DEFENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 29 January 1907, Page 2

DEFENCE.

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SPEECH liV Till': CIIIKF OF ;-TAFF. i Per Picss Association. Wellington, .liUKiiii-v 2S. Speaking ;it tin' dinner c|' ii'u' Wellington Kill.- Il.iltiliiin. Co unci Rubin, Chief of till- General S'.illV Mild l''il..l .Miii.arv .Member .if tin. Council i,f Da fence, in referring to tm- nece-sily for effective defence ,said Unit m Hie training uf the troops, there should be a,' deliuile goal in view, an,l t» secure tiici best results it mis necessary to move pi'iHihtcntlv to one objective. T ; ,c "I'jirt of all drill and training should '«' to perfect nllicers, m, tlmt tiii'V '!"■>• would l„. i 11,!., to iiliiir their men "i Hit' Ih'sl position possible where iI M -v could In. „ 51 .,1 tl) \, v |„. sl advantage i'o place llii'in so thnl their 1i,,, would "' """i 1 ''""'the To do tl lilt to the IK'S! advantage, ,„„„, i !ll: ,jri nill i V; . ~„.,,. i'V whs nectary, oilircrs „ hlmUi ~.. mi'iiuii'i- the importance of attack. J loops thai could attack <-oiil,l i w-ivs •'"'<■"''; f'»- ''"fence ~,i,1,| ~,'v,',' 1,, s , ciHslul without folioWi,,,. „„ ii' I vantage hy attack. N„"l,,' >,(,',. ;'«'<•■ »».;■. i"si... K K „ ( „i f,„. ( |„.„,5..iv." Col. Robin (Ir.'n pictured ;J,,, -laiiii'l ||« of a il»,ni,,at.,, K poHtio,,, 11,, ,:,:,,. "IK of heavy lire iron, Held , suppress nil,, ii,-,. I,y an .iu-mv?an.l s„ anlilin,' ,1,, ; advance „f „„;.•„ £ 1U ! v.v. ll.' spoke briclly oiilh,. duiie.of tin. (.'oiincil of Defence. To himself as Chief of the General Stall belonged the, responsibility of traininjg the troops of tire colony to a general idea of wiia; lie had been endeavouring to convev lie did not want to shirk that responsibility for a moment. He wanted to move the whole system right on from where they now were, and to start a thorough system of instruction for officers, recognising that under competent officers competent men were assured, and tin. prospect of the proper placing of men for most effective fire made good. Given these conditions, lip said we would l,p able to meet an enemy if ever he came, though the Colonel hoped lie would not, to the shores of New Zealand.