Issue 003/2007

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Numéro 003/2007



In This Issue - Dans ce numéro
 

  Death Notice:  21087 Melvin Hibbs (CMR '93)   Non Members - We Require Tangible Support -
       2007 Membership Drive
       Non membres - nous avons besoin d'appui
       tangible - Campagne d'adhésion 2007
  RMC-West Point hockey game iced for this
       season
  Success Stories!
 Where are they:  What are they doing?   Why were there no games: '26; '40; & '41
 What happened to some of the CMC PTIs;
        PERIs; & Rec Specs
  RMC Club All Star Volunteer Running for TEAM
       DIABETES
  Ex-Cadets in the News   Flashback:  This CFL Hall of Famer
       Entered RMC 90 years ago
  We get e-mails  
 

 And much, more.               Et beaucoup plus

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Quotation of the Week


"It's on the fields of friendly strife that seeds are sown, that upon future fields, on future days 
will bear the fruits of victory."

 Gen. Douglas MacArthur

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Trivia  
 

We always found it interesting just how many Ex Cadets from 30, 40 & 50 years ago can still rhyme off the Old 18 – in order.  Also interesting - for the fun of it we asked ten current cadets at random to name the Old 18 in order. Four out of ten had them all right – quite quickly.  Four came close and the other two were not close. 

While thumbing through the 1926 RMC Review (50th anniversary of the college) - we picked-up the two following tidbits.  Test your “Old 18 knowledge”.  The 18 names and numbers are listed with the answers following Extra Innings.   Do still know them?? 

1.           Of the original 18 – 15 graduated.  Who were the three who did not graduate? 

a.             Perley; Keefer; MacPherson;

b.            Dixon; Keefer; MacPherson;

c.             Perry; Keefer; MacPherson; or

d.            Denison; Irving; Perley; 

2.           The Gold; Silver; & Bronze medal winners at the firsi RMC graduation: 

a.             Perry; MacPherson; Spellman

b.            Wurtele; Freer; Wise

c.             Dixon; Wurtele; Spelman

 d.       Reed; F Davis; Dixon

Answer Right After Extra Innings

 

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DEATH NOTICE

21087 Melvin Frederick Hibbs (CMR '93)
21087 Melvin Frederick Hibbs (CMR ’93)


Deceased Feb 14, 2002 - 21087 Melvin Frederick Hibbs (CMR ’93)

Born in Port aux Basques, Nfld., and a former resident of St. Andrew's, Nfld., he was the owner of 
Olympian Taekwondo Academy in Antigonish. He graduated from Belanger Memorial High School in 1993. 
He attended the College Militaire Royal for one year and completed his Physics Degree from 
St. Francis Xavier University in 1996. Melvin's love and devotion was to his wife, Audrey (Brosha) Hibbs and 
family. Hibbs died on February 14, 2002, in Stewiake, as a result of a flying accident. 
 
Here are some of the highlights of Mr. Hibbs' taekwondo resume...
 
WTF Certified 3rd Dan Black Belt
7 years teaching experience
2-time Canadian National Medallist - 2000, 1994
4-time Canadian Forces National Champion - 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000
Pan-American Open Silver Medallist, California - 1996
Competed in World Military Games, Croatia - 1999
Member of the Newfoundland & Labrador Taekwondo Hall of Fame 
NAACP, and Referee certified
http://www.lacancha.com/hallhibbs.html

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BIRTH NOTICE

Danya Lorelai Beggs

18798 Steven Beggs (RMC '93) and his wife Judy are delighted to share 
news of the birth of their first child, Danya Lorelai.  
 
Danya was born January 1st, 2007 at North York General Hospital in 
Toronto.  She arrived a healthy and happy little girl, weighing in at 
7 lbs 1 oz. 

Mom and baby are both doing very well.

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2007 Membership Drive

Campagne d'adhésion 2007

A number of our e-Veritas readers are delinquent in regards to membership status. 

Support from those on this list and other (non members) whom we do not have an address is vital. For the Club to maintain a high standard of service – membership levels and revenues must exceed the numbers achieved over the past few years.   Please complete the membership form Online  http://www.rmcclub.ca/Membership.htm  or call us toll free 1-888 386 3762. 

A number of life membership options are particularly user friendly and highly recommended. 

One of the Club benefits and the glue that has kept it together for a long time is receiving the highly acclaimed Veritas magazine three times per year.  The March 2007 edition is currently being finalized.  Articles written by Ex Cadets for Ex Cadets / Cadets / and friends of the RMC Club fill the pages.  

We have had the opportunity to have a “peek” at some of the new articles and we can assure members that it is another winner and a keeper. In particular, stories directly from the front lines in Afghanistan are not only compelling but will be exclusively available to our members in good standing.  

For those not familiar with the quality and content of Veritas magazine – just below are three covers and contents from the past year. All readers of this e-Veritas would be wise to get their names on our Canada Post mailing list ASAP.  Don’t miss out – ensure your Club membership is in good standing.  Stay connected with the college and the Club.

Thank you all for your support to the RMC Club of Canada. 

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L’adhésion est périmée pour un bon nombre de nos lecteurs.  Cliquez ici pour voir la liste des « non membres » pour qui nous avons une adresse courriel. 

L’appui de ceux qui sont sur la liste et des autres (non membres) dont l’adresse courriel n’est pas à notre disposition, est essentiel.  Afin que le Club puisse maintenir son niveau de service, les adhésions et les revenus doivent surpasser le niveau atteint au cours des dernières années.  Veuillez remplir le formulaire d’adhésion, en ligne au : http://www.rmcclub.ca/Membership.htm ou sans frais au: 1-888-386-3762.  Un nombre d’options pour l’adhésion à vie sont facile à utiliser. 

