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Edmonton Bulletin

26 Jun 1915

ALBERTA MEN FOR UNIVERSITY CORPS

35 Edmonton and Calgary Boys Leave Saturday For Montreal

The platform at the C. N. R. depot was crowded early on Saturday by relatives and friends of 35 Edmonton and Calgary boys who left by the Grand Trunk Pacific for Montreal, where they will join the Third University company being formed there. The Calgary lads arrived at the C. P. R. depot on the early morning train from the southern city, and joined the local boys at the C. N. R. While waiting for the train to depart they enlivened the time by singing "Tipperary" and other popular songs, punctuated  occasionally by a cheer from those who were there to bid them good-bye. A finer lot of  young men than these never left the city or the west. Every one of them is leaving the best of homes and the most comfortable surroundings at the call of duty.

Included in the list of Edmonton boys is the name of Reginald Henry, son of Mayor Henry, and E. F. Edwards, son of Col Edwards. They are in charge of Lieut. Fife, who was on the staff of the University. The following were the Edmonton boys to leave Saturday:  Lieut. Fife, David Mitchell, Herbert McLeod, Reginald Henry, L. H. Crawford, E. F. Edwards, J. B. McCubbin, C. G. Mundy, T. E. Corbett, C. S. Corbett, John Shaw, L. E. German, R. W. McNaughton, Herbert Shaw, Chalmers McKinnon,  Pierre Lortie, Murdoch Campbell, Robt. M. Martin, Chas. H .Baker, Harvey T .Beecroft, T. A. Sporr, and Geo. Skinner. The Calgary boys were: C. C. Trevanion, J. F. Askwith, J. J. Emery, C. V. Linton, Duncan Atkinson, W. G. Soltau, W. G. Jewitt, A. C. Mills, J. H. Miller, E. C. Peters, B. C. Pym, T. G. McLean, J. P. McCaffrey, L. H. Kerr.
Next week another 13 or 15 men will go forward to join the same company at Montreal.


Extracted by J. Kynman – Extracted 2006-11-24