Precision is the authorized march of Royal Military College of Canada . The RMC band performs Precision during parades and march pasts, as well as on Ex-Cadet Weekends.
35-847: [REDACTED] Look up precision in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Precision , precise or precisely may refer to: Arts and media [ edit ] Precision (march) , the official marching music of the Royal Military College of Canada "Precision" (song) , by Big Sean Precisely (sketch) , a dramatic sketch by the English playwright Harold Pinter Science, and technology, and mathematics [ edit ] Mathematics and computing (general) [ edit ] Accuracy and precision , measurement deviation from true value and its scatter Significant figures ,
70-478: A contingent from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment , which provided the Queen's Guard. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is composed of both regular and reserve (militia) forces. The regular force component is composed of five units, four of which are front line operation units; of these, three are field artillery regiments while the fourth is a low level air defence unit. The fifth regular unit
105-666: A line of Dell workstations Precision Architecture, former name for PA-RISC , a reduced instruction set architecture developed by Hewlett-Packard Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" , Canonical's sixteenth release of Ubuntu Companies [ edit ] Precision Air , an airline based in Tanzania Precision Castparts Corp. , a casting company based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States Precision Drilling ,
140-464: A self-bailing dinghy Fender Precision Bass , by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikiquote has quotations related to Precision . Precisionism , an artistic movement also known as Cubist Realism Precisionist (1981–2006), an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
175-731: A single Colt machine gun and the two 12-pounders of the battery, repelled an attack by 200 mounted Boers while covering the withdrawal of the main column. Three Victoria Crosses were won during the engagement. "C" Battery arrived at Cape Town aboard the SS Columbian in March 1900, but within two weeks were re-embarked to sail to Beira , from where they travelled by train, cart, and forced march to join Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Plumer 's column 70 miles (110 km) south of Otse by mid-April to take part in
210-606: A whole, with the batteries, and sometimes even sections, operating independently, often for months at a time, and it was only reunited when it regrouped to return to Canada in June 1901. The Canadian Artillery and the Garrison Artillery were the designations of the Non-Permanent Active Militia as of 1 January 1914. The Canadian Artillery and the Garrison Artillery were collectively re-designated
245-681: Is considered the regiment's birthday. "A" Battery in Kingston, Ontario , and "B" Battery in Quebec City, Quebec , became gunnery schools and performed garrison duties in their respective towns. They are still active today as part of the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA). The Royal Canadian Artillery was granted its 'Royal' prefix by Queen Victoria on May 24, 1893. The Royal Canadian Artillery has participated in every major conflict in Canada's history . In 1870, in response to
280-658: Is the Royal Canadian Artillery School. Additionally, while the three field artillery regiments are on the RCA's order of battle, they are badged as regiments of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery . Since spring 2005, 10th Field Regiment, 26th Field Regiment and 116th Independent Field Battery have been grouped together as 38 Canadian Brigade Group 's (38 CBG) Artillery Tactical Group (ATG). Current : Former : Regiments on
315-1027: The Battle of Cut Knife , which saw the first use by Canadian soldiers of the machine gun, and the last time in Canadian history that bows and arrows were used in battle. In 1886, the Regular Gunners of A & B Batteries returned east, transferring their guns to the North-West Mounted Police . During the war in South Africa , Canada contributed the Brigade Division of the Canadian Field Artillery. It consisted of three batteries , named "C", "D" and "E", each of six 12-pounder field guns . Each battery consisted of three sections of two guns each, and
350-592: The Canadian Army . Many of the units and batteries of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are older than the Dominion of Canada itself. The first artillery company in Canada was formed in the province of Canada (New France) in 1750. Volunteer Canadian artillery batteries existed before 1855 but their history is mostly unknown. Seven batteries of artillery were formed after the passage of
385-568: The Kenhardt district, covering 700 miles (1,100 km) in six weeks, seeing little action, but much heavy rain. On 29 May, "E" battery was part of another operation under Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren , when it was attacked at Faber's Put . The Boers were eventually driven off, though the battery had one man killed and eight wounded. In his subsequent despatch Warren particularly mentioned "E" Battery's Major Ogilvie and Captain Mackie. By
