MILITARY BARRACKS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 8

MILITARY BARRACKS

{. •: A barracks of instruction was opened at Wellington Colitge yesterday morning. 'Vbout 510 boys were in attendance, and were placed under military control. They were given infantry training, musketry training, and physical drill under the direction of Lieutenant J. Jliomson. The barracks will be continued until Friday afternoon, whan parents will be invited to watch u display by the hoys. - During the last fortnight barracks of Instruction havo been held at Christ s Police Christchnrch, and Kings Ul" |(..re "Vueklaml, under the inspectional chiii"o of the Director of Military Jrainiß (LioutMi.int-Coli.noPJ'. L. Slceman). The buys have- done excellent work in both cases, and havo made good progress in/the new course of cadet li.un'"ir. is oliicmliy stated that owing to the Wro drain of the war instructors for ridet ' units, partieuhrlv physical Irainwill bo limited in numbers for some iimi - Cov.sequontly, O.C. '•a let units will be called upon to perform laical training ». larger units than would otherwise be the case. Cap-t-iin Brock* M.C.. duet instructor in physical training, demonstrated at both -tan-arks" that: it is possible tor one 1.1Ktriirtor to lake as many as M) cadets at one rime through a useful syllabus of phvsiral training, making it both instructive and interesting to Ihe eac.ets themselves.