Un des avantages d’être un membre du Club est de recevoir la revue Veritas trois fois l’an.  Le numéro de mars est présentement en progrès et est rempli d’articles par les Anciens pour les Anciens/élèves-officiers/et amis du Club des CMR. 

Un coup d’œil sur les récits directement du front en Afghanistan sont fascinants mais ils ne seront disponibles qu’aux membres en règle. 

Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas la qualité et le contenu de la revue Veritas –ci-dessous vous pouvez voir trois couvertures et leur contenu de l’an dernier.  Nous suggérons à tous les lecteurs de e-Veritas de s’assurer que leur adresse postale soit à jour aussitôt que possible.  Assurez vous aussi que votre carte de membre est en règle.

Nous vous remercions pour votre appui envers le Club des CMR du Canada.


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are available at the RMC gift shop.  

Also a limited number of 18” x 12” are 
available on request.  

Contact Mary at the 

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RMC-West Point Hockey Game Iced for This Season

This article was written by Patrick Kennedy and first appeared in The Whig-Standard Local Sports - Thursday, January 25, 2007.

http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=374608&catname=Local%20Sports&classif=Sports%20-%20Local

The annual RMC-West Point hockey game, to paraphrase the opening sentence from A Christmas Carol, is dead, to begin with.

The 76th edition, slated to be contested Feb. 10 at West Point, is definitely cancelled.  "There is", as Carol author Charley Dickens confirmed in his second sentence, "no doubt whatever about that".

A scheduling conflict forced the cancellation of the game, which was first played in 1923, the same year Ruth opened Yankee Stadium with a tater and the first refrigerator rolled off the assembly line.  The Feb. 10 date, part of exchange weekend between the schools, conflicted with RMC's Ontario University Athletics league game against Ryerson.  No replacement date could be arranged, at least not yet - not before Brig.-Gen Jocelyn Lacroix, commandant of Royal Military College, and his newly installed counterpart at the United States Military Academy, Lt.-Gen Franklin Hagenbeck, sit down a fortnight from now.  The two leaders will endeavour to resurrect the planet's longest international hickey rivalry.

Scheduling is but one of the issues hampering the shinny scrimmage and, ironically, probably the easiest to fix.  There's also the matter of RMC dressing reservists and civilian students, a thorny practice that commenced a few years ago.

But if and when the hockey match returns – and the betting here is that it will – it must again feature the social elements that for some reason disappeared in the late 1980s.

"I want this game to continue … but not at any price," said Lacroix.

Director of cadets (1998-2002) during his first posting to the Limestone quarter, Lacroix was and is still disheartened by the lack of socializing between the two hockey clubs, who traditionally roomed, ate, and hung out together during exchange weekend. Sportsmanship and camaraderie produced a smooth mixture that fueled this cross-boundary battle throughout the first six decades of its existence. Indeed, the first penalty wasn’t called until 1954.

"When I arrived back here in August of ’05, I realized little had changed around that philosophy. I was uncomfortable with the status quo of how the game had evolved and was convinced something had to be done," he added.

He blames, in part, the "culture of hockey" for the erosion of the social aspects surrounding this particular exhibition game.

"Think about it," Lacroix observed. "What do rugby teams do after a match? They socialize. What do taekwondo athletes do following a competition. They socialize.

"Now the [hockey] teams stay in different hotels and barely shake hands after the game," he added.

Col. Jim Knowlton, a centreman on West Point teams from 1979-82, fondly recalled the social component of the yearly international affair.


 

"The social functions after the game were terrific," said Knowlton, West Point’s director of the Centre for Enhanced Performance. "All the players got to know one another after the game. We had a meal together and there was a big dance afterward. We absolutely looked forward to the RMC game every year.

"It’s a little different now with the non-military players," he added. "Back then it was a great experience because everyone was a cadet and everyone was preparing for the same type of [military] career."

The series was inaugurated in 1923, the fruition of an idea batted around two years earlier by then-West Point superintendent Brig.-Gen. Douglas MacArthur and RMC commandant Maj.-Gen. Archibald Macdonnell.

The Paladins dominated the early series, capturing 14 of the first 15 games, with the other, in 1935, ending in a 4-4 deadlock.

Army finally reached the win column with a 3-2 decision in 1939.

Legendary West Point coach Jack Riley assumed control of the program in 1951 and Army won 15 of the next 20 games. He retired in 1986 and was replaced by son Rob, whose teams never lost during the 1990s: two ties and eight wins, including a 10-1 laugher in 1991 that, after 68 long years, gave West Point the overall series lead.

The Paladins earned a 3-0 victory in 2000 to snap a 12-game winless streak.

Despite the absence of hockey, the West Point weekend continues. Lt.-Cmdr. Darren Rich, Lacroix’s special assistant, said two busloads of RMC cadets will be in West Point for the Feb. 8-11 festivities. They will attend classes with their West Point brethren on Friday and chow down at a banquet that evening. A debate follows on Saturday and 30 RMC pipers and drummers and Highland dancers will conduct a workshop.

That same weekend West Point dispatches 100 cadets to RMC to participate in a Winter Sports Day, with such events as ultimate frisbee and a snowshoe relay race.

For RMC, the pivotal part of the weekend in New York State comes on Sunday. That’s when Lacroix and Hagenbeck meet to see if they can resuscitate a game that’s become part of hockey lore here and south of the 49th.
 

Feedback from 13789 Commander Darren Rich (RRMC ’83) – Special Assistant to the Commandant. 

