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VoL. XI. J ULY 5, 1918. No. 6

An Epic of the War

The Splendid Career of Burdette Harmon, Civil Servant, Soldier and Gallant
Gentleman, -Now Numbered with the Empire 's Hero Dead.
One by one our best an<l brave1ot are paying the supreme mcrifice. Steadily the band
of heroes >vho ammered the fint call to arms is cl>Yin<1ling. ''Original Firsts'' remaining
at the front are pitifully few aiHl the civil Eervants among them are now but a hall(lful.

L1EUT. B RDETTE W. HAR1I01 , M.C., D.C.M., Etc.,

Department of the Naval Service.

In the la t issue of Th e Civilian, brief announcement v.-as made of the death of

Lieut. B. W. Harmon, 1f.C., his name having appeared in an official casualty list on t he
"trength of a German report.
116 THE CIVILIAN

Born at Woodstock, N".B., on April 3rd, 1888, a son of 1Ir. and 1Irs. A. \V. Harmon,
Burdette \Villiam Harmon \Ya t1venty-four years of age " ·hen he entered the Civil Sel'\·1ce
in 1912. ·when the " ·ar broke out he was up on the Pribyloff Islands, in the ~orth Pacific,
with an international party, in , pecting the breeding grounds of the fur ~eal:-:. A "Cnited
States revenue cutter brought ne"·s of Britain's declaration agaimt Germany. \Yithout a
moment' he itation Harm on boan1ed the cutter anL1 reached Unalaska, whence he got a
boat for Vancouver, thus saving much time over the regular route of retnrn. At Otta"lla
he got permission to enlist, then ha ·tenecl on to his old home to"·n ·where he joi1Jed the
Engineers and 11ent "·ith them to Yalcartier, 1-vhere he " ·as officially ''taken on strength.''
Of his months of traini1Jg with the 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers, C.E.F.,
nothing is reeorded, but at Fef'tubert, on the 21st of :May, 191\ he sprang into the lime-
light. This is how his exploit is de'-cribed in the official IYar-book, '' Cana!1a in Flam1ers'':

''It 1vas in the course of the struggle in the Orchar<l that Sapper Har-
mon . . . performed one of those exploits 1vhich have made Canadian arms
shine in this "·ar. He "·as attached to a party of twelve sappers and fifty
infantrymen of the 3n1 Cana!1ian Battalion which con tructed a barricade of
sanclbags across the road leading to the Orchard in the face of heavy fire.
Later, this barricade 1vas partly demolished by a shell, and Harmon actually
repaired it while um1er fire from a machine gun only sixty yards a"·ay. Of
the party in whose company Harmon first 1vent out, six of the bvelYe sappers
"·ere 1voumled and of the fifty infantrymen six "·ere killecl aml twenty-four
1voundecl. Later, he remained in the Orchard alone for thirty-six hours con-
structing tnnnels um1er a hedge with a view to further operations.''

He came out of the shambles of Festubert unharme<1, was promoted Corporal, and, at
Givenchy, on the 15th of .June following, eclipsed his former exploits. \Vhen he wa
recovering from his "·oun<ls in the Duchess of Connaught's hospital he tol<l the story of his
experiences, which forms one of the mo~t thrilling chapter of the book, ''Earl Kitchener
and the Great War.''
He was one of seven Engineers told off to accompany seven partie of bombers of
the 1st Battalion "·ho "·ere to rmh the German trenches after the explosion of the great
mine which the Canadians hall burro"·ed and loaded under the enemy's lines. After an
hour's instruction on the plans from Lieut.-Col (now Brig.' Gen.) F. W. Hill, they took
post. The mine was .fired and they rushed through its chaos into the German trenches.
''Our orders were to go down that trench to hell,'' he says.. A hundred yards along
they cliscovered tiYO cables, each an inch thick, composed of many small wire and in-
sulated. While wme of the party evered these lines of communication by putting them
across the edge of one shovel ancl hammering it with another, Harmon and hi companion
built a sandbag barricade. Then over and forward they went for another hundrecl yards,
ignoring the wounded and the dugouts which might contain enemies. At the end of that
distance only Harmon aml a sergeant were left. Then they saw Germans in the crooked
ditch, right before them. They knelt and opened fire with their rifles. At the fourth
shot the sergeant's head was blo"·n off by some missile.
Harmon dashed back, foun<l ten men and led forwanl to "·here the body of the ser-
geant lay. Six of the ten fell umler rifle and shrapnel fire before that point was reached.
Harmon and the four m.uvivors began to pile up mndbags to block the trench. Then the
Germans began to pitch bombs among them and the Canadian party had none to thro"-
back. One exploded beside Harmon and wounded him in eight places. Helples to hold
out, they retired to the trench where the Canadian infantry had established a line.
Bleeding, dizzy and exhausted, Harmon told his comrades he could no longer ''carry
on,'' and retired a fe"· yard to a German dugout where he lay down. Of this incident
he wrote:
 THE CIVILIAN 117
''I <bYell on this point bet'ame my romeiente troubles me. I should
not have left tho~e fellon·f'. AR a matter of life and death I could have u ed
my Title with a meal'ure (though small, I admit) of effieiency. . . . I wish to ~
point out to anyone n·ho fin<ls anything prai::en·orthy in my con<luct that when
I Tetil'ed to that •lugout, while yet able to hold a rifle, I nullified any cl'edit
due to me.''
•
(Does the rerord of the war hold a finer story of heroie humiliation than this?)
Then came the or<ler to retire. The troops on the flanks had not adyanced as far, the
11't Battalion had lost 600 out out of 750 men, the bomb IYere exhauf'ted and the enemy
n·ere clof'ing in from three ~ides. The helple s w·ounded had to be aual1(1oned. Harmon had
jmt enough ~trength to keep up IYith the other survivorr,; until they regaine<.l the Canadian
trenthes.
Describing Harmon 's return, his bed-mate, Leonard Alien, IYrote: ''I flaw- a bloody-
looking object roming along the tren<'h, \Yaving his arms like a maclman "·ith excitement,
an1l I reeognize<l his voite at onee. . . . He IYouldn''t let me toueh him or ::-encl a man
batk with him, a mile alHl a half . . . to the dressing station. . . . I found out from the
,Joctor after"·ards that he hatl two bullets in one leg, one in his side, one in the back, a
cut don·n hi theek and tiYo :fingers on his left hand batlly :,:ma~hed. . . . He w-ould not
let them take a German helmet that he had .trapped to his "aist for a :-onvenir. ''
For his '' eonspicuous gallantry and devotion'' in thefe two aetions Harmon was
aiYardecl the Distinguif'he•l Conduct ~fe<lal. The Order c-onferring the decoration sum-
marize the above stories and mys, in part: ''After the fin;t line of trenches had been taken
and nearly all the party killed or 1counded, Sapper Hannon armed himself with bombs
and continued to force his 1cay foncard until he had Exhausted the supply and could get
no more.''
About this time he n·as al~o a1Yarded the Cross of St. George of Russia, awl f'hortly
aftern·anls he receivetl a commission as lieutenant.
A~> an offieer his career iYas no lec:s splendill than as a ~apper. Early in 1917 be
received his third decoration-the ~lilitary Cross. Accor1ling to the offieial Order, he ''led
a raiding party, bombed three dugouts, inflicting many ca.\ualties, and brought bacl,; two
11111counded prisone'rs. ''
In April, 1917, he "·as again in the easualty list as '~'OlllHle•l.
During the pa t year little has been learnetl of Harmon 's life, but thoPe who knew
him know that, IYherever he n·as and "'hatever his duty may ha...-e been, he '' earried on''
regardles of everything but his lofty conception of duty. The last ehapter of his life has
yet to be iYritten. Ho"· he came to be reported by the Briti~h as ''missing,'' antl by the
Germans as '' clea<l,'' is, as yet, a story unknown, but sure it is that in Burllette Harmon
there livetl an1l <lied as brave a man as eYer ·wore a Briti~h uniform.

OUR HONOURS WON. The ~filitary Croi's baR been a1...-an1e<1 to

Lieut. S. H. Ogden, a young member of the
The following is from the official Order Department of Customs staff n·ho has won
an·arding the Military Cross to Captain his iYay steadily upwanl since be enlisted
Arthur William Black, 21::;t Battalion (Pof't IYith the 77th Battalion. ·when he went
Office Department, Otta"·a) : A strong force over~ea he wa battalion sergeant-major,
of the enemy, 1tsing flammenlcerfer, raided an<l he receiYell his commission on the other
hi 1Josition 1wder cover of an intense bar- f'lit1e. He is now scout officer of an in-
rage. Though wounded early in the opera- fantry unit at the front and it i for his
tion, he led a counter-attack, drove off the work in that capacity, during operations in
enemy, inflicting heavy losses on them, and April, that he has been decorated.
completely restored the situation. Ilis mag- Customs men in the C.E.F. recently Men-
nificent courage and initiative were an in- tioned in Despatches, in addition to thoEe
spiration to his rnen. noted in the last issue of The Civilian, in-
118 THE CIVILIAN

elude Major G. H. Cook (secoml Mention) chin, of the Otta"·a poEt office. He enlisted
and Capt. S. G. McSpadden. \Yhen eighteen years old.
The .first actual decoration to be bestowed ~Iajor Cecil RuEsell, a\var<1ec1 the D.S.O.,

upon a 11oman of the Canadian Civil Ser- is a on of Robert Russell, ub-collector of

