Here is a photo of the cadet offficer in charge of the parade marking the change of comand of The Royal Military College of Canada last week. On parade at RMC, the pipers wear kilts and Scottish headgear, while cadet officers wear pith helmets. At this time of year, most of the cadets are away on summer training, so I suppose this is an unusual order of dress.



RMC is Canada's equivalent of Sandhurst or West Point. Even before the army, navy and air force were almagamated, RMC served all of the services. In my day, there was also a military college in Victoria. The new commandant of RMC, Commodore Bill Truelove, was a classmate of mine at that school. I am very proud of Bill. I wish that I had been able to attend the change of command ceremony.