A BETTER SPIRIT

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1923, Page 8

A BETTER SPIRIT

MINISTER'S ON CONTINUOUS TRAINING.

That good results should accrue from the continuous training parades, the details of which were outlined in yesterday's "Post," was the opinion express-, ed 'to-day by the" Minister .of Defence (the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes). Although they were not camps in the ordinary sense, of the word, the Minister said the idea was for the Territorials to remain in camp overnight if they wished _ They could go into'town to follow their .civil ■ avocations in the daytime, and return to the. training depot or^camp at night, in order to receive further instruction. Last year Wellington Artillery units had undergone a, period of such continuous training at beatmin., and a mosf profitable tilde had been spent. Continuous training of this kmd was.much preferred by the Territorials to the ordinary half-day infus^Tf, Para? es'.^ it tended to infuse a better spirit into, the lads This ,W Whl T d€sired ' and su<*tr«i" .ing was to be encouraged Personally, added the 'Minuter, he wou d prefer to r%vert to the regimental camps, where concentrated training could.be given. Under the system of continuous training it was possible to get only separate units of a regiment to? gether for instructional purposes, whert as with the regimental campJt he 'various squadrons or battalions were assembled! and the senior officers were thus given a better opportunity of gainihs exeori ence in the handling of krger lodieTof men. Financial considerations had been responsible for temporarily abandon ng the regimental camps, but he hoped ,Sil . eaton Rhodes said he was whTch \ Ot? the revival of i^erest S a, B beln| .^ken in the Territorial system. Evidence of this was to l^SA^w^ which c had rff° f ?? Te»"°»al system winch had suffered from ?ack of encour hK^h the war- which > J'°= • of khalri 6 C°Untry to be«me tired