The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-14

the f1r1f CAnoolep Mounteo hafies
gave TO Sergt. Fred Strickland many
thrilling experience Of which he fold
In . conversational but unusually
realistic way before tho cniversity
lob at the Strathmorc hotel Wed
| aay night
r kergt. strickland snswered the first
ed to the Canadisns and went over
seas with one Of the first conting-
ents. They were first taken to Eng
land and then to France for training.
They were only trained for about
eight or ten days In France before
being sssnt to tho trenches but the
speaker said sthsy were given. more
real training In that short period
than they had received altogether up
70 that time. They were drilled from
early In the morning Till dark. In
trench digging. consolidating sas at
tsrks. machine gun fire. mining. In
facs every phase OF the new method
of warfare
In England. the eergeant said. the
Canadians could have anything they
desired. Just as was the case with
the Americans when they landed in
Europe. He said soon after his con-
tingent landed the evcr.present urch-
ms ran alongside them on their
rsreh TO tie tIa;y.ns camp and
begged for souvenirs- Give me .
button. Give me . badge" olive me
somethin' mister" was the cry from
all sides.
Later when the troops went 10
France they were met again by urch-
les. this time by starving iit,;.
Frenchmen who also begged-but fo'
food instead OF souvenir. Give M.
biscuit Give me- Bully Beer was
their cry and the big hearted Canad
Ians pulled off their emergency ra-
tsons and threw them TO the young.
sters as they marched along. The
little Frenchies gathered up the bis
cults and bully beef In bags and car.
ned them home. the food families
depended upon.
The fsrst time the Canadians went
into tho breaches they had hardly
takcn over from the Britieh trcops
when from tho German trenches sixty
yards distant came the saiutat'on;
Hello. Canadiansi" The Canadians
were surprised tr hear thn, the Ger
mans knew they were in the trenches
and some Of them answered the Ger
mans and inquired: "oh. we knew
three weeks ago that you were com
This serves to indicate the wonderful
working of the German Spy system.
which undoubtedly gocs TO the sour
ces higher up. for In this instance the
Canadians did not know that they
were going into the trenches until
two days previous to their actual ar>
rival there
Tho Germans opposite the r. C.
n X. were Ssxons. and proved to be
uf friendly disposition They made n
compact with the Canadians and as
. result there was but little actual
sighting on that sector. One OF the
saxons had bcauHful voice and az
ter the opposing forces got bette.
acquainted this Saxon. answering the
appeals of the Canadians. uscd TO set
up on the parapet and Ring every
morning. He was unmoleeted and un.
harmed but when the Canadians were
Withdrawn nom thin rcctor ono night
they forgot to tell the Brttisherr.
who followed. about the singing Sax.
ON. Exactly on timc the next morn.
Ing he appeared on the parapct
Hardly had he. started when a Tom
my spied him. pulled on him-and
tho saxon's swan sopg was done.
scrgt Strickland employed the
idiom OF the trench In his talk. He
made no fowery attempts at fine
speech nltho be demonstrated from
time 20 time that HIS command OF the
English language Is good. Thru the
use OF tho trench language he brought
forth an atmosphere that almost made
his auditors live In the fighting area,
His talk followed definite iines.
telling first Of the voyage across
the ocean, when 10000 men were
packed in one boat. the brief period
in England. tho training in France.
the outfitting with full equipment.
the merits OF the various guns. tho
system OF offensive. the method OF de-
fenslve warfare. etc.