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Page contains 5 newspaper clippings. Subjects include the departure of the 238th Battalion for Halifax, the announcement of officer commissions from camps in England, and the death of a local (Ottawa) soldier at the Front. Page also includes a photograph depicting the Signals military baseball team in 1916.

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  • [start clipping] FORESTRY BATTN. GOES TO HALIFAX --- Fine Show of Men Leaving Connaught Park. --- The 238th Forestry Batt., left its quarters at Connaught Park yesterday morning on two special trains provided by Canadian Pacific Railway Company for Halifax, where the men will spend some time in training before embarking for England. An ethusiastic group of women were on the grounds to bid goodbye to the departing battalion, and the men responded with a zeal that will not be forgotten. Sharp at 11 o'clock the bugle call sounded, the men sprung to attention and the command, "Quick march," filed in fours to the waiting trains. Lieut.-Col. W. R. Smyth led the battalion and the men, who are of fine physical build, presented a splendid appearance. The regiment, which was recruited in a very short period, is something like 200 men over strenght, and as this extra body is not required by the commanding officer of the battalion, a base company will be left over to join the 242nd Forestry Battalion now udner formation by Lieut.-Col. J. B. White, with recruiting headquarters as Montreal. Recruiting for the 238th Battalion covered from Ontario to the Pacific Coast. One one hundred men from Vancouver, Edmonton and Prince Rupert, arrived after a journed of four and a half days. Other members of the battalion, estimated at about two hundred, will go direct from Toronto to Halifax and form with the battalion there. Lieut.-Col. Smythe, the commanding officer, did not leave Ottawa today with the battalion. He is leaving for his home at Rydale, Ont., where he will spend some days with his family. The first train pulled away from the Connaught Park station at 11.45 and the second followed immediately after. When the units reaches Montreal sleeping cars will be provided for the rest of the journey. [end clipping] August 23 - 1916. (annotation in ink) [start clipping] Items The English Camps. (Canadian Associated Press.) LONDON, Aug. 29.- The undermentioned have received a commission in the Canadian forces. Sergt. W. Reid, artillery, Lieut.-Col. R. H. Lloyd, 30th Res.; Sergt.-Major C. B. Rinling, medicals. Corp. J.D.McCall, 2nd Signallers; Pte. H.S.Ritchie, 24th; Sergt.-Major Sewell, 14th (?); Sergt. R.D. Miller, 3rd Signallers; Sergt. Virgo, 6th Field Ambulance; Sapper W.J. Rutherfored, 2nd Signallers; Lce.-Cpl. R.D. Laing (?), 2nd Signallers; Act.-Cpl.D. S. Taylor, 1st Cav. Supply; Sergt. H. Dickson, 18th; Sapper E.L. Gibson, 1st Engineers. Lt. N.R. Gooday, 69th, transferred to 33rd. Lieut. T.H. Parker, Engineers attached to Pioneers Training Depot, Caiser's Camp. Lieut. Latimer, Ottawa, is attached to the 30th Res., West Sandling. Captain Tucker, Regina, attached to 9th Alberta Res. Shorncliffe. [end clipping] [start clipping] 1 photograph Pte. Chas. Alexander Believed to Be Dead. Private Charles Alexander, whose name appears in today's casualty list under the heading "presumed dead for official purposes," was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alexander, 77 Lees avenue, Ottawa East. Prior to the war he was employed in the militia department. His father is an architect in the naval department. Pte. Alexander enlisted with the 2nd Battalion and was reported missing more than a year ago after the St. Julien battle. When last seen, Pte. Alexander was wounded and a prisoner in the hands of the Huns on the field of battle. A fierce charge was made over the area shortly after and Pte. Alexander has not been seen since. [end clipping] [start clipping] Mr. G. Gerald Blyth has arrived safely in England where he will take up his duties as a sub-liteutenant in the R.N.V.R. Motor Boat Patrol Service. [end clipping] [start clipping] Lieut. Gordon H. Rochester, who has been in Montreal for the past three weeks in connection with the 242nd Overseas Battalion, is at present in Ottawa. [end clipping] 1 photograph
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