University of Toronto - Torontonensis Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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'lihe results of the Proficiency lflX2lllllll2l- tions for 1916 are not yet pulilished. Xyith ,N a year's additional experience in preparation. I the proportion of successful candidates should dh! 5 he larger than in 19151 Owing to the urgency + F 'W' of the hour, with a very few exceptions only f1 t I .--Tn?-m,1,T,r1gQ,?.T,.....--- those who are prepared shortly to go overseas .1 ,.,,s have been allowed to present themselves for .1 T' 'A'--W ' -A 12.5 'A examination. ,y ln Noveinlier an offer canie froin the British XX ar tlttice to accept for provisional connnissions in the Imperial Arniy any niein- Lvfslls UH' PUR NIAGARA- 19111 hers of the Corps who were recoininended liy the Officer Connnanding, suliject to the approval of the Militia authorities at Ottawa. On Dec. 31st the first draft of Sl left for England. Sonie of these received coininissions in the Royal liield iXrtillery. the Royal Garrison Artillery and the reinainder in the lnfantry. A second list was prepared in February and QQ were accepted. Prohahly other drafts will go later. Many have left the Corps to go overseas in the ranks-inore, perhaps, than has lieen generally realized, as they have not left simultaneously in a large liody, but have gone singly or in sniall groups to join various units, such as the Universities Companies rein- 1 forcing the P.P.CL.l., the Divisional Signal Corps. the 43rd Howitzer Battery. etc. Judging front the experience of those who went into the ranks in 1914-15, it may he ex- pected that several of these will become N.C.O.'s and eventually' ohtain connnissions. The following are approximately the figures to date of officers and ineniliers ot the Corps on active service: XYith connnissions... ZIS In the ranks-- I. Artillery .. 145 3. Aviation ... . .iz 5. Infantry .. ... .......... 183 4. Medical .. .... 1 IO 3. Other Cnits ......... .... ........ . . .. 87 XYhat the future of the Corps will he next year cannot he predicted. lt niay lie that in this hour of need it will have served its pur- pose and sent forth to the front all its ineinhers who are fit to go. Unless, however, the war ends sooner than now seenis likely, there will still he work to do, though on a snialler scale. New nien will he coming up front the Schools to the University not sufficiently mature to go at once on active service. These niust he trained and prepared for the taslc still lying liefore Canadians. The appointment of Lieut.-Col. Lang, Officer Commanding the Corps, to he General Staff Officer in charge of lnstruction for No. 3 'lllllf .XR3lUl'RllfS. 'l'UR11N'l'H Zl

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Canada. There is no reason to regret these losses, as the Corps exists to lose its good men as soon as they are found. ' Thus among the officers alone, Major McYicar, Captain Ryerson and Lieuts. Armour, Graham and Gallie had gone with the Cniversity Hospital: Major Le Pan, Captains Bramiitt and Madill and Lieut. lienrick were on the staff of the School of Instruction under Lieut.- Col. Lang: Major Massey and Captain Cochrane were on the Musketry Staff at Exhibition Camp: Lieut. Coventry was assistant Divisional Intelligence Qffieer: Captain C. R. Young was Adjutant of the Toronto Depot Battalion: Captains G. M. Smith, A. NY. McConnell. E. DI. Kylie, XY. S. XYallaee, V. E. Henderson and A. Foulds, and Lieuts. Hagarty, Scott, Pearce, Fenton, Hopkins. Mitchener, Cheney, Robinson, Morris, Heywood, Fennell, Brouse. H. -I. Manning, Thomas, Legge, Philpott, Rosser, Fraser, Dixon, Carlyle, T. R. Manning, Howell, Horner, Macliendriclc, Sinclair, Gilbert and Elder joined overseas units, besides others who held appointments in the C.0.T.C. for a short time and then received commis- sions in the new Expeditionary Force Battalions. The record of the Corps as a means of providing officers may be noted. Most of the successful candidates for Certificate IX. in May, 1915, subsequently obtained commis- sions in the overseas forces. Besides the Certificate men, others were granted Militia Commissions and qualified in the ordinary way by taking courses at the School of Instruc- F1 tion at Niagara in the summer of 1915, or in Ioronto in the winter of 1915-16. The Corps can hardly claim full credit for producing these latter officers, but it may reasonably be argued that the experience gained in the ranks of the C.Q.T.C. was useful to them and proved to be a recommendation to the Commanding C Jhficers of Militia Regiments in making the appointments. Un the other hand, the Corps has in a measure a right W ,.v,., 0 C.O.T.C. Niagara Camp C.O.T.C. Niagara . Camp M i to the credit of their training. the Com- mandant, Adjutant, Musketry Instructor and two of the Staff of the School of In- struction being officers of the C.O.T.C. I 20

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Military Division, is especially gratifying to all members of the Corps. The importance of his present work can be estimated when it is stated that already over 2,000 officers in the largest Military Division in Canada have been trained under his guidance and super- vision. Col. Lang has also voluntarily relinquished his commission in the Engineers- after nearly thirty years' commissioned service in that arm-and transferred entirely to the C.U.T.C. , All past and present members of the Corps are asked to assist in the keeping of its Record of Military Services. A card index is being prepared of all those who have gone on active service. lt is important that the list of names should be kept complete and the information up to date. Members who go overseas are asked to send news, even if only ' ' ' 21- Yi'- FIRST QUOTA OF C.O.T.C. MEN GIVEN COMMISSIONS IN THE IMPERIAL ARMY. in the briefest form, of themselves and their fellow-members regarding their subsequent services, promotions, transfers, etc., addressing communications to the C.O.T.C. Orderly Room, Mining Building. ln conclusion mention should be made of those members who have already fallen OI suffered in the war. At present most of the casualties among 'Varsity men have been among those who went to the front before the Corps was organized. But already on the Roll of Honour are recorded the names of Bombardier Ross M. Taylor CC. Companyl Divisional Ammunition Column, killed in action: Lieut. T. S. Gordon QD. Companyj Ilth Batt. Border Regiment, died of Wounds: and Private J. S. Ditchburn QE. Companyj 19th Batt., wounded. 22