumhre . . . . .. . taunt-go of the Ormd Honoiie .. .. . (- IIplIrreof Mona... Note-—'1‘he date-s [inn are "rose during Irhleh were (Illgllgllfl. they do not “kirk-Jill oover the full period of the bottle. . . . 0-12 October .. 1-2 November 4 Novombe 3-7 November 11 Novemiv: Canadian troop 13-13 Nevcnflr-r .‘l I\I.Ivr.n.i.»I-r I’ r than the authentic records of lllarory for tradition records that man began to give thanka for lvtttles wnn, for calamity survived, for good crops and good hunting long before lie knew how to set down the annals of his own and his community life. 1t the IIIIrst deductions of the scien- tist are right man was Ihe contem- porary of ac-Ine of the grout blrda, beasts and reptile» which it was at one time thought. had most, of the world. including the Dominion of Canada, 1.0 lhrrnsel\'e:=. There were probably some strange outbursts of joy in the campg in Illoec days when our ancestors ec- l.""'101l1.\11y got tho best, of an iethyos- auras, put a dinosaur out of business, Ilaahcd out the bruins of u dinotherlum or killed a mammoth. These were, |lt wcver, impromptu thanksgivings and were of a local and individual, rather than a. communal and sillrless a Ilaliona! character. t wasn't very Irafc in those days lo make too much ILUlae about these victories since the response Inlght come in the guise of a new attack by a moneter of land or air or even from humans whose de- sire to kill might be hascd on a, wish i('- share irl the spoil or- by Jealousy ur revenge, it Ia much more likely that in 111051.- da_v.- the foriirnnto hunter told 11h" atoryl of IILI prmvcse: in the inmost cireh- of Ina own family hi the cave after IlIc entrance had 11.4311 closely barred ntl Ihe choicest edible portlona of the oral“ monster had been disposed III‘ without the adventitious aid of knives and forks nnd such impedi- rncniu. Nt-Ivfoundlnnd, the first colony of the British Empire, has the honor of IItlng the " ‘l6 or’ the first formal thanlta ' ' service held in the New \\'nrld. is was in 1578 and It was held by a Ilergylmart wha ncromp ~nled the xpedltlon under Sir Martin li‘rIIi-- ! inner, ;I noted navigator _ Ii explorer, ' wlIrI brctlrzln the very llflllllii-if-Ailld [IJ nettle in i World. ii mus 1 are net-ll an impres- sive Itlheit Cl Iige ceremony. 0f ii ' the All‘ Itie voyage in that age Iwar- nn adtentllre few but ihu Irlnsl. " liilFiilfl Ixndertook and then only with no little trepidation. To the perils of the sea iII what tilt-II served for ahips had to he uIlIlI-d the from ilrI- rail-Ir: 1\'Pl1llli‘l‘l: or‘ ulhI-I Intiiurls, tile 1 fl'l'.‘t'1ll)lllt'l:o uhn, when they aaw n THANKSGIVING DAY is older w hr. knew Iielthcr- ehunI-I: l"rIIl)I:- tough .~ liar.- nu Ilouhl took part although I1" y nIIplIl h irnprexs-rrl lhe nu. , .- lfl lzaung- mu nd again, 1 I-rep IIIIDIIIJI i118 land l mrc and ti ' lIrarls were. lull n! tears and I Iur vry front that cbscrvnuvt' lli llu- AnrIcrII Colony III the 'l‘hnrtkr.- 1 trivial; [my of the present grnnrIIIloII '1' l - youth of Canada. the day . . ywnuns with holiday attraction.“ ' l0.’ l IIIrkI y, and other nppellzinc" dr- lilwititm. 'l‘II their elders there is lnlcr- (:I~..\’. 81R ARTHUR CIYRIIIE lng for'the harvests, tender thoughts and sincere tributes to the men whozsr. valor and endurance in the Great War gave LLnnaILI II new status in world ‘RHAPI the Thanksgiving hoot drumetucro to tlIe right and the eide of the b rd directly CAN Y0 J CAR VE IA-l :11! an: through the iinmeate. hold. whole privilege it I111 be to "10,, mlmegtitllyfhkgaek- "A "m" u” “m” “'4' "P mm" "V"! 