Elevated group photograph of COTC officers and cadets in dress uniforms and standing at attention at Saskatoon Armouries..

COTC officers and cadets in uniform standing in formation; band visible at left. At Saskatoon Armouries with flags and emblems on background walls.

Elevated view of COTC officers, cadets and brass band standing at attention for inspection at Saskatoon Armouries.

COTC cadets marching as they pull a gun carriage on a downtown Saskatoon street. Store fronts and signs in background.

Seven rows of COTC officers and cadets seated in front of Chemistry Building.

Three rows of COTC officers and cadets sitting and standing, wearing black armbands. Indoor scene with photographs and trophies on back wall.

Three rows of officers and cadets sitting and standing in a [gymnasium]. Man in front row is holding a trophy; three women seated in front row. Those identified: John Bachynsky (sixth from left); Don Angle (seventh); Jack Summers (eighth), J. Francis Leddy (ninth); John Wesley Joyce (tenth); Allan Pettigrew (eleventh), Otto Lang (twelfth).

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.

Three rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Names included are George Rea, Major John S.M. Allely, Weeks, John Wesley Joyce and Merriman. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on background wall.

Elevated group photo of officers and cadets at Saskatoon Armouries.

Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on background wall.

Rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of King George VI and the Queen Mother on background wall.

Three rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on background wall.

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.