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#1732766226965420-541: The Militia Act of 1855 which allowed Canada to retain a paid military force of 5,000 men. One of the pre-1855 volunteer batteries formed in Saint John, New Brunswick , in 1793 was called the "Loyal Company of Artillery" and exists today as the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA. On 20 October 1871, the first regular Canadian army units were created, in the form of two batteries of garrison artillery; thus, that date
455-584: The Red River Rebellion led by Louis Riel , Colonel Garnet Wolseley led a force of British regulars and Canadian Militia across Northern Ontario to quell the uprising. The force never partook in any combat. Following the establishment of Manitoba in May 1870, the militia portion of the force was garrisoned along the Red River. After 1872 this included the newly formed Manitoba Demi-Battery, which
490-596: The Royal Artillery of the existing defences and potential sites for new forts. Efforts to improve the existing fortifications and build new ones were well underway by 1939. There were approximately 10 armed forts and gun positions established along the Pacific west coast. The ones in the Strait of Juan de Fuca were integrated with the U.S. coastal defences. As the war progressed and the threat of attack diminished,
525-539: The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery . In the fall of 1933 the Associated Screen News Ltd. made a full-length feature “Precision” (1933) film, “A sample look at discipline at the Royal Military College. The emphasis is on precision gymnastics displays, ceremonial battalion marches in full uniform, and the changing of the sentry demonstrated by gentlemen cadets of the College. Seen is the exterior of
560-656: The Royal Military College of Canada representing their college. RCA units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. The Royal Canadian Artillery does not carry colours . Its guns are its colours and are saluted on parade. As the principal artillery museum in Canada, the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum presents, acquires, preserves, researches and interprets the contributions of
595-685: The Supplementary Order of Battle legally exist but have no personnel or materiel. RCHA on parade with guns: RCHA on dismounted parades: RCA units: Despite not being the senior component of the Canadian Army, the honour of "the right of the line" (precedence over other units), on an army parade, is held by the units of the RCHA 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
630-568: The relief of Mafeking . Colonel Baden-Powell , the garrison commander at Mafeking, sent a telegram to the Canadian Government stating : Mafeking relieved today, and most grateful for invaluable assistance of Canadian Artillery, which made record march from Beira to help us . From the end of May the battery operated with Plumer's column in the Zeerust district until November, seeing action regularly. The unit never operated as
665-405: The 4th verse, “For Canada and for our Empire great” became: “For Canada our land both broad and great”. Since 1980, the 3rd verse, “We are the gentlemen cadets of RMC” was changed to “We are the officer cadets of RMC”. Royal Canadian Artillery The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (French: Le Régiment royal de l'Artillerie canadienne ) is the artillery personnel branch of
700-576: The RMC buildings (the Stone Frigate)." Mme Chabot found the name fitting and in 1933 called her composition by the same title. The College will, when the occasion calls for it, sing along to Precision. Professor Tom F. Gelley, also of the College Staff, composed words in 1932 to fit the spirit expressed in the College motto, "Truth, Duty, Valour" and measure of the music. The title "Heads Up"
735-530: The Riding School, and the favourite song of the Class of 1932. Mme Chabot improvised a variation on the song, to represent the cadence of the cadets on the march. The composition starts, “We are the gentlemen cadets of RMC We have sworn to love and serve Her Majesty…” The as-yet untitled composition was presented to RMC in the spring of 1932, it was orchestrated for military band by Captain F. W. Coleman of
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#1732766226965770-600: The Royal Canadian Artillery Band, one of only two Regular bands in the Canadian Army, provided musical support for a contingent of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry which provided the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and the Tower of London, as well as Windsor Castle. In October–November 2018, the Band again deployed to England to provide musical support for
805-538: The Royal Canadian Artillery on 3 June 1935. The R.C.H.A. and R.C.A. expanded tremendously during the war to contribute the following units to the European theater: Other regiments included the 9th Anti-Tank Regiment (Self-Propelled) (Argyll Light Infantry), RCA . The RCA was also responsible for the defence of Canada on both the west and east coasts. In 1936 a review was done by Major Treatt of
