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1 `,! l Seventy ///A e EVeN SEAFORTII HIGHLANDERS THE OF R lcÿ CANADA KILT 3"?" Whats What n the Seventy Second Battalon, C E F Ion k No t I HASTINGS PARK, APRIL, 96 Pce: Fve Cents IT s qute a long tme snce ou famous oute mach to New Westmnste to take pat, at the knd nvtaton of the eve popula Westen Ish, n the battalon spots at Queens Pak n celebaton of the bthday of Ielands paton sant It was a pefect day as egads weathe, all the moe notceable on account of the fact that almost evey othe day n ths month has been beyond ou powes of expesson n pont of vew of ottenness We tuned out bght and ealy, had a good beakfast and wth buttons gleamng, swagge stcks glstenng and faces smlng fell n nealy full stength by 820 Upon the stoke of the half hou we wee swngng out of the gate to the stans of the ppes and dums Eveythng woked lke clockwok, the schedule bngng us to Moody Pàk, whee lunch was awatt ng us, exactly at 20 In the pak ou hosts, the 2st, wee dawn up at attenton awatng ou aval, the usual complments passng between the two battalons Lunch e, we mached at attenton to ueens Pak, whee we wee dsmssed to wtness the spots The spots and the etun mach to Hastngs Pak caused the few shot hous to pass as f by magc, and when at 830 pm we landed hack n the lnes, just twelve hous fom the tme we left, we could hadly beleve that we had spent such a delghtful and exctng day, afte the long, tedous weeks that have elapsed snce wnte stated n eanest It s not fo us, of couse, to talk about ouselves, but we thnk we may emak wthout boastng that the battalon to a man acted as could have been expected of the "Seventy twas," and whethe machng at attenton o mnglng wth the cowds dung the aftenoons touney, upheld the hono of the battalon, eflectng cedt on the OC and hs staff, as the fome most gacously and enthusastcally acknowledged to us when gantng us the much appecated exta geneal leave s Q When the 62nd went away a fotnght ago we wee soy to see them go We got to know them vey well whle they shaed the pak wth us, and acqued a sncee admaton fo Col Hulmes "Huskes" When we had cheeed them off on the long eastwad jouney and made ou way hack to baacks, we found the place empty and quet and felt lonely wthout ou fends Now the place of the 62nd s beng taken by the 23st Sea foths and the 72nd Seafoths dese to extend a most codal welcome to II Leut Col Leach, the offces, noncommssoned offces and men of the new Scottsh battalon We ae the moe pleased to welcome them because they ae ou bothes, sons of the 72nd Seafoth Hghlandes of Canada, and THE POINT OF VIEW wea the klt We wsh Col Leach evey success n asng hs battalon and hope the 23st wll enjoy the peod of tanng at Hastngs Pak as much as we have done We do not expect to be hee much longe, but look fowad, whle ou stay lasts, to fomng many fendshps wth the men of the newunt Thee ousng chees and a tge fo the 23st Seafoths, and may you gathe much gloy n the fghtng when you tun comes at the font, and come back wth many a Huns scalp n you belts Q Snce the last ssue of "The Klt," we have obtaned by hook o by cook, copes of the seveal egmental papes publshed n ths povnce and a few fom outsde We have poed ove them assduously, endeavong to glean nfomaton that would ad us n the poducton of ths publcaton We tt AN S e LIEUT COLONEL LEACH Offce Commandng the 23st Oveseas Battalon CEF now Statoned at Hastngs Pak notced n the "Westen Scot, fo nstance, that pactcally evey banch of the battalon was epesented by shot news notes apopos of the dongs of the week The offces and segeants messes, the pay offce, quatemastes stoes, hosptal, odely oom, machne gun secton ponees, stetche beaes, etc, all wegh n wth lve * news tems of the espectve depatments Ths s as t should be, and makes fo a lve, snappy pape of nteest to all We hope evey man n the battalon wll end ths, and whee possble do hs bt along the lnes ndcated Edto Pte "Dok" Smth, o hs assocate n cme, PteFtzmauce, can always be located somewhee not fu dstant fom "A" o "D" Company odely ooms The edtos of "The Klt" have no den o la, as s customay wth jounalsts, whee tmd and nevous contbutos, spng poets and othes ae done to death n,old blooded and mecless fashon llave no fea, ye buddng ltteateus, ou wll be eceved wth acclam and accoded that suave and Old Wold coutesy fo "Dok" and "Ftz" ae so justly famous I An event of nteest last heel was the aval at the pak of the nucleus of No 2 Battalon of the Seafoth Hghlandes of Canada, CEF To the skl of the ppe hand and headed by the popula OC, Leut Col Leach, the 23st made a bave showng n the klts and alumna and wee eceved at the pak wth heaty ounds of chees by the "Seventy twas," who tuned out en mass to gve them an nfomal welcome Some of the boys wee just sgned up and stll n the nt less but all mached wth the chests out and heads up, n tue Sea foth style The boys soon got settled down n the new quates and wee fatenzng wth the bothes nams of the "Seventy twas" It s pobable as long as we ae camped alongsde them they wll be epeated n "The Klt," space beng accoded them fo notes and eont t ons c Slackes motto: "They also seve who only stand and wat" Q Fday, the 24th, saw the entanng of the 67th CEF, the Westen Scots, on the tp mast to jon the othe sadst, battalons oveseas, tanng n the Btsh Isles fo sevce at the font They moblzed only a shot h ahead of the "Seventy twee: ant fom all accounts wee n fne sha{! and keene than mustad to he off makng anothe stage n the po ge$ towad the eal thng the fng lae The "Seventy twas" have not n common wth them, evey th + n fact, bang the klt, and we say ",ood luck, bothes, and bon voyage" We expect machng odes any tme now, so we shant be long Qtínet the last ssue of "The Klt" Leut Sheppad, late commande of No 6 Platoon, has been foced to seve hs connecton wth ths august peodcal Leut Sheppad, fo pvate easons, yet doubtless wth many egets at leavng the Seventy twas, has tansfeed to the Unvesty Battalon Beng a taned and pofessonal jounalst, hs sevces n supentendng the poducton of ou egmental pape have been nvaluable Leut Sheppads mantle has fallen upon Leut Logan who wll assume the somewhat oneous poston of actng as the papes gude, phlosophe and fend and the staff ae lookng fo wad wth pleasue to wokng unde hs suzeanty

