The Memorial THE DAILY BRITISH WH Arch Unveilin At The Royal Military 5.3 7' g Ceremony College of HR A Te 1024, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, a Major-Gen. Sir Archibald Macdonell, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.0., Commandant of the Royal On Sunday afternoon o'clock (summer time) the ceremonies in connection with the unveiling of the memorial arch will take place at the entrance to the grounds of the Royal Military College. The arch was erected by the members of the Royal Military College Club, which comprises graduates residing in all parts of the British Empire, and its cost was about sixty-five thousand dol- lars. It is set forth that the arch is "for the purpose' of rendering endur- ing tribute to the memory of the members of the college, who ih the world-war gave their lives in order to affirm the cause of freedom in secur- ing the triumph of the right, and at the same time to cemmemorate the sacrifice of those fallen in previous wars since the foundation of the col- "lege." The external surface of the arch is occupied in part with the names of battles in which Canada had an impor- tant share, while the interior bears bronze plates inscribed with the names of one hundred and fifty-six ex-cadets who gave their lives for their country, The arch is probably unique in that, besides perpetuating the names of the ex-cadets who fell in action, it is a record of the wonderful Canadian traditions, bronze plaques showing chief events in the history of Canada from the time of Jacques Cartier and Champlain to the Great War. Order of Ceremony. The order of ceremony will be as follows: -- Arrival of guard of honor from the battalion of Gentlemen Cadets at 3.45 at four p.m. Arrival of The Honorable The Min- ister of National Defence at 4 p.m. General salute and inspection of guard of honor. Hymn--"Onward, diers" (two verses). Opening prayer by Rev. J. S. La- Flair, First Baptist Church. Scripture reading--Rev. xxi. 1-7, by Rev. Principal S. W. Dyde, D.Sc, D.D. LL.D. Queen's Theological College. Brig.-General G. S. Cartwright, C.B., C.M.G., president Royal Military Col. lege Club, requests Mrs. Joshua Wright to unveil the memorial arch. Unveiling of memorial arch. "Last Post." Two minutes silence. "Dead March," by Band of Royal Canadian Artillery, followed by "La- ment" by pipers. _ Dedication by The Lord Bishop of Ontario. "Reveille." The president, Royal Military Col- Christian Sol- Military College of Canada. lege Club, officially hands over the arch to the Crown. Address by The Honorable E. M. Macdonald, K.C., Minister of Nation- al Defence. flying, in quick time, to regimental | march. | R.M.C. Endows Its Graduates * With Spirit of Service | | The Royal Mili- | The real history of tary College of Canada has not yet been written and it would be futile to attempt in a newspaper article to ade- | quately portray the merits of the in-| stitution and the achievements of those | who have passed through its portals, | But perhaps it may be possible to cast upon the printed page (as the reflec-| tions of the sun from a mirror are thrown on a shaded wall) some fleet- ing idea of greatness. It has en- dowed its graduates with a spirit of service and high ideals. It has given them an apprenticeship to true manli- ness. To-morrow, the and its friends from far and near gather toge- ther to pay reverent homage to those who have fallen in the Empire's wars; brave, gallant gentlemen who gave their lives 1any lands that the peo- ples of the great British Common wealth Nations might be free. Theirs was more than a national sac- rifice; it was an imperial sacrifice. Yet, wonderful as the Roll of Hon- our of the Royal Military College may be, it is not by virtue of this alone that the institution ranks high in the minds of people the world over, but it is also because of the achievements of its graduates, who have gone into the world and in both civil and military capacities have shed lustre on the col lege which they are proud to call their "Alma Mater." There are ex-cadets working to-day in India, Africa, Eur- ope and Asia as well as on the Ameri- can continent, and each one ascribes the credit for each successful task to the sound principles which he Jearned at the Royal Military College. ™ The honour of the old college is to them a tangible responsibility. