Show CANADAS ARMED MEN An Account of the Military Forces of the DominionHow They are Divided and Uniformed The Military Spirit Strong in Canadians Canadi-ans A Sketch of Sir Frederick 3IiddletonK C B Commander Special Correspondence THE DEMOCRAT < a ACO JJl Canadians are just now manifesting an inquiring in-quiring spirit as to the efficiency of their militia system its organization equipment and serviceableness This spirit of inquiry has been largely stimulated by the press and considerable overhauling and nose poking have been indulged in of late But the fact that public attention is being directed to our military system is not to be accepted as prophetic pro-phetic of the faintest possibility of war with the United States for such a contingency is considered absurdly remote especially over such a petty matter as the fishery difficulty but is attributable more to a precautionary spirit than anything else The present militia system of Canada is a time honored institution I dating back over 100 years and from its historical and national associations deeply venerated by the masses of Canadian people The service is purely voluntary there being no need of conscription as all young and true Canadians seem only too anxious to join the ranks and keep it up to the full standard In fact it is difficult to find a genuine Canuck who has not been at some period of his life a militiaman militia-man or who has not relatives connected with the force What with the rebellion of 1812 and 1837 the Fenian raids in 1800 the northwest trouble in 1870 and last but not least the half breed rebellion in 1885 the past century cent-ury has been an l eventful one for the military system j 1 I of Canada and has U done much to t perfect per-fect its organization 0 i organiza-tion i and consoli I V rE E 1 date its strength J 1 r i As might be expected ex-pected the greatest strength of the force is centered in Quebec and 0 n tario the two oldest old-est provinces although al-though the maritime + mari-time provincs are well protRctLllId since the b ilhrued rebellion Manitoba as well The lands i and properties of settlers in i the PRIVATE FUSILEERS northwest territories terri-tories are guarded by the North west Mounted Police force which is now over 1000 strong with headquarters at Regina This force is distributed over such a vast area that in the event of a general Indian outbreak it could render but little efficient service excepting at the two or three points at which it might be concentrated British Columbia the Pacific province of the dominion with an area almost exceeding that of the combined areas of Ontario On-tario and Quebec is protected by a force numbering all told not quite 300 men In eastern Canada the distinctive characteristics character-istics of the two races composing the population popu-lation have iieresvitoted the formation of French and English regiments in the former the officers and men being almost exclusively French and the orders being given in that language and vice versa in the latter This of course is only a general rule ns several of the country corps are made up of both French and English speaLiii Canadians Canadi-ans pretty evenly ° divided Perhaps in no other condition condi-tion do the characteristics Iv charac-teristics of the two nationalities shine l more conspicuously conspicuous-ly I than in regimentals t regi-mentals The French volunteer is a jolly good natural na-tural fellow who will take things asP I t as-P as possible 1 possi-ble buckle on his I I knapsack and start I out on a days 1 march with gusto 1 The English volunteer r volun-teer will keep his Y uniform and accoutrements I accou-trements scrupulously scrupu-lously clean pay careful attention to his drill and go through his duties PRIVATE RIFLE VOLUN however arduous TEERS they may be with a quiet determination to never give in The active militia force of Canada consists of about 40000 men divided into 14 corps of cavalry 17 corps of field artillery 21 corps of garrison artillery 1 corps of mountain artillery 3 corps of engineers 93 corps of infantry in-fantry and rifles and 9 independent companies com-panies The distribution is as follows Cavalry corps ia Province of Quebec including includ-ing School of Cavalry at Quebec city 7 corps in Ontario 1 corps in Nova Scotia 1 corps in New Brunswick and 1 corps in Manitoba Field artillery artil-lery 4 corps in Quebec 9 corps in Ontario 1 corps in Nova Scotia 2 corps in New Brunswick and 1 corps in Manitoba Garrison artillery in Quebec 4 in Ontario 6 in Nova Scotia 1 in New Brunswick in Prince Edward Island and 1 in British Columbia The Mountain artillery is at Sault Ste Marie Ont Engineers in Quebec 1 in New Brunswick and 1 in Prince Edward Island Infantry and rifles 34 in Quebec 43 in Ontario 8 in Nova Scotia 5 in New Brunswick 1 in Prince Edward Island and 2 in Manitoba Independent companies Ontario 2 Manitoba 4 New Brunswick Bruns-wick l British Columbia 2 The force in British Columbia at present consists of 3 companies com-panies of garrison artillery 180 men in all at Victoria 1 rifle company at Victoria and another rifle is company at New l Westminster of 45 men each or 270 in j all It is intended however to organize at au early date a permanent corps of artillery which will t be called C battery bat-tery It seems this plan was determined upon during the last Russian war scare i in view of the unprotected F unpro-tected nature of the r coasts of British Columbia r Co-lumbia The + mounted police in I a the territories are a distribted at Pepina Fort McLeod Calgary Cal-gary Maple Creek STAFF SERGEANT AUTILLERY Battleford Prince Albert and Fort Saskatchewan The members of this force which is about 1500 strong are enlisted en-listed for a term of the years Their principal mission is to keep in check the noble red man and for this purpose they wear tunics of a dazzling daz-zling redness and black pants with broad yellow stripes calculated to strike awe