NAPIER CADETS.
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Sin— Passing at the back of Swan's breweW kst evening I saw the Napier Shilling there, and being a little curious, I watched the company's moyoSior some time. Shortly before being a&nissed I heard the captain of Hie corps address the lads, in the course of which he s remarked that if he heard any more talking in the ranks he would at once disband the company. These are high words for a captain who has not yet received his comS But what grieved me most was the smiff manner m which he spoke to tlie Ldsfand he seemed to treat them more like a lot of infants than boys, who I took, judging ■from their appearance, to have SQin.o Lnle - Surely a tetter drill P 1^6 ., «Quld be obtained tharf gxouncl covered with about a foot of duet, ancVall sorts of obstacles in Ifce way, and the boys could not possibly help SblihgagainSt these obstacles. A very , cSerate captain. The quesfaon is has he W therigM to" diebaM the coi ? s? If not, . \ S should not speak of disbanding the corps !Sb aU By giving pubHcifcy to these few 'lines, you. A Spectal ob. .
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4832, 4 February 1887, Page 3
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