FUTURE OFFICERS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1152, 13 June 1911, Page 6

FUTURE OFFICERS.

j LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA. MILITARY CADETS. ; < COLLEGE OPENS NEXT WEEK. i One' of tho events of Coronation Day '(June 22), will be tho opening of the {-Australian Military College at Duntroon, ['New ••'Souttt Wales, to 'rcceivo : ' the first jyear military cadets who are to train for ; futufo 1 appointment to the Australian fund New Zealand Staff Corps. Duntroon | College is situated on an area acquired I within the Federal territory at the Dunh'con Homestead, on tho right hank of the rMolonglo River, about'seven miles .from ; Queanbeyan, and nejir to" tho eastern i boundary of tho capital city area. The kite, which comprises an area of. about '370 acres, has a frontage to tho Aiolonglo ■River. and is at present held under lease i.by tho Commonwealth Government for a ; period of two years,, with the right of renewal for a similar term. Within twelve : miles of the college there is an additional .area of country, near the Murrumbidgee ! - Kiver, suitable for encampments, field firming, artillery practice, and so cv. The i "homestead at Duntroon has been convertfed into offices for the administrative staff, ; orderly rooms, and quarters and messI rooms for bachelor instructors. Tempor-' : nry barracks and mess accommodation j have been erected for tho cadets, classftoorns provided, and a parade ground laid iflut. ; Tho Military College, which, in accord- | nnco with Lord Kitchener's- recommenda- ■ tions, is to be conducted under-'a similar [ policy and with the same high ideals as ,'that which has made West Point Military ■'Academy (U.S;A.),-the most-admirable institution of its kind, has a military staff ; of two directors, and six instructors, a I civil staff of five professors' and two lecj turers, and an administrative staff consisting of tho adjutant, the quartermas''ter, and one medical officer, the whole Hunder the command of Brigadier-General ji-W. T. Bridge, C.M.G., 8.A.A., Coin- : mandant of the College- General Bridges ! ilius, since his appointment', visited W<?st flFoint, and studied the system and methods which have made the reputation of j ,'that famous academy. ? Ten New Zealand Cadets. • j- The establishment of cadet's at' the col- ■ lege lias been fixed at 150, but tho first • contingent will number forty-three only— I'thirty-three Australians, and ten New j. Zeajnuders. Enl'raneo to the college is ob- | tained on the basis cf open competition. : New Zealand is entitled to ten cadets an--1 nually, and the first examination under | the new defence scheme for military j cadetsbips for -New Zealand boys. was . held early in I'ho year, there being twelvo candidates. Of these t'ho following seven ■passed tho examination:— W. J. IC. Jennings (Canterbury), R. Miles (Canterbury). ! V. G. Jervis (Otago). C. Carrington (Canterbury), i W. N. 31. Weir (Wellington). ; D. K. Carpenter (Auckland). : E. Oliver (Canterbury). E. Oliver, of Canterbury, has since re- : .lintjuished his cadetship, leaving four t'o j -;be selected to complete tho New Zea-, ! land quota. These four havo.since been ,' appointed, their qualification for scleci iron, it is of course presumed, being duly j tosted by examination. Their names are: j '• *JI. G. Allen. • R. Logan (Dunedin). | C. H. M'.Clelland (Wellington). j j D. Bryan (Westport). 'Allen is at present residing at Metta- ; gong (N.S'.W.). The cadets will assemble at Wellington i . this week, and will leave for Sydney by j tho Warrimoo on Friday afternoon.

' ' I j Conditions and Discipline. As t.o the conditions on which the cadets ; are 'admitted to tho college, each candi- ■ date and his, parent or guardian is required to siga a form, in which the for- ; iner engages to serve in the permanent ; military forces of tlib Dominion for twelve ' years, unless' previously discharged, dismissed, removed, or his resignation duly i accepted, and also to certify his intention , that the candidate, if lie obtains'a cadetship, shall adopt the military service as : his profession for life. No fees will be : charged for equipment, instruction, of ;■ .maintenance of cadets, and their travel- ; ling expenses between their homes and j. the college will bo paid on first joining ; aad on graduation. An allowance, esti- ■ mated to cover the expenses of uniform, i jbooks, and instruments, messing, washI ring, and other contingencies will be adI j mitted as a charge against'the public, so llong as the cadet is borno on the books ; of the college. In the event of a cadet ! exceeding this allowance, the deficiency will be charged against his parents or ; guardian. -- will-cease if i, a .or'removed duriiig 'aterra; .'.'but', riot-- ;if -lie' • is'; absent;; during: » PortioA'\.6f : '<y-te^m,:'fhrougli sieknqss-.- Noj cadet .will : be,'allow-ed -to-'- receive money or - j other siipplite- 'frtim ';liis - parent, 'guar-' ' dian, 'or otlie'l- jource,' without the kui'c- . ,-tion of the Commandant. ' Almost rigidly J observance M'th'?-- orcler. is-urged on all, (parents ''and • guardians! as its •;violatiofa : I would mate distinctions between cadets, I which-it'is particularly .desired to prevent. ■ The' normal • length of the course' of instruction, will be four years, divided ;'into ejglit'-terms', but wheii the demand ■ for officers'requires it. the course may -be shortened. _ Apart from military subjects embodied in the course of "instruction, ;it includes the following civil subjects:—Mathematics, English,' physical . science ', (chemistry, physics, and electric,'ity). languages_ (French and German), j sanitation, hygiene, and first aid, manual I training in workshops.

On .Tune-27wi1l take place the official ooeninjr'of the college by the Gov'ernorfleneral,' and arrangements are now being imade'topiake'the occasion a notable one in the", history of the Australian -irmy. •'The New Zealand military forces will not :be represented at the functions, owing 'to pressure of work.