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Here ' s an interesting quotation from Pierre Burton ' s "Flondi k o" (?:ulhlishcd 195R)
^IJT'OT' F IELD F?kC (1i, 1090 to June 190,'
_ ..and in th e midst of all thi: hurlyr - burly the most outlandish sight of all,
two hundred and three uni f ormed soldiers in scarlet tunics and white helnots marchin; as best they could i n close order , v.ith the Lela of Hudson ' s Pay pacl _ ers ar.d.
mules trudging in step through mud holes and over rocs and s tumps , perf:ormisr,
bars. e1: - s ;uare evolutions , s1;E; iri.li fish with th ei r b:'.yonets , an d dI'as_'inrg t:,_eir
T;'axini guns alon g
theta .
This was the Yukon Field .+:; r.ce, made up of o:Ci leers
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Ca
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:^c,y ;,1 ^ ^:r.:.,;• Orargoa
the ?oyd^].
an d tl-.e Royal
Canadian Artillery and sent i: o
to reinforce the 1:ountes Police by
g overnment
which feared that the i n flux of forei gners (to the Klondi )-.c gold Lush ) mi h.t
cr.,use a n insur r ection that could wrench the Forth from Canada .
t"ncuote ..........
T' n T llison as-- if any nomber has, or seen, covers from this farce? ::rite
Fen dlirect.
._)j'!-'''.ted this in the Vancouver !'rovince of 71]: 20, X1.974.
VICTOR A: in parade today ran):. the end of '^anadiun force.' ; r o"i'•1'.+-I,i(ori s
at Patt,ricia Bay (once .,..'0 ilC2) airport, er JE, we +
Utility
is moving to 11h o O T3 t3 t Cesr.ox.
There is e really fine account in the Canedian i orraphical Journal of .. pil
1974, , .,;es 02 -29. it's t it led, "L`TC R127F •- Qnnda' a first flying school
..ritten by Ronald Dodds. Lots of I:ietures too. Check with your library for
a cony of s ar.d 12.00 to the :;ocietr for copy. '":ere K c a cancellat ion.
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rootol Petory Soc et:> to •,olon.cl „amuel B.
%:1 (1 ,l _•i`'1"). The .ro nr nsl
feat u red extracts from an account by Steele
el- to",
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c o ncerning the Yukon rail in 1 00 This led
h e loc'.>1 l ib,na.ny and a
of e book
np
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(reissued. 3972) by Col. Steele entitled "Forty Years in Canada". One of the
interesting points .bout the work of this mounted ? ol.i^`a:. n and soldier was the
`jrrarEe:cents he ;ad` for his son to carry the nails during the coui`. o of th-•'r
duties. Try your 1 ibrary (or Coles Books) for a copy of Steele' s biography,
Our thanks to the d t.or° of Post West, Del T. Allen, and one of our members, for
an article of military and postal history interest.
the 6;orl d Tar Two noricd there were many c o stal c an c ellations from NY
carom's in Cntsrio.
One or two of these were used before the war but re- -itary
activnted miring the early sonths of the conflict.
We refer to the Canada
"A"
1J. liti-a typo ( L ong B r anch a b ove) from P iagur•a Ca m p , reading flIA(:1C--'L-,P
.
A n o ther ups f r om Petcn ava Ca mp and measured 29mm 'i n diorfleter.
Another of about
the s ame size, Connau 'ht Military Camp vas of th e "same family" as Dundurn Cam p
which was sketched in ; owsletter
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From the amount of paper strewn around us we expect there will be sufficient
for three pages. Trough is enough.
Please report for Pewsletter
Q. Your cc tribution is important.
.Yours sincerely,
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91APS Chi` ADIAF ' O :C ;S ',;P II STUDY GRI'OP
List of "ieni ers. July 7 1., 10711.
1) F9 . 01ch-4rdson, P.C.}. fox 93 Le q. i.e City, Texas, 77573
2) J. Co]ir Ca.-bbell, (, 'oss Kelowna, . '.
3) Ed. A. Harris, 620 75th Ave. , 1uL'^ Calvary, A lta _ , T2K OP9
4) Ken V E 11i on, i. 1 1, Oya:na, B .C., VO i I.O
5) ichar>] Dicke' ts, i'400 Iuror. Lt., London, Unt., Ii6A 4C1
F ) Lo')ert Baker, 20 Elm Stre('t, Dryden, N.Y . , 13053
7 ) net J . Alien , Box 52 32 , S L, dmon ton Alta. , T5P 4C5
0) 7.)r. c grl.e Covert, lox 107 ,,
e1y giver, iT,^T, '^'3. OHO
9) F .J .'`ool ey, Apt.. 205, 1520 Bathurst t. , Toronto, Ont. , N5P '3R3
10) ('] arey,ce Sti 1' i.ors, Ant. x:000, 300 1.1 ^t . S:, , vaeshi nvt:on, DC 20021,
il) J.:.Karr, 536 40th Ave., Si , Co].^ar•y, Alto., T2.S 165
12) James C. Iehr, 2Q1P Cheshire t?o?d, Devon, „i lml ycrton, Del . , 1001(',
13) Brien sJo rre, ?.ii. f 1, Pridr9is, Alt-?.
14) 'd. F . iowes, :3ox (09, Kinde:rs ] ey , Sask. , SOL ISO
15) J.L..Purcelt, 6 Bicharr?son T)r.ive, rrlinrl•ston, Ont., K7`i 256
16) J.C. St.. L^,ur.ent,... ' 1, Salmon Arm, 3. C.
17) .F.`3edwell, Box 206, -a.lmon Arm, 93. C.
10) D..T .T r 'ser, 'Box 0, 'ossland , 3. C.
1c) Capt. ` .A.Vande'rhur^rh, Box 41, C=_^'3, Borden, Ont., LO1,1 I(;0
20) :ajor :°',n J. Bailey,120 .ood.rid^-e Crescent, Apt. B^-!yshore, Ottava.
21) C.K.ti=c'luire, 0.00 l'avi.stock Load., Ottawa, Ont., K23 5N3
22) A11an W. ,"Jolff, llox 115, Fair Gaks,
Calif., 95(29
23) John F. ,,'i.1 sdon, 1 9: Royal T orest, Columbus, Ohio, 43214
24) Wayne Curtis, L1,640 C]anr.ana)_d Ave., Apt 3, kontre.al, F'. ., 1'3X 2H9
25) Ken a.rlow; 1055 Ottawa Ave,, West Vancouver, B.C., V7S 2J2
BNAPS Library, INZich^e3 Squir'ell., 241-12th Ave., Lively, Ont.,
Tor.ces Poste] history Society, c/o R.A.Kinr:ston, 110 Abbot Rosd,
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, r:n.:]end.
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Will use some of the space 1:en left after typing his List of i`_embers.
PS !.ember Ken Barlow i n ';;est Vancouver has some c a ncellations to trade, mainly
from B . C. ion invites otter irembers to write him.
PIS Wave two reports from new members each advis in ; that he has or knorus of
cancels from 1 'O 1114, ."My .-A. -Zoa ds, F'0 1146, V illi::ms Luke and YPO 1120, Vancouver. These were reported as nil in 1:ewsletter 13.
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