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For Further Information write: PROVINCIAL TOURIST AND PUBLICITY BUREAU, LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS EDMONTON, ALBERTA EDMONTON Transportation and Supply Depot for the Northern Mining Fields PRODUCTION of the new wealth from the Northern mines means much to Ed- monton in stimulating business and employment. The City of Edmonton has therefore provided every facility for the convenience of mining companies, pros- pectors and shippers using this city as a transportation and supply base. EDMONTON is the AIR BASE, RAIL BASE, COMMERCIAL HEAD- QUARTERS FOR THE GREAT NORTH. EDMONTON @ GATEWAY TO THE NORTH. JOHN W. FRY, Mayor. E ADVERTISERS MAKE OUR MAGAZINE A POSSIBILITY. THEY DESERVE OUR BEST SUPPORT. The Forty-Niner Number Thirty EDMONTON, ALBERTA January, 1940 THE YOUNG FORTY-NINTH through cold and wet and filth; through the hours of danger and death to ultimate and enduring We are at war again. We have said good bye victory. and good luck to our military sons, the young Forty- ninth and a very fine lot they are. Young, big and LIFE MEMBERS strong, and full of pep they are. What should please us all is the fact that they consider themselves real Major General, Hon. W. A. Griesbach, 12916 102 avenue, Edmonton. "Forty-niners". They feel themselves responsible Mrs. Dorothy Weaver, 10232 Wadhurst Road, Ed- for the maintenance of all our traditions, quiffs and monton. customs and one feels that things will be well done Mrs. A. K. Hobbins, r0241-114th Street. by them. In the old battalion there was a certain Major A. P. Chattell, 10520 126 street, Edmonton. community spirit upon which our discipline was Capt. G. D. Hunt, 12320 104th Avenue, Edmonton. based. Certain things were done and certain things Capt. J. C. Thompson, Toronto. were distinctly not done. Anything which touched Lieut. N. A. Campbell, Alberta Nash Co. Ltd., Cal- the honour, credit or reputation of the battalion was gary, Alberta. the common concern of all. In dress, drill and duties, Lieut. I. W. Anderson, Apt. 405, 2400 Queen Street in attack, defence or on the march, the old battal- East, Toronto, Ontario. ion had to be just right. We asked a good deal of Capt. The Rev. W. A. R. Ball, St. John's Redhill, our head quarter people. We expected our quarter- Surrey, England. master and transport officer to "deliver the goods" Major J. R. Lowery, Pacific Building, Vancouver, in spite of hell or high water, and they usually did. B.C. We required the "good old band" to carry amuni- Earle 0. Hay, 111.38 65 street, Edmonton. tion in, carry the wounded out, and play top notch Neville H. Jones, 11252 125 street, Edmonton. music when required, which they invariably did. Walter Jordan, 12206 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton. Upon every individual man rested the responsibility Lieut. R. P. Ottewell, 85 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario. of maintaining, upholding, and adding to the credit Mrs. Mary Boyle, 7618 8th Wilton Place, Los and reputation of the battalion. Angeles, California. During the past few months we have been J. E. Brady, Luscar, Alberta. wondering what manner of men these young fel- A. Croasdale, 29 Newton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire, England. lows are. They wear our buttons and badges, they Major A. W. Owen, The Continental Illinois National carry our colours, they call themselves "Forty- Bank and Trust Company, 231 South La Salle niners". Are they indeed chips off the old block? Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Well, after mature consideration and a degree of Lieut. J. F. E. Carman, RMD 4, Gordon Head, inspection, we think that they are. We think that Victoria, B.C. we see in their faces something of the look which E. J. Sharp, 13 Stanhope Place, Edinburgh, Scot- the old lads had@a certain cheekiness, a sort of land. recklessness, a barely suppressed humour ready to Lieut. A. M. Macdonald, 9844 89 avenue, Edmonton. explode on small or indeed no provocation at all Mr. W. E. Palmer, 1-004 Eucalyptus Avenue, South, Inglewood, California, U.S.A. and back of it all resolution, vigour and courage. Lieut. T. N. Ramsey, 10142 180 street, Edmonton. Yes, God forbid that we should slop over, but we Major F. L. Bradburn, 408 George Street, Peter- think these lads are