Sir William Otter: father of the Canadian Army. Esprit de Corps | September 1, 1999| | COPYRIGHT 1999 S.R. Taylor Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

William Dillon Otter was three things -- a farm boy, an office clerk and an enthusiatic private soldier in the Militia. Not a very promising beginning, perhaps. But he lived to become Canada's No. 1 soldier of his day, to be called "the Father of the Canadian Army" and to end his career as the second Canadian to reach the rank of full General, being preceded only by General Sir Arthur Currie who had distinguished himself as one of the most successful British Empire generals of the Great War. Currie had commanded the victorious Canadian Corps and all other Canadian troops in ...

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