1110, Sol-at. Bowtvor. elf“ 1mg ory froohenod up l hll. Ill It"!!! WK s. Ill perfectly "proper" In nn ert any mil he proud of. n: 9 ; drililtnltlok rorored i0 nglll “and. lly carve e W. 0140:. fig-ital tufgtnlhft 1’ r o A l! K “I piecing of the ttr-lfoy on the Illlril kin between the table le important. The reed ermine 1M1 one t3 . o IIIIie tweak he tonne the left heno oi the eerver. "I "I! flfill! AM e downward cut This hrinimlho wtih tho llife and the log Is nealiy lflfltlflfiihhl. Armistice Day and - I .tt- II.-_\ nil! now one in eaa-ulrail annals. The date was fixed lIy Parliament during the 1921 session u: the Monday of the week contain- ing Armistice Dey~NorembeI- 11th. There have been some changes III limo and methods of obeervlng tho day the wing. Place the wing on the plat.- t or. Now, with tho fork still in politlon, out. thin ell Iangthwleo from the breast, b nl g close to the place from whi , tho wing was removed and working rup the ridge of the breast bone. Now remove the fork nnd eeparetethe drumetick from the second int, cutting through at the joint. o our: melt on the thigh and Ilrtmlilclf should ho divided into Ivnell Inviting portions. The wing III divided in N70 lllrll. » - . Tile stuffing le token out from the tail end of the bird with a large serv- ing spoon. 1n the event that this Io your "first Tlulnkagivlng." and consequently your flm hlrd, it will more than pay you .\lI-. Men-of-the-Houeo, to leelnt in tho ecmhbing and cleaning of tho Jurkey nml mrofully watch the llmaelng. Thin will give you the "feel" of the jolnto-ond e more inti- mate knowledge-of the anatomy of the bird then you could otherwise ‘HO W THjAINKSGIVING CAME TO CANADA on this continent, mince Frobialier-‘e time, though the basic principle hu-s remained. The Pilgrim RItIIeI-a gave to it a coloring that has not faded out entirely through succeeding centuries. At the “ingathcrlng" of their; first harvest in 1621, the people who had come from the old one to establish a New England, held o. service and cele- bration. Governor Bradford sent out four men to shoot wild fowl, and they ixrgged enough, mostly turkey, accord- ing to the ehronlciers, to satisfy all the company for about a week. 01d Celebration Edward Winslow, one of the May- (lowefa company, thus wrote or‘ tho celebration to an English friend :-—- "Our harvest being gotten in our governor sent four mun on fowling so that we might, after a special manner, rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. "They four lIi one day killed as many fowl its, with u. little healde, served the company almost a. week, at which time, amongst other recrta- JIARSHAL FOCH. lionu, we cxcrrLeeIl our nrnls, many of the Indians coming amon Ila, and among the rest their grmrlf-Ri King‘, men, swsol, with some IIinz-Iy . In for three glays we entertained and tonsil-Ii; and they went out and lIIllL-Il five t11‘('l‘, which they brought to tho 1113141111011, nnIl heatmvetl nu our llm" azur, IIIIII on the captain and tin: other». _ “And although it ls not always so plentiful as i‘. was nt this time with UH, yet by the goodness of God, we are so fur from want, thnt we wish you purtakcm ef. our plenty." Allies Standish is anhl to have been the captain III‘ fl-rrso who “excrrIs-ed" their IIrIns and the nrmed Inerr under him are. reputed to have Iiunrbcrcd n few more than twenty on lhla occa- .~.Ion. 