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Numéro 015/2005 |
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Quotation of the week
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day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have
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Trivia
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The Calgary Branch of the RMC Club of Canada Presents
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For
the first time in CISM history the Canadian Armed Forces
participated in the CISM World Fencing Championships held in
Grosseto, Italy in April. Representing the Royal Military
College were three top cadets: I |
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11301 B Gen Marc Pouliot 1955-2005….Ex Cadet relished life, love
By Susan Sherring |
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When
Brig.-Gen. Marc Pouliot was buried, friends, neighbours, even some
family members, were somehow shocked to learn of his stature in the
military, of the incredible high regard in which he was held.
"Of course, everyone knew he was in the military, but it was never anything he lorded over anyone. He was very down-to-earth, a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of guy," says wife Jennifer. Despite that, his funeral saw an 11-gun salute, a 250-strong military honour guard and eight |
generals in attendance -- a fitting tribute to a man who gave so
much of his short life to his country.
But what sets Marc Pouliot apart is not just his outstanding military career, but his love of everything around him, and his appreciation of all that life had afforded him. That, and the love story he shared with his wife.
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109 Major Danny McLeod – off to Europe for three weeks……Soldiers
return to battlefields 'to pay respect'
By Dawn
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 Second World War veteran Danny McLeod is marking the 60th anniversary of the Victory in Europe by visiting the fields where great Canadian battles were won – and thousands of lives were lost. |
McLeod, 83, is
leaving Kingston today for Paris where he plans to take nine members
of his former army regiment on a tour of the Canadian battlefields,
cemeteries and war memorials throughout France, Belgium, Germany and
the Netherlands. |
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RMC AND ANZAC DAY |
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 For Australia, as for many nations, the First World War remains the most costly conflict ever in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 300,000 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 were wounded,gassed or taken prisoner. |
The outbreak of
war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great
public enthusiasm. In response to the overwhelming number of
volunteers, the authorities set exacting physical standards for
recruits. Yet most of the men accepted into the army in August 1914
were sent first to Egypt, not Europe, to meet the threat which a new
belligerent, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), posed to British interests
in the Middle East and the Suez Canal. Press HERE for more |
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Ex Cadets in the News! We pick-up our news sources from wherever we can. Readers are encouraged to forward any item on an Ex Cadet, former staff member from any of the three military colleges. College number & photo will make our life a lot easier. William.oliver@rmc.ca |
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Catching Up With the News! |
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Canadian Forces
personnel to deploy to U.N. peace-support Mission in Sudan
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OTTAWA - Up to 31 Canadian Forces (CF) personnel will go to Sudan over the coming months as part of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). This deployment is a result of the passage on March 24, 2005 of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1590, which authorizes the deployment of troops and civilian police to southern Sudan for an initial period of six months to help implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. |
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Brigadier-General Greg Mitchell will be the UNMIS Deputy Force
Commander while other CF personnel will serve at mission headquarters
in Khartoum, and as United Nations Military Observers monitoring
activities to verify compliance with the U.N. Security Council
Resolution. This CF deployment is known as Operation SAFARI.
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 Press HERE for reactions to the decision to have Rugby reinstated as a Varsity Sport and the Shooting program disbanded. |
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HORIZONS FOR YOUTH - Umbrella Day |
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Toronto. Horizons for Youth is a non-profit organization that provides food, shelter, services and life-skills training to approximately 1,000 homeless or at risk youth. Mr. Ellis is well known and highly respected for his contributions to many charitable organizations across Canada. He is the father of 20739 RJ Ellis, RMC Class of 1997. |
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Two Ex cadets recently met up in Australia - on the Golf Course! |
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Press HERE to find out more . . . |
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Ron
Ellis, former right winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Hockey Hall
of Fame inductee recently was seen signing autographs and helping keep
youth off the streets at Horizons for Youth's "Umbrella Day", Eaton
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A Nomination for
the CMC Rugby Dream Team
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 The many of you who gave blood sweat and tears on the pitch likely have stories to tell of your old teammates. Here is a nomination for the toughest Ex Cadet rugby player I have met. Press HERE to meet him . . . |
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RMC Redmen “Old Boys” Win Queen’s Engineering Hockey Tournament |
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The RMC Redmen “Old Boys” hockey team competed in the annual Queen’s Engineering Hockey Tournament over the April 1st weekend. The tournament gathers together alumni and student teams from Queen’s University and also has included the “Old Boys” for the past 15 or so years. Press HERE for more . . . |
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Cadet art from the 1913 time period |
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Paleolithic Cave
Art Discovered at RMC! Well, not really, but something almost as
good was discovered during recent renovations to the Old Guard House.
