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This list is intended to contain the names of all those who have en- ‘ ' overseas. In it will be found listed from Durham and vicimty for serv1ce . the names of some who have since been discharged as medically unfit, or for other cause. Our object in publishing this list is to show who of our citizens have actually worn the khaki, and we have made no effort to include any who have applied and have been reJected. There will no doubt be mistakesâ€"omissions may have been made, or other errors crept . ,_ n. - Human“. nf' mn- readers, and those who have members FOUDL De UllSLdncr-uua 1n. and we ask the assxstance of of their family at the fr like the name of every Adair, John Adair, Robin Aljoe, Capt. R. H. Allan, Lieut. T. -. Allen, Johnston Armstrong, W. R. Atkinson, Herbert Ayott, Bert Banks, George Bailey, J. Bailey, T. Baker, Chris. Baker, Richard Barbour, James Basham, A. Bell. Alex. Black, Wilfrid Blyth, Cecil Bolger, John Borthwick, David Box, Fred Bovington, George Bradley, Thos. Bryon, Percy Bunce, Frank Boyce, Revel Catton, Victor Calder, Roy Campbell, W. A. Campbell, G. W. Carey, James Chislett, Chas. Clark, Campbell Colville, John Confrey, D. Cove, A. Corkill, Jos. Connolly, Arthur Coutts, Jas. Corbett. Fred Cross, Roy Cross, J. H. Crawford, Chas. Daniel, Percy Darbv, Wm. Dargavel, Bryce Darling, C. H. Derby, John Davis, J. A. Davis, Percy Davis, Cecil Dewar, A. C. Dodsworth, H. W. Donaldson, Alex. Drumm, H. G. Dunbar, Lachlan Dyre, A. Eccles, Roy Edwards, Elmo Edwards, Ivan Elvidge, Vernon Ervin, Harry Ewen, Robt. Falkingham, Harry Falkingham, Wm. Findlay, Alex. Fluker, Ray ' Murray (killed in action) our readers, and those wno na 8 necessary out to make th . _ . . rom this district on this enlisted man i l i \ } corrections. Lindsay, R. G. Lloyd, George Lloyd, J. A. Lloyd, Anso Lucas, J. N. Marshall, C. A. (killed Mountain, Lorne Mortley, John Meade, Earl Munro, Wm. Morton, Wes. Mather, T. L. Matheson, L Mort, A. - Mulcock, Arthur Murray, Geo. MacLean, J. F. McAlister, T. W. McAlister, W. W. McAssey, F. M. McComb, Archie McComb, Alex. McConnell, J.H. (kille McDonald, John C. McDonald, H. H. McDonald, Ernest McDonald, John McDonald, Thos. McDonald, Norman McDonald, Philip McFarlane, D. B. McFadden, J. R. McGirr, Wm. McGirr, E. J. McGillivray, Neil McGillivray, Allan McGillivray, Dan. McGillivray, Stewart McGirr, Lance McGowan, Arthur McIlraith, Frank McIlraith, J. H. Mcllvride, Wm. McKeown, J. J. MacKay, Frank McKechnie, Percy McMeeken, Elmer McMillan, N. J. McKinnon, Hector McKechnie, H. C. McMahon, J. McNally, Lieut. Star McNally, Cecil McVicar, Alex. Ness, George Newell, Lewis Nichol, J. C. Nichol, Wilfrid Nichol, C. W. Nicholson, Noel Oliver, James Oliver, Joseph Oliver, W. H. Oyns, C. H. Patterson, G. (kille< Petty, Wm. Pilgrim, Chas. Pinkerton, F. Pinkerton, John E. Pollock, H. Pust, J. A. Pust, Ezra Ramage, Chas. C. Ramage, James Renwick, Edgar Robb, Robt. Ross, Clarence Ross, John Ross, Percy Saunders, Alex. Saunders, Mack Saunders, Alister Scheuermann, V. Hall, Richard Hay, Alex. Hazen, G. C. Kazan, R. Havens, Ed Havens, Chas. Hamlet, _ J05 Hopkins, J Hunt, R. Hughes, Jesse Knisley, W. E. Knight, Major ILL. (killed in ac’n) Kress, George Kress, Lieut. E. Lake, Wilfrid Lake, Wm. Laidlaw, A. N. Lamerson, J. W. Langrill, James Lauder, W. A. Lauder, T. A. Lawrence, John A. Ledingham. John Lloyd, Edith (Nursing Sister) Ledingham, Geo. Legge, C. L. Leeson, Fred Lindsay, E. G. ' CU". - Lillie (Nursing Sister) Richard u-r’b an PAGE 2. ' FARMERS " Advances to farmers are made n” a special feature by thiI Bank as QURHAM BRANCH. BUD ‘ Manage! LLCUbok-‘Livb J v- ........... 