Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Parade
- A-1202
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- [ca. 1941]
COTC parade with soldiers and guests in Rutherford Rink. G.A.H. Trudeau saluting men marching by with J.H. Thompson at his side. Soldiers with rifles with bayonets in foreground.
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Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Parade
COTC parade with soldiers and guests in Rutherford Rink. G.A.H. Trudeau saluting men marching by with J.H. Thompson at his side. Soldiers with rifles with bayonets in foreground.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - At Ease
Elevated view of COTC officers in uniforms and hats standing at ease during break.
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] - Rifle Training
Several ranks of [COTC] men in civilian dress stand at ease with rifles; Saskatoon Armouries in background.
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.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 7 Platoon - Group Photo
Five rows of soldiers of No. 7 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
COTC officers and cadets being inspected by (l to r): Major-General Griesbach, W. Rea, J.S. Thomson, University President, and F.H. Edmunds; at Rutherford Rink.
Air Force exhibit featuring a jet engine.
North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) troops during inspection
Part of City of Regina fonds
North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) troops during inspection.
Moose Jaw mounted cavalry group
Part of MJ General Photograph Collection
Moose Jaw mounted cavalry group photo taken near site of Armouries, looking west across North Hill
196th Western Universities Battalion at Camp Hughes
Soldiers at left; rows of tents at right at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. Roads and railroad at front running horizontally; two people and one horse-drawn carriage on roads. Tent between railroad and roads in foreground.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Three COTC cadets disassembling a jeep during vehicle maintenance training inside a warehouse.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Group of nine COTC cadets standing casually in outdoor winter scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Marching
COTC cadets marching and shouldering rifles outside Rutherford Rink; two [officers] marching at extreme right.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
Two rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats. Indoor scene with drapes in background and carpet on floor. Officer seated at centre holding plaque.