{"id":9989,"date":"2014-11-22T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2014-11-22T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:36:18","slug":"drawing-ammo-sharpening-bayonets-in-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/drawing-ammo-sharpening-bayonets-in-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Ammo & Sharpening Bayonets in 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, November 22, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

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

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cDrew 310,000 rounds of ammunition. \u00a0Bayonets ordered to be sharpened. This made men think that move to France was imminent.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"ROSS<\/a>
ROSS BAYONET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At this time the Canadian contingent was equipped with the Canadian Ross rifle (Mark III, except for the 15th Bn. equipped with the Mk. II).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe adoption of the all-Canadian Ross Rifle prior to World War One was an important milestone for the nation’s fledgling arms industry; its impact on the fighting abilities of Canadian soldiers in 1915 was equally marked. The Ross came with its own bayonet, worn in a brown leather frog (here we see the Mark II) as part of the Oliver Pattern infantry equipment with which Canadian soldiers were equipped prior to and in the early years of World War One.\u201d[3]<\/p>\n

CHURCH PARADES<\/span>: THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY –\u00a0<\/b>\u201cLondon, Nov 23. \u2013 A welcome change in the church parade was made at Salisbury Plain yesterday. \u00a0In view of the bitter weather the services were conducted in the Y.M.C.A. tents, instead of in the open air. \u00a0Two battalions were able to crowd into one tent. \u00a0Anglican and Presbyterian chaplains joined for the one service.<\/p>\n

The Newfoundlanders and the Seventeenth Nova Scotia men have removed to quarters formerly occupied by the Princess Pats, who have gone to Winchester to join the brigade of which they are to form a part\u2026<\/p>\n

Since leave has been granted pretty freely during the last few weeks, the number of telegrams arriving in camp informing members that their relatives are sick in various parts of England have been perfectly amazing. \u00a0Last week a well-known Toronto trooper got a wire: \u00a0\u201cGet three days leave, but nobody is ill.\u201d[4]<\/p>\n

[1] \u00a0War Diary, 14<\/i>th<\/i> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/i>, Nov 22, 1914. \u00a0Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0http:\/\/www.canadiansoldiers.com\/weapons\/bayonets.htm<\/a><\/pre>\n
[3] Ibid.<\/pre>\n
[4]\u00a0 \u201cQuarters at Salisbury Are Being Rearranged; Departure of Princess Pats to Winchester Makes Room For Other Corps,\u201d The Globe(1844-1936),<\/i> Toronto, Ontario, November 24, 1914, pg. 4. col. \u00a03.<\/pre>\n
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