STANDING ORDERS FOR THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY

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1 STANDING ORDERS FOR THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY

2 STANDING ORDERS FOR THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY PREFACE These Standing Orders for The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery replace those issued on 01 February These Standing Orders reaffirm the customs and traditions of The Royal Regiment, and reflect current organizations and dress regulations. All Gunners must be aware of the customs and traditions of The Royal Regiment. They must strive to uphold this heritage and to enhance the great reputation that The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has established over the years. To do less is to break faith with those Gunners who have preceded us and to diminish the inheritance of those who will follow. R.P. Beaudry, CD Brigadier-General Colonel Commandant S.J. Gillies, CD Colonel Director of Artillery 01 February 2001 i

3 THE MOTTOS OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY UBIQUE (EVERYWHERE) and QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT (WHITHER RIGHT AND GLORY LEAD) ii

4 AMENDMENT LIST AL # Signature AL # Signature AL # Signature iii

5 CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE PREFACE i CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Historical Introduction Titles Lineages Precedence Battle Honours, Mottos and Arms Alliances The Home Station The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Home Messes Honorary Membership in Artillery Officers Messes CHAPTER 2 - REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATION General Royal and Honorary Appointments The Captain-General The Colonel Commandant Honorary Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels The Artillery Council The Director of Artillery The Commander Home Station Regimental Headquarters The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery The Royal Canadian Artillery Association CHAPTER 3 - REGIMENTAL FINANCES AND PROPERTY The RCA Regimental Fund - General Fund Operations Non-Public Property The RCA Museum The RCA Kit Shop iv

6 ARTICLE PAGE CHAPTER 4 - COLOURS AND BADGES General The Royal Cypher Arms of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Badges and Crests The Grenade Colours The King s Banner The Royal Canadian Artillery Standard The Artillery Flag Artillery Pennants The Corps Colour of The Royal Regiment CHAPTER 5 - DRILL AND CEREMONIAL General The Right of the Line Drill Artillery Gun Salutes Wedding Ceremonies Military Funerals Notification of Death of Serving and Former Members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Artillery Change of Command Parades Change of RSM Ceremonies CHAPTER 6 - MUSIC General Regimental Marches The Royal Artillery Slow March British Grenadiers The Screw Guns Commanding Officer s Trumpeter Regimental Calls Bands v

7 ARTICLE PAGE CHAPTER 7 - ARTILLERY CUSTOMS General Artillery Day The Artillery Birthday St. Barbara Artillery Neck Tie Unit Birthdays Artillery Memorials The National Artillery Memorial Canoe River Memorial Major Short/Staff-Sergeant Wallick Memorial The Silver (Korea) Gun The Royal Canadian Dragoons Mounted Trooper Forms of Address Calling Cards CHAPTER 8 - DRESS General Ceremonial Dress Regimental Full Dress - General Regimental Full Dress - RCHA Regimental Full Dress - RCA RCA Band Parade Dress RCA Band Concert Dress RCA Band Accoutrements Historical Period Dress Mess Dress Army Service Dress Operational Dress Ceremonial Accoutrements Swords Sword Slings and Sword Knot White Waist Belt Canes and Pace Sticks Instructors-in-Gunnery and Assistant Instructors-in-Gunnery Regimental Tie Regimental Scarf Regimental Blazer Wearing of Medals and Insignia The Artillery Lanyard RCA Track Suit vi

8 ARTICLE PAGE CHAPTER 9 - GUEST NIGHTS General Conduct of Guest Nights Customs and Procedures Deportment Music CHAPTER 10 - A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY l 1001 Introduction Battle Honours and Colours Early Militia Artillery The Formation of Canada s Permanent Force Formation of The North West Mounted Police The Father of Canadian Artillery The North West Rebellion The Yukon Field Force The South African War Turn of the Century The Pre-War Years The First World War The Inter-War Period The Second World War Post-War Vigilance The Korean Conflict Reserve Force Artillery in Post-Second World War Canada Service with the NATO Brigade Re-Arming and Reorganizing The Mid-1950 s Through to the Present Operations Other Than War The Gulf War The Artillery Bands The 125 th Anniversary Celebrations Conclusion References vii

9 LIST OF ANNEXES ANNEX PAGE CHAPTER 1 Annex A - Annex B - Annex C - Grouping of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery....1A-l Unit Titles and Precedence in The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery B-l The Organization of Canadian Artillery Units and Formations at Various Times... 1C-1 CHAPTER 2 Annex A - Annex B - Annex C - Colonels Commandant of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery A-1 Officers Administering Royal Canadian Artillery and Directors of Artillery or Equivalent B-l Commanders of A3 CATC Shilo and Commanders Home Station The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery... 2C-1 CHAPTER 4 Annex A - Master Roll of Approved Artillery Pennants (Deleted from this version - Contact RHQ RCA CHAPTER 5 Annex A - Table of Salutes Accorded to Important Personages A-l CHAPTER 6 Annex A - Screw Guns A-l Annex B - Regimental Calls B-l Annex C - St. Barbara s Day... 6C-1 CHAPTER 7 Annex A - Annex B - Annex C - Annex D - Artillery Unit Birthdays A-l Artillery Memorials B-l The Silver (Korea) Gun C-l Calling Cards D-l viii

10 ANNEX PAGE CHAPTER 8 Annex A - Positioning of Artillery Collar Badges on Service Dress... 8A-l CHAPTER 9 Annex A - Seating Plans A-l Annex B - Gun Drill for 32 Pdr Model Guns B-l Appendix 1- Positions in Action and Stores Layout B1-1 CHAPTER 10 Annex A - RCA Unit Histories (Serving Units)... 10A-1 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE PAGE Note: These have been reduced to screen resolution, and will not print properly - contact RHQ RCA for high resolution versions 1 The Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II The Full Achievement of the RCA Badge The RCA Badge The RCHA Badge The Universal Grenade The RCA Grenade The RCA Standard The RCA Flag The RCHA Flag CO s Trumpeter, RCHA Number 1B Order or Dress, RCHA Number 1B Order of Dress, RCA The RCA Band Parade Dress The RCA Band Concert Dress The Artillery Pattern Mess Dress, Male The Artillery Pattern Mess Dress, Female The Artillery Pattern Mess Dress (Summer) Gold Sword Knot, Slings and Belt RCHA Track Suit Historical Photos (Deleted from this version - See history) ix

11 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 101. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1. Many of the units and batteries of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are older than Canada itself, and the history of artillery in Canada is older yet. The first company of artillery to be formed in Canada was organized in Quebec in The Regiment has always been formed from two important components - the Regular Force and the Reserve Force. Both Regular Force and Reserve Force gunners have fought in every war in which Canada has participated. Canadian gunners have played an important part in the lives of many Canadian communities and in the history of Canada. 2. The Militia Act of 1855 authorized the first Canadian paid force of 5,000 men. This force included seven independent batteries of artillery. Three of the original seven batteries are perpetuated by Reserve Force batteries today. Prior to 1855, volunteer Canadian artillery batteries existed but the continuity of some of these batteries is difficult to trace. One of these pre-1855 units, the Loyal Company of Artillery, was formed in Saint John, N.B., in 1793, and is perpetuated today by the 3 rd Field Regiment RCA. 3. The regular component of The Royal Regiment was formed on 20 October 1871 when two batteries of garrison artillery, A and B Batteries, were authorized and located at Kingston and Quebec respectively. These batteries were to perform garrison duties and also to serve as Schools of Gunnery. A and B Batteries are the oldest regular component of the Canadian Forces having served continuously as regulars since their formation. They serve today as part of the 1 st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. The Royal Regiment has adopted 20 October 1871 as its birthday, as that date marks the beginning of the Royal Regiment s role in the newly formed Dominion. 4. A condensed history of The Royal Regiment is found at chapter TITLES 1. Queen Victoria, as a special honour on the occasion of her birthday in 1893, conferred the title Royal on the artillery units of Canada, whose title thus became The Royal Canadian Artillery. The entire Regiment was redesignated The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery on 29 October The official abbreviation is RCA. It should be noted that the word The in the full title is always capitalized. 2. These titles exist in both official languages as: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery / Le Régiment royal de l Artillerie canadienne ; Royal Canadian Artillery / Artillerie royale canadienne ; and RCA/ARC. 1-1

12 3. The designation Royal Canadian Horse Artillery was first adopted in Canada in 1905 when 13-pounder guns were purchased for the Regular Force artillery units. Since then, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery units have been found in the regular component of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. In , it was decided that all field artillery regiments of the Regular Force would be units of the RCHA and all other artillery units would be RCA. This decision was reconfirmed in Thus when the 5 e Régiment d artillerie légère du Canada (5 RALC) was formed, it became a unit of the RCHA. 4. Battery groupings are shown at Annex A LINEAGES 1. Throughout most of the Regiment s history, continuity of tradition has been at the battery level. That is to say, batteries were the basic unit of artillery organization, which were brigaded as required for operational or training purposes. Organization above battery level therefore underwent numerous changes although batteries retained specific community or geographic identity. This remains true today insofar as the Reserve Force is concerned, but is not so with Regular Force batteries, which have served in various parts of the country and overseas. 2. Following WW II, batteries were grouped into regiments on a relatively permanent basis and continuity by regiment became the norm. During periods of reorganization, however, batteries were reassigned to new regimental organizations or given the status of independent batteries. For the purpose of historical record, the Director History and Heritage retains extensive records of these lineages. These records are cross-referenced and it is therefore possible to trace lineages backward from current titles or forward from former battery or regimental designations. Wartime units and all branches of artillery are included in these records. 3. The artillery lineages are published separately as a draft on this CD. DHH will publish the final documents as part of the Army Lineage, A-AD /AF-003, in the near future. A snapshot of The Royal Regiment at various times from 1866 to 2000 is included at Annex C. 4. The correct, approved unit titles and abbreviations are reproduced at Annex B. It should be noted that unit titles are just that; they may not be translated into the other official language. Exceptions to this rule are made for the air defence regiments and the Royal Canadian Artillery School, all of which have approved titles in the two official languages. Future unit titles will be translated and designated in both official languages in accordance with Canadian Forces Administrative Order (CFAO) PRECEDENCE 1. Precedence for units of The Royal Regiment is set out in this section. Further details on precedence for the land element of the Canadian Forces are contained in CFAO

13 2. It should be noted that seniority and precedence are not necessarily the same. Regiments and units take seniority within The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery according to their date of embodiment in the Regular Force or Reserve Force. Precedence is based on tradition and type of unit, and relates to a unit s position on parade or succession of listing in the case of distribution lists. 3. On mounted parades, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery units take precedence over all units of the land force except formed bodies of Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada representing the College. RCHA units, when on parade with their guns, take the Right of the Line and march past at the head of all units of the land force. 4. Other units of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery take precedence immediately following units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. For details see CFAO The following general rules apply to establishing precedence within The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery: a. Regular Force in numerical sequence by units and alphabetical sequence by batteries; b. Reserve Force in numerical sequence by units and batteries; c. operational and combat units take precedence over training schools; d. where further definition is required, the following orders of precedence apply: (1) field artillery; (2) heavy artillery; (3) missile artillery (surface to surface); (4) locating (target acquisition); (5) air defence guns; (6) air defence missiles; and (8) headquarters; e. the command element take their normal positions on parade in accordance with the detail specified in A-PD /PT-000 Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial. HQ and services batteries, parade on the left of a unit; and 1-3

14 f. when batteries participate in a parade separate from their parent units, they will take precedence after any units with headquarters on parade but before any independent batteries. 6. Precedence for artillery units is outlined in Annex B BATTLE HONOURS, MOTTOS AND ARMS 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has two mottos: Ubique (Everywhere) and Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Whither Right and Glory Lead). These may be borne on regimental appointments. The first motto Ubique takes the place of all battle honours in recognition of the artillery s service in all battles and campaigns. 2. In 1832, King William IV of England granted the Royal Regiment of Artillery the right to wear on their appointments the royal arms and supporters over a cannon with the motto, Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Everywhere Whither Right and Glory Lead). The next year (1833), the order was amended to make clear that Ubique and Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt were two separate mottos. 3. The Canadian Artillery was authorized to wear on its appointments the same royal arms and the motto Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt, plus the word Canada. After the First World War, when the issue of battle honours was being decided, the RCA asked permission to use Ubique in place of Canada in recognition of distinguished overseas service in all campaigns. This was approved by King George V on 5 August 1926, and promulgated by G042/1927 the next year. 4. Royal Canadian Horse Artillery units are distinguished by the presence of the Royal Cypher on their regimental flags. The motto on the cypher is Honi soit qui mal y pense ( Evil be to him who evil thinks ), and is the motto of the Order of the Garter, not an artillery motto ALLIANCES 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is allied with the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 2. The following unit alliance exists: a. 1 RCHA with 1 RHA; and b. 2 RCHA with The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires). 1-4

15 107. THE HOME STATION 1. The Canadian Army has had a continual presence in the CFB Shilo area since before the First World War, when Camp Sewell was established five kilometres Northeast of the present CFB Shilo, in It was established to train Militia infantry, cavalry and artillery units of Militia district No. 10 (Saskatchewan, Manitoba and parts Northern Ontario). 2. Camp Sewell was renamed Camp Huges in 1915 in honour of the then Minister of National Defence, Sir Sam Hughes. Over 24,000 Canadian troops were trained here in trench warfare prior to being shipped overseas to Europe during the First World War. Camp Huges remained open until Afterwards it saw occasional use as a training site until the 1950 s as part of CFB Shilo (known originally as Camp Shilo), which was established in 1933 in the present location. The move resulted primarily from a requirement for more training area, which was available for lease further to the south rather than in the immediate Camp Hughes area. Many of the original Camp Hughes buildings were moved to Shilo. 3. Until 1946, CFB Shilo was an all arms training camp, however, a large Gunner presence had been established in the 1930 s with the Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) artillery training. In 1940, A3 CATC was organized to conduct wartime field, medium and antitank artillery training, and it held exercises every summer in Shilo until it was permanently moved there in January In 1946, the Royal Canadian School of Artillery at Shilo was established under General Order 87 war and home establishments, (effective 30 January 1946, amended by G.O. 179 and 189 of the same year). Therefore, it can be considered that 30 January 1946 is the official date of origin for the home station of the RCA. The last commanding officer of A# CATC, Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Brown, OBE, ED, became the first commandant of the RCSA in January A list of former commanding officers of A3 CATC and a list of commanders of the home station are at Annex C to Chapter 2. The base headquarters was set on 1 November 1948 (CdnV/643B/3). 4. CFB Shilo became home station of Gunners of all branches of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in 1960, as a result of the closing of the Coastal Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Schools. The Royal Canadian Artillery Museum and The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Regimental Headquarters are co-located at the home station THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY HOME STATION MESSES 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Home Station Officers Mess is located at CFB Shilo, Manitoba. Its abbreviated name is the RCA Officers Mess and its Gunner traditions are maintained by the artillery units and officers located at CFB Shilo on behalf of all Canadian gunners. 2. The original post-second World War officers mess in Shilo was the combined mess of 71 st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery (later designated 1 st Regiment, RCHA), 127 th 1-5

16 Anti-Tank Battery, 68 th Medium Battery and the Royal Canadian School of Artillery. During this period there were also artillery officers messes at the Royal Canadian School of Artillery (Anti- Aircraft) at Picton, Ontario, the Royal Canadian School of Artillery (Coast and Anti-Aircraft) at Esquimalt, British Columbia, and the combined Mess of 128 th and 129 th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RCA at Gordon Head, British Columbia (which was normally referred to as the Gordon Head Officers Mess). On the amalgamation of the three artillery schools in August 1960, the Officers Mess in Shilo became the home mess of the Regiment. 3. The home mess of the Warrant Officers and Sergeants of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is the Warrant Officers and Sergeants mess located at CFB Shilo and bears the name: Royal Canadian Artillery Home Station Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess. 4. As the home station messes are repositories of much RCA memorabilia and tradition, they receive support from the Royal Canadian Artillery Association and the RCA Regimental Fund HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN ARTILLERY OFFICERS MESSES All officers of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are honorary members of the Royal Artillery Mess in Woolwich while on duty in Britain. The RCA Officers Mess in Shilo extends reciprocal privileges to Commonwealth artillery officers. (110 to 199 inclusive - not allocated) 1-6

17 ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 1 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS GROUPING OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY 1. Letter-designated batteries are grouped as follows (bold italics indicate organizations not currently on the order of battle): a. A, B, C, Z - under command 1 RCHA; b. D, E, F, Y - under command 2 RCHA; c. G, H, J, U - under command 3 RCHA; d. K, L, M, N - under command 4 RCHA; e. X, Q, R, S- under command 5 RALC; f. W Bty RCA - under command Royal Canadian Artillery School; and g. T Bty RCA - under command Divisional Artillery (Target Acquisition) 2. Numbered batteries are grouped as follows: a. 51, 87 - under command 1 Fd Regt RCA; b. 7, 50, 66 - under command 2 Fd Regt RCA; c. 89, under command 3 Fd Regt RCA; d. 5, 55 - under command 5 (BC) Fd Regt RCA; e. 57, 58 AAA, 59 - under command 6 RAC ARC; f. 9, 15, under command 7 Tor Regt RCA; g. 18, 64 - under command 10 Fd Regt RCA; h. 11, 16, 29 - under command 11 Fd Regt RCA; i. 31, 68 - under command 15 Fd Regt RCA; j. 61, 78 - under command 20 Fd Regt RCA; 1A-1

18 k. 13, 71 - under command 26 Fd Regt RCA; m. 1, 2 - under command 30 Fd Regt RCA; n. 30, under command 49 Fd Regt RCA; p. 10, 54, 69 - under command 56 Fd Regt RCA; q. 81, under command 62 RAC ARC; r. 89 AD, 109 AD - under command 1 AD Regt RCA; s. 119 AD, 127 AD, 128 AD, 129 AD - under command 4 AD Regt RCA; t. 20 AD, 39 AD - under command 18 AD Regt RCA; and u. 3, 4 - under command RCAS. 3. The following batteries are independent within the RCA: a. 84 Indep Fd Bty RCA; and b. 116 Indep Fd Bty RCA. 1A-2