vice for distinguished serYice in the mili- cuFtoms at Pembroke. ~Iaj. Ru sell, "·ho is
tary forces in this \Yar has been won by a gra(1nate of the Royal Military College,
Miss Annie H. McNichol. The cables an- \Yas Ftationed with the Royal Canadian En-
nounce that she is gazetted to receive the gineers at Halifax aml EEquimalt for some
Royal Red Cross of the .::econd class. Miss years before the outbreak of \Yar. While
McNichol belongs to the staff of the Money in the WePt he enlistecl for ervice in
Order Exchange Office, Post Office Depart- France am1 "ent overseas \Tith a pioneer
ment, Otta"·a. At the outbreak of the vrar battalion. He is 31 years of age. T"·o
she at once volunteered for active Eervice other tans of this family have alw seen
and her commission as nurEing siEter in the active , erYice. Lieut. Irving Ru"sell "·on
Canadian Army Medical Corps is dated his commisEion on the field \Yith the Pio-
August 13th, 1914-nine days after the neers, aml Bomber Godfrey Russell, of the
declaration of war. heavy artillery, \Yas gassed and is now in
A cable announces award of the D.C.M. England.
to Sergt. harles Olmsted, Royal Canadian Lieut. J. W. Dowling, R.r .A.S., acci-
Dragoons. Sergt. Olmsted had already re- dentally killed, "·a a son of F. W. Do"·ling,
ceived both the British and Belgian Military fuperintendent of Gonrnment telegraph at
Medals and had been recommended for the Prince Rupert.
D.C.M. Eeveral times. He belongs to the De- On the eve of his enlistment in the C.E.F.,
partment of the Interior, is one of the George Shields, of the Department of La-
''Original Firsts'' and is now home on bour, \Yas presented "·ith a \Hist watch by
leave. memters of the staff.
Lieut. E<h·ard Thomas Mennie has "·on Constable A. C. Pryor (101) of the Do-
a Military Cross. He belongs to the De- minion Police is back on duty after being
partment of the Interior, \Yent oYerseas with oYerseas t\Yenty-six months. He ,,-as dis-
the 207th, transferred to the 38th, was charged after having had a nasty experi-
wounded in a trench rai<l on April 26th, and ence "·ith gas, though at the time he carried
is now in hospital in England. It is under- on, refu, ing to leave his unit. Constable
stood that the decoration is a'Yarc1ed for Pryor ha(l \YOn four me<1als in Africa be-
successful work in the raid in \Yhich he was fore this \Yar broke out, having been in the
wounde11. latabele war of 1896, the la t Boer "·ar
The Order awarding the Military Cross (Queen's an<1 King's meclals) and the Zulu
to Lieut. John Ed>mrds Pugh (Indian Af- rebellion of 1906. When he joined up with
fairs, E<1monton), says that he accontplished the 3nl Divisional Train for the present
twenty bombing 1·aids and fifteen photo- "·ar he wa given his old rank of Sergeant-
graphic expeditions. Despite strong enemy Major.
fire, he took 108 photographs in t1co days At Chalmers church, Kingston, a tablet
and dropped three quarters of et ton of \Yas unYeile<l to the memory of Lieut. A. R.
bombs in five day&. Ste"·art, R.C.H.A., Eon of Postmaster and
Mri". Ste,Yart, \Yho "·as killed July 9th,
WAR PERSONALS . ]917.
1fichael Jenkins, 2nd Battalion, a former
Matron Jean Stronach, decorated with the Dominion Police constable, has been relea -
Royal Red Cross, first class, is a sister of ed from a German prison camp after three
Lieut. '' Bert'' Stronach. Nursing Sister years' suffering .
Marion Ruddick, who receives the mme Capt. J. F. C. Maunder, M.C., "·ho has
decoration, is a daughter of J. A. Rud- been home on furlough, is about to return
dick, of the Department of Agriculture. to the front.
Driver W. J. Gallichin, died of accident Sergt. W. E. Rainboth, "·ounded, i a son
in England, was a brother of Waiter Galli- of A. J. Rainboth, of the Geodetic Survey.
 T H E CI VILIAN 119
THE ROLL OF HONOUR . time ago, and his name closes The Civilian
Honour Roll for the time being.
Every possible precaution has been taken
h1 compiling the Public SerYice Roll of
Honour to enter therein only the names of
CIVIL SERVICE CASUAL TIES.
(,oJw fide volunteer from the civil staffs
of Dominion Government departments . ROBT. B. ANDERSO N, wounded, was
Xames sent in for publication from unoffi. on the civil staff of the Department of
eial sources have usually been withheld until Militia and Defence before he enlisted. He
the report was confirmed by departmenta l is injured in the hand and face, but not
authority. This system has been a useful seriously. Previously he had suffered from
f'afeguard against imposition, though it has gas and trench fever. He is an artilleryman
l"ometimes cam·ed vexatious delays. It has and a brother of Sergt. Roy Anderson.
had, also, a final and unanticipat ed result
of leaving in the ''unconfirm ed'' catf·gory
the names of a number of ci\"il sernmt!'l
reported to have enlisted, but whom thu
SAVED THE GUNS.
editors have been unable to identify in offi. Lieut. ~ T orman Fee, of the Royal Garri~
~ial lists. A number of the~e names are son Artillery, in civil life accountant of the
publi hed hereunder, and the editors rNttwst Public Archives, greatly distinguishe d him-
that readers "·ho have any informatio•t tOn· ~elf during recent operations in France, and
<:erning the civil department or military ~er· has since been promoted adjutant of his
vice of any of the~e men ''"ill ~end in such brigade. A semi-official report of his not ·
information for The Civilian's records. '"orthy service says :
Reported as enlisted "·ith 74th Battery- ''On the secoiHl morning of action, " ·herr
Ernel't ~f. Wil~on, Matthew Gorman. going to batteries of his brigade, he met
Reported as "·ith a Fore. try Draft-~1. 'vhat was left of the <livision coming back.
l\.Ioorehoul"e, 240¥2 Bank f"treet. out of the line, and was adviFed not to press
Reported as enlisted "·ith 73nl Battery- further for"·ard. However, he continued
L. E. ~fcCooey, 666 Frank ~treet; :Jf. Le- past the batteries, and located the enemy
('arpenter, 66 Frank street; J. M. Roe, ~13 leisurely coming up the bill. With his run-
Patter:--on avenue; A. J. :Jf<:Caskey, Quebec ner he quietly picketl off the leaders and
tity; J. Tourangeau , 130 Laurier avenue, ultimately retirecl amid sho"·ers of bullets
Hull; J. H. ~faun, 9 Gor<lon f'trcet; George from our o" n lines and those of the ad-
Carrier, 14 Dollard street, Hull; J. E. ~ Tev- vancing enemy. He managed to get back
ille, 194 Laurier a,·enue west; F. E. That- to a telephone line and ~ e11t a me PP age tO> ·
eher, Riwr Park; J. U. Logan, 9 IIa,Ythorne hea<1quarters reporting the situation. As a
avenue; :\f. Kenney, Pof't Offi<:e Department . 1esult the batteries "·ere or<leretl to ''ith-
<lraw and the guns mve<l. ''
\Vith other artillery units-J. \Y. Ford,
2:H Bay ~treet; .T. E. ~!cElery, 280 Glacl-
~tone avenue; \Ym. Lecarpenter , 66 Frank
NEW BLACK ROD .
.·treet.
\Yith ~07th Batta1ion- James Alex. An- \Vhen the Parlianwnt buildings " ·ere ue-
d<.:'r!-'on, Si<lney C. Hooper, Herbert Devine, Ftroyetl l1y :fire, the ''Black Rod,'' s~rmboi
An·adine ~Iontminy, Roland X. Ki<ld, ~Ias­ of the oifi<'e of the Gentleman lJ::-her of the
'CY R. :.\foffatt, Wilfri!l Lon:-<lale, Jo~. :JI. Senate, IYas lost, an<l Col. Ernest J. Cham-
B. Aehe,on. lJers has 1Jeen carrying a substitute since.
* * ~ -ow he is to han~ a real Black Rod again,
The name of \Y. G. Smith, :Finance De- for the Britif'h Lor<l Chancellor has pre-
partment, the youngest ~on of \Ym. mith, ~entetl a bran<l new and correct one to the
of the An-hi,·es, is a<l<led to the list for the _ Canadian enate. Sir Robert Bor<len hru
~ame rea~ons whi<:h aduate<l the editor" in
a•ltling the name of :\Ir. Che~ter Paync ~ome
"<
in:::veete,l it and it ,yjJl f"oon be on its y
to Otta,Ya.
120 THE CIVILIAN

calamities to which the po tal service

THE CIVILIAN has been subjected by Sir George
Foster' 99 per cent of the canker
Devoted to the Interests of the Civil Service of political patronage to justify the
of Canada.
D.P.C.A. in all they have done. In-
deed a full knowledge of the horrors
Subscription $1.00 a year:
Single copies 5 centlil. of that system \vould make a red-
blooded man wonder at the modera-
t.•Tertiaing ratea are graded according to position tion of their course of action. The
and apace, and will be furniahed upon appli· result of the convention's delibera-
cation.
tions will be awaited with interest.
8w.becrlptiona, MBB Intended for puhlication, and The Civilian proposes to devote it
all other communication• ahould be addressed i sue of the 19th July almost entirely
to: to the D.P.C.A. in honour of the
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manly part the association has played
in organization affairs and as an ap-
Ottawa, July 5, 1918 preciation of the loyalty its officers
have displayed in their unvarying
support of the Federation in making
representations to the Government on
THE NATIONAL DUTY. behalf of reform and improved con-
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Toronto on a pleasure trip. Experi-
WE MUST GO ON OR GO
ence has taught the lesson that· civil
UNDER. servants must depend largely upon
- Lloyd-George.
their own exertions to arouse public
opinion to a realization of the need
for a better and a still better Civil
Service law. And so this convention
OUR BOYS assumes the dignity, if not the tatus.
of a war board of the Cabinet, pre-
Previom:ly reportel1: pared with the full knowledge of all
Dead . . . . . . . . . 335 the evil effects of a demoralizing sys-
\Voundel1 .. . 474 tem to propose remedies to repair the
PriEonens . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 injuri wrought upon national effi-
ciency \Yhich is so necessary at thi
WOUNDED time. And so may wise leadership
R. B. AJ. DERSOX. and well reasoned coun el di tinguish
your deliberations. This is the greet-
ing of The Civilian to the D.P.C.A.

THE WAR A)JD Bl SINE SS.