After the Commandant's House, the old Guard House is one of the oldest
structures still standing on Point Frederick. Most ex-cadets
will recall the building as the office for the Commissionaires, but
before the Second World War, when cadets were taught the routines of a
line infantry battalion, it was used for its original purpose.
Cadets mounted guard at the gate and the Guard House did indeed house
the Guard. In gutting the building, prior to renovation, contractors striped off the walls and exposed the original plaster covered stonework underneath. It would seem that these stonewalls were also exposed in the period |
1911-1914 for here - just like the wondrous cave art in France -
appear the graffiti of the RMC cave dwellers from that period
immediately prior to the Great War. Like true Gentleman Cadets, none
of their works are rude (only one, a parody of the Guard Orders, is
slightly risque!). Most of the doodles are typical cadet humour or
just a record of who was on duty on a given day. The guard lists have
certain poignancy, for these cadets would soon be off to war and
several would be killed-in-action.
Press HERE
for more and 2 photos
of the “Cadet art from the 1913 time period” |
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I was a member of the varsity pistol team, first at Roads (83-85) then
at RMC (85-87). Our RMC coach was the late Geoff Hutchison (I hope
I've got the name spelled right) an Olympic coach who taught me most
of what I know |
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"Many Hands - make the burden light". « L’aide de plusieurs rend la tâche facile » S125 Bill & S134 Rolande Oliver |
| The eVERITAS electronic Newsletter reaches over 5,000 readers . It is a service provided by the RMC Club for Members in good standing with current addresses in the data base. It is designed to provide timely information on current events at RMC and to keep Members "connected". Occasionally, it will be distributed to non-members to entice them to join or renew their membership. Membership information is available at www.rmcclub.ca Newsworthy articles from national or local papers that may not have been available to the majority of our readers may be reproduced in e-VERITAS. We will also publish articles in either official language as submitted by Cadets and Staff, on "current life" at RMC. Other short “human interest stories" about Cadets, Ex-Cadets, Alumni and current and former Staff at the College will appear from time-to-time. Readers of e-VERITAS are encouraged to submit articles in either official language to william.oliver@rmc.ca. In particular, up-to-date “Where are they now?” articles on Ex-Cadets, Alumni and current and former Staff would be most welcome.
eVERITAS
is intended as a supplement and not a replacement of Veritas, the
highly popular magazine of the RMC Club printed and distributed three
times a year to Members by mail.
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Chaque édition du bulletin électronique e-VERITAS rejoint plus de 5,000 lecteurs. C’est un service fourni, par le Club des CMR, aux membres dont les adresses sont à jour dans notre base de données. Son but est de fournir des renseignements à point nommé sur les actualités au CMR et de garder en communication les membres du Club. Occasionnellement, il sera distribué aux membres qui ne sont plus en règle espérant qu’ils renouvelleront leur carte de membre annuelle ou qu’ils deviendront membres à vie. Les renseignements sur l’adhésion au Club sont disponibles au www.rmcclub.ca. Articles d’intérêt national ou local qui ne sont pas disponibles à la majorité de nos lecteurs seront reproduits dans e-VERITAS. Nous produirons aussi des articles dans l’une des deux langues officielles soumis par les élèves officiers et le personnel du Collège sur la vie actuelle au CMR. Nous offrirons de temps à autre de courtes anecdotes sur les élèves officiers, les Anciens et les membres du personnel d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Nous encourageons les lecteurs de e-VERITAS à soumettre des articles dans l’une ou l’autre des deux langues officielles à Rolande.Oliver@rmc.ca. En particulier des articles récents sur « Où sont-ils présentement? » seraient grandement appréciés. e-VERITAS est un supplément et NON une substitution pour VERITAS la revue populaire du Club des CMR imprimée et distribuée aux membres en règle, par la poste, trois fois par année. |