Twenthmall places in British Columbia with an aggregate population‘hf only 75,000 souls are -raising this year $400,000, or more than twelve times the amount y‘et contributed by the much larger population of Prince Edward Island.

An earnest appeal is therefore made to every pa- triotic citizen to contribute to this worthy object to the utmost of his means, not only as a public duty but for the credit of the provinc s at large that it may no longer re- main at the bottom of the list and less. generous than other sections of the Dominion.

The Patriotic Fund has undertaken to contribute by way of supplement to the support and relief of the dependent?of soldiers at the front according'to the fol- lowing scale:

Wife or widowed mother, $5 per month.

First and second child, $3 each per month.

Each other child, $2 each per month.

A special appeal is hereby made to all clergy-men, school inspectors and school teachers to bring this mat- ter home to the people by energetic educational efforts among those with whom they have influence or are bmught in contact. 3 ,.

Every citizen will‘be canvassed and a record of the canvass kept and published.

.I. J. .‘luctlmmld. Organizer 1’. l9. lslundilh‘anch ’atriotiz- l-Innl. (Island Press Please Copy.)

The exact amounts of money and goods contributed by each of the communities are not available; they varied, depending on which fund was being appealed, and pro- bably who was canvassing. In 1916 the total amount con- tributed to the Patriotic Fund at Kinkora was just $65.85, but in 1918 the Knights of Columbus Drive collected $475.00 there]8

Twenty-nine men from the five communities and parish enlisted in the armed forces, and one of them was killed in action. Their names are given in Table 7:2.

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Table 7:2, World War I Veterans of the Five Communities19

Names Lloyd Bradshaw Carl Cairns

James Cairns, killed in action, age 23, June 13, 1918; Newton

John Cairns

Hugh James Campbell V. Earl Duffy

St. Clair Duffy

Basil Greenan

Wilfred Hamill Newton Mahew Charles Mahoney Edward McCarville Lieut. Ernest McCarvile, R.A.F. John J. McCarville Fred McCardle Charles Mclver

Jack McKenna

Joseph McKenna Wendell P. McKenna

Home Addresses

Kinkora Kinkora

Newton Middleton Kinkora Kinkora Kinkora

South Freetown, St. Malachy’s Parish

Maple Plains Kinkora Maple Plains Kinkora Maple Plains Middleton Newton Newton Newton Newton

Corp. Joseph Monaghan Kinkora Alfred Murtagh Newton Thomas Murtagh Newton Walter Ranaghan Kinkora Adrian Rogerson Shamrock Cleon Rogerson Shamrock Hallitt Rogerson Shamrock Whim Rogerson Shamrock Lieut. J. Clifford Tl'ainor Kinkora

John Harold Trainor Shamrock

By 1918 Canadians had had enough of the war with its tragic loss of lives: 59,544 Canadians killed, and another 172,950 wounded,2o plus the continuing work and sacrifices it demanded. Their disillusions were intensified, no doubt, as they read first hand accounts of the war from the men in action, such as the following letter from Joseph McKen- na to his father.