GRAND
ENTERTAINMENT
There was a
grand entertainment at the Vogue theater, Jan. 18th, by 318
Cadet Corps
Woodstock
.
Sketch was written by Capt. D.V. Palin and splendidly presented
to a large audience by the cadets of the 318th corps.
This sketch was written with the intention of showing what can
be done with young boys especially by the training they receive in a
cadet corps. Though these
boys were all new at theatricals not one of them failed to carry their
parts in a natural boyish way, with just enough severity about it to
give it a proper swing; before the sketch Capt. Palin introduced Lieut
Col. Snow (inspector of cadet services) who delivered a brief lecture
on the work of cadet corps and explained to the audience that these
corps were not intended to train boys to fight, but to make good
citizens and sportsmen of the lads.
Col. Snow also spoke of the training in the use of the rifle and
explained that a boy properly taught in the use and care of fire arms
would minimize the loss of life in the Canadian woods.
The program started with the boys massed on the stage when the
national anthem was sung. This
was followed by the sketch entitled Would be Cadets; the sketch was
followed by a demonstration of the work accomplished by the cadets in
the different branches of their training.
1st. Two
signalers, a bugler in uniform and a black lamb mascot with a covering
of cadet colors dark blue and gold made a very pretty stage effect.
A message of welcome was flashed to the audience which was read
through letter by letter by a signaler at the back of the theater.
The bugler blew “fall in” and a small cadet gave the
salute. The mascot wagged
his tail in appreciation of wearing the corps colors.
2nd. Senior squad rifle drill; this was no doubt a
splendid exhibition of well drilled boys both in the handling of their
rifles and their foot work.
3rd. Fancy marching to the tune of Blakes Grand March
and Capt. Palin has reasons to be proud of the boys who took their
parts well in this. Every
cadet had his wits about him and the drill went off with a splendid
swing.
4th. Junior rifle squad; well done boys; keep up your
good work; this squad was trained by Lieut. Cadet R. Delong.
5th. The dumbbells made a very creditable showing
by a squad of ten boys also a very pretty scene as the
exercises changed from one to another.
6th. Wrestling and boxing.
The boxing of four minutes duration though a little slow was
quite interesting; the laughter being kept up by three of the older
cadets being dressed as hoboes who acted as seconds and time keepers.
These hoboes appeared at different times through the whole
performance. Cadet
Filliter staged a very good extra in a Chinese dance.
The costume and make up being a credit to him.
7th. The pyramids were quite an attraction which
required much nerve and skill; Cadet Webb acting as figure and giving
a clever performance with the aid of six stalwart boys.
The falling was another clever pyramid of fifteen boys.
The arch was also very clever in which Cadet Webb again showed
his skill.
8th. The tumbling and acrobatic stunts left nothing
to be desired; the work done by the cadets showed that a great deal of
patience must have been used. Just
before the close of the performance a message was flashed from the
stage by two signalers which was copied and delivered to Lieut. Col.
Snow.
Good Save The King was sung by the entire troop in massed
formation. Those who
helped Capt. Palin and the Cadets to make this a success especially
Mrs. Adney, Miss Blake, and the Orchestra please accept the hearty
thanks and good wishes of the entire troop.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
JANUARY 23,
1923
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CADET
RALLY
A successful rally was held in the
armory, on Friday evening, by the 318th Cadets and the boys
gave a very interesting display of their past work.
Mrs. Adney again helped the boys by presiding at the piano.
The Cadets have promised to give even a better display in the
near future.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
FEBRUARY 6, 1923
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THE
CADET CORPS
All Cadets must turn in their
belts on Feb. 23rd. This
is necessary before uniforms can be issued, any Cadets holding belts
after this date will lose chance of prizes and promotion.
Above order extended until March 2nd, to give Cadets
a chance to read orders in either Press or Sentinel.
The shooting gallery will be ready by Feb. 26th, and
thanks to Major Vince a new lighting system has been installed, making
the range up to date.
Cadets must not enter Armoury except on drill nights and special
parades. This order is
from St. John Headquarters, owing to damage to Armoury.
Cadets must see that this order is carried out, so that in
future no blame is attached to the.