On July 8th delegates of the Do-
minion Postal Clerks' Association A Toronto husi'ness organization has
from every province of the Dominion issued a pamphlet in the interests of
will assemble in convention at Tor- a policy of unrestricted business at
onto. This organization of civil ser- this time, that is, unrestricted as to
vants has. since its formation, been unessei1tial . luxuries, etc. \Ve douht
the most lively, industrious and ag- very much if this is a sound economic
gressive member on the Federation's policy at this stage in the \\'£H'. The
muster roll. Deemed at times by some pamphl t carries the title at the head
as, perhaps, over-zealous in the pur- of this article and seems to he merely
suit of their aims and objects. it re- the old disastrous crv of '' Bn iness as
quires but a casual knowledge of the 'C. ual ·' under a· moke creen.
 THE CIVILIAN 121
N otlting is ''as u. ual'' now,-nor \Vill in either producing war material or
he for decades to come. It will take in providing nece ities. If the lux-
centuries to restore the accumulated ury industries were cut off, floods of
goods destroyed in this war-flocks labour and material vvould be divert-
and herds, food, clothing, manufac- ed to the necessity industries. Thus
tures of every sort, buildings. high- the price of neces ities would be kept
ways, Pte., etc., etc. How is this to be down. A forcible closing of luxury
done if we do not devote every bit of industries doe not seem probable, it
the productive force of the world to is up to the patriotic buying public
the task-and begin now? With our to reduce the economic waste of the
millions of dead and maimed workers, operatjon of such industries by de-
our ruined factories and our hun- clining to buy their product .
dreds of thousands of helpless pen- ""\Ve don't need the luxury indus-
ioner~ in every land, the task will be tries to keep all our labour employed
an appalling one even if every bit of and to use all available material of
human energy i. organized and de- every sort. Necessity industries will
voted to it. absorb them all and the consumer will
The argument of "keeping business benefit.
going in the country'' is all bosh. After the \Var there will be a time
Speaking of Canada' problem sepa- when it will be the duty of every man
rately Canadian. can't make them- with a dollar to spare to spend it and
. elve~ or the country richer by buying to direct his expenditure as wisely as
and selling among themselves any possible. Thousands of idle factories
more than the proverbial islanders will have to be supplied with busi-
could support themselves by each ness and millions of disbanded sol-
taking in another's washing. If we diers and discharged munition work-
can manufacture and export goods it ers will have to be provided with
will help our trade balance-now hard work. Against that surely-coming
against us-but manufacture for home time we must save. By saving now
consumption hould be restricted to we help in two ways: \Ye ·w ithdraw
necessities. The production of luxu- from ~ompetition against the national
rie ·wastes labour and material re- \Var effort and we render ourselves
quired for the production of necessi- capable for fighting the national in-
ties. dustrial depression that is sure to fol-
""\Vhen one buy. an article from a low the war. If, in the interval, we
merchant, the merchant asks the invest our savings, no matter how
manufacturer for another to replace small, in Government war securities,
it. The manufacturer assembles ma- we add a third national service to the
tel·ial and la bor to produce the new other two.
article. If the article is not a neces- ""\Ve mu t save if we would serve.
sity, this labour and material is \vast- We can save only by dispensing with
ed. Further, by going into the mar- luxuries and interpreting "necessi-
ket for labour and material, the manu- ties'' in a very narrow sense. True,
facturer competes with the Govern- the great majority of civil servants,
ment, munition plants and farmers whose salaries have not by any means
for labour, and with the munition kept pace \Yith the ever increasing
maker for material also. This corn- cost of living, are under little tempta-
petition raises cost and the Govern- tion to be wasteful in their expendi-
ment has to pay more for carrying tlues. ~ . . evertheless the foregoing
on the war. Thus the national debt preachment holds good for one and
is increased and the 1mrden of future all. One of the traits of the Anglo-
taxes made heavier. Saxon temperament is said to he pro-
Everv bit of lahour and material digality. Let us all ave in the little
in the ,~·oriel to-clay should be engaged things and so acquire a useful habit
122 THE CIVILIAN

which will help us to beat the bally appropriate word and the proper ges-
Hun after, as well as during, the ture at the right time. Not the lea t
war. part of her performance was the naive
discipline administered to the ::\Iayor
for the good-natured cynicism of his
THE HALCY01T CLUB. speech, when she turned to him and
expressed the hope that ''he would
learn to love us individually.''
A great event indeed in the his- The large attendance augers well
tory of Service organization was the for the success of the club and there
opening of the Halcyon Club, a re- will no doubt be a new impetus given
port of \Yhich appears in the Women's to the Red Cross work under the im-
Page in the present issue. The im- proved facilities provided for that
portance of the event is magnified in purpose. The Civilian wishes the club
view of the new and better status that all success and will be glad to promi e
women are taking in the world's af- such co-operation as it may be within
fairs. The Civilian believes that wo- the pO'i'i'er of the Service journal to
men will make good in their new
extend.
sphere of duty and influence, and
that the world will be the better for
their co-operation in the greater FIGS AND THISTLES.
~vent of life. The doubter and the
scoffer will no doubt be found among
the ranks of the men, but certain it is "By their fruits ye shall kno·w ·
that the masculine type of the human them.'' This applies to fruit trees,
family can feel nothing but shame for thistles, men, acts of parliament, and
the chaos into which man's adminis- other things.
tration ha brought man and woman There is an old Civil Service Super-
alike. annuation Act on the statute books-
Those who feel pride and admira- two of them, in fact. Their fruit 'iYas
±ion for the sex of our mothers, not good, inasmuch as it pleased
·nnd who ·were fortunate enough to he neither the Service nor the Govern-
present at the opening of the Ha lryon ment, flO the Government decreed that
'Club, ,,·ere overjoyed at the perform- they should bear no longer. Rem-
-ance of the two principle Civil Ser- nants of the old crop are still hanging
vice actors in the opening ceremonies. on the branches, however. Then the
Both :Miss Tremblay and :Miss Edna Government planted a new seed, la-
J:nglis covered themselves with glory, belled ''Retirement Act,'' and it has
and the part they played SO \Yell re- developed a thistle. o the Govern-
flected credit upon both the \V omen's ment is not eager to try a new experi-
Branch and the Halcyon Club . .Jliss ment along similar lines.
Tremblay was thoroughness itself, Referring to the fruit of the old
-and yet not too diffusive, in the de- Superannuation Acts, a correspond-
tail of the matter composing her jn- ent forwards some interesting details,
trocluctory address. Dignified. and gathered from the pages of Public
facile in her delivery she was. ancl Accounts for the fiscal vear 1916. At
the little touch of French on hee the heginnjng of the period covered
tongu lent a pleasing charm to an by that report, 736 persons ,,·ere re-
altogether capital addre~s. ~Iiss Edna ceiving superannuation. During the
Inglis, in hesto"·ing a houquet upon year, 54 of them died and 44 persons
Tier Excellency, and in dispensing 'iYerr placed on the list. The gross
compliments upon the donors of gifts payments were $4 74,541, ·while con-
and co-operation, exhjhited a graceful trilmtions hv the Service amounted to
rlash Jnd a pretty readiness to fit the only *7l.c 4·:5. That is to say, the
 THE CIVILIAN 123
Government added $5.60 to each $1 it Welcome to the Halcyon Club! It
received. . has a great field of u efulness before
The fifty-four persons who died in it.
that year were annual recipient. of
$32,840-an average of $608 apiece.
The forty-four who were placed on the For the first time in the life of The
list were entitled to $46,268-an aver- Civilian we have on our mailing list
age of $1,051 each. a real live l\Iinister of the Crown~ who
The senior man on the list was W. became a subscriber without being
H. l\IcCrea, who was superannuated canvassed and "\vho set the very good
in 1873 because of infirmity, being example to other civil servants of
then thirty-nine years of age and sending his dollar in advance. Our
having served fourteen years. His al- ministerial sub criber is the Hon. L.
lowance was $505 per year. I. St. A. Sifton.
Amour was superannuated in 1875, H.
l\fcl\Iillan in 1877, J. B. Eager in
1877, E. Daigneault in 1880, W. P. The -vvork of the war editor is made
l\Iarter in 1882, D. A. l\'lacDonald in pleasant these days by the small num-
1882, and G. W. Grant in 1883. The ber of Civil Service casualties report-
largest annual allowance was $4,900, ed and by the large number of decora-
and the smallest $72. tions and other recognitions of the
Some defects inherent in the old valour of our men and women over-
system are revealed by even such a , eas that are gazette d. The Service
cursory glance at its results. Instead has paid dearly in blood and live
of being discouraged at its former for the honours now awarded.
failures to devise a suitable retirement
cheme, the Government should utilize
the valuable experience it has secured "\Ve publi h in this issue an article
and be thus the hetter enabled to pre- from The Civilian, London, England,
pare an equitable plan that ·will indicating that the trend of opinion
achieve all the purposes desired. among our confreres in the British
Isles is in the direction of greater
Carry on. political status and power. There is
at pre ent no indication of such an
s.o.s.o.s. opinion being held by the representa-
tives of the Canadian Service. We
do, ho·wever, protest strenuously
If you have the right kind of con- against any pos ibility of losing our
cience the regulation. of the food present political rights.
controller 'villi10t worry you.

~To head of a branch nor deputy

Would it he too daring to refer to
the new ystem of merit-promotion. head of a department should have any
a. ''Lemon-aid''? ohjection to an inquiry into the af-
fairs of his staff hY the Civil Service
Commission. If l~is organization is
The civil servant unfit for military perfect, only credit can come to him
service, who does three "·eek ' harvest from the inquiry. If there are im-
'vork, is a patriot and ·worth~T con- perfections beyond hi power to recti-
frere of the hoys over. ea. . Besides, fy, the Commi sion, with its great
he can have a mighty good time in powers under thr ne'v Act, will elimi-
his fourth 'veek "·ith three weeks' nate them for him. He that has
"·age. in hi. pocket. nothing to hide need have no fears.
124 THE CIVILIAN

