Brigadier-general W. D. Otter, recently appointed chief of staff for the Canadian Militia - Sketch. - [Between 1890 and 1910].

Portrait of Brigadier General W.D. Otter (appears to be cut from pamphlet or magazine), leader of the Canadian forces in the Battle of Cut Knife during the 1885 Northwest Resistance.

Historical note:

General Sir William Dillon Otter KCB, CVO, VD (b. 3 December 1843 - d. 6 May 1929) was a professional Canadian soldier who became the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army. Born near the Corners (Clinton), Upper Canada, he began his military career in the Non-Permanent Active Militia in Toronto in 1864. Captain William Otter was Adjutant of the Queen's Own Rifles in 1866. He first saw combat with them at the Battle of Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids. He joined the Permanent Force as an infantry officer when Canada established its own professional infantry unit in 1883. On May 2, 1885, during the Northwest Resistance, he led a Canadian force of more than 300 in the Battle of Cut Knife against Poundmaker's Cree Indians. Otter's tactics were ineffective against the defending warriors, forcing him to retreat.