SEA CADET CORPS

Evening Star, Issue 24217, 10 June 1942, Page 2

SEA CADET CORPS

OFFICIAL RECOGNITION IN BRITAIN Much encouragement has been given to the local Navy League Sea Cadet Corps by the fact that the organisation in Great Britain has at last received in a total form the official recognition which its efficiency deserves. According to ‘ The Navy,’ the journel of the Navy League, the status both of officers and other ranks has been greatly enhanced and the whole movement takes it _ due part in the organisation of the British people for war. ißevised will apply to Sea Cadets between the ages of 14 and 17. These cadets will_ be expected on attaining the age of 15 to give an honourable undertaking, supported by the consent of their parents, to join the Royal Navy in due course. There are at present 107 Sea Cadet Corps units and 12,000 Sea Cadets One hundred new Sea Cadet Corps units are to be formed, and the number of Sea Cadets is to be expanded in the immediate future to 25,000.. The Dunedin Sea Cadets form a very smart and efficient unit, and Have already provided about 58 young men for the Royal Navy. There is no dearth of recruits, the unit having a waiting list of those wanting to join. Youths are accepted from the age of 14 to 18. Fuller official recognition in New Zealand is desired, including an opportunity for every boy who lias passed through the corps to join the Navy. At present these boys are included in the general ballot on becoming of age and take their chance of getting into the Navy along with others who have not served in the Sea Cadets.