. ~~~''·~,~~~
··-.. . ~. . ~5.\}~iC~dhr-/ ··:·.-.-;;.~~.c.:-~·-·

'\Vebster, :M isses Mitchell, Miss Daly, Miss

~- Vaughan, Mrs. Athole Black, ~Iiss E.
J olliffe, Miss H. J olliffe, :Miss R. Parmalee,
:Miss G. Parmalee, Miss . Brown, Miss
J. Rose, Miss N. Rigby E. McGerr Miss
E. J. Todcl, Miss McEwan, Miss J. Mac-
Belgian Farm Booth at Street Fair.
Ewan Mrs. Canty Miss Low Miss Ander-
As ni the past two years the Women's son, Miss "White, Miss "\Vaterman, Miss Cor-
Bran<'h again played an important part bett, Miss Tray; also Mrs Horace King,
in the Street Fair which was held June Mrs. Cameron :Miss :Melba Concannon (New
19th and 20th by the Ottawa '\V omen's York), Miss Heney, ::Vfiss J. McKellar, Miss
Canadian Club to replenish the funds of Pearl Parish.
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Comforts Com-
mittee. Miss J essie Parmelee, as con- Opening of the Halcyon Club.
venor of the Correspondence Committee
The happy culmination of a long cheril"h-
is a member of the above mentioned com-
ecl plan of the '\V omen's Branch of the Civil
mittee and with the ai<.l of all her as-
Service Association of OttaYva was reached
sistants under the able direction of Mrs.
on Wednesday afternoon, June 26th, when
T. W. Crothers produced a most attractive
her Excellency the Duche of Devonshire
stall in the Belgian Farm Booth. All kinds
formally opened the Halcyon Club.
of farm procluce was to be bought at the
booth, from butter, cream and cheese to a In her addres of "\velcome to Her Ex-
hen, a pig and sacks of flour. The home cellency, Miss Tremblay, President of the
cooking was snapped up as quickly as it Women's Branch, gave a brief outline of
apeared and the pretty dairy maids were the aims and a pirations of the Club, and
ept busy serving salads, ice cream, expre sed her thanks to tho~e who had so
butter milk, sweet-milk, and all manner of ably, by their untiring energy, made the
nice things to eat. "Halcyon Club" a po sibility. In this
Raffles on a canary, parasol, hen, pig, connection special mention -n·a made of the
and a couple of cheeses brought good re- ''ork of 1\;Iiss Edna Inglis, convener of the
turns, the tickets being drawn by Mrs. Home Committee; :\1:iss M. D. Doyle and
:\Iartin Burrell. :\fiF:s Florence Burt, Membership Committee,
:Much credit is clue Mrs. Crothers not only and ).fiss Alice Wilson and Miss M. Lafl.eur,
for her efficient management, but for the who organized the Civil Sen·ice "Cnit of the
bright iclea that made the booth so at- Reel Cro , which is at present under the
tractive and resulted in $678.88 being excellent management of ~Ii s ).f. C. Rus-
turned in to the fund. Everything, in- sell.
cluding decorations, was donated by the Ackno,Yledgment was also maue to Henry
committee aml their friends. Birk & Sons and J ames Hope c· ons for
:Mrs. Crothers and 1\Iiss Parmelee had their courtesy and kintlness in giving the Ui'e
as their assistants ~Irs. C. 1\IacGillivray, of room for the Reel Cross work of the
~Irs. '\V. T. Macoun, ~fiss H. Hill, Miss H. association previous to their obtaiiJing their
J onse, :\Iiss I. ~IcTrempe, ~Iiss Gilbert, present quarters. Grateful ackno,,ledgment
~lis Ramsay, :\Iiss Elliott, ~Ii s Mc~Iillan, -n·a alf':o expressed for the assistance given
 THE CIVILIAN 125
to the Club by the ~Iinister of Public Works latter 'Yere noticed many of the Cabinet
and the official of his Department. ~Iini ters' "·ive and deputy heads of de-
At the conclusion of her introductory re- partment , a " ·ell a the repre entatins
mark , ~1iss Tremblay turned with a curt ey from t he numerou club· and organizations
to Her Excellency and asked her to formally of the city.
declare the Halcyon Club open. Her Excel-
lency, in dignified terms, complimented. all Donations.
concerned in the establishment of t he Club
The Hou e Committee is extremely grate-
and wishing the 'lub every measure of uc-
ful to all " ·ho have t:o generously con-
ce declared the Club formally open.
tributed. to the Club. Pictures have been
Mayor Fisher macle a short speech, in donated by ::\Ir. Fred. Col on and l\Ir. Chas.
which he eulogized the 'vomen of the Service Copeland, and al o by the Grand Trunk
for t heir initiatiYe in organizing their Club and Canadian Pacific Rail"·ay".
and conveyed his 'vishes for the success of :Jir. John tewart presented the Club "·ith
t he undertaking, and, following this, Mis a very handfome pedestal and bird cage,
Inglis presented Her Excellency with a an(l cheques were received from two friend ·
bouquet of orchids as a souYenir of the occa- of the Club.
sion and expressed on behalf of the mem- The han<lt:ome stage furniture "·as donate,l
bers their deep appreciation of her kindness by the \Yomen 's Branc:h of the Civil Service
in opening t he Club antl eYincing her inter- AsPociation an<l a<lllS very materially to the
est in t he activitie of the " ·omen of the general appearance of the Lounge, and :\Irs.
Civil Service. J. C. Sears, "·ho might be called one of the
There were about four h undred present, pioneer among the "·omen of the Civil Ser-
including t he officers of t he association, vice, presenteLl the Club " ·ith a handf'ome
club members and t heir guests. Among the clock.

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126 THE CIVILIAN

PAYMENT OF PREMJUMS ON Superannuation and Retirement Act, R.S.C.,

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE Chapter 17, or if there is no such amount to
POLICIES BY MEN IN his credit, so lo:cg as the actuarial reserve
C.E.F. maintained in respect of the policy is suffi-
cient to provide for the payment of the said
(Extract of Order-in-Council, 15th June, 1918) premium; that all premiums falling due on
such policy after the said 15th day of July
The Board had under consideration a report and before the insured's return to his civil
from the Honourable the Minister of Finance, employment in the Government, or before
setting forth that he has received from the one year from the date of his discharge from
Superintendent of Insurance a memorandum service with the said Forces, whichever is
pointing out that certain Civil Servants the earlier, and not otherwise paid, shall
whose civil pay will, by reason of the Order- constitute a lien in favour of the Government
in-Council dated the 21st May, 1918 (P.C. against the amount held to the credit of the
1240), be discontinued after the 15th July, insured in the said Retirement Fund, or if
1918, hold insurance policies issued under the there is no such amount to his credit, against
Civil Service I nsurance Act, the premiums the amount of the actuarial reserve main-
tor which are being paid by deduction from tained in respect of the policy, such lien to
their civil pay; that these men enlisted in the bear interest at the rate of six per cent per
belief that their civil pay would be continued annum until paid; and that the amount of
and their insurance thus fully provided for, such lien with interest as aforesaid, or such
and that, therefore, should they be deprived part thereof as shall be then unpaid shall
0f their civil pay without provision being be deducted from the amount payable by
made for the continuance of their policies in the Government to the insured or to his
force, considerable hardship may result. representatives as his share of the Retire-
The Superintendent further points out ment Fund or as the proceeds of the policy.
that this hardship can, in a large measure,
be avoided by allowing the insurance pre- IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
miums payable by any such Civil Ser-
vant after the 15th July, 1918, to be made
ONTARIO.
a lien upon the amount standing to his
credit in the Retirement Fund, or if there is Judicial Notic e to the Creditors of the Civil
no such amount to his credit, to be made a Service Co-operative Supply
charge against the actuarial reserve main- Association.
tained in respect of the policy, such lien or
charge to bear interest at six per cent per Pursuant to the Winding-up Order made
annum, the rate on which the premiums have herein, the creditors, note, bond and deben-
been calculated. ture holders of the above company, and all
The Minister, concurring in the report and other , "·ho have not already filed claims
recommendation of the Superintendent, re- again ·t the said company are, on or before
commends that an Order-in-Council be passed th~ 1 th day of July, 191 , to send by pre-
providing that a policy of life insurance issued
paid po8t to W. Y. Denison, Liquidator, 208
under the Civil Service Insurance Act to any
Laurier Avenue W., Otta·wa, full particulars
person in the civil employment of the
of their claims and the nature and amounts
Government, absent upon service with the
of the ~· eruritie (if any) held by them and
Forces of His Majesty or any of His Majesty's
allies, who by reason of the Order-in-Council the specifie<l value of such f'ecuritie Yerified
hy oath, an<l in default thereof thev " ·ill be
of the 21st 11ay, 1918 (P.C. 1240) will, after
the 15th day of July, 1918, cease to receive peremptorily excluded from the b~nefits of
any portion of the civil pay which he at the \Vin<ling-up Act.
present receives, shall not, after the said The nm1erf'ignec1 Local ?.faster at Otta•Ya
15th day of July, lapse for non-payment of will, on the :2~n<1 day of July, 191 , at elen•n
premium due thereon so long as the amount o 'doek in the forenoon, at his Chambers in
to his credit in the Retirement Fund created the Court IIonf'e in the City of Ottawa, hear
under the provisions of the Civil ervice the report of the Liquidator upon the daims
 THE CIVILIAN 127

of creditor ubmitted to him pursuant to A of the Second Division; initial salary,

