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" Oh, Newf undland and Cape Shore men, and men of Gloucester town, 

 With ye I've trawled o'er many banks, and sailed the compass round ; 

 I've ate wi' ye, and watched wi' ye, and bunked wi' ye, all three, 

 And better shipmates than ye were I never hope to see. 

 I've seen ye in a wild typhoon beneath a Southern sky, 

 I've seen ye when the Northern gales drove seas to masthead high ; 

 But summer breeze or winter blow, from Hatt'ras to Cape Race, 

 I've yet to see ye with the sign of fear upon your face." 



The total strength of the Newfoundland naval reserve 

 is at present 573, and it ought to be treble this number. The 

 men enrol for a period of five years, at the expiration of 

 which they can enrol for a further period or obtain their 

 discharge. The reservists between the age of eighteen 

 and thirty are of two classes, " Seamen " and " Qualified 

 Seamen " ; on entry he belongs to the former class. 



