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Extracts from District Annual Reports on Territorial and Cadet Forces, 1917-18.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks. Government Printer, Wellington.— 1918.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given ; printing (1,000 copies), £47 10s.

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District. District Concentration Camps. Discipline. General Efficiency. Musketry. I Camp-sites. District Exercises „ . t tTaiT . iT .„ and Courses. Cadet-training. , Health. Infantry. Mounted Rifles. Artillery. Auckland .. Preferable to Excellent .. More marked Shows an im- | Narrow Neck unit camps than last year provement j thought the .. .. .. Efficiency more .. Maintains a best marked than s a t i sfactory last year standard of efficiency. Wellington .. Marked improve- Far ahead of I m p rovement Excellent results All found most A great improve- Very good .. .. New system ment over unit- any yet seen : on previous were obtained ! suitable and ment has re- results with : enabled better camp system in a Terri- years very in camp economical suited in the few excep- training artorial Force marked training tions rangements to camp be made. Canterbury .. Superior in Particularly Most gratifying 25-yard ranges 3 district con- Great benefit to .. Most satis- .. Training more efficiency value good results were used at centration those attending factory satisfactory to any system all camps camps instead than last year, yet tried of 21 unit camps last year • Otago .. Most satis- Excellent .. Continued im- Does not com-! .. .. An improve- Excellent.. Officers and Work performed Improvement factory; better provement pare favour- j ment on N.C.O.s are should be of in the indiinstruction than ably with last j last year improving great advan- vidual work, in unit camps year tage in the future