Excerpt from The Officers Training Corps of Great Britain: The Australian System of National Defense; The Swiss System of National Defense
In view of our great need of officers for Volunteer troops, it is thought desirable to furnish at this time a description of the system now in vogue in Great Britain. This system is but one of the many means of supplying officers for the new army of 1,000,000 men, which is being recruited, officered, and trained to meet the demands made upon the Empire by the war.
This description has been compiled from the latest data now on file in the War College Division of the General Staff.
Part I. A general description of the plan of organization and results expected from the corps. From reports of military and foreign attaches and from the broad Arrow and Army Gazette.
Part II. A more detailed description of the plan: Excerpts from the latest army order relating to the Officers Training Corps.
Part III. A detailed description of the requirements for training in annual camps for the junior division. Excerpts from army order relating to training of the junior division.
As the difficulties encountered in Great Britain are similar to those which would be encountered by us should we become involved in a great war, interest therefore attaches to any scheme by which Great Britain has already attempted to meet the deficiency in officers, which deficiency is fully as groat, if not more so, than our own.
The regulations relating to annual camps for the training of cadets in the junior division are of interest to those who may desire to attend one of our summer student camps or who may have to deal with their organization or administration.
Part I. The Officers Training Corps of Great Britain.
After the Boer War, when the British Government finally decided to make a radical change in its military policy, steps were then taken to provide for a certain and steady supply of officers for troops in time of war or for the now Territorial Army, organized in 1007. In order to obtain men of the requisite mental qualifications as well as proper standing for the corps of officers, the British Government called into consultation a number of the heads of the big universities, colleges, and public schools.
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