2 Page Two We KILT PRIVATE P L SMITH Edto PTE G S FITZMAURICE, Assocate Edto Publshed Fst and Thd Satuday Monngs at Hastngs Pak, Vancouve, B C n the nteests of the SEVENTY SECOND BATTALION, C E F PRICE: FIVE CENTS SUN JOB PRESSES, PRINTERS ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION and othes to the ea and assaulted the gatheng enemy THE HISTORY OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS thee to ecove the guns A des CHAPTER XVI Hon Athu Wellesley and thee peate fght occued, the enemy Wnnng the Thd Colo at made the acquantance of the battlng wth geat bavey at Assaye, Sept 23d, 8: geat Ion Duke of the futue tacked the 78th on all sdes The amy got on the move to (To be contnued) (Contnued fom last ssue) wads Ahmednaggu, and on as AN EPISTLE FROM WARD T, THE When Lod Wellesley, the saultng the town the bunt of GENERAL HOSPITAL bothe of the geat solde, was the wok fell upon the 74th and Come agan when you cant stay so sent to Inda he consoldated the the 78th Hghlandes The eg long Yes, we ae all hee, to wt: Btsh poston n a emakable ment lost seveal men n scalng McCea, Dawson, Cook, Glen, McDonmanne at a tme when Napoleon the walls, and Wellesleys atten ald, McCombe, Roges, Fanell, Cowas begnnng to theaten Inda nell and a few moe McCea has ton was attacted by the dang The latte had allances n the just come down fom hs opeaconduct of one young offce ton and wants a cgaette What county, and Lod Wellesley m Makng nques about hm the do you know about that? I supmedately counteed them by Geneal offeed hm the post of pose you know what they dd to concludng teates wth vaous exta ade decamp whch he ac Cook Well, t was a shame But he s natve pnces, ncludng the N cepted and seved the Geneal happy and hs table s ltteed all the zam The powe of Tppoo was tme wth those thngs that smell you well ght up to Wateloo know what that means Fend Glen s geat and a campagn aganst The amy moved on towads anothe of those fellows Poo devl, hts was necessay He was ove Assave wth 4,500 men and found he s a busy man fom 2 to 4 And we thown n Mysoe and klled tself opposed by 30,000 Scnda have a eal ppe wth us, vz, Ppe Wellesley had now to deal wth toops wth a hunded guns Stoddad We dont know what the touble s, but t looks as f ppng the the Mahattas, whose confedea Wellesley had neve made t a gallant "Seventytwas" has had a ton opposed the pogess of the pncple to attack the Mahat seous effect on hs undestandngs Btsh at evey pont, beng tas n postons of the choosng Hell know n a day o two, when D aded by the Fench He pefeed to fght them n the Heald gets though wth hm Poo Befoe ths campagn began open feld on the move, but n the Eal of Seafoth had e ths case the Mahattas wee n sgned the command of the 78th, no mood to play nto hs hands but Mackenzes and Fases stll To ete and jon hands wth hs contnued to funsh command detached column ten mles off ants The two battalons of the meant an attack on the mach, egment wee amalgamated, and and the advantage Wellesley afte sevce at the Cape of Good would not concede He dete Hope went on to Inda eleven hunded stong and landed at Calcutta n 797 The ntenal management of the 78th attacted wdespead attenton The battalon was one whose Jltduct was exemplay and the Commandants method of n sue, whch eplaced cude shment, was a geat sue ss The Commandng Offce c en theatened to send any b e count of a man to be naled on the doo of hs pash chuch, and he sted n hs men a pde and hono of no odnay knd No man wanted t sad that he dd not do well wth Seafoths 78th egment, fo hundeds of them wee fom the cheftans estates, whee a love of both egments of Mackenze ogn was vey keen and ts hono bght n the keepng of each clansman Thee was no such thng as deseton In ths fne state the 78th was taken by sea to Bombay n 803 and joned Colonel John Muays foce, and fnally was ncopoated n the amy commanded by Majo Geneal the 0eß mned theefoe to assault the enemy whee they stood on the tongue of land between two ves The nfanty was sent ound by the ght to coss the ve and attack the flank When ths movement was beng caed out the foe, becomng awae of t, changed poston to the left to meet the menace The enemy opened fe as Wellesley appoached The lnes wee odeed to advance and tö assault the poston wth the bayonet The tust the men had n the cold steel was evdent fom the ousng chee whch geeted the ode A halt was made to make an adjustment of the lne; the enemy beleved that the attack had faled and poued n a deadly fe, and the natve battalons sweved and cowded upon the 78th It was an awkwad moment, but Wellesley ealzng the dange of t ode n font of the natve toops, waved hs hat and called on them to advance The ght also got nto confuson, but the 74th saved the stuaton The \ I whole lne was soon on the move, and when nea enough the 78th dashed n wth the bayonet and scatteed the foe Quckly efomng, the amy got nto one lne and pepaed fo a new menace whch the enemy ndcated by fontal fe, a flank cavaly chage, and gun fe fom the ea whee men fegnng death had sen and tuned the captued peces on the Btsh Wellesley quckly saw that the battle was not won, and sendng pat of hs foce to attack fontally, he held off the cavaly menace, and pesonally led the 78th Don Dawson He came n and lttle dd we thnk he would leave us so soon, even wthout havng a consultaton n the OR But he s gong just the same, and the nuses do speak so hghly of hm They say hes too good lookng to be n hosptal Lsten to ths: Nuse: "Hows you