The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-28

amellorating tho position of the re- turned and wounded soldiers of Al berta. Up to now have on the list 400 of these, who all want work, aid, attention or support ! am like an advertising agent for an returning soldiers. the kick department. etc. and have Q territory from Red Deer in the north. tor rather Central AL berta) to the International boundary, while my chief has all the territory north from Red Dee-. Though have only the title Of Assistant Sec retary. have the biggest part Of the work, Calgary being tl.e center of the Alberta military district My Chief. however, has to be close to the head of the government ct Ed
 monton. He is a civilian and a poll tician. am greatly interested in the work and like 1t very much h. deed. reason why l don't mind the great load of work 1t involves. Be
 sides, am allowed a stenographeE and believe me. manage to unload quite @ lot of my correspondence on her able shoulders and later, when she Is more familiar with the rou' tine work. I shall be able to shift more on her. as the work grows buster with the increase of cripples We have sent from this Province 22,- 900 men, and thus far a little more than 400 are back. You can readily see that as time goes on, shall have more work. but also more money and more girls in my office. have been put on a pension of S22 per month for year. pending my re- covery and also pending the consid- eration of the military authorities at Ottawa. who are now considering the suggestion of the Home District General Officer commanding. Co con fer upon me the rank of Commis- stoned officer. I am already Q ven- erable J. ?. and in this capacity am just now swearing a lot of your U. s. compatriots to be true and loyal to F. NJ. King George V, at soc per head. They arc raising a U. s. battalion and you bet they are a fine looking capable lot of huskies. But stm the measure Of good things and honors conferred upon me, Is far from full. for l have been (ac- cording to many)- fool enough to re- fuse. @ few days ago. tho job of prl- vate secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Not that l funked the job for It's many socials, plnk.teas and bridge whist features. but I thought l was doing a mans job and have no love of the society monkey sort of job it is. Besides. the idea of wearing evening dress with @ sky-blue lapel has too much the flavor of @ fiunkey's position. However. the pay was s1200 per year and free board and lodgings at Government House. All the same. you see that my work for the gov ernment attracted enough notice SO as to bring the Lieut.-Gov. to seek me out. My present job pays $1OO per month, which is clear, as my pension pays for my apartments and telephone. have two splendidly furnished apartments in this modern block, which is very central and se- feet and the rent was. including jan itor service, bed linen and phone SS2. but the landlord thought 1t was up to him to do something for a re- turned hero CD and gave me the rooms for $22. though he assured me that he was losing money, which I quite believe.
 However. enough said about my self.
 T had a letter from poor Ellis at the front the other day, he Is still unscathed. though he tells me that most Of his battalion is still in- tact. owing to their having had luck in their allotment of 0 position, which is facing e Saxon regiment of de- cent, peaceable chaps. know these Saxons. too. they were glad enough to leave us alone and be left alone in peace. He writes mo that his wife is in daily fear of seeing the telegraph boy, so as often as he can grab a few moments. he sits down to tell his wife he is stilI alright Poor woman; I think 1t very irresponsible for a man to marry just before leaving upon a venture that is almost surely fatally to end Besides. from the looks of things this rumpus Is to endure, for Canada is now pledged to the mother coun- try for 500,000 men. Where she is going to get them. don't know. Tho population Is about 100000. Figure of 100000 foreigners and aliens, such as Germans and all sorts Of ''Bohunks." who will naturally never enlist. this leaves 5.O0O,0OO men, (old and young) women and children. Do you figure we can get 10 per cent? Alberta. which heads the list in the pro capita production of already en- listed men (22.OOO) has Q population of 420.o00. We are supposed to get fogofhn~ hofUoon now and tho end