MILITARY-TRAINING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 113, 15 May 1911, Page 3

MILITARY- TRAINING.

---■■' ' ♦ ' SEPARATE COMPANIES. f_BY TELEGKAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 13th May. Colonel Wolfe, officer commanding the Auckland district, interviewed on the subject of allowing Roman Catholics or other denominations to form separate companies under tho new defence scheme, said there was no provision in the regulations for carrying the idea into effect, but it had the approval of the Commander of the New Zealand Forces. Ac far as he understood the position, the arrangement was only to apply to cadet corps composed of lads of from 14 to 18 years of age, not to the Territorials. The idea was to allow any denomination to form a separate cadet corps from their own number provided there wero enough boys therein to constitute a company. He emphasieed the fact that such corps must be free from any suspicion of sectarianism. One feature that recommended euch an arrangement wae the force it would give in the matter of enrolment. He did not see how the came plan could work with the Territorials. COMMANDANT AT WANGANUI. . WANGANUI. 14th May. General Godley inspected the local forces on Saturday afternoon, when there was a good muster of all ranks. The General expressed pleasure at the bearing and appearance of the men. Be was afterwards tendered a civic reception, and, in replying to the speech of welcome, gave some interesting information (relative to tho new military scheme. A SUGGESTED DIFFICULTY . - DUNEDIN, Thie Day. It is said that military training in connection with the Territorial scheme threatens to interfere seriously with the attendance at the Dunedin Technical School. Pupils whoee retention of. free tuition ie dependent on regularity of attendance at the technical classes are already in danger of forfeiting their places owing to th© demands made on their time.iii the evenings by the system of military instruction. The Dunedin authorities must be under a misapprehension. On enquiry at the district headquarters here, a Post reporter was informed that parades will be arranged to suit the circumstances of different schools. The boys attending a technical school will register a* senior cadets and form companies o_r half-companies, and the military authorities will send instructors to drill them at times that will meet the convenience of the _teach"e x i's and pupils alike. According to .Colonel Chaytor, O.C. Wellington Distiict, the matter is simply one of arrangement.