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

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14 R.M.C. REVIEW and Mrs. Matthews and their small son will have a most happy, healthy and prosperous time at the Royal Military College. elf 221 DSC fi: In sports this term we have won two championships, the Intermediate Intercollegiate Hockey Championship for the twelfth time since its inaugur- ation and the Intermediate Eastern Ontario Amateur Basketball Champion- ship. In the last mentioned we were beaten by only four points for the Ontario Championship. The inter-company competitions in hockey, soccer and basketball have been played off with unusual keenness this year. 96 PK 96 96 At the time of writing the new College Mess Hall and Gymnasium Building is beginning once more to assume an appearance of activity and the end of the year should see its completion. The new Boathouse is finished and the new College Workshops, behind the Mechanical Laboratory are well under way. The power transmission lines are being placed under- ground which should prevent breakdowns in the future. Pk X Dk P21 We have suffered this term from two minor epidemics, influenza and a very mild form of measles, each of which was more annoying than serious. if 96 Pk bk We were very glad to welcome the executive committee of the R.M.C. Club at the end of March and the annual General Meeting at the beginning of May. The connection between the Club and the College is certainly made much closer by having the meetings in our buildings. The Memorial Service held at the Memorial Arch on Saturday, May 11th, was most im- pressive. The ex-cadets, here for the annual meeting, formed up on the parade ground and marched to the Arch where No. 1394, the Rev. S. W. Williams conducted the service, and No. 305, Lt.-Col. C. W. G. Gibson, M.C., V.D., A.D.C., retiring president of the R.M.C. Club, placed a wreath at the foot of the Arch, after reading the Honour Roll. On Sunday, May 12th, the Rev. S. W. Williams read the lessons and preached a most inspiring sermon at the morning service in St. George's Cathedral. Pk Pk 96 Pk The Brigade of gentlemen cadets, with the units of the Kingston Gar- rison, Military District No. 3, took part in the Garrison Church Parade to St. George's Cathedral on Sunday, May 6th, in honour of His Majesty's Silver Jubilee. The sermon was preached by the Rev. W. E. Kidd, M.C., and the salute taken by No. 359, Brig. W. B. Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O., who was accompanied at the saluting base by the Commandant, Brig. H. H. Matthews, C.M.G., D.S.O. Our hearty congratulations to the following members of the Staff on lwlholni the King has been graciously pleased to confer his Silver Jubilee e a :- The Commandant, Brig. H. H. Matthews, C.M.G., D.S.O. The Senior Professor, Prof. L. N. Richardson, M.A., M.Sc. Staff-Adjutant, Major H. M. Logan, The R.C.R. Air Staff Officer, SfL. G. E. Wait, D.I.C., R.C.A.F. OjC 32nd Battery, Major L. F. Grant. Lab. Assist. J. M. Merchant tR.S.M., P.W.O.R.J. Lab. Assist. G. Hewett. Cleaner and Helper R. S. Anderson.

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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

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