Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

DRUM, SNARE

Date

1916

Materials

BRASS, DRUM, LEATHER

No. Pieces

1

Height

37

Diameter

36.7

Description

SNARE DRUM WITH RED, BLACK, AND WHITE WOODEN BAND AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM RIMS. CALF-SKIN SURFACE. WHITE PAINTED LEATHER TABS, CRACKING AND DRY IN SOME PLACES. WHITE ROPE AND LANYARD (NOT ORIGINAL). EIGHT STRINGS AND TWINE PULLED ACROSS BOTTOM; BRASS ADJUSTING CLAMPS ON EITHER SIDE. SILVER PLATE ON SIDE ENGRAVED WITH "THIS DRUM WAS PRESENTED BY THE ALEXANDER GALT CHAPTER IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE TO THE 113TH OVERSEAS BATTN. LETHBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS C.E.F. LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA CANADA MAY 13TH 1916". BRASS SHELL IS DENTED IN AREAS; SKIN HAS LIGHT PINK STAINS.

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 THE DONOR, THIS DRUM WAS BOUGHT AT AN AUCTION IN THE P.O.W. ARENA WHEN CAMP 133 CLOSED. THE DONOR REQUESTED SUPPLY OF DRUMS FOR USE IN SEA CADET PIPE BAND IN LETHBRIDGE, FOR WHICH HE WAS A LEADER (LATE 50S/EARLY 60S). DONOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE (1927-1965), THEN MOVED TO MEDICINE HAT. HE WAS THE THIRD CADET TO JOIN IN 1941, RETIRING AS COLONEL IN 1953. DONOR TAUGHT DRUMMING IN LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT. THE DRUM HAS NEVER BEEN REFINISHED. THE ROPE IS NOT ORIGINAL, AND THE RIMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FROM SEA-CADET DRUM. ORIGINAL RESTS AND BRASS SHELL. SEE ALSO P19693780000. *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. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP 133 WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT MUSEUM BROCHURE "LETHBRDGE'S INTERNMENT CAMPS" AND THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA WEBSITE. DURING WORLD WAR II THERE WERE 40 PRISONER OF WAR (P.O.W.) CAMPS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS CANADA TO HOUSE THE LARGE NUMBER OF INCOMING POWS - ENEMY MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT WERE CAPTURED IN COMBAT. CAMPS WERE BUILT IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, THE MARITIMES AND ALBERTA. THE CAMPS IN LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT WERE THE LARGEST, TOGETHER HOUSING 22,000 MEN. THE LETHBRIDGE CAMP, NO. 133, WAS BUILT IN THE SUMMER OF 1942, AND BY NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR HOUSED 13,341 PRISONERS. THE CAMP WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS, EACH WITH SIX DORMITORIES, MESS HALLS, KITCHENS, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. MEALS WERE IN SHIFTS WITH PRISONERS SERVING AS COOKS. TAILOR, BARBER AND SHOE REPAIR SHOPS WERE ALSO STAFFED BY PRISONERS, AND NON-COMBAT POWS PRACTICED THEIR PRE-WAR PROFESSIONS AS MEDICAL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. HOUSING AND RATIONS WERE THE SAME STANDARD AS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSED RESENTMENT AMONG LETHBRIDGE CIVILIAN RESIDENTS, WHO WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN MANY OF THE SAME SUPPLIES ON THEIR STRICT WARTIME RATION ALLOWANCES. WITH MANY YOUNG LOCAL MEN AWAY AT WAR, LOCAL FARMERS BEGAN TO REQUEST LABOUR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CAMP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. BY 1943 AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND SOME OF THE PRISONERS WORKED ON FARMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA. MOST OF THESE PRISONERS WENT FROM THE CAMP TO THE FARMS DAILY, BUT SOME WERE KEPT AT 'LODGES' AT THE MORE DISTANT FARMS FOR DAYS AT A TIME, WITH MINIMAL GUARDING. FOR THEIR LABOUR, THE PRISONERS WERE PAID 50 CENTS PER DAY. WITH WAR'S END, CAMP 133 CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1946 AND ITS PRISONERS WERE SENT BACK TO GERMANY. THE AREA WHERE THE CAMP STOOD EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PART OF THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE.

Catalogue Number

P19970056000

Acquisition Date

1997-06

Collection

Museum

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