FRIDAY.
First Lliorea For Canadals 25th Brigade
The biggest. roughest. toughest "baby" born in Canada in 1050 was the 25th Canadian Infantry Br-lg-ade Group which last week in fares celebrated its first birth-
ay.
A compact. hard-hitting fight- ing iorce commanded by Brig. John M. Rockingham. 0.312.. D. 8.0.. of Victoria. B.C.. the forma- tion already has bloodied itself in the fighting in Korea. proving be- yond doubt that it is one infant with a full set of teeth.
In the twelve brief months since it was raised. the "25th" has had several of its members decorated for gallantry in action: has taken its toll in em-my dead, wounded and prisoners: and has borne its own losses. It has never had a man surrender to the enemy. One of its units. the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadianluighi Infaritry, won considerable recog- nition from other United Nations” commanders in the first few weeks it was in action and, for its heroic stand near Kapyong on April 24-25, was awarded the U.S. Presidential Citation.
Early Response
Canada's derision in raise a bri- cade group for service With the United Nations forces was an- nounced last August 7 in Ottawa hy Defence Minister Brooke Clax- ton. Recruiting began the next rooming and iii the first 36 hours more than 2.200 volunteers crowd- ed recruiting offices. At week's end more than H.600 applicants had been interviewed and of V-hli number a total of 3.027 was ac- cepted and despatched immedi- ately to training centres across
the country.
Business continued briskly at all recruiting centres throughout August and the first two weeks oi Repgmber. Bulk of the new bri- giuie was recruited in live weeks. In mid-September it was an- nounced that 9.000 MW mm 033 been enlistcd iiiio the Stteclal Force and another 1.000 Officers and men were being posted from the Active Force to the brigade to occupy key positions. g
The appointment or 38-year-olo Brig. Rockingham as commander nf the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade was announced August 9. The announcement ended much speculation as to which of Can- nda's wartime leaders would be recalled from retirement to head the brigade.
A week later. names of the men whownuld command the sen- ior regiments in the SpecialFo1'ce were announced. 'I'hB.V' lncludw Ltd.-Col. R. A. Keane. D.S.O.. 36. of Fort William and OHRWB 55 commandinr! 0lllC9l' "(the arm Battalion Royal Canadian Reel- mm; Li.-Col. .1. R. tau: Jlml 5-,..,ne, i).s.O. MC.. 42. oi'salmon Arm. B.C. as commanding ol- fir-er of the 2nd Battalion. Prin- cess Patricias; and Lt.-Col. J. A Dextraze. D.S-0.. -'ll- Oi M”"””l' H Col-nrnanding nmccr of the 2nd Battalion. Royal 22nd Regiment
Big Trnlnlng Task
The big task of training l0.00(l row men. many with no previous military experience. was turned over to Active Force. instructors at. Petawawa. Camp Borden. Cal-
gary, Wainwritzht. and elsewhere. From the start. emphasis was placcd on training of all ranks
inr combat in niountainous.wood- ed terrain and against iluvrlllfl and infiltration tactics. All time- consuming irills were out and a 52-hour per week training W0- pram mapped out.
First Canadian troops despElCl'l- ed to the Far East arrived In Jap- an late in September under com- mand of Brig. F. J. (Frank) Fleury. M.B.E.. of Ottawa. The group set. tip what has since of- ficially become known as the cgngdian Military Mission (Far Easily in Tokyo and immediately began paving the way for the ar- rival of the Canadian Brigade in Korea.
Bria. P'letiry's small staff of four officers and five other ranks was followed in October by an ul- vance parly of 345 officers and men of the Special Force. The group, de.-trrihc-d by Army Head- quarters as "A work party" sent to apt, up a tent ramp for the in-igsdp proper near Pusan. sailed direct. to Korea from Seattle. Oc- tober 21.
The more of all units of H17 Brigade to Fort. Lewis. Wash.. lo: the finishing louclies to their rombat trainimz. was announced November H by the Defence Min- later and look eight, days to com- plots.
The transfer of the 10.000 men Ir. the huge American trainintz base. was not without incident. A troop train carrying part oi the 2nd Field Regiment. R.C.H A.. (now 2nd Regiment. Royal Canadian Horse Artillery) collided with an east-bound passenger train high in the Rocky Mountains on No- vrmber 2i. Seventeen soldiers and four civilians were killed and 42 soldiers injured M a result of the accident.
