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This page contains ten vertical sketches by Ed. W. Morrison of members of the 13th Battalion in their drill shed in Hamilton, Ontario, which appeared in the May 2, 1885 edition of The Canadian Pictorial & Illustrated War News. Captions for these sketches include: “Some of the Band”, “Semper (hic) P’raties”, “Full Private”, “The Adjutant”, “Some of the Band”, “Left Wheel into Line”, “Fall In”, “The Peeler who Protects the Sentries from the Vulgar Throng”, “A Marker”, “A raw recruit might a chance to shoot Great General Bonaparte” and “ A Chaste Salute”. These sketches show an idealized view of regimental life in late nineteenth-century Canada. |
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