ts, will send to England offer of men.

Aug. 2--Ten thousand men volunteer; Royal Naval Reserve called out;
fishermen will respond.

Aug. 3--Ports of Quebec and Montreal in charge of military authorities;
militia called to duty; reserves to sail for England.

Aug. 4--Cabinet meeting; mobilization of expeditionary force begins;
message of appreciation from King George; British and French reservists
sail.

Aug. 5--Country-wide response to call for service; Government buys two
submarines built for Chilean Navy; Montreal port guarded; German
Consulate at Vancouver attacked.

Aug. 6--Austrian and German Consulates stoned in Winnipeg; England
accepts offer of expeditionary force; Sydney is being fortified.

Aug. 7--German Consuls asked to leave country.

Aug. 9--Canada's offer of 1,000,000 bags of flour accepted by England.

Aug. 10--Cruisers hunt in Atlantic for German ships; ports closed; much
grain goes to England.

Aug. 14--National Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the
Empire will equip hospital ship for Admiralty; married men not accepted
for service without permission of wives; cruiser Good Hope arrives at
Halifax; American mass meeting called in Toronto.

Aug. 15--Japanese of British Columbia want to form regiment.

Aug. 17--Americans of Toronto will raise fund for soldiers' families.

Aug. 18--Emergency session of Parliament opened by Duke of Connaught;
war vote to be $50,000,000.

Aug. 19--Parliament endorses [Transcriber: original 'indorses']
England's participation in war; speeches by Premier Borden and Sir
Wilfrid Laurier; women exercise veto power to prevent husbands from
going to war.

Aug. 21--Move in Parliament to contribute million bags of flour to
Belgium; all war measures passed; Bank of Montreal will contribute
$100,000 for patriotic purposes; two cruisers added to naval force at
Esquimalt.

Aug. 22--War session of Parliament ended; troops on way to Quebec.

Aug. 23--Princess Patricia presents flag to Light Infantry.

Aug. 25--Second army is being mobilized.

Aug. 26--Applications by letter from American citizens for army service
refused.

Aug. 29--All available troops to be maintained under arms; Princess
Patricia Light Infantry sails from Montreal.

Aug. 30--Troops delayed at Quebec.

Aug. 31--England accepts food offers from Alberta and Quebec;
unsuccessful [Transcriber: original 'unsucccessful'] attempt to wreck
troop train near Montreal; volunteers will replace