MILITARY TRAINING.
A WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPQ^
(To tht Editor.) I heartily agree with th* w . Defence in the opening sentences Tv* of to Mr. Lee in the House wh*n *v *1* abolition of military toifc %,* A cussed. He sums up the w&Trffe**--speeoh as destructive criticism, wlS**'>' it is. lo say that military t l »inti? , *»l is u*eles„ and that no benefit £«V°Z from it is ail nonsense. One ofV* <fcrh * benefits of compulsory training t« cf P** l * which irks them most, "*d U«* capital letters. I think that theSfc** system should be conducted on « with no milk-sop business, but T*J. M «*»' method of punishing disobedience •***'■ in trainees, making them realise tt? I**1** their first duties before thevJrl"* « : citizens is a cheerful obedience U *? **' of the country, for a obcdi-M!-.. can never command it* 1 * t! ____JMPERIAL, 19H.20.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 8
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138MILITARY TRAINING. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 8
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