"In addition to the comments attributed to me in the article by Mr. Patrick Kennedy in the 25 Jan 07 Kingston Whig Standard it should be noted that I also indicated to him that our Tae Kwon Do team will continue to participate in what we call the "West Point Weekend".  Furthermore I indicated that our women's soccer, men's basketball and fencing Varsity teams all have competed against USMA during the past year - outside the West Point Weekend construct.  This is also a component of the changes to the West Point exchange in that more teams will be competing against their USMA counterparts at more times throughout the year than in the past.  I also indicated that we are annual participants in the Sandhurst military competition and have won it the past two years.

Finally I wish to reassure my naval brethren that I have not been demoted.  Mr. Kennedy must have got Cdr mixed up with LCol and ended up with LCdr as a result."

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What's Happening Around the College?


Dr. Roy Pottier

Research by Drs. Roy Pottier of the Departments of 
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Royal 
Military College and James Kennedy of Queen’s 
University is the basis for DUSA Pharmaceuticals,Inc.
–Integrated dermatology specialty pharmaceutical 
company focused primarily on the development 
and marketing of its Levulan® PhotodynamicTherapy 
(PDT) technology platform, and complementary 
dermatology products. 
 
Royal Military college researchers discovered a 
method and apparatus for welding reinforced polymers. 
Researchers found that joint weld strength could be 
significantly enhanced by the introduction of a 
secondary vibratory motion perpendicular to the weld 
plane during welding. 
 
Researchers at the Royal Military College of Canada, 
Queen's University, and the Université de Québec at 
Trois Rivières developed methods of Protease 
Mediated Drug Delivery.  Researchers found methods 
of delivering cytotoxic drugs in a targeted approach for 
the treatment of malignant tumours. 
 
 
Research Partnership Announced
 
Under a March 2006 commercialization alliance 
between PARTEQ Innovations and the Ontario 
Centres of Excellence (OCE), researchers at Royal 
Military College, Queen’s University, and Kingston 
General Hospital are eligible for grants of $10,000 to 
$100,000 through OCE’s Market Readiness 
Program. Eligible researchers will also be provided 
with market assessment and technology evaluation 
expertise, and, where applicable, assistance with the 
creation of spin-off companies. 
 
The two organizations will work together to find, fund 
and commercialize promising early stage technologies 
arising out of research across the Kingston region in 
five broad areas: Earth and environmental technologies; 
energy; materials and manufacturing; photonics; and 
communications and information technology. 
Researchers who are interested in this program should 
contact Randall North at PARTEQ Innovations, 
ext. 78355, rnorth@parteqinnovations.com, or 
Bryan Kanarens at the Centre for Communications and 
Information Technology, ext. 36451, 
bryan.kanarens@oce-ontario.org.

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CATCHING UP WITH THE NEWS


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EX CADETS &  CADETS STRETCH THEIR LEGS - After their recruiting visit to Calgary last October, cadets were taken to Banff on Saturday to look around. Some were ready for a more vigorous look at the mountains and joined 5675 Dennis Apedaile (CMR / RMC ’63), 5868  Scott Clements (RRMC / RMC ’63)  and 8450  Mike Newson (RMC ’70) on a scramble up Doorjamb Mountain and Loder Peak. The weather was clear and sunny, but gusts of wind around 80 kph or better almost got a few of the party airborne. Dennis  cooked up the climb with his billet for the Calgary visit, 23786 Michael Morin (RMC ’07)

For more photos from the Calgary trip, please click on the pictures below for larger view.

In the first week of 2007, the Queen's-RMC 
Centre for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing 
(CAMM) held a one day graduate student 
symposium to provide Queen's and RMC students 
with a forum to present their work and introduce 
each other to the research being conducted 
under the heading of advanced materials and 
manufacturing.
 
The Centre for Advanced Materials and 
Manufacturing (CAMM) is a multidisciplinary and 
industry-driven centre with a mission to support and 
promote research and education in the field of 
advanced materials and manufacturing at RMC and 
at Queen's. The objective of CAMM is to identify 
Queen's/RMC people in the area of materials and 
manufacturing who have industry links, make them 
aware of each other's areas of expertise, and 
use CAMM as a vehicle to promote new industry 
links and new faculty alliances. Jackson Hall in 
Queens includes CAMM office and meeting space 
and a CAMM laser machining/welding lab. 
 
CAMM research in the manufacturing area includes: 
collaborative design tools, incremental metal forming, 
laser welding of thermoplastics, machine vision based 
inspection, MEMS-based pressure monitoring, nano-scale 
device manufacture, rapid tooling and prototyping, and 
vibration based condition monitoring. In the materials area, 
CAMMS research includes: acrylic resins for automotive 
coatings, fatigue and fracture behaviour of materials, 
formability of automotive aluminum alloys, new generation 
steels for strength and formability, solvent-free modification 
of automotive polymers, TPO materials for fine-celled foam 
structures and wrought magnesium for automobiles.
 
RMC faculty listed as members of CAMM include: 
Dr. Philip J. Bates; Dr. Eva Gudgin Dickson; 
Dr. D.J.Y.S. Pagé; Dr. Bill Thompson, 
Dr. James T.C. Wojtyk, and Dr. David L.L. DuQuesnay.

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Où sont-ils?  Que font-ils?

Where are they now?  What are they doing?

De temps à autre, e-Veritas mettra en vedette un Ancien, un membre du personnel d'autrefois et ou un ami du Collège.  Ces articles seront reproduits dans le langage reçu et rarement traduits.  Nous invitons nos lecteurs à soumettre des articles a william.oliver@rmc.ca dans la langue de leur choix. From time to time, E-Veritas will focus on an Ex cadet; former staff member; and / or a friend of the college. Articles will be reproduced in the language received and in most cases not translated.  We invite readers to submit articles to william.oliver@rmc.ca in the language of their choice.
 

