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Show CANADIANS ORGANIZE SECOND ARMY CORPS OTTAWA. Ont., Aup. 25. A second i force for foreign eervice ia being eath- ! ered, although the work of mobilizing the first expeditionary army division of j 21.0'Xt men has not been completed. The check which Britich forces re- ! celved on tlie Franco-Belgian frontier 1 appears to have increased the enthusl- I asm In Canada for volunteering. Troop 1 trains moving to Camp Valcartler, near 1 Quebec, have been Invaded by volunteers, 1 who refueed to be put ofT. Ajs a result j there are almost 30,'jCu infantry In ca.mp, when but 20.000 were called for. The Canadian authorities have decided I to make use of the men who have shown such eagerness. They will be kept and trained and their numbers added to until un-til there is assembled a second expe- , ditionary division as large as the first. 1 Tlie first division will be put on trans- I ports and started for Eorope about the ! middle of September. j The Princes3 Patricia light infantry reriment, more tlian 1000 strong, will leave lug rendezvous at Ottawa Friday ; evening find will sail from Montreal Saturday. Sat-urday. This will be the first force to leave Canada for the front- Nearly all I the men are veterans. I |