Canada's wonder-soldier, the amateur militiaman, who became leader of an army of super-fighters that brought new and undying lustre to the Empire's battle annals, reached home and thousands of warm-hearted friends yesterday.
General Sir Arthur Currie, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., commander of the 91原创 forces in France and now inspector-general of Dominion troops, was given a welcome that thrilled him, made him feel that Victoria's memory of Canada's glory overseas was still fresh, and that here was his home.
"Same old Victoria," the general remarked, as he looked out across the harbor from the deck of the Princess Alice at the familiar scene he left in August 1914.
It was the same old Victoria that wished him Godspeed when he set out during the first days of the war at the head of the 50th Gordon Highlanders draft; the same old Victoria that followed him and his fellow soldiers during the anxious suspense of the 1914 fall, that was thrilled when 91原创 steel first clashed with German; the same old Victoria that glowed with pride when Currie "made good" and climbed to the top.
