MILITARY TRAINING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 263, 31 July 1920, Page 6

MILITARY TRAINING

THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOOTING. "The question of military training is just now exercising- considerable comment, but little is being said about rifle shooting," remarked Colonel E-. J. Collins, chief executive officer of the dominion Rifle Association, when speaking nt the smoke coucert of the Karori Rifle Club 'last night, "The man in the street never bestirs himself until it is too late, and you cannot arouse him to do what is required." They must look to the rising generation for the defence of the Dominion, and in that connection he wished to emphasise the importance of teaching the boys to shoot. "If you do that," continued Colonel Collins, "all will be well. question of military training is one that some people do'not like; still, wo have _to have- military training, and shooting forms a very important feature, for if a soldier cannot shout he is of very little use. Therefore, it. is to our youths that we must look for our future marksmen. Hoys will gladly undergo training in physical drill and shooting, and such training should be made part of the curriculuin in every school. . . . Teach the bovs to shoot and they will learfi the defensive spirit, and the offensive spirit as well." .Colonel Collins urged nil riflemen to take an interest in teachin" rifle shooting to the Senior Cadets and said that at the next D.R.A. meeting the programme would include a special match for cadets.' .