this notice. $1,600 per annum.
Dated thi 29th day of June, 191 . Apply before July 29th to Wm. Foran,
ecretary.
(Sgd.) J. BISHOP,
)faster at Otta,va.
E"·art, Scott, Maclaren & Kelley, THE WAR BONUS.
Solicitors for Liquidator.
The Sen·ice will l>e put to the test of a
eonsideratne delay in the payment of the
STATUTORY LEAVE. war bonus. A number of knotty questions
aroi"e in connection with the vote and the
The following letter 'vas addre sed to the Government has submitted the whole ques-
Acting Prime ::\1inister on June 21st by the tion to the deputy ministers of the various
officers of the Federation, to which no reply departments for their report. There i no
ha yet been received: doubt that upon the receipt of thei?e re-
ports the bonus ·w ill be disbursed with as
Hon. C. J. Doherty, little delay as possible.
Acting Prime }finister of Canada.
ir,-
AFFILIATION WITH LABOUR
On behalf of the executive of the Civil
Service Federation of Canada, I beg to make PARTY.
a request that the recent On1er in Council
regarding statutory leave ''"ith special pro- At a meeting of the Customs and Exci e
vision for farm labour, " ·hich has been made Fecleration of the United Kingdom, a rew-
applicable to the Inside Service only, be ex- lution in favour of affiliation with the La-
tended to the Outside Service also. It is bour Party "·as carried, " ·ith some dis~?ent.
thought that such an extention might re. ult
in some good " ·ork lH'ing performed on the DEPARTMENTAL CHANGES.
land, especially in the \Vest. Permit me to
~oay, Sir, that Sir Geo. Foster recently ex- Onlers in Council have passed effecting
presFec1 himself in favour of such an exten- the follo"·ing <·hanges in the Otta" a Ser-
Pion in the application of the Order in viee: In the Department of Raibvays auc1
Council. Canals, the position of Af'f'istant to the ~Iin­
i~ter an'l the pof'ition of Deputy ::\finif'ter
have been amalgamatec1 and }fr. G. A. Bell
FROM FAR AUSTRALIA.
has been appointe,l Aeting Deputy ::\finister,
In response to an etlitorial romment of :\fr. A. \Y. Campbell having been given one
Th e Civilian, the Public Sen·ire Journal of year's leave of ab~en<·e 'rith full pay. · In
Yidoria, AustraEa, f'el1<1s the follo"·ing the Departme11t of Agriculture the a'1milli P-
greeting: To the far snow-boun<1 si1-·ter State tration of the law in regard to patents an cl
we gratefully aekno"·letlge the " ·ell " ·if'hcs c·opyrights has been tran~ferrecl from De-
of our confreres. Our fello"·s are fighting partment of Agriculture to the Department
alongside their~. Let us hope that the of Tracle an'1 Commerce, together " ·ith all
silken threacls that bin<1 us indisPoluby may officials no"· Folely engagefl in the a'lmini!-'-
never be broken. tration thereof, ancl :\Ir. G. F. 0 'Halloran,
the Deputy )Iini:-ter of Agriculture, is tran~­
ferre'1 from the Department of Agrieultnrc
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. to the Department of Tra(1e anc1 Commen·e
uwler the title of oli<·itor of Patents ancl
The C. S. C. is a'lvertising for an assist- Copyright, retaining his status as Deputy
ant mining engineer, in the Ore Dre~~ing :\[inh•ter. :\Ir. J. H. Gri~<lale, Director of
anc1 ::\Ietallnrgical Divi:ion of the :\fines Experimental l•'arm~, has heen appointec1
Branch, Department of :\Iine,;, Suh,1ivi,ion Ac·ting Deputy :\Iini::-ter of Agriculture.
128 THE CIVILIAN

CIVIL RIGHTS. ever of ·uggesting a rule which might apply

to men of Lord Stanley 's social and politi-
(The Civilian, London, England.) cal position, but that, under the guise of a
A fortnight ago in discu sing the rela- long-spun-out argument for and against,
tions of the Civil Service to the new Labour they were obviously stating the ca12e for the
Party we concluded our article >Yith a refer- exclusion from political action of a \Yell-
ence to the highly important que tion of trained, highly educated, aml completely or-
Civil Rights. We may be sure that one result ganized section of the community.
of the rapid movement of opinion among
civil servants which we then recorded will
be a determined effort to secure full political
rights for themselves, both as individuals NOTICE TO CO-OPERATORS.
and in their Associations. The spectacle of
officers of the Army standing for election Legal notice appears in this issue
while on active service and taking their seats regarding claims against the Civil
in the House of Commons after a successful Service Co-operative Supply Associa-
contest has been an admirable object-lesson tion. Claimants must file their claims
to the Civil Service. What is good enough as directed or they will not be enter-
for the son of the Earl of Derby, especially tained.
since that nobleman is Secretary of State Former notices of claims are not
for War, is good enough for the servant of effective.
the Crown in other spheres, whether he be a
private in the Army, a postman, or a staff
clerk. In its quite clever talk round this PUBLIC WORKS ORGANIZE IN
subject the Royal Commission Report, after OTTAWA.
a fair enough presentation of the case for
individual Civil Rights, went on to say: ''In In St. Anne 's Hall, in Ottawa, on the
the first place, we have little doubt that com- 19th June, there assemble(l an enthusia tic
plete liberty of political action for all offi- gathering of about 350 employees of the
cials alike would inevitably re ult in fre- Public Works Department, the object of the
quent conflicts bebveen the desires and in- meeting being for the purpo. e of organiz-
terests of the officer as a citizen and his duty ing the employees into the Dominion Public
-as an official, and that such conflicts could Works A f'ociation, affiliated 1Yith the Civil
not fail to have a disastrous effect on the Senice Federation of Canada. The speak-
morale of the public service.'' ers of the evening were Mr. Mathison, Presi-
ow, if there is one thing more important dent of the Public Works Federation, and
than the morale of the public service it is 11r. F. Grier on, President of the Civil Ser-
the morale of the Army. If the opinion vice Federation. Both of thePe gentlemen
of the Royal Commission is ·worth anything, addre sed the meeting in English, their ad-
then the fact that Lord Stanley, >Yith his dresses, as \Yell as the addre s given in
peculiar relationship, is at once an officer French by Mr. J os. Seguin, >Yere received
of His Majesty's Army, and a member of with hearty applame.
the Honf'e of Commons, must have placed
The officers were electell by acclamation,
that gentleman frequently in a most embar-
and are as follo,Ys: Pref':ident, D. A. Hick-
rassing position. What, for example, are
man; Vice-President, Jos. Segnin; Secre-
his views on the Cambrai affair? And
tary, Pred. Jacques; Treai:iurer, \Vm. Jen-
what does he think of the general onslaught
kinP.
on high officers of the Army? Has he t>Yo
opinions, one as an officer himf'elf, s'vorn to Two hundred and fifty member. joinCll
obey his superiors, and the other as a Tory after the meeting, an<l it is expected that
M.P.? The ans,ver is that he nnu.;t be guided another 200 will be in b:t: the next meet-
by his own common seme, as no doubt he ing.
is. And the ans,Yer to the Royal Commis- The meeting eloPed by the large audience
sioners is that they had no intention what- f'inging the National Anthem.
 THE CIVILIAN 129

STUMBLING BLOCKS. their position in the community, and elim-

inating the Bro';vn , Jones and Robinson . -
Imliviuually the public servant is mostly Public Service Journal, Victoria, .Aus.
a goou fellow anu interesteu in all the sports
and hobbies of his fellow-men. But take THE HYMN OF EGYPT.
him collectively, and it would defy the rea-
soning powers of a professor of logic to (By on e of "the boys" in Palestine, sung
umlerstand his attitude on matters vitally to the tun,e, ''From Greenlan,d 's
affecting his own interests. Icy Mountains.'')
:Mention industrial arbitration to J ones, ·
for instance. ''Yes,'' he'll agree. ''A jolly \Ve came from Turkey ' s mountains
good thing if ·we coulu get a·w ards in the To Egypt's blazing strand,
Service.'' Oh, yes, he quite believes in it \Vhere Afric 's sunny fountains
for the Service. Later on, go to his room, Are mostly choked with and.
and :find him one of a number discussing the \V e 've seen its ancient river,
same subject. J ones, Brown and Robinson We've seen it palmy plain,
are emphatic in their denunciation of the Our greatest hope is never
application of it to their own profession or To see the place again.
section. ''Too much bally political busi-
We've been to Pompey's pillar,
ness," says Brown. "Yes," replies Robin-
We've :fished in the canal,
son; ' ' Trades Hall tactics are no good to
If we havn 't had a sunstroke,
us.'' ' ' There are other means of doing the
~o doubt in time we shall.
trick beside getting in with bootmakers,
They've placed us East of Suez,
bricklayers, and o on,' ' weakly agrees
Our heads are :fit to bur t,
Jones!
Antl 1ve quite agree with Kipling
Look among the members of your OWJ;l
That ''a man can raise a thirst.''
section for examples. The same Brown,
J ones and Robimon are good fellows, but \Ve 'Ye felt those gentle showers,
are they all members of the Association~ \Yhose very rain is sand,
.._To ! Why 1 Ask Brown! He'll probably \Ve 've seen, like J of'eph 's brethren,
say: "Well, I don't believe in anything The bareness of the land.
the Service takes up-they've had so and so We've tried the plagues of Egypt,
and they've all been failures. ' ' Bro,vn we know the flies ana lice,
doesn't seem to realize that he and his kid- We sympathize with Pharaoh
ney are the causes of these failures; that Who hadn't any ice.
his indifference and ''take it for granted''
attitude to the matters that concern his well- What though the spicy breez"es
being are the stumbling blocks to progress. Blow soft off Ceylon 's Isle;
Put it to Jones, and after boxing the com- They ·ain 't much U"e to us blokes
pass for ten minutes he will jerk out, ''I . What S1Yeat beside the Nile.
don't see how I can get anything out of it. In vain, 'Yith lavish kindness,
I 'm on the maximum, and it can't do much \\Te 're promiseu veal and ham,
for me.'' Shades of unity and fraternity! But stew is giv'n to remiml us,
There speaks one type of civil servant. ''I And no one cares a d--.
can't get anything out of it! ''
What we have to impress on civil servants From Si<1e Bishr to Kubri,
i the fact that they, as a body, must keep From Suez to El Strait,
abrea t of the times, aml recognize that There's nothing here but niggers,
nothing can be accomplished by the indi- Each blacker than your hat.
vhlual, as a unit, to better the conditions The sun has scorched our no ~ es,
of the whole, but by joining their associa- And oui· illea of bliss
tion and e~deavouring to assist their ap- Is for another Mof'es
pointed delegate in furthering their inter- To take us out of this.
ests, not nece . arily monetary, improving -JI. E. R. B., Halifax, N.S.
130 THE CIVILIAN

