Separation Allowance — Soldiers' dependents (wives, children of a widower, or 

 widowed mothers, if son is unmarried and sole support) are paid the following monthly 

 allowance by the Canadian Government: 



Privates $20 a month 



Sergeants 25 a month 



Warrant Officers 30 a month 



Lieutenants 30 a month 



Captains 40 a month 



Majors 50 a month 



Lt.-Colonels 50 a month 



If a soldier has dependents, a portion of his pay is made to them direct. 

 In cases where the separation allowance and pay are insufficient, further assistance 

 may be given by the Canadian Patriotic Fund. 



Sick, Wounded and Prisoners — Sick and wounded are cared for and their pay 

 continued until discharged. 



THE PATH OF FIRE 



No nobler call to Canadians has been sounded than that of the Chief of the Mohawks 

 last week in the Council Chamber of the Six Nations at the Indian reserve near Brantford 

 (Ontario). Some dissatisfaction had been expressed by a Chief present at the restric- 

 tions imposed upon Indians in the exercise of their fishing and shooting rights under 

 the treaties with the pale faces. It was a tense moment when the Chief of the Mohawks 

 rose to urge the duty of responding to the call of the King for men — and yet more men. 

 In quiet tones he recalled his own sacrifices. His eldest lad, working on the farm, 

 hitched his horses to the fence one day and followed the recruiting sergeant. Later 

 he sailed with the First Canadian Contingent. That year the area under crops on the 

 farm had to be cut down. Then a second son and later a third boy joined the King's 

 colours, and the Chief and his squaw were left alone to till the land, restricting further 

 the acreage under crops. It was a simple story of duty and sacrifice simply told, and 

 it carried its own message. Drawing himself up proudly, the Chief reminded his 

 hearers of an old Indian legend. An Iroquois who had been captured by an enemy 

 tribe was given two alternatives; to seek freedom by passing through a path of fire 

 which his captors had made or remain behind with the women and children. The 

 Iroquois prisoner never hesitated — he preferred the path of fire, with the honour and 

 freedom it held out, to the ignominy and disgrace of remaining with the women. Seizing 

 the psychological moment, the Chief of the Mohawks gave the war cry of his tribe and 

 sat down. 



It was a thrilling moment for the palefaces who were privileged to witness the 

 scene. That war cry of the Mohawk Chief was the answering challenge to German 

 tyranny of one who had tasted of British freedom. It was a call to every Canadian 

 eligible for military service. For every man capable of serving King and country at 



the front the choice now comes — the path of fire, which is the path of honour, or ! 



"Not once or twice in our rough Island story 

 The path of duty was the way to glory". 



— The Globe, Toronto. 



The Old Serb. — "Fighting with the Bulgarians against the Turks I lost my 

 brother; my sons fell fighting with the Greeks against the Bulgarians; but only when 

 the Germans came were my wife and my grandchildren killed." 



— Raemarkers of Holland. 



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