Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

I.O.D.E. DRUM

Date

1916

Materials

BRASS, LEATHER, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Diameter

37.0

Description

"THIS DRUM WAS PRESENTED BY THE ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE TO THE 113TH OVERSEAS BATT'N LETHBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS C.E.F. LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA MAY 13, 1916". "RESTORED BY THE ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER I.O.D.E. AND PRESENTED TO THE GALT MUSEUM OCTOBER 20/1968". TWO PLATES ON EACH SIDE OF DRUM. "EVERPLAY EXTRA U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS MADE IN ENGLAND" ON EACH LEASE. RED, WHITE AND BLACK WOODEN BANDS, BRASS DRUM DECORATED WITH WHITE LANYARD ROPE AND LEATHER TABS.

Subjects

MUSICAL T&E

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

ACCORDING TO MAJOR CHRISTOPHER R. KILFORD, AUTHOR OF LETHBRIDGE AT WAR, THE 113TH OVERSEAS BATTALION (LETHBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS) BOASTED THREE BANDS – ONE BAND COMPRISING NINETEEN SIOLDIERS DEDICATED TO PIPES AND DRUMS. FIVE ENGRAVED DRUMS WERE PRESENTED TO THE HIGHLANDERS IN A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON 13 MAY 1916 BY MRS. G.W. ROBINSON, REGENT OF THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER OF THE I.O.D.E. THE PRESENTION WAS HELD AT THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS. AFTER WORLD WAR ONE, THE DRUMS WERE GIVEN TO ST. AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH FOR SAFEKEEPING. ON PAGE 90 OF LETHBRIDGE AT WAR, KILFORD STATE’S THAT THE DRUMS WERE RE-PRESENTED TO THE 20TH (AT) BATTERY BY THE CHURCH’S REV. P. C. WADE AND ITS BOY SCOUT TROOP “JUST BEFORE” THE BATTERY LEFT LETHBRIDGE. LATER IN THE WAR, THE DRUMS, WROTE KILFORD, WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/20TH BATTERY IN LETHBRIDGE (P. 40). THE 2/20TH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING NEW OFFICERS AND GUNNERS IN LETHBRIDGE FOR SERVICE OVERSEAS. ACCORDING TO A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE FROM OCTOBER 10, 1968: "THE MEMBERS OF THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER I.O.D.E., CELEBRATING ITS 55TH ANNIVERSARY, WILL PRESENT A RESTORED DRUM TO THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM. THIS DRUM WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY THE CHAPTER TO THE 113TH OVERSEAS BATTALION, LETHBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS CEF IN 1916. THE BRASS FRAME WAS GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM SOME TIME AGO, AND THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF MR. JACK SMITH, A FORMER MEMBER OF 113TH BATTALION AND THE FACILITIES OF LEISTERS MUSIC STORE, MATERIALS WERE OBTAINED AND THE DRUM RESTORED AND [IT] WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONG THE OTHER HISTORICAL OBJECTS IN THE GALT MUSEUM." A PHOTO FROM THE OCTOBER 22, 1968 ISSUE OF THE HERALD SHOWS I.O.D.E. CHAPTER REGENT MRS. W. A. NELSON PRESENTING THIS DRUM TO ALEX JOHNSTON, PRESIDENT OF THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SEE ALSO RECORD P19970056000. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE I.O.D.E. AND ITS LETHBRIDGE CHAPTERS WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE I.O.D.E. WEBSITE, GALT ARCHIVES, AND AN ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 21, 2014 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE (IODE) WAS FOUNDED IN 1900 BY MARGARET POLSON MURRAY OF MONTREAL WHO WANTED TO INCREASE HOMELAND SUPPORT FOR CANADIANS FIGHTING WITH THE EMPIRE FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE SECOND BOER WAR. MURRAY INITIATED THE FORMATION OF A FEDERATION OF WOMEN TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM, LOYALTY AND SERVICE TO OTHERS BY SENDING TELEGRAMS TO THE MAYORS OF CANADA'S MAJOR CITIES ASKING THEM TO CALL TOGETHER THE PROMINENT WOMEN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE FIRST CHAPTER WAS FORMED IN FREDRICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK IN JANUARY 1900. THE FOLLOWING MONTH A CONSTITUTION AND LIST OF OBJECTIVES WERE DRAFTED IN MONTREAL. IN 1901 THE HEAD OFFICE MOVED TO TORONTO AND THE FEDERATION WAS INCORPORATED. CHAPTERS WERE QUICKLY STARTED ACROSS CANADA AND IN INDIA AND THE BAHAMAS. FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN PROJECTS MOUNTED BY VARIOUS I.O.D.E. CHAPTERS HAVE INCLUDED A MONUMENT TO CANADIAN SOLIDERS KILLED IN BATTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA, A GATEWAY IN TORONTO TO COMMEMORATE THE 1901 VISIT OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK, INCREASED BEDS IN A TUBERCULOSIS SANITORIUM IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO, NUMEROUS CHILD WELFARE PROJECTS, VARIOUS WAR MEMORIAL FUNDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN OF VETERANS, THE PURCHASE OF HOSPITALS, AMBULANCES, SHIPS, AND AIRCRAFT IN BOTH WORLD WARS TO PROVIDE AID TO CANADIAN SOLDIERS, COMMEMORATIVE GARDENS, INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FOR PERSONS DISPLACED BY WAR, AND DOMESTIC RELIEF FOR CANADIANS DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. LETHBRIDGE'S FIRST I.O.D.E. CHAPTER WAS THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER, FORMED IN 1914. AT ITS PEAK OF ACTIVITY, THE I.O.D.E. HAD FIVE CHAPTERS IN LETHBRIDGE, INCLUDING THE DR. FRANK H. MEWBURN CHAPTER AND THE MAJOR JACK ROSS CHAPTER. LOCAL I.O.D.E. EFFORTS INCLUDED THE WROUGHT-IRON GATEWAY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, THE SOLIDER'S PLOT IN THE CEMEMTERY, AND PLAQUES AT BATTERY POINT IN HENDERSON LAKE PARK. IN 1989 THE TWO REMAINING LETHBRIDGE CHAPTERS MERGED, AND BY 2014 THERE WERE NO CHAPTERS OPERATING LOCALLY. THE CALGARY MUNICIPAL CHAPTER STILL RAISES FUNDS FOR A VARIETY OF CHARITABLE CAUSES THROUGH HOTDOG SALES AND A THRIFT STORE. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19900051000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.

Catalogue Number

P19693780000

Acquisition Date

1968-10

Collection

Museum

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