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DEFENSE MINISTER 1

iuestion 10f ilelne truly’: Future is Unanswered

By JACK BRAYLEY Csaadiau Preaa Staff Writer

UITAWA Nov. 4 - (OP) question of the future of Can- ada's 70.000 home defence troops -dubbed Zombies - remains un- mswered following a cabinet crisis which saw the conscription- lst-col. J. L. Raiston - succeed- rd by the volunteer supporter Gen. McNaughton - as Defence Minister.

Nobody in the capital knows who picked tip the iwod word Zombie -meaning body without soul - iiid applied it to the home de- fence draitees, but all are agreed iilet it was a controversial hm. doc. The name was first opPlied when active and reserve troops were trained together early in the

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The home defence army has been t contentious issue almost since ruthority for compulsory military lervice was provided by the Na- tional Resources Mobilization Act when it became law June 21. 1940.

Under the Act the Govenimcnt could require persons to place themselves, their services and their properly at the disposal or llie crown for the prosecution of ilie war or to maintain essential civilian services. These powers 1°19- 11111VYYQ1”. limited to service ll. Canada or its territorial wat- iis.

Began With 80 Daya

The first regulations for corn- liuisory training received cabinet; 'p1"°1"11 A110" 2'7. 1940. immedi- ‘111913’ following the National Ree- ltration on which the call-up has iliten based. The original regain. télns maoe medical fit men be- een the e895 of 21 and 45 sub. iict to call for 30 (lays training. ‘r52? 11151 8101111 which started Yea‘ 11$ 171111.‘? in October of that i, 1' 11115 Composed oi $3150 men ‘iilfilafé’ .33 ti"? f1?" - ‘on i raring period {l}? 111111111 11111dequate to meet FEM111°Y11118 emergency and in ‘Xter:1;11~t1941. the period was L ed o four months with only llycig-olds to be called.

11 P111. 1941. it was decided to 221x21’? men in the army for home Imlshcz P11100595 after the liad

e their training per od. By

AHNPRIOR, Ont, Now 5 _ (c P) —- Gen. McNaughton, who be- came Defence Minister on tho rc- signation of Col. J. L. Ralstmi said in a speech here tday ho javcrgd continuance oi the voluntary sys- tem of enlistment in Canada.

Indicating ha opposed conul-lp. tins Home Defence troops for ov- erseas the General said he was “firmly convinced that the best hope lies in the maintenance of our lcinghrsditions of voluntary aer- v c '

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"We have had this from tho enr- liest days of this war," he said. “We had it in the last wai- until we changed and then we gained no benefit in time to be of any use,"

(Conscription was introduced in the First Great War in August, 1917. and the first conscripts arr- ived in France in the dying months of the war.)

The figures on reinforcements showed Canada could safely count “on some short period yet before there is danger of the situation be- coming acute." And now the need was knorvlm he was confident “our men and women will come forward to serve-that they will take up this honorable obligation and rally to the support of our gallant comrades| overseas."

His speech confirmed the gen- eral belief his view on the voluntary system coincided with the govern- me1it's policy which gave rise to a cabinet crisis which resulted in C01. Rulstows resignation.

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with the General indicating the voluntary system would solve the reinforcement problem, the question as to what is to become of "the home defence draitees remains‘. unanswered. It is understood he may deal with this question in a speech before veterans at Ottawa Monday night.

The best conjecture is that the larger number of them will be held in service ior use if the volun- tary system fails. Others may be seconded to essential civilian work.

His speech was received with close attention by a victory bond rally audience of about 1,000 which included veterans of both the First Great War and the present conflict.

When he reached the section dealing with his reinforcement pol- icy Gen. McNaughton spoke delib- erately and with great emphasis.

He said:-

“I have read and studied the re- ports from our officers in the field -_I have rend and studied the- suggestions and proposals made by our officers here-and I am firinl)’

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KIHARLOTFETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER c, 1944

l l “ "w" ‘ lyWar Situation Last Nigh i;

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- l By ELTON C. FAY, Associated Press War Analyst |

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Since the Allies landed in Normandy more than five months ago1 they have thrown an average of more than 1,800 tons of shells a day at the enemy. c

There, in nne item alone, is an example of the immensity of the Allied supply problem and another reason why new deep water ports. such as Antwerp, nre needed urgently.

The Allies have. and have held for weeks the city of Antwerp and all lta port facilities, left virtually intact when the Germans fled the oily in haste.

There la, however, extreme doubt that big cargo carrying ships will be able to use the port in anything like the near future. Reports from overseas say that the ship channel is heavily sifted, with its pre- sent use confined to shallow draft vessels. The task of dredging out the channel will be one uf weeks if not months. it ls feared.

Until that is done, the third greatest port in Europe will be of only limited use. It followa that any full-scale, sustained Allied offensive on the critical northern end of the western front will have to depend In large measure nn supplies coming In through distant Cherbourg and whatever other French nnrts may be restored to use In the meantime.

