SENIOR CADET PARADE,

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 70, 22 November 1915, Page 6

SENIOR CADET PARADE,

COpD CONDUCT BADGES. .1* riday evening, at the'conclusion ol Senior Cadet parade at the Drill Hall, eighteen c'adets were handed their badges of Good Conduct, Efficiency aml Regular Attendance. Owing to Captain Reeve’s unavoidable absence, Lieut.'Gray handed to the Cadets their badges. The Lieutenanr admecsed the lads on the, practice of manly virtues, and impressed upon them that every soldier amL cadet must understand that manly virtues w'liieli are developed in them by their military training, and which are essential for military efficiency, cannot be strongly built into their character unless they are constantly practised by every individual ■of bis own accord in all bis dealings as a private citizen. They must, therefore, lie clean, smart, and tidy as a matter of habit at all times. -Moreover, they must lie respectful and obedient to those in positions of civil as well as military authority; and they must lie considerate and courteous not only to their comrades, hut to all whom ■they come in contact; they must try to he unselfish, and morally as well as physically fearless, not only as soldiers, but under all circumstances;

above all, they must he punctual, conscientious, ami exact in the performance'of their personal obligations. The fjieutehant made a strong reference to tlie grdat value of discipline, showing that discipline was a moral force. He said is -not a : natural quality, and can l 'bn!y“be ! acquired by careful l training; if is not’too much, to say that its value in Warfare is eyen greater than courage; for discipline will enable men to conquer fear and ,do their duty in spite of'it, while.- cot)rage alone wifho'ut discipline -may - avail, little in battle. Discipline ■ is absolutely essential for the existence of any army in peace or war. It is discipline mainly which distinguishes a regiment of soldiers from a crowd of men. If is discipline that creates an army out of a crowd, and hold it together in stress and to anger. 'The moment, a body of troops loses discipline it , becomes merely U crowd 1 of men,, with all the character istics and the weakness of a mob. 'I lit? Lienfenalit -reminded them thaf the badges meant < a great cleat in their future lives., The. time would come when-good soldiers rind eactets might de'cnjiy good positions in frhichever profession they may follow.' ’ It was For title*’ yonilger cadets to try and - aeliidfe' what the older cadets lirtd done and'also secure the same merit.

The following received the badges of good conduct, efficiency, and regular attendance-—-Cadets Harford, I), Chubb, Crosau, R. L. Curd, J. L. Dodd. A. L. Haines, Judd. Rnscoe. W L. Walsh, D. S. Cameron, L. KivelL W. McAlloou, F. P. McCullough, F. N. Silk. S. Simmons, A. D. Speck, A. Terry. C. ’ J. Terry, H. WiekstdUl.