Officers' Training Corps. (Hansard, 11 April 1911)

§ Mr. NIELD
asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what is the present number of contingents of the Officers' Training Corps, Junior Division; what is the number of members at present in each contingent; the number of members who have passed through each contingent, respectively, since the date of formation; and the date of such respective formations?

§ Colonel SEELY
With the exception of the numbers of cadets who have passed408W through contingents since formation, which can only be obtained by calling for a return from each school, the information required is as follows:—
Officers' Training Corps.
Strength on 1st April, 1911.
Total Contingents, Junior Division, 155.

^* These schools had recognised Cadet Corps prior to being accepted as contingents of the Officers' Training Corps.

Contingent. Officers. Cadets. Date of Formation.

Aldenham School 4 … 120 … 13.7.08

^* All Hallows' School 2 … 34 … 26.10.08

^* Ardingley College 3 … 93 … 19.10.08

^* Ardrossan Academy 1 … 29 … 4.12.08

Army School 2 … 35 … 6.5.09

Ampleforth College 2 … 75 … 7.3.11

^* Beaumont College 3 … 93 … 7.12.08

^* Bedford Grammar School 5 … 215 … 10.7.08

^* Bedford Modern School 3 … 85 … 24.7.08

^* Berkhampsted School 3 … 183 … 10.7.08

^* Bishop's Stortford School (to be disbanded) 1 … 42 … 31.10.08

Bloxham School 1 … 38 … 12.10.10

^* Blundell's School 3 … 181 … 11.7.08

^* Bournemouth School 3 … 89 … 25.9.08

^* Bradfield College 8 … 193 … 17.7.08

Bridlington Grammar School 2 … 67 … 21.7.10

^* Brighton College 5 … 171 … 10.7.08

^* Bristol Grammar School 3 … 100 … 10.7.08

Bromsgrove School 2 … 85 … 14.9.08

Buckland School 1 … 52 … 11.3.09

^* Bury Grammar School 2 … 96 … 7.9.08

^* Cambridge and County School 1 … 53 … 10.7.08

Campbell College 2 … 62 … 23.8.09

^* Charterhouse School 5 … 335 … 5.8.08

^* Chatham House College (to be disbanded) 1 … 49 … 10.7.08

^* Cheltenham College 1 … 348 … 5.8.08

^* Chigwell School 1 … 44 … 21.7.08

^* Christ's Hospital 7 … 279 … 11.7.08

^* Churcher's College 1 … 51 … 16.10.08

^* City of London School 2 … 116 … 10.7.08

^* Clifton College 4 … 277 … 10.7 08

Cork Grammar School 2 … 32 … 30.3.10

^* Cranbrook School 3 … 45 … 11.7.08

^* Cranleigh School 3 … 66 … 31.10.08

Dartford Grammar School 2 … 63 … 25.2.09

Dean Close School 3 … 87 … 20.5.09

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Contingent. Officers. Cadets. Date of Formation.

^* Denstone College 3 … 187 … 11.7.08

^* Derby School 1 … 45 … 1.7.10

^* Dollar Institution 3 … 79 … 30.9.08

Dorchester Grammar School 3 … 52 … 27.4.10

^* Dover College 3 … 130 … 10.7.08

Downside School 2 … 65 … 14.10.09

^* Dulwich College 4 … 273 … 31.7.08

^* Eastbourne College 6 … 169 … 10.7.08

Edinburgh Academy 1 … 100 … 13.7.08

^* Elizabeth College 1 … 45 … 13.4.09

^* Ellesmere College 1 … 75 … 19.10.08

^* Elstow School 3 … 85 … 15.7.08

^* Emanuel School 3 … 81 … 11.2.09

^* Epsom Colloge 3 … 140 … 31.8.08

^* Eton College 14 … 491 … 25.9.08

^* Exeter School 2 … 68 … 7.8.08

^* Felsted School 5 … 190 … 5.8.08

Fettes College 3 … 103 … 15.7.08

^* Forest School 3 … 78 … 10.7.08

^* Framlingham College 2 … 77 … 21.10.08

George Heriot's School 3 … 99 … 20.5.09

^* George Watson's Boys' College 3 … 132 … 13.7.08

Giggleswick School 1 … 47 … 11.7.10

^* Glasgow Academy 2 … 110 … 27.11.08

Glasgow High School 6 … 153 … 9.12.09

^* Glenalmond College 3 … 105 … 10.7.08

^* Gresham's School 3 … 142 … 20.8.08

^* Grimsby Municipal College 3 … 84 … 11.7.08

^* Haileybury College 5 … 291 … 10.7.08

^* Handsworth Grammar School 2 … 85 … 21.10.08

^* Harrow School 3 … 330 … 10.7.08

^* Hereford Cathedral School 2 … 60 … 27.8.08

^* Hertford Grammar School 1 … 61 … 21.7.08

^* Highgate School 1 … 75 … 31.10.08

^* Hillhead High School 2 … 79 … 2.11.10

^* Hurstpierpoint College 2 … 94 … 31.7.08

^* Hymer's College 3 … 60 … 10.7.08

^* Ipswich School 2 … 51 … 7.8.08

^* Kelly College 2 … 37 … 10.7.08

^* Kelvinside Academy 2 … 47 … 23.10.08

King Alfred's School 2 … 47 … 21.10.10

^* King Edward VII. School 2 … 57 … 31.3.09

^* King Edward's School (Bath) 2 … 41 … 12.12.08

^* King Edward's School (Birmingham) 3 … 128 … 10.7.08

^* King Edward's Grammar School 1 … 26 … 16.7.08

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Contingent. Officers. Cadets. Date of Formation.

