Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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12 R.M2C.1HNUEW' T- ziwsigb f ,- 1,,- 1. . . -- ,lt -- - , I. I U J.: .I -q A f -': A -54' W: - - - H . '- . Jrff J ' Pl x -Q' 'rn Q-. - 4 - , D W . . --... nm, ,S . Ag , M, -- g WIN .:..... - I -, 0' 7 - . ... .- . mu. - A CCMPANY NOTES. Company Commander. Major C. C. Shaw, R.C.A- Company Officer Capt. W. F. Hasted, M.C., R.E. Cadet Company Commander. U.C. Eberts, H. L. Cadet Platoon Commanders, .l'.U.O. Campbell, E. D. J.U.O. Elliott, R. M. Cadet Co. Sergeant Major. C.S.M. Rolph, F. B. Cadet Co. Quartermaster Sergeant- C-Q.M.S. Cdlum, V. E. C. It is doubtful whether the flag has crossed the square oftener than it has this year. Competition has been exceptionally keen. Every branch of sport has been very evenly contested, and consequently each event resulted in a change of the championship pennant. The Inter-Platoon Basketball was played to a three-cornered tie, which was finally won by Beer. This loss was balanced, however, by Ack winning the Inter-Company Basketball, thanks to the exceptional team work on the part of all our players. . As soon as we had ice, Beer again forged ahead, winning both Inter- Company and Inter-Platoon Hockey. Despite Beer's confidence, we came within an ace of winning the former. Lou Clarke and Windy Smith played the game of their lives. In fact, the whole team played an unselfish and unsparing game, and although they lost, it was only by a hair's breadth. The Gym. was another victory for us. Good work, Soup I ! You and your team were better than ever. As the snow arrived earlier than usual last autumn, the soccer had to- be Played off this spring. Again both Platoon and Company 8-'EIITIGS Were very close indeed. Beer won the former, while the latter was Ack's victory after twenty minutes of overtime play. Once again Soup Camp- bell and Vic Odlum deserve special mention. As yet the Boxing, Dundonald Competition, and Mounted Sports have to take place. Both companies' chances are equally good on paper. But with the vim and spirit displayed by Ack in former events, we should. easily pull through. We were glad to hear that No. 1920, G.C. McAvity, J. L., IV Class, has been selected for this year's Bisley Team. Our best wishes go with him. To say that we have had a very successful year would be to express it mildly. All ranks have co-operated to give their best to both sport and Work. Now that exams. are over, we have more time to devote to coming events. We are on the home stretch, Ack Let's go ! ! H.L.EBERTS

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R. M. C. REVIEW 11 At the last Annual Meeting of the Royal Military College Club of Canada, Professor I. E. Martin, Professor of Mathematics 1890-1920,,and Director of Studies, 1917-1922, was made an Honorary Member. Our heartiest congratulations to Capt. E. J. Harvey, not only on his majority, but also on his completion of 25 years' service at the College, at the end of last year. We were most pleased to hear from Professor G. Vattier, Professor of French at the College from 1918 to 1925. He is now Directeur de Etablisse- ment de la Mission Laique Francaise at Salonique, where he is, as he says himself, Very busy with 1287 pupils, what a work! W. R. P. B. h PRESENTATIONS 1. Two large portraits of General The Rt. Hon. Baron Byng of Vimy, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., and Lady Byng have been presented to the College to bring our collection of portraits of Governors-General and their Ladies up to date. 2. A copy of Palmer's Detail was kindly presented by John H. Bu- chanan, Esq., M.I.C.E. 3, Major H. T. Cock, M.C., The Royal Canadian Regiment, presented two water-colour sketches showing the uniforms worn by the Gentlemen Cadets, R.M.C., in 1876 and 1926. 4. The late Lieut.-Colonel G. E. Laidlaw, Lord Strathcona's Horse CR-CJ, and ex-Cadet of the R. M. C. fNo. 719 , bequeathed to this institution three military pictures and Day Book of the Strathcona Horse in South Africa. 