Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-03 | Page 9 | [Illegible] of the Canadian Troops

WE OF THE J CHILIAN TROOPS 1 .one Ships Required krry the 31,000 Men N an(j 8000 Horses. nnnU ct- 2 A covrcspon.1-' covrcspon.1-' ! 'pailv Mail has sent from Ki-l,'j'hf Ki-l,'j'hf foUowihK description of the J'.,f of the Canadian troops from f.-vono shios were required to 1 'C'men. the guns, the borses and V nlie of the over-seas expech-1T expech-1T fierce. To convoy that number I ' a fleet of eleven war vessels !,t.'i-itioned, the whole movement Vhe largest and inost importaut lp.f-i.eted on the Atlantic. It was K Moot in a splendid manner. The E . r.!lt from Valcartier was effected style alld the embarkation and K followed as a part of a well-P, well-P, "ran. The movement of 31,300 'SV.'tad S000 horses was the big-" big-" action that Canada has over '!;! ,-ikoo and it was performed alii al-ii .f'moveuicnt from Valcartier '"with the mustering of the left ",; the Twelfth battalion, which rt to Quebec, to perform guard -J ended with the do-parture from '-ht davs later of the right half - j juie battalion. The troops that. in took possession of the wharves ; . breakwater arid when they dis-: dis-: . one dav the redcoats of the ,i.ifvcntli regiment replaced the -'.-"aits of the men of the Twelfth ': :ID. in this eight .lays the di- , bad moved out of Valcartier. ';. t- artillery and transport wagons ' iver the eishteen miles of road, - i -he troops were sent, by train. a i had been intended to march all r-i to Quebec, but the weather was ' '-.-.l pians were hastily made for .": "wrnent bv train. It required five ',' transfer the various units, an ': n of ten troops moving away :. 'if camp each day. The trains - .ith" to tli c breakwater and the - on to' the ships was made prompt-tithe prompt-tithe ships were filled they moved ,:" i steamed down the river, to an-i- 13 previously agreed on and there 'i the naval convoy; afterward the ! rleet set out tp sea. - i::ere was little of the pieturesque ,; !i this business. There were no r.U2 crowds; in fact, comparatively t'oi'Ie knew ynything of what was u I on. ' ' .