back, Segt McCea?" Mac: "Fne; hows yous?" Knowng McCea as you do, you wll undestand Thee ae a whole lot of othe unfotunate devls hee, but space wll not pemt of menton Oh, yes; Old Man Sknne s stll wth us Hell be out befoe the wa ends I cannot close, Dok, wthout expessng ou appecaton of Col Claks kndness He sent us a fne, bg hampe of good eats, and beleve me, they wee swell Ms Clak neve fogets us, nethe do seveal of ou offces Majo Sweet has a "oyal sute" below usehe seems to gathe all the vstos Dent you thnk he mght have a heat? Well, Dok, when the 72nd begn to move you can count on us, fo we wll be ght thee Remembe, "The Klt" s woth two bts hee The nuses ae also nte ested n the "Seventy twas" SCOTTIE Head at the depot when, the 67th left: "They ae baw, baw lads, but ma husband would be a solde, too, only they tuned hm down because e was `unphyscally ft ", Innocent Pte B of "B" company, lookng at the sgn on the gass nea the RSMs oom, "Please ecpocate": "Tell me, why do they want you to spt thee?" j Apl, 96 One day a Scotch boy and an Englsh boy who wee fghtng wee sepaated by the espectve mothes wth dffculty, the Scottsh boy, though the smalle, beng fa the most pugnacous "What ganed ye fecht a bg ladde lke that fo?" sad the mothe as she wped the blood fom hs nose "And Ill fght hm agan," sad the boy, "f he says Scotsmen wea klts because the feet ae too bg to get nto the t ooses POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHER FOR IES K G McKenze 303 HASTINGS STREET WEST Seymou 480 Kltes! You may eceve machng odes any day Have that photogaph taken now befoe t s too late Specal attenton gven to the Kltes Satsfacton guaanteed Nothngs too good fo ou fghtng boys but Cadbuys MEXICAN Chocolate s good enough 0 and 5 cent packages A eal sustane SOLE AGENTS The W H Malkn Co Lmted Vancouve BC Boots that Defy Wnte Wea L E C K I E S ( Made fom leathe puchased n the fnest leathe makets of the wold Cut, desgned and sewn by expet and sklled wokmen Caefully nspected befoe leavng the factoy That s why the name LECKIE on a boot o shoe has come to mean qualty and absolute satsfacton AT ALL DEALERS REGIMENTAL DRUGGISTS GEORGIA PHARMACY Flms Developed Kokak Goods Geoga and Ganvlle Sts 4

3 225 \ e 4 w 4 Ilk I Apl, 96 Jn 7e a "A" Company Notes I s fatgue week fo "A" Com THIS pany and the boys ae too busy fgung out how many guads o fatgues wll fall to the lot, to do much n the way of supplyng ethe news o "copy" Pte W J Stephens, thats "Lttle Steves" lttle bothe, pulled a good one a few evenngs ago Whlst walkng down Hastngs Steet n the company of Pte Wght he was accosted by a slacke, who made volumnous nques egadng the wamth of the klt, etc, etc Afte lstenng fo some tme Steve ponted to the ecutng offce and told hs questone, "Go ove and sgn up, put on a klt and fnd out fo youself The 23st needs you" Capt Hamlton and Leut /McIntosh ae hack wth us agan afte a shot absence on sck leave Leut Mashall and Segt Paddon ae hustlng had gettng togethe a lacosse team n "A" Company, and so fa have ove 5 playes on the lst Scene: Not a hunded mles fom Man Steet Cvlan: "Allow me to ntoduce to you D B " Pvate of "A" Co: "Pleased, I assue you ; scence, medcne o dvnty?" And to thnk we took a chance Andew an answe lke that Majo Muay s enjoyng a weeks leave, but we antcpate hs beng back agan wth us on Monday Ask "Fegy" when he gave up the job of "ancho" on the egmental tug ofwa team Because a man has a Towel s no eason why he should be depved of a klt Judgng by the numbe of boys n No Platoon who "downed the shamock" on St Patcks Day n Westmnste, the Ish ae well epesented n the platoon And Copoal Kelly was absent, too But I notced the Ishmen always called fo the "wee dop fom the land o cakes" What s "dead gound "? A gaveyad, o tyng to boow a dolla fom the "A" Company stove wames on the Satuday befoe pay day Because the voce at the othe end of the telephone s sweet t does not mean to say that the face s fa to look upon Does t, Jmmy Thompson? Have you etuned the photogaph? Lost Sgnet ng, ntaled "J H McI" n the baacks o pak gounds Fnde please etun to "A" Company odely oom Entetanment at Soldes Club on Abbott Steet We have eceved a notce fom the pesdent of the Lades Auxlay of the Soldes Club, 233 Abbott Steet, that a patculaly attactve entetanment wll be gven on Satuday, Apl st, especally fo soldes It wll be gven by the Ednbugh and Mdlothan Socety The Soldes Club on Abbott Steet s dong excellent and pasewothy wok n povdng successve entetanments at the club fo the amusement of the soldes of the dffeent battalons n the dstct It would be encouagng to them f moe men tuned out to these entetan ments Lades, and cvlans unable themselves to enlst, ae dong the utmost to help and do the "bt" fo the Empe n vaous ways, one of whch s the povdng of these socal affas Entetanments ae gven evey Satuday evenng and any of the soldes who take advantage of the nvtaton (the affas ae gven entely fee of chage) wll wthout a doubt be assued a most pleasant and enjoyable tme CANADAS ARMY AccoRDING to a late ssue of the "Povnce," Canada, though S San Hughes, has sanctoned 232 battalons to be mmedately ecuted up to stength Of these, seveal have aleady gone oveseas, othes ae at full stength, lke ouselves, and but a few, compaatvely speakng, ae not at full stength at pesent We wll, howeve, assume that all of these 232 battalons ae at stength, and allowng,200 men to each battalon, ncludng all anks, and futhe, some 5,000 men as detals, we ave at a total of 278,400 men, whch we wll call Canadas amy to date We ae omttng any "home guad" egments, of couse Takng as a base, theefoe, the total of 278,400 men, we may by a lttle calculaton ave at some vey pecula facts Fo nstance, some of us have, whlst on a oute mach, emaked on the geat length of a battalon on the mach Well, allowng one thd of a mle to a battalon, ou amy as above would when on the mach n