BAGPIPES AT THE WAR.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18900, 15 January 1927, Page 19

BAGPIPES AT THE WAR.

'vASCOUVHI. »•«"'"' :', ».,k T.C..i«to»tn | '»'- sw ; Ilh , boMle . fold, wbei« he was> first of Urt'jenes «»« J. , act ion on the SJd tk» n r«nd« «M> directio " ° f nV;*^'' Grooto ' D - aM,> S/Ataow much of Jimmy's life „ r don't know the \ *&» •' th 6 fow'B Conservative S* fthe P Sh Columbia Far- *•*? He came from the vicinity HimMit' He C » B ™ hllt T don't know o ;S^£L n l dantofthat **? He was a atnrdily-bmlt, me(rfebrity- » *» Ce]tic type . ' &" 1Z l m a e was calm stoical, and but Btroßß } ale "when his *''°^M B nap fire in an unpleasant he carriage and bearft*""' Mr with the downward peculiar to that leadership, the yrf of t fle "* . j: vos in the field, ftffiiSXM"cord. There «* oSs in the band; one If'..D S, M.M., and Bar, and eight **•" tfrfato No decoration was ever unless a piper had played i l**"?. .v« the top at least twice. JllS&mo're volunteers than we ' jSfodwe took only single men. f' aspiration to Troops. "' P«ck who is a very forceful ;-'M P Arliame n tandaverypopu:/|l|£ specially with the younger ""■ffidTthe community on the Paei- ' IBS. Ml that ihe action of tak■''•s& v «« h > into wUc ?> / e(1 u "IBW of criticism at first. It ' DKt however much they were *tofte wars of the past, they ■ WBRI Place in modern warfare WJa S«M not be hcard aboV ° MTsScb shelling as was oxISita the Great War. But they mSStot all that and proved .ISfilbieeordß that there was a #J?iti° a among, his pipers £SS and a bearing worthy contests,'; "And 'Jimmy' •. i|fe« fto res trying moments of the •SFfiSu. steady devotion and ' IM example necessary to carry . WtffS l maintain ita consistent ,-JSS over all obstacles and dan- "'• Cmnldn't go bimseUV in an m« Bin whfch '.^ 'Jimmy' was c|e,c|sem. Son. fi&my' *«• i o»f B pf them. J. SSte the other piner,:?>y «»*£* tfthe North/ Sfaw * Cameron, JforS wSfeg? Ca HC don't like that twte; Someof them won't play it mjt now.The piper (demurred, but 'Jimmy' brought him Colonel mi touches lightly, in re--1 miniaoent vein,' on incidents surrounding the terible experiences of the Canadian Scottish at Bill 70 and Arras, ' alwaya paying tribute to the 7 pipe-major - and his beloved pipers. "We were taitingfor'the wrohour" he says, recalling one of these dramatio occur--5 twees. "Bell wasspopping around us. Heavies, and mediums, and tears and : 't g". in a damnable atmosphere. The „, order oame. I took a last glance down , tin line. There was a resolute crispVr.aeai and resignation withal in the jT.wioes of the men as they passed it ,T'-ojOfn the front, Death order for many. Magnificent fellows, created, *<& a Ood'a own image. . I turned and' i 'Jimmy,' But nothing, dauntiy.' His countenance wore its hard, stolid look. He stepped iely, playing v, 'Nut Brown as if "he were in a ceremonial {a a p>airie towp. l" was wounded twice. Dethe second occasion, the cornofficer says:—"lt was in the F the assault, -in a night at- > was severely wounded and be carried out.' Stretcher'«re scarce and we were utilisan prisoners to give us a hand our wounded. Two of them raM-earning 'Jimmy' and a third lifiJßJl **° Bms pipes—a beautiset, »the gift of the ffi&l& I'll never forget how 'Jimmy' with his unwounded hand, language he used in assuring IggjMn of the danger he was in if he them again. He had a hard BgPKwith'his 'Blighty,' and the war S§gMP»g over before he was about SJ fender where 'Jimmy' is now," mm* We oolouel, in conclusion. "Some ■iV » Winnipeg. It would be a WEStOUr* l f his.wounds prevented 8 *« center again. He f;S£iTJ!f r ?' andlt isa great pleas- , eULS! j kjW this Httle tribute t |SjSS.»J ,our . ,Jiram y' Groot e. Prince T- —-' ' i .