'l‘rl'\ls of’ endurance, rnucn on lund unrl \ II-r, and exhibitions of skill. \'.Cl‘l", part of the celebration from day to tiny. 1n many rennet-ts Thanksgiving Day obs: rvanecs have not advanced far be- yond the ldcar; then accepted its fit- ti L The turkey shoots. athletic l"I1~.'1S and guinea, the family and com- munity gatherings of later duya were laptnilnnr-I of the (Ielebrationa. of the Pllr tn Fathers. The nrollefn way, howl-var, is to confine tho proceedings into uuc period of twenty-four houra instead of allowing them to spread over many Ilays, and Oilu of the most Irritable n1‘ the features on this con- Ilnent h: tho grout struggles between fiimnua iuotlull tcumrs. History records that. iII 1761i Hali- fax proclaimed II day of Thanksgiving lo mark the pence that made Canada ll Bfilliih pnssenaion. Thirty-two years . later, In 1705. Washington, first prear- dent of the United Slates, issued the first national Thanksgiving proclama- tion of thntcountry. The day was more or less generally observed by a Iiumhar of the Slates iII succeeding your», Ilnd since” Pnaddent Lincoln's cIIil for its observation in 1804, has gzrown in significance, and hon et- talned standing as l ' In the licpuhllc, The Ring (leer-go of that period also proclaimed n day of T ankegivtng nt the close of the Revo tlonary war. It is related tlInt n clergyman who hurl the frieruhrhip nlld intimacy of the King, while walking with him in the grouffla, IIt Windsor Chaim, IIIBBNM] His Majesty for the reasons for this action. The King returned negative answers i0 nevornl pointed Intentions IIs in what. possible pheaee of the un- happy slrtIgn-le between English- I-pcnking peoples, was a eeuee for nn- tional rejoicing. _ Finally the clergyman asked, “For -whni, then, may lt. please your Ma- jesty am we to give thanks?" " hank God." cried the King moi-i energotimlly, "thank Bod that it la not any woreelt The teller of the story adds, "Yes. and lIcro in n. reason for tbnnkfulnene since it. is never no bad with ue u it might he; and even if God be pour- ing nut the vial! UPI-Ila‘ lmger, yet, blessed be His Nome, Ho never emp- ties thorn to the Irttermoei." Upper Canada eeema to have had ita first proclaimed Day of Thanksgiv- lfig in June, 1816, to commemo the end of the ' Iconic ware. A my ofThlnhgtvlng woe pro- plelmed for the whole of Cnnndn on March 1, 1872, for tlte restoration to health of the then ‘Prince of “M128. ' Our l-‘lret Annual It l8 recorded that‘ Canada‘: firs‘. annual Thenklllvifis p: was pro- claimed on Oetomr ' 1 ti, and ob- served on November t1. A proclama- hero. , tion Iiee been Ieluotl ory yeer elnoo I holiday _ then. Here la the wording of the first annual proclamatlon:-- "Victoria, by the Grace of Godnof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc., etc., etc. “To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in unywLao concernr-Greetlng, "A Proclamation" "Jas. McDonald, Attorney-General, (hnada.—\VlIeI-eaa it hath pleased Al- mighty God, In His great goodnurs, to vouchaafe unto our Dominion of Can- ada, the blessings of a bountiful and abundant l-larvest,— "We, therefore, considering that these blessings enjoyed by our peoult‘ throughout the said Dominion do call for a solemn and public acknmvlcdiz- ment, have thought fit, by and W111i the advice of Our Privy Council fur Canada, to appoint Thursday, the sixth day of November ‘next, as a day of General Thanksgiving Io Almighty God for the imuntiful lair-vest with which Canada has been blessed that year. "And We do invite all Our lovinl-f subjects throughout Canada to observe the sold day of General Thanksgiving. "In Testimony whereof. We have caused these Our Letters to be ffludo Parent. and the Great Seal of Lhnadn to be hereunto affixed. Wither-s Our Right. 'l‘rtasty and Well Beloved Coun- cillor, Sir John Douglas Southerlanrl Campbell (commonly called the Mur- uuls of Lorne), Knight, of Our 110st Ancient and Moat Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Si. Itiirhael and Si. George, (lover-nor- (lener-al of Canada and Vice-AdIIIIIaI 0f the mme, etc., etc., ctr. "At Our Government House, in oIIr City of Ottmra, this Ninth Ila)’ '11 Orv-her, in the year of Our Lard one thousand (lght hurulerrl and parent):- ninc, rind an Ihc forty-third yrar- of Our l1cigrl. "Hy (‘out tend, ‘ . iklns, Secretary at‘ Stale." The phraabology of lire ylr1\I‘1.