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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW 19 LETTER FROM CAPTAIN VANIER: Flanders, Feb. 29th, 1916. I found your card, with Christmas wishes, in a box containing cigarettes and a pipe from the ‘‘Montreal Gazette Tobacco Fund. It is splendid to think that those behind the lines are thinking of those who are fortunate enough to be at the front. We are running into our sixth month of trench life. So far I have had exceptional luck. | have been neither sick nor wounded. Ever since our arrival in France, we have been in the first line trenches, with the exception of the rest periods which are given us at regular intervals. But even when in rest billets, the Battalion is never more than three miles from the front and always within sound and range of the artillery. Pierre Chevalier, who came out with the Ist Canadian Contingent, is now with us as Transport Officer. You heard of poor Adrian McKenna’s death in action. Не died a Christian hero, doing his duty. He had received Holy Communion the day before his death. The pages devoted to the Old Boys in the LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW were very much appreciated by all of us. Will you give my best regards to my friends at Loyola College LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT HINGSTON: | March 11+Ь, 1916. Here I am still in my dug-out, as safe as a bug in a rug. I saw René just a few minutes ago. He was ordered to London uU E We are going back to rest camp the day after to-morrow, and we won't be sorry, as we are doing all the dirty work here, fatigues we call them, bringing rations to the trenches, water, etc., and we stay in our dug-out the rest of the time. I was in the front line for three nights and had no sleep at all, but had a great time. Of course I was pretty tired afterwards, but feel fine NOISE КОКЕ ЖЭ o. I would give a lot to get home for a day or two. I would appreciate my little room, I can tell you, and all the comforts one never appreciates till he lives in a dug-out. Аз soon as we get back to our rest camp we will be О.К. again, and I will be able to get my clothes off and have a bath. I haven't had my clothes off for six days, and it will be eight days before I do. However, I have got quite used to it now ЖАЛА LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT PIERRE CHEVALIER: Flanders, Feb. 28th, 1916. This morning I received a reproachful letter . . . asking why I had not acknowledged the cigarettes, pipes and tobacco you so kindly sent to Armand and to me. Аз a matter of fact, the cases in which they came arrived only yesterday, so I hasten to thank you and my Alma Mater most heartily for the soothing smokes. Аз Armand is now in London, I took it upon myself to distribute the contents of his box to some of the men, for which I hope you will forgive me; but I have forwarded your card to him. The LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW, which mother forwarded to me was very much ap- preciated. I passed it on to George Vanier, who is now second in command of ''C Co'y. We often chat about the good old Loyola days, and now do we fully appreciate the saying that Father often quoted to us: '' The happiest days of your lives are your college days. At the moment of writing there is an aeroplane duel—a daily occurrence—taking place right over our billets. The graceful manoeuvring of enemy 'planes and our own is a sight worth seeing; but the Germans have a nasty habit of hovering over our horse lines and dropping bombs without the least warning. Then they beat it back to their own lines with a couple of our ‘planes after them. The German '' Fokker ” machine is furiously fast and makes a quick get-away, and it is no easy matter for the anti-aircraft guns to bag one. Only once have I seen a ‘plane brought down, and I am glad to say it was a ““ВВосһе” machine. This happened at Ypres in April, and though brought down behind their own lines, it was undoubtedly hit in a vital spot. At the present time the Battalion is marking time, doing the usual trench routine and holding this part of the line. When it happens that the Battalion is out in rest billets on a Sunday, Holy Mass is celebrated by Father Doyon, a forceful and convincing preacher, at the village church close by. The four walls of that sacred edifice re-echo with a thousand voices singing the hymns which recall to our minds the early days of Loyola. Іп а few weeks І expect to obtain leave to go to Paris, when 1 shall not fail to call on Father — — ————-, , our former Prefect of Recreation, with whom I shall discuss the advantages of early discipline and extend my gratitude for past enforcements of same. Please accept the repeated thanks and best wishes to you and to old Loyola from an Old Boy.
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20 LOYOLA COLLEGE KEV Liaw О. L: ON ACTIVE SERVICE Lt.-Col. Harry Trihey, officer commanding the 199th Irish-Canadian Rangers, was in the English course at St. Mary's. When he left College he entered Law at McGill, and after graduating practised in Montreal. He will be remembered by many as captain and rover of the famous Shamrock Hockey Team which won two championships in the first years of the Arena. He was one of the most brilliant players in a period of really brilliant players. Father William H. Hingston, 5.J., though not one of our Old Boys, was for a long time a professor at Loyola, for five years as a scholastic and for two years after his ordination. He has been appointed Chaplain to the 199th Irish- Canadian Rangers. We are sure he will be as popular among the soldiers as he was among the boys. He has two brothers now serving in France: Captain Donald Hingston, C.A.M.C., and Lieutenant Harold Hingston of the 60th Battalion. Captain J. B. Brannen has been attached to the 199th as Medical Officer of the Battalion. After leaving St. Mary’s College he studied Medicine at McGill. He has been practising largely in New York State and came to Mon- treal from Tupper Lake. Не played with Harry Trihey on the championship team and was popularly known as “Jack” Brannen. He was one of the speediest players in the game, and the leader in the thrilling dashes of th e famous quartette of forwards. In the account of the fighting, in which the Canadians played such a pro- minent part, given by the official eye-witness and published in ' The Gazette, ” May 6th, we read: ‘‘Captain J. P. Walsh also distinguished himself by the rescue of a number of wounded men. Captain Walsh graduated from Loyola in 1904 and studied Medicine at McGill. He gave up a splendid practice in Quebec to volunteer for active service. Captain George Vanier, B.A., 1906, has received high official praise for his gallantry. The Brigadier-General of the 5th Division wrote as follows to the officer commanding the 22nd Battalion: “Му sincere thanks and аррге- ciation. The manner in which your task was carried out reflects great credit on your battalion. I would particularly mention Lieut. Vanier and his party for the expeditious and efficient manner in which their work was performed over the distance to be traversed towards the enemy line, in the cutting of the wire and the placing of the charge, although a long period elapsed awaiting the progress of the unit working on your right. The charge was successfully fired with good results. ' Lieutenant Vanier has since been promoted Captain in the 22nd. We are glad to be able to congratulate our old friend George Boyce (QT... 1900) on his promotion from Captain to Major. ““Тһе Iodine Chronicle’’, of which George is Managing Editor, thus celebrates his promotion:
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