{"id":9163,"date":"2014-09-10T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2014-09-10T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T10:00:33","slug":"musketry-training-for-the-rmr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/musketry-training-for-the-rmr\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSKETRY TRAINING FOR THE RMR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"10<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 10 September 1914 – Today The Globe\u2019s<\/em> correspondent was able to report as follows:\u00a0 \u201cMusketry practice was resumed in earnest today, more than fifteen thousand men receiving instructions at the rifle ranges.\u00a0 Col. Helmer, who has charge of this work, stated that a quarter million rounds of ammunition had been used, but every bullet had been made to count.\u00a0 An interesting feature was the battle practice in which several of the battalions were engaged.\u00a0 The men advanced towards the ranges in skirmish order, scouts having been sent out.\u00a0 Suddenly a hundred targets were shot up to represent the enemy; shots were fired from a four-hundred yard range, and the scores made were remarkably good, some of the targets having more than a hundred bullet holes in them.\u00a0 The targets, of course, remained up only a few seconds, and the men had to fire very rapidly.\u00a0\u00a0 While the infantrymen are busy drilling, marching and shooting, the artillerymen are also hard at work.\u00a0 They will shortly engage in bivouacs that will take them away from their headquarters for a day at a time.\u00a0 Instruction is to commence at once in Maxim gun shooting.\u00a0 One gun will be issued to each infantry brigade.\u201d\u00a0 [1]<\/p>\n

At the same time the correspondent of The Montreal Daily Mail<\/em> was reporting \u201cWith the physical examination of the men almost completed, Colonel Williams [Camp Commandant] tonight stated that the rejection would be less than seven percent, about 2,200 men, an exceptionally good showing, and a tribute to the work of the various regimental examining officers who passed on the men before they left for this concentration camp.\u00a0 The figures are not yet complete, but the estimate is based on information submitted by the Army Medical Service heads.<\/p>\n

It was a busy day in camp.\u00a0 The sun appeared for the first time in several days and allowed the men to get the kinks out of their system.\u00a0 There was a fine, fresh breeze and there was a general drying up even the Royal Standard, which had received a soaking on Sunday, was put on the line to dry out.\u00a0 And tonight it is cold. In consequence there are fires, good hot-looking bonfires, throughout the camp, and we need them.\u201d\u00a0 [2]<\/p>\n

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[1] W. Marchington, Staff Correspondent, \u201cSecond Contingent is Very Probable,\u201d The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, September 10, 1914, pg. 3.<\/pre>\n
[2] \u201cSeven Percent of Volunteers Are Physically Unfit,\u201d The Montreal Daily Mail<\/em>, Montreal, Thursday, September 10, 1914, pg. 2, col. 3.<\/pre>\n
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