Any Cadets knowing or seeing parties breaking into Armoury, or
causing damage to said building or in anyway breaking the rules laid
down for Cadets, will at once report to caretakers of Armoury or
instructor of Cadets.
THE PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
FEBRUARY 23,
1923
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CADET
CORPS PROMOTIONS
Second Lieut. Delong to be Lieut.
G.M.S.
Storm to be Serg. Major.
Serg.
Mullis to be G.M.S.
Corp
Sutherland to be Serg.
Cadet A.
Rogers Lance Corp.
Cadet H.
Wilson Lace Corp.
Cadet G.
Webb acting Lance Corp.
Cadet C.
Webb acting Lance Corp.
Serg. Troy
Senior Serg.
Serg.
Barnett.
Serg.
Corey.
Corp.
Miller.
Corp. Seely.
Lance Corp.
Hines
Cadet are now preparing for the Field Day June 4th,
and it is hoped they will hold their own against all corners in the
open events. Keep the
honors in your own town.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
MARCH 6, 1923
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ACTIVITES
OF THE CADETS
A special meeting of the Cadets
will be held in the Armory at
7 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 17th.
Issue of new caps. Every
member is requested to attend.
The Cadets paraded to the Presbyterian church on Sunday where a
splendid sermon was preached by Rev. S.R. Prince.
During the service one of the cadets, Nelson Niles fainted, and
he was assisted from church by two First Aid boys,
E. Wilson
and A. Rogers, who rendered first aid, Lieut.
Hynes took him home and called in a doctor.
Headed by the Cadet Band, on the return from the church, the
boys fell out as they reached their respective Sunday School, and the
band continued to the Armory.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
MARCH 17,
1923
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CADET
NEWS COLUMN
(Wallace Junior Nesbitt
Competition, First Aid)
All Cadets
taking part in above competition must get busy right away,
examinations will be held this month.
Results of preliminary examination in general Cadet work, (full
marks 75): Lieut. Cadet Delong, 63 taking first place.
The remaining N.C.O.’s taking part also did well, keeping the
average up to 60 points.
Some of the humorous answers given:
Question
– What order is given instead of “Retreat” in the British Army?
Answer –
“About turn.”
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
APRIL 3, 1923
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WOODSTOCK
CADETS WON
The Woodstock Cadet Corps, No.
318, has been announced as the leader to the annual Wallace Nesbit
Junior First Aid Competition for
New Brunswick
, which is held under the Auspices of the St. John
Ambulance Association.
The competition is open to all Cadet Corps, Boy Scout, and Girl
Guide troops of the Province. The
Woodstock Corps made a total of 198 points out of a possible 200, the
Grand Falls Cadet Corps were second with 187 ½ points and the
Sackville 1st Boy Scout Troop third with 174 points.
The other entrants finished in the following order:
St. James’ Girl Guides 171 points, Edith Avenue Boy Scouts
163 points, St. Pauls’ Girl Guides, St. John 159 points, Moncton 2nd
Boy Scout Troop 159 point, Moncton 4th Boy Scouts 155
points.
The examiners of the different papers were:
Woodstock Dr. Brown, Grand Falls Dr. B.A. Puddington, Sackville
Dr. E.M. Copp, St. John Dr. G.G. Corbett, Moncton Dr. A.E. Forbes.
Last year the 2nd Rothesay Girl Guides were the
winners of the competition, and the Edith Avenue Scouts were second.
Individual medals were awarded the members of the winning team,
and the Nesbitt Shield is placed in the hands of the winners until the
next competition.
Outside of the natural abilities of the boys, the credit for the
good showing should be given to Capt. D.V. Palin, the instructor.
Capt. Palin, who has given almost his whole time to the Cadets,
is one of the very best physical directors, having had experience in
the old country and in the Canadian West, while his long service in
the British Army has made him proficient in drilling.
Congratulations to Capt. Palin as well as the Woodstock Cadets.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
April 17,
1923
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318th
CADETS NEWS COLUMN
Sunday, April 22nd, the
Cadets paraded to the Salvation Army Hall, for Divine service.
The band of the Salvation Army playing the Cadets to and from
the Armoury. There was a
good turn out of Cadets and the service was enjoyed by all of the.
Sunday, April 29th, Cadets will parade to the Armoury
at a quarter past ten, it is hoped that all the Cadets will turn out
to parade and special service.