\’ Thanksgiving Day proclamations of the Dominion Iran altcrui little IIiIIce Victoria Ihe (lnoIl, the fvlxlrqu Lorne, and the ether-z now dead and gone, who caused tho (Iriginal Io be ' c III‘ today hear ihc name e, whcwe titles lnrlirde r of lndlafla-Id in lhu hody of tlu- duet-maul. ore-urn the r. rd», "and W:- rII. ll|I]J')i1'1 Armistice D. y Monday, tun twelfth oi‘ Novf-Inber next, 11a ll day of general Tlninksgir- Ing." - Smce I‘Ie days are combined in the manner slated, for observance on the Monday or‘ lhc week in which the I-levcrlth of November nccure, the ac- tual IlIIlI- varies from year '.:I ,\'(-I'|l‘, 11-1‘. the principle i.» maintained. .~‘.IInc (Ihanges in “ill: Some years prior in tho dGIS-a-Olt of, llirlizI-Iierlt Io thus obaIrve it, the (‘zlnat ion 'I‘iuI.II.- {W111i} tt-ry Ivan made to correspond \" III IIIat of the United Slate-a. Ilool-‘i-aphital ;',:r".ZI..'.:y-, with the arrrulirg advantage of travel tn a joint holiday. ‘period. was rm important factor in this zrrrangernenl. 1i was. fell, however, that. the day in the Republic, tuIually the ia.~:I. ‘Pharis- day in November, was rather late t0 serve the purposes of a harvest fez-Iti- val In Canada, and the month of Oc- tober was reverted to with It Thumun, as tho nay. Later a lilonday wua chosen. Title won in response to the request from commercial travellers l-I enable tlII-ru, or the majority of them. to IIpenIl the day n! home, urul to Irlve better opportunity for a few days‘ re- union between families and friends in cities or rural sections. New It is in vary truth n tiny of Thanksgiving fnr the lnrrvesta of the fieldn, lllld of Remembrance for the aacrlficee of Ihoee who do not altar:- lln observant-Iva with Ill, hut who mode them possible, They did their ‘part; it is for ue to do our; in the certain assurance that the fuiure nf Canada is still more glorious than nil the dazzling promlae of the present. v CANADA’?! anon-r IN mm- " rowan The number of men’ enilnted In IlIe CJILIIE. from Align. 19.14 to Julie 1013. 552.1111. The number of men who nelualiy Evian overeoairiu this period was 2291i,- OI this number who served over-sen: the number onlleted voluntarily was Of those who nerve-d oventeee the number enlisted = doe the Conrscrilvt-I ion Act was ‘d. i - I The movement overseen by yrarl Whlltnllfl -fD1|0\\'$lZ-— > . . . t. . . . . . . ,. £3,991 1015 . . . . . . . 13%| 11110 10111 5N1 1017 i 1918 1 An Old The only wealth it ever knew W115 All homely was our daily fare. but \\'lllI turkey brown, and pumpkin Our fizz-Ins s-lzonr: with llmiks anI .\nIl deemed that every morning Thai goodly Ileeds are more HIT-ll Sn may 1 feel end humbly speak, Thanksgiving Day 0'cr well rumnIiIII-cd Iraihs that lead to fields of long ago Itltltough my feet have lost the way nor may ltII windings knot! _ My heart turns hack, as birds return to summer lands of cheet- 0r an It pilgrim, \\‘0l‘l1 end gray, unto his home draws near: My heart turns hack, the slow greats fade, a boy again am I, Who lacks the wisdom of the world, but also lacks its nigh. . The fire burns low, the mists steel out that hide the past ziway; Again i am a little boy upon Thanksgiving Day. No palace was my gmndsire’: home, a collage brown and old, Gave It a. zest that banquets lack through every later year; "I Each meal began Ivith spoken words of reverential praise '\ That He whose lore is o'er us nil was heedltig still our Way's. So paeurd the days, rernoie from care, unmindful of the fray, 'l‘iil brightly o'er the wetting world there Ilawned Ifhanltsgivlng llry. ileigho! my sister, you who were a child but yesterday. But now, by some mysterious spell, are growing old and gray, Do you recall bow heat our hearts beside the fosial hoard. Ira you recall our grandslrds " race" rre we the rural IIllaclIrIl. And how our sqtllrnring IIr-oved our thought. lira: IIreIIIy li lurked‘! llo you recall his kindly face’! And so do 1. 