King's Cathedral School 1 … 104 … 3.6.09

^* King's College 2 … 69 … 10.7.08

^* King's College School 2 … 92 … 10.7.08

King's School (Bruton) 2 … 49 … 13.4.10

King's School Canterbury) 3 … 141 … 26.3.09

^* King's School (Grantham) 3 … 44 … 26.10.08

^* King's School (Warwick) 2 … 70 … 31.7.08

^* Kirkcaldy High School 3 … 60 … 23.9.08

^* Lancing College 6 … 205 … 10.7.08

Leeds Grammar School 3 … 77 … 15.7.09

^* Leys School 2 … 116 … 10.7.08

^* Liverpool College 3 … 89 … 2.3.09

Liverpool Institute 5 … 120 … 13.8.09

Loretto School 5 … 111 … 5.4.10

^* Louth School 1 … 53 … 10.7.08

^* Maidstone Grammar School 1 … 56 … 10.7.08

^* Malvern College 3 … 378 … 3.2.09

Manchester Grammar School 1 … 55 … 11.7.10

^* Marlborough College 6 … 466 … 13.7.08

^* Merchant Taylor's School 2 … 79 … 21.7.08

^* Merchiston Castle School 2 … 149 … 10.7.08

^* Monkton Come School 2 … 34 … 4.11.08

Morrison's Academy 1 … 44 … 25.11.10

Mill Hill School 2 … 122 … 7.3.11

Newcastle High School 2 … 55 … 4.12.08

North Eastern County School 3 … 103 … 11.3.09

^* Nottingham High School 3 … 110 … 28.9.08

Oakham School 2 … 45 … 31.8.10

^* Oundle School 6 … 255 … 10.7.08

^* Perse School 2 … 66 … 11.7.08

^* Plymouth College 1 … 49 … 19.10.08

^* Portsmouth Grammar School 2 … 52 … 22.10.08

^* Queen Elizabeth's School 2 … 51 … 7.10.08

^* Queen Mary's Grammar School 4 … 136 … 10.7.08

Radley College 5 … 200 … 20.4.09

^* Reading School 2 … 66 … 19.7.08

^* Reigate Grammar School 3 … 74 … 21.7.08

^* Repton School 8 … 321 … 10.7.08

^* Rossall School 5 … 218 … 10.7.08

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Contingent. Officers. Cadets. Date of Formation.

Royal Grammar School (Guildford) 3 … 66 … 6.3.09

Royal Grammar School (High Wycombe) 2 … 48 … 21.10.09

Royal Grammar School (Worcester) 3 … 86 … 12.12.10

^* Rugby School 3 … 306 … 11.7.08

^* St. Albans School 2 … 78 … 11.7.08

^* St. Bees School 3 … 140 … 4.2.10

^* St. Edmund's School 2 … 64 … 5.4.09

St. Edward's School 3 … 66 … 16.10.08

^* St. Lawrence College 2 … 95 … 16.10.08

^* St. Paul's School 4 … 182 … 18.9.08

^* Sedbergh School 3 … 137 … 10.7.08

^* Sherborne School 5 … 210 … 10.7.08

^* Shrewsbury School 6 … 224 … 27.7.08

Sidcap Hall School 1 … 45 … 14.11.08

^* Sir Roger Manwood's School 1 … 50 … 10.11.09

^* Skinner's School 3 … 60 … 31.10.08

^* Solihull Grammar School 2 … 85 … 3.2.09

^* Stonyhurst College 3 … 236 … 2.4.09

^* Tonbridge School 7 … 281 … 5.8.08

Trent College 3 … 116 … 16.7.08

^* United Services College 2 … 68 … 10.7.08

^* University College School 9 … 203 … 31.8.08

^* Upingham School 4 … 269 … 10.7.08

^* Victoria College 2 … 70 … 3.11.08

^* Wellingborough Grammar School 3 … 106 … 27.11.08

^* Wellington College (Berks.) 4 … 274 … 28.8.08

Wellington College (Salop) 2 … 46 … 7.10.09

^* Westminster School 3 … 130 … 10.7.08

^* West Somerset County School 3 … 77 … 22.8.08

^* Whitgift Grammar School 5 … 151 … 12.8.08

Wilson's School 2 … 118 … 16.4.10

^* Winchester College 5 … 309 … 31.7.08

Wolverhampton Grammar School 2 … 48 … 14.2.11

Woodbridge School 2 … 53 … 12.10.08

^* Worksop College 3 … 96 … 5.8.08

§ Mr. NIELD
asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what are the numbers respectively of cadet members of the Officers' Training Corps who, since the foundation of the corps, have entered for examination for Certificate A, and the number who have by passing obtained such certificate, and the number who have entered for examination for Certificate B, and the number who have passed and so 412W obtained the certificate; and what is the number of cadet members who, having obtained either of such certificates after examination, have applied for and received commissions in the Regular, Special Reserve, or Territorial Forces respectively?