column of fous, stetch a dstance of 79 mles, and f S Sam Hughes wshed to nspect them, and allowng thee mles pe hou as the ate of pogess past the evew post, he would have to be pepaed to stand and salute fo 26 hous and 20 mnutes a athe had days wok The head of ths amy would be passng the Vancouve post offce at the same tme as the tal end was leavng Yale, BC, machng as the cow fles Now, supposng t wee possble to take ou 278,400 men and stand them on each othes heads so as to make a human flagstaff, t would be necessay fo the top 2 men to help hold the flag, as the flag, to be seen, would have to be at least 55 feet n beadth and 75 feet long Ou flagstaff, then, would be an almost unbelevable heght, beng no less than,64,720 feet, o 55/2 tmes as hgh as the hghest mountan n the wold, Mount Eveest, whch towes up to 29,000 feet It would be vey necessay that the bottom man be a vetable Hecules and t would be beyond the powe of even Segt Majo Stetts stump pulles, fo ou fend would have to suppot the enomous weght of 47,328,000 pounds, o 2,27/2 tons, a tuly temendous buden "Tommy wants hs smokes," we ead n the papes and on the bllboads, and no doubt he s gettng them I beleve that an aveage of sx cgaettes a day would be a fa amount to allow pe man f anythng, possbly an unde estmate Howeve, we wll assume sx pe day pe man, and a cgaette beng 2 /s nches n length, we fnd that "Tommy" enjoys a lttle moe than 75/2 mles, o to be moe exact, 7557 mles of smokes pe day In the couse of a yea "Tommy" would have smoked hmself ght aound the eath at the equato, a dstance of 24,902 mles, and then have stated aound agan and smoked 2,68/4 mles of an ovelap So emembe, evey tme you take a smoke you ae "dong you bt" by 27/s nches Supposng, now, each of ou 278,400 men wee statoned at ntevals of,000 yads and each one had a fle eady to fe, wth nstuctons to fe n a due westely decton upon heang the bullet of the man behnd passng hm Ou amy would gdle the eath 6 3 tmes and we would have a successon of bullets flyng aound the, eath 6 :3 tmes n all To tavel ths geat dstance would take a Mak VII bullet fom a Ross fle just 3 days, 5 hous and 2 mnutes, whch s "some tavellng," as they say These few calculatons help us to moe fully gasp the vast help the Maple Leaf s sendng to the motheland, and t must not he fogotten that ths s only a pat of what Canada s wllng to do and pobably wll do fo the Empe and the flag H de B \I The Khak Club, stuated n the Standad Rank buldng and conducted by the IODE, extends a heaty nvtaton to the ecuts of the 23st and othe egments to use the pemses The club s suppled wth eadng matte, all of the latest peodcals and magaznes, and evey convenence wll be found fo lette wtng Postage stamps may be obtaned fom the segeant n chage, who wll also look afte the postng of you mal Dop n any day, boys; we ae open fom 0 am untl 930 pm evey day 72 Page Thee Photo Specal 2 x 6 PANEL PHOTOS $250 Pe halt Dozen Theye woth callng n to see We make a specalty of glee club goups and athletes n postue Bdgmans Studo 627 Ganvlle Steet Phone Seymou 949 Tocadeo Cafe A Cafe fo Hghlandes Run by a Hghlande 58 Hastngs St W D D McKnnon, Pop 904YERt NAVY CUT CIGARETTES Ñ t IG Spats $250 Foxs Spal Puttees, Khak w 225 Khak Puttees, Supe Whstle and Lanyad 25 Real Malacca Canes 75 Real Malacca Canes, Slve Mount, 72nd CEF Cest 90 Bass Button Stcks 20 Shoulde Chans Nckel plated 25 Medal Rbbon any campagn pe nch 05 PHONE SEYMOUR 975 ae Englands best and Canadas favote The mldness, chness and coolness ae combned wth such fagance that eveybody becomes enthusastc Evey p,ff s pleasng and satsfy t g Enjoy these delghtful cgaettes to day t LL DEALERS SELL THEM F W BEATON Cvl and Mltay Talo and Outftte Late Maste Talo, 2nd Battalon Royal Munste Fusles, 6th Dagoon Gua! (Caabnes), 2nd Battalon Scottsh Rfles (the Cameonans) en, ayá*0 äa ; *0e,,,! Am Badges 45e to of any descpton fom Chevons fo Sevce Dess, Fock o Geat Coat, pe ba Khak Apons, 50e, 75c and Cap Rosettes Cap Rbbons Buttons, Canadan Mlta, lage, pe dos Buttons, Canadan Mlta, small, pe doz Buttons, Dove Glt, 72nd lage, each Buttons Dove Glt, 72nd, small each n GEORGIA STREET I hod

4 Page Fou Wll Some One Kndly Tell the Boys Why a I: Company offce I, w anxous to have hs oom n Wad I at the Geneal when hs tun comes? Just what Don Dawson s dong n the hosptal? What Cop Kelsey does aound the Geneal Hosptal so much? If hlnmefelt s gong to may the petty gl? Who was the cook n "I)" Company seen dvng fo n nckel on Hastngs Steet last Satuday nght? The cognomen of the cook n "D" Company who lost hs gl though a affle? The names of any men n the anks who ae wllng to take on handsaw, The Gotto Cga Stoe (Pool and Bllad Room attached) E22 GRANVILLE STREET The Regmental "Smokes" EL GROTTO EL GROTTO MIXTURE CIGAR 2 oz toc 2 fo 25e 4 oz 40c To Sale at the Canteen Note All pool and bllad games, evey Wednesday, ae gats to the men of all egments Establshed 890 Ponee Steam Laundy Lmted Phones: Seymou 5864 and 5865 Head Offce and Wotks: Co Rchads and Smythe Sts Vancouve, B C Save the Coupons PIPE TOBACCO c v CIGARETTES Fo 25 of the Coupons enclosed n the packages of DUX CIGARETTES we gve you a choce of ove 50 photos taken of 72nd at Hastngs Pak Fo Sale at all Canteens c [ Beach and Kenny at whst? They ae wllng to bet anythng fom a match stck to a canteen tcket aganst the feld If Sknne s eve comng back? Why the segeants dont dg up a,o,spondent?, Why Ppe Matheson seenades the "Dok" n the monngs? What "Dynamte" was dvng at when he theatened to supply the men of "A" Company wth steel beaks dung physcal jeks? Who emaked, "Dont cy, my boy, the solde wont hut you "? Whee Rough neck Dngee hals fom (o(tutlam o Msson Cty? If Pte Ball ntends to supply papes as well as matches to the boys of No 6 Platoon? The name of the buddng NCO who so desgnated a fle of men: "One man walkng behnd each othe" We ae not sue but hs