3m this district on this list. Lindsay, R. G. Lloyd, George Lloyd, J. A. Lloyd, Anso Lucas, J. N. Marshall, C. A. (killed in action) Mountain, Lorne Mortley, John Meade, Earl Munro, Wm. Morton, Wes. Mather, T. L. Matheson, L Mort, A. . Mulcock, Arthur Murray, Geo. MacLean, J. P. McAlister, T. W. McAlister, W. W. McAssey, P. M. McComb, Archie McComb, Alex. McConnell, _J.li. {killed in action) Mcllraith, Frank McIlraith, J. H. McIlvride, Wm. McKeown, J. J. MacKay, Frank McKechnie, Percy McMeeken, Elmer McMillan, N. J. McKinnon, Hector McKechnie, H. C. McMahon, J. McNally, Lieut. Stanley McNally, Cecil McVicar, Alex. Ness, George Newell, Lewis Nichol, J. C. Nichol, Wilfrid Nichol, C. W. Nicholson, Noel Oliver, James Oliver, Joseph Oliver, W. H. Oyns, C. H. Patterson, G. (killed in action) Petty, Wm. Pilgrim, Chas. Pinkerton, F. Pinkerton, John E. Pollock, H. Pust, J. A. Pust, Ezra Ramage, Chas. C. Ramage, James Renwick, Edgar Robb, Robt. Ross, Clarence Ross, John Ross, _Percy_ _ OF Wall, James Watson, Ferguson Watson, J. Webber, George Wallace, Jas. (died Aug. 30, ’16) Weir, J. Weir, John (killed in action) Wells, Alex. (killed in action) Whitmore, W. N. White, Alex. White, B. J. Willis, Stanley Willis, B. H. Wolfe, Capt. C. E. Wolfe, Bsdon Wright, J. Wylie, W. J. Zimmer, Norman THE W’é'vv'ould Mr. Jackson has been keeping in}! . I touch with the boys more than any = ‘ other man in Durham and is con-ir stanth receiVing letters and cards; of interest, not to him alone, but Ito; every reader of The Chronic! 9.. l g (I! Lieut. Yule of the 248th VV'ho VVa VVell and favorably knOVVn here, has addressed us an interesting ani} 'mcv letter, which we reproduce: \. ‘r / II ‘ I 8th Reserve Battalion, C.E.F.5 Shornclifl‘e, Kent, England. ', D0111 311. Irwinâ€"XS so much !spa1’e VV IS taken 111) in Vour'paper' 111-11011 VV eel; during the VVinteI' and' l 1811111111; in telling of the doings of; the 248th Battalitgm, C.E.F., I 'imâ€" agine that you, as well as the other good people. Of Durham and vicin- ity have been wondering What. has happened tn it. “"011, it -.is In more, and the men who bélonged to it, nuw form No. 7 Cmnpany 0f the 8th Rosana Battalion, with Major Currv in command. and Capt. Doug- las S( 1‘ mud in command. Of the D1111 ham boys. only Mulei‘mk, Giles and“ Boyce are here. The. remainder arejd] still at. (f)tterpool, where they are in: 0; quarantine with measles. I waslt‘, sorry that they were unable to have '5 ll ‘ ' ' (1 their leax'e at the same tune as the i W other boys, :5 a We felt quite at home when weiY came here. as. there are so manyl”1 ofl'ieers and men from Grey County. ‘ here. The 147th men who are still}; here are either instructors or are' unlit for service in France. Limit.- itlolonel McFarland gtiies to France shortly. while Lieut. Col. Gordon, a returned oliicer, succeeds him.‘ 1' Major Fleming is still second iriiI command. and is working as hardir as ever to keep up the enviable'f reputation which the 8th Reserx-e l has made for itsell’ in England. Wl‘iile we were in ()tterpool, airâ€"l: ‘aid alarms were all the fashion.!' We had four in three days although i; Fritz didn‘t honor our camp with a}. visit. During the first alarm, we}; felt sure that Fritz had heard of" the arrival of the 248th Battalion.1 and had (some over especially to getl us. Ht‘vwever. during our staytherel we got used to it, and were second; to none in making for shelter whens the alarm was sounded. l. i As stimn as we came. here. we were} \ l {l A ‘riven our six days’ leave, and 1 wave vet to meet a man who said. I III-4 f have yet to m he didn‘t, enjny 1y everyone w‘ number mnnag LETTERS FROM THE BOYS This is a glorious day, and is a real Canadian holiday in England. This afternoon, all the Canadian camps are holding a number of sporting events at Folkestone, so, of course, we are all going. When one is