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GE FE sda! rman a wr wane gal " THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931 PAGE ELEVE | with every other city nty in the province of On- Oshawa and Ontario County | a 'notable contribution of sower to the ranks of Can- army in the Great War. As as the call to arms was heard 24, the men of Oshawa, zh the old 34th Ontario Regi- | a militia unit with an honor- 'story dating back to the 50's 0's of the last century, came rd splendidly to answér the Hand sy that' time on took places in the ranks of Cana- {lorces in the field. {{/the first Canadian contingent, wa and the 34th Regiment I a notable contribution, in ng with the size of the town at time. Over 130 men went ilcartier to join that first con- at in August, 1914, under the sand of Captain, now Major R. Smith, with Lieuts. Charles n, Bob Wallace and Walter or as junior officers. These were merged into the ranks .e battalions from the district, lid noble service with the First dian Division. nediately they had gone, the Regiment organized another ingent, and a company of vol- 'rs was formed, which became of the 20th Battalion, and went eas with that unit in_ April, This company had Captain farchman and Lieut. Howard ck as Oshawa officers. hen it was decided to form ty battalions, Lt.-Col. J. F 'son, a former commander of ! old 34th, and Hon. Major T. | Laiser, sought from the minis- fof militia, and obtained, in Ember, 1915, authority to raise Bntario County Battalion, which {numbered the 116th Battalion, jommanding officer was Lt.-Col. f S. Sharpe, of Uxbridge, under In the regiment acquired a lt responsible for three out- Hing records. It went to France f unit, and was the only bat- fn of the CE.F. to carry out a lion raid against the enemy. pver lost an inch of ground once and not one officer or man the unit was ever court-martiai- § e four companies of the bat- on were drawn from the dis- [8s surrounding Uxbridge, Bea- fon, Oshawa and Whitby, and May, 1916, it was assembled at verton as a complete unit, with Sharpe in command. After a od of training at Niagara Falls ent overseas, and underwent in- ive training at Borden, Whitley § Bramshott before going to Ince in February, 1917. Thé bat- bn lost by death in 1917 its gal- commander, Col Sharpe, who mourned by his men as sons firn a father. He was succeeded a brilliant officer, Lt.-Col. G. » shawa's War Effort nd the Ontario Regiment private, but whose ability and val- our quickly ' raised him to high command. From February, 1917, until the Armistice ended the war, the 116th Battalion took part in all the engaagements of the Canadian Corps, and left 474 officers and other ranks dead in France. Its casualties can be judged from the fact that over 5000 men passed through its ranks before it returned home in March, 1919. Of the original officers who assembled with the battalion in May, 1916, only three came home with it, Major A. W. Pratt, the late Major A. F. Hind, and Captain J. H. Hughes. After the 116th went overseas, the men of Oshawa and Ontario county continued to train and offer themselves to the colors, The 182nd Battalion and many draft compan- ies were trained and sent over to take the places of those who had fallen, and right to the last, Osh- awa and Ontario county did its duty in contributing the best of its man- fron, After the war, the old 34th Regi- 1 ont was re-organized, to carry on the traditions of the county unit un- der the name of the Ontario Regi- ment, which carries the battle honors of the 116th Battalion. It was re-organized under Lt.-Col. C. F. Bick, and the headquarters mov- ed to Oshawa. Col. Bick was fol- lowed by Lt. Col. H. S. Cameron, who had an able aide in Lt.-Col. Frank Chappell, who succeeded him as the officer commanding. Col. Chappell was followed by Lt.-Col. H. E. Smith, who led the battalion for a short time, and then handed over to its present O.C, Lt.-Col. E. C. Hodgins. Recently, Col. Hodgins moved to Kingston, and while he retains the command of the unit, he is ably supported 'by Major R. B. Smith, second:in-command, and the acting officer commanding. Two companies of the regiment are cen- tered at Oshawa, while there is one company at Whitby, and 'another company divided between Port Perry and Cannington. In spite of the handicaps imposed by reduced militia estimates, the Ontario Regi- ment is carrying on nobly the old traditions which have been handed down to it, and is still a source of pardonable pride to the people of Oshawa and Ontario County. Be on time for all convention ses- sions. The times are clearly stated in the official program, and the ses- sions will be open on time, even if only the chairman and the ser- geant-at-arms are present. The Oshawa Daily Times will carry full and complete reports of the convention proceedings. Copies will be on sale at convention head- Hpi V.C, DS.0, M.C,|these papers, and you will find it .C.; who entered the war as a | easy to report to yeur branch. quarters daily. Secure a full set of "THE GARDEN OF THE UNFORGOTTEN" Oshawa's b iful and uni war ial, di at the front of Memorial Park, facing on Simcoe Street. Note the majesty of the bronze figure sur g either side. Inset