The Cambria Daily Leader

I THE WELSH AGAIN. ¡ It is a national duty these days—and I we are speaking, for the moment, of national in a limited Bense as apply- ing to Wales—to carefully gather to- gether the references made here and there, I in letters and in stray paragraphs, to the i deeds of the Welsh soldiers at the front. Yesterday a Welshman in fho Gloucesters told the great story of the gallantry of I: the South Wales Borderers at the Battle of the and we can understand his irritation that no attempt is made to reoord these great deeds. To-day we are able to announce with pride that Welshmen played their part in the repulse of the Prussian Guard—the Kaiser's famous regiment. Lord Lincoln- shire, apcaking on Saturday at Slough. said that the thin khaki line that stopped and smashed t lie Prussian Guard was I made up of a certain portion of the Brigade of Guards, the Black Watch, and the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry." From letters now received from soldiers at tho front the Guardsmen can be iden- tified as the Irish Guards. Interviews published on Saturday show that the King's Liverpool Rifles (which contain many Welshmen) also had a valiant share, and the Inniskillen Fusiliers arc said to have heavily punished the Ger- mans as they retreated. It is thus clear that the German corps d'elita were up against a comprehensive representation of these islands—an Irish regiment largely Roman Catholic, an Irish Orange Protes- tant regiment, Scottish Highlanders, a Home Counties English regiment, and a northern regiment containing many Welshmen. The honours are thus divided through the United Kingdom. Do not let us forget the fact that the Welsh were there? ik. spirit of narrow nationalism is not to be admired, but when such deeds as the smashing of the Prussian Guards are done, let us rejoice, with proud hearts, that sons of AVales h W, a hand in the glorious business. FEEDING OF THE ARMY. He looked that which subsequent con- versation showed him to be: a weather- stained member of Britain's old guard of heroes. He had been tSrough one of the Egyptian campaigns, in the Soudan fighting, and the Boer War; and on the plains of Belgium last month he had re- ceived a wound from the effects of which he had quite recovered. Now he was re- turning to barracks, and, after the way of the old soldier, not at all unwilling to talk to his train companions. He told liis story, siBqiple but thrilling—how used I we are getting to these heroic narratives -and then submitted to cross-examina- tion. How were the men at the front looked after? How were they fed? And then he gave what is surely the hnest [tribute the Supply organisation HITS p\ er received. He declared that the British Army has never been so well fed ;¡8 it is to-«day, and lie vouched for the fact that even at the lighting lino he lived better than was his lot during his short furlough. His testimonial, given with SUCH spirit that one realised how magnificently the Supply system had worked, was worth listening to. As was also his denuncia- j tion of the grumblers. The men who complained of the food "over there," he said, 'had no soul." He repeated the sentence—they had no soul." He had never lived so well. It was cheerful to hear this member of the Old Guard TALK so; and we give his story because we think that where so many have come home with a similar tale-a corporal in the 2nd Welr-h waxed eloquent upon the topic in our office last week—it is but bare justice to a little- heaxd-of part of our army that its work should be brought before the public. "An army's capacity to fight depends upon the slate of its belly," said a cor- respondent in Franca the other day. Upon that basis of reasoning we shall keep the Kaiser knocking in vain at the door to Calais; for the evidence of bad times in I the German lines, as far as its feeding is concerned, is now too strong to be I doubted. Let us therefore not forget the men who made the system by which the soldier in the trench is fortified for his I arduous task. In the words of the Times writer who dealt the other day with this question: So far as the British I' Army in France is concerned, we are entirely content with its fighting ability; it is only fair, therefore, to recognise the credit due to the military authorities for the supply organisation planned beforo the outbreak of war, and to the executive for the competent manner in which the system has been operated. The British Army has an infinite variety of experienco I to draw upon in regard to the question of supply. South Africa, Central Africa, Somali land, the Soudan, the Indian frontier, were all different problems, not all by any means satisfactorily solved at the first attempt. But the question of victualling our Army in France has never unduly hampered military opera- tions, nor has the feeding of our troops ever been in jeopardy since the campaign opened." •——