ntentons wee good Why s the CSM of "A" Company called "Dynamte "? Thats easy Because he can St t Come agan, "3" Company How many "mnutes of angle" Segt Cuthbet has on hs "glen "? Who ognated that stoy about Venon? Who was the "A" Company copoal who when walkng down Hastngs Steet wth hs wfe, poltely ased hs "glen" when salutng an acquantance? The names of the ppes who vsted the 5c stoe pevous to attendng a weddng? Why a cetan young lady compaed Dumme McNels voce wth the geat teno, Enco Causo? Why Dumme Cowe wshes to jon the avaton cops? If Bandsman (lak got d of the sx chckens he pcked up two mnutes afte eachng New Westmnste on St Patcks Day? When s that socce match gong to be played between the band and the ppes? The teams wee pcked sx months ago Who was the pvate n "D" Company who caused the nuse to be an hou and a half late? Hea the stuaton s vacant Who ncknamed the bass band the Mcky hunt es? Why Bandsmen Holland, Beach and Campbell should have seen Jeanne Doe at the Colonal last week? Who sad that Lance Cop Bunel of the Q M stoes knew moe about boxng than musc? Why the bandsmen wee so peaceful thee days last week, and who was mssng? If any man n the battalon can beat Bandsman Assen gettng nto a klt? "No, thee s no eteat tonght Shoty" How to ponounce Llanfapwllgwya gy I I go g e wchwyudobullantslogloch? It s the name of a small alway staton n Noth Wales The pote does not ponounce the ntte, but smply ponts to t One fellow ted to ponounce t, but the tan had gone and come back agan befoe he fnshed That s why the pote now ponts nstead of callng out If any man n the egment has a spae week end, please call on Bandsman Hugh Jones; he wll oblge by gvng a fa ponuncaton "Pete" Kealey, the genal chap n Itks who handles the swagge canes, has eceved a new shpment and extends a standng nvtaton to the "Seventy twas" to dop n and look em ove è 72nd Muse SOLDIERS TIPS By Col Lod Glanusk, CB, DSO To a solde on explan Should cay you sevce these tps I though een the longest campagn A vey sound ule s, wheeve you Lent, Dont pat wth a "bscut" wthout a ecept But f you take chage of t, suely ts sound too, Dont gve a ecept then unless you ae hound to (ae thee should be, f you lfe youd peseve, Ammunton, food, men, keep a bt n eseve Dont waste any food, and thow nothng away, O pehaps youll go hungy the vey next day Each bt of dy wood, o of coal that you pass, Just cay to camp, o a bt of dy gass Fo lghtng a fe, some fat o some gease Is a wondeful help, and t lghts then wth ease Have patence, all thngs wll come ght n a bt, And the fst thng to do s to keep youself ft If you dont want to fnd youself placed on the shelf, If a jobs to be done well, do t youself Just keep you mouth shut, and dont talk when at wok If eveyones talkng, a lot of them shk Keep fles qute clean, and youself, too, as well, O a posonous wound may a sad stoy tell Let pencl and pape be pat of you kt, A geat many uses youll fnd they both ft Messages wtten, not vebal, should be, O mstakes may occu, and then youe up a tee, No odes coect, I must hee clealy state, Unless t has on t the tme, place and date Of shootng you now should qute expets be Do not fe a shot f the foe you cant see Please take a good am, and you may get a bull, But up to the last keep you magazne full Quck fngs mpotant, but no use a bt To fe ten ounds and nobody ht Resolve on a mach that youll neve fall out, Its the best machng sde that wll wn, wthout doubt So soap well you socks, and keep clean you feet, Dont smoke and dont dnk, and youll neve be beat The fnsh wth bayonets, tenches wthn, Ts the fst pont that counts f t only gets n Unless you ae sue that a man s a fend, Mnd you dont let hm pass, o t may be you end A vllage o houses you had best leave alone, A bullet o shell, too, wll glance off a stone Whte flags o suendes, well, those we dont use them; Be caeful, the enemys apt to abuse them Expect to get though, and just ope fo the best, You just pull the tgge and luck does the est Apl, 96 You only can de as a bave solde can, If you dont, then you lve, an thank God youe a man If ts peace o ts wa, the end s the same, And t doesnt matte touch f youe playng the game A Few Jottngs fom the "Y" Buldng Pobably no spot n the pak has been moe popula snce the day t was opened than the comfotable, oomy and cheeful soldes clubhouse povded by that well known oganzaton, the YMCA Evey solde the wold ove (and salo, too, any tme he s ashoe) knows the YMCA Snce the geat wa stated ove eghteen months ago the lattes actvtes have been smply emakable It s not necessay to enlage on ths subject t s known to almost eveyone, soldes especally Last week, to the supse of most of the boys, t was leaned that M Whttache, the gentleman who opened the "Y" buldng and took such an actve pat n establshng t upon a popula footng, fo pvate easons was gvng ove hs chage At a vey pleasant lttle talkfest, at whch M Yates, hs successo, was ntoduced to the boys, the change was announced M Whttache gave a shot and stng addess staght fom the shoulde that mpessed all the men pesent deeply M Yates, who by the way was fo some tme n chage of YMCA wok at the Wllows n Vctoa, s no stange to the soldes, and t was no tme befoe he was thooughly at home n hs new quates and upon tems of ntmacy wth all the boys Amongst the many pleasant entetanments enjoyed dung the last two weeks n the "Y" buldng, due to the kndly effots of outsde fends of the solde boys, must be mentoned the lectue on "Utah and Coloado," llustated by splendd vews, gven by Pncpal Spalng Ths gentleman was ntensely nteestng, havng hmself vsted and studed caefully the beautes and wondes of these two geat westen states The Westen Tple Cho favoed us wth a splendd concet compsng pat sngng and solos of a vey hgh ode The effots wee geatly appecated M Geo McCuag, the well known Vancouve ctzen and busness man, also jouneyed out to the pak one evenng (afte a had days