1 say li hora 11 blessing nf its own upon Thanksgiring- Day. New f-Ir the turkey! Here are lhfillitti uzihndltll III] II plate, No lting: fares better, whatsoewr III-I Inya! pride and hi I ' Cranberries like Innhroala that the gulls of fable know And sweet potatoes-there's a trezttl—antl even ogstrr" And pumpkin pie, to finish all and bid the Lantlirci Ic That was so good, so very good, each ~~ Iuul: a seI-Imd pitr": And rlzen the meal at last. was Ilene, iIy mnthcl- cleared :I\va,\', _ A day of praise, ll day of love, of grallilzde and clIcIr, It Ilium-ed onlyiu (leg-rue from others |ll the year. l-‘or these were hut old-fashioned tulle-I, who ruztllzrd In :.iI*.Ip'lI~ way, And still III Ilrennls l see the trust that lil my grand. The while he bent .'\ reverent kllllu before the throne of 1.; .\nd, lilze a soul; that steals adown from summits far IIWJ)’, i hear the good man's prayer for me on each ‘Phunhsglvlng’ Day. 0 Irrrrndalre! \\‘1l(‘l'f‘.\ifll*.'t'i' you he, l‘C2t'1l out and hlrrn me Ilrrc: ‘frat-II me the simple, kindly y: :lI:It nave your life its ('ill"‘l‘l ’l‘I-IIclI me contentment — ‘tin the ..ri that IIIort of 11.‘; have lo.~:I,=-- And, lasing it, we're sadly learned that we must pay lice 00b1, 'l‘earlI me the gratitude that feels l-lis Ivay i: over hut; The thanks that arc no formal \-.. sweet contentment» 30111;‘ ~ 1 oimple, kindly cheer pie, and other dulntice siorul? INTI‘, Ilpon 'l‘iI:IIIl'..-;'Ivir.l; 11.1". O broug-III a new than 'in|.; I|II_\~; lrold, and lore the final lI.-l; m: but a \1'r'\lll1Il1‘C1' III::_\'. s, IIpon ‘Tltanltsglrim: llrv. -All‘rcd J. “Zrlerhouse. BUILDERS ,. ‘. H11 bnttlrfltkls III’ l-‘ranca and l-‘lr. ..ro bring visited each yrnr by an increasing - army of pilgrim and this year -»LlIe tenth anniversary of the end of tho great struggle-witnessed the greatest pilgrimugrs aim-o the arrnle. tier. ‘Thctrc vlsiloxL-I invariably carry back ».rItII them uccouma of the wonderful york being done by the imperial War .lravcn Commission in beautifying tha ct- l mriea in which real: those men 0t‘ Britain and lilo overaeus-Uornlnlona who loal. their lives an the western front. Dny in and day out ll. corps of 1200 men are at work caring for and maln- rllnlng these Silent lilllrs. l-Iver since the Armistice. thin work lute been going on. lirdecd. while the War was yet in progress n. Inllltury unit of considerable strength wan em- ployed doing all that Iozlld be done in most difficult. olrcum: aura that. the graves marked. registered. and. rendered ee- cure against obliteration when the fighting swayed to and fro across the torn fields in which they lay. Then. shortly after the Annlatlec, tho-Imperial War Gravel Commission wee founded, and some thousnntil of men were set-to workdaylng Ir.;'., on land that had been generously given In perpetuity by Britain's Atllrar. ceme- Ierlee designed bytho most ..eeom- plialIed-of architects and sculpgors. lathe» -couree of the intervening years, the old, wooden CPCJTICN- many of them made front common boxwood and ehowing evidence of decay, have manually given place to the simple headstones, of uniform shape and else for all ranks. T-he old wire fences have been replaced by per-nutrient walla, some of brick and some of stone, and millions of plenta and Rhfllbflhali of British or Overseas‘ origin, have been planted in the cem- eiericn. 