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Page includes: 4 news clippings concerning the numbers of Canadian recruits, the death of Nedo Korovitch, and poem about the disappearance of John Wesley Allison; 3 photographs depicting soldiers and the fire at Parliament in 1916; and a letter written by a prisoner held in Germany. Photograph captions include: Parliament fire - Sir R.L. Borden's office; Jack and 3 Belgiums; Lts. "Jim" Weldon - "Jack" Langford - "Clint" Miller -- Leaving Central Station March 9th, 1916. People mentioned: Weldon; Langford, J. A.; Miller, Clint; Belben, Leslie; Allison, John W.; Korovitch, Nedo

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  • THREE SCORE RECRUITS FOR ENGINEERS' TRAINING DEPOT COME FROM WEST [annotation]Mar 31-16[\end annotation] Sixty-one recruits to the Canadian Dvisional Engineers arrived this morning from Winnipeg and marched at once to the barracks at Landsdowne Park for medical examination and to be fitted out with uniforms. The embargo recently laid upon the men leaving their barracks was raised on Wednesday and the men allowed their former liberty to visit friends in the city. The total strength of the training depot at present is over 1,400 and, save for those who arrived this morning, are all uniformed and fitted out. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] CAUSE OF WORLD WAR DIES OF CONSUMPTION Convicted Assassin of Archduke Ferdinand Dies Same Death as His Companions Special Cable to The Journal. London, March 31.--According to a "Daily News" despatch, from Milan, Nedo Korovitch, one of the convicted assassins of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary at Sarajevo, the overt act that precipitated the European war is reported by Vienna papers to have died of tuberculosis in prison. Korovitch is the third of the band found guilty of the murder who is alleged to have died in prison of the same disease. [end of clipping] [beginning of clipping] 280,000 ENLISTED IN CANADA; ONTARIO LEADS ALL THE PROVINCES WITH 118,000 The Ottawa and Kingston military district has enlisted 29,865 men for oversease service since the war began and the showing compares favorably with that of other divisions. It is over six thousand ahead of the London division, which covers a territory of about equal size. According to the latest figures available Ontario has recruited nearly 118,000 men of all ranks. The next best showing is made by the combined district of Manitoba and Saskatchewan with 55,000. The
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