{"id":9961,"date":"2014-11-15T07:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2014-11-15T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T12:15:08","slug":"chaplains-kept-busy-in-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/chaplains-kept-busy-in-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAPLAINS KEPT BUSY IN 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, November 15, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

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

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cRain. \u00a0Church parade in morning. \u00a0Boxing for men in afternoon.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"15<\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: \u201cOn Sunday Bishop Taylor Smith, Chaplain-General of the British Army, visited the contingent. \u00a0The bishop was accompanied on a tour of the four Canadian camps by General Alderson and Major Steacy, Divisional Chaplain of the Canadian Forces. \u00a0His Lordship preached at each camp and the aggregate attendance was nearly thirty thousand men. \u00a0The numbers of the hymns were announced by signals. \u00a0Regimental bands furnished the music. \u00a0During the last few days Major Steacy and the other chaplains attached to the contingent have been busy distributing gifts which have been sent to the Canadians from all parts of Great Britain. \u00a0Also a circulating library containing 60,000 volumes has been established, the books having been contributed by British friends of the Canadian volunteers. \u00a0They will be much appreciated on the dreary winter nights the men have to spend on Salisbury Plain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n[1]\u00a0War Diary, 14<\/i>th<\/i> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/i>, Nov 15, 1914. \u00a0Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>William Marchington Staff Correspondent. <\/a>\u00a0\u201cCanadian Camp Swept by a Terrific Storm,\u201d The Globe (1844 \u2013 1936), <\/i>Toronto, Ontario, November 28, 1914, pg. 10, col. 1.<\/pre>\n
[3]\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Lord Roberts Dies At The Front: Suddenly Succumbs To Pneumonia,\u201d The Globe (1844-1936)<\/i><\/a>,<\/i> Toronto, Ontario, November 16, 1914, pg. 1, col. 5.<\/pre>\n
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