5. A bronze tablet to the memory of the late Lieutenant Travers Wil- liams-Taylor lex-Cadet No. 10251 has been presented by all ranks of the 13thf18th Hussars Chis late Regimentl. Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor has also presented the head of an Abyssinian buffalo killed by his son. 6. Collections of Canadian minerals and fossils have been presented to the College through the kindness of Dr. H. M. Ami, of the Laboratory of Geology, Ottawa. These collections are for illustrating lectures on Mineral- ogy and Geology. They have also been suitably displayed. 7. Through the instrumentality of Mr. Algernon Ridout, a coloured en- graving of The Battle of Queenston has been presented by Mrs. Neilson for reproduction in the R. M. C. Review, and then for presentation to the College Museum. Mrs. Neilson is 9. sister of ex-Cadet No. 123, General Sir Dudle-y H. Ridout, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., R.E. 8. Through the kindness of ex-Cadet No. 96, James White, Esq., Tech- nical Advisor to the Department of Justice, Ottawa, we have received pho- tographs of several early pictures of Kingston, formerly in the Archives in Ottawa. EX-Cadet No. 567, J. H. Peters, Esq., Surveyor-General, very kindly co-operated with Mr. White in obtaining these pictures for the Col- lege. It is hoped to reproduce these pictures from time to time in the R. M. C- Review. - 9. Dr. E. A. Spilsbury has very kindly presented to the Library 2 books, Naval Occurrences, London, 1817 3 and Norie's Naval Gazetteer, Lon- don, 1827. These books belonged to Capt. F. B. Spilsbury, R.N., one of Sir James Yeo's captains in the War of 1812-14. 2 V H. O.WILLS.

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R. M. C. REVIEW 13 lg III 2-I lil id B CCMPANY NOTES. Company Commander. . Lt.-Col. R. O. Alexander, D.S.O., The R.C.R. ' Company Oflicer. Lieut. A. B. Sullivan, 16f5 Lancers. Cadet Company Commander. U.O. Tremain, K. H. Cadet Platoon Commanders. J.U-O. Smith, H. C. aJ.U.O. Smith, D. C. Cadet Co. Sergeant Major. C.S.M. Hodson, J. C. Cadet Co. Quartermaster Sergeant. C.Q.M.S. Osler, G. S. Since the last issue of the Review the flag has changed hands many times, and never before has the competition between the two companies been so keen. A Company seemed to have a firm hold on the flag until the hockey came along. No. 4 Platoon won the Platoon league, and a few days later we won the Inter-Company game by a score of 5 to 4. It was a good game, and, although Beer was always in the lead, we were not sure of the result until the final whistle blew. We had also had another victory in the Platoon Basketball, when No. 3 Platoon showed Ack that it was better than either of the teams it could produce. Thus it was that, although f'Ack won the Inter-Company Basketball, the flag came back to Beerf' It felt more at home on this side of the square, but we lost it once again when A Company won the Gymnastic competition by seven points. B Company was by no means disgraced by this, and the whole team did well. The next event was the Platoon Soccer, which No. 4 Platoon ably won, giving us the flag once again. Soon after our victory, however, we lost the company soccer match by 4-3. Once again Beer, although beaten, was not disgraced, and lost the game in the overtime only. Throughout the year the competition between the companies has been most keen, and all the events have been close and most interesting. A Company now has the much sought after emblem, but with good old Beer pulling together, we feel sure that we shall finish strong. We hope to put up a good show in the Boxing and in the Mounted Sports, and in the Dun- donald Cup race we feel Beer will be well represented, Although not an Inter-Company event, the best shot badge has come to Beer by G. C. Blaikie's good shooting. Congratulations, Reid! All ranks have worked hard during the year, and we find that it has gone by far too quickly. Here's wishing you the best of luck next year and the years to come, Beer. K. H. TREMAIN.