From the News

Dated: October 2, 1917

IN ORDERLY ROOMS

News of the Soldiers.

Vancouver's soldiers are making names for themselves in other fields as well as on the field of battle. The "Tatler," a leading illustrated paper, published in London, of August 22, has a full page of clever sketches by Lieutenant Ernest Le Messurier, of Vancouver. These sketches are entitled "In the Great Adventure. A Few Boys From the Land of the Maple Leaf. Staff of the Canadian Training Schools at ----."

Lieut. Le Messurier, who was born in Hamilton, Ont., in October 1894, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Le Messurier of 1675 Davie street and came to this city when 6 years old, so can fairly be claimed as a Vancouver boy. He was a student at the University of B.C. when war broke out and was one of the eight graduates who received their degree in khaki at the first convocation. He was gazetted lieutenant in the "Irish Fusiliers" and went overseas with the "B.C. Bantams" in February last. He was sent to one of the Canadian training schools in England and passed his examination as "Distinguished," subsequently being attached to the staff at the school. He is the editor of the school paper "From Chevrons to Stars," and is as clever with his pen as with his pencil. The honor of having his sketches published in the "Tatler" is great, but judging from them it is well deserved. His brother Thomas, age 20, is in the Royal Flying corps.

In a letter to his father, Lieut. Le Messurier tells of when it came 4 o'clock tea time, a barber, who was working on him stopped operations and he had to wait in the chair till the barber had his cup of tea. With the letter he sends a sketch of this rather amusing incident.