I went back to the gangway for a last farewell. In one way I knew it must be a last farewell, for though some of us will meet again as individuals it will be under altered conditions. Never again but in dreams will one see the great battalions marching on the battle-ploughed roads of France and Flanders. Never again will one see them pouring single file into the muddy front trenches. All that is over. Along the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific, among our cities, by the shores of lakes and rivers and in the vast expanse of prairies and mountain passes the warrior hosts have melted away. But there on the vessel that day the fighting men had come home in all their strength and comradeship. I stood on the gangway full of conflicting emotions.
The men called out "Speech," "Speech," as they used often to do, half in jest and half in earnest, when we met in concert tents and estaminets in France.
I told them what they had done for Canada and what Canada owed them and how proud I was to have been with them. I asked them to continue to play the game out here as they had played it in France. Then, telling them to remove their caps, as this was our last church parade, I pronounced the Benediction, said, "Good-bye, boys", and turned homewards.
INDEX
A
Abbeville, [160], [161].
Abeele, [132], [134].
Achicourt, [302], [303], [304].
Aeroplane, first ride in, [261], [264].
Agnez-les-Duisans, [317].
Albert, [136], [140], [146], [147], [148], [154], [158], [179], [288], [289].
"Alberta," [149], [174], [178], [205], [231], [243], [244], [245], [249], [252].
Alberta Dragoons, [93], [115].
Alderson, Gen. [89], [98], [108], [109], [111].
Ambulance drivers, [130].
Americans, [240], [242], [288].
American declaration of war, [165].
Amesbury, [32].
Amiens, [135], [186], [271], [273].
"Andania," [24], [25], [27], [302].
Anzin, [165], [166], [249].
Anzin-St. Eloi. rd., [164].
Archbishop of York, [190].
Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, [82].
Arleux, [170], [177], [253].
Armagh Wood, [131], [133].
Armentieres, [38], [41], [98], [181].
Armistice, [318].
Army, 1st, [205].
" 5th, [242].
" Hqrs., [211].
" 2nd, [134].
" Service Corps, [50], [99].
" Mind, the, [222].
Arras, [150], [235], [246], [247], [251], [270], [290], [296], [301], [304].
Arras-Bethune rd., [164], [171], [173], [174], [176].
Arras-Cambrai, [310], [311].
Arriane Dump, [164], [175], [176], [178].
Artillery, Canadian, [285].
" Monument, [239].
Attention to detail, effect of, [209].
Aubigny, [154].
August 4th, [271].
Australians, [122].
Australian Tunnellers, [201].
Averdoignt, [258], [259].
Avonmouth, [35].
B
Bac St. Maur, [42].
Bailleul, [38], [76], [98], [109], [112], [113], [114].
Bailleul-sur-Berthouit, [170].
Bailly-sur-Lys, [43], [46].
Bapaume, [136], [137].
Baptism at the Front, a, [122].
Barlin, [161], [162], [206], [207], [230].
Barrage, [168], [172], [198], [276], [309].
Base, [267].
Battalion, British, [165].
" Guards, [79].
" Headqrs., [249], [250], [251], [252], [269], [276], [280], [281], [294], [295].
" Machine Gun, [258], [298], [300], [307], [313], [318].
" of Engineers, 3rd, [272].
" Pioneer, [199].
" 1st, [109], [181], [246], [306], [307].
" 2nd, [181], [207], [278], [296], [309], [311].
" 3rd., [125], [149], [181], [285], [311].
" 4th., [181], [296], [305], [306].
" 5th., [181], [242], [275], [277], [282], [284], [292], [294], [311], [313].
" 5th., Headqrs., [293].
" 7th., [181], [203], [235], [236], [282], [294], [295], [296], [313].
" 8th., [159], [181], [235], [236], [282], [283], [288], [292], [295], [302], [311], [313], [314], [318].
" 10th., [61], [181], [270], [280], [311], [312], [314], [315], [316].
Battalion, 13th., [52], [80], [118], [120], [181], [277], [296], [306].
" 14th., [23], [24], [27], [54], [58], [61], [111], [118], [125], [159], [160], [181], [246], [282], [295], [298], [301], [305], [306].
" 15th., [37], [38], [39], [42], [55], [118], [181], [274], [298].
" 16th., [37], [42], [57], [60], [72], [82], [106], [118], [119], [120], [125], [152], [164], [181], [246], [272], [273], [274], [275], [277], [279], [298], [302], [318].
" 22nd., [282].
" 24th., [282].
" 42nd., [302].
" 87th., [147], [148], [157], [178].
Battery, my son's, [303].
" Siege, [193].
" 7th., [166], [198], [199].
" 11th., [154], [155].
Battle Headqrs., [136], [176], [272], [273], [290], [291], [292], [303], [304], [305].
Bean, C. W. E. Mr., [289].
Beaufort, [282], [286], [288].
Beaurains, [303].
Bedford House, [126], [132].
Bed of Chairs, [79].
Bell-Irving, Major, [302].
Berles, [260], [261], [264].
Bernaville, [147], [298].
