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PREPARED LOCAL SOLDIERS FORACKVE SERVICEImimm M*)w L. L. PiIIm I Work of (MBwdMSlt;f(tutUtf*-lMinclti( U L. IklUn. ■kow pKlwc below,M ibe men who bed had ike jot of whipping I be luul half-equndrou at (be 91b Canadian Mounted it if lea bio ahape eince the contingent wea recruited leal December.Sergeant Major I'alien baa been ia I be Canadian MUitia lor eleren yeara He feat joined the lath ManitobaSKRGT MAJ L. L. PULLAM(Photo by UllyetDragoona, under MVjor Clarke, and later traaafrrred to the jgth Light Horae of Saakatoea, eader Lieut. CoL J. A. Aiken, aow aecond in command of the 9th C.M.K, jrd Con tmgcnt. *The ecrgt-major baa the credit of having prepared many men far active eervire. He waa inetr actor for tba equadrou recruited*' from the apth foe the firel contingent, (or the tat C.M.K., aecond contingent, and finally for the prvacnt contingent, which be lumcd over to the aqaadroa inatrnc-loe on April 1.In hm eleven yeara of militia aer-vke He baa been one year a trooper, eight yeera aergeant, end two yeara 1 ar r gra nt-major, and be haa never once been ap before hie commanding officer on any charge whatever. He ia a cavalryman, and knowa nothing lt;about Infantry. 1In 191J, at Sewell Camp, be waa in | ■charge of the body of men who cut I off Major.-Gen. Sam Hngbea' (then lt;Colonel) retreat when be waa captur- 1 ed by Major Yatea, of ihie city, now ( with the jjihI Balt, at Shorndiffe, ia England. (Tboee who remember the f incident will recall that CoL Sam. 1 waa very muck annoyed.)
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Swift Current Sun
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, CA
Tue, Apr 20, 1915
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