0f course. the work of construction in not yet flniohod. Another year or two should eee it completed: but even than, thorn will remain the conlider able mek. to which tho Empire eolemnly- pledged. of maintaining them travoo for all tlmo. - .. . Warden 0t The Cities: \ All the permanent etaff of the War Graves Onmmleelon em Britons, ex- flervloe meufitoo: and meny'nf them hive nottled In France and Flanders with their wIveII and children. They comprise Iurveyore, nupervieore. gar- deners. horticultural experts. mneeno, trenenort drlvora, clerirn, rind men of n dozen other ocoupatlonei lit their head le the Douuly roller. (‘oibllel H. T. Goddllnd DtO. van offcnr with a fine fighting recent who went on active service In 101 lave for brief per-lode of lenvo. 0o - lng of en-old flomoloettnmlly. Cowl I the b .of or, Good . at. out m: ,hel_d It oaritmleeion in e nedleo roll- mont, he 1157111‘ lottled in tho Doni- Inlon. wen com 1 lotion. in‘ rleon Qetyleejfl three ' ilflfitriri-Tehfilihrwitfld SILENT CITIES, 5- nnd who hee monphth never einee left the econee of tile-War eoteh Afelie one of the War. he I "rlerlnhbo het- 0F THE engendered in his small army just that sense of devotion to the IIII-Ik which Le essential to the llftlulflflllhll- merit of that lrreut rnlrnlon with which the Imperial War Graves Commission is charged. The graves over which Colonel Goodland hue jurtad’ ion number‘ 560,000, contained in some 3.000 cem- eteries, scattered over p, great tract of country. His staff is, therefore, dispersed. and except in such places as Yprcs and Arron. the men are dot- ted about the territory where run the trenches and llnea of communication. To (Io-ordinate and eupervlee the work, to distribute materials and sup- plies. la no light undertaking, and In the course of u. single year, the rare and lorrlel of the Commission ran, over II million mllel. ' Klpilng’: Suggestion: < The peraonul welfare of the men. and of their wlvek and children en- Blles the careful attention of the De-l mity Controller and of the headqustn. torn of the‘ Commission. There iII in’ operation n cleverly devised scheme to ensure that they have compeloitrf fmclical attention when they requlm I it; their spiritual needs, too, are met; no Deputy Controller's duties are‘ hyno moene confined to the super- vision of the cemeteries. The care. of hi: men‘ in It considerable business, but one Ivlilch he find: abeorblngly ln- ‘ tereeling. . » “ A lwthilo ago. Colonel Goodland} "as ne mmentnl in inaugurating - Mueonld lodge for the staff of tit?‘ Oommloeion in France, B. lodge which‘ ie n branch of British, and not of Con-. 1111611111- Free-masonry. Heekinsl l title for the lodge. Colonaii 1W3 the happy inspiration of invoking‘ the aeoietence ofMr. Rudyard Klp-1 41M’. who ll a member of the Imperial, War Graves Commtnnian and who: takes n. moat profound intereel. in all} 111M l 6 Commliellon duel. Mr. Klp-. "W" "Bullion wee not. merely an‘ Itle. it Wu the inevitable _ 1t wee the beautiful name ‘ Builder: of the Bilont Cities." now‘ 1101M by tlrle unloue lodge. A IvoI-III-wloe work There In. hennliv. a renewed infer- eet .ln the hnttofle do, emtmoro and more people are seeing the work of those, bullion. halide e-copper box, built into the, Well of each oomplotod cemetery, ll ohook In which vlettore are invited tel thom MIMI end to make any. .. nt ey deetre upon the eon- ditlonof the lrovee. Thole bonito, ' all III moon Inent that_ could eelre. do, in a eenee. a but it in . ‘v tloue men mimi- General Sir-f a one of Iho moet p‘ m‘ ll f?“ Ilnaglaueh.