The ultra-moralists are on the war- j path. An Archdeacon made a fine pro- I test against their action, but the South- wark Diocesan Conference carried a reso- lution to the effect that the "unmarried wives II of soldiers and sailoors were lees worthy of DEfoiistanee from the patriotic funùs than the lawfully married, and re- gretting that the Stave sanctioned the ad- ministration of the soldiers' and sailors' fUllds without safeguarding the distine- tion between married viveii and un- married dependents. This is not the timel JITI DRAWING these distiuctioos. TKWI is, we believe a higher and more 'I Christiardy spirit prevailing among people, now that the men who may have greatly erred are offering their lives as a sacriiiee for their country. We commend to those who are likely to be influenced at Swansea by 6uch a Dioeenan finding the brave note of tho Pall Mall j Gazette," which SAYS that to refuse the! country's help in F-uch. cases would not' only be a hateful insult, but would also j be a moral wrong. It is not the { Christian, but the Pharisee, who would ¡ set his virtue on a persecuting crusade at a time liko the present. 1 Now that the Chancellor of the Ex- I chequer is being overwhelmed with sug- gested projects to swell the nationalT purse, it is of interest to note that among the suggestions put forward in the New Zealand Parliament for dealing with internal matters is a proposal that legis- lation should be passed to enable the Government to collect a special tax on totalizator receipts or picture shows, and on all classes of amusement, the funds to be used in relieving the distress of the dependents of those who may lose their lives or may be maimed in assisting in the defence of the Empire. The Swansea Battalion leaves for Rhyl next Wednesday, and tho week-end be- fore it goes is to be made notable by s(,,rp,ral inter(,sting,fuiietions: a display of physical drill, a route march and T-mok- ing concert on limrsday, and a dinner in honour of the men on Friday. We hope the public will flock to the Cricket Field on Thursday afternoon, and that, in par- ticular, tha streets will be well-lined I' when the lads go marching past. Yester- day we reproduced the poster to be issued by the Parliamentary Kceruiting jl Committee, with its appeal. Why do WE not all uncover as our recruits go by- They oifer their livfes for our Country and all ought to make much of them. Let every man raise his hat, and every woman wave her handkerchief, whenever they march through the streets. At any rate, when the lade of the Bat- talion go by nejt Thursday, let u. not fail to show them, either by uncovering, or by cheering, how we honour them. And 'I let every youth of eftlistirig ago CONSIDER his position, and clear his conscience by joining. It will not reflect credit upon Swansea if the Battalion departs below I ITS full strength.

THE BOXING RING, TOM PHILLIPS' TailWPH AT THE I HATiUSAL SWING CLUB. I In a. contest at-;a.tionaJ. PporLin? I Club fine fom wa sehovn by Tom 1J hi blips, cf )¡ath, ?10 in a ten ronuda m?tch wilb Biii CfrM?i, cf BA?thn2,1 Green, boxed i? lirs-t- | rate styie. Ureen, a, strong, ruohin^ man,, tried hard to land an effective blow, but ti e defence of Phillips w. Q »piei.cLid after the iirfet round, when he was twice hit hard, j and he uted Lid left in tine utyie, to Win hy a euJtatantial margin. Phillips eventually j won. easily on points. THE WELSH STOCK. Di6eusslng the cont? in the Baby Ex- pI,J Q!d (Juard a??yi:- Of late yea(6 we Imve M.d Jiin Dnscoli, Fred We?jl? Percy JoTtM, Eddie Morgan, Llcw Edwards, and JimmT Wilde reprb- aentativce of the champion class, and while many people have been raying that the .1,cme of :kill ha.l been reached in the per- sou of the last-named lad, \<t another lul I corner along to prove that the race is still flouriehir.fr. Tom Phillips, of Neath, is the newcomer's na-mc. and prior to Monday nighi, be was almost unknown in the London ring. ,1,1- thousrh in Wales he had beaten. Bill Beyiion and several' other good laxis. Hie per- formance ajriinst Bill G rccn, of Bethnal Green, at the National Sporting Club, (n Monday, however, stamps him us a boxer who is bound to go far in his prolesivioa, even if he does not 6cciire the highest honourasgit his weight. it is not the fact of beating a man j]il: Green 80 much as the manner of hia doing it th.it marte Phillips out for distinction. Green ie the cJas;; of boxer who, without being clever, is lia,ble to beat any one not in the champion ranks, lie b strong sind amc, fi;;ht9 hard from grons to gong, end is alwayii prepared to take a punch or tvo on the ofT-chance. of getting home eomethicg damaging by way of reply. Exactly how much he took on l^ond'y nipht in the hope of returning just cie  bl'ow 1 f?bould not like to s?y, but his fase seemed to have a magnetic attraction f,r I Phillips' left glove, and the WeJøhma scored enough pointfl by means of that ¡ "wea.pon" to have won twice over. PHILLIPS AND WILIE COMPABED. I It was not only with the left hand ti.at Phillips showed hia superiority. He ha. a. good ri?ht, which he hno?a how to ise. Time aiter time he bt?ppeu bM.ck bc?rc Green's runh, .and then ehot his rpht straight on the face. He iR dver, but not flash on his feet, and at times is apt to turn the left foot in a trifle too much, but that is a fault roticcd in. aome of the best I men, and a stickler for s-tyle could fnd fa-uita with Jimmy Y/ikie on This remindo run thit tiaera is much in I common between Wilde and Phillips. Zak-h hM a p&lf bel). s,n?l a thin, delicate-look- ing frame, and th?ir methods cf gMug to woi-k are so similar aB to suggest the -fdeii that they have eparrcd together very fre- quently. The last ha-e- not been -en of Tom Phillips at the National Sporting Olub. He is not a champion yet, but he has everything th/tt goes to the making of one. Experience ie the one tiling lacking.

