NEW CADET TRAINING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1924, 9 January 1919, Page 2

NEW CADET TRAINING.

A NKAV syllabus of I raining' Cor Hie Senior Cadets will lie issued shortly, containin'’’ important alterations. The larj>’e munher oC rejections from llio Kkxjiedit ionary Force on account ol; jiliysical unlilness Inis, directed tile attention of those concerned to (lie importance of efficient physical Irainim; 1 Cor Hie youth of the Dominion. As a conseoueui-e, the new syllabus will aim at producing in (he (irsl (wo years of (.'add service physically lii, youths; in oilier word-;, Hie purely military side of the trainiu”' will be subordinated, to the other. In addition, ereaier attention is (o he paid in ediicalm.u' youths as to their duties of citizenship and as future possible defenders of New Zealand. In order to ensure that the syllabus will be carried out in an efficient manner, a special class for jiliysical instruction will be inaugurated at Trent ham. beim;' attended by secondary schoolmasters. Cadet and Territorial Officers, and Slaff Seredan!-majors, 'fhe course, which will extend over three weeks, will be conducted under the sujiervision of Cajitain Brocks. iii. C.. Army Gymnastic Staff, who was Chief instructor in i’hysical Training' and Bayonet in Hie Reinforcement Camjw.