P. P. C. L. I. Battalion
The formation of the 3rd Bat- talion Princess Patricia”: Canad- Ian Light Inlantry as part oi the ma Canadian Infantry Brigade was announced November 30. Or- don to raise the new battalion were issued its the 2nd Battalion 0'. the regiment sailed for Korea in advance of other units oi the lpoclal Force.
The move to Korea divorced the 2nd Battalion P.P.C.LI. from the 29th Brigade. and placed it tem- porarily under command oi, first. the !'ll.h and later the 28th Brit- iah Commonwealth Brigades The rattalion first saw action in Ko-
' Ilh Will! the 27th Brllillll Com-
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crossing from Seattle. They left the next day for Pusan. south Korea.
Christmas in Korea was a bone- cbilling experience ior the Canad- ians. Raw, bitter winda swept through their rent camp at Pu- ran. But. thanks to American troops nearby, the battalion had a traditional Christmas dinner and a number oi parcels. the gift. of women's auxiliaries in Van- couver and Victoria. were distrib- uted Christmas Day. There even was a Christmas tree. decorated by L. Harold Hayes of Vancouver. The battalion moved from Pu- san to Miryang for intensive training December 38. and within in week a compact. heavily-armed iurce commanded by Major Gor- don Henderson of Calgary. had successfully completed the battal- lon's first operational assignment in Korea. This was a 48-hour road reconnaissance carried out for Col. stone.
The Patricias moved north to the front February l5 and a week later were committed to battle for the first time. Their first battles involved the clearing oi hlllsnorth If Sogu and Yongdu and leading to Mounts Kalgl. Khakkun and Maehwa. a campaign which ended March I4.
On April 23 the battalion was! called out of rest at Kapyoiig io' help stop the Chinese who had launched their Spring drive.
Holding Jobs
Later they were switched to the west to do holding jobs for the Amerlcan 24th Infantry Division. the first at Chongpyongchon. the second at Nasogu.
on Marv l the battalion moved into a defensive position north of the Han River. eight miles east of Seoul. and spent three weeks building a defence line. But the enemy did not move onto it. and in common with the rest of the front. the Patricias abandonerl the Han on May 20 to join the drive still in progress. They've been with it ever mice.
While the Patricia: methodical- ly and relentlessly went about the l-'"5”l935 0' l'-lliiillng Communist troops out of their hilltop pngit. ions. other units of the 25th Can- adian Infantry Brigade completed their training at Fort Lewis. They sailed for the Far East in April from Seattle. In an order 0! the day issued on the eve of
By CHARLES HONOE
London has just counted noses. New York did so last year.
But the question which is the larger city still is technically clouded and perhaps will remain so forever because the two cities count their population and define their boundaries in entirely dif- ferent ways. 'l' However, leaving out the tech- nicalities anti simply considering concentrations or people and in- iegrated territories. New Yorkls Metropolitan area is more than six times larger than that of greater London and its population is nearly half again as large.
The preliminary report on the l95l census issued by the Brltlsn Registrar General gave Greater
ited Nations troops as the only Canadian unit in the field. since lcaving the rest of the brigade at Fort Lewis last December, the Patrician had been operating un- der United Nations command.
As of August 3. figures com- piled at Army Headquarters show- ed a total -of 227 men killed. wounded or injured in the fight- ing ,,Lhere. Of this number. 52 were listed as killed in action. six died of wounds, in were wound- ed. and another l7 injured in ac- tion. One ofiicer and 13 other
their departure. Brig, Rockingham said: "We leave to join a great battle. bearing in each of us the honor and dignity oi Canada. In traininc you have been tough and resourceful. In War you must be better."
Major units who sailed with the lmtznde. roilowiruz in the wake of the Princess Patrlclas. were tho second battalions oi the Royal Canadian Rexlment. the Royal 22nd Regiment and the 2nd Real- meiit. Royal Canadian Horse Ar. tiilery.
The delitlrture oi the brigade for Korea was the signal for the move oi the 25th Canadian Infantry Brl ade Replacement Group from Ior Lewis to Wainwright. Alta. ln mld-May. The group. still at Wainwrlzhi, continues to hold and Fllpilly replacements for the Pith Canadian Infantry Brictadc Re-. inforcement Group which in turn provides reinforcements for the various units in Korea.
In Action AI Unit
It was the end of May before the 25th Brlrrade went into action as a unit. Brig. Rockingham wel- comed the Patricias back May 29 after three months of operating
isnka. or a total or 14 have died of ordinary causes since the bri- gade landed in Korea. The enemy has yet to capture its first Can- adian prisoner of war.