in Folkestone it is hard to realize that one is in England, for Evâ€" the place is full of Canadians. .BI‘Y time I have gone there, I haVe 'met fellows I haven’t seen for , To-morrow, I start on a week's course of map reading, after which new I Will {1 $0 to Bexhill-onâ€"Sea, W itake a course in trenCh warfare. lAftcr the latter course, I expect to lb” fully qualified to accept a posiâ€" my return :tion as. ditch digger on i W ‘to canada. NOW. Mr. Irwin, it is Just dinner itime. and as I always try to be on ' . army (especially for Please give my 5 to all my Durâ€" fiham friends. l Yours very Sincerely, T ‘TTYT TI. Pte. Ray Fluker, writing June 29. from the First Canadian Convalesâ€" eing Depot, St. Leonard’s. Sussex, says he. is taking physical training‘ to get fit'fer the. trenches again. He writes to Mr. Jackson as follows: "‘I received the parcel you sent me yesterday, and I thank you very much for it. The maple sugar was ,fine. Along with Victor Gatton, I Tam taking physical exercise here ite‘~ make us fit again. I have just, heard that both Lance McGirr and THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Monday, July 2nd. J. L. YULE. ;Bill McGirr are over here wounded. g1 have heard also that Lâ€"ieut.â€"Col. ; McFarland has taken over the com- :mand of the 4th C.M.R. in Francé.‘ I (wouldn‘t be certain of it, though. iThanking you again for your kind- ,‘ness.â€"-â€"Pte. RA. Fluker (838723) I ' A Line from Jack Colville. ( Pte. Jack Colville, who has been t iconvaleseing in the Granville Canaâ€" z 'sdian Special Hospital, Ramsgate, t iKent, writes to Mr. Jackson under ‘ gdate of July 53th. He says: i “I received your parcel yesterday. gEverything was in fine shape. I also ireeeived one from you some time *ago. Thank you very much. They lxvere very acceptable. Tobacco is '1 increasing in price over here at an ;f alarming rate. We will all soon be ' % non-smokers it' it. keeps on going up. {*1 expected to have'been out of here ilong before this. I will not likely :‘be here long; now. Nine months is 5 ‘ a long; time to have to lie around. I‘ ),t.lit.>uglit. a couple of times that l. iimight, make Canada, but it seems to '4: be out of the question now. But 1 ‘ idon't know whether I will ever be _. . . '|able to go after Fritz (gain or not. 1! i The Russians are doing remark-j I'Vably well now. I hope they keep “on. It will make easier going on Zéthe \Vestern front. Fritz stiil '. keeps on coming over to England it’and drtjimflng shells on us. Rams- “gale seems to be his favorite spot, (.g'ilthough he took Harwich, Essex. .;!}’t'PSitf‘I'tlt'l}’ instead. He used to shell " ins from the sea, also, but I think he ’\T . a 0 :.!1s a little afraid to venture out US iron} UH? Still, 111.31.}, ”UL L Lu“. . is a little afraid to venture eat! 110“ 11111 Lnglish 1111011111, are pleased at America coming in \xith us. I don’t think there is a Durham man here no“ ex1’11pt. mvsell‘. At least, mm: 111 the 11111- timers. \111131t Da\is \xent. anay some little time ago. “1-111, I guess this is all t11- day. I had a nice parcel f111m the Ladies Aid at the P1111511} t.1_11111n ‘church. Durham, some time. agu. 17 LillL-Lv--, __ There was no name inside. so I do not. know who sent it. It' you should happen to know the party, or partâ€" ies. you might say “thank you” for me. Everything in it was l<twely. \Vell, this is all to-(lay. I will lhave a little pull at the “fragrant. tweed" from Durham now. I will let ‘you know when I leave here. I do :not expect. it, will be long. I was i‘looking over the "Honor Roll" in lThe Durham Chronicle. There are !a lot of names in there that I do ‘gnot recall. I suppose they came to I'Durham after I left... I will close for Ito-day. Once more, thank you. ‘ Kind regards to all." D.M. Borthwick Writes