as good as we. were. We can boro, Ontario. say no more. Major B. H. Taylor, Lakeside, Sidney, Vancouver, B.C. They go out, as we did twenty-five years ago, Major F. S. Winser, Idaho Springs, Colorado, U.S.A. to fight aggression, cruelty and barbarism. They go A. F. Proctor, 809-10 U.S. National Building, The Dalles, Oregon. to battle that our great commonwealth may emerge N. Arnold, 11908 92 street, Edmonton. triumphantly from this struggle, that peace, security Lieut. Colonel H. G. Young, D.S.O., M.C., 202 Scott and common decency may prevail. May no dishon- Block, Moose Jaw, Sask. ourable or unworthy act of theirs bring discredit Captain H. G. Nolan, 808 Royal Ave., Calgary, upon them or us, may chivalry, loyalty and true Alberta. 0. Muckleston 10924-126th Street. comradeship be the perpetual order of the day. Our Eric L. Harvie, 303-36th Ave. W., Calgary, Alta. hopes, our thoughts and our prayers go with them Capt. Joseph Walter Hunter, 9 816-8 9th Avenue. .January, 19 W THE FORTY-NINER @1 ^SOIT GODSPEED as Edinonton Regiment, C.A.S.F. is given Farewell By Members of Old 49th Bn. (E.R.) C.E.F. A farewell parade was held on Sunday morning, the new battalion at 106 Ave. Under Lieut.-Col. W. Dec. 3rd to greet and formally pass on for their G. Stillman the new regiment had attended divine emulation the traditions, honours and esprit de service at Central United Church. corps of the old Forty-Ninth to members of the After their arrival at the Prince of Wales Arm- new Edmonton Regiment, the men of which in the ouries, the marching veterans formed up on the words of General Griesbach are, our lineal descend- parade ground in front of the building and faced ants. Presentation on behalf of the 49th Association north. Soon after, the new regiment took up their was made of two silver cups for inter-company position on the other side of the enclosure and competition and a cheque for $200 to be used for faced south, thus giving each lineup a full view of whatever purpose the new regiment may decide. the other. The bands of both organizations were on One of the trophies will be for rifle competition and the west flank, the whole forming hollow square. the other for softball. At the annual general meeting and smoker, it was thought advisable to hold an entertainment From a platform at the west end of the square, which would be a bang-up affair, with all the ac- General Griesbach proceeded to address the joint companying frills that go to make up a rousing gathering through a loud speaker system. His speech send-off, the date to be immediately prior to the was as follows: expected day of departure of the new regiment. It was intended that in this way the new members of "Colonel Stillman and men of the 49th: the old family of 49ers would be given an appropri- "This I think will prove to be a historic occa- ate expression of how the oldsters felt towards sion. Today the old battalion looks at the young them for the ready response they had made to the battalion and the young battalion looks at the old. call to arms. However, lack of time and a suitable As you are today in all the pride of your youth and place, not being available for a thousand or more strength, so we were twenty five years ago. As we men made it necessary to alter the preliminary plan. are today so you will be twenty five years hence. A suggestion by Walter Hunter, at an emergency I hesitate to think what we shall look like twenty meeting of the executive, was readily adopted. The five years on. Twenty-five years ago on the 4th result was the parade and the ceremonies and an of January next we opened our doors for the re- altogether happy, successful solution to an earnest cruitment of the old battalion. In eight days we desire to pay our fullest respects. were a thousand strong. In May 1915 we were in From what was seen of their conduct and Shorncliffe. In October 1915 we were in Flanders. soldierly bearing on the parade ground, it was felt We were brigaded in the old seventh brigade with that the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the new- the Royal Canadian Regiment, the Princess Patri- regiment, after only a few weeks of training, will cia's Canadian Light Infantry and the 42nd Black most creditably uphold the great record and cher- Watch Royal Highlanders of Canada, all fine and ished good name of the old battalion.