"B.P-'S " APPRECIATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 4

"B.P-'S " APPRECIATION.

COMPLIMENTS FOE. CADETS, •'• Major-General.:A, f J. Godley,' C.B. (commanding-; Zealand' -Forces), pubof: all ranks and fall .branches :of the. fc rres tho following ■letterreceived^.By.;,him.-'from Lieutenant-. General Sir -Robert Baden-Powell, written 0:1 his departure from'.: New Zealand. He-:' that'' all;sonioKeadet-s will tako ..to;. heartrtheTrcniarks ■ of?',the' distinguished'' ofSccr who lia- shown such marked .interest'-ini/.thoi development.!of the 1 cadet training oi'-' the Dominion"■ ;■

arrangements so ikindlyimudo for' nioJ-'I have been able to' visit'eleven centres, and to seo' : :sdmejli;ooo ; ;:c'adstsi during <iny;- week's visit to New Ze-.tland. 1 was;' greatly struck bjvtkc, goad physical appearance ofrtlse e-adets, especially among soma."'.of; the senior cadets ■ from certain high. m:lsocls. " . :s"Both >'classcß.;;.of cadets ; made a smart turn out .'on'' parade," >nd tho ' senior:-: / 'oadofe.iV looked very well equipped ' in their ■' active service kit?;:,cspeciiillyiWhero ; they had: taken to-.tlieish'orts'as worn by tho regular iroopstjn".lndia.. Th®;. ( marching;|>ast, but I wish I' had had : time' to seo..the companies'in th'e .'practical test of field .work,.,:whcro- their'-jfticc-rs and non'commissioned officers'.would have' tho'; chance of-. shotting : their. individual .c,v; iwi 4 y." . "Tho. discipline was not in nil com- , jponies',up';..to'"'the standard. I" ■noticed ir several'' companies that' were ipxcellentiand. could not well have been '-.better,' but.'in others there was slackiness.r' No'- doubt in those, the cadets were!only'recruits and knew no .better, but each cadet should • correct the recruits near him in. the ranks, and .by; his example make them remember that th«y are now in tho service of ■his''Majesty..the. King, that they aro "not t'boys' playing'' at childish games, • but are young men doing serious work for their.country. ■ '

'■.i-"I- oiii-; eonvinood from what-'I have 'seen .that 1 if the senior cadets net up to this they are going'. to make ft really .'fino''and efficient, defcnco forco : initfio-:nearfuture." •[•'■'i 1 /■ ':■■■ 7