from France Under date of June 30th, D.M. Bortl'iwiick, formerly employed at the Grand Trunk station here, and who enlisted at the beginning of the war, writes: ‘ YT-____ ULAV "“"7 ,, “Yours of May 5th to hand. Very glad to hear from you again. and to know you received the photo all â€" 0‘ right. Yes, we have had quite a' little excitement over this side of late, and taking things in general, we have ‘no done sae bad’, if we could only do the same without the loss of life which it entails; still, I can assure you, our losses did not During the scrap, one of this bat- talion earned the V. 0., but the poor chap lost his life getting it, lstill we are rather proud of this decoration being won by one of 1 our battalion, it being the first of its kind. Sgt. Sifton was the chap's name. I see in the papers that the Stars, and Stripes have landed some of‘ more ways than one. I have not met any Durham boys yet, but I’m going to look some of them up some day. Oh, I met Joe Cain. Did you know him? He worked at the C.P.R. station for a - while. I didn’t know him until he __ 1A,. \\ 11110. J. uh“..- .. _ told me who he was. This was be- fore the offensive. Haven’t seen him since. “I forgot to thank you for the smokes which I received all right. Yes. I looked up my brother in the 20th Battalion, but forgot to ask for G. McDonald. Anyway, I will be seeing him again before long, so won’t forget. At present I am on a course of instruction away behind the lines. It is very quiet, and quite a change from the life up ahead. We get lots of time to ourselves, for football, or any game one wants, the only thing is that it soon passes,â€"â€"- then back you go. The Hun has been Visiting Engâ€" land lately, I see, with his aero- nlnnn: I hone. they do the same to The Hun has bee] land lately, I see, vs planes. I hope they him soon.” O. D. Ssulley, of Owen Sound, or Kitchener, who has temporarily been in charge of the Dominion Bank branch in Napanee during the vacation of the manager, was found with his wrists and throat gashed with a knife. He will recover. 'lihe council met July 1th, as per sections, $20, for school census and adJournment, alltheihmenabers pr9§‘gpostage, $6; Frank and Joe Haley, ent, the Reeve in e 0 air, min-{making timber for .pridge, and the utes of last meeting read and con- ; hauling of same, $4125; Dr. Hutton, firmed. Communications were read; half expense Of attending 31.0.1,” as f0110WS3 . . lmeeting, in Toronto, $12.50; Angus T. J. Hanmgan, Sawyer-MasseytBlack. \K’Orkon road in‘wmtor. and (10.; RJ. Ireton, R. AlJoe, AS. Hun-{providing winter road, 5250; SS. 13’ ter; petitions from W. J. Hamilton A. (a, 1916 debenture. $90.67;: gm- and 12 others; also from W.H. Patâ€" vel accounts, $26.20: clerk‘s salarv terson and 12 others re wire fences; l and postage, $21.49; ('cf‘vrnlllissitmg (,le W. Aitken, re statute labor; from oxlimudituros $42.08. B. H. Spence, re municipal associa- Council adjourned to August am. tion; from several iron and steel-at. '10 am â€"â€"J S‘ BI WK ("Iork . b k k a o â€" 0 ~0 4- ; o _. ‘ . companies; reports from commis-i ‘% sioners for wards i, 2 and 4, re- . ward expenditures; by-law 3373. ORIGIN OF CHAUFFBUP, closmg up a part Of orlginal 31"} A London paper sends the ioléum lowance for road between concesogin . “More than ,1 lmmli 1 . ., . (r. - .. ' . L t A , V." \~I':1“ Sions 2 and 3, 11..G.R., was introduce-l D _‘ _ p , . ‘ “‘ and read a first and second time. a?” in “W- Rh‘““““ 1"""”“"“ ‘ ‘L «it Peart-Blackâ€" That communicaâ€"“M’I'dorli‘ml lie'twc-vn lr‘l°:.:ii.~~ 3‘“, tion from municipal association andEth-‘l‘ll'1111132 “1“?