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FROM H.B. STRINGER, WHOSE SON IS WITH THE 2ND CONTINGENT
[Welland Tribune, 19 January 1900]
The following are extracts from a letter received by A.L. Pattison from H.B. Stringer, now of Port Dover, whose son has recently departed with the Second Canadian Contingent. Mr. Stringer is a native of Pelham, and his spirit will be applauded by his friends in the township. Mr. Stringer writes:-
“We had always hoped that our son would not offer himself for foreign service. He went to Hamilton on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday he telephoned us that he would be home in the morning, and would leave on Friday.
I said to him a day or two ago: You have no idea what you will have to go through. I pointed out to him the great dangers of warfare, particularly under the circumstances now existing in South Africa. I detailed to him the horrors of the civil war in the United States, He listened attentively, and then said: If I pass the medical examination, I am going.
The people have responded nobly to the spirit of the times. They gave him $75 in cash, insured his life for $1,000, and he also received $50 from the city of Hamilton.
There were thousands at the station to see them off, and many presents were showered on them by the patriotic people.
I said, as the train moved out:-”Shall we see him again-there are one hundred chances against him.”
The empire must be upheld, if all the boys in Canada are required to do it.”
H.B. Stringer
“Huron Lee”
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