{"id":9720,"date":"2014-10-21T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9720"},"modified":"2014-10-21T06:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T10:00:06","slug":"inspection-by-general-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/inspection-by-general-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"INSPECTION BY GENERAL ALDERSON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 21 October 1914 &#8211; From the 14<sup>th<\/sup> BATTALION (RMR) WAR DIARY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wednesday, October 21, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201c3<sup>rd<\/sup> Bde. Inspected by Lt.-Gen. Alderson, Comdg. 1<sup>st<\/sup> Canadian Division.\u201d \u00a0<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>INSPECTION BY GENERAL ALDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/21-Oct-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9578 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/21-Oct-14-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"21 Oct 14\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>\u201cLondon, Oct. 21.\u00a0 General Alderson held an informal inspection of a large portion of the Canadian contingent today, the parade including the Princess Patricia&#8217;s Infantry.\u00a0 Most of the Brigades are still one or two battalions short.\u00a0 A greater part of the artillery did the journey from Plymouth today.\u00a0 By tomorrow the contingent will be pretty fully established on the Plain.\u00a0 Some heavy marches already have been undertaken by the earlier arrivals.\u00a0 Three days leave passes have been fairly generously granted.\u00a0 No rain has fallen since the camp was established.\u00a0 The health and spirits of the entire contingent continue at the highest pitch.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the parade and inspection the Globe\u2019s correspondent wrote:- \u201cGeneral Alderson, the Imperial officer who is to command the Canadian division, has taken charge, and has already won the regard and confidence of the men from Canada.\u00a0 In a short, soldierly, address to the troops yesterday the General told them he was going to treat them as men.\u00a0 He said he would put then upon their honour to behave as men, and he was sure the confidence he had in them would not be misplaced.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n<pre>[1]\u00a0 <em>War Diary, 14th Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, Oct. 21, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089670.jpg\">http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089670.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>[2]\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGen. Alderson Inspects Canadians: Parade Included Princess Pats--Three Days' Leave Passes Granted\u201d, Canadian Associated Cable, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/hnpglobeandmail\/pubidlinkhandler\/sng\/pubtitle\/The+Globe+$281844-1936$29\/$N\/1396352\/DocView\/1351663713\/citation\/1AF91AA07C6D4941PQ\/62?accountid=14369\"><em>The Globe (1844-1936)<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>Toronto, Ontario, October 22, 1914, pg. 7, col. 4<\/pre>\n<pre><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Ibid.<\/pre>\n<pre><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[4]<\/a>\u00a0 William Marchington, \u201cSettling To Work On Salisbury Plain; Canadians Alongside 200,000 British Soldiers, General Alderson Popular,\u201d <em>The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto Ontario, November 4, 1924, pg. 3<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 21 October 1914 &#8211; From the 14th BATTALION (RMR) WAR DIARY: Wednesday, October 21, 1914 Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South \u201c3rd Bde. 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