COMPULSORY SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 4

COMPULSORY SERVICE.

.-. ■-■ • "iT" -j? ; ..-• -..1 • THE TRAINING CAMPS. I (3y Telegraph.—Press Assecl»t}o^,t> CHBISTGHUIfceH;. Riif. ' The Prime Minister, discuemg -ttl question of compulsory military ta* ing, said two training .camps should 1* established, within a, reasonable distjiußi from the 'trunk*'.systems of Tail-vt»y_ -i* both, islands*- "They required 'W l **'* 12,000 acres for each camp; 15,000 •Oβ Tould be; better. The -whole of ti««M- :- cessary .equipment ly established' at both, uentres,-'aril.»l instructional staff .-would be resident.» the camps. .The general :arrangeinaii» i ■would be- such -that men".■cguld-?!» '& attendance ,at -suitable, 'timeaf the With a "large. aTei,df t J«u every, branch of. military training cbnH be. carried out. ■ The areas must be wfi - ciently r large to provide/&r 'artiflHT Ts-ori, and.to ensure'that trainhig.ge ,, erally. -was .carried outviiL\*-.p»fß» ■way, instead of having the irregular -t™ uncertain system cf what : wer# kin* , as Easter camps,, there wouldVbe.•» * cognised and definife.'Sjstem sive militaiy The camps retailed to be in central positions .'in bof" islands. As soon as the legislation ■&> pa.ssed.by Parliament, the requisite,laoi | in both islands "would be. set aside. ■'