The Intercom is back! In 2006, Cpl Marc Belley and Maj Marc Lacroix teamed up to bring back what was originally The 14th Battalion Bugler. They require Adobe Acrobat.
A quote from our Regimental History, V1:
On the whole the voyage of the Contingent was uneventful. Lifeboat drills were
frequent and much time was devoted to physical training, boxing, signalling, and deck
sports of all varieties. On the Alaunia a spy scare caused the arrest of two men, both
of whom, at a later date, were publicly exonerated. On the Andania an event of the
voyage was the appearance of a Regimental paper, “The Fourteenth Battalion Bugler”.
The two issues of his journal, edited by Private C. D. B. Whitby, late of the Montreal
“ Gazette “, with the assistance of Private H. G. Brewer, late of the Montreal “ Star
“, were creditably produced and enjoyed a flattering circulation.
They contained, amongst other items, copies f the ship’s log, challenges to
men of the 16th Battalion for boxing and shooting matches, gossip of the voyage, verse,
and a black bordered paragraph announcing the death of “ Vic” , a cheery pup of
doubtful lineage who had served as the Victoria Rifles’ semi-official mascot. In view of
the talent displayed in producing “The Bugler,” Private Whitby was requested to act as
Regimental Historian and to preserve an unofficial record of the Battalion’s adventures
and vicissitudes on active service. Much to the Regiment’s regret, private Whitby died
as a result of wounds received at the Second Battle of Ypres, the history he had so
faithfully compiled being destroyed by shell fire during the same engagement.
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