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A newspaper clipping, titled, "decorations presented to War heroes at exhibition of great Naval pictures here."
- Taken before and after storming the ' cömuQOn of tile Vindictive is mute testimony of the part she played in that great ven- ture. Near by, from another frame, look out the happy faces of three volunteers in the scrap. Captain Carpenter, fondling a black cat, ap- pears with Commander Osborne who has a similar mascot, in another pic- Tture. Strong Men Shown. The personnel of the navy, from commanders to the stokers ‘way down in the ship, have been fre- quently photographed. These men who have kept the vigil of the North Sea for four years, seem to have taken something of the strength from the elements with which they battled daily, and in their weather- beaten faces the secret of their vital- ity and strong fibre is plainly regis- tered. Many of the pictures would have been impossible had they not been taken from the air. In this connec- tion a comparison of the German airman’s photograph of Zeebrugge after the blocking of the harbor, with the British airman’s record of the same scene, is interesting. Dropping Depth Charges. The dropping of depth charges has provided wonderful camera food. The foam and fret of water shoot- ing up many feet in the air has fol- lowed the explosion of 400 pounds of trinitrotoluol. The pictured patches of oil on the water, indicat- ing another U-boat gone to the bot- tom, are much more illuminating than the official statements of such events published during the war. j Smoke screens, convoys of merchant t ships, illustrations of “the trade,” 9 and many, many other pictures form } the most interesting collection of photographs ever brought to Ottawa. The pictures are beautifully colored in natural tints, and from a purely artistic point of view, are a pleasure. Sir Thomas White Presides. The exhibition was declared for- ma"y open Wednesday afternoon Jtr Sir Thomas White, acting Prime Minister. With him on the plat- form were Lady Borden, Lady Kings- mill, and Mrs. J. C. Roper, Hon. N. W. Rowell and Bishop Roper. “Though we can not say that the British Navy won the war,” said Sir Thomas, in opening his address, “we do know that the war could not have been won without the British navy.” Continuing he spoke of the work done by women, by ail the branches of the navy, and of the army, and particularly of the part Canada had played in the war. His references to the British navy were received with cheers and applause, “Only the magnificent power of the British navy could have pro- duced such an overwhelming vic- tory,” he said, when picturing the German navy coming to Admiral Beatty “on a string.” Mr. Rowell’s Tribute. Hon. N. W. Rowell added his strong tribute to the British Navy, expressing appreciation of the exhi- bition of naval pictures in United States and in Canada where it would educate both countries as to the work done by the navy during the war. Mr. Rowell said he understood the Navy League, of Canada desired to undertake, to display the pictures in other citie& throughout the coun- try, and he thought that arrange- ment would be very fitting. In the absence of His Excellency, the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Thomas White presented two Distinguished Service Orders, and three Military Crosses, to officers who had disting- uished themselves on the field. The setting for such an investiture could scarcely have been more fit- ting. All around were the silent spokesmen for Britain’s fight on the seas; the military band of the G. W. V. A., and many other men in the uniform of soldier or sailor stand- ing at attention among the crowd of spectators. The Men Decorated.. t MLhan. the name of Lt Z M. Me- Ilquham was announced, his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mellquham came forward to receive the Military Cross won by their dead son. He belonged to the Canadian Field Artillery, the officer read out, and the decoration was awarded for con- spicuous gallantry. The battery had been heavily shelled; the young lieutenant had looked after the wounded at great personal danger; when the gunner had fallen beside his gun, Lt. Mellquham took his place, and kept the gun in action until he too died. Lt. Belmont Lloyd Irwin, of Corn- wall, also received a Military Cross. During an attack his men had reach- ed their objective, but the enemy made a counter-attack. By skilful manoeuvring this was defeated at great loss but with many prisoners taken. A second attack was driven off, and this time Lieut. Irwin was wounded, although his courage, de- termination, and initiative had kept the pösition theirs at great cost. Lieut. Col. Powers. j Lt. Col. T. E. Powers. St. John, N.B., received the D.S.O. Col. Pow- ers wears the red chevron of an “original first.” As a matter of fact he offered to enlist two days after war was declared. A major when in command of the Maritime Pro- vinces’ Signalling Corps, he reverted to the rank of second lieutenant to go overseas in 1914 with the 1st Canadian Signalling Corps under Lt.-Col. Lister, the inventer of the field telephone. After two and a half years in France, Col. Powers was returned to Canada as an in-/ structor and organizer, he having! practically organized the unit France. Major C. T. Trotter received the DS.O., for “distinguished service in the field at all times, and utter * regard for personal safety.” Capt. Leslie Francis Burrows was awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry as a forward observing of- ficer. On one occasion he had kept important communications open under the greatest difficulty and danger. 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- DECORATIONS PRESENTED TO WAR HEROES AT EXHIBITION OF GREAT NAVAL PICTURES HERE _____ % Sir Thomas White Opens Magnificent Display in Militia Building on Cartier Square and Presides at Investiture of Gallant Officers. Did the British naval photographs on exhibition this week at the new building on Cartier square stand for camera skill and art alone, they would be well worth seeing. Tangi- ble evidence as they are of the man- ner in which Britain kept the seas free since the beginning of the war, they ought not to be missed by anyone. Even to those who have read much concerning the navy, the pictures bring a far more real im- pression than print could hope to convey. And a leisurely inspection of the great gallery arranged in the new building—the same building, by the way, to which seme objection was raised when it was in course of construction—leaves even the most casual obesrver with a very concrete idea of the work accomplished bv the British navy. Wonderful Photography, Passing from picture to picture, it is difficult to realize that they are enlargements of actual photographs. One sees a cargo steamer, for in- stance, and learns that the picture was taken just after it was hit by a torpedo. The aviator’ camera overhead has recorded the fatal list ®f. vessel and the enlargement brings out the details of the barrel- laden decks. The next view shows the barrels sliding into the water, and in the last scene the brown bar- rels are tossing about over the spot where lately the ship had sailed. The view of a hospital ship sink- ing reminds one again of the Eng- lish channel atrocities and the Llandovery ^ Castle. Very striking, too. is the picture of another sinking ship, showing her broken in three sections—a tragic monument to the brutal Hun’s method of waging war. The Vindictive. The “Vindictive” has a large place in the exhibit, and the man in charge of the exhibit, Lt. H. T. C. Walker, was one of the volunteers on the famous ship. It is a huge picture, valuable now because the original is sunk beneath the sea. f
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