Question of the Hour

[redleafjumper]

The 14th Infantry Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) went over in October 1914.

What unit was formed under Major John Stewart to assit in putting down the second Riel Rebellion?

 

[BernDawg]

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS
"NORTH WEST REBELLION COWBOY CAVALRY"

From here,
http://members.memlane.com/gromboug/P6RMR.htm

 

[AJFitzpatrick]

The 14th Infantry Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) went over in October 1914.

I'll humbly submit that is the wrong answer since The Royal Canadian Regiment was stationed in Bermuda in September 1914.

Addendum: If it wasn't, it would be a silly argument over which First Contingent  (20+ inf bns) Bn's HQ was in the first boat outside the 200 nautical mile limit  .

 

[vonGarvin]

Looks like that "easy" question was a bit tricky!

Pro Patria!

 

[geo]

The 14th Infantry Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) went over in October 1914.

14 CEF went over to Europe in Oct 1914, in company of the entire 3rd Bde

The 1st Canadian Division was raised in October 1914, assembling the 1st contingent of Canadian troops to be sent overseas for WW1

1st Brigade
1st Battalion : Western Ontario 
2nd Battalion : Eastern Ontario 
3rd Battalion : Toronto Regiment
4th Battalion : Central Ontario

2nd Brigade
5th Battalion : Western Canadian Cavalry
7th Battalion : 1st British Columbia Regiment
8th Battalion : The Black Devils / 90th Winnipeg Rifles
10th Battalion : Calgary / Alberta / Winnipeg

3rd Brigade
13th Battalion : Royal Highlanders of Canada
14th Battalion : Royal Montreal Regiment
15th Battalion : 48th Highlanders of Canada
16th Battalion : Canadian Scottish

 

[redleafjumper]

What was the name of John McCrae's horse, and what did this horse sign with his hoofprint?

Cheers,

 

[vangemeren]

The name of his horse was Bonfire. Bonfire would "sign" letters that he (Bonfire) had "written" home to John McCrae's young nieces and nephews.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae/flanders

 

[redleafjumper]

You nailed that one Van Gemeren, Bonfire is correct.

Perhaps this question might be trickier:  What was the chief weapon of Talhoffer's arsenal?

 

[geo]

Talhoffer = the sword!

 

[redleafjumper]

Geo your answer is generally correct, but a complete answer would be the long sword, hand-and-a-half, war sword or bastard sword.

All of the those names refer to the same weapon.  Master of Arms Hans Talhoffer wrote his visual instruction manual on sword fighting and medieval combat in 1467.

What tune is traditionally played for reveille on the bagpipes, and why was it so chosen?

 

[Reccesoldier]

Okay, not really part of the game but is there another noble who has as many regiments named after her as Princess Louise?

8CH (Princess Louise's)
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
Princess Louise Fusiliers
Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (The) Princess Louise Regiment
Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders

She must have been smokin' hot! ;D

 

[niner domestic]

"Johnny Cope, Are you waken yet?"

Actually, Princess Louise was quite pretty. 

 

[FascistLibertarian]

AJFitzpatrick is correct.
I got my information from
Candian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War
By Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson, CD
http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/downloads/Official_Histories/CEF_e.PDF
pp 23
It was the first infantry battalion to serve OUTSIDE of Canada

 

[Spr.Earl]

Whre does the expresion " dum dum bullit" come from?

 

[niner domestic]

It was developed in India by the Brits at the Dum Dum Arsenal on the Northwest Frontier in the late 1860s. 

 

[niner domestic]

New Question:

What, where, how or who is a "wocka"? What purpose does it serve?


And a Bonus Question:

Where does the phrase, "Between the Devil and the deep blue sea" come from? What does it mean?

 

[geo]

there's the explanation that this is from the usual meaning of Devil. If it's that Devil we are talking about then the origin is straightforward - 'the Devil is bad'; 'falling in the deep sea is bad', so caught between the two we would be in difficulty.

People who like that explanation can point back to Greek mythology for an earlier version of the idea of being caught between evil and the sea. Homer's Odyssey refers to Odysseus being caught between Scylla (a six-headed monster) and Charybdis (a whirlpool).

 

[niner domestic]

Geo: Think military application...

 

[larry Strong]

Colonel Robert Munro, uses the phrase in a book about his military service with Gustavus Adolphus: His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment called MacKeyes Regiment (1637). Describing an occasion, when he was subjected to enemy fire from in front ,and the 'friendly' Swedish guns ( which were firing low over his head) at his back, he says they found themselves 'as betwixt the devil and the deep sea'.

 

[niner domestic]

Good find Larry, but that's still more in the theological arena...think Naval.  (I know it's hard for you army types...lol)