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re troops can be made effective for modern war, the cost of unpreparedness, and the disadvantage under which troops, partially equipped, labor when they meet highly organized ones, prepared, even to the last detail, for all the exigencies of modern war. It also brings out the splendid spirit of Canada, the Mother Country, and the distant Colonies,--the spirit of the Empire, united and determined in a just cause.
This and similar accounts should serve to make clear to us the wisdom of the admonition of Washington and many others: "In time of peace prepare for war."
Many young Americans are about to undergo experiences similar to those of Captain Keene, and a perusal of this modest and straight-forward narrative will help in the great work of getting ready.
LEONARD WOOD, Maj.-Gen. U.S.A.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece.
The "Sub."
"Beat It!"
The Canadian, Johnnie Canuck, The American, And The ANZAC.
Bringing Up A Motor Machine Gun.
"Wipers."
What's The Use?
A French Soldier.
"Whiz-Bangs."
The "Crump."
Mr. Tommy Atkins.
[Illustration: "Don't Linger Around Here" "The Enemy Can See You." "Who Me? Yes You. Beat It!"]
"CRUMPS"
The Plain Story of a Canadian who went
The Laurentian Mountains in the Province of Quebec are noted for their beauty, fine hunting and fishing, and are the stamping-grounds for many artists from the States and Eastern Canada. It was in this capacity that I was working during the hot summer of 1914. All through June and July I sketched with my father. Other than black flies my only worry was the price of my tubes of color.
We usually received our newspapers two or three days after publication; consequently we were poorly posted on worldly happenings. Suddenly the war clouds gathered and almost before we knew it they became so threatening that we grew restless, and even went in to the depot to get our papers so that we could h
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by Louis Keene