196th Western Universities Battalion - Group Photo
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- 1916
Four rows of soldiers of the 196th Battalion standing and sitting; campus buildings in background. A child stands in front dressed in a military uniform.
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196th Western Universities Battalion - Group Photo
Four rows of soldiers of the 196th Battalion standing and sitting; campus buildings in background. A child stands in front dressed in a military uniform.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Group Photo
Four rows of officers and cadets sitting and standing outdoors; campus buildings in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Group Photo
Five rows of COTC officers and cadets sitting and standing; musical instruments held by some. Outdoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Badge
Four b&w photocopies of the COTC badge.
Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.
[Canadian Officers' Training Corps] - Rifle Training
Two ranks of [COTC] men in civilian dress stand at attention on a street; rifles on their shoulders.