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

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12 R.M.C. REVIEW 4 ljs -.,-A-'v, ,. - n:3dTh'r glg, U L gi 'fu VNS' YS SW '55, -ss X X ' Rvfknun-VPMN9 EDITORIAL NOTES HIS term the College was greatly honoured by a visit from His Excel- lency The Governor-General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief, Maj or- General the Earl of Athlone, K.G., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., F.R.S. and Her Royal Highness The Princess Alice, G.B.E., etc. who graciously attended the Closing Exercises of our last but one Graduat- ing Class on the 23rd of May. On the previous night His Excellency dined in Mess with the Staff and Cadets and gave a short address, he spoke again to the Graduating Class after presenting them with their Diplomas. On the afternoon of Graduation Day His Excellency and Her Royal High- ness attended the Field and Track Sports, after which Her Royal Highness presented the prizes, and herself took a snapshot of the winners. On Friday the 2nd of May the Hon. Albert Matthews, Lieutenant- Governor of Ontario also honoured us by coming to the College to inspect the Cadet Battalion. On the 15th of March, No. 879, Major-General H. D. G. Crerar, D.S.O., Chief of the General Staff took time off from his multifarious duties to gorfe back to his old College to dine in Mess and address the Staff and a ets. On the 19th of April the R.M.C. Club of Canada held its Annual Meet- ing, as usual at the College, with all the customary celebrations attendant on this function. All these notable visits will be found recorded elsewhere in this number of the Review. PIC :lf 2? :lf We have great pleasure in presenting as our Frontispiece to this number a photograph of the flrst ex-cadet to become a cabinet minister in the Federal Government, No. 805, Colonel the Hon. Colin Gibson, P.C., M.C., V.D., K.C., Minister of National Revenue, who has very kindly written a Foreword for us. Colonel Gibson, after attending Highfield School, Hamilton, entered the College in 1908. Among the many distinctions he won were the Best Shot Badge, the Quebec Cup, Crossed Rifles and Crown and Crossed Swords and Crown, he was also a member of the Sandhurst Rifle Sz Revolver Team and the Cricket Team. He graduated, as a C.S.M., in 1911, and from that year onwards saw continuous service with the Canadian Militia until 1938. He was on active service with the Infantry during the Great War from 1914-1918, he was twice seriously wounded and was decorated three times. In 1929 he became the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, subsequently in 1935 he commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade. Soon after the outbreak of the present war he commanded the Hamilton Garrison until he was elected, on 26th March, 1940, Liberal Member for Hamilton, the first Liberal member from that constituency for almost 40 years. On 8th July, 1940, he was sworn in as a Privy Councillor and given the portfolio of Minister of National Revenue.