4824 Doctor John JM Treddenick 
(RMC 1960)
Dr. John M. Treddenick Professor of Economics, 
College of International and Security Studies, 
George C. Marshall European Centre for Security 
Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Gernckerstr 
2 82467 GAP. The Marshall Center is a leading 
transatlantic security and defense educational 
institution dedicated to the creation of a more stable 
security environment. Through competitive 
educational programs, the College of International 
and Security Studies (CISS) plays a major role in the 
Center's work to advance democratic defense 
institutions and relations, to advance peaceful 
engagement, and to enhance enduring partnerships 
between the nations of North America, Europe and 
Eurasia.
 
Expertise: Economics of Defense
 
Education: Ph.D., Economics, Queen’s University, 
Kingston, Ontario B.A., Economics and commerce, 
Royal Military College of Canada
 
Background: Professor of Economics, Royal Military 
College of CanadaFaculty Advisor, NATO Defense 
College, Rome 
 
Chairman, Department of Politics and Economics; 
Director, Centre for Studies in Defence Resources 
Management; and Professor of Economics, Royal 
Military College (RMC) of Canada
 
Visiting Fellow in Defense Studies, University of 
Aberdeen, Scotland Chief, Econometric Analysis, 
National Energy Board of Canada Lieutenant, Canadian 
Navy 
Publications 
 
"The Realization of the RMA: Challenges and 
Opportunities," Allgemeine Schweizerische 
Militärzeitschrift, Nr. 6, Juni 2002 168. 
Jahrgang. 
 
Co-editor with Ron Matthews. Managing the 
Revolution in Military Affairs. New York: Palgrave, 
2001. 
 
“Financing the RMA.” In Managing the Revolution 
in Military Affairs, edited by Ron Matthews and 
John Treddenick. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
 
"Modeling Defense Budget Allocations: an 
Application to Canada." In The Economics of 
Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean, 
and Southern Africa, edited by Jurgen Brauer 
and Keith Hartley. Newark, NJ: Harwood 
Academic Publishers, 2000. 
 
"Distributing the Defense Budget." In Issues in 
Defence Management, edited by Douglas L. Bland. 
Kingston, Ontario: School of Policy 
Studies, Queen’s University, 1998. 
 
George C Marshall European Center for Security 
Studies College of International and Security Studies
http://www.marshallcenter.org 
Civilian: 08821-750-2680 DSN: 314-440-2680 
FAX: 08821-750-2688

cisscontact@marshallcenter.org
 

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FOCUS

RMC West Point
Smaller versions of the prints (14" x 11") 
are available at the RMC gift shop.  

Also a limited number of 18” x 12” are 
available on request.  

Contact Mary at the 

RMC Gift Shop 1-888 386-3762

For Great Valentines Day Gift Ideas go to.....http://www.rmcclub.ca/GiftShop/Jewellery/Jewellery.htm

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Just a little bit of ….RMC / West Point Hockey History
by WJO

We have been asked by a number of people – Why were there no West Point / RMC hockey games in 1926; 1940 & 1941?  While doing some research for Volume II of the RMC Hockey History Digest (HHD) which is currently a work in progress – we discovered the following: 

The 1926 match coincided with the accidental shooting death of I Year, 1833 WL Campbell   on 10th February, just ten days before the hockey game was scheduled   Initially, RMC officials postponed the game; however, they ultimately decided to cancel it for that year.

Colonel CF Constantine had assumed command of RMC in the summer of 1925 taking over from Sir Archibald Macdonell who had retired that year from the Canadian Army.  

Constantine stated, “ The tragedy has indeed been a big blow to us all. In a small college such as this (RMC) – the strength of our cadet body is only one hundred and sixty odd – an occurrence like this looms very large, and the shadow cast over the life of the college is a very real one.”     

We have been able to track down a couple of clippings from what the Formal Inquest determined was an accidental shooting.  We realize “the clippings” are of poor reading quality at this time, and we may have them retyped and use them in the future when we are completing Volume II HHD. 

The RMC / West Point hockey-break for WW II requires more explanation. 

Due to the status of Canada and America in the war, the series was cancelled in 1940 and 1941.  Canada

declared war at the same time, as Britain and the United States did not enter the war until 1941. During that time, no “official” relationship was to exist between Canada (a belligerent power) and the United States (a neutral power). By 1942 the United States had entered the war and the hockey rivalry resumed for that year – just two months following the bombings at Pearl Harbour.   

RMC closed during the war and reopened with “The New 100” in 1948. This “international” hockey rivalry finally resumed in 1949.   We won’t get into splitting hairs on whether or not the series was actually continuous - we will leave that up to you the readers to determine.

As mentioned, "we have a work in progress" with HHD Volume II.  We have spent the last few years collecting as much as we can about the RMC hockey program.  If there are any readers out there with a few "gems" - old photos, stories, etc. we will gladly accept them and possibly use them in the publication.

Specific areas of interest include experiences with the team – in any capacity. We hope to have a broad range of subject: West Point; Carr / Harris / OUA; OUAA;50/  60s / 70s time period. Coaches; referees perspective from West Point games; Athletic Department staff input going back 40 years or so and much, much more. A couple of former Commandants have already indicated a willingness to share their views. We hope to get more to provide their perspective.  

For those readers, submitting personal memories etc. - don’t be concerned about writing style – we have a number of highly efficient “volunteer editors” to touch things up, if necessary.  No personal text will go into final production without the approval of the originator. 
 

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McGill Redmen Hockey Celebrates 130th
By Earl Zukerman

The McGill University men's hockey team officially turns 130 years old on January 31.

