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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG { ¥ Ee OLD MARTELLO TOWER TO BE * fh KINGSTON'S MUSEUM. | ! an, 3 i The old Murney martello tower in Machonatd Park on King street west is to be Kingston's museum. The Historical Society has secured it from the Canadian Government, and next March the work of renovating the interior will be begun, so that the museum may be occupied before the summer. The officers of the His- torical Society are: Honorary president, His Lordship Bishop Bidwell; president, Major-General Sir A. C. Mac- @onell; first vice-president, Miss B. L. Mowat; second vice-president, Dr. PF. L. MacCallum. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REPORT}' IN 1819 ON DEFENCE OF CANADA The following is taken from a re- port of the Duke of Wellington, on the defence of Canada, written at London on March 1st, 1819, and published In the Centenary Velume of the Literary and Historical So- clety of Quebec: "The point of the greatest import- ance after Montreal is certainly Kingston. It is the connecting point bétween the Upper and Lower Province. It contains the Cok 'Yard on Lake Ontario, and is the most populous town in the Province, and at the same time so situated In relation to Sackett's Harbour as to be liable at all times to be attacked. "It must then be secure! in some degree by works but without hav- ing more knowledge of the deta: of the ground, and of the positions of the several Islands than I can ac- quire from the description and plans transmitted which I have per- used and examined, it is impossible for me to say what ought to done. "As the attack must be made however by a combined naval and militar; operation I would recom- mend the occupation with closed works, sufficiently armed of Snake Island, Cedar Island and Garden Island. Those on the spot would best be able to determine how far this system ought to be carried and whether there ought to be a work on Oataraqui Point and one on Simcoe Island, None of these works need be very capaefous or require more than 150 men to gaprison them, but they must be well provid- L LORD BYNQG, GENERA Noted British soldier who is Canada's Géneral. popular Governor- PHONE 7303. ed A Ah Ad Many Merry Christmases, Many Happy New Years. C. C. TRENEER 18 PATRICK STREET, KINGSTON Another year of successful trading drawing to a close. I thank My Friends, My Customers. hue fr -------- tions pron ptly done. ' ' dove + THOS. COPLEY CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 987. EEE We cover your Pine Stairs with Oak and guarantee them satisfactory; also Hard- wood Floors of all kinds. Get prices. All kinds of Carpenter work and altera- ---- be R. Bruce Taylor; secretary-treasurer, | ea with artillery of the largest de- scription and there must be a good Fort at Point Henry or elsewhere on the Mqinland as a keep to these outworks. "I.confess that I very much doubt that we shall ever be able to main: tain even an equality of naval fores upon the Lake Ontario and that be- ing the case I recommend that we should look for our communications forward to the improvements of the inland navigation from Ringyton by the Bay of Querte and the Rice Lake, to Lake Simeone and thehee to Lake Huron even if it oh be found 'that a water commufication can be established from the head of the Rideau by the Black river into Lake Simcoe. "It 1s impossible to form a judg- ment from the very defective de- talls which I have perused and the confused maps and charts which ae company them how far such a navl- gation can be emsured. i "It is very obvious however that | the object' 6f a military communica- tion ¢an be ensured by the assist- ance of railways for the necessary | Portages. £ | "If the communication with Lake Simcoe were once established, | whether by the Rice Lake or direct | from the head of the RideauI would | recommend you to remove the capital of the province from York to King- ston if that town show!d net be too | far removed from the centre of the | province, or if it 1s T would then fix | the capital of the provinces either { higher up the Trent river or bhe- tween the head of the Trent and the head of Hollands river. "It it should be impossible to res move the capital, and, York should still be the place it must be forti- fled; otherwise from the probable naval superiority of the ememy on the Lake Ontario, it will be impos- sible to prevent that towh from fall- fog into his hands as often as It may suit him to visit it whethér in win- ter or summer. How this town is to be fortified it 18 impossible for me to say without knowing more of the ground than I do at present. "The result of all these measures would be tq Five us a secure line of commun isation from Quebet to Lake Huron of less than B00 miles eves passing by Kingston, but less than 400 direct by the Rideau and Black river instead of 1,200 miles, and af- fording better means of defending and maintainibg the Niagara Ffoa- tier. "I'he system of defence which 1 would recommend is as follows: i "I suppose the army disposable | In the field to consist of 10,000 men | cavalry, Infantry of the line and | artillery, besides 1,000 troops of the | Hne in garrison at Quebec: 500 af | Montreal, 500 in the garrisons on 1 the Richelieu, 500 in Kingston, 500 {on the Niagara and in Pentenga- | them, besides the militia which may 1 { be destined for each post. "I take this to be about the force which was in Canada when the last war