Jan. 22--Major General Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defense,
arrives in Vancouver to arrange for enlistment of third contingent.
Jan. 30--First detachment of Canadian troops is in France; other
detachments are en route; nine German prisoners escape from Halifax
citadel; war fund of $1,500,000 raised in five days in Montreal.
Jan. 31--Six Canadians, including two officers, killed in La Bassée
fight.