840-405: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and the Canadian military to the heritage of Canada. The museum is affiliated with: CMA , CHIN , OMMC and Virtual Museum of Canada . A memorial wall and an artillery field gun, were erected on 21 September 1959 by the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, which is dedicated to the memory of the members of the regiment killed in the service of Canada. It
875-795: The United States Marine Corps under a foreign military sales (FMS) contract between the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian guns were first fired by "A" Battery, 1 RCHA, at CFB Shilo and then were deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Archer , and were put into service in the Canadian theatre of operations around Kandahar in early 2006. This marked the first use by any nation of the M777 in combat operations. Regular RCHA units, reinforced by volunteers from Reserve units, continued to support operations until Canada completed its combat mission in Afghanistan in March 2014. In June 2017,
910-641: The end of June "E" Battery had been split up into sections and was stationed along the Kimberley–Mafeking Railway. In July 1900 "D" Battery moved to Pretoria to operate in the Transvaal in a column commanded by Colonel Ian Hamilton , and saw much action, with a section particularly distinguishing itself at the battle of Leliefontein , when 100 men of the Royal Canadian Dragoons and 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles , bolstered by
945-507: The first Canadian artillery rounds in Afghanistan in February 2004 as part of Operation Athena 's first rotation. The mission was shot with a 105 mm LG1 and consisted of illumination rounds shot in a range spread to identify a potential rocket launching site used by insurgents. In December 2005, 1st Regiment, RCHA, conducted an inaugural firing of its first 155 mm M777 towed howitzers. The first six guns delivered were supplied by
980-510: The forts were gradually drawn down and demobilized. The last active coastal defence fort on the west coast, Fort Rodd Hill , was deactivated in 1958. The Regular and Reserve components of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery were collectively re-designated the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery on 29 October 1956. "F" Battery, 2nd Regiment, RCHA, fired
1015-525: The largest drilling-rig contractor in Canada Precision Monolithics , an American company that produced linear semiconductors Precision Talent , a voice-over talent-management company F. E. Baker Ltd , maker of Precision motorcycle and cycle-car engines pre-WW1 Precisely (company) , formerly Syncsort Other uses [ edit ] Precision Club , a bidding system in the game of contract bridge Precision 15 ,
1050-403: The number of digits that carry real information about a measurement Precision and recall , in information retrieval: the proportion of relevant documents returned Precision (computer science) , a measure of the detail in which a quantity is expressed Precision (statistics) , a model parameter or a quantification of precision Computing products [ edit ] Dell Precision ,
1085-464: The title Precision . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Precision&oldid=1222917568 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Precision (march) Precision
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1120-457: Was a hockey expression. The work was presented to the College through the then B.S.M., J. G. Carr, and was accepted by the then Commandant, Major-General W. H. P. Elkins. The lyrics by Professor Thomas Fraser Gelley, of the College Staff, were published in the R.M.C. Review in 1941. The lyrics have been altered over time. In the late 1950s the 3rd verse, “And strive to keep our Empire’s unity” became “And strive to keep our country’s unity”; and in
1155-558: Was composed in 1932 by Denise Chabot, wife of Major C. A. Chabot, a Royal Canadian Artillery officer on staff as professor of French at the College at the time. She earned the degree of Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music and was the president of the Kingston Music Club. Precision was inspired by "Madelon", one of the popular marching songs sung and whistled by the cadets marching on their way to
1190-707: Was composed of Regular gunners of "A" and "B" Battery. In 1885, when Riel led the North-West Rebellion in the District of Saskatchewan , A and B Batteries, as well as several militia batteries, including the Winnipeg Field Battery, were dispatched to quell the uprising. Upon arriving in Saskatchewan, "A" Battery and Winnipeg Field fought at Fish Creek and Batoche . "B" Battery moved west to Swift Current where they participated in
1225-674: Was manned by a core of Permanent Force soldiers, with additional members from the Militia . The militia for "C" and "D" batteries came from Ontario and Winnipeg, while "E" battery had militia from Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. "D" and "E" Batteries arrived in Cape Town aboard the SS Laurentian in February 1900, and were soon sent north to form part of a column based at Victoria West under Colonel Sir Charles Parsons . In March and April they took part in an operation in
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