broke out. f "I would divide this number into | two corps each consisting of 5,000 | men then complete with its field | artillery and equipments. "Bach of these corps woul of | course be joined by the militia not {in garrison of the districts which would be the scene of its operations, "I would place the left of theses corps on the Irish Creek which falls into the Rideau river. From thence i it could reach Montreal in four days and the frontier of the Richelieu, and the Isle atid Noix in two more or Quebec in three supposing the more from Kingston or in six or Lelght if the commutilestion can be established by the Rideau and Black river. "The right corps consisting of 5,- 000 men with the militia of the dls- trict in which it should carry on its operations should be posted on the communication between the Head of Hollands river which runs ints Lake Simcoe and the head of .the 'Grand river which russ into Lake Brie." CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF C.N.R. PRESIDENT Expresses Thanks to All Ranks for Their Enthusiasm and A f Through the medium of the Cana- dian National Railways' Magazine, Sir Heary W. Thortiton has address. ed the following Christmas message to all members of the company: "Now that another year has rolled by I want to express my deepest appreciation of every- thing you have done during this yéar, We have faced obstacles together and Wwe have overcome them; we hive encountered odds and have béaten them; we have | been earnest ahd cheérful thfough it all and nothing but success can be the reward of such efforts. "To those of you who come in cafitact with the travelling public and those oii whom depends the obtaining of freight traffic, I want to voice my appreciation of you$ work. Courtesy and service, a willingness to do a little more than is absolutely necessary have won for us friends and business. Our competition in the great fight for business Ras been clean and wholesome and those who have been waging it ia the open have been heartily suppoftéd by those in the background---that unseen army of Canadian Netional Em- ployees who hive been making it pofisible to render a service that improves with each day. I refer to those outside the Trafic De- partment. Whether a man's du- ties lle in shovelling snow from a station platform or in making the roadbed of a séction a little smoother, he is giving a service which is appréciated. "Conditions during the past year have not been of the best anywhere in the world, and Can- ada has come in for her share of depression, but with brighter vi- sions ahead and a spirit such as permeates the Canadian National family, we will fate the coming year with enthusiasm and cour- age, and through our determiaa- tign each of us will justify the work he has dome during 1924 and the work to be done during the coming year, "At this time I want to take the opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year." Signed, --H. W. THORNTON. My Favorite Tree. Whieh is the best of all trees? Answer, people; if you please. Is it the oak, the king of the wood, That for a hundred yedrs has stood? The graceful elm or the stately ash, Or the aspen, whose leaflets shim- mer and flash? Is it the sglemn and gloomy pine, With its millien needles so sharp and fine? Ah, no! the tree that T love the best, It buds and blossoms not with the rest; No summer sun on its fruit has smil- ed, But the ice and snow are around it piled; But still it will bloom fruit for me-- My winter bloomer! My Christmas tree! PIANO IS PART OF A GROUP and bear Cplimeas vi ght lu, a piwav ugea NOt be a group In itself, despite its size. to save §_ Name A lamp is essential. But a chair nearby would also make the plane group more cozy, and less formal. Why Children Get Prevents; The Italians have a petty story about why children get presents at Christmas, They say that when the Wise Men were on their way to find the Christ Child they were stopp® by a Hzap Orme, Branch Office 58 Brock Street, Kingston, Ont. Without obligation; kindly forward a copy of your booklet: "Some Day You May Be Old." I would like O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine. How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease. payable at age Iam Address Before It Is Too Late -- .Consider Endowment Insurance MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . M. G. JOHNSTOr ranch Manager years of age. et A tPA Art rat A a At a woman who 'was standing in the door of her house. "Where are you going?" she ask- ed them. "We are going to find the Christ Child," they answered. "And whit are you carrying?" she inquired '"These are our gifts," they said, "for He is born a King, and we must offer Him the most precious things we have." "I should like to go with you, and take my gift to Him," said the wo- man; "but first I must sweep my house. Do not wait for me; I will | A ee AAA tata Ae come after you." So the Wise Men went on. their way, When the woman's house was a in order, it was nearly dark. She made ready her gift, and started of ter the Wise Men, but they were out of sight. She wandered far and wide, eeking the way to t new. born King, but she never found it. And now, they say, she chWes every year, with gifts for, 411 the children, and hopés that somé little child may be the Christ Child. KINGSTON'S OLDEST HOSTELRY The British- American Hotel at the corner of Clarence and King streets is 138 yedrs old. | | | SM | A il OH ii i I (] anf NE li B also in /21h VACUUMIZED TINS 2 %