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HAL'iF.AX, Feb. 26.-When there is fied. in the three branches., siege.. _ _ L'

f coastdefence aanldn gitzsvyaltlié-tiiieIil'y I / I I ‘l 1

set for' one the very pleasant duty o writing of Captain D. A. MacKinnon. 0, C , of "The Eieventlifl’ it becomes nccodsary to couch one's language in what may appear superlative and adul-

ntion to those who have small kiiowl- ffl* ii 4' ` ` ' ' A S0

edge of the* work and worth of this nd

work. he is a qu e gn r, a I7 f»`3»~if`i»'»'a3'i»fll'<»'“.l»'»\'ii'~'?'-'lil-°° ‘" “`“”"°"’< When Sir Sam Hughes Had a-laid Order He Placed it in tlie Hands oi

Ca tain D A McKinnon and dt uili Barricks Toda is as Finea

inirnble oilicer. Nevertheless no less 'During the twelve years, lie has P1 °' ` _ _ _ -_ y

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must be said if soiiicthing near to up- precia-tion of what Captain Mac-

Kinnonhas done and is doing is to b set down.

"Dali" MacKinnon is

.in itself. He luis twice (1908 and 191-2) lboen an oilicer of the All-Canadian ar- vtlllery team competing for the King's honors with the British, and_to him went a splendid share of the credit for bringing the cups to Canada in the competition overseas.

Six times in tho past seven years.

Captain MacKinnon (Who is with all the rcst of his accomplishments, ii crack rifle shot) competed as a mom-

bci of the inter-maritime teams, and _ou of that six -times. was on the win- ning team four times.

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Of Captain MacKinnon's record in

sport and in business there is little ‘ need to write. I-le is a successful busi- ness inun. and while having interests

ns the president of the MacKinn Drug Company, of Charlottetown.

HALIFAX, Feb. 24.-A few weeks

ago, General Sam }_1uglics had a rush order to give for a new artillery unit. This was a very vital order; the unit was needed within a space of time that. as recruiting time goes, looked very. very short.

The Canadian militaln department

has a reputation for doing things while the other fellows might be thinking about them-or getting "them done _ “double-quick," which amounts to the same thing.

Around about the time wnr broke

out, General Sain, then Colonel Sam. wanted a big bunch of a certain typo

that ramify in innumerable directions, of num He Bent for a ,-Oprcsmmmve he is bee; known to the business world of that cm-_ `

"We want-car_s in-days!" this be-

fore the representative was _fairly

in s rt his success has been no less seated. '

go, but a decided-~

a burst into the sportlight. and did

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One month ago Captain Maciiinno

uppoareii on the horizon of overseas During late years lic has been best order. l’m pretty busy now. Good

service as a. meteor. Today his numc. no doubtflius ii ilreslile familiarity in

almost eV`§fY comniunity in thes

S Maritime meet wasn't just exaetl

down on the cards.

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0 marked. He held running records -in_ “-

the Maritime before Hana Holmer /3\ll""C°\°l1°\ H“§1\°5’Y°“ “\“S*

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lot of other valuable athletic work _..Y D ‘ k .. mi

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1' we want them in that time, and your 1 company must deliver them."

"But, Colonel-this is impossible-

we never could;-"

“Nothing is impossible. That’s our

known for his almost uncanny faculty morning." for including in his stable horses that

o _iiosed out the other fellow at the wire.

The cars were delivered on ti.nie.

Maritime-Provinces. But this excellent To such, an extent has this been true ‘_ *_ 1' *I _._

officer is NOT a “flash in the pan." Don't he deluded by any such idea. Captain "Dan" MacKinnon had made

a deep apd abidlngnisrk in military. as well s business and social life.

years before the Hun treated a solemn treaty as fl “scrap of paper."

Captain MacKinnon came from

the ranks. Today he is regarded as one df the ilnest of Canadian srtillerytollicers, with a record which va _man ~of twice his years might well stand proud. And he

has been 12 years out of the ranks Bigger Game. A man with the record

of Captain “Dan” MacKinnon coni-

~that i_s,`_ twe`vo years an oillcor. Today its is qua iilcd, and well quali-

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as to make him the biggest money

cult for the past two years. He too to horse-racing as a hobby, as he

winning driver on the'Maritimo cir-

People often wonder at the remark-

able despatch with which Canada

lf is lb

regarding it today, in casting it aside, “Wie he' P"°P““m°”B 1°’ War'

as a liobby. and sacrificing iucrativ business interests in favor of servic

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that the people oi the Meritirrie Prov-

inces are "pulling" for him n th

_ninnds 'th_at. as an inalienable right _

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HALIFAX, _Fob. 26.-To citizens o

Eastem Cttlidda--tliat is the Maritime

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9 was wonderful-but it was REAL. it 6 was a ease of getting the thing done

-`-and DONE QUICKLY. And Colonel, how General, Sir Sam Hughes. was tlie dynamo of energy that supplied the initiative.