in the face of the memorial can also be seen the stones from the allied countries and battlefields of the Great War. the ial, and the perpetual lights on To Oshawa belongs the distine- tion of having the most beautiful, and at the same time thé most dis- tinctive war memorial to be found, possibly, anywhere on this contin- ent. With its bronze figure top- ping all, with its stones from all the allied countries and many of the battlefields, with its lights trim- med to burn forever, with its in- scription of marvellous beauty and simplicity, this memorial, standing in the city park, facing Simcoe Street, is one of which Oshawa may well be proud. The idea was mar- vellously conceived and the plan most successfully carried through to completion, and on November 11, 1924, the anniversary of Armistice Day, the memorial was publicly un- veiled by Sir William Mulock, Cincf Justice of Ontario. Largely through the ingtrumen- tality of Dr. T. E. Kaiser, then Member of Parliament for the rid- ing of Ontario, this distinctive mem- orial was secured for Oshawa. Hun- dreds of photographs of memorials from all over the Empire were sc- cured, and finally the Oshawa ceno- taph was patterned, to a large dc- gree, on that at Evesham, England. The unique feature of this memor- ial, however, is the fact that all tic countries of the allies, and most of the fields of battle on whica Cana- dians fought, arc represented hy a stone from their native soil, plac :d into the body of the structure places represented include En Scotland, Ireland, Vales, Souti: Africa, India, Australia, New Zea- land, Egypt, Newfoundland, Serbia France, Belgium, Portugal, Brazil, United States, Russia and Japan Among the battlefields are included Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Passchendale, Arras, Rheims, Louvain, St. Julien and Mons, while a piece of marble from old Westminster Abbey finds an honored place, Another cutstanding feature of this unique memorial is its fitting and expressive inscription, "The Garden of the Unforgotten." The phrase is one that immediately makes an appeal. The name was discovered by Miss Josephine ser, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T ' Kaiser, while reading a book by the late Dr. Trecves entitled, "The Other Side of the Lantern." The phrase was at once acclaimed as the most appropriate and the most beautiful phrase that had been sug- gested. Dr. Treeves, in his book, was, giving a description of the place where the great men of India are buried, in many ways the West- minster of India, when he used the fitting phrase. "The Garden of the Unforgotten," to describe the place. The monument is flanked by two lights, one on cither side. These lights are enclosed in heavy globes, and are not allowed to go out, cither by day or night. . The idca is that they shall burn perpctually, Ar- rangements have been made, through the foresight of local citizens, that in the years to come, should any of the stones show signs of decay, funds will be avail- able to replace them, and, if neces- sary, to entirely replace the entire structure. Oshawa has reason to be proud of its war memorial, and every dele- gate to the convention should make a point of visiting it while in the city. Please note carefully the reports of the procedure committee at the heginning of each morning and .af- ternoon session, It may be neces- sary to change the program on short notice, so be in your scats before the convention sessions open, MEMORIAL TO MISSING The memorial to the Missing in Hollybrook cemetery, Southampton, was unveiled by Field-Marshal Sir liam Robertson on December 10, This Memorial, designed by Mr. Theodore Sewham, is one of the copmemorating w 1930 memorials members of the tish Empire who have grave. 1853 officers down in transports or other vessels torpedoed or mined ters, and includes also the names of others who died in distant areas and whos ered. is here You main in morning, so that you can join the large party which is going to To- ronto at that time for the Warriors' Day N tional we'll be seeing you in the parade, which Jellicoe. Be sure you meet Mayor Ernie Marks. is a rcal friend of the war veterans, The name of Lord Kitchener are cordially invited Oshawa will be on parade on Thursday morning of this week, when Earl Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, accompanied by Countess Jellicoe, their son and daughter and a party of Empire delegates to the British Empirc Service League con- ference, will arrive in Oshawa to join in the proceedings of the fifth annual convention of the Ontario Provincial Cc 1 of the Canadi- .an Legion. Convention delegates, Oshawa Legion members, civic offi- cials, sea scouts and sca cadets will be represented in the parade which will be held from the C.P.Ha station to the Oshawa War Memorial, and no less than three bands will pro- vide martial airs for the march. Earl Jellicoe's train will arrive in Oshawa about 7.30 a.m. daylight saving time, but he will not be dis- turbed until 9.30 am, when the of- ficial reception will be held at the station. There he will be officially welcomed by Mayor Ernie Marks, Col. R. S. McLaughlin, who is to be his host while in the city, Lt.