Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Page 17 Loyola College Revi ew — O + Hon: Chas. G. Power, '07 Lt. William G. Tellier, R.C.N.V.R., '29 Awarded George Medal for courage and coolness ' Minister of National Defence for Air PROMINENT ALUMNI Thomas Guérin, 07 M.L.A. St. Ann's a ——— м. Lt.-Col. Gavan Power, '29 Chaudiére Regiment Hon. Wilfrid Girouard, 13 Judge of Superior Court

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LOYOLA COLLEGE Page 16 REVIEW Its formation was announced in the Auditorium by Maj. Gerald Wilson, C.M.G., and within the year of 1919, with the assistance of the Officers of the 55th Irish Canadian Rangers, 199th Bn. C.E.F., the Corps was fully organized with Maj. M. J. McCrory as Commanding Officer. The strength was ninety members in the C. O. T. C. and about 250 in the Cadet Corps. The Drill Master was R. J. M. McClements, late of the 73rd Bn. C.E.F., and the Physical Training Instructor was the late Col. John Long, father of the present Commanding Officer of the Unit. On March 17th, 1919 the official authorization for Establishment was received from Ottawa, and with that began the organization, activities, growth and success of the Unit into its present-day status. COLORS ... Immediately following its official establishment in General Order No. 37, March 17th-19th, that is, on March 21st, the Unit was inspected by Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Burstall, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Inspector General of Militia for Canada, accom- anied by Brig.-Gen. C. J. Armstrong, C.M.G. and Lt.-Col. R. O. Alexander D.S.O. hat evening the first Mess Dinner was held, the guests of honor being the officers of the Irish Canadian Rangers, and on that occasion the custody of the colors of that Unit were entrusted to the Loyola College Contingent C. O. T. C. In the second year of the C. O. T. C., with the same officers in charge, on October 28th, 1919, the Unit and the Cadets took part in a Victory Parade and were reviewed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Two days later, on October 30th, they acted as a guard of honor at the unveiling of the Notre Dame de Grace Memorial by the Prince of Wales, and on that occasion he presented the Colors to the Unit, after commenting on their steadiness and smartness. It is remarkable at this early stage that the Unit got its courses of training under way with such speed and with such success. In the winter of 1920-21 the first candidates were ge for the A Certiffcate, the qualification proper to the Reserve Unit, and the results were very satisfactory. Following the termination of that year Major McCrory, after seeing the Unit off to a successful start, resigned from his post as Commanding Officer, and the next year, 1923-24, Maj. Edgar Reynolds, former 2 i c, took over the position of Commanding Officer with Capt. E. O'Brien as Second in Command. The Unit at this time mustered ninety strong, with 275 Cadets. The first parade was held in November in the shape of the annual arrison parade to St. James Cathedral, and on February 6th, there was a preliminary nspection by Lt.-Col. Alexander. On April 24th the second Annual Mess Dinner was held and the Annual Inspection on June 7th. The Cadets took part іп a Church Parade under the then Major Long and on April 24th was held the first C. O. T. C. Banquet. During the following term, 1923-24, the Unit continued to train and instruct the undergraduates and on May 13th, at the General Inspection by Brig.-Gen. Armstrong, Maj. Reynolds presented a trophy to be known as the McCrory Shield. From this period onwards, the Unit continued to improve and to submit candidates for the А Certificate, always, in the latter with a very high percentage, оуег 85%, of successful results. The Annual Mess Dinners, Inspections, and Church Parades continued to be held with the same smartness and precision with which they had been inaugurated, and which have continued to attract attention and praise from Military Officials and general public alike. In 1926, however, due to a radical cur- tailment of Militia Expenditure, the number of those taking active part in the

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Loyola College Review i Page 18 R.I.P. P O. Sarto Gain, '27 Sgt. P. Alex Casgrain, 36 Sgt. P. Edward Kennedy, '38 Joseph Pio de F. Ethier, '25 A.B. Patrick Griffin, R.C.N.V.R., '38