As we have said, a few weeks ago.

Sir Bam wanted a certain special or- tliiery corps raised-_-and raised in re- cord time. To do that he had to select a commanding officer with _tha same traits of energy and get-the-thing-done grit that he himself possesses. Every oillcei-'s record is on file at Ottawa. and tho Minister knew where to look for such a man.

'lflo gut in iiuch with Captain D. A. MaoKln`nm`i, t on 0. C. of the Ives'

Point Battery in Hallfn2.

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if euant Longwortli comes from a long

liiio of military men. the worthy sou of n worthy military family. He is

Ilrovlncesatwg gf the omcers of “Th°‘.a son of the late ‘Colonel J. A. E|‘°"°“U1" "0 W0" “lid WW We" Longwortii, of Charlottetowmand it rs

known, It is doubtful if there is s man or mature years in Nova Scotia, New llrunswicki and Prince Edward island. who has not, at one time or another.

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‘enough to soy that his' grandfather was also a life-long member of tho Canadian militia. ‘ ~

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eyed young officer. who is well equipp- ed to uphold family traditions. bc- causo, as was the case`wlth" his fore- uears. he ‘has won through on sheer merits. Lioutentnt Longwortii deserves to be Lieutenant Longwortli. because he came fromtiio ranks as did his brother officers.,

Enllsting as a gunner, this popular

of' artillery' life with some of t c- hest men who over laid a gun. '

` Wiiien broke nut.

to raise

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An here we have an _alert. clear-`

And he certainly picked the right

` man for the Joh. Today, this special artillery unit, the 11th Field Howitzor Brigade Ammunition Column. is fully raised-and not only fully raised, but ill: and ready to sail at -a nionxcnt's no tics, and that. within a month from the time the orders were received.

And in building up “Tire Eleventh"

io the last -possible degree of perfec- tion. Captain MacKinnon has made a new mark, just what he was asked to ` do-._ There is no case on record in our history that can equal it. There they are, the full compliment of men, quart- ` ered at South Barracks as this is writ- ,tun, equipped down to the lest buckle and hutton, inoculated for the last

tilgio before sailing. The work is com- p to;

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1133" ‘.‘.‘.;..i’.i‘.‘.”"";...§’.§‘.""‘ll'...f.“.‘.l?`.’.“§‘$I$ -Unit as Ever Deliglited (lid Eye oi a Lover of Excellence in as it member of the battery ~-- < _~ _ -

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'i`ln-_ earth is full oi anger, the seas :irc dark with wrzitli, .

The nations in their iiziiiicss go up against our path;

l Ere yet we loose thc legions, orc yet we draw thc blade.

_/¢"l|¢/va/I of flu' Tlmriders, Lord God of Battles aid!

l'1`en now their vziiiguiirfis gxitlicr, c’cn now we incc tTic-fray L

As tliou didst help uni' iailiors, llclp il`lioi\ our iiosts today ,

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ary came he use applications from zso me nuiirrix i'icrai.i`__`sna_i'iw musing liiorelmen i.hiin'lio needed: andmppli-" ail_t`o_ help hiin`_do it. lie said he cations are still coming in, even from f egardcd_ the plan lic had blocked out im-may points' in the United stems

°xc°"°;19°‘g ind Western Canada. This was made

_possible because Captain MacKinnon. .as one of the keenest businessminds ofmastern' Canada, know how to go

ab‘on¢'4_the work. He knew tlzc value of priiitsr’s Ink"-and he u od it to

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"The greatest powers in recruiting this province," said Captain Mec-

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Lieutenant A S Donald

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IIALIFAX, February 25.- 1|. is Canada. llis happy faculty for loading

doubtful ii? any military unit has gone, and -handling men made for success in or will go. overseas uoiitainiug two his work. us it muile for success in th'- uiiicers so well und iuvornbly known management and dirocton of atiiletic to the younger cleinr-ni or the Min-1-_ teams- and will prove of vital valui- tlme Provinces as thc 11th Field liow~l ill the M8801' game of war. itzer Brigade Ammunition Column. in] Lieutenant Donald is a Moncton l§o.\' Captain D. A. lvicliiupon and Liuutcn-- and received his military training as n out A. S. Donald, “Tire Elevcnlli" has 'member and later as an oiilcer of _tht- on its roster two men who have been 19th Field Battery 0' that City- Alway '-

identified with the sporting life

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life, Sussex und Potewawa did not seem just right each succeeding year

. of training if “'l‘ab" Donald’s big and _ familiar form was not in evidence. . ‘ As an oihcer of the 19th Battery, li»-

nlways stood high in eiilciency, both in Maritime and Upper Canadian camps.