19 ANNEX B TO CHAPTER 1 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS UNIT TITLES AND PRECEDENCE IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY The table below shows unit titles, their abbreviations and precedence for artillery units in accordance with CFAO 61-6 and CFOOs. Bilingual unit titles appear in both official languages where units were granted bilingual unit titles. Shoulder titles shown are worn as detailed in Chapter 8. A commander or commanding officer may order the wearing of ARC/RCA shoulder titles for operational or security reasons. SHOULDER TITLE APPROVED UNIT TITLE ABBREVIATION CLOTH METAL 1 st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 1 RCHA RCHA RCHA 2 nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 2 RCHA RCHA RCHA 5 e Régiment d artillerie légère du Canada 5 RALC RALC RALC 4 th Air Defence Regiment, RCA/ 4 AD Regt RCA/ ARC/RCA ARC/RCA 4 e Régiment d artillerie antiaérienne, ARC 4 RAAA ARC Royal Canadian Artillery School/ RCAS ARC/RCA ARC/RCA L=École d Artillerie royale canadienne 1 st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, 1 Fd Regt RCA 1 FD REGT RCA RCA 2 nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 2 Fd Regt RCA 2 FD REGT RCA 3 rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 3 Fd Regt RCA 3 FD REGT RCA 5 th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, 5 (BC) Fd Regt RCA 5 FD REGT RCA RCA 6 e Régiment d artillerie de campagne, ARC 6 RAC ARC 6 RAC ARC 7 th Toronto Regiment, RCA 7 Tor Regt RCA 7 TOR REGT RCA 10 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 10 Fd Regt RCA 10 FD REGT RCA 11 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 11 Fd Regt RCA 11 FD REGT RCA 15 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 15 Fd Regt RCA 15 FD REGT RCA 20 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 20 Fd Regt RCA 20 FD REGT RCA 26 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 26 Fd Regt RCA 26 FD REGT RCA 1B-1

20 SHOULDER TITLE APPROVED UNIT TITLE ABBREVIATION CLOTH METAL 30 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 30 Fd Regt RCA 30 FD REGT RCA 49 th (Sault Ste Marie) Field Artillery Regiment, 49 Fd Regt RCA 49 FD REGT RCA RCA 56 th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 56 Fd Regt RCA 56 FD REGT RCA 62 e Régiment d artillerie de campagne, ARC 62 RAC ARC 62 RAC ARC 84 th Independent Field Battery, RCA 84 Indep Fd Bty RCA 84 FD BTY RCA 116 th Independent Field Battery, RCA 116 Indep Fd Bty RCA 116 FD BTY RCA 1 st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark & Renfrew 1 AD Regt RCA 1 AD REGT RCA/ARC Scottish), RCA / 1 er Régiment d artillerie antiaérienne (Lanark & Renfrew Scottish), ARC 18 th Air Defence Regiment, RCA/ 18 AD Regt RCA 18 AD REGT RCA/ARC 18 e Régiment d artillerie antiaérienne, ARC 58 e Batterie d artillerie antiaérienne, 6 e Régiment 58 BAAA ARC 6 RAC ARC d artillerie de campagne, ARC 1B-2

21 ANNEX C TO CHAPTER 1 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS The Organization of Canadian Artillery Units and Formations at Various Times (gathered from Militia Lists, Defence Forces Lists, official histories, other documents) Note: these lists aim to provide the basic structure of the Canadian artillery at that moment and do not necessarily provide the full titles and designations for each unit (as detailed in their individual lineage charts) 1 March 1866 Lower Canada Quebec Field Battery Montreal Field Battery Provisional Brigade of Garrison Artillery, Quebec No. 1 Battery No. 2 Battery No. 3 Battery No. 4 Battery Sherbrooke Garrison Battery Montreal Garrison Battery Brigade of Garrison Artillery, Montreal (includes six unnumbered companies) Upper Canada Ottawa Field Battery Gun Detachment Brockville Kingston Field Battery Hamilton Field Battery Port Colborne Field Battery London Field Battery Toronto Field Battery Ottawa Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) Prescott Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) Gananoque Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) Morrisburg Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) Iroquois Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) Goderich Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) St. Catharine s Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) London Battery (Volunteer Garrison Battery of Artillery) 1 January 1895 Permanent Force Royal Canadian Artillery Field Batteries A Battery B Battery Garrison Companies No. 1 No. 2 Active Militia Field Batteries 1st Brigade No. 11 Battery No. 16 Battery No. 1 Quebec Field Battery No. 2 Ottawa Field Battery No. 3 Montreal Field Battery No. 4 Hamilton Field Battery No. 5 Kingston Field Battery No. 6 London Field Battery No. 7 Welland Canal Field Battery No. 8 Gananoque Field Battery No. 9 Toronto Field Battery No. 10 Woodstock Field Battery No. 12 Newcastle Field Battery No. 13 Winnipeg Field Battery No. 14 Durham Field Battery No. 15 Shefford Field Battery No. 17 Sydney Field Battery 1C-1

22 Garrison Battalions and Companies 1st Halifax Battalion 2nd Montreal Battalion 3rd New Brunswick Battalion 4th Prince Edward Island Battalion 5th British Columbia Battalion No. 1 Company, Lévis No. 2 Company, Lévis Cobourg Company Mahone Bay Company Digby Company Pictou Company Yarmouth Company Quebec Company 1 July 1900 Permanent Force The Royal Canadian Artillery Field Division Garrison Division Militia Field Batteries 1st Brigade Division 11th Battery 16th Battery 2nd Brigade Division 4th Battery 7th Battery 9th Battery 1st Quebec Field Battery 2nd Ottawa Field Battery 3rd Montreal Field Battery 5th Kingston Field Battery 6th London Field Battery 8th Gananoque Field Battery 10th Woodstock Field Battery 12th Newcastle Field Battery 13th Winnipeg Field Battery 14th Durham Field Battery 15th Shefford Field Battery 17th Sydney Field Battery Garrison Regiments and Companies 1st Halifax Regiment 1st Division No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company 2nd Division No. 5 Company No. 6 Company No. 7 Company No. 8 Company 2nd Montreal Regiment No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company 3rd New Brunswick Regiment No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company 4th Prince Edward Island Regiment No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company No. 5 Company 5th British Columbia Regiment 6th Quebec and Lévis Regiment No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company Cobourg Company 1 July 1907 Permanent Force Royal Canadian Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company No. 5 Company 1C-2

23 Militia 1st Brigade (Field) 11th Battery 16th Battery Ammunition Column 2nd Brigade (Field) 4th Battery 7th Battery 9th Battery Ammunition Column 3rd Brigade (Field) 17th Sydney Battery 18th Battery Ammunition Column 4th Brigade (Field) 10th Woodstock Field Battery 12th Newcastle Battery Ammunition Column 5th Brigade (Field) 1st Quebec Battery 20th Battery Ammunition Column 6th Brigade (Field) 3rd Montreal Battery 21st Battery Ammunition Column 7th Brigade (Field) 15th Shefford Battery 22nd Battery Ammunition Column 8th Brigade (Field) 2nd Ottawa Battery 23rd Battery Ammunition Column 9th Brigade (Field) 5th Kingston Battery 8th Gananoque Battery Ammunition Column 10th Brigade (Field) 14th Midland Battery 24th Battery Ammunition Column 6th London Battery 13th Winnipeg Battery 19th Battery Ammunition Park 1st Halifax Regiment (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company 2nd Montreal Regiment (Heavy Brigade) (garrison) No. 1 Battery No. 2 Battery No. 3 Battery Ammunition Column 3rd New Brunswick Regiment (Heavy Brigade) (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company 4th Prince Edward Island Regiment (Heavy Bde) (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company 5th British Columbia Regiment (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company 6th Quebec and Levis Regiment (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company 7th Nova Scotia Regiment (Heavy Brigade) (garrison) No. 1 Company No. 2 Company No. 3 Company No. 4 Company Cobourg Company (heavy battery) 11 November 1918 see G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada. The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, vol. 1 (Toronto, 1967), Annex B, pp November 1935 Permanent Force Royal Canadian Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery C Battery Royal Canadian Artillery 1st Heavy Battery 2nd Heavy Battery 3rd Medium Battery 5th Heavy Battery 1C-3

24 Non-Permanent Active Militia 1st Field Brigade 1st Field Battery 2nd (Ottawa) Field Battery (H) 25th Field Battery 51st Field Battery 1st Reserve Field Brigade 2nd Montreal Regiment 2nd Field Brigade 5th (Westmount) Field Battery 7th (Montreal) Field Battery 27th Field Battery (H) 66th Field Battery 2nd Reserve Field Brigade 2nd Medium Brigade 1st Medium Battery 3rd Medium Battery (H) 7th Medium Battery (H) 10th Medium Battery (H) 2nd Reserve Medium Brigade 7th (Toronto) Regiment 3rd Field Brigade 9th (Toronto) Field Battery (H) 15th Field Battery 30th Field Battery 53rd Field Battery 3rd Reserve Field Brigade 4th Medium Brigade 21st Medium Battery 23rd Medium Battery (H) 24th Medium Battery (H) 25th Medium Battery (H) 4th Reserve Medium Brigade 4th Field Brigade 4th Field Battery 14th (Midland) Field Battery 4th Reserve Field Brigade 22nd Medium Battery (attached) 5th Field Brigade 13th (Winnipeg) Field Battery 17th Field Battery 19th Field Battery 38th Field Battery (H) 5th (Reserve) Field Brigade 11th Medium Battery (H) 6th Field Brigade 24th (Shefford) Field Battery 35th Field Battery (H) 79th Field Battery 81st Field Battery 6th Reserve Field Brigade 7th Field Brigade 12th (London) Field Battery 48th Field Battery 55th Field Battery 56th Field Battery 7th Reserve Field Brigade 8th Field Brigade 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery 11th (Hamilton) Field Battery 40th Field Battery 54th Field Battery (H) 8th Reserve Field Brigade 9th Field Brigade 3rd (Gananoque) Field Battery 32nd (Kingston) Field Battery 34th Field Battery 74th Field Battery 9th Reserve Field Brigade 10th Field Brigade 18th Field Battery 60th Field Battery 65th Field Battery 77th Field Battery 10th Reserve Field Brigade 11th Field Brigade 16th Field Battery 29th Field Battery (H) 43rd Field Battery 63rd Field Battery 11th Reserve Field Brigade 12th Field Brigade 8th Field Battery 28th (Newcastle) Field Battery 89th (Woodstock) Field Battery 90th Field Battery (H) 12th Reserve Field Brigade 13th Field Brigade 57th (Quebec) Field Battery 82nd Field Battery 94th Field Battery 13th Reserve Field Brigade 14th Field Brigade 52nd Field Battery 84th Field Battery (H) 87th Field Battery 88th Field Battery 14th Reserve Field Brigade 15th Field Brigade 31st Field Battery 68th Field Battery 85th Field Battery (H) 15th Reserve Field Brigade 5th Medium Battery 5th Reserve Medium Battery 16th Field Brigade 6th (Sydney) Field Battery 1C-4

25 36th Field Battery (H) 83rd Field Battery 86th Field Battery 16th Reserve Field Brigade 17th Field Brigade 21st Field Battery (H) 44th Field Battery 64th Field Battery 67th Field Battery 17th Reserve Field Brigade 18th Field Brigade 20th Field Battery 39th Field Battery 93rd Field Battery (H) 18th Reserve Field Brigade 19th Field Brigade 22nd Field Battery 23rd Field Battery (H) 91st Field Battery 19th Reserve Field Brigade 20th Field Brigade 61st Field Battery 78th Field Battery 92nd Field Battery (H) 20th Reserve Field Brigade 59th Field Battery 62nd Field Battery (H) 1st (PEI) Medium Brigade 2nd Medium Battery (H) 8th Medium Battery (H) 14th Medium Battery 1st Reserve (PEI) Medium Brigade 1st (Halifax) Coast Brigade 51st Heavy Battery 52nd Heavy Battery 53rd Heavy Battery 54th Heavy Battery 1st Reserve (Halifax) Coast Brigade 1st Anti-Aircraft Section (attached) 9th Heavy Battery (H) (attached) 3rd (NB) Medium Brigade 4th Medium Battery (H) 6th Medium Battery (H) 15th Medium Battery 3rd Reserve (NB) Medium Brigade 5th (BC) Coast Brigade 55th Heavy Battery 56th Heavy Battery 5th Res (BC) Coast Brigade 12th Heavy Battery (H) (attached) 12th Reserve Heavy Battery (H) (attached) 58th Field Battery (attached) 2nd Anti-Aircraft Section (attached) 6th (Quebec and Levis) Coast Brigade 57th Heavy Battery 58th Heavy Battery 59th Heavy Battery 6th Reserve (Quebec and Levis) Coast Brigade 3rd Anti-Aircraft Section (attached) November 1939 Permanent Force Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Kingston, Ont A Battery same B Battery same C Battery Winnipeg, Man Royal Canadian Artillery Halifax, NS 1st Heavy Battery same 2nd Heavy Battery same 3rd Medium Battery Kingston, Ont 4th Anti-Aircraft Battery same 5th Heavy Battery Esquimalt, BC Non-Permanent Active Militia 1st Field Brigade 1st Field Battery 2nd (Ottawa) Field Battery (H) 25th Field Battery 51st Field Battery 2nd Montreal Regiment 2nd Field Brigade 5th (Westmount) Field Battery 7th (Montreal) Field Battery 27th Field Battery (H) 66th Field Battery 2nd Medium Brigade 1st Medium Battery 2nd Medium Battery (H) 7th Medium Battery (H) 10th Medium Battery (H) 5th Anti-Aircraft Battery 2nd Survey Company 7th (Toronto) Regiment 3rd Field Brigade 9th (Toronto) Field Battery (H) 15th Field Battery 30th Field Battery 53rd Field Battery 4th Medium Brigade 21st Medium Battery 1C-5

26 23rd Medium Battery (H) 24th Medium Battery (H) 25th Medium Battery (H) 4th Field Brigade 4th Field Battery 14th (Midland) Field Battery 45th Field Battery (H) 56th (Grenville) Field Battery 2nd (Cobourg) Medium Battery (attached) 5th Field Brigade 13th (Winnipeg) Field Battery 17th Field Battery 19th Field Battery 38th Field Battery (H) 6th Field Brigade 24th (Shefford) Field Battery 35th Field Battery (H) 79th Field Battery 81st Field Battery 7th Field Brigade 12th (London) Field Battery 26th (Lambton) Field Battery 48th Field Battery (H) 55th Field Battery 8th Field Brigade 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery 11th (Hamilton) Field Battery 40th Field Battery 54th Field Battery (H) 9th Field Brigade 3rd (Gananoque) Field Battery 32nd (Kingston) Field Battery 34th Field Battery 47th (Napanee) Field Battery (H) 10th Field Brigade 18th Field Battery 60th Field Battery 77th Field Battery 113th Field Battery (H) 11th Field Brigade 16th Field Battery 29th Field Battery (H) 43rd Field Battery 63rd Field Battery 12th Field Brigade 89th (Woodstock) Field Battery 90th Field Battery (H) 104th Field Battery 105th Field Battery 13th Field Brigade 57th (Quebec) Field Battery 82nd Field Battery 94th Field Battery 14th Field Brigade 52nd Field Battery 87th Field Battery 88th Field Battery 17th Field Brigade 21st Field Battery (H) 44th Field Battery 64th (Yorkton) Field Battery 67th (Rosetown) Field Battery 1st (Yorkton) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (attached) 18th Field Brigade 20th Field Battery 39th Field Battery 93rd Field Battery (H) 112th Field Battery 19th Field Brigade 22nd Field Battery 23rd Field Battery (H) 91st Field Battery 95th Field Battery 20th Field Brigade 61st Field Battery 78th Field Battery 92nd Field Battery (H) 96th Field Battery 21st Field Brigade 97th (Bruce) Field Battery (H) 98th (Bruce) Field Battery 99th Field Battery 100th Field Battery 22nd (Assiniboia) Field Brigade 65th Field Battery 76th Field Battery 101st Field Battery 110th Field Battery (H) 23rd Field Brigade 8th Field Battery 28th (Newcastle) Field Battery 103rd Field Battery 24th (Kootenay) Field Brigade 107th Field Battery 108th Field Battery (H) 109th Field Battery 111th (Nelson) Field Battery 25th (Norfolk) Field Brigade 33rd Field Battery 41st Field Battery 42nd Field Battery 46th Field Battery (H) 26th Field Brigade 37th Field Battery 59th Field Battery 1C-6

27 70th Field Battery 71st Field Battery (H) 27th Field Brigade 72nd Field Battery 73rd Field Battery (H) 74th Field Battery 75th Field Battery 62nd Field Battery (H) 69th Field Battery 102nd (Wentworth) Field Battery 1st (PEI) Medium Brigade 2nd Medium Battery (H) 8th Medium Battery (H) 6th (Quebec and Levis) Medium Brigade 57th Medium Battery (H) 58th Medium Battery (H) 59th Heavy Battery (attached) 3rd Anti-Aircraft Battery (attached) 7th Medium Brigade 16th Medium Battery (H) 17th Medium Battery (H) 18th Medium Battery 9th Heavy Battery (H) 102nd (North BC) Heavy Battery 1st (Halifax) Coast Brigade 51st Heavy Battery 52nd Heavy Battery 53rd Heavy Battery 1st Anti-Aircraft Battery (attached) 10th Searchlight Battery (CD) (attached) 3rd (NB) Coast Brigade 4th Heavy Battery 15th Heavy Battery 1st Searchlight Battery (CD) (attached) 5th (BC) Coast Brigade 55th Heavy Battery 60th Heavy Battery 17th Searchlight Battery (CD) (attached) 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade 31st Heavy Battery 58th Heavy Battery 85th Heavy Battery 16th Coast Brigade 6th (Sydney) Heavy Battery 36th Heavy Battery 86th Heavy Battery 9th (CB) Searchlight Battery (CD) (attached) 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment 9th Anti-Aircraft Battery 10th Anti-Aircraft Battery 11th Anti-Aircraft Battery 1st Anti-Aircraft Battery 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battery 3rd Anti-Aircraft Battery 6th Anti-Aircraft Battery 7th Anti-Aircraft Battery 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery 1st Searchlight Regiment 1st Searchlight Battery 2nd Searchlight Battery 8 May 1945 see G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada. The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, vol. 2 (Toronto, 1972), Annex C, pp August 1959 Regular Force 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery C Battery 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery D Battery E Battery F Battery T Battery Z Battery 3rd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery G Battery H Battery J Battery U Battery X Battery 4th Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery K Battery L Battery M Battery V Battery W Battery Reserve Force 6th Field Regiment 58th Field Battery 59th Field Battery 1C-7