How long an intensive push against the Siegfried Line will have‘ to be sustained before a break-through is obtained is a matter of de- bate among military men. There are iliose who maintain that the west- ern defences of Germany are brittle. Thry base this belief to some ex- tent on the ages of prisoners taken by the Allies which show that the

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garrison Includes groups both below and above the accepted brackets ._

for efficient combat forces. From this they rlcclucc that the substantial por-

llon of all Germany's manpower is at the perimeter of her defences ngdside,

and that if those defences crack the break-through will he deep anti

decisive. There is no Inclination. _ the nature of the west wall garrison, a vast amount of munitions and

men will he needed to thrust through these formidable defences.

"st. J l... Dill Dead; Had Long Military Career 1

WASHINGTON, Nov. s _ (o?)

Local Man Aids in Army Courses

_.Fic1d Marshal Sir John -Dill. head of the British Joint taff Mission in the United States, died

last. night in Walter Reed Army Hospital. He had been 10!‘ several months with anemia.

Sir John, who was 63 years old. has been called by British ad- mirers "our best General since Marlborough" and during the e"- ly days of the war a

Al’. Ctacnpbell. of Cliarlcttctownn Auxiliary Servicts Superviros. imdl his iwsistant, Cpl. Loo Michel‘. of; Montreal. are playing a biz rolc in making army educational courses popular among members of the ’I‘l~irce Rivers Tank Regiment in Italy. They clrend much their time asslstlnu students and eivirq lectures, ssigl: a Canadian Arm Public Relations dispatch fvc

the only British General "worthy= of our steel."

He retired as Chief of the Bri- tish Imperial General Staff three - years ago and served as Governor of Bombay until his assignment to Washington.

He is survived by his widow. 011E

Italy. More. members of ihc Thrc b .vmus marriage’ John Rivers unit are enrolled illilliniiliyl fincger?“ pgiu‘ of me Royal AF other regiment in the 1st. Corps. “nary. m“, Sewing m thebcem

and y a

tral Mediterranean, stepdaughter. Miss Sonia Furlong, oi Wiisliinglon.

Aii Irisliiiiaii from Belfast, he wls educated at Clicltenhzitn Coi- lcge and tiic Royal Military Col- lcee ni Sandlilarnt. I-Ie served in the Bucr \l'lls1' as a junior officer

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i Charlottetown. however. to discount the fact that whateve l COBIIW. $1WM>0

._ l Campaign 1 Going Well l in Province

Summerside went over the tooln i the victorv loan "c Sillulill‘. ‘.<.1.lll.i..‘iv lil..i1 @1000 suoscnibed 1'; axces of the town's 5.330.000 0111c.-

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Loan headquarters for Prince County announced the victory an iniq-attesiloon and whistles were blown and bells rang to announce L118 NEWS Li) ClClZOFiS.

Summersid» thus became ihc first district in l1rilice _I.‘.(l\V‘dl‘d Isl- and to reach an obicctrve.

Meanwhile the CEIIIDBIRD in the Province was also going well. with

‘i5 per cent of the $3,300,000 min- imum objective subscribed at 111126, c.

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close or‘ business Saturday. actual subscriptions amounted to $2,484,150» and officials espresso the, hone the quota would be rlllcn-l, ed lonz before the end of tiie cani- paign next Saturday and that the‘ Province would exceed the minimum asked by a aood mllffllh. b Bv districts the totals were div-

ided as ioliows: Suinmvl'.<:cic, Soil,-

U" Prince County outside 511m- 541513200: Chiiriatteiovcii. s9l4,300; Queen's Couniv outside

$370,650; Kinks

Campaign Golnz Well

OTTAWA. Nov. 5 — (CP) —Ci\11-i adlaiis subscribed a total oi $i1.-| 492.400 Saturday to brine the w... | subscriptions in the Seventh Vic-y

lo 1.895.000 at the end of the second week of three-i wok eanilailzn for sioooiloopoo. I

The Saturday sales compared with sales of $58,592,801) in tile c0r-‘ responding dav of the Sixth Victory. Loan last spring. ‘rile cumulativ‘. total was nearly 342.000.0011 iiilzherl than the corresponding total on the! 12th day of the previous 10.111. l

Uonunentina upon the progress oi the loan to dale, Graniiin "Io s,l general chairman of the ‘ war finance COlllmlttfft. are very encouraged bv liic s . o the first two weeks. Purchases by special names group are mcctinz: expectations. We are pnrizclilarly cncmuW-Zed bv the manner lil uliiciil

German ccm-Hndividual Canadians 111's respon- mentator once referred to him as . di

11%.... “We_enter the third wccl; of the; CBHTDHIIZII Will] COHIlGClKU illlfl 0D- timlsni tempered. IHHVEVLI‘. with l. ‘ knowledge that it will take the bsti efforts oi us all to reach this 011-‘ jectiw."

Tim Buck's Views

Cf Cabinet Shake-lint

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‘liodiw neiir Arnhem-scene of the gallant British ziirs; .111'°i1Ded Sabotage parachutists" behind the vital Arnhem bi

ed tonight.

