COTC cadets marching and shouldering rifles outside Rutherford Rink; two [officers] marching at extreme right.

Cadets marching during winter on the University of Saskatchewan campus. College Building visible in background.

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.

Eight COTC cadets pose indoors with a Triumph motorcycle; other motorcycles visible in background.

Outdoor winter scene of an unidentified cadet standing in front of College Building.

Major John S.M. Allely and six COTC cadets; indoor scene with poster and picture of Queen Elizabeth II in background.

J.S. Thomson, University President, and Major John Wesley Joyce inspecting COTC cadets on campus; winter scene.

Captain Ross Brown, bandmaster, with COTC band, posing with their instruments at Saskatoon Armouries.

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.

COTC band members seated or standing with instruments. Taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.

COTC band members standing in rows with their instruments. Indoor view with other cadets visible at upper left and a unique wood burning stove in background at right. Taken at Saskatoon Armouries..

COTC band members seated and in uniform, seated in bleachers at [Rutherford Rink].