THE RELIEF t:U NDS. The National Relief Fund yoeterday reached ,918,(lOO. The Queen S Work for Women Fund is tiow, £ 01,S71 17s. Princess Mary's Fund is £ 97,632. The total of the Indian Soldiers' Fund is £ 91,500. I

TENBY COUNCILLORS. I Two members of tho Ten by TOWN Council are now on Army service. The Mayor (Capt. D. HUGHES Morgan) ip, with the 3rd South Wales Borderers, and Mr. G. Meyrick Price, who wii elected unefppowd a few we-t-kis ago, has been given a commiElsion in the 11th Batt. Welsh Regiment.

WELSH ARMY COMMISSIONS. I The IVelsh Army Corps Executive bas decided that commissions in the corps shall be given by itli commanding officer IH" recommendation of the lorde-lieu* tenant, and not of the county committee as originally proposed. 1 I ——»Mmnrmammmmmm

Of the clerks iu the HOUSE of Commons 12 hold coin missions in his Majesty's Forces, of whom. two luive been at tho j front for more than a rao" and o?p, Mr. WaKeT L?t?. who held a commission in the Coldstream G uards, is now iu Guy's Hospital niffenng FROM shrapnel wounds received NEAR Y pre*. WX others are serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer I Reserve CAnti-Aire raft Corps).