MsiL $4.00: that Pmvlneea . . . Subscription “Delivered. 05.00.‘ u u‘ u u

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P)—FieId “lhjlillififlibl Monti-r

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f)‘ launched a new assault dlvisiozfs stand and .~.fre, Berlin radio declar-

This unconfirmed report came as the 1st Canadian Army and the British 2nd Army punched up to the Mans (Meuse) River to the southwest on a iii-mile front,

l‘€ilCl'il1l,'_',‘ the river iii several points. and other 1st Canadian

Army forces virtually

ended the bloody battle to clear Antwerp harbor as a supply springboard for offen-

sives into Germany.

only two isolated pockets of Nazis remained on Walchcrcn Isl- and £11K . D12 suns the lind been oi bv Bflllsll licclti» in-

(icy L.-G:il.C1'crar: save for min - sweeping, the lvuter route lo Ant- werp had DEVI! opened.

There was no Allied word on am operations at Arnhem, a city on the Nedar Rhine Euardiul! tile north- ern approach to the Reich Berlin sol ilcmcrffs forces mans‘ Arnhem bridgehead . hezrvv aerial support. The bi" - cast declared all the parachutists dropped to disrupt Ccrmaii com- munications had been killed or CilllllPiCfl. G miaii slrlsilutli ut Arii- licui cntly wits Lil.‘ ljlr-cl at five iilfinlullj 11nd soiiic armor.

Southeast oi Aachen. rank-sup- ported U.S. infantry folxzht back 500 yards almost m thf e e Schmidt in a bitter batte to regain that bomb-levelled villazi‘. and re- captured two-thirds of the izround lost curl r to licavv German coun- tcr-attilcks.

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To Be Reduced

OTTA\VA, NOV. 6 -— 1GP) — A report izoni usuallv well-informed sources it that the R.C.A.F. will undergo " .

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out on the previously IUIHOIJXICEd "first-in-iirst-out" basis.

Air vice hlarshal LJE‘. Stevenson Ls home ll"l‘.l the East Asia theatre with n iu ._tll, on needs and coll-- (iiiiolis iiicrl". Plalinxrs are I. incoiateiv point: ahead for the! swiicli i0 ilic Pacific nf squadrons! llilW scrviii: in Europe. Tlxcv will be raised on a rc-voluntarv basis and it ls LIIIGCISLOOG that a third of the air force's 45 squadrons will b."

ili n iliird b01115.’ dcinobilizcd c in llic new veal", it is under- stood that the remaining third will| bc used in hoiiiu establishments and also for European occupational dutv with tho uosslbilitv of some dav toe-- im: included in an internallonzn‘ police [nrcl if one is fiiiallv cs- izibllshcd.

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By Ross Munro

WITH THE IST CANADIAN ARMY IN HOLLAND. Nov. s -' (CP Cable) — Canadian lZIOOps herel are anxious to learn what Stand Gen. i A G L McNaughton. newly-ap-l pointed Canadian Defence Minister. is going to take on the reinforce- ment question and the moot issue 01 5BY1d-1n8 home defence men ov- erseas. _

At present the troops are con- fused by the controversy in Ottawa, and are uneasy about the implicat- ion that Geri. McNaughton will refuse to send home defence men overseas. On this issue they would 5llliport former Defence Minister Ralstonts reported recommendat- ion to the government that home defence troops should be dispatched to active theatres as reinforcements.

There has always been deep resentment among overseas troops that the so-called “Z0mbies" nave stayed at home throughout the war. The majority oi Canadians here voice strong opinions on this ques- tion and Mr Ralstonk reported view certainly reflects what the

Troops Anxious To Learn

McNaughton ’s Stand

lielis Reported In Budapest

LONDON, Nov. 5 (AP)— The German radio reported late to- night that Russian tank spear- head: had crashed through Budapeafs suburbs and reach- ed the southeru metropolitan limits, only two miles from the heart of the stricken Hungarian capital torn by Red Army siege guns and planes and Axis de- molltions.

A Buchareat broadcast said other Soviet troops, racing around the eastern side of the city, had smashed into the capital from the north and also penetrated l2 miles beyond.

Hungarian reports quoted by Bucharest indicated that the bulk of the German forces weze fleeing across the "Danube to the western side, giving up the greater part of Budapest.

majority oi the troops here feel. Now that the “zombie" question has come to a head. they want to know what is going to be done rtb- out it. So they wait to hear what Gen McNaughtonls policy will oe-l The Canadian troops in Holland: received practically all the news on the situation from reports in iliej army newspaper Maple Leaf, al-j though they first heard oi Mr. Rl-l ston‘s rcsigrition and Gen Mc-j Naughtons appointment from a‘ BBC broadcast which only m2ii-, tinned tho cabinet change and did~ not g0 111w any detail or &Xl)l"ii1-' ntion inr the switch.

Less Steel iieededl For Shipbuilding

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