Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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16 contestants saw the target area clearly marked out and examples of fair scoring blows and some of the commoner foul blows. Our thanks are due to Major Walton and the two men concerned. We are also grateful for thc ' r assistance in the preliminary fights to Messrs. Harry Williams, S. Floyd, Chummy Hayward and P.C. Arthur Childs. Results: T. K. Shanks beat E. A. Hutt; D. Harrison beat B. B. Burland; H. E. Gibbons beat C. A. Pantry; R. G. Fowle beat J. D. E. Gibbons; C. Terceira beat A. R. Mercer; D. L. Spurling beat F. W. WiUiams (t.k.o.) ; L. G. Pantry beat H. C. D. Cox; P. N. Spurling beat H. R. Outerbridge (t.k.o.); P S. Welch beat C. G. Pantry (t.k.o.). F. B. R. Cadets Promotions: Sergeants — Cpl. Moniz, M.N. , Thompson, R. R., Welch, P. S., and Petty, E. Corporals— L. Cpls. Adderley, F. W., Fall, T. N., Pantry, C, Rutherford, D. L. Cpls.— Cadets Gamble, F. C, Mayne, C, Lough, J. L, Leseur, H. A., Outerbridge, H., Trimingham, J. Efficiency Badges. Obtained by Sgts. Motyer, J., Benevides, E. , Welch, P., Petty, E., and Thompson, R. R. Cpls. Adderley, F. W., Pantry, C, Fall, T. N., Rutherford, D. L. Cpls. Floyd, S., Mayne, C, Leseur, H., Gamble, F., Lough, J. and Cadet Spurling, P. N. Strength— 90. Camp. Held in 1940 at Warwick from July 2-9. This year the Corps shared camp with a detachment of B.V.R.C., an ar- rangement which proved very satisfactory. Saltus supplied 2 full Platoons, No. 3 (Sgt. Benevides) and No. 4 (Sgt. Adams). Both Platoons were prominent in various activities. No. 3 winning the Inter- Platoon cricket shield and No. 4 the Inter- Platoon Competition, judged by Quartermaster- Lieut. Clarke. His Excellency the Governor ' s visit of inspection was marked by an excellent P.T. display and demonstrations of Field Work. Cadet Curtis, P. had the signal honour of winning £1 offered by His Excellency for any Cadet attaining in his presence a score of 70% on the range. Shooting. An excellent miniature rifle has been presented to the Saltus Company by Lloyd Jones, Esq. In addition, this year Cadets have for the first time used in practice on the range Service rifles fitted with .22 Morris tubes, a type eminently suitable for their subsequent training with regulation Service weapons.

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15 The football results follow: 9 9 11 j.n 1st XI V. Rotary Night School Won O 1 90 1 1 4.0 1st XI V. Dockyard Apprentices Lost z— 1 1 9 4.0 2nd XI V. Rotary Night School Lost 4— U 98 1 t lO 1st XI V. Old Bovs Won 3-1 1 0 1 4.1 Colts XI V. Dockyard School..... won 2 1 O—L 1 4.1 Colts XI V. Whitney Institute won Q O o— U 8-1-41 Colts XI V. St. George ' s G.S Won V V Uli 6-0 6-2-41 Colts XI V. Warwick Academy Won 6-0 7-2-41 1st XI V. Rotary Night School Won 5-3 6-3-41 1st XI V. Old Boys ; Won 3-2 March, 1941 Colts XI V. Dellwood Won 5-1 March, 1941 Colts XI V. Warwick Academy Won 7-0 8-3-41 Colts XI V. Dockyard V. St. George ' s G.S Won 4-1 20-3-41 Colts XI Lost Boxing Tournament The annual Boxing Tournament was held on Friday, March 21. His Excellency the Governor had consented to be Patron, but, owing to an accident, he was unable to attend. He has in the past shown a very keen interest in our boxing, and we missed his pre- sence on this occasion. He was represented by the A.D.C., Lieut. Frank Giles. The referee was Major B. B. Walton, G.S.O. 2, Bermuda Command. The judges were Dr. F. W. Warlington and Mr. Harry Williams, and the timekeeper Lieut. C. Lightbourn, B.V.E. The House Shield, presented by Mr. John Cox, O S , was won by Watlington House. As usual, the show was very well attended. Perhaps the stand- ard of boxing was not so high as last year, but there were several minor accidents in the preliminary fights, and these removed one or two of our best boxers from the finals. There is also the consid- eration that comparatively few boys have access to expert coach- ing in the art. Those who do get tuition profit by it, but the rest display more enthusiasm than skill. But the enthusiasm is most certainly there and we hope to be able to arrange more instruction jn the future. The first item on the programme was a demonstration ar- ranged by Major Walton. This was a demonstration in the strict sense, and not a fight, as such performances have been in the past, and It IS true to say that it was a very welcome innovation. It is surprising how many of the boys have only vague ideas on the method of scoring points. Now, for the first time, many of the

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17 Inspections. Held by His Excellency the Governor on Jan. 14, 1941, and by Major Murdoch, V.D., Officer Commanding, Bermuda Cadet Corps, on Nov. 26, 1940. Lectures. Lt. A. McDonald, 4th Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders, gave an interesting account of his experiences in France in the early days of the war. In February, the Company ' s Instruccor, Sgt. Pedrolini, B.V.R.C., lectured at Prospect Camp on Defence Entrenchments. An account of this, written by Cadet Cox, H., appears elsewhere. Field Day. An excellent Field Day, organised by Maorj B. B. Walton, Brigade Major, was held on Feb. 26 at Castle Harbour. Saltus Company was in the attack, and carried out their operations with workmanlike precision. At the conclusion of the battle. His Excellency the Governor complimented No. 2 Platoon for the manner in which they captured an enemy position on the left flank, and especially commended Sgt. Petty for his skilful leadership. Band Drum Major, Sgt. Welch, P. S. Under the enthusiastic in- struction of Sapper Aitken, B.V.E., and Sapper H. Williams, B.V.E. the Band, which commenced the year with an unusually large num- ber of recruits, has made considerable progress and is now well up to the standard of past units; New members in Cadets: Tucker (J), Greenwood, McLay, Davis, Whitney, Taylor, Howe, Tucker (D), Parker and Darrell have brought the strength up to 24. The Band was in much demand in Camp and are to be commended on the way in which they voluntarily practised on frequent occasions in their spare time. Bugles have been kindly presented this year by Capt. Johnson, R.A.O.C., and H. Browne, (O.S.). A Day with the Cadets On February the 4th, the Saltus Cadets marched to Prospect to inspect some trenches which had been made by the soldiers. They were accompanied by the band, and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, including a number of coloured children who joined us on the way. After a brisk half hour ' s march we reached our destination, and were shown the trenches which were situated on the side of a hill to the east of barracks. There was a number of them, each in a different stage of construction.