28 80th Field Battery 82nd Field Battery 187th Field Battery 7th Field Regiment 12th Field Battery 26th Field Battery 48th Field Battery 8th Field Regiment 11th Field Battery 40th Field Battery 102nd Field Battery 11th Field Regiment 16th Field Battery 29th Field Battery 43rd Field Battery 12th Field Regiment 8th Field Battery 89th Field Battery 90th Field Battery 14th Field Regiment 84th Field Battery 88th Field Battery 133rd Field Battery 15th Field Regiment 31st Field Battery 85th Field Battery 158th Field Battery 18th Field Regiment (SP) 20th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 39th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 93rd Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 21st Field Regiment 97th Field Battery 99th Field Battery 100th Field Battery 26th Field Regiment (SP) 38th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 70th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 71st Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 27th Field Regiment 24th Field Battery 35th Field Battery 75th Field Battery 29th Field Regiment (SP) 9th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 15th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 130th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 30th Field Regiment 1st Field Battery 2nd Field Battery 25th Field Battery 34th Field Regiment 5th Field Battery 7th Field Battery 27th Field Battery 37th Field Regiment 66th Field Battery 106th Field Battery 131st Field Battery 39th Field Regiment (SP) 13th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 17th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 19th Field Battery (Self-Propelled) 44th Field Regiment 10th Field Battery 33rd Field Battery 46th Field Battery 46th Field Regiment 72nd Field Battery 73rd Field Battery 74th Field Battery 53rd Field Regiment 64th Field Battery 65th Field Battery 76th Field Battery 162nd Field Battery 56th Field Regiment 54th Field Battery 69th Field Battery 169th Field Battery 166th Field Regiment 213th Field Battery 214th Field Battery 215th Field Battery 6th Independent Field Battery 2nd Medium Regiment 50th Medium Battery 83rd Medium Battery 10th Medium Regiment 18th Medium Battery 21st Medium Battery 44th Medium Battery 19th Medium Regiment 23rd Medium Battery 78th Medium Battery 91st Medium Battery 33rd Medium Regiment 14th Medium Battery 45th Medium Battery 40th Medium Regiment 116th Medium Battery 118th Medium Battery 42nd Medium Regiment 123rd Medium Battery 125th Medium Battery 1st Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 51st Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 52nd Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 1C-8

29 53rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 3rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 104th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 115th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 117th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 24th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 109th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 111th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 25th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 105th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 124th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 206th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 36th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 87th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 201st Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 205th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 209th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 210th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 211th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 49th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 30th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 148th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 153rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 149th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 150th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 151st Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 51st Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment 79th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 112th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 126th Medium Anti-Aircraft Battery 54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 163rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 164th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 165th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 170th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 171st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 172nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 173rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 174th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 175th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 59th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 176th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 177th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 178th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 62nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 81st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 185th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 186th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 64th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 190th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 191st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 192nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 3rd Independent Medium Battery 5th Independent Medium Battery 22nd Independent Medium Battery 96th Independent Medium Battery 1st Locating Regiment 3rd Locating Battery 32nd Locating Battery 57th Locating Battery 15th Harbour Defence Troop 31 January 1966 Regular Force 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery C Battery H Battery W Battery 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery D Battery E Battery F Battery 3rd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery G Battery J Battery X Battery Z Battery 4th Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery K Battery L Battery M Battery Reserve Force 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment 51st Field Battery 52nd Field Battery 87th Field Battery 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) 89th Field Battery 90th Field Battery 104th Field Battery 6th Field Artillery Regiment 58th Field Battery 59th Field Battery 80th Field Battery 1C-9

30 7th Toronto Regiment RCA(M) 9th Field Battery 15th Field Battery 130th Field Battery 8th Field Artillery Regiment 11th Field Battery 40th Field Battery 102nd (Wentworth) Field Battery 10th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Field Battery 65th Field Battery 76th Field Battery 11th Field Artillery Regiment 16th Field Battery 29th Field Battery 43rd Field Battery 14th Field Artillery Regiment 84th Field Battery 88th Field Battery 133rd Field Battery 15th Field Artillery Regiment 5th (British Columbia) Field Battery 31st Field Battery 85th Field Battery 158th Field Battery 209th Field Battery 18th Field Artillery Regiment 20th Field Battery 39th Field Battery 93rd Field Battery 20th Field Artillery Regiment 78th Field Battery 95th Field Battery 96th Field Battery 21st Field Artillery Regiment 97th Field Battery 99th Field Battery 100th Field Battery 26th Field Artillery Regiment 13th Field Battery 19th Field Battery 38th Field Battery 70th Field Battery 71st Field Battery 27th Field Artillery Regiment 24th Field Battery 35th Field Battery 75th Field Battery 30th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Field Battery 2nd Field Battery 25th Field Battery 46th Field Artillery Regiment 72nd Field Battery 73rd Field Battery 74th Field Battery 49th (Sault Ste. Marie) Field Artillery Regiment 30th Field Battery 148th Field Battery 153rd Field Battery 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers) 14th Field Battery 45th Field Battery 149th Field Battery 53rd Field Artillery Regiment 64th Field Battery 56th Field Artillery Regiment (Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles) 54th Field Battery 69th Field Battery 169th Field Battery 57th Field Artillery Regiment 10th Field Battery 171st Field Battery 172nd Field Battery 62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment 81st Field Battery 185th Field Battery 7th Field Battery 50th Field Battery 116th Field Battery 44th Independent Field Battery October 2000 Regular Force 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery A Battery B Battery C Battery 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery D Battery E Battery F Battery 5e Régiment d artillerie légère du Canada Q Batterie R Batterie X Batterie 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA 119th Air Defence Battery 128th Air Defence Battery Royal Canadian Artillery School W Battery, RCA 1C-10

31 Reserve Force 1st Air Defence Regiment, RCA 89th Air Defence Battery 109th Air Defence Battery 1st Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 51st Field Battery 87th Field Battery 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 7th Field Battery 50th Field Battery 66th Field Battery 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 89th Field Battery 115th Field Battery 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 5th Field Battery 55th Field Battery 6e Régiment d artillerie de campagne, ARC 57e Batterie de campagne 58e Batterie d artillerie antiaérienne 59e Batterie de campagne 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA 9th Field Battery 15th Field Battery 130th Field Battery 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 18th Field Battery 64th Field Battery 11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 11th Field Battery 16th Field Battery 29th Field Battery 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 31st Field Battery 68th Field Battery 18th Air Defence Regiment, RCA 20th Air Defence Battery 39th Air Defence Battery 20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 61st Field Battery 78th Field Battery 26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 13th Field Battery 71st Field Battery 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1st Field Battery 2nd Field Battery 49th (Sault Ste. Marie) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 30th Field Battery 148th Field Battery 56th Field Artillery Regiment 10th Field Battery 54th Field Battery 69th Field Battery 62e Régiment d artillerie de campagne, ARC 81e Batterie de campagne 185e Batterie de campagne 84th Independent Field Battery, RCA 1C-11

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33 CHAPTER 2 REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATION 201. GENERAL The regimental affairs of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are regulated both by tradition and by a combination of appointments and governing bodies ROYAL AND HONORARY APPOINTMENTS 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is honoured by acceptance by the Sovereign of a Royal Appointment. Royal Appointments are held by members of the Royal Family and are for life. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is also honoured by and extends honour to distinguished personages by means of Honorary Appointments within the Regiment and within individual units. 2. The reigning Sovereign holds the Royal Appointment of Captain-General. In the Canadian Forces, the appointment of Captain-General is unique to The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 3. A distinguished retired officer of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery holds the Honorary Appointment of Colonel Commandant. 4. Artillery units of the Primary Reserve may nominate retired officers or distinguished Canadian citizens to the appointment of Honorary Colonel or Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL 1. The Captain-General is the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 2. During a guest night at Woolwich in December 1950, His Majesty King George VI expressed a desire to change his title from Colonel-in-Chief to Captain-General. This change in title was effected on 26 January 1951, thus reviving an old rank, which dates from the fifteenth century. The rank of Captain-General had been replaced by that of Field Marshal in 1736 although it did not actually disappear from common usage until about The Royal Canadian Artillery requested that His Majesty change his Canadian title as he had done for the Royal Artillery, and on 10 January 1952, His Majesty became the Captain- General of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 2-1

34 4. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, was graciously pleased on coronation in 1953 to assume the appointment of Captain-General of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. (Extra issue Canada Gazette Number 7 dated 1 June 1953) THE COLONEL COMMANDANT 1. The office of Colonel Commandant is an honorary one. It symbolizes the Regimental family and traditions drawing together all its members: serving and retired; regular and reserve. CFAO 3-4 refers. 2. Distinguished retired officers of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, normally in the rank of Colonel or above, are eligible for the appointment of Colonel Commandant. After consultation with artillery units, senior gunner officers, the Artillery Council and the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, the Director of Artillery submits a recommendation for the appointment of Colonel Commandant to the Chief of the Defence Staff. The Chief of the Defence Staff then submits the recommendation to the Minister of National Defence for approval. The appointment is then authorized by the Governor General. 3. It is the duty of the Colonel Commandant to: a. foster esprit-de-corps throughout the Regiment; b. provide the channel of communication to the Captain-General and to the Master Gunner St. James s Park; c. advise on all matters of significance to the Regiment and in particular on: (1) dress, customs and traditions, (2) regimental charities, museums, memorials and organizations, (3) the disposition of regimental non-public funds and property, (4) regimental publications, and (5) the naming of artillery buildings and properties; d. maintain close liaison between the Regular and Reserve Force components of The Royal Regiment and between The Royal Regiment and other branches; e. advise the Director of Artillery and The Royal Canadian Artillery Association (in which he is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee) on all artillery matters; and 2-2

35 f. oversee affiliations with allied regiments or units. 4. The tenure of office is normally three years. Extensions in office beyond the initial term may be approved by the Chief of the Defence Staff on the recommendation of the Director of Artillery. 5. The Colonel Commandant and the Master Gunner, St. James s Park form the link between The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Master Gunner, St. James s Park is the head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in all regimental matters, and traditionally, as the Sovereign s advisor on artillery matters, takes a keen interest in the affairs of Commonwealth artillery. The appointment of Master Gunner, Saint James s Park, which dates from 1263, is made by the Captain-General. 6. A direct channel of communication is authorized between the Colonel Commandant and the Director of Artillery. The Colonel Commandant may also communicate with: a. the Captain-General regarding significant Regimental activities and exchange of birthday or similar greetings; b. Commanders of Commands; and c. the Chief of the Defence Staff. 7. The Colonel Commandant sends loyal greetings to Her Majesty the Queen at Christmas, on Artillery Day (26 May) and on St. Barbara s Day (4 December). He may also send loyal greetings on any other occasions which warrant such action. 8. The Colonel Commandant, as head of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, should be consulted on arrangements for visits and celebrations involving other organizations and distinguished persons. 9. Arrangements for the Colonel Commandant s visits and travel are made through the office of the Director of Artillery. It will be normal for an ADC to be appointed from the unit to assist the Colonel Commandant during his visit. 10. The Colonel Commandant, as an officer appointed in accordance with QR&O 3.06, shall wear the current uniform, insignia, accoutrements and accessories appropriate to the honorary rank and appointment which he holds. 11. Portraits of the Colonels Commandant hang in the RCA Officers Mess at CFB Shilo. A list of the serving and past Colonels Commandant is at Annex A. 2-3

36 205. HONORARY COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS 1. Within the Primary Reserve, Honorary Colonels and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels may be appointed for regiments and independent batteries. 2. Honorary Colonels and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels assist and advise their regiment or battery on such matters as regimental traditions, dress, procedure and finances. 3. Honorary Colonels and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels are chosen from among retired officers or citizens prominent in the community. They are appointed for an initial period of three years. The appointees are normally selected by unit Commanding Officers in consultation with their advisors. The subsequent recommendation is submitted through the chain of command for approval by the Minister of National Defence THE ARTILLERY COUNCIL 1. The Artillery Council has been formed to provide advice and guidance to the Director of Artillery on artillery matters. 2. The Artillery Council comprises the Colonel Commandant and all serving Reserve and Regular Force artillery General Officers. The senior serving Regular Force artillery General Officer is the Chair. The Director of Artillery is a member of the council and acts as secretary. The Commander Home Station, when a Gunner, is an invited member of the Council. The RCAA nominates a representative to the council after consultation between the President of the RCAA and the Chairman of the Artillery Council. 3. The Council meets at the direction of the Chairman, normally twice yearly, and considers such matters as are placed before it by the Chairman or the Secretary. The Artillery Council reviews and recommends the filling of key artillery appointments and approves all major policy initiatives and decisions THE DIRECTOR OF ARTILLERY 1. Throughout the history of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, there has normally been a senior serving artillery officer appointed and made responsible to provide direction to the Regiment. The duties have varied, as have the titles, whether Inspector of Artillery or Officer Administering the Royal Canadian Artillery or the present-day Director of Artillery. With the move of the Director of Artillery to NDHQ and the closure of G3 Artillery at LFCHQ, a number of responsibilities that were normally held by the Director of Artillery were transferred to the Commander Home Station (see Article 208). 2. Branch Advisor. The Director of Artillery is the focal point for Artillery Branch identity, and provides essential input into the maintenance of the good health of all Artillery 2-4

37 MOCs (22, 021, 022, R22, R26, R021, and R022). The Director identifies problems, prepares position papers, and can report directly to the Commander of the Army on matters related to professional standards, career patterns, trade specifications and structures, force development, force employment, training and doctrine. 3. Regimental Affairs a. Governance (1) secretary for Artillery Council, (2) chair for the RCA Advisory Board, (3) representative at the Conference of Defence Associations, (4) ex-officio member of the Executive Committee of the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, (5) liaison with all artillery associations, (6) chair Director of Artillery Conference, (7) act as the official link between the Regiment and the Colonel Commandant, (8) provide guidance to the RCA Executive Board, (9) provide guidance for the maintenance of artillery funds, non-public property, competitions, museums and ceremonial standards, (10) recommend allied affiliations, exchange of officers, and honorary appointments related to the Regiment, (11) appoint Extra Regimentally Employed (ERE) representatives for both officers and non-commissioned members (NCMs) of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. These representatives in turn voice the concerns of ERE officers and NCMs to the Director, as well as keeping ERE members informed on current artillery affairs, and (12) appoint the Regimental Sergeant-Major of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (RSM RCA); 2-5

38 b. Colonel Commandant (1) Assist the Colonel Commandant in the performance of his duties, (2) appoint a permanent staff officer to: (a) (b) (c) (d) arrange/coordinate the Colonel Commandant s calendar, travel arrangements and personal administrative requirements, provide information on Regimental matters as required, assist in speech preparations as requested by the Colonel Commandant, and conduct other duties as directed by the Director of Artillery; (3) budget and manage the Colonel Commandant s financial account, (4) provide a DND telephone calling card, (5) provide information on all major developments and activities within The Royal Regiment, and (6) initiate and staff the selection and appointment process for new Colonel Commandants; c. Communications (1) provide periodic artillery SITREPS to the Commander of the Army, and the entire Royal Regiment, (2) report annually to the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, and (3) report to the Artillery Council as required; d. Correspondence. Advise the Regimental Headquarters of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (RHQ RCA) of any special correspondence requirements in addition to those listed at Article 208, para 2.c. 4. Personnel/Career Management a. provide the Chief of the Land Staff with the Regimental recommendations for commanding officer appoitments for consideration by the LFC Command Selection Board; 2-6

39 b. prepare the command plot for all Regular Commanding Officers, 2ICs and Battery Commanders; c. provide advice to the Commander of the Army Selection Board on the selection of Reserve Commanding Officers; d. prepare the appointment plot for all Regular CWOs; and e. liaise with the officer and NCM career managers on issues related to postings, reengagements, promotion boards, promotion forecasts, releases, MOC profiles and occupational analysis. 5. Equipment. Liaise with Director Land Requirements staff (DLR 2 Firepower) and monitor developments with respect to artillery policy regarding equipment requirements, modifications, scales and trials; CFTOs; and ammunition. 6. Artillery Master Development Plans. Coordinate with Director Land Requirements staff (DLR 2 Firepower) the upkeep of the Field and Air Defence Master Development Plans. 7. Doctrine. Liaise and coordinate with Director Army Doctrine staff (DAD 7 Firepower and DAD 11 Force Structure) on doctrinal matters. 8. Organization/Structures. Liaise and coordinate with Director Army Doctrine staff (DAD 11 Force Structure) and Director Concepts Staff on matters related to artillery organizations/structures. 9. Force Readiness. Liaise and coordinate with Director Land Force Readiness staff on readiness and employment options for artillery forces. 10. Concepts. Liaise and coordinate with Director Army Training staff on strategic concepts and force development planning issues affecting artillery forces. 11. Training. Liaise and coordinate with Director Army Training staff on matters related to artillery training development, policy, evaluation and professional development. 12. Special Projects. Provide direction and guidance on any project which will enhance the well-being of The Royal Regiment. 13. Miscellaneous a. Any matter as directed by the Colonel Commandant and Artillery Council; and b. Any matter that is considered to have an impact on the well-being of The Royal Regiment. 2-7

40 14. He is assisted in the performance of his duties by the staff of RHQ RCA, and selected officers at NDHQ. 15. A list of the current and past Directors of Artillery is at Annex B COMMANDER HOME STATION 1. As CFB Shilo has been designated the Home Station of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, the Base Commander, if an artillery officer, becomes automatically the Commander Home Station. 2. The principal duty of the Commander Home Station is to oversee all non-public affairs of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery for the benefit of all serving and former serving members. Specifically this includes: a. Governance (1) invited member of the Artillery Council, (2) member of the RCA Advisory Board, (3) responsible for the RCA Standing Orders, (4) responsible for the RCA Administrative Manual, and (5) assistance to the Director of Artillery; b. Communications and Public Relations (1) The Canadian Gunner, (2) the Quadrant, (3) the RCA web site, and (4) appropriate brochures/flyers as required; c. Correspondence (1) Loyal greetings and birthday greetings (on behalf of the Colonel Commandant), (2) preparation of appropriate letters for the Colonel Commandant and the Director of Artillery for: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) senior appointments, unit and sub-unit command appointments, RSM appointments, awards and commendations, promotions, 2-8

