{"id":11407,"date":"2015-06-06T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2015-06-06T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T10:00:42","slug":"rmrs-say-thank-you-for-the-tobacco-in-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/rmrs-say-thank-you-for-the-tobacco-in-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"RMR's Say Thank You For the Tobacco In 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, June 6, 1915<\/i><\/p>\n

Rest billets,\u00a0Oblenghem<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: “Left at 5:30 p.m. for trenches at Givenchy where battalion relieved the 5th<\/sup> Bn. (Lt.-Col. Tuxford). Took over sector from the La Bass\u00e9e Canal on the right to a point where the line crossed the road northwest of H.1. \u00a0About 800 yards following the trench line \u2013 Arrived about 8 p.m. and relief was completed by 9:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Nos. 1 & 2 Companies in front line, Nos. 3 & 4 in support.\u00a0 Very good trenches and in good condition except that the front line did not consist of a continuous fire trench, but of redoubts connected\u00a0 by communication trench.\u00a0 Whole system had been built by Brigade of Guards under supervision of Major Russell Brown, R.E.\u00a0 Relief in this sector could be done in daylight”<\/em> [1]<\/p>\n

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THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0The Battalion history mentions \u201cOn taking over the front, the Royal Montreal Regiment began construction of a fire trench, completing the work some days later.\u201d\u00a0 [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

\"06<\/a><\/p>\n

THANK YOU FOR THE TOBACCO:\u00a0<\/strong>An earlier posting talked of the \u201cTobacco Fund\u201d<\/a> sponsored by The Gazette<\/em> in Montreal which encouraged readers to contribute funds for the purchase and shipment of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and pipes to the troops serving overseas.\u00a0 Each package sent contained a postcard with the name and address of the donor.\u00a0 Soldiers receiving these packages were encouraged to use the postcards to thank their benefactors.\u00a0 From time to time The Gazette<\/em> published a selection of these thank-you cards. Here is a selection of such notes from men serving at the front with the 14th<\/sup> Battalion that appeared in the paper on Saturday, June 5th<\/sup> 1915.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Little Gladys Morrison, of 74 Bruce Avenue, contributed to the Fund, and naturally neither she nor her parents knew into whose hands the tobacco for which she had paid would fall.\u00a0 Yesterday she received the following on the post-card bearing her name and address:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No. 26137, Pte C. Webster, 14th<\/sup> Batt., R.M.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3rd<\/sup> Brigade, Can. Exy Force, France<\/p>\n

\u2018Dear Miss Morrison-<\/p>\n

I have just received your present of cigarettes, pipe, pouch, and lighter, and I thank you very much for them.\u00a0 We are having a very hard time in the trenches now, advancing to take up a new position under very heavy shell fire.\u00a0 Well, Miss, I don\u2019t know if you recognize my name, but I used to serve you with cakes from Howes on St. Catharine St.\u00a0 Well, Miss Morrison, I hope that you will drop me a note to say that you received this.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With love, good-bye.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pte C. Webster\u2019<\/p>\n

Another youngster who was made happy by a message from one of the grown-ups at the Front whom he had cheered was Master Marcus McNeil, of 93 Union Avenue.\u00a0 To the query \u201cAre we downhearted?\u201d under the figure of the soldier on the address side of the postcard, No. 23220, Pte Geoff Edgell subscribes, \u201cNo\u201d in big letters, then turning the card over, he writes:<\/p>\n

\u2018To Master Marcus McNeil,<\/p>\n

Many thanks.\u00a0 If you knew how much your \u2018smokes\u2019 are appreciated, well, it\u2019s a whole lot.\u00a0 The boys of the 14th<\/sup> Battalion, Royal Montreal Regiment, got theirs tonight and my package was from you.\u00a0 From here the sound of guns in quite plain, and at night we can see the start shells going up.\u00a0 We are living in a large farm house and barn, and sleeping under a straw binder, lots of straw and sure O.K.\u00a0 More thanks from, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geoff Edgell\u2019<\/p>\n

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Little Dreda Sayers emptied her money box a few weeks ago for the Tobacco Fund, and was rewarded yesterday by receiving a post-card \u2018from a real live soldier in the trenches,\u2019 as follows:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018On Active Service, France, 10th<\/sup> May, 1915<\/p>\n

Miss Aetheldreda Sayers,<\/p>\n

2333 Hutchison Street, Montreal, Canada<\/p>\n

\u2018Dear Miss Sayers,<\/p>\n

Please accept my thanks for smoking outfit sent through the Gazette Fund.\u00a0 The smokes arrived when smokes were scarce and we appreciate the gift.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yours very sincerely,<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Armr-Sgt – Parnell, 14th <\/sup>RMR\u2019<\/p>\n

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The next card was addressed directly to the Fund.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2018May 18, 1915<\/p>\n

The Gazette Tobacco Fund, Montreal, P.Q.<\/p>\n

Dear Sirs:-<\/p>\n

Many thanks for splendid gift of smokes received Sunday last.\u00a0 How highly your efforts are appreciated by the boys of the Royal Montreals in supplying them with their only comfort is difficult to express on paper.\u00a0 Hoping that the good work upon which you have entered will be continued, and with best wishes, I remain, Yours very truly,<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 W. Skanes, (A former employee)<\/p>\n

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[1]\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, June 6, 1915.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089757.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0 R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th<\/sup> Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg. 61.<\/pre>\n
[3] \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\/files\/fs\/ww1\/images\/trench2.gif<\/a><\/pre>\n
[4]\u00a0 \u201cDeclares Tobacco Saved Many Lives,\u201d The Gazette<\/em>, Montreal, Quebec, Saturday, June 5, 1915, pg. 3, col. 4.<\/pre>\n
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