The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
FOR WINTER PRACTICE MARCHES.
Desire ma Canada Prepare 60 Utilize Her
Snow Time Advantages in War
From ht Ondtrd Citizen.
10 , .t~a.0 faaltp. annnn1 q

From tht Otapa Citizen.
There IL q strong feeling among the officers
and men Of the Ottawa garrison. at least
among many Of them. in favor Of inaugurating
q winter march from Prescott to Ottawa next
January. The idea Ii prevalent among those
who look into the practical side Of the militia
that some steps should be taken to train the
soldiers In winter campaigning. II ever
Canada is to ~ O war II would be to It's
advantage to have winter campaigns and
it's officers would therefore sec that such we're
conducted. TIL reason for II being to the
advantage Of Canadians TO have winter fight
ing Is that they can better endure the risors
Of the winter In this country than could
foreigners.
Therefore 1t would be advisable that the
Canadians be able 10 use this advantage for
ali Il Ia worth and have the Canadian soldiers
trained In such campaigning and taught how
to make themselves comfortable and keep
UP the pace II ordered out on q winters march.
There 10 also thought to be a great deal which
officers Of all stag could learn about the
most appropriate equipment with which to
provide the troops, the most suitable food
and so on. The conditions would be so en-
tirely different from the summer training
that that experience would be OF very little
use to them In winter warfare. Schemes
worked out at the last moment for such needs
are not very often a success and 1t would be
much better to have all this knowledge In
advance. Then the men could learn much
about how to bivouao comfortably In q win
ter's night. how to build camp fires In the
snow and how TO protect the person from
fbGs: Si Msa,d al be 'f iss1n sad ana many wS oshsr be a,'t os
very great use to the soldiers In a winter war.
1t would add another to Canada's winter
by many. IL would be novel and doubtless
become among the more hardy a very popular
thing. 1t would be q healthy sport. There
"a M tuharculoaia in the oman air.
Each man would take his own gait and
not be hampered by the military step. 1hs
when the militia department has a large
quantity.
Il ID & l R.Spesea an tia. .st the S sOsp so be HISmp sa%l
pany, which would make the march from
Prescott, and that the march be made. as
there .s a slaoKness in trade and men could
The march would be made near the rail-
up could drop out at the stations and take
the train home. Besides the 100 men there
The company would be composed of volun-
would wear no overcast; shsir equipment
uniform. rifle. cartridges, bsyonets. mitts,
mufiers. toaues. mocoaslns. two suits OF
un fss wo4i ' YOU'D Sp e. so 81 sGup aoein e.. every.
sRoess. i learning to preserve the feet. how 70
how to build fires and clear away snow With
the, shoes, There would DO no transports
would have to be carried on the person. The
authorities could thus learn which was the
and could be carried In the smallest space
and how much each man needed for q three
day march; also the best means OF resisting
This Is simply the rough outline ss It 10
~ svpch a trip would be arranged and reosiye'
no doubt, the earnest consid eration Of each
oficer In the city as to Its feasibility. II 10
proposed that each soldier take notes when
on the trip regarding the country, 10. which |
would prove very, interesting, Ottawa col
diers ave eyer pts ri. sntnSsiSstiGu "a the
fore especially appeal to them.