41 (f) death and illnesses, and (g) other noteworthy events; (3) preparation of information letters to senior retired RCA officers and ERE members; d. Junior Officers Course. Planning and conduct of the course, including correspondence with and coordination of guest speakers; e. Supporting Commander for The Royal Canadian Artillery Museum (1) the RCA Museum Board is responsible to the Supporting Commander for overall governance of the museum, and (2) the Supporting Commander ensures that the traditions and history of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are maintained through the operation and maintenance of the RCA Museum; f. RCA Regimental Fund (1) President of the RCA Executive Board, and (2) responsibilities include: (a) (b) (c) (d) financial status of the RCA Regimental Fund, investments, RCA Regimental Fund Programmes, including but not restricted to Bursaries, Soldier Recognition, Emergency assistance and Communications, and communicating information concerning all aspects of the RCA Regimental Fund business to all members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 3. The RCA Regimental Fund is discussed in more detail in Chapter 3. A list of the current and past Commanders Home Station is at Annex C REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS RCA 1. To ensure that the affairs of the Regiment are handled in a professional and expeditious manner, a small staff is located at the Home Station and is known as Regimental Headquarters RCA (RHQ RCA). They are responsible to the Commander Home Station for the detailed 2-9

42 management of the RCA Regimental Fund, the RCA Museum and the RCA Kit Shop and other regimentally related matters. These matters include maintenance of a Regimental database, operation of the RCA Web Site, publication of The Canadian Gunner and Quadrant, and assisting the Colonel Commandant, the Director of Artillery and the Commander Home Station in the performance of their duties. 2. The staff consists of: a. the Regimental Major; b. the Regimental Adjutant; c. the Director RCA Museum; and d. sufficient staff to conduct the affairs of the Regiment. This staff is provided normally by 1 RCHA, the Home Station Regiment, as agreed to by the Director of Artillery. 3. In addition to the RHQ RCA staff, there is also a Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM RCA). The Director of Artillery appoints a Chief Warrant Officer to fill this position, normally the RSM of the Artillery School THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION 1. The Royal Canadian Artillery Association (RCAA) was founded in 1876 with the object of promoting the efficiency and welfare of the Royal Canadian Artillery and other matters pertaining to the defence of Canada. A general meeting of the RCAA is normally held annually. 2. The following are eligible for membership: a. all serving artillery officers and NCMs, both regular and reserve; and b. all retired artillery officers and NCMs of the Canadian and of other Commonwealth and NATO forces acceptable to the Association. 3. The following may affiliate with the RCAA: a. artillery regiments and independent batteries; b. artillery schools; and c. artillery associations. 2-10

43 4. Any person deemed to have rendered outstanding service to the artillery may be elected an Honorary Life Member of the RCAA at a General Meeting. Record of service in The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery will normally be the principal factor in selection. 5. Any serving or retired officer of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery may make application to become a Life Member. The application should be forwarded to the Secretary of the RCAA for consideration at the next General Meeting. 6. Application for membership and information about dues may be obtained through the Regimental Major. (211 to 299 inclusive - not allocated) 2-11

44 ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 2 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS COLONELS COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY 1 April May 1925 Major-General T. B. Strange 10 July March 1928 Colonel D. T. Irwin, CMG, VD 20 March August 1934 Brigadier-General W. O. H. Dodds, CMG, DSO, VD 1 November January 1948 Major-General H. A. Panet, CB, CMG, DSO 18 January January 1958 Major-General H. O. N. Brownfield, CBE, MC, CD 18 January January 1964 Brigadier P. A. S. Todd, CBE, DSO, ED, CD 18 January January 1969 Major-General A. B. Matthews, CBE, DSO 18 January January 1975 Major-General H. A. Sparling, CBE, DSO, CD 18 January August 1979 Brigadier-General E. M. D. Leslie, DSO, CD 4 August August 1986 Brigadier-General W. W. Turner, CD 1 September August 1991 Lieutenant-General W. A. B. Anderson, OBE, CD 31 August September 1995 Colonel, The Honourable R. A. Jacobson, CD 1 September Brigadier-General R.P. Beaudry, CD 2A-1

45 ANNEX B TO CHAPTER 2 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS OFFICERS ADMINISTERING ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY AND DIRECTORS OF ARTILLERY OR EQUIVALENT OFFICER ADMINISTERING ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY October 1919 June 1922 November 1926 February 1930 March 1934 September 1939 Colonel A.T. Ogilvie, DSO Colonel L.A.G.O. Roy Colonel W.H.P. Elkins, DSO Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Stewart, DSO Colonel W.G. Hagarty, DSO Colonel C.V. Stockwell, DSO DIRECTOR OF MECHANIZATION AND ARTILLERY February 1936 Colonel N.O. Carr DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL RESEARCH September 1940 Colonel G.P. Morrison, CBE, CD DIRECTOR OF ARTILLERY July 1942 November 1943 January 1946 November 1948 September 1949 January 1954 August 1954 August 1957 August 1960 November 1963 Colonel S.E.E. Morres, CD Colonel W.E. Van Steenburgh Colonel J.S. Ross, DSO Lieutenant-Colonel H.W. Sterne, MBE (acting) Colonel L.G. Clarke, OBE Lieutenant-Colonel G.P. Marriott, ED, CD Colonel A.J.B. Bailey, DSO, OBE, ED, CD Colonel H.W. Sterne, DSO, MBE, CD Colonel E.G. Brooks, DSO, OBE, CD Colonel J.L. Drewry, DSO, CD CHIEF OF ARTILLERY October 1965 July 1969 Colonel J.P. Beer, MBE, CD Colonel D.W. Francis, CD 2B-1

46 DIRECTOR OF ARTILLERY August 1970 July 1972 June 1974 January 1975 July 1975 July 1977 August 1980 June 1981 July 1983 August 1985 July 1986 July 1988 July 1989 July 1991 July 1992 July 1993 July 1995 July 1998 August 2000 Colonel D.W. Francis, CD Colonel D.H. Gunter, CD Colonel A. Sosnkowski, CD Lieutenant-Colonel J.O. Ward, CD (acting) Colonel J.A. Cotter, CD Colonel H.J. Stein, CD Colonel R.P. Beaudry, CD Colonel H.R. Wheatley, CD Colonel D.B. M c Gibbon, CD Colonel J.A. MacInnis, CD Colonel D.B. Walton, OMM, CD Colonel R.A. Dallaire, OMM, CD Colonel L.T.B. Mintz, CD Colonel M.K. Jeffery, CD Colonel G.J. Oehring, CD Colonel J.D. Briscoe, OMM, CD Colonel D.W. Read, CD Colonel M.D. Capstick, CD Colonel S.J. Gillies, CD 2B-2

47 ANNEX C TO CHAPTER 2 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS COMMANDERS OF A3 CATC SHILO May 1940 September 1940 November 1941 September 1942 December 1943 March 1944 May 1945 November 1945 Lieutenant-Colonel D.R. Agnew Lieutenant-Colonel A.J. Brice, VD Lieutenant-Colonel A.L.S. Nash, MM Lieutenant-Colonel R.E. Bliss Lieutenant-Colonel W.J. Finney, OBE Colonel A.L.S. Nash, OBE, MM Colonel H.S. Griffin, DSO ED Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Brown, OBE, ED COMMANDERS HOME STATION THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY October 1946 February 1948 January 1949 August 1949 January 1951 July 1951 August 1955 August 1958 August 1960 October 1962 December 1965 June 1966 August 1967 July 1969 July 1970 July 1972 December 1974 July 1975 August 1977 July 1981 July 1983 August 1985 July 1988 July 1991 July 1994 August 1996 October 1997 Lieutenant-Colonel D.K. Todd, DSO, CD Lieutenant-Colonel R.H. Webb, DSO, CD Lieutenant-Colonel J.W.D. Symons, CD Colonel R.M. Cathcart, OBE, CD Lieutenant-Colonel A.J. Lake, CD (acting) Colonel Dollard Menard, DSO, CD Colonel J.M. Houghton, OBE, CD Colonel A.C. Perron, ED, CD Colonel G.P. Marriott, ED, CD Colonel W.S. Hunt, CD (RCEME) Colonel G.P. Marriott, ED, CD Colonel J.S. Orton, MBE, MC, CD Colonel D.W. Francis, CD Colonel D.H. Gunter, CD Colonel L.C. Baumgart, CD Colonel D.R. Baker, CD Colonel A.D.M. Matheson, OMM, CD (RCD) Colonel M.D. Calnan, CD Colonel C.R. Simonds, CD Colonel J.H.L.C. Archambault, CD Colonel J.A. MacInnis, CD Colonel L.T.B. Mintz, OMM, CD Colonel D.B. Walton, OMM, CD Colonel J.L.H.L.P. Boucher, OMM, CD Colonel T.J. Guiler, OMM, CD Colonel J.J. Selbie, CD Lieutenant-Colonel R.S. Wilson, OMM, CD 2C-1

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49 CHAPTER 3 REGIMENTAL FINANCES AND PROPERTY 301. THE RCA REGIMENTAL FUND - GENERAL 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has, throughout its history, established funds to undertake various activities that cannot be publicly funded yet benefit The Royal Regiment and all its members. Membership is voluntary and open to all past and present members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 2. Initially, a Corps Fund was established by the Director of Artillery under authority of Directorate of Administration Bulletin 53/1, 3 February The Fund was re-established under authority of Chapter 6 Section 2 of Institute Rules, 1 March Under the authority of CFAO 27-8, the Regimental Fund established several individual funds to include the RCA Non-Public Property Fund, RCA Sergeants Regimental Fund and the RCA Officers Regimental Fund. As of 18 November 1984, all previous funds were amalgamated as the Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) Regimental Fund, and on 16 August 1988 Revenue Canada approved a change of name to The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Regimental Fund. 3. The RCA Executive Board has been established to conduct the non-public affairs of the Royal Regiment, for the benefit of all serving and former serving members. Membership of the Executive Board is defined within the constitution of the RCA Regimental Fund. The constitution is embodied in the RCA Administrative Manual FUND OPERATIONS 1. The RCA Regimental Fund is a non-profit organization of the Regular Force component of The Royal Regiment. Revenue Canada recognizes this fund as a charitable organization for income tax purposes, with a registered Charity number RR Its purpose is to provide financial support for the non-public affairs (NPA) of The Royal Regiment. 2. Non-Public Affairs (NPA). The aim of NPA is to preserve artillery historical traditions and values and to help define, promote and support the distinctiveness, character and well being of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. The Fund does this through a number of programs as outlined below: a. Regimental Identity Program. Provision of Regimental Standing Orders to all units, an initial issue of regimental dress accoutrements and an initial issue of the regimental tracksuit to Regular Force QL3 and Phase IV graduates; b. Member Recognition Program. Provision of top student awards on various courses, Colonel Commandant s Commendations, expressions of sympathy and retirement gifts; 3-1

50 c. Member Assistance Program. The award of bursaries to encourage members and eligible dependants to further their education, and the provision of emergency assistance funding to gunners and gunner families in need; d. Regimental Heritage Program. The provision of funding for acquisition and maintenance of Regimental Non-Public Property(NPP), and the purchase and upkeep of period uniforms; e. Regimental Professional Development Program. Conduct of the Junior Officers Course, and funding to assist Master Gunner Conferences. Provision of prizes for the Brooks Memorial Essay Competition; f. Regimental Communication Program. Maintenance of the RCA Web Site, publication of The Canadian Gunner and Quadrant, and prizes for the RCA Photo Competition; g. support of the operation of the RCA Museum, and the maintenance of gunner monuments and memorials; and h. the support of miscellaneous and special projects such as unit messes, stand easy areas, freedom of city celebrations and the RCA Band. 3. Contributions. Voluntary contributions by Regular Force members of The Royal Regiment form the major source of revenue for the RCA Regimental Fund. Contributions to the Fund are classed as a tax deductable charitable donation. The suggested monthly contribution scale is held at all units and at RHQ RCA in Shilo. The simplest and preferred way to contribute is to make a pay assignment to code P028. This option is currently only open to gunners on Regular or class C terms of service. Retired or former members of the Regular component and members of the Reserve component of the RCA may belong to the Fund through an annual contribution. Details on annual contributions are available from RHQ RCA. Members providing an annual contribution to the RCA Regimental Fund, at the recommended scale, receive complimentary gifts of the periodicals The Canadian Gunner and Quadrant, and the tax advantage offered by the charitable contribution. 4. Access to Fund Programs. A number of the Fund s programs are intended to provide benefit to The Royal Regiment as a whole (i.e. Regular and Reserve components). These include heritage upkeep and promotion, communications programs, professional development, monument and memorial upkeep, and member recognition. Certain components of other programs, due to their administrative and financial nature, have limited access criteria as follows: a. Uniform Accoutrements. All Regular Force RCA QL3 graduates; b. Regimental Track Suits. All Regular Force RCA QL3 and Phase IV graduates; 3-2

51 c. Emergency Assistance and Expressions of Sympathy. All Serving Regular Force members of the RCA and their immediate family; d. Educational Bursaries. Serving and former serving Regular Force members of the RCA and their qualified dependants; e. Reserve Force members of the RCA and former Regular Force members of the RCA who actively contribute to the RCA Regimental Fund on an annual basis also have access to the restricted programs in paras 4.c. and 4.d. above; and f. Retirement Gifts. Regular Force Members of the RCA are eligible to receive retirement gifts as follows: with six or more years of continuous service, a retirement scroll; and with 20 or more years of continuous service, their choice of a Field or Air Defence Artillery statuette. 5. Information. Financial statements, budgets and major decisions regarding the Fund will be published annually in The Canadian Gunner and minutes of Board meetings available on request. The RCA Regimental Fund Administrative Manual is held by all members of the Executive Board and all units. It explains in greater detail the operations of the fund. More direct information may be obtained through unit commanding officers, the national ERE representative, the local ERE representative or directing enquiries to: a. Regimental Major, RCA - telephone (204) ext 3536; b. Regimental Adjutant, RCA - telephone (204) ext 3535; c. through the AWAN; d. through the Internet at regtmaj@artillery.net; or d. Mailing Address: Regimental Headquarters RCA P.O. Box 5000 Stn Main Canadian Forces Base Shilo, MB R0K 2A NON-PUBLIC PROPERTY 1. The RCA Regimental Fund owns all non-public property of the Regular Force component of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, wherever held. This includes all articles of real, historic or sentimental value which are held by units, headquarters or institutes of the RCA. Property returns in the format specified by the RCA NPP Committee are required from each organization holding RCA NPP by 1 June annually. These records are held and maintained at RHQ RCA. RCA NPP includes all classes of NPP which are artefacts and memorabilia, such as 3-3

52 silver, plaques, trophies, works of art and other items entrusted to the Regiment or acquired by the Regiment to ensure safekeeping and remembrance. 2. Property belonging to Reserve Force units of the RCA is governed by the regulations in CFAO 27-7 and CFAO Reserve Force units wishing to avail themselves of the record keeping services of RHQ RCA may do so by applying to the RCA NPP Committee for the allotment of an identifying block of property numbers. However, ownership and responsibility for insurance coverage remain with the Reserve Force unit as required by CFAO THE RCA MUSEUM 1. The RCA Museum is located at the Home Station and was officially opened by the Colonel Commandant in January It is established by and operates under the provisions of CFAO 27-5 and is an authorized Canadian Forces Museum. Since the museum is an instrument of the Crown in right of Canada, it is allowed under Section of the Income Tax Act to issue income tax receipts for any donations it receives. These donations are classified as donations to the Crown. As a result, the museum is not required to maintain charitable status, unlike the RCA Regimental Fund, which is considered a private corporation. The museum maintains memberships in numerous professional museum associations. 2. The museum s mandate is the collection, preservation, restoration and interpretation of artefacts directly or indirectly associated with military service with emphasis on artillery particularly Canadian artillery. All gunner disciplines are encompassed. 3. Museum property is acquired by many means. It may be surplus to military requirements and held by the museum on behalf of DND, by donation or by outright purchase. All artifacts donated to or acquired by the RCA Museum become the property of DND, and are held in trust by the RCA Museum on DND s behalf. Acquisition, preservation and ultimate disposal of these artifacts is controlled through the Directorate of History and Heritage at NDHQ. 4. The museum is governed locally by a Museum Board responsible to the Base Commander CFB Shilo THE RCA KIT SHOP 1. The RCA Kit Shop is operated by the RCA Regimental Fund as an NPF activity in accordance with CFAO It is located in the RCA Museum at the Home Station. 2. Kit Shop operations are intended to provide a service to members of The Royal Regiment, with all profits going to the RCA Regimental Fund. 3. The Kit Shop stocks approved regimental accoutrements, unique regimental memorabilia and provides engraving, custom framing and printing services. Items of approved regimental 3-4

53 pattern, not available through the normal supply system, are stocked. The Kit Shop provides the services of a central warehouse to regular and Reserve Force unit kit shops, and to cadet corps for certain unique gunner items. 4. The Kit Shop is governed by a Kit Shop Committee responsible to the RCA Executive Board. (306 to 399 inclusive - not allocated) 3-5

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55 CHAPTER 4 COLOURS AND BADGES 401. GENERAL 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has been authorized to take into use a variety of pennants, flags and badges. 2. The use of these devices is limited to those authorized and described in this chapter. 3. Additional copies of the graphics of the badges shown herein are available from RHQ RCA THE ROYAL CYPHER 1. In Great Britain, guns were originally inscribed with the Founders Mark of the private foundry that manufactured the guns. By contrast, in France, the arms of the reigning monarch were customarily inscribed on the barrels. As the Royal Ordnance Factory, whose mark was the Royal Cypher, became responsible for the manufacture of most British artillery, it became customary to inscribe the Royal Cypher on all guns. 2. When, in 1893, Queen Victoria conferred the title Royal on the artillery in Canada, the honour included the right to engrave on artillery equipment the Imperial Cypher VRI surmounted by the Imperial Crown. The honour is perpetuated today by inscribing the Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch on each artillery piece (see figure 1 below). 3. Instructions concerning the application of the Royal Cypher are found in Canadian Forces Technical Order (CFTO) C /MN 000. Figure 1 - The Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II 4-1

