DRINKING IN TERRITORIAL CAMPS.
If the compulsory clauses of the Territorial ' isystem <fctf the Dominion; are tf» "be maintained, there mruist be no room for a trace of suspicion that the . morals of itUie' rising. generation a«re to 'be placed, in jeopardy. Certain cori a-£€,pondence wihicih- ha:s been published in itfoe South Island fef late in: refer- | enoe to some c'f the Territorial camps', j'l&as caused &■ f-eelirag. of (profound 1 dvs,trust in isome quarter®. Nothing short of a searching enquiry, it is urged,, will satisfy the public conscience. If charges can Ibe levelled at theseTerritorial camps of drinking and otiher ,misco»ducit, .then the efficiency of rtlie .defence system will' be imperj iililed in (itis infancy. FtoV the sake of ail concerned, the matter should be promptly cleared up. In the meantime,' 1 it is fair to sxa't® t'iat enquiries made concerning the •conduct of camps in the 1 North Island,, have revealed nothing df a! nature to which tfhe slightest exception could be taken.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10635, 14 May 1912, Page 4
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164DRINKING IN TERRITORIAL CAMPS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10635, 14 May 1912, Page 4
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