wok, too, on the auctonees ostum), and teated us to two hous of nstucton and amusement He gave us a most nteestng talk, llustated by vews, many taken by hmself, concenng a pleasue tp he made to the Btsh Isles at the tme of Kng Geoges coonaton He took us though London, thence to Scotland and hs bthplace n the Isle of Skye, wndng up wth a few glmpses of the Emeald Isle M McCuag s a geat Btshe and loyalst, a student of hstoy and poety, and fo all he s a Scotchman and speaks Gaellc, a keen humost Hs lectue, o talk as he would athe have t called, was loudly applauded by the boys Last Wednesday the Rev J R Cag also entetaned the men to a most enjoyable evenng, tellng them all about Belgum and Nothen Fance, llustated by excellent vews Thusday the Collngwood East Methodst Cho took possesson of the stage at the "Y" buldng, gvng a fst class concet whch was thooughly appecated by the bg audence of "Seventy twas" and 23st 0, A d

5 4) f t Apl, 96 "C Company Notes AWEEK ago Thusday aftenoon ou late commande, Majo Bock, snt goodbye to the company It was evdent that the Majo felt deeply at havng to pat, and eveyone knew that the wods wee not spoken just as a casual way of sayng "goodbye," but that they wee the feelngs of hs heat The Majo efeed to the excellent spt that exsted amongst the ank and fle and ths made ease hs wok as commande The conduct sheets wee excellent and he was jealous of them Afte havng been assocated wth the company he would always follow the movements wth a deep nteest The tansfe to the Unvestes Battalon had not been of hs seekng The pospect of patng wth "C" Company had caused a geat amount of thought and he would have appecated nothng moe than to have led the company wheeve t was possble fo 250 men to go The Majo asked all anks to suppot the offces, as they wee as fne a body as anyone could wsh Afte the emaks thee chees wee called and wee gven wth a gusto, as was also the tge Anyone heang these chees may n some measue have appecated the espect and egad n whch Majo Bock was held "It takes a lttle an wth the sunshne to make the wold go ound" Lately we have had an a plenty Fo a few days we have basked n gloous sunshne and t was ndeed a change to waken and fnd that the an had decded to gve Old Sol a show Wth the advent of the good weathe ou tanng poceeds moe apdly and wth a geate zeal on the pat of eveybody Some ae even clamng to be sunbunt Afte so much wok ndoos t ce tanly feels good to get out agan Seems lke old tmes when we wee fst moblzed and spent all day on the oval Pte Leys nfoms us that he doesnt suffe fom ndgeston any longe Afte nqung we fnd that hs new complant s populaly known as heatbun, but not of the lovesck type It wll pay anyone to stay n baacks of a nght and st aound the stove commandeeed by the membes of No 2 Platoon One Smthey, fom the Shetland Isles, and anothe by the name of Slate guaantee to povde a poftable and nstuctve lectue on anythng o any place Whee one has not been the othe has, and jontly the tavels have extended fom Geenland to Tmbuctoo and fom John o Goats to Coney Island No chage s made fo the lectue "Wally" Smth, alas "Clace," s usually of a etng dsposton, but occasonally (about twce a month) he leaves hs shell and blossoms out lke a egula bhoy What s the cause? Last week we had muskety examnatons, when the followng took place: Queston: "How fa off would you am at a sngle man at 200 yads?" Pte Bowke: "Two nches fo a sngle man, but I dont know how much fo a maed man" Queston: "How fa off would you am at a hose tottng and a man doublng at 300 yads?" Pte "Felx" Kahlen: "Thee feet fo a man tottng and thee nches fo a hose doublng" Lance Cop Rtche has tansfeed to the 43d Battalon (B C Bantams) Goodbye But what segeant n No 9 was esponsble fo the followng: "At the halt facng ght advance n column of platoons "? As you wee 4/ Who was the segeant that called hs platoon to attenton when the odely offce was gong though the lnes, saluted wth hs left hand and had no Glengay on? We hea t happened twce too Segt Lawence, of No 0, s a canny Scot, and wth genune Scotch tact he checks up the vaous egulates wth an eagle eye Pte Faulkne was the subject of coecton one day and afte the Segeant had nqued f he had slept well the nght befoe, Faulkne wealy emaked sotto voce: "Gee, I wsh ths wa was ove" No 0 Platoon had to fall n wth fles Thee wee thee shot and the lucky ones wee Duncan, Whtehust and A Pende Afte a whle M Leghton had thee othes change ove and casually emaked: "I wonde sometmes f ths happens accdentally" All thee, of couse, declae that they endeavoed to get fles, but lke the lame man at thehealng pool, someone always got thee befoe them Whats the bettng that Pte C G P Wells gets the stpe left by Lance Cop Rtche? Glad to see Pte L C Walke hack agan wth the est of Leghtons Loons So fa Pte Connell has not yet aved but epots say he s pogessng ncely Pte Wateman assues us he ddnt go to Calgay last week Whee does she lve now, Bud? We hea that Whtehust blew off a few soapsuds last Satuday Why the celebaton? The "C" Company tug of wa team s gong to take some beatng, but should the team not be a lttle ht moe epesentatve of the company as a whole? The only epesentatve of No 0 Platoon (Fedde Welch) s consdeng ssung a challenge fo a ten ound bout wth Jess Wllad Hee would be a golden oppotunty fo Tex Rckad o some othe entepsng pomote Pte Walmsley etuned on Sunday afte sx daysleave No detals of hs dongs ae avalable fo publcaton It s qute nteestng to hea Cop Fance lectung on pescopes and pessmstc glass Why dd No 9 get mad on the way hack fom New Westmnste? Wee the chlden ted? Pte A A MacDonald, of No Elevng, says he s gong to a chcken show tonght Is t n the poulty buldng, Mac? Pte K G C Cameon s n need of a new swagge cane Dont be so butal next tme, Lochel Hay Munn says that he s only gong to wok thee days a week when the wa s ove, as the est of hs tme wll be occuped