The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-05
CANADA'S FIGHTERS.
$4,000 in EurOpc-OnIy 100 OF Prin-
cess Pats Forces Are Left.

Canada now has $4,000 men on the
sand are in France and Flanders, and
$4,000 at Shorncliffe, England, await
ing the order to proceed to the front
A third division is fully modified and
ready to be drafted to the front as re-
inforcementS, a fourth and fifth al
ready in the early stages Of formation.
Altogether the Dominion has 107, 900
men under arms.
Losses at the front have been ex-
tremely heavy. At the battle of Lange-
marck alone $500 men fell, which was
over one-third of the men in action,
and since then the casualties have
been severe, the Princess Patricias
Canadian Light Infantry being practi-
cally. put out of action in the recent
fighting around Ypres. Not more than
one hundred men of the original bat
TALON remain, many of the officers
have been killed and most of those to
escape death have been wounded or
captured.
While all the casualties have not
yet been received, it is estimated by
militia officers here that Canada's
losses thus far in killed, wounded and
missing total we'll over 5000 men.
The names Of more than so citizens
of the United States figure in the
death roll.
The gallentry of the Canadians at
Langemarck, testified to by Lord
Kitchener and Sir John French, re-
ports Of German atrocities upon Can
adian wounded, and the sinking of the
Lusitania have given a remarkable
stimulus to recruiting and brought
forth clamor in the press for still
more and larger contingents. This de-
mand is met in a statement from Gem
eral Hughes to the affect that the gov
ernment is preparing to send a steady
stream of men across the Atlantic, SO
contingents if necessary.
More shells are being turned out in
Canada at the present time than in
Great Britain. Since the shell COM
mittee operating in Canada for the
British war office, commenced to place
orders among Canadian manufacturers
the contracts let have amounted to
over 1854 100000. Four months ago
the committee commenced shipping
the shells. The average shipment a
day then was 500 shells. At the pres
ent time the average daily shipment is
10000 and this will be increased to
10000 before July 1. Every availa BILE
machine shop, railroad shop and foun-
dry in the country is working to ca
pacity, and thus far close upon 1,OOO,-
600 shells have been sent to France
from Canada. All steel, lead and 9TH
er products, with the exception of
copper, which is purchased in the
United States, are secured in Canada
In the manufacture of other muni-
tons. Canada is also doing a tremend-
Gus work. The Ross rifle factories
are now turning out an average of
1900 rifles a week or 5000 a month,
having reached this maximum by very
greatly extending their plant Big
contracts have been undertaken for
the Russian and British governments.
The Canadian Pacific railway,
through it's splendid purchasing sys-
tenn, has been buying hay and other
provisions for the allied governments
in Canada and the United States, and
the Hudson's Bay company has been
doing considerable purchasing in the
west. Manufacturers of saddlery,
army cloth, bedding, blankets and
the like have more orders than they
can possibly fill before the beginning
of next year.-Ottawa Dispatch.