Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
- A-1252
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- 1943
Five COTC cadets at table studying and reading a map; indoor scene.
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Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Five COTC cadets at table studying and reading a map; indoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Elevated view of six COTC cadets standing at ease dressed with packs, helmets and holding rifles; at Rutherford Rink.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Three unidentified COTC members wearing field belts during class in Rutherford Rink.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Elevated view of COTC officers and non-commissioned officers training with field artillery at Saskatoon Armouries.
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 - University Medal
Image of the COTC University Medal.
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 - University Medal
Image of the COTC University Medal.
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.
Image of Col. Ronny Morton, Area Commander of Saskatchewan.
Bio/Historical Note: Ronald Edward Alfred Morton was born in Toronto in 1900. Morton went overseas in 1942 as commander of the Fort Garry Horse, a Winnipeg armoured regiment. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery on 23 December 1944. Morton was stationed in Japan as head of Canada’s Far East Military Mission until 1947, when he was transferred to Regina as area commander for Saskatchewan. Morton died in Toronto in 1976.
College of Pharmacy - Short Course - Group Photo
Indoor posed photo of participants of the Pharmacy Short Course given by Extension Division, including some uniformed members of the Armed Services.
Dinners and Dining - Tri-Service Ball
Guests in evening attire seated at dinner table during the Tri-Services Ball.
Dinners and Dining - Tri-Service Ball
Dinner guests at the Tri-Service Ball seated and talking at a table.
This collection contains material relating to the Lieutenant Colonel D.V. Currie, V.C Armoury dedication ceremony on June 12, 1988 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Carline, C.D. was the master of ceremonies. The fonds contains the program for the event as well as a typescript of his speech, with handwritten additions and corrections.
Carline, Gerald
Lord Tweedsmuir meeting Veterans
Part of Fort San fonds
Image of Governor General, Lord Tweedsmuir visiting veterans at Fort San.
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Major General Arthur E. Potts - Portrait
Head and shoulders image of Major-General Arthur E. Potts, professor of Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, 1919-1948.
Bio/Historical Note: Arthur Edward Potts was born 24 October 1890 in Northumberland, England. Potts was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland, and subsequently studied at the University of Edinburgh (BSc) and Cornell University (MA in agriculture). He worked as an instructor at Ames College in Iowa. He came to Canada in 1914 to enlist as a private soldier in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in World War I. He was wounded twice while overseas. After the war Potts was appointed professor of Dairy Science at the University of Saskatchewan. He held this position until 1939 when he went overseas again as Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Saskatoon Light Infantry. He became Brigadier-General in 1940 to command the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. In 1942 Potts was promoted to Major General, commanding the 6th Canadian Infantry Division. After the war Potts joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in Kingston, Ontario, to become the Department's district administrator. Potts died in September 1983 in Kingston at age 92.
Message to University of Saskatchewan Representatives With Second Canadian Contingent
Scroll with signatures of Walter C. Murray, University President; M.A. MacMillan, J.R. MacDonald, J.S. Haynes, John Strain, [R. Bruburer?] that was presented to the University of Saskatchewan representatives with the Second Canadian Contingent with a watch.
Part of MJ General Photograph Collection
Parade with 20th Armoured Band in action