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

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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.

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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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14 RJWII REVHNV We are taking the liberty of printing the following letter from Brig.- General L. R. Carleton, D.S.O., who was Commandant in 1913 and 1914. General Carleton has been a consistent subscriber to the Review since its earliest days and each year the letter enclosing his renewal subscrip- tion has always been most complimentary and encouraging. Brooklands, Reading Road, Fleet, Hants, England. Dear Sir: A My annual pleasure 'of sending you my subscription to the Review, and telling you again that my interest in the R.M.C., and my gratitude for happy days there and in Canada, are as strong as ever. The continued vigour and success of the College are very refreshing to read about. My very best wishes to you all. Yours very sincerely, 6S9wdJL.R.CARLETON. Pk Pk P14 P14 Ofn Easter Sunday, after Church, a pleasing ceremony took place in the Staff Quarters usually known as Hogan,s Alley. Major E. J. Harvey was presented by the denizens of that locality with a silver cup and illuminated address to commemorate the occasion of his being pro- moted to the dignity of first Grandfather of Hogan's Alley. The Mayor and Corporation turned out, with full regalia, to do honour to the recipient. A ' GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE Lt.-Col. R. C. Richardson, Jr., Commandant of Cadets, United States Military Academy, West Point, has presented to the R.M.C. Officers' Mess a very beautiful set of blue china dinner plates, each plate bearing a different picture of the Academy or its surroundings. We appreciate very highly not only the generosity which promptedthis gift, but also the honour of having a momento which, We believe, has never before been given to anyone outside the Academy. PK Pk Pk Pk Miss Winifred E. Lloyd, whose very handsome present of books to the Library is mentioned in our Library Notes, has presented the College with a very fine copy of Reynold's portrait of Lord Heathfield. Pk is Pk 212 The Montreal Branch of the EX-Cadet Club has very kindly presented to the College a canoe. This canoe will be named Mount Royal. DIC Pk 214 Sl: 1 No. 161, J. M. Clapp, Esq., M. Am. Soc. C.E., has kindly sent us an album of views of some of his late engineering works. He has also sent for The Work of EX-Cadets, a large coloured photograph of a cement bridge he has just built in Seattle. 232 bk FK P14 Dr. J. C. Webster and F. McLennan, Esq., have both added to their many generous gifts in the past to our Library by sending us several more volumes. The other gifts to the Library will be found in the Library Notes.