"Crumps", The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went

The narrator recounts joining the war effort after working as an artist in the Laurentian region, describing wartime mobilization, enlistment in an auto machine-gun brigade, rapid training at camp sites such as Valcartier and Ottawa, and the apprenticeship into a frontline machine-gun officer. The narrative combines practical details of training, camp life, equipment and battlefield experience with observations on volunteerism, organizational challenges, the spirit and camaraderie among troops, and reflections on the costs of inadequate preparedness for modern warfare.