Clarify, If You Would

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Darrell Zinck




What? The 8th Canadian Hussars (Canada's oldest continually serving Regiment) are in Woseley now??
Or perhaps you mean the Royal Canadian Dragoons??

Relax, I'm merely highlighting the usual lack of knowledge displayed by Royals with regard to us (RCD) and you sharing a Birthdate. It's well- known that our order to stand up was signed first that 21st day in December 1883 so we (the RCD) are even senior to the RCR by a matter of minutes. Whereas the 8CH have about 130 years on us both!!

Sorry to interrupt all this back-slapping by you regimental types but as a Corps we Engineers have it all over all y'all. Officially, the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers was raised in 1861, although, of course contributions to the building of Canada by military Engineers precedes that date by many years. In the ORDER OF PRECEDENCE, Engineers are only preceded by the Navy and the Artillery, which is surprising as the RCA was raised a full ten years after the Corps of R.C.E. (I'm sure this fact provides Gunner with no end of satisfaction! ) so this coming Canada Day (July 1st is the semi-official birthday of the Engineers) you might want to reflect and give thanks to those who:

.....look like tramps but they build your camps and sometimes lead the advance.
And they sweat red blood to bridge the flood, to give you a fighting chance.
But who stays behind when it gets too hot, to blow up the roads in the rear?
Just tell your wife that you owe your life to the muddy old Engineers!

(excerpt from the SALUTE TO THE ENGINEERS.)

The Texas Thread Jacker strikes again!