"B.P." ON OUR CADETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1461, 8 June 1912, Page 4

"8.P." ON OUR CADETS.

GOOD PHYSIQTSE-SOMK IN DISCIPLINE., : >.;.;■ Is] The General' Officer Commanding pufcSSl Vi"f s i le |. nf ?™mtioii of all rants and**;-*.' all branches of tho forces the.' jetto, received ay. him from Lieutenant- i>£ General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, written "J' on Ins departure from New Zealand. pasts tnat all Senior Cadets will take lo r ''''■■ [heart tiie remarks of the distinguished .t' pflicer, who has shown such marked in.' t«rcst m the development of the Cadet'■ .:'.:■-■ trainingf of the Dominion:—"Thanks to .';*■'' clw arrangements so kindly made for iae,-SS I have been able to visit eleven centre,'"'' '' ftiui to see some 11,000 Cadets tlwriiig- mv •'•■.';. week's visit to Now.Zealand. I was groat-.,'. .Vrf ly struck with tho.ifood physical appear-';'v-unco of tho Cadets,.e-specialiv anions s-onmS* ■ ; !;' of toe Senior Cadets, from 'certain, hiijh;;;.® schools, floth classes of Cadets,.made- n,:?K\ fimnrt turn-out oi.f parade, and; the Senior;C:s' f Cadets looked very well-equipped;;in-thei&S aetivc service, kit, especially' where. lliey'S'.Vi!:, had taken to .tho "shorts,' as worn\bv:tlis£::.-./; regular troops iii.litttia. '.Tho 1 . ■' past was satisfactorily.. I wish I hod time to f.seof ;:tho >; ::-'S companies :in the . more '^"practical,'; 1 .'?:? test of field work, where their ■^'officers;':'-~'-f and 'N.C.O.'s would have showing their individual capacity for,xo;n-W manding their units.. The disciplinetwas';-::-. ■/ net in all companies up to the ard. I noticed several companies (liathvern ■'■'.■.. excellent, and could not better, but in others there was slackness.''/'.. ,No ;donbt in these the Cadets. -. : ! recruits',..:and. knew no' better;;'' b\it"'eaelt" : I Cadet" should correct the.' recruits:;'.'. 1 near '.. : . him..;:;in, ; . tho ranks.,' by his;??example: ■ •;;" .make'"them remember' that tlie'yfare'.' now.;,■:■'■.: !iit"-"-tht>Service of. his;J!fijcsty'tho-:Kiiiyj ■;■; that.they are. not boys '.games,'but are ' '•■ work for-their country.- -I. .am--convinced -" from what I- havo st'cn'that if'the" Senior' .;, Cadois.-act-up to this--they are-■ going to .;";./ .make a really lino and ef!icient>.;defence' .!."' force in. the .near future." . -," ;:{>V,, ;b .;..- -i .