The Redmen, currently the No. 6 ranked team in Canadian university hockey with a 13-6-3 second-place record, will celebrate their birthday Wednesday night in Trois-Rivières, when they play the first-place UQTR Patriotes (14-7-2).  A victory would move McGill one point back in the OUA Far East standings with a game in hand.

Students from the Montreal-based university were instrumental in the origins and development of hockey.  They founded the world's first organized hockey club and played their first game on Jan. 31, 1877, according to an article published in the Feb.1,1877 edition of the now defunct McGill University Gazette.

That first contest was a challenge game played between McGill and the "Victorias" -- an amalgamation of members of Montreal's old Victoria Skating Rink, bolstered with players from the Montreal Lacrosse Club and the Montreal Football Club. The historic game, which ended in a 2-1 victory for McGill, was played at the Victoria Rink, bordered by Drummond Street, Boulevard de Maisonneuve and Dorchester Street (now Boulevard René Levesque).  A National car rental agency is currently in that location.

That 1877 McGill team was founded two years after the first organized game was played -- one involving a number of McGill students -- on March 3, 1875 at the Victoria rink. The 1877 game between McGill and the "Victorias" was played under rules (see below) published in The (Montreal) Gazette on Feb. 27, 1877.   


1877 RULES OF ICE HOCKEY

(Ed. Note: the word "Bully" refers to a face-off and the word "game" generally refers to a "goal").

1. The game shall be commenced and renewed by a Bully in the centre of the ground. Goals shall be changed after each game.

2. When a player hits the ball, any one of the same side who at such moment of hitting is nearer to the opponents' goal line is out of play, and may not touch the ball himself, or in any way whatever prevent any other player from doing so, until the ball has been played.  A player must always be on his own side of the ball.

3. The ball may be stopped, but not carried or knocked on by any part of the body.  No player shall raise his stick above his shoulder. Charging from behind, tripping, collaring, kicking or shinning shall not be allowed.

4. When the ball is hit behind the goal line by the attacking side, it shall be brought out straight 15 yards, and started again by a Bully; but, if hit behind by any one of the side whose goal line it is, a player of the opposite side shall hit it out from within one yard of the nearest corner, no player of the attacking side at that time shall be within 20 yards of the goal line, and the defenders, with the exception of the goal-keeper, must be behind their goal line.

5. When the ball goes off at the side, a player of the opposite side to that which hit it out shall roll it out from the point on the boundary line at which it went off at right angles with the boundary line, and it shall not be in play until it has touched the ice, and the player rolling it in shall not play it until it has been played by another player, every player being then behind the ball.

6. On the infringement of any of the above rules, the ball shall be brought back and a Bully shall take place.

7. All disputes shall be settled by the Umpires, or in the event of their disagreement, by the Referee
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What happened to many of the PTIs / PERIs/ Rec Specs/ Coaches
who served at the CMCs for so many years?  
 

You can find a few of them here!

BEAUNE, Dick CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/BeaunrDickBio.htm
BOUDREAU, Leo CMR & RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/LeoBoudreau.htm
BOWIE, Tom RRMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/TomBowie.htm
BUCKLEY, Bob RRMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/BuckleyBobBio.htm
BYRNELL, Wes RRMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Wes.htm
CASSIS, Vic CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/Cassis.htm
DORION, Pau RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Bio-Dorion.htm
FRASER, Gerorge RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Fraser.htm
GEBHARDT, Jim   RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/GebhardtJimBio.htm
HARGREAVES. Doug RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/DougHargreaves.htm
LANSING, Jack RMC & CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/LansingJackBio.htm
LEFEBVRE, Danny RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/LEFEBVREDanny1.htm
MacDONALD, Ken  RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/MacDonaldKenGio.htm
MacKAY, Tom RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/TomMacKay.htm
MASON, “Babe”     RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Babe.htm
McDONALD, Harry RRMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/McdonaldHarryBio2.htm
McGRAW, Mel CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/McGrawMelBio.htm
NADEAU, Serge CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/NadeauSergeBio.htm
PALA, Ed  CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/Pala.htm
ROBERGE, Lee CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/RobergeLeeBio.htm
SEARS, Bill RRMC  http://www.theperiscope.ca/Sears.htm
SWAN, Bob   RMC & CMR http://www.theperiscope.ca/SwanBobBio.htm
TATARCHUK, Hank RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Hank.htm
TRAVIS, Wally     RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/Travis.htm
WALTON, Tom RMC http://www.theperiscope.ca/WaltonBio.htm

Last Post
Following is the best-known list we were able to locate of former PTIs / PERIs / Rec Specs 
who served at one or more of the CMCs from 1960 & beyond.  The author realizes and regrets that 
we may have missed some names. 
 
Angrignon, George
Ferguson, Bruce
Fitzpatrick, Ron
Hubbard, Neil  
Keener, Bill
Lavigne, Rheo   
Melnechuck, Bill 
Parr, Joe 
Porter, Bruce
Renaud, Bob
Roberts, Ken
Schamehorn, Skip   
Weatherbee, Roy 
CMR
RRMC
RMC
RMC
RMC / RRMC
CMR
CMR
RMC
RMC
RMC
RRMC
RMC
RMC

There is a more comprehensive (PTI / PERI ) Last Post List:  http://www.theperiscope.ca/lastpost.htm   

More info available on former PTIs & PERIs  http://www.theperiscope.ca/index.htm

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Panet House/RMC Club All Star Volunteer  22428 Capt Kristin Topping, RMC Class ('02)
Team Diabetes Fund Raiser

Next  October 29th  Kristin will join athletes from all over Canada to participate in the Dublin Marathon in Ireland as a member of Team Diabetes Canada.  Team Diabetes Canada is one of the many fundraising programs for the Canadian Diabetes Association.  Since its creation in 2000, this program has raised more than $8.5 million towards promoting health for Canadians through diabetes education, research and advocacy.  Members of Team Diabetes participate in marathons, adventure races, Ironman triathlons and 24-hour mountain bike relays around the world to raise diabetes awareness and to actively promote a healthy lifestyle.

