Scenes along the waterfront that wore reminiscent of the days of the great War marked the departure of the members of the great Vimy Pilgrimage o consecrate the monument on Vimy Ridge that Canadians will always hold dear. It was the greatest sailing in the history of the ort of Montreal, as five liners carried away upwards of six thou sand pilgrims, of whom some three thousand are veterans of Vimy and other battles, From carly morning of the day of departure special trains, thirteen of them in all, brought the travellers in from all parts of Canada fo join in the expedition which was organized by the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League. It will probably rank as one of the greatest' mass movements in all Canadian history, Uncounted thousands ined the river front for several miles as the great liners eased out of their berths tone by one, and two destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy took up their positions as escorts. River craft of all descriptions, down to small canoes and rowboats, were on hand to" wave a welcome and a farewell to the travellers. The steamers were gaily decorated with Dunting, and the bands played the old familiar airs before the depar~ ture, So great was the throng of passengers "in the steamship sheds that all the usual visitors to depart ing friends were forbidden to enter, and were forced to wave their fare wells from whatever vantage points they could gain, "The memorial that is to be dedicate ed by a ceremony in which His Majesty the King will play a leading part, will commemorate the names fof mo fewer than 11,285 soldiers who were posted as "missing" during the Great' War. "Remembrance will be the keynote of the ceremonies, and the French troops who died at Vimy will be honoured, too, by the memorial Essentially, of course, it will be a national memorial to all Canadian soldiers who too! mart in the strugigles of 1914-18, and it is most ating that the site of it will be the Ridge that the heroism and sacrifice of the Canadian veterans has made forever part of Canada.
"Arrangements have been completed. for observances of the day of the unveiling both in churches and in open-air services throughout Canada, fand, in addition, the radio will bring to Canadian listeners the various. parts of the memorial service as it {takes place on Vimy Ridge.
With the near approach of the opening of the Olympic Games, in Berlin, Canada's track and field athletes have been chosen, and are fon their way to compete against the World's best. In the main the Canadian contingent is a youthful and rather inexperienced one, and certainly it does not contain more than one or two names to conjure with "in international competition. But it is a determined squad, and tone that may have a few surprises to spring.
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