Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
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- 1941
COTC cadets at table studying map; indoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
COTC cadets at table studying map; indoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
Inspection of COTC cadets at Dundurn Camp with J.S. Thomson, University President, (in suit) at centre. Camp buildings with flags in background.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 11 Field Ambulance - Group Photo
Grouping of members of 11th Canadian Field Ambulance (CFA) standing and sitting outdoors in front and on steps of monumental building.
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.
196th Western Universities Battalion - Inspection
Soldiers stand in formation in foreground at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. Tents, buildings, "Empire Theatre,""Twin Theatre," and automobiles in background.
[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.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
COTC cadets in civilian attire holding rifles in front of 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.
Four COTC officers walking in Germany; steeples of church and trees in background. [H. Watson].
Four COTC officers in Germany looking at mill stone; mill wheel and building in background; [H. Watson]
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Group Photo
Seven rows of COTC officers and cadets seated in front of Chemistry Building.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Reunion
COTC reunion banquet at Marquis Hall with guests seated at tables.
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 - Reunion
COTC reunion banquet at Marquis Hall; among guests seated at head table are Sid Buckwold (second from left), Mayor of Saskatoon and J.W.T. Spinks (fourth from left), University President.
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.
196th Western Universities Battalion - Sask "B" Company - Group Photo
Four rows of officers in uniform and men in civilian dress; members of the first platoon of the 196th Western Universities Battalion that was raised in Saskatchewan.
196th Western Universities Battalion - Sask "B" Company - Group Photo
Western Universities Battalion on parade and standing in line formation in an open field. The book is braced and held by hand. Caption beneath the photograph reads "B (Sask.) Co. 196th Western Universities Battalion."
Air Force exhibit featuring a jet engine.