Our “super volunteer” is extremely proud to be a member of Team Diabetes.  Diabetes is a very real part of her life as several members of her family have developed Type 2 diabetes.  Diabetes very nearly claimed the life of Kristin’s grandmother a couple of months ago, which served to put the severity of the disease into perspective for her.  

Kristin is driven to raise diabetes awareness while meeting a personal goal of completing a marathon. 

Each Team Diabetes member is required to meet a minimum fundraising goal.  She has set a personal fundraising goal at $6500. To achieve her goal she will need help!  We are asking for assistance from e-Veritas readers and other members of the RMC “extended” family  in achieving this target.  Any donation will make a difference in the lives of the over 2 million Canadians affected by diabetes.   

To donate online visit www.teamdiabetes.ca and click on “Pledge a Participant”.  To contribute via mail, send a cheque payable to the Canadian Diabetes Association to:                                               

                                                TEAM DIABETES CANADA
                                                C/O Canadian Diabetes Association
                                                1400-522 University Avenue

                                                Toronto, ON    M5G 2R5
 

Be sure to include a note specifying that your donation be put toward Kristin Topping’s 2007 Dublin Marathon fundraising goal.  As with all charitable donations, tax receipts will be issued for all contributions over $15.   

Note:  Both 3918 Al Roberts (RMC ’57) Adjutant Old Brigade and 4459 Ed Murray (RMC ’59) Old Brigade Dinner Coordinator can attest to the significant efforts and contributions made by Kristin ensuring all those attending the 2006 Old Brigade Dinner were looked after in style.  She plans to lead another group of 20 cadets or so again for the ’07 OB Dinner.  Her volunteer help does not end with the Old Brigade – she has put countless hours in helping us with our club membership drive.  It is our turn to help her!   


Kristin Topping -Running for Team Diabetes

KRISTIN’S DUBLIN MILESTONE’S

Toronto Half Marathon – 15 Oct 2006
Fallsview Marathon – 22 Oct 2006
Ottawa Marathon – 27 May 2007
A Midsummer Night’s Run (30 km, Toronto) – 18 Aug 2007
DUBLIN MARATHON – 29 Oct 2007

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Ex Cadets in the News!

11721 Larry Stevenson (CMR RMC ’78)… Former Chapters bookstore CEO
to head Callisto Capital

Article first appeared in the Globe and Mail January 22, 2007

TORONTO — Toronto-based private equity firm Callisto Capital LP has named Larry Stevenson, the former CEO of the Chapters bookstore chain, as a managing director.

Mr. Stevenson was most recently CEO of Pep Boys, a $2-billion (U.S.) automotive services and retail company.

He resigned in July, after its two largest shareholders stepped up pressure on the auto parts retailer to turn around the business and prop up its falling share price.

“Larry is a world-class addition to the Callisto Capital team,” Jim Walker, managing director and co-founder of Callisto, said in a release.

“His track record makes him the ideal partner to help us build our business. The breadth and scope of his management experience will be a major resource for companies looking to expand.”

Mr. Stevenson was previously CEO of Chapters, Canada's largest book retailer before it was taken over by rival Indigo Books & Music Inc. and the two companies' operations were merged.

“Callisto's track record of building several profitable and sustainable industry-leading businesses was irresistible,” Mr. Stevenson said.

“Callisto is ideally positioned to capture tremendous opportunities that exist in the Canadian mid-market where it is important for private equity to do more than simply provide capital. I look forward to contributing to the continued success of the firm.”

We pick-up our news sources from wherever we can. Readers are encouraged to forward any item on an Ex Cadet, former staff member from any of the three military colleges.  College number & photo will make our life a lot easier.  william.oliver@rmc.ca 

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FLASHBACK

90 years ago, this CFL Hall of Famer entered RMC


1296 Jeff Russel (RMC 1917)

Playing Career
Royal Military College, Kingston . . 1917-1920
Mcgill University, Montreal . . . . .    1920-1922
Montreal Winged Wheelers . . . . . . 1922-1925
 
Jeffrey Cameron Russel was a young sportsman 
who was greatly respected by all who knew him. 
He participated in athletics at Lucas school in Montreal 
and Lower Canada College, before becoming a star 
halfback at RMC and McGill University. 
 
Following university, he played for the Montreal amateur 
athletic association's winged wheelers in addition to 
working for the Montreal light, heat and power company. 
He was soon ranked as one of the best backfielders in the 
interprovincial union, and had an unparalleled reputation 
as an all-around sportsman and gentleman. 
On May 3, 1926 Jeff Russel was killed while repairing 
power lines in a storm. To honour his memory the "Jeff 
Russel memorial trophy" was annually presented to the 
eastern player possessing the highest qualities of courage 
fair play and sportsmanship. The trophy was officially 
retired in 1994 at the request of the Russel family.
 
The Terry Evanshen Trophy replaced the Jeff Russel 
Memorial Trophy as the official trophy to be awarded to the 
Most Outstanding Player of the East Division.
 
Russel was elected on June 19, 1963 as a Player to the 
Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
http://www.footballhof.com/famers/player.asp?id=185

More  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Russel_Memorial_Trophy

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  We get e-mails . . . 

I don't know about the British Captain but the large, somewhat protected anchorage (roadstead) lying offshore Esquimalt Lagoon and the College has been called Royal Roads for a very long time. Still is.