- Col. J. Keiller MacKay, president; Lt.-Col. F. J. Picking, Ist vice-presi- dent, and M. McIntyre Hood, 2nd vice-president, of the Ontario Com- mand of the Canadian Legion, and other personages who will be in the city for the occasion. The guard of honor, formed of members of the Oshawa branch of the Legion, will be inspected, and the parade will then move off to the war memorial, headed by ihe band of the Ontario Regiment. The route of the parade will be up Centre street to McGregor Street, along McGregor to Simcoe, and then to the park. Following the regimental band will be the Oshawa Legion mem- bers' parade, headed by the branch flag, with Sergeant-Major W. Coop- er as parade marshal, and the Osh- awa contingent led by Captain James W. Aylett, first vice-presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch, Fol- lowing the Oshawa branch party will come the official cars of the party, and immediately in front of the car carrying Earl JeHicoe will be the band of the Oshawa Corps of sea cadets. The other official cars will follow, and in the rear of these cars will be the convention delegates, led by the Oshawa Citi- zens band. Behind the convention delegates will come the local sea scouts, who will bring up the rear of the parade. Earl Jellicoe's car, it should be noted, will be drawn along the streets by a party of naval veterans, The square in front of the civic war memorial will be kept clear for the parade, and on arrival at the memorial the veterans will form two sides of a square, with the third side kept open for the general pub- lie, and the memorial forming the fourth. Members of the Oshawa Branch Ladies Auxiliary will be in attendance at the memorial, and will await the arrival of the parade. At the memorial, a brief decoration ser- Oshawa Will See Big Parade For Earl Jellicoe vice will be conducted by the Rev. E. Harston, chaplain of the Oshawa Branch of the Legion, consisting of a hymn, a brief prayer, and a brief address. Earl Jellicoe will then de- posit a magnificent wreath on the war memorial, the buglers will sound the Last Post and Reveille, a hymn will be sung and the benedic- tion pronounced. At the close of this service, the delegates, led by the band, wilh, march to the General Motors Audi- torium for the convention session, while Earl Jellicoe and the other guests will be taken direct to the homes of their hosts and hostesses, Wher they will have luncheon quiet- ly. The afternoon proceedings will consist of the inspection of the Osh- awa Corps of Sea Cadets at Park- wood, at three p.m. and at four o'- clock there will be a garden party, with about 750 guests present, on the lawns of Parkwood. This will be a brilliant affair, and will enable the convention delegates and guests to have an opportunity of meeting the overseas visitors in a social way. In the evening, another brilliant affair will be held at the Armories, where the mayor and city council will act as hosts to the overseas visitors and convention delegates at dinner. The program for this is in- terspersed with distinguished names, and with 650 guests present, the scene should be a colorful one. On the same evening, at the Hotel Ge- nosha, Countess Jellicoe will be the guest of honor at a dinner tendered bY the Ladies Auxiliary of the Osh- awa Branch of the Legion, and this event, also, will be favored by the attendance of a number of guests from overseas. After the brief program of the ladies banquet in the Hotel Gen- osha, the ladies will proceed to the Armories, where they will occupy the balconies to hear the speeches at the civic banquet. Provision is also being made to admit members of the Oshawa branch of the Legion to the floos of the Armories to hear the banquet program, so that this huge hall should be filled to capa- city for this notable function. Altogether, Oshawa is going to have a big day on Thursday, 'and doubtless there will be hundreds of visitors in the city to take part in the proceedings, and to see the pa- rade in which Earl Jellicoe, Ad- miral of the Fleet, will be the cen- tral figure. Is Now Principal Athens.-- Beaumont Kelley, who has been teaching in North- ern Ontario, has returned to his native town, having been en- gaged as principal of the Athens public school, and with Mrs. Kelley and little daughter are taking up residence in his fath- er's home on Elgin street north. ------ T > \ THE HOTEL GENOSHA WELCOMES THE CANADIAN LEGION Convention Headquarters MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE HOTEL GENOSHA A MODERN FIREPROOF HOTEL WITH A HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE, BATHS AND RADIO IN EVERY ROOM, AND WITH EVERY CONVEN. IENCE THAT YOU COULD DESIRE "TO MAKE YOUR STAY IN OSHAWA FOR THE CONVENTION A TIME OF REAL PLEASURE AND COMFORT. MAKE THE HOTEL GENOSHA YOUR CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS YOUR Convention Headquarters DINE IN COMFORT AT THE GEN- OSHA HOTEL OUR DINING ROOMS AND COFFEE SHOP ARE EQUIPPED TO MEET NEEDS FOR WHOLESOME AND TASTY FOOD, PREPARED BY EXPERTS IN THE CULINARY ART, WITH PROMPT SERVICE AND THE MOST REASONABLE OF PRICES. A MEAL AT THE HOTEL GENOSHA IS A MEAL THAT SATISFIES. : b- # 1 : i i ¥ i . 3 ' + ' H 8 . - i on d Cv e be J i