cleanng hs medals Oh, you dzzy If you want to see Le Messue get mad tale a pece of hs toast It sue gets hs goat Pte Alex MacRuy says he s afad to say anythng n case t gets publshed n "The Klt" Extact fom the "Westen Call ": "The annual spng concet of the Mount Pleasant Pesbytean Cho on Fday evenng last was one of the eally successful events of the season The 72nd C E F male quatette Messs Hall, Bothes, Lloyd and Macke, of C Company, endeed seveal numbes n fnshed style They ae a magnfcent quatette whose voces blend pefectly and whose nt! Page Fve mate knowledge of tannc ads much to the ntepetve powe manfest n the endengs They had to espond to epeated calls" It \I P "Chale" MacDonald was qute poetcal on the way back fom New Westmnste Chale says that t s only once n a whle that he does get that way, though And the poety caused even Hunte to laugh Sgnallng and Machne Gun Secton News The buzze bugs ae wokng petty had these days, but between noncons classes, physcal jeks and : cal lectues, they dont get much tme fo sgnallng The latest book, just eceved, "Bayonet Fghtng Made Easy," by all expet Selectons taken at andom: Choose a Manley opponent pefeably match a Davd and Golath The sx foote wll be caeful to hold hs ams fully extended thats all If Fane gves a pont dont consult the book; he knows and youll just Gff n anyway We ae glad to state that the smles belongng to Lance Cops Akenhead and Manley have now etuned to duty and need not be noted n the mno offence epots The latest n cphe fgue t out: Fohe avenas aket engge tyou pa tswas heal Wll someone kndly povde the followng to the sgnalles mentoned: Lance Cop Manley, a "Playes "; Lance Copoal Akenhead, a match; Lance Copoal Akenhead, anothe match; Pte N Smth, a lookng glass; Pte Pead, an automatc buzze; Lance Cop Fane, some ha e stoe; Pte Hlton, some self sng flou; Pte Teng, a new pa of undepants; Pte A H Camchael, a sweetheat In a cetan Canadan egment thee used to be a geat deal of malngeng amongst the suffees, but ths has been effectvely stopped by the followng notce whch has been affxed to the sugey doo: Hnts fo those who, fo one eason o anothe, wsh to "go sck ": Dont spng smatly to attenton and walk bskly up to the MO when you have chosen an njued kneecap 2 Dont foget that spaned wsts and ankles ae always swollen 3 Dont on emegng fom "the pesence" let you fends shout, "Any luck?" Those wshng fo futhe advce should apply fo ou vaous llus tated pamphlets, pce 0e each The most popula ae: How to ase and lowe you tempeatue 2 How to stengthen and weaken you pulse 3 How to get a bad tongue 4 How to get a vey had tongue (pce 25e) 5 How to make jonts swell 6 Paleness 7 Useful llnesses, the duaton, symptoms and emedes Reteat was played fo the fst tme last Thusday by the newly moblzed bugle band Dum Majo Batkn has nothng to be ashamed of n hs hunch of bugles They ae not up to full stength yet, but made a bave showng A bg cowd of the boys tuned out to applaud the ntal effot O B Allan s placng a novelty on the maket ths week It s a swagge cane that holds ten cgaettes Dop n and see "Bll" Glchst He wll tell you allabout them Heny Bks & Sons Lmted at GEORGIA AND GRANVILLE Specal Attenton Heavy Stelng Slve Mounted wth Seafoth Cest SWAGGER CANES a$ 00 Canes of fne maple, thee colos, o flexble whange You two ntals engaved fee See ou stock of Glengay Booches, Offces and Segeants Canes vp R Meat Co ARMY CONTRACTORS BEEF MUTTON PORK BUTTER, EGGS HAMS, BACON LARD CANNED MEATS We make a specalty of supply ng canteens Vancouve Pnce Rupet Meat Company, Ltd 883 Wate Steet Vancouve PLATOON, HALT! 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6 Page Sx "D Company Notes TOWARDS the latte pat of last week, too ealy to stat to ty and evolve these few amblng memoanda of the dongs of "I)" Company, you epote was n a faly cheeful and sangune fame of wnd Unfotunately the last few days he has been suffeng fom a sevee cold and cough, and the wold has not appeaed patculaly oseate to hn Today, Wednesday, the weathe has been pefect, and much to hs chagn and dsgust he was unable to take pat n the mach up town So that f any mpotant news tems ae mssed, and altogethe you thnk you could have wtten the notes a deuced sght bette youself, why, the way we feel about t s, "we should woy" So thee you ae Almost a column could be used fo hosptal notes e "I)" Company lte Flummefelt, of No 4, s back agan n the lnes, lookng emakably well afte hs sojoun n the Geneal Hosptal Pte Wanwght, of the same platoon, s away havng hs tonsls at tended to Cop Havey, of No 5 Platoon, on Tuesday last whlst playng football on the oval sustaned a factue of the thgh, whch wll lay hm up n the Geneal Hosptal fo a few days, anyhow "I)" Company extends ts sympathes, Copoal Pte Bshop, the golden haed cheub of No 5 Platoon, put n a couple of days n the camp hosptal last week, endeavong to put a cold out of busness les pesent beatfc expesson of countenance would lead one to deduce that he was successful Although havng suffeed fo the last two o thee weeks fom a patculaly had cold and cough, Pte; C D C Dewa, of No 4 Platoon, stcks manfully to hs post and efuses to go sck, although fo days he had no moe voce than a abbt It s of such stuff that heoes ae made Pte Ftzmauce has been n the camp hosptal a couple of days, too He appeas to be one of the many suffees fom a pecula knd of cough and cold that has been epdemc It s an exceptonally annoyng and aggavatng malady, but we tust when the spng eally does appea, and we get out n the open a, we shall all soon he ouselves agan l less acque untold wealth by emanng n Fance and gvng lessons n dancng and depotment Pas s always on the look out fo atsts of the fst wate, and of such ou wothy Copoal s suely second to none We notce Pte Bolton, of "D" Company ktchen staff, s contnually weathed n smles these days We thnk she must have sad, "Yes, but youll have to ask papa" Whats