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

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12 R. M. C. REVIEW Very often in these half-yearly notes we have recorded a happy but uneventful period of six months. In this issue, however, we are pleased to be able to report that the College has, once again, made history, both in England and in Canada. In England, the Memorial, presented by the College to Sandhurst Chapel to commemorate the EX-Cadets of both Colleges, who have lost their lives in the service of King and Empire, was unveiled by No. 123, Major-General Sir Dudley Ridout, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., on Sunday, March 5th, Furthermore, last December, a farewell dinner was given in London, by the EX-Cadet Club, there, to General Sir Arthur Currie, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., on the eve of his departure for India to unveil the Canadian Memorial at Delhi. Both of these important events are recorded elsewhere in this number. :if PIC Dk Pk In Canada, as foreshadowed in our last issue, we have won the Dominion Intermediate, and the Intermediate Intercollegiate Football Championships, and, for the first time in the College history, the Inter- mediate Ontario Hockey Association Championship. Also, after winning our group, we got to the finals, again for the first 'time, in the Ontario Intermediate Basketball Championship. We won the District Champion- ship in Association Football, the Intermediate Inter-Collegiate Track Championship C Eastern Groupj and the International Hockey Match with West Point Military Academy. This is a record which would be hard to parallel, and will justly give a feeling of pride to all present and past Cadets and indeed, to everyone who has the interests of the College at heart. No one can say that modern Cadets are not versatile, when, with two hundred to draw from, they can, in one College year, show their pre- eminence in five different sports. bk Pk P14 Dk We are very much pleased to notice that the Montreal Branch of the EX-Cadet Club had as its guest of honour at its Annual Dinner in Feb- ruary, No. 472, Lieut.-Colonel E. F. Wurtele, who for so long was Editor of the Proceedings of the R.M.C. Club of Canada and Secretary-Treasurer of the Club itself for twenty-seven years. The Editor of the Review owes a very great debt to Colonel Wurtele for his invaluable help ever since the Review was started. 221 2? :if Through the energy and kindness of EX-Cadet correspondents in various parts of the world, we are enabled to give a number of news items which otherwise would have been missed. We are still, however, striving to get an active scribe in each EX-Cadet Club who will send us, without fail, each April and October, all the news of his section. Furthermore, one who, if he moves away from the district, or finds himself unable to continue the work, will pass over his work to some competent successor. Births and marriages of EX-Cadets are often exceedingly difficult to keep track of, and we are forced to rely on noticing such things 1n the odd newspaper. Without wishing to make any invidious comparisons, we should like to call our readers' attentions to the splendid budget of news, always beautifully arranged, we invariably get from India, not only to hold up our succession of Indian correspondents as bright examples, but also to accord them this little bit of public and well-merited praise.

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R. M. C. REVIEW LOG OF H.M.S. STONE FRIGATE VOL. XII JUNE, 1931 ,,Q,'l'1,,'Q','f,1f,Q3,, 9' ii' ui- .Q 'm 8 fa., Xa an QLQY EDITORIAL NOTES In this number we are greatly honoured by being permitted to pub- lish, as our frontispiece, a picture of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. M. Suther- land, D.S.O., V.D., M.P., Minister of National Defence and President of the Royal Military College of Canada. Last November the College had the honour of welcoming the Minister on his first oflicial visit to Kingston. Pk bk Dk P14 The Fire, May 12, 1931. Just as we were going to press happened the disastrous fire, which, by the time these words are read, will be old news to the R.M.C. world. The Gentlemen Cadets, led and directed by the Commandant and Staff-Adjutant, did yeoman service, and the discipline was per- fect in every way. Everything that could possibly be done in the way of salvage was done. Unfortunately, the parts first attacked by the fire were in the vicinity of the Library and Editorial Office. So we have a legitimate right to plead for every consideration for all the shortcomings in this issue. We cannot tell yet whether we shall have any illustrations or not. If the warp in the cuts, caused by the heat, can be straighten- ed out we may be able to print a few pictures. The Librarian's heart bleeds for the books, approximately 10,000, mostly burnt, waterlogged or ruined by smoke. Luckily The Sir Arthur Currie Hall was undamaged and all the valuable silver trophies as well as the College Records were saved. The loss of the kitchens is a great temporary inconvenience, but this can be rectified. It will be much more difficult to build up a new Library and no educational institution can 'function prop- erly without an adequate Library.

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R. M. C. REVIEW 13 As these words are written we are in the midst of examinations. Our sports at present are: Cricket, which has made a welcome re-appearance in our midst, tennis, and a little desultory golf and boating, all helped im- mensely by the lovely April weather we experienced, which appears to have done its best to give us another record this year. Tennis lovers are glad to see that the old courts are being resurfaced and the stop netting entirely replaced, so that we should have six good courts in play this year. With our newly surfaced roads, and the excellent new lighting in- stalled where necessary, which was practically everywhere, our College grounds are getting to be something of which we can all be proud. May we apologize for giving preponderance, in this issue, to sporting news and pictures? Our justification for doing so will be found in a pre- ceding paragraph of these notes. NV. R. P. B. S TAFF NOTE S Birtlhs. PEARKES-To Lt.-Colonel G. R. Pearkes, V.C., D.S.O., M.C. and Mrs. Pearkes, on Sunday, April 12th, 1931, a son, John Andre. HARVEY-To Major and Mrs. E. J. Harvey on Friday, March 27th, a grandson, David Harold Cluff. Changes. It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the departure from the College of Major G. R. P. Roupell, V.C., whose term of duty at the College expired on April 1st, For the last two years Major Rou- pell has been G.S.O. 2 and a very popular resident of Hogan's Alleyf' His cheerfulness, geniality and good fellowship will be greatly missed by all ranks. We wish him, Mrs. Roupell and their two children the best of good fortune in England and can only hope that they will carry back to the Old Country as good an impression of us as we have of them. P14 Pk Pk ik As Major Roupell's successor as G.S.O. 2 we welcome very heartily Major G. N. C. Martin, D.S.O., M.C., R.A., p.s.c. who for the past 'two and a half years has been Staff Officer, Royal Artillery CG.S.O. 3rd gradej at York. Major Martin was educated at Uppingham and the R.M.A. Woolwich. In 1912 he took a commission in the R.F.A. and was posted to India. In 1914 he sailed to France with the first Indian Con- tingent. In 1915 he was posted to N Battery, R.H.A. In 1917 he went to a Field Battery in the Guards' Divisional Artillery where he remained until the end of the War. After the War he was stationed in Ireland for one year and India for seven years before going to York. During the War Major Martin was awarded the D.S.O. and M.C., and was mentioned three times in Despatches. Major Martin won the open Amateur Golf Championship of Ireland in 1920 and also in 1923 and has played for Ireland in all international matches since 1920. In 1928 he played for Great Britain on the Walker Cup Team against the United States.