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FOUNDER OP THE BOYS' BRIGADE

— ■*- _ DEATH OF SIR W. A. SMITH. By Telegraph—Press Acaociation—Copyrightc- ivir' ~ L ? ndon > May 10. bir William Alexander Smith, founder and secretary of tho Boys' Brigade, died suddenly in London. :® r William Smith, who was bom in 1854, founded tho Boys' Brigade in 1883. Companies of the brigade nro formed in connection with the Church or other Christian organisations, and the boys aro trained largely bv means of military drill and discipline. The total number . nf boys enrolled in the. United Kingdom is 70,000, and their ages vary from twelve to seventeen. The strength of tho brigade throughout the world is 170,000.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

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FOUNDER OP THE BOYS' BRIGADE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

FOUNDER OP THE BOYS' BRIGADE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5

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