Bethune, [88], [89], [90], [159], [190], [230], [234].
Bishop du Pencier, [234].
" of London, [48].
Bishop's College men, [114].
Blind Organist, [89].
Borden, Sir Robert, [22], [72], [102], [266].
Boulogne, [240], [267].
Bourlon Wood, [311].
Boves, [272], [273].
Bracquemont, [151], [191], [192], [197], [235], [240].
Bray Hill, [167].
Brielen, [75].
Brigade, [206].
" Artillery, [171], [245], [260].
" 1st., Hqrs., [199].
" 2nd., " [199].
" 3rd., " [177].
Brigade, Artillery, 3rd., [36], [53], [75], [76], [77], [87], [97], [103], [168], [181].
" Cavalry, [82], [98], [103].
" Headqrs., [93], [156], [201].
" Infantry, [65], [98].
" 3rd., Headqrs., [107], [118].
" Machine Gun, [207].
" Motor Machine Gun, [130].
" Schools, [208].
" 1st, [128], [179], [234], [246], [279], [280], [285], [303], [305], [307].
" 2nd., [80], [181], [205], [234], [242], [255], [257], [279], [280], [282], [292], [305], [310], [311].
" 2nd., Hqrs., [235].
" 3rd., [31], [43], [75], [76], [77], [93], [97], [98], [242], [246], [292], [295], [298], [305], [310].
British Artillery, [106].
" Cavalry, [46].
" Tribute, [169].
Bruay, [159], [161], [178], [179], [180], [181], [203], [204], [205], [206], [232], [234], [235], [300].
Brutenell, Col., [130].
Buissy Switch Trench, [305].
Bulford Camp, [95], [96].
Bullecourt, [303].
Bully-Beef Wood, [269].
Bully-Grenay, [192], [193], [194], [208].
Byng, Gen., [132].
C
"C" Mess, [99], [149], [217], [231], [243], [245].
C.C.S., [267], [270], [286], [291], [317], [318].
" British, [128], [129].
Caestre, [38], [49].
Cagnicourt, [296], [303].
Caix, [279], [280], [281].
Calais, [227].
Camblain l'Abbé, [149], [151], [152], [158], [159], [238].
Cambligneul, [203].
Cambrai, [302], [315].
Camiers, [318].
Cam Valley, [249].
Canadian Cavalry, Hqrs., [160].
" Corps, [72], [108], [132], [149], [150], [178], [189], [190], [220], [240], [265], [270], [271], [272], [274].
" Corps Headqrs., [109], [132], [150], [238], [260], [270].
" Cyclist Corps, [142].
" Light Horse, [93].
" Prisoners of War Fund, [109].
" Sisters, [254].
" War Records Office, [184].
Canal du Nord, [291], [305].
Canaples, [135], [137], [147], [161].
Canteen, [138].
Cassel, [49], [50], [52], [134].
Caves, [246].
Cemetery, [152], [158], [176], [180], [291].
" Canadian, [56], [136], [138].
" at Ecoivres, [174].
" Military, [214].
" near Thélus, [156].
Centre Way, [155].
Chalk Pit, [199].
Chamounix, [186].
Chaplain, American, [270].
" British, [111].
" General, [34].
" Junior, [194].
" Praise of, [116].
" Rest Home, [190].
" Roman Catholic, [184].
" Senior, [98], [173], [181], [190], [203], [207], [231].
" Senior of Australian Div., [138].
" Senior Roman Catholic, [34], [76].
" 1st. Army, [205].
" Service Headqrs., [135].
Château d'Acq., [183], [184], [185], [189], [251].
" de la Haie, [178], [181], [230], [242], [243].
" Longeau, [272].
" of Le Cauroy, [147].
" of Ranchicourt, [150].
Cheerfulness of Men, [255].
Cheery word, effect of, [67].
Cherisy, [292], [294], [295], [296].
Chinese Labour Companies, [192].
Christmas, [32], [118], [159], [233].
Church Parade, [18], [21], [22], [38], [320].
" Service, [315].
" under Chestnut Tree, [256].
Cité St. Pierre, [238].
"City of Chester," [36].
Clayton, [230].
Clino, [259], [260], [267].
Comradeship, effect of, [78].
Concert Party, [180], [192], [203], [231], [242], [243], [254], [261], [298].
" 1st Divisional, [159].
Concerts, [153].
Confirmation Service, [109].
Congreve, General, [40].
Connaught, Duke & Duchess, [22], [266].
Consecration, the Supreme Idea, [299].
Contalmaison, [137].
Cope, [311].
Convalescent Camp, [133].
Coupigny, [181].
Courcelette, [115], [138], [140], [142], [144], [145], [155], [157], [179].
Court-o-Pyp, [96], [97].
Croisilles, [302].
"Crown & Anchor," [264].
Crow's Nest, The, [295].
Crucifix Corner, [235].
" Dump, [193].
Crucifixes, [105].
Crucifixion of Canadian Soldier, [76].
Currie, Gen., [80], [109], [112], [222], [239], [242], [260].