THE WAR—AND AFTER. I ■SWANSEA SEEKS NEW MARKETS,- I ENTERPRISING MOVE BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I FACTS ABOUT THE HEW YEAR BOOK. I i I (SPECIAL TO THE "LEADER.") — In an interview with Mr. Edwin J. j Parker, to whom the Swansea Chamber: of Commerce (Incorporated) has entrusted the work of bringing out the first issue of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce Year I Book, a "Leader" representati ve j gathered that the merchants of the port have taken up the matter with commend- able etiterpri.se. Mr. Parker, who is en- gaged in Swansea arranging for tho publication of the book, has a consider- able knowledge of commercial matters, gathered in all parts of tho world. Ho has recently rchlnwd from Buenos Aires, where he represented the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and his visit re- sulted in some very big orders being ob-I tained for Birmingham firms. Birming- ham was the first city to produce a Chamber of Commerce Year Book, simi- lar to the one it is proposed to issue ir)- Swansea, AND no better proof of its suc- I cess CAN be given than by stating that the sixth issue of the book is now in the PREAS. Other Chambers of Commerce that have followed the example of Bir- mingham are Glasgow, Leeds, Notting- ham, LeiC(8ter, Coventry, North Stanord- shire, Belfast and Bristol, and in all j theso industrial centres the book has; proved successful. The Moment Opportune. I Asked whether he considered the pro- J sent time opportune for embarking UPON an enterprise of this description, Mr. Parker referred our representative to thel opening passages in a letter whicii the President, vice-Presidents and Secretary J of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce have issued in connection witb this! matter. They state: "Our Chamber has decided to issue a Year Book ■ in the interests of our members and the trade of Swansea and the I ruughbourhood, realising tliat the present time offers great opportunities to British manufacturers to fsecure the trade hither- to controlled by firms in Germany and Austro-Hungary with our colonies, and in foreign markets. Some doubt may arise AS to the advisability of issuing the book at present, but as it, will take eome considerable time to prep&re, our object is to have it ready for issue at the earliest opportune moment, at the time when foreign buyers, having loat their old eourcc of supply, aro looking eke- -w-hc,re for t)?.e tl where for the GS-X.'DS they require. Much of our export trade may go to neutral countries, especially to the United States, if early sterm ARE not taken to inform Colonial and Foreign buyers that our capacity for manu- facturing i8 not being atfected during I the war." It is proposed to pub- lish tho book, which will Lxwf. £ 120 to pro- duce, in Lhe early part of next year. Its principal objects are (1) To advertise Swansea AS a mantLfaeturin^ and export- centre at home :1(1 abroad; (2) to take' advantage of tho dislocation of German aud Austre-Hungarian trad?; (3) to im- press upon our Home, Colonial, and Foreign powers that our capacity for I manufacturing end exporting HAS not been, nor IS likely to bc, affected by the war. I Preparing for a Boom. I If those main objects are achieved, Mr I Parker points out, it will counteract the I attitude taken by certain neutral coun- tries who are trying to take advantage I ot' the European crisis by informing our buyers that the war has had the effect of II dislocating British trade. "e quite anticipate a boom in trade at the con- clusion of thi war," 6aid Mr. Parker. ? In fact most Chambbrs of Commerce 'are maLmg preparations for it? and several Birmingham firmts are laying in J large stocks." The book will be a haT?nne prodUO-! Hoo. It will conl,jst of about 3G? pa?cs. the first portion including Luainf?.? article, maps, an(! statistics. Its contents will deal with the growth, present posi- tion, and }>otentinhtiœ of 8wansœ. com- mercial uudortaki?ss and manufacturer I local trade generally, the principal indus- tries of the district, general commercial information, statistical information as to tho trade ::nd labour of the United Kingdom, an alphabetical list of the members of the Chamber, a descriptive trade index in English, French, and Spanish. A feature of the book will be its classified trnde index. In the first column will be shown names of Rrjus and particulars of trades, the second column will contain the addresses, the third the telephone numbers, the fourth the tele- graphic addresses, ti? ?fth the codes used, the sixth the association member- ehip, and the seventh the page reference to- adveriipprs. Another feature, and a very artistic one, will be the coloured plates in the four colour process, printed by the well known firm of Messrs. Penrose and Sons, Ltd., of London and Derbv. The trade mark section of the book is also worthy of mention. It shows some interesting designs as well as medals and dinlomas of various firms and their I addresses. World Wide Publicity. I With regard to the distribution and I circulation of the book it will be world- wide, and by the method that has been adopted it will Red its way into every I place of commercial importance. TIN thousand copies will be printed, and sent under the seal of the Swansea Chumber of Commerce to the principal merchants and importers in Cunada, the United States, the Argentine Itepublie, France, Russia, British India, New Zealand, Japan. China, Brazil, Italv, Chili, Australia. Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, Orange Kiver Colony. Spain. Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark. Gevlon, Egypt, and the Straits Settlements, also to the foreign and Colonial Chambers of Commerce, British Consuls and Consular Offices throughout the world, Colonial and foreign clubs, commercial attaches, foreign governments, CLE., boards of TRADE in Canada, agentB-ganeral for the Colonief; in London, and Consula-C.enerfd and Councils of the foreign nations stationed in London-, London, Manchester, Liver- pool, and Birmingham merchants. The books will nlso BE sent to Germany and I Austria, but these will not be distributed until the end of ths WAN THUS if will BE seen that practically the whole world win receive the Swansea Chamber of Commerce Tear Book, and Swansea firms are recognising t.bi1 fact by advertising in its pazes.

