{"id":9322,"date":"2014-10-01T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2014-10-01T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T10:00:11","slug":"casting-off-from-quebec-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/casting-off-from-quebec-city\/","title":{"rendered":"CASTING OFF FROM QUEBEC CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the ocean liners used as a troopship, October 1914.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 01 October 1914 – By nightfall on 1 October the last of the thirty loaded transports had moved out into the St. Lawrence where sealed orders were handed to the captains of the ships and the commander of the troops on board.\u00a0 The first of these orders directed the captain to proceed down river.\u00a0 The second, to be opened after dropping the pilot off at Father Point, was to continue to Gasp\u00e9 Basin where further instructions were to be received. [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

The 14th<\/sup> Battalion history records – \u201cOnce Quebec had been left behind, the troops on both ships settled down to enjoy the comfortable quarters allotted to them.\u00a0 Rumours of a rendezvous at Father Point aroused keen interest, but in the morning Father Point was passed and at night the destination of the vessels was still unknown.\u201d\u00a0 [3]<\/a><\/p>\n

The press reported that \u201cMore than 30 Chaplains will accompany the Canadian expeditionary force to England, in charge of Major R.H. Steacy, Divisional Chaplain.\u00a0 The duties of these men will by no means be confined to those of spiritual advisors, as they will be called upon to minister to the welfare of the troops to which they are attached in various capacities.\u00a0 The following are the chaplains who will go with the troops to the front\u2026.\u201d \u00a0[4]<\/a> Amongst the 30 names mentioned in this article were the following from the Province of Quebec: Rev. Captains Scott, Quebec; Fortier, Quebec; Cornett, Buckingham, Que.; Almond, Montreal; Sylvestre, Montreal; McGreer, Montreal; O\u2019Leary, Quebec; Workman, Montreal; and Jolicoeur, Valcartier.\u00a0 The great majority of these chaplains were of the Anglican denomination. [5]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1] Dodds, Brig.- Gen. W. O. H., C.M.G., D.S.O. (J.A.Millar) Photographs Relating to the Great War, 1914-1918.; Special Collections, University of Victoria Libraries.\u00a0 http:\/\/spcoll.library.uvic.ca\/Digit\/WOD\/Individual%20Photos\/21_4.htm<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]<\/a> Col. A.F. Duguid, \u201cOfficial History of the Canadian Forces in The Great War 1914-1919, Vol. 1<\/em>, Part 1,<\/em> King\u2019s Printer, Ottawa, 1938, pg. 94<\/pre>\n
[3]<\/a> R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th<\/sup> Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette, Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg. 12.<\/pre>\n
[4]<\/a> \u201c<\/strong>Over 30 Chaplains Going With The Force,\u201d falseSpecial Despatch to The Globe<\/a>. The Globe<\/em> (1844-1936)<\/a>,Toronto, Ontario, October 1, 1914,\u00a0 pg. 3, col. 1.<\/pre>\n
[5]<\/a> Ibid.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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