Show THE BLUE NOSE SOLDIER I t < I t trno lhfn Mnrvolous VJgorof Cnnadinnarin the African War Capt Webster of the big transport I Milwaukee which left this port Tuesday Tues-day with a cargo of horses fol South Africa told an Interesting storyof the I Canadian troops which he carried sometime some-time ago from Halifax to the Jseat df war Considerable surprise has been exprosed said the captain that the Canadians suffered so 111 tit loom Uhe hot climate In South Africa There were I fewer cases of sickness and heat prostration pros-tration among them than In any other I command but that was due undoubtedly undoubted-ly I to rhe physical examination the w were obliged to pass befom leaving I i have been in the service a go oIl many years but I never saw anything like It Men were rejected for defects that an I ordinary recruiting surgeon would 1 scarcely observe let alone question At Halifax a magnificent big athlete caine out to bid his brother goodhye and told me between tealS and curses that he had been turned down I asked why and he showed me a minute section I broken off of one of his teeth That will I give yofJ an Idea of the severity the Canadian examinations The rank and fIle of the Canadians we carded were men from the cun trhiunters trappers trap-pers and experts of woodcraft They were used to hard fare and exposure and to them the campaign was a sort I of big picnic Ono of Lord Robertss folllcers told me they were the only men In the army who made no complaint about bully beef They ate it with a relish pronounced It a firstrate ration and asked for more The Canadians were the marvels of the African corps They shamed every other branch of the service New Orleans TimesDemo coat |