GERMAN SOLDIERS' OPTIONS. i EfECT OF OUR GUNS. "SHOQTIKG OF THE ENGLISH AETILLERY IS MAMLLDUS.'I II The following from Eye-Witness con- tinues and supplements the narrative published on the 22nd in3t:— Nov. 21st, 1914. The following is a collection of extracts j from the diaries of German soldiers. Except the last two, they have no special! bearing on the present phase of the opera-! tions, for they refer to a period which has now passed; but they throw some; light on the different aspects of the! actual lighting. From the diary of a man of the 9th Jager Llatiaiion. "We got our (, .^machine) guns into position, but did not fire, as we were informed that it was our 11 tth Infantry llegiment tiiat was shooting at us. It was only by sounding ithe • W.icht am K'heiu thai; we were able to bring the fellows to their senses. "Tho enemy's artillery fire was now directed more to the laft. Our regiment began to retire. How the shells fal. lowed us! Ono exploded three yards from our gun carriage and showered earth all over us, but did no further damage. Another dropped just in front and: wounded two MEN mortally, and then a third exploded 80 yards ahead, right in the middle of a column, killing 12 men outright. A horriblo sight! We were re- tiring on tho village of St. Pol. Luckily the enemy's fire did not follow us here, or there would certainly have been a panic. One company leader, Lieutenant | Fuchs, was killed by a piece of shell, and our captain is now the only officer we have left. "On Lliis day our position was literally! plastered by the heavy French naval guns. One projectile fell in a trench, killing: nine men and wounding several others severely. Another fell in a trench of the 10th company with the same deadly effoct. An enormous shell exploded near l the 11th company trench, destroying 15 yards of it, and burying some 12 men. One of the howitzer batteries of the 30th Artillery llegiment suffered very severely. Two of its guns were hit and broken up. At the end of the day we all felt very had. Letter of a Gunner of ths Field Arti!lcry. ]/l(}JH. On Sept. 2t> a French aviator dropped a bomb on Cam- brai. killing four Landwehr men and tearing <tl tiic,- arm of the parmastcr, i On tbo 29th we were again sent to Ver- dun, south of Arlon. On Oct. 4 in Mons, thence to Lille. On Oct. S our 2nd Buttery suffered heavy LASSES at Dulle (?), losing seven MEN and 1iJ horses. On the 11th we did not come into action, but took 2D prisoners." Letter of a man of the 8th Jager Batta- lion.—" On Oct. 5th we reached Lens, and on the 7th took up a position at Jcuer. The enemy shelled us so heavily J all day that Lieut. B. gave the order to retire at 4 p.m., and we lost touch of the j other companies. We retreated under terrible rifle and shell fire, and had I hardly arrived under cover when our captain drove us out again to our old position. The fire was so heavy on our return that I was surprised that we gdt THSTO at all; it was so terrible that one could imagine hell had opened up and WAS pouring fire out of a thousand craters. I spent the most terrible hours of my life that day. The awful bombard- ment continued, our artillery not being able to give us any protection. At nooul the next day we were forced to retire. This movement took: place under still heavier artillery and machine guno fire. How I survived is a wonder/' Diary of a Bavarian Non-Ccmhiissionad EUFT'ered terribly from the enemy's artillery. The village ia in ruins, and is like a slaughter house: dead hordes, bodica of men torn to bits, pools of blood—A picture of horror. The r,tli G. FTE^IINCNT IN marching up to re lievo us. The regiment has already been decimated in the fightin,, a day or two ago. "5/9/14.—The enemy directs a hellish d (iur artillery, 0110 shell fire a?du?t us AND our artillery, one battery is destroy 9d, and ammumton I wagon is on fire, wounded are crying out. Even the bravest trembles. My men tell their rosaries continuaUy. ()n.'YI One Above can help us. "S,?H.—Yesterday one of (mr sections was surprised by the enemy and almost anniiiiliated. Only two men survive. From a letter of a man of the 246th Re- serve Regiment (XXVllth Reserve Corps). On Oct. 2T we- were ordered to be, ready for an assault; before dawn. We had hardly advanced 500 yards when Wp were met by a terrific KHELL fire from the i English. When we were collected again | I found what an awful disaster had over-! taken us. Of our hnttalion scarcely 80 men came through." [Note.—This apparently refers to one of the prelim inary attacks in the neigh- bourhood of Yptes.] From a lettev, of a man of the 242nd Re- serve Reoimsnt of the sama Corps.— Tho shooting of tbe ENGLISH arhikry is marvellous. They get the right ranga ilid direction every shot, and pi-tee each EBSLL within a yard of the previous one. They must be wonderf ully well informed of our MOVEMENTS. I don't know waather the intelligence is obtained by th t, t, planee, which are always hove-invr over us, or whether they have telephones be- hind our lines." ¡

