{"id":9589,"date":"2014-10-03T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2014-10-03T06:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:00:46","slug":"life-onboard-ship-sure-beats-valcartier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/life-onboard-ship-sure-beats-valcartier\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Onboard Ship Sure Beats Valcartier!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S.S. GRAMPIAN AND OTHER CONVOY VESSELS AT GASP\u00c9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 03 October 1914 – \u201cOn the afternoon of October 3rd<\/sup> the transports steamed from Gasp\u00e9 Basin and formed up in three parallel columns, about a mile and three quarters of water being maintained between columns and each ship occupying a position approximately a half-mile behind the one in front.\u00a0 All dispositions were effected under the supervision of Rear-Admiral R.E. Wemyss, C.M.G., M.V.O., who commanded a squadron, including at one time or another His Majesty\u2019s Ships Charybdis, Diana, Lancaster, Eclipse<\/em>, Glory, Majestic<\/em> and Talbot<\/em>.\u00a0 With this escort the troops feared no attack, though the speed of the convoy, governed by the slowest vessel, was little above 10 knots.\u201d [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Globe\u2019s<\/em> correspondent writing after the S.S. Tunisian<\/em> left Quebec City with Toronto units wrote \u2013 \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Own Rifles, the 10th<\/sup> Royal Grenadiers, the Governor-General\u2019s Body Guard, and the 3rd<\/sup> Field Ambulance, all of Toronto, otherwise known as the 3rd<\/sup> Battalion, 1,400 strong, filled the liner-troopship Tunisian,<\/em> when she set sail from Quebec recently.\u00a0 The old soldiers told the new ones that conditions were far finer than any they had ever come in touch with.\u00a0 The soldiers nearly all had berths in staterooms, but some wooden bunks had to be constructed to accommodate an overflow.<\/p>\n

The soldiers eat in the big dining room in four companies, and the bill of fare is very different from the Valcartier camp ones, and uniformed waiters wait on the soldiers.\u00a0 Hot water, and even a hot bath, is available to some of the soldiers.<\/p>\n

The soldiers are all drilled thoroughly every day, but the command is not so rigid, and exercises are more in vogue; a mile walk is compulsory to every soldier every day.\u00a0 In the evening rank and file mingle, promenading, chatting, smoking until 9 o\u2019clock, when \u201clights out\u201d sounds.\u00a0 The soldiers get ten hours sleep on board as reveille does not sound until 7 in the morning.\u201d\u00a0 [3]<\/a>\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

* Note: This news report was an example of the glaring lack of security over the departure of the Contingent.<\/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_1.htm<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]<\/a> R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925,<\/em> Montreal, The Gazette, Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg 13.<\/pre>\n
\u00a0[3]<\/a> \u201cLife On Shipboard For Toronto Troops \u2013 Third Battalion Enjoying Comfortable Quarters on Board Tunisian,\u201d The Globe<\/em> (1844-1936), Toronto, Ontario, Saturday, October 3, 1914, pg. 5, col. 4.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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