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»IMANY CONFERENCESturneddrunk in slit-aft*.Tbv fuiMKIon wuii endfd by the stngiofof the National AnthemJORDON ALMOSTRE(ConUnutfd fro.11 PuceGeneral Six Arthur Currie was cirenreception when he roueLOST ALL HOPE*Drunk SMIent ToastThe renemrs health was proposedGeneral Armstrong. who spokedone by the commanderthe Canadian Corps The other not Able address was by Hon C. J. Doher-I ty, Minister of Justice, who proposedtoastcontentWellingtonicon, dry puffspurete—which the top-opencarries up, awayThe well catches all theprevents stray crumbsrf your mouth. TheW DCmark is the si^nnch briar bowl, guar ancrackingburninggood dealers everywhereand sizes—$1.00 andDEMUTH O CONew YorkJ!) CIGAR STORESReUil.ashionablelootsr WomenBlacks andrownshave in stock just now a splen-1 stock of Women’s Regal Shoesus—All sizes—All stylesPrices$11.00$13.00iSHAveanb (£lothesA*»MDAvenueto reply to the to«l. the audience rt» | Bnffered ^ A, He CouMIns *od cheering him again andACfcilL Speaking tnore directly to hid manypateHardly Bear Weight ofstatcomrades In arms. General Currie that he had not been able to pre*any set speechseries of reminiscencesmanyservedClothe*—Gains 35 Pounds•Yes,Tanlacforedeftas Iyou may have all the other medicines said Ned Jordan of 1030 RedwoodWinnipeg Manitoba Canada.SH“This is my first visit to Montreal.;uheWithheart, I thankgenerous reception yougiven me. In faftt, I have met so manythe Liggett Drug Store in Winni-l recently. Mr. Jordan is employedmotorxuan by the Winnipeg ElectricRailway Co*beencompany for the past4.00officers with whom 1 served overseasthat it is like a homecoming to dinewithyou here, and it is especially like when 1 heard the skirl of••Foreseveral yearscontinueddan. andbreadgoodyour pipers, whicl in France with theanTribute to General LoomisGeneral Currie proceeded to paypersonal tribute to Generalfix. It just looked like everything I.outShi]Poiiingate settled in my stomach in a har3l;:mp and soured and the gas thatformed bloated meLoomis, remarkingcould hardly“There was no officer in the Cana- my clothes.timesdianplacedLoomis He was always ready for a fight.and so were his men. while he tookstomachand left side and my heart would pal-seem so weak I thoughtdepotsit was so bad I actually thought I waswith things his men needed, not grama-phone records. When I entrusted himwith an attack I always knew that hea goner. My head ached all the timeand my kidneys got to troubling me and I suffered a lot with a terrible painwould attain his objective with a mini-jln my back Then, along with all thismum loss, and that was his record—trouble, I got rheumatism and some-one of continued success In difficult ,jme8 the paln ,n ray shoulders was socircumstances, with every possiblecare for the lives of his men.”andGeneral Currie told of the heroichardly raise my hand to my head. Mywork of the Canadians at the secondhips were in such bad shape they feltbattle of Ypres, and said that, afterlike they might be paralyzed, becausei —, General Smith Dorrien _____told him that had It not been for the had t0 drag myself aboutI had hardly any use of them and justThen Imarvellous defence by the Canadians C£u£bt tbe anlt;* was uP„*n ait might have been the greatest disas- hospital two weeks and when I got outilt;had ever befallen British arms Canadians Just ‘held on* then.’I was a wreck of my former self, be-said he, “and made a name for them- 200 pounds down to 140 pounds andGermansI couldn’test foes to conquer amongst all the sleep at night but would just lie awakeallies—a record they held to the end of for hours at a time and Iewent alongthe war, when they were not being | this way, full of aches and pains and beaten, but beating theenemy.(Cheers).enoughAfter sketching briefly the generaltogetherwork of the Canadian Corps at thetookfront, General Currie came to deal with the final hundred days of theof medicine and kept my bek full ofplasters, nothing helped me a bjt andwar.I almost lost all hope of ever gettingFoch Ordered Taking of MonsFromwell.readtroops largely composed of the division I ment by a ranchman who claimed heLoomis, General Curriehad been relieved of trouble just likemine by taking Tanlac, so I decidedpassed to the Anal operations around Mons, which, he said, had been or-! to try It myself and I just want todered by Marshal Foch, who orderedthat there should be no relaxation inthe pressure on the enemy. Therewas no assault on Mons, the arrais-signedfive o’clock by the Germans to becomesay that It commenced