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In further proof of our a s se r t i on Hie: Majesty has also be en
pleased to redse
our country to the posit.lon of a Dominion, and thus we rank with Canada , Australia ,
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and New zea I e nd , and a l l those honor-s are the outcome of tho he r oic co nduct, t ho
invincible va l or end the brilliant patriotism displayed by our immortal Reglm-ent
on tho fiel d of battle and un der the eye s of the great Commander_l n-Chie f , Sir
Douglas Haig. Nor 1 s Gr ea t Britsin alone 1n reco gnizing t he her-of sra an d valor of
our brave boys--our Ne wfoundland so ldiers. Italy, France and Russia hav e also
be stowed honors upon individual members of the Regiment by avar- ddng them medals
for valor and publicly " acknov'ledgdng their worth In the official not ices issued
by t heir respect i ve War Offices, 85 ve Lk as published through the pr e ee of 'these
-e oun t .rde e ,
To return to tl:e active part that our YO\L'1g hero, Lanc e Corporal Ryan , took
i n the 'War . We shall give a brief ske t ch or synopsde of his ·ca r e er , a nd the n
aj.Iov hi :n to speak f or himself, and t ell 'the story of the N ~ \lfound h. nd R ~gimen t
in his own \lay and in hi" own vor-de , because , a f ter
&11 , no pers on Le be t ter
qua lifl ~d t o deecrdbe events than the person who &ctively par t icipated i n t hen,
an d Lance CarpI Ryan , being an ex-pupi l
of St. Pat.rdck! s Hall Christ i an Brothers'
Scho ols, i s 'Well able t o do so , although t his i s his first
attempt, and ne ver ha d
any Regiment greate r t rouble to storm. a German t r ench t han ve had i n indu c i ng our
young hero to give his fellow-countrymen a t rue an d inter esting eket.c h of t he
deeds and adverrture a of the Nevfcund.land Regfmerrt, of which he vas one of the
first to Join up.
Briefly, Lance-Corporal Ryan vee bor n i n st. John ' s , an d being descend e d
from a race of fisherm en a nd £eal- Jd ller s , i t came na t ural t o him t o t r y his hand
a t ehootdng a nd batting Germans, Just a s his an ce stors shot a nd batted old hoods
and harps in t he ne ighborhood of t he Funke or W'&dhams in ye ars gon e by .
Aft er
leav i ng St. Patrick- e Schools he e nter e d the Anelo-American Telegraph Com;>llny's