NEW YEAR CAMP FOR SEA CADETS

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30633, 26 December 1964, Page 17

NEW YEAR CAMP FOR SEA CADETS

Nine officers, two petty officer instructors, and 103 sea cadets from Christchurch, Dunedin, and Nelson will attend the annual Navy League training camp at Fort Jervois, Ripa Island, from January 2 to 11. Lieutenant Commander M. W. Murnane, commanding officer of the training ship Cornwell at Redcliffs and also at Fort Jervois, will be in charge. Fort Jervois is maintained by the Sumner-Redcliffs subbranch of the Navy League, assisted by the New Zealand Naval Board, as a permanent training base for sea cadets. The Royal New Zealand Navy will supply two cooks and catering, a sick-berth attendant, and transport to and from the camp. Training will include sailing, pulling, shooting, signalling, an assault course, survival course, first aid, and parade drill, all under strict Navy routine. Each day will begin with “rise and shine” at 6 a.m., followed by training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Then there will be recreation until 5 p.m. There will be films at night, “rounds” at 9 p.m., and lights out and “pipe down” at 10 p.m. The Canterbury R.N.Z.N. V.R. whaler, the T.S. Steadfast whaler, and 16ft skiffs from Steadfast and Cornwell have been taken to Ripa

Island to join the five other I craft permanently attached ,to Fort Jervois. There will ■ be plenty of boat work. i An extra will be an 18ft • motor-boat from Cornwell • which will serve as duty • boat. , A crew of sea rangers un- ! der Mrs A. Millar will hold a ■ camp from December 27 to , 29. On Sunday, January 10, I Commander R. F. Sanderson, • commanding officer of , H.M.N.Z.S. Pegasus, the CanI terbury Headquarters of the ; R.N.Z.N.V.R., will attend a . church parade and inspect ' the ship’s company at the I camp. Also on that Sunday pari ents and relatives of cadets in camp may visit Fort Jervois in the afternoon. Ar- ■ rangements can be made with , Mrs E. Reeves at telephone I 515-235. t Royal New Zealand Army Mechanical Engineers will i transport extra water to Ripa , Island during the camp. 1 ; Although there are no spet cific regulations against it, a sailor who does a backflip off 1 the deck of a naval vessel and lands in the ocean is not conducting himself in a re- . sponsible manner and is sub--5 ject to punishment.—Court of 1 Military Appeals in Washingi ton, D.C.