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regim:sntal hasp, aixnu i»» umlt;.run Alexandria. Four months at’tu* arriving in Egypt he (the speak, r* wcF transferred front the Mh t he i?1 battalion, which was made up of me \ mainly from the o-iher W. - Indian Islands. From Mex, they weiseut t Romany on the desert ait illmiles from the Suez ('ana! i. -re it was tlmt the Turks made a bol l j stand against the British in the j August of l‘» 10, wluu tiny wer» driven from the Suez Fan.: From jRomany they were mar* h- i light;acrossTHE SIX XI ITMXM i. V.The whole tract of this « mmry is all desert and while then* life was almost unbearable. Heat ranging from 1 10 to 1 1 5 degrees, sa d storms | accompanied by hot winds, and scarcity of water, made if rath, r uncomfortable, but after a few nion-hs. life on the desert came to unitenatural.After spending two ; ■ .* on the. desert policing the only and import- ; ant railroad track there, .j guard j ing stores and miunition dr ;lt;: . tin . j were removed lodtela, and iomi* towards IJaza—-oner* a lt;‘ lt;t the jPhilistines. Here the chan.ec . .one for i the lira time of doing their hi* as' tight ing men. The first to g(r||pto ac-j r ion was the maehine gun iion 1operations, wno was one t orporai McDonald, formerly of the Police Force ) in Jamaica, the first to be killed in , these operations. 1iw i,i, of n ri sai.f.m. !After the full of Jerusalem, theenemy was being followed up. whoa one dav a jovful noise was heard in i the camp and at Jerusalem. This was . on the occasion when the news was j Hashed across that Her many had i signed the armistice. Then «hey knew | that the end had come.The singing of a hymn interuumed and the speaker proceeded on the second part of his address which; was devoted entirely to a description of the towns In Palestine, well-known in the New Testament scriptures, ! which ho visited, such places as fteth-an;. Nazareth, Capernaum. Uetii-sui( a. the Sea of Ga^lee. Jericho and the Carden of Gethsamano arj all known to him. and a detailed account j of the historical sites he visited w hile \ at these places, such as the Church ! oi the Nativity, the pool of siloani.I lie 1 ppcr Chamber. and Hm Holy j Sepulchre, was of-much interest tohi« hearers.At tho end of his addrra hearty! vote of thanks was tendered to she; lecturer by the chairman and the singing of the National Anthem
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Wed, Aug 06, 1919
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