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Dan,
you are correct in that the book indicates that it should have been an 'Imperial claim'. But then on page 173 it is stated that Barker was not even awarded the VC winner stipend. I think that judging by the issues Ralph brought forth Barker at this point in his life was 'outraged' and 'humiliated' and having difficulty dealling with "......long time bureaucrat(s) with no flying experience." The other issue is the documented changes in Barkers behaviour that suggest like so many others PTSD. Hence no Imperial claim.
It also seems there were two distinct ways of joining the RFC. The first mentioned in the book was by "secondment' such as the case of Major Frederick Wanklyn who was already serving in the Royal Artillery and the Barker case of a "commission into the General List and Royal Flying Corps as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant. However this occurred prior to Barker being 'officially' released from the 1st CMR and the CEF.(pg. 33) As to the issue you raise of this happening to other serving members ie. RFC, RNAS and the RAF, Ralph points to due to administrative obstacles by unit Commanding Officers, "only a tiny percentage of the CEF's veterans in France and Belgium ever made it into the RFC."(pg. 26) And then how many of those actually survived, did not get wounded or had 'significant' independent financial means such as Bishop, Birk, Wemp thus not needing post war medical care.
As to the Winnipeg General strike I caught some of the CBC's coverage of "Protest Song and Dance The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 is hitting the stage". In the documentary a couple of PhD's are attempting to discover if money raised for the use of reestablishing veterans under various funds was actually used to finance the prosecution of those who participated participated in the march. This appears to be fact with "While the Workers Defense Committee raised money across Canada from Canadian workers, the federal cabinet dipped into funds appropriated under the Soldiers Resettlement Act to provide nearly a quarter of a million dollars (in today¹s terms well over several million dollars) to finance the Citizens Committee's private legal campaign." "The federal government had no appropriation from parliament for these expenses. The money was made available through Orders in Council from the Soldiers Resettlement Fund appropriated by parliament to deal with the costs of demobilization after the Great War."(Black and Chaboyer) Did this money ever get returned ?
source:
Black, Errol., Chaboyer, Jan. "Conspiracy in Winnipeg: How the 1919 general strike leaders were railroaded into prison and what we must do now to make amends". http://www.mfl.mb.ca/a38.shtml
Protest Song and Dance The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 is hitting the stage. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/strike.html
you are correct in that the book indicates that it should have been an 'Imperial claim'. But then on page 173 it is stated that Barker was not even awarded the VC winner stipend. I think that judging by the issues Ralph brought forth Barker at this point in his life was 'outraged' and 'humiliated' and having difficulty dealling with "......long time bureaucrat(s) with no flying experience." The other issue is the documented changes in Barkers behaviour that suggest like so many others PTSD. Hence no Imperial claim.
It also seems there were two distinct ways of joining the RFC. The first mentioned in the book was by "secondment' such as the case of Major Frederick Wanklyn who was already serving in the Royal Artillery and the Barker case of a "commission into the General List and Royal Flying Corps as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant. However this occurred prior to Barker being 'officially' released from the 1st CMR and the CEF.(pg. 33) As to the issue you raise of this happening to other serving members ie. RFC, RNAS and the RAF, Ralph points to due to administrative obstacles by unit Commanding Officers, "only a tiny percentage of the CEF's veterans in France and Belgium ever made it into the RFC."(pg. 26) And then how many of those actually survived, did not get wounded or had 'significant' independent financial means such as Bishop, Birk, Wemp thus not needing post war medical care.
As to the Winnipeg General strike I caught some of the CBC's coverage of "Protest Song and Dance The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 is hitting the stage". In the documentary a couple of PhD's are attempting to discover if money raised for the use of reestablishing veterans under various funds was actually used to finance the prosecution of those who participated participated in the march. This appears to be fact with "While the Workers Defense Committee raised money across Canada from Canadian workers, the federal cabinet dipped into funds appropriated under the Soldiers Resettlement Act to provide nearly a quarter of a million dollars (in today¹s terms well over several million dollars) to finance the Citizens Committee's private legal campaign." "The federal government had no appropriation from parliament for these expenses. The money was made available through Orders in Council from the Soldiers Resettlement Fund appropriated by parliament to deal with the costs of demobilization after the Great War."(Black and Chaboyer) Did this money ever get returned ?
source:
Black, Errol., Chaboyer, Jan. "Conspiracy in Winnipeg: How the 1919 general strike leaders were railroaded into prison and what we must do now to make amends". http://www.mfl.mb.ca/a38.shtml
Protest Song and Dance The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 is hitting the stage. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/strike.html