56 403. ARMS OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY 1. Before 1832, the Royal Artillery used the Ordnance Arms or the Royal Cypher as part of the insignia on its buttons and badges. The Ordnance Arms had as their central devices three cannons and three cannonballs. The Royal Cypher consisted of either the garter and motto surmounted by a crown enclosing the monarch s monogramme or the monarch s monogramme alone surmounted by a crown. 2. In 1832, the Royal Arms with supporters, together with the mottos Ubique and Quo fas et gloria ducunt and a cannon were granted to the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a badge by warrant of William IV. In this form, it constituted the full achievement of the gunner badge. The more flamboyant uniforms of that time enabled this large badge to be displayed effectively. For the next hundred years, it was featured on shako stars, helmet plates, shoulder belt plates, sabretaches, cross belt pouches and busby plume holders. 3. Canadian gunners adopted the Full Achievement of the Badge and it was used from 1855 as a helmet plate and on sabretaches and cross belt pouches. Canada was used instead of the motto Ubique. 4. The Arms of the Royal Regiment of Artillery are the source of the rank badges traditionally worn by Chief Warrant Officers and Master Gunners. The Royal Arms were first used as an arm badge by all Warrant Officers Class 1 in Since 1945, the Arms of Canada have been used and this practice continues today with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. The gun has been part of the badge of all Master Gunners since From 1915 to 1945 the Royal Arms were worn above the gun. In Canada since 1945 the gun badge alone (always pointing forward) has been the badge of the Master Gunner. 5. The Director of Ceremonial authorized the use of the Full Achievement of the Badge on 29 June 1988 for special ceremonial purposes such as on commendations and certificates. Figure 2 - The Full Achievement of the RCA Badge 4-2

57 404. BADGES AND CRESTS 1. As uniforms were simplified to meet the demands of modern warfare, it became apparent that the full achievement of the gunner badge was too large. Beginning with the introduction of the peaked forage cap in 1907, abbreviated versions of the full achievement have been adopted for day to day use. In 1926 the word Canada was replaced by the motto Ubique in the RCA badge. 2. The badge of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is shown at Figure 3. The RCA badge is used both as a cap badge and as a crest. The Colonel Commandant approved the design and colour of the RCA badge on 22 February The RCHA badge is shown at Figure 4. This badge is only used by RCHA units and associations as a crest. The RCHA badge is based on the badge of the Order of the Garter which dates from The motto of the Order of the Garter, Honi soit qui mal y pense ( Evil be to him who evil thinks ), is not considered as a motto of the artillery. The background colour, including the centre of the garter is the colour of the material on which the crest is mounted. The Colonel Commandant approved the design and colour of the RCHA badge on 22 February This badge may be used on RCHA unit flags, plaques, stationary, silverware, and decals. When it is displayed with the RCA badge, the RCHA badge shall take precedence. Figure 3 - The RCA Badge Figure 4 - The RCHA Badge 4. Use of the RCA and RCHA Badges a. use of these Badges on official correspondence is restricted to The Director of Artillery, the Colonel Commandant, The Commander Home Station, RHQ RCA, other RCA HQs and by Commanding Officers of RCA/RCHA units and independent sub-units. The badges may be used on private correspondence and on products sold through unit kit shops provided the badge is displayed in good taste; 4-3

58 b. the RSM RCA will, on behalf of the Director, establish a policy on the use of the badges and will ensure that units adhere to this policy; and c. Units will use only graphics of the badges that are provided by RHQ RCA. Both designs are based on originals prepared by the College of Arms in 1949 as reproduced in The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol. LXXVII, No 1, January THE GRENADE 1. The grenade, like St. Barbara, has a common heritage with all those who work with explosives and pyrotechnics - artillerymen, engineers, grenadiers and fusiliers. The word grenade derives from the ancient French pomme grenate or pommegranate. Heraldically, the grenade is depicted as a sphere spouting flame. The relation to the pommegranate is retained in the orifice-like appendage from which the flame spouts. 2. The grenade was first worn by gunners in the mid-1880s as both a collar badge and a cap badge on the coloured field service (wedge) cap. The grenade used was the universal grenade (Figure 5) which was also worn by the engineers and by several fusilier regiments. In 1907 a revised grenade was adopted with a more stylized flame and Canada in a scroll underneath. At this time the convention was established to depict the artillery grenade with seven flames. The Engineers adopted a grenade of the same pattern but with nine flames. The Fusiliers retained variations of the universal pattern grenade. 3. At the time of the adoption by The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery of the Ubique motto in 1926, that motto replaced Canada on the scroll beneath the grenade (Figure 6). With minor variations in size and material the grenade continues in use today as the collar badge of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. Figure 5 - The Universal Grenade Figure 6 - The RCA Grenade 4-4

59 406. COLOURS 1. Traditionally, the colours of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are its guns. They serve the same central role in pride and identity as do the guidons or colours of armour and infantry regiments. 2. The custom of the guns being the colours of the artillery has its origin in the British practice of designating the largest piece in an artillery train as the flag gun. This gun was accorded the honour of carrying the equivalent of today s Queen s Colour. Use of the flag gun has been recorded as early as Later, the guns themselves came to be regarded as the colours of the artillery as gunners in battle rallied to their guns in the same fashion as regiments of cavalry and infantry rallied to their colours. 3. The introduction of rockets and missiles has in some cases changed the nature of the artillery s equipments. Consequently, the term guns shall be deemed to include all weapon systems of the artillery, other than small arms, used to inflict damage or casualties on the enemy. Thus, rocket and missile launchers, despite not being inscribed with the Royal Cypher, will be accorded compliments when they are on ceremonial parade with formed artillery units or sub-units. 4. Compliments are not paid by the troops on parade to the guns during roll pasts or other parade movements. The artillery has no equivalent to the Trooping the Colour ceremony. It should be noted that spectators will pay compliments to the guns, as colours, during a roll past or during similar movements on formal parades and ceremonies. 5. Although it may be impracticable in modern times to treat guns as colours in nonceremonial circumstances, they must be accorded the dignity and respect they deserve. Such practices as smoking on or near the guns, sitting or leaning on them, decorating them for social occasions and leaving them unprotected are intolerable THE KING S BANNER 1. In November 1904 King Edward VII presented banners to the Royal Canadian Field Artillery and the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery. It was His Majesty s pleasure to present these banners to commemorate the service of C, D and E (Special Service) Batteries during the Boer War. 2. The banners were officially presented by the Governor General, Lord Minto, in a ceremony on Parliament Hill. A similar banner was also presented to the Royal Canadian Regiment. The banners were accorded the honours of colours but did not supplant the guns as the colours of the Regiment. 3. The original King Edward VII Banners have not been paraded for many years. Only one remains, and it is in safekeeping in the RCA Museum. Because of its fragile state, it 4-5

60 is no longer loaned out to units. The RCA Battle School had a replica banner made, and in 1997 received permission from the Colonel Commandant to parade it at the Battle School s disbandment ceremonies. The replica banner was subsequently presented to the RCA Museum for safekeeping. The replica banner may be paraded on memorial parades and other special occasions with the permission of the Colonel Commandant through RHQ RCA. The commanding officer of a unit parading the replica banner will ensure that the parading unit affords the banner the honour of a guidon or colour. It is also customary that spectators pay compliments to the banner the same honour as a colour. The Banner does not supplant the guns as the colours of the Regiment THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY STANDARD 1. The Royal Artillery Standard was approved by the Colonel-in-Chief, HM King George VI, in Major General H.O.N. Brownfield, CBE, MC, CD, then Colonel Commandant, applied in 1956 for permission for the adoption of the Standard by The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. The Master Gunner warmly welcomed this proposal, St. James s Park (then Field Marshall, the Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO) and permission was gladly given. The Royal Artillery Standard was used as the Standard of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery until 31 May The Standard is reproduced in colour in RCA Notes No. 43, 1947 and in black and white in Army Headquarters letter, HQ /3 (D Arty) dated 14 May 1956 and in A-AD /AG-000 Flags, Ensigns, Colours, Pennants and Honours for the Canadian Forces. 2. On the recommendation of the Artillery Council of 29 April 1988, the Director Ceremonial on 31 May 1989 revoked the authority for units and sub-units to place formation and unit badges, designators, devices and traditional crests on the RCA Standard. At the same time, the Director Ceremonial approved the addition of a gold maple leaf in the centre of the field between the gun badge and the first white diagonal, and the addition of the seventh flame to the grenade. This version is the current approved Royal Canadian Artillery Standard (Figure 7). Figure 7 - The RCA Standard 4-6

61 3. The Royal Canadian Artillery Standard is intended for ceremonial use only. It is not carried on parade. It is not broken and shall be flown from flagpoles. The occasions when it will be flown are at the discretion of artillery commanders, but in general will be: a. visits of royalty; b. visits and inspections by the Colonel Commandant or artillery officers of brigadier-general rank and above; c. visits by the Director of Artillery; d. visits of allied artillery officers of comparable rank; e. visits and inspections by the Governor-General and by Lieutenant-Governors; and f. regimental birthdays, St. Barbara s Day, Artillery Day and Canada Day. 4. On such occasions, the Standard may be flown at all artillery headquarters including formations, units, sub-units and artillery schools. 5. The Colonel Commandant may fly the Royal Canadian Artillery Standard at his residence on special occasions. 6. The RCA Standard is produced in three sizes. All are available from the RCA Kit Shop: a. Small (1) Size. 5 1 / 2 " x 20", and (2) How used. Used as the Colonel Commandant s distinguishing flag; b. Medium c. Large (1) Size. 1' x 4, and (2) How used. Indoor parades or on small flag poles; and (1) Size. 2 x 8', and (2) How used. On larger outdoor flagpoles (30' to 35'). 4-7

62 409. THE ARTILLERY FLAG 1. The Artillery Flag is used as a camp flag in garrison and bivouac to mark the location of artillery units. It may be flown at headquarters, camps and bivouacs daily from sunrise to sunset. It will not be carried on parade. This use of the flag is in accordance with regulations published in A-AD /AG-000 Flags, Ensigns, Colours, Pennants and Honours for the Canadian Forces. 2. The Artillery Flag is bisected horizontally. The upper half shall be dark red and the lower half a dark blue colour. The RCA badge in gold is in the centre of the flag. RCHA units shall use the RCHA badge, in full colour. See Figures No 8 and The normal size of the Artillery Flag is six feet long by three feet in breadth. A smaller version, three feet long by two feet in breadth is also authorized. 4. The RCA and RCHA Flags are available from the RCA Kit Shop. Figure 8 - The RCA Flag Figure 9 - The RCHA Flag 410. ARTILLERY PENNANTS 1. Artillery pennants are authorized for use by field officers and above who are commanders of sub-units, units, or formations (never flown at RSM or BSM levels). In order that all gunners and outside agencies readily recognize command position within The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, all vehicle pennants, within the Regiment, will be standardized in accordance with A-AD /AG-000 Flags, Ensigns, Colours, Pennants and Honours for the Canadian Forces. 2. The following instructions will apply to the production of vehicle pennants for RCA units: a. Dimensions. All vehicle pennants will be seven inches in width by twelve inches in length with a one inch white sleeve attached to the hoist. Two one-half inch grommets shall be attached one-half inch from the top and the bottom of the sleeve; 4-8

63 b. Colour scheme. The upper half shall be dark red and the lower half a dark blue colour. All lettering and numbers shall be white in colour and their size shall not exceed one and three quarter inches in height except where there is a requirement to stack numbers or letters. The minimum acceptable size shall not be less than one inch in height. Pennants shall be sewn double sided; c. Official Languages. The language used in word and abbreviations shall be the working language specified in the unit s CFOO. Bilingual units may use either language as decided by the CO; and d. Identification. Certain staff officers and commanding officers of regiments, schools or independent batteries shall be identified in the following manner: (1) Director of Artillery by the full achievement of the badge embroidered in colour and centred on the pennant, (2) COs of RCHA units by the RCHA badge embroidered in gold on the pennant and the number of the regiment clearly displayed in the canton, (3) COs of RCA units (except Air Defence) by the RCA badge embroidered in gold on the pennant and the unit number clearly displayed in the canton, (4) COs of Air Defence units by the crossed gun barrel and missile superimposed over a vertical lighting bolt embroidered in Gold on the pennant and the unit number clearly displayed in the canton, (5) the CDA s pennant shall conform in colour, material and overall size. It is shaped in accordance with the Brigadier-General s pennant described in Annex A to Chapter 3 of A-AD /AG-000 Flags, Ensigns, Colours, Pennants and Honours for the Canadian Forces. It may be described as a swallow-tailed pennant with truncated bottom with the fly cut at centreline to a depth of 5 cm. It carries a centred gold maple leaf and the Divisional number centred in the canton, (6) the G3 Artillery pennant conforms in all respects to the standard pattern and bears a centred gold maple leaf, and the alpha-numeric combination G3, with the Divisional number below it, centred in the canton, (7) the guidelines in sub-para 3 applies to the RCAS with the addition of RCAS attached to the fly of the pennant, (8) independent batteries shall follow the guidelines for Commanding Officers with the addition of the abbreviation Bty or Bie attached to the fly, 4-9

64 (9) regimental seconds-in-command of RCHA units shall fly the white horse centred on the pennant with the number of the regiment displayed in the canton, (10) regimental seconds-in-command of RCA units shall fly the abbreviated 2IC or CMDT A over the number of the regiment in the canton, (11) battery commanders of RCHA gun batteries shall fly a horse of the appropriate battery colour centred on the pennant with the applicable battery letter, in white displayed in the canton. Battery colours are as shown at Annex A. Battery Commanders of headquarters and services batteries shall fly a white horse and the abbreviated HQ or CS over the number of the regiment in the red field, and (12) battery commanders of RCA gun batteries shall fly the number of their battery displayed in the canton. Battery Commanders of headquarters and services batteries shall fly the abbreviated HQ or CS over the number of the regiment in the red field. 3. Units can purchase the proper pennants through special order from the RCA Kit Shop at minimal cost. A master roll of approved pennants is shown at Annex A (note: not incl in this version - contact RHQ RCA for details) THE CORPS COLOUR OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT 1. The corps colour of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is red. It is a deeper shade than scarlet but lighter than cherry. Blue has traditionally been the colour of an artilleryman s coat. The reason for this has been lost to historical record but it has been suggested that blue was a preferable colour due to the dirty nature of working with black powder guns, and that cavalry and infantry alone were entitled to wear the royal scarlet being the servants of the sovereign. Artillerymen, being originally the civilian employees of the various officials of the ordnance, did not enjoy this privilege and so adopted the sister colour of blue. This distinction was eventually recognized and perpetuated when clothing regulations were formalized, with blue being generally accepted as belonging to the artillery. 2. The corps colour, red, is not used on full dress or mess dress. The correct colour is the distinguishing colour of the Artillery, which is scarlet. The distinguishing colour is used for facings, cuffs, trouser stripes, busby bags, and similar applications. These applications of scarlet reflect the traditional royal facings on artillery uniforms and have nothing to do with the corps colour. 3. The Artillery uses red over blue on regimental flags, standards, pennants, signs, and wherever else artillery colours are required. The colours are a direct extract from the British Flag and are referred to as Union Jack Red and Blue. 4-10

65 4. Information on the proper colour and material for the production of flags, pennants, standards, etc, are available from RHQ RCA. (412 to 499 inclusive - not allocated)

66 CHAPTER 5 DRILL AND CEREMONIAL 501. GENERAL The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery follows, in general, standard forms of drill and ceremonial. However, the Regiment does lay claim to certain prerogatives and has preserved some unique traditions THE RIGHT OF THE LINE 1. The honour of The Right of the Line, on an army parade, is held by the units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery when on parade with their guns. On dismounted parades, RCHA units take precedence over all other land force units except formed bodies of Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College representing their college. RCA units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Details concerning precedence within the Canadian Forces are given in CFAO The artillery company of the Troupes de la Marine (formed in Quebec in 1750) was considered a corps d élite and on parade took the position of honour at the right of the line. At about this time, the Royal Artillery was officially accorded the same honour. 3. It has not been clearly established exactly when the Royal Artillery was first given its position on the right of the line but it was very likely in Flanders about It is recorded that in 1742, at a camp at Lexden Heath near Colchester, The Artillery on its own authority, moved from the left of the camp to the right, which was its customary place. 4. In 1756, the matter was brought to official notice on a complaint by a Capt Pattison, whose company of artillery was denied its usual place on the right during a parade to witness the execution of a deserter. He based his claim on the custom in Flanders. The claim was upheld and the official letter on the subject concluded as follows: It is the Duke of Cumberland s order that Colonel Bedford write to Capt Pattison and acquaint General Bland, it is His Royal Highness command that the Artillery take the right of all foot on all parades and likewise of Dragoons when dismounted. 5. In 1773, at Gibraltar, the Commander Royal Artillery protested that the governor had changed the accepted order of precedence in parading the Guards. The protest was then taken to His Majesty, who upheld the Gunners claim. The custom was again upheld in 1787 when it was questioned whether the Royal Irish Artillery should parade on the right or left of the Royal Military Artificers who were the next in order of precedence after the Royal Artillery. The answer to this question was: The Royal Artillery to be on the right, either English or Irish, there is no exception. 5-1

67 6. From its formation in 1793, the Royal Horse Artillery took precedence over all cavalry including the Household Cavalry, following the established precedence of the Foot Artillery over all infantry including the Foot Guards. This precedence was confirmed in 1804 but was modified by Queen Victoria in 1868 so that the Royal Horse Artillery when on parade with their guns would take precedence over the Household Cavalry, who otherwise held the right of the line as part of the Body Guard of the Sovereign. 7. Precedence within The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is as outlined at article DRILL 1. Instructions for both mounted and dismounted drill for all units of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are contained in A-PD /PT-000 Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial. The following traditional artillery drill practices will, however, be observed within the Regiment: a. an artillery parade is always handed over at ease. This applies at all levels of command up to and including the commander of an artillery formation. However, artillery sub-units, units and formations will receive an inspecting officer at attention. This practice dates from the period before recoil mechanisms when guns had to be run back by hand into firing position. After hours of sponging, loading, firing and running the guns back into battery, the gunners were exhausted. Commanders extending their congratulations to gunners for their contribution to victory granted them the privilege of receiving these accolades at ease rather than attention. A parade will receive an inspecting officer at attention ; b. officers and men serving the weapons and equipment of the Regiment will carry out their duties at the double unless orders to the contrary are issued and except when handling ammunition; and c. bayonets will be carried by Artillery personnel who are issued with rifles and bayonets. The artillery does not, as a matter of routine, fix bayonets except when ordered for ceremonial parades or when on guard, etc, with members of other branches or corps carrying fixed bayonets ARTILLERY GUN SALUTES 1. When gun salutes are fired in conjunction with Royal or General Salutes, the Royal or General Salute shall be conducted in its normal manner regardless of the fact that the gun salute is continuing. 5-2

