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Lieut. Seely, Lt. Col. P.A. Guthrie, Col. J.S. Denis [i.e. Dennis], Capt. Black, July 1917. Officers of Canadian Highlander regiments standing outside the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), New York City. The Highlander regiments were in the United States in July of 1917 for "British Recruiting Week" which encouraged enlistment in World War I. The officers include Lieutenant H. A. Seeley, Colonel Percy Albert Guthrie, Lieutenant J.S. Dennis, and Captain J.D. Black.