The Men Who Came Back From the Docks
A wartime reminiscence recounts repeated enlistment attempts hindered by eyesight and medical defects. The narrator finally joins Inland Waterways and Docks, rises to quartermaster sergeant, aids recruiting in Toronto, Owen Sound, and Chicago, and notes 250 men enlisted, with one successful recruit thanking him for the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
19Th Alberta Dragoons
Edmonton
Montreal
States
Toronto
Owen Sound
Collingwood
Grantham
Chicago
Inland Waterways and Docks
Man Refuses to Give Up on Overseas Plans
The speaker mentions packing shoes, winter cap, mitts, sweater coat, and a hold all with small items like a toothbrush, jack knife, razor, dubbin, comb, buttons, thimble, thread and needles. He notes a new outfit and associates signal a fresh start and a big chance ahead, insisting the dream of going overseas remains alive.
Ration Parties Under Fire on Mes sines Ridge
A wartime account describes nightly orders for ration parties under shell and machine gun fire. Troops push 75 yards at a time over 250 yards of front to seize the ridge crest, taking Bavarian prisoners while noting Canadian soldiers' restraint and battlefield hardships.
Vimy Ridge Assault Described by Captain Shum Black Watch
Captain J L T Shum of the Fifth Royal Highlanders Canadian Black Watch recalls the April morning at Vimy Ridge. He notes the massive barrage and the moment the attack began as shell craters echoed with heavy fire against German positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. T. Shum
Fifth
Royal Highlanders
Canadian Black Watch
Vimy Ridge
The Men Who Came Back and German Militarism
William Schneider recalls the Oscar Reinhard case linked to Festung Ehrenbreitstein and German military prisons. He urges Germans in the United States to share experiences of wartime savagery to unite against militarism and support the British Canadian Recruiting Mission in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamerad
Tommie
Germany
France
Belgium
Arras
Ypres
Ehrenbreitenstein
Oscar Reinhard
Reinhard
America
Chicago
United States
Frontline Canadian Major Recalls Brutal WWI Fighting
Major F B Edwards of the Second Canadian Mounted Rifles describes brutal battles in Sanctuary Woods with 2300 Allied troops advancing under heavy fire. He notes 1800 casualties over two days, hand to hand combat, and widespread bayonet use while praising British air superiority and German pilots as brave but less skilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Edwards
Second
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Edwards
Fritz
Sanctuary Woods
Flanders
Ypres
Maurice
British War Office
British and Canadian Forces Train for Close Range Combat
A UK observer praises British and Canadian troops as in top physical shape. The Swedish system guides training to maximize effectiveness without weakening results, claiming superiority over German methods. It covers close quarters engagement and multiple tactics to disable an opponent.
Sergeant Major Monger Recalls Long War Service and Belmont Action
Regimental Sergeant Major G. E. Monger recalls joining the Active Militia Roky Mountain Rangers and training 5,000 men for overseas service. He notes campaigns in Sudan and South Africa, earning multiple medals, and discusses early battle at Belmont with bayonets fixed, charges up the hills, and the deadly conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monger
Roky Mountain Rangers
Egypt
Terre Haute Depot
France
England
Belmont
War and Allied Efforts Across Fronts Aimed at Unity
An Alastian writer, serving with Canadian forces, argues for strong Anglo Allied cooperation and rebuts claims England withholds effort. He cites British Navy wartime successes and detailed front line allocations across Flanders Italy Saloniki Mesopotamia Suez Palestine East Africa and Galicia with casualty breakdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Vanity Fair
Flanders
Italy
Saloniki
Mesopotamia
Suez
Palestine
East Africa
Galicia
British Isles
Canada
Australia
India
South Africa
Great Britain
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Ing Valley
Anhols Bros. Publishers
Valley
Sergt
Ernest Bailey
Royal Engineers, Inland Waterways and
R. E. Bulger
Queen’s Own Toronto Rifles
Bulger
Messines Ridge
Chicago Depot
William Schneider
LaSalle’s Greatest Clothing Store
Neustadt
G. E. Monger
J. M. Donaldson
Alsace
Lorrains
A. Querciagrossa
Seatonville
Ill
Irwin Borger
F. C
Viner
Cherry
Keeley Institute
Dwight, Ill
Ottawa
Peoria RY
Spring Valley Station
Peru
LaSalle
Utica
Starved Rock
Grand Ridge
Streaser
Marseilles
Seneca
Morris
Minooka
Rochdale
Joliet
A. M
P. M
Joliet-Streater and
Intrmediate
LADD
Marquette
Howe
DePue
Bureau
Princeton
Chicago & Joliet
Wells Fargo Express
Circus Liniment CO
Ohio Street
Andrew Barto
R. Pietrosky
J. Jagodzinski
Wadaineki
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