THE DEFENCE SCHEME
MAJOR LASCELLES' VIEWS. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. Major E. F. W. Lascelles, for the past three years Instructor-General 01 the instructional staff of the defence forces, who is leaving for England next week, interviewed to-day on the defence scheme, emphasised the importance of making tihe age limit 25 in accordance with Lord Kitchener's scheme, which should be adopted in its entirety. Paragraphs 7 and 13 of Lord Kitchener's scheme specially noted that if men were not trained to the age of 25 the scheme would be absolutely iboth from a physical, medical and military standpoint. There was no comparison between men trained to 21 and men trained to 25. War was no boys' game. It wants trained, hardened mud disciplined men, which it was impossible to get from the 18-21 years' proposal. If the 18-25 years' scheme was started in 1912, by 1819 tihere would be a force of ,000 "perfectly trained and disciplined men. It wanted thoroughly competent area officers and men, not boys, bo train The idea that trained riflemen would succeed was fallacious, and only led to prolonged and cruel guerilla warfare.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 5
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189THE DEFENCE SCHEME Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 5
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