Ptrsonals. Printing and Stationery :-G. R. E. Ar-

douin, G. P. Andre\YS, D. ::\fcRenihan, J . F.
Do\\·ling to Div. 2B.
The following list includes changes in the Public Works:-J. B. E. Bedard to Div.
personnel of the Civil Service during the lB; E . Huot, L. St. Denis, W. E . 0 'Brien,
months of April and May as far as ob- W. A. Beaton to Div. 2A; Gertrude Leyden,
tainable: Gertrude Slack to Div. 3A.
Railways and Canals :-R. Dorman to Div.
Appointments. 2A.
Trade and Commerce :-F. E . Bawc1en to
Agriculture :-Hugh A. Camp bell, Div. 2B Div. lB; V. Labelle, ::\f. E. Thompwn to
-at $1,200; Ernestine Carrier, Annie T. Kerri- Div. 3A.
gan.
Archives :-Chas. A. Girdler, Div. 2B at Transfers.
·$1,400.
Civil Service Commission :-Nellie C. Mac- Agriculture Dept. :-Chas. S. Wood from
Ray, Div. 3B at $700; Vesta Pommerville, Outside to Inside Sen-ice.
Margaret Munro, I~::abel L. Day. Civil Service Commission :-R. Patching
Conservation Commission :-Miss S. A. from Interior Dept.; Miss ::\f. J . Kern from
Young, Div. 3B at $900; Elsie V. Cochrane, Interior Dept.
Div. 3B at $850. External Affairs :-Geo. F. Buskard from
Inland Revenue :-Lawrence E. Johnson, Public Works; J. F. Boyce, A. W. Merriam,
Tiiv. 2A; S. F. Belanger, Div. 2B at $1,200. J. Mailhot, J. C. Smith from Privy Council;
Interior :-Wm. E. Morgan, Div. 2B at Veronica Loa by from Raihyays and Canals.
-$1,300; Ruby F. 0 'Neill, Div. 3B at $1,000; Immigration and Colonization :-Lillian I.
Stella J. Burgess, Div. 3B at $750; :M:ay Copping from Interior.
Washington, Alice Marshall, Wm. F. Lo- Trade and Commerce :-H. B. Borbridge
-thian, Eva R. Montgomery. from Public vVorks.
Labour :-Edith Burns. Railways and Canals:-F. ::\L Maclennan
Militia and Defence :-Regina Sauve. • from Outside to Inside Service, Div. lA,
Mines :-Mabel W. Goclwin, Jas. ::\1oran, Chief Auditor; C. E. SteYens from Outside
Div. 2A; Fredk. V{. Baridon and Ezra A. to Inside Service, DiY. lB; G. H. Arthur
'Thompson, Div. 2A. from Out ide to Inside SerYice, Div. 2A.
Post Office :-Pauline Durocher, Frances Resignations.
E. Calvert, ~::orter; Adelaide Siman1.
Privy Council :-Wm. Bri bois, messenger; Agriculture Dept. :-::\1. G. ::\forton, Geo.
Gerald H. Brown, Secy. Reconstruction and E. S. Bas.
Development Comm., at $3,300. Customs :-Arthur Bazinet; W. C. Tan-
orth"·est Mounted Police :-John A. ner, Kenora; W . J. Streight, Toronto; H. A.
Lynch, Div. 2B at $1,100. Hampf'on, Athelstan; W. E. En ign, Winni-
peg; C. E. Stout, Calgary; E. D. Bate-
Promotions. man, Calgary; \V. J. Barker, Calgary; T. A.
::\fathe\Y1 Winnipeg; G. H. Pickel, Sher-
Agriculture :-W. A. Fraf'er to Div. lB · brooke; ::\f. E. ouliere, Sault Ste. ~farie;
Wm. I11e al)(1 C. \Y. C. Bate to Div. lA; Geo'. F. H. Lachance, Athelstan; L. E. Perry,
Roberbon to DiY. 2A. Freeport; Hamilton ::\forro,Y, ::\Iedicine Hat.
Cu:;:toms :-Jos. T. :;\fartin to Collector at External Affairs :-E. T. Cunningham,
Sha,Yinigan Falls; E. A. Green to Collector Claude Boucher.
at BclleYille. · Indian Affairs :-Hamilton ::\fcYity.
11H1ian Affairs :-A. S. Williams to Div. Inlal111 Rewnne :-J. B. Riehard, Dep.
lA. Coil., L 'Epiphanie.
::\Iarine and Fisheries :-Ec1na Sto\Ye to Interior :-Jas. T. Danis.
Div. 3A.
::\[m·ine an•l Fi~he''hes :-\Y. P. Dickson.
:M ilitia and Dcfenee :-E. J. Boag to DiY.
lB; ::\[is" G. Dix, ::\fi:;:s ::\L ::\L Rigby, Mis ::\lines :-Geo. P. Sternberg, ::\fare ::\Iarches-
),f. B. Tneker to Di>. 3A. Feanlt.
~ TaYal :-0. Ratier, Y. \\'. John . ton.
Pof't Offiee Dept. :-Jof'eph ::\IeCarey to
Postmaf'tcr, Frcdericton. Public \Vorks :-H. R. Sim..,, ::\1i~s E. H.
Privy C'onneil :-P. G. ::\filler and F. J. ::\Ioffatt, ::\Ii~s E. ::\L Beatty.
()Jiver· to Div. 2B. Tra!le and Commen:e :-H. >-.:l'hrybnrt.
 THE CIVILIAN 131
Superannuations. the order in recognition of his literary work.
Lieut. Giranl was on the tramlation staff of
Geo. G. Allen, Collector, Cu, toms, Emer-
the Home of Commons before he enli~ted.
son, Man.
He has "on the Croix de Guerre.
J o •. A. D 'Entre 'mont, Customs, Pubnico.
J. R. 1fcCaffry, Custom , Toronto.
Obituary.
W. \V. Atwootl, Collector of Customs, Shel-
burne. Mr<~. P. Murphy, " ·ho <1iet1 on June 2ht,
Alphonl"e Gallet, Customs, Montreal. " ·as the mother of Emmett ::.rurphy, of Rail-
Geo. \V. H. Comer, ustom , Kingston. ways and Canals.
Wesley Pear"on, Custom Toronto.
H. L. Xichoh on, for the pa~t six year
Tho . Bennie, Cu"'toms, Winnipeg. <'hief clerk in the RoHlanrl cmtoms hou e,
John l\fcGirr, DiY. 2A, Indian Affair~. die<l on June ht.
Wm. J. Graham, ollector, Inland Reve-
Frederick C. Ran<l, eollector of custonL
nue, Owen Sound.
at Kentville, X.S., <lie<l on June 27th. He
Jas. Dunnet, Div. 2A, Interior.
harl been collector for King's county for
Chas. Pope, Div. 2A, P. 0. Dept. thirty years anl1 his father held the ap-
John Morri ey, Kingston P. 0. pointment for an equally long period before
Wm. J. Crowe, Clerk, :M ontreal P. 0. him.
D. 0 'Donoghue, 1fontreal P. ·0.
.Aifierl Diguer, for eighteen years on the
John A. Kirkpatrick, Toronto P. 0.
. taff of the Department of Militia and De-
J. A. Gorman, Toronto P. 0. fence, died on June 1 th, aged sixty-eight
Robt. T. Daniel, 1fontreal P. 0. year!".
R. D. \Voodrow, St. John P. 0.
Michael Koabel, lockmaster on the \Vel-
J. A. Genest, Sherbrooke P. 0.
lanrl canal at Port Colborne, fell into the
P. T. Kirwin, Secy. of State Dept. canal "hi le on duty on June Hth and "as
General. clro\vned.
A. J. Jeffrey, a~~if'tant librarian at the
Davirl Allan, po"'tma~ter of Grimsby, ''as
Parliament builr1ings in Toronto, who <lie<l
electe<l High Chief Ranger of the Cana-
on June 1 th, " ·as a brothe·r of \V. H.
dian Order of Forei"ter . .
Jeffrey, of the Pof't Office Department.
Lieut. Rodolphe Girar<1, an officer in the
Fore~try Corps, has been created an officer The t1eath occmTc<l on June 20th of
of public instruction by the French Govern- Frances Anne, " ·irlo\Y of the late James Hop-
ment aml decorated "·ith the goh1 medal of kirk, of the Department of Finance.

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132 THE CIVILIAN

The Model Law

(The follozcing matter has been ·in type for si.l' months. but on account
of a surplus of material has been held. The subject of e:r:arninations dealt u.:ith
'is apropos at this time. The ~natter is the reproduction of an address de-
livered by Jlr. 1Vhitman, Chief Examiner, California State Civil Scn:ice Com-
mission, during the last conference of Civil Service Commissioners. )

The subject of examinations is to me exceedingly important, becau e that

is the means of exercising the desired influence. It is machinery, it is our tool.
An examination gives you the touch-stone by which you determine the value
of the people coming into the Service. I should first like to suggest a few
general principles with regard to examination and then take up the classifi-
cations in some detail and discuss the classifications as a part of the examina-
tion scheme. In the :L\Iodel La1v, advancement in the Service and elevation to
higher positions is by promotion, restricted to people in the Service. That
brings out this point, that your examinations themselves, or the rnachinery of
examinations, must be so regulated that in selecting a person for the lowest
grade and the starting point in any vocation, you must first determine the
acquired knowledge necessary and requisite to the performing of the duties
of that particular vocation. In addition to that you must determine if these
people are to advance, if possible, their capacity to grow within their own
vocation. To do that you must go into the subject of examinations with great
care. That is a very ~lifficult thing to do. I kno·w of no one now who knows
exactly how to accomplish that end; but there are lots of people striving for
it. And I want to leave the suggestion that we should establish a procedure,
a scientific procedure for the study of examinations to make u. proficient in
determining the capacity to grow. as well as heing able to determine the re-
quirements for any particular vocation. In attempting to do that I have
drawn up a scheme for the scientific study of examinations and examination
questions. The scheme has already been submitted through Profes. or \V alter
V. Scott, who is a leader in vocational work, and I shall submit it to you. and
also through our Committee on Examination Standards. Professor Scott has
left the university for a year, to devote his time to research \York along that
line. He is financed by the Carnegie Institute. :\Iunsterburg ha done some
work along this line, and so have others. Perfection in examination. means
our ultimate success. The Committee on Examination Standard h0pe this
coming year to assign to various Committees or various Commission~ special
vocations to study. \Ve might assign to the New York City Commissioi1 the
vocation of clerical work Stenography is a distinct vocation, and might be
assigned to someone else with the idea of concentration, so that one Com-
mission may study. with the aid of others, these particular lines of exam-
ination, studying the matters scientifically and not going into them a.. o many
of us no1v do as a matter of snap judgment. I have found Commission that
have been in existence for fifteen years who I think have no accurate data on
which to hase observations. It is only by scientific study of the. e things that
we can attain perfection and make the examination of the maximum value.
So it is the hope this year that lYe may assign to one Commission a et of exam-
inations in respect of which they will perfect themselves, and then 1Ve ran go
to them and ask them for their suggestions, and adapt those suggestions to
our peculiar local conditions.
 THE CIVILIAN 133