to get In itswork almost from the first dose andofachskeptit is in fine shape and I can eat anything that’s put before me, either, andeffective at eleven o’clock, but beforethat time the Canadians w’ere in possession of the city. (Applause).nothing I eat ever hurts me a particle.The pain in my left side is gone, I’mnever troubled with palpitation of theThe first battalion to enter Mons,said General Currie, was the 42ndHighlanders of Montreal, who as aWatchthe fact that the last British battal-teart, never rfave a headache and my jindeys kdon’t bother me at all and the »rheumatism is all gone out of myshoulders nad hips; in fact Tanlac hassweepion to leave Mons in the retreat ot. anl I can go to bed now and sleep eight1914 was the Black Watch.The reason Mons was takensaidGeneral Currie, was that we obeyedthe orders of Marshal Foch that weshould go on until we were ordered tostop. Thatto Canada. It was a proud thing forhours wike a two-year-old. I haveI-ulled up in weight till I now tip thescales at 175 pounds, having gottenback thirty-five pounds of the w’eight1 lost and I never felt better or stronger in my life. I tell all the boys thatere working on the cars with me aboutour race that we w*ere able to finishthe war where we began it, and thatwe, the young whelps of the old lion,w’ere able to take the ground lost in1914.M(Cheers).Sinister Influences at WorkTanlac and what it did for me and amglad to tell anyone because Tanlac deserves all the praise I can give it.”Tanlac is sold in Brandon by Clement’s Drug Store.‘One thing,” said General Currie, “Ihope you officers are all continuing(Advertisement.)your interest in the organization ofour militia. I firmly believe that thereare influences at work in Canada whichare trying to tamper with the goodspirit, the patriotism and loyalty of thereturned soldiers. These sinister inday.Pictures of General Currie, drapedwith Union Jacks, occupied prominent places along the streets throughwhich the parade passed. Banners withwelcomethe narrow down town streets. From fluences realize that one of the hopes I Place Viger station all along the route Iof our country is the returned soldier, of the parade the eye was greeted withand they are trying to win him fromhis present high ideals. The relationsa blaze of color.The C.P.R. shop whistles were heardas the special train bearing Canada’sI between officers and men at the frontwere of the happiest, and they wrent j first soldier passed the Angus shops.tooktogether, and I would deprecate strongly anything that would tend to breakthis happy relation.I want the officers now* to interestthemselves in the welfare of the menjust as much as they did at the front.I hope the old regimental ffiliationswill be maintained, and in any dangersor difficulties that have to be met, Ihope and believe that we can trust thatthe officers and men of the old Canadian corps will be found fighting sideby side for what is right. We do notwant militarism, but a regard for discipline and order and the spirit ofthat ensures the ideals w*e standhavePunctually to the moment the trainpulled into the station at 2.30. Theband struck up the general salute, eightbars of O Canada,” the men stood atLadyCurrie descended to the platforBrig -General Armstrong, C.B., C M.G., G.O.C., stepped forward and saluting the general welcomed him on behalf of the military authoritiesWith General Currie, came Major-General Sir Edward Morrison, K.C.,C.M.G., D.S.O.; also Major WTllis!O’Connor and Captain the Hon. W. J.Shaughnessy. General Armstrong pre-DecaryAll I askafter which Mr. Decary presented theandmen should work together to this end,unitegoodMAt the conclusion of his speechGeneralaga.:.the applause turning into a 1 demonstration, led by the re-other members of the Civic WelcomeCommittee.Generalfrom the station which had been keptIunauthorizedtors, cheers burst forth from thousandsof throats and these were repeatedandturned soldiers, that becameable one.Reception to General22—Glorious weatherJUTFITTEES TO MEN AND BOYSfavoredtook his course alongIGeneral Currie rode a charger belonging to Ueut.-Col. C. C. Ballantyne.Troops of every kind lined the way.officersuting bases and Brig.-General Armadvanced with General Currieeral Sir. A. Currie, Canadian corps J and presented him to the acting mayor commander overseas, by the civic and!Major Leroy Shaw, who read to him emilitary uthcritlei Ih Montreal Tburs- brief address.
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Aug 22, 1919
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