PLAYERS WAGES' I NORTKERH Mil FDSBilLATE A NEW I mitil A meeting of tho Northern "Cnion League clubs was held at Manchester, last evening, to discuss the resolution compelling a t'5 per cent. reduction of players' and referees' wagvo- After oonferrius for a considerable time the Press Informed that the re- ductK?n was rescinded, so t?t League foot- ball ?T.U now proceed without iHtHl'11PtiOn In piwe of the 25 per cent, reducti?i the Confarenea adfftcd practically what is the tluddersneld scheme, by which a relief fund to which the Union will contribute .Cl.OCP will be established for the assistance of necessitous clubs. There will be no reduc- tion cf playcrg' watjes etccpt by agreement between clubs and players. In addition, the British Playing Fields Society arij to be asked to contribute £ 500. and where gate receipts exceed £ 50, and do not exceed 2100, that 2J per cent. and 5 per I cent. of gates exceeding L100 be paid to the relief funds. The same conditions are to apply to Cup-tie matches. I

GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS. The Board oi Agriculture Fisheries have to-day issued Orders withdrawing all the remaining restrictions on the movement of animals wliich were Ün-I posed by them in connection with the outbreaks confirmed on tho ]Sth ult. of foot and mouth disease at Orlingbury, NorthaDil)tom-bire, and Deal, Kent, no cases ot FCB.o DISEASE having occurred I since that date. The Orders take iin- mediate eii'ect.

The CAR US GREEK Testament prizes "I l Cam bridge University ?ave been awatnt to Mr. G. H. HArfin. non-ODUppiatp. Mui Mr. W. & B?a?nM? 4w" "Ueae. 1.

