NEW MILITARY TRAINING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 8

NEW MILITARY TRAINING.

\ THEPOSITION 07 '.CADET ..AND...; :•. ' '■'/ ••/:.;• TEACHER.VV ■'/■"■"'''';■ ■ (By florreadondent.) . 'V ', '■':•'' .. "Auckland, February 17; ! The Hon; Geo. speaMng, to-day at Onehunga of thenew system -of military training, said that by the '-Defence Act of 1909 the 'junior cadets were included in ,the. .defence scheme, of the Dominion, but. remained under the control :of the Minister ;for "Education;;, All ! boys' over, ll.yearsof "age.attehding any school,, Whether public! or.private,'must.in' future be junior- cadets,', so long -as'.they, attend school, or until'' they are; 14.years of age'.. It must "riot" be assumed .'that. 'ill..boys who are under 11- years-.of-age -cape' drill; ,; /Under the:,provisi6'ns,of the Education:' Act all...boys....undeT 11'. years; while not compelled-•- to.'.'.become cadets, have to bertaught military ■ and physical driU.-i':," ' \ ■'; <&.*'■■'■■'■■ s\.. ':•-'." -'•. . Under the' new Act,' added the; Minister, the responsibility isr thrown '.upon, .male teachers 'of 'becoming' cadet, officers, "and in •'consideration 'for.' this they: are .to • be' "■on'-the!''same; footing as adult officers in the "defence forces;. ,'They. will' have the right.to present themselves for examination, and, if they pass,, tb.be granted substantive commissions," and' such, pass will entitle them' to weight in. their teachers' examination,; ''At,each' ;6f !..the.: training colleges "in the 1 Dominion■ there will,.be ■established, a. cadet; officers'- training unit, 'to which every- male'.trained .must .belong. It was'hbpcd; ; by this" means to be able to tr'ain.'youhg'teachers.'so.thatthey. may.be-competoht.tb'"act as'.officers at any school ;.to: which.- they *may. be" appointed;'