the matte wth Pte Games of No 5 Platoon? Blled fo fve guads and captued the "stck" fou tmes And he s a patculaly modest young man, too Although young, he has had a bt of exctement n hs day, opng wld cattle and beakng untamed bonchos away down south n Mexco and Azona It wasnt exctng enough, he says, and he s tchng to get ove to Fance and have a cack at the Huns "D" Company s wth you, Pte Gamesthe soone the bette Pte "Happy" Foste, of No 5 Platoon, doubtless wth a heatwhole dese to appea a solde to the fngetpswe should say, athe, the chest endeavoed to assst natue whee the latte had possbly been defcent, and nseted geneous paddng to the beast of hs tunc Of couse we would not say fo a moment t was pofessonal jealousy that caused the BSM to pobe nto the maked potubeance on "Happys" chest and fnd that the chesty appeaance was, alas! the esult of skllful paddng We know, though, of cetan NCOs who mght to the casual obseve be thought to esot to such lke ats, by the extemely upght and matal appeaance But we can asset upon the hghest authoty that n no nstance s such the case We have at geat expense and pesonal sk satsfed ouselves upon ths pont Last Wednesday, Mach 22nd, was memoable day fo all the fotunate membes of "D" Company who wee not on fatgue In the foenoon physcal jeks and a muskety lectue occuped ou tme Afte dnne all ndulged n a quet smoke and est, and t was wth a geat effot, when ou segeant majo called us to fall n, that we obeyed The weathe outsde was wet and cold, and eveyone looked fowad to an aftenoon of squad dll But a gloous supse was n stoe fo us, fo as we mached out of the lnes n font of the stoves, nstead of fous, ght, left tun, the box"i)" Company n geneal, and No fomng ng gloves and bayonet fghtng outthe tende 3 Platoon n, patcula, fts wee poduced and ou popula heatest congatulatons to Leut captan gave the ode to fall out, stay Rendle upon hs ecent maage aound and eveyone In the same beath almost we have pogamme It would betake pat n the useless to even to voce ou eget as a company al th attempt to descbe the many exhbloss of Leut Sheppad, who has tans of skll wth gloves and bayonets feed to the Unvesty Battalon tons that took place, but one notable feat n Patculaly bndng assocatons wt the manly at of boxng, between Cop the offces of the latte battalon le Ache Selwood and Pte Chas Rolston, hm, we undestand, to egetfully specal menton The scene seve hmself fom the "Seventy twas " deseves followed that when the two well known No 6 Platoon ae, of couse, patcumembes of No 4 Platoon enteed laly cast down the ng would be dffcult to descbe It was a patculaly choce bthday Afte a geat deal of effot and amdst package that fate handed Pte Mollet yellng that would make the most on the fst day of "D" Companys savage aces geen wth jealousy, the duty week To etun to baacks on gloves wee placed on the dauntless the dot on Sunday nght and fnd you Chale Dung ths upoa the Conane blazonng foth on the fatgue lst poal emaned qute calm, doubtless to mount guad the next monng was emembeng the wods of Shakespeae sue some bthday pesent But Pte o Kplng, o maybe t was ou Mollet s a phlosophe and boe esteemed edto Ftz who sad: "Nose up unde the shock wth pefect neve fghtens a solde, a young Btsh solde, a solde of the kng" equanmty No soone had the gong sounded than Thee s no man n the battalon who both went at t hot and stong The can pefom moe atstcally and deft fst ound was most notceable fo the ly the latest out physcal jeks, than fact that all the spectatos beat a hasty ou own beamng and smlng Lance eteat to some place of safety Even Cop Howe, of No 3 Platoon If he the tmekeepe, Segt Fase, took so wlls afte the wa he could doubt efuge behnd the fle ack at the end a a Apl Apl TRAVELLERS CLUB CIGAR Pte W B Red, No 2954, equests pemsson to be absent fom hs quates fom 430 pm Mach 27th to 30 am Mach 28th, fo pupose of attendng sweetheats bthday paty We ae not sue, Wlle, whethe you wee tyng to put one ove o not, anyhow Capt Johnston hadnt the heat to efuse Guess the next pass you apply fo wll be to attend you mothe nlaws funeal II n I,l n l ll n 4 l 2 5 I 6 3 Ill IIII IIII l 7 6 ll IIII 9 I 4 I 0 96 I THE mach to Ne St favote wth soldes eveywhee A Patcks I)a; 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Itll be a stpe next No 4 Platoon Pte Spence stood the coffees fo the boys on heang that he had been pomoted to Lance Copoal, but now that he s tansfeng to the Westen Ish to become a Leutenant, suppose he wll buy them two coffees Hees congatulatons, Spence, and may you be as effcent as an offce as you wee a pvate Always emembe that you wee once as ank as we ae The boys ae vey pleased to have M Manley back wth them and tust he s as happy as we ae We do not lke to lose you, Spence, but hees success to you as an offce Ptes Gay and McDonnough wee slated fo duty on Wednesday Suppose the mach to Westmnste was too much and pecautons ae beng taken n the behalf LanceCop Don Muphy enjoyed the mach to Vancouve and back mmensely especally comng back Who was the fa one, Don? She sue was a pppn Pte Cassdy was njued on Tuesday evenng whle dng a moto cycle and was mmedately taken home We tust he s dong well and wll soon be wth us agan Now, fellows, Ban would be pleased to see any of you Eveyone n "D" Company knows who got the stck on Fday when we dd ou fatgue, because ou boy Campbell, of No 3, sad t was geat to be a stck man once n sx months No 6 Secton had the pvlege of beng paaded by themselves Some dstncton Was t successful, No 6? Pte Byson has been tansfeed to the dummes Dont beat t too often whle on paade, Byson Ptes Calvet and Sheasgeen ae to jon the bugle band shotly Now pobably "D" Company wll hea a stan of musc whle on oute maches You fellows look out fo us n the futue Some of us stll do C B The Rolstons thnk t vey had to be a ecut, but handng them the week end fatgues evey Satuday s, J /