[NEWS IN BRIEFO 11 Sir Douglas Hai^at the Palace. Sit' Douglas Haig- at the Pale. General Sir Douglas Haig, who is homo I irom the front on a special mission, Was received by the Xing at Bockinghaai Palace yesterday afternoon. Commission for Mr. Asquith's Son. I The appointment of Mr. Cyril Asquith as second-lieutenant in the Queen's West- minster Kifles was gazetted in last niphtr's "Gazette." Advice to the Kafser. The Kaiser, who is reported to hare put 3, "prjce on the head of an armoured train." should try putting salt on the tail of an armoured train.—Star/' Bantam Cock as Mascot. I A bantam cock is to be the niasc-ot of I the Bantam's Battalion, now in course of formation at Birkenhead. 'I'he mascot was offered by a Soutli Devon lady poul- try breeder. German Horses Desert. "The Geman horses left riderless come after us themselves, and we got a lot of LIK'^Y mounts in that way in our little affairs. You knock your man off and finish him, and his horse turns to go after the others, but comes at a word and goes oil witii us."—A Cossack to a Morn- ing Post" correspondent. Rechristening the Engines. 1 A tnrtlier reennstening of railway loco motives, ctue to war influences, wo gather from the Railway iSows," has taken place on the London and North Western lUilway, the Teutonic" taking tho title of The Czar." The last engine of the new series of Claughton engine* ) is to be known as Lord Kitchecer." I German Sightseers' Rush. 1 In connection with the statement that J the part; of Belgium temporarily in the hands of tho Germans has been overrun by the Germau Baedeker tourist, it is pointed out that in the middle of tlll", Franco-German War as soon as a p laco was firmly occupied by the German troopa the tourist invasion began. Three Cheers for the Kaiser. The soldier of an Irish, regiment sta, tioned at Dublin, who was hoard recently calling for three cheers for the Kaiser, I was not necessarily a seditious person. f When the Loyal Irish Fusiliers were embarking for South Africa a private re- eeiVed a dressing-down for demanding Throe cheers for Kroojer." His adequate defence was, Beg pardon, eor; if it; wasn't for tho ould divil THORE would be no hghtin' at alL" The Veteran's Salute. fiNe is a story of the old soldier. Recently suggestions have been made that civilians should signify their admir- ation for the spirit of the new troops by saluting them in the street. The CHOLERA veteran, who had WATCHED tho khaki novice coming along withont not-ice from the wayfarers, drew himself to attention and gave the old-time salute —the hand brought up at right angles to. the forehead, not M now put with the back of tho fingers touching the head. The Carillons of Belgium. The announcement that, in spite of the damage to Malines Cathedral by thft German bombardment, the towers and carillon are intact, is good news for aU who have heard the music of that famotus peal of bells. In the low country of Belgium and Holland carillons are hoard at their best, and the steeple 1:1 ev, town of any size contains the necessary bells a nd mechanism by which THOSE GXR pert in their manipulation can ring OUT melodies in measured time and rhythnv, impossible to execute on bells swung iw tho usual manner. The LJanelly Recruit. A recruit from Llanelly was with others practising night outposts on a djirk night near Epeom when the colonel of the battalion paid them a surprise visit. What do you intend to do about tea P- he asked, expecting the answer Make it down in that hollow, SIR Lla» 4 ?ht of the enemy." But the Ua.? EILJ ite, failing to recogiuse the spfeaker in tho darkiioss, and thinking LIE was ad. uressing a comrade, replied in a friendly- VOICE: Wait my opportunity, butty, to nip down to Kiddington'E" (Hidding- tou s BEING the EPSOM Carlton") A. Bath in a Well. Sometimes." writes a Tommy at the front, "wn do not get time to wash our faces. A bath is a novelty. On one oc- casion I undressed, got well Boaped, and bli)pod into a wel In the midst of my ablutions, watched from a hundred yards away by an admiring group of French girls, whom I had tried in vain to per- suade to go away, up rode a staff officer attracted by the crowd. "lie rode away to get the police. I jumped out of the well, caught up my clothes, rifle and equipment, ran past the girls, who were laughing heartily, an,(i under cover of Ome haystacks dressed quickly and wag gortc before anyone ar- rived. No doubt I shall go down to ris- tory as the mad Englishman who washed in a well."

A WAR SONS. (Tune: Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boyS are marching.") From the north, and from the mouth,, From the east, and from the west, Hear we now the tramp of Britainr's loyal1 sons; For the love of Motherland. As a firm united band Speed they forth to rout the Kaiser ana his Hung. Chorus. Down, down. down viith Europe's « Road- Hog, Crushed must be the tyrant Horn; For the honour of our land To the Belgian nation grand. And for freedom soundeth now the British guns. Tho' the sacrifice be great, And the conflict fierce and long, In the end our righteous cause moot nee* prevail; For the Allies' motto's Right, 'Gainst the German gospel Might," And the tyrant's ruthless scheme i8 doomed to fail. W. M. T.

PIPER FINDLATER, V.C. Ainongst those who have just joined the Army at Turriff IS Piper Findlater, V.c" who is at present a farmer at Caimhill, Carnoustie. It will be remembered thai Piper Findlater gained the V.C. at Dai- gai in October, 1897, when he continued playing The Cock 0' the North after being wounded.

The King has approved the appoint- ments of the Rev. R. Conyers Morrell, curate of St. Maryjebonc, to the vicarage of St. THOTNAFC'A, Camden Town, W and of the Rev W. E. Parry, late British chaplain at Bremen, to the vicarage of Stokenham with Chivclstone and Shfir- ford, Devon. ThA Rev. W. J. rector-of Fryerninju has been appointeda to t,4e UCAXAJIE of Dii-minow. E6iax.