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in over- coming it. And there are others--men who in a its college of think for a moment of the others who, bound to dull routine work, gave them- selves unsparingly and ally and bravely for the freedom of the British Empire. "Those Others." Because of this, we propose to refer | in this brief article, not to those whose names appear on the arch where all may see, but to others who have also given to the college its high code of | ethics and helped to establish the tra- | ditions of its motto of Valour," and who, wi th the whose names may be read in bronze | letters on 'the arch, should receive tri bute from those who will gather at Point Frederick to-morrow. In April, 1891, there died at Mom- bawa, West Africa, after a short car- eer full of promise. Captain Huntly irodie Mackay, D.S.0., of the Royat{- Engineers. Born in Kingston, he at- tended the Royal Military Colles ceived the Governor-General's medal, and accepted a commissio the Royal Engineers. He served in several small expeditions in Africa, and ud was finally seconded for service witl n in| | th the Imperial British East-Africa Com- pany. The following incident in his eventful life shows the type of the man. I'he scene is at Sierra Cap- | tain Mackay went up country to chas- tise some slave raiders and in the storming of a slave village an incident occurred which throws a vivid light on his whole chanacter, his intolerance for wrong, his absolute fearléssness in the face of danger, and his gentle, almost womanly care of the helpless. At the storming of this village, the natives being surprised, hurriedly retreated within their walls and barricaded the gates. Two little children, one just able to walk, were left outside the gates at the mercy of the enemy. As Captain Mackay and his native troops came on, the larger child was seen to fall. Has- tily turning, Captain Mac kay saw the chief who had shot him raising his rifle for another shot. Quick as thought, he Leone, "Truth, Duty, | heroes | struck the man full in the face, wrested quiet, obscure way have 'toiled on the rifle from 'him and at the risk of | stepped into his old task as Deputy Director of Army Signals, Aldershot. The strain great for him, however, months after the beginning of the war a loyal, great- was too and eight | | | | | { THE MEMORIAL ARCH always be something splendid about a man who knows he is losing out and vet fights gamely on, determined ne. ver to give in, and Major John Nassau Kennedy was such a man. Capt. Capt Lieut. Capt. Capt. Lieut, Capt. Capt Lieut. Lieut. Maj.-Gen. Lt.-Col. Lt.-Col. Major Capt. Capt. Capt Capt. Capt. Capt. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut, Lieut Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut, Lieut, Major Lt.-Col. Lt.-Col. Lt.-Col. H w. C. C J. H. C. A. Jw. B. IN C. G G. B. G. B. R. C. T. BE A. S D. P. J. A. R. G. G. E. F. M. A H. R. C. A 8S. A.-L. H. R. H. 8. N.C H. 8. G. A. F.C W. ROBINSON G. T. W. E. D. Sir W. T. BRIDGES H. CARRINGTON SMITH A. FLAGG W. L. T. WARREN M. W. BROWN F. FYSHE J. GALT J. N. C. KENNEDY ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA ROLL OF HONOU Major H E Major Major Major Major Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut, Lieut, Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Lieut. Capt. Lieut. "TRUTH STAIRS WOoOoD LAURIE HENSLEY OSBORNE CHALMERS CARR-HARRIS DERWICK G. MACKENZIE J. A. R LAURIE WRIGHT DARLING JARS K.c¢C L. GORDON MORRISON C. ROGERS BELL-IRVING C.R. G CHESTNUT CRAWFORD FRANCKLYN JM. H A.B. 1 GIBSON HELMER KEITH LeMESURIER LINDSAY MALLORY MAUNSELL NELLES J.C. M LRR F. 8. R H.P. § GREENWOOD INKSETTER HENEKER C. B. PARR G. E. VANSITTART J. S. WRIGHT A. W. AGNEW J. K. BERTRAM F. P. DAW M. L. GORDON E. P. HENDERSON C. M. HORSEY G. D. McGIBBON F. G. McLAREN W. H. VANDERSMISSEN E. A. WHITEHEAD C. K. AYLEN E. C. BAKER A. H. BOSTOCK R. W. L. CRAWFORD T. M. GRAVES H. S. MATTHEWS F. W. MORRIS C. G. MORTIMER E. H. McCALL A. W. McKNIGHT D. L. SAVAGE W. F. H. TIDSWELL E. W. VAUGHAN W. J. LOUDEN * A: D. WALKER Lieut. Lt.-Col. Lt.-Col. Major Major Major Major Major Major Major Capt Capt. Capt. Capt. Capt. 