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BRANDON WEEKLY BUNSIR SAN HUGHES REVIEWS TROOPS AT SHORNCLIFFEThere Will be Work for Surplus Officers in the Creation of | These New Divisions| TROOPS COMPLIMENTEDMinister of Militia to Spend Several Weeks in England Visiting All Canadian Corps| Shorn cl iffe. Aug. 5—Sir Sam Hughes * j reviewed the Canadian training division at Shorucliffe. The weather was ! fine. i iiere were present Gen. Sir i Newton Moore, of the Australian ! forces, and Generals Anderson, Carson, Steele, MacDougall and Leicke of , the Canadian forces, also Sir George j Foster. Senator Dennis and Messrs.- Armstrong, Shepherd and Nickel. The latter three are Canadian representa- 1 • tives in the overseas parliamentary | delegation. Addressing officers after the review, Gen. Hughes announced that two or three new divisions will be organized in Kngland, providing work for many excellent surplus of-■ fleers who could not now be used at the front. He complimented officers ! and men on their splendid appearance j today and said he had been told by a wounded German soldier in New York that the enemy regarded the Cana-1 dians as amongst the best of the I troops opposing them.Sir Sam said he hoped to spend several weeks in Kngland and would visit1 all the Canadian corps and assist in I every possible way.
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Brandon Weekly Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Aug 10, 1916
Page 19
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