into any Indians breast In addition to the regular militia are two permanent corps of artillery called A1 and B batteries respectively one being stationed at Quebec and the other at Kingston The members of these corps are enlisted for three years service Besides these are schools of infantry at Frederickton N B St Johns P Q and Toronto a school of cavalry at Quebec and a school of mounted infantry at Winnipeg The p r 1 1 rmS 1 throughout Canada Ls approximately as iows Ontario 17000 men Quebec 13000 New Brunswick Bruns-wick 3000 Nova Scotia 4000 Manitoba 750 British Columbia 2TO Prince Edward Island 800 military schools 000 In the way of heavy armament Canada possesses about 144 carronades ranging from 15 to 68 pounders 36 howitzers 43 mortars and 3 Gatling guns At Quebec there is a cartridge cart-ridge factory which supplies a considerable proportion of the ammunition used Apart from the Canadian militia entirely is a regiment of British regulars stationed at Halifax The Canadian militia however is a tolerably well t equipped and organized i or-ganized force and I in case of emergency p emergen-cy could easily bo 4 doubled within for tyeight hours for 1 75 75i it must be remembered N t 6 remem-bered that the numbers num-bers given only represent rep-resent the militiamen h militia-men actually on the rolls and it is safe me to assume there are fully twice as many who have passed through their term of service and been discharged The commanding officer of this force is Maj Gen Sir Frederick Middleton K C 1 13t a veteran soldier sol-dier and one who is known and respected re-spected throughout S + the British empire His admirable generalship gen-eralship during the recent rebellion in GEN MIDDLETON the northwest which secured a victory to Canadian arms at comparatively small loss of life has won for him a lasting name on the pages of Canadian history It may be mentioned that the color and design of the uniforms as will be seen by the annexed sketches follow very closely the pattern adopted in the English army The Rifles which is dark blue or green with black belts is perhaps the neatest although the Artillery Ar-tillery and Scots uniforms are very pretty It is hardly necessary to point out that the above article does not refer exclusively to the Canadian militia service as neither the mounted police nor coast protection service could come under that head but to Canadas means of defense and offense generally JOHS J SYMES HENRY HILTON The ExJudge Who Watt Alexander T Stewart Friend 1 ExJudge Henry Hilton the executor of the Stewart estate and who hits just been made defendant to a big litigation in which Prescott h Pres-cott Hall Butler I is the plaintiff has always been m A + averse to the publication pub-lication of his portrait por-trait Butthe cut which a c companies com-panies this is avery i1 a-very good likness thanks tot h e memory of a gen tlenun who i s skilled with his HEITBY HILTON pencil and who is an acquaintance of the ex judge tAll tAIl t-AIl the world that is all the newspaper reading world has before this become familiar fa-miliar with the chief features of the history of the Stewarts their millions and their friend Henry Hilton The present suit is not the first one that has grown out of the peculiar pe-culiar conditions or rather lack of conditions surrounding the bequests of both Mr and Mrs Stewart to Mr Hilton but it is undoubtedly un-doubtedly the most important one It will probably be some months before the trial rill be called and it will be years perhaps before it is concluded For no matter which side wins the first trial there is certain lo be an appeal to the general term and from that to the court of appeals A New York lawyer who is somewhat familiar with the fees charged in the big city says the suit will lo one of the most expensive on record Avery A-very moderate estimate of the cost to each side he says will be about as shown here First trial 20000 appeal to the general term 15000 to the court of appeals 20000 855000 altogether or 8110000 for boy sides No more interesting action has been begun in New York for many years than this one Henry Hiltons peculiar course since the death of Mr Stewart his exclusion of Jews from his big hotels and his practical absorption absorp-tion of the immense dry goods business left by Mr Stewart have made him the subject of public curiosity for years and will tend to largely increase the public sense of proprietorship proprie-torship in the present big suit The AVast of Tobacco You have been a smoker all your life asked the colporteur Oh yes said the traveler with the square sample cases ever since I was 10 years old And so you have smoked say About twenty years replied re-plied the traveler And your cigars cost you on the straight average not less than ten cents a day Why of course not said the traveler looking surprised The colporteur col-porteur made a rapid calculation on the back of an envelope Then he said see what tobacco has cost you Without computing com-puting the interest it has cost you nearly < t 1 < r l 1 1 I I 4 j q j 1 l r I h I t I o rl II J J Inlll 1 L 1500 enough with its interest to buy a lot and build and furnish a home worth ten times that sum See what tobacco has cost you Yes I know said the traveler rising to leave the car as the train stopped but see what its made for me I traveled for the tobacco house Im with now for ten years at 3XXI a year then I bought into the concern in a good year have cleaned up about 40000 since Pre been a partner and own a house that I wouldnt sell for 20000 and am making more money this year than I ever saw in one year before Tobacco Is a I pretty expensive luxury though if you happen hap-pen to get on the wrong side of the market So saying he went up town and skinned a couple of good customers while the colporteur col-porteur riding on his way looked at the figures on the envelope and ruminated and ruminated and ruminated Bob Burdette in I Brooklyn Eagle I |