The other side of the picture shows three Canadians decorated for braverv and devotion to dutv in the fighting in Korea, all ct them members of ,the 2nd Battal- ion Princes Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. They are Capt J G. W. Mills. 31. of Winnipeg. awarded the Military Cross for valorous conduct in the fiohting around Chunchon last Anril 24- 15: IMCpl. Smiley Douglas. 2.1. Delburne, And. for his part in the same battle: and Pie. Leoiiard Barton. 21. formerly of Padding- ton. Eng. who came to Canada last. summer to enlist in the Can- adian Army following the oiii- break of the Korean conflict. He won his award for heroism in a battle iouglit by the Patriv-ias near Vangdogwoii last March 7.
As they begin their second year as a flghtinvz formation of the Canadian Army. personnel of the 25th Canadian Infantrv Brlzatlo can look back with nride on 12 months of accomplishment. on the eve of their birthday they wait with their allies for the re-
and fighting alongside other Un-
suits of the Kaesong truce talks.
i"i'l'i': GUARDIAN. ciiAtii.orrri:'row-i-o
London a population of 8,840,137. aginincrease of only 130,364 dnce
Just a year ago the Census Bur- eau gave New York City a popu- latlon of 7,B4l.(ll0. and listed the Metropolitan population. including New York and Northeast NewJer- .-cy areas. at 12,834,143. The lat- ter was an increase of l.l'l7.304. since 1940.
Now here's why it is so difficult to get a satisfactory basis of com- parison between London and New York: The actual "City" of Lon- don is a very small place-the ancient core around which the
has a population oi around 8,000.
The Administrative County of London, which wiiesponds in a way to the territory within New
tendency for
nllstropolltan New York ilvorslmlows Greater London By law census
New York City thought its 1950
census would show a population of at least 8.500.000. when the of- iicial figures came out there were cries of ”We was robbed" and de- mands for a Census Bureau simply complainants were deluding them- selves.
But said
the the
recount.
Similarly. estimates that Lon-
dori'a population was at least 8.- 100.000 have been encyclopedias. atlases, and alman- acs since 1938. .'I'oday's figure will
appearing in
gigantic urban and suburban areas bf Gull-G I C0lll9d0W-- 19' ""5 has devdoped. It covers only one Vl'h00ptl-uppers of London: Vlstr square mile. once was walled. and M55.
The censuses revealed one point
in common for the two cities-a trek to the suburbs. London Coun-
cities to think they are iar larger than they actually are.
ty lost a. million people, although almost all of them remained in the Greater London area. New york City's oiiicial population in-. crease was little more than five; percent in ten years but the sub- urban areas grew at an amazing: pace-again at the expense of thei city proper. I
NEW JET rionreas l
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 9-(AP)-Onsi of the navy's newest Jet fighter! planes, produced by the same com-l pany which developed the fam- ous Banshee. made its maiden' flight here yesterday. The Mac- Iionnell Aircraft Corporation said the plane, named the "Demon" and powered by 5. Westinghouse jet engine. was kept aloft for 24 min- tiles on a test flight.
CIIARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER lath
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Yonk City's official limits. is I17 square miles and has I ' "H" of 3.346.336. This compare! with New York City's 365.4 squaremlles and nearly 8.000.000 population. Now comes the gimmick. The County of London is surrounded lry a great. "outer ring" of suburbs in five counties. These suburbs ;are independent politically or come under the jurisdiction of the various counties. but because they .are within the Metropolitan po- rlice district they are considered a. part of Greater London. This larger area has 693 square miles and has the Just ounced pop- ulation of 8,340,137. Possessing similar characteristics to this territory is New York's Metropolitan area. whose boundar- ies are definitely set by the 1.7.8 Bureau of Census. - Within this huge area of 4,408 square miles ,are nearly 13,000,000 human be- ings. While New York City proper lhas no political connection with the outer territory. it is the center "of the trading area. draws hund- 2-eds of thousands of workers each day and has certain integrating activities through the Port of New York Authority. which oper- rtes both for New York and New Jersey. and other public bodies. Actually. New York's Metropoli- tan area is much larger and more populous because it runs up into Connecticut and far down the lliew Jersey seashore. However. in lceiining the lD50 territory the. Census Bureau changed the basis of determination used in 1940 when the boundaries cut across (ounty lines. The 1950 area in- lcludes only whole counties. Announcement. of definite fig- ures for London and New York cleared up population mysteries in
iboth places. There always is a
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