Wednesday, April 25th, a feast will be enjoyed by
Cadets and friends at
8 p.m.
in the Anglican school room.
It is hoped the Mayor will be able to attend.
Thursday, April 26th, Free night at the theatre only
those boys will attend who paraded Sunday morning or who have a good
excuse.
Signalers, congratulations, make good use of your banners.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
APRIL 24,
1923
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A
CADET FEAST
A jolly evening was spent by the
Cadets and friends at the Anglican church school rooms at
8 p.m.
on Wednesday, April 25th.
Mrs. Thompkins and ladies of the Auxiliary served supper and
indeed nothing was left to be desired.
His Worship Mayor Brown spoke to the boys and presented the
signalers with their certificates.
T.C.L. Ketchum also gave the boys good sound ideas for their
future.
Dr. Brown gave a brief outline of the First Aid work carried on
by the boys and told how well the lads had got through their
examinations when they defeated all contestants in the province for
the Nesbitt Trophy.
A few of the young ladies and lads of the town put on a sketch
“A Little Red House on the Hill.”
It was very amusing. Schoolchildren
will be school children. Such
entertainments make one wish for school life again.
The boys gave some very good tumbling, some of the girls did
like wise, and also the lads gave some fancy marching.
Capt. D.V. Palin, the instructor was the recipient of a very
good fountain pen, ably presented by Lieut. Delong on behalf of the
Cadets, also a few other presents from some of his girl gymnasts.
Capt. Palin thanked them for their splendid gifts and gave the
boys some very sound advice and hoped they would continue in their
splendid work.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
MAY 1, 1923
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DEPARTMENT
OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
Capt. D.V. Palin, instructor of
No. 318 Cadet Corps,
Woodstock
, N.B. has received the following letter, which A.B.
Snow Lieutenant Colonel District Cadet Officer, M.D.7, received from
the Department of National Defence,
Ottawa
.
With reference to the marginally mentioned subject, I am
directed to inform you that a report has been received from the
Directory General St. John Ambulance Association, I which No. 318
Woodstock and 818 Grand Falls Cadet Corps are shown as having obtained
first and second places respectively in this Competition.
This information has been received with the utmost satisfaction
at National Defence Headquarters and I am to request that you will
please convey to the Cadet Corps authorities and to the members of the
successful teams, the congratualtions of the Honourable the Minister
and the Officers at National Defence Headquarters.
(sgd) S.H. Hill, Colonel
Director of
Physical Training and Cadets Services for Chief of Staff
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
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NB
MAY 8, 1923
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CAPT. PALIN PRAISES CADETS
To the Citizens of
Woodstock
:
It was with great pleasure that on June 4th, as
instructor of the 318th Cadets, I had the honor to drill
your boys on the occasion of their annual inspection, which was held
on the
Island
Park
at
3 p.m.
by Col. Snow.
There is no doubt about it that
Woodstock
has a fine bunch of boys: this was proved by their
work Monday afternoon. I
worked them pretty hard all day, drilling them for two hours during
the morning, and two hours inspection in the afternoon and on top of
this hard day’s work for the young lads, they responded with a will
and proved that they were worthy of the uniform they wore.
Few
Present
I was sorry indeed to see so few citizens attending this annual
event and I think it only a pity that
Woodstock
takes such little interest in their boys, but a
shame. The day will come
when there will be a cry for men to protect the “land of their
birth.” And God help this country if their boy’s are not
physically fit to carry that responsibility.
I sincerely hope that there will be a better turn out in the
future. Your boys deserve
all the help they can get, for they are making a great effort to bring
honors to their home town. The
Cadets are trained as everyone should know to become good citizens.
I don’t wish to dwell on the idea that they are taught to
fight, because that only shows the ignorance of those people that have
that complaint against cadets.
Boys
Deserve Credit
Though I worked hard with your boys, the real credit belongs to
them. I could never have
got the work out of them if I had not had lads with good Canadian
blood in their veins. You
have a splendid pair of leaders in Sergt. Major Delong and Cadet
Lieut. Ray Delong. Their
N.C.O.’s are all loyal good boys, the Corps as a whole are hard to
beat, full of life, willing and game to the last, which was proved by
their march up
Main street
after a very strenuous time, keeping splendid time
and carrying themselves well.