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The \battalion of Gentlemen Cadets will then march through the memorial arch, with bayonets fixed and colors Grace the Arch- faithfully in the path of duty as they saw it, and by the very plodding, dog- ged nature of their work have bequea- thed to the present generation of ca- dets a legacy of manly perseverence which will be an inspiration to all who follow after for years to come, It seems very fitting that, as we reverent- ly pay homage to those gallant men who died on active service, we should AND SIR ARTHUR OURRIE HALL his life dashed forward, rescued the child who stood trembling at the gate and carried him in his arms until with- in the village when he restored him to a native woman. He only saved the life of a naked little savage, but the deed was as truly heroic as many for which the Victoria Cross has been awarded. When he died, in 1891, as acting. administrator of the Imperial British East Africa Company, the dir- ectors placed on record their high ap- preciation of the ability he had dis- played and in telegraphing the news to the commander-in-chief, they empha- sized an expression of their deep re- gret at the loss of an officer of so much promise, and to whose zeal and capacity in the performance of his du- ties the company had been so much indebted. Teiled and Succumbed. The services of Major John Nassau Kennedy, of the Royal Engineers, are typical of those ex-cadets who toiled away at dull, monotonous routine tasks during the war period and through sheer over-work finally suc- cumbed, giving their lives as gener- ously and loyally as those who fell in battle. Major Kennedy joined the R. E's in 1886, distinguished himself in South Africa and retired in 1910 after twenty-four years hard and meri- torious service, broken in health. One day after the outbreak of the late war he was back in harness, and though obviously unfit for overseas service, hearted gentleman died quietly in Chatham, England. always remain an example to the ca- dets of devotion to a cause, of faith- fulness to a duty, of willingness to play his part irrespective of where or what that part might he. There must MUSEUM This is old Fort Frederick, at which the late Hon. Alexander Canada, worked as a mason. His life should] as In the lives of many other ex-cadets, for instance Colonel E. T. Taylor, a distinguished graduate and former com mandant (to whose memory a tablet is erected in St. George's Cathedral), and Brig.-General F. D. Lafferty, a keen hardworking soldier who dearly Ld loved his Alma Mater, (and whose life is kept as an example before the ca- dets by the International Challenge Trophy, the General Lafferty cup), one recognizes that consistency of af- fort, that tenacity of purpose and that absolute faithfulness to duty with which those who have passed through the college are endowed. That the R.M.C. has enemies is un- fortunately true, but as long as it can turn out graduates of the calibre of those referred to above it will continue to wring, even from unwilling lips, words in its praise. They Gave Their AlL Regarding those to whose memory the college pays tribute to-morrow, it is but necessary for the reader to scan the large bronze tablets and read the names which appear on them. They bear the names of men who fell in ev- ery part of the world where the far- flung British army fought. In Franc e, Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Africa, Galli- poli and Russia may be found the rest- ing places of those who went forth from the Kingston college to serve in strange lands, and gave their all--and now, 'there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever Canada." As the service proceeds to-morrow, let the thought of Rupert Brooke arise "These laid the world away, poured out the red "Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be "Of hope and joy-- and let us give thanks for the vision of nobleness which they have left us. R.M.C. and Canada. The old college is also strongly as- sociated with the history of Canada. If the spirits of the departed still take an interest in this transitory life, ona can imagine the shades of rugged old Frontenac and the gallant Chevalier de la Salle stalking through the grounds; the admiral of the dockyard gazing with interest at the changes wrought in his old command; honest old Alexander Mackenzie with his flowing beard inspecting his handi- work in Fort Frederick and Sir John A. Macdonald walking.along the paths of the institution in which he took such pride and interest. The Honourable Alexander Macken- zie visited the peninsula when premier, in 1875 (possibly having even then in mind the founding of the college) and in company with Colonel de la C. T. Irwin, CM.G,, inspected the Fort Fred erick martello tower. It was then used (Contidued on sage 11) Mackenzie, a Premier