Keep up the great work,

4494 Terry Neill (RRMC RMC ’59)

Hi Bill, With reference to the quiz concerning the origin of the name for RRMC, I was always under the impression that the college was named after the part of the strait in front of the college, which was named Royal Roads. The RRMC Class of 94 history page states basically the same thing. Worth checking or elaboration? The RRMC Class of 94 History quote follows: 

http://www.rrmc.ca/about.asp 

"For three years Hatley Park was administered by a caretaker. In 1940 it was earmarked as a location for a Naval Training Establishment. It was purchased for that reason by the Dominion Government for only $75,000! In December 1940 it was commissioned as HMCS Royal Roads (named for the off-shore anchorage in the Juan de Fuca Strait). In 1942 it transitioned from training volunteer naval reserve to regular force naval cadets and became the Royal Canadian Naval College. After the war in 1947 the college became the RCN-RCAF Joint Services College. The following year, with the admission of army cadets, Royal Roads became a tri-service college (the Canadian Services College Royal Roads). In 1968 it was named Royal Roads Military College." 

It is possible the anchorage name was based originally on Royal Bay. 

5244 Tony Downs (RRMC / RMC  '61)

I enjoy e-Veritas very much, and usually read it in its entirety when it arrives on my laptop.  Keep up the great work.

I have a question with regard to the Backgrounder section of the Royal Roads article in the Jan. 24 issue; specifically, the section cited ff. 

"The College continued as a two-year feeder College for the Royal Military College and College Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean until 1975. On 25 June 1975 the Royal Roads Military College Degree Act was passed allowing the granting of degrees. The first class graduated from Royal Roads in May of 1977. The first class of postgraduate students graduated in the fall of 1989."

I was a cadet attending CSC Royal Road in 1959-61, and subsequently graduated from RMC in '63 with the first ever -- to my knowledge -- class of degreed "artsmen."  We were definitely a feeder school for RMC; we did our first two years (in engineering), of a four-year degree, at CSC Royal Roads.  However, never, to my knowledge, was Royal Roads a feeder to CMR!  CMR was, in fact, a feeder school, like us, with the added feature of offering senior matriculation in a prior "prep" year. Was there a change that I wasn't aware of during the twelve years between 1963, when I graduated RMC, to 1975?  Or is this statement an example of how history gets rewritten, "living history"?

TDV

5893 Dr. Tom Gee (RRMC RMC ’63)

Royal Roads was quite a popular place for filming while I was there (1985-89).
 
21 Jump Street - A police drama about young cops (staring Johnny Depp)
 
Thrill of a Lifetime - A Canadian TV show that granted people's "thrills".
This episode had the wing on the parade square for the better part of an afternoon so that the 
"thrill seeker" could command a military parade.
 
Stingray - A show about a detective who drove a black corvette stingray.
Royal Roads was used as a stand in for an American military school.  At the time I guess the crew felt safe on 
the grounds of the college as they left the keys in the stingrays they were using.  It was funny how the Comdt 
and RSM ended up with shiny cars in their parking spots.
 
The I-Man - a Disney made for TV movie starring Scott Bakula currently in Star Trek:Legacy)
 
Other notable films shot on the grounds:
 
The Changeling (1980): A horror movie with George C Scott
 
Masterminds (1997):  Starring Patrick Stewart.  Bad movie but shot almost entirely on the grounds.  
The upper circle gets blown up.  Between this movie and the X-men, Patrick Stewart may have more time at 
Royal Roads than some of the cadets.
 
Just some more useless trivia.  Keep up the good work at E-veritas.
 
16947 Bruce Chapman (RRMC  '89) 
G2226 (RMC’'06)
Just want to drop you a note on this subject.  I graduated in 1989 (2 years at Roads).  I was a varsity 
rugby player and took great pride in the Rugby team's exploits and reputation as "hard hitters and 
hard partiers".  We had the "friendly" rivalry with the "puck-heads" that all varsity teams seemed
to have - but I for one certainly respected them, their ability and their friendships - they were great 
guys and great cadets.
 
I'm trying to remember if it was 88 or 89 - the West Point hockey game was at the Kingston arena - 
packed house, cadets, civvies and families.  I don't even know what the final score was - although I 
do recall some fisticuffs during the handshake - that epitomized the rivalry.  I also remember good
friends - Lance Webb, Foggy Brouillard, the Gallagher boys - playing one hell of a game, maybe even 
scoring - and how proud the group of guys I was with felt about the game.  The atmosphere in that 
arena on that day was like a final 7 game - a championship for bragging rights.
 
The ball that night - was a "ball".  I traded my scarlets for the West Point dress greys and had an great 
time along with everyone else.  Actually found my uniform the next morning - and gave the one back that 
I had as the West Pointers were going to the bus - an unqualified success.
 
Stories like these are what keep traditions alive - turn them into legends when we get together for reunions, 
exploits from the past always seem bigger 10,15 or 20 years later.  The athletic forum - the ice, the court 
or the pitch - is like a battle field, where victories and losses are remembered by all who participated - it is 
unfortunate that the modern cadet at RMC will not have the chance to reminisce about the great RMC/West 
Point games.
 
I know things always change - sometimes change is not always for the best when it sacrifices the very fabric 
of what RMC is about.  I currently work in an organization in which I am the only RRMC/RMC grad - there are 
quite a few people I work with who refer to my background as a cadet as "having been to the show".  Some of 
my colleagues have spoken to me about sending their kids to RMC - "is it worth it?" - that usually starts me 
telling stories about what being cadet was like, stories like the one I just told above - and whoever is asking me 
realizes that is WAS WORTH IT.
 
I read the Veritas just to keep informed - rarely (if ever) - do I respond to issues brought up in the publication.  
This is one I wanted to add my 2 cents worth.
 