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As a sportsmen. Lieutenant Doiialli

has had a meritorious career. in fool hell. -hockey, baseball. gymnastic and fmck and field sports, he was for years nn active, and away above the average performer. Possibly his best'msrk was made in football, for when a. half' hack. scaling something over 190. hacks bulk with nu ability to turn u hundred yards around eleven seconds little else is needed to make him at once a tower oi’ strength to his own

_ lines and the terror of the other fel-

lows. _

‘ .ln later years, on quitiiig activi-

s sports, Lieutenant Donald was host

known ns a manager of very line hoc-

Eastern Canada for many years. Both

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key teams. He handled what the maj- ority regard as the beat team that ever put skates on Maritime ice, rc- presentiiig a maritime town. Moncton had it. This was the team; Hague (goal). Povey (point), Ras Murphy

iu their day, were regarded ag prime (cover). Tommy Smith (centre), Dah.

competitors- and of the sort animate by that _spirit that tends to make- good sportsmen a better one.

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As in the case of Captain Mcliin-

non, so it always was with Lieutenant Doiirtld. sport always held the second place ol` a recreation, not a profession,

liotii have been siiceessiiil in their

cliosen vocations in life. _Lieutemint lioiiuid is u railway en- gineer. und inode his mnrlt as o. mein- bcr oi' the enginecrlni; staff’ of thu

erty and Berlanquette (wings) Even

fl _ ,~ a mini -on thirr“team’n'ttorwlirds iliured

on N. H. A., teams. and some of them ix were stars. in fact. Tommy Smith is. | without doubt, the best all round lint- msn in the game. lt; was Tominy Smit-li' for whom the Halifax Social# offered u small fortune to Quebec u » [cw seasons nge.

New Lieutenant Donald has "sign-

: eil on" with tho “All British Team." That his record in the Great Arena overseas will be as line, as clean and as coniiiieiidzilile as it has been n-

Transcontiiieiital railway. During tthc mongst us in Eastcrii Canada, may be

past three years, he -had been a resid-

taken up a foregone conclusion. His

ent engineer on the new Nova Scotia Maritime friends will fellow with keen

Eastern railway. and is regarded one of the best in this line in Easter

as interest -his movements from the dar

n nc leaves us to the day he returns.

Captain D. A.” McKinnon’s_ I Howitzer Battery'

The officers und mon of No. ll

Overseas Field Artillery Brigdde Am- munition Column are as foilowsz- _

CAPTAIN D. A. McKINNON. 0. C..

Charlottetown, P. E. i.

LIEUTENANT F J. LONGWORTH.

Charlottetown, P. E. i.

|W. G. Gillespie, ch’town, P. E. I.

I G. Green, New London, P. E. i.

J. A. Godkin, Charlottetown, P. E. I. O. C. Greqgory, Charlottetown, P. E.l_ N. H. Garnhum, Georgetown, P. E. I. P. W_ Lecillr, Charlottetown, P. E..i. E. G. Hlilicr, Halifax, N. 8. - W. H. Hsrdesty, Halifax, N. 8. .

UEUTENANT A' 5' DONALD' M°"°'l I. L. Hueiin, Port au Basque, Niid.

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NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS B. 8. -M., J." E. Trainer, Ch’town, P. E. i. Q. M. Sergeant A. McDonald, Charlop

tetown, P. E. I.

Sergt. Major F. Grimes, Halifax, N. S. Sergt, R. Laird, Bedequc, P. E. l. Sergt. G. W. Bock, Nlctaux Falls, N.S. Cor oral A. Brlckett Hsllfa N. 8

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Corporal W. L. Forbes, Halifax, N. S. Corporal J. T. McA|eor, Ch'town, P.E.|. Bombadler D. Anderson. Ch'iown.P.E.i. Bomlaadler J- A. Campbell, Hnllfax,N.S. Bombadlcr J. H. Harrell, Gh’town,P.E.I. Bombadier R.M.Klnnle, Berwick, N. 8. Bombadier L. H. Webster, Mario, P.E.l. Bombadler F. L. Puncher, Halifax. Bombndler H. J. Patton. Halifax. BombadlerJ.C. Stcwsrt,Ch'town,P.E.l. Bombadicr G. M. Saunders, Murray

River. P. E. I.

Bombadicr J. W. Spence, St. C_roix,N.S.

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A. H. Innes, Halifax, N. S.

C. B. Inman, Deslble, P. E. l_

_J. B. Kelley, New Glukow, .N 8.

E. F. Klnnle, Berwick, . 8. 1 A. E, Holloran, Chlidottltafwn, P. E. \. J. E. Landry, D'E'|coulu, C. B.

H. A. Mcdllvary. New GIa|gow,N.s.

J. McDonald, Point Prim, P. E. l. W. C. McLeod, Ch'town, P. E. l. J. McFarlane. Charlottetown, P. EQ. N. F. McDonald. Glace Bay, C. B. _ F. L. McMurrer,Ch‘t.owm P. E. i. A. D. McLeod, Victoria Cross, P. E. l. H. Mcinnes, Trenton, N. 8.

E. McKenzie, Long Crook, P. E. i. L. McDonald, Vernon, F. E. i_

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