Evening star., 1914-11-22
became painfully aware that a civilian

was In the carriage.
Because" continued the Canadian
Guards of to the war. and let us swell
around Buckingham Palace. I'm tne
best little guard mounter you ever
saw
Really said the regular officer, aft
er grieved pause. Really.
The train paused at a station.
WELL" said the regular. escaping.
hope. to see you chaps again soiii'
time
He climbed into another compart-
ment, and probably perspired profuse-
ly all the way to town. The Canaoians
laughed-and laughed. The ncidena
has its value because of the diHerenc5
1t discloses between the regulars n,t a,,. ana
the transatlantic volunteers. Inc ohs
is bred to a tradition of aloofness anu
hauteur. I rode down to Salisbury IN
compartment with three regular aIas
officers. They didn't address tnre9
do not know whether they We're
strangers to each other or not; "A.
Salisbury 1 shared an automooiIe ~
west Downs south camp with lana
dian colonel. At the camp ne thrust
his head out Of the window
''Hey, Slim," said he. oh. Slim! what
teryuh doing over here!
II Slim isn't a private ] can only say
that he looked like one; he was d
we'll fed: red-neckea; Jolly, hi.l.ars Ia and
an omen tunic He explained thae as ne
can bookkeep like defaulting cashIea
he had been put at tnat Ioo. i
thought it was hard iuch. ne euiu
keep books in Montreal
crooks like that's horse on vou'
Slim" said the colonel. grinning-
EQUAL to the Best British.
In London there are various volun-
teer organizations made up of bank
clerks and young lawyers ana arts's
and sportsmen and the like. Their ma
terial is magnificent. The men are
clean cut, alert, wide-shouldered, thlh-
flanked, with intelligence and ginger
and courage showing all over theil.
1t is generally reputed that tnese men
are destined for n-commisslonea
rank as soon as they have learned 70
discharge the n. C. duties. Many OF
them will go higher. These are th9
only English volunteer organizatious
have seen-mark the qualification-tna
can sustain comparison with the Ca
nadians. / have no hesitation IN ue-
claring my conviction that the caaa
dians are quite equal, company py con-
pany. of the best OF the English
unteers I do not believe there IS d
body of 10000 English volunteer troops
that can even be compared to them. II
isn't any wonder. These men !
Canada's first line. a.
berta?" asked a captain named DaHie, ~
The colonel in the carriage saiu ne
had. It's mighty progressive i''Ae
town." said he.
ITS my town." said Daniels. IN III
an ex-mayor of it. Four of US Went
down from Minneapolis and started H..
The Canadians are full of fellows IKE
that. In my first half hour ran across
a bank president-he explained thae II
was a rather small bank. but sound
and three or four lawyers and rev
reporters and innumerable husktes VINO
own their own farms. some OF theLaI th I
are privates and some are ofhcers. On
duty, the difference in rank didn't seem
to bother any one except stray British |
officers. On duty, the men marcned
like veterans and drilled almost ike
circus zouaves. They discussed tne
events of the war with an intelligence
regulars. even If they did run short |!
sometimes in technical knowledge.
Salisbury camp consists of four sepa- !
rate encampments, several miles apart,
and about twenty miles from sairsn4ss NY
camp can only be reached by some sort
of conveyance-runs through an Eng
lish countryside Of the sort one sees
painted in picture galleries. The road
is strung with little. old-world villages
of thatched roofs and small-paned win
dows. The camp itself is on the famed
English downs. In of seasons these
hills are covered with oiaHs-iaeeo OadisIs so
their six or eight hours day of train
ing.
Getting Into Shape.
They are working hard. Three weeks
on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of a much
criticised hitch in arrangements-left
walk a mile without painting. The men
could hardly shoulder arms without |
grunt. But they have been well han
died here. A foot Of soft turf covers
section and makes an ideal cushion for
feet. The camp is supplied
with piped water, the sanitary arrange
ments are excellent. and 1t is fairly evi-
very healthy. 1t Is true that the roads
betray a weak-minded willingness to
dissolve in mud under heavy transports
and the frequent rains that have ac-
turf does not dry out as rapidly as
could be asked. But the men are MT as
fighting cocks.
And let me again emphasize the
of the outfit. l do not
mean Canadian Americanism or United
States Americanism. but that American
ism that runs from the Mexican line
north. They talk Texas talk and New
Toronto talk. While the chauffeur was
cranking up for the start back to town
I overheard an illuminating bit OF dia-
loeue. 4 tall private was wagginG
long finger in the face of an individual
who wore an apron of sacking and an
air Of violent innocence.
You know what I did with a cook
like you one time down the
White river" asked the tall private.
lis finger vibrating viciously. Il just
naturally made him eat his own grub.
Yes. Sir. He had his choice between
his own biscuits and saddle leather,
and he took the biscuits"