The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-18


ticed in the densely-packed and en-
thusiastic assembly. From all that
could be observed most of the dread
scenes of leave taking had been done
unobserved in the quiet Of the home.
Many of those who went from Winnl-
reg were old countrymen who had no
immediate relatives here.
The Saskatoon and Prince Albert
contingents of sixty-four and twelve
men respectively had reached Winni-
peg in the morning, and marched
through cheering crowds to the e
with the Winnipeg section. They were
soon Joined there by the Calgary and
Edmonton c~ontingents, $50 strong, and
by the Moose Jaw party, l23 strong
the troops from these places beng DIS
entrained for an hour in order that
they might stretch their legs.
Fine Body of Men.
IT was. therefore, the entire western
contingent that was given a sehd OIL
and it was all the more vigorous on
that account. Military officers VINO
were present said the troops were as
fine a body of men as they ever lookeu
over. One glance was sufficient to see
that they were seasoned toughened
men, men Of stout hearts and the rtGht
temper for war, men whom western
Canada will be proud OF IN tne nontnS
action of trained fighting soldiers.
They stood in line with heels together,
chests out, chins In. They answered 10
commands as one man. mere was
nothing gawkish or crude o this
body Of men hastily got together FOR
the first time, and heir soldierly bear
ing was accentuated by the fact that
none of them, with the exception or the
Moose Jaw contingent, wore a UNIFORM
or carried a rife. The Moose Jaw boys
had purchased their W uniforms Eor
temporary use, and presented a hne ap-
pearance, in broad brimmed Stetsons
and khaki suits.
All Classes There.
Tt was his general absence OF UNI
forms that robbed the departure or the
troops of much of It's &c erect
and on this account the send-ot was
not as ostentatious as 1t mlght other-
wise have been. Added to this was the
great confusion at the depot with the
quill of the crowd penned into the fenc-
ed enclosure, and scores OF people
pressing through to catch trains LOT
WINNINGS Beach and other points. The
lack Of uniforms furnished a perfect
exposure of the class Of men who are
going to the front. They were OF all
classes in society, ranging from LABOR
ing men, who still wore their solled
0yeralls, to farmers, homesteaders, and
office men, the latter dressed smartly
in the latest styles. Among them was
found that spirit Of comraderle that
characterizes the kings soldiers the
world over. Included in the ranks were
several married men, and one from
Saskatoon is a Boer, who opposed the
British in the BOer war.
winnipeg did full honor to her de-
parting troop. Led by the Veterans
hand and most of the army veterans in
Winnipeg they paraded to the depot
after first being addressed by Colonel
Steele on the university campus. At
the depot several civic officials were
present to extend the glad hand and
wish them goodbye and Controller Mid
winter-himself a veteran-went about
in his kindly way pinning the Winni-
neg coat of arms on the breast of every
man who left for the front from this
city.
Was Quick work.
It is scarcely more than half a dozen
DAYS since the telegraph wires flashed
an Invitation to western cities to enlist
men for the Princess Patricia Light In
fantry. The veterans of Britan's wars
were preferred n these flocked to
the coiors with such alacrity that the
lists were almost Immediately filled
up. In fact the were crazy to go, and
this, too, with the full knowledge that
they would surely be in the thick Of
the fight.
In Moose Jaw every member of the
Legion of Frontiersmen--there were SO
of them-volunteered and all Of them
were accepted.
From Winnipeg the western troops
go to ottawa. They will be fully put
fitted in the capital city.
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