Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
- A-1140
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- [1932 or 1933]
Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; winter scene.
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Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; winter scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
Two rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Non-Commissioned Officers - Group Photo
Four rows of COTC non-commissioned officers in uniforms and hats. Taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band - Group Photo
COTC band members seated or standing with instruments. Taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Demonstration Platoon
Demonstration platoon of COTC cadets and officers in uniform with helmets and holding rifles; machine guns in foreground.
Taken in front of Saskatoon Armouries portion of the Clinkskill house that was used for an officers' mess and offices (visible at right).
Bio/Historical Note: James Clinkskill owned a large white frame house with a large, two-story veranda overlooking the South Saskatchewan River from 1904 to 1911. The house was located at 152 Spadina Crescent East. In 1911, the Armouries were constructed and a Sergeant’s Mess was built in 1912. The Clinkskill house was used as the Officers’ Mess and as the home of the Armouries caretaker. The United Services Institute, whose members were former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, was located in the former Clinkskill house and hosted many social events. In 1922 a barn was moved into Saskatoon and used as a drill hall. When the Hugh Cairns VC Armouries were built in 1960, the Saskatoon Armouries were sold to Harry Landa for $2000 and removed. The former Clinkskill house was demolished in 1960.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Non-Commissioned Officers - Group Photo
Three rows of COTC warrant and non-commissioned officers in uniforms and hats; winter scene with bare trees and building in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band - Group Photo
COTC band members seated with instruments. Two drums in foreground; house and picket fence in background.
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 - Group Photo
Four rows of COTC officers and cadets sitting and standing; outdoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Group Photo
Officers and cadets of the Canadian Officer Training Corps standing in rows and holding rifles. A cannon, automobile, and [Saskatoon Armouries] in background. Winter scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Jack Mooney
Portrait of Jack Mooney, COTC cadet, seated and dressed in uniform and hat.
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.
Staff member Winston Everett joins the 44th Field Battery
Part of Fort San fonds
Captioned: Staff member Winston Everett joins the 44th Field Battery.
Part of Fort San fonds
Captioned: Victory Circle.
Image displays a large group of men in uniform standing with 6 women on the front steps of the Fort San administration building.
196th Western Universities Battalion
Large grouping of military personnel in open field during a church parade at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. 196th Battalion present; band at front of crowd.
196th Western Universities Battalion - Review
Soldiers in line formation in an open field at Camp Hughes, Manitoba, marching past Brigadier General J. Hughes and other officers as they salute. "B" Company, made up of University of Saskatchewan volunteers, would form the second line under the command of Major J.P. Oliver (Engineering), C.J. Mackenzie (Engineering) being a platoon commander.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
Four rows of soldiers in uniform at the front entrance of the College Building. Sign at their feet reads: "Platoon 5, 196th Batt. W.U. Saskatchewan."