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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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: COTC members at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of young COTC members greeting officers and their wives in a receiving line at a Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC members in Air Force control tower; A photograph of four COTC members being shown the operations of a Royal Canadian Air Force control tower.

: COTC staff officers; A photograph of COTC staff officers. This black-and-white photograph depicts the officers in two rows outdoors. Some are identified. Back row, left to right: Ridgeway, Foreman. Front row, left to right: Murray, Riedel, Buxton, Middleton, Millward, Carscallen, Martyn, Porter, Solin, Herbert, Fraser.

: COTC staff officers & wives at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of officers of the University of Manitoba COTC and their wives. Left to right: Rosa Robinson, Arthur Robinson, Mrs. J. B. Rollit, Joyce McKay, R. Parr, and Donna McKay.

: COTC staff officers & wives at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of six college students at a COTC Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC staff officers & wives at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of four COTC staff officers and their wives at a Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC staff officers & wives at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of three COTC staff officers and their wives at a Tri-Service Ball.

: COTC staff officers & wives in receiving line at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of three COTC staff officers and their wives in a receiving line at a Tri-Service Ball. Several unidentified students are in line to greet them.

: COTC staff officers & wives in reception line at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of officers of the University of Manitoba COTC and their wives. In the reception line, left to right: Mrs. L. C. Olien, L. C. Olien, Rosa Robinson, Arthur Robinson, Mrs. J. B. Rollit, Mary Bennett, Lawrence Bennett, Ruth Bellan, and Ruben Bellan. In the other line, left to right: Mrs. G. H. Booth, G. H. Booth, Joyce Irwin, and F. J. McGilly.

: COTC staff officers & wives in reception line at Tri-Service Ball; A photograph of COTC staff officers and their wives in a receiving line at a Tri-Service Ball. Left to right: Mrs. L. C. Olien, L. C. Olien, Rosa Robinson, Arthur Robinson, Mrs. J. B. Rollit, Mary Bennett, and G. E. Mainman.

: Military band playing at University of Manitoba; A photograph of members of a military band holding their instruments and talking with students inside a gymnasium at the University of Manitoba.

: Military band playing at University of Manitoba; A photograph of members of a military band playing outside the Administration Building of the University of Manitoba. Three students are looking on.

: Neil MacLean; A photograph of COTC Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Neil B. MacLean. This black-and-white portrait was taken by Gauvin, Gentzel & Company sometime during MacLean's tenure as Commanding Officer from 1920 to 1927.

: Price Montague; A photograph of John Percival "Price" Montague, lawyer and soldier. During the Second World War, Montague achieved the rank of Lieutenant-General, making him the highest-ranking Manitoban soldier in the war. This black-and-white autographed portrait depicts Montague in full regalia.

: Programme for Reception To Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; A booklet describing the programme of a reception to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. The reception was held by the Government of Manitoba on Victoria Day, 1939 (celebrated 24 May that year). A photograph of the monarchs is included, as is the text of Premier John Bracken's "Address of Welcome to Their Majesties" and a list of the chairmen of various subcommittees related to the royal visit.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of four unidentified COTC members having a conversation at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of several unidentified officers inspecting troops at the 1963 RCAF awards.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified woman receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of COTC members on parade at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF Awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF Awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF Awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF Awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified officer inspecting a line of troops at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of COTC members on parade at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of several unidentified officers inspecting troops at the 1963 RCAF awards.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of an unidentified man receiving an award at the 1963 RCAF awards.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of two unidentified men shaking hands at the 1963 RCAF awards.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of a room of unidentified officers seated in armchairs and watching a screening of something.

: Royal Canadian Air Force Awards, 1963; A photograph of a military band in formation at the 1963 RCAF awards ceremony.

: Tank outside University of Manitoba; A photograph of a tank parked outside the Administration Building at the University of Manitoba. Six young men are on top of and inside the body of the tank.

: Tank outside University of Manitoba; A photograph of a tank parked outside the Administration Building at the University of Manitoba. Six young men are sitting on top of the tank.

: Tank outside University of Manitoba; A photograph of a tank parked outside the Administration Building at the University of Manitoba. Six young men are sitting on top of it, while another helps a woman up onto the tank.

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