THE TERRITORIALS.

Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 6

THE TERRITORIALS.

JUNIOR CADETS. The total strength of the junior cadet force of the Dominion (including scout cadets), according to a return just presented to Parliament, is 29,067, an increase of nearly 5,000 on the number for 1910. Speaking of the opportunities for training cadet officers, the Commandant says that from Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Ghristchurch there will be annually a supply of about 100 partiallytrained young teachers going out to take up scholastic duties in various parts of New Zealand, particularly in the country districts, who will he ready to look after and drill tho junior cadets at their schools. The work of providing schools with a miniature range to replace the 200 yds open-air ranges, which have been abolished, is being proceeded with as expeditiously as possible, but the utmost care is being exercised in the selection of sites and types of ranges, with a view to economy and safety. These ranges, he says, afford a most satisfactory form of target practice for junior cadets, both from the point of view c.f efficiency and economy. The expenditure for the year amounted to £7,669.