16945 Rob Burke (RRMC RMC ‘89)

I was curious about the game, as I thought it would be positive to try and have the Prime Minister attend. He loves the history of hockey and supports the military as much as possible.  I spoke with some friends in his office about the idea and they are interested.  Ironically, he is tentatively scheduled to be at hockey event in the Maritimes that day, but without confirmation that the West Point game would take place, they cannot try and juggle.

Can you see if there would be interest in his attending?  If we can't make it happen this year, perhaps in the future.

Thanks,

19894 Erin Michael O'Toole (RMC ’95)

My survey is in the mail.  I filled it out before reading Dave Hall's letter and agree with most of what he said. 

Things went wrong after Danny left RMC ergo 1972 when winning was more important than Cadets from both schools spending time with each other and learning about each other's institution.  When I arrived back at RMC in 1973 as a Sqn Cmdr (the youngest on record at 25 years of age) the RMC/West Point game had become "a win at all costs" event.  Cadet hockey players no longer shared quarters, nor did they go to each other's classes and learn what each other was about.  I had the same roommate for three years from '67-'69 and even though we had become friends and even though he was Army and I was Air Force, we looked forward to the exchange on the ice and competed hard for 60 minutes.  When the game was over we became Gentlemen Cadets again and when it was our time to host we did so the way we were graciously treated the year earlier. 

Don't keep score, get the Cadet hockey players together in classes, at meals, have them share a room together and let them hang out and learn about each other's culture and raison d'etre.  I remember more about the exchange with West Point than I do about the outcome of the games I competed in, except of course the goal I scored in my final year on a slap shot from the right point at the old Kingston Memorial Centre.  Both are great institutions but today all I see is organized chaos on the ice as Redmen try to impale Black Knights on the boards instead of hosting a drink in their honour at the Cadet Mess or downtown at the Brew Pub. 

8469  Jim Simpson (RMC ‘70)

Thank you so much for the space provided to CDA and CDA Institute activities . In your next ed, you may wish to provide the link to the special CDA 75th anniversary edition of On Track at:  

http://www.cda-cdai.ca/ontrack.htm 

It contains articles by the MND, CDS, Paul Manson, Rick Evraire, Alex Morrison and John Cowan on the Profession of Arms. Gen MacNaughton is on the cover. 

Again well done. 

6349  Alain Pellerin (CMR / RMC ’65)
I was pleased that you recently included a short article about Ex-Cadets' service in the Korean War.
 
I have only recently published a book, "Korea Memories", 234pp, 67 figures & photos, hb, $30 incl S&H. 
[available through amoffat@telusplanet.net]
 
While it is an account of my personal memories and experiences 1952/53, it includes many activities with 
my classmates both in Japan and in Korea. 

2981 Andrew C. [Monte] Moffat  (RRMC RMC ’52)

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RMC/West Point Hockey Survey

If you ever played in the RMC / West Point Hockey Series, we want to hear from you.  

Survey for: current Cadets; Ex Cadets; current or former PG students; current & former Reservists; and current and former Special Interest Students who ever played in the RMC / West Point Hockey Series. 

Click here for the survey.   

Please print off, complete and mail or fax to:

Bill Oliver
RMC Club of Canada
Box 17000, Stn Forces
Kingston, ON   K7K 7B4

Fax:  613-542-7824

If you have any questions or comments on the survey please contact Bill Oliver by email to: William.oliver@rmc.ca or toll free 1-888 386 3762. 

The cooperation of everyone completing the survey is much appreciated. 

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Extra Innings
Manches supplémentaires


 


In case readers missed it, we have attempted to explain elsewhere in this edition the reasons why there were no RMC / West Point hockey games in 1926; 1940 & 1941. 

With all the talk about the “series” our varsity hockey team has quite a challenge on their hands to make the OUA play-off for the 7th consecutive year.  They still control their own fate as they hold a slim one point lead over Concordia who have a game in hand. RMC travel to Montreal and UQTR this weekend to play the Stingers and the Patriots. The Paladins wrap-up their league schedule at Constantine the following week against U of T and Ryerson. 

We wish them luck.

 

Si vous ne l’avez pas remarqué, ailleurs dans ce numéro il y a une explication concernant les raisons pour lesquelles il n’y a pas eu de joutes de hockey RMC/West Point en 1926 1940 et 1941.  À notre avis, se sont des raisons valables pour qualifier la joute « la série de hockey international continuelle la plus longue». 

Notre équipe de hockey représentative affronte un grand défi afin de qualifier pour les éliminatoires du SUO pour la septième saison de suite.  On en est à un seul point en avant de Concordia qui a une joute de plus à jouer.  Le CMR jouera contre les Stingers de Concordia et les Patriotes de Trois-Rivières en fin de semaine prochaine et la semaine suivante à Constantine contre Toronto et Ryerson. 

Bonne chance

 

The Old 18 - Did you know them all?

1.  AFF Wurtele
2.  HC Freer
3.  HE Wise
4.  WM Davis
5.  TL Reed
6.  SJA Denison
7.  LH Irving
8.  F Davis
9.  CA DesBrisay
10. VS Rivers
11. J Spelman
12. CO Fairbank
13.  AB Perry
14.  JB Cochrane
15.  FJ Dixon
16. GE Perley
17. HW Keefer
18. D MacPherson                

Trivia Answer: 

1.   d   Denison; Irving; Perley; 

2.   a.  Perry; MacPherson; Spellman

E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) continues to flood us with a number of great suggested articles - many of which we used in this edition.  We invite others to make similar contributions.

"Many Hands - make the burden light".   « L’aide de plusieurs rend la tâche facile »

S125 Bill & S134 Rolande Oliver

 

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