THE DAILY BRITISH WHIGC \ ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1876 Jt Owes Its Beginning to the Late Hon. Alexander Mackenzie--The ~~ Site Was Once a British Dockyard And Naval Base. The Royal Military College of Can-1{ tended from September, 1875, to May, ada owes its origin to the late Hon.| 1886. The first class of recruits re. } 3 " : " ; ported at the college in June, 1876, the exander M e nd t omin. y : : Alexander Mackenzie and the D | famous class now familiarly known as ion administration of which he was the | After the withdrawal of the | f the imperial troops from | Canada, the supply of professionally | trained officers soon became inadequ- ate, and some system had to be devis- | ed to meet the necessities of the case. The government obtained reports from | imperial officers then serving in Can-| premier. majority c A tl NAAN tr. aI | | | | | LT.-COL. C. F. CONSTANTINE The new commandant of the Royal Military College. the "old Eighteen.' Th the site for the new college. In 167 the famous Count Frontenac, French governor of Canada, led an expedition from the City of Quebec up the River St. Lawrence to its outlet from Lake Ontario. Arriving at the Indian vil- lage of Cataraqui, and fully under- standing its strategical importance, he built a fort there. The first command- ant of the new Fort Frontenac was Chevalier de la Salle, one of the most adventurous and valorous of the French explorers. More than two cen- turies have passed since the landing of Frontenac. For a long time his fort was one of the headquarters of the French in Canada; then in turn it was occupied by British troops, and now is held by froops of the permanent for- ces of Canada. On this historic §oil the Royal Military College is estab- lished. - It is situated on a small penin. sula opposite the city of Kingstcy, where the River St. Lawrence issues from the eastern end of the lake. In fofmer years this spot of land had been used by the royal navy as a dockyard and naval base, and the cadet dormi- tory building erected in the eighteenth century is still sometimes spoken of as the "Stone Frigate." The principal college buildings lie on the two sides of the parade ground. On the north side is the main educa- tional block and Currie Hall. On the east end of the parade is the dormitory In the basement is a well- city of Kingston was chosen as | ada as to the best means to be adopted. | building. r : Col. Fletcher, of the Grenadier Guards, | equipped workshop. In line with the military secretary to the then gover- | dormitory stands the gymnasium, a , then sent to visit | modern building thoroughly well equip West Point Military Academy in the | ped. Other buildings in the college United States. Upon his return he re- | grounds are the boathouses, the elec- commended that a Royal Military Col- | tric power house, and the gun-drill, lege be established on the West Point | modelling and pontoon sheds, quarters model, with a term fixed at four years, | for some of the military officers of the same as at West Point, After con- | the staff, cottages for the servants, and $ultation with the Earl of Carnarvon [a modern hospital. then secretary of state for the colonies | Close to the parade grounds are and the Earl of Dufferin, then gover- | tennis and racquet courts, cricket and nor-general of Canada, the govern- | football grounds, and a quarter-mile Jnent acted upon this report and found- | running track. The college also has a 'ed the Royal Military College, | hockey rink. THere is also a rifle range * Through the good offices of the Earl | for distance up to 600 yards. It will of Dufferin, the organizer and first |thus be seen that the RM.C. is fully nor-general, was vanced as that fdr matriculation in the universities df Canada. The age of en- trace is between sixteen and twenty. The college and staff is organized on a strictly military basis. The com- mandant and military instructors are all officers on the active. list of the imperial or Canadian army, and, in addition, there is a complete staff of professors for the civil subjects, which form a good proportion of the college course. Upon his arrival at the college, the recrait takes the oath of allegiance, and is duly enrolled as a gentleman cadet. He is then treated as a regular soldier, and is posted to a company. During the Great War 156 ex-cadets gave their lives for their country and a magnificent arch in their memory was unveiled in June, 1924, at the entrance to the college grounds. KINGSTON'S BATHING HOUSE In Macdonald Park Is Most Modernly Equipped. The old boys and girls will see a vast difference between the new Rich- ardson bathing house and the old one, which was situated on West King street. The old one was a wooden structure and did not have any show- ers or modern accommodations in it, while the ne@ bathing house is modern and up-to-date in every way. A fine sitting room on the top floor provides a splendid place to watch the bathers, and for the eldest of our old boys and girls to see the yacht races and aquatic. events. Thanks to the late Capt. George T. Richardson, Kingston, has a bathing house of which it may well be proud. If the old boys take a trip out around | Sandy Bottom, they will find that it has lost none of its popularity as the "Old Swimming Hole" No doubt many of our old friends will enjoy a nice cool dip at this beautiful spot #- fore they leave the city. An officer in the army air corps who cannot fly is nicknamed a "kiwi," after the New Zealand bird with undeveloped -wings. A"FORMER WHIG MAN | WRITES OF OLD BOYS W. E. Ricard Is Now a Member of the New York Sun ' Staff. W. E. Ricard, now a proofreader on the New York Sun, writes as follows of "his apprenticeship days in the Whig and how he started in the print- ing business. The office at that time was on Brock street near Wellington, now occupied by Livingston Bros. He SAYS imme Father caught me playing "hook" one day. He advised me, saying I must either go to school or to work- Neither of these courses appealed to me. Base- ball in the Cricket Field seemed, rath- er, a happy medium, for with Robert Carson, (manager), Jimmy - and Tommy Littls andthe rest of the Park | Nine leading the way who would not dare follow? Playing 'ball one day when I should have been in school, father again ap- peared on the scene and threw a mon- key wrench into the works by calling | off the game and starung me on a {home run via the Wellington street | school, where presided James H. Met- calfe, umpire and principal. "Jim" was a politician of renown in those days, and While pater and prin- cipal stood in the hallway upstairs discussing the National Policy or may- be the "Descent of Man," the truant worked out the latter idea in his own way by quietly descending the stairs. Reaching the front door and stand- ing on the high steps--even as they are today--I felt like a fugitive from justice. Hearing foqtsteps and the sound of voices I ran across the street and hid behind one of the large tree boxes that protected the young map- les. Holes in the tree box allowed me to see and not be seen. On the steps stood father and prin- cipal, looking in every direction for eommandan! of the RM.C, was chos- { .en in the person of Lieut.-Col- E. V. Hewett, R.E., afterwards governor of the Royal Military Academy, Wool. wich, Col. Hewett established: the col. | lege on a firm basis, shaped its char- acter, and framed its motto, "Truth, * Duty, Valor," His term of service ex- | equipped with modern requirements for athletic games In spite of the comparatively small numbers of cadets, they are well able to hold their own in sporting competi- tions with the leading Canadian uni- versities. The standard of entrance is as ad- The Educational and Administration Buildings of the Royal Military College of Canada. P-- + s i the truant, whe at particular time ! a mm wondered why .boxes weren't! made larger. But this one served the | purpose. I laid low till the coast was | clear 'and, fearing to go home, slept | that night in Jack McCartney's hay- | loft in Gordon (now University) street, and didn't reach the home plate after all . Dr, C. L- Curtis, at our house one day, was asked if he knew of any plaice where a boy could be put to work He said he thought the Whig oifice needed a boy. I was sent down and immediately became the printer's de- vil, working in the composing room with Dave Wilson, Jack Scanlan, James McNamee, Sam Reid, P. Daley and others. -- ! spring campaign in front of Serenaded by Organ-Grinder. An incident occurred one day early in the spring which proved that 'the printers' devil was well named. An organ.grinder with a monkey on a string came along and began playing "Spring, Spring, . Beautiful Spring," Believing he must respond to the gen- tle urge of Spring the monkey did a handspring across the sidewalk and climbed the water pipe which led past the second story window and swung his small but. long-tailed body onto the window sill and into the compos. ing room. "The printers' devil, seeing an oppor- tunity to give the Darwinian Theory a black eye, daubed one side of the monkey's face with printers' ink while pretending .to hand him a penny. The little beggar, convinced that his mas- ter had made a mistake in opening his a printing office, slid down the pipe faster than he came up, and that was the end of our serenade. I remember when Capt. Abbie Thompson came to téwn and estab- lished the first Salvation Army unit in the district. Captain Abbie was very popular. Dr. C. L. Curtis named his yacht the "Capt. Abbie." One day an item appeared in the Whig which read: "The Capt. Abbie is in Davis's dry- dock having her bottom scraped." Did it hurt? We wonder. W. G. Kidd, inspector, and Marios KINGSTON OLD BOYS AND 'MACKEY'S BREAD Livingston, teacher, together with, James H. Metcalfe, M.P., were the out- standing figures in my school days. In 1888, went to Toronto, to work on the Mail and The News; in 1901, to, Buffalo, in 1906 to New York city, on the New York Herald. In 1924 at- tended the convention of the Irterna- tional' Typographical Union in Tor- onto, and in November of last year motored from Toronto to New York City, securing a position on the New York Sun as proofreader soon after arriving in the metropolis I intend motoring to Kingston the latter part of next week, to arrive SS. Waubic Friday evening. Yours truly, W. E. RICARD. Amundsen will to cross Polar Norway reports make another try basis by aeroplane. Bolshevists are said to be plan- ning a gigantic drive to be centred in Paris this fall. . GIRLS, WE WELCOME YOU will make you feel like new, Have a good time too and when you are through ASK YOUR GROCER or 'Phone 834, BLUE BIRD - BREAD W. A. Kaitting, Manager. Renmei tt ts ei nar, ~ Six million pounds of leaf tobacco is produced in Cuba each year. mm Hearty Welcome to Kingston to All | the Old Boys and Visitors - tri? v We extend an invitation to you io visit our new headquarters at the corner of King and Queen Streets. 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