Col.
Snow Pleased
Col. Snow will take back to
St. John
a good report and I hope further honors for your
lads. I thank all those
who have tried to help the boys out and once more congratulate the
lads on their good work and wish them all success in the future.
Yours sincerely,
D.V. Pallin
Medals
Presented
The presentation at
7 p.m.
of medals by Miss Irene Barbour, Secretary of the
St. John Ambulance Association was held in the
Fisher
School
grounds. Miss
Barbour was ably assisted by Dr. Rankin.
Dr. Brown, Col. Snow, Mr. Ketchum, Mrs. Rankin and several
other all spoke well of the boys and their work.
The medals were pinned on the tunic of each boy in the
following order:
Serg.
Rogers
Team Captain
Serg.
Major LeBaron Storm
Corp.
Wilson
Corp.
Webb
Cadet
McKinley
The Cadets saluted smartly on receiving their well won medals
and after the presentation was made, Miss Barbour shook hands with
each boy and again congratulated them on their work.
Capt. Palin again spoke to the lads and urged them to continue
their good work. Many
thanks to all those that attended this parade and helped make it a
success.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
JUNE 12,
1923
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The Cadets, about 60 in number, the band, the first aid, the
rifle squad and the signalers marched to the
Island
on Thursday afternoon, where they were inspected
by Col. Snow from
St. John
. Sports
were carried on in the afternoon including foot races, bicycle races,
etc. About
5 o’clock
there was a sham battle.
The boys had a very pleasant afternoon.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
JULY 7, 1923
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CADETS
IN
ST. JOHN
St,. John, N.B, July 7 – About forty members of the Woodstock
Cadets Corps, in charge of Capt. D.V. Palin, arrived in the city
yesterday afternoon and
will remain here until Monday morning, when they will leave for
Sussex
, where they will go into camp.
The company staged a very clever exhibition in the Armories
last evening and the boys presented a very neat appearance in their
“gym” spits of red and white.
Their quicknesss and precision in drill and their aptness and
agility in the different exercises was highly commended by the
spectators.
The first number on the programme was rifle drill by twelve
youngsters, who showed that what they lacked in weight they made up
for in grit. Fourteen
youths executed a marching drill which was very pleasing to witness.
A dumbbell exercise was the next number, followed by pyramid
work and tumbling. An
exhibition wrestling match and a boxing bout were staged by two
couples of the group and the boys showed that they were quite deft on
the mat and in the ring. The
boys then performed with skill on the parallel bars and the exhibition
was brought to a close with a blindfolded boxing bout between Captain
Palin and Lieutenant Delong which was full of exciting and amusing
incidents.
The
Woodstock
group, in company with the Cadet Corps of this
city, will parade to Trinity church for services on Sunday morning and
the remaining time they will spend sight-seeing about the city.
They will leave on Monday morning for
Sussex
, remaining there until the following Saturday.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
JULY 17,
1923
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CADETS
IN SHOOTING MATCH
On Monday evening, June 11th,
the Woodstock Cadets held a shooting contest with No. 22 rifles in the
Armory, 10 shots at 25 yards, in charge of Sergt. Major John Delong.
Seely and J. Troy tied with highest score and in the shoot off,
Troy
made 30 and Seely 26.
The first team made 516, and the Second team 452.
The best shots will compete with other provincial Cadets at the
Sussex Camp in a few weeks.
First Team – J. Troy, 91, Kaye 82, D. kaye 73, W. McLauchlan
55, Craig 49, Rogers 47, Vantassel 44, Hood 35, Troy 30.
Second Team – Seely 91,
Troy
75, Sutherland 67, Webb 65, Appleby 51, A. Rogers
42, Corey 22, Mullis 13, Seely 26.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
JULY 17,
1923
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Lieut. Colonel A.B. Snow, Dist. Cadet Officer, M.D. 7, will
address a meeting in the Reading Room of the Library, Thursday evening
at
8 o’clock
under the auspices of the I.O.D.E., in the
interests of the Cadets. Any
person interested in the Cadets is cordially invited and all members
of the I.O.D.E. are requested to attend.
THE
PRESS,
WOODSTOCK
,
NB
OCTOBER 9,
1923