“ 11"111'HIW1 z! m." from the hydro-electric railwayitieularly utl‘chnus \ul'iuly ..., mi: association be received and filed. ldits These clospor-ulrms 'n‘ut- Peart-RrIcInnisâ€"That RJ. Ireten be granted the equivalent of the amount of statute labor unperfermâ€" ed in his read beat, to be expended thereon, and that he be notified. PoarGBlackâ€"That T. Turnbullbo instructed to build a snow-Tome Opposite lot 39, concession 2, E.G.P.. On motion of Font and Black the petitions of W .J. Hamilton and 12 others was granted. Reports of Commissioners for ward expenditures \\ ere as follows: \Vard 1, $176.10; Ward 2, $256.50; Ward 4, $113.10. Other payments were as follows: Grader rol'mirs, §¢§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§O00009060090009000000000000 §§§§§¢ GLBNELG COUNCIL. $9..20 balance salary Of assessm. $25; the assessor, equalizing 9011001 sections, 5620, for school census and postage, $6; Frank and Joe H 1103; A London paper sends the to 'ing: .“More than a hundred ‘ago in the Rhenish pmx'inees L .borderland between FI'lXIIC'! Germany, there flmn'ished a ‘ticularly atrocious Variety ut‘ dits. These desperadcties mad ‘ practice 01' hc’dding the soles [their victims‘ feet in front 01‘ ‘in Order to farce them to the hiding places; of their nth; So they came to he knw t‘scorchers’ or, in French. 1 feurs’. After a century 11qu the French were in need ml to apply to the drix'er «if ;‘ mobile, and with a certain humor they used the old ‘s« It was applied in derision, not. closely amilicablo, but stuck.” July 26th, 1917. ntury had has CRISIS IN PETROC BATTLES 1N Germans lnstigatcd Extrer The Cabinet Resignataon edâ€"Arrests of Germar A Petrograd do: day: The recent trograd were inst‘ the German Gore ler Kerensky, in sailors at Reval. i er ports. The In to all Democrats 1 visional Gore-rum Times corresponm from Petmgrad. (1 summarizes the s and Terestchenko retur on Sunday and brought nlte agreement with Ii under which the Provis ment was bound to act w territory through this « dent Parliament until ti :he Constituent Assembi; Ministers. Shingaret‘t‘. Prince Shakhovsko. pro! the two Ministers excel done of the Cabinet 212'. with Little Russians, b1 the Cabinet upheld the plenipotentiaries. The a head a iisastrou Russia. lays axm ers calm m arme< Show {ht sel of able t Monday umi .1118 battle ( exciting 11101 2.118 revolmh Lers benvec rioters. By cremists we perused. Th :13 Lenine‘s. Koslovsky. :he channel coming fror meet.“ Russians Lose London d(:51\at('m‘*s ()1 With the continued 1'0: the Germans in the reg Galicia, the Russian 112 south of Brzezan‘y is be way, according to the oflicial communicatiun bridgehead near Tam reached by the Genus eml points the railwa: Hamopol to Kozowa l The Russians in their 1 an fire, the Town of villages to the east. aficial statement on “Our troops have 511m Obedience toward: [114 and are continuing t 70nd the Sereth. ()n vision resisted in the geanka.” - . r M. Kerensky. the who personally cox sian forces when offensive in Galil- ogaln has gone to probably in an efi'o disaffectiou among have them face th proclamation issue provisional goverm seriousness of the ,nounces that it is Its entire strongtl md defend the ad! counter-revolutiona DISOBEY AND PREMIER Other Changes said: Th that Pren that Alex lppOinted ily retain been app ter of the sionau: lace c hursd Mail f re '15 have 1 nape 1 the 'mems usian s lynov Re atkov am tired befon aid as a r £180 had to Mobs Fought Eac :e extremifls’ ugh A Canadian cor1 from London: F leave I learn that ry brigade has be the Imperials tar recognition of th have been graded [qr that division, bép plug for etfic _ _ __‘.‘_ for ma, when anyth cavalry, it is 111“ Garry Horse, Strai colleagues will be I Draft Made In a room in the I in; at Washington. Government last greatest lottery it the men who will I: mnmzotanam Minis Nekr‘ nounccdâ€" J uly 26th. 1917 V( Leaves for Canada’s Fi‘ y comm hen 1111