68 2. When gun salutes are fired by The Royal Regiment in conjunction with Royal or General salutes, they should commence as the final movement of the Present Arms is performed. On all other occasions the firing shall be controlled and timed by the firing troop commander. 3. The form of the salute shall be governed by the overall parade format and the aural comfort of dignitaries and spectators. Particular attention must be paid to noise when horses are involved in the ceremonies. 4. The saluting troop should consist of four guns commanded by a Troop Commander with a Gun Position Officer and a Troop Sergeant Major. Kneeling gun drill shall be employed. The saluting troop should be deployed, if possible, in a prominent position and should be inspected by the Reviewing Officer during the parade. 5. Annex A to this chapter details a table of salutes accorded to important personages. Further regulations governing the firing of gun salutes on all occasions are detailed in CFAO 61-8 and A-PD /PT-000 Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial WEDDING CEREMONIES 1. Military uniform is appropriate for wear by either or both of the marriage partners and members of the wedding party. Service dress (1 or 1A) may be worn. Members of the wedding party may wear swords in the church. 2. A sword arch is a traditional accompaniment for the wedding of a serviceperson, whether the wedding party is in uniform or not. The sword party consists of three or four pairs of fellow officers with one named to command the sword party. The sword party lines both sides of the departure walk in facing pairs with swords drawn. On the command Form arch, the sword is brought to the recover position and, after a regulation pause, the right arm is extended fully upward at a 45 o angle. As the arm is extended, the wrist is rotated 270 o counter-clockwise into the final position with the back of the sword facing down, the edge of the blade and the guard facing up. Following the passage of the wedding party, the movements are repeated in reverse order on the command Attention. Instructions for the drill movements for a sword arch are contained in A-PD /PT-000 Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial. 3. It is traditional for the bride and groom, after having passed under the arch of swords, to ride on a waiting gun limber from the church to the reception. 4. Wedding receptions take the usual form but the bride and groom may use a sword to cut the cake. 5-3

69 506. MILITARY FUNERALS 1. Since prehistoric times, kings and warriors have been borne to their graves with their weapons - Roman soldiers carried on their shields, Viking chieftains were dispatched on their burning longship and warrior knights buried with their horse. Two current funeral customs have their origins with these mystic beginnings - the riderless horse and the use of a gun carriage as a hearse. 2. A black horse saddled but with spurred boots reversed in the stirrups symbolized the soldier who will ride into battle no more. As a mounted corps, it is an appropriate custom for any artillery funeral. 3. Gun carriages with a special platform for accepting the casket have long been used at funerals. The gun may be with or without limber and drawn by hand, horse or vehicle. The most popular guns for this purpose are the 25 pounder and the 105-mm C1 because they have excellent stability and a reasonable height for the casket bearing platforms. Pallbearers march on either side of the gun carriage in the funeral procession. The use of a gun carriage for a hearse is not restricted to gunners but is customary for all military funerals. 4. CFAO 24-5 and A-PD /PT-000 Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial contain other details on military funerals NOTIFICATION OF DEATH OF SERVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY 1. Communication and Co-ordination. It is imperative that the Colonel Commandant, the Director of Artillery and RHQ RCA be promptly informed of the death of a serving or former member of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. OPIs, as listed below, are responsible to notify the Director of Artillery and the Regimental Major RCA in the event of such a death in their geographical area: a. Land Force Atlantic Area. OPI. The Commandant Artillery School; b. Land Force Quebec Area. OPI. The Commanding Officer 5 RALC; c. Land Force Central Area. OPI. The Commanding Officer 2 RCHA; d. Land Force Western Area. Less province of British Columbia. OPI. The Commanding Officer 1 RCHA; 5-4

70 e. British Columbia. OPI. The Commanding Officer 15 Field Regiment RCA; f. Canadian Forces Northern Area. OPI. Senior Gunner Officer in CFNA HQ; and g. Europe/USA. OPI. The Senior Gunner Officer on staff at CDLS (L)/CDLS(W) or an officer appointed by DArty. 2. All notices are to be forwarded to the respective OPI s via their affiliated unit headquarters. 3. Upon notification of the death of a serving or former member of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, the Director of Artillery will effect liaison with the necessary authorities in NDHQ, or the Base Commander or Commanding Officer concerned, to ensure that Regimental representation and assistance are provided if required. Notifications will be promulgated to the Colonel Commandant, RHQ RCA and all artillery units for their information. RHQ RCA will then post a death notice on the RCA Web Site and publish it in the next Quadrant ARTILLERY CHANGE OF COMMAND PARADES 1. Although a unit change of command can be a simple office signing ceremony, it is traditional that a Regimental parade be held to mark the occasion. The Colonel Commandant should be invited to all such parades. 2. The following procedures should take place on parade: a. the incoming commanding officer arrives with the reviewing officer and accompanies the reviewing officer as part of the inspecting party; b. the regiment marches past once and reforms on the inspection line; c. presentations, certificate signing and addresses take place: (1) first, any presentations to other than the outgoing commanding officer, (2) second, the outgoing commanding officer addresses his/her unit for the final time, (3) third, the change of command certificates are signed (see para 3), followed by any presentations, such as the commanding officer s pennant, etc, to the outgoing commanding officer, and 5-5

71 (4) last, an address is made by the reviewing officer, with the incoming commanding officer making a short reply to both addresses if circumstances warrant; d. the regiment, under the incoming commanding officer, marches past the outgoing commanding officer; e. the regiment advances in review order and pays compliments to the reviewing officer; and f. the reviewing officer departs, accompanied by the outgoing commanding officer. 3. For the signing ceremony, the presiding officer, accompanied by the incoming commanding officer, takes up a position in front of the dais. The outgoing commanding officer proceeds forward and halts in front of the presiding officer, and the outgoing commanding officer salutes. The Commanding Officer s Pennant is brought forward, usually by the driver or trumpeter, and given to the outgoing commanding officer who in turn presents it to the presiding officer. The incoming and outgoing commanding officers proceed to a table placed at one side of the dais and sign the change of command certificates, under the supervision of the presiding officer. The presiding officer then presents the incoming commanding officer with the Commanding Officer s Pennant. 4. This type of ceremony should also be encouraged at the battery level with the changing of battery commanders CHANGE OF RSM CEREMONIES 1. The recent tradition of having the commanding officer pass the Regimental Cane from the outgoing RSM to the incoming RSM is encouraged by The Royal Regiment. This simple ceremony allows the commanding officer to charge the new RSM with carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the appointment with the unit as witness. 2. The drill should be simple in format. At the completion of a regimental parade the commanding officer should call forward the outgoing and incoming RSMs and exchange the Cane. After dismissing the outgoing RSM the commanding officer orders the new RSM to take up position on parade. Once the parade has been turned back to the RSM by the 2IC, the new RSM should march the regiment off the parade ground with the outgoing RSM on the dais at the position of attention. 3. This type of ceremony should also be encouraged at the battery level with the changing of BSMs. (510 to 599 inclusive - not allocated) 5-6

72 ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 5 TO RCA STANDING ORDERS TABLE OF SALUTES ACCORDED TO IMPORTANT PERSONAGES SERIAL PERSONAGES TITLE OF SALUTE STRENGTH OF GUARD GUN SALUTE 1 HM The Queen; HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; HM Royal Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 2 Other Members of The Royal Family Royal Foreign Sovereigns and Members of Reigning Foreign Families, Presidents and Heads of State of Commonwealth and Foreign Countries Royal or State Governor General of Canada Royal Governors General of Commonwealth Countries Royal Lieutenant-Governor of a Canadian Province within sphere of his/ her jurisdiction The Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Ministers of Commonwealth and Foreign Countries, Ambassadors and High Commissioners The Minister of National Defence and the equivalent of Commonwealth and Foreign Countries Defence Council, Naval Board, Army Council or Air Council of Commonwealth Countries (when acting as a corporate body; two or more members to constitute a quorum) Royal General General General Field Marshall or equivalent General or equivalent Lieutenant-General or equivalent General General Genral Officers Commanding Commands, Air Divisions, Areas, Groups, Brigades; entitlement shall be in accordance with rank as listed below: Major-General or equivalent Brigadier-General or equivalent General General Colonel Commandant General Quarter Guard 11 or as per attained rank Director of Artillery General Quarter Guard nil Colonel to Major inclusive General nil nil Distinguished personages not included in previous serials: Honours as directed by NDHQ. Such Honours shall normally be those accorded the distinguished personage when officially visiting an establishment of his/her own nation except that a gun salute, if prescribed, shall not exceed 19 guns A-1

73 CHAPTER 6 MUSIC 601. GENERAL 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has adopted the marches and much of the traditional music of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 2. Regimental marches were not officially adopted in the British Army until ; however, the marches and music now associated with gunners have been in use since a much earlier period. It is known that the four regimental marches currently in use by the artillery - The Royal Artillery Slow March (The Duchess of Kent), British Grenadiers, Keel Row and Bonnie Dundee - constituted the parade music at Queen Victoria s review of the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Woolwich in July 1856 on its return from the Crimea. The Royal Artillery in 1995 adopted a medley of British Grenadiers and Voice of the Guns as the Royal Artillery Quick March REGIMENTAL MARCHES 1. The Royal Artillery Slow March, British Grenadiers and the Trot Past Keel Row are authorized marches for The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. In addition, the Gallop Past Bonnie Dundee is authorized for units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. For further detail, see CFA The marches are used as follows: a. Royal Artillery Slow March - for dismounted parades, concerts, and dinners by all artillery units. This is the principal artillery march; b. British Grenadiers - for dismounted parades; c. Keel Row - for mounted parades; and d. Bonnie Dundee - RCHA - for mounted parades. 3. The following are the metronome marks at which the Regimental airs should be played: a. Royal Artillery Slow March - MM half note (65); b. British Grenadiers - MM quarter note (120); 6-1

74 c. Keel Row - MM half note (86); and d. Bonnie Dundee - MM dotted quarter note (120). 4. Artillery units which have been converted from cavalry, armour or infantry will adopt The Royal Artillery Slow March, British Grenadiers and Keel Row. Such units may be authorized to retain the traditional marches which they used prior to conversion. In addition to artillery marches, 49th Field Artillery Regiment RCA is authorized to use the march A Hundred Pipers with a pipe band. 5. At guest nights and concerts all of the above marches may be played. If marches are played, The Royal Artillery Slow March will normally be played first. Other music closely associated with The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery includes The Screw Guns, St. Barbara s Day and The Post Horn Gallop, which are normally played on such occasions (see Chapter 9, Article 905) THE ROYAL ARTILLERY SLOW MARCH The Royal Artillery Slow March was either composed or arranged for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1836 by Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria s Mother. This tune with its royal connection has always been regarded with special favour by gunners. Nevertheless, its use as the artillery signature tune dates only to 1909 and its general use as the primary gunner tune at Guest Nights was not established until Today, it remains the primary gunner music on Guest Nights - its stirring chords evocative of the soul of the regiment BRITISH GRENADIERS British Grenadiers, as a song dates to 1779 but the tune is older still. It was one of several marches used by the Royal Artillery in the first half of the l9th century along with The Artillery Grenadiers, Geary Owen, I m Ninety Five and Highland Laddie. By 1855, however, custom had determined British Grenadiers to be the regimental quick march THE SCREW GUNS The Screw Guns is a very popular gunner tune, albeit with no official status. Wherever gunners gather, they sing The Screw Guns by Rudyard Kipling. It is a description of an elite force, the Mountain Artillery, whose feats were legendary. First published in The Scots Observer on 12 July 1890, the ballad has come to symbolize the elan and spirit of all gunners. It is sung to the melody of The Eton Boating Song. The words and music are found at Annex A. 6-2

75 Figure 10 - CO s Trumpeter, RCHA 606. COMMANDING OFFICER S TRUMPETER 1. A commanding officer of a regiment or independent battery may employ a trumpeter. The trumpeter will parade four paces behind the commanding officer and will conform to his movements. 2. Both trumpet and bugle are carried. The trumpet is normally carried in the hand. The bugle cord is slung over the left shoulder; the bugle hanging on the right side (Figure 10) REGIMENTAL CALLS Regimental calls are authorized for units of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in the publication Regimental Trumpet and Bugle Calls for the Canadian Army These are reproduced at Annex B to this chapter. Trumpet and bugle calls for both routine and field calls in the artillery are authorized in the publication Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Army Bugles are used to sound field calls and trumpets for routine calls. The music for these calls may be obtained from the office of the Commanding Officer, RCA Band BANDS 1. The Royal Canadian Artillery Band (RCA Band), is the oldest Regular Force band in the Canadian Forces. The RCA Band traces its roots to Quebec City. In 1879, the B battery Band 6-3

76 of the Royal Canadian Artillery became the first permanent military band in Canada. This band, composed of many professionally trained musicians from France and England was a concert favorite in Quebec. In 1899 this band became The Royal Canadian Artillery Band of Canada. The RCA Band is one of six military bands in the Regular Force. It operates under the aegis of Land Force Western Area. The RCA Band is a brass and reed band and has a complement of thirty-five professional musicians. On 4 December 1997 (St. Barbara s Day), the RCA Band marked its move to its present location at Edmonton Garrison. 2. Artillery units may organize voluntary bands in accordance with procedures detailed in CFAO (609 to 699 inclusive allocated) 6-4

77 ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 6 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS SCREW GUNS by Rudyard Kipling Smokin my pipe on the mountings, sniffin the mornin cool, I walks in my old brown gaiters along o my old brown mule, With seventy gunners be ind me, an never a beggar forgets It s only the pick of the Army that handles the dear little pets - Tss! Tss! For you all love the screw guns - The screw guns they all love you! So when we call round with a few guns O course you will know what to do - hoo! hoo! Jest send in your Chief an surrender - It s worse if you fights or you runs; You can go where you please, you can skid up the trees, But you don t get away from the guns! They send us along where the roads are, but mostly we goes where they ain t, We d climb up the side of a sign-board an trust to the stick o the paint, We ve chivied the Naga an Looshai, we ve give the Afreedeeman fits, For we fancies ourselves at two thousand, we guns that are built in two bits - Tss! Tss! For you all love the screw guns - If a man doesn t work, why, we drills im an teaches im ow to behave; If a beggar can t march, why, we kills im an rattles im into is grave. You ve got to stand up to our business an spring without snatchin or fuss. D you say that you sweat with the field guns? By God, you must lather with us - Tss! Tss! For you all love the screw guns - The eagles is screamin around us, the river s a-moanin below, We re clear o the pine an the oak-scrub, we re out on the rocks an the snow, An the wind is as thin as a whip-lash what carries away to the plains The rattle an stamp o the lead-mules - the jinglety jink o the chains - Tss! Tss! For you all love the screw guns - There s a wheel on the Horns o the Mornin an a wheel on the edge o the Pit, An a drop into nothin beneath you as straight as a beggar can spit: With the sweat runnin out o your shirt-sleeves, an the sun off the snow in your face, An arf o the men on the drag-ropes to hold the old gun in er place - Tss! Tss! 6A-1

78 For you all love the screw guns - Smokin my pipe on the mountings, sniffin the mornin cool, I climbs in my old brown gaiters along o my old brown mule. The monkey can say what our road was - the wild goat e knows where we passed. Stand easy you long-eared old darlin s! Out drag-ropes! With shrapnel! Hold Fast! Tss! Tss! For you all love the screw guns - The screw guns they all love you! So when you take tea with a few guns O course you will know what to do - hoo! hoo! Jest send in your Chief an surrender - It s worse if you fights or you runs: You may hide in the caves, they ll be only your graves, But you can t get away from the guns! 6A-2

79 ANNEX B TO CHAPTER 6 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS REGIMENTAL CALLS 1. RCHA Regimental Call. Trumpet Bugle First Regiment - precede with Second Regiment - precede with Third Regiment - precede with - Etc. 6B-1

80 2. RCA Regimental Call. Trumpet Bugle Senior Regiment - precede with Next Senior Regiment - precede with Next Senior Regiment - precede with Etc. 6B-2

81 3. 49th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Call. Trumpet* * If to be played on a bugle, read one octave higher 4. 56th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Call. Trumpet* * If to be played on a bugle, read one octave higher 5. RCA Special Guest Night Calls: a. Officers Dress for Dinner (2 hour call); b. Quarter Call (15 minutes call); and c. Officers Mess Call (5 minutes call). 6B-3

82 ANNEX C TO CHAPTER 6 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS ST. BARBARA S DAY Composer: Pipe Major H.D. Macpherson, CD Canadian Forces, C-1

83 CHAPTER 7 ARTILLERY CUSTOMS 701. GENERAL There are several customs and procedures that are unique to the artillery. These are described in this chapter ARTILLERY DAY 1. Artillery Day is celebrated annually on the 26 th of May. In 1952, the then Colonel Commandant, Major-General H.O.N. Brownfield, sought and received permission to adopt the Royal Artillery birthdate (26 May 1716) as Artillery Day for The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 2. Artillery Day may be celebrated with special parades, sports days, guest nights, parties, open houses and the like THE ARTILLERY BIRTHDAY A and B batteries Garrison Artillery, which were the first regular components of the Canadian Forces, were formed on 20 October While a number of Militia artillery units pre-date this, The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has adopted the 20 th of October as its birthday. It is also celebrated as 1 RCHA s unit birthday. As with Artillery Day, the Artillery Birthday may be celebrated with special parades, sports days, guest nights, parties, open houses and the like ST. BARBARA 1. St. Barbara is the Patron Saint of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. According to legend, St. Barbara was the extremely beautiful daughter of a wealthy heathen named Dioscorus, who lived near Nicomedia in Asia Minor. Because of her singular beauty and fearful that she be demanded in marriage and taken away from him, he jealously shut her up in a tower to protect her from the outside world. 2. Shortly before embarking on a journey, he commissioned a sumptuous bathhouse to be built for her in the tower, approving the design before he departed. Barbara had heard of the teachings of Christ, and while her father was gone, she spent much time in contemplation. From the windows of her tower she looked out upon the surrounding countryside and marveled at the growing things; the trees, the animals and the people. She decided that all these must be part of God s master plan, and that the idols of wood and stone worshipped by her parents must be condemned as false. 7-1