The classification is intimately bound up "·ith examinations. I now find

by reading it that the scheme of cla. ification in the Standard Law is the same
scheme of classification proposed hy your Committee. They are working in-
dependently. but they arrive at the ame results, which is intere ting. Ac-
cording to the Standard Law :
'' rrhe Commission shall a certain and record the duties of each position
in the Service ·w hich this Act provides shall be classified and graded, and
wherever it appear that two or more positions in a Service have duties which
are ubstantially similar in respect to the authority, responsibility and char-
acter of "·ork required in the performance thereof, they shall he placed in the
same grade, which the Commission shall designate by a title indicative of such
dutie . Grade having duties of the same general nature ancl in the same line
of promotion hall he placed in the same class, and the lines of promotion
definitely specified.''
A class then is a vocation and a grade is a subdivi. ion of a vocation, de-
pending upon the authority and responsibility attached thereto. We find in
reviewing the reports of Commissions throughout the United States a great
difference in terms. \V e find the ·words ''division,'' ''class.'' ''rank,''
''grade,'' ''group'' mean exactly opposite things in many different Commis-
ion . I have found when talking about a class that we were thinking of
different thing and "·ere confused in consequence. To do away ·w ith that we
suggest that all Commis ions should work to-w ards thi. scheme, that they
should divide their Services into classes and eliminate clivi ions. There is no
logical excuse for a division that we can find, and there is no use for it. \Ve
suggest that you divide the Service into vocations or classes. and subdivide
the classes into grades.
Let me read \Yhat the Committee has ·w ritten with regard to the objects
and purpose of cla sification:
"First-To put together in units a11 positions in the Service, the per-
forrnance of who e duties require similar (1ualifications and abilities, and to
give these units titles that most nearly describe the duties of the positions
coming within them, for the purpose of giving the Civil Service Commi . ion
a clear conception of the employment need. of the organization it has to
serve.
"Second-To give a description or a typical illustration of the specific
duties of each unit, so that a clear conception may he had of the requirements
of the position or positions falling within that unit. This description should
be accompanied hy a list of qualifications neces ar~v to tlH' successful per-
formance of tho e duties, together with a notation of the compensation to he
paid.
"Third-To set forth clearly the natural promotions that may he looked
forward to by persons falling within any unit of the classification \Yhere the
promotion depends upon a greater experience and a higher degree of pro-
ficiencY in that line of work. Promotion to anv other line of \YOrk must ahraYs
be at the selection of the employee and nmst. he provided for in the reqnil:e-
ments of the position ,to \Yhich promotion is sought.''
I de ire to call attention to that last entence mHl its difference from the
Standard Law. The Committee procee(ls:
"Fourth-To ])l'OVi(le, for the information of tlw general puhlic and
emplo;\·ees in the 'ervice, a convrnient summary of the variom_, kinds of
f

employments in the Ren·ice; thr qualifications nerrssary for appointment

thereto; the compensation paid; and the promotion that may he antici-
pated.''
 134 THE CIVILIAN

Going back to the last sentence in the third provision, I want to say that
we provide that promotion may be from one vocation to another, providing
the person in one vocation meets the preliminary requirements set forth in
the other vocation, and that, it seems to me, is a sufficient restriction. The
l\Iodel Law says that in each vocation or class you must list the positions that
qualify for that class, and only people employed in vocations akin to that are
eligible. You might as well leave the door open as confine it to a few specific
classes to be predetermined by the Commission :
''The following form of classification has been worked out to fulfill the
above purposes.
The Service is divided into classes of employment, each class representing
positions the duties of which require the same or similar qualifications and
abilities. A new class shall be created only when the duties to be performed
are so different from the duties of any other class that an essentially different
test of qualifications and abilities is necessary.
Each class is divided into grades based upon the relative importance of the
duties, the degree of responsibility they impose, and the amount of previous
experience necessary to their proper performance. A higher grade should be
tesablished only when the duties to be performed warrant a special detf~r­
mination of the capacity and ability of the persons who are to perform the
duties in that higher grade.''
Grades should not be too fine·; they should be broad, and there should he
a real reason for the grade. The classes are identified by C. A. Cutter ·s
standard. The material in this classification was taken entirely from the ~ew
York Bureau of Standards, and I have used their wording almost entirely.
The New York Bureau of Standards provides for grouping positions together
which have some bonding unit. I do not know 1vhat the unit is. They use
the expression professional ervice. Professional service includes doctors,
accountants, engineers, bacteriologists, parisitical entomologists, and so on.
You can see no one reason for binding these together, because to do so gives
no idea of the scope of the Service; and I can see no object in doing so. We
have eliminated that and arranged these alphabetically according to title and
identified them by this particular scheme, using Cutter's table. I think a
classification to be complete should give everybody a clear conception of what
the requirements are. If you care to read this over you \Yill see that this
classification sets forth the preliminary requirements for each position. the
salary limit and the periodical increase in pay.

Conscientious Objector. Put Him Out!

Exchange. The lady lecturer had got her Eecond

wind. She '"as going strong.
The Swedish drill-instructor " ·as putting ''Yes,'' ~he cried, waYing her arm!'!, '' wo-
the men through it, and while the younger men have been wronged for age". They
ones !;'eemed to get on all right, one or two have ~uffered in a thousand "·av~. ''
of the older men looked a bit puffed. At She pamed to let this mom;ntous :otate-
la~t one man, who had been younger in his ment sink in.
day, told the instructor that he was too old ''There is one " ·ay which they ha Ye never
for that sort of practice. ''But how old are suffere<1, '' breathed a meek little man.
you?'' ''Forty-one next month,'' was the The lady lecturer :fixed him '"ith a baleful
reply. '' \Yhy, the RomanR u~ed to do this eye.
:oort of exerriRe at the age of sixty! '' ''Per- ''And " ·bat ''ay is that~'' f'he hisFed.
hapR they did," said the private, "but I 'm ''They have ne;·er suffered in silence.''-
not a Roman-T 'm a \YeRleyan! '' Exchange.
 THE CI VILIAN 135

THE PRINCESS PATS. inside. A new invoice was made out,

and the crestfallen carrier 'vent his
(By D. Deans Henderson.) way.
The farmer's wife at once missed
Hark! 'tis the tramp of many feet, the cheese, and, rushing to the yard,
Anll the sound of a drumming band; told her husband that some thief had
Can:;tda 's Capital gathered to meet stolen it.
The pride of Canada's land. 1
• N a, na) 1\teg.'' replied the farmer
Son of Canada, East aml West, quickly. "I hae just selt the cheese
Lads who are strong aml bra Ye; for two shillin 's the pound.''
Ready to die for the came of right,
An<l to sleep in an honoured graYe.

Gracious Patricia names her men, FROM THE DEAD.

Designating them ' 1 Her Own'';
Gloriously honoured name since them, Here where I lie so peacefully asleep
By deeds of valour shown. I seem to hear the tears the mothers
·weep
* * * * For their dear dead boys murdered
Gray is the dawn on KeuYe Chappelle, at the front,
Where blood of men runs rife, '' Some,vhere in France,'' or where
Gray is the dawn on that dark hell, they bore the brunt.
After the battle's trife. I do not know the day I went to
Hard the struggle at ~euve Chappelle, God:-
Bloody and grim the fight, Through flash of smoke and buried
Many a German mother, they tell, in the sod,
Weeps for her son to-night. I saw the boys climb out upon the
steep,
Let u tribute pay to lads so grand, Then fell to dreaming in eternal
To their comrade rai~ e our hats, sleep.
In true respect for the noble stand By those sweet lilies stre\vn above
Of the gallant ' 1 Prince s Pats.'' our head,
By all the sacrifice of all your dead,
We sleeping ones, who died to keep
your home,
TOO CANNY FOR THE THIEF Beseech you to remember days to
come.
A Scottish farmer was selling Nor let our closed eyes open \Vith the
wool one day to a carrier, and after dread
weighing it he went into the house That, all forgetful of your million
to make out an invoice. When he dead .
came back he missed a cheese that You could annihilate your crucified
had been standing on a shelf behind Dead boys at hunger-stricken Hun's
the outer door. Glancing at the bag blood-tide.
of wool he observed that it had sud- War on, dear England and your al-
dendly increased in size. lied blood;
We have our peace beneath the daisied
"Man," he said to the carrier, sod,
''I hae clean forgot the weight o' But, lest we ri e from out our soldier
that bag. Let's pit it on the ~cales grave,
ance mair." Don't dare give peace, would make the
The carrier could not well refuse. world Hun's slave.
The bag was, of course, found to be
heavier by the 1veight of the cbee e -Lyndwode Pereira.
136 THE CIVILIAN

THE POSTAL JOUR NAL

Edited under the ausptces of the Postal Clerks' Association of the Dominion of Canada.

VoL. III. JULY 5, 1918. No. 22

Welcome to Toronto. can be ~pared from the bu~ine~~ of the eon-

wntion a!:' plea~ant as po~r;:ible. Ro, Brother
To all delegates to the Convention of Delegate! do a lot of thinking on your " ·ay
Po~tal ClerkH in ·e. Pion at Toronto for the here, and your ~peeches iYill likely be l'horter,
"·eek J nly th to 13th, a m oPt hearty an<l better dige~te<1 and more ;-alualJle ; alll1 Tor-
sincere ·welcome is exten<1ec1, not only to onto braneh ·\Yill have the more opportunity
to Ehow you their beautiful ''Queen City''
and its equally beautiful en;-ironment'-'. It
is hoped every branch is f'em1ing it~ be~t
available man or men to repre ~ ent it and
that the result of our delilerations may
prow as profitable and ~atir;:fat"tory a" have
tho<e of pa~t eon;-ention~. Thri<"e \\eh·ome,
Le~egate~!

