BX April 27, 1916

Representatives of Every Calling – 215th Battalion Has Motley of Trades and Professions in Ranks

In the make-up of an overseas battalion there is a varied assembly of men, coming from all walks of life. The 215th Battalion is a good demonstration of this, the battalion ranking all varieties of trades and professions. The laborer mingles with the minister and banker. Here are to be found clerks, farmers, students, butchers, policemen, printers and representatives of practically every calling.

Today the battalion signed up in J.C. Daugherty of Omaha, Nebraska, a man who has been all over the world. In all his travels he claims to have only missed visiting seven or eight of the multitude of countries in the world. Some of his more recent jaunts have been to South and Central America.

Although Daugherty is a Canadian by birth, being born in Kingston, he has lived practically all his life, while not abroad in the United States. He is a cook by trade and is a prominent athlete, favoring wrestling and boxing.

For the past couple of months Daugherty has been working in Buffalo and Albany. Three months ago he was working on a Leland liner plying between Boston and Liverpool. The call of King and Country hit him as it is hitting thousands of others and he tried to enlist at Liverpool when last there.

Learning that he was a Canadian the recruiting officers there advised his return to Canada to enlist with a Canadian regiment. This he did, finally coming to Brantford to enlist with the 215th Battalion, of which he had heard good reports. His reception this morning was particularly pleasing to him.