84 3. Gradually she came to accept the Christian faith. As her belief became firm, she directed that the builders redesign the bathhouse her father had planned, adding another window so that the three windows might symbolize the Holy Trinity. She also traced a cross in the marble of the bath. Upon his return, her father was wild with rage that she had disobeyed his instructions regarding the bathhouse windows, and when he learned their religious significance, he drew his sword to kill her. St. Barbara fell on her knees in prayer and was miraculously transported to a mountain. Here she was found by a shepherd who betrayed her to Dioscorus. She was dragged before Marcian, the prefect of the province, who decreed that she be tortured and put to death by beheading. Dioscorus himself carried out the death sentence. On his way home he was struck by lightning and his body consumed. 4. Saint Barbara lived and died about the year 300 AD. She was venerated as early as the seventh century. The place of her martyrdom is variously given as Heliopolis, a town in Egypt, and as Nicomedia, Asia Minor. The year varies from 235 AD to 303 AD. The legend of the lightning bolt, which struck down her persecutor, caused her to be regarded as the patron saint in time of danger from thunderstorms, lightning, fires and sudden death. 5. When gunpowder made its appearance in the Western world, Saint Barbara was invoked for aid against accident resulting from explosions. Since some of the earlier artillery pieces often blew up instead of firing their projectile, Saint Barbara became the patroness of the atillerymen. She is also traditionally the patron of armourers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives. She is invoked against thunder and lightning and all accidents arising from explosions of gunpowder. 6. Saint Barbara is represented in art as standing by a tower with three windows, often holding a chalice, or carrying the palm of a martyr in her hand. She may also be portrayed with the Host or Bible above. Sometimes there are cannons nearby. 7. St. Barbara s Day, 4 December, may be celebrated by artillery formations, units and sub-units with church parades, sports days, guest nights, cocktail parties, open house, and other activities ARTILLERY NECK TIE It is customary to wear the artillery tie (red lightning bolt over blue) when civilian clothes are worn on Fridays UNIT BIRTHDAYS The unit birthdays for Regular Force and Reserve Force units are at Annex A. These dates are based on information provided from DHH, based on official RCA lineage charts. The dates normally represent the first date that each Regiment was authorized, not necessarily when its component batteries were authorized. 7-2

85 707. ARTILLERY MEMORIALS 1. A listing of artillery memorials in Canada and on foreign soil is at Annex B. 2. It is customary for a designated gunner officer serving in England, normally the Canadian Exchange Officer at the Royal School of Artillery, Larkhill, to lay a wreath at the Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park, at the Armistice Day Service each year. The Royal Canadian Artillery Association provides the wreath on behalf of all Canadian gunners, serving and retired. 3. Artillery Park, located in the north east corner of the old walled section of Quebec City bears witness to more than two and a half centuries of history. The artillery presence began after the fall of the French when soldiers of the Royal Artillery took up quarters in the barracks. By 1816, the Royal Artillery had become the main occupant of the fortifications and the soldiers began calling the section Artillery Barracks, Yard and Ordnance Stores. 4. In 1984, at CFB Petawawa, another Artillery Park was officially opened. The park was constructed by the gunners of 2 RCHA on the site of the Artillery Officers Mess known as A-12. Artillery Park, CFB Petawawa, commemorates the service of Petawawa gunners in peace and war. 5. A new Artillery Park, centered on the Canoe River Memorial at CFB Shilo (Article 709), was dedicated on 2 July It contains cairns dedicated to Proctor Field (Airborne), Flewin Field (Air OP) and the German Army Training Establishment Shilo (GATES) THE NATIONAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL 1. The first public, official act of the newly appointed Governor General of Canada, Major- General Georges P. Vanier, was the unveiling of the National Artillery Memorial in Ottawa on 21 September The money for the construction of this impressive memorial came from donations from all ranks of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery at the end of World War II, from individuals and from units as time for construction drew near, and from a grant from the Royal Canadian Artillery Association. Distinguished guests at the ceremony included the Prime Minister, members of the Cabinet, the Leader of the Opposition, senior military officers and civilian officials, officers from the UK and USA and gunners from across Canada. The Commanding Officers of every artillery unit in Canada paraded together in front of the Memorial immediately prior to its unveiling. 2. On 24 May 1998, distinguished guests and members of the Artillery family assembled in Green Island Park, Ottawa, to rededicate the National Artillery Memorial. The Memorial had stood for 39 years in Major s Hill Park, and was moved in 1997 as part of the National Capital Commission s restructuring plan. Green Island Park locates the Memorial with the Commonwealth Airforce Memorial across from City Hall, and provides a distinguished and scenic location for this important Monument. 7-3

86 3. On November 11 of each year, a memorial service is held at this Memorial immediately following the national ceremony at the Cenotaph. A wreath is laid by the Colonel Commandant or the Director of Artillery on behalf of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery CANOE RIVER MEMORIAL 1. On 21 November 1950, 17 soldiers of 2 RCHA were killed in a train wreck while en route to the West Coast and embarkation for Korea. The wreck occurred near Canoe River, a remote settlement in the Rocky Mountains. 2. The Canoe River memorial located at CFB Shilo marks this tragedy. A wreath is laid on Remembrance Day each year in memory of these soldiers. 3. On 9 May 1989, 2 RCHA dedicated a cairn in Valemount, British Columbia, to their fallen soldiers. Canadian National Railway has also placed a cairn near the site of the disaster MAJOR SHORT / STAFF-SERGEANT WALLICK MEMORIAL 1. On the morning of 16 May 1889, a conflagration broke out in the suburb of Saint- Sauveur, Quebec, which threatened to destroy most of the city. B Battery, under command of Major J.C. Short, helped to fight the flames. They decided to blow up some buildings in order to isolate the district, which was on fire. Major Short, followed by Staff-Sergeant Wallick G., attempted to position a barrel of gunpowder inside one of the buildings. It is said that a spark spurted out from an opening and the gunpowder exploded while the two soldiers were still inside. 2. In memory of Major Short and Staff-Sergeant Wallick, the citizens of Quebec erected an impressive memorial, which they located centrally in the city on the Grande-Allée, facing the Manège Militaire. These valiant soldiers, represented by bronze half-length statues, appear side by side with a flag wrapped around their shoulders. A female figure, symbolizing the grateful population of Quebec City, holds the flagstaff from one hand and supports a shield hoisting the City Arms with the other one THE SILVER (KOREA) GUN 1. In recognition of service in Korea, HQ RCA 1 st Commonwealth Division presented sterling silver 25 pounder guns to 1 RCHA, 2 RCHA and 4 RCHA. It became tradition, at guest nights and other occasions, to lay the gun on a large hill in Korea known by its height in metres as Hill 355. The regiments involved fired tons of ammunition from and onto Hill 355 during the war. 7-4

87 2. 4 RCHA maintained the tradition until it was disbanded. 2 RCHA continues the tradition in remembrance of those who fought in the engagements on and about Hill 355. The drill format is at Annex C THE ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS MOUNTED TROOPER 1. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery holds, as a gift from the Royal Canadian Dragoons, a statuette of a mounted trooper dressed and equipped for the South African War. This statuette was presented by Major-General C.C. Mann, CBE, DSO, CD, in 1962 to commemorate the long association between the Royal Canadian Dragoons and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. 2. The association began with the formation of the Cavalry School in Quebec City in 1883 to join A Battery, Royal School of Gunnery, which had been transferred there from Kingston in The association was firmly cemented during World War I when the RCHA Brigade supported the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, of which the Royal Canadian Dragoons were the senior regiment. The association continued through Sicily, Northwest Europe and post war garrison duties in Canada and with 4 CMBG in Europe. 3. The presentation had been to the RCHA collectively. Therefore, it was not deemed acceptable that the trophy be held permanently by either A or B Batteries, which had the earliest association with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. The then Colonel Commandant, Brigadier P.A.S. Todd, decided that the trophy would be held by the RCHA Regiment stationed closest geographically to the Royal Canadian Dragoons. 4. The statuette accordingly went to 1 RCHA stationed in Gagetown with the RCD. When 1 RCHA rotated to Germany in 1967, the statuette remained with 2 RCHA in Gagetown. With the rotation of the RCD to Germany in 1968, the statuette eventually returned to 1 RCHA. In the summer of 1987, with the completion of Operation SPRINGBOK-CORONET and the return of the RCD to Petawawa, the statuette moved again. Today, it is held in trust by 2 RCHA on behalf of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery as a perpetual memorial to the long and continuing association in peace and war between the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and the Royal Canadian Dragoons FORMS OF ADDRESS 1. The title Master Gunner may be used by all graduates of the Master Gunner course. It may be used both as a form of address and when referring to the individual in question. It may not be used in place of rank in formal correspondence. Traditionally, in correspondence, the title is placed in parentheses after the rank, in the form, Chief Warrant Officer (Master Gunner) or CWO (Mr Gnr). 7-5

88 2. The terms Master Bombardier, Bombardier and Gunner shall be used within The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. Master Bombardier is the correct designation for a Master Corporal who is a member of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. The term Master Corporal shall be used when referring to any Master Corporal who is not a member of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery even though he may be serving with an artillery unit. The same rule applies to the use of the terms Bombardier / Corporal and Gunner / Private. 3. Chief Warrant Officers shall be addressed as follows: a. by all ranks by rank and surname, or by appointment; b. by officers and ranking peers, by Mister, Mrs, Ms or Miss as appropriate, followed by their surname; and c. by their juniors, as Sir or Ma am as appropriate. They are never addressed as Chief CALLING CARDS 1. Until a few years ago, official calling was very important in the lives of regimental officers and their wives. Newly arrived wives made official calls on the wife of the Commanding Officer, and vice versa. Cards were always left on a silver salver (tray) in the front hall. Officers when visiting other units never failed to leave their cards on a silver salver or in the card rack on the wall near the entrance. Many officers continue this custom, although the tradition of formal calling by the spouses is not followed in many units today because of changing lifestyles and a generally more informal attitude. Cards are still carried by many officers and are mandatory in some units. Many spouses still have their own cards which they use to accompany flowers or fruit, drop off when calling and finding no one at home or other circumstances. Officers still require cards at the National Defence Headquarters New Year s levee in Ottawa, at Government House and on other official occasions. 2. Calling cards for officers are of size three inches by one and one-half inches, and in script as shown at Annex D. Decorations will be included. DND pattern business cards are an acceptable substitute. 3. Spouse s calling cards are of size three and one-quarter inches by two and one-quarter inches. Engraving, in script, shall be as shown at Annex D. (715 to 799 inclusive - not allocated) 7-6

89 ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 7 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS ARTILLERY UNIT BIRTHDAYS All dates have been validated and are in accordance with new lineage charts produced by the Directorate of History and Heritage. The dates represent the earliest date of formation or conversion of the unit as an artillery regiment, and not the dates of formation of any of its subunits. Once a unit is disbanded, it ceases to exist afterwards. A new unit with the same designation which is raised at a later date, takes its birthday as that date. Note that some revisions have taken place. Copies of the lineage documents are available through the Regimental Major RCA. Should a unit possess hard documentation which clearly disputes these dates, the unit is to forward such documentation to RHQ RCA for furtherance to DHH. 1. Regular Force Unit Regimental Birthdays 1 RCHA 20 October 1871* 2 RCHA 7 August RALC 6 May AD Regt RCA 27 November 1987** RCAS 16 September 1946*** CFB Shilo 25 June Reserve Force Unit Regimental Birthdays 1 Fd Regt RCA 10 September 1869**** 2 Fd Regt RCA 27 November 1856**** (7 Fd Bty - 27 September 1855) 3 Fd Regt RCA 10 September 1869**** (The Loyal Company - 4 May 1793) 5 (BC) Fd Regt RCA 17 October 1954**** 6 RAC ARC 1 August Tor Regt RCA 1 April 1942**** (9 Fd Bty - 9 Mar 1866) 10 Fd Regt RCA 2 February 1920**** (18 Fd bty - 1 April 1910) 11 Fd Regt RCA 24 March 1880**** (11 Fd Bty - 6 Dec 1855) 7A-1

90 15 Fd Regt RCA 2 February Fd Regt RCA 17 October 1961**** (78 Fd Bty - 2 February 1920) 26 Fd Regt RCA 15 December Fd Regt RCA 9 May 1905**** ( 1 Fd Bty - 22 March 1861) 49 Fd Regt RCA 1 April 1946 (converted from2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment - 15 November 1913) 56 Fd Regt RCA 1 April 1946 (converted from The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada - 28 September 1866) 62 RAC ARC 1 April AD Regt RCA 10 November 1992**** (converted from Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regt - 5 October 1866) 18 AD Regt RCA 1 February Indep Fd Bty RCA 4 October 1878**** 116 Indep Fd Bty RCA 1 April 1946**** (16th Medium Battery (How.), RCA - 15 December 1936) * 1 RCHA was originally authorized on 1 December 1898 as the Royal Canadian Artillery (Field Division) of The Royal Canadian Artillery. Prior to that, A, B and C Batteries operated as independent units. 1 RCHA holds birthday celebrations each year on 20 October to mark the formation of A and B Batteries. ** 4 AD Regt was authorized within the Regular Force on 27 November 1987 as the 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA. It was reduced to nil strength in July 1992 and was subsequently authorized to reorganize on 15 March *** The Artillery school was authorized on 16 September 1946 as the The Royal Canadian School of Artillery. It was redesignated Canadian Forces School of Artillery on 15 February The school was amalgamated with the Combat Arms School in 1970 under the latter title. The school was authorized on 19 May 1987 as the Field Artillery School. It was redesignated Field Artillery School, RCA on 23 November The school was amalgamated with the Air Defence Artillery School, RCA, on 15 February 1996 to form the Royal Canadian Artillery School. **** Denotes modified date IAW DHH Lineage Documents. (Dates in brackets indicate formation of earliest subunit, or date of origin of the unit from which the artillery unit was converted). 7A-2

91 ANNEX B TO CHAPTER 7 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS ARTILLERY MEMORIALS 1. ARTILLERY MEMORIALS LOCATED IN CANADA a. The National Artillery Memorial - Green Island, Ottawa, Ontario; b. The RCHA Brigade Memorial - King and Barrie Streets, Kingston, Ontario; c. The 9th Canadian Siege Battery, RCGA Memorial - RA Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia; d. The 2 RCHA Canoe River Memorial - CFB Shilo, Manitoba; e. The Major J.C. Short/ Staff-Sergeant G. Wallick Memorial, la rue Grande-Allée, Quebec City, Quebec; f. Artillery Memorial Dominion Square, Montréal, Quebec; g. Gunners Cairn and 25 Pounder - Brantford, Ontario; h. Brownfield Memorial Gun - RMC, Kingston, Ontario; i. Simonds Cairn, Simonds Barracks, CFB Petawawa, Ontario; j. 2 RCHA Canoe River Memorial - Royal Canadian Legion, Valemount, British Columbia; k. The Brigadier-General E.M.D.Leslie Cairn - Leslie Parade Square, CFB Shilo, Manitoba; l. The Flewin Field Cairn, Artillery Park, CFB Shilo; and m. The Proctor Field Cairn, Artillery Park, CFB Shilo. 2. ARTILLERY MEMORIALS LOCATED OUTSIDE CANADA a. The Vimy Memorial erected in 1918 by Canadian Gunners, at the village of Thélus just below Vimy Ridge in France; and b. The RCA Memorial Pew in the Sandhurst Chapel, Camberley, England, dedicated on 27 October B-1

92 ANNEX C TO CHAPTER 7 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS THE SILVER (KOREA) GUN THE LAYING OF SILVER GUN AT 2 RCHA GUEST NIGHTS 1. It is a longstanding tradition in 2 RCHA to lay the Silver (Korea) Gun at the feature known as Hill 355 in Korea, east of the Sami-ch on River. This is done at 2 RCHA Guest Nights and Regimental Officers Dinings-In in remembrance of the gallant actions of those who fought and died in the taking of this objective. 2. The following is a brief extract from the The Gunners of Canada, Vol II, Chap XIV: Among the key objectives gained in the bitter fighting was a hill, Kowang-San,... to the troops of the Commonwealth Division, who were later to shed much blood in its defence, it was always known by its height in metres, Hill RCHA supported the taking of Hill 355 and then handed over to 1 RCHA. 1 RCHA was succeeded by 81 st Fd Regt (later 4 RCHA). All three Regiments fired tons upon tons of ammunition from and onto Hill 355 during the course of the Korean War. THE SILVER GUN 4. In recognition of service in Korea, HQ RCA 1 st Commonwealth Division presented sterling silver 25 pounder guns to 1 RCHA, 2 RCHA and 4 RCHA. 5. One condition was stipulated during the presentation ceremonies. It was that the gun was always to be laid on Hill 355. This condition was virtually impossible to meet and still display the gun in the mess effectively. Therefore, the tradition evolved of laying the gun accurately for special occasions only. This tradition is maintained by 2 RCHA. 6. Hill 355, known locally as Little Gibraltar due to its shape, was frequently shelled by 2 RCHA during the Korean War. Hill 355 is located approximately 35 kilometres east north east of KAESONG at grid reference , map section NAMCH OMJOM. The bearing from 2 RCHA Officers Mess to Hill 355 is 4762 mils. The range exceeds 15 Million metres. A one mil error in bearing at this range will cause an error in fall of shot of 15 kilometres, hence the requirement for accurate laying. 7C-1

93 GUN DRILL FOR LAYING THE GUN 7. The drill for laying the gun is as follows: a. two officers are required, a gunner and a GPO/CPO; b. the gun shall be placed on a table in the centre of the room, in front of the Head Table; c. orders shall be given to lay the gun as per an FPF; and d. the GPO/CPO shall report the gun laid to the CO. 8. Orders to lay the gun: a. The officers of 2 RCHA will lay the Korean Gun (gunner ack); b. Number 1 Gun, Tgt (ack); c. HE Cap on (ack); d. Charge 3 (ack); e. Site 0 (ack); f. Line 43 27" (ack); g. Range 15,000 (ack); h. Fire by Order (ack); i. Number 1 gun ranging (ack); j. Gunner reports Number 1 Ready (CPO ack); and k. CPO/GPO reports to Commanding Officer Korea Gun laid on Hill 355, Sir! 9. This drill is to be carried out on order of the CO or the PMC of the day. 7C-2

94 ANNEX D TO CHAPTER 7 OF RCA STANDING ORDERS CALLING CARDS CaptainJohn Henry Black, CD The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery or Lieutenant Jane Finn Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Mrs. John Henry Black or Ms. Lynn Ann Black 7D-1

95 CHAPTER 8 DRESS 801. GENERAL 1. Policies and instructions for wearing Canadian Forces uniforms are contained in A-AD /AG-001 (CFP 265), Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, the primary authority in matters of dress. This chapter is intended only to provide a ready reference and to amplify detail concerning items of dress which are particular to The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. 2. All references to dress in this chapter shall be in accordance with the categories of dress detailed in CFP 265. These categories are: a. ceremonial dress; b. Mess Dress; c. Service Dress; d. operational dress; and e. occupational dress CEREMONIAL DRESS 1. Within the category of Ceremonial Dress there are three orders. Dress order 1 and 1A are based on service dress with weapons, medals and ceremonial accoutrements as detailed in CFP 265. Dress order 1B encompasses all patterns of full dress uniforms. 2. The following distinctive patterns of artillery ceremonial dress may be worn on appropriate occasions: a. Regimental Full Dress RCHA; b. Regimental Full Dress RCA; c. RCA Band Parade Dress; d. RCA Band Concert Dress; and e. historical period dress. 8-1

96 803. REGIMENTAL FULL DRESS GENERAL 1. Details of both RCHA and RCA Full Dress may be found in The Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Canadian Militia 1907 and its amendments. These have been assembled in a publication of the New Brunswick Museum, Canadian Militia Dress Regulation 1907 (1977). This volume is held in many libraries. Assistance may be requested from the office of the Director of Artillery or from the Regimental Major. 2. The RCA Regimental Fund owns a number of RCHA and RCA Full Dress uniforms. These uniforms may be loaned to units for wear on appropriate occasions. Maintenance of these uniforms is the responsibility of the unit to which the uniforms are on loan. Any restoration or new purchases must be to the standards of these Standing Orders and as described in the Dress Regulations 1907 and amendments. All new uniforms shall become the property of the RCA Regimental Fund. 3. Regimental Full Dress may be worn on ceremonial occasions only. It may be worn by formed units or sub-units, Quarter guards or ceremonial gun detachments or by individuals acting as sentries, doormen and escorts for VIP visits, guest nights or other formal occasions. CFP 265 provides further details on occasions for wear REGIMENTAL FULL DRESS - RCHA 1. The pattern of full dress was introduced in It is similar to RHA Full Dress with a dark blue tunic with scarlet collar, gold braid and lace, silver collar grenades and gilt buttons. Gold cap lines are worn with the busby, which has a white ostrich plume with red base. The red feathers at the base of the plume form the distinguishing feature from RHA Full Dress (see Figure 11). Figure 11 - Number 1B Order of Dress RCHA 8-2

97 2. Both officer and NCM versions exist, the main difference being in gold wire accoutrements for officers and wool worsted gold braid for NCMs. The wearing of RCHA Full Dress is restricted to RCHA units and sub-units. The correct designation of this dress for the purpose of parade instructions or orders is Order of Dress 1B (RCHA) REGIMENTAL FULL DRESS - RCA 1. This uniform is described in the 1907 Dress Regulations. It consists of a dark blue tunic and trousers with scarlet collar, piping, shoulder straps and trouser stripe. The uniform is appointed with gold lace, braid, pouch belt, waist belt and sword slings. A black patent pouch with gilt badge is also worn (see Figure 12). 2. RCA Full Dress may be worn on ceremonial occasions by RCA units. Artillery Bands may also wear this uniform. The correct designation of this dress for the purposes of parade instructions or orders is Order of Dress 1B (RCA). Figure 12 - Number 1B Order of Dress RCA 806. RCA BAND PARADE DRESS The RCA Band has been authorized to acquire and wear the Artillery Band Parade Dress on parade and other ceremonial occasions. This uniform is a modified version of the original uniform worn by both the RCA and RCHA bands up to 1968 (see Figure 13). In the 1980 s the RCA Band wore a modified version of Dress 1B (RCA). In 1997, the Colonel Commandant and the Director of Artillery, in conjunction with advice from the directorate of History and Heritage, decided that a return to the original uniform would be authorized. The existing band uniforms were in poor shape, and the colours used in the old uniforms could not be matched with newer materials. With the Centennial of the band fast approaching, it was decided that 8-3

98 new uniforms would be acquired, using the historical pattern to give the band a distinctive look. This uniform is maintained partially at public expense and partially by non-public funds. The correct designation of this dress for the purposes of parade instructions or orders is Order of Dress 1B (Band Parade). Figure 13 - RCA Band Parade Dress 807. RCA BAND CONCERT DRESS The RCA Band is also authorized to wear the RCA Band Concert Dress at formal concerts, guest nights and similar occasions. This uniform is shown at Figure 14. This uniform is purchased and maintained by a combination of public and non-public funds. The correct designation of this dress for the purposes of parade instructions or orders is Order of Dress 1B (Band Concert) RCA BAND ACCOUTREMENTS 1. Bandsmen were traditionally armed with a short sword. Artillery bands so desiring may wear the Sword and Scabbard, Drummers Mark II, 1902 pattern. The sword has a brass hilt, a 13.1 inch blade with a total length of 18.4 inches. The Royal Cypher is incorporated into the hilt. The scabbard is brass mounted black leather. Approved alternates to the formal band sword are either the 1907 pattern bayonet for the Long Lee Enfield suitably chromed or the Snider-Enfield sword bayonet. 2. Additional band accoutrements may include capes, music pouches and a drum major s sash. Details are available from the Director of Artillery or the Regimental Major. 8-4

99 Figure 14 - The RCA Band Concert Dress 809. HISTORICAL PERIOD DRESS 1. Certain ceremonies may incorporate historical re-enactments or the display of artillery weapons when uniforms representative of the period may be appropriate. While these uniforms do not all fall within the category of ceremonial dress, regulations for their wear are included here because of the ceremonial nature of the displays. 2. CFP 265 sets out the conditions under which former patterns of Service and Ceremonial Dress uniforms may be worn in Articles and Except for Mess Dress, former Canadian Army patterns of uniform shall not be worn by members of the Regular Force except members of Canadian Forces Bands and personnel participating in special events as authorized by the commander of a command or the NDHQ equivalent. Members of the Reserve Force may wear such uniforms when ordered. 3. Permission to wear these uniforms would normally be restricted to occasions illustrating the historical traditions and heritage of the Regiment such as tattoos, dedications of colours or historical re-enactments. 4. Some examples of historical period dress under this heading include: a. Battle Dress with 25 pdr; b. WW I uniform with 18 pdr; 8-5

100 c. Boer War khaki with 12 pdr; d. RCHA Patrol Dress; e. RCA Patrol Dress; and f. uniforms of the Loyal Company MESS DRESS 1. The Mess Dress of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is a variation of the Army pattern approved in 1986 and is known as the Artillery Pattern Mess Dress (see Figure 14). It is No 2 order of dress. All previous patterns of Mess Dress are obsolete. Members of the Regiment who possess former patterns of Mess Dress are permitted to wear them under the following grandfather clauses which will remain effective until the member retires or until the uniform must be replaced: a. officers commissioned in the Canadian Army prior to 1 February 1968 may continue to wear their former Army Pattern Artillery Mess Dress; b. members who purchased a CF Midnight Blue Mess Dress (No 2D) shall be permitted to continue to wear that uniform; c. members who purchased the scarlet pattern (No 2F) (formerly known as CM-1) shall be permitted to wear that uniform; and d. female members have the choice of wearing the skirt in place of trousers. 2. Artillery Pattern Mess Dress. This Mess Dress (No 2) was authorized in FMC (Comd) 23 October It is based on the Army pattern which consists of a scarlet jacket with shawl collar, midnight blue trousers and midnight blue waistcoat. Regimental detail is based on facings, collars and cuffs in midnight blue and a broad scarlet stripe on the trousers (Figure 13). On the skirt the scarlet stripe is the same width as on the trousers, but is limited to bordering both edges of the side slits (Figure 16). Detailed specifications are available from the Director of Artillery or the Regimental Major. Generally, specifications for the RCA Pattern Mess Dress are as follows: a. Policy. Wear is approved for all ranks except as indicated below; 8-6

101 b. Jacket (1) Material (a) (b) officers/cwos - scarlet doeskin, and NCMs - scarlet barathea or doeskin, (2) Design. Buttonless, simple breasted body with shawl lapels and surgeon cuffs, (3) the colour for lapels, shoulder straps and cuffs is midnight blue (doeskin or barathea to match the material use in the jacket body), (4) senior officers wear crowsfoot sleeve embellishment, junior officers and CWOs do not wear cuff embellishments, as indicated in CFP 265, Chapter 10, (5) artillery buttons (26 ligne) are used on the epaulettes only, (6) badges, accoutrements and CF rank insignia of gold wire pattern is worn. NCMs shall wear gold wire insignia with midnight blue backing. Officers shall use single braid available from the supply system. Gold wire grenade collar badges and scarlet backed hazardous skill badges are worn, and (7) miniature medals/decorations are worn; c. Waistcoat. Waistcoat is of midnight blue doeskin or barathea and uses four 20 ligne buttons; d. Trousers (1) trousers, skirts and overalls are of midnight blue barathea. Overalls have a high english back, and (2) the trouser/overall stripe is 1.5 scarlet barathea, and (3) the skirt stripe is scarlet barathea, and is limited to bordering both edges of the side slits; e. Shirt/blouse (1) Males (optional for Females). Pleated front, turn down collar and French cuffs. Wingtip collars are not authorized, 8-7

102 (2) Females. Blouse white long sleeved with gold buttoned front closure and high collar, no bow tie, (3) studs are regimental pattern (RCA/RCHA) or plain gold, and (4) cufflinks are regimental pattern (RCA/RCHA); f. Bow Tie. Bow tie is black, 4.75" in length by 1.5" at the squared ends; g. Footwear. Wellington boots if wearing overalls and may wear shoes if wearing trousers. For females, pumps may be worn with the skirt; h. Spurs. Stainless steel gooseneck spurs are worn with overalls. Spurs are not worn on board HM ships, while dancing, or with straight trousers; and Figure 15 - Artillery Pattern Mess Dress Male Figure 16 - Artillery Pattern Mess Dress Female i. White summer jacket (1) is similar in design to the No 2F scarlet jacket, with the exception that the front is closed by a pair of 30 ligne artillery buttons, and that senior officers do not wear the gold crow s foot embellishment on the sleeves. It may be worn as optional summer dress by officers and CWOs only (see Figure 17), (2) an artillery pattern cummerbund will be worn, 8-8

103 (3) the shoulder straps are white with 26 ligne artillery buttons, (4) badges, accoutrements and CF rank insignia of gold wire pattern is worn. CWOs shall wear gold wire insignia with midnight blue backing. Officers shall use single braid available from the supply system. Gold coloured metal grenade collar badges and miniature (if available) metal hazardous skill badges are worn, and (5) Miniature medals/decorations are worn; j. Gloves. White gloves as required. Figure 17 - The Artillery Pattern Mess Dress (Summer) 3. No 2B (Mess Service). This is an optional mess dress uniform for wear in preference to No 3 order of service dress on occasions when mess dress would be considered appropriate. This uniform consists of the service dress tunic and trousers with a plain white shirt and black bow tie. Details are available in CFP 265. The following personnel may wear it: a. newly commissioned Regular or Reserve Officers during the six months accorded them to obtain mess dress; b. officer cadets; and c. non-commissioned members of both Regular and Reserve Forces. 8-9

104 4. The supply cataloguing information for artillery mess dress cloth is: Scarlet Cloth Tropical, Wool/Polyester 203 g/sq m Scarlet (SP No DCGEM ) Plain or scarlet superfine english doeskin (650 g/sq m) for officers and either doeskin or a scarlet barathea cloth for NCOs mess dress ARMY SERVICE DRESS 1. Head Dress. The rifle green beret shall be worn with all orders of dress by all members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, except when they are entitled or required to wear the maroon beret or the blue United Nations beret. 2. Army service dress will be worn with artillery buttons, collar badges, cap badge, shoulder titles, and narrow web belt. 3. Artillery accoutrements are issued to officer cadets on the commencement of their second phase of training at the Artillery School and to recruits on graduation from QL 3 training at the RCA Battle School. 4. Artillery Buttons. Gold coloured half-round artillery buttons with the RCA crest are worn as follows: a. front of jacket - 30 ligne buttons; b. jacket pockets - 26 ligne buttons; c. epaulettes - 26 ligne buttons; and d. fur hat - 30 ligne buttons. 5. Collar Badges. Gold coloured badges consisting of a grenade of seven flames and the motto UBIQUE are worn on the collar of the service dress jacket. The badges are 13" high by e wide. The collar badges are worn centred on the stitching of the collar/lapel seam with the base of the badge parallel to the ground and with the collar/lapel seam passing diagonally under the centre of the collar badge. (see diagram at Annex A). 6. Small Cap Badge. An embroidered artillery badge, 1.5" high and 1.75" wide (Insignia Embroidered Officers RCA), will be worn by officers and Chief Warrant Officers on the CF green beret and the Canex fur hat. All others wear a gold plated artillery badge 1.5" high and 1.75" (Insignia Service Cap, The RCA, 1953) on the beret and Canex fur hat. 7. Shoulder Titles. Artillery shoulder titles are available in metal for wear with service dress jackets and cloth for wear with slip-ons. They shall be worn as follows: 8-10

105 a. members of RCHA units will wear RCHA/RALC on both the army service dress jacket (metal) and slip-ons (cloth); b. in accordance with long standing custom, officers serving on the staff of the Royal Military College of Canada may retain their RCHA/RALC distinction if posted directly from a RCHA unit; and c. all others shall wear RCA or ARC on both the army service dress jacket (metal) and slip-ons (cloth). 8. Since shoulder titles are approved in both English and French versions, the choice of language will be determined as follows: a. for personnel on regimental duty, as directed by the CO; b. for personnel ERE, as a matter of individual choice; c. regimental duty as used above includes field and air defence regiments, independent field and air defence batteries, the Royal Canadian Artillery School; and d. the wearing of mixed English and French shoulder titles on the same order of dress shall not be permitted. 9. Belts. The narrow black web belt is to be worn with all uniforms except combat dress. The brass buckle will be inscribed with the RCHA Badge for RCHA units, and the RCA badge for all others. The belt shall be fastened in such a manner as to ensure that not more than two inches of black belt material protrudes through the belt buckle. As such, the commencement of brass tip attached to the running end of belt will appear two inches to the right of the buckle as seen by the observer. 10. Occupational Badges. Occupational badges recognize advanced levels of trade proficiency. The designs are symbolic of the skills associated with field artillery, air defence artillery and locating artillery. The badges of the Master Gunners and Assistant Instructors-in-Gunnery recognize their role in the Regiment in the instruction and continuity of technical expertise. These badges are worn as detailed in CFP OPERATIONAL DRESS 1. The normal operational dress is combat clothing and will be worn as detailed in CFP 265 and local orders. 8-11

106 2. Shoulder titles. Abbreviated shoulder titles are to be worn on epaulettes as follows: a. RCHA units: RCHA/RALC respectively; and c. RCA, ARC or abbreviated unit title if approved (see Annex B, Chapter 1 for authorized shoulder identifiers). 3. Other forms of operational dress for specific theatres shall be worn as designated by operational commanders CEREMONIAL ACCOUTREMENTS Approved artillery ceremonial accoutrements include swords, sword slings, white waist belt with regimental buckle, canes and pace sticks SWORDS 1. Like the Sovereign s Commission, the sword has long been the traditional hallmark of an officer. RSMs wear (but do not draw) swords as a mark of the special position of trust and responsibility which they hold. While today swords are an optional item of dress, their use on ceremonial occasions is encouraged. 2. As befits its traditions as a mounted corps, the sword of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is based upon the Light Cavalry Pattern of The grip is covered in sharkskin or simulated sharkskin and wire bound and the pommel is stepped. 3. The blade is slightly curved, single edged and spear pointed. In cross section, it conforms to the Wilkinson pattern with a wide fuller and no pipe back. The blade length may vary from 28 to 36 inches to conform to the wearer s height. The blade is embossed on the obverse with the crown, cypher, UBIQUE motto and regimental badge. On the reverse is embossed ROYAL CANADIAN above bolts of lightning and either ARTILLERY or HORSE ARTILLERY beneath. Additional embossing in the spaces provided is at the owner s discretion. The steel scabbard has two bands and loose rings SWORD SLINGS AND SWORD KNOT 1. The gold cord sword knot is worn with the sword with Ceremonial Orders of Dress. The loop of the sword knot is passed through the slit in the rear of the hilt from the inside and from the left of the hilt as worn. The acorn is then passed through the loop and the cord or strap pulled tight. The slide of the cord is positioned midway between the acorn and the point at which the cord is attached to the hilt of the sword. The sword knot is permitted to hang free (see Figure 18). The approved pattern sword knot gold 17.5" is available under NSN

107 Figure 18 - Gold Sword Knot, Slings and Belt 2. With ceremonial orders of dress, the sword is carried by slings suspended from a woven belt worn under the tunic (NSN sword belt, red canvas). The slings are crimson Russia leather one inch wide with plain gold lace.875" wide and lion head buckles. The sword is always worn at the full extent of the slings and is never hooked up. Slings may be purchased from the RCA Kit Shop WHITE WAIST BELT 1. For ceremonial parades, non-commissioned members are to wear the Canadian Forces ceremonial belt (NSN ) with Ceremonial Orders 1 and 1A and other Ceremonial Orders as ordered. The belt shall be worn with the large regimental buckle. 2. RSMs shall wear their sword carried on a white sword belt (NSN ) with the large regimental buckle. This belt is worn outside the tunic. 3. Buckles may be obtained from the RCA Kit Shop CANES AND PACE STICKS 1. Regimental Sergeants-Majors should carry CF pace sticks or canes of approved regimental pattern. Battery Sergeants-Majors should carry canes of approved regimental pattern in accordance with Chapter 3 of A-AD /AG