CANADIANS IN CAMP.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 3 November 1914, Page 7

CANADIANS IN CAMP.

CiEN' UINIO COWBOYS. An iimiitMifc,. camp lias been prepared for tile Canadian i ro j i~ in lies in the ii'-L of wide roiling plains readndiru' them of party of western Th, : ui'arc.si town is twcl?e inflcs off. Tims 'lii'i'f: i iilile diHLJ'iiclion from tii - steady purpose of preparing for war. -■ i. prfisilll. itu. 1!H II ii ,':' J, <Oll- - of v.'ooci an J canvas. Th(w were bni] >a- rapUb ;is possibb-. Alvcfid'y :>he eo'd is bleak on lb.' lonely uplands. Iho fine ('< :' !iUon of ihe horses I)riF excited groat attention. These animals, which are mostly from the western plains, shied vio'len I> at Hie •* IV »•;!•■•al-rv - ;.l'tn- nls :i:ielnde genuine cowboys and b.'vv-ho-busters, who showed <»reat <- J « wuh- Uufrc.h horses in the camp. Me»y nationaJities arepresented in 'he lluss'an, Servian and 'Montenegrin reservists, who w<r. piv vented from joining their omii 9rmir«i have coma over, and «|si> Kroiwli and Belgians, but fh c . majority are HritisliCanaiUan born. The camp is strictly k'v.of.ii lb n;i * l:et'n-i-i! lujrisf? in the m i? h :!> : i' i 1 ■ 111*r h <"i ::uko*j nrrr «s ihe oil .uhina!'(! !■ '. Kiel ! telephone-' a -.' rimnecti'd with differ,-nt I in, t* of tin mi:-.!..

'i lii von :u ' -! :■ ( f i-t>i iii' ,; to lii' r.Ni<?y ■to f'j i 0 !!:• front in le*s Hum: (tvo mini 1 1.■ -u.■ Imf h'■ iiiii: licr ni *t-i----vice ■'-■ ii :it militia iVir li6pir*fi«ii. !;::<•!>• to be rei.liml. .-(' lA AT fi A'MOUTH. Tt.-ifi.-ai'.. i, i-iiVi;il l.isiii n..r kui Hie weheoni' in jut, 1' i-in on t.h. t<. in: it il liatl MI II .' :i:i.illjrrll(, (says ,'l Spl'.'ial message.) u is not merely l.hc first cull:,;'./i'ii■ in Uin Atlantic in thjs \rnrld-vu!', ;hi it is the -lirsi to living niitain an iiiL|r.M'ial message from the Ovcrv . r : 1 Ji:ii.' ii.uns.

Then- !i:i: «■ Ijrin feu' parallels Id the inspiring scene which was associated ' Willi '.'.lie cumin# of the Canadian*. Never b*» tUM.Ii a gatherinig of great liners been seen in Plymouth £ound. Tlie inhabitants were unaware thai u;o < transjß.! is were coming. The secret hail ho. ii well kept. Although ilie first ship was Righted early in l'l:c morning, none were allowed ;<i wiil'iuu a papular deinonstra- ? lion. The news spread like a prairie fire, ! People of liic throe lowns (Plv» "iMh, | Di Vi.ii; ■; r',.. and , c «iltasli), thronged th« j public I'roniagis of :>lie great waterway ' leading to Devunport dockyard, and tln'ougl">iH tiiv day they gazed in nil l - 1 miration as the transports steadily eteamcd pa«t to (heir moorings. They wavi >1 liiiU and (lags and cheered with iiicrcii' ,ing eiit'hn.-iasai. The troops c.'ou'.ird the ■!in;- and clung to Tigging, « rows' in*-**. and mastheads, cheering end waving hats. Tiie ll.itilia did not have a good crossing, being ImlViiiil by autumn gales in li.c niiii'li'i n days' voyage from Quebec. Tin', men were cheerful in their crowded quarter'., and passed the evenings singing and darn ing. Tlii* ili'hi nation started in the evening, hundreds* of special trams conveying t'lnm to the encampment. Txuids and pipers headed the regiments as tlii v imuvlici! through the utrects. The appear:.nee ol' lh<> amen was excellent. Thcv t'.re mostly between '25 anil 35 years i,M. a:is,l are of splendid physique, 'broad chested, tanned and muscular. Khaki was the ipredominant uniform, alt hough a fev,' blue uniform and plumed I bats distinguished Strathcona's Horse. I

The roitghridcr-si were picturesquely garbed, we;;i':ng tlicir wideawake hat? and Ivrt. revolvers in their belts. Many of the men had South African medals. " The spirit of camaraderie between th". officers ami men aroused wonder, as tl;ev 1; ft the deck for shore leav,. ar»u-in-anri. The force is equipped tmurniJicently. The transportation of tlie immense body of men, boiwes, guiw. and fodder occupied twenty-four hours.

In a leading article the Times says:— "The troops are as fine material as any soldier ill ihe world could wish 'to leal. Tl«ev are m.wtly men of superior intelligence and education.