AUSTRALIA'S ARMY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 6

AUSTRALIA'S ARMY.

«lft I'A'H HftMIUfQN'SVIEWSi "Compuisory :c>det training, yls- ii*, best •siitj.dolo- to a system. Of iiiieilcgiuali ■edus:at.ioii which, .leads uj?.' thrftUgh".cb : inoxamfnatioiis ■'direcfc., I 'to throat'-; cutting.". ..

feb'ertil ;S'ir.ia.ii :H'a.ni'ilt.Qii, in'snejitob 'General of tho ■OverSes Sorco.'s, -ig '.a.ii .ent'husiiist'ie believer in ,aiid ''a'Wbcato. p.l compulsory cadet training.. .Ho useil ib.o wtftds. quoted; a'bo ; v.o','to. :a 'Sydney T'efegrapii" rer/re:s.eri: : t3tivo wjD.oJt, in tbe course of a brief 'interview.

'. "Jfy report en what I have seen since I left Sydney," said. '"will occupy se-veral; pages. AVliaii ean I. say to you'? J. have s&en .a ..good* number of cadets and .tr6ops I. havo fen away, from .'befey 'and,. with*' out csception, i...havo. been pleased \\ijtji their spirit. 'I .noticed) w ; deterioration /whatever in the. ;.niati.liQ(jd. .Of 'the IjOrtli, though getting: into what is :sup> ■posed to io a warm •climate;. '■Tho liig p;.ar:a.do at ißris,ba : 'ne, with jfifl'QO troops, ''With .regard to the. liight Ilorso Cafiip it.' Bralia..} 1 .:w"a,s. Very 1 . please'.!' with; the Then aiul tritji tiipii*. riofiftg.' Tiiej wero nVcn who, would no't.sto. : p'at : ' Siiylhiiig, neitlie.r. tini'ber fttir .■.othej.'.'s.'or.il. 1 of .ijbstacle. TJioy ;ga.fc ovec...tlieJ.ferouij^S' well, no matter liow i'O.USK ■% : Ji'!gJit l .'-Jwi, J had no oppoftiiiiity or.i.ud'gihg;bf thoir' imiskctry, and, of course, riding ..iviid Other ljioyemeiits .ivr.Oy.onlS; t'hp ye'hiclo for ~jMittiUg'|lie rifle tO. ; thg:l)est ; us'e<"

''Ncivclvstle, wliiijh J'yisitod this, mortis. .I'Hg, js iamost ea#ily..de.fei'i..d.ed 'pia&j , at:pjrego.n;t ■ ■■ ■'vl . v.that; ..Sir" '■fan Hamilton,' iii .■i'iis "Sfaff-ifficer's Scrap ■:Bo.6k ; ,, '''e.h.'ronibl.i'ug' tlio eyint's ,e.£ tho .War:,. Jifid "relerre'd. to'-tlio.' dislike of colonial. . troops to. ' digging ..o'utrcii'e'h'mentsj and buiMing rccldiipts. • .. "iidyenturous spirits do net care to ■dig," remarked the Cto'h'e-ral. 1 . ''''I'ha.t is lyh/ero discipline comes iii. :tt is part of nty business, now to sec how fa.ryo.ur ■System is ..producing discipline. Modi epi d,te.e:i)iino' aijMS at creating htt.bitai Of tjpodioi'icQ through respcet for superior knowledge ft'iW .Capacity , i% '.' up longer depends, as it used to dejKjfld, on the fea.r pf ;ii mail for his officer .' w

Again,. Tcferrijig to .Hie cadets, Sir lan lfemilttnvviii reply to, a .po.in.tccl ■query., rajjiarkod': ''% l.val'vo a'hvays said .1 am iii '.fayipur' of c'Qimmlsoty cadet draining, 1 -eaitnot See to* it infrjngjs jii a,iiy way .any known priii-*. eJiil.'o, .seeingthat'■wo already apply compulsion to 'a boy. h.v coffl'p.e'll'iMg Mm to. atieiid. school atid. tb bcvtatiglit, Why ghoiiild wo not educate Jiito' physically .is s well?"