{"id":9995,"date":"2014-11-24T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2014-11-24T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:00:19","slug":"canadian-freemasons-sponsor-military-hospital-in-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/canadian-freemasons-sponsor-military-hospital-in-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Freemasons Sponsor Military Hospital in 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, November 24, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

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

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cDuty Battalion. \u00a0Sent representatives to Canadian Lodge, London.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"CANADIAN<\/a>
CANADIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL, LONDON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: \u00a0Almost immediately following the outbreak of the War, prominent Canadian individuals and organizations stepped forward with generous offers to fund the establishment of hospitals and other necessary facilities in Britain for the care of ill or wounded British and Canadian soldiers. Numerous meetings were held and plans formulated. \u00a0This earlier report from London discusses the subject, and explains the significance of the term \u201cCanadian Lodge, London,\u201d referred to in today\u2019s War Diary entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cLondon, Sept 10. \u00a0The scheme for the establishment of the Queen\u2019s Canadian Military Hospital is now well underway with the opening of offices in the Canadian Pacific building as the headquarters for Surgeon-in-Chief, Donald Armour. \u00a0Sir William Osler will act as physician-in-chief, and the staff and personnel will be entirely Canadian. \u00a0The nursing staff will be made up of volunteers, chiefly graduates of Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. \u00a0The hospital will open with fifty beds, which will be extended to 200 as funds permit. \u00a0The location of the hospital is not yet decided, but the arrangements so far point to the vicinity of London as the probably choice. \u00a0The committee has also received the offer of a charming residence at Folkestone to accommodate 100 convalescents. \u00a0A motor ambulance for the transport of wounded has been placed at the disposal of the surgeon-in-chief, also several autos for the conveyance of convalescents from the hospital to the seaside. \u00a0Although the hospital, is launched under the auspices of the Canadian War Contingent Association, it is only fair to point out that this plan originated with the Canadian Lodge of Masons, which agreed to co-operate with the Association, and has made a generous contribution from the Masonic funds. \u00a0It is intended to make an appeal to the members of the craft in Canada. \u00a0Many individual subscriptions have already been received. \u00a0The War Office has officially accepted the offer of the hospital.\u201d [3]<\/p>\n

[1] War Diary, 14<\/i>th<\/i> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/i>, Nov 24 1914. \u00a0Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/strong><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u201cAll Canadians On London Hospital Staff,\u201d Quebec Daily Telegraph<\/i>, Quebec, Friday, September 11, 1914, pg. 8, col. 5.<\/pre>\n
[3] Ibid.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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