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

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BRIGADIER H. H. MATTHEWS, C.M.G., D.S.O Commandant.

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R. M. C. REVIEW VOL XVI JUNE, 1935 QfifQffJ2'HAl f53'S4a?'-'I N HAPPY UNISON WITH EVERY PERIODICAL OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS, THE R. M. C. REVIEW, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CADETS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA, WISHES TO EX- PRESS ITS LOYAL AND RESPECTFUL CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY GEORGE THE FIFTH, BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, EMPEROR OF INDIA, ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.

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JUNE, 1935 13 'O :Hill ff., -q----.,-' 13 -...' mpfy X 555 ?'ll-?lf,I9 '.ll'.ll5, I!! if EDITORIAL NOTES N this issue we have the great privilege of publishing, as our frontis- piece, a picture of the Honourable Grote Stirling, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.E.I.C., M.P., who was appointed Minister of National Defence on November 17th, 1934, and thus became, ex-officio, President of the Royal Military College of Canada. On Friday, February Sth, 1935, the College had the honour of welcoming its President, accompanied by Major- General A. G. L. McNaughton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Chief of the General Staff, and Lt.-Col. C. R. Scott, C.M.S.C., Military Secretary. During his short visit the Minister inspected the College buildings and Project No. 37 and later dined in the College Mess. After dinner he addressed the Battalion of cadets in the Sir Arthur Currie Hall. His speech, though all too short, was listened to with the greatest interest by all who had the privilege of being present. Pk Pk Dk Pk Another period in our College History has rolled by and we have bidden goodbye to our twelfth Commandant, Brigadier W. H. P. Elkins, C.B.E., D.S.O., and now we extend a most hearty welcome to his successor, Briga- dier H. H. Matthews, C.M.G., D.S.O., who is not only our thirteenth Com- mandant but came to us from Military District No. 13. Brigadier Matthews began his military career in the Non-Permanent Active Militia when he first joined the British Columbia Horse, as second in command of this unit, he went, on mobilization in 1914, to Valcartier Camp. There he transferred to the 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion C9Oth Winnipeg Riflesl and in February, 1915, proceeded to France with the Battalion as Officer Commanding B Company. On the promotion of Col. L. J. Lipsett, who commanded the Battalion, to the command of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, in September, 1915, Brigadier Matthews succeeded him in command. Before the year closed Brigadier Matthews was wounded in the gas attack at Ypres and again in the following June at Mt. Sorel. He then returned to England to command the Canadian Training Area at Hastings and in October, 1917, returned to France as G.S.O. 2, to the 1st Canadian Division on the Staff of No. 151, Lt.-General Sir A. C. Macdonell, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., CCommandant 1919-19255, a. position he held until 1919 when he became G.S.O. 1. After the War Brigadier Matthews was appointed to the Permanent Force, first to the R.C.M.G. Brigade, and on the disbandment of that unit in 1923, he was transferred to the L.S.H. CR.C.J. In April, 1921, he had been appointed Assistant Director of Military Intelligence at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, and in 1928 he became Director of Military Operations and Intelligence. In 1932 he went to Calgary as District Oflicer Commanding Military District No. 13. We sincerely hope that Brigadier