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must be remembered that the better the Senior Cadets arc trained the easier will be their task when they join the Territorial Forces, and the chief lesson they must learn is that of discipline ; it is the most important, and perhaps, with some, the most difficult, but the habit must be acquired. As regards the musketry training of both Territorials and Senior Cadets,the Musketry Regulations will be taken as a guide, anil a memorandum on the subject will bis issued later. To sum up, the military training of the citizen soldier, from the time he commences as a Senior Cadet till he is passed to the Reserve, is to be progressive, and it is to be based on a thorough grounding in elementary principles. He must never be allowed to pass to a higher training until he has mastered I hat which has gone before : only thus can efficiency be attained. Finally, company, &c. commanders must realize the serious responsibility that rests on them. of bringing all those under their command to the state of efficiency required, and that by results their efforts will be judged. Also the fact that the immediate training of the personnel is delegated, in a measure, to the company, &c, commanders docs not reduce in any way the responsibility- of commanding officers lor the efficiency of their units or corps. E. S. Heard, Colonel, Imperial General Staff, Wellington. May. Dill. Director of Staff Duties and Military Training. Approsrimate VoH of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (2,000 uopiee,, £21.

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