Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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41882, G.C.V.l. CADET CORPS, QUARTER GUARD The term Quarter Guard is applied to a vody of men, who properly dressed and rmed, are placed at a certain duty to luard a military post of any type. This luard is paraded before a commanding or Field Officer for a turn-out inspection of .ress and equipment before being paraded 0 their respective posts. The Guard, prior 9 being turned over to the Field Officer, s commanded by a Regimental Sergeant Iajor. The Guard is comprised of a Battalion Jrderly Sergeant, a Guard Commander and corporal of the Guard. Beside these key igures there are from nine to eleven rifle- ien or duties as they are called. The guard s mounted or placed on duty about 2145 ours, or in short, about 9:45 p.m. They ay respects to the flag before taps are layed and to the commanding officer of ne Battalion or Regiment. The Mounting of Quarter Guard is a tradition, carried on '1 all military zones upon the changing of guard of duty at a military post. This is rie first year the Mounting of a Quarter ?uard has been tried at G.C.V.I. It is inder the command and training of !fMajor Bill Strachan, who is acting as the !fRegimental Sergeant Major and Provan Vylie who is the Field Officer, and com- rises the following cadets: CfCapt. Bill Canning-Guard Commander C!Lt. Jerry Lawrence-B. O. S. C!Capt. Bill Price-Cpl. of the Guard C!Lt. Dave Bright-Rifleman C!Lt. Les Ferrier-Rifleman CfSgt. Ted Matthews-Rifleman C!Lt. Dave Hull-Rifleman CfSgt. Jack Wagenaar-Rifleman CfCapt. Tom Garraway-Rifleman. -C!Maj. Bill Strachan. 0 M THE G.C.V.I. CADET CONTINGENT TO CAMP IPPERWASH On the morning of June 29. 1956, nine aclets embarked for a four hour trip to lamp Ipperwash. The boys Peter Bright our successful representative to Banffl. im Farley, Bill Price, Stuart Duncan, Ted Iatthews, Dennis Hayes, Gus Sevestre, erry Lawrence and Bill Canning, looked Jrward to the seven-week period, that 'ould make Ipperwash their home for the immer. Following a hasty lunch, our group nderwent a complete medical examina- ,on. After drawing our kit for the summer. fe were taken to J Company barracks to wait the arrival of the remainder of our ompany. We settled in immediately and hanged from our heavy winter uniforms .to he summer cadet uniforms. The majority f us then proceeded to tour the camp. While ACTA NOSTRA 87 on this excursion the new-arrivals whistled at us, in our shorts, as we passed them. In forty-eight hours J Company was corn- plete. It consisted of four platoons of forty boys each. The usual morning at camp in- cluded: drill. map-reading. study of rifle and Bren gun, target practice and lectures on warfare. The afternoons were usually spent free, providing it was not our com- pany's turn to swim at Ipperwash Beach. The first three weeks we underwent a stiff training program. The odd trip into Grand Bend during this period was greatly ap- preciated by all. On July 23, the entire camp was issued a ninety-hour pass. This pass could be spent at Detroit, London or home. Those who went home had the luxury of mothers home-cook- ing and returned full of zest for the remain- ing four weeks. During this period we com- pleted our training program. Part of this training included a ten mile hike, which is well-remembered by all who went on it. Shortly thereafter our company was chosen to put on a Quarter Guard for Open House. The Quarter Guard consisted of thirteen boys mounting an honourary guard. It is inter- esting to note that of those boys picked from our company for the guard, the major- ity of them came from G.C.V.I.-a great honour for our school. For the Guard Mount our uniforms were: feathered bonnets, scar- let tunics, Gordon Kilts, Macdonald stock- ings. white spats. and black oxfords. Need- less to say, the uniforms had a terrific effect on the parade-square in the sun. At a later date. the Guard travelled by Army bus to Stratford, to see the Shakespearean Festival presentation of Henry V. On Lieutenant-Governor's Day, the second last day of camp, our company. J Com- pany, received the cup for Best Company at Camp Ipperwash, 1956. That evening we were treated to a banquet, at which the army officers waited on cadets. This was one banquet we shall never forget. The follow- ing day we returned home by train, and anxiously awaited our bonus cheque for the summer. -Bill Canning XIE .M.0 INTERVIEW WITH LT. GEN. P. J. MONTAGUE tSenior Officer and Chief of Staff at Canadian Military Headquarters in London 1939-19453 Question 1: Would you consider a position in the Armed Forces a favourable one today for a young man going out into the world? Would you consider that there is as much chance for advancement in the Armed Forces as in private business?

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