{"id":9897,"date":"2014-11-10T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9897"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T11:00:36","slug":"pay-problems-for-rmr-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/pay-problems-for-rmr-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"PAY PROBLEMS FOR RMR IN ENGLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, November 10, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cFine. \u00a0Training. \u00a0Drill.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: The history of the 14th<\/sup> Battalion mentions that \u201cIn addition to night outpost work, the November training included route marches, on one of which a Battalion bugle band made its first appearance\u201d and there were also manoeuvres and drills \u201cto instruct the troops in taking cover from enemy aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CANADIAN TROOPS MARCH PAST STONEHENGE NEAR THEIR WW1 TRAINING BASE ON THE SALISBURY PLAIN.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PAY PROBLEMS<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>Of the 1,166 names on the 14th<\/sup> Battalion\u2019s 1914 Establishment list, 389 men, or 33.3%, gave England as their place of birth, another 72 (6.2%) were born in Scotland and 64 (5.5%) in Ireland.\u00a0 While some of these men undoubtedly had brought their dependents to Canada, there were many more whose dependents were still in Great Britain.\u00a0 When the first cheques for dependents allowance were issued, they were in Canadian dollars.\u00a0 The British families had difficulty in cashing these cheques.\u00a0 At the same time, the Canadian troops arriving in England came with Canadian dollars in their pockets which they had difficulty exchanging in England.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdjusting check problems: – Some little trouble was caused at the outset by the payment by cheques from Ottawa of the separation allowances to families of the married men residing in the United Kingdom.\u00a0 The women had great difficulty in cashing these cheques, and Colonel Ward* has now arranged to pay future sums in British currency.\u00a0 \u2026 Financially everything possible is being done to meet the convenience of the soldier.\u00a0 Within twenty-four hours of his arrival here Colonel Ward was settled in suitable offices, rules and regulations prepared on the Franconia <\/em>were in type and printed in book form and within a few more hours the Colonel was in Salisbury with \u00a350,000 in British currency in exchange for the men\u2019s Canadian money, so that the latter could be converted into its full English equivalent.\u00a0 It speaks much for the well-lined pockets of the troops to state that though all the men had then a month\u2019s pay to draw, the \u00a350,000 fell far short of the sum actually required to meet the Canadian notes held.\u201d\u00a0 [1]<\/a><\/p>\n

* Note:\u00a0 Colonel Walter R. Ward was Chief Canadian Paymaster in London.\u00a0 He had charge of all the records of all the men of the Canadian contingent and the addresses of their relatives.\u00a0 He acted as the financial representative or administrator for the Canadian Government.<\/p>\n

[1] War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment, Nov 10, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0 http:\/\/vimyridgehistory.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/salisbury-plain-images\/a117875.jpg;pvdfeef9a805c1ddb5.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[3]<\/a>\u00a0 William Marchington, Staff Correspondent, \u201cBritain\u2019s Arms Open For The Canadians,\u201d\u00a0 The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, November 7, 1914, pg. 13, col. 1.<\/pre>\n
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