§ Colonel SEELY
supplied the following statistics:—

Certificate A. Certificate B.

Number of cadets who, since the foundation of the Officers' Training Corps, have entered the examination for certificates 5,848 479

Number who have obtained certificates 2,957 291

Number of cadets who, having obtained certificates, have been accepted for commissions in the—

(a)^* Regular Army (including those now at the Royal Military Academy and Royal Military College, those awaiting appointment) 297 6

(b) Special Reserve 22 45

(b) Territorial Force 113 14

^* Some of those included under (b) and (c) have subsequently passed into the Regular Army. They are not included under (a).

§ Mr. NIELD
asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state which of the existing contingents of Officers' Training Corps are successors to school cadet corps, and which have been raised as original Officers' Training Corps; whether the authorities cansider any definite scholastic status or standard to be desirable; and, if so, what, before a school is granted permission to raise a contingent; and is it permissible to raise a contingent of Officers' Training Corps without its being directly attached or associated with a school?

§ Colonel SEELY
In reply to the first paragraph the information is already shown in the table attached to a question on a similar subject put to-day by the hon. Gentleman. As regards the second paragraph, it is not considered that any definite scholastic status or standard is desirable; but it is held that the point to be considered is whether a school is likely to fulfil the objects of the Officers' Training Corps as set forth in the regulations. 413W As regards the last paragraph, it is not permissible to raise a contingent of the Junior Division without its being directly attached or associated with a school.

^* These schools had recognised Cadet Corps prior to being accepted as contingents of the Officers' Training Corps.
Contingent.	Officers.		Cadets.		Date of Formation.
Aldenham School	4	…	120	…	13.7.08
^* All Hallows' School	2	…	34	…	26.10.08
^* Ardingley College	3	…	93	…	19.10.08
^* Ardrossan Academy	1	…	29	…	4.12.08
Army School	2	…	35	…	6.5.09
Ampleforth College	2	…	75	…	7.3.11
^* Beaumont College	3	…	93	…	7.12.08
^* Bedford Grammar School	5	…	215	…	10.7.08
^* Bedford Modern School	3	…	85	…	24.7.08
^* Berkhampsted School	3	…	183	…	10.7.08
^* Bishop's Stortford School (to be disbanded)	1	…	42	…	31.10.08
Bloxham School	1	…	38	…	12.10.10
^* Blundell's School	3	…	181	…	11.7.08
^* Bournemouth School	3	…	89	…	25.9.08
^* Bradfield College	8	…	193	…	17.7.08
Bridlington Grammar School	2	…	67	…	21.7.10
^* Brighton College	5	…	171	…	10.7.08
^* Bristol Grammar School	3	…	100	…	10.7.08
Bromsgrove School	2	…	85	…	14.9.08
Buckland School	1	…	52	…	11.3.09
^* Bury Grammar School	2	…	96	…	7.9.08
^* Cambridge and County School	1	…	53	…	10.7.08
Campbell College	2	…	62	…	23.8.09
^* Charterhouse School	5	…	335	…	5.8.08
^* Chatham House College (to be disbanded)	1	…	49	…	10.7.08
^* Cheltenham College	1	…	348	…	5.8.08
^* Chigwell School	1	…	44	…	21.7.08
^* Christ's Hospital	7	…	279	…	11.7.08
^* Churcher's College	1	…	51	…	16.10.08
^* City of London School	2	…	116	…	10.7.08
^* Clifton College	4	…	277	…	10.7 08
Cork Grammar School	2	…	32	…	30.3.10
^* Cranbrook School	3	…	45	…	11.7.08
^* Cranleigh School	3	…	66	…	31.10.08
Dartford Grammar School	2	…	63	…	25.2.09
Dean Close School	3	…	87	…	20.5.09

	Certificate A.	Certificate B.
Number of cadets who, since the foundation of the Officers' Training Corps, have entered the examination for certificates	5,848	479
Number who have obtained certificates	2,957	291
Number of cadets who, having obtained certificates, have been accepted for commissions in the—
(a)^* Regular Army (including those now at the Royal Military Academy and Royal Military College, those awaiting appointment)	297	6
(b) Special Reserve	22	45
(b) Territorial Force	113	14
^* Some of those included under (b) and (c) have subsequently passed into the Regular Army. They are not included under (a).