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With the outbreak of World War I, the University Council appointed a Committee on Military Instruction which authorized the teaching of military science and tactics. A university corps was organized in the fall semester of the 1914-1915 year with 64 students taking extra classes to qualify as officers. On March 1, 1915, the Canadian Officers Training Corps (C.O.T.C.) of the University of Manitoba was established. Eight companies of 60 men of all ranks were formed with Professor E.P. Fetherstonhaugh as captain and adjutant. In 1915, the Western Universities Battalion was formed with the University of Manitoba contributing one company and one platoon. With the introduction of conscription legislation in 1917, military training was made compulsory for all male students. After the First World War, the C.O.T.C. program was reorganized, in 1920, by Lt. Col. N.B. Maclean, but it continued in relative obscurity for almost twenty years. With the outbreak of World War II, the C.O.T.C. was quickly revitalized and its membership mushroomed, from its peace time level of 150 to 800. The Senate also passed regulations relating to academic credits or bonuses for students who joined the C.O.T.C. By 1942, all male students were once again required to enlist in a compulsory programme of military training. The C.O.T.C. continued the work of military training on a voluntary basis after World War II with new modernized and attractive programmes, but with the return of peace its popularity rapidly declined.

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: "A" Company, 196th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Camp Hughes, 1916; A photograph of the "A" company of the 196th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This company was made up of recruits from western universities, including members of the University of Manitoba COTC. This black-and-white photograph was taken ay Camp Hughes, near Carberry, Manitoba, in 1916.

: "A" Company, 196th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Camp Hughes, 1916; A photograph of the "A" company of the 196th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This company was made up of recruits from western universities, including members of the University of Manitoba COTC. This black-and-white photograph was taken at Camp Hughes, near Carberry, Manitoba, in 1916.

: COTC cadets; A photograph of four unidentified COTC cadets standing next to a tank.

: COTC cadets; A photograph of five unidentified COTC cadets.

: COTC cadets at Shilo; A photograph of a group of COTC cadets on a raft at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. This black-and-white photograph was taken sometime after the First World War.

: COTC cadets at Shilo; A photograph of a bridge at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, sometime after World War I.

: COTC cadets at Shilo; A photograph of a group of mounted COTC cadets in formation at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. This black-and-white photograph was taken sometime after the First World War.

: COTC cadets at Shilo; A photograph of a group of COTC cadets on a raft at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. This black-and-white photograph was taken sometime after the First World War.

: COTC cadets at Shilo; A photograph of a group of COTC cadets outside a sod house at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. This black-and-white photograph was taken sometime after the First World War.

: COTC cadets at training camp, 1945; A photograph of a group of COTC cadets in the field with a PIAT gun during training. Some of the men in the photograph are identified: C.D. Berg, Harasawich, Haywood, Winkler, Peever.

: COTC cadets at training camp, 1945; A photograph of a group of COTC cadets outdoors at training camp. This black-and-white photograph was taken in 1945.

: COTC cadets in training; A photograph of nine COTC cadets sitting at tables with paper and pen during a training session.

: COTC cadets in training; A photograph of nine COTC cadets standing in rows outdoors during a training session. An officer is instructing them.

: COTC cadets with anti-aircraft gun on campus; A photograph of five COTC cadets using an anti-aircraft gun on the University of Manitoba campus.

: COTC cadets with anti-aircraft gun on campus; A photograph of five COTC cadets using an anti-aircraft gun on the University of Manitoba campus.

: COTC curling team; A photograph of the University of Manitoba COTC curling team. This black-and-white photograph depicts the four unidentified men holding brooms and standing with several curling rocks.

: COTC curling team; A photograph of the COTC curling team. The four unidentified members are standing on a curling rink, holding brooms, with three rocks at their feet.

: COTC member and officers with trophy; A photograph of a COTC member and two officers. One officer is holding a trophy while the other looks on.

: COTC members; A photograph of two unidentified men, one in uniform, speaking to each other. One is holding a box.

: COTC members and jeep at University of Manitoba; A photograph of four COTC members standing next to and looking at the engine of a military jeep parked outside the Administration Building at the University of Manitoba.

: COTC members at Namao air force base; A photograph of COTC staff officers and members at the Namao Canadian Air Force base in Alberta. This black-and-white photograph, taken in the winter of 1962, depicts 13 men standing outdoors next to a plane.

: COTC members at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of four unidentified men sitting on couches and smoking at a COTC Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC members at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of four unidentified men sitting on couches and smoking at a COTC Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC members in formation; A photograph of COTC members in formation during training at Minto Armoury, circa 1939.

: COTC members in training; A photograph of COTC members loading or unloading a truck during training.

: COTC members in training; A photograph of COTC members looking on and laughing as a machine gun is shown at a training session.

: COTC members in training; A photograph of COTC members looking on as they are taught to load a large gun.

: COTC members in training; A photograph, from above, of a group of COTC members gathered around a machine gun during a training session.

: COTC members in training; A photograph of COTC members loading or unloading a truck in a training session.

: COTC members in uniform; A photograph of COTC members during training, arranged in three rows. A staff officer, next to a gun, is seated in front of the students.

: COTC members outdoors; A candid photograph of three unidentified University of Manitoba COTC members outdoors in winter.

: COTC members outdoors; A candid photograph of four unidentified University of Manitoba COTC members outdoors in winter.

: COTC members outdoors at training camp, 1945; A photograph of a group of COTC members outdoors while at training camp in 1945. They are carrying rifles and wearing backpacks.

: COTC members working on salvage drive; A photograph of three unidentified University of Manitoba COTC members outdoors in winter, collecting metal for a salvage drive.

: COTC members working on salvage drive; A photograph of University of Manitoba COTC members outdoors in winter, collecting metal for a salvage drive.

: COTC officer; A photograph of an unidentified COTC officer in uniform. This black-and-white portrait depicts the man sitting at a desk with a logbook of some sort.

: COTC officer; A photograph of an unidentified COTC officer in uniform.

: COTC officers and cadets; A photograph of a group of COTC officers and cadets, arranged in three rows.

: COTC officers in conversation; A candid photograph of four unidentified COTC officers having a conversation outdoors.

: COTC scrapbook; A scrapbook from the Canadian Officers Training Corps program at the University of Manitoba. This scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellanea regarding the operation of the COTC from the 1930s through 1941.

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