From the News

Champion marathon runner Tom Longboat among the first to enlist

New Liskeard Speaker

Dated: August 14, 1914

Well Done, Tom

Tom Longboat, the champion Marathon runner, was amongst the first to enlist to go to the Old Country as a soldier. When the officer objected to Tom because he was married, he insisted that he must go and fight for his country, and they let him go. Tom ought to be a good one on the forward march.

Contrary to what this article reports, there is no evidence that Tom Longboat attempted to enlist prior to February 1916.

Transcribed by: Dion Loach