The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
sunset Canada.

Edith Cavell Mountain Is one OF the
most interesting of the beauty spots
visited by Archie Bell.
TT is over 11.OOo feet high and car
be plainly seen from Jasper Station
although it lies twelve miles distant
Its northern face is eternally covered
with snow and glaciers. and lying be-
tween it and an unnamed peak is a
tremendous glacier rock which closely
resembles the form OF a woman with
hands extended toward the side OF
the mountain, which it is proposed
to christen Mount Sorrow. The SHOWS
melt on Mount Edith Cavell and fall
in a cascade to Cavell River one OF
the highest water falls In the entire
system.
"The river flows southwest of the
mountain and flows northward
through a mountain-fianked valley tc
the Athabasca. On the mountain Is
beautiful lake of jade-green water.
This mountain is but one of tie
many beauty spots described by
Archie Bell in Sunset Canada. his
initial volume in the See America
First series.
Mr.. Bell treats Of the Wonderland
of the West, British Columbia, and his
journey covers, among other places
Vancouver of single-tax fame, Vic
toria, the indescribably lovely Lake
Louise and Banff, Prince Rupert anc
Nootka Sound.
Sunset Canada, by Archie Bell. The
Page Company publishers, price $3.50
The Emma Gees.
Because II sounds like N, and
other characters in the alphabet wcre
in danger o. like confusion, the Sig
nal Corps invented new names for
old letters. In this way NJ became
Emma, and as the initials NJ. g.
stood for machine gunner, these dare
devils o. our service were dubbed
the Emma Gees. This explains the
title II taose Unfamiliar with soldier
lingo.
Capt. McBride's book itself needs
no explanation. 1t is a fighting mans
story-every word true and every
page new-to'd with the trained SOL
dier's love of accuracy and lack of
sentiment. 1t is red war and nc
quarter to a dishonorable foe.
The Emma Gees are the boys who
NOV the Germans down when they
come In mass formation, or snipe
them of when they stick their heads
above the parapet. It's a great life
according to Capt McBride-if you
don't click in, but it never was in
tended for any but the young the
daring. the adventurous and the iron
nerved.
Private Mcbride went over with the
Twenty-first Canadian Battalion and
got right into the thick of things
Hooge. st. Eloi, Hill 60. Loos. Yimy
Ridge, all along the Ypres salient.
and at the Somme. He was pro-
moted in the field. straight through
the noncommissioned grades. and
eventually won his captaincy. He was
known for his coolness, his daring and
his luck-"The fact that was not
killed a hundred times was due to
just that many miracles" he saws,
And certainly his story sustains this
claim
1t was a case of "get in and get your
feet wet" with Mcbride, for his M.
G. Section went straight to the front
and took part In the big offensive
which Is known as the battle of Loos.
In those days the British hadn't
enough troops in France to indulge in
such luxuries as reserves-as fast as
fresh units arrived they were given
their baptism of fire, broken In in the
first-line trenches, instead Of in cup
port.
The captain gives for the first time
"the details Of our disposition at Mes
sines Ridge" he explains the salient
features Of the different machine guns,
and says: Never before has II been
OF such vital Importance to train the
individual soldier SO that he can carry
on without the direction of an ON
cer." Capt. Mcbride has, been a sol
der and a student Of military affairs
all his life 40 hia pbEarvations ara