A "SEA-SENSE."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 8

A "SEA-SENSE."

NAVY LEAGUE CADETS.

VALUE OF DISCIPLINE.

(By Telejn-auh.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. ''The sea cadets, in my opinion, art the most important part of our work," said Commander A. D. Boyle, president of the Canterbury branch of the Navy League, in reviewing the activities of the sea cadet corps at the annual lneeting of the league in Christchureli. Navies were being increased, he said, and ships were being built faster than men could be trained. The local corps had more applicants than could be enrolled. "Therefore, as a Navy League, we should endeavour to instil a sea-sense into our youth."' added the president. In England, in April of this, year, Lord Nuffield had taken an interest in the movement, and had offered to give £30,000 to the Xavv League, provided that £100.000 could be raised by voluntary subscription in London. Commander Boyle emphasised the necessity of the training of the young and the making of that sea-sense. It was to-day proved, more than ever before, that youth must have a disciplinary training, and it was his opinion that a lot of good was done in this direction fur tin- young people in those countries in which dictatorships existed. The Navy League Sea Cadets were, in Kngland. one of the few organisations doing this work, which \va- in addition to that done for the physical development of the young. The movement had been criticised as a militaristic organisation because the cadets wore a uniform, but it had be-.-n found that their work wa- inure efficient when uniforms were m general use.