CADET TRAINING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 6

CADET TRAINING

TEE NEW SYLLABUS. Tho new syllabus of Senior (Met training is now in operation throughout New Zealand, and reports indicate that it is being- approved by both officers ' and Cadets} The salient features of the syllabus include ( increased attention to physical and moral training, reduction of tho time allotted to purely military excrases, and tho introduction of special games and exercises tliat ;orm : cd an important part of the training of the Expeditionary force camps. The changes have made the Cadet traiuing moro interesting. * Some critics of the new syllabus have condemned it on tho ground that Cadet training is unnecessary or undesirable. Tlieso critics, the authorities point out, have overlooked the fact that Cadet training was a part of New Zealand s defence system before the war, under tho Dcfence Act. The syllabus lias nut imposed new obligations, on the lads of Cadet age (fourteen. years to eighteen years). Training was alpauy compulsory, and the new svlkibus hcu> simiu) altered the allocation of iime in favour of the non-military branches of training and introduced new subjects. Any additional time that may bo given to training will be voluntary, and tlie military authorities will rely for the extension on their ability to interest the unlets and secure their willing co-operation.