CORPS MEMORANDUM NO 11
CORPS TOASTS
Index
| General | The Loyal Toast | Toast to the Colonel-in-Chief | Other Toasts |
General
1101. At all Corps Dining nights it is customary for the following toasts to be proposed:
a. The Loyal Toast,
b. Toast to our Colonel-in-Chief, and
c. Other toasts as appropriate.
1102. When the port has been passed the Dining President calls the table to order by saying, "Dining Vice-President". The Dining Vice-President will rise and say "Gentlemen" or "Ladies and Gentlemen". This indicates to the assembly that they should also rise. Glasses should remain on the table.
1103. When all have risen and everybody is silent, the Dining Vice-President then proposes the Loyal Toast "The Queen". If the band is in attendance the first four Bars and the last four Bars of the National Anthem are then played. At its conclusion, or in response to the Dining Vice-President if there is no band in attendance, all present will repeat "The Queen" raise their glasses from the table, drink to the toast and resume their seats.
1104. Directly after officers have resumed their seats after the Loyal Toast the Dining President will call "Dining Vice-President". The Dining Vice-President will rise and say "Gentlemen" or "Ladies and Gentlemen". When all have risen and everybody is silent, the Dining Vice-President then proposes the toast "Our Colonel-in-Chief, The Princess Royal", all present will repeat "Our Colonel-in-Chief, The Princess Royal" raise their glasses from the table, drink to the toast and resume their seats.
1105. On special occasions other toasts may be drunk (see Customs of the Army 1984). At annual Corps Dinners a toast may be proposed to "The Royal Australian Corps of Signals". This should be followed by a toast to "The Signal Corps of the Commonwealth and the United States of America" (see Corps Memorandum No 4 para 405 and 406). These toasts follow the Loyal Toast and the toast to our Colonel-in-Chief. Traditionally at Corps Dinners the toast to the Corps is proposed by a guest RAE officer. This marks the close bond between the two Corps.