The <lelegates to the ron;-ention are as

follOii'S:
R. Guy, Sr., an<1 Jai:'. Keenan, Hamilton;
C. Gan1ner am1 Geo. Grant, Regina; F. R.
Sutton or \V. :\Ienzies, R. Xeill, J. Atk.inPon
an<l C. H. JohnPon, \Vinnipeg; \Y. J. John-
Pon, ).,fedicine Hat; H. S. Bell, :Jioo•e .J a'";
J. J. T. :\feagher, Halifax; Geo. :JI. FerriP,
St. John; A. Yenables and A. ~ ~. Other,
Calgary; A. S. Black, Yan<·Ouver; R. D.
Torbet, aHkatoon; \V. J. Cant\Yell awl R. E.
Hall, Otta"·a; E. \V. Ho"·ey, Brantford;
Geo. Lynch, Peterboro; Geo. B. <·ott, Kings-
ton; :Mi~s N. GilliP, Port Arthur; A. Jac-
queP, .J os. Hebert and E. Desjanlin'-', ::.rout-
real; A. Carrothers, Lon<1on; F. Kinc1elan
an<l E. Gilbert, Quebec; Tho:c. Bnmett,
Charlottetov.n; H. D. Talbot, Ec1monton;
H. L. Doyle, Prince Albert; Ja"'. A. ::.Iilroy,
Fort \Yilliam ; F. Corin, YiC'toria.
The officers of the D.P.C.A. are:
S. H. TeaYe, Pre~ic1ent, \Yinnipeg; A. E.
Crate, Vice-Prel:"ident, Toronto; S. \V. Fos-
ter, Organizing Secretary, Saskatoon; L.
Pickup, E<1itor, Winnipeg; J. \\". Green,
S. H. TEASE, Secretary-Treasurer, Winnipeg.
President, Dominion Postal Clerks'
Association. A REVIEW.
themtelves penonally, but aho as an ex-preP- (By S. H. Tease, President.)
sion of fraternal good-ii·ill to the Yarious
The Convention at Toronto will mark the
branche:,; they represent.
sixth milestone on the road of Association
It is dt"~ire<1 that they :;:hall feel Yery much
travel. Getting "off to a good start" at the
at home anc1 in the mi<1st of friends. Every first conference of representatives of the main
f'tep has been taken to make each hour that western Canada offices, the initial success
 THE CIVILIAN 137

has been more than maintained during the a \Vhole to that extent. If the principle,
succeeding years. It wa .. an enthusiastic, if " everyone for himself and the devil take the
mall, body of men who, to u e the language hindmo t"-by the way, the first and never-
of the soldier , " went over the top," on that failing fruits of the patronage system-has
occal"ion and tarted the machine of postal anything in its favour in the commercial
reform on it s vi ctoriou~ path. Since then at world it is the relief that it inspire efforts
Edmonton,Yancouver, Reginu,und \Vinnipeg, tending to greater efficiency. However, true
or otherwise that may be, and without ex-
. pressing an opinion on the moral aspect of it,
it requires very little argument to ::;how the
inevitably unju. t results of it application in
an institution " ·here ''pull and favour" too
often took the place of loyal and meritorious
ervice. In actual practice the " devil"
usually got the be::;t men, and the Depart-
ment what wa left.
It is considerations uch us these that
cor,.1pel men to think, and there was a good
deal of unexpressed thinking throughout the
ervice in western Canada prior to the Cul-
gary convention. Since that time our
activities have been, for one thing, a safety
valve for a certain pent-up feeling of smolder-
ing resentment of a system that few but
perverted politicians could favour and none
could defend. Among that few were the more
highly placed official them elves,the children
of the system, and jealous of the power it
placed within their hands. But if our acti-
vities brought a much needed safety valve,
they accounted for much good of a material
kind. Since its inception the Association
has seen a marked improvement in our con-
ditions of employment. Looking back over
the past six years we note that the minimum
salary has been raised from $500.00 to
$600.00: statutory increases, 'vhich were then
.J. W. GREEN. frequent and irregular, from. 50.00 to $100.00
Secretary-Treasurer, Dominion Postal per annum provi ional allowance (from Port
Clerks' As ociation. Arthur west) of 1 0 per annum on all
alaries instead of on . alarie up to 00.00
our progress has shown to be not merely only. Finally the War Bonus of last year and
relative but absolute towards the goal which certainly whatever may result from this
they were careful to set out in no mistakable year's efforts. If the Association were to be
judged by what has been accomplished in
form.
securing better financial conditions for the
From the standpoint of the postal clerk the
service-and unfortunately that is the only
movement wa long overdue. Perhaps in a
criterion in the eye of ome of our members
country o comparatively young as this,
-it has ju tified it exi tence in a manner
were the di tinctive characteristic of indi-
that cannot be expressed in cold figures.
vidualism is seen so prominently, it was not
to be wondered at that each individual and These figures are relative, of course, to our
each office held so long to an attitude of present status which recent and prospective
exclu iveness. There was no sense of unity conditions have rendered unsatisfactory. It
-of onenes -among the body politic, and is the expre ed intention of the new Bill that
the interest of the service worker suffered as "The Commission (Civil Service) shall, as
138 THE CIVILIAN

soon a practicable after the pas ing of this

.
choice in uch vital matters, ha been seen
Act, after consultation with the several in actual practice to be fraught with much
deputy head and other principal officers injustice. This function the Commission
and employees prepare schedules containing may, perhap , fulfil, but there is danger of
li ts of the positions and the duties and their duties becoming so multifarious
salaries attached thereto and the salaries as to endanger their usefulness. \Ve mu t also
and increases or other r.emuneration that in have our Departmental examinations placed
the opinion of the Commission are necessary upon a more uniform and scientific plane,
and proper for the Outside Service" etc. The and it is in matters such as these that this
The italics are mine, and it will be seen that Association can and will assist the new Civil
we have a right to believe the hope is well- Service Commission in its labour .
Perhaps it would not be out of place here
to expre s the hope that in the contemplated
re-adjustment and consolidation of the
Service regard will be shown to the new
spirit abroad in the world of that deeper
democracy which is an evidence of the
better day ahead. If the end is kei)t in view
of making conditions in the Service the best
that are humanly possible con i. tent with
sound business and common-sen. e adminis-
tration, then, indeed, a new day \Yill have
dawned for the Service, the \velfare of which
we have all so much at heart.

THE AGENDA.

Apmt frcm resolutions bearing uron the

constitution of the Association there are
eleven rewlution to ce dealt "ith by the
Convention. Their diversifcd character
exemplify the interest of the member in the
conditions of employment in the everal
sections of the postal service. The reso-
lution co:cceming the rayment of employees
while on sick leave "ill afford OP!30rtunity
for Convention to protest again t the
present penalty imposed upon tho e who are
temporarily unable to perform their office
duties, and to recommend the appointment
A. E. CRATE, Toronto, of Medical Inspectors by the Government.
Vice-President, Dominion Postal The proposal that there be installed at all
Clerks' Association. large post offices proper cleaning facilities in
the shape of vacuum plants should be readily
placed that we shall see at no di taut date accepted and acted upon by the Depart-
the conditions we have put up with so long ment. The lea t the Department can do is
materially improved. to carry out any plan that will safeguard the
A condition that must be insisted upon is health of po tal employees. But much can
a "Court of Appeal" wherein employees who be done to prevent the efficiency of postal
consider themselves aggrieved by the deci- employees being impaired. Regular hours of
sions of local postmasters affecting their labour and a generous period of annual leave
promotion and increase shall have the pri- obviously tend to improve the ability to
vilege of presenting their case. The present labour.
system, which virtually permits a postmater It is observed that representatives of
to exercise arbitrarily his whim or trade unions of the railway industry engaged
 THE CIVILIAN 139

in negotiating for better conditions of labour fellow workers in khaki or out of khaki in the
are allowed free tran portation to and from onward march of humanity out of the dark-
the place of meeting with representative of ne s of ignorance and servitude into the light
the company concerned. In fact a clau e of economic, moral and intellectural freedom.
gra:cting such a privilege is invariably in-
cluded in repo1ts of Board of Conciliation NOTES FROM KINGSTON.
submitted to the l\Iini ter of Labour. There
appears to be no reason why the Govern- We have seen the proposed list of items for
ment should refrain from granting free discussion at the forthcoming convention.
transportation to postal employees who are \V e think that most of them will go through
delegated to visit the Capital or elsewhere to without much opposition or amendment, but
ubmit recommendations to proper authority how much farther they will go, time will tell.
for the good of the public service. The Con- There is one item however that can be put
vention will doubtles exhibit little hesitation through without supplication to anybody
in pledging itself to use every effort to have and that is affiliation with the Trades and
removed from the old Superannuation Act Labour Congress of Canada. The "Gnited
the palpable injustice to the dependents of tltates Railway mail clerks have recently
those whose time of ervice is near expiration affiliated with the American Federation of
and who, to use the accepted term: "dies in Labour, and similar organizationS' to ours,
harness. " It would only be a human act to such a the Commercial Telegrapher , have
pay to the dependents of a departed servant been members for a long time.
of the public for thirty odd years the large Our young lady clerks patriotically propose
sum of money he had compulsorily con- spending their spare time this summer in the
tributed to the uperannuation Fund. way of Greater Food Production. They
\Ve are having con tantly impressed upon think, however, that they might be allowed
our minds the hope and assurance that the a week or so to get rid of the resulting
great war will be productive of a greater freckles, tan and sunburn.
democracy; that the evolution of human Mr. George Scott, a clerk with over ten
aspirations and ideals will move more years experience to his credit, becomes our
quickly to,vard their goal. Is it not logical delegate to the Toronto convention.
to as ume, then, that the power to recon truct Both the Government and .Mr. Lemon are
society, economically, socially and politi- to be congratulated upon the latter's pro-
cally, will be vested in democracy itself- motion to the important position of Post-
the majority of the people. The majority of master of Toronto. It is good to know that
the people are worker : artisans, professional the way of promotion from the lowest to the
men, and the "knights" of the pen. Only by highest grades lies open to any employee who
the unification of their efforts and the election has the necessary knowledge, merit and
of men of their own class to the halls of ability. The Government is congratulated
legislation will the interests of the people be upon its adherence to the principle of "pro-
protected and advanced. "T e are not aware motion by merit." \Vc offer our best ·wishes
that there is a fundamental difference between to l\lr. Lemon.
the average wage earner and the Civil Ser- One of our clerks is spending his vacation
vant. And the latter will be guilty of a fishing off one of the Thousand Islands near-
crime nothing short of moral cowardice if he by, and according to reports coming back
shirks the duty of joining hands with his there is need of a fish controller.

EDISON 'S EXAMPLE. to meet him, Edison retorted that he

wa~ too busy. The secretary of war
Invited by the President to Wash- wiPed Edi on asking him to come as
ington to meet the members of the a personal favor. The inventor re-
Franco-Br itish mission Thomas Edi- plied that he \vas too busy. This is re-
son replied t hat he was t oo busy. freshing. At least one man knows
Urged to go again by the statement enough to stick to the job in hand
that the delegates were very anxious and forego pleasantries.
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