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War Diary of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Transcription by Captain Michael O'Leary, The RCR.
JULY 1916
APPENDIX 1
THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT
Syllabus of Training
For week commencing 3.7.16
| Monday 3RD. | 9 a.m. to 12 Noon | Officers and N.C.O’s under Guards Instructors. | |
| (a) Recruits. | 9. a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Squad and arm drill. | |
| 11 a.m. to 12 Noon | Fire discipline and fire control. | ||
| 2. p.m. to 3.30 p.m. | Squad and arm drill. | ||
| 3.30 p.m. to 4. p.m. | Lecture by Instructors on trench discipline and what is required of a soldier in the trenches. | ||
| (b) Trained Soldiers. | 11. a.m. to 12 Noon | Co. parades under Co. Commanders. Lecture on trench discipline. | |
| 2. p.m. to 3. p.m. | Company parades for drill under Company Commanders. |
| Tuesday 4TH. | (a) Recruits. | 9. a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Co. Drill under Guards Instructors. |
| 11 a.m. to 11.20 a.m. | Lecture Trench duties and trench discipline | ||
| 11.20 a.m. to 12 Noon | Co. Drill under Guards Instructors. | ||
| (b) Trained Soldiers. | 9. a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Company drill. | |
| 11 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. | Lectures by Platoon Officers. Trench duties. Questions and answers. | ||
| 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. | Battalion Parade. |
| Wednesday 5TH. | (a) Recruits. | 9. a.m. to 9.45 a.m. | Fire discipline. Indication of targets, rapid loading. |
| 9.45 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Paying compliments. | ||
| 11 a.m. to 12 Noon | Co. Drill under Guards Instructors. | ||
| (b) Trained Soldiers. | 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Co. drill, rapid loading. | |
| 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. | Battalion Parade. |
| Thursday 6TH. | (a) Recruits. | 9. a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Extended order drill, rapid loading. |
| 11 a.m. to 12 Noon | Company drill. | ||
| 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Company drill. | ||
| (b) Trained Soldiers. | 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Extended order, rapid loading. | |
| (c) Recruits and Trained Soldiers. | 2. p.m. to 2.30 p.m. | Gas Helmet drill. |
| Friday 7TH. | (a) Recruits. | 9. a.m. to 10. a.m. | Musketry exercises. Rapid loading. |
| 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. | Gas Helmet drill. | ||
| 11 a.m. to 12 Noon | Company drill. | ||
| (b) Trained Soldiers. | 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. | Saluting and Paying Compliments | |
| (c) Recruits and Trained Soldiers. | 2. p.m. to 2.30 p.m. | Battalion Parade. |
C.H. Hill
Lieut. Colonel.
Commanding The Royal Canadian Regiment
THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT
Syllabus of Training
20th July, 1916. 20th to 29th July, 1916.
| 21st. | 10.15 a.m. Examination of N.C.O's class for promotion. | |
| Recruits and awkward Soldiers. | ||
| 10 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. | Physical Training. | |
| 11.15 a.m. to 12 Noon | Bayonet Fighting. | |
| 2.20 p.m. to 3. p.m. | Bayonet Fighting. | |
| 3. p.m. to 3.30 p.m. | Physical Training. | |
| 22nd. | 10 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. | Physical Training. |
| 11.15 a.m. to 12 Noon | Bayonet Fighting. | |
| Half Holiday | ||
| 23rd. | Move to STEENVOORDE | |
| 24th. | Company parades. | |
| 25th. | Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting under Company arrangements. | |
| 26th. | Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting under Company arrangements. | |
| 27th. | 10. a.m. to 12 Noon | Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting. |
| 2. p.m. to 4. p.m. | Battalion in Attack. | |
| 28th. | 10. a.m. to 12 Noon | Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting. |
| 2. p.m. to 4. p.m. | Battalion in Attack. | |
| 29th. | Battalion in Attack. | Half Holiday. |
| Specialists work each day under their own Officers and N.C.O's. | ||
(signed)
E.C. Snider
Lieut.
A/Adjutant The Royal Canadian Regiment.