WELLINGTON TOPICS.
MILITARY TRAINING. REPAIRING THE UNFIT. (Special Correspondent). ■; Wellington; Dec. 8. There may be honest differences of opinion as to the moral influences of camp life/ but there can none among observant people as to the physical'advantages of military training. The figures which have just been published concerning the reexamination of C2 men, the reservists, that is, who for minor defects or disabilities were rejected bv the Medical Boards, are simply a confirmation of the reports the men have 'been giving of themselves to their friends. Of the 2457 "rejects" re-examined up to the end of November 1, 428 Slave received orders to proceed to camp. Of these 264 are classed as tit for active service beyond the seas, 48 as fit after undergoing Specified treatment and 1116 as likely to become fit after special training. These men represent so much repaired humanity restored to tlie full enjoyment of life and to the man power of'the Empire. MEDICAL TESTIMONY. " A Wellington medical man, one of the few members of hjs profession in the Dominion .remaining entirely unconnected with the Defence Department, hopes the successful treatment of these, unfits will lead to the institution of some national system of health-building that will add enormously to the efficiency of the rnce both in times of peace and in times ■of war. These men, he says, would have Rone through life as weaklings and invalids had not the State, under the stress of war, realised the potential value of their services. Plain, wholesome food, plenty of exercise, cleanliness and discipline have corrected .the errors of years, and, in a large proportion of cases, have removed the worst of their effects. "Then Mirely," this authority Exclaims, "we are not after tho war going to relapse into our old callous indifference *s to the stamina of the race." PARTY DISCIPLINE. Judging from the small attendance at a meeting held last night in the heart of the electorate to consider the future representation of Wellington North m Parliament, the impending resignation of the 'Hon. A. L. Herdmnn is not creating. such a stir as the letters appearing in the local newspapers might lead one to suppose. The meeting had been called by circular and the majority of those present were evidently Reformers with a ver/warm regard for the sitting member Und only an indifferent opinion of the gentleman who was supposed to have been officially nominated as his successor. Several motions were proposed naming candidates who were thought capable of filling Mr. Herdman'? shoes with some measure of credit, but finally they all were withdrawn in favor of one appointing a strong committee to wait upon Mr. Massey and urge him to concult. the electors before selecting a candidate they might not be able to support. A BEBKLLIQUS ELECTOR. The belligerent note at the meeting ivas struck by a well-known and highly esteemed medical man who did not hesitate to' imperil his position in the Army, as lie put it, by taking part in a political meeting and speaking his mind quite plainlv. He was all for Mr. Herdman. The "Attorney-General, lie declared, nhould be consulted over a matter of this sort. He was the most capable and most conscientious man in the Ministry, rs all his constituents knew, and yet liis advice and his judgment were flouted liy his colleagues on every possible occasion. . The Government was being run from the office of a firm of solicitors in the city and it would be a further insult fo Mr. Herdman to select a member of that firm as his successor in the House. The ''hear hoars," applause, and appreriative laughter which punctuated this spirited tirade showed it was not wholly unacceptable t.o' the audience. Put, after nil. ihe